Li Youliang was still somewhat confident about the incident.

Li Youliang held one-third of Chang'an City's troops, second only to Li Xiaoji in strength, and he actually controlled the center of the imperial court, which was his greatest asset.

After the Sui army came to Chang'an, Li Xiaoji re-defended Chang'an.

In addition to recruiting all the people in the city, a defensive arrangement of thirteen city gates and four reserve teams was also set up. Among them, Li Xiaoji's troops had 8,000 people, and they were responsible for the seven gates in the west and north that were under the greatest pressure, as well as Li Xiaoji's troops.

and the reserve team under the warrior Xun. Zhao Cijing's 3,000 people are responsible for the three city gates in the south and the headquarters reserve team. Li Youliang's 5,000 people are responsible for the three east city gates, the palace and the headquarters reserve team.

Li Xiao was basically prepared to let his men garrison the imperial city and palace city. After all, this was an important place in the city. But on the one hand, he did not have enough troops. With seven city gates and two reserve teams of 8,000 people, he could only divide them into various places.

With a few hundred men, we were really stretched thin, and it was impossible to allocate another unit to defend the second city.

On the other hand, although Li Xiaoji was the commander-in-chief of the Chang'an garrison, his troops were the original Lantian garrison, while Li Youliang's troops were Li Yuan's Yuancong Forbidden Army.

Although the two armies have the same origin, after several expansions and garrisoning, the status of the two sides has long been completely different.

From the perspective of the Imperial Guards of Yuan Cong, they had a high status as soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and garrisoning the imperial city and palace city was a matter of course. How could they be willing to move the defenses for the Lantian Army?

Many people even started to make a fuss after hearing this statement.

However, Li Xiaoji did not have enough troops, and he was also worried that a hasty deployment of defenses would cause conflicts between the two armies, so he failed to station his subordinates in the center of Chang'an, which ultimately led to tragic results.

In Li Youliang's plan, he controlled the imperial city and the palace city. As long as he captured Li Xiaoji and others, leaving the city leaderless, and then opened the east gate of Chang'an City to let the Sui army enter the city, the battle would be settled.

Although Li Youliang is presenting the city, he does not completely put himself in the protagonist's position, but prepares to play support with the Sui army.

In Li Youliang's opinion, as long as you detain the person and open the door, you Sui troops will take care of the rest.

It's not that Li Youliang didn't want to do bigger things, such as completely controlling Chang'an City and then handing it over to the Sui army. But he didn't have the strength at all.

Although Li Youliang is the commander-in-chief of this forbidden army, these 6,000 people are actually Li Yuan's old subordinates, and the generals and assistants are all old men who have followed him since Jinyang. It is not certain that there will be many people who will rebel against him.

Changsun Chang knew he was in trouble as soon as he heard Li Youliang's plan.

There was nothing wrong with Li Youliang's strategy, and the possibility of success was extremely high. However, Li Youliang pinned all his hopes on the Sui army, which made the problem even bigger. The main force of the Sui army was not outside Chang'an City, so Huang Mingliao gave himself two

With more than a thousand people, it is impossible to control Chang'an City with such a small force.

Once Li Xiaoji or his followers counterattack, the city of Chang'an may be lost again.

And even if Chang'an City can be taken, if two thousand people are scattered, there is no way to guarantee the stability of Chang'an City. Where is Chang'an City? This is the capital of the Sui Dynasty.

Once the whole city is in chaos, Duke Wei can kill himself.

Therefore, he needed to hand over Chang'an City to the Sui army, and he also needed to have a safe and stable Chang'an City.

Changsun Chang thought for a moment and then said: "The Duke's plan is indeed brilliant. In this way, the whole of Chang'an will completely fall into the hands of our army. But I feel something is wrong. If the Sui army is allowed to enter the city and pacify the opposition forces everywhere in the city,

At that time, whether the credit for destroying the city belongs to us or to the Sui army."

Of course, Changsun Chang did not dare to say that Huang Mingliao only gave him two thousand reinforcements and was unable to break the city. Otherwise, seeing that the Sui soldiers were few, Li Youliang might directly rebel.

Li Youliang's bottom line is that there is no bottom line.

Li Youliang was stunned and said hurriedly: "Of course it is ours. We opened the city. If we don't open the city, how will the Sui army enter the city?"

Changsun Chang then said: "The truth is correct, but the victory of breaking Chang'an is a great achievement. Does the Duke think that the Sui army has contributed so much that he will give the credit for the city's destruction to the Duke?"

Li Youliang was completely stunned at this time.

He simply believed Chang Sun Chang's statement. If it were him, he would definitely monopolize this skill.

At this time, Li Youliang became a little nervous and said, "Xiu Ming, what should we do?"

Changsun Chang said: "We cannot be spectators. We must first control all the troops in the city, then open the city gates and surrender directly to the Sui army. By then we will actually dedicate the entire Chang'an city to the Sui army. No one can take away the credit for this."

Ours.”

"That's enough. Could it be that in order to seize the city, the Sui army turned their backs and disowned them afterwards?"

Li Youliang was a little skeptical.

Changsun Chang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Duke. It's hard for others to tell. Huang Mingliao will definitely not do it. Huang Mingliao is Wei Gong's younger brother. No matter what official position he has now, when Wei Gong becomes the emperor, Huang Mingliao will be a sure winner."

Prince, how could he care about this little credit?"

Li Youliang was still a little uneasy, but he had no choice but to believe in Changsun Chang.

The matter was settled by Chang Sun Chang, but the difficulty of the matter increased exponentially.

Controlling the city of Chang'an is easier said than done.

Changsun Chang had no choice but to suppress his inner anxiety and asked: "My lord, how many troops can you control among the Forbidden Army?"

Li Youliang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The troops under my direct control include a thousand people. General Duan Xing, the general of the army, is my old army. He has always been friendly with me and should be reliable."

When Changsun Chang heard this, his heart dropped. Although he expected that Li Youliang would not be able to completely control the Yuancong Forbidden Army, he could only control a thousand people, which was still too few.

As for Duan Xingbu, Changsun Chang did not dare to believe it easily.

Changsun Chang had no choice but to say patiently: "What about the defenders of the imperial city and palace city?"

Li Youliang said: "The person guarding Emperor Yining is Li Ping, a close general of the King of Tang; and the person guarding the imperial city is also Guo Jifu, a general of the King of Tang. I have no way of getting involved."

Changsun Chang almost went berserk. The army in the palace city could not be controlled, and the army in the imperial city could not be controlled either. The soldiers were reduced to nothing.

Li Youliang was also anxious and asked hurriedly: "What good idea does Xiu Ming have?"

Changsun Chang took a deep breath.

"In this case, we can only divert the tiger away from the mountain."

Changsun Chang calculated the strength of the troops in the city. The Li family, the Changsun family, and some subordinates could make up a thousand people. In addition, Qin Zhao's two thousand people outside the city, and Li Youliang's more than a thousand people.

. If it doesn’t work, including Duan Xing’s troops, there are still close to 5,000 people.

If more than 5,000 soldiers and horses are mobilized from the city, the strength of both sides will be about the same. Using covert tactics to attack the enemy might not necessarily lead to success.

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain?"

"Yes, let the tiger leave the mountain."
Chapter completed!