Qi Shirang said coldly: "General Meng, what you said sounds nice, but is there a way to defeat the Tang army in front of you? Three days ago, you led your elite troops to fight and boasted that you could repel the Tang army. In the end, you were killed by Qin Qiong and lost all your armor. , Did you forget so soon?" Meng Jiong's face turned red, he shook his head and retreated. Dou Jiande's eyes fell on Qi Shirang: "Qi Pushe, I know that I have always opposed sending troops to the Central Plains, but this time it is Military discussions and national affairs should not be acted on your own initiative. If you have any good suggestions, just say so. " Qi Shirang gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "This time our army was blocked by the Tang army outside Hulao Pass and cannot enter the Central Plains. It is really a very difficult situation to be unable to advance or retreat. However, Yang Xuangan said that he was sending troops to Handong and came out of Hulao behind. For so many days, there has been no news and no idea of ??the progress. His subordinates thought that we could not continue It¡¯s a waste of time here. Anyway, we have already sent troops to the Central Plains, and we have exhausted our love for Wang Shichong. It is better to send another envoy to Tangying to ask them to stop their troops. Then we will return to Hebei and make further plans. " Dou Jiande said coldly: "Does Qi Pushe mean that we just surrender?" Qi Shirang sighed: "The hero should know how to advance and retreat. Our army has come from afar, and the advantage is to make a quick decision. Now that we have launched our troops before Xiongguan, the soldiers are exhausted. , and I had a lot of trophies before, I no longer have the will to fight, and my army is ready to return. If the king insists on continuing to fight here, I am afraid it will become more and more difficult. I also know that I will retreat like this. The king is not willing to do so. In fact, The minister is not willing to give in. The reason why he dissuades the king from sending troops is for the sake of the king. But now he is not urging the king to withdraw the troops, but to fulfill his duty as a minister! " Dou Jiande nodded: "But once Wang Shichong comes, If we are eliminated, can we be alone? Li Tang also wants to dominate the world. In their eyes, all the heroes are targets to be eliminated. If we return to Hebei, we will be surrounded by them. How long can we last? " Qi Shirang shook his head: "Otherwise, Your Majesty, Hebei is our hometown, and the hearts of the people are towards you. If there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, we will definitely fight to the death. Besides, Wang Shichong may not be able to survive. Yang Xuangan and even Li Jing will save him. They are Ming The feudal town under the banner of Huaqiang Kingdom has more motivation to rescue our lord than we do. As for Li Jing, he is the closest, but he is waiting and watching. I am afraid he also wants to wait until both sides are really tired before attacking. They are not in a hurry. Why should we, the foreign aid, rush to the front? " "Even if Wang Shichong is dead, Li Jing and Yang Xuangan are still there, they alone are not easy for Li Tang to deal with. Besides, the various states and counties in the Central Plains are not easy to deal with. They have always been the Caotou King. Li Mi can't control them, and Wang Shichong can't control them. Can Li Tang, who was born in Guanzhong, make them sincerely obey? We are ready to integrate the Qilu and Henan areas of the recovered server. Even if we go back and eliminate Luo Yi, it is better than wasting time here. Please think again!" Dou Jiande's forehead began to sweat, and many military academies began to sweat. Whispering to one side and nodding secretly, it seemed that he was beginning to agree with Qi Shirang's statement. A steady voice slowly sounded: "Your Majesty, what Qi Pushe said is totally absurd and must not be accepted." Dou Jiande's eyes lit up, while the corners of Qi Shirang's mouth turned up slightly, and the two of them looked at Ling who spoke in unison. Respect, Qi Shirang said coldly: "I would like to hear Ling Jijiu's advice." Ling Jing stood up unhurriedly and said: "This time my lord sent troops for the sake of justice, not only to save Wang Shichong, but also to save Wang Shichong. When rescuing Wang Shichong, we can have the Sui Emperor Yang Tong who was deposed by Wang Shichong in our hands. With him in our hands, we can return to Yang Tong as the leader and seize the title of Dayi." "Both Li Tang and Wang Shichong. He is a usurper. We are the only ones who still regard the Sui lord as our official successor. Your Majesty has not proclaimed himself emperor until now because of this backhand. Once we lose the Eastern Capital, we will no longer have this possibility. With a self-reliant grassroots With the status of a great king, no talented person will defect to him. The people of the world are looking for Li Tang, and when the time comes, he will no longer be able to protect himself by relying on temporary separatism. " Qi Shirang sneered and said: "Although this is the truth, we can't break through Hulao now. It¡¯s not that we don¡¯t want to save Luoyang, Feng Yang Dong, but we can¡¯t even pass Li Shimin¡¯s level. Does Ling Jijiu have any tricks to overcome it? If you have one, you might as well tell it.¡± Ling Jing laughed and waved. He shook the feather fan in his hand and said with a smile: "If you want to save Dongdu, why do you have to break through Hulao Pass? I have a plan. I can force Li Shimin to break the siege of Dongdu without any effort!" Dou Jiande's eyes lit up and he quickly Said: "Ling Jijiu has a clever plan, tell me quickly." Ling Jing said seriously: "Our army must take action immediately, leaving only 30,000 soldiers and horses to continue to guard Xingyang. Cheng Zhi will hold a stalemate with the Tang army here, while the army goes north and crosses Yellow River, out of Taipei?, merge into the state! Now that Li Jiancheng has been recalled to Chang'an, the Tang army in Bingzhou has no commander, and its troops are empty due to being deployed to the Central Plains battlefield many times. If we move out quickly now and show the assault speed and momentum when we marched south from Hebei, it will be like entering a deserted place. In ten months, the southern Shanxi Plain is within easy reach. Once we capture Puban and master the entrance to Guanzhong, the Tang Army in the Central Plains will be forced to retreat, and the siege of Luoyang will be solved! " Dou Jiande nodded repeatedly and laughed loudly: "Okay, very good, this method is really good, I'm going to offer wine to you, I'm going to prepare" Before he could finish his words, a crying voice rang out. : "Your Majesty, you must not do this. If you do this, you will bring my lord into eternal doom. How will the people in the world look at you?" ! " Dou Jiande's expression changed. He followed the sound and saw a man in his forties, wearing a purple robe and holding a staff, stroking his chest and crying. It was the envoy Changsun Anshi sent by Wang Shichong to ask for help. Dou Jiande sent troops this time. In order to show his justice, he also asked Changsun Anshi to listen in the tent during military discussions to show that the two armies were united. Dou Jiande said in a deep voice: "Ambassador Changsun, what Ling Jijiu just said clearly is not true. If we don¡¯t save the prince, we will welcome back the Sui Emperor and become independent, so how can we not abandon Luoyang? " Changsun Anshi wiped his tears and said: "Your Majesty, Hulao is only a few hundred miles away from Luoyang now. After it is captured, the siege can be relieved in one day. But if we take a long detour to Bingzhou, even according to Ling Jing's words, It will also take a few months. My lord has been struggling in Luoyang for half a year now, and his life is on the line. I heard that the soldiers and civilians in Luoyang are already eating dirt, and a large number of people starve to death every day. How can they wait so long? "