Chapter Seven hundred and thirty fifth: Withdrawal or not
Soon, other important subordinates had arrived. After everyone sat down, Wan He was not polite. He immediately told everyone about the situation and then said: "This is the situation. What do you think our army should do?" "
After listening to Wan He's words, everyone fell into silence. An army of 150,000 was not a small number. If such an army suddenly appeared in Huayin City to cooperate with the Tang army in Chang'an, then Li Jing's troops would definitely be defeated. Will fall into crisis, Pei Renji couldn't help but said to Wan He: "Your Majesty, the general thinks that we should immediately send troops to rescue and assist General Li against Luo Yi's army."
"Wait a minute." As soon as Pei Renji finished his words, Fang Xuanling next to him immediately shouted to stop. Fang Xuanling turned around and bowed his hand to Wan He. Although he was Wan He's cousin, Fang Xuan could distinguish between public and private matters. Fang Xuanling had never used this identity to seek anything for herself. Fang Xuanling raised her head and said to Wan He: "Your Majesty, my subordinates think that we cannot send troops easily. Now there are only these 80,000 troops left in Luoyang City, and Du Du from Jianghuai Fuwei's attitude is unclear. If he sends troops easily, what if Du Fuwei..."
Fang Xuanling did not finish what he said, but the meaning of his words could not be clearer. He was worried that Du Fuwei would suddenly send troops to attack Luoyang. With Du Fuwei's troops, if Luoyang City's soldiers and horses went to Huayin for rescue, then But it is difficult to resist Du Fuwei's sneak attack. Luoyang is the foundation of Wanhe. Without Luoyang, Wanhe's foundation will be shaken, and everything will probably be destroyed in one day.
After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Pei Renji immediately widened his eyes, stood up with a loud noise, and shouted loudly: "Are we just going to watch General Li being attacked from both sides and in danger?" Pei Renji had to worry about this. A little bit, because his eldest son Pei Xingyan was also in Li Jing's army.
Pei Renji was a veteran general in the army and had high prestige among the Liang army. Fang Xuanling didn't know how to refute for a while. Fortunately, Wan He also immediately came to Fang Xuanling's rescue. Wan He was heard saying to Pei Renji: "General Pei, don't be anxious. , Mr. Fang does not mean not to save, but not to act rashly, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy. General Pei, please be patient, I have my own sense of proportion,"
"Yes, I have lost my temper. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." After hearing Wan He's words, Pei Renji could only nod to Wan He, and at the same time nodded apologetically to Fang Xuanling before sitting down. Come down.
After appeasing Pei Renji, Wan He said to Fang Xuanling: "Master Fang's words are not unreasonable, but the army led by General Li is also our foundation. If anything happens to the army, it will be impossible for us. Can it withstand the Tang army's offensive?"
We have to save, this is already certain, but how to save, Du Fuwei is eyeing Jianghuai, and Wanhe cannot easily send troops to rescue, all this seems to have become a deadlock. There was no way to solve it. Not only Wan He, but also everyone present frowned. They really couldn't think of a proper way. In the end, Changsun Wuji let out a long sigh and said to Wan He. Said: "Your Majesty, now that things have happened, there is only one way, and that is to let General Li's army retreat from Huayin and return to Luoyang."
"What?" As Changsun Wuji spoke, everyone present was shocked. Everyone looked at Changsun Wuji in amazement. No one expected that Changsun Wuji would come up with such an idea. You know, In order to attack Chang'an before, Wan He even did not hesitate to send an army of 150,000, and did not even take Du Fuwei's threat into consideration. This shows how serious Wan He is about attacking Chang'an, but now, although Li Jing is in Huayin University, After defeating the Tang army, Li Shimin was also beaten to death, but Chang'an was still in the hands of the Tang army, and Li Tang's foundation was still there. If he did not take advantage of this moment to pursue the victory and eliminate Li Tang, then Li Jing would send troops to Chang'an this time. After consuming so many soldiers and military pay, the bamboo basket was empty. Immediately, General Luo Shixin jumped up and shouted to Changsun Wuji: "What are you talking about? How can you bring back the army? Isn't it Luo Yi?" Your Majesty, the general is willing to lead ten thousand soldiers and horses to kill Na Luo Yi and break up the rabble."
With Luo Shixin taking the lead, Zhu Muwu, Zhao Renji and other young generals stood up to ask for a fight. Even the veteran Pei Renji was a little ready to make a move. Wan He also frowned and stared closely at Changsun Wuji. Regarding the words of Luo Shixin and others, Wan He He waved his hand to make them shut up. Then, Wan He said to Changsun Wuji: "Wuji, even if the situation is urgent, there is no need to retreat. Maybe we can take a risk and send some soldiers." Go to the rescue immediately."
After hearing Wan He's words, Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "Your Majesty, it's useless. If my subordinates are not mistaken, I'm afraid Luo Yi and the others are sending troops to Huayin this time just to force the Prince to lead the army." When the troops go out to fight, Luo Yi's real target is not the 150,000 troops in Huayin, but you, the prince."
"Ah," Changsun Wuji said this, which immediately frightened Wan He. Wan He immediately exclaimed: "How is it possible? If Luo Yi wants to deal with me, then why not come to Luoyang directly? "
"Your Majesty," in response to Wan He's question, Changsun Wuji could only shake his head helplessly and said, "Although Your Majesty has sent most of his troops to attack Chang'an, there are still more than 80,000 troops left in Luoyang. , these 80,000 soldiers and horses are neither too much nor too little. If Luo Yi directly leads the troops to attack Luoyang, with our soldiers and horses, coupled with Luoyang City's defense, Luo Yi will never be able to break through Luoyang. City, because of this, Luo Yi set up such a trap, the purpose is to deceive most of the prince's main force to leave Luoyang. In this way, Luoyang's defenders will be truly empty. Luo Yi's troops can attack Luoyang. It’s said to be a sure thing,”
"Hiss,,," Hearing Changsun Wuji's analysis, Wan He and everyone in the hall couldn't help but gasped. Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling also looked at each other and nodded in agreement with Changsun Wuji. According to Ji Ji's judgment, if Luo Yi really intended to invade, there would be no need to march straight in to attack Huayin. Instead, he would go south and annex all parts of Hebei in one go. With Luo Yi's military strength, there is no problem in doing so, but Luo Yi He did not do this. From this, it can be seen that Luo Yi's goal is really as Changsun Wuji said, which is Wan He and Luoyang. Du Ruhui immediately handed over to Wan He and said: "My lord, my subordinates also thought that Lord Changsun wanted to do this." It is true, for the current plan, only by immediately ordering General Li Jing to withdraw his troops, return to Henan, and compete with the Luoyang guards can we withstand Luo Yi's attack."
However, it is not an easy task for Wan He to order Wan He to withdraw his troops, because up to now, it has not been determined whether Li Shimin is dead. If Li Shimin is dead, then Wan He will be more relieved. , even if Li Jing's army is withdrawn, there will be no problem, and the most fearful thing is that Li Shimin is not dead yet. Doesn't this give Li Shimin a chance to breathe, and next time he wants to capture Li Shimin again, but It's not that easy anymore.
And just when Wan He was silent, everyone below was already quarreling. Some were in charge of the battle, and some agreed to withdraw troops. In short, there were all kinds of opinions, and everyone held their own opinions. , no one could convince anyone, and the entire meeting hall was in chaos. Seeing this scene, Wan He couldn't help it, and immediately shouted loudly: "That's enough, no one should say anymore, the current situation is not enough." Let’s be clear, today’s matters are here for the time being. We will discuss this matter tomorrow and let’s get it over with.” After saying that, Wan He flicked his sleeves, stood up and left the meeting hall directly.
Seeing Wan He, who always laughed and laughed, he also got angry. Everyone here also looked at you and me, and I looked at you. No one dared to say anything anymore. They all stood up soon, filed out of the meeting hall, and left. Go to Prince Liang's Mansion.
As Wan He's most trusted general, Qin Qiong also had a bitter look on his face at this moment. His opinions were very different from those of his generals. Previously, Qin Qiong agreed with Changsun Wuji and moved Li Jing's army back to Luoyang. However, after just fighting, it failed. No one came to a conclusion. In desperation, Qin Qiong could only turn around and salute everyone, and then he rode his horse slowly toward his mansion.
Soon, Qin Qiong had arrived at his mansion. After getting off his horse, Qin Qiong opened the door and walked directly into the mansion. As he walked inside, he shouted: "Come here, come here, prepare some drinks for me." The meeting also made Qin Qiong upset and angry, and she wanted to drink some wine to calm her mind.
Just after Qin Qiong finished shouting, his heart suddenly trembled, because he seemed to feel a chill flashing through his back vest. At this moment, a servant walked towards Qin Qiong with a smile on his face. He said to Qin Qiong with a flattering face: "Master, you are back, do you want to prepare anything to go with the wine?"
"Lie down," before the servant came to him, Qin Qiong's expression changed, and he immediately shouted loudly at the servant, and he fell to the ground directly, right where Qin Qiong fell to the ground. In an instant, a total of five silver rays of light appeared from behind Qin Qiong, passing right through the top of Qin Qiong's back. Poor servant, he originally wanted to come up and flatter him, but he encountered such an unnecessary disaster. Although Qin Qiong had just He shouted at him, but the servant was just an ordinary person. Before he could react, the martial arts silver light had already hit him, immediately hitting his forehead, throat, chest, and abdomen. and five bloody holes were made in five places in the lower body,