Li Shimin has been thinking a lot in the past few days.

On the one hand, he secretly examined his strategy in the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, and he believed that his main problem was because he underestimated the enemy. He originally thought that the war against Goguryeo could be ended in a short time, so he did not make adequate logistical preparations for supplies.

The war ended up like this, and Li Shimin was very unhappy.

Although Wang Yaozu, Sun Yongsheng, Xiang Donglei and others rescued themselves at a critical time, Li Shimin was still uncomfortable in his heart. He felt as if these people had already anticipated the outcome of the war. And then specifically at this time, at this moment in this kind of moment.

He wanted to hear what these people had to say right now.

Yao Dong said: "Your Majesty, this matter has to start from half a month ago......

Dengzhou.

Half a month ago, a group of naval ships sailed into the Dengzhou Military Port, and a large number of marines boarded the wharf.

Wang Yaozu then appeared in the Dengzhou Governor's Mansion.

Wang Yaozu took out a letter from Liu Renliang, which said that Li Shimin's eastern expedition to Goguryeo was not going well, and seeing that winter was coming, he hoped that Yao Dong could organize supplies for the winter and go to Anshi City to support.

Li You has the title of Governor of Dengzhou, and after he left, Yao Dong concurrently served as the Governor of Dengzhou, and the Eastern Expeditionary Army organized by Li You last time is currently under the control of Dengzhou Governor's Office.

Liu Renliang asked Yao Dong to send an Eastern Expeditionary Army to Anshi City with Wang Yaozu to assist His Majesty in attacking Anshi City.

It is said that in this matter, without a clear order from the imperial court to transfer troops, Yao Dong should not transfer troops and horses without authorization, Liu Renliang is not their direct superior, and he has no right to transfer troops.

However, the officials and generals who have followed Li You have the spirit of initiative. The starting point of this matter itself is correct, and Yao Dong also guessed that it was secretly instructed by Li You.

Otherwise, how could Liu Renliang take such a big risk and have nothing to do.

Yao Dong believed that even if something went wrong, His Royal Highness King Qi would protect him.

So he implemented a support operation for Anshi City in accordance with Liu Renliang's request.

Yao Dong said: "Your Majesty, the ministers did not have the order of the Ministry of War, and transferred troops without authorization, and asked Your Majesty to punish the crime." ”

Originally, Li Shimin speculated that this matter was probably instructed by Li You again.

Li You must have done this with good intentions. However, he was far away in Persia and was able to predict the outcome of the war against Goguryeo in advance, which was unacceptable to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin listened to the explanation of Yao Dong and others, and he was quite able to accept it.

Not only did he not blame Yao Dong and others, but he also praised them and added them to the ranks.

Li You was very clear about this part of Li Shimin's Eastern Expedition in history, but he did not make suggestions to Li Shimin, because Li You was far away in Persia, and it would be too strange to give advice on the situation in Goguryeo, thousands of miles away.

Therefore, Li Shimin went east to Goguryeo, and Li You did not make any suggestions. Indeed, he could not tell Li Shimin that this crusade would be defeated.

Later, Li Chengqian wrote a letter to Li You, in which he mentioned that Li Shimin had decided to end the war in Goguryeo before the arrival of winter, and did not take 160,000 men to the expedition according to the original plan. Li You realized that Li Shimin had embarked on the old road of the original historical expedition to Goguryeo.

Then the war is doomed.

The defeat of the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo was not only due to Li Shimin's underestimation of the enemy, but he also made another strategic mistake, he should have followed the advice of his generals, captured the thief and captured the king, and first took Pyongyang, instead of fighting with Anseong.

Moreover, after deciding to attack Pyongyang, he was indecisive and adopted the advice of the eldest grandson Wuji, so he lost the last chance to win the war.

Of course, in fact, the most important mistake Li Shimin made was that he should not have been on the expedition. His generals Li Ji, Li Daozong, Zhang Liang, Zhang Shigui, Niu Jinda and others were all famous generals of the Tang Dynasty. If this war had been commanded by them, none of the above mistakes would have occurred.

It is precisely because of Li Shimin's imperial conquest that their talents have been constrained a lot.

However, Li You can't say all this in advance, all Li You can do is to make up for the loss and help Li Shimin secretly. He secretly wrote to Liu Renliang asking him to come forward and do this, and told him not to mention his name.

Li Shimin commanded reinforcements, and finally turned defeat into victory and defeated the Goguryeo, which can be regarded as a successful end to this Eastern Crusade. Winter came, and he led his army to continue to return to the court.

On this day, Li Shimin and others stayed in Jizhou, and Li Chengqian forwarded a piece of music jointly written by Li You and Cheng Yanjin.

After Li Shimin finished reading it, he smiled and said: "Daozong, Li Ji, look at it, my son, hehe." ”

After Li Ji, Li Daozong, Zhang Liang and others watched it, they were all very excited.

Li Daozong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Qi and Cheng Yanjin have done a good job, and with tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers and Tuyuhun people, they have conquered such a large territory. ”

Last time at a critical moment, Li You saved Li Ji, and Li Ji admired Li You very much. He was very strategic, and said with some fascination: "Your Majesty, the minister admires His Royal Highness King Qi very much.

The situation in Persia is not merely military. If you want to be able to navigate between Persia, the Great Food, and Tianzhu and Tus, you can't do it without great wisdom. ”

Zhang Liang knew that his son Zhang Guigui had made a great contribution again, and he laughed there.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "This son of mine has just beaten other people's army, and in the blink of an eye, he married other people's princesses. Persia and Da Shi fought to the death, but he was there to do business with both sides. With just a few people, they took down the Feituo Kingdom, but the Tubo and Tianzhu Kingdoms could only watch and did not dare to move.

Alas, I really don't know how he did it. ”

Then, Li Shimin said: "This time, we will go east to Goguryeo, and on the way back, we will save the day, and the reinforcements must have been arranged in advance by this son of mine." This kid, hehe. ”

Li Shimin is a broad-minded emperor of the ages, and he will not feel embarrassed because he lost the battle.

In fact, Li Ji, Li Daozong and others had already guessed this when they saw that the reinforcements that appeared were all Li You's subordinates. It's just that they were worried that Li Shimin would be embarrassed, so no one mentioned it.

Now that Li Shimin himself is not taboo, everyone is relaxed.

Li Daozong said: "Your Majesty, the minister has fought with His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and he does not simply rely on the brave battle of the army, but skillfully operates in various intricate relationships. Victory at a very small cost, or even without a fight. ”

Back then, he and Hou Junji followed Li You to Tuyuhun, but the result was that they won the battle without fighting.

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