In recent years, due to military disasters and hard service, there has never been a break, except for a very small number of wealthy families who have no worries about food and clothing, most of the people have been cornered and are struggling to have no place to eat; as soon as the notice was posted, the conscripts were very enthusiastic, and in just over 20 days, Li Yuan successfully recruited nearly 30,000 soldiers.

What is particularly gratifying is that in recent times, many talented people from all walks of life who have been incognito in the people, including many people who have served in the government such as Wushi Yan, Tang Jian, Li Sixing, Xiahou Duan, and Mrs. Dou's brother Dou Hang, etc., are more and more dissatisfied with Yang Guang's behavior, or they are not as good as they should in the officialdom, and they are all ready to move, trying to find an opportunity to show their skills and mix their backgrounds.

Xiahou Duan was the famous general Xiahou Yuan of Wei during the Three Kingdoms, and his martial arts were passed down from his family, especially good at riding and archery, and his kung fu was unique. Since ancient times, there are not many soldiers but fine, and cavalry has always been the elite of the army! At the beginning of Li Yuan's army, he attached great importance to the expansion of jockeys, and was in urgent need of such talents, and the arrival of Xiahou Duan was like a fish in water, so he gave full play to his expertise and asked him to assist Sima Shixu, who was specially responsible for training cavalry, and seized the time to strive to train an elite jockey of 7,000 people within three months.

Xiahou Duan was reused as soon as he came, and he was even more conscientious, getting up and down every morning, going in and out of the training ground, and being very busy.

At the same time, Li Yuan secretly sent people to Hedong (now Yongji, Shanxi) and Chang'an to recall his eldest son Li Jiancheng, his fourth son Li Yuanji, and his son-in-law Chai Shao and other relatives and clans, one to enrich the military strength and firmly control the command of the army in the hands of his relatives, and the other to avoid Yang Guang persecuting them after the matter was exposed.

Time passed, the stars changed, and Li Yuan's soldiers and horses recruited more and more, and the more they trained, the stronger they became. However, Liu Wuzhou has not invaded the state, and there is not the slightest indication that Li Yuan will send troops to recruit the rebels in the short term. Li Jing, the former Cheng of Mayi County, watched coldly, and couldn't help sneering in public and said:

"In the name of resisting the rebels, recruiting troops and buying horses to rebel against the imperial court, Li Yuan is really a capable person!"

Li Jing's words were amazing, and the extraordinary shock can be imagined, and everyone who heard it spread it by word of mouth, so that it quickly reached the ears of Wang Wei and Gao Junya. Originally, Li Yuan's conscription was first proposed by the two of them, if no one criticized, no matter how much the soldiers were recruited and the training was more popular, the two of them also felt very normal - anyone who has led soldiers to the battlefield understands very well, even if they are veterans, they are indispensable to train regularly, not to mention new soldiers! After listening to Li Jing's incisive discussion, the two of them became vigilant, calmed down and thought about it repeatedly, Li Yuan's actions in recent days really have too much suspicion of what Li Jing said. It was only at this moment that they completely understood: how ridiculously stupid it was to strongly advocate Li Yuan's open recruitment of troops and horses! Since then, the two of them have more eyes, and they pay more attention to Li Yuan's daily words and deeds, and the more they don't want to, the more they pay attention, the more doubts they have.

On this day, Wang Wei suddenly thought that Liu Wenjing was a key prisoner who was personally ordered by Yang Guang to be arrested and imprisoned; The eldest grandson Shunde, who is also the uncle of Li Shimin's wife, and Liu Hongji, once escaped from the military camp privately on the way to the east because of their opposition to Yang Guang's expedition to Goryeo, and was later appointed as a traitor by Yang Guang and ordered to be wanted! As for Li Yuan, not only did he boldly release and take them in privately, but also openly reused them, what is this not a blatant rebellion?

With this astonishing discovery, the mood of the two became more and more flustered - if they were left unchecked for a long time, once Li Yuan's wings were full, he suddenly rebelled, how should the situation be controlled? How should Yang Guang be investigated in the future? At that time, even if you have 10,000 mouths, I am afraid you will not be able to shirk that responsibility! No, no matter what, this matter must be prevented in advance, come and cut the mess with a quick knife!

Of course, thinking about it, once it is put into practice, the question will also come, how to cut this "hemp", Wang and Gao feel a little tricky.

It is also said that Li Yuan has been entrenched in Bingzhou for many years, with deep roots and lush leaves, even if he is directly called the king of Bingzhou, it seems that it is not excessive, and in recent times, many new horses have been recruited, and more and more troops are generalized, which is not to be underestimated! Looking back at the cronies and subordinates around him who are less than a thousand people, no matter how lacking in self-knowledge, they also ask themselves to openly stop the other party's rebellion, or try to forcibly disband those many new recruits, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream!

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Li Yuan is forced by the current situation and does not dare to go too far with this move, the problem is also very thorny. First of all, the open conscription was proposed by Wang Wei on his own initiative, and now it is forcibly disbanded, if there is no particularly plausible reason, is it not a slap in the face? Besides, the recent recruitment of so many horses and horses is not a small amount of manpower and financial resources, and those are all official silver! You go back on your word, and people are justified in letting you pay out of your own pocket to make up for that shortfall, can you afford it?

Also, among those new recruits, a considerable part of them came to the conscription just to make a living, so that they lost their jobs overnight, and people can easily give up, obediently obey your orders, and leave as soon as they say? In the ranks, there was no shortage of outlaws, and once that group felt that there was no hope for the future, rebellion and mutiny were a normal thing! If you're in a hurry, it's hard to say for sure whether your little life can be saved!

What to do? The two thought about it repeatedly, and asked themselves that the only way to expand their strength as soon as possible and find a reliable helper was the only feasible way. But it's not something you can do just by trying to do it! Just think about it, since Li Yuan's private recruitment of troops and horses violates the laws of the imperial court, although you are a close confidant of the emperor, but your actual position is Li Yuan's subordinate, and you draw gourds in the same way, and you also recruit troops and buy horses, isn't that even more unjustifiable! People can completely punish you for conspiracy!

In other words, even if they have that power, they can only sigh in vain - you are stepping on other people's territory, and what to do and what not to do is up to others! Not to mention that recruiting troops and horses must be based on the premise of solid money, where did you get that big sum of money?

Since it doesn't work to openly look for helpers, you can only secretly connect them. It's a pity that Wang and Gao thought about it repeatedly, and in the territory of Bingzhou, they were not firm and unstable, and no matter how they tried to do so, they had nowhere to start. The fingers under the board have been counted all over the city, and the only person who can be called a friend of the irreversible is none other than Liu Shilong. Fortunately, Liu Shilong has lived in Bingzhou for a long time, knows people well, and has traveled extensively, and to stop Li Yuan's rebellion, it is only possible to succeed with the help of his connections. So, after a hasty discussion, the two hurriedly invited Liu Shilong over.

"Lord Liu," as soon as the two sides met, Gao Junya couldn't wait to tell him bluntly, "Li Yuan has been recruiting troops and horses on a large scale recently, and the signs of rebellion are already obvious. I also hope that you will do your best to gather local relatives and friends to help the two of them quell the rebellion as soon as possible! After the matter is completed, I will invite the emperor to add officials and promote the lord to the lord! ”

As a relative of Liu Wenjing, Liu Shilong was also very optimistic about Li Yuan, and he readily agreed to take on the responsibility of monitoring Wang and Gao. Now that he heard the words of Wang and Gao, he couldn't help but be surprised, and asked himself that this matter was very important, and he would definitely not despise it! However, no matter how things develop in the future, he felt that if he agreed too quickly, it would arouse the suspicion of the other party, so he deliberately questioned:

"As a relative of the emperor, Tang Guogong is a border minister who the emperor is very optimistic about, and he rashly rebelled, is it possible? Did the lower officials hear it wrong? ”

"The evidence is conclusive!" Wang Wei said affirmatively, "Li Yuan not only used the name of 'counterinsurgency' to recruit unlimited troops, but also openly reused the emperor's hand-picked traitors Liu Wenjing, eldest grandson Shunde, Liu Hongji and others, what is not a rebellion? ”

"If that's the case, isn't that a troublesome thing? Tang Guogong has a heavy army in his hands, how can he easily deal with this meager power under the two adults and the subordinates! In other words, even if he really wants to rebel, he has to be careful about it, and if he makes a slight mistake, he will inevitably get burned! Liu Shilong scolded secretly: With the ability of the two of you, you actually want to attack Li Yuan, isn't that a monkey barking at the tiger? If you always stand still, Lao Tzu will really do nothing, and you will be entrusted by Tang Guogong and Liu Wenjing Liu! Okay, you guys are also unlucky, but no wonder I, Liu, can't get along with you!

"Indeed, Li Yuan's army is strong, and it is not easy to stop him from rebelling!" Wang Wei replied, "However, if we don't pay a blind eye, we will unforgivably disappoint the emperor's high expectations!" In order to be steady, we might as well put him aside for the time being, try to secretly arrest Liu Wenjing and others, and then decide on the next step after the truth is clarified! ”

In order to effectively stabilize the two, Liu Shilong never showed the slightest abnormal demeanor, and pretended to rack his brains and think for a long time before he whispered in an extremely worried tone:

"Right now, Liu Wenjing and others have all been reused by Li Yuan, everyone has military power, and it may not be easy to arrest them smoothly! Even if we were to take us by surprise and succeed in a surprise attack, Li Yuan would be wary of this, and even openly beg us for help, thus speeding up his rebellion. One step is a regret for the ages, and if things really come to that point, isn't that the opposite of the result that the two adults want? At that time, not only will Li Yuanzhao be correct, but it is difficult to predict whether the lives of the two adults and the subordinate can be saved! Therefore, in the humble opinion of the lower officials, it is better for us to use our brains more and think of other ways, so as not to fail to quell the rebellion, but to lose a few of our lives in vain! ”

"Lord Liu's opinion is very reasonable, the signs of Li Yuan's rebellion have been exposed, and sooner or later it will endanger the overall situation of the unification of the imperial court, once he becomes angry, it will inevitably prompt him to jump off the wall in a hurry!" Gao Junya saw that Liu Shilong's words were reasonable, and he considered all aspects of the problem, and became more and more convinced that he was a rare confidant, and couldn't help but agree with him from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time snorted coldly, "As the saying goes, if you capture the thief first, you will capture the king first, and if you capture Li Yuan's several comrades, even if you succeed in one fell swoop, it will only hurt him a little fur, and at the same time, he will startle the snake, and when the time comes, he will fight back, but it will be a big deal!" It can be seen that if we want to capture, we have to kill the killer, focus on the big picture, and start with Li Yuan first! Once he himself is caught, the remaining dragons will be leaderless, and it will not be difficult to stabilize the overall situation of the state! ”

"Lord Gao really sees it, we should capture Li Yuan first!" Wang Wei blurted out approvingly, but before he could say a word, his face suddenly darkened, and then the words he said obviously became weak, "However, Li Yuan has a heavy army, how easy is it to capture him smoothly?" ”

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain!" Gao Junya gritted her teeth and said fiercely, "Li Yuan is powerful, it is indeed not easy for us to succeed smoothly!" However, we must not be willing to let things go because of difficulties. ”

"Yes, you have to think of a way to get the best of both worlds...... Wang Wei muttered to himself, and his palm suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "It's done, it's been a long drought in the past few months, why don't we ambush a group of men and horses in advance in the name of praying for rain for the people, and capture him by surprise?" ”

"Wonderful! What a clever plan for Lord Wang! Gao Junya and Liu Shilong praised in unison.

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