Chapter 423 Strange
Although the fire did not burn over, the smoke inside and outside Luoyang City had already drifted away with the wind.

After the fire on the bridge, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Li Yuanhui had someone stage the scene himself. But when he saw Dou Fengjie, who was covered in black, he was a little shaken. No way? It was so realistic?
Dou Fengjie panted and said, "Helan Xian, the commander of the Northern City, has been bribed by the Yan army. The Yan army is coming to support us from the north."

Old Zhu and Li Baishi were both stunned when they heard this. Is there something about the Yan army here? No, this was done by the Yan army!

Dou Fengjie then immediately bowed to the two men and said, "You two, the river bridge is of great importance to the overall situation. I must return to Luoyang immediately to report to His Majesty. I will leave this place in the hands of General Zhu."

Zhu Deyu said: "Don't worry, Mr. Dou, as long as I am here, Zhongyu City will be there."

Afterwards, Dou Fengjie crossed the pontoon bridge directly to the south city and rushed to Luoyang.

After he left, Li Baishi felt more and more that something was wrong. He always felt that something was fishy. Zhu Deyu stared at the burning floating bridge with great concentration.

The two still felt that this was done by someone ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi.

However, the so-called Northern City Commander Helan Xian was probably deliberately placed by Li Yuanhui, or he was ordered by Li Yuanhui to contact the Yan army.

In short, it is unreasonable to say that neither Li Yuanhui nor Dou Fengjie knew about this.

Because although Dou Fengjie looked embarrassed just now, he actually looked clear-headed and not panicked at all, and did not look like someone who had escaped death at all.

And what he said was, "I will return to Luoyang immediately to report to Your Majesty."

Everyone knows that Dou Fengjie was ordered by the King of Qi to guard the north city of Heqiao. Now that something happened, he went to report to His Majesty? Isn't this just to play the victim? With Dou Fengjie's miserable state in the palace, who would doubt that this was a self-directed and self-acted performance?

At least, most people would believe that Dou Fengjie really encountered betrayal and escaped with luck.

On the other side, Helan Xiang, the commander of Heqiao North City, was meeting Fu Hongzhi, one of the commanders-in-chief of the Northern Army of Dayan.

Fu Hongzhi had been stationed at Zixia Pass with Wei Xiaoju before. He was very excited when he received the news that Helan Xiang was preparing to rebel.

The operation of burning the river bridge went very smoothly. Fu Hongzhi was unaware of Liu Xuanji's deep-seated fear of Li Yuanhui. Not only he was unaware of this, but Wei Xiaoju, Dongfang Di, Li Yuanzhong, Wang Sizheng and others were also unaware of it.

The consensus reached by the Yan army was that Li Yuan was leading a large army to Luoyang, so they had to temporarily avoid the attack.

How can someone like Liu Xuanji go around the world telling everyone what kind of opponents he doesn't like?
So once there was an opportunity to cut off the connection between Hanoi and Luoyang, Wei Xiaoju felt that the infiltration work he had been doing before had worked, so he sent Fu Hong to meet He Lanxiang.

After completing the task of burning the pontoon bridge, Fu Hongzhi led a thousand Yan troops to station in the north city of Heqiao, which was equivalent to driving a nail into the heart of the Tang army. He then sent messengers to notify the direction of Yecheng and Zixia Pass.

Luoyang, which was nearby, was naturally the first to know the news of the burning river bridge.

Li Yuan's first reaction was, I knew this guy would come up with some tricks.
But after he went to the palace and saw Dou Fengjie's miserable condition, he became a little suspicious. The acting was too realistic. Could it really be Bei Yan who did it?
After careful questioning, Li Yuan became even more suspicious. Could it be that the Northern Yan side really instigated the Heqiao defenders to rebel?
Then Li Yuan asked again: "Does the King of Qi know?"

"Your Majesty, I haven't gone to see the King of Qi yet, because the King of Qi said that since Your Majesty is in Luoyang, all important matters must be reported to Your Majesty, and Your Highness the King of Qi dare not act on his own." The reason given by Dou Fengjie was also very reasonable.

Li Yuan was even more confused after hearing this, because what Dou Fengjie said was also true. Even though he was resting in bed during this period and ordered the King of Qi to handle military and political affairs on his behalf, Li Yuanhui had been reviewing the memorials in the palace, and from time to time he would bring them to his bedside to ask if it was appropriate to do so. So now Li Yuan was very suspicious about this matter. Did you know about it? Or, did you do this?
"Summon the King of Qi and the prime ministers and generals to discuss the matter. Tell them to come quickly."

Soon, a group of generals, prime ministers and other ministers arrived one after another. Some of them had already known about the burning of the river bridge. Therefore, they were whispering. Qi Wang Li Yuanhui was the last to arrive. After he entered the main hall, Li Yuan also entered the main hall from the side hall.

"King Qi, do you know what happened last night?"

"Helan Xiang, the commander of the northern city of the river bridge, was instigated by the Yan army to rebel, and the northern section of the floating bridge was burned down. If you want to cross the river, you can only take a ferry."

Li Yuanhui naturally would not pretend not to know. After all, he had been doing business in Luoyang for several years. If he was not clear about this little bit of news, it could only be said that it was a bit fake.

Li Yuan continued to ask: "Then how do you plan to deal with it?"

Li Yuanhui said: "Your Majesty is here, so I dare not speak rashly on how to deal with you."

Li Yuan said unhappily, "I am asking you how to deal with it. You are still the governor of Luoyang, the governor of the eastern Shaanxi Province, and the commander of the military forces in Guandong. Hanoi is still under your jurisdiction!"

Li Yuanhui: "Since Your Majesty is asking for advice, I would like to say that it is nothing more than repairing the pontoon bridge as soon as possible and collecting boats to prepare to help the defenders north of the Yellow River cross the river."

Li Yuan questioned, "Can't Hanoi be defended? It's just a floating bridge. It will take several days to repair it? There are tens of thousands of elite troops in Hanoi, Fangtou, Chaoge, and Liyang. Can't they defend it for even a few days? Do we have to give up the land north of the Yellow River?"

For a moment, the entire hall was silent. Faced with the emperor who was slightly angry, no one dared to interrupt at this time.

Li Yuan was known for his generosity and good temper, but no one considered him a good person, because he was never soft-hearted when killing people.

So when he got angry, everyone was actually quite afraid.

But the only ones who could still stick to their own opinions at this time were the Crown Prince, Prince of Jin, and Prince of Qi, princes of noble status and outstanding achievements.

Li Yuanhui did not mean to be euphemistic and said bluntly: "Although Hanoi has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, they need to be divided to defend the city. Liu Xuanji only needs to deploy troops on the north bank of the Yellow River to prevent our army from crossing the river, and then he can cut off the food supply route and trap the Hanoi defenders. As for defeating the Northern Yan elite led by Liu Xuanji in a field battle, I am not sure of that."

Li Yuan was increasingly confused as to whether Li Yuanhui had really done anything in this matter, but he could not accept the fact that he had lost Hanoi after arriving in Luoyang.

This is a slap in the face.

But Li Yuanhui said that he was not sure he could win the battle with Liu Xuanji on the north bank of the Yellow River, so almost no one dared to jump out and say that he could win.

Why do we say "almost"? It's because there are always some people who don't know how much they are worth. Immediately, Wei Wang Li Xiaozheng asked for orders: "I am willing to lead 100,000 elite soldiers to cross the Yellow River to the north. If Liu Xuanji dares to leave Yecheng, he will never return. I swear to capture him alive."

Li Yuanhui couldn't help but look at him. Is there really such a person who doesn't know how to live or die?

As for Li Yuan, he didn't even think of perfunctorily responding to him. He just waved his hand, meaning that he should stay aside. Then he said, "King Qi, come to the back hall. Let's go."

After saying that, Li Yuan went back to the back hall first, and Li Yuanhui followed behind.

"Silang, tell me the truth, did you do this?"

(End of this chapter)