After Li Shimin led an army of 150,000 to Sizhou, the first thing he did was to take over the military power of Sizhou's 150,000 troops. At this point, Yang Jian, the governor of Sizhou, also became Li Shimin's subordinate.
At the military and political meeting, Li Shimin looked at Yang Jian and asked with a serious face: "Uncle Yang, how are Sizhou's troops currently equipped?"
In this life, Li Yuan and Yang Jian were good friends, and Li Shimin and Yang Guang were also good friends. It was natural for Li Shimin to call Yang Jian uncle.
Li Shimin, his son and nephew, in turn controlled himself. Although Yang Jian was extremely dissatisfied, he did not show it. After pondering for a while, he replied: "Currently, there are 60,000 in Hulao Pass, Yique Pass, Xuanyuan Pass, Guangcheng Pass, and Mengjin Pass." 20,000 each in Guan and 10,000 in Luoyang."
In fact, there is another pass after Hulao Pass, called Dagu Pass.
Although Dagu Pass is not as good as Hulao Pass, it is also one of the most famous passes in the world.
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Bai Qi relied on the steepness of Dagu Pass to force the surrender of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops under Chen Youliang, and finally became famous in one battle.
In the prisoner of war defection incident, Daguguan was taken away by Yellow Turban prisoners of war, and later Li Yuanba actually hammered down a section of the city wall.
After this moment, Dong Zhuo also realized that in the continuous high-intensity offensive and defensive battles, the foundation of Dagu Pass had been very seriously damaged, and it could no longer bear the heavy responsibility of Sizhou Gate.
Before Hulao Pass was rebuilt, it was destroyed in the second battle of Hulao Pass.
The two gates to the east of Sizhou were all destroyed in the war. For Sizhou, the burden of rebuilding two gates at once was too great, but as a gateway, it was really impossible not to rebuild them.
After struggling for a long time, Yang Jian decided to temporarily abandon Dagu Pass and build a Hulao Pass that was even more defensive than before. After the construction was completed, he would concentrate manpower and material resources to rebuild Dagu Pass.
But who would have thought that after Hulao Pass was rebuilt and Dagu Pass was just completed, Qin Hao organized an alliance to fight over.
At this time, the only pass between Sizhou and Yanzhou was Hulao.
The reason why the coalition forces against Dong concentrated on Suanzao was not only because Suanzao was closest to Hulao Pass, but also because they only needed to break through Hulao to directly attack Luoyang.
If we attack Sizhou from the south, we will need to break through at least two passes in succession before we can attack Luoyang. In this way, the casualties will definitely increase greatly, so of course we have to take the Eastern Hulao Pass route.
"Is there only 60,000 troops at Hulao Pass?"
A strange color flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he said to himself in surprise: "The coalition forces of the princes have as many as 550,000 troops. Such a force may not be able to capture Hulao by force. Why didn't Qin Hao attack Hulao by force before my reinforcements arrived? "
"The composition of the coalition formed by the thirty-six princes is too chaotic and cannot form an effective combat force without integration."
After Yang Jian pondered for a moment, he said as he should: "Qin Hao may want to have stronger combat power after integration and minimize the losses in the attack on Hulao."
"But after the arrival of my 150,000 reinforcements, it will become more difficult for the coalition of princes to capture Hulao? It is impossible for Qin Hao to not understand such an obvious truth." Li Shimin said solemnly.
"this……"
Yang Jian was immediately speechless when asked, and at the same time he also found that something was indeed wrong here.
Qin Hao's fourteenth army was victorious in every battle. It is impossible not to wait for the arrival of 150,000 Liang troops. This is an act that wastes combat power.
At this time, a middle-aged scholar below smiled at Li Shimin and said: "My lord, if my subordinates guessed correctly, Qin Hao should have a deeper purpose for doing this."
"oh?"
Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up and he said quickly: "Military advisor, please come quickly."
Yang Jian was suddenly shocked, military advisor? This person is actually Li Shimin's military advisor? How dare Li Shimin set up a military adviser?
The military adviser is also the mastermind, who thinks and plans for the monarch.
In this era, the official position of military advisor may not be the highest, but it means that one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
Dong Zhuo had Li Ru and Jia Xu, Qin Wen had drama Zhicai, Qin Hao had Liu Bowen, Fang Xuanling, etc...
Generally speaking, except for the princes, small warlords are not qualified to set up military advisers. Although Li Shimin is a prince, he is still under Dong Zhuo's command, but he can openly set up a military adviser?
In this regard, Yang Jian just wanted to say one thing: You are so courageous.
Anyway, Yang Jian didn't dare to do this, and if this aroused Dong Zhuo's fear, then his skin would definitely peel off even if he didn't die.
Yang Jian felt relieved when he thought that Li Shimin was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law.
Dong Zhuo's only son Dong Li died tragically at the hands of Xiang Yu during the first battle of Hulao Pass. Dong Zhuo is now sowing seeds everywhere but reaping no harvest.
Dong Zhuo is already quite old, and someone must inherit this huge foundation. Currently, the only people who are qualified to inherit Dong Zhuo's foundation are his sons-in-law and nephews, and the one with the greatest possibility is Li Shimin.
By giving Li Shimin such great power, Dong Zhuo was probably grooming Li Shimin as his successor, so why would he care about the trivial matter of Li Shimin establishing a military advisor?
As soon as he thought of this, Yang Jian felt extremely unwilling. He also wanted Yang Guanglai to inherit Dong Zhuo's legacy, so he did not hesitate to shamelessly propose marriage to Dong Zhuo.
As long as Yang Guang also becomes Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he will have a fair chance to compete with Li Shimin.
But who knows that Dong Xiaowan, Dong Zhuo's youngest daughter, dislikes Yang Guang for being too carefree and would rather die than marry Yang Guang. Dong Zhuo loves his daughter so he politely rejects Yang Jian.
Returning to business, Yang Jian looked at the other party carefully and asked, "Who is this gentleman?"
"I'm Du Ruhui."
"It turns out to be Mr. Du. I have admired him for a long time. I have admired him for a long time." Yang Jian smiled, but there was a hint of jealousy in his heart.
Because Yang Jian had heard of this name and was very famous in the land of Guanxi, he even refused Dong Zhuo's conquest. Unexpectedly, he turned to Li Shimin.
Facing the enthusiastic Yang Jian, a strange look flashed in Du Ruhui's eyes, and then he turned to Li Shimin and said in a deep voice: "My lord, if my subordinates' expectations are correct, Qin Hao should have waited for the lord to come here on purpose."
"But why is this?" Li Shimin asked doubtfully.
Du Ruhui sneered and said calmly: "If our reinforcements fail to arrive and our army's strength is far inferior to the enemy's, even if Qin Hao is the leader, they can only let the coalition attack Luoyang through Tiger Prison. After all, the casualties of such an attack will be minimal.
And if our reinforcements arrive, the attack on Hulao Pass will fall into a war of attrition. The casualties of a forced attack will be too great, and Qin Hao can divide his forces openly and drive the coalition forces to attack other passes. "
Li Shimin's own intelligence was also extremely high. After Du Ruhui gave a little reminder, he immediately figured out the key.
"So to say……"
Li Shimin's face became gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Qin Hao wants to use the power of the princes to capture the eight passes of Luoyang, so as to completely occupy the four counties of Sizhou."
