At that moment, he had no courage to fight. There was an idea in his heart that Yang You would appear here? He couldn’t understand the problem, and he could escape as far away as possible. Before he knew it, the screams behind him were getting weaker and weaker, and he didn’t know where he had gone. He felt more tired than seeing a family busy riding ahead.
This room is very small. In the back room, an old man is sewing clothes with tung oil lamp, and a five-year-old boy is beside him.
The horseshoe alarmed the old man. When he went out, he saw that Li Shimin had blood on his horse. The old man was taken aback. He could see from Li Shimin’s costume that this was a Tang Bing and his armor was not low.
"Did the old man eat?" Li Shimin is exhausted and needs to eat something to regain his strength.
"Yes!" The old man replied that he took over the reins and put the horse in the backyard and got some hay to feed the horse.
When Li Shimin entered the room, he felt warm. Many little boys stared at the blood. Li Shimin was very afraid. Li Shimin looked around the room and saw fur hanging on the wall. Besides, there was a hunting bow. I thought it was a mountain to live in.
The old man came in with an iron pot and said cheerfully, "You are lucky, this military man. You killed a wild boar the day before yesterday, and you haven’t finished eating it." He took out a large piece of meat.
Li Shimin was so hungry that he grabbed the meat and ate it, regardless of whether it was hot. The old man looked at him and could not help but sigh and asked, "Jun Ye is from the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Shimin hesitated to swallow the minced meat in one gulp. At this time, he was like a frightened old man, and his words made him extremely alert.
When the old man saw that he didn’t talk, he reached for a piece of meat and handed it to the little boy as if to himself, "This is my grandson, his father, that is, my son’s daughter-in-law who died in Xiangyang the year before last. He got the news and died of heartbreak, leaving such a child for me to raise alone." The old man wiped tears from his eyes.
"There is chaos everywhere, and it is an end when you don’t know when you are fighting? Young Lang, are you willing to fight? " The old man continued.
Li Shimin grabbed a piece of wild pork and ate it, which turned a deaf ear to the old man.
The old man continued, "I heard that the Sui people have occupied most of the world. This day, it is the big Sui people who are fighting for it." I heard that Yang and Li are still relatives. Hey, young lang, you must have experienced a fierce battle when you are covered in blood. It’s not easy to escape. It’s better to go home and remain anonymous. In my opinion, I’m afraid this Datang will not last long. "
At this time, the bowstring rang in my ear. Li Shimin looked back and saw that the little boy was holding a bowstring at himself.
A few screams came to the room for a moment, and blood splashed all over the room.
Chapter 119 Winter goes and spring comes
The unexpected appearance of the Sui army fighters, especially the sudden appearance of Yang Gang, surprised Li Shimin. In shock, Li Shimin chose to escape, but Pei Hangyan pursued all the way slowly. Pei Hangyan found two bodies that had been dead for a long time, one old and one young.
The old man’s face looked surprised, but he was obviously on guard, but his throat was cut with a knife and blood flowed all over the floor. The child looked like he was five or six years old, holding a bow and arrow in his hand and also fell into a pool of blood.
In the house, there was a wooden basin with signs of unfinished meat. Someone once appeared in the house and killed the old man for some reason. Pei Hangyan personally led his troops to pursue him, but he never found the trace of the man.
When Pei Hangyan told Yang You about the situation, Yang You could sigh. At this time, he had guessed that it was Li Shimin who appeared in the hunting house. He secretly planned to attack Chang’ an under heavy pressure, and actually ambushed Li Shimin. Although Li Shimin’s effective force was destroyed, 5,000 Tang Jun was killed and more than 12,200 people were captured by Sui Jun, which was a great victory.
However, in any case, there is still a fighting force without capturing Li Shimin Hedong Tang Jun, which makes Yang You frown slightly. He doesn’t care much about Hedong. Now, the expected strategy is that once Chang’ an Lord captures Chang’ an Hedong, some soldiers in Tang Jun’s home learn that they will fall into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and their morale will inevitably float. At that time, they will attack Hedong and draw without a fight, and the theory that the pseudo-Tang Dynasty has been destroyed is that Li Yuan is a "monarch" or "too" Li Jiancheng is either killed or captured. A mere Li Shimin has lost its so-called righteousness.
Huayin County has been trimmed for a day, and Yang You once again led his troops to Chang ‘an.
At this time, the chaos in Chang ‘an was temporarily settled. After Li Jiancheng agreed to Dugu Huai ‘en’s request, Dugu and Wei’s family, as well as his nobles, also took out food relief for the victims. At this time, the requirements of the victims were relatively simple. If they had food and shelter, they would not have different intentions.
Chang’ an seems calm, but Li Jiancheng is more worried that his father has died. It is difficult to hide things. Although there are always people in the Dugu family and the Wei family who can’t hide it for a while, and there is a strong Sui outside, it is impossible to retreat for a while. It is difficult for the country.
Li Xiuning secretly returned to Chang ‘an several times, and his brother Li Jiancheng discussed it several times, but the two men finally thought that Zhang Yingying, Yin Chunhua and other women had overcharged their father’s health. When these people died, Li Jiancheng didn’t dare to start work to arouse others’ suspicion. It was necessary to send someone to watch over Zhang Yingying, Yin Chunhua and others to expose his father’s death.
After several discussions, there is no better way for Li Xiuning to return to Ba. Although Sui Jun is mostly pretending to attack today, Yang You’s personality may be cautious when he suddenly attacks.
On the third day of Li Xiuning’s return to Ba, Yang You also returned to Sui Jun Camp. Speaking of this war, not only Yang You sighed, but Yang Dong and Du Ruhui also sighed that the best opportunity to catch Li Shimin had been lost. If Li Shimin returned to Hedong unexpectedly, it would be trapped in the city.
However, due to the shortage of troops in Hedong, 5,000 people have been lost this time, and Li Shimin, the most elite unit of Hedong Army, is bound to recruit troops in Hedong. If so, it is good news for Da Sui.
At this time, it has entered January, and the weather is still cold. It is not a good time for soldiers. Sui Jun eats and drinks in the daily camp to save energy. Waiting for spring, Chang’ an and Yang You are sitting in the sky, and there are Bashu and Jingxiang in Hedong. Even Hebei has resumed farming and has been self-sufficient. Henan has also made great progress. After all, Yang You, a populous imperial city, is very interested in farming.
Sui army has enough food even if it doesn’t farm, so its strength is natural, but it is not afraid in Chang ‘an Li Jiancheng, but it is becoming more and more worried that the Dugu family, the Wei family and other nobles will play granaries to help the victims. With the support of the nobles, Chang ‘an is temporarily ill, but most of them have fallen into the hands of Sui Jun, Datang has less than a hundred miles of land near Chang ‘an, and there is no source of money, food and taxes.
On the other hand, before the winter of the Great Sui Dynasty, Sui Jun was organizing people to farm. Even if Chang ‘an grain was enough to support it for decades, it would be impossible for Sui Jun to retreat. This is just like when Chu attacked the Song State, farming on the spot and collecting taxes on the spot made Li Jiancheng more worried and Chang ‘an grain was getting less and less. Once there was a lack of grain city, tens of thousands of victims could riot at any time.
Both sides in Sui and Tang Dynasties had their own considerations, and fell into a brief calm for a while, but everyone knew that the seemingly calm water waves were undercurrent. In January, news came to Hedong in Li Shimin, and it was sure enough that Hedong County recruited troops and collected grain. Finally, it resisted that Hou Junfa sent troops from Zhai because of the heavy snow, and Li Jing also attacked Huoyi because of the heavy snow.
The news from northern Turkic Yang You is that the snowstorm in the north is getting more and more serious. In early January, several heavy snowfalls crushed many houses, cattle and sheep and froze to death. Many northern counties and counties such as Zhuojun, Liaodong and Liucheng in the northern Sui Dynasty were affected by the snowstorm to varying degrees, causing greater losses in Koguryo’s old land. Tens of thousands of people died from mining in Changbai Mountain.
The whole north can be described as a thousand miles of frozen Yang You. When the discount was received, Wang Yang Gongren, the ambassador of the northern inspection, immediately inspected the situation in the north. At the same time, all counties in the north distributed tents, clothes, mattresses and other things to minimize the losses.
In view of the greater losses suffered by the Turks, Yang You suspected that the Turks would go south after the spring, so he ordered Ling Jing to contact and support 30,000 sheep to alleviate the food crisis. At the same time, he made an appointment. If Valerie Khan attacked the big Sui Dynasty in the south, Little Khan could lead his troops to attack Valerie Khan from the north. Yang You promised that if Valerie Khan was wiped out, Little Khan would be replaced-whether Little Khan would become bigger after the sudden change, regardless of the scope for the time being. After all, now the big Sui Dynasty needs rest.
If Jieli Khan attacked Zhuojun County and Liucheng County of Tuli Little Khan, the Sui army could support Tuli Little Khan to fight Jieli Khan.
Yang You asked the north to ensure a certain degree of balance between Tully Khan and Jieli Khan, and to support Tully Khan to a certain extent was the northern strategy of the Great Sui Dynasty.
Things commanded to go to Yang You to believe that Yang Gongren’s ability can be completed. There is almost no difficulty in Ling Jing’s side. Little Khan’s power is small. After being defeated by Yang You, the cattle and sheep lost a lot. Later, Valerian Khan turned against each other. Several wars have already paid for the little Khan’s purse.
Otherwise, Ling Jing came back at the end of February, and the little Khan had agreed that he should not have accepted Yang You’s orders. He also sent messengers who were willing to accept the conferring of the Great Sui Dynasty-just like Qimin Khan did in those days, he was a vassal of the Grand Sui Dynasty.
Yang You considered half a ring, Yang Dong, Du Ruhui and others consulted, and even sent someone to ask Excavate’s opinion. After all, Yang You accepted the request of Little Khan, and now it is necessary to stabilize Little Khan. Otherwise, the two uncles may reunite to harass Da Sui and destroy Da Sui’s recuperation plan because of the snowstorm.
Real Yang You also knows that if the conferring of the Little Khan is like the historical Tang Dynasty, it will be unfavorable to the country in the end. In the late Tang Dynasty, the emergence of the post-Turkic made Tang Dynasty very headache, and the Uighur, Qidan and other ethnic groups were even worse in the frontier. The Tang Dynasty recovered the capital and led the Uighur soldiers into the Central Plains. After that, the Uighur soldiers robbed and slaughtered it, which Yang You seemed unimaginable and unbearable.
Yang You has figured out ways to deal with Turks, Khitans and other ethnic groups in the future, but that will be at least ten years later.
When it entered March, the weather became warmer, the snow melted and the weather became colder. Of course, at this time, the southern part of the country was already full of yingfei grass. Yang Gongren was busy and hard, and the situation in the northern counties was alleviated, especially after the thawing of the ocean, a large number of ships from the south of the Yangtze River eased the food demand in the north by virtue of the wind and water flow in the Arctic.
Koguryo’s old land has also received food. After the Koguryo people were initially relieved, Yang You was prepared to emigrate on a large scale and re-divide counties and counties to restore the names of big men such as Lelang County and Xuantu County.
In the stable situation in the north, the snow has also melted away to rest for a winter. Sui Jun experts are well-documented. Pei Hangyan, Luo Shixin, Gao Zengsheng and others are the first Hou Jun, and Yang You wants to be a pawn in Yang You’s account. Yang You considers for a moment and asks Hou Jun to rush to Zhongzhi, and the military is handed over to Xia Wang Dou Jiande Yi Ruanjun.
Sui Jun is gearing up to actively prepare the news to Li Jiancheng’s ears, which makes him sleepless. His father died. He has been trying to hide it for two months, and now he can’t hide it. What should I do if the Sui army really wants to call with the snow melting?
At this time, the Dugu family, the Wei family and other nobles have expressed that the food in their homes has been exhausted. Although the Dugu family, the Wei family and other charitable rice porridge have been fully supported for two months, Li Jiancheng is very grateful and surprised, but it is obviously not a good news for Li Jiancheng to run out of food at this time.
Li Jiancheng has 500,000 mangoku grain in his hand, which has been left with the relief of the victims. A few days ago, he asked his confidant Xu Shimo to check that the grain has 100,000 mangoku! Today, there are about 100,000 troops in the Tang Dynasty near Chang ‘an, and one stone per person is not enough to eat for a month! What’s more, there are still so many victims in Chang’ an city who need to be fed, and every day flowers are not small.
It happened that at this time, there was no food available in Li Jiancheng for the nobles to help the victims. Tens of thousands of nobles, such as Dugu Huai-en and Wei Ji, were consumed every day for two months. The nobles had exhausted their wealth with all their strength. Li Jiancheng could be grateful and could not find any reason to blame-although Li Jiancheng did not have the courage to blame at this time, because at this moment, he could unite with the nobles and unite with the outside world, but Li Jiancheng had no hope of victory, which made him so good? !
Chapter 12 A desperate gamble
Warm spring flowers should be a beautiful season, and the branches, green buds and new wind have become softer.
However, the frequent mobilization of military forces in various counties, especially near Chang ‘an, indicates that a great war is about to unfold. Li Jiancheng finally made up his mind to fight for it before the food runs out. If he can repel Sui Jun Datang, there is still a breathing space. If he loses, he will die and die.
The idea has been made. Li Jiancheng has put the main target of attack on Yang You, the main force of Sui Jun. Although Yang You has the most soldiers and horses, Li Jiancheng has no other way.
Li Xiuning, Li Shentong and others got a secret order to treat the three armies for several days, and sent scouts to check the situation of the Sui army at the same time, so they made a plan to attack the key points. The continuous exploration of Tang Jun scouts caused Yang You to suspect that Yang Youzhao had called his ministers to discuss military intelligence.
Pei Hangyan and Luo Shixin are naturally eager to fight. Because of the high morale of Lien Chan and Lien Jie, the Sui army is full of confidence. They don’t have to be afraid of any conspiracy in Li Jiancheng. The tricks are fragile in front of the absolute strength of the 10 th National Congress.
Du Ruhui smoothed her beard, but she thought it was not the best time. Du Ruhui said, "Tang Jun suddenly and uncharacteristically mobilized military forces frequently. The other day was very different. This proved two points. First, Tang Jun may have some shady plots. Second, Tang Jun is likely to run out of food and need a quick decisive battle to get rid of the food shortage crisis."
Yang Dong, the king of Yue, believed that Li Shimin had been blindsided. Now he is hiding in Hedong like a bow-string. His wanton recruitment is actually a seasoned road. Besides, most of the soldiers who are eager to recruit are recruits. Without Hedong’s support, there should be no conspiracy. So it seems that Tang Jun’s eagerness to fight must be due to the exhaustion of food.
When a person is desperate, he will be quick-witted or burst into great fighting capacity. Now Tang Jun is such an army. It is not worth the loss because he has to wait for a while. When Li Tang runs out of food, Chang ‘an will surely collapse without a fight.
Although Yang Dong was a sovereign, Pei Hangyan and Luo Shixin still spoke against it. Of course, they said that there were reasons for the Sui army to enter China last summer and autumn. Now that it is over half a year old, it is difficult for foreign soldiers to feel homesick and end the war as soon as possible. Soldiers will go home early or their morale will drop sharply.
Yang You was in no hurry, and all his ministers’ opinions were reasonable, but how could Yang You be bored when he recognized that his leading department was originally from China and his hometown? Since Tang Jun is bent on fighting, Sui Jun can’t admit it, but it is obviously not in Yang You’s interest for Tang Jun to fight hard
After some discussion, Yang You made a challenge to deploy Gao Zansheng to continue to leave the camp, which attracted Li Jiancheng’s attention and made Qu Tutong and Yao Junsu attack Xianyang and Chang ‘an ancient cities.
Qu Tutong and Yao Junsu were ordered to urge the army to attack Xianyang, Wu Shihuo, the ancient city of Chang ‘an, and Pei Ji was ordered by Li Jiancheng to attract Qu Tutong, and Yao Junsu’s division made Li Xiuning and Li Shentong prepare to defeat Sui Jun’s main force quickly.
Li Xiuning and Li Shentong, who dominated the Tang Jun camp, stared at the map. Li Xiuning drew several circles with different colors, which represented the deployment of Li Xiuning by the Sui and Tang armies. After paying the price of hundreds of scouts, he found out the deployment of the Sui army.
There were 100,000 people in Yang You, but after the capture of the counties, Guang Shen, Feng Zhiqian and others led their troops to station in Longmengdu, Pujin Ferry and other important roads, and many military forces were also stationed in Yongfengcang, Tonghua Huayin, Weinan and other places. In this way, about 60,000 Sui troops were stationed in Badong in Yang You.
After Li Jiancheng decided to fight to the death, he transferred the Chang ‘an Guards out of 20,000, which made Li Xiuning have 60,000 troops and 25,000 cavalry. Sui Jun made Li Xiuning hesitate. Qu Tutong and Yao Junsu launched an attack, but Yang You’s department was temporarily silent.
If Sui Jun sends out Li Xiuning, he is confident to rely on Liangzhou fighters to fight hard in Sui Jun. However, if Sui Jun retreats to camp and the cavalry power is greatly reduced, it will inevitably pay a huge price for storming the Sui army camp in Tang Jun.
While Li Xiuning, Li Shentong, Li Yuan and others were hesitating, Yangmei came to tell Datang Taitai that she had come.
Li Xiuning hasn’t got up yet, and Li Jiancheng has come in. Looking at his brother, Li Xiuning can’t help sighing. But he is in his thirties, but he looks too heavy to bear on his shoulders.
Li Jiancheng quickly came in and looked at Li Xiuning’s way, "Pingyang will be led by me this time."
Li Xiuning startled don’t eldest brother believe in yourself? But Li Jiancheng’s words made Li Xiuning understand his eldest brother’s determination.
Li Jiancheng intends to bait himself because of Sui Jun’s attack. Even if Yang You can hold back less, Sui Jun will dispatch 20,000 military forces. In this way, it is necessary to grasp the fighter plane, Tang Jun seize the Sui Jun camp, and defeat the Yang You department, and at least temporarily change the unfavorable situation.
A soldier told me that Sui General Gao Subeng led five thousand troops to challenge Li Xiuning’s eyebrows. Yang You was too arrogant and five thousand people wanted to attack the tyrant. Are Tang Jun soldiers idiots?
Li Xiuning was about to speak, but Li Jiancheng saw that he gave a hand and said, "Don’t hurry to come alone." He stepped out
Tang Jun camp outside Gao Zansheng with five thousand soldiers, especially five hundred cavalry galloping outside the camp, and dozens of people threw some armor helmets at random, Li Xiuning frowned slightly, Sui Jun. What is this to do?
Soon after, a crossbowman galloped outside the range of Sui Army, but it was getting closer and closer. There was courage. Sui Jun threw the sundries in his hand out of his helmet and tinkled to the ground.
Li Jiancheng raised his hand and motioned for the crossbowman to put the bow and arrow. Gao Zansheng saw and motioned for the former cavalry of Sui army to throw the helmet to the camp and immediately fled far away.
A soldier picked up the helmet and handed it to Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, Li Shentong and others to watch.
"It’s Hedong army armor" Li Xiuning mouth.
Li Shentong nodded. "Did the king of Qin ever send troops?"