"Why Zhongyuan Li Mi?" Li Yuan asked puzzledly, "Li Mi's strength can be said to be the best in the world, although he failed in the previous attack on Luoyang, but the loss of soldiers and horses is only fifty or sixty thousand, and Yang Gao is not afraid of losing both sides when he fights him?" ”

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Father, the sons think that although it looks powerful on the surface, it is not, and now Wagang is already a terminally ill old man. Since Li Mi killed Zhai Rang, the hearts of Wagang people have been scattered. Li Mi's failure to attack Luoyang actually exhausted the last morale of the Wagang army, plus Luoyang Wang Shichong is also a master of the art of war, with his help, the day of Li Mi's defeat is not far away! ”

Li Yuan pondered for a long time, nodded, and then said, "Then how does the emperor think he should deal with your imperial brother's affairs?" ”

Li Shimin said without thinking: "The prince is the important weapon of the country, and the sons think that no matter what the price is, they must redeem the imperial brother, and now the Sui and Tang dynasties are equally powerful, the Sui can't destroy the Tang, and the Tang can't destroy the Sui. ”

Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin approvingly, this praise was not because of Li Shimin's policy of peace talks, but because of his attitude on Li Jiancheng's matter, if Li Shimin chose to take the opportunity to belittle Li Jiancheng just now, then Li Yuan would feel extremely disappointed, and did not hesitate to give up the idea of supporting him as the crown prince.

After a pause, Li Yuan said with a little worry: "The emperor also knows that when Xuanzhen was captured that day, I had already sent someone to interview Yang Gao, and the emperor must have known his conditions at that time. Now that it has been captured, Yang Gao is bound to increase his weight. The rest is good to say, since I entered the main pass, the Guanlong nobles have been fully supported, the money and grain are abundant, hundreds of thousands of grains and grass, tens of thousands of taels of gold I can still get, the key is Feng Deyi, he has made great contributions to me, how can I be willing to hand it over to Yang Gao? ”

"This..."

Li Shimin's face was also embarrassed when he heard this, and after a long time, he replied: "Father, this matter is very important, and the sons dare not say anything, and the stakes are still up to my father and emperor to decide!" ”

Li Yuan suddenly looked disappointed when he heard this, paused for a moment, waved his hand and said, "That's it, you can step back first!" I'll think about it myself. ”

"Son's resignation!"

Li Shimin saluted and slowly withdrew from Li Yuan's dormitory.

"Alas!"

Seeing that Li Shimin had already walked away, Li Yuan sighed helplessly.

"Why is Your Majesty so troubled? It's not good to hurt the dragon's body! The eunuch standing beside him whispered.

Li Yuan glanced at the eunuch casually, "I don't want to do this either, but there are too many things to worry about!" ”

The eunuch smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, if you are worried about Lord Feng Deyi's affairs, then the old slave can share your Majesty's worries!" ”

Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What is your plan?" ”

The eunuch said slowly: "Your Majesty is most worried because Lord Feng Deyi has made great contributions to Your Majesty, if he is handed over to Yang Gao like this, I am afraid that the hearts of all the Tang courtiers will be chilled!" ”

Li Yuan bowed his head and said: "Yes, Feng Qing has made a great contribution to me, if he is handed over to Yang Gao to be executed, who else will serve me in the future?" ”

The eunuch smiled gloomily, "Then set up a bureau to hide from the world and let the people of the world think that His Majesty did not intend to hand over Feng Deyi to Yang Gao!" ”

Li Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "What bureau?" ”

"Didn't His Royal Highness the King of Qin say that he would send an envoy to the Sui Dynasty to talk to Yang Gao? Your Majesty might as well appoint Feng Deyi as the deputy envoy for peace, as for what happens after he arrives in Jiangdu, then Your Majesty cannot be blamed, but Yang Gao violated the rule of 'the two countries are at war, do not kill the envoys'. ”

"Wonderful!"

When Li Yuan heard this, he glanced at the eunuch with appreciation and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The eunuch hurriedly knelt on the ground, suppressed the joy in his heart and said, "Your Majesty, villain Wei Zhongxian!" ”

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Chang'an City was gloomy because of the capture of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and Jiangdu City was full of joy at the moment, and the news of Shangyong's victory was transmitted back to Jiangdu, although Yang Gao had already known about it, but how could he not tell his people that he could predict the news in advance, so when the good news came, Yang Gao made the good news public.

The generals who made great achievements in this battle, Yang Gao is also rewarded for his meritorious deeds.

Of course, the first merit is to defend Xinye without losing it, and it has won enough time for Chang Yuchun and Li Jing to encircle Li Jiancheng later, and now that Li Xiaogong has taken Bashu, the pressure on the Yiling area of Jiangling will increase greatly, so Yang Gao promoted Zhang Xun to be the general of Zuo Wuwei and led Yiling County to be guarded.

Lei Wanchun assisted Zhang Xun in defending the city, was promoted to general of the chariot cavalry, and continued to serve as Zhang Xun's deputy.

Long Zhi made great contributions to capturing Li Jian's establishment alive, and Yang Gao promoted him to be the general of Zuo Yiwei Zhonglang, leading 15,000 troops to sit in Shangyong, in order to prevent Li Tang from continuing to attack Jingxiang from Shangyong.

When Chang Yuchun attacked Jiangnan, he made great achievements, but because Yang Gao was worried about the situation in Jingxiang at that time, he let him rush to Jingxiang before rewarding him.

Now that the situation in Jingxiang is settled, Chang Yuchun has made new contributions, Yang Gao immediately promoted him to the champion general, and led the headquarters of the soldiers and horses to settle in Xinye and look at the Central Plains.

Li Jing had a meritorious role in cutting off Li Jiancheng's retreat, and Yang Gao crowned him as a general in the army and transferred him back to Jiangdu. Because Li Jing's merits are too few at the moment, Yang Gao decided to transfer him back to his side, and let him accumulate more merit when he goes out on the expedition on the coming day, and strive to promote him to the level of Xue Rengui, Chang Yuchun, and Yang Yanzhao as soon as possible.

At the same time, Yang Gao also promulgated personnel appointments in the Jiangnan region.

Yang Gao stayed in Jinling City for almost two months, during this time, Yang Gao suppressed a group of old Jiangnan Shi clans who were originally powerful, and some even uprooted them, and attracted a group of new Jiangnan Shi clans, taking this opportunity to cancel the privileges of many Jiangnan magnates, and firmly controlled the entire Jiangnan region in the hands of the imperial court.

After solving this matter, Yang Gao also felt that there was nothing to stay in the land south of the Yangtze River, so he appointed Lai Hu'er and Wang Shouren to sit in Jiangnan, and he led a large group of people to return to Jiangdu to discuss the next strategic goal with the ministers.

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Luoyang, Zheng Guogong's Mansion.

Although Wang Shichong was defeated by Li Mi in Luoshui and suffered countless losses, he was not discouraged, gathered the defeated troops and retreated to Luoyang to continue to fight against Li Mi, and successfully repelled Li Mi and held Luoyang.

Emperor Yang Tong of the Sui Dynasty was overjoyed, rewarded Wang Shichong, named him the Duke of Zheng Guo, and received the Shangshu Order.

However, Yang Tong's kindness to Wang Shichong deeply stimulated Lu Chu, Huangfu Wuyi, Yuan Wendu and other ministers.

Most of these ministers were from wealthy families, and they always looked down on Wang Shichong, who was born in Hu Shang, but it was just because Li Mi besieged the city before, and they had no choice but to rely on Wang Shichong. Now that Li Mi has withdrawn, the arrogant aristocratic heart in their hearts has begun to make trouble again.