Central Plains.

Liang County, Canal Tongji Canal East, Yucheng.

After returning to the west, the Jiangdu Xiaoguo army hugged Li Yuan and the Empress Dowager Xiao out of Pengcheng and came all the way here.

Further north, there are the Shandong soldiers of Luo Cheng's father Luo Gui, and across the canal to the west, are Li Mi's soldiers and horses.

Whether to go north or west next, Li Yuan also hesitated for a while.

"Father, my son thought that he should lead the army to the north, first cross the Yellow River into Hebei, and then go to Guanzhong through Hanoi and Hedong." It was Li Shimin who spoke, and he thought that now that Wang Shichong of Luoyang had already established Yang Tong, the king of Yue, as the emperor, he would never let them enter the customs easily.

After all, now both sides have an emperor, and that is to fight for orthodoxy.

Li Jiancheng thought that he should go west, his reason was that Luo Gui had a lot of Shandong soldiers, and Luo Cunxiao had also led troops to help, and the loyal army could fight well, and the strength was far from being comparable to today's Xiaoguo, not to mention that there was also Dou Jiande in the Yellow River.

The two sons were at loggerheads.

Li Yuan also hesitated.

In the end, Li Yuan decided to temporarily camp in Yucheng first, on the one hand, to raise grain and grass nearby, and on the other hand, let his two sons each select a soldier and horse from the Xiaoguo army to be trained mainly by the children of Guanzhong.

Military power is still in your own hands, rest assured.

Moreover, now this Xiaoguo army is full of all kinds of outcasts, robbers, surrendered rebels, etc., and it is extremely chaotic, although there are also many strong warriors, but they can be mixed together and cannot play a role at all.

His plan was to pick out tens of thousands of horses, so that each of his three sons would lead an army of 10,000 people, and then he would lead a pro-army himself, so that he could firmly grasp the military power and improve the combat effectiveness of the Xiaoguo army.

After explaining to his son, Li Yuan began to write letters.

He first sent letters to the clansmen in Luoyang, Daxing, Hedong and other places, telling him that he had supported the Empress Dowager to return to Guanzhong and the Acting Emperor Tianzi, so that they could get ready, and it was best to come to Daxing together.

After writing.

Li Yuan thought about it for a while, and began to write to Li Mi again.

Wang Shichong supported King Yue as the emperor, which was completely unexpected by him, he didn't expect that this Wang Shichong was so bold, and those officials and generals in Luoyang actually followed suit.

Although Wang Shichong has some talents, he looks down on him, and when he was the pacification envoy of Jiangnan before, Wang Shichong was still his subordinate. This person does things by unscrupulous means, does not speak of credit, and does not mention benevolence and righteousness, but the means and tactics are indeed not bad. Compared with Li Yuan, what is worse is his background.

After all, a Hu person was born, although he is also a second-generation official, but he is far from his status in the country of Guanlong and Eight Pillars. Therefore, Li Yuan also believed that Wang Shichong had no foundation, and like Luo Cheng, he would not be able to get the support of the nobles, officials and scholars, and would eventually fail.

Li Mi of Luoyang is now in full swing, but Li Mi is now inferior to his rebel status.

He was originally the queen of the Eight Pillars Country, but he was addicted to rebellion and couldn't extricate himself, first from Yang Xuangan, he made a comeback after the defeat, attached himself to Meng Rang, and now he killed the lord and surrendered to Sui.

However, Li Yuan knew that Li Mi was just a fake surrender, but he still thought that even if Li Mi had a large number of troops now, it would be impossible for him to succeed as a rebel general and with some homeless thieves and bandits under his hands.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time, he sent a letter to Li Mi.

In the letter, he tentatively wanted to recruit Li Mi, saying that as long as Li Mi was willing to pay allegiance to the Son of Daxing and the Empress Dowager Xiao, then he would seek a position for him as an auxiliary minister, and even a prince for him in the future.

After writing this letter, Li Yuan sent someone to send it across the canal, and he was looking forward to it very much.

If Li Mi can really be sincerely attached, then he has hundreds of thousands of horses in his hands and more than a dozen counties, so he can unite with the Xiaoguo army and immediately defeat Wang Shichong, recover Luoyang, and abolish the Luoyang puppet emperor.

In this way, the Daxing Imperial Court can regain its prestige, even if it is Luo Cheng, he may not be afraid.

When Luo becomes a side general, what is there to fear?

The letter was delivered all the way to Jinyong City in the north of Luoyang City.

Li Mi opened the letter and couldn't help laughing.

Then he disdainfully said to his subordinates, why did Li Yuan think he could recruit us?

"He's almost as good as coming to me."

After speaking, Li Mi really began to reply to Li Yuan.

"Although my brother and I have different family branches, we have the same surname Li after all, and we have the same roots. I think I am weak, but I am fortunate to be the leader of the alliance by the world. ”

"Wouldn't it be magnificent that we can support each other and work together to complete the great cause of capturing Ziying in Xianyang and exterminating Shang Xin in Muye?"

At the end of the letter, Li Mi also invited Li Yuan to come to Luoyang City to meet the alliance and achieve great things together.

Xinyuan Road was sent back to Liang County.

Li Yuan, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, opened the letter and couldn't help but be extremely disappointed after reading it.

I still hope that Li Mi can belong to the imperial court, I can't imagine that this person is really a rebellion and stupid, and he really thinks that there is a group of homeless thieves under him, occupying a few counties of land, and he can change the dynasty?

"Father, what did Li Mi say, would you like to return?" Built asked.

"Li Mi is arrogant, he can't be summoned by letters, but he sent a letter to summon me to Luoyang Huimeng, wanting to recruit me to join him."

"Phew, he deserves it, too." Li Yuanji said angrily. "Father, since you don't surrender, then we're not welcome, I led the troops across the river to capture Song City and Liang County City, and there was no food in the army."

"Hugh Hulai, we now have Luoyang Wang Shichong as an enemy, and Shandong Luo Guifei is a friend, if we offend Li Mi again, it will be another enemy. I haven't returned to Guanzhong yet, if I make enemies everywhere and it's not dangerous? ”

Li Yuan thought about it, "When I reply to him, I will pretend to flatter him for a few words, and then I will respect him and see if I can temporarily become an ally with him, so that we can also fight against Wang Shichong and Luo Cheng together." ”

"Da Lang, you come to write this letter for your father." Li Yuan intends to test his son.

Li Jiancheng took up the pen to write a letter on behalf of his father, and soon, the letter was completed, Li Yuan read it carefully, and found that it was written very much to his heart, and Jiancheng said to Li Mi in Li Yuan's tone, I can't write two Li characters in one stroke, since my brother is ambitious, then I should respect my brother to build a great cause together.

He also said that he was willing to assist Li Mi to first destroy Wang Shichong in Luoyang and Luo Gui in Shandong, and then destroy Dou Jiande in Hebei to sweep the Central Plains.

Li Shimin said on the side, "Behind the letter, follow Li Mi to borrow Liang Qian Erjun to settle down temporarily, and then borrow some grain from him to see what Li Mi's attitude is." ”

"Is it necessary to write this, if you write it, you won't borrow land and grain."

"This is not necessarily, we said that by borrowing land and food, we can defend him against the enemy on the side of Jiyin Lu County, and seal the domain for him, and also said that when he attacks Luogui in Dongjun, we can send troops to help." Li Shimin said.

Li Yuan thought about it, but it also made sense, in this way, opening his mouth to borrow land and borrow grain, it became more and more sincere to return.

"Okay, just according to what Erlang said, Dalang, you add these."