Li Liang's strategy for Datang, at the beginning, the original plan was to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so that Xue Ju and Datang would fight to the death, and then send troops to pick up the big bargain.

When the Tang Dynasty and Western Qin fought for the first time, Xue Ju was defeated by Li Shimin, and Li Liang was busy quelling a sudden rebellion in the territory at that time, and he could not catch up.

When the Tang Dynasty and Western Qin fought for the second time, Li Tang was defeated, which was a good opportunity to pick up cheap, but at that time, Li Yuan successfully stabilized him through some diplomatic means

The Tang Dynasty and the Western Qin fought for the third time, the two sides confronted each other for several months, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, Li Liang saw that it was a good time to reap the benefits of the fisherman, so he called the emperor to succeed to the throne, and then planned to attack the Tang Dynasty, but at the critical moment, he learned the news that the Western Qin destroyed Li Yin......

After nearly two years of development, Li Liang's power has actually gone downhill.

Li Rail's official secretary Liang Shuo, witty and strategic, Li Rail often relies on him, regards him as a person who makes plans, and the reason why Li Rail can quickly occupy the land west of the river is to use Liang Shuo's various strategies.

However, after Li Rail occupied Hexi, because Liang Shuo often gave advice regardless of the occasion, Li Rail was alienated from him, and even so, Liang Shuo was still a pivotal figure in Li Rail's forces.

Liang Shuo saw that the Hu tribe in the Hexi region was gradually becoming stronger, so he secretly persuaded Li Liang to strengthen his defenses, so he had an estrangement with An Xiuren, the head of the household department.

Because An Jia is a great family in the Hexi region, and he has a close relationship with Hexi Zhuhu and helps each other, Liang Shuo wants Li Liang to prevent Zhuhu, which is to move An Xiuren's interests, so An Xiuren has the idea of dealing with Liang Shuo since then.

At this time, Li Liang's son Li Zhongyan wanted Liang Shuo to support him to become the prince of Liangguo, so when he went to meet Liang Shuo once, he revealed this idea, but after Liang Shuo heard it, he immediately brushed his sleeves and left the table, without giving Li Zhongyan any face.

Li Zhongyan was annoyed and angry, and wanted to get rid of Liang Shuo, and when he was drinking with An Xiuren once, he spit out the truth after getting drunk, but An Xiuren also happened to have this thought, and the two immediately became embarrassed and hit it off.

In December last year, Li Zhongyan and An Xiuren framed Liang Shuo to Li Rail, falsely accusing him of intending to launch a conspiracy to rebel.

Before Liang Shuo drank the wine, he felt a lot of remorse, regretting that he should not have listened to An Xinggui's words in the first place, so that he suffered this disaster.

It turned out that although Liang Shuo and An Xiuren were on the same page, they had a good relationship with An Xiuren's brother An Xinggui.

Last year, when Li Liang sent his younger brother Li Mao to envoy to Chang'an, An Xinggui also asked to go with him, and the night before departure, An Xinggui persuaded Liang Shuo: "King Liang is wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, if he is not the lord of Ming, why don't you go to Chang'an with me?" ”

Liang Shuo was very unhappy after hearing this, thinking that An Xinggui should not let himself do that kind of traitorous thing, the two argued for a long time, but no one could convince anyone, and finally An Xinggui went to Chang'an with the envoy team, while Liang Shuo stayed, and finally incurred death.

Although Li Rail killed Liang Shuo because of the false accusations of Li Zhongyan and An Xiuren, Li Rail ordered the murder without any investigation, which was actually the biggest culprit in Liang Shuo's death.

Liang Shuo has a great prestige in Hexi, both in the official army and among the ordinary people, and after he died so unexplained, many people were unhappy for him in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it.

And just after Liang Shuo was killed by the wine, there was a Hu sorcerer who said to Li Rail: "Heaven will send a jade girl from the sky to ask Your Majesty to build a high platform to welcome the jade girl!" ”

At that time, Li Rail was planning to become the emperor, so this kind of nonsense was catering to his state of mind, Li Rail believed what the Hu people and witches said, and immediately ordered the people to build a high platform to welcome the jade girl, spending a lot of manpower and powerlessness, so that the people's livelihood was resentful.

In recent months, there has been a serious famine in Hexi, which has reached the point of cannibalism, Li Liang used all the treasury and household wealth to relieve the hungry people, but it is still not enough, many people are starving to death every day, so they want to distribute the grain in the warehouse, so they call the ministers to discuss.

Cao Zhen and others said: "The country should be based on the people, how can you be reluctant to let go of the grain in the warehouse and watch the people starve to death?" Why do we need to negotiate at this time? ”

Taifuqing Xie Tongshi, Taifuqing Wei Shizheng and others were all officials of the Sui Dynasty, and they always disobeyed Cao Zhen and other Li Rail's old subordinates when they raised troops, and often secretly formed a gang with Zhuhu to squeeze out Li Rail's old subordinates.

Therefore, as long as Cao Zhen and others proposed, Xie Tongshi and Wei Shizheng, the old departments of the Sui Dynasty, would raise objections.

So at this time, after Cao Zhen had just finished speaking, Master Xie immediately scolded: "The common people are starving to death because they are thin and weak, and the sturdy people can't starve to death." The food in the state warehouse is used to prevent accidents, how can it be used to feed those who are thin and weak! If you want to please people and don't plan for the country, you are not a loyal minister. ”

What Master Xie said was completely unreasonable sophistry, but Li Liang felt that what Master Xie said seemed to be very reasonable, so he adopted Master Xie's opinion instead.

Since then, even Cao Zhen, the old officials of Li Rail's army, have become centrifugal and resentful of Li Rail.

Under the influence of the above events and factors, although Li Liang's Xiliang regime is still extremely strong in terms of military strength, it is actually like a strong man who has suffered from a serious illness, and it is no longer comparable to when the power was first formed.

When An Xinggui got Li Yin's request to help the Tang Dynasty attack the land west of the river, An Xinggui agreed without saying a word, and took the initiative to ask Li Yuan to set off immediately to persuade Li Liang and explain to him the general situation.

Li Yuan said with suspicion: "Li Liang relied on the army to connect with the Turks with danger, and his strength is not trivial, where can he take it with a few words?" ”

An Xinggui replied: "The minister went to persuade Li Rail, it is good that Li Rail can listen to me, if he doesn't listen, the minister will lead his generals to raise troops and join forces with the army of King Jin!" ”

After Li Yuan heard this, he agreed to let An Xinggui return to the land west of the river.

After An Xinggui got Li Yuan's permission, he immediately set off in the starry night, and when Li Yin's army was still halfway, An Xinggui arrived at Wuwei.

Li Liang was very happy with An Xinggui's abandonment of Tang Guiliang, so he appointed him as the general of the left and right guards.

An Xinggui found an opportunity to persuade Li Orbit: "The territory of Liangguo is only a thousand miles, the land is barren, and the people are poor. Now the Tang Dynasty has risen from Taiyuan, seized Han Qin, controlled the Central Plains, won the war, and conquered it, which is probably the will of heaven, not manpower. Your Majesty might as well take the entire Hexi to join the Tang Dynasty, then the exploits of Dou Rong in the Han Dynasty can be reproduced today! ”