The morning air, with a bit of mountain chill, a ray of morning sun sprinkled on Zhuyangguan, bringing a ray of warmth to the earth.

The open area of the Guanbei Canyon is the dense and well-organized camp of the Great Sui, which can not be seen at a glance, as if it is integrated with the sky, and the whole camp lies quietly under the glow, full of solemnity, solemnity, and magnificent momentum that looks down on the world, like a giant beast that chooses people and devours.

The Li brothers, who were silently inspecting Chengguan, glanced at each other, and they all saw a look of shock in each other's eyes.

"Well, if it's full of soldiers, there must be 100,000 people, right?" Li Jiancheng asked.

Li Shimin gave the answer: "More than that! To say the least, you can live for 150,000 people, and if you squeeze it, 200,000 people will not be a problem. ”

"I guess it's a bluff."

"It's hard to say!" Li Shimin pondered for a while and said, "The army led by Yang Shanhui is no less than 100,000 people; It is said that Xue Wanjun also arrived, and the Sixth Army under his command, with a number of 60,000, was one of the main legions under Yang Tong, and the two combined amounted to 150,000 people, in addition, it was the First Army led by Luo Shixin who captured the Lu clan... So, it's really impossible to tell how many people are in the camp... Big brother, the father's holy order has not arrived, what should we do now? Is it to divide the troops to go south to Nanyang or ......"

Li Shimin took the lead in asking, and first played the hot potato to Li Jiancheng.

"The second brother is the boss, and the second marshal of the second road for the brother naturally has to obey the orders of the boss, you say!" Li Jiancheng is not stupid, if he makes his own decision and wins, the credit is also Li Shimin, the coach; If he loses, the responsibility is on his shoulders.

This kind of loss is too much, and I must not be the second child again!

"......" Li Shimin rolled his eyes and muttered in his heart: "That's a nice word, if you move your soldiers, you can't argue with me!" But even though there are many dissatisfactions in his heart, he can't express it, just because legally speaking, Li Jiancheng does have to listen to him now, and he has a good attitude, but whether he listens or not is another matter.

Li Shimin was also helpless, pondered for a while, and went directly to the point: "This time the Sui army is moving very much, and Nanyang is not calm, but with the strength in the hands of his father, it is not difficult to deal with Qin Qiong; On the contrary, we are here, if all the major armies mentioned just now are concentrated here, coupled with the Sui army's deadly fighting style and the amazing power of the strange crossbow, we really don't dare to draw our troops to support Nanyang! What I'm worried about is not that the Sui army will fight us, but that the Sui army will not fight us. Because my troops from the Tang Dynasty were almost thrown into the east, many generals could not leave, and the resources that could be allocated in the country were extremely limited, so it would be dangerous if the Sui army turned to attack Bashu instead. ”

"That's what I'm worried about, too!" Li Jiancheng paused for a moment and said in a very low voice: "What's more, Xiangyang has been quite unquiet these days. ”

"Why not be calm?" Li Shimin looked at Li Jiancheng with a shocked face, he had been trapped for a long time, and this news was really the first time he had heard of it.

"As far as I know, Yang Tong has been in contact with the family, and it seems that he has given some promise, and now various families have sent people to Luoyang and Yecheng." Li Jiancheng smiled coldly.

"Who is so bold?" Li Shimin couldn't help but be furious, they were born and died here, but someone secretly stabbed them in the back, this feeling is quite bad, very bad.

"Not to mention the Wei family, the Du family and other families, but also the Dugu family, the Dou family, the Xiao family, the Zheng family, the Pei family and other families who have a marriage relationship with my Li family... Yang Tong's policy was deeply ingrained in the Sui Dynasty, and he no longer needed to make any compromises to the world's families, so why did he suddenly change so drastically? I think his intention is to disrupt my Datang, so that I will fall into a situation of civil strife where the monarch and the ministers are suspicious of each other, and with his domineering temperament of distinguishing friend and foe, once these families accept his conditions, they must and can only be loyal to him, and cannot bet as much as before... In other words, these families are very likely to turn their backs on betraying my Datang. ”

"These ......" Li Shimin was so angry that he pulled out his waist knife and slashed viciously on the battlements, gasping for a few breaths, "Big brother, this matter is a big problem!" Will the Emperor know? ”

"I've sent several urgent letters, but the key is that my father hasn't responded!" Li Jiancheng frowned.

"It's not going to be intercepted, is it?"

"No way, several groups of messengers have returned safely."

"This ......" Li Shimin was stunned for a long time, and then continued to ask: "Is it not at all expressed?" ”

"Let me leave it alone!" Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly and took out a few letters from his arms and handed them to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin watched them one by one, and lost his mind, several letters were written by Li Jiancheng, each letter stated various serious problems from different aspects, and the analysis was quite in place, Li Shimin also felt that every sentence was to the point, but his father's reply on the above was either 'I know', or 'you don't care' and other coping words, and in the end, he directly accused Li Jiancheng!

"Big brother, did you say that my father was in witchcraft?" Li Shimin was completely stunned.

"Do you believe in this stuff too?"

"But this is too evil!"

"Father may have other plans!"

Li Shimin was silent for a long time, and said solemnly: "No matter what you say, someone needs to preside over the overall situation in Xiangyang, and now only my father can deter these rats." Without further ado, our brothers immediately signed a joint letter, explaining their relationship to our father and asking him to return to Xiangyang as soon as possible. Otherwise, the situation will be out of control. ”

"That's what I mean!"

The two brothers threw the defense to Li Xiaogong, hurriedly entered the city tower, and discussed secretly. For their supreme father, the emperor is simply saddened.

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At the same time, Yang Tong, Yang Shanhui, Luo Shixin, Zhang Zhenzhou, Xue Wanjun and other senior generals also discussed the military situation in the barracks. Compared with the Li brothers who closed it, the atmosphere here is obviously quite lively and lively!

Yang Tong raised a glass of water and said with a smile: "It is a convention and an iron law that you can't drink alcohol in the army, and I am no exception. ”

So far, he hasn't caught a single hair, and he has put one for Li Shimin, no, he plans to go back to Luoyang. The situation on this side is good, Xue Wanjun is in charge of the war, and he is very relieved, Yang Shanhui's task is a little heavier, but Yang Tong has arranged a lot of generals for him, these people are all outstanding people of the Great Sui, with their assistance, the pressure on Yang Shanhui is not so heavy, as long as he holds on for a while, the beacons that bloom everywhere will take away part of his enemy army.

"Thank you, Holy Lord."

The crowd drank it all.

"As for me, I don't think I'll be in battle for a long time; Why? Yang Tong smiled and sold, met everyone's inquiring eyes with great interest, and then said: "The officers and soldiers in the army have all made meritorious contributions, and I must supervise the good craftsmen day and night, so that they can carve thousands of brand-new seals; As for your existing seals, I feel that they have been worn for too long, and it is time to give them to the generals and soldiers below. ”

Everyone laughed heroically.

Although the saint's speech is funny, but the meaning revealed makes everyone's blood boil, the meaning of the saint's words is naturally to make meritorious contributions to everyone, and they will be promoted, and the existing position will be handed over to the next level of soldiers who have made great contributions. Although the way of speaking is not formal, it is more comfortable to listen to than the regular, one-on-one way. As for Yang Tong, who has the soul of another world, he never thought of using coercion to make the ministers live in fear, in order to protect the power of the emperor, the power of the emperor is not to prevail in words and deeds, but to make people surrender with absolute strength.

After three cups in a row, it gradually returned to the topic.

"General Xue, you lack a few young generals under your account! I've sent a few men to give you a hand. "It's not a formal occasion, Yang Tong is more casual, sometimes he calls his name, sometimes he calls his official position, how happy he comes, everyone is used to it, he opened his mouth and said: "Shi Jin, Yu Zhan, Gao Yan, what the three of you lack is actual combat and experience, with your ability, you have nothing to do by my side, you are really condescending, and now the war needs to be employed everywhere, just follow the order here." ”

"Remember, General Xue is sitting in Shangluo, and he seems a little unknown, but it's not that he has no ability, but the heavy task of forming the Sixth Army is quite cumbersome and heavy, resulting in him not having a chance to shine. I will not give you any privileges, and if you want him to listen to you, it depends on whether you have the ability to do so. ”

"Whoa!" The three generals were overjoyed, and when they came out with Yang Tong, one or two were full of energy, and they were not as good as the sky, but there was nothing, and they thought that they would escort the holy car back to Luoyang, but the saint gave them a chance to make meritorious contributions, which has to be said to be a great joy.

"Holy One, what about me?" Luo Shixin was a little anxious, except for him, everyone had their own tasks, and he didn't want to go to Luoyang to deal with government affairs.

"I am going to let you serve as the squire of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to help Yang Shidao Shangshu deal with the people's livelihood affairs of the five counties of Henan, Xingyang, Hongnong, Xiangcheng and Shuyang, accumulate it well, and learn government management."

This is certainly a bit of a joke, but it is also Yang Tong's sincere words, although this era is heavy on martial arts and light on literature, and the martial style of the Great Sui is better than other princes, the people of the Great Sui respect the warriors, and are proud of being able to enlist in the army and cross the territory, but the life span of the generals is actually extremely limited, and when their energy and physique go from the peak to the downhill, they have to turn to the political arena after all. This is the case with the so-called general and in.

It is true that Luo Shixin can fight well, but he continues to develop, and one day he will go to the political arena with his military exploits. Yang Tong does not require him to have the level of governing a country like Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui, but at least he must have the ability to govern for the government. This is also the inevitable change of every general, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Su Dingfang, Wei Chigong, and the Xue brothers are no exception.

But Luo Shixin obviously didn't have such a long-term life plan, and when he heard Yang Tong's words, his face suddenly turned green, and he said hurriedly: "Holy Lord, you can't do this, I'd rather be an ordinary soldier than be this civil servant." If you really want to do this, I, I'll go home. ”

When everyone saw that he was a young man who didn't have a beard, he actually said something like 'saying goodbye to the old man and returning to his hometown', and they couldn't help laughing.

Yang Tong didn't embarrass him too much, for Luo Shixin, it is indeed far away to transfer to the political arena: "Right servant shooting, this little soldier gave it to you, if you don't want it?" ”

Yang Shanhui said with a smile: "Tan Guogong is young and promising, and his future is limitless, so it is too early for him to abandon martial arts and join politics." ”

Yang Shanhui can understand Yang Tong's intentions, if the Battle of Bingzhou and the Battle of Liangzhou are the military curtain call battles of Li Jing and Wei Yunqi, then the battle of the Sui and Tang Dynasties will definitely be the end of his Yang Shanhui, this is not that Yang Tong is worried that their military power is too heavy, which will threaten his imperial power, but the country needs a large number of young talents to inherit, and their predecessors are not completely retired. In order to maintain youth forever, there will be no dilemma of lack of succession and no successor.

Yang Tong threw so many young generals to him, nothing more than to let him, an 'old guy', lead a group of young people to grow up in this war, so as to cultivate a group of outstanding young handsome and talented people for the country, and he naturally has a supportive attitude towards this, if the major military affairs are controlled and commanded by a bunch of old men for a long time, it is the great sorrow of this country.

This is indeed what Yang Tong really thinks.

Su Dingfang, who destroyed the Three Kingdoms at the age of sixty or seventy in history, is a very rare case in the entire history of cold weapons, which is the most brilliant feat in his life, but on the other hand, it is also a helpless work of the famous generals of the Li Tang Dynasty withering and having no successors. And Li Zhi pinned the fate of a country on this old man, at best it was a discerning talent, at worst it was purely a risk of Li Tang's fate, not to mention anything else, just today's road conditions, climatic conditions, and means of transportation made more than ninety percent of the old people discouraged from long-distance trekking, crossing mountains and mountains, and galloping on horseback, in case this old general who was close to old age could not stand the fatigue of the boat and car and died on the expedition, it would undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the morale of this country and this army. Yang Tong also learned from this experience, and gave birth to the heart of educating generals and reserving talents in battle, and vigorously promoted enterprising young generals.

And Shi Jin, Gao Yan, and Yu Zhan are all core figures in the talent cultivation plan, relatively speaking, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, and Su Dingfang, who are the same age as them, are already seniors, and any of them have countless brilliant experiences, which are not comparable to those who have recently been excavated.

"General of the Left Guard, I will give you 30,000 horses, and obey the orders of the right servant."

Luoyang has been decided, and there are iron-blooded heroes of the Great Sui Dynasty all around, and no one can fight in, so it is a waste to keep the Xiaoguo Army by his side. This army is a heroic division that has grown up in continuous battles, and only when they go to the battlefield can their value be reflected, if they are not used in the court for a long time, they will become old soldiers sooner or later, this is not something that Yang Dong is willing to see, plus Yang Shanhui's task is extremely heavy, so he simply gave Luo Shixin 30,000 people in one breath.

"Whoa!" Roshison is overjoyed!

"You have to learn more and see more in everything, otherwise, I will punish you as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"......" the crowd.

What kind of punishment is this?

Many generals who thought it was Meicha thought about it for a while, and when they thought that tens of millions of people would have to take care of their food, drink, and Lazar, they all shuddered and their hairs stood on end.

This punishment is a beautiful difference for civilian officials, but for those of them who have to rack their brains for a long time to write a marching note, it is indeed an extremely deep punishment.

The saint's hand was too ruthless, and one or two looked at Luo Shixin with sympathy.

As for Luo Shixin himself, it's like playing face changing, his face has already changed again and again, how can he still have the joy of talent?

Yang Shan will be breathtaking!

The Holy Lord's method of control is like a medicine...... It's amazing. Compared with these enthusiastic young generals who yearn for the field, it is the same as the punishment of the literati going to the battlefield to fight alone.

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