The sky of Xiangyang is as electric as a silver snake, with dark clouds and heavy rain, and there is endless slaughter and tension

Although Li Yuan decided to drive the expedition in person, how could the heavenly prince not be beautiful, Li Yuan was half doused by the downpour of blood aroused by Chai Shao in an instant, but Li Tang's situation is becoming more and more difficult day by day, and Nanyang is even more precarious, and the pro-expedition must not be delayed.

So Li Yuan repeatedly emphasized that 'everything is simple', but the crown prince led the army outside, and the emperor suddenly came to him to take a personal expedition, which naturally produced many urgent matters and important positions that needed to be arranged, and only when everything was implemented could it be done.

This is also Li Yuan ascended the throne as the emperor, never left the imperial court, if it is replaced by the Great Sui, Yang Tong only needs a word, the day can rest assured to lead the army to leave, Yang Tong perennial war outside, 'royal driving pro-conquest' in the Great Sui Dynasty is not unusual, I am not in the center of the imperial court, all the ministers can perform their duties, the imperial court military and political affairs are well organized, this is also related to Yang Dong's willingness to delegate power, dare to delegate power! In fact, in the Wei State, it was similar to the Sui Dynasty, and Li Mi was also an immediate 'emperor', and it was common for him to lead the army and go on expeditions, and it was not uncommon to go on expeditions.

The Tang Dynasty is not good, one is that Li Yuan only believes in his son at every critical moment, and now his son who has the ability to take charge alone is not around, and Li Yuan has to carefully consider the important candidates such as the candidates for the prison and the imperial capital guards before the trip, after all, it is not uncommon for the people entrusted to him to become jackals in the end, especially the situation in the Li Tang Dynasty is unstable, and Li Yuan, the candidate who stays in Xiangyang, must be more cautious and cautious before he can make a conclusion.

It was only four days before I finally found the right person.

Li Yuan was anxious, so he summoned the generals in the army to the palace in the middle of the night, and the generals woke up from their sleep, hearing that it was a call from the saint, how dare they disobey? After making some hasty preparations, I came to the palace.

There are a lot of people present today, in addition to adult clan relatives, such as Dugu Quan, Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Dou Rail, Zhao Cijing, Chai Shao, Feng Shaoshi, Duan Lun and other important civil and military ministers are here.

Sun Shunde, the general of the left Xiaowei, Dou Cong, the general of the right Tunwei, Tang Jian, the servant of the internal history, Liu Shilong of Hongluqing, Zhao Wenke, the supervisor of the Dushui Dynasty, the warrior Tong of the Langzhong of the Treasury Department, the hussar general Li Sixing, and the governor of the Zuotunwei Mansion, Shi Xu Shixu, are all on the list...... Although it is not complete, except for Liu Wenjing, Liu Hongji, Yin Kaishan, Li Gaoqian, and other civil and military personnel who are with the army and far away from the border to defend and govern the localities, Xiangyang's slightly important civil and military forces are not left behind. made the magnificent hall full of people,

At this time, regardless of martial arts, all of them were dressed in bright armor, and under the light of bright candles, the polished armor shone brightly, giving people a grand atmosphere of gathering in the army and twinkling stars.

Li Yuan, who hurriedly went to the hall, was dressed in gold armor and hung a sword at his waist, when he saw the shocking scene in front of him, his heart was surging and his face was happy, and in an instant, he seemed to return to the years of dancing and passion, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist with his left hand, and waving his right hand vigorously, and said in a heroic voice: "Now the front line is tight, and every moment is a priceless treasure." Those red tapes are all gone, and I won't greet you Aiqing anymore! ”

Li Yuan's words make people want to scold their mother!

Why waste four days when you know that 'every moment is priceless'. Four days! What a precious treasure this is?

It's no wonder that some people are impulsive enough to scold.

In order to avoid delaying the fighter plane, he could send someone to Nanyang to arrest Li Shentong, take over the defense, appease the army, and actively prepare for war, so as to provide a safe Nanyang for the emperor's arrival.

This suggestion is very reasonable and practical, and it takes into account the safety of the emperor, and has been unanimously appreciated and supported by the civil and military officials. However, Li Yuan disagreed.

Although he didn't elaborate on the reason, many people knew what he meant: everyone else does everything, why did Lao Tzu go to Nanyang to do it? What else can Lao Tzu do?

However, what are the consequences of not listening to Chai Shaoyan?

It was Zuo Tiancheng who marched in the rain and unexpectedly conquered twelve cities such as Jutan and Xincheng, resulting in the fall of all the north of Nanyang, and the flames of war were about to burn to the inner township of Xiyang County.

If it weren't for Li Yuan being the Li Tang Emperor who had no way out of 'everyone else can surrender, but he can't', everyone would suspect that he was a spy of the Sui Dynasty, and the purpose of vetoing Chai Shao was to delay the fighter!

Li Yuan, who was immersed in the glory of the past, naturally did not know the various thoughts of the 'general' under the steps, and after reminiscing about the past for a while, he finally sat on the dragon chair, presumably because this gorgeous armor did not fit well, Li Yuan changed his sitting posture three times before it was safe and comfortable, and then looked left and right, and said with a solemn expression: "Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is very erosive now, and it has reached the point of life and death, and there is no time to delay,...... I have already decided to drive the expedition in person, but you also know that the heavens are not beautiful, and I don't know how long this rainstorm will last, and I sit and wait for the rain to stop, I am afraid that the Sui army will hit outside Xiangyang City, so I decided not to wait! We must send troops as soon as possible, and if you have anything to say, all the marching matters will be discussed tonight!" ”

'You just know'

This sentence invariably emerged in the hearts of all civil and military people, and everyone was very helpless to be such a lone husband who acted alone.

Helpless to be helpless, you still have to think of a way.

Anyone who is qualified to stand in the palace hall has a little military knowledge, even Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu also know a little bit about it, Pei Lin is even more powerful, he used Li Yuan's sentence of 'acting cheaply' as the reason, and set aside the commander Li Shenfu who was in charge of the defense of the north and the north, not to mention, and became the de facto commander himself, overthrew all the reasonable layout of Li Shenfu, and appointed a large number of cronies, thus opening the door to Li Tang's defeat and defeat, although he was defeated, he was also shaved off by the Sui army. The one with nine incense scars retreated, but no matter how he said it, he was also a commander, and he had a little military common sense, but since his eldest son Lawyer Pei died tragically in the Daxing Palace Incident against Yang Tong, the whole person has aged a lot, and he is not as aggressive as before in the court.

Orthodox literati still know military affairs, and real generals are not good at stubble, in this troubled world, people are not as good as dogs, as martial artists, they have a few lives in their hands, they can crawl on the battlefield for many years, and they have lived until now, that is the ability.

Now that the national disaster is approaching, the civil and military officials dare not joke about this kind of life and death matter, everyone's attitude is full of caution, and they quickly get to the point according to Li Yuan's request.

"Qi Song Sheng, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took away 40,000 elite cavalry, the military department has timely deployed troops to defend Xiangyang, regardless of Jin Wuwei and other soldiers who maintain local stability, about 80,000 cavalry can be mobilized at any time!" As Li Yuan's confidant and important minister, Zhao Cijing was the first to respond, he was not only a squire of the military department, but also one of Li Yuan's sons-in-law.

"80,000 people, that's too little." After Li Yuan listened, after being silent for a long time, he said in an astonishing voice: "My Datang is Yang Dong's preferred enemy, I think about it, and I feel that if I want to survive this difficulty, it is not enough to defeat the enemy without 150,000 soldiers and horses!" ”

As soon as these words came out, not only did the ministers lose their voices, but even many veterans were in a trance.

What is the concept of 100,000 soldiers and horses?

That is, all the combatable troops in the entire Xiangyang County were withdrawn, but all the troops were taken away, and what elite troops were used to ensure the safety of Xiangyang?

Among the Wenchen, Dugu Quanquan had already understood Li Yuan's deep meaning in just an instant, and he had cleaned up the elite division of Xiangyang, so he naturally didn't have to worry about the fire in the backyard. Although he guessed Li Yuan, he just smiled and closed his eyes to think, giving people the feeling that he was thinking about countermeasures.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Just when everyone looked puzzled and was about to question, Zhao Cijing, who had already passed through Li Yuan, replied again, and solemnly said to the Son of Heaven and the ministers: "Since the cessation of the expedition to the extraterritorial tribes, Yang Tong has been planning this battle here, and has been continuously reforming the army for more than a year, and there are four major armies in Lintao, Hanyang, Hanchuan, and Shangluotun north of the Tang Dynasty. Only then did he thwart the opponent's tentative attacks many times and let him settle down. The four armies have not yet made any changes, but there is no guarantee that they will not move south, so our army should concentrate its superior forces as soon as possible and win the war in the southeast as quickly as possible and in the shortest possible time, and then it can send elite troops to strengthen the northern defense line. ”

This is an indelible fact, and it is recognized by many veteran generals in the army, even if they have their own ideas, they have nothing to say.

"The Sui army took Yang Shanhui, Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, and Qin Qiong as the main generals, and detained our country's land from Shangluo, Henan, and Shuyang respectively. Ladies and gentlemen, if Qin Qiong gives up Nanyang at this time and moves westward, then the north of Xiyang's inner countryside will have no troops to defend, once the outer Wuguan is lost, Xue Wanjun can send troops from Shangluo to join Qin Qiong, after the two divisions, there will be as many as 120,000 elite divisions, and they can continue to give a steady stream of support to the troops and materials from the pass, at that time, they only need to rely on Wuguan and camp at the western foot of Funiu Mountain and the north of Xishui, so that they can prevent my Xiangyang division from going north, and can cut off the road of the prince and the king of Jin to the south, so that the two highnesses fall into the desperate situation of the Sui army. Without the support of the imperial army and grain and grass, the situation of the two highnesses can be imagined. There was a sudden silence in the hall, only Zhao Cijing's voice kept echoing.

This time, there is no reason for everyone to oppose the dumping of the nest. If you oppose it, you are putting the prince and the king of Jin in danger, and if you oppose it, you want to kill the two most outstanding highnesses of the Li Tang Dynasty, what are your intentions?

Zhao Cijing paused for a while, saw that no one came out to refute, and then said: "According to the report of the spies, there are thousands of sails and hundreds of boats competing on the Yellow River every day, and the round-trip ships are continuously transporting military materials into Luo, and the power of its follow-up cannot be underestimated. In this battle, no matter whether it takes the initiative to attack or strictly defends to the death, it cannot change the fact that the enemy is outnumbered. The continuous military failures have caused heavy losses to the elite troops of our Tang Dynasty, and the border defense line has long been leaking from all sides. If the war drags on for one more day, my Datang will be more dangerous, and to thwart the Sui army's offensive, we must pour the strength of the country! ”

The civil and military officials were all silent.

The Great Sui won a hundred battles, and blackmailed and squeezed the defeated country through various means such as war compensation, whether it was Goguryeo, the Eastern and Western Turks, or Li Yuan and other Central Plains princes all suffered from it, and even more despicable used old money to empty the materials of the major forces, and with the supplement of these materials, the Sui Dynasty became stronger and richer...... All in all, the national strength of the Sui Dynasty flourished with a series of military victories, and then fed back to the army, and the pressure on the Li and Tang borders increased greatly.

But there are also some people with their eyes wide open, with an incredible expression, in this era, the traffic is blocked, the communication is inconvenient, and the Li Tang court deliberately downplays the consequences of defeat again and again, some people until this time, only at this time, did they find that the Li Tang Dynasty they were loyal to was in such a bad situation, they now have a feeling: the Sui army did not have time to take it seriously, Li Tang had been pressed to the ground and beaten.

What Zhao Cijing said may be a little exaggerated, but this is also a fact, the current Sui Dynasty stomped its feet slightly, and the Li Tang Dynasty, which suffered from it, should be vigilant!

Li Yuan expected that no one would stop him, so he spoke: "Some people say that I did not comply with the invitation of the King of Jin to expand the army by 300,000, which is a conservative and irresponsible move to ignore Li Tang's truth!" In fact, don't I want to expand my army by 300,000? I think about it, I think about it in my dreams. But according to the current national strength of our dynasty, I am powerless...... In recent years, our Datang has been conscripted one after another in order to resist the tyrannical Sui, but the tyrant Yang Tong has never given us a chance to breathe, and it is normal for our newly recruited army to lose to a well-trained tiger and wolf army! It's no wonder that the soldiers fighting at the front ...... If my Datang treasury is full, I will be able to recruit young and strong people to train uninterrupted in the four seasons, so that there will not be no soldiers available. Speaking of which, every word is full of tears. ”

"Fortunately, I am prepared, there is another bumper year in Shu, and the harvest is very objective, otherwise there would be no need to fight this battle! If you want soldiers or soldiers, money or money, or food, you just surrender! But the problem is that Yang Tong will not give us a chance to surrender, our surrender is a dead end, and the fight is infinite, do you think this is the reason? Li Yuan's tone was slightly melancholy, but there was a hint of ridicule on his face, he was mocking the selfishness of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and he only had a home and no country in his heart.

"Initiation! Although the minister is young, but also full of poetry and books, under the teaching of his father, he knows that there is a country to have a home, on the occasion of this national crisis, the minister on behalf of his father donated eighty percent of the family property as military funds. Li Daoyan, the prince of Huai'an, spoke out at the right time and gave generously, which can be described as worrying about the country and the people.

"Good!" Li Yuan clapped his hands and applauded, and said: "You are worthy of being a descendant that I rely on, and I really live up to my expectations, and now I will crown you as the king of Jiaodong and appoint you as the assassin of Longzhou." ”

"Thank you!" Lee Do-yan cried with joy.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs all understood, no wonder the emperor did not make a final decision on Li Shentong's case for a long time, and let Li Shentong be his king of Huai'an and the commander of the Nanyang army, and it turned out that the two sides had already reached an understanding. Li Shentong is greedy, eighty percent of the family property is not a small amount, and now it is used to buy a county king's title, which can be regarded as a plantation, presumably there is a story here that outsiders don't know.

"Sheng, the minister does not want the king of Jiaodong to be beautiful, and is willing to donate half of the family property as military funds." Zhao Cijing smiled.

Chai Shao said: "As a general of the Li Tang Dynasty and half of the royal family, the Tang Dynasty and the future will be both prosperous and loss, and with the tyranny of Yang Dong, once our dynasty loses, the end will be the destruction of the country and the family, rather than let the family assets fall into the hands of the tyrant, it is better to use them as military funds, and the last general will also donate half of the family property." ”

Young Master Feng said: "As a member of the family, the Tang Dynasty and the future will be both prosperous and loss...... The last general is also willing to donate half of the family property. ”

Duan Lun said impassionedly, and finally said: "The last general is willing to donate half of the family property......"

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The royal relatives all stood up and expressed their willingness to donate half of their family property. Li Yuan smiled and praised him skillfully.

The faces of the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu became quite ugly. I found Li Yuan's routine, and the shameless routine is here, but what can I do if I understand?

What the horses said makes sense, now that everyone is on the thief ship, there is no way to retreat, once Li Tang's rotten ship sinks into the sea, the result will not end well. After all, Emperor Yang Tong of the Sui Dynasty is a murderer who does not blink an eye, he is not like the previous emperor, who can treat both sides of the bet family, his positioning of the enemy is quite simple and rude, as long as one person in your family holds a position in the enemy, then your whole family is his enemy, this is the positioning of ordinary people, how much there is still a way to live, and the punishment is also acceptable; But the positioning of the family is crazy - all the children of the family, all those who are related to the family and the deceased, are all Yang Tong's undying enemies.

Once it falls into the hands of Yang Dong, even if you don't die, you have to go to Biansai to accept cruel labor reform, and you can only come back after thirty or forty years, but these people present, even if they live in a superior environment, few can live for another thirty-four years, if they are assigned to do such heavy work as road mining, it would be good to have three or four years to live.

And why did Li Yuan dare to use this routine to squeeze various families again and again? Don't even bother to change words? Why did the various families close the door angrily and scolded Li Yuan for donating money to him with a smile? It's not like there's no way back.

Li Yuan now feels like everyone is like, no, he is purely a scoundrel, and he is fighting the idea of 'if you don't give money and food, I can't raise soldiers, I fail and die miserably, and your whole family will have to die'.

As the saying goes, 'It's better to die than to live', and no one wants to die on the premise that there is still a glimmer of life! So every time in the face of Li Yuan's shameless blackmail, after everyone scolded, they all obediently gave money, food and materials, the difference was only that the amount of 'donations' was different each time, but after Li Yuan's long-term blackmail, no matter how rich the family was, there was a time when he was swallowed up.

But so what?

Faced with Li Yuan's smooth routine again, one by two, he gritted his teeth and reported his number, and reported as little as possible, how many is a number, right?

Li Yuan didn't mind, and praised it with a smile, how much is it a number, right? He smiled and accepted them one by one, and according to the amount of donations, he skillfully rewarded the titles of each class!

It is said that many ministers who are accustomed to it should be able to frankly face the rare 'tacit understanding' between monarchs and ministers, and they also thought that their cultivation had been practiced by Li Yuan, but when they reported the numbers, they were still half angry...... In the end, it is not the representative of the "excited" and "grateful" and red-faced and red-eared representatives who have been enshrined by the ancestors and the descendants to thank the Holy Grace.

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