Since the Tang army invaded Daxing, Li Yuan renamed Daxing Chang'an, the Wude Hall in the original Daxing palace was changed to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the hundred official squares were moved in by the heroes of the army, Li Jiancheng was established as the prince of the world, moved into the palace, and Li Shimin was established as the Duke of Qin, and the fourth brother of Taiyuan Yuanji was established as the Duke of Qi, which is considered to be a knight.

At this time, Li Yuan of the Wude Hall was sitting on the dragon bed of the main seat, and Pei Lian, Liu Yuanjing, Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and other core figures of Li Tang gathered together and were discussing something closely.

Pei Lin took the lead in retreating from the train and said: "Tang Wang, the above is Weichen and Dugu Shangshu's views on the current situation!" ”

After listening to Pei Yuan's words, Li Yuan turned his head to look at Li Shimin, who had been silent, and said, "Erlang, this coincides with what you just said about persuading orphans, do you have anything else to add to this?" ”

Li Shimin's face is like a crown of jade, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his whole body exudes a moving vitality, he is wearing a brocade robe, a silver hoop on his head, and an animal skin belt around his waist, taking a big step forward, arching his hand and saying: "Father, the child thinks that now our army should quickly concentrate its forces, go out of Tongguan, and point directly at Luoyang!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and even Li Yuan's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Erlang, although Gu also agrees with your statement, is it too early to send troops now?" Why are we unstable at this time, but we want to send troops directly to Luoyang? ”

Li Shimin smiled slightly, and said confidently: "There are three reasons, we must send troops to the Eastern Capital now." First, under the banner of respecting Yang Yu as the emperor, and respecting Yang Guang as the emperor, so in order to ensure our legitimacy, we should send troops to the Central Plains, in the name of rescuing the eastern capital, to defeat Li Mi and occupy the eastern capital, which is what we must do now. In this way, we can become righteous teachers worthy of the name, and give legitimacy to the regime, which is also the fundamental difference from other self-reliant warlords everywhere! ”

Li Yuan smiled slightly: "This move is deeply lonely, you go on, what is the second reason?" ”

Li Shimin cleared his throat and said: "The second reason is that the current situation in the Central Plains has reached a very urgent moment, Li Misheng will sweep the world into a force, and Sui Tingsheng will be prosperous, so it is urgent for our army to go out to the east!" ”

Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask, "What about the third reason?" ”

Li Shimin smiled slightly and said: "The third reason is that the forces around us haven't used their actions yet, this is the best time for us to send troops to the eastern capital, if we miss this time, if we want to go east to Tongguan in the future, it will be difficult!" ”

After listening to the words of the second brother Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, who had always been calm and gentle, frowned and asked, "Erlang, the situation around us is extremely complicated, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Shimin said eloquently: "Big brother, please listen to the younger brother. We now have most of the entire Guanzhong and Bingzhou, and the number of troops that can be mobilized has exceeded 400,000! If we stay on the defensive in other directions at this time and don't take the initiative, it will be enough to deal with everything that happens around us! ”

"Now our north is the Turks, thanks to the friendship between my father and Shibi Khan for many years and the strategic vision of the place where the troops were raised, at least the current Turks will not be our enemies, except for a big trouble. The Liang divisions of Shuofang County are only divided to protect themselves, so there is nothing to worry about, while Guo Zihe of Yulin County has already sent an envoy to surrender, so the northern part of Guanzhong is safe. ”

"As for the west, it is the powerful Longxi warlord Xue Ju, which is also our current number one enemy, but Xue Ju and us are still separated by a Tang Bi, although Tang Bi's hundreds of thousands of troops are not good in combat, but Xue Ju will need a certain amount of time to defeat him, and Xue Ju sent a general to Liangzhou half a year ago, and a big battle with Li Rail of Guzang, and returned defeated, his rear is not safe, according to my judgment, within half a year, Xue Ju will not invade Guanzhong in a big way, of course, our defense focus should be arranged in the line from Longshan to Dasanguan, Just in case Xue Ju. ”

"As for Bingzhou, Taiyuan has Shiro Yuanji, and General Li Zhongwen is sitting there, which should be able to prevent Liu Wuzhou in the north, of course, Liu Wuzhou recently found Song Jingang to help, which is also a variable, but he just won Yanmen, and now his strength is not enough, he is recruiting troops, and now he will not have a big conflict with us."

"In this way, the nearly 300,000 troops in Guanzhong are now set aside 50,000 or 60,000 to guard Xue Ju, and another 50,000 or 60,000 are left to guard various prefectures and counties, and at the same time recruit new soldiers and train the army, which is enough. It is possible to free up 100,000 to 130,000 mobile troops to go east out of Tongguan and take the Central Plains directly. ”

Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Lang has already planned it very well. It's just that now if we send 100,000 troops into the Central Plains, will we fight Li Mi or fight the Eastern Capital? ”

Li Shimin smiled slightly: "The child thinks that when he fights Li Mi, he will actually take the eastern capital!" ”

Li Yuan said softly: "How do you explain this?" ”

Li Shimin's eyes flashed coldly: "Now that Wang Shichong has lost his strength since the collapse of Luoshui, he has retracted Hanjiacang City, and Li Mi can re-encircle the eastern capital. Now our identity is still the general of the Sui Dynasty, the official army. Therefore, the eastern capital was surrounded by the Wagang army, and we were ordered by Emperor Gong Yang Yu to send troops to rescue, which was a matter of course, and no one could say no. ”

Li Yuan said with a smile: "This is just what I just said about covering my ears and stealing the bell, but it can be regarded as a famous teacher." You go on, Jiro. ”

Li Shimin nodded and continued: "As for the current Eastern Capital, there are still more than 100,000 troops, but there is a shortage of food and grass, we are going over under the banner of rescuing the Eastern Capital at this time, and the Eastern Capital will definitely be 'active', and the civil officials and family members inside may open the city to form an alliance with us, as long as the civil and military forces in the Eastern Capital are out of harmony and the people are not aligned, we will have a chance." ”

Li Jiancheng hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "Erlang, I thought you were a little too optimistic thinking like this!" Yang Tong is not a fool either, and he will not really regard the Guanzhong army as their allies. In their eyes, the Tang Army, like the Wagang Army, is a rebel army, and if we go over, we are afraid that the Eastern Capital will close the city and even come out to fight. ”

Li Shimin laughed: "If it is a field battle, it is the best, the soldiers and horses in the eastern capital are mainly infantry, and it is difficult to be the opponent of our Tang army in Guanzhong in the field battle, if they do not come out of the city, we can destroy the crops in the nearby prefectures and counties, as well as the fields, so that they can not succeed in spring ploughing, and the eastern capital will inevitably fall into a big food shortage in the coming year." ”

Li Yuan hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "Erlang, haven't you considered the possibility of the Eastern Capital and Li Mi's Wagang Army joining forces to deal with us?" ”