The White Lotus Hall of Tai Chi Palace, this is Yin Defei's bedroom. It was already the first time. The palace was surrounded by palace guards, and teams of guards patrolled back and forth, and there were still hidden whistles in the darkness. All signs indicate that Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty
I will stay in the White Lotus Hall tonight.
It was already late at night, and the guards were wearing thick-soled soft boots, and their steps were as light as possible. The inside and outside of the palace were very quiet. At this time, a rapid sound of running came, causing the guards to wake up one after another.
"Who is it?" The guards ran up and stopped the people who dared to run wildly.
"It's me!" The person who came was very stern. The guards recognized it as General Zhou Jun of Zhi Pavilion, and they were so scared that they dodged away.
Zhou Jun glared at the guards fiercely and walked up the steps quickly, but the two eunuchs stopped him, "General Zhou, the emperor has rested, don't disturb him!"
Zhou Jun quickly clasped his fists and said, "I know, but I have to report to the emperor for a big matter that I am in urgent need. Please inform the emperor of the two father-in-laws."
Two eunuchs looked at each other and generally could not disturb the emperor's rest. However, as a general of the Zhige Pavilion, Zhou Jun should understand this rule better. There must be a major matter. If something goes wrong, they can't afford it. One eunuch said little.
Head, "General Zhou, please wait!"
The eunuch turned around and walked into the bedroom. Yin Defei's bedroom became quieter. Two incense burners in the corner of the house were curling blue smoke, filled with thick sandalwood. The ground was covered with thick Western carpets, and the walls were covered with SE colors.
With the gorgeous Shu brocade, a night pearl as big as a grapefruit fell above the hall, sprinkling the faint light to every corner of the hall.
Two thick curtains in the middle of the hall were hanging low, separating the hall into two. Eight palace maids stood outside the curtain, holding various utensils in their hands, waiting for the call of the Lord and the Empress.
On the jade steps in the hall, there was a bed of ivory and gold silk, and a thick hibiscus warm tent hung on it. In the tent, the Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty was sleeping in embrace and the young and beautiful Concubine Yin De.
It was already an hour. However, the tent was filled with the whimpering voice of Concubine Yin De, "Your Majesty must agree to the matter of my father. If you don't agree, I won't agree."
"Don't worry, my beloved concubine! Your father is the father-in-law, how could I pursue it? Get off early! I'm very tired."
"No. Your Majesty must agree to me personally, otherwise I will cry to the Lord."
"Okay! OK! OK! I officially promised my beloved concubine that I will never pursue your father's affairs, just say nothing."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, your Majesty! I will warm your Majesty."
At this time, footsteps came from outside the curtain, and then a eunuch reported, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent matter to report."
Li Yuan and Yin Defei had just finished their loving work and were exhausted. At this time, someone came to disturb him, which made him very angry. But when he heard that there was an emergency, he suppressed his anger and asked coldly: "What's the matter?"
"Report to Your Majesty. It was General Zhou of Zhige who came to report that he said that three pots of beacon fires were lit on the left peak of Mount Li."
The beacon fire in Mount Li means that the foreign enemy invaded the border, either the Turks or Tuyuhun, but the Turks and the Tang Dynasty basically do not border, so it can be ruled out. It should be that Tuyuhun may be even more likely.
Although this is a big deal, Li Yuan was too tired and could temporarily put it aside, and said, "I understand, I will discuss it with the ministers tomorrow."
After pausing for a moment, the eunuch carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, it's the beacon of Zuofeng."
"What!"
Li Yuan sat down at once. There were two beacon towers on Mount Li. The beacon tower on the right peak was Guanxi and the north, and the beacon tower on the left peak was Guandong. The beacon tower on the left peak was Guandong. This means that the enemy invaded in Guanzhong.
Li Yuan was completely sleepy and hurriedly put on his outer robe and got up.
Concubine Yin De didn't dare to sleep anymore. She shouted, and several palace maids came in immediately, put on thick robes and flat scarves for Li Yuan. Only then did Li Yuan hurried to the outer palace.
General Zhou Jun of Zhi Pavilion was waiting here. When he saw Li Yuan coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the beacon has just ignited, and it is very likely that something happened in Pujin Pass."
Li Yuan also guessed that something happened in Pujin Pass, and it must be the Sui army invading Guanzhong. This made him extremely frightened. Guanzhong was empty and there were only 20,000 troops in Chang'an. If the Sui army really attacked Guanzhong, how could he deal with it?
Li Yuan was frightened and sweated in a cold sweat on his back. He quickly ordered his left and right to say, "Go and summon the capital of the Five Prime Ministers to my imperial study."
Li Yuan was not sleepy either. He went back to the palace to wash up briefly, and hurried to the imperial study room...
In the Wude Hall Square, the heavy snow has been cleaned up. Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Dou Gui, Dugu Zhen and other five prime ministers have arrived one after another. At this time, they all knew about the beacon of Mount Li, and this news also made them
Shocked, the five people gathered together to discuss.
"I said last time that if all the troops are sent out, Guanzhong will be empty and the risk will be great. As a result, none of you listened to it, and no one would persuade the emperor. Now the problem is here, what do you think should you do?"
Pei Ji's voice was very loud, with a hint of resentment. When he was sending troops, he thought that it was inappropriate to send troops that were scattered. However, Li Yuan was angry at that time and did not dare to persuade him, so he wanted others to mention this matter, but no one paid any attention.
He was in danger now, and he immediately began to complain to everyone.
The other four people glanced at him coldly. Pei Ji was good at making small moves behind his back. Everyone was very careful of him and did not want to be with him. No one paid attention to his complaints.
At this time, a eunuch walked out of the steps and said loudly: "The emperor has an order to promulgate the five prime ministers to meet with him."
Five prime ministers sorted out their clothes and walked into the Wude Hall together. At this time, the lights in the imperial study room had been lit, and several pots of charcoal fires had baked the room very warmly. Li Yuan stood in front of a map of Guanzhong with his hands behind his back.
I pondered for a long time without saying a word.
"See Your Majesty!" The five prime ministers bowed and bowed one after another.
Li Yuan waved his hand, "Dear all of you, give me a seat!"
The eunuchs moved in to sit alone, and everyone sat down. Li Yuan then sighed and said, "I'm really sorry to call you all the ministers in the middle of the night. I guess everyone knows that there was a beacon fire on Mount Li. The current situation is now
It’s still unclear, but I am really worried that the Sui army is likely to kill in under the emptiness of Guanzhong. Let’s talk about it! What should I do now?"
All five were silent. After a moment, Dou Gui bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the Sui army's chances of entering Guanzhong from Pujin Pass are relatively high. Now Pujin Pass should be out of protection. If so, the most
It is almost noon tomorrow, and the Sui army will be killed in Chang'an. I consider that there should be two emergency response plans."
Li Yuan was overjoyed. He hoped to get practical suggestions now. Dou Gui was the prefect of Fufeng County and led the military and civilians to fight for half a month. He successfully defended Yang Xuangan's 100,000 troops with 15,000 troops, and deployed defense.
Very experienced, Li Yuan trusted him very much, so he hurriedly said, "Please tell me, Prime Minister Dou."
Dou Gui smiled slightly, "Actually, everyone wants my plan, one is to defend the city and the other is to ask for help, but the Yulin Army and Jinwu Guard immediately go to the city to defend, and at the same time recruit young and strong men in Chang'an to help defend the city. I didn't guess wrong.
The Sui army should have been light cavalry assault and did not bring siege weapons, so the problem with Chang'an City is not very big. However, the Sui cavalry entered Guanzhong, which will greatly affect the morale of the military and civilians and shake the military and civilians' confidence in the Tang Dynasty, so we must seek assistance.
, let the prince's army and the Qin King's army return to aid at the same time."
Chen Shuda next to him frowned and said, "Maybe the purpose of the Sui army is to surround Wei and save Zhao and force us to withdraw our troops. If we let the two armies return to aid, wouldn't it be the plan of the Sui army? Did Dou Xiangguo think of this?"
Dou Gui shook his head, "Chen Prime Minister is worried too much. Yang Yuanqing's heavy troops are in the north, and there are 30,000 Turkic troops raging in the hinterland of Hedong. His army has no time to go south, so there will not be many troops this time, at most, only two.
Ten thousand people, actually what I mean is that annihilation of this sneak attack army in Guanzhong will inspire the morale of the military and civilians. In addition, the army does not have to return all the assistance, and fifty thousand people will be enough to return each to assist."
Pei Ji also interrogated: "We can even let the King of Qin cross the Hebei region from Shan County to counterattack Hedong County, cut off the retreat of this group of troops who attacked the Sui army, or seek a large-scale northward to seize the population of Hedong County and Jiang County, these two counties.
Many, developed agriculture will be our greatest harvest.”
At this time, Li Yuan saw that Xiao Yu had been thinking and said nothing, so he asked, "What do Xiao Xiangguo thinks?"
Xiao Yu's eyes were filled with worries and said slowly: "I'm wondering why the Sui Dynasty did not send troops some time ago. At that time, the inner road of the pass was not occupied and Luoyang was not surrounded. At that time, the dispatch of troops could contain us more, but it was a bit worse.
Now that the troops are sent, does the Sui army know that they will be surrounded and annihilated in Guanzhong? Does the Sui army know that Hedong County will be attacked by the Tang army?"
Xiao Yu's doubts made Li Yuan understand something, "Xiao Aiqing means... Xiao Yu nodded, "I am 70% sure that the Sui army has defeated the Turks. Only in this way can they dare to do so.
Raid on Chang'an."
Xiao Yu's bold judgment made Li Yuan take a breath of air. If this is the case, the situation will change.
Just then, a sound of running came from outside, and someone reported outside the door: "Report to Your Highness, Taiyuan has an urgent report!"
The Tang Feng in Taiyuan has been destroyed, but there are still some Tang Feng forces hidden in Taiyuan. Although they dare not take any action, if there are any major changes in Taiyuan, they will also send news.
A sense of ominousness surged in Li Yuan's heart. Could it be... He quickly ordered: "Come on!"
A eunuch hurried in and presented a copy of the information that had been copied with both hands. Li Yuan took the information and read it. There was only a line of words on it: "The Sui army's victory is a great victory, and Taiyuan is celebrating."
Li Yuan's heart was chilling, as if he fell into an ice cave. He smiled bitterly and said to Xiao Yu: "Sure enough, my beloved is right. The Sui army defeated the Turkic army."
A whisper suddenly sounded in the imperial study room. Li Yuan couldn't sit still. He stood up and walked to the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the night sky, his heart was extremely heavy, and the things he didn't want to face finally came.
"Your Majesty, defend Chang'an first, and others can be decided according to the development of the situation." Dou Gui suggested.
Li Yuan nodded and turned around and said to everyone: "You can let the prince and the King of Qin return 50,000 troops to help Guanzhong!"
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