More than ten counties in Hedong have turned from a piece of fragrant bread into a death trap. ()

Hedong was already rich, and Yang Guang was preparing to conquer the Turks and transport the world's grain and grass into Hedong. In Taiyuan City, there are countless grains and grasses, as well as millions of armor and weapons. Whoever wins Hedong can immediately turn into a strong party.

At the beginning, Li Yuan controlled Hedong, and finally turned from a foreign relative to one of the world's heroes who held the emperor's eldest grandson hostage and claimed the emperor's position and seized Hedong.

However, as soon as Yang Guang died, the name of Li Yuan's murder of the monarch spread all over the world. Those forces that still respected Sui on the surface pointed their fingers at Li Yuan, and they were all eyeing up, preparing to annex this rich Hedong.

However, the land of the four wars in Hedong, the southeast, northwest and northwest are all powerful and powerful from all sides, and everyone wants to annex Hedong. But on the one hand, it was hindered by Li Yuan's hundreds of thousands of Hedong soldiers, and on the other hand, because there were too many forces to fight Hedong's idea, everyone was afraid of each other, but no one dared to be the first to attack for a while.

Now Chen Kefu has borrowed a knife to kill people, connecting these local powerful forces in Hedong and Longyou, and breaking the original delicate balance at once. Chen Kefu believed that since they attacked Li Yuan in the north, there would definitely be uncontrollable forces in the south to attack Li Yuan. If it is not Yu Wenhua and it must be Yang Yong, they will never let go of this opportunity and sit back and watch Chen Kefu annex Hedong.

Pull a hair and move the whole body, lead a corner and move the whole situation.

At this time, if the Liaodong Army went all out to fight Hedong, it would be tantamount to the most unwise move. At that time, not only will he have to fight hard with Li Yuan, who has more than 100,000 troops, but he will also have to face the rebellion of his superficial subordinates such as Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu, and even Yang Yong, who has been eyeing the south for a long time.

Mao Yi gradually figured out these things in his heart, and couldn't help but feel ashamed. A general who is full of utilitarianism in his heart, but forgets to have a clear grasp of the situation, is no longer a qualified general.

"Then are we going to sit back and ignore Hedong? What if Li Yuan defeated the surrounding hostile forces, or if the Liang divisions in the west, with the help of the Turks, defeated Li Yuan, and even Wang Shichong, Yang Jin, and even Yu Wenhua in the south, and captured Hedong? Mao Yi asked puzzled.

"It is possible to win in chaos, but now, in our best interests, it is best that no one can win."

"My subordinates don't understand!"

"It's very simple, now all forces are surrounding the east of the tiger, and everyone wants to annex the rich Hedong and increase their power. So, it's actually a great opportunity for us. An opportunity to weaken other opponents and take advantage of the opportunity to strengthen us. ”

"Opportunity?"

"That's right, Liaodong has now become a trap, and it is unlikely that anyone wants to swallow Hedong, because there are too many surrounding forces. But if Li Yuan wants to keep Hedong safely, it can't be for long. Our roots are in Liaodong and Hebei, so at present we need to make every effort to pacify Hebei and Shandong. For Hedong, we can be detached. At present, we have sent General Wang Rengong into Hedong, with only 5,000 soldiers and horses, not too many but not too little. It is impossible to seize Hedong with this little bit of people, but if you want to disturb the situation, it is completely possible. ”

Li Benlei pondered for a long time on the side, and at this time he also understood some of Chen Kefu's plans, and said: "Your Highness's intention is that we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, first muddy the water in Hedong, let other forces fight with Li Yuan, and finally wait until they are both defeated, and then enter Hedong to gain the benefits of fishermen?" ”

"That's right, Hedong is now a dead end, whoever fights can't swallow it, but it may cheapen others. So what we need to do now is to ask General Wang Renxiang to contact Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu and other soldiers and horses from the twelve counties of Hedong and Longyou to attack Taiyuan, so that they can fight with Li Yuan in a mood. ”…,

"What if Wang Shichong, Yang Xuan, Yu Wenhua and others in the southeast of the river take this opportunity to enter the east of the river? Won't it be cheaper for them then? ”

"Don't worry, Li Yuan's father and son are not simple, think about the 600,000 soldiers and horses in Taiyuan that day, but in the end, Li Yuan alone played everyone again, and you can understand that the father of the Li family is not a soft persimmon to be pinched. If you want to attack Hedong, you must either attack Taiyuan from Jingcheng, or enter Taihang to attack Shangdang, which is the best route. No matter who wanted to attack Hedong, they had to fight Li Yuan and beware of other forces, so it was bound to be a chaotic situation. ‘

Fang Xuanling said with some emotion: "I'm afraid that in this way, the east of the rich river will be turned into white soil again, and the people will be displaced." ”

Chen Kefu is also helpless about this, it has always been like this, the more soldiers must fight for this land, the more bitter the local people will be. Like Hebei and Henan, these two pieces of the essence of the Central Plains have become the most bitter places in the entire Great Sui over the years, and the people in the two places have decreased by three percent. And as the fighting continues, the number of people in these two places will certainly be greatly reduced. Especially in the land of Henan, now the two armies of Wagang and Wang Shichong are fighting, the court system has collapsed, there is a lack of officials, and the military disaster is even more serious.

"This is also a helpless thing, we have saved one person, ten people and hundreds of people, but we can't save the world. Only by winning this battle in troubled times as soon as possible can we also calm the chaos in the world and truly relieve the people from fire and water. Until then, we have to go with the flow. ”

Chen Kefu understood that if he really wanted to forcibly march into Hedong, he would definitely be able to capture many counties in Hedong as soon as possible. However, although it is advantageous for the time being, it is not good for the overall situation. At present, Chen Kefu only hopes that all parties in Hedong will fight in a scuffle, and the more powerful the fight, the better. In this way, when he pacified the Hebei River and entered the east of the Hedong, he also happened to sweep away the local powerful forces that had suffered a great loss of power. Just like Hebei, the more erosive the place, the less they can contain it, and the better it is to control it completely.

As he was talking, another guard came to report that there was an urgent report of military information.

Chen Kefu took the urgent report and opened it to take a look, but it was Taiyuan Li Yuan who immediately withdrew the soldiers and horses of Loufu County to Taiyuan after the Liang division broke through Lishi County in Hedong, and completely abandoned the four counties of Yanmen, Mayi, Dingxiang and Loufu in the north. Yang Mian, who was in Jianghan in the south, was also unwilling to be lonely, Yang Mian left his uncle Xiao Yu and Dong Chun to guard Jiangling, and personally led 50,000 soldiers and horses to the north with veterans Yu Juluo, Tu Wanxu, and Pei Renji. Along the way, Liankejiang Hanxiangyang, Henan's Nanyang, Xiyang, Shangluo County. And when the Liang division captured Lishi County, he crossed the Yellow River and went north to attack Hedong County, the southernmost part of Hedong. ”

"Yang Jin entered the three counties of Henan and entered the east of the river. Wang Shichong of the Eastern Capital was also not left behind, he did not go south to compete with Yang Xuan for the lost three counties of Henan, but crossed the Yellow River, invaded Hanoi County in Hedong, and seized the first Guanyi Pass of Taihang Eight Mountains, and could send troops north to Changping County and Jiang County at any time. And the Yu culture in the pass and Chen Bingtong at this time, eyeing the tiger. ”

The changes in the northeast of the river triggered the actions of Yang Yong and others. Intelligence shows that the Special Division has inquired and learned that Li Yuan sent Liu Wenjing, one of the two most important advisers under him, to the north of the Turks, to pay tribute to the Turks, and to use the Turkic troops to go south to resist the army.

After Chen Kefu finished reading it, he handed the military situation to others to watch, and said with a smile: "It's really lively!" Yang Xuan is really a person who has revenge, he was played by Li Yuan in Taiyuan, and now he has taken Jianghan as the foundation, and as soon as he gained a firm foothold in Jianghan, he immediately led his troops back to Hedong. It seems that Li Yuan is really going to have a headache this time. ”…,

After reading the information, Du Ruhui said with some concern, "Your Highness, now that the Eastern Turks have fallen, the Western Turks have risen again, and now they have crossed the Jinshan Mountain Range on the border between the Eastern and Western Turks. At present, they have taken advantage of the chaos of the Eastern Turks to seize a large area of grassland in the Yinshan Mountain Range. The power was strong for a while, and even the Western Turkic Khan gradually regained his influence in the Central Plains, and before the Liang division had to send troops to help. Now that this Li Yuan is so pro-minister, he is afraid that the Turks will take advantage of this opportunity to go south. ”

Gao Shilian also nodded, "The Turks are on the back of the people, and they are prone to plundering. This shot of the Khan was indeed brave, when the Western Turks were almost destroyed by the imperial court and the Eastern Turks, and even Luo Khan was left in the Central Plains. But over the years, the Western Turks have expanded westward, and their territory has become comparable to that of the Eastern Turks. This time, he took advantage of the chaos of the defeat of the Eastern Turks to return to the east of Jinshan. I am afraid that as soon as his power is strong, he will immediately start the idea of the Central Plains again, just like the original Shibi Khan. ”

Thinking of this, Chen Kefu couldn't help frowning, the Turks were like bandits, and they were bandits on horseback as a whole nation, coming and going like the wind. It would be a troublesome thing to really let the Turks go south. At the beginning, Chen Kefu tried his best to deal with Shibi Khan, in order to fear the powerful Turks going south. Unexpectedly, I knocked down a beginning, but another shot came.

Princess Chen's eldest grandson, Wuwu, has been sitting quietly on the side and does not intervene in political affairs. However, at this time, when he saw Chen Kefu so worried, he couldn't help but say softly, "Your Highness, Li Yuan and pro-Turkic, we can also be pro-Turkic." ”

"And pro?" Chen Kefu's brows furrowed even deeper, for the rebellious and infrequent character of the grassland people, he has always respected the use of tough means to deal with it, rather than using benevolence and righteousness to educate. Especially for the matter of harmony, he always felt that it was weakness. For the grassland peoples, he has always believed in sword and fire, and only iron-blooded people can convince these rebellious peoples.

"Your Highness, in the city of Beijing, there is also a princess of the Great Sui Yicheng, and the Eastern Turks are here." The eldest grandson said softly.

"Princess Yicheng!" Chen Kefu also immediately remembered that this princess who married into the Turks with the Great Sui and his relatives was brought back from the grassland captives by himself, but he has been under house arrest in the capital. If he hadn't been mentioned by the eldest grandson today, he would have almost forgotten such a person.

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