Hearing this, Li Yuan stopped and motioned to everyone to stop making a sound, he slowly closed his eyes, sat quietly on the main seat, and carefully thought about the gains and losses.

Seeing this, the two brothers, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, glanced at each other, their eyes were full of complexity, and they turned their eyes away, without saying a word, waiting for Li Yuan's decision.

After a long time, Li Yuan slowly opened his eyes and glanced at Pei Lian.

Pei Lin and Li Yuan had the same mind, and immediately nodded slightly to show their agreement.

Seeing this, Li Yuannai said: "After careful thinking, Lone decided to adopt the suggestions of Shimin and Xuan Zhen, and go out of Tongguan and point to the eastern capital!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked, they didn't expect Li Yuan to make a decision so quickly, and Li Shimin's face immediately showed a happy smile.

"Da Lang still has objections!?" Li Yuan asked with a smile.

Although Li Jiancheng's heart was surging, he was still unfazed on the surface, he smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Since my father has given an order, then I, as a son, should obey my father's will!" This time, the child is willing to fight side by side with his second brother, go out of the eastern capital, and share his father's worries! ”

Hearing this, Li Yuan showed a knowing smile, nodded, and said with a straight face: "Okay, since that's the case, then there's nothing to hesitate about." The order, the starting point of the army on the same day, two days later, with Dalang Jiancheng as the left marshal, Erlang Shimin as the right marshal, select the army, point 130,000 cavalry elite, go east out of Tongguan, in the name of rescuing the eastern capital, go to the eastern capital! ”

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin saluted: "The child obeys." ”

Li Yuan hooked the corners of his mouth and continued: "Remember, the purpose of the Battle of the Eastern Capital is not to take Luoyang this time, but to defeat Wang Shichong's momentum, and not let him take advantage of the victory to march into Luoshui and suppress Li Mi. As long as Wang Shichong can be suppressed for three months, even if the goal is achieved, he can return to the army. In order to cooperate with your actions, I will also let your cousin Li Xiaogong serve as the ambassador of Shannan Zhaowei, lead 30,000 elite soldiers, go out of Shannan, take Nanyang, threaten Luoyang from the south, and cooperate with your actions. ”

A general about thirty years old, tall and burly, with a face like a heavy jujube, stood out of the queue, it was Li Yuan's cousin Li Xiaogong, who was also the leader of the rising generation of the Tang Guogong family.

Li Xiaogong said in a deep voice: "With the order, my nephew will definitely defeat Zhu Yu, the ogre king, pacify Nanyang, and attack Luoyang with his two cousins!" ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "No, filial piety, Zhu Yu is better at fighting and walking, if he can't beat you, he will escape far away, you don't have to pursue." Your main purpose on this road is to run Bashu, after attacking Nanyang, don't stay, go to the southwest, out of Shangyong, enter Xinzhou, meet with Xu Shao, the governor of Yiling, and choke Xiao Miao's gateway to attack Bashu downstream, there, waiting for my next order. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuan got up suddenly, his eyes sparkled, and he said sonorously: "Everyone, this is the first battle out of the customs after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, you must do your best to fight the majesty of our Guanlong Xiongbing!" The Don Army will win! ”

Everyone present at this moment, regardless of whether it was meaningful or not, reached out and clenched their fists and said: "The Tang Army will win!" ”

At night, in the hall of the Qin Wang's Mansion at this time, Li Shimin sat on the main couch, while the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Ren Gui and other ministers sat on the left and right, the candlelight in the room was flickering, and everyone's faces were mostly solemn, and the smiling faces of the soldiers outside the mansion were beaming, not the same day.

Hearing the military discussion during the day, the eldest grandson Wuji sighed and said: "Duke Qin, you are a little too much in the limelight today, completely overpowering the prince, this is not good, I think, King Tang will also have a certain number." ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Today is a major military meeting, I must speak, this time is not the time to care about face." ”

Fang Xuanling hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "Duke Qin, the prince's approach is more serious, in fact, King Tang is biased towards him from the bottom of his heart. In fact, I also think that if you first plunder the right side of Longyou, stabilize the rear, and then send troops to follow Bashu, and wait for half of the country, and then consider going east to the Central Plains, it is more appropriate. ”

Li Shimin smiled slightly, and said: "Xuanling, what you said is not entirely right, the Qin State has always wanted to go east out of the Kuohan and enter the Central Plains in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it has been blocked by the Jin State several times, so they have no choice but to go out of Longyou and expand the land for thousands of miles, they don't want to enter the Central Plains, but they can't beat it, that's all." ”

Fang Xuanling sighed: "Although it is necessary for soldiers to go out of the Eastern Capital, how can it be easy to match Xue Ju?" Last month, when we first set the Guanzhong, the counties of Longyouling, such as Pingliang, Hechi, Fufeng, Anding, etc., all sent envoys to ask for surrender, but after Xue Ju sent troops to eliminate Tang Bi, these states and counties did not send people over, obviously, they were also waiting, if we did not have the heart to go west, it was possible to fall to Xue Ju. ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Father has sent Jiang Jian and Dou Liang to lead 20,000 elite soldiers out of the pass to appease Longyou, Xue Ju has defeated Tang Bi, and it still needs time to collect his troops, I am afraid that for a while, I will not be able to draw troops to divide the counties." ”

Du Ruhui hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "Duke Qin, my subordinates don't see it that way. Although Jiang and Dou are old generals, they are slightly average, and most of their soldiers are Sun Hua's old troops who died in this battle against Chang'an, but they are a rabble of bandits, and they are definitely not Xue Ju's opponents with fierce Longyou cavalry. I'm afraid that the report of defeat will come in the near future. ”

Li Shimin's brows furrowed, and he said: "Even if the second general is not in a good position, but there are more than 40,000 steps of Li Shuliang, the king of Changping, and my brother-in-law Chai Shao and others in the area of Longyou. Besides, the counties of Longyou, such as Xiao Yu, the commander of Hechi County, are all loyal ministers of the Sui family, and we now have the banner of Yang Yu, so they should not fall to Xue Jucai. ”

Ren Gui smiled slightly, and said: "Yes, but Xue Ju is good at fighting after all, if he can't enter Guanzhong, he will attack Liangzhou, and then connect the Turks in the north and Tuguhun in the south, and wait for his huge power, and it will not be easy to destroy it." We sent troops to Kanto this time, and you also know that we can't defeat Luoyang, and the main purpose is just to muddy the waters of the eastern capital and delay time, is it really worth it? ”

Li Shimin's eyes were bright, and he said: "It's worth it, I emphasize again, although the world is full of heroes, only Sui Ting and Li Mi are our henchmen, and we must do everything we can to deal with their affairs." As long as we let the two strong countries in the Central Plains continue to fight for a long time, we can take advantage of this time to eliminate Xue Ju, Liu Wuzhou, and even Xiao Miao, Dou Jiande, and so on. ”