On the first day of the first month, Chang'an held a New Year's Day court meeting, and the emperor Yang Yu issued an edict to allow Tang King Li Yuan to go to the palace with a sword.

Yang Yu announced the news, and after being visited by hundreds of officials, he was asked by Li Yuan to leave the court hall on the grounds that he was unwell.

After Emperor Yang Yu left the main hall of the imperial meeting, Li Yuan sat on the lower right of the dragon chair, facing the hundred officials, and was already like an emperor.

According to the Sui system, the New Year's Day court will be held on the first day of the first month, not only the Beijing officials, but also the local counties should also send people to participate, called the court envoys, in such troubled times, the number of court envoys can be seen the central court's control over the locality, like the New Year's Day court meeting in the twelfth year of the great cause, the counties that did not send the court envoys, there were as many as more than 20 counties, which shows that the degree of collapse in the world at that time has been very serious.

At this time, the Jiangdu court was only afraid that what needed to be counted was not which counties did not send envoys, but only which counties had sent people, because at this time, there were really not many counties under the control of the Jiangdu court.

The Li family controlled Chang'an in October last year and became the main Guanzhong, and it has only been about two months now, but the territory controlled by them has increased rapidly like a snowball, so at this time, there are many people participating in the Chang'an New Year's Day court, and it does not seem deserted at all.

Under the position where Li Yuan was sitting, there was a row of steps, and on the platform behind the steps, Li Jiancheng, the prince of the Tang Kingdom, sat sideways, looking at the east without squinting, and his expression was slightly restrained.

Under the position where Li Jiancheng is located, there is another row of steps, until the flat ground, and on the left and right sides of the flat ground, there are two brothers, Li Yin and Li Shimin, respectively, and behind the two, there are hundreds of civil and military officials. If the hundred officials want to see Li Yuan, they need to raise their heads, and it is difficult to see their faces clearly, and they have a sense of unfathomable power.

The New Year's Day court meeting is cumbersome, especially at this time when the Li family has just entered the Guanzhong, it can be said that there are many things to be discussed, there are many things to listen to the reports of local counties, and there are even more things that need to be dealt with.

Li Yin, who was sitting on the side, was actually so bored that he wanted to doze off, but for the sake of his good image, he cheered up and pretended to be seriously involved.

When the time came to the fifth day of the first lunar month, the New Year's Day pilgrimage meeting finally came to an end.

Li Yuan coughed at this time, focusing everyone's attention, and the hundred officials were also shocked, knowing that it was time to discuss the future military strategy, this last important matter.

To discuss military strategies, there was no need for many people to be present, and some inconsequential people all ended the court meeting and withdrew, leaving only more than 20 powerful figures in Li Tang's forces.

"Where should our army's main attack direction go next, let's talk about it!" Li Yuan said indifferently.

Liu Wenjing took the lead and raised his voice: "Naturally, it is to first pacify Xue Ju and Li Liang in Longyou and Hexi to stabilize the rear of Guanzhong, and then go east to advance into the Central Plains, seize Luoyang, and finally pacify the Quartet." ”

Liu Wenjing's words were the established strategy of Li Tang's forces, and Liu Wenjing didn't know why Li Yuan asked more.

However, Pei Lin said: "I thought otherwise, now Li Mi is attacking Luoyang on a large scale, and Luoyang has been defeated repeatedly, but I am afraid that it will not last long, if Li Mi is allowed to win Luoyang, who can compete with him?" Therefore, I think that the army should be allowed to leave Tongguan immediately in order to make a profit. ”

The reason why Pei Lin has become a high-ranking and powerful person in the current Li Tang forces is that when he was the eunuch of Jinyang Palace, he secretly transported out many Li Yuan who secretly recruited troops and horses from the weapons and armor and other materials of Jinyang Palace, which greatly enhanced Li Yuan's strength.

The second is the merit of support, whether it is the general at the beginning, or the later captain, and then to the king of Tang, Pei Lin is the first person to advocate support, and the timing of each support is very appropriate, and Li Yuan also agreed, so if you talk about the merit of support, Pei Lin is the first.

However, Pei Lian's military vision is recognized as very shallow, which was gradually formed on the way to enter the Guanzhong, and the strategy proposed by him was basically refuted by Li Yin, Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing and others, and finally proved that Li Yin and they were right.

However, after Pei Lian's words were finished at this time, Liu Wenjing did not immediately refute them, but fell into deep thought. Because of what Pei Lin said, there is a sentence that has to be carefully considered: If Li Mi is allowed to win Luoyang, who can compete with him?

Li Mi now claims to have a million people with armor, but there are certainly not so many, but he is also the strongest in the army, and Luokoucang and Liyangcang are all in his hands, so there is no shortage of soldiers' food, the only thing that is lacking is Luoyang City, the eastern capital that can push its prestige to the peak.

If Li Mi gets Luoyang, there will be no more opponents in the Central Plains, and his hundreds of thousands of troops will no longer be constrained, and no one around will be able to resist him.

Considering such a sinister situation, not only Liu Wenjing, but also Li Shimin and others also fell into contemplation, and Pei Lin was faintly complacent when he saw this.

Li Yin stood up at this time and said, "Pei Changshi's words, I don't dare to agree. Li Mi's troubles are far in the future; The suffering of Xue Ju and Li Liang is close to the heart, and the doctor heals the man, how can he abandon the problem of the heart and heart without treatment, and think about the future patients first? Therefore, we should continue to implement the previous strategy, and it is appropriate to destroy Xue Ju and Li Liang first. ”

"This is a mouse's eye!" As soon as Li Yin's words fell, Pei Lin immediately snorted.

Li Jiancheng said at this time: "The words of the second brother are not unreasonable, but at this time Luoyang is in danger, and it may be broken by Li Mi at any time, if I advance eastward at this time, maybe I can capture Luoyang before Li Mi, and at that time, the east and west capitals are all owned by me, and most of the world can be passed on, so why be afraid of Xue Ju, Li Liang and Li Mi?" Therefore, the opportunity should not be lost, and the army should be led eastward. ”

"Yes, what the prince said is reasonable." "The words of the prince are the wisest choice!" After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, Pei Lian, Dou Wei, Tang Jian and others nodded in agreement.

Li Yin sighed: "Wang Shichong is a good fighter, how can Li Mi easily defeat him?" ”

Pei Lin smiled and said, "Have you ever seen Wang Shichong?" Why was he so sure that Wang Shichong would be able to resist Li Mi's attack? ”

Li Yin was speechless for a while, he couldn't say that this was because he had the knowledge of later generations, and knew that although Wang Shichong had been defeated repeatedly, he was like Xiaoqiang and held Luoyang City to the death.