For Li Yuan, Hedong is his base. Here, he has been operating for a long time, not only have all the counties and counties been controlled by him for a long time, but even those powerful families are also dependent on him.

Moreover, his soldiers and horses are all soldiers recruited by Hedong, and Hedong is his foundation. And he still wants to believe in the destiny of heaven a little bit in his heart, Jinyang is where the ancient Tang Kingdom is located, and his previous title is Tang, and now he is the king of Tang. He based on the land east of the river is to comply with the destiny of heaven, which is also one of the reasons why he was able to decide to oppose the Sui in the first place.

But now Pei Lin said that he would give up Hedong and prepare to find another base, which couldn't help but make him frown. Although the world is big, it is no longer the chaotic time of a few years ago, and there are already powerful forces entrenched in the south, east, west, and north, no matter which side it goes. He boldly gave up his foundation, fearing that before the new foundation was laid, the base of Hedong would be lost.

As soon as Pei Lian's words came out, not only did Li Yuan hesitate, but even other civil and military forces also exclaimed one after another.

"King Tang, Jinyang has been a place of four battles since ancient times, and there are not many dangers to defend. If you keep the east of the river to the death, you are afraid that you will not be able to hold it for a lifetime. It's better to take the initiative to give up, and there will be a future life in the place of death! Pei Lin said calmly.

"Give up Hedong, where can I find a base place?" Li Yuan frowned and hesitated.

"Guanzhong Chang'an!" Pei Lian's voice was loud.

"Chang'an?" Everyone exclaimed.

Li Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard the word Chang'an, of course he clearly knew that Guanzhong had always been the foundation of Wang Ba. When Yang Xuangan rebelled, Li Mi offered Yang Xuangan three strategies, one of which was to take the pass.

"Zhongce is light and rushing, taking Guanzhong in the west, and then choking Tongguan, long-term confrontation, punctual and ready for change. Xu Tu Tianxia; In fact, Yang Xuangan chose Li Mi's next strategy and stormed the eastern capital Luoyang. Although he failed in the end, it cannot be said that Yang Xuangan's choice was wrong.

It can't be said that Li Mi's strategy of taking the pass is wrong, history proves that the pass can be used to defend against the enemy; And enterprising Guanzhong, there is a Xiongguan to rely on, take advantage of the geographical advantage to control the enemy, and the population of Guanzhong is rich, you can plan for a long time, and use time to control the enemy.

Especially now that he has become the target of all people. As long as you take the pass, you can block other hostile forces from the pass by virtue of the danger. On the other hand, it is also possible to avoid the dilemma of being attacked from all sides. With the affluence and full population of Guanzhong, it is not impossible to pacify the Central Plains once you get out of the customs in time.

Li Yuan was so excited that he had already stood up, but after a while, his face gradually sank again. The benefits of taking the customs are indeed many, and many are innumerable. But that's important. Is Guanzhong so easy to take? Not to mention that now he is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and he has long been the enemy of everyone. I'm afraid that he will be allowed to tackle key problems without interference, but I am afraid that in front of those dangerous heroes, he will not be able to occupy it for a while.

With a long sigh, Li Yuan sat back a little helplessly.

"Guanzhong Xiang is the base of the Guanlong family, and now Yu Wenhua, Wei Wensheng, Fan Zigai and others have established Wang Yang Yu as the emperor, how can they let me enter Guanzhong and take their inheritance." Li Yuan didn't say a word. The last time there was a dispute over Taiyuan. He slammed the Zhongjun behind his back. As a result, the Guanzhong Army was the biggest victim, not only more than half of the soldiers and horses were lost, but even Wei Wensheng, the commander of the flower knife, was also seriously injured. He, Li Yuan, has already become a fire and water with Guan Long's faction now. How easy is it to seek a pass now?

Pei Lin shook his head, "No, although the land of Guanzhong is dangerous, if you look at it today, the Central Plains is seven points, among the seven countries." Only Shu is the weakest. But Shu is far away in the southwest, the mountains are high and dangerous, and they live in a corner. So among the remaining six parties, it is the weakest in Guan. In the last Taiyuan dispute, the Guanzhong forces were the hardest hit, not only more than half of the soldiers and horses were damaged, but even Wei Wensheng was seriously injured. ”…,

"Now Wei Wensheng is seriously injured. The rest is Fan Zigai and Yu Wenhua and the two are in power. Although Fan Zigai has an extraordinary ability to handle government affairs, when it comes to military affairs, he is the biggest weakness. Back then, the first emperor sent his Jianghuai to suppress the bandits, but he would only blindly kill and burn them all, but the result was to suppress the rebels. At the beginning, he stayed in the eastern capital. There is a strong city of Luoyang, and Yang Xuangan, who led the rabble rebellion. is still a series of defeats, if it weren't for the eastern capital Chengjian, I am afraid that Yang Xuangan would have robbed Luoyang. ”

"And Yu Wenhua and this person, I don't need to say that everyone knows his ability, but it is the grace of the top family Yuwen and his father in front of the first emperor that can be used to hold a high position. Such a person is in charge of the military power in Guanzhong, and this is a great opportunity for us. At present, the power of Guanzhong is declining, and the people in power are all incompetent, and it is the opportunity for the Tang King to seize Guanzhong and establish hegemony. As long as the Guanzhong is in hand, what is the world afraid of? At that time, the east of the Guanzhong River will be connected, and then the west of the river will be taken to the west, and the world will be able to take a quarter. Then recuperate in the pass for a few years, sit and watch the forces of all parties outside the pass fight against each other, and when they are both defeated, then the king of Tang will lead the heroes of the pass out of the pass, and he will definitely be able to sweep away the world, and the cause of the king is just around the corner. ”

Pei Lian's words, what Li Yuan said was completely moved. He knew very well that if he continued to stay in Hedong, he was afraid that he would fall into the predicament of fighting on all sides. At that time, it will not be development, but I am afraid that I will be tired of running around to fight, and in a few years, the east of the river will be a scorched earth, and the accumulated materials will be used up, and I am afraid that it will be the day they will perish.

If there is no foresight, there must be near-term worries!

Li Jiancheng hesitated and said, "What Pei Changshi said is indeed a good strategy, but now that we are surrounded by enemies, if we want to attack Hexi, even if we ride lightly." But if the surrounding parties come to attack, we are still too busy to take care of ourselves, how can we draw troops and horses to attack the key problems? ”

Li Yuan sighed, "Chen Pojun in Hebei has already had a feud against my Li family, so if he has such an opportunity to fall into the ground, how can he let it go easily?" Jiang Ling's Liao King Yang Jian hated me even more, if it weren't for me, he would have succeeded to the throne in Taiyuan. The rest, such as Wang Shichong of Luoyang and Yu Wenhua of Guanzhong, are afraid that they will attack us in the future before we attack them, but what will be good? ”

"King Tang might as well endure for the time being, and exchange the humiliation for a moment to gain the opportunity."

"How?"

Pei Lin was full of smiles, and he was at ease in his chest.

"The one closest to us is the king of the eastern capital Luoyang. After Wang Shichong entered Luoyang, he and Duan Da, Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu and others supported Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and proclaimed himself emperor. However, although the eastern capital was invaded by Wang Shichong's 100,000 Jianghuai troops into Luoyang, the eastern capital was now besieged by 300,000 Wagang troops in Henan. ”

Therefore, the king of Tang only needed to write a letter to Li Mi, and became an ally with him, stating that he would join forces to defeat Yang Dong, the puppet emperor of the eastern capital. Then Li Mi, who has been attacking Luoyang for a long time, is very likely to form an alliance with the Tang King, and then we will symbolically send a little soldiers and horses, which can easily trap the soldiers and horses of the eastern capital with the help of Li Mi's soldiers, so that they have no time to look west, and we can also attack Guanzhong with confidence. ”

"Well, that's a great plan!" Li Yuan immediately couldn't wait to write the dragon and snake in front of the case, and the handwritten letter was immediately written, and he summoned someone to send the letter to Li Mi outside Luoyang as soon as possible.

went to Wang Shichong, who was an old traitor, and Li Yuan was in a much better mood.

"If you don't fight, you can dismiss the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Capital, and this is the best policy. However, although the soldiers of the Eastern Capital were relieved, the most feared were Chen Pojun of Hebei and Yang Yan of Jiang Ling. Chen Pojun's Liaodong army is strong and strong, and now it occupies the four parts of Taihang Mountain and Hebei, and can enter our Hedong at any time through the Flying Fox, Jing, and Puyin. Although people have been asked to urgently build forts in the three passages, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist. Yang Yan of Jiang Ling hates me to the bone, and his subordinates such as Tu Wanxu, Yu Juluo, Dong Chun, Pei Renji and others are all famous generals in the world. ”…,

Pei Lin said calmly, "Jiang Lingzhi's Yang Jian is not worried, he just went south to snatch the land of several counties of Nanchen Zhu Cang as the foundation. Now that Zhu Cang has united several troops of Nan Chen and is making a comeback to Jiangling, now Chen Chao and Yang Jian are already in the middle of a big war. Even if Yang Jian sent troops north to Hedong, it could only be a partial division going north, and we were enough to deal with it, so there was no need to worry. ”

"The person I'm worried about is really Chen Pojun from Hebei." Li Yuan frowned and said, every time he mentioned this name, he couldn't help but have a headache. He never thought that Chen Pojun would actually come to this point now. The power of one person is actually above him.

Pei Lin also felt a little tricky about Chen Pojun, and after thinking about it, he said tentatively, "This matter, I'm afraid that King Tang needs to temporarily endure humiliation and bear the burden to resolve it." ”

"What do you mean?"

Pei Lian pondered and said, "Chen Po's army is strong and strong, and after entering Hebei and forcing the Hebei army, he is even more invincible. According to the current trend, it will not be long before the land of Hebei and Shandong will be in his hands, and he is the real opponent of the Tang King. Therefore, in the current situation, we must not introduce Chen Pojun into Hedong. ”

"If I don't recruit him, he will come by himself, Chen Pojun will take revenge if he has revenge, how can I stop it?"

"It's better to show weakness for the time being, and apply the strategy of the first emperor to deal with Chen Kefu." Pei Lin said softly.

"You mean?" Li Yuan's gaze was like lightning, shooting directly at Pei Lian.

Pei Lian's forehead was sweating, and he said carefully, "It's better for the Tang King to write a letter to Chen Pojun, respect him as the master, call himself a minister, and then send someone to Hebei with a large number of offerings." Of course, the most important thing is to send the third lady to Hebei to reunite her husband and wife. At that time, maybe Chen Kefu will be temporarily paralyzed, and he will not attack Hedong for the time being, but will first go all out to sweep Hebei and Shandong. In this way, we will be able to buy some time and go all out to attack Guanzhong. As long as Guanzhong is won, even if Chen Pojun attacks again, there is no need to be afraid. ”

As soon as Pei Lian's words fell, Li Yuan had not yet expressed his position, but Li Shimin had already shouted loudly on the side, "What did you say?" Let the Li family be a vassal to Chen Pojun? And apologize to him? Do you want to send the third sister to Chen Pojun? That's impossible! The roaring sound made Pei Lian's eardrums hurt.

Li Yuan was also embarrassed and said, "It's not a problem for me to show weakness to Chen Pojun, but the key thing is that Sanniang has disappeared as early as the Taiyuan Rebellion, and she has not been found so far, how to send her to Hebei?" Without Sanniang, this strategy of showing weakness and arrogance to the enemy is only afraid that it is useless. ”

When Pei Lin heard this, he was also stunned on the spot for a while. (To be continued.) )