Chapter 257 Half of the combat effectiveness is wasted

The night was deep, and Li Yuan sat on the throne, but he didn't feel sleepy. There are three of his biggest worries at this time, but each one is more difficult than the other.

Hedong Town, Luzhou was lost. Luzhou is actually the Shangdang County in the Qin and Han dynasties, the area of the four prefectures of Liaoqin in ancient Luze, is a highland surrounded by mountains, the east is bounded by the Taihang Mountain and the North China Plain, and the west is bordered by the Taiyue Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain and Jinnan (also known as Hedong).

Shangdang is known as the spine of the world, "overlooking Zhongzhou, elbow Hedong, and Zhou, it is called the throat of the Jin State", the situation is very dangerous, so it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, but the loss of this state has made the situation in Hedong deteriorate rapidly. At this time, the most beneficial thing for Dou Jiande was that with the loss of Luzhou, Hebei and Hedong had become one at this time.

This made the situation in Hedong even more passive.

Li Yuan's second annoying thing is that Li Jiancheng's power is getting bigger and bigger, with Xue Wanche, the governor of Jingzhou, and Yang Wengan, the governor of Qingzhou, following Li Jiancheng to expedition to Hedong, under Li Yuan's instructions, Li Jiancheng rapidly expanded the army, and the troops of Yang Wengan and Xue Wanche have exceeded 30,000.

If you count the more than 50,000 troops under Chen Ying's control, plus the tens of thousands of troops under the command of Li (Luo), the governor of Youzhou and the Duke of Yanguo, Li Jiancheng can directly command more than 100,000 troops at this time. These horses are different from the men and horses led by Li Shimin, and these local armies are no better than the Sixteen Guards. In other words, even if Li Yuan has a holy decree, it may not be better than Li Jiancheng's crown decree.

This goes against Li Yuan's original intention of being weak and strong. In particular, Li Jiancheng asked him for an order to transfer Luo Yi, the governor of Youzhou, to enter the customs, which made Li Yuan feel very embarrassed, in case Chen Ying, Xue Wanche, Yang Wengan, and Li Yi joined forces, Li Jiancheng could command an army of tens of thousands. This gave Li Yuan a feeling of being out of control.

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked, Li Jiancheng can directly command more than 150,000 people, which makes Li Yuan not only annoyed, but frightened.

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

What annoyed Li Yuan the most was actually not Hedong, but Lingzhou. The original East Palace Secretary ordered Pei Ju to sit in Lingzhou, and originally Pei Ju only had a fictitious position and no real power. However, with the news of the Turks' southward movement, Li Yuan had to give power to Pei Ju to control the military of the six states of Temperance, Ling, Salt, Xia, Yin, Feng, and Sheng, and Pei Ju naturally expanded his armaments, pulling up more than 36,000 men and horses in just one month.

In fact, Li Yuan also understands that these horses are actually Chen Ying's old troops, mainly Lingwu left and right guards, although Pei Ju is a little old, he can't ride a horse, and he can't lift a gun, but Chen Jinyong and Chen Tong (Shan Xiongxin) under Chen Ying have also naturally become the generals of the left and right unified army under Pei Ju. In this way, Li Jiancheng's strength has become even stronger, a prince who has the real power to supervise the country and directly rules more than half of the elite army of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the elite troops in Li Jiancheng's hands at this time, and as many as more than 40,000 Hu cavalry.

These Hu cavalry themselves do not have the care of the three outlines and five constants, loyalty, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, benevolence, and faith, they will only obey the orders of their masters, and rebellion is like a parent's meal.

Li Yuan has a strong vigilance against the Hu people, the Hu people generally have robber thinking and habits, they see beautiful women are like on, and they want to rob when they see property, you must know that the original side of the enterprise is because they can't stand the law of Chang'an, and then rebelled, eroding more than a dozen county towns in Lizhou and Shizhou, and tens of thousands of people died tragically.

The key is that Lingzhou now has more than 40,000 Hu Qi, which makes Li Yuan feel uneasy.

Now Li Jiancheng's power is big enough, but the Turks have come to join in the fun. The 300,000 army went south, and Li Yuan couldn't help but pinch his nose to increase Li Jiancheng's military power.

Every penny of military power, for Li Yuan, this is simply cutting his flesh.

Pei Lin was simply a roundworm in Li Yuan's stomach, and seeing Li Yuan's frowning, he guessed Li Yuan's concerns. He said tentatively: "Your Majesty, if not, transfer His Royal Highness King Zhao north to Lingzhou?" ”

King Zhao, both King of Zhao and Li Xiaogong. The two combinations of Li Xiaogong and Li Jing summoned the children of the leaders of the Bashu region to be included and appointed, and expressed their recommendation and promotion to the outside world, but in their hearts they were taken hostages. Recruit the strong children of Bashu and his clansmen as soldiers, and prepare twelve armies in a short period of time, each with 12,500 men and horses. Now it has been so pressed that Xiao Mo only has the strength to breathe, and he has no ability to parry.

At the same time, Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, did not favor either the prince or the king of Qin, he belonged to the imperial party and was Li Yuan's person.

Once Li Xiaogong goes north, regardless of seniority or prestige, he can overwhelm Pei Ju, and he can completely seize the military power of Lingzhou, defend the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, and become the northwest fence of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan thought about it, this is simply killing two birds with one stone, which can not only weaken the prince's military power, but also defend Lingzhou.

At this moment, Li Yuan's heart was really moved.

It's just that he hasn't waited for Li Yuan to really make a decision.

At this time, Yu Yanzhang, the general of the left prison guard, entered the hall without a trace, and bowed his hand to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, great joy, great joy!" ”

Li Yuan stood up abruptly, looked at Yu Yanzhang and said, "You mean that the Turks have withdrawn?" ”

Yu Yanzhang shook his head and said, "Champion General, go north along the Yongji Canal and reach Dou Jiande's capital Leshou." ”

Li Yuan suddenly rushed to the side hall in front of the huge map, Yongji Canal, the main new river section from the left bank of the Huaizhou Qin River dug to lead the Qin River water to Liyang Baigou, this section of Mo about 400 li, from Liyang to the north, this is the year Cao Wei Wu Emperor north expedition Yuan Tan, for the completion of the battle, Cao Wei Wu Emperor curbed Qi water into the white ditch, in order to pass the grain road.

After Cao Wei's repair, the water volume of Baigou increased, and together with the Qinghe River connected to it, it became the main water transport line of Hebei. In fact, this section was only dredged, and the amount of work was greatly reduced. According to incomplete statistics, only one-third of the canal projects with a total length of more than 4,000 belong to new construction, and most of them are widened and straightened on the old canal channel, so that the amount of work has actually been greatly reduced.

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

However, the most important thing is that the Yongji Canal can reach the territory of Yingzhou, which is enough.

Li Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Chang'an is far farther than Jinzhou from Liyang, at this time he got the news, presumably Dou Jiande also got the news, not to mention Chen Ying's unpredictable siege method, even one of the world's Xiongguan Yanmen Pass can only be resisted in front of Chen Ying for one day, and the danger of Hangu Pass is only one hour, I am afraid that Leshou City is great and can resist for three or five days, and there is no possibility of defending it at all.

Once Chen Ying breaks through Le Shou, Hou Dou Jiande will only have the share of bowing down to his subordinates.

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In Chen Ying's mind, there was nothing else to think about at this time, but to win glory for the country. However, little stars began to emerge in Fukada's bright eyes. If she met a sloppy old man, she would have accepted her fate, and she should only be a ghost with her eyes closed, but she met Chen Ying.

It's not that Fukada Hanon has never seen a man, but she has never seen such a beautiful man. The point is that this man is very powerful and sends her to the clouds again and again.

At this time, Fukada Hanain seems to be in the middle of the storm, and she is like a flat boat, which may capsize at any time.

Finally, Fukada Huayin's body was rotten into a mess of mud, Chen Ying had no energy, it was a hard job to win glory for the country, Chen Ying was also secretly surprised, he didn't expect that this little girl's skin seemed to be weak and impervious, but her endurance was so amazing.

Winning glory for the country overnight, Chen Ying got up with dark circles under his eyes, but he didn't expect that when he just opened his eyes, Fukada Huayin had already gotten up in good spirits early in the morning. Like a little wife, she carried the washing water and sent it to Chen Ying.

After Chen Ying's overnight expedition, Fukada Huayin seemed to be like a flower bathed in nectar, very delicate, and then looked at his dark circles in the basin, Chen Ying muttered secretly in his heart: "It's really a dog!" ”

Early in the morning, Chen Ying met with the generals. All the generals showed a tacit smile, and their eyebrows were full of tiredness.

Chen Ying secretly smacked his tongue, these 20 or so Japanese people were very strong, and in just one night, half of the combat effectiveness of the generals under Chen Ying's command was abolished.