"Mr. doesn't leave home, but he can guide the country, which really makes me admire." Listening to Fang Xuanling's analysis, Li Shimin's face was full of appreciation, and he also sat up straight.

Fang Xuanling just smiled and put down the teacup, not impressed.

The eldest grandson Wuji also seemed to be stunned, and then asked, "In Mr. Yi's opinion, after the world is divided into three points, which side of Guanlong, Hebei, and Jiangnan will win in the end?" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled, "The answer to this question was actually said at the beginning, it should be up to see who can take the lead." ”

What is Opportunity?

In fact, when Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin were arguing about Shuzhong just now, they had already talked about this aspect, so Li Shimin just lowered his head and pondered at this time.

After being silent for a while, Fang Xuanling continued, "Dou Jiande was the first to revolt, which can be regarded as occupying the time; Tang Gong entered the main Guanzhong and took advantage of the location; Xiao Mo is a descendant of the Liang Dynasty, and there are people who have the advantage of it. The time will be outdated, and people are sometimes double-edged swords, but the location is the most abundant, which is also the main reason why I came to Dunhuang Gong"

Li Shimin nodded and sighed, "But the land of Hebei and Shandong is too variable, if Su You can replace Dou Jiande, he will become our biggest enemy." ”

"Dunhuang Gong is right, Tang Gong is the first opportunity to enter the main pass, and he can form a strong momentum with Jiangnan and Hebei in the main pass, which is a geographical advantage; Tang Gong's geographical advantage is because he can get Longwang Shu, if he can't seize Shuzhong, then Xiao Mo will become our biggest threat. ”

Li Shimin said with some embarrassment, "There is no doubt about Longwangshu, but the land of Shanxi is not a certainty, one Liu Wuzhou can threaten Taiyuan, if Dou Jiande or Su Hengbo comes in from Jingcheng Pass, our battle line will be too long."

The Jingcheng Pass in the east of Taiyuan is the breakthrough point for Guanlong to attack Hebei in the past dynasties.

As far as Qin to destroy the Six Kingdoms, there was a large army from Shanggu to cross the river to Jinyang, and then cross the well and go straight to the Handan City of Zhao, followed by Jicheng and Daiguo of Yan State, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Northern Qi also took this road.

The reverse is also true, when Hebei's Lishan flew tens of thousands of troops to threaten Taiyuan, it was also Jingcheng Pass.

If Yan Zhao's troops were allowed to break through Jingcheng Pass, and Li Mi would enter Tongguan in the west, it would be dangerous in the pass.

From Taiyuan to Tongguan, Li Tang's potential enemies include Liu Wuzhou, Su You, Dou Jiande, Guo Zihe, Li Mi and the forces of Dongdu.

Maybe Li Shimin has the courage to take Shuzhong, or maybe Li Yuan also has the courage, but do others dare to think about it?

"Only by renewing the alliance with Li Mi, or reaching an alliance with Dou Jiande or Su Hengbo, can the land of Guanzhong be stable." After Fang Xuanling said this, he sighed again and said, "It is unlikely that Li Mi will attack Guanzhong, and there is not much chance of us counterattacking at present, so whether Dou Jiande and Su Hengbo are willing to form an alliance with us is also a big question." ”

"Sir's statement, I will report it to my father as soon as possible, I don't know what else is besides this opportunity?" Li Shimin nodded, and completely agreed with Fang Xuanling's statement.

The crisis in Taiyuan actually broke out as early as when the Tang army attacked Huoyi, and the reason why Li Yuan has not cared about Taiyuan is really because of his eagerness to enter the main Guanzhong.

But now the situation in Guanzhong has almost been settled, and if Taiyuan is lost at this time, the gains outweigh the losses.

Fang Xuanling said with a smile, "I have analyzed it just now, and the second opportunity lies in Bashu; With Bashu, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are not to be worried. ”

Li Shimin breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Mr. has analyzed it exquisitely, Shimin intends to ask Mr. to join the army for the secretary's office, I don't know what Mr. thinks?" ”

Fang Xuanling stood up and saluted, "Fang Mou is better to be respectful!" ”

Fang Xuanling has become Li Shimin's subordinate, if there is no Su You's sudden addition in this era, they must be the best partners in this troubled world.

But now

Due to the traffic, the information obtained by Fang Xuanling is somewhat outdated, and the decisions he makes are naturally no longer targeted; At this time, Dou Jiande had withdrawn from Youzhou to Hejian County, and Luo Yi took refuge in Su You, and Su You had no reason to form an alliance with Li Tang.

So in the face of Dou Jiande, who has been comprehensively suppressed by Su You, will Li Tang choose to form an alliance with them?

Even if Li Tang and Dou Jiande form an alliance, most of the covenant can only stay in words, their hypocrisy and grievances are one thing, and it is more likely that Su You will not give them any chance.

It is advisable to chase after the poor Kou with the remaining Yong, Su You will not give Dou Jiande more time to reorganize the army, but only after resting in Youzhou for a few days, he ordered Xue Wanche to be the vanguard and began to raise troops to the south.

This time, Su You's vanguard was all cavalry, including two thousand light cavalry led by Xue Wanche and two thousand heavy cavalry led by Zhao Hu, and their two thousand auxiliaries were all on horseback, and these six thousand people and more than eight thousand horsemen were the vanguard of Su You against Dou Jiande.

As for the task of attacking Wei Dao'er in Shanggu County, Su You directly handed it over to Li Jing.

Li Jing's headquarters did not have many soldiers and horses, but fortunately, Zhang Long brought a large number of troops from Changli in Liaodong, and these people and Zhang Long temporarily belonged to Li Jing; In addition, Wang Bodang's 3,000 light cavalry and Wei Ting's 3,000 foot soldiers were also temporarily under Li Jing's account.

It was the first time for Li Jing to command more than 10,000 men and horses to fight, but with the elite of his own headquarters and Wang Bodang's 3,000 cavalry, he was full of confidence.

Without Luo Yi's joining, Su You's Chinese army would be too pitiful.

Despite this, Su You's Chinese army was less than 10,000 people, including 1,500 artillery soldiers and Zhang Junli's soldiers who originally belonged to Gao Kaidao, and Luo Yi's 3,000 foot soldiers who were temporarily put together.

One-third of these foot soldiers were captured by Dou Jiande captured by Wang Bodang and others a few days ago, and the rest were the Youzhou army left after the decisive battle with Dou Jiande.

With just these troops, Su You was able to go south all the way along the canal without hindrance

Another important reason why Li Tang's abacus fell short is Li Mi.

If Su You was not involved, Li Mi could endure a temporary alliance with Li Yuan, but this alliance was only implemented in words.

Li Mi is not without ambition, if he can enter the Eastern Capital, even if he sends someone to assassinate Su You and replace him with such a desperate approach, he can do it.

But now, what else can Li Mi do besides fighting against Yu Wenhua?

After Li Mi's mediation, the envoy of the imperial court, Gai Cong, returned to the eastern capital one day later and came to Wagang's territory again, but this time it was Zhai Rang who met him, and he was obviously talking about a set of rhetoric with Li Mi before.

Zhai Rang didn't dare to call the shots, so he had to use the flying pigeons that Lu Sheng left for Lu Zhongsu, and the news quickly reached Su You's hands.

Su You had no objection to Zhai Rang and Li Mi temporarily accepting the reward from the Eastern Capital, so the matter began to be in full swing, and Zhai Rang and Li Mi jointly submitted a letter to the imperial court, asking for submission, and at the same time asking the emperor to let them crusade against Yu Wenhua and atone for their sins.

The Emperor personally received the secret envoy group of the Wagang Army, and appointed Li Jian, the leader of the envoy group, as Si Nongqing, Xu Shiyu as Shangshu Youcheng, and the others had their own rewards

As for the official positions of Zhai Rang and Li Mi, one is a lieutenant and the other is a sikong, which is really much higher than Su You, and after they received this secret edict, it was not easy for them to look up and greet each other.

Of course, the imperial court can only let go of the cannon, and the high-ranking officials have not been able to issue a generous fortune in time; Not only that, but the imperial court also asked the Wagang army to allow the imperial court to send people to Luokoucang to transport grain back

Regarding the requirements of the imperial court, Li Mi could only pretend to be stupid, but he still did not dare to be careless about Yu Wenhua's marching route.

Yu Wenhua and the more than 100,000 Xiaoguo army under his command began to go north at the end of last month, and entered the territory of the Wagang army in just a few days.

Yu Wenhua originally thought that the more than 100,000 Xiaoguo army he commanded would be invincible, and the Yuwen family could be expected to win the world; After leaving Jiangdu, unfortunate things came one after another, but good things seemed to stay away from him.

On the first day after leaving Jiangdu, his good friend Shen Guang gathered hundreds of Yang Guang's dead friends to ambush him, but fortunately, Sima De saw the opportunity quickly and nippled their rebellion in the bud.

Immediately afterwards, Sima Dekan, who helped him suppress the rebel party, also rebelled himself, although Yu Wenhua and the suppression were timely, the impact was still relatively bad.

As early as Yang Su's time, Sima Dekan already existed, and he stood tall for many years because he had a large number of supporters.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Yu Wenhua did not dare to kill, but how are the remaining people different from Shen Guang? Eventually, they will continue to oppose themselves one day.

Leaving behind the troubles is Yu Wenhua and said that he doesn't want to, and what makes him feel even more embarrassed is that the Xiaoguo Army, who said that they would return to Chang'an together, was constantly deserting along the way. -- This also made Yu Wenhua finally realize Yang Guang's helplessness back then.

However, do you want to use high-pressure policies like Yang Guang to kill the captured defectors one after another?

Yu Wenhua didn't dare, because he couldn't afford others to give him a military admonition.

Rebellions and desertions continued one after another, and if this could not crush Yu Wenji, then the lack of food really worried him.

There are more than 100,000 people in the Xiaoguo army, and these people will be a force that destroys the world after they are full of food and drink, but if they are starved for a day or two, what will be the result?

"I have food at home, and I don't panic." There is a lack of food in the Yu culture and there is no local gas passing through the eastern capital.

In desperation, Yu Wenhua had no choice but to lead the army to attack Liyang Cang, but unfortunately Li Mi had already made a calculation.

Before Yu Wenhua arrived, the Wagang army deployed a large number of troops in Liyangcang, arranged deep ditch barriers, and faced the invading enemy with an obscene attitude.