Chapter 257: Half of combat power

The night was dark, and Li Yuan sat upright on the imperial throne, but he was not sleepy at all. His biggest troubles at this time were three, but one was more difficult.

A major town in Hedong, Luzhou was lost. Luzhou was actually Shangdang County during the Qin and Han Dynasties. The ancient area of ​​Luze, Liao and Qin was a highland surrounded by mountains. It was bounded by Taihang Mountain and the North China Plain in the east, and bordered by Taiyue Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain in the west. The Shiming says: "The Dang is the place, and the place is the highest on the mountain, so it is called Shangdang."

Shangdang is known as the ridge of the world, "looking down at Zhongzhou, Hedong and Bingzhou, it is called the throat of Jin State." The situation is very dangerous, so it has been a place that military strategists must fight for since ancient times. However, the loss of this state caused the situation in Hedong to deteriorate rapidly. What was most beneficial to Dou Jiande at this time was that with the loss of Luzhou, Hebei and Hedong had already formed a united area.

This made the situation in Hedong even more passive.

The second thing that Li Yuan was worried about was that Li Jiancheng's power was getting bigger and bigger. With the Jingzhou General Manager Xue Wanche and Qingzhou General Manager Yang Wengan accompanied Li Jiancheng to expedition to Hedong, under Li Yuan's instruction, Li Jiancheng quickly expanded his army, and the troops of Yang Wengan and Xue Wanche had exceeded 30,000.

If we include the more than 50,000 troops controlled by Chen Ying, plus the tens of thousands of troops under the command of Youzhou, Duke Li (Luo) Yi of Yan, and at this time, Li Jiancheng could directly command more than tens of thousands of troops. These troops were different from those led by Li Shimin, and these local troops were no better than the Sixteen Guards. In other words, even if Li Yuan had an imperial edict, he might not be better than Li Jiancheng's crown prince order.

This goes against Li Yuan's original intention of being weak and strong. In particular, Li Jiancheng asked him for an order and transferred the Youzhou general manager Luo Yi into the pass, which made Li Yuan feel very embarrassed. If Chen Ying, Xue Wanche, Yang Wengan and Li Yi join forces, Li Jiancheng can command tens of thousands of troops. This gives Li Yuan a feeling of being out of control.

Not sure, but after counting, Li Jiancheng was shocked, there were more than 150,000 people who could directly command, which made Li Yuan not only annoyed, but feared.

In ancient times, especially in the family of emperors, father and son had a very indifferent relationship. Li Shimin, the emperor who usurped his father with his son, was actually not the first person in history. As early as the reign of King Cheng of Chu, King Cheng of Chu, the son of King Cheng of Chu, was the emperor for too long (forty-six years), and King Cheng of Chu was in good health, so Shang Chen got his father, King Cheng of Chu, wanted to change his position as the crown prince, so he led troops to surround the palace, forced King Cheng of Chu to hang himself and die, and proclaimed himself the king as King Mu of Chu.

What annoyed Li Yuan the most was not Hedong, but Lingzhou. Pei Ju, the former commander of the Eastern Palace Office, was in Lingzhou. Originally, Pei Ju had only one false position and had no real power. However, with the news of the Turks going south, Li Yuan had to delegate power to Pei Ju, the military affairs of the six states, including the Ling, Yan, Xia, Yin, Feng, Sheng, etc. Pei Ju naturally expanded his military equipment and raised more than 36,000 troops in just one month.

In fact, Li Yuan also understood that these people and horses were actually Chen Ying's old subordinates, mainly Lingwu left and right guards. Although Pei Ju was a little older, he could not ride a horse or carried a gun, Chen Jinyong and Chen Tong (Shan Xiongxin) under Chen Ying also naturally became the left and right generals under Pei Ju's command. In this way, Li Jiancheng's strength was even stronger, a prince who had real power to supervise the country and directly ruled more than half of the elite troops of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the elite troops in Li Jiancheng's hands at this time, as well as more than 40,000 Hu cavalry.

These Hu cavalrymen themselves do not have any concerns about the Three Bonds and Five Constant Loyalty, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom, Benevolence, and Trust. They will only obey the orders of their masters, and rebellion is like a meal for parents.

Li Yuan was extremely vigilant against the Hu people. The Hu people generally had robber thinking and habits. When they saw beautiful women, they wanted to rob property. You should know that because they could not stand the laws of Chang'an, they immediately rebelled and destroyed more than tens of counties in Lizhou and Shizhou, and tens of thousands of people died tragically.

The key is that Lingzhou now has more than 40,000 Hu cavalry, which makes Li Yuan feel uneasy to sleep and eat.

Now Li Jiancheng's power is already strong enough, but the Turks came to join in the fun again. The 300,000 army went south, and Li Yuan had to pinch his nose and increase his military power to Li Jiancheng.

For Li Yuan, he was simply cutting his flesh.

Pei Ji was simply a worm in Li Yuan's belly. Seeing Li Yuan's frown, he guessed Li Yuan's concerns. He said tentatively: "Your Majesty, if not, transfer His Highness Zhao to Lingzhou north?"

The King of Zhao, Li Xiaogong, the two combinations of Zhao County King Li Xiaogong and Li Jing, summoned all the children of the leaders of the Bashu area to be included and appointed, and expressed their recommendations to the outside world, but in their hearts they were hostages. They summoned the children of the powerful Bashu and their clan members as soldiers, and set up twelve large armies in a short time, each with 12,500 troops. Now Xiao Xian had only breathing power and no ability to resist.

At the same time, Prince Zhao County Li Xiaogong was not biased with the prince or the King of Qin. He belonged to the imperial party and was Li Yuan's member.

Once Li Xiaogong goes north, he can defeat Pei Ju in terms of qualifications and reputation, and can completely seize the military power of Lingzhou, defend the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, and become a fence screen in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Li Yuan thought about it and it was simply a killing of two birds with one stone. It could not only weaken the prince's military power, but also defend Lingzhou.

At this moment, Li Yuan was really moved.

But I haven't waited for Li Yuan to make a decision yet.

At this moment, General Yu Yanzhang, the left-level guard, entered the hall without any trace and bowed to Li Yuan, "Your Majesty, you are so happy, so happy!"

Li Yuan suddenly stood up, looked at Yu Yanzhang and said, "Did you mean the Turks retreat?"

Yu Yanzhang shook his head and said, "The champion general, heading north along Yongji Canal, and heading straight to Dou Jiande's capital Leshou."

Li Yuan suddenly rushed to the huge map of the side hall, and the Yongji Canal was dug from the left bank of the Qin River in Huaizhou, leading the Qin River to Baigou, Liyang. This section is about 400 miles away, and goes north from Liyang. This was when Emperor Wu of Cao Wei fought against Yuan Tan in the north. For Bi Gong's battle, Emperor Wu of Cao Wei stopped the Qi River and entered Baigou to open the grain channel.

After Cao Wei's renovation, the water volume of Baigou increased, and together with the Qinghe River that was connected to it, it became the main line of Hebei water transportation. In fact, this section was just re-drawn, and the project volume was greatly weakened. Carefully calculated that Yang Guang built the so-called Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou. According to incomplete statistics, only one-third of the canal projects with a total length of more than 4,000 were newly built, and most of them were widened and straightened on the old canal channels. In this way, the project volume has actually been greatly reduced.

Of course, even so, the Grand Canal is a world-famous huge project.

But the most important thing is that Yongji Canal can reach Yingzhou directly, which is enough.

Li Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Chang'an is far away from Li Yang than Jinzhou. At this time, he received the news. I believe Dou Jiande also received the news. Not to mention Chen Ying's unpredictable method of siege, even Yanmen Pass, one of the world's most powerful passes, can only resist for one day in front of Chen Ying. The danger of Hangu Pass is only one hour. I am afraid that Leshou City can withstand for three or five days, and there is no possibility of defending it.

Once Chen Ying conquered Leshou, Dou Jiande would have to bow down and surrender.

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Chen Ying had no other thoughts at this time, and he could only bring glory to the country. However, little stars began to appear in the bright eyes of Huayin of Shentian. If she met a sloppy old man, she would accept her fate and just pretended to be a ghost with her eyes closed, but she met Chen Ying.

Of course, Hana Fukada has never seen a man, but she has never seen such a beautiful man. The key is that this man is very powerful and has sent her to the clouds again and again.

At this time, the sound of the Hantian Huayin seemed to be in the middle of the storm. She was like a small boat, and there was a possibility of overturning at any time.

Finally, Hana Shinda's body turned into a mud, and Chen Ying had no energy, and it was a strength to win glory for the country. Chen Ying was also secretly surprised. He did not expect that this little girl seemed weak and had such amazing endurance.

After winning glory for the country overnight, Chen Ying got up with dark circles, but he didn't expect that when he opened his eyes, Hantian Huayin had already gotten up in the morning with great energy. She carried the washing water like a little wife and delivered it to Chen Ying.

After Chen Ying's battle, the flower sound in the deep field was as if it was like a flower bathed in nectar, very beautiful. When he looked at his dark circles in the basin, Chen Ying murmured in his heart: "It's such a dog!"

In the early morning, Chen Ying met with the generals. All the generals showed a tacit smile, and the eyes were full of fatigue between their eyebrows.
Chapter completed!