Putting down the information in his hand, Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but smack his tongue a little. The information was sent by his agents. Since Li Yuan's father and son entered the Guanzhong in the west, Cheng Yanjin was afraid of unpredictable changes on the way, so he specially sent a team of spies to follow Li Yuan's army, and sent him important information every day with expedited fast horses.

The information that Cheng Yanjin had just read was about Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Li Valve. It is said that Li Yuan divided his troops into two routes in Chaoyi, and he ordered Li Jiancheng, Liu Wenjing, and Wang Changhui to lead tens of thousands of troops on the left to guard Yongfengcang and Tongguan, preparing to intercept Qu Tutong who was following; The right route army, led by Li Shimin, Liu Hongji, and Changsun Shunde, marched all the way to the west to take Chang'an.

For the pursuit of tens of thousands of elite soldiers led by Qu Tutong, Li Jiancheng, as the commander of the Left Route Army, responded well. He first sent people to set up a fence camp outside Tongguan as a strong line of defense to intercept Qu Tutong. Then he ordered his subordinates to attack Liu Gang, who was still guarding the outer city of Tongguan, and slaughtered him on the spot to prevent Qu Tutong from attacking him on both sides, and at the same time, Li Jiancheng also took advantage of the emptiness in Hedong City to raid Hedong City, so that Qu Tutong's backyard caught fire, and he could not come to chase and kill Li Zhu's army.

Li Jiancheng's response strategy is extremely clever, and Cheng Yanjin thinks that even he may not be able to come up with such a clever method. I can't imagine that Li Jiancheng, who seems to be straightforward by nature, does not know pretentiousness, and is easy to get angry, actually has such military strategy and courage. Later history books slandered Li Jiancheng as just an incompetent person who was greedy for wine and lust, which was simply nonsense. But if Li Jiancheng is really so incompetent, how good it would be!

Thinking of this, Cheng Yanjin remembered the information about Li Xiuning that he saw some time ago. According to the report of the spies, Li Xiuning successively incorporated Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, Qiu Shili and other rebels after he absorbed He Panren, and his power increased greatly. During this period, the imperial court continued to send troops to attack her, but she was defeated by the righteous army led by Li Xiuning, not to mention, and Li Xiuning also went back, successively captured Huxian, Zhouzhi, Wugong, and Shiping, and the number of men and horses under his command exceeded 70,000.

Although Cheng Yanjin has never met Li Xiuning, it does not prevent him from admiring Li Xiuning. The group of rebels recruited by Li Xiuning are all robbers who kill people without blinking. If there is no real ability, even men can't suppress them, not to mention that their soldiers come from a system that is not originally unified. Being able to turn the co-opted rabble into a strong force that has won every battle in a short period of time and has achieved such a great record shows that Li Xiuning's organizational and command skills are really outstanding.

Standing up, Cheng Yanjin walked out of the camp tent, looking at the soldiers practicing in the distance, and his heart could not be calm. It is no wonder that Li Valve was able to win the world in the end, there were outstanding children such as Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, and Li Shimin, as well as Li Daozong, Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong and other side branches of the Li family, plus Pei Lian, Tang Jian, Dou Wei brothers, Wen Daya brothers, Liu Hongji, Yin Kaishan, Liu Zhenghui, Ren Gui, Shi Danai and others who were loyal to Li Valve, there are so many capable people under Li Yuan!

This is not counting Li Yuan himself, as well as Li Shimin's brother-in-law, eldest grandson Wuji, and Li Xiuning's husband Chai Shao and others. With the strong and strong support of so many relatives, it is difficult for Li Yuan not to succeed, unless he has no ambition to become an emperor.

Li Yuan's father's father, that is, his grandfather, was Li Hu, one of the Eight Great Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty. Li Hu gave birth to many sons, and these sons gave birth to many grandchildren, namely Li Yuan and his brothers. And Li Hu's grandsons have given birth to many great-grandchildren, that is, Li Shimin's brothers and sisters. Coupled with the strong marriage relationship between Li Valve, Dugu Valve, Dou and others, the family is very powerful.

In addition, Li Yuan also had a close relationship with the emperor, and the first emperor Yang Jian was his brother-in-law and took good care of him. In addition, under the persuasion of his wife Dou, Li Yuan gave Yang Guang a gift, and he was promoted relatively quickly. As a garrison left behind in Taiyuan, Li Yuan had a part of the troops, and through his old friend Pei Lian, he used all the materials of Fenyang Palace, and took the lead in terms of manpower and material resources.

At the same time, because Li Yuan once served as the emperor's bodyguard, he made a large group of friends with the children of the nobles at the same time. When Li Yuan was doing something, these friends helped him a lot. If it weren't for that, how could Li Yuan's march into Guanzhong go so smoothly? Along the way, except for a few limited battles, Li Yuan's army can be said to have marched towards Guanzhong with songs.

As early as the pre-Qin era, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang put forward the idea of 'princes and generals, rather have a kind?' The rhetoric influenced dozens of generations of restless people to rise up and rebel against the imperial court. However, throughout the dynasties, not only the princes in peacetime were "kind", but also the vast majority of princes in troubled times were also "kind", especially the founding emperors.

For example, Cao Cao used the power of the family to develop and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. For example, Liu Bei used his identity as a clan of the Han Dynasty to attract talents, gained Liu Biao's trust through his own family relations, annexed part of Liu Biao's power after Liu Biao's death, and finally deceived and annexed Liu Zhang's territory Bashu region through his own family relations.

These people who are skilled in using the power of the family generally achieve a certain degree of success. Relying on personal hard work, unless the individual is extremely high and lucky to achieve something, otherwise a failure will be completely finished. And most of the founding emperors were the descendants of powerful ministers or nobles who were engaged in usurpation.

Li Yuan is the owner of the Li valve in the four major gate valves, and at the same time, inside the Li valve, Li Yuan is the parent of the main vein. Li Yuan was the eldest of his brothers at the time of the incident, and he could not only obtain a high social status through the raid, but also a high status in the family. This also formed enough appeal and cohesion, minimized the covetousness of the family insiders for the leadership position, and avoided the farce of the fortress being breached from the inside and the family killing each other.

In ancient times, there was no military school, and if you want to learn martial arts and the art of war, the best thing is to have a family tradition, and then there is a good teacher. But this can be met but not sought, unless your character is so good that it is against the sky, and those sage masters cry and shout to teach you, otherwise you can only comprehend it yourself. And it takes a lot of talent to comprehend yourself, and it also requires a lot of price, because a failure may cost your life, and only legendary characters like Liu Bang and Liu Bei who are good at escaping can survive.

If we look at history, we can also find that most of the famous generals in ancient times were born in military families, otherwise most of them were born in aristocratic families. It is very difficult for the children of ordinary peasants to become generals, and they need to have a high level of understanding and excellent opportunities.

Li Yuan, who was born in Li Yuan, belongs to a military aristocratic family with a large number of clansmen, and there are many relatives who can serve as generals, and most of them are not stupid. Even dumbasses aren't jerks - which means that those who are dumb can at least listen to their generals and advisors. After all, dragons give birth to nine sons and do not become dragons, each with its own advantages. You can't expect all the clansmen of the Li family to be geniuses. It's acceptable to have two idiots.

In this case, Li Yuan can sit in the rear, send trusted relatives to lead the troops to fight, and even if he fails, he can send others to go again. Li Yuan can withstand many failures, and it doesn't matter how many generals die, because there are too many talents, and the front has not yet died, and the successors behind have already lined up. This shows how important it is to have a good father! And Li Mi, Dou Jiande and others, who compete with Li Yuan for the world, are far behind.

Although Li Mi's ancestor was also one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, he was not prosperous, and because of the failure of participating in Yang Xuangan's rebellion, his only relatives were basically killed. Therefore, it is enough for Li Mi to rely on his family reputation and personal ability to replace Zhai Rang, and it is still far from wanting to compete with Li Yuan for domination of the world.

Since Li Mi began to command the Wagang Army, Li Mi personally commanded every important battle. Only those less important battles can be completed by other generals. Although there are a lot of generals in the Wagang Army now, who can Li Mi really trust, except for Chai Xiaohe and his disciple Wang Bodang, who can other generals Li Mi trust?

Although no one can be trusted in the face of interests, blood relations are relatively the most reliable. If Li Mi has the ability and decent relatives, he can rest assured that he will hand over the military power to them, he only needs to sit in the rear and strategize. If this relative fails, he can also send another general to go again. As long as there is no danger in himself and in the rear of the town, then defeat is not a big deal for Li Mi!

Look at Li Yuan, such a big thing as entering Guanzhong is for the two sons to do. Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were responsible for attacking the city all the way, while Li Yuan himself stayed comfortably in Chaoyi and waited for news, waiting for the situation to change.

When Li Shimin marched to Juxian, Guzhi and other places, Xiao Li Zi unexpectedly joined his uncle Li Shentong, another brother-in-law Duan Lun, and his own sister, that is, the third lady Li Xiuning.

Duan Lun was the son of Duan Wenzhen, the commander-in-chief who died on the march to Goryeo, and he married a daughter born to Li Yuan's concubine. After Duan Gongzi heard the news of Li Yuan's army in Jinyang, he also responded with troops in Lantian, and there were more than 10,000 subordinates. With the addition of more than 70,000 people under Li Xiuning, this army of more than 80,000 people had already laid a place for Li Yuan in Guanzhong on the way to Guanzhong. Li Yuan has so many empathetic daughters, sons-in-law, and side relatives, how can he compare to Li Mi, who is full of food and the whole family is not hungry?

As for that Dou Jiande, not to mention. It's just a poor background, and the family was beheaded by the government before the army started. If such a fool can fight the cunning and cunning Li Yuan, he will have a ghost.

As a result, Li Mi, who led an army of nearly one million, was bound in Luoyang and could not move, while Li Yuan, who entered the pass in the west, did a lot of great things with just a few outstanding sons and daughters. Although Li Mi also has a son, and he is still the object of marriage with Song Valve in the future. But look at that kid, you know that you are circling around Shen Luoyan all day long, where is his father's shrewdness and ability? has a son like this, even if Li Mi struggles for a big foundation in the future, he will be ruined by this kid.

So, this battle for the throne, to put it bluntly, is actually fighting for a father, there is no good father, there is no kind of life, so don't come to play this set, forget it. If you really don't give up, then start working hard to be a good father and lay a good foundation for your children and grandchildren.