"The Central Plains has been very lively lately." Yang Tong smiled and turned the topic to China, about Turkic prisoners of war and slaves, as long as he set the tone, naturally someone else would do it, and it didn't take much thought.

He now holds the military and political power of three and a half states, and the nearly 20 million people eat, drink, and Lazar, so naturally he can't mix a little here and a step there, and if he interferes in everything, he can exhaust himself to death if he is tired. He, the leader, only needs to grasp the general direction and the overall situation, and it is enough to delegate power to his subordinates, and the current local officials are adhering to the concept of 'solving problems by themselves', and generally small things will not be played, he only needs to grasp the general direction and supervise the work, and there will be no accidents below.

Now Qin Qiong, Xue Wanche and others are learning to be independent, and Yang Tong himself is also learning how to be a good person.

Each superior has a different way of doing things, some people can handle things with ease even if they hand over the burden of the world to him, and some people will be in a hurry even if they give him a small thing, and he will have no clue.

Yang Tong is the former, and his strength lies in employing people.

Take the army as an example, the military is complicated, and there are countless trivial matters, but Yang Tong does it easily. He doesn't need the management of every soldier and every army, as long as he catches Wei Yunqi, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, and Luo Shixin...... Duan Decao, Wang Fubao and other generals will do.

The same is true for government affairs, as long as Yang Tong grasps Yang Gongren and a few scholars, and lets them play independently under the system, everything does not need to be bothered by him.

With him or not, the institutions are running as usual.

He is the kind of character who can be lazy and delegate power and will never catch a moment more, and it is not easy to tire him down.

Looking at the princes of the world, only Yang Tong can so fully trust his subordinates and arrange everyone to the right position.

This is mainly due to Yang Tong's full trust in the ability and loyalty of civil and military officials.

"The battle between Wang Shichong and Li Mi in the fields has brought about subtle changes in the situation in the Central Plains." Fang Xuanling nodded.

In the battle of Putian, Li Mi was defeated and lost, and the internal problems of the Wei army's factions were exposed to the eyes of the world, which also let the world know that Li Mi was actually not so strong. It can be said that Li Mi lost not only dozens of generals and hundreds of thousands of troops in this battle, but also the name of the overlord of the Central Plains!

The hegemon naturally wants to be invincible in the world.

For example, Li Mi before, standing in Yanyu Qingxu, with more than 400,000 armor, Dou Jiande, Wang Bo, Du Fuwei, Li Zitong, Shen Faxing, Lin Shihong are all ministers, with Li Mi's strength at that time, whether it is military strength or comprehensive strength, many princes south of the Yellow River combined, it is difficult to compete with it, Li Mi was famous in his heyday, and he could also command many powerful forces nearby in the name of "the leader of the Four Seas Alliance" (the name of this alliance leader was led by Li Yuan), Li Mi actually had the opportunity to unify Yanyuqing, Xu Jingyang and other southern regions.

It's a pity that a good hand, but because of the death with Wang Shichong, and life to play a bad card, when everyone saw the essence of Li Mi's strong middle, Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei took the lead in forming an alliance, to the former alliance leader launched a challenge.

Speaking of which, Li Mi was smart but was mistaken by cleverness, when Yang Xuangan raised troops against Sui, Li Mi offered three strategies: the best strategy was to send troops to Youzhou to cut off Yang Guang's retreat to the Central Plains after the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo; The middle strategy is to go west to take Chang'an directly, occupy Guanzhong and Xu Tu world; The next strategy is to directly besiege the eastern capital Luoyang. Yang Xuangan adopted Li Mi's strategy at that time, but the result was a failure in two months.

Li Mi himself said that besieging Luoyang, the eastern capital, was the worst strategy. However, for all the time after he entered Wagang, he fought around the eastern capital Luoyang, and honestly implemented the strategy he had made at the beginning.

Now not only can not even the eastern capital Luoyang be taken, but even the capital Luokou City and the families of many generals have been lost, and finally in the battle of Putian, they were even blasted out of Xingyang County, not only getting farther and farther away from Luoyang, but even Dou Jiande and Du Fuwei in the rear also jumped out to make trouble! If these two and Wang Shichong join forces, the future of Li Mijun, who is full of factions, is uncertain.

Yang Tong originally thought that Li Mi could learn a little better, who knew that he was still so confident, but Wang Renze cleaned up in Jindi for more than a month, and he wiped out the overall situation, and finally the morale of the army was lost, and the hearts of various factions were fluctuating.

Although Li Mi is still so powerful, but sandwiched between the three princes Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, and Du Fuwei, does he still have a chance to turn around? Yes, there must be, but some people with vision have lost confidence in Li Mi, otherwise, the three famous generals Cheng Yanjin, Xie Yingdeng, and Huang Junhan would not have been dealt with by themselves, and thus became a member of the Great Sui! And the other captured generals have now also demoted Wang Shichong and turned around to become Li Mi's enemies! These are all signs that the tree is falling and scattering.

"Compared to the Central Plains, I'm more curious about the battle situation on Li Yuan's side!" Yang Tong sighed: "What did he do? ”

Fang Xuanling said: "What else can I do?" Of course, it's a two-line fight! However, his current focus is inclined to Li Xiaogong on the southern route, looking at his hard work, it is estimated that he wants to take advantage of the fact that the Sui and Tang contracts have not yet expired, so as to quickly cover up Xiao Miao, and then enter the Central Plains. ”

Since the Sui army withdrew from the four counties of Hexi, Li Yuan's actions were not small, Li Shi's militia went out of Longxi County, and Liang Shidu fought more than 30 battles, and finally won Jincheng and Caohan two counties, but Li Shimin's ruthlessness also aroused Xue Rengao, Xue Renyue brothers died of cold hearts, they not only formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Liang Shidu, but also won the strong support of Tuyuhun and Qiang people, and now the Xue brothers have enough food, but also got the support of 40,000 troops, they made a comeback, giving full play to the advantages of cavalry mobility, The heavy damage to Li Shimin's logistical baggage made Li Shimin very annoyed and caused considerable losses.

Now that it has entered the late autumn season, the Hehuang area is unusually cold and can no longer fight, the Tang army stopped entering Caohan County, and the Xue Liang coalition army received strong support from Tuyuhun to temporarily solve the problem of grain and grass, and both sides are recuperating, waiting for next spring to fight again.

Moreover, because of the reconciliation agreement signed between the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Sui army waged war with the Turks outside the territory, which also gave the Tang army sufficient strategic maneuver, and the army that gradually recovered its morale attacked Xiao Mo without worries.

And Lin Shihong took advantage of Li Yuan's attack on Xiao Milling, first captured Yuzhang, reoccupied Yichun, and waited for Xiao Milling to come back to his senses and wanted to conquer Lin Shihong, Lin Shihong deliberately waved his troops to Changsha to attract Xiao Mill's Jin King Dong Jingzhen's army, but when Dong Jingzhen was transferred, he led the naval army upstream, defeated Zhang Xiu, the king of Jiujiang Taishou Qi, and occupied Jiujiang and Qichun two counties.

It was also Xiao Miao's Chinese scholar Lang Cen Wenwen who helped Xiao Miao, saying that Du Fuwei was moved to send troops, which made Lin Shihong have to withdraw his troops, otherwise Changsha, Baling, and Jiangxia may not be guaranteed. When Du Zhanwei made a big move, he asked Shen Faxing to copy the chrysanthemum.

"As a result, the pattern of the world has changed dramatically." Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile.

There are Yang Tong and Li Yuan in the north to fight for hegemony, and there are Xue Liang Ermeng in Hexi, and Wang Shichong, Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, Lin Shihong, Shen Faxing, and Li Zitong in the south.

Among the remaining princes, Yang Tonghu is located in the north, backed by Changbai Mountain-Daxinganling-Yanshan-Yinshan-Daqingshan Great Wall, and relies on the Yellow River in the west and south, dominating three and a half states; Li Yuan's land runs through the southwest, north to Guanzhong's Shangjun, south to Luzhou, east from Xiyang, west to Caohan, including half of Yongzhou, half of Liangzhou, the whole territory of Bashu and part of Jingzhou, combined, the territory is not much less than Yang Tong.

Although Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi and got a lot of benefits, his war potential was squeezed cleanly, such as today's princes After this round of war baptism, although he survived tenaciously, he is the prince who needs to recuperate the most.

Although Li Mi is now the most powerful of the southern princes, he is internally unstable and has poor control over the territory. Since his defeat in the garden, this has made him lose the suppression of several princes in the south, and everyone has begun to become active, if Yang Tong and Li Yuan have no time to look south, the south will take the lead in the hands of someone, then in the future, whether it is Yang Tong or Li Yuan, it will be much more difficult to go south, which is also where Yang Dong and Fang Xuanling are more worried.

Yang Tong pointed to the map and said: "Xiao Mo has been in the land of Jingxiang for many years, and he is the representative of the nobles in the south of the Yangtze River, his power is quite stable, and there are many talents in the land of Jingxiang, but there is no need to worry about being destroyed in a short time." ”

"As for Shen Faxing and Li Zitong...... Yang Tong shook his head and said: "There is nothing to praise, but this Lin Shihong's recent performance is remarkable." ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Lin Shihong's foundation is too shallow, after this battle, Xiao Mo must be very jealous of him, and Du Fuwei has already shown his fangs, if Lin Shihong is too forced, I am afraid that Xiao Mo and Du Fuwei will kill him first, so Lin Shihong seems to be arrogant now, but presumably he will not move again, and this is the time to consolidate his power." ”

Yang Tong continued: "Dou Jiande united with Du Fuwei, thus exposing his ambitions that are not under Li Mi's control, and has put away Li Mi's attention, if I were Li Mi, I would reach an armistice agreement with Wang Shichong, and deal with Dou Jiande wholeheartedly, so as to include Qingxu Erzhou in my territory." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "The princes of the south cannot be divided simply by the enemy and us, so no matter how chaotic the south is, the situation in the south will not be too clear soon." Although Li Yuan has developed rapidly, he still made the mistake of rushing for quick success, and after the beginning of spring, Tuyuhun behind Xue and Liang will become Li Yuan's biggest trouble. ”

Fang Xuanling's evaluation of Li Yuan, Yang Tong was noncommittal and did not comment.

First of all, Li Yuan is a mercenary villain, and there is no national righteousness in his eyes.

As we all know, Li Yuan shamelessly colluded with the Turks before the Jinyang army, in exchange for the support of the Turks at the expense of being a vassal to the Turks, and he not only wrote in the beggar book that "the proceeds of the conquest, the children and the jade silks, are all ...... the Khan", such shocking words, but also promised to cede Wuyuan and Yulin to the Turks. This kind of naked traitorous behavior also set a very bad precedent in Chinese history, and later in the Anshi Rebellion in history, Tang Suzong also used this method to borrow troops from the Hui people, Tang Suzong and the Hui people agreed: "On the day of Kecheng (Chang'an), the land and Shishu will return to the Tang Dynasty, and the gold silk and children will be returned to the Hui." After the Hui captured Chang'an, they ransacked Chang'an and left an empty city for the Tang Dynasty. Wang Fuzhi said in "Reading the Commentary": "The Tang Dynasty raised troops and used the Turks, so his later generations used Hui to Zhu'an and Shi, and Shatuo to break the Yellow Nest, while Shi Jingjiao Zi Khitan usurped, cut Yan and Yun, lost New Year's coins, and was anxious to ill China and cut himself off. Even Wu Sangui later learned such a trick and released the Qing soldiers into the customs to fight against Li Zicheng.

Now Li Yuan not only to the Turks, but also changed the army flag, the military flag of the Central Plains Dynasty is generally dark, only the northern ethnic groups like to use white, Li Yuan's military flag is white, that is, the red and white are half mixed, the red and white are just the color of the peach blossom, "red and white are like a garden", looking at it from a distance like a peach blossom.

Will a person like Li Yuan fight to the end with Tuyuhun? Yang Tong felt that it was more difficult than a sow going up a tree, so he couldn't expect Li Yuan to fight to the death with Tuyuhun.

Secondly, Li Yuan's transfer from Shangluo County to Jingxiang was obviously a strategy of giving up the Central Plains and developing to the south. At this point, it should be said that Li Yuan has a very strategic vision, after many years of banditry and war, the Central Plains has become a sparsely populated red field, and the society has suffered great trauma, and if he wants to recover his vitality, he will not be able to do it in ten years. The south benefited from the protection of Yang Guang, there were not too many wars, and Xiao Miao, Lin Shihong, Shen Faxing, Li Zitong and others were weak, and a little stronger, it was Jianghuai Du Fuwei, but it was difficult to be Li Yuan's opponent.

Since the Northern Dynasties, Guanzhong has been the main source of soldiers of the previous dynasties, and its own government has a strong army, coupled with the battle of Goguryeo and the Yangzhou Rebellion, a large number of soldiers fled back to Guanzhong, so that Li Tang has an extremely good source of soldiers. What's more important is that the Guanlong magnates have five points of wealth in the world, they have a lot of money and food savings and strong family slaves, it is their full support, so after being defeated and blackmailed by Yang Tong many times, they have always had enough money and food and a huge army.

The four major elements of time, location, people, and property are the fundamental reasons why Li Tang was able to quickly defeat various forces in history, and it was by no means caused by Li Shimin's personal talent. In that battle in history, Li Shimin led 3,000 soldiers and horses to resist Dou Jiande's 100,000 army and fought with one of them. In the end, the first battle was successful. In his previous life, Yang Tong was also stunned by this amazing result, but when he really arrived in the Great Sui, he found that it was not difficult to achieve this result, and Yang Tong had done it before, this is not how strong a person is, but because the enemy is too weak, if Yang Dong, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, and Wei Chigong are allowed to lead five thousand Xuanjia troops to fight a field battle with Li Mi's thirty or forty army miscellaneous armies carrying wooden knives and hoes, he only needs to wedge into Li Mi's army, and he can still make a stunning feat of 5,000 or 400,000. If he really has the ability, you Li Shimin will take 3,000 elites to fight with 20,000 or 30,000 Turkic soldiers, and the Turks will teach him how to behave.

Now the history has changed beyond recognition, and because they deliberately suppressed the development of Li Tang, they could not enter the Central Plains, and could only turn to the south, although they could not be compared with the Tang Dynasty in history, but the strength of Li Tang, who had the full support of the Guanlong magnates, should not be underestimated, and if he wanted to unify the world, the biggest enemy was Li Tang. If Li Tang gets the south, his strength will definitely be greatly improved, which is quite unfavorable to himself.

He can underestimate Li Yuan's father and son, but if he underestimates the huge consortium behind the Li family, then he Yang Tong doesn't know how he was played to death by others, so since he is here, he should give Li Yuan a profound lesson and teach himself what it means to be a low-key person as a cheap father-in-law.

(For the sake of this book, I don't have time to spend with my family, my family has a lot of opinions, and recently I have been miserable and disgusted by my daughter-in-law and daughter...... Can brothers who have monthly passes and recommended tickets come to comfort and comfort? ? Every day until midnight, I lost a few pounds, and I implore my brothers to support the genuine version, which is just a few cents for you, but it is a great motivation for me...... ）

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