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But Xiao Buyi is a stable foundation, and when the Luoshui battle is fierce, Guanzhong, thousands of miles away, is also engaged in a life-and-death struggle. Xiao Buyi is the foundation of the eastern capital, and he is doing his best to eradicate the big trouble of his henchmen, and Li Yuan is also doing his best to protect the land of Guanzhong.

There are too many differences between the two, but there are still similarities in the ending, and they have painstakingly planned to finally achieve the victory they want.

Xiao Buyi cleared the resistance of the old valve in the first battle, beat Li Mi to the south of Xingyang, and ran through the passage between the north and the south, the hegemony has begun to take shape, but Li Yuan is a battle to help the wind, pursuing Xue Renguo's army for hundreds of miles, until Longshan is victorious and returns. After this battle, Li Yuan temporarily stabilized the morale of the Guanzhong army.

In order to fight against Xue Renguo, Li Yuan was actually very well prepared, and it was expected that he would win. Just like when he went south to take the pass, everything was under his control, and the pass seemed to be just a process.

But Li Shimin doesn't think so, he thinks that he finally fought the most meaningful battle in his life in this battle, which can be regarded as a real battle, and it is also a battle in which he broke away from the wings of his father and eldest brother and reads independently, so in front of his father, he was very excited. Although this battle is still under Li Yuan's arrangement.

Since Li Yuan's incident, until today, Li Shimin also knows that although he has slowly honed, he is still too far behind Xiao Buyi. When taking Xihe, the eldest brother presided over the overall situation, he just killed a Gao Deru, and when he fought Huoyi, he cooperated with his father to act in a play, Dingjiang County, which was the desire of the people, but it was his eldest brother's credit to recover Yongfeng. Attacking Tongguan, forcing Qu Tutong, and defeating the Sui general Sang Xianhe was a great credit to Liu Wenjing. Of course, if he broke Chang'an, he could be regarded as his credit, after all, he was also one of the four route armies, nominally commanding, but he knew that at that time, he was dragged by Yin Kaishan and other old ministers in the rear, and he was not allowed to attack the city in person. Of course he knew that Yin Kaishan and the others also had good intentions, the son of a daughter, sitting under the eaves, he had to worry about being hit by tiles, how could these old ministers assist him, how could he put himself in danger? But looking at Sun Huazhong's death by arrows, and the moment when the military leader Lei Yongji rushed to the top of the city, he felt quite bad in his heart, this situation was too far from what he imagined.

Xiao Buyi shook the grassland, resisted the Turks, pacified Wagang, conquered Xiangyang, and killed countless bandits in the Central Plains, all of which were done by himself, which was a mountain that he could not overcome, and it was also a mountain that he always looked up to. He has always lived under the wings of his father and eldest brother, but he has also been living in the shadow of Xiao Buyi, who has come to his current position step by step, completely by his own hands. Li Shimin actually yearns for Xiao Buyi's way of fighting, but he also knows that there is no such possibility for the time being.

Everything has been carefully planned by my father, and it is just as planned.

's father has the talent to control the overall situation, but he is too safe and has always been cautious in doing things, which makes Li Shimin fight with only two words, that is, unhappy!

Therefore, when he recounted the process of defeating Xue Renguo, he secretly expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Dad, you don't know...... Xue Renguo is known as the enemy of 10,000 people, but when the army was defeated, he simply became abandoned by 10,000 people! ”

"Dad, you don't know...... The Xue family army is actually not as strong as imagined, they sit on the land of the pastoral director, the army and horses are strong, but they are not as brave as our iron horses, this battle, we killed more than a thousand enemies, it can be said that it is a powerful pass. ”

"Dad, you don't know...... When I chased all the way to Longshan, if you answered, I could cross Longshan, go straight to Tianshui, and maybe even capture Xue Ju alive. ”

"Dad, you don't know...... Xue Renguo returned in a fiasco, and Xue Judu asked his subordinates to prepare to surrender in Jujun. Dad, you don't know ......"

"Enough is enough, Shimin." Li Jiancheng said in a deep voice, interrupting Li Shimin's endless talk and secret dissatisfaction, "Dad actually knows everything. ”

Li Shimin snorted, "Big brother, it's me who is fighting on the front line this time, not you and your father, how do you know the situation at that time." ”

Li Yuan kept looking down at the copywriter, and finally raised his head at this moment, frowned, and said: "Shimin, don't think that if you are far away to help the wind, your father will not know your movements." Do you know how dangerous it is for you to lead your cavalry in pursuit? Do you know that you almost died in Longshan this time? Do you know that if Liu Hongji and others hadn't led a large army to arrive later, your iron cavalry might have been wiped out? Do you know that Xue Ju is not bad as a father, and he is too old and spicy, what ability do you have to make him surrender? ”

Li Shimin's face flushed, "Did Yin Kaishan tell you these things?" ”

"It doesn't matter who told it." Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly: "Shimin, this time you can defeat Xue Renguo, it is definitely not a strong soldier and horse, it has already surpassed Longyou." Thinking that Longyou has always been an important place to guard against the Turks and Tuyuhun, the people are fierce, and there is the director of the Great Sui Pastoral Officer, where the military horses are really the elite of the Great Sui! We take the geographical advantage of Guanzhong, but Xue Ju is taking all the war horses there, and the current strength is stronger than us, and it is difficult for us to take advantage of it for the time being. Taking Xue Ju is by no means an overnight thing. This time, if it weren't for the eldest grandson Shunde to persuade the Turks to support us, and let Zhang Changxun cut off his back road, Xue Renguo would not have enough food and grass, how could he withdraw his troops in such a panic? This is just a temptation, and the tough battle is still to come. ”

Seeing his younger brother's unhappy face, Li Jiancheng patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Shimin, I told my father about you...... It's not to blame, but to care, I don't know if you understand? ”

Li Shimin said after a while: "The use of soldiers is strange, I will wait for this kind of troops, and I will return with a small victory, I don't know if I want to take the land of Guanlong, and I have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse?" ”

Li Yuan finally stood up, walked up to his son, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Shimin, this world is by no means able to be achieved overnight, you are still too impatient, so it is difficult for me to entrust many things to you." Dad originally asked you to break through Longxian to turn around, but you chased all the way to Longshan, if Xue Renguo really knows how to use troops, set up an ambush there, and it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory. ”

"But in fact, he didn't set up an ambush." Li Shimin said with a stiff neck.

Li Yuan shook his head and was speechless for a long time, this son has been stubborn since he was a child, and he didn't do what he was told, which made him a little uneasy.

"Shimin, Dad doesn't want you to put yourself in danger. Xue Renguo didn't set up an ambush, but suddenly turned around, you were already a little unable to resist, if Liu Hongji hadn't arrived with troops in time, it would be really difficult to say the outcome of the battle. Longxian can be defended, but what is the use of you chasing to Longshan? Every ounce of our strength should be used in the most critical places, not in the courage of the horseman. ”

"Daddy...... This is not the courage of a horseman. Li Shimin said loudly.

"Let's leave this at that." Li Yuan waved his hand, displeasure flashing on his face, "Shimin, you have worked hard this time......

"Dad, I have something to say." Li Shimin said hurriedly.

This meeting was regarded as a meeting of the Li family, and only Li Yuan and his two sons were present. Qu Tutong has surrendered, Sang Xian and Yitong Pass surrendered, their eastern defense line expanded to the east of Tongguan, and Li Jiancheng was not needed to garrison the border pass for the time being, so he also temporarily turned back to Xijing.

Li Yuan frowned slightly, motioned to Li Shimin to wait, and asked softly: "Completed, how is Hedong now?" In his mind, what Shimin said could be postponed after all, but what he was most worried about now was the land east of the river. Li Yuan went south to take Guanzhong, but in fact, he made a detour to the southeast of the river, and now the east of the river was guarded by Sui Chen Yaojunsu, like a wedge between Taiyuan and Xijing, which made him unable not to pull out.

Li Jiancheng said in a deep voice: "Dad, Qu Tutong, Sang Xianhe have surrendered, Yaojun Su who guards Hedong is originally Qu Tutong's subordinate, I asked Qu Tutong to go to Hedong to persuade him to surrender in person, according to my thoughts, there should be news soon." ”

Li Yuan smiled and nodded, "If Hedong takes it, we will have no worries, but we can concentrate on dealing with Xue Ju first......" Before his words fell, someone hurriedly arrived and presented the military document. Li Yuan unfolded it, and his face changed slightly. Li Jiancheng also frowned when he saw it from the side.

When Li Shimin saw it, he couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what's wrong?" ”

Li Yuan sat down slowly, shook his head and said, "Yaojun never descends!" ”

"What is he still holding onto, Yang Guangdu is already dead." Li Shimin frowned.

Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly: "There are always one or two dead brains in this world. ”

Li Shimin remembered something, "Dad, I was about to tell you a few things." ”

"Say it." Li Yuan frowned.

"The first thing is that I heard that Xiao Buyi has sent iron cavalry to raid Chang Ping, approaching the land of Tongguan. I think his hostility towards us is so clear that if we take Tongguan, how can we ignore it? At present, Xiao Buyi is fighting with Wagang with all his might, and he will definitely have no time to draw troops to keep the position closed, if he follows my suggestion, he can send troops out of Tongguan to take the position to close the position, so as to lay the foundation for the future to enter the Central Plains. ”

Li Yuan frowned and said, "Isn't that going to be an open enemy with Xiao Buyi?" ”

"So what?" Li Shimin didn't care, and seemed to have forgotten about retreating. "We're going to fight him sooner or later, and we'll see how he reacts right now. If you don't send troops, the land six hundred miles east of Tongguan will all fall into the hands of Xiao Buyi, and it will be too late to regret it. If you don't send troops, you will definitely not get anything! Besides, we have the risk of Tongguan, and the worst thing is to retreat to Tongguan, which is not a big problem. ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "Don't ...... At present, we must not take the initiative to send troops to provoke, and we should focus on forming alliances. The people, do not be reckless. ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "I know that Dad, you are too careful, if according to my previous thoughts, we send troops to Tongguan to contain Xiao Buyi's army, but let Li Mi rush to attack the eastern capital, when Xiao Buyi's troops are insufficient, he will definitely return to the army to defend the eastern capital, and then we can take all the land six hundred miles west of the eastern capital, how can he let him act recklessly now and collect all the land in Henan?" But you are careful not to offend him. Secretly, he went to contact Luo Yi and Dou Jiande, wanting them to deal with Xiao Buyi respectively. Then he wanted to buy Li Mi's subordinate Wang Junkuo and persuade the Wagang people to come and cling to him. You want Li Mi to win, and you are disintegrating Wagang's strength, isn't it self-contradictory and ridiculous? Thinking that Luo Yiyuan is in Yanzhao, there is no way to send troops, Dou Jiande has no ambitions, he is only ready to cut off the king and occupy the land of Hebei, the two have always had grievances, how can these people work together to attack Xiao Buyi as you wish? Li Mi is worried about internal and external troubles, plus a few allies with different intentions, his strength is not necessarily enhanced, only weaker, this time Dad, you are really begging for fish. ”

Li Yuan said angrily: "What do you know about the yellow-mouthed boy? ”

Li Jiancheng saw Li Yuan's anger, and hurriedly said: "Shimin, you are indeed wrong this time, this time my father did not send troops, and he really had to suffer?" ”

"What's the problem, how come I don't know?" Li Shimin pouted.

Li Jiancheng said with a wry smile: "First of all, of course, Xue Renguo's soldiers are coming to the city, and we will not get rid of the immediate troubles, and the soldiers will be unwilling, and the people of Guanzhong will definitely not want to, and secondly, Xiao Buyi has more than one eastern capital, and he also has the land of Xiangyang." If we attack the eastern capital, if they send troops from Xiangyang and cut off our way back, how can we deal with them? But the most important point is that now is not yet the time to tear our faces with Xiao Buyi. If we don't get rid of Xue Ju, Li Rail, Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou and others in Guanlong, if we are enemies with Xiao Buyi, we will definitely suffer from the enemy and suffer unspeakably. ”

"But Xiao Buyi is also controlled by big enemies such as Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, Wang Shichong, Xu Yuanlang, Luo Yi, etc., and he is not necessarily polite to us! He has only more enemies than we are! Li Shimin frowned and said: "But Chang closed the position and said that he would take it, without hesitation." ”

Li Yuan sighed lightly: "Our strength is not good, what can we do?" ”

Before his words fell, Tang Jian hurried in, his face turned pale and said, "King Tang, there are eight hundred miles of urgent letters in the east." ”

Li Yuan suddenly got up, "What do you say?" ”

Tang Jian unfolded the letter and said in a trembling voice: "The Wagang army of the Sui army fought fiercely in Luoshui, and the Sui army won a complete victory, even recovering Luokoucang, Yuecheng, and Tiger Prison, and now it has made every effort to recover Xingyang. Li Mi fled in defeat and disappeared! Luo Yi Yanyun Tieqi suffered a heavy blow in Niukou, and only a hundred or so people turned back to the land of Yan Zhao. ”

Li Yuan sat down weakly and said in a lost voice: "Li Mi was defeated so quickly? ”

After listening to Tang Jian's reading of the news, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng also changed their faces. They are all keenly aware that on the road to competing for the world, Xiao Buyi has taken the lead.

"Tang Sima, send the order, and quickly convene a hundred officials in the Wude Hall to discuss the plan." Li Yuan quickly regained his composure. He actually knew that Li Mi would be defeated, but he didn't expect Li Mi to be defeated so quickly. But since it happened, complaining and regretting it is always useless, and the most important thing now is to think about countermeasures.

Tang Jian listened to the order and hurriedly retreated, and before Li Yuan could get up, Li Shimin had already stopped him, "Dad, I still have something to say." ”

"Long story short." Li Yuan was a little helpless.

"This time, Hedong has been attacked for a long time, and the eldest brother's strategy to persuade Qu Tutong to surrender is useless, I don't know what clever plan you can think of, Dad?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Yuan frowned and said, "I don't have it, do you have?" ”

Li Shimin smiled: "I really have." ”

"Since the people of the world have a clever plan, it is better to say it early, and don't sell it." Li Jiancheng said with a smile. Although Li Shimin stabbed him just now, he has always loved this younger brother and did not take his ridicule to heart.

"Daddy...... How did you forget someone? Li Shimin frowned and said: "I think Liu Wenjing actively gave advice to my Li family when his father did not revolt." If it weren't for his envoy to the steppe and the support of Shibi Khan, our uprising would not have gone so smoothly. If it weren't for him to persuade Qu Tutong and lure Sang Xianhe, Tongguan wouldn't be able to reach us at this moment, right? If you take credit for the uprising, in my opinion, Wenchen should be headed by Liu Wenjing and Pei Lian. But Pei Lin was just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, but Liu Wenjing was a great meritorious, but you always seem to be unwilling to reuse Liu Wenjing, Pei Lin is incompetent, but you let him live above Liu Wenjing, wouldn't it make the meritorious minister feel cold? ”

Li Yuan snorted coldly, "Shimin, Liu Wenjing is a person who is arrogant and ambitious, if he is allowed to be the first, I am afraid that there will be disasters." ”

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Dad, you said that Liu Wenjing is ambitious, why didn't I see it?" ”

Li Jiancheng said on the side: "Shimin, my father will never be untargeted, there are some things that you don't know." ”

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, "No matter what, Liu Wenjing is a great talent after all, it's a pity to abandon it, and I hope my father will think twice before acting." ”

"And what do you mean?" Li Yuan frowned and asked.

Li Shimin smiled and said: "I suggest that my father send Liu Wenjing to take Hedong, maybe it will have a miraculous effect." ”

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Then according to what Shimin said." ”

"But should Daddy promote Liu Wenjing and add a reward?" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Li Yuan glanced at Li Jiancheng and frowned: "Everything will wait until he conquers Hedong." ”

"Dad, I have one more thing." Li Shimin said again.

Li Yuan sighed and said, "You have something, can't you just say it in one go?" ”

"Today is the last thing." Li Shimin said with a smile: "Dad, the battle of Fufeng made me understand that the two armies are opposed, and the cavalry is very important, and the top priority at the moment is to build an elite cavalry to charge into battle." Xiao Buyi's ability to shock Henan is due to the fact that he has black-armored cavalry in his hands. But this advantage is not absolute, if we also spend a lot of money to build a black-armored cavalry, we can ensure that the enemy will not fall behind in the future. ”

Li Yuan sighed lightly: "Of course I also know, but Guanlong Racecourse is mostly divided by others, with Xue Ju as the most." We have few horses, and at the moment cavalry is scarce, relying only on the Turks to supply horses is not a long-term solution......"

"Relying on the Turks for horses is not a long-term way, but it is a necessary way. Liu Wenjing and the eldest grandson Shunde are both related to the Turks, and if we send these two people to contact, we will be able to do something. Dad, you must not hesitate in this matter, if we wait for Xiao Buyi to hit Guanzhong, we will take the horses again, I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it! At present, the training of elite cavalry is a top priority, in my opinion, we must first buy horses from the Turks in an endless stream of money, if we wait until Xue Ju is defeated, take all the horses of Longyou, and then we and other cavalry, absolutely should not be worse than Xiao Buyi. ”

Li Jiancheng raised his eyebrows, "Dad, what the people of the world said is not bad at all, I have to wait for the hearts of the people, it is a matter of time before the Guanlong lords are defeated, and the current enemy should be Xiao Buyi, it is not appropriate to blindly retreat now, and it is right to rise up and consider ways to deal with him." ”

Li Yuan seriously considered it this time and said: "In this case, I will discuss this matter with the eldest grandson Shunde, as for Liu Wenjing, let him crusade against Hedong first, Shimin, you and Chai Shao, the head of the horse army, are fully responsible for the preparation of the black armored cavalry, don't let your father down." When Li Yuan said this, he patted Li Shimin's shoulder heavily, full of expectations.

Li Shimin agreed loudly and walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion excitedly, Li Yuan shook his head and sighed lightly: "Built, Shimin is still young, but I don't know why, what he sometimes says and gives advice is very reasonable?" ”

Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "Shimin was just young and vigorous at the beginning, but in the past few years, he has been constantly tested by war, and he is far from the yellow-mouthed boy in my father's eyes. He can also use the overall situation to consider the problem now, and besides, there is a Fang Xuanling by his side, who is resourceful, and Shimin always likes to discuss the general trend of the world with him, and his knowledge has soared. Father...... Wouldn't you always hit him in the future, wouldn't it be better to give him some confidence? ”

Li Yuan sighed and said: "The people of the world are actually smart, but they are too impetuous, and in the past, they have a lot of holy weapons, so they are inevitably arrogant. I'm also good for him now, just talking about this battle to help the wind, he just didn't listen to me, insisted on going his own way, fortunately, he still won, if he loses, the loss of the army will still be second, if he sends his surname, then how can I be good? If he doesn't change his surname, it will be difficult for him to become a great weapon after all, and if he has to pay a lesson in exchange for a painful defeat, I would rather he not lead the army to the battle. ”

When Li Yuan said this, the old man said with tears in his eyes: "Completed, after Xuanba's death, I only have the three of you available now." You reassure me, Yuanji has a stubborn temper, if the people of the world have three long and two short, how can I be worthy of your dead mother? ”

Li Jiancheng was also full of sighs, "Dad, it's a pity that Shimin still doesn't understand your deep meaning, this time you probably used Jian Cavalry to hone his surname for a while, right?" ”

Li Yuan wiped the corners of his eyes, nodded and said, "That's right, his surname is suitable for more training to become a great weapon, I hope he won't let me down." It's just that it's still far away to deal with Xiao Buyi, and we have too much time to take care of, isn't Xiao Buyi like this? We are anxious to pacify Guanlong, he also wants to pacify the Central Plains, the most important thing at the moment is not to prepare horses as Shimin said, but to plan Bashu and quickly take Hedong. As long as Bashu is taken down by us and Guanlong is pacified, we will send troops from Tongguan, Bashu, and Jingchengguan to attack Henan, Jingxiang, and Hebei. ”

Li Jiancheng admired: "Daddy is strategic, not surprised in case of chaos, and the child admires." It's just that...... Are we really going to send Liu Wenjing to take Hedong? Dad, you have been pressing Liu Wenjing, and always let Pei Lin be above him, in fact, in the eyes of the child, what Shimin said is not wrong, Dad can have today's achievements, Liu Wenjing is really far above Pei Lian. Your approach will only make some people dissatisfied. ”

Li Yuan snorted coldly, "Only Liu Wenjing is dissatisfied, except for people like Shimin, how can others be dissatisfied?" What's the use of having merit? This man's origin is unknown, and who knows what his intentions are? The greater his credit, the greater the conspiracy, Pei Lin and my decades of friendship may be a little incompetent, but he is absolutely loyal to me, and he is up to the task. You must keep in mind that those who are talented should be vigilant, and those who can use faithful people are the most important. In the future, when your father ascends the throne, you will be the crown prince, and when you take over the world as your father, and when you reign in the world, you must remember what your father said today. ”

Li Jiancheng said respectfully: "The child has written it down, so don't you let Liu Wenjing go to attack Hedong?" ”

Li Yuan frowned and said, "Completed, I now suspect more and more that Liu Wenjing was originally from the Taiping Dao!" ”

Li Jiancheng's body shook, "Then he's ...... Father...... I heard that most of the people assisted by the Taiping Dao are the true sons of heaven, so you say, Dad, you are the real sons of heaven? ”

Although Li Jiancheng was shocked, he couldn't hide his joy, and he could see that Li Yuan's face was solemn, and he couldn't help asking: "Dad, what did the child say wrong?" ”

Li Yuan frowned and said, "How much do you know about Taiping Dao?" ”

Li Jiancheng hesitated, and said, "Dad, I only heard about ...... Taiping Dao has been established for more than 400 years, and every time there is troubled times, they will look for the true son of heaven, and those who have their support can win the world. I heard that they made a book of heaven prophecy, recording the rise and fall of thousands of years, which is really strange and unspeakable. ”

Li Yuan sneered, took Li Jiancheng's hand and sat down, and said earnestly: "Wu'er, if you really think so, it's really a big mistake. ”

"Isn't the legend true?" Li Jiancheng was incredulous.

"If it's a rumor, how much can it be true?" Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "After completion, if you are the king in the future, you must not follow the crowd, and you must have your own judgment." In fact, I have to talk to you about many things today, so that you will not be deceived and ruined in the future. ”

If it was Li Shimin, most of them would be disdainful, thinking that Li Yuan was making a big fuss, but Li Jiancheng said with a straight face: "Please show me my father." ”

Li Yuan was quite satisfied with Li Jiancheng's attitude, looked out of the hall and said: "My father is over half a hundred years old, and I have seen too many ups and downs, in fact, it should not be said that whoever gets the support of Taiping Dao can be called the emperor, on the contrary, according to the judgment of his father, those who have the support of Taiping Dao will definitely lose the world!" ”.

(To be continued)