Yang Chong's evaluation of Li Shimin is no secret, Li Shimin, as Yang Chong evaluated, is an absolute handsome talent, so including Li Shimin, they are wondering how Yang Chong saw it. As for not killing Li Shimin, it is an open secret, Yang Chong almost did not use assassination, he did not even kill prisoners in the civil war, those who surrendered would be let go, and those who did not surrender ranged from one year to ten years according to the fierceness.

Duan Decao said worriedly: "In the battle of Huoyi, we can already see the effect of Yang Chong's non-killing surrender, once the city wall is blown up, the first thought of many soldiers is to surrender, or put weapons to escape, and it is impossible to organize street battles at all." ”

"The benevolent are invincible." Du Ruhui said loudly: "The most terrible thing about Yang Chong's army is that it talks about military discipline, like the Shatuo tribe, the elite soldiers of the Western Turks, who defected to Yang Chong for more than three years, until they accepted Yang Chong's rules, and this time they were used. If I am in Yang Chong's position, I may not be able to do it. ”

Duan Zhixuan's heart tightened, and he looked at Li Shimin cautiously, Du Ruhui praised the opponent's benevolence and righteousness, didn't he say that his own family was cruel; The Tang army entered Chang'an, the Guyi clan was wiped out, and only the youngest son Yin Hongzhi and the young ** Yue'e were left in the Yin Shishi family.

Li Shimin didn't get angry, but frowned and said: "As Yan said, Yang Chong was able to advance step by step, because the people in the area he occupied were better off than before, and even Shibi Khan's opinion was like this. Da Zhi said that the tooth banner of Du Bi had the most contact with Hexi, and the degree of wealth far exceeded that of other tooth banners, and Du Bi also learned from Yang Chong, and was much more tolerant of the people below, encouraging nobles and commoners to build various workshops. ”

Duan Decao has been in the frontier for a long time, familiar with the situation of the Turks, and sneered: "Yang Chong is a murderer who does not see blood, Dubi has earned a lot of materials in trade, and currently has the intention of forming an alliance with Yang Chong, and like Yang Chong, Dubi also wants to take the position of Shibi Khan, so there is nothing to do between him and Yang Chong." ”

Du Ruhui asked with a smile: "What about our relationship with Shibi Khan, this time it is said that Yuwenxin can let Zhang Changxun, Guo Zihe and the two armies return, which is to cede the land of Wuyuan and Yuzhong, so that Lingwu and other counties are under the threat of the Turkic ten thousand cavalry." ”

Duan Decao was speechless for a moment, Yu Wenxin's so-called relocation of the people to Lingzhou, that is purely a good saying, Wuyuan Five Cities, Yuzhong Nine Cities, it would be good to have ordinary people run out, and it was true that Yu Cai's ten thousand accounts entered Henan. Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said: "The Central Plains must be reunified, the longer the division, the more beneficial it will be to the Turks; Xiao can't bear to make a big plan, Han Gaozu Liu Bang is not suing for peace with Mao Dun? endure the humiliation for a while, and you must get it back city by city in the future. ”

The more the words were spoken, the heavier they became, everyone lost interest in speaking, Li Shimin turned everyone's attention back to the war, called the scouts to inquire about the situation in person, and finally determined that Duan Decao's judgment was correct, and Yang Chong's army was shrinking the front. After the Tang army replenished its strength, it immediately launched a counteroffensive, almost all of which were empty cities, even Huoyi, the damaged city walls were not repaired, but unfortunately each city only left less than a month's grain, Li Shimin could only postpone the advance and transfer grain from Chang'an.

Taiyuan is also short of food. Liu Wuzhou captured Yangzhi County, and Yin Dianming ran to Lejing County; With the arrival of reinforcements from Zhang Changxun and Guo Zihe, Liang De and others retreated successively, and the Hexi Army only retained Jiaocheng County, Shouyang, Qi County, and Taigu County, and the two sides fell into a stalemate again.

In addition to fighting, Li Yuanji loves hunting, how can he have this kind of heart, and he said: "The people have food, so we might as well send someone to collect it, right?" ”

Yu Wenxin was taken aback, Li Yuanji and Dou Dan were lawless people, if they added Zhang Changxun and Guo Zihe, the army would be sent out to levy it, and it would definitely be open and do some obscene things. Zhang Da, the general of the cavalry, and Liu Dewei, the marching army, also looked at each other, Taiyuan was able to hold on to Liang De's fierce attack until the reinforcements arrived, relying on the support of the local people, how could the third prince not have any sense at all.

Fortunately, Zhang Changxun is an understanding person, and he coughed to stop Guo Zihe, who was eager to try, and said: "Taiyuan is the land of Tang Gong's Longxing, and our army is only responsible for fighting, and General Yuwen is in charge of raising food." If we go to those places in Jiaocheng County to grab grain, we can go on a trip. ”

Yu Wenxin shook his head and said: "Yujuluo is cunning and good at fighting, the enemy cavalry exceeds 20,000 cavalry, and we can't attack for the time being, we can't move until the second prince's army passes through the Bird Mouse Valley." The third prince is a little restless, and the big families of the scholar clan still have surplus food, so it's a big deal to exchange them for property and official positions; In the past few days, I have already got in touch with the second son to see what his opinion says. ”

Zhang Changxun is just talking, even if Li Yuanji wants him to go, he will mainly rob property, listening to Yu Wenxin's words, he took the opportunity to step down; Guo Zihe secretly shouted that it was dangerous, and Zhang Changxun stopped him, if he followed Li Yuanji's intentions, it would be a sin to talk about Li Yuan and Li Shimin in the future.

Li Yuanji's face changed suddenly, among the brothers, the only thing Li Yuanji hated was Li Shimin. Li Yuanji is the third in line, with infinite strength, the younger brother is only bullied, and the two elder brothers, Li Jiancheng is more than ten years older than Li Yuanji, and he can only take care of the third brother; Only Li Shimin, who is six years older than Li Yuanji, not only pressed Li Yuanji in front of his mother, but often beat Li Yuanji to the ground when he was a child.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is the third son of Dou Kang, and he is a relative of the Li family, knowing the situation of the Li family brothers, he hurriedly changed the topic and asked: "Cui Yao and Yang Chong are going to hold a wedding, the great Confucian Wang Tong has gone to congratulate, and many people in Taiyuan also want to send a gift, do we agree or disagree?" ”

Li Yuanji glared and said: "These people have a bad mind, Dou Dan, you check it to see which thing to eat inside and out, I have to give him some color." ”

Dou Dan was not afraid of Li Yuanji, and said directly: "The scholars in the city all want to go, Yang Chong is now the Duke of Yueguo, which is equivalent to another Yang Su, and Cui Yao is the concubine of the Cui family in Boling, which is obviously a political marriage, and if you don't go, you will offend the two families." Besides, at this time, Tang Gong is still a courtier of the Great Sui, serving as the prime minister, and Yang Chong is a colleague, maybe they will consider sending someone to congratulate them, and it is likely to backfire if we don't let them go. ”

Li Yuanji understood the meaning of Dou Dan, Yang Chongbing was in his prime, the Cui family was extremely noble, and it was the object that everyone wanted to associate with, although none of the scholars in Taiyuan could not compare to the Li family, but if Li Yuan sent someone to congratulate them in the end, they were forbidden to go to Shangxian, so complaining and suspicion were inevitable, and there may be bigger things to come.

Liu Dewei said disdainfully: "The family has always stepped on two boats, and it is impossible to stop it if you want to stop it, so it is better to let them go generously, and they dare to dedicate Taiyuan to Yang Chongbu." ”

Li Yuanji patted the case and said: "Liu Sima is reasonable, let them go, and those who can't go over will donate some military rations to us." ”

Liu Dewei nodded, although Li Yuanji was reckless, he didn't have any brains, in the final analysis, he lacked a good teacher.

(End of chapter)