Henan County, the capital of the Tang Dynasty and the eastern capital of Luoyang.
The military camps are lined up, flags are flying, and the sky is filled with blood.
When Bohai City, the capital of the Xia Kingdom, was burned by beacon fires and the earth was stained with blood, Luoyang, the capital of the Tang Kingdom, was also filled with thundering war drums and beacon fires burning the city.
The Sui Dynasty's army arrived at Luoyang, the eastern capital, earlier than the Li army besieged Bohai City. Each of the four heavenly kings led an army and besieged Luoyang, the eastern capital, from all directions. All tactics including storming, fire attacks, civil strife, and poisoning were used.
But it still hasn't been captured, not even the city wall has been completely captured, and the record is not as good as that of the Yue King's rebels back then.
Luoyang, the eastern capital, is like an ancient beast crawling on the earth.
The city is high into the clouds. At this time, the city wall is full of vicissitudes of life. There are countless holes and holes everywhere, and there are traces of swords and guns. However, it still stands tall and majestic, making it even more majestic, majestic, and thick, as powerful as an ancient giant mountain.
The blood stains scattered all over the city wall were covered with vicissitudes of life, and most of them had condensed into blood cocoons, adding a hideous and sad look to the majestic and heavy ancient capital.
Under the city wall, corpses piled up for tens of feet, filling the moat, dyeing Luoshui red, and attracting countless black crows, flies, and a rotten stench.
For many days, the four heavenly kings of the Sui Empire attacked Luoyang many times. Among them, the Zhenwu King He Ruobi, the Imperial King Yu Juluo, the Double Spear King Dingyanping, the three heavenly kings, and the Silver Demon Pei Yuanqing even committed suicide on the wall many times. In the end
Still had to retreat outside the city.
This is Luoyang, the eastern capital.
This is Bupo Tiandu.
As powerful as the Four Heavenly Kings and the Silver Demon Pei Yuanqing, he could basically look down on the generals of the Tang Dynasty, but he still couldn't do anything to get anything.
As soon as the news of the fall of the Xia Kingdom and the death of the Xia King spread, the Sui army suspended their attack on the city, abandoned hundreds of thousands of corpses of soldiers, and retreated to the four military camps.
At this time, the four kings of the Sui Dynasty, representatives of the Silver Demon Pei Yuanqing and the two generals, gathered in the west of Luoyang at the military camp led by Xuan Xiang Wang Gaojuan.
A solemn and oppressive atmosphere filled the military tent, and everyone in the tent was silent.
"The Kingdom of Xia was destroyed, and the King of Xia passed away..."
Xuanxiang King Gao Jun looked around at the people in the tent who were in a rather depressed mood, and said in a calm tone, as if explaining a common matter in life.
After besieging Luoyang for many days, it had not yet been captured, and the Sui army suffered heavy losses. No one of the Sui generals present could cheer up, and this behavior is understandable.
Everyone present was silent. They naturally knew this news, otherwise they wouldn't be gathered here.
Gao Yan said calmly again: "Hangu Pass is still in the hands of the Detachment of Women. Our army has attacked several times, but it still has not been captured. It is estimated that it will cost millions of troops, which can take as short as half a month and as long as a month before there is hope. Time is very tight!"
Since the Sui army besieged Luoyang, the eastern capital, it has cut off the connection between Luoyang and Hangu Pass, especially supplies and reinforcements. Then, they sent two armies from the east and west to attack Hangu Pass, but they still failed to capture it.
Of course, the Sui army also sent many assassins to assassinate the concubine Li Xiuning, but basically nothing happened. Apparently there were strong Liguo people guarding Li Xiuning.
Luoyang, the eastern capital, was not captured, and the routes between the eastern and western capitals were not opened.
It can be said that the Sui army entered the pass in a large scale. Even though the cities near Luoyang and Henan County had been captured, they were obviously unable to defend themselves. It could be said that nothing had been accomplished. It is strange that the Sui army on the scene was happy.
"What does the Prime Minister mean?" Yu Juluo, the Royal Heavenly King, asked first.
Xuanxiang King Gao Jiong was the person who served as prime minister for the longest time in the Sui Empire. Some veteran officials of the Sui Dynasty still used to call him Gao Xiang.
Of course, this is also everyone's recognition of Gao Jiong's ability.
Yu Juluo, the king of heaven, thought for a while and simply asked: "Now the Li army is coming at full speed, right? Our army is withdrawing?"
"..."
Gao Jiong opened his mouth, feeling that his throat was quite hoarse, as if something was blocking him, and he couldn't say what he wanted to say.
This time the Sui Empire dispatched the Four Heavenly Kings, two famous generals, and the Silver Demon Pei Yuanqing, and tens of millions of troops. They spent countless money and food on the eastward expedition. Now they have lost millions of troops. They just evacuated, let alone other people.
Jiao himself couldn't say it.
"If we evacuate like this, not only will our eastern expedition have little effect, but our country will be in danger!"
Gao Jiong remained silent, Yu Juluo shook his head and sighed as a reminder. After a pause, he simply said clearly:
"This time, we underestimated Dongdu and the Tang army. In my opinion, there are only two ways for us now. First, gather our military strength, attack Dongdu again, make a forced landing on the Tang Dynasty, and occupy Dongdu before the Li army arrives.
In this way, we can hold the city to resist; secondly, dispatch a large army to continue to attack Hangu Pass. This is a fruitless strategy to attack the eastern capital, but it must be won. Otherwise, our country will have no danger of defending against Li Guo.
, there is no city to rely on, and our country is in danger!"
During the Great Sui Dynasty's Eastern Expedition, taking advantage of the lack of military power in the Tang State, they were able to march from the Western Capital to the Eastern Capital quite smoothly. On the other hand, the Li Army, which occupied most of the country, could also rely on its large number of troops to march from the Eastern Capital to the Western Capital.
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The Sui Empire wanted to compete with Li State, so the best option was to capture the Eastern Capital and use the Eastern and Western Capitals to suppress the world. The second option was to capture the three major passes (Hangu Pass, Pingjin Pass and Yique Pass) and control Li State.
The army blocked the pass.
Otherwise, when the Sui Empire faces the Li Army, it will fully open its doors to the Li Army, allowing the Li Army to directly attack the Western Capital. This is not a good situation.
The Sui Empire in the Western Mountains was at dusk. Facing the rising power of Li Guo, the civil and military forces of the Sui Dynasty were under great pressure. They were struggling to survive, but many things had to be done.
The days are going to pass eventually. You can't feel that there is no hope and just break the pot, right? It's not that the Sui Empire has no hope of making a comeback.
Gao Jiong thought for a while, looked at everyone and said: "I have an idea. I want to transfer General Yin Shuai to take charge of Pingjin and Yique Pass. As a precaution, more and more spies who have left the army have appeared near the second pass today.
, I’m afraid it’s quite a conspiracy.”
General Qu, the commander-in-chief of Yin, is currently supporting his troops to the southeast. He is on guard against a surprise attack by the Li army and the return of reinforcements from the Tang army guarding the pass. Naturally, he cannot leave lightly.
Gao Jiong's move was quite risky, so the kings naturally agreed. After all, the four kings of the Sui Dynasty were equal.
"It's possible! However, does the Li Army still want to seal our army inside the pass? Aren't they afraid of breaking their teeth?"
Yu Juluo nodded in response, and sneered again and again at the end. After a pause, he looked at Gao Jiong and asked: "Obviously, this is not the only idea that Prime Minister Gao has, right?"
"I have sent people to ask King Taiping to come out and ask him to lead an army to attack Hangu Pass. At the same time, I hope that King Zhenwu can lead an army to attack Hangu Pass. No matter what, Hangu Pass must be taken and cannot be delayed any longer!
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Gao Jie nodded in response, and said with some sadness and determination: "Our army cannot retreat like this! Even if we can't capture Dongdu, we still have to cripple the Tang army and build up the reputation of our army. Even if the Li army takes advantage, we still have to do it."
Do it. Otherwise, it will harm the morale of the military and the people, and we will not be able to explain it to the court!"
The hearts of everyone present were shocked. Gao Jiong's arrangement seemed a bit like explaining the aftermath. He was planning to conquer Dongdu at all costs!
"Prince Taiping?! Will he come out of the mountain?" Zhenwu King He Ruobi, on the other hand, asked with suspicion in his eyes.
Seriously speaking, the Sui Empire had ten kings of the Sui Dynasty instead of nine kings of the Sui Dynasty, in order to show that it would be perfect in all directions and prosperous for eternity.
Unfortunately, not only the ten kings of the Sui Dynasty failed to succeed, but the nine kings of the Sui Dynasty also retired one after another, which gradually weakened the national destiny of the Sui Dynasty and finally reached the current situation.
As for the nine kings of the Sui Dynasty, the two Sui emperors still cared about their old friendships and meritorious deeds, so they just listed the crimes and secretly retired and handed over power.
King Taiping was the first emperor of the Sui Empire, Emperor Wen of Sui, and he was the only king who ordered the execution. It would be great if he did not add insult to injury, but would he still come out to help? (To be continued.)
