No one dared to make a sound, Fan Zigai's old stubborn face changed drastically, and he thought in his heart that he was secretly glad that Yang Xuangan didn't do this, but after a little calculation, Fan Zigai said loudly: "This is impossible, Linyu Pass is far away from the Eastern Capital. It's so far away from Li Yang, Yang Xuan felt that it was impossible for the rebels to take down Linyu Pass!"
"Fan stays behind, there are no absolutes in the world." Pei Hongce said with a sneer: "Yang Xuangan's rebels attacked Dongdu from Liyang, and the team has become more than 50,000 people. If Yang Ni sends troops from Liyang to the north and arrives at Linyu Pass How many rebellious people will there be, does Fan Liushou dare to imagine?"
"Furthermore, Fan Liushou, don't forget that Jiyou's elite soldiers have already entered Liao, and no army can contain and stop Yang Ni from going north as effectively as the Dongdu army. Rebels such as Wang Bo, Sun Anzu, Gao Shida and Dou Jiande, They are also entrenched on Yang Xuangan's treacherous route to the north, and have never been wiped out, and Yang Ni is a natural ally, if they join forces with Yang Ni, how terrible the consequences will be, how can Fan Liushou dare to imagine?"
There was a sound of gasping in the hall, and everyone in Dongdu Wenwu was dumbfounded. They never thought that Yang Xuangan could kill Sui Yang Emperor directly with such a skill! Fan Zigai's old face was full of stubborn wrinkles, and his complexion finally changed completely. He felt a little lucky in his heart, and said to himself: "Fortunately, fortunately, the traitor Yang Xuangan didn't think of this! Otherwise, Your Majesty will be worried!"
"You can't let Yang Ni go north!" Yue Wang Yang Tong, who was almost a puppet, screamed in a childish voice emotionally: "You can't let Yang Ni cut off the emperor's food route back, those barbarians in Turkic Korea will kill grandpa!"
"His Royal Highness, please rest assured." Fan Zigai hurriedly comforted Yang Tong, "The old minister has sent twelve messengers to Liaodong to warn the emperor by four different routes. The emperor must be prepared when he hears the alarm. Yang Xuan felt that the traitor had already been attracted by us to the city of Dongdu, even if he turned around and attacked Linyu Pass, it would be too late."
"Fan stayed behind, excuse me for your blunt words. There are no absolutes in the world. Yang Xuan feels that the rebels are turning around now. It may not be too late." Pei Hongce said calmly: "The last thing we received about the Liaodong Army is that His Majesty has personally led an army into the territory of Goguryeo. Goguryeo capital city, we don’t know what the current battle situation is like. Even if His Majesty receives the alarm, he will encounter dangers such as retreating troops and enemy pursuit and harassment. Suppose Yang Xuangan’s rebels secretly communicated with Goguryeo, so that Goryeo’s stick can fully contain it. And delaying His Majesty's withdrawal pace, and even colluding secretly with the Turkic Khitan, allowing these barbarians to restrain the retreating speed of His Majesty's army, then it is not only too late for Yang Ni to turn around now, but there may even be plenty of time!"
"If the traitor Yang Xuangan dares to do this, the old man will definitely kill him!" Fan Zigai roared angrily, "No matter how much we pay, we must restrain Yang Ni under the city of the Eastern Capital to buy time for His Majesty's army to turn around before the battle! "Yang Tong and all the civil and military officials of Dongdu nodded, unanimously believing that Yang Xuangan's rebels must be contained now.
"Old man, don't you dare to force me to go out of the city to win the battle now?" Pei Hongce sneered in his heart, and then said loudly: "Fan stay behind, this is the best strategy of Yang Xuangan's treason, and Yang Ni has a middle strategy, and he will also fight against you." I have caused great harm to the world!"
"What is Yang Ni's middle strategy?" Fan Zigai asked quickly.
"Rush to Daxing, defend Tongguan, and divide the world equally with us!" Pei Hongce said viciously: "There are mountains and rivers in Guanzhong, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are Turks in the north and Gaochang in the west. I have not yet prepared the perfect opportunity to attack Tongguan Daxing at full speed. Once he succeeds, it will be extremely difficult for my Sui army to regain Guanzhong. The price of money and food!"
Glancing at Fan Zigai and his colleagues in the palace who were listening intently, Pei Hongce added: "Perhaps Fan Liushou and all the adults think that the number of defenders in Guanzhong is three times that of Dongdu, and Yang Ni's attack on Guanzhong is no more difficult than a sneak attack." Linyu Pass is much easier, but I can tell you now, if you think so, you are totally wrong! Yang Ni's success in attacking Guanzhong is actually ten times easier than capturing Dongdong!"
"Why?" Fan Zigai asked quickly.
"Yang Ni has deep roots in Guanzhong." Pei Hongce replied: "Yang Xuangan inherited Yang Su's official position and title, and also inherited Yang Su's position as the head of the family. , There are countless old troops in the Guanzhong Army. Once these people turn against each other, the consequences will be unimaginable! Moreover, Yang Xuangan's rebels are attacking Guanzhong, and they can collude with Turkic Gaochang as foreign aid at any time, and the possibility of conquering Guanzhong will definitely increase!"
Looking at Fan Zigai and the others with horrified faces, Pei Hongce said coldly again: "Take ten thousand steps back, even if Yang Xuangan failed to attack Guanzhong, but if Yang Ni hits Tongguan, it will make me Da Sui Hongnong, Shangluo Waiting for the two counties and seven counties to be affected by the flames of war, hundreds of thousands of people will die! If Yang Ni invades Tongguan again, all parts of Guanzhong will be safe to defend. Do you dare to imagine how many people in Guanzhong will be tormented?!"
After Pei Hongce finished speaking, the hall was silent again. Everyone was stunned by Pei Hongce's bold guess and analysis. They didn't dare to imagine the consequences of Yang Xuangan's rebels attacking Guanzhong. Said: "Master Pei is right. The Yang family has deep roots in Guanzhong, and there are many old troops in the Guanzhong army. We must prevent Yang Ni from colluding with these old Yang Su's troops and causing disasters in Guanzhong!"
"I think so too." Pei Hongce muttered in his heart, and then he said loudly: "Yang Xuangan's worst strategy for the rebels is to attack this Eastern Capital City! Yang Ni's sudden rebellion, of course, can receive a pre-emptive effect, but if he wants to To continue to grow, we must feed wars with battles, keep attacking, and keep growing our troops! Attacking a strong city like Dongdu head-on at the beginning of the army is the worst policy of all!"
"My lords, please think about it. If we stick to the city of Dongdu and contain Yang's rebel army under the city of Dongdu, what effect will it have?" Pei Hongce continued to bewitch: "First of all, the flames of war only spread to the whole of Dongdu. land, it will not spread and spread, harming more counties and counties!"
"Secondly, the Eastern Capital is at the foot of the world, the most benevolent area, and there is no thieves around who can respond to Yang Ni's chaos, making Yang Ni fall into the predicament of fighting alone!"
"The third point is that the Eastern Capital is the confluence of water and land roads in the world. As long as we restrain Yang Ni for a period of time, the soldiers of King Qin from all over the world will rush to them without a break, and surround Yang Ni heavily, making Yang Ni It is impossible to escape with the wings of the rebels! At that time, our Eastern Capital defenders will attack the reinforcements inside and outside, and defeat the rebels, wouldn't it be easy?!"
Looking at Fan Zigai and others who have been fooled into a daze, Mr. Pei Hongce has a solemn expression, and said loudly with a serious expression: "So, I am willing to lead the army out of the city to fight against the rebels, but for the sake of the family, the country, and the great Sui Dynasty. Jiangshan always believes that this battle of Xiaguan can only be defeated again, and he must never win! Because once Xiaguan wins, Yang Xuan feels that the rebels feel that the east is difficult to capture, so they are likely to turn around and stay away. Do more damage!"
Speaking of this, Pei Hongce sighed, and said again: "Although the lower officials don't understand, why did Yang Xuangan, the rebel, get his head wet, and came to attack Jiancheng in the Eastern Capital at the beginning of the rebellion? But in order to make this rebel make mistakes again and again Go on, in order not to let this traitor's rebellion continue to expand, and for the sake of the great Sui's home country, Xiaguan is willing to sacrifice a little bit of his reputation and lose in front of Yang Ni again, so that Yang Ni feels that Dongdu can be brought down with a single hand, Keep going wrong!"
After finishing his heartfelt words with a solemn face, Pei Hongce knelt down on one knee to Fan Zigai, cupped his hands and said, "Fan Liushou, please order the troops to be dispatched. I don't want three thousand troops, but one thousand old, weak and disabled soldiers. The officer is preparing to be defeated, and it is good to sacrifice less precious lives of soldiers."
Pei Hongce has already talked to this point, will Fan Zigai force Pei Hongce to go out of the city to fight again? The officials of the Eastern Capital who were opposed to going out of the city to fight before also persuaded: "Your Excellency, Mr. Pei is justified. The most important thing we should do right now is to contain Yang Xuangan's traitors so that they don't run into chaos and buy time for the army to come back for help." Therefore, instead of going out of the city to fight in vain and sacrificing the lives of soldiers, it is better to stick to the city."
"Lord Fan, please think again." Huangfu Wuyi, the only one who can influence Fan Zigai's decision-making, also said: "Master Pei's strategic analysis is reasonable, and the most correct thing we should do now is to contain Yang Ni's rebel army and put Yang Ni's rebel army in check." If you are dragged into a siege and fight hard, you don’t have to go out to fight, if you lose, you will sacrifice your soldiers for nothing, and if you win, the consequences will be even more unpredictable.”
After being successfully fooled by Chen Yingliang last time, Fan Zigai lowered his proud white head for the second time, nodded, and said: "It makes sense, you can't go out of the city to fight, you can only stick to the city, first restrain Yang's rebel army .”
After finally changing his stubborn mind, Fan Zigai thought for a while, and told Pei Hongce: "Master Pei, you don't have to go out of the city. How about this? General Huangfu is not in good health, so you will guard the most important Shangchun Gate instead of him." , but remember, the city gate is there and the people are there, but the city gate is missing..."
"The lower official commits suicide and apologizes!" Pei Hongce replied loudly - defending the city is much easier than fighting in the field.
Fan Zigai nodded, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. From now on, I will give you food and lodging at the Shangchun Gate. Besides, in the future you will express more opinions on the military. Your analysis is very reasonable."
Under the admiring gazes of his colleagues, he walked out of the imperial city as if he had won a big battle. As soon as he left Duanmen, Pei Hongce saw his newly adopted nephew Chen Yingliang guarding the door to welcome him. Inevitably, the smile on his face became even happier. He stopped Chen Yingliang from kneeling down to salute, took his nephew's hand and said with a smile: "Nephew, you are really a treasure bestowed to uncle from heaven! Go, follow uncle to Shangchunmen, from now on you If you have any good ideas or strategies, you must tell Uncle right away!"