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After Pei Lin heard this, he was puzzled: "Since Your Majesty has decided on the issue of the prince, you must establish the elder and not the young." But why do you have to make some moves now to take care of King Qin, so that King Qin and his ministers think that King Qin also has a chance on the issue of establishing a prince? ”

Li Yuan smiled bitterly: "I am also helpless!" Since the original army, my Datang has encountered many crises. Song Laosheng, Xue Ju, and Liu Wuzhou all suffered a crushing defeat for our army. It all depends on the people of the world to get back the defeat and turn the crisis into safety. Especially when I marched into Guanzhong, I promised Shimin that if he defeated Song Laosheng and let the Tang army enter the pass smoothly, I would make him the world. But later, after thinking about it thoroughly, I decided to build it immediately. This has kept the people of the world haunted. Therefore, I had to do some acts of favor to the people of the world to ease their hearts. After all, I Datang can get to this point today, and he also has a share of credit! ”

Pei Lin now understands that Li Yuan actually still wants Li Jiancheng to continue to be the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty and succeed him. But if this happens, it will make Li Shimin angry. I'm afraid that in the future, I won't be able to work hard. And Li Shimin's command and combat ability is recognized as the first in Datang. If he loses motivation and confidence, it is difficult to say whether the Tang army can win in the future against the Zhou army. Li Yuan can't finally cause himself to lose the world because of a matter of establishing a prince. After all, Li Shimin is also his biological son, and he can also carry forward the Tang Dynasty.

"Forget it, let's talk about it later! Now that our army is facing a major decision, it is really inappropriate to announce the establishment of the reserve at this time, so as to avoid turmoil in the minds of the ministers and the military of the DPRK and China! Li Yuan obviously didn't want to talk about it anymore. He then asked Pei Lian again: "Now let's get down to business, do you think our army should rescue Du Fuwei immediately, or wait for a while to see how the battle between the Zhou army and the Jianghuai army goes, and then make a decision?" ”

After Pei Lin heard this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we must not have the mentality of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, so that the Jianghuai army is afraid that it will collapse in a few days!" Wei Chen thought that we must take action immediately, but it is not necessary to directly send troops to rescue Du Fuwei, which is far away, and our army is not profitable! ”

"Oh? Then, according to Pei Aiqing's opinion, how should our army act? Li Yuan asked with squinted eyes.

"Siege Wei to save Zhao!" Pei Lin Zhengse said: "Weichen suggests that our army can send troops to attack Hetao, Hedong in the middle, and Luoyang in the middle. In this way, we can not only force the Zhou army to return to defense and reduce the pressure on the Jianghuai army, but also seize some important areas, expand the territory of our army, and annihilate the living force of the Zhou army. ”

After Li Yuan heard this, he also nodded slightly. This method of not only aiding Du Fuwei, but also expanding his own territory, and weakening Yuming, is naturally much stronger than letting the Tang army travel thousands of miles to Jiangdong.

"The commander of the attack on Hetao, Hedong and Luoyang, does Pei Aiqing have any suggestions?" Li Yuan asked.

Pei Lin hurriedly said: "Luoyang, the eastern capital, is now the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, and it must be a heavily guarded place. And the city wall of Luoyang is high and thick, surrounded by Luoshui, and there are passes such as Tiger Prison Pass and Bishui Pass around to guard the road, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In fact, our army's capture of Luoyang was just a gesture to force it to withdraw its troops. Therefore, the momentum can be very large, but it is not necessary to send many troops and good generals, as a feint. ”

"The Hetao and Hedong are very important places for both the Tang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, and our army should invest heavy troops. In terms of generals, they should also be equipped with the best managers. The minister had an idea: he and the king of Qin could each lead an army to capture a place. In this way, maybe under their full strength, both places can finally be included in my Datang territory. Pei Lian said loudly.

"Hmmm! What Pei Aiqing said makes a lot of sense! Tomorrow morning, I will announce that Jiancheng will attack Hetao, Shimin will attack Hedong, and Yuanji will attack Luoyang. Each of them is equipped with 150,000 male soldiers, so let's see how much surprise this brother can give me! Li Yuan stroked his long beard under his chin and said slowly.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Pei Lin praised sincerely. He also reacted at this time, Li Yuanji is also the king of Qi, if Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are sent out to lead the troops to fight alone, but they do not send him to lead the troops, it will be suspected of favoring one over the other. Although Li Yuanji is indeed a big step behind these two elder brothers in ability, Li Yuan, as a father and emperor, always has to be a bowl of water. And equipping Li Yuanji with some old and weak soldiers and letting him attack Luoyang is a more appropriate way.

At the same time, on the thousands of miles of fronts from Xinyang in the west to the sea in the east, the scouts of the Jianghuai army all discovered the abnormal movement of the Zhou army and the gathering of large armies.

For such a grim situation, Du Fuwei had to temporarily put aside the idea of dealing with Fu Gongzuo. He summoned one of his staff and generals to the imperial palace in Jiangdu City for an urgent discussion.

In the end, he had to let Du Ping concentrate on Yuzhang, and the army of Fu Gongzuo, who was originally preparing to attack Jiangxia, went north to mobilize to the Huaixi region to guard against the attack of the Zhou army.

At the same time, Du Fuwei also sent additional reinforcements to Du Yu, asking him to hold the Huaidong line. However, Du Fuwei himself secretly ordered his subordinates to cross the Yangtze River to the south, trying to use the Yangtze River as a barrier and prepare to live in the south of the Yangtze River.

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February 15 of the first year of Yongchang is a day of spring flowers. On this day, the weather was sunny and sunny, and it was finally time for the Southern Expeditionary Army to set off.

In front of the general platform outside the city of Sizhou, there were already full of Zhou troops who went out to fight, all of them wearing helmets and armor, holding spears, and standing solemnly. Luo Cheng and Song Jingang stood at the front of the line with their hands on the hilt.

The streets of Luoyang City have been emptied, and almost all the people in the city have come to the place of the swearing-in meeting to see off the army of the Southern Expedition that is about to go out. Since Yang Guang's expedition to Goryeo, the world has been in turmoil, bandits are rampant, and the surname is precarious. It also encountered two southern invasions by Turkic armies.

And this time, it was the first expedition since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it was also the starting point of the Zhou army's domination of the world, and it was an exciting action. has been chaotic for so long, and the surname also longs for a Ming Lord to rule the world and restore peace.

50,000 cavalry of the Eastern Army lined up neatly. In the front row were several senior generals of the Eastern Army. Luo Cheng and Song Jingang all stood solemnly.

Not long after, Yu Ming carried the Liquan treasure gun and appeared in the center of the point under the arch guard of the soldiers.

At this time, the scene was immediately silent, waiting for the emperor to issue an order to march south.

Yu Ming was wearing a white helmet and white armor today, and he was also wearing a silver-white cloak on his back, so that the soldiers of the Zhou army in the audience seemed to see the young hero who fought in and out of the Turkic army and broke the two Turkic khans of Duji and Jieli.

Yu Ming is already tall and handsome, and at this time, against the backdrop of white helmets and white armor, he looks even more majestic.

"Brothers!" Yu Ming looked at the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force in the audience, and said with a solemn face: "This southern expedition is the first expedition since the official establishment of the new dynasty in my Great Zhou, and our purpose is to let the surnames of Jiangnan escape from the clutches of Du Fuwei and let the people enjoy peace and tranquility......"

"Du Fuwei was a bandit leader in the pre-Sui period, making a living by robbing houses and houses, and after raising troops against the Sui, he never opened a warehouse to help the people, but often robbed the people's property, and even did the criminal act of slaughtering the city. Therefore, if our army wants to unify the whole country, it must first eliminate the Jianghuai army. If Du Fuwei resists to the end, they will be greeted only by destruction! ”

Yu Ming said in a somewhat excited tone at this time: "I don't know how many of our soldiers of the Zhou army will be buried in a foreign land on this expedition. But you sacrificed your lives for the country and lived a stable life for the people of the world, and the heroic spirit of hard work will live forever! I have ordered the construction of a Great Zhou Heroes Shrine, and enshrine all the heroic shrines sacrificed for the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty! This is the glory of the warriors, and it is also the glory of my Great Zhou! All the soldiers of the Zhou army who sacrificed, your descendants will remember the glory of their ancestors and the pride you brought to the Great Zhou. ”

"Great Zhou is mighty! Down with Duvoy! The generals of the Zhou army standing in the first row all waved their weapons and shouted loudly.

At this time, Yu Ming waved his big hand and said: "Now I declare: the target of our army's attack this time is Jiangnan!" Go ahead, men of the Zhou army! Use your weapons and blood to show the recalcitrant enemies that they will only die if they resist! I can't exterminate the Jianghuai Army this time, and I swear not to return to Luoyang! ”

"Promote my great Zhou prestige! Our army will win! The 50,000 soldiers of the Eastern Army shouted in unison, and the momentum shook the heavens and the earth.

"Our army will win!" The people watching around were also infected by this enthusiastic atmosphere and cheered together.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians shouted in unison, and the sound shook the heavens and the earth, and the air filled Changhong. Their grief and indignation that had been pent up for many years finally had a cathartic moment, and their surging passion bloomed to the fullest, making the world move! It is a sign that a new era of the Great Zhou is coming!

"All the troops are out!" In the shouting, Yu Ming stepped off the platform, turned over on the war horse, Fang Xuanling, Song Jingang, Luo Cheng and others also jumped on the war horse, and the 100,000 Eastern Army infantry was divided into four columns, followed by 50,000 cavalry, and walked on the road of the battle of the Southern Expedition.

After the oath-taking meeting, the 150,000 Eastern Army immediately mounted their horses and marched towards the wharf by the Huai River. Began to cross the Huai River from there, kicking off the attack on the Jianghuai army.

At the same time, in Runan and Caizhou, the oath-taking meetings of the Western Army and the Chinese Army in the Southern Expeditionary Force of the Zhou Army were also held. Their voices were also extremely loud, soaring into the sky, putting on a posture of defeating the enemy army without me.

On February 15, a day worth remembering, more than 400,000 soldiers of the Zhou army marched to the front line and launched an attack on the south of the Yangtze River......

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