It should be said that since the defeat of Li Mi and Xue Ju, the chaotic era at the end of the Sui Dynasty has entered a new stage.

The situation of the princes finally showed its embryonic form, but the difference with the war in the late Han Dynasty was that the war of the three conquests of Goguryeo brought disastrous consequences to the Central Plains.

Coupled with the government soldiers, big warehouses, gate valves and other systems, as well as Hu Feng's southward progress, the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty was more tragic than the war at the end of the Han Dynasty.

The consequence is that the situation of the princes cannot last long, like Wang Shichong is a clear proof, no matter Dou Jiande, Xiao Miao, Li Po and others are eyeing the tiger, bent on gathering a large army to attack Li Yuan, whether it is the other princes or himself, in fact, he knows it.

They all chose to watch from the sidelines, Xiao Mo was in Shuzhong, obviously wanting to take the opportunity to find fighters in Shuzhong, and Li Po was also looking at the increase of troops along the Yellow River.

Faintly formed a situation in which the three families discussed Li Yuan together.

But in fact, Li Po and Xiao Mo looked at Wang Shichong's eyes, and they were also salivating.

In Luoyang City, Wang Shichong's roar gradually became higher, and the smell of blood was as strong as a day, and there were more and more people on the head of Luoyang City.

After a series of bloody incidents in the city, Wang Shichong issued an edict to close the gate of Luoyang, and the soldiers were not allowed to enter Luoyang City.

Under the situation that the number of people floating in Luoyang City is increasing, most of the generals in the army are also worried and unwilling to enter the city to meet the irascible emperor.

In stark contrast to the messy Luoyang, it is Chang'an, Guanxi, and it is not a day since the news of Wang Shichong's intention to attack Tongguan has reached here, and Li Yuan is as stable as Mount Tai.

He did not draw soldiers from Li Xiaogong and Qu Tutong, but only issued an edict ordering Li Jiancheng, Li Shenfu and others to guard the palace well, not to slack off, and to give the two of them the right to self-authoritarianism in battle.

His calmness and composure had a good effect, and Chang'an began to prepare to face Wang Shichong in an orderly manner.

But in fact, Li Yuan encountered a difficult problem to solve, food.

Unlike Wang Shichong, who was short of food, the gradual shortage of food in Guanxi was not due to Li Yuan himself, but because he had too many enemies, and many enemies meant that he had to maintain a huge army.

In other words, Li Yuan's standing army had far exceeded the limits of Kansai and Shuzhong.

Li Xiaogong Department in Shuzhong, has successively increased the number of troops to more than 100,000 people, the northwest Qu Tu Tong Department, after recruiting Xue Ju to surrender the pawn, at the peak, there were more than 200,000 soldiers, and then successively transferred to various places, can be to prevent Li Rail, Liang Shi is two, but it is still maintained at about 145 or 5 people.

Since Li Shentong's entire army was destroyed in Jindi, the defenders along the Yellow River have been increasing, and now nearly 1670,000 people are scattered on the line from Tongguan to Hancheng.

The fact that so many standing troops have been able to maintain until now is obviously proof that Li Tang's foundation is extraordinarily thick, but after a few years, it is difficult to say.

Now Qu Tutong is in Tuntian, and Li Xiaogong in Shu is also working hard, in fact, if Shu is complete, with the country of abundance in hand, everything can be alleviated.

The problem is that with Li Xiaogong's ability, he can't solve the war in Shuzhong as soon as possible, and his strategy of appeasing the barbarians and slowing down Kuizhou is more like looking for an excuse for his incompetence.

The rich Chengdu Plain is on the side, but most of it has been barren in the years of war, the barbarians have wantonly looted and burned here, Xiao Mo has also sent troops to harass from time to time, and the grain production in Shu has been greatly reduced for several years.

If Qu Tutong and Li Xiaogong are still thinking about saving themselves, then the garrison troops along the Yellow River can only stare at the other side of the river, not daring to be distracted in the slightest.

Li Jiancheng has always wanted to send troops to Henan to attack Wang Shichong, but Li Ding'an, an increasingly ferocious enemy, has now almost completely blocked Li Tang's way out of the east.

Losing control of the Jin Land was Li Tang's most serious mistake so far, and the consequences it caused were almost all-round, just like Dou Jiande lost the grain reserves of Zhuo County in Youzhou, and the effects were continuous.

It won't be fatal all at once, but every day that passes, the discomfort in the body will increase a little.

The continued stalemate is almost equivalent to a slow death for Li Tang, and as a result, it is no different from Wang Shichong, and when the expansion comes to a standstill, the situation they face will also be extremely difficult.

It can be said that the mess left by Yang Guang made the princes who were divided everywhere at this time have long lost their original excitement, and they all feel very painful, compared to the few people in the world at the end of the Han Dynasty, they are much happier.

Li Yuan, who felt that the situation was becoming more and more difficult, did something that made Li Po feel ridiculous.

At the beginning of June, Li Xiuning, the princess of Pingyang, went out of Beijing and led the army to defend Yongfengcang, while Li Gang led the army to reinforce Tongguan.

When he heard the news, he was discussing the military situation with the generals, and in the strange eyes of everyone, Li Po also didn't believe his ears a little.

Is this shameless?

Wang Shichong's niece sent over can be said to be excusable, after all, people have been smashing pots and selling iron for so many years, and finally come to the step of desperate struggle, and it is not surprising that they make any ridiculous moves in a hurry.

But can you Li Yuan be the same? You have used your married daughter as a gun so many times, what about your cheeks, do you still want a good name?

Well, it can be seen from this point that Li Yuan is also anxious, Xiao Milling and Li Po are increasing their troops, Wang Shichong is about to make a big attack, and the situation is unprecedented.

What is it to let Li Xiuning lead the troops to guard Yongfengcang, if possible, send Li Xiuning to envoy Jindi again, maybe it will be more shameless, let Chai Shao have an accident in Shuzhong, and turn his daughter into a widow can be done.

What made Li Po feel the most hateful thing was that both Wang Shichong and Li Yuan seemed to treat him Li Po as a womanizer.

Damn, the rest is fine, lustful? Which of your eyes can see that we are?

In addition, when attacking Pusaka at the beginning of the year, Li Yuan sent Wen Dayou's coffin across the river...... Well, the gap is a bit big, I thought it was a generation of heroes, but it turned out to be a shameless person.

Yes, as the head of a country, once too many small means are used, it will inevitably give people the feeling of being inferior.

In fact, it was he who forced Li Yuan to such a point, if it was according to the original trajectory, Liu Wuzhou had already been beaten by Li Shimin, and Li Shimin, who was advancing vigorously, immediately returned to the army Ping Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, in Wude for four years, there is only one name in the world, that is General Tiance, Li Shimin, King of Qin.

But the current situation is that the three families attacked the Tang Dynasty, and Li Tang was completely at a disadvantage, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who should have been radiant, returned to Beijing to "recuperate".

The crown prince Li Jiancheng was highlighted at once, speaking of which, Li Jiancheng is not an incompetent person.

When Li Yuan went south to Chang'an, Li Jiancheng contributed the most, at that time Li Shimin was young, had no achievements in politics, and his military qualifications were also shallow, and all the propaganda could not change this fact.

At that time, Li Yuan relied most on his eldest son Li Jiancheng, and for a long time, it was also an indisputable fact that Li Jiancheng firmly suppressed the Qin Palace.

But his exploits are indeed hard wounds, when Li Shimin defeated Xiao Mo and Nanban in Shuzhong, he suppressed bandits in Guanxi, and when Li Shimin broke Xue Rengao, he was stationed in Tongguan.

When Li Po went south, Li Shentong was ordered to go on an expedition, he was transporting grain and grass to Li Shentong, and when Li Shentong was defeated, Li Yuan immediately recruited Li Shimin to return to the court, and then sent the king of Qin to attack Li Po, and he was still in Tongguan.

This is undoubtedly Li Yuan's care for the prince, but it has also created Li Shimin in disguise, so Li Jiancheng can only continue to squeeze his younger brother's power in the place he is best at.

But the opportunity is still coming, when he received the news that Wang Shichong was about to attack, Li Jiancheng was not surprised, but extremely excited.

What kind of situation is in Henan, he knows better than anyone in the court, Wang Shichong was indeed arrogant for a period of time after Li Mi went, and he reliably started by suppressing bandits, and Wang Shichong, who relied on Luoyang Jiancheng to kill Li Mi, is not a king with great talent.

If it weren't for Li Ding'an on his side, Li Jiancheng would almost definitely lead the army into Henan, fight a few battles with Wang Shichong, and try the so-called strong army in Henan.

In fact, even if he did not move, the defenders of some counties in the west of Luoyang still came to vote one after another, but Li Dingan was so annoying that when he wanted to write a letter to request troops to Henan, Li Dingan had already led the army to the Yellow River.

Frightened, he immediately shrank his forces to defend Tongguan, afraid that when the fall of Jindi was imminent, Wang Shichong would also come to stab him.

But the final result did not change, Li Dingan unexpectedly gained a firm foothold in Jindi, and took advantage of the situation to become the king, and Wang Shichong still came.

For Li Tang, the situation is very sinister, but for Li Jiancheng, who lacks military exploits, it is a godsend.

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Tongguan, Li Jiancheng Fuzhong.

The attendants of the East Palace, the generals of Tongguan, gathered together.

The atmosphere was tense and lively, just like Li Jiancheng's mood, and it was hard to tell what it was like.

After all, King Qin "wore the crime" and returned to Beijing, and it had not been long since the East Palace had won a big victory, and the laughter and laughter echoed in the sky above Tongguan as if it had not completely dissipated, and Wang Shichong was about to rush over and die.

Li Jiancheng's henchmen, the composition of the generals is relatively simple, almost all of them are from the Kansai clan, and the youngest of the knighthoods on his body is also a county marquis.

There are more than ten or twenty people, half of whom are Qu Tutong's old department, headed by Qu Tutong's generals Sang Xianhe and Lu Chengda, and the other part are all subordinates of the East Palace.

Among them, naturally, the people of the East Palace, who had just arrived in Tongguan for less than two days, and Li Gang, the deputy head of the march of the Eastern Shaanxi Road, were the leaders, and most of them were valued by the East Palace, and they were undoubtedly Li Jiancheng's confidants.

Of course, there are exceptions......