Piao Tianzi    Chapter 576 Li Tang’s Desperate Realm

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In the northern triangle area where the Yellow River and the Fen River meet in the southeast of the river, Li Tang's 80,000 soldiers and horses have been blocked here for more than a month and are not close.

After being forced to stay here for more than a month in the cold winter, Li Shimin's ambition and fighting spirit was almost destroyed.

Early in the morning, as usual, he rode a war horse and patrolped the military camps stationed on the north bank of the Fen River before returning to the central army's tent with the stove. Once he entered the tent, the civil and military officials in the army were already waiting for him.

The chief of the army, Pei Ji, said to him with a worried look: "Duke of Qin, who was stationed here for more than a month but could not enter. The weather was cold and the ground was frozen, and the soldiers were mostly frostbite. Yesterday, it was counted that hundreds of brothers had severe frostbite and could not even hold weapons to fight in a short period of time. In total, more than a thousand people were seriously frostbite in the army. Moreover, this winter was colder than in previous years, and the logistics food and clothing for the 80,000 troops were gradually unable to supply. Even the firewood, firewood and charcoal used to keep the cold every day in the army was getting less and less. If this continues, I am afraid that the army will not have the fighting spirit and their morale will decline."

His father Li Yuan did not appear in the account to discuss matters today, and his elder brother Li Jiancheng was not there. All military affairs had to be handled by Li Shimin. Sitting in his father's position in the past, Li Shimin tried his best to show peace.

The raging fire from the stove in the tent reflected on his face, making his face blurry, especially under the fire, Li Shimin's shadow reflected on the tent behind him, looking particularly dark and tall, as if he was like a demon guarding behind him.

Although he tried his best to be very calm on the surface, after Pei Ji finished speaking for a long time, Li Shimin still used his one arm to drag his chin, staring straight at a burning fire in the tent in a daze.

In fact, his heart was filled with worries at this moment.

Give up Hedong and fight for it with all its might, originally, to avoid the enemies surrounded by all sides, hoping to capture Guanzhong and accumulate strength with all their might in order to follow up. When my father learned that Yang Hing had invaded Hedong County, he and most of his subordinates decided to withdraw back to Taiyuan and defend Hedong. It was himself who demanded to go south and go west to compete for Guanzhong.

But they did not expect that this situation would be like this. Yang Ming came too quickly, blocking them between the Yellow River and the Fen River, and they could not move forward or retreat. There was even a Jianghuai Army of Wang Shichong on one side. If they had not been concerned about them, Li Tang would not have been afraid of Yang Ming's 50,000 soldiers and horses. However, Wang Xuanying in the east and Yu Wenhua in the west. These two damn ones were obviously the purpose of sitting in the mountains to watch the tiger fight and fishermen to benefit.

He asked his father several times to cross the river and fight to the death with Yang Ming, but his father refused every time.

Today is New Year's Day, and they spent more than a month with Yang Ming here.

Now the soldiers are tired and haggard, and the cold weather in the snow and ice is still sleeping in the wild. The soldiers are huddled in the camp tent and trembling against the bonfire. They really can't stand it. This year's winter is much colder than in previous years, and water turns into ice. If this continues, the team will collapse before fighting with Yang Ming.

"It's time to make a decision. Either make a desperate bet and move forward bravely, defeat Yang Qing and fight for Guanzhong. Or retreat to Jiang County, first avoid this cold winter in the city, and then fight with Yang Qing after spring." Li Shimin clenched his fists tightly in his hand, the scars on his face were extremely ferocious, and he gritted his teeth and said it unconsciously.

All the civil and military officials in the tent also frowned. The one who could make the decision was Li Yuan, but he did not agree to the attack or retreat. In this icy and snowy wilderness, they had been confronting Yang Qing across the river for more than a month. No one knew what Li Yuan was thinking, and no one knew how long the confrontation would take the court. They didn't care about Li Shimin's words.

Pei Ji said worriedly, "Even my old subordinates can't guess the intentions of the King of Tang. However, we have been confronting Yang Qing for more than a month. If the King of Tang really wanted to cross the river and fight or retreat, he would have made a decision long ago. But to this day, he has only ordered the confrontation between Yang Qing's troops across the river, neither attacking nor retreating, but he is afraid there are other profound meanings."

Li Shimin stood up long, "I forced my father to go south at the beginning, but now the army and horses are trapped here, and it is not the best way to advance or retreat. I heard that Hebei had previously had civil strife, and my father thought that Chen Pojun could not quell the civil strife in Hebei for a while, and the threat to our north could be eliminated. But now there is news that Chen Pojun has already quelled the civil strife in Hebei, and they are afraid that their next goal will be aimed at our Hedong. Now we can no longer enter the west to withdraw Guanzhong, and then the foundation of Hedong will be lost again, and we will drift away and be destroyed. Pei Changshi, where is the King of Tang, I will go to see him and make a statement."

Pei Ji sighed, "The King of Tang took Dalang there early in the morning."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, "I'm going there again, what does my father mean?"

With doubts, Li Shimin left the big account and ran towards the west with dozens of cavalry guards.

The war horses galloped on the snow and soon arrived at the old place Pei Ji mentioned, close to Longmen Mountain on the Yellow River.

From a distance, I heard the sound of the Yellow River flowing. Li Shimin and his guards had already seen that at the foot of the low-high Longmen Mountain, a team of father's guards were guarding the foot of the mountain. He abandoned his horse and went up the mountain. In a short while, he reached the top of the mountain. His father and elder brother were standing on the mountain overlooking the Longmen of the Yellow River.

"Father!"

Li Yuan looked back at Li Shimin, "Erlang is here too, just take a look at the scenery of the Dragon Gate of the Yellow River together."

The Yellow River Longmen is the throat of the Yellow River, located at the exit of the Yellow River Canyon at the junction of Longmen in Hedong and Hancheng, Guanzhong.

Li Yuan pointed to the rushing Yellow River water below, "Erlang, look, there are two mountains on this place, the Yellow River is sandwiched, the river is only more than ten feet wide, the river rushes through the "gate", and the yellow waves roll and pours out thousands of miles. Legend has it that this is the place where Dayu controls the flood, so it is also called Yumen. The "carp jumps over the dragon gate" refers to this place. The Yellow River flows through this place, breaks through the mountains and flows out thousands of miles and flows eastward. According to the "Famous Mountain Records", the Yellow River reaches here, goes down thousands of feet straight, and the waves rise and fall like mountains and boils. Both sides of the shore are cliffs, but the "shenlong" can cross it, so it is called "Dragon Gate". How about it, the scene here is grand and makes people feel refreshed."

Li Shimin thought about the difficulties faced by the Li family and was not in a good mood to watch the Longmen scene. However, he looked patiently. The Yellow River here is narrow and fast, only twelve or thirteen feet wide, and the water flow is extremely turbulent, and it is very rushing. Standing on the top of Longmen Mountain, you can see Xu Yuan opposite at a glance.

"Erlang, do you see it? Guanzhong is separated by the river. A river is only ten feet apart, but it is like a natural chasm. It is clearly near in front of you, but it is always out of reach." Li Yuan looked at the other side, his eyes full of endless loneliness. With the current dilemma of the Li family, he could only be a domineering corner at most, and at the latest it would be wiped out by other heroes. Only by jumping out of Hedong and seizing Guanzhong can the Li family break this dilemma. But at present, they are trapped on the other side of the Yellow River, which is within reach, but they are out of reach.

Li Shimin also sighed, "It would be great if there was a floating bridge here. It would not only allow us to cross the Yellow River, but also directly bypass Tongguan and go deep into Guanzhong."

Li Jiancheng Road, who was with Li Yuan, "There is a bridge on the Yellow River, but the bridge is in Puyang downstream. Now it is occupied by Yang Hing, so we cannot get down. And even if we grab Puyang, there are two cities and one gateways on the other side of the bridge, Pujin and Zhong Hing are the gateways to enter the pass, and Xiguan City protects the river and floats on the floating bridge. Now Yang Hing and Yuwen Chengdu each occupy one side, so we can't cross this bridge at all."

"Father, brother, my Hedong army has been facing each other for more than a month, but it has been confronting Yang Qing's soldiers across the river. As the cold land is frozen today, most of the soldiers in the army are frostbite, and the morale of the army continues to decline. If this continues, I am afraid that deserters will begin to appear in the army. So the child asked his father for orders, and the minister is willing to lead 20,000 troops from the right army of our headquarters as the front drive to overcome Yang Qing's troops."

Li Yuan seemed to have no interest in Li Shimin's words, so he shook his head, "The time has not come, so there is no need to mention this matter."

Li Shimin felt disappointed and wanted to argue again based on theories, but seeing that his father was not interested in it, he finally didn't say it out.

After a while of silence, Li Shimin turned around and said, "Father, if you don't fight at this time, it would be better to temporarily retreat to Jiangjun and spend this cold winter in the city. After the weather is warmer, then use your troops to attack Yang Hung. What does your father think?"

Li Yuan withdrew his gaze at the other side in lingeringly.

With a long sigh, Li Yuan said lonely, "We can't retreat anymore."

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Shimin with a shocked look and said heavily, "My father had not yet come to tell Erlang that the day before yesterday, Wang Shichong's eldest son Wang Xuanying had led 20,000 Jianghuai troops to cross Zhuguanxing, from Henei County, cross Taihang and Wangwu Mountain, and entered Jiangjun behind us, and seized Jishan along the Fen River. The two cities of Zhengping had cut off our food route. And in this way, our retreat had been cut off by Wang Xuanying. My father had not told the soldiers in the army yet, and was worried that the soldiers would cause chaos when they knew about it."

In front of Yang Hung, 50,000 troops blocked their way south, and behind Wang Xuanying had cut off their way back. And as soon as the back road was cut off, the food supply of the 80,000 troops was completely cut off. Could it be that the sky was about to destroy the Li family?

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