Chapter 836 Refunds

"Bastard"

Looking at the emergency report written by Yang Kunshang himself in front of him, Li Shimin was a little unacceptable for a while, and he slapped the table and smashed the tea bowl, roaring nonstop.

"Robbed 30,000 Yili Jian horses, took the lead in provoking a war between the two countries, and seized the two state capitals of our Tang Dynasty in a row" Li Shimin slapped the table angrily and shouted: "Hou Junji is not a minister Zhao Deyi missed the fighter plane, lost the city and lost the land, and the crime deserves death."

Although Yang Kunshang did not mention the seizure of Shazhou in his letter, from his description of the retreat of Zhao De, the lord of Shazhou, with 10,000 defenders, Hou Jun and 30,000 iron cavalry, Li Shimin could naturally guess the most likely outcome for Shazhou City.

Who is Hou Junji? That is an undefeated famous general who has been by Li Shimin's side for more than 20 years, and no one knows more about Hou Junji's military strategy than Li Shimin, what about cavalry? What if you don't have the necessary siege engines? It's not like Hou Junji hasn't done this kind of thing, not to mention that you only have 10,000 uneven defenders, you have 30,000 and 50,000, and you can't avoid the danger of being broken down.

As for the supply of grain and grass, it is even more nonsense, they are cavalry, not to mention that they can carry a large amount of supplies, burn, kill and loot, and feed the war with war, which was even more convenient for them when the Turks invaded the Central Plains. If the things are gone, to grab them is, the entire Datang is the target they want to plunder, and if they want to grab some supplies, isn't it easy?

This is Li Shimin's evaluation of Zhao De, the lord of Shazhou, Li Shimin is not afraid that his soldiers will be defeated occasionally, but if you want to lose, you have to lose some value.

Yang Kunshang was defeated, it was a huge disparity in troops, unable to recover, and at the same time he got first-hand information, and fled to Yizhou to rest and resist with Li Rui while waiting for the king's gathering to grab horses and regroup, although he was still defeated, but at least some of the people were evacuated, and he also bought half a day of preparation time for Shazhou.

But what about the city lord of Shazhou? Rigid and self-serving, he doesn't listen to people's words, and for some credit, he is so arrogant that he wants to block it alone, which is extremely stupid

If he can follow the advice of Yang Kunshang and Li Rui, endure the anger of the moment, and implement the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, even if Hou Junji has the ability, it will be difficult to do anything about the lack of rice, so there is no gain before, and there is no supply later, and it will automatically return to Gaochang in less than three or five days.

But now, it's too late to say anything, the date of payment on Yang Kunshang's report is the fourth day of the first lunar month, and six days have passed when the eight hundred miles are rushed to Chang'an, can Zhao De's kid hold on for six days? Li Shimin shook his head and denied it, obviously not optimistic about this Shazhou city lord.

The only thing Li Shimin feels fortunate about now is that he also chose to go out at the New Year Pass, and when he received Yang Kunshang's urgent report, Li Ji and his entourage had also been traveling for ten days, if there was no accident, they would have rushed to the Yumen Pass, and they would not be disrupted by Hou Junji's sudden attack.

It's just that the original plan to raid Gaochang also died early due to the sudden attack of Hou Junji, and if you want to hit Gaochang by surprise, there is still three months to break through the Gaochang Imperial City, and the plan to capture the Gaochang royal family will also be frustrated. After all, Hou Junji, who has 30,000 Yili war horses, has turned into a tiger with wings, not to mention Li Ji, even Li Jing himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to capture it in a short time.

Thinking of the 30,000 Yili Jian horses, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel distressed again, the fixed money of 500,000 yuan had already been sent to Yang Bofang, and the people had also actively trained the war horses and waited for the Tang army to receive them, I didn't want such an incident to happen again in the middle of the road?

Originally, I wanted to let Li Ji take advantage of the momentum of these 30,000 healthy horses to show the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, but now he has made wedding clothes for others, and the war horses that have just been trained are so cheap Hou Junji, a rebel thief, how can this make Li Shimin, a buyer, embarrassed?

"The emperor is angry" closed the recital handed over by the emperor, and Di Zhixun, the household servant who was originally called by Li Shimin to sum up the disaster relief funds and the surplus situation of military food and grass, gave up his hand and gently advised: "The emperor can't be angry for the treason and misguided ministers of Hou Junji, Zhao De and others, Yizhou and Shazhou are sparsely populated, and there are many Hu people, which are not easy to govern, and it is not surprising that they can be captured by Hou Junji so quickly." ”

"According to what General Yang said in the recital, Hou Junji is now afraid that he has taken Shazhou and driven his troops to Yumen Pass, and that Zhao De, who has ** has also been killed by the chaotic army." It's completely unnecessary to be angry with a dead person, Di Zhixun looked up at Li Shimin cautiously, and then said: "As for the current situation in Yumen Pass,"

After a pause, Di Zhixun continued: "The terrain of Yumen Pass is critical, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it has always been heavily guarded. ”

"General Li Ji set out at the New Year's Pass, all the way to the hurried, if there is no accident, before the night of Shangyuan should be able to rush to the Yumen Pass," Di Zhixun said: "When General Li Ji and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bring the 100,000 troops arrived, Hou Jun gathered the 30,000 cavalry, and there is no need to worry." ”

"I hope so." Li Shimin nodded lightly, Li Ji naturally has no problem when he arrives, but the question is that before Li Ji arrives, will Hou Junji play any tricks again?

Although Hou Junji acted recklessly and seemed to be a vulgar person, he had never made a big mistake in battle, would he really go deep alone with only 30,000 cavalry? Who can guarantee that behind these 30,000 cavalry, there will be no other reinforcements or baggage troops? You must know that although the Gaochang country is barren, there are more than 200,000 soldiers, and what Hou Junji has brought out now is only 30,000, where are the other hundreds of thousands?

Alas, Li Shimin shook his head lightly, and sighed in a low voice, only because Chang'an was far away from Yumen Pass, and he couldn't go to the battle in person, and now all he, the emperor, could do was to hope that Yang Kunshang and the Yumen Pass guards would be able to guard the Yumen Pass, and they could wait for Li Ji and his party to arrive to support them safely.

When Li Shimin was worried about the war at the border, Liu Yi came to Sanyuan Yang Mansion with small steps leisurely, and the housekeeper Yang Bin hurriedly came forward, and said to Liu Yiyi: "Young Master Liu, you can be regarded as arriving, the master has asked three times in a row, saying that if Young Master Liu arrives, you can go directly to the study to find him." ”

"In such a hurry?" Liu Yiyi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but ask Yang Bin out loud: "I haven't seen Uncle Yang so anxious in ordinary times, does Uncle Bin know what's going on?" ”

"Back to Young Master Liu," Yang Bin replied softly: "I don't know the specifics of the small ones, but this morning, the house received an urgent letterhead from the border gate from the eldest young master, and the master was in a hurry to go to Gutian to invite Young Master Liu after reading the letter from the eldest young master." ”

"Oh, okay, thank you Uncle Bin" arched his hand lightly, and Liu Yiyi said in a loud voice: "I know the way in the study, so I won't ask Uncle Bin to lead the way, Uncle Bin, you are busy." ”

After speaking, Liu Yiyi gave up his hand and confessed, and walked directly to the study of the back house of Yang's mansion, and when he arrived at the study, he saw Yang Bofang contemplating there, Liu Yiyi directly pushed the door in, and bowed his hand to greet him: "Uncle Yang is above, the little nephew has given you a salute"

"Okay, okay, our uncle and nephew don't need to be so polite, sit down." Yang Bofang raised his head, blamed Liu Yiyi for a couple of sentences, and then directly motioned for Liu Yiyi to sit down beside him, and then pushed the letter on the table to Liu Yiyi, and said in a loud voice: "Look at it, this is the letter sent back by your eldest brother Kunshang, Gao and Tang have already started a war as early as the end of the year." ”

"Oh?" Liu Yiyi's eyes lit up, but he didn't care about being polite to Yang Bofang again, and directly picked up the letter on the table and looked at it, the pasture was robbed, the border pass was broken, and then there were Yizhou, Shazhou and other cities, which were also attacked one after another.

"I thought that Hou Junji would quickly withdraw to Gaochang after snatching the war horse, and when he recuperated in preparation for him, I didn't expect this old boy to have such courage" Although Hou Junji was not liked, Liu Yiyi also had to admire his courage, obviously at a disadvantage, but he still dared to attack, and achieved certain results, and it was also considered to break Li Shimin's idea of wanting a surprise attack. Thinking about it, Li Shimin, the eternal master, must be very depressed now.

"Fortunately, Brother Yang has entered the Yumen Pass safely, otherwise the little nephew's sin would be great." Closing the letter, Liu Yiyi couldn't help but sigh, although the war between Gao and Tang was inevitable, and Yang Kunshang, as a border guard, would definitely have this catastrophe, but Hou Junji had to get the 30,000 Elima in Yantian Ranch to have such a sharp edge, and Liu Yiyi still felt a little reluctant in his heart.

"What does this have to do with you?" glaring at Liu Yiyi dissatisfied, Yang Bofang said: "It's not for my uncle to underestimate his son, or without your 30,000 war horses, Kunshang's kid will definitely not be Hou Junji's opponent." If it weren't for the good nephew to inform him in advance and let him prepare before the war, he was afraid that he would not even be able to save his life, let alone build any more meritorious deeds. ”

"I called you over today, just to discuss the issue of the 30,000 Elima with the virtuous nephew," Yang Bofang directly said the topic of this meeting, and said in a loud voice: "The matter of the ranch, the emperor must have known, since the 30,000 healthy horses have been lost, the previous transaction with the imperial court naturally no longer exists, and the virtuous nephew thinks that the 500,000 yuan sent by Li Ji before should also be returned?" ”

"Retreat is naturally to retreat," Liu Yiyi squinted and chuckled and said: "But you can't retreat too much, after all, the ranch was robbed, and the loss of the house has also exceeded millions of yuan, if you retreat too coolly, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of others." ”

"According to the little nephew," after a moment of silence, Liu Yiyi arched his hand and said: "Uncle Yang had better go and discuss with Di Shangshu of the household department in advance first, report the grievances, complain about the bitterness, and if you can retreat less, it is better to retreat less." ”