Huainan, Yangzhou Prefecture.

In the main hall, he received a letter from Xiliang about peace talks, and Zhou Gandang was overjoyed.

Li Heng asked: "King, this is good news, why do you seem to be unhappy?" ”

"Can this king be happy? I have been running Xiliang for many years, and I have always regarded it as an ancestral business, but now, it has fallen into the hands of Luo Yi, and he said that he would talk to me peacefully, which is really unreasonable. ”

Zhou Gandang took a deep breath and said, "If it weren't for Xu Maogong's eyes, I would have killed Xiliang immediately." ”

Li Heng reminded: "King, before our strength is not strong, we should not easily provoke Luo Yi, his strength... It's really hard to figure it out. Think about it, in the Battle of Xiliang, General Du and I led an army of 50,000, but we couldn't defeat the 1,000 people under his command, and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers can be imagined. ”

"The minister suggested that he negotiate peace with Luo Yi, and at the same time send someone to find out why the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his command is so strong?"

"Well, the minister has a point."

Zhou Gandang said: "That king doesn't care about him for the time being, let's talk about peace." Prime Minister, this matter is handled by you. ”

"Yes."

Li Heng asked: "Your Majesty, Li Shimin has also agreed to sign a peace negotiation agreement, and the Northern Desert Wolf Lord sent someone to send a letter to ask us to send someone to the border to sign the agreement." ”

"Good."

Zhou Gandang said with a smile: "It's really good. Li Shimin, Cheng Yanjin, the Northern Desert Wolf Lord, and Xiliang Luo Yi all agreed to sign an armistice agreement with us, and we can finally have a good life in a few days. ”

"Prime Minister, we must tell Lu Yang, A Guduo, Cao Qin and other generals to train our soldiers well, improve our combat effectiveness, and wait for the start of the next battle, we must not fail again!"

Li Heng said: "King, why have you forgotten that military affairs are now in charge of Zhuge Military Division." ”

"Oh, I forgot about him."

Zhou Gandang smiled and said, "Then you should step back first and call him." ”

"No."

Not long after Li Heng left, Zhuge Can hurriedly came.

Now, he is in Zhou Gandang's forces, serving as a military advisor, and his military rights are except for Zhou Gandang, as for Li Heng, he is in charge of internal affairs, and Ah Guduo, Lu Yang, etc., are all his subordinates.

"King, what is the important matter for you to summon Weichen?"

Zhou Gandang looked at Zhuge Can and said, "Zhuge Military Division, this king called you here to tell you good news, Li Shimin and the wolf lord of the Northern Desert have agreed to negotiate peace with us and sign a peace agreement. In addition, Xiliang Luo Yi also sent a peace negotiation letter and asked us to sign an armistice agreement with him for three years. ”

Hearing this, Zhuge Can smiled and said, "This is good news!" ”

"Li Shimin, Cheng Biting Jin, the Northern Desert Wolf Lord, and Xiliang Luo Yi have all negotiated peace with us, and there should be no major war in those three or five years, so we can take this opportunity to recuperate, train soldiers, hoard grain and grass, and when the time is ripe, we will compete in the world."

Zhou Gandang said with a smile: "The military advisor and I thought of going together." ”

"I called you here to tell you that you must train your soldiers well and not slack off."

Zhuge Can said: "Please rest assured, I will definitely tell the generals at all levels to train elite soldiers and live up to the king's expectations." ”

Zhou Gandang said: "Although this king is not very concerned about the training of soldiers, and it is all handed over to you, but this king wants to know, how are you going to train soldiers?" How sure are you that you will face Xu Maogong, Li Shimin, Luo Yi, etc. in the future? ”

Zhuge Can was very confident, and said with a smile: "King, you are now playing in Huainan and Henan, with hundreds of them, prosperous people, strong strength, as long as there is food, how many soldiers can be recruited, which directly determines that the king can take the lead in the future battle." ”

"The minister calculated yesterday that with the current strength of the king, he can raise 380,000 soldiers, which is about the same as the number of defenders in various places, so there is no need to recruit soldiers for the time being; The ministers are ready to train the soldiers who handed over the king to me as the elite, the elite of the elite! These 250,000 people, including 100,000 iron cavalry, 50,000 chariots, 100,000 spearmen, bows and arrows, etc.; With these 250,000 troops, the king is equivalent to holding a sharp sword, no longer afraid of Xu Maogong and others, you can hoard grain and grass, accumulate strength, and when there is a big war in the future, the king only needs to issue an edict to recruit troops two months in advance, and we can gather hundreds of thousands of troops in an instant, and then strictly drill and cooperate with the actions of the elite army, it must be invincible. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Gandang was very satisfied, nodded and said: "That's right, when fighting with the Tang Army in the past, this king used all the elites, but they were... Alas! The losses were so great that there were no soldiers available later, and Xiliang was lost. Now that there are military advisors planning, this king is much more at ease. ”

"King Xie trusts."

Zhou Gan said: "Okay, you step down, this king believes that you will be able to train the best soldiers!" ”

"No."

***********

Chang'an City, the imperial study.

Li Shimin also received a peace talk letter from Xiliang.

For Luo Yi, he both loves and hates, what he loves is talent, he can collect money for him, and what he hates is rebellion, and he colludes with Zhou Gandang, which is unbearable.

Moreover, he also hooked up Luo Tong away, making Datang no general available...

Especially in the battle with Xiliang, Li Shimin thought more than once that if Luo Tong was still there, maybe he wouldn't have to be so troublesome, and he would have beheaded Zhou Gandang under the horse a long time ago.

In short, he wanted to win over Luo Yi and Luo Tong, but he couldn't save face, and he was extremely conflicted in his heart.

"Lord Li, Lord Eldest Sun, look... How should this be decided? Do you promise Luo Yi? In the imperial study, Li Shimin looked at Li Zhenzong and the eldest grandson Wuji who were standing in front of him and asked.

Since the signing of the armistice agreement with Zhou Gandang, the eldest grandson Wuji was transferred back to Chang'an.

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji said: "Luo Yi and Luo Tong were originally my Tang generals, but they went to Xiliang and defected to Zhou Gandang, and then destroyed Zhou Gandang, which was disloyal and unjust, which is really hateful." Now, we have signed an agreement with the Northern Desert and Zhou Gandang, and we no longer have to worry about the enemy in the north and east, so we can free up our hands to clean up the two brothers, recover Xiliang, and stabilize the rear, which is conducive to our army to fight against Zhou Gandang and the Northern Desert Army in the future. ”

Li Shimin walked back and forth a few steps, and couldn't help but nodded...

If you want to fight against Zhou Gandang and the Northern Desert Army in the future, and if you want to dominate the world, you must eliminate Luo Yi and stabilize the rear!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the eldest grandson said must not be." At this time, Li Zhenzong said.

Li Shimin took off his robe and sat down, and asked, "Oh? What's wrong? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also glanced at Li Zhenzong.

Li Zhenzong said: "Emperor Qi, if you want to stabilize the rear, you don't necessarily have to conquest Luo Yi and Luo Tong, the emperor can promise Luo Yi to sign an armistice agreement with them and coexist peacefully." In this case, is it not a soldier who surrenders without a fight? ”