Chang'an, Taiji Palace Manna Palace.

Li Yuan paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, his eyes couldn't hide his worry, the former high-spirited was long gone, and the huge pressure made him a lot older. He thought that after signing the contract with Da Sui, he would be able to get time to recuperate, but who would have expected that half a year would be less, and the damn Xue father and son would jump out to make trouble again.

At this moment, he even suspected that Xue Ju's death was fake news at all. The sudden crisis made him breathless.

What worries him even more is whether Yang Tong, the madman who has won many battles, will take this opportunity to launch a full-scale war against him, and if it really comes to that point, he can only move the capital to Bashu, which has just arrived.

However, it was precisely because of Bashu in his hands that Li Yuan did not panic like last time, after all, there was a way out this time. But despite this, Li Yuan was so indignant that he almost looked up to the sky and roared, he just couldn't understand it, how could he not have a few days of worry-free days for him after entering the customs?

At this time, Li Jiancheng's voice sounded at the door, "Father, the second brother and all the ministers have arrived!" "Good!"

Li Yuan walked towards the Wude Palace, waved his hand to stop Li Shimin, Dugu Quan, Dou Wei, Liu Wenjing and others from saluting, "Sit down!" ”

When everyone was seated, Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "The Great Earthquake Pass is lost, the west gate of Guanzhong is open, and the day when Xue raises troops to the city is close at hand, so let's talk about what should be done?" ”

The mastermind Liu Wenjing had already had a case, and arched his hand and said: "Holy Lord, don't worry too much, this is actually a good thing." ”

"What?"

Li Yuan was a little stunned, and the failure of the state, the defeat of Guannei Dao, and even the loss of Bashu are acceptable, but this is Guanzhong, what does it mean to lose the west gate of Guanzhong? It means that the imperial court he has just established will be overthrown immediately, and it means that his dream of Li Yuan dominating the world is about to be shattered, but now Liu Wenjing says that it is a good thing.

What does that mean? Is it crazy to lose your mind?

"Holy! The minister thought that this was Xue's counterattack before his death, so he was not worried. Liu Wenjing's eyes flashed with wisdom.

"How so?" Li Yuan was overjoyed

"Xue Ju certainly recaptured the lost territory, but the vitality has not been restored to the pre-war level, under his command only 70,000 Han and Hu mixed army, because he attaches importance to foreign people, so that the Han people have fled to our Tang and Sui realm, it is enough to prove that its momentum has declined, only one step away from a sudden collapse! This battle is just a dying blow! Liu Wenjing paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: "After Xue Rengao captured the Great Earthquake Pass, he did not take advantage of the situation to attack Fufeng County, which is enough to prove that the Xue family has no successor. Now they have lost more than 20,000 troops under the Great Earthquake Pass, and the strength in their hands is less than 40,000, except for the 10,000 defenders of the Great Earthquake Pass, his troops in Hechi County are less than 20,000, and this is still their entire strength, as long as these two armies are annihilated, then we can easily take Tianshui, Longxi, Jincheng and other counties. ”

"Exactly!" Li Yuan's heart suddenly bloomed.

"Obviously the troops are insufficient, so why does he have to divide his troops into two ways?" Xiao Yu raised the question in her heart.

"Xue Ju is a plan to attack the west, because his territory is no longer enough to raise an army, let alone provide troops for him, so he simply gave up these places, planning to plot against Shu and take advantage of the terrain to fight against my Tang Dynasty, we must not let him gain a foothold in Shu, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with."

"Gong Liu, please advise!" Li Jiancheng said.

Liu Wenjing said: "It's very simple, first send a good guard general to sit in Fufeng County, so as not to help the wind in the West Qin army." Send the main army to confront the West Qin army in Hechi, and send another army to kill Tianshui County with great fanfare, Xue Ju is worried that the nest will be lost, and the West Qin army in Hechi will inevitably retreat in a panic, and the opportunity to break the enemy will come, as long as this army is annihilated, our army can break into Tianshui County by taking advantage of the situation, and the 10,000 defenders of the Great Earthquake Pass will be defeated without a fight! ”

There was a look of appreciation in everyone's eyes, Li Yuan sighed, he looked down on and snubbed the upright Liu Wenjing, it was really stupid, he immediately said: "Zhaoren can have a suitable candidate to recommend?" ”

"General Qu Tutong is good at guarding, and he can sit in control of the wind! If there is a change in the earthquake, he will be able to act at the right time. ”

Li Yuan nodded, and said to Li Shimin again: "If you are the commander of the rescue river, are you sure?" ”

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, he wanted to say whether the Sui army would take the opportunity to invade, but he thought that Li Yuan was afraid of Sui Ruhu, for fear of missing the fighter again, and thinking that Li Jiancheng would also mention the Sui army, so he simply restrained the idea of talking about the Sui army, and arched his hand: "Erchen and Xue Ju have fought many times, this person is strong in martial arts, insidious and cunning, and not reckless!" We must not be careless, if the child is handsome, we also implore Xiao Xiangguo to be the staff officer of the march, with Xiao Xiangguo's familiarity with the terrain of Hechi County, coupled with Liu Xiangguo's strange plan, we will be able to win. ”

"Okay, I will give you 60,000 elite soldiers, and you will be fully responsible for the affairs of the former enemy! Be sure to destroy Western Qin in one battle. Xue Ju seriously dragged Li Yuan's hind legs and hated him to the core.

"Whoa!"

Li Shimin bowed and retreated, Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin's heroic back, and was infinitely happy.

"Zhaoren has meritorious advice, a bounty of a thousand taels, and a hundred horses of Shu brocade!" Li Yuan felt that he should face up to and pay attention to Liu Wenjing again!

"Thank you, Holy Lord!"

Liu Wenjing gave a grateful salute and continued: "With all due respect, the crisis of my Datang is not Xue Ju with dry bones in the grave, but Yang Tong, please be prepared." ”

"You mean Yang Tong will break the contract?" Li Yuan's face turned pale.

"Yang Tong, who said the words 'the only use of the contract is to tear it up', is definitely not a person who keeps his promises, don't expect him to keep the peace agreement for one year."

Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "But if we send troops to the border first, won't we be the ones who break the contract?" ”

"Exactly!"

Liu Wenjing nodded and said: "Yang Tong has been bullying people since his rise, this yang strategy has been used by him perfectly, even if he opens up the strategy, Guanzhong is helpless, unless we have the strength to confront him, otherwise we can only be dragged by him in Guanzhong." "Yang Tong's real strategy is to contain Datang in Guanzhong, so that we can't expand with peace of mind, while he can lay a solid foundation with peace of mind. Moreover, he gave Li Jing and other generals great autonomy, if we broke the contract, Li Jing could go south without asking Yang Tong without any worries. ”

Liu Wenjing smiled bitterly in his heart, in terms of trust in the generals at the edge of the town, Li Yuan's mind is really small, as long as it involves military operations, no matter how big or small, he must first ask Chang'an for instructions, and only Li Shimin has the right to 'you are fully responsible for the affairs of the former enemy'.

Li Yuan frowned and said, "How should we deal with it?" ”

"While keeping a close eye on the movements of the Sui army, he sent troops to hoard outside the agreed area."

"That's all there is to it!" Li Yuan nodded slowly, Yang Tong's strategy is very simple, but if your strength is not as good as him, you will really be eaten to death by him.

But there is one thing that makes him very, very entangled, the peace treaty stipulates that Li Tang cannot attack Xue Ju within half a year, and what is even more annoying is that Xue Ju himself did not sign the contract, which means that this peace treaty is not binding on Xue Ju, but Li Tang is the signatory of the peace treaty.

Will Yang Tong take the opportunity to play?

This made Li Yuan very worried and very painful.

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