Li Yuan was actually very aware of their current situation.

Even if he retreats into Guanzhong now, he can't breathe a sigh of relief, not to mention that there are enemies on all sides, and one is fiercer than the other. He has now initially stabilized the situation in Guanzhong, but it is limited to such a small area.

From a military point of view, although Guanzhong is a land of four stops, there are 800 miles of Qinchuan, which is a good place to defend and raise troops. But if you really want to operate in Guanzhong and then seize the world, then you must first stabilize Longyou Hexi, otherwise the backyard will be unstable.

Then you have to control Bashu and Shannan, otherwise Guanzhong will not be able to raise many soldiers. And controlling the land south of Bashu Mountain can really let the Guanzhong forces have the capital to compete for the world.

If the situation is good, we must control Hedong.

Hedong can not only protect Guanzhong, but also has a condescending geographical advantage over Henan and Henan, which is the same as the upstream advantage of Jingxiang to Jianghuai.

But now, Li Yuan hasn't even completely controlled the guanzhong.

And Longyou has Xue Ju, Hexi has Li Rail, Jingxiang has Xiao Milling, Shuofang has Liang Shidu, and Hetao has Yun Dingxing·······

"Erlang, do you have any good plan to break this reversal?"

"Long-distance and close-range attack, combining the weak and leaving the strong."

Li Shimin spit out eight words.

"What is the specific method of long-distance and close attack to combine the weak and the strong?"

"The child thinks that we should concentrate all our efforts on attacking Longyou Xue Ju first."

"It's a melee attack, but what about a long-distance attack?" Li Yuan asked.

The chaotic situation in Guanzhong must be broken, but where to start is very important. Li Mi originally had a great advantage in Henan, but because of the wrong choice, Li Mi has not been able to defeat Luoyang until now, and even his power has begun to weaken.

"Father can send someone to Liangzhou, Hexi, to contact Li Liang, ask him to attack Xue Ju together, and even become brothers with him, and agree that after Xue Ju is destroyed, the Tang and Liang families will divide Xue Ju Qindi."

"Not bad." Li Yuan was very satisfied with his son Li Shimin's suggestion, which was a very practical suggestion.

"How did you come up with that?"

Li Shimin didn't say that this was the result of Sima Liu Wenjing's discussion with him, and their strategy was mainly derived from Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng rose in Liaodong, but he didn't do this kind of long-distance and close-range attack. For example, Luo Cheng pulled Silla Baekje to threaten Goguryeo's back, and then wooed Xi Qi and him to besiege Goguryeo, not relying only on his own loyal army.

"Father, we can still contact the Turks."

Li Yuan frowned, "Turkic? But now the Turks are also in civil strife, and most of the Turks in Monan have been attached to the Luo Cheng brothers. ”

"The Turkic tribes south of Yinshan are indeed attached to Luo Cheng Luo's heirs, but Yinshan is based on this, and there are Turkic Khans who are not convinced, we can send people to contact Mobei's Dubi and borrow troops from him."

"You can't take care of yourself, can you borrow troops from us?" 、

"Father, you don't need a lot of soldiers and horses, even if it's one or two thousand or even three hundred and five, all we want is the banner of the Turks, as long as there are Turkic soldiers who play the banner of the Turkic Khan, then we can also borrow a lot of momentum, such as threatening Yun Dingxing in Hetao and Liang Shidu in Shuofang, so that they don't dare to make changes when we conquer Xue Ju, or even force Yun Dingxing to join us."

Li Shimin thinks that Yun Dingxing is the first and second end of the mouse, since he has not yet voted for Luo Heiye, it is possible to vote for them, the key is to give him both benefits and some pressure.

So to win over the Turks, give Yun Dingxing's Hetao some pressure, and at the same time give him more rewards from Guanzhong, there is still a chance to pull him over.

"Then grant Yun Dingxing as a lieutenant and a waiter of the Yellow Gate, and he will be the prince of Jin and the country." Li Yuan said without hesitation.

Then, Li Shimin suggested that we can also borrow troops from the Western Turks, the Western Turkic Khan was originally the Chuluo Khan, but because he was not very obedient a few years ago, so the Sui Dynasty used Pei Shiju's strategy to let the grandson of the Datou Khan shoot the little Khan to attack the Chuluo, and then after the defeat of the Chuluo army, the imperial court summoned the Luo into Beijing to apologize.

When Luo entered Beijing, the emperor married a princess from the clan to Zhu Luo, and on the other hand, he was placed under house arrest in Beijing and not allowed to go back.

As a result, the Western Turks had no leader, and the little Khan took the opportunity to attack Luo's subordinates, and after a few years of fighting, he controlled the Western Turkic lands.

Now Li Shimin said that we can send the princess to the Khan of Shekui to make peace, and at the same time, in the name of the imperial court, we can officially canonize Shekui as the Great Khan of the Western Turks.

and borrowed troops from him.

"What about the conditions?" Li Yuan didn't believe that a princess was willing to borrow troops if she shot the Khan.

"If the Khan is willing to borrow troops, we will not only be canonized with our relatives, but we can also promise him that the people, land, and cities will belong to me, and all the money and women will belong to him, and we can kill the Khan of Chuluo."

The implication is that if he doesn't agree, then they will send Chu Luo Khan back to the Western Regions, no matter what, Chu Luo Khan is the Great Khan of the Western Turks, if he goes back, there will definitely be a big war.

"The money and the people belong to him, is this too much?"

"Father, as long as you can help us win the world, give them some benefits now, so what, when he unifies the world and becomes strong, I can take it back."

Although he was domineering, Li Yuan also understood that if such conditions were opened, he would actually show weakness to the Western Turks. I am afraid that the Turks will have more harsh conditions, such as being a vassal to him, paying annual tribute and so on.

However, Li Shimin said that as long as the primary goal of unifying the world can be achieved, nothing else will be achieved.

"There are also Tuyuhun and Longyou Zhuqiang, we can let Tuyuhun restore the country, as long as they are willing to support my Li family, as for Longyou Zhuqiang, we can also give them official titles, divide their territory, allow them to be autonomous, and then use this in exchange for their annexation, and even use them to fight Xue Ju."

Declare himself a vassal to the Turks, let Tuyuhun restore the country, and even let Zhuqiang stand on their own.

Li Yuan sighed.

In the more than 30 years since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, how many soldiers have taken their lives to subdue the Western Turks and set up four counties in the Tuyuhun Destruction Kingdom, but now, his son said that in order to fight for the world, those are not important, and they can be sent out.

"It's easy to give it away, but it's hard to get it back!" Li Yuan said.

But Li Shimin didn't care, "Father, if we can send it out today, he will naturally be able to get it back one day, as for whether someone will talk about right and wrong behind his back, it doesn't matter." ”

Li Yuan thought about it, now they want to fight for the world, and the loser doesn't even have the qualifications to survive, in order to win the world, he can do everything he can, call the Turks, and let Tuyuhun restore the country, what is this.

"This matter is so decided, I will leave it to you to be responsible, you find the right person, hurry up and contact it." Li Yuan stretched out his hand and patted his son's shoulder, he felt that this second son was indeed resolute and bold in this regard, and he was undoubtedly much better than the eldest son.

It's a pity that this is only the second son.