In front of Li Yuan, there are now two choices.

The first is to take Shen Guang Chen Ling, who was loyal to the imperial court, to return to Jiangdu, defeat the rebel minister Yu Wenhua and Sima Dekan and others, and recapture Jiangdu. The second is that he simply found an opportunity to get out of the Jiangbei camp, go to the Du Fuwei military camp opposite, and go to Luo Cheng.

If the emperor hadn't died, Li Yuan might really have to go to the Du Fuwei military camp opposite, after all, the emperor couldn't help him if he died like that.

But now Yu Wenhua and others have killed the emperor, and Chen Ling and they also said that they are willing to help the emperor's coffin return to Xijing.

In Li Yuan's view, this seemed to be an opportunity.

As long as he can leave Jiangdu, a trapped place surrounded on all sides, he may not have a chance to return to Guanzhong, and he is now the governor of Huangmen, Jiangdu's right servant shot Yuan Chong was also killed by the rebels, the left servant shot Xiao Yu in Taiyuan, and the inner history waiter came to protect the child in Pengcheng.

If he can attack Jiangdu, then the Jiangdu court is up to him.

As long as you can return to Guanzhong, anything is possible.

Especially in the troubled times, Guanzhong is a treasure land, with both the rich Guanzhong Plain and the danger of the four stops, which is the foundation of the emperor.

In order to become the foundation of the emperor of Beijing, there must be a land of dragon prosperity. And this land of Longxing must meet three conditions, the first is to be able to defend.

A place like Jiangdu cannot be defended, and there is no danger on all sides, so even Yang Guang wants to go to Danyang Jiangning.

But although Jiangning is also the capital of several dynasties, it is far worse than Guanzhong.

There is a danger of four stops in the pass, and it is in the corner, which is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And in addition to being able to guard, Guanzhong can also be raised.

Being able to raise is also the key to achieving the hegemony of the emperor, otherwise what is the use of just being able to defend it, if you can't raise an army, you won't be able to become a force. The Guanzhong Plain is extremely rich, and it is absolutely no problem to raise soldiers.

I think that the Qin and Han dynasties were all based in Guanzhong, but Yuwentai and others were based in a corner of Guanzhong, but they finally created the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty.

Can keep, can raise.

You have to be able to get out.

And Guanzhong is also in line with this.

It can not only be defended, but also beaten out.

It is really said that the best place to be able to keep and raise is actually Shuzhong, which is really a place that is easy to keep and raise, but it is difficult to come out of Shuzhong.

Shu is difficult, so it is difficult for others to attack him, and it is also difficult for him to attack others, because of this, Shu is in troubled times, it is very easy to achieve separatist forces, but it is extremely difficult to dominate the world from Shu, because of this. Even during the Three Kingdoms, Shu Han Wenchen was a fierce general, and he was eventually destroyed by Wei.

The land of Hedong can be raised well and guarded, but it is inferior to Guanzhong in this regard, and Hedong is facing Guanzhong, Henan, and Hebei from three sides, and even the grassland Hu people in the north, so Hedong is a place of four battles, and it is very capable of accumulating strength.

Compare it to.

Li Yuan felt that Liaodong, where Luo Cheng was based, was actually very poor.

Liaodong can be defended and attacked, but it is difficult to raise.

Because the population of Liaodong is too small, and the population is only about a million now, it is still counted as slaves. Such a population base means that it is difficult for Luo Cheng to raise too many soldiers.

After all, it takes at least twenty farmers to raise a soldier normally.

To raise 100,000 soldiers, you need 2 million farmers, and 2 million does not refer to the population, but to the male farmers, which means that there must be 45 million or even 7 or 8 million people to supply 100,000 soldiers.

At the moment, Luo Cheng has not yet entered the customs to fight, so there are not many problems in this regard.

If he enters the customs to fight and cannot quickly seize the Central Plains, this will become a fatal problem once he becomes stale.

Li Yuan remembered that Yuwentai followed Hou Mochen into the pass to quell the rebellion, but in the end, he stood on his own according to Guanzhong, and then seized the world.

You may have a chance.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan finally made a decision and made up his mind.

"The two generals are loyal, and I, Li Yuan, as the prime minister, naturally can't be said. And ask the two generals to immediately order the soldiers and horses, let's kill back to Jiangdu to quell the rebellion, and then help the emperor's coffin back to Guanzhong, restore the dynasty, and revitalize the Great Sui! ”

Seeing this, Chen Ling and Shen Guang surrendered together.

"We dare not obey the orders of the Prime Minister!"

Present.

Li Yuan and the second general gathered a large battalion of soldiers and horses and carried out a short oath to beg the thief.

After Li Yuan counted the crimes of the rebels, he did not forget to promise many powerful benefits.

"After the rebellion in Jiangdu City was destroyed, all the money and silk in the treasury of Jiangdu were rewarded to the soldiers who quelled the rebellion."

"After quelling the chaos, help the emperor's coffin to return to Beijing."

Facing the generals of the Beibei battalion, which mainly focused on Luoyang and Jianghuai regions, Li Yuan did not say that he would return to Chang'an, but said that he would return to Beijing, and everyone understood that he would return to Luoyang.

50,000 soldiers and horses of the Jiangbei battalion, the whole army set off from the camp and returned to Jiangdu.

Yu Wenhua was still persecuting Empress Xiao to make Yang Hao the emperor, but Empress Xiao did not obey.

Yu Wenhua and said, "Please think twice." ”

A Xiao Guo hurried over, "General." ”

Yu Wenhua glared at him, and he immediately changed his words, "Prime Minister, Li Yuan and Chen Ling Shenguang have come back!" ”

Yu Wenhua's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly turned around and left.

Empress Xiao looked at him leaving in a panic, and finally felt a little more comfortable, and a palace maid cried to the queen, "Li Xiangguo finally led troops to rebel." ”

But Empress Xiao didn't show any joy.

The emperor was killed, and the clan and relatives of the emperor were all killed, leaving only Yang Hao, the king of Qin.

Even if Li Yuan killed Wang Shichong and other rebels and recaptured Jiangdu, it still couldn't change the situation today.

Da Sui is over, and she knows it very well in her heart.

Under twilight.

Li Yuan led 50,000 soldiers and horses to finally kill the city of Jiangdu.

Yu Wenhua and others personally went to the city to supervise the battle, as if facing the enemy.

Li Yuan sent hundreds of loud soldiers to the city and shouted to the city, announcing the crimes of Yu Wenhua and others on the one hand, and loudly saying that he would only punish the rebels, and that he would not be blamed for the rebellious soldiers who were coerced, as long as he was willing to do so, he would not be blamed, and said that after the rebellion was destroyed, he would help the emperor's coffin to return to Beijing.

"Don't listen to their nonsense, give me arrows!" Yu culture and the way of annoyance.

Because it was dark, Li Yuan only sent people over to shout and scold for a while, and then he collected his troops and retreated ten miles to camp, preparing to fight again tomorrow.

Sixty miles away.

Du Fuwei was also going to send another army of soldiers and horses to capture Shanyang north of Jiangdu in order to cut off Pengcheng's soldiers and horses to protect his son.

Unexpectedly, he reported that there was a big movement in the Jiangbei camp camped twenty miles away.

"Probe!"

Tanma keeps searching for returns.

When he finally heard that the Jiangbei battalion actually pulled out the camp and withdrew eastward, he was still a little strange.

And at this time, another military intelligence arrived.

"It turned out that Jiangdu mutinied, Yu Wenhua, Sima Dekan and others actually killed the monarch and made a rebellion and seized Jiangdu City, Li Yuan and they went back to Jiangdu City to rebel."

"Marshal, are we going to pursue Li Yuanjun?" One will ask.

Du Fuwei snorted, "Wouldn't it be better for Li Yuan to lead the army back to Jiangdu, and let's sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" ”

"When two tigers fight, there will be an injury, and it will not be too late for us to strike again!" Kan Ling also said on the side.