Pei Ju's men and horses went to the north, but this does not mean that they will surrender to the Turks, they broke north and got rid of the Tang army's pursuers, quickly turned around and went west, along the ancient Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty to the west, after passing the wild boar lake has been westward, this road is full of wind and sand, people are sparsely populated, except for the caravan, no one else haunts, and this is still in early spring, the merchants of the Western Regions have not come so quickly, so they did not expose their whereabouts along the way, until they arrived at Jiayu Pass, There is a small force of the Tang army stationed here, the number is only fifty people, the team is the Longxi people, they saw a large number of Sui troops suddenly killed, all over the field stretched for more than ten miles, they have long been frightened, how dare they be stationed in Jiayuguan, hurriedly let people light the beacon fire, and led their subordinates to escape. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Sui army was not resisted, and entered Jiayuguan smoothly, Jiayuguan was not a city at this time, in history in the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the Mongols in the north from detaining the pass, so the current Great Wall was built, that is, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, later generations mentioned the Great Wall, will involuntarily think of the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty, in fact, the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty has long been weathered and destroyed by war, leaving only a shallow foundation, and what we see now are the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, soon after he ascended the throne, because although the Mongols in the north were driven out of the Central Plains by the Ming army, they were grassland tribes, as long as their vitality was not damaged, they would soon be able to make a comeback, and the threat of the nomads in the north to the Central Plains court for thousands of years was unforgettable, so in order to prevent this situation, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of the Great Wall, starting from Shanhaiguan in the north, Zhongju Town Beitai, and west to Jiayuguan, stretching for thousands of miles, but in the early stage, they did not play the role that Zhu Yuanzhang imagined. Although Zhu Yuanzhang led the army to defeat the Yuan army, he knew that the strength of the Mongols was far more than the Yuan army, and they still had a large number of troops in the west and north, so even after the Yuan army fled back to the grassland, Zhu Yuanzhang was still jealous of the Mongols, but he didn't know that the khanate established by Genghis Khan's sons had actually gradually begun to fall, and there were not many Mongols, plus so many people were divided, and the population of Mongolia itself was even more scarce. The number of people on the grassland is less than 500,000, and it is not so easy for such a small number of people to develop a strong army, so in the early stage, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty did not have the effect it expected, and in the later period, with the development and growth of the Later Jin, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty played its due role, and Shanhaiguan has also become a very important pass, related to the safety of the Gyeonggi region.

Pei Ju led the troops into Jiayuguan, at this time Jiayuguan was still just a small city, there were only hundreds of residents in the city, and the population was less than 3,000 people, but Pei Ju did not have the slightest dislike, he stopped in the city for a while, mobilized all the people in the city, and forced them to follow the migration, the place he was going to was more marginal, more barren places, where the population would be more sparse, he had to wrap all the people he saw along the way, so as to have enough population base to be able to gain a foothold, Otherwise, even if his army of 100,000 had conquered countless lands in foreign lands, it would have no population base at all and would not be able to gain a firm foothold.

The Sui army went all the way to the west, after passing the Jiayu Pass, along the way the population food and all the supplies were brought in the army to the west, after the Tang army received the beacon alarm, sent Chai Shao's Hexi army to pursue, he did not dare to go too deep, and after the pursuit to Yumen Pass, he listened to the footsteps, because the Sui army had gone far, and almost all the useful things along the way were looted, and the villages and towns around the country were empty, what this meant He also knew very well in his heart that the Sui army would not come back, It must have run far away, so instead of risking the pursuit, it is better to go back and report that there is no trace of the Sui army.

After Li Yuan learned that the Sui army was far west, he didn't pay too much attention to it in his heart, although this army was large in number, it had become a lone army that had lost support and contact, and they should not easily return to the Central Plains, plus the scope of the Hexi Corridor was very large, the terrain in Longxi was complex, the population was sparse, and it was not as rich as the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, even if it wanted to develop, it might not be able to develop, so he was not worried about this Sui army.

And now what worries Li Yuan the most is his second son Li Shimin, since the last time he had a stiff relationship with Li Shimin, Li Shimin has not returned to Chang'an once, and his orders are also a little disobedient to him, which makes Li Yuan's heart feel a little uneasy, worried that Li Shimin will raise troops to rebel, or support the army for self-respect, at present, the momentum of the Tang army is like a rainbow, and it has begun to gain an advantage in all directions, among which the army that attacked the West Liang Xiao Milling to the south has achieved the most fruitful results, Xiliang Xiao Milling was not a very strong opponent in the first place, so the Tang Army had a considerable advantage over them, and the Sui general Chen Ling in the Xiangyuan area had an unclear attitude at this time, neither expressed his support for the Luoyang Imperial Court, nor did he declare that he wanted to go out independently, but Xiao Milling fought with him for more than half a year, and at this time he was very jealous, if his army did not move, then the Western Liang Army would not withdraw at all, the confrontation between the two sides in the Xiangyang area was very serious, and the number of the Western Liang Army was not much, The elite soldiers were all taken to the Xiangyuan front again, which made the combat effectiveness of the troops left behind very unbearable.

Although the army of Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, is not the elite of the Tang army, but this army has also fought a lot of tough battles, and can be ranked as one of the twenty-four important ministers of Lingyan Pavilion after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiaogong's ability is still undoubted, he took a step-by-step approach to the Western Liang army of Bashu, and the method of anti-guest-oriented, this trick was used by Huang Zhong, the minister of Shu, to deal with Xiahou Yuan in Hanzhong, and finally cut off one of Cao Cao's arms, and at this time Li Xiaogong also used this trick to perfect the fire.

Originally, Guanzhong was separated from Hanzhong and Bashu by the Qinling Mountains, and the mountains and Qishan and other dangerous peaks formed some narrow roads, and the army had to pass through here, and only the strong attack had an effect, but Li Xiaogong was in the streets, and walked the Han River upstream, out of Shangyong City, only took Chencang, and suddenly occupied the initiative, and then the Tang army took Chencang as a stronghold, steadily and steadily, step by step, and gradually forced the Western Liang Army out, the Western Liang Army was unwilling to fail, and led the army to attack several times, were all dragged by Li Xiaogong with a procrastination trick and then implemented a counterattack, the Western Liang army was defeated in four battles and three times, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and their morale was low, so they had to retreat into Shuzhong.

And in the east of the river, Li Yuanji's troops got Wang Shichong's refuge, but also from Hebei Dou Jiande made a lot of gains, although the Xia army is large, but the territory is also very large, from Youzhou, Hebei, Shandong this line down, their forces are not so concentrated, before due to the Goguryeo counteroffensive, so Dou Jiande's main energy is in the east, now Goguryeo itself has internal strife, Baekje and Silla united to attack Goguryeo, trying to seize Pyongyang, they then withdrew, So Dou Jiande can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Yuanji took advantage of this opportunity to seize a large piece of land to the east.

It's just that in the north of Li Yuanji, there is a strength called Liu Wuzhou who has been threatening the Tang army, Liu Wuzhou and his generals Song Jingang and others rebelled almost at the same time when Li Yuan Taiyuan raised troops, but unlike Li Yuan, he did not have the support of the Guanlong nobles, and he was not a prince minister before, so his prestige was limited, and there were not many people who took refuge in him, but last year, he declared himself a vassal to the Turkic khans in the north and was supported by the Turks. The Turks wanted to get the tea and iron tools they needed by controlling Liu Wuzhou, and Liu Wuzhou got a large number of war horses and even soldiers from the Turks through exchange, Liu Wuzhou has not made much move, so Li Yuanji didn't take it to heart, but Wang Shichong knew that keeping Liu Wuzhou behind him was always a very dangerous thing, so he suggested that Li Yuanji send troops first, taking advantage of the gap when the Turks retreated to the grassland, and solved Liu Wuzhou first.

But Li Yuanji's vision is too poor, he thinks that Liu Wuzhou's strength is very weak, he can't set off any big storms, and there is no basis at all, and the enemy in front of them is Dou Jiande, so don't care about those moss disasters, you must first solve the biggest threat, also the largest territory, and the greatest credit.

In his opinion, his cousin Li Xiaogong has led troops into Shuzhong, and the second brother Li Shimin has a heavy army, and he may attack Luoyang at any time, and no matter who the two of them have made the merit, then it will bring him a lot of pressure.

Li Yuanji is a conceited person, but others are conceited because they have the ability, so they are conceited, he is good, he has no ability, and he has learned to be conceited, Wang Shichong persuaded to no avail, he just refused to send troops to attack Liu Wuzhou, but instead used the troops of Jinyang to advance to the east, intending to attack Hebei.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Dou Jiande urgently summoned Liu Heimin's troops in Shandong to lead the army back to help, and at the same time sent envoys to buy Liu Wuzhou with heavy money and generous gifts, so that he could help create trouble behind the back of the Tang army.

Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingangyi combined, if the Tang army is allowed to defeat Dou Jiande, then the next target of the Tang army will definitely be them, the so-called cold lips and teeth, although Li Yuanji is just a hairy boy, it stands to reason that he should not be Dou Jiande's opponent, but he is not afraid of 10,000, he is afraid of what if, he is indeed a great increase in strength after getting Wang Shichong's 30,000 elites, so if he defeats Dou Jiande, then the situation will be bad, so they quickly agreed to Dou Jiande's request, said that he would send troops to attack their rear when the Tang army and the Xia army were fighting, disrupting their positions.

Li Yuanji didn't know anything about this, he personally commanded 100,000 troops, leaving only 10,000 troops stationed in Jinyang, and the rest of the soldiers who could fight were all mobilized by him to attack Dou Jiande, for which he also requisitioned more than 50,000 people to participate in the transportation of grain and grass and other materials for the army, because it was the spring planting season at this time, so his approach was strongly resisted by the people, Li Yuanji did not back down at all, and ordered the army to forcibly recruit the people, which made the people's grievances boiling, and the complaints were full of complaints, and the image of the Tang army in the hearts of the people in Hedong plummeted and fell to the freezing point, all of which laid the groundwork for his defeat.

Although Li Shimin's relationship with Li Yuanji is not very good, but in the face of big interests, he can still distinguish between right and wrong, originally Li Shimin did hope to attack Luoyang, although Li Mi has several large granaries in his hands, but Li Shimin received a secret guarantee, knowing that Li Mi's grain is about to run out, Luoyang City will face the danger of running out of food, and at this time near Luoyang, there are nearly one million people and more than 300,000 troops, so many mouths are waiting to eat, and the consumption of food is extremely powerful, Therefore, Li Shimin keenly smelled the opportunity, at this time it was early spring, when the grain was not harvested, and after the grain was sown, the grain and grass in Luoyang City would inevitably be reduced again, so at this time he led the troops to surround Luoyang, forced Li Mi to come out to fight, and then dragged the Sui army to death sooner or later, but the Sui army was strong, although the army in his hands was elite, but after all, the number was relatively small, and there was no big problem with only more than 100,000 people guarding Tongguan. But if you want to go out to attack Luoyang, it will be a little different, so he wrote to the imperial court on the one hand, asking the court to send reinforcements, on the other hand, he wrote a letter to Li Yuanji, asking him to send troops to assist in his plan, Li Yuanji received Li Shimin's letter, he ignored it, and directly threw it aside, he would not do this kind of thing to make wedding dresses for people, and his subordinate Wang Shichong hated Li Shimin to the bone, and he also strongly persuaded Li Yuanji not to agree to Li Shimin's request, so Li Shimin's plan was not successful.

Therefore, Li Shimin can be regarded as having completely seen the true face of his third brother, so on top of Li Yuanji's dispatch of troops to Hebei, although he knew that it was definitely not a good time to send troops at this time, he chose to deal with it silently and did not warn Li Yuanji, because he knew that his warning would not be listened to by others.

Fortunately, there is a Li Yuanba by his side, Li Yuanba used to listen to him, he has been fighting with him for more than a year, and the relationship with him is closer, and with Li Yuanba by his side, Li Shimin feels very confident in his heart, Li Yuanba is ranked first in the world by the Langya list, this is not a wasted name, countless battles, as long as Li Yuanba takes the lead in the charge, the momentum of the Tang Army will instantly rise to the top, and even if the opponent's formation is a fierce general, is not Li Yuanba's opponent at all, so the Tang army will be invincible and invincible! (To be continued.) )