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Of course, that could only be Li Yuanji's imagination after all. The Tang army was defeated by Yanmen, and there were very few people who escaped with him. But unless he killed all of them, the news would definitely not be concealed.
Yu Wenxin lowered his eyelids and acted as if he had not heard Li Yuanji's sarcastic remarks. He waved his hand to drive away everyone around Li Yuanji, and then he saluted respectfully.
Said: "Your Highness, please don't say it's a joke. Our army has been newly defeated and there are very few soldiers. Once the enemy troops arrive, how will we defend the city? Your Highness needs to make a decision on this matter early. Otherwise, once the enemy troops arrive at the city, it will be too late."
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Li Yuanji encountered a serious setback for the first time. At this time, he was already in a corner and heard nothing that he heard.
When I heard this, I was thinking that I wanted him to clean up the mess and charge him with death. Everything was Li Yuanji's idea, so what's the use of you Yu Wenxin?
If you, Yu Wenxin, hadn't pretended to be ill, why would you have suffered such a defeat? Humph, it's not easy to escape from the outside world.
Although his logic was wrong and he did a series of stupid things, he was not really stupid after all. He was just too young, had experienced a lot, and was too eager for quick success.
Of course, there are some reasons why a poor boy suddenly becomes rich. Once he becomes a prince, he will immediately be blessed with many honors. There is no need to be like the eldest brother, who has spent many years in the army, and there is no need to be like the second brother.
, he joined the army thousands of miles away at a young age and used swords and guns to earn fame and fortune.
He seemed to have acquired many titles overnight, and without much effort, he became the King of Qi and the Governor of Bingzhou, with jurisdiction over the military and political power of the counties in Hedong.
Therefore, everything that follows actually has an explanation.
But smart people who do stupid things are no different from Li Yuanji in the end. They use all their cleverness to blame others.
"I am exhausted both physically and mentally now, how can I still have any ideas? General Yuwen has always had a reputation in the army, and now that his illness has recovered, I will leave all city defense matters to the general. I hope that the general will not let down my trust.
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"I am also tired. Why don't we go back to the city first and let me and these soldiers who have fought for the rest of their lives have a good rest?"
After hearing these words, Yu Wenxin's face remained calm, and the fire in his heart was rising up. He really wanted to kill this guy with a knife.
At this point, all you want to do is get away with it. Cheng, you are really worthy of being a king.
The thoughts that had appeared vaguely before became clearer and clearer.
If you don’t care about your Li family’s empire or your Li family’s sons, why should I, Yu Wenxin, be busy?
Yu Wenxin twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled. This was considered a miracle and he smiled.
What he said was still the same as before, tepid.
"Your Highness, that's not what the general is talking about. You should understand that the defenders in Jinyang City only number three thousand. How can they defend Jinyang?"
At this point, he glanced at Li Yuanji, and did not allow Li Yuanji to say anything weird, and continued directly: "Jinyang can no longer be defended. For the current plan, we can only abandon Jinyang and defend the counties in Hedong.
Let’s retreat and gather the troops from the counties before making plans.”
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"Your Highness, don't be anxious. General Rong Mo has finished. Your Highness is the King of Qi. Once you are besieged in Jinyang, all the counties will come to rescue you. The soldiers from Daizhou come and go like the wind. They are hundreds of miles away. They arrive in the morning and in the evening.
The reinforcements and horses coming from the county will be defeated by them one by one. By then, Hedong will no longer belong to the Tang Dynasty."
"In my opinion, it is better to leave Jinyang first and Xu Tu to follow. I can still protect half of the territory east of the river. Moreover, the Supreme family mostly lives in the city. If unfortunately it falls into the hands of thieves, the Supreme..."
The heavy blow made Li Yuanji stunned for a moment. At the same time, Yu Wenxin also gave him a good reason. Yes, if the family can be saved, his father should also be able to calm down, right?
Yu Wenxin didn't need to look, he could smell Li Yuanji's mood with his nose.
He snorted coldly in his heart. In the current situation, if he, Yu Wenxin, were in Li Yuanji's position, even if Jinyang was burned into a sea of fire, he would not leave it to the enemy.
Jinyang, that's where your Li family started. Once Jinyang is lost, Chang'an will be shaken three times. At this time, he is actually very curious, how will Li Yuan deal with this prodigal son who fled back?
Of course, he didn't want to see the answer in person. The heavier the punishment Li Yuanji received, the worse the fate of these people would be.
Li Yuanji finally calmed down his thorns, and as soon as the idea of escape came up, he thought that Yu Wenxin was really thinking about him, the King of Qi, so he took the same boat with him.
He looked around and saw that everyone on his left and right were far away, so he finally felt Yu Wenxin's "goodwill".
Therefore, he reciprocated the favor and appeared to be discussing.
"I understand what General Yuwen means... but can Jinyang really not be defended? There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city. If they go to the city to defend the city, the Daizhou army is all cavalry and not good at attacking the city. Maybe..."
If he had said that from the beginning, Yu Wenxin would have looked at him differently, and maybe he would have said something else, but at this time, Yu Wenxin would have turned a deaf ear.
Sometimes, it's not terrible to make mistakes. What's terrible is that you don't realize that you made them at all, and you blame others for your mistakes. Anyone who sees such a person should stay away.
When Yu Wenxin spoke at this time, he became extremely "sincere".
"Your Highness, if we continue to fight, we will suffer chaos. The Wang family in the city is unstable and people's minds are changing. Once the news of Yanmen's defeat spreads, some people feel that Jinyang City's defenses are empty. Once troops are recruited, mobs will definitely rise in the city, and the enemy will
Before the army arrives, maybe we will be the prey of others."
"I would like to ask Your Highness to make up your mind quickly. If it is delayed for a day, the situation will become more critical... Your Highness, please rest assured that I will trust Your Majesty and entrust you with a heavy responsibility. Now that the matter has failed, I will not dare to feel complacent.
As soon as His Highness leaves, the general will lead his men to burn down the food and crops in Jinyang and guard the city to wait for the enemy... I want to see how that traitor Li Po will settle the hundreds of thousands of people in Jinyang."
Li Yuanji finally felt at ease and bowed deeply, "The general is unparalleled in his loyalty and righteousness. When Yuanji goes back and meets his father, he will definitely report the general's achievements and raise the general's wife and children well..."
Yu Wenxin also bowed deeply, "Your Highness, your words are enough. Please leave Jinyang as soon as possible."
The two of them were acting coyly at this time. Not far away, Dou Dan and others were watching coldly, not wanting to know what they said at all, but only worried about the safety of themselves and others.
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The fourteenth year of Daye in the Sui Dynasty, the first year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, mid-June.
King Li Yuanji of Qi was defeated and returned to Jinyang. With few people noticing, Li Yuanji and his confidants packed up their bags at night, took their family members, and quietly left Jinyang City and fled to the south.
After the defeat, Qi King Li Yuanji did become a rabbit and escaped all the way. Of course, this also accumulated valuable experience for him. His two brothers did not have such rich experience.
Having fooled Li Yuanji away, Yu Wenxin also breathed a sigh of relief.
What he told Li Yuanji was not all lies. Jinyang could indeed not be defended, and the situation was as he said. If the King of Qi was trapped in Jinyang, Hedong might quickly decay.
As for persuading Li Yuanji to take away the Li family, most of his motives were selfish.
My idea has saved your Li family members. If you kill my wife and children later, who else will be willing to serve you wholeheartedly?
Of course, this was also a helpless choice he made after weighing it for several days.
As long as he didn't want to go back and face the guilt of losing Jinyang, Li Yuanji had already given up all thoughts of sacrificing his life and property for the Li family, so his choice became obvious.
As soon as Li Yuanji left, Yu Wenxin did not burn any food and grass. He just personally led the soldiers to guard the big warehouse in Jinyang, and ordered his youngest son to take his letter and secretly leave the north of the city.
Li Po felt comfortable now.
When he was in Fenyang, he received a letter of surrender from the Wang family of Jinyang. Shortly after he led his troops out of Fenyang, he received a secret letter from General Youwei of the Tang Dynasty and Yu Wenxin, the defender of Jinyang.
No need to ask what the letter said.
This was a pie-in-the-sky thing, which made him even more suspicious. But after reading Yu Wenxin's letter and asking his nephew, the matter seemed to be a matter of course.
In fact, by this time, the Daizhou Army had not yet reached Jinyang City, and Jinyang City had already become Li Po's possession.
On June 18th of this year, Li Po, the commander-in-chief of Daizhou's march, led his army to Jinyang.
Jinyang guard general Yu Wenxin led the Jinyang officials and generals to worship at the left side of the road and surrendered the city.
The Wang family of Jinyang reacted slowly and was one step behind, but they sent more than a hundred of their disciples to meet at the gate of Jinyang city.
When Li Po entered Jinyang, he was welcomed by the army and people of Jinyang.
When Li Po sent people to guard the four gates and brought many guards with him, when he entered Jinyang, he looked at the tall city walls of Jinyang and the groups of Jinyang natives prostrating themselves by the roadside. He was a little surprised. Before, he was just
After hearing people talk about it, and now seeing it with my own eyes, I believe that Qi King Li Yuanji was simply wreaking havoc here.
Capturing the fortified city of Jinyang without any blood was very important to Daizhou.
The two states of Bing Dai are closely related to each other. Daizhou is the northern gateway of Bingzhou, and Bingzhou is the throat of the south of Daizhou. Since ancient times, the two states have been divided into the north and the south, and they have the tendency to coexist and perish together.
Li Po's march south to Fenyang made it difficult for the Jinyang defenders to sleep and eat. Similarly, when Li Po occupied the three counties of Daizhou, the threat from the Jinyang defenders to the three counties of Daizhou also troubled Li Po all the time.
As for Jinyang, the two prefectures merged to form a self-contained whole. Going south, the counties in Hedong can be conquered. With the support of Jinyang, facing the Turks in the north, they can advance, attack, retreat, and defend.
If you go east, you can attack Hebei, and to the west there is the natural danger of the Yellow River.
The strategic environment has become unprecedentedly superior.
It was too bad for the newly born Tang Dynasty. Once Jinyang was lost, all the counties in Hedong were exposed to the enemy's attack. This was evident when Li Yuan led his army to sweep Hedong.
Of course, with Jinyang's important generals like Yu Wenxin being demoted, and the Jinyang Wang family's attachment, surprises are yet to come.