Wang Wei and the others had no idea, so they had to say: "If you wait for the report, where can you catch the opportunity, Tang Guogong, your status is noble, you are both a clan relative and a wise man, and you are closely related to the fate of the country. ”

Li Yuan pretended to be a last resort and obeyed, "In this case, we should recruit more troops first." ”

So Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin and his eldest grandson Shunde, Tang Jian and others to recruit troops separately, and the people from afar defected to the gathering, and nearly 10,000 people applied within ten days, which was several times faster than when the Li family had secretly recruited people in the past few months.

At this point, the number of troops under Li Yuan's direct control had reached 30,000.

Wang Wei and Gao Junya saw that Li Yuan was recruiting troops on a large scale and constantly planting cronies, and they were already very sure that Li Yuan had bad intentions, and they all knew that if Li Yuan rebelled, he would definitely take the two of them to sacrifice the flag, so they often met privately to discuss how to deal with Li Yuan.

At this time, news came that Liang Shidu had captured Diaoyin, Honghua, Yan'an and other counties, that is, the emperor's throne, the country name Liang, changed the year name to Yonglong, and accepted the wolf head Daxu presented by Shibi Khan, and Shibi Khan also gave Liang Shidu the title of Dadu Viga Khan.

The places occupied by Liang Shidu are all in the northern part of Guanzhong, which is very close to Chang'an, if he goes south to capture Chang'an, then there will be nothing to do with the Li family in Guanzhong.

At this time, it was futile to drag it out, so Li Yin met Li Yuan and said: "When the judgment continues, it will be chaotic, and the Li family wants to become a big thing, just in this matter!" ”

After Li Yuan heard this, he walked back and forth in the house for a while, and finally stopped by the window, looked up at the sky outside the window, and after being silent for a long time, he turned to look at Li Yin, and said resolutely: "The arrow is on the string, I have to send it, since this is the case, then our Li family will be reversed!" ”

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On March 20, Wang Wei and Gao Junya invited Li Yuan to pray for rain at the Jin Temple tomorrow, Li Yuan agreed, Wang Wei and Gao Junya were secretly happy in their hearts, their eyes flashed with cold light, they planned to lay an ambush in the Jin Temple tomorrow, and when Li Yuan went to pray for rain, they suddenly launched and killed Li Yuan in one fell swoop!

However, what Wang Wei and Gao Junya didn't know was that that night, Li Yin and Li Shimin led their troops to the outside of Jinyang Palace, and the Jin Temple was in Jinyang Palace.

The next day, Wang Wei and Gao Junya went to the Jin Temple with Li Yuan to pray for rain, and when they were outside the Jinyang Palace, they suddenly shouted to kill Zhentian, killed a team of people, and surrounded Wang Wei and Gao Junya.

Wang Wei and Gao Junya looked at Li Yuan with pale faces and said, "Tang Guogong, what are your two sons going to do?" ”

Li Yuan smiled and said: "There is a secret report that the two of you are secretly seducing the Turks and want to cause trouble in Taiyuan. ”

Gao Junya rolled up his sleeves and scolded: "The real rebel and thief is you, the old horseman!" ”

After Li Yuan heard this, he was not angry, and nodded to Li Yin and Li Shimin, and when the two saw this, they immediately commanded the army to rush forward and capture Wang Wei and Gao Jun Yasheng in one fell swoop, and Li Yuan temporarily threw them into prison.

Subsequently, Li Yin took his men and horses to pretend to be Turks, and after showing off his might outside Jinyang City, he left and threw himself into prison.

The soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan thought that it was indeed Wang Wei and Gao Junya who recruited the Turks, so Li Yuan naturally executed Wang Wei and Gao Junya and hung their heads in public.

Li Yuan immediately sent a message to the counties east of the river, asking the counties to follow his orders, and then opened warehouses to help the poor, recruiting soldiers, and there was an endless stream of soldiers. Li Yuan ordered that the recruited people be divided into three armies, divided into left and right armies, commonly known as righteous soldiers.

Pei Lin and others, Li Yin and others jointly named Li Yuan as a general, and on March 24, Li Yuan appointed himself as a general and set up the general's mansion.

Li Yuan appointed Pei Lin as the chief historian, Liu Wenjing as Sima, Tang Jian and Wen Daya as the secretary, Wen Daya and his younger brother Wen Dayou were still in charge of secrets, appointed Wushi Tong as the armor Cao, Liu Zhenghui and Cui Shanwei from Wucheng, Zhang Daoyuan from Taiyuan as Hu Cao, the Venerable Master Jiang Mo as the Si Gong to join the army, Taigu Changyin Kaishan as the Fu Peng, the eldest grandson Shunde, Wang Junkuo, Dou Cong and Ying Yanglang as the Gaoping Wang Changhuan, Tianshui Jiang Baoyi, Yangtun as the left and right commanders, and the rest of the civil and military officials were awarded official positions according to their talents.

Li Yuan also named Li Jiancheng as the Duke of Longxi and the Governor of the Central Leading Army, and he commanded the Third Central Army; Feng Li Yin was named the Duke of Lingwu, the governor of the left leading army, and the left three commanders were under his command; named Li Shimin as the Duke of Dunhuang, the governor of the right leading army, and the right three commanders were under his control; Li Yuanji was named as the Duke of Guzang, Li Zhiyun was the Duke of Pingliang, Li Jiancheng, Li Yin, and Li Shimin each set up officials and subordinates, and Li Yuanji and Li Zhiyun were respectively named as the deputy governor of the Right Army and the deputy governor of the Left Army, but they were not in charge of the army.

It stands to reason that Li Yuan should lead the central leading army and personally lead the central leading army and personally lead the central leading army mansion, but he has no choice but to have an extra Li Yin, with his merits and strength, it is not possible to give him a leading capital governor, so it can only be arranged like this, but the central leading army is actually still the actual command of Li Yuan. Li Jiancheng assisted.

He appointed Li Jing as the Sima of the Left Leading Army, Song Zhengben as the Governor of the Left Leading Army, Zhang Liang as the Left Leading Army Governor's Office, and Zhou An, Liu Hongji, Huang Junhan, and Su Dingfang's generals were all promoted to the commanders of the Left Leading Army, and everyone was overjoyed and congratulated each other.

When Li Yuan killed Wang Wei and Gao Junya, and led the general himself, it was actually a formal rebellion, of course, Li Yuan would not admit that he was a rebellion, he said to the outside world that all this was to help the Sui room and save the people from fire and water.

Since Li Yuan rebelled, the target must be to enter the Guanzhong, but everything must be prepared, such as grain, grass and equipment, so it is impossible to immediately set off to kill Guanzhong, but this preparation time will not be too long.

When Li Yuan had just killed Wang Wei and Gao Junya, he had spread the word to the Hedong Counties, hoping to get the allegiance of the Hedong Counties, but a few days later, Xihe County, located in the southwest of Taiyuan County, announced that it would not obey the orders of Li Yuan, a rebellious minister and thief.

Li Yuan was furious and sent his three sons, Li Jiancheng, Li Yin, and Li Shimin, to lead an army and jointly attack Xihe County.

After Li Yin got the order, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Xihe County was killed in battle by Taishou when Zhen Zhai'er rebelled in Hedong last year, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and now the person in charge is Gao Deru, the county is in charge, the soldiers are only four or five thousand, and there will be no more than three or two people, it is not difficult to capture it, why did Li Yuan let their three brothers attack Xihe County together with great fanfare?

After thinking about it, Li Yin felt that there were no more than two reasons, one was to take the opportunity to promote the prestige of the Li family, and the other was to save the heart of the school examination for their three brothers.

After figuring out the joints, Li Yin calmly formulated a plan to enter Xihe County.