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 retracted the Eastern Capital, Li Mi can re-encircle the Eastern Capital, although his father has been better than Li Mi before, but it is only a general friendship, and they are not subordinate to each other." 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, and we are going to the past under the banner of rescuing the Eastern Capital at this time, it is difficult for them to decide, the civil officials may open the city to form an alliance with us, and Wang Shichong is our mortal enemy, and he will definitely oppose it vigorously." As long as there is disharmony in the civil and military forces within the Eastern Capital, and the people's hearts are not aligned, we will have a chance. ”

Wang Qi, the advisor of the Shizifu Army, hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "Duke Qin, I think that you are a little too optimistic to think like this, Yang Tong is not a fool, and he will not really regard the Guanzhong army as their friendly army." In their eyes, the Tang army, like the Wei army, is a rebel army, and if we go over, the eastern capital is afraid that it will close the city and not come out, or 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 joining forces to deal with us?" ”

Li Shimin's face changed slightly, and he shook his head instead: "Father, they are mortal enemies, they have been facing each other for more than a year, how can there be more than 180,000 soldiers who died at the hands of each other?" The child thought it was unlikely. ”

Li Jiancheng sighed: "Erlang, this is what you don't think about, enemies and friends can be transformed at any time, when there was no external force before, Yang Tong and Li Mi naturally fought to the death in order to compete for the overlord of the Central Plains, but if we intervene to pick their peaches, in this case, they may join forces." There is also information from the inside of the Eastern Capital, Taifu Qing Yuan Wendu and Youshi Langzhong Lu Chu and others want to seek Zhao'an Li Mi, this situation, you must take it into account. ”

Li Shimin's face turned cold, and he said: "I have heard this information for a long time, although the possibility of Li Mi accepting Zhao'an is very small, I will not let them unite together!" ”

Li Yuan sighed and said, "Erlang, it's a good thing to have confidence, but as a coach, you must take all the difficulties into account, this thing is always possible and impossible, there is no certainty." As far as I know, Li Mi has been secretly communicating with Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu and others in the Eastern Capital to discuss the matter of recruiting peace, and if we rush to the Eastern Capital to participate in the war at this time, it will definitely put a lot of pressure on Li Mi. If we accept Zhao'an, this is different from our original intention! ”

Liu Wenjing, the hero of Taiyuan Yuanmou and Nayan, took a step forward and arched his hand: "King Tang, according to the information sent back by the eldest grandson Wuji, the decisive battle between the Sui court and Li Mi has reached a critical moment, and now, Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu and others in the eastern capital are not in agreement with Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong's department is only twenty or thirty thousand people, and it is precarious to guard the city of Hanjiacang. ”

Li Yuan asked, "Oh? Did Mowgli have any substantive contact with him? ”

Liu Wenjing replied: "The eldest grandson Wuji has been in contact with Wang Shichong several times, and Wang Shichong's attitude is that unless the Tang Dynasty sends troops to the Eastern Capital, he still needs to continue to wait and see, waiting for the times to change!" ”

Li Yuan asked, "Wang Shichong? Is the words of this son of a merchant in the Western Regions, a man of clever words, credible? ”

Liu Wenjing further said: "Wang Shichong is not credible, but his attitude and tendencies represent the voices of many officials and family members in the Eastern Capital. The huge wrecked ship of Sui Ting is now leaking everywhere and is about to sink, and these people are in a hurry to change their doors and keep their vested interests! ”

Li Yuan nodded, and turned to ask the prince Li Jiancheng, "What Zhaoren said is quite reasonable. Built, what do you think? ”

Li Jiancheng sighed, shook his head and said: "I still don't support sending troops to the Eastern Capital now, because this time we can neither defeat Li Mi, nor are we likely to attack the Eastern Capital at once, if we want to send troops, we will have to spend time, food and energy." Not only that, but we also have to take such a big risk of being empty in Guanzhong and giving Xue Ju such a chance to take advantage of it, which is really inappropriate. Wouldn't it be better if our 100,000-strong army did not go east out of the Central Plains, but used it to destroy Xue Ju while he was not stable and fledgling? ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin shook his head and said: "No, eldest brother, the younger brother insists on doing it, although Xue Ju is fierce and good at fighting, but after all, Longyou is sparsely populated, the land is barren, and the local area is mixed with Hu and Han, and there are many tribal nationalities. With the land, population and resources of Guanzhong, even local conscription can resist Xue Ju's invasion, and Xue Ju in Western Qin is at most a problem of scabies, and whether it is Sui Ting or Li Mi, they are all our henchmen, but try it as soon as possible! ”

Li Jiancheng hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "Erlang, your analysis is reasonable, but when we send troops at this time, we will inevitably be enemies with Li Mi and the Eastern Capital, now that our regime has just been established, Xue Ju is already a clear enemy, and Liu Wuzhou of the state will also copy Taiyuan at any time, the Turks in the north are still eyeing each other, and there is a Li Rail in the northwest whose attitude is unclear, in this case, it is a bit reckless to provoke the strong enemy of the Central Plains?" What's more, even if we can achieve our expected goals by doing this, as long as we don't conquer the Eastern Capital, we won't make any money on ourselves, is it really worth it to harm others and ourselves? You must know that all strategies and layouts must be based on our own strength, and when our regime was first established, we did not develop ourselves, but sent troops to make trouble, isn't it putting the cart before the horse? ”

Seeing that the eldest brother Li Jiancheng still did not approve of his plan, Li Shimin had to turn his eyes to Li Yuan and earnestly pleaded: "Father, in this situation, we must go out to the eastern capital to disrupt the situation, otherwise, let Sui Ting and Li Mi quickly divide the victory and defeat, and when the time comes, it will be too late to regret it!" ”