A huge map is hung on the wall, and the map highlights the intersection of Hebei, Shandong and Henan.

Xiao Buyi and his ministers looked at the map with a solemn expression, speechless for a moment.

He was surrounded by Wei Zheng, Lu Chu, Xu Shiji and others, all of whom were extremely trustworthy. The four of them had been studying for a long time and were frowning. The plan was obviously not as fast as the change. Dou Jiande suddenly sent troops and exerted his strength, which really caught Xiao Buyi off guard.

When Xiao Buyi announced the news to the ministers in Daxing Hall, the ministers were unexpectedly indignant and unanimously asked Xiao Buyi to send troops!

Xiao Buyi understood in a flash. These people were probably afraid of being beaten by Li Mi and did not want Xiao Buyi to take the initiative to send troops to attack the enemy because he was afraid that others would attack the old nest and no one could resist it. But he was really beaten to the old nest. Then he really stretched his head and shrank his head. Since he was inseparable from avoiding it, he could inspire fierce blood.

Since the Eastern Capital was initially decided, Xiao Buyi vigorously promoted the poor scholars, and the components of the three provinces and six ministries were unprecedentedly complicated. Almost everything had to be discussed repeatedly, and there was never a single thing that made the ministers so consistent as they are now.

Since the opinions of the ministers were unified and the Dongdu was united, the strength should not be underestimated, and the rest of the matters were of course easy to deal with. Xiao Buyi ordered that he would do whatever he should do, and he would deal with the marching and war, and to govern the country, rely on all the great masters to maintain the stability of the Dongdu.

Seeing that Xiao Buyi was not panicked, the ministers were calm and thought to themselves that Li Mi's million-strong army was also defeated, and Dou Jiande's local overlord would not be able to become a climate.

After retreating to the court, Xiao Buyi had no intention of despising Dou Jiande at all, and immediately summoned everyone to discuss the policy against the enemy.

The news on the front line was not good. Dou Jiande brazenly sent troops and had already conquered Weizhou and Sui Xing. Both of these places are in the southwest of Liyang. In other words, Dou Jiande has cut off Liyang's support route, and Liyang is now an isolated city!

However, Li Jing and Xiao Buyi both knew the importance of Li Yang. So they didn't expect Dou Jiande to send troops in winter, but they had already sent heavy troops to guard Dou Jiande and firmly clamp down Dou Jiande to the first level of the Dongdu. At present, Li Yang was guarded by Shu Zhanwei, Di Hongyuan and Qi Luo, with 30,000 elite troops and sufficient food and fodder. In addition, after Li Jing captured Li Yang, he strengthened the city defense at the first time. Now, although it is an isolated city, everyone believes that as long as there is no mistake, it will be very difficult for Dou Jiande to capture Li Yang.

Defending a city is different from siege. Defending a city can be said to be extremely advantageous. If you want to attack the city, you have always spent several times, or even dozens of times the strength. Shu Zhanwei and others have experienced many battles and announced the news. They are also the first to stick to Liyang and Liyangcang and cannot avoid fighting.

Liyang Cang also had deep ditches and high trenches early on, and could not stand out. It was difficult to get down to Liyang Cang, which was no less difficult than conquering Liyang.

When Dou Jiande saw that Li Yang was unable to defeat him, he immediately sent troops to besiege Li Yang. He passed by the city and took Weizhou, Sui Xing, and even crossed Taihang Mountain. He divided his troops to capture Changping and Hanoi counties.

Changping is now guarded by Tongshou Yin Shanda. However, Hanoi is guarded by Tongshou Meng Shanyi. The two places were attacked suddenly, and they were in a row of emergency.

Everyone looked at the map, as if they were filled with smoke and were in a heavy mood.

"Dou Jiande is aggressive and his intention is clear. He is ready to take the land north of the Yellow River by surprise." Lu Chu said: "If he can achieve his wish, he can not only defeat the Eastern Capital, but also cut off our way north. Then he joined hands with Li Yuan and suppress us to retreat to the land south of the Yellow River. He will compete across the river."

Wei Zheng nodded, "Mr. Lu said it well, and I think so too. The most urgent thing at the moment is to send troops to Beimang Mountain, take advantage of the ice of the Yellow River to cross the river to help Hanoi and Changping. Changping is the foundation of our attack on Shangdang. As long as Shangdang falls into my hands, we can use this place to attack Taiyuan. If we lose this place, it will be more solid and will be detrimental to us."

Xiao Buyi and Xu Shiji were silent, and Lu Chu asked: "King of Xiliang, don't you agree with what the Censor Wei said?"

Xiao Buyi pondered: "In the short term, the strategic goal of Hanoi Changping is not important. But if we take Hedong, these two places will undoubtedly be the springboard for us to attack Hedong and other places, and these two places must not be allowed to go out. But..." Xiao Buyi wanted to speak but stopped, and Xu Shiji said: "What Wei Jingshi said is very reasonable, but I think this move is definitely not what Dou Jiande really intended."

Xiao Buyi raised his eyebrows, "Shiji, what do you think Dou Jiande is intended?" "Although you can cross the river and fight, it is obviously not the season for war." Xu Shiji said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Xiao Buyi sighed: "I think even if Dou Jiande wants to fight, he will have to wait until the beginning of spring... I didn't expect that he would be like burning his butt. If we send troops to resist, they may defeat us and several counties for more than a month, but in just three months, as long as Li Yang fails to defeat us, we can expel them from these two places."

Xiao Buyi knew that sending troops in this era was not simple, so he always praised the use of the least force to create the greatest land benefits. His iron-armored cavalry was famous all over the world, but only a few thousand people. Only in this way can he be rarely limited by food, fodder and supplies, and maximize the effect of surprise troops. The long journey of a large army is definitely a great burden on logistics supply. Although Xu Yuanlang was in a tens of thousands of troops, Xiao Buyi could conquer one million troops, but he used up to 50,000 troops. It was not that the source of troops was insufficient, but

It is necessary to consider the ability to bear supply. Dou Jiande attacked Liyang, Hanoi and Changping in a row, which seemed fierce, but according to Xiao Buyi's estimate, he had used at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops. If it was during the harvest season, these people could rob the grain of the wild for military use. However, now the cold and the fields were frozen, and there were no particles in the wild. The supply of these tens of thousands of troops was Dou Jiande's biggest weakness. Xiao Buyi could let the land hold on without hesitation, lure the enemy into deeper, and then send troops to cut off the food route. The army had no food and was defeated without attacking.

When marching and confronting each other, you don’t have to fight head-on. If you have the best equipment and the most people, you can win. If you have the right time, place, and people, just make good use of one of them, then find out your weaknesses and specialize in your opponents, and you can win.

Xiao Buyi said the idea, and everyone nodded. Lu Chu frowned and said, "After hearing from the King of Xiliang, the old minister also felt that something was strange. Dou Jiande was not a good man who was not good at using troops. What was the purpose of such a fierce attack?"

Xiao Buyi looked at Xu Shiji, "I guess Shiji has a conclusion."

Xu Shiji calmly walked to the map and stretched out his hand and gestured, "King of Xiliang, sirs, we have several battles right now. That is General Qin from Yuncheng against Luo Shixin, Lord Zhang from Juye waited for an opportunity to attack Xu Yuanlang from Rencheng, and of course, it was Dou Jiande who led a front line along the north bank of the Yellow River and advanced west from Liyang. I wonder if you have noticed that Dou Jiande actually only raised troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, which caused our panic. He did not violate the south bank of the Yellow River."

"The Eastern Capital is also a place with four barriers, which is easy and difficult to attack. Dou Jiande may not have such a big appetite. I thought about Liyang, the south bank of the Yellow River is a city such as Jinyong, Yanshi, and Hulao, with a long time of continuous mountain range. We have elite troops to guard it. After they cross the river, even if they have a small victory, if they wait for the river to be transformed, if they cannot turn around, they will die without a burial place!" Wei Zheng said.

Xu Shiji's face was heavy, "Dou Jiande may not attack Hulao. Instead, after crossing the river, he attacked from the original Wuwagang area, and wanted to cut off General Qin and Lord Zhang's retreat."

Lu Chu and Wei Zheng all changed their faces. Xiao Buyi slapped the table, "Shiji said it was a good place. I also think that Dou Jiande was building a plank road openly and secretly crossing Chen Cang. He came forward with great momentum and lured us across the river to increase troops, but they divided their troops to encircle General Qin and Lord Zhang's retreat. Then he joined forces with Xu Yuanlang's soldiers to attack us!"

Xu Shiji nodded and said, "Only in this way can we explain why Dou Jiande did not send troops according to common sense."

"Since this is the case, our East Ping is in danger." Wei Zheng said in disgrace.

Xiao Buyi calmly said: "Don't worry, General Qin and Lord Zhang are all good at fighting. Since we thought that they would be prepared for the news, we would definitely be prepared. However, since Dou Jiande and others are coming to attack vigorously, we must fight with great fanfare."

Xu Shiji smiled and said, "Can the King of Xiliang want to treat his body with his own way?"

Xiao Buyi laughed and said, "If it weren't for this, how could they remember the lesson?"

"But Changping, did we ignore Hanoi?" Lu Chu said worriedly: "Dou Jiande's move is real and false. I'm afraid that we will ignore these two places and will be captured soon."

Lu Chu was still civilized, but if it was a marching battle, it was certainly not as good as Xiao Buyi, Xu Shiji and others, so they did not understand Xiao Buyi's intentions.

Xiao Buyi said in a deep voice: "Of course I will not ignore it. I decided to go out to greet me in person!"

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "The King of Xiliang wants to use the tricks and give Dou Jiande a stance to attract the main force. Do you also want to launch surprise troops to attack them?"

Lu Chu suddenly said, "So that's it. The King of Xiliang is indeed very insightful."

These real and real strategies. Xiao Buyi had already used perfection when attacking Xiangyang and fighting Wagang. This time he used it again. It was just a small trial.

After analyzing the situation, everyone was feeling a little relieved, but Xu Shiji had already begun to allocate personnel and discuss Dou Jiande's attack. A soldier outside the door reported, "Taiyuan urgently wrote."

Lu Chu said worriedly again: "I heard that Liu Wu was defeated in all three battles, were he defeated again?"

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "It turns out that Lord Lu is still very concerned about Liu Wuzhou."

Lu Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Now everyone hopes that he can fight Li Yuan for a few years. Li Yuan may also hope that Dou Jiande can drag us down. Dou Jiande was originally hidden, but now he is taking the initiative. What is the purpose of?"

The two of them shook their heads at the same time, but they both looked at Xiao Buyi, not knowing that there was any bad news coming from Taiyuan.

Xiao Buyi's face looked a little strange, and after a while he smiled, "There are many strange things in this world, and Li Yuan's Taiyuan is lost."

Everyone was shocked, "How is this... possible?"

Everyone knows that Taiyuan is the foundation of Li Yuan's rise, and it is even more important than Li Yang in the Dongdu. Although Li Yuanji is useless, Li Yuan keeps him there means that he attaches great importance to Taiyuan, and only his son can be at ease. Taiyuan is elite soldiers and generals, with sufficient food and fodder. Even in the Dongdu, he believes that it is still possible to go to other counties, but it is extremely difficult to go to Taiyuan.

In addition, Pei Ji has already led his troops to reinforce Taiyuan, how could he be lost so quickly?

"King of Xiliang, it's not that the military situation is wrong, right?" Lu Chu said cautiously.

Xiao Buyi shook his head and said, "Military Wen has explained it very clearly. Liu Wu and Zhou were defeated in all three battles, but it was just a simple trick to lure the enemy. Otherwise, with their spirit, how would Li Yuanji, Dou Dan and others be their opponents? Liu Wuzhou retreated one after another and handed over all other counties. The Tang army won the battle in a row, and it was inevitable that they would underestimate the enemy. At this time, Pei Ji's army had arrived at Jiexiu..."

"That was in Xihe County, not far from Taiyuan. Once reinforcements arrived, what else could Li Yuanji be defeated?" Wei Zheng was also puzzled.

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "It was because the reinforcements arrived that Li Yuanji changed his strategy, from being cautious and cautious in the past to being unscrupulous. He actually ordered Pei Ji to station Jie Xiu and not to rush to Taiyuan."

Now even Xu Shiji didn't understand, "What is he going to do?"

"He said that Pei Ji didn't need Pei Ji at all. He could defeat Liu Wuzhou by his own ability, so Pei Ji came to Taiyuan. It was really unnecessary." Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "The result was... Liu Wuzhou was defeated a few more battles, and Li Yuanji's morale was unprecedentedly high. Pei Ji had to obey Li Yuanji's orders and stationed in Jiexiu. After hearing the news of Li Yuanji's victory, he actually relaxed his vigilance. As a result, Yuchi Gong rushed to Jiexiu quietly and went to Jiexiu with a small force to lure the enemy. Pei Ji led his troops to attack. Unexpectedly, he was defeated by Zhang Gongjin's subway cavalry. Yuchi Gong had already sent a large army to kill. The Tang army led by Pei Ji was almost wiped out! Hearing that Pei Ji had dozens of cavalry fled back to Guanzhong, Yuchi Gong easily got off the Jiexiu place!"

Xu Shiji slapped the table and said, "A good move is to retreat and advance. Zhang Gongjin and Yuchi Gong are indeed well-known."

Everyone was excited, as if they had won a battle. In fact, it was precisely because Zhang Gongjin's cavalry had a surprise attack, if it weren't for this, they might not have been able to easily defeat Pei Ji's army.

"After Yuchi Gong, Zhang Gongjin defeated Pei Ji, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang took all their might to attack Taiyuan. Dou Dan was defeated several times and hid in Taiyuan City and did not leave. If they had defended to the death, Liu Wuzhou would still have no choice but to them. Unexpectedly, Li Yuanji deceived his subordinate Yuwen Xin and told him to take the old and weak to defend the city. He and Dou Dan sneaked into Liu Wuzhou's camp at night, and they could win. Yuwen Xin advised him, but Li Yuanji refused to listen. By late at night, Li Yuanji took Dou Dan, elite soldiers, wives and concubines, and gave up Taiyuan and fled back to Guanzhong. Li Yuanji had just left. Liu Wuzhou was already at the city, and Yuwen Xin was unable to defend and fled. As a result, Xue Shenxian City, the local powerful Taiyuan fell into the hands of Liu Wuzhou."

Everyone looked at each other, and after a moment, they couldn't help laughing.

Xu Shiji said: "Li Yuan was treacherous and cunning for life, but he didn't expect his son to be so incompetent."

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "So people like this are the same as Yu Culture. Keeping more is the best."

Everyone laughed again, and relieved the depression. Originally, Lu Chu had the worst idea, that is, if Liu Wuzhou was not supported, Dou Jiande, Xu Yuanlang, and Li Yuan, it is likely to encircle the three routes of Dongdu, but now Li Yuan suddenly lost Taiyuan, he may not be able to protect himself. He should do his best to deal with Dou Jiande.

Everyone figured out this key and began to discuss the plan to deal with Dou Jiande. Xu Shiji discussed until late at night before then he turned back to the mansion. However, after returning to the mansion, he did not rest, spread out his copywriting, wrote quickly, and arranged the dispatch of troops.

Li Jing was originally the Minister of War, but now he has been promoted to the Minister of War, but now he is in Jiangnan. Xu Shiji holds several positions and the Ministry of War is also under his command.

He was busy until early morning, and then Xu Shiji yawned and looked at the desk of copywriting, quite satisfied.

Now, he aims to Li Jing and thinks that Li Jing has endured for so many years, but what he is doing now is nothing.

He reached out and took out a page of letter paper from his arms. Xu Shiji looked blankly for a while, unable to help but worry.

If I don't die, I will come to you!

What does Pei Mingcui mean when writing these eight words? Xu Shiji felt a lot of thoughts and said to himself, "I would rather you not come to me, than want you to die."

I don’t know how long it took, when the rooster sang, Xu Shiji turned his head and looked out the window. Seeing the white white patches in the world, he shook his head and was about to sleep for a while, and then he was preparing to send troops. The servant came in and said, “General… there is a masked woman in black looking for you. We originally said General Xu was missing, but she said it was Miss Pei who was looking for you… Do you want it…”

Before he finished speaking, Xu Shiji had already rushed out and came to the mansion and saw a woman standing in front of the door, staring at him. Xu Shiji calmed down, "Ms. Pei...is it okay now?"

"General Xu, my name is Shadow. Thank you for your greetings, Miss, she is fine." The woman said.

Xu Shiji breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that it was a little dawn, and it was not that cold in the snow. I don’t know how long it took, but Xu Shiji remembered what Shadow asked him for, what a strange name.

But I had no time to think about it, Xu Shiji asked, "Miss Shadow, what are you asking for me?"

"Miss, let me tell you something." Shadow said.

Xu Shiji's heart almost jumped out, and he felt his voice a little hoarse, "What's the matter?" At that moment, he didn't look like a general, but more like a prisoner waiting for trial. After hearing the shadow say everything, Xu Shiji was shocked. "You mean, Li Xuanba... wasn't dead?"

It turned out that Shadow just repeated what Pei Mingcui did that day. When she heard Xu Shiji ask, Shadow shook her head and said, "Miss, as long as I tell you these things, I won't say the rest."

"Miss Shadow, do you want to go to Han Mansion to sit?" Xu Shiji then found that the two of them were standing outside the door.

Shadow shook her head, "General Xu, I still have something to do. Thank you for your kindness." She turned around and left without stopping. Xu Shiji stared at her back in a daze. She wanted to keep her, but she had no way to speak. When the shadow disappeared, Xu Shiji remembered to report to Xiao Buyi and hurriedly found Xiao Buyi. Xu Shiji said all the shadows again.

I thought Xiao Buyi would be shocked, but I didn't expect him to just say oh.

Xu Shiji said in surprise: "When King of Xiliang, if Li Xuanba is not dead, with his ability, he is afraid that it will be unfavorable to King of Xiliang." But he thought to himself. If Li Xuanba is not dead, Pei Mingcui has not turned around. Could it be that he has gone to find him? Shaking his head, as if he heard the sigh in his heart, Xiao Buyi smiled and said: "It's okay if he doesn't die. No matter how he says, he is also my friend."

When Xu Shiji heard the word "friend", he felt cold and smiled and said, "I'm afraid he never regarded the King of Xiliang as a friend!"

Xiao Buyi murmured, "It's okay. I've been here for so many years." After looking at Xu Shiji, Xiao Buyi thought to himself, Li Xuanba is not dead, but it is obviously farther from Pei Mingcui's land than death!

Pei Ji turned around when he threw away his armor and abandoned his armor. Li Yuan was already shocked. He didn't expect Pei Ji to be defeated so miserably. When he heard that Pei Ji was defeated by the black armored iron cavalry, Li Yuan brows deeply.

He suddenly discovered the seriousness of the problem!

Xiao Buyi actually secretly joined forces with Liu Wuzhou. He had never known it. He did not despise Liu Wuzhou, but he seemed to despise Xiao Buyi!
To be continued...