Chang'an, Tai Chi Palace.

The sun was hanging high, outside the hall, a group of palace maids walked on the stone steps in front of the hall with plates of meals.

"Stop!" A sharp voice came.

The palace maids stopped together, and the eunuch from Shangshi Bureau walked out, stood in front of an old eunuch holding a whisk and laughed: "Eunuch Zheng is polite, it's time for His Majesty to have a meal."

The old eunuch glanced at it and said slowly: "Your Majesty, you are discussing the war in Luoyang with several ministers in the hall. You are not free at the moment."

"What should I do? Eunuch Zheng, this dragon body is important. In the morning, His Majesty only ate half a bowl of lotus seeds and coix seed porridge. If you don't eat it at noon, you will hurt the dragon body."

The old eunuch said, "I understand that I won't eat after noon. I think your majesty has no appetite for you now. Why not change it to something light and delicious!"

"promise!"

Seeing the busy appearance of the eunuch and palace maids, the old eunuch sighed. He walked to the steps in front of the hall, but when he heard the clear voice of Chen Shuda, he was still talking, and couldn't help but shake his head.

At this moment, Li Yuan sat in the hall with his eyes closed, showing deep fatigue. He was already in his fifties. For the past month, he has been paying attention to the army's war. Especially in the past few days, war reports have been heard every day. Li Yuan is commanding the battle in Luoyang in the hall. He will deal with it immediately when there is any new news. He is already exhausted after a lot of trouble.

Li Yuan took a sip of tea, opened his blood-covered eyes, interrupting the argument between Pei Ji and Chen Shuda in the palace and said, "It's enough. Now is not the time to hold Qian Jiulong responsible. Things have happened, and I am unwilling to pursue it again. Qian Jiulong is my minister of the Yuan Cong, thinking about this. Let the ministers in the Secretariat who only know how to talk all day long, not blame them too much. It hurts the hearts of the old ministers in the hall."

"No!" Pei Ji and Chen Shuda agreed.

Yu Wenshi said, "Your Majesty, our army has been more than 300,000 troops this time, and this time it has been more than a month. Except for Du Fuwei, all the other routes have won and lost. Although the southern army of King Hejian is approaching Luoyang, His Royal Highness's northern army cannot cross the Yellow River, with the Hejian King alone, he will not be able to conquer Luoyang."

Li Yuan nodded and said, "I know."

Speaking of this, Li Yuan picked up a memorial at hand and said, "This is a secret report sent from the Qin Palace yesterday. His secret spies in Liyang have heard news that there are indeed more than 300 warships passing through here and heading to the Yellow River. But this is not enough to prove that Li Chongjiu and his government army and the main force of the court guards are on the ship. These warships may also be empty ships."

"Du Ruhui, aide to the King of Qin, and Li Jing, the chief of the King of Heyang, all submitted memorials to me, saying that he had not seen the real movement of Li Chongjiu's main force. The northern army led by the prince may be in danger, and even the southern army may be attacked!"

Chen Shuda said on the side: "Your Majesty, we have made every effort to investigate. The main force of the Zhao army has tens of thousands of soldiers. It is impossible for him to fly into the sky or escape into the earth. As long as he shows his tracks, we can detect it."

Pei Ji said: "Your Majesty, I am worried that the northern army of His Highness the Crown Prince! If Qian Jiulong's military rations are not lost this time, I am fine. Now if the military rations are lost, it will be a bad thing."

Yu Wenshi looked at Pei Ji and asked, "Are you worried that Li Chongjiu will leave Jingxing Pass and attack Shangdang?"

Pei Ji shook his head and said, "Shangdang has King Xiangwu in charge, and there will be no trouble for the time being. I am worried that it is, what if Li Chongjiu joins the Zhao army in Taiyuan and then goes straight to Hedong and capture Pujin Ferry?"

As soon as Pei Ji said this, everyone present changed their faces.

From the map, from Taiyuan to Pujin Ferry, they passed through the four counties of Xihe, Linfen, Jiang and Hedong. When the Zhao army attacked Taiyuan in large numbers, its vanguard grassland cavalry almost almost attacked Hedong County. At that time, there were people in the Li Tang Dynasty who gave up Hedong to avoid the brilliance of the Zhao army.

Now the 30,000 Tang troops stationed in Hedong have been transferred to Shangdang, and the four counties have empty troops. If Li Chongjiu's main Zhao army and Yuchi Gong stationed in Taiyuan have joined forces, it is not impossible for the army to march straight forward and capture the four counties. It is just that the time spent on the road has been spent a little longer. However, once Li Chongjiu captured Pujin Ferry, it can cause the momentum to cross the Yellow River south and directly attack Chang'an.

At that time, Li Jiancheng's army, who was in Hanoi, had to return to Hedong to lift the siege of Chang'an. This main force was normal to fight to the decisive battle, but Li Tang was not afraid at all, but the problem now is that Li Jiancheng's army was short of food. The army returned to Pujin Ferry from Hanoi and walked back for a while again, and the soldiers along the way were hungry and could not even eat enough.

Li Chong's nine majors can stick to the dangerous situation and not take the initiative to fight. When Li Jiancheng's food is exhausted and his soldiers' momentum is extremely depressed, he will strike back. Therefore, even if the Tang army has the advantage of military strength, he will have less than 10% chance of winning in a decisive battle with the main force of the Zhao army.

Pei Ji analyzed all the consequences. In fact, Pei Ji didn't need to analyze them. The people in the hall were all knowledgeable, so how could they not understand?

From the map, the three major ferries of the Yellow River, Pujin Ferry, which is only one step away from Guanzhong, Mengjin Ferry where Heyang City is located, and Liyang Ferry where Liyang City is located, have become the three key points of this Tang and Zhao battle.

Chen Shuda said: "Your Majesty, will the Northern Army be transferred back to a part of it to defend Linfen County and Jiang County?"

Li Yuan walked back and forth with his hands behind his back and said, "No, there will be no turning back arrows when the bow is drawn. There are still 30,000 troops in Chang'an. Even if Li Chongjiu hits the city, what if? I'm still afraid that he will not succeed!"

"Your Majesty!" Pei Ji and Chen Shuda advised. They were worried that Li Yuan was acting voluntarily. Chang'an was Li Tang's heart, so how could he easily put it in danger?

Li Yuan stopped and said, "I know what you are going to say, but I have already advocated that the two north and south armies had planned to attack Luoyang together. Now the southern army has been successful, but the northern army is insufficient because of the robbery of military rations. I only need to transport the general rations to the Prince's army, right?"

Pei Ji said: "Your Majesty, this is a good word, but it will take at least twenty days to re-register the grain from Guanzhong and then transport it to Heyang!"

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "What you are talking about is land, not water!"

Pei Ji, Yu Wen Shi and his eyes looked at each other, and they all looked shocked.

Pei Ji asked, "Your Majesty meant that you want to use grain ships to transport grain and take the Sanmenxia waterway of the Yellow River?"

"good!"

Pei Ji was sweating profusely and said, "Your Majesty is too dangerous for the waterway of Sanmenxia. Countless boats are wiped out here. If you use grain and grass to transport it to Heyang through Sanmenxia, ​​you can only get two of the ten ships."
Chapter completed!