The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 496 Liu Wenjing Makes Another Conspiracy
At the turn of Chensi, Li Shimin's main force arrived at the fourth barracks (from east to west). The barracks were in a mess. The barracks and sentry towers were burned to white ground. The smoke had not completely disappeared, and some piles were still burning. So, judging from the mess on the battlefield and the traces that have not been cleaned up, the culprit who caused all this withdrew quite hastily. It should be that he had to leave when he knew that the main force of the Tang army was approaching.

As for how many people died, no one seems to care now. Anyway, from the easternmost point where the fighting took place to the barracks, it is only five miles away, and there are corpses everywhere, all of which are the corpses of Tang Jun.

Qiu Xinggong's corpse was also found. There were more than 300 arrows in his corpse. Li Shimin felt a chill from his open eyes. He was used to seeing corpses for many years and knew it was a An instinctive expression of being suddenly attacked.

The bright morning sun was shining on his body, but Li Shimin didn't feel any warmth. Now that there was no way out, the news of the pursuers had spread, and the morale of the already few had a tendency to plummet. After a day or two, morale dies out, and on the third day when there is no way out, his army will desert in droves and eventually collapse without a fight.Li Shimin is naturally very clear about the consequences. The key is not to say three days, but one day. The Sui army led by Yang Shanhui will not give it to him. What should he do now?
In fact, Li Shimin also had a few thoughts in his mind. From the hasty retreat of the enemy army, it can be seen that the number of this army is not large. Based on this characteristic, he came up with the idea of ​​sending an elite army to guard the key points and Rejecting Yang Shanhui's army, the main force marched headlong, trying their best to annihilate the enemy in front, and opened up a way to survive, but he didn't know whether the incoming enemy was mobilizing in full force, or if it was only a part of the enemy army. An army with demoralized morale is very likely to be wiped out; what's more, if they keep their heads down, the army will inevitably be panicked. Facing Yang Shanhui's desperate offensive, they will not last long. Once the defeated army catches up with the main force, they will inevitably die It caused great panic and a great defeat; so the risk of this plan is too great.

The second plan is to use local materials, build a wooden raft across the Luoshui River, jump out of the enemy's encirclement, and go south to join his eldest brother Li Jiancheng. But if you attack, then you will definitely be defeated.

There is also a slightly safer plan, which is to send a few scouts across the river, quickly get in touch with the eldest brother, and ask him to send an army to meet him on the other side.But there are three problems here: one is that the river is wide, and the scouts may fall into the surveillance of the Sui army wherever they cross the river, and the scouts may not be able to reach Zhuyang Pass; He can't afford it; the third is that the elder brother may not necessarily abandon his personal grievances and send his troops to help, because if he dies here, the elder brother's position will be deeply entrenched. Once the power of the Jin Dynasty is integrated, the Li and Tang courts will be able to settle down After coming down, Li Shimin felt that if he died, it would be beneficial to both Yu Guo and his eldest brother. In this case, would his eldest brother come to support him?
All kinds of worries made Li Shimin reject one idea after another, and gave birth to one idea after another, but no matter which idea there is a huge risk, he is temporarily unsettled and worried.

"Your Highness, are you worried about not being able to withdraw your troops?" At this moment, Liu Wenjing, who had been stunned for a long time, spoke.

Li Shimin sighed: "It's true. Our army has no one to follow, and there are pursuers behind. The morale of the army is on the verge of collapse. I want to keep going forward and use my life to forcibly fight a way out, but I don't know how to occupy Lu's family. How many Sui troops are there? If there are [-] enemy troops in front, we will not be able to win, let alone defeat Yang Shanhui. I don’t know what to do now, does Xiangguo have a good plan?”

Li Shimin slowly sat on a marching horse. He has always regarded himself as a military genius, able to plan and make decisions, but the successive failures made him lose confidence; especially this time, if he listens to Liu Wenjing at the right time, The suggestion is to retreat to Luoyang in time and watch the Sui army fight Wang Shichong. The casualties of the Sui army in the city will inevitably be huge, and it will not be as prosperous as it is now, and its own army will not become a tired army. When he came down, Wang Shichong's head was also cut off, but in the end, didn't he let Luoyang out of his hands in a desperate manner?It is true that there is selfishness in gaining political capital, but is this not a manifestation of ignorance of trade-offs and inexperience?Just because of his own insufficiency, he has an optimistic and lucky heart, when he meets the more seasoned Yang Tong, he appears to be passive everywhere, waiting for the road to be broken, and being completely led by the nose by Yang Tong.

Although there are many under his command, just like himself, he has no experience in dealing with this kind of life-and-death dilemma, so at this time, experience is especially important. Liu Wenjing advised his father in the turbulent era, which led his father to overcome many difficulties safely. His experience and mentality of coping with dangerous situations are naturally beyond the reach of young people like them. Li Shimin only realized his conceit and stupidity when he looked back.

"His Royal Highness, you don't need to worry too much. The morale of our army is not stable, especially in numbers, and each has ten days' food, armor and armor. I think we still have time to deal with it." Liu Wenjing sighed slightly and continued Said: "But if you wait for three days, the matter will be serious."

"Xiangguo, what's the difference between now and three days later?" Seeing the two talking, many civil and military men approached, Yin Kaishan asked.

"Our army is like a trapped beast at this time. If the Sui army attacks by force, it will definitely arouse the hearts of our soldiers as enemies... The power of more than [-] small beasts cannot be ignored. Although it will not be able to wipe out the entire Sui army, it will still It's enough to hurt the Sui army...but it will be completely different after three days." Liu Wenjing laughed.

"Are you still afraid that they won't succeed?" Hou Junji snorted coldly.

"It's not fear, but the truth!" Liu Wenjing looked at Li Shimin and said, "There is a saying in the art of war: attacking the heart is the most important thing. This can be seen from General Liu Hongji's troops after Yang Shanhui stopped attacking. What Yang Shanhui has to do is to surrender without fighting. As a soldier of man, he wants to completely destroy the fighting spirit of our army with his military power. He is not moving now, just to tell our soldiers that it is not that they can't beat us, but they just don't want to fight, which makes our army's fear and fear continue to amplify , always in anxiety. Three days later, if we don't think of a way to save ourselves, the soldiers will be completely desperate, and there will even be mutiny, camp screams and other horrible things. At that time, when the Sui army attacks again, it will be It can defeat our army in one battle."

"That is to say, we still have three days?" Li Shimin frowned and asked in a deep voice.

Liu Wenjing sighed: "There are always exceptions in everything, and we can't generalize; and the actions of the Sui army have always violated common sense, we can't judge it according to common sense, but no matter whether it is three days or two days, we have no right to waste it."

Li Shimin nodded, pondered for a moment and asked, "What does Xiangguo think we should do now?"

"The solution and the way out lies in this Luoshui." Liu Wenjing pointed to the Luoshui flowing eastward.

Li Shimin was very disappointed, "I've thought about this too, I'm afraid that the Sui army will be halfway through, and we won't be able to look after each other at that time, and we will definitely lose a lot."

Liu Wenjing smiled and said: "My method is not this, I mean to use this Luoshui to create a bargaining chip, as long as we have a big bargaining chip in our hands and firmly grasp the vital points of Yang Tong, we can force him to negotiate with us In order to enable our army to withdraw southward successfully."

"Can this work? What bargaining chips do we have?" Li Shimin was dubious.

Liu Wenjing smiled: "If Your Highness is willing to listen to my strategy, I am at least [-]% sure that all our troops will evacuate safely."

Li Shimin was overjoyed, and quickly said: "Please tell me, Xiangguo, I will definitely obey what I say."

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In the evening, Yang Tong's army arrived in Lushi County. He joined forces with Luo Shixin and stationed in the Luoshui Camp.

"What is Li Shimin doing?" Yang Tong didn't have time to rest, so he called the generals to discuss the military situation in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"The scouts came to report that Li Shimin was logging heavily, as if he was going to cross Luoshui." Luo Shixin didn't follow Xin Liaoer's advice, and did some kind of feat of ambush on one spot, so he retreated early and came back to rest.

Yang Tong thought for a moment, then said, "I feel that Li Shimin is bluffing, I wonder if you feel this way?"

Luo Shixin shook his head, he didn't quite agree with Yang Tong's feeling, "But all our scouts said so, the information will not be wrong. Besides, if Li Shimin didn't cross Luoshui to join Li Jiancheng, where would he go? Is it possible that they will cross all kinds of mountains and go north? But this is not possible. The defenders of Hangu Pass and Tongguan will not let them succeed. The important thing is that they do not have much food in their hands. As far as he is concerned, the north of Hongnong The situation is unknown, and I feel that Li Shimin will not make such a fuss. Your Majesty, don’t forget, Li Shimin has at least 2 or 9 people in his hands. The progress of the mixed-match army of infantry and cavalry, our army can guard in front of him at any time, Li Shimin will not understand this reason. The whereabouts cannot be concealed, and the food and grass will not last long. I think there may be no Tang army going north. As for the U-turn east Not to mention the decisive battle between Jin and the right servant, it is courting death. Maybe it is possible to come to fight our army, but for him, the situation here is still unclear, and I think it is not very likely; Dong, It is difficult to advance in the north and west directions, the only way is to take advantage of our army's encirclement and cross the Luoshui River, which may cause him heavy losses, but it is better than annihilation of the entire army."

Yang Tong glanced at the thoughtful Li Zhengbao: "General Li, tell me what you think?"

"The last general went to the front line to watch, and felt that Li Shimin was very stable, and Tang Jun did not have the atmosphere of being trapped. The camp he set up was very organized, not rushing, and well organized. It can be said to be impeccable. This is completely different from Li Shimin's style. Whether he was in Yongliang or in this Eastern Expedition, Li Shimin's style gave me the feeling that he was full of aggressiveness, sharp and fierce, just like a wolf; it stands to reason , when this kind of person is facing a desperate situation, he will also advocate offense. Judging from his past performance, Li Shimin is indeed such a person, but now he is as immovable as a mountain, not like being in a desperate situation, but like traveling in mountains and rivers Normally, this is quite abnormal. We might as well speculate boldly that Li Shimin already has a safe way to get out of the encirclement, as for what his method is, please forgive me for not being able to figure it out." Li Zhengbao finally said with a wry smile.

Yang Tong nodded: "I feel the same way!"

"What's the difference between that and not saying it?" Xin Liao'er grinned, Luo Shixin hit harder, and the corner of his mouth was broken, and it still hurts.

Yang Tong didn't feel annoyed, and asked with a smile, "General Xin has an idea?"

Xin Liaoer opened his voice and shouted: "That's not true. But judging from the future, Li Shimin is pretending. He can be stable, but it doesn't mean that his soldiers can be stable too. Didn't the Holy One say that in the face of absolute strength? , all conspiracies and tricks are paper tigers. Let's just go and fight him. Although he has more soldiers than us, but no matter how many soldiers he has in the valley, he can't form a formation. We all ride on horseback, even if we can't fight I can run, but if the right servant also launches an attack, facing the two sides of our army, I don't believe that he can survive."

Although Xin Liao'er's method is relatively barbaric, the truth is correct.

Li Zhengbao thought for a while, "But General Xin, we can't say that. We can't see through the enemy's intentions. If we fight rashly, what will happen to the Luoshui Camp? The water is going upstream, which is likely to put our army in a situation where we are facing the enemy head to tail, so we cannot take it lightly."

Xin Liaoer chuckled, "I'm just talking, everyone thinks I'm farting."

"..." Everyone was speechless for a while.

What is this, the best case of not wanting to be responsible!
At this time, Luo Shixin said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that Xin's approach is a good idea. As long as our army attacks many times, won't Li Shimin be able to see any plots and tricks?"

Yang Tong looked at the sky and said, "That's fine, at dawn tomorrow, our army will take advantage of the maneuverability of the cavalry and attack the enemy in turn. Under the bright sky, I don't believe that Li Shimin can have any tricks."

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