In Taiji Palace, Tang Emperor Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, watching the twists and turns of Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, and Li Jing, the general of the auxiliary state, with a contemplative face.

An emperor's control over the country is largely determined by the control and checks and balances of his courtiers. Some courtiers pursue fame, and the emperor will fulfill him and make him a generation of famous ministers; Some courtiers pursue profit, and the emperor can also fulfill him, so that he can enjoy glory and wealth all his life; Some courtiers pursued ideals and hoped to establish the ideal prosperous era mentioned by Confucius Sage, and the emperor could also pursue his ideals with him and build a prosperous era together. The emperor can control these courtiers who have pursuits, but there are some courtiers who the emperor does not know his pursuit, so how will the emperor control such courtiers?

Take Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, for example, what he is pursuing is not fame and fortune, if so, he didn't have to support himself at all, just with Li Xiaoji's contribution to the Tang Dynasty and the relationship between the Emperor Taishang and Li Xiaoji, Datang will definitely ensure that he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, and enjoy wealth and prosperity. For a long time, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin thought that Li Xuan was pursuing power, but this time Li Xuan's seclusion made Li Shimin more and more incomprehensible; The same is true of Li Jing, Li Shimin knows what Li Jing wants, Li Jing wants to lead the army to make meritorious contributions and achieve his reputation as a famous general through the ages. But Li Shimin did not dare to entrust the army to him completely and unconditionally, Li Jing must need an army if he wants to make a contribution, but the army is also the foundation of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin's life, without military power, Li Shimin will not have any strength that can deter the Quartet, and he will be ousted from the throne at any time, and his head will be different.

Li Xuan and Li Jing cannot be controlled, they can only be checked and balanced, and they have the strength to compete with them. But when he thought of Li Xuan's superb resourcefulness and various immortal methods, and when he thought of Li Jing's flexible and cunning use of soldiers, Li Shimin felt a headache, and against these two people, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, did not have a complete chance of winning.

Li Xuan and Li Jing. Li Shimin can also completely abandon it, but now the Turks are eyeing him, and it would be a pity if he didn't use it. Li Shimin felt very entangled. He decided to try to control and balance the two men.

So he issued an edict: "The edict is ordered by the Longyou Li clan to select outstanding children in the clan to study at Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an in Zhongnan Mountain, and Li Jing, the general of the auxiliary state of Bingzhou. ”

After that, Li Shimin issued an edict to Li Xuan and Li Jing respectively, strictly ordering them to accept apprentices, but they could put forward the conditions for accepting apprentices.

A few days later, Li Jing, the general of the auxiliary state, replied: "Your Majesty, if you learn my art of war, you must be a person with extraordinary talent and extraordinary qualifications. Minister's request. It must be a person who has commanded heavy troops and fought a major battle, if he has no experience in commanding troops, and has no experience in major battles, and who only reads military books and war strategies, after all, he will only talk about troops on paper, and he will not be able to deal with them flexibly according to the actual situation, and will inevitably be mistaken by all kinds of tactics and tactics in the end. Disaster to the country and damage to the army is very harmful. The ministers and the generals of the Manchu Dynasty can learn our art of war, only the champion general Li Ji and the general Hou Junji of Zuo Qianniuwei are more suitable. ”

I have seen Li Jing's recital. Tang Emperor Li Shimin groaned. Hou Junji is his confidant, although Li Ji is not his confidant, but his reputation for loyalty is famous all over the world. He has never participated in any court battles, after the victory of Xuanwumen. Li Ji has repeatedly expressed his closeness to himself, and he still trusts the two of them very much. So Li Shimin immediately issued an edict to let Li Ji and Hou Junji leave all military affairs and immediately go to Li Jing, the general of the auxiliary state of Bingzhou, to learn the art of war.

In the blink of an eye. A month passed, and Li Jing paced back and forth in the tent.

In a month's time, he already got to know Li Ji and Hou Junji. For Li Ji, he was very happy in his heart, to be precise, he was very surprised, but for Hou Junji, he was worried.

Li Jishan fights the "fairy battle". This is Li Jing's evaluation of Li Ji.

Li Jing first served in the army of his uncle, Han Baohu, the former general of the Sui Zhu State, and then was taught the orthodox art of war by his uncle Han Baohu and He Ruobi, another general of the Zhu State, so Li Jing's use of troops was more formal and cautious. He has a habit of "using troops with a seven-point chance of victory", using soldiers is using risks, and before the war starts, no one dares to guarantee that he will be able to win. Years of experience in using soldiers tell Li Jing that once his chances of winning with soldiers exceed seventy percent, the opponent will run away and not fight you; If it is less than seventy percent, you will hesitate, fear failure, and dare not fight. There is only a seventy percent chance that Li Jingfang will use troops, so that the opponent will not run away, and he will have absolute certainty of victory. Therefore, Li Jing used troops, and if he did not use them, he would win. There was once a consensus in the Tang Dynasty that as long as there was a war, Li Jing said that it could be fought, and the Tang Emperor and the ministers would rest assured, because as long as Li Jing said it, this battle would definitely be able to be won, and there would be absolutely no second result.

And Li Ji is different, he was born as a bandit in Wagang Mountain, and he became a general step by step, but he was more risky in his use of soldiers, and he dared to fight just over fifty percent of the odds, and Li Ji was thoughtful and cunning in his use of soldiers. Obviously it is a small battle, he will take into account all the circumstances, and deal with them one by one according to the actual situation of the battlefield, one by one, so the opponent against him will be very uncomfortable, very tormented, his own decisions and actions are within Li Ji's calculations, not only himself, the people who came to rescue him, the decisions and actions are also within Li Ji's calculations, but as a result, as soon as the battle began, he fell into the pit, and it was a pit step by step, the pit cost people's lives, and then the people who rescued themselves began to repeat their own mistakes, and the pit cost people's lives. Li Ji is like a master of digging pits, at the beginning it was a small battle, Li Ji dug a small pit, and then the battle got bigger and bigger, Li Ji dug more and more pits, bigger and bigger, when the war ended, the pits dug by Li Ji will all be connected together, completely forming a huge pit, burying all opponents in it.

Knowing Li Ji's strategy of using troops, Li Jing could only smile helplessly: "Li Ji's battles are all immortal battles, he dares to fight, he doesn't dare to fight, it's too risky." However, Li Jing also felt happy in his heart: the use of soldiers is inherently eclectic, as long as he can win, he is a master of the art of war. Li Ji is cultivated and cultivated, and he will definitely be a famous general of Datang.

He looked at Li Ji, and then at his beloved disciple Su Dingfang, and he couldn't help but sigh: "God is so generous to Datang!" actually let Datang have himself, Li Ji, and Dingfang, three talented masters of the art of war. With himself, Li Ji, and Dingfang here, looking at the whole world, who can become the military opponent of the Tang Dynasty? A dynasty with a famous general can ensure the stability of the society for decades, deter the surrounding countries, and dare not start a war lightly, but just in one era, Datang suddenly has a whole three people who can be called famous generals! Thinking about it makes people feel proud and happy, what makes people even more fortunate is the age of themselves, Li Ji, and Dingfang, he is already forty and six this year, and Li Ji is just thirty years old, and Dingfang is even younger, sixteen years old, what does this mean? This shows that the entire Tang Dynasty can suppress the surrounding countries for at least sixty years. Sixty years is a Jiazi, a Jiazi Datang is invincible and invincible, thinking about it makes people feel dizzy and excited. I don't know how strong and brilliant Datang will be? (To be continued......)

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