"Father, I'm afraid Yang Xuangan is going to be unlucky this time, what should we do?" Li Jiancheng said with some worry: "Listening to the tone of the auxiliary machine, Li Xin is afraid that he has a secret body, and the emperor is not going to target us." ”

Li Yuan's face changed when he heard this, he thought for a moment, and finally his eyes fell on Li Xiuning, and he hesitated for a moment before saying: "Sanniang, Li Xin may still have some misunderstandings about our father and son, you have the grace to promote him, and you have time to ask, if you can't ask, it doesn't matter, hey!" is also a child of the Li family. ”

"Father, don't worry, Xiuning will definitely figure it out." Li Xiuning blushed slightly, she thought of Li Xin's strength, and she couldn't figure out that she would be tortured by him again this time. Whether he was angry or liked, Li Xiuning found that he didn't know.

Li Yuan and his son didn't notice Li Xiuning's thoughts, but were thinking about what the Li family father and son should do next? Is it to help Yang Xuangan, or to step on Yang Xuangan?

"Father, the people of the world think that we still can't make a hasty decision on this matter, this is an opportunity, His Majesty the Emperor may have made preparations, but Yang Xuangan is not an ordinary person around him, those Yuan family and even the Wei family and others will help him, and he can get an army of 100,000 in an instant, whether it is Guanzhong or Luoyang, there are very few people who can take charge of this matter, and there are very few people who can resist Yang Xuangan. As long as we can burn the grain and grass and occupy Linyu Pass, it may not be impossible to succeed! ”

"That being said, Yang Xuangan may not do what we designed." Li Yuan shook his head and said: "It's naturally good to be rich, but if you even lose your own life, it won't be cost-effective, the emperor has hundreds of thousands of troops, even if we can occupy Linyu Pass, how can we resist the attack of hundreds of thousands of troops?" ”

"Isn't my father going to get involved?" Li Shimin said with some regret.

"No, let's wait, we should bet at the critical time." Li Yuan shook his head and said: "Sanniang, find an opportunity, you must find out whether Li Xin has a secret will, he has a secret purpose, the soldiers under our command will definitely listen to him, and if you fight back, our family will fall into his hands." Li Yuan finally looked at Li Xiuning and said.

"Father, rest assured." Li Xiuning said with confidence.

"He Chou is building all kinds of offensive equipment, Erlang, you go and coordinate, what he wants, people, craftsmen, etc., let him build these things quickly, so that His Majesty the Emperor can cross the Liao River with peace of mind." Li Yuan thought of something again, the arrival of Yang Guangjun's army brought him benefits, and he no longer had to worry about Goguryeo or the Turks coming to attack. But in the same way, there are many things that he cannot be in charge of, and the master craftsman He Chou is being ordered to build siege equipment such as flying towers and ladders, which are all completed before crossing the river.

"Father, can His Majesty the Emperor succeed this time?" Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said: "The army is attacking Goguryeo, although the emperor has ordered the generals to have the right to arbitrarily arbitrarily at will, and the army is also ready, and the emperor will not accept surrender this time, but the child is still a little worried!" ”

"Then it's up to whoever wins first." Li Shimin said without hesitation: "Yang Xuangan rebelled, according to the information provided by the auxiliary machine, at least we know that His Majesty the Emperor also knows, and he has made preparations, so he can conquer Goguryeo with peace of mind." In the face of the army, the emperor made another deployment, according to the reason, the emperor can conquer Goguryeo outside, and suppress Yang Xuangan inside, the best of both worlds, and everyone is happy. But in the same way, if Yang Xuan is brave and defeats the army prepared for him by His Majesty the Emperor, outside, the two sides are still in the stage of stalemate, I am afraid that His Majesty the Emperor can only retreat. ”

Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin approvingly, although his son had not grown up yet, his vision was still very good. It's also very thoughtful to look at things. No one knows this cousin better than he does. is self-righteous and arrogant, and the source of the matter is indeed as analyzed by Li Shimin. The victory or defeat of this conquest of Liaodong depends on whether Yang Xuangan can be eliminated quickly.

"Keming, look, what have you thought of these people?" Outside the city, on the bank of the Liao River, Li Xin and Du Ruhui rode a tall horse on the construction site, there are thousands of craftsmen are building a variety of engineering weapons, led by the master craftsman He Chou, which is after Yu Wenkai, another strong craftsman appeared in the Sui Dynasty.

"What do you mean?" Du Ruhui was stunned, he didn't know why Li Xin gave up training in the army, and came to the side of the Liao River to watch He Chou build siege equipment.

"Wealth, I see wealth." Li Xin said proudly: "Keming, don't underestimate these craftsmen, look at it, these siege equipment can help soldiers reduce the difficulty of siege and reduce the casualties of soldiers." It would be much better if there were some craftsmen in our army. ”

"General, this is a craftsman of the imperial court." Du Ruhui looked left and right with some concern. A little frightened, I didn't expect Li Xin to actually fight the idea of these craftsmen, this kind of thing is rarely done.

"Not anytime soon." Li Xin said disdainfully: "His Majesty the Emperor is gambling, but I am not optimistic about his gamble, his troops left in Luoyang will definitely not be able to resist Yang Xuangan, and in the end we still need our elite soldiers to go to quell the rebellion, this expedition to Goguryeo, in the end will still end in failure." Every time the army withdrew, not only would he leave a large amount of supplies to the enemy, but also these craftsmen, the old and the weak, would abandon them. ”

"What do you mean?" Du Ruhui was completely shocked at this time, Yang Guanghui would come back to help, this kind of thing, he and Li Xin secretly deduced it in the big tent for a long time, but they didn't expect Li Xin to come here to dig the corner of the empire, and to rob these thousands of craftsmen. is so bold, I'm afraid that Li Xin is the only one in the entire empire.

"If you want to conquer Yang Xuangan, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely send me, I will just take the cavalry away, and I will keep the infantry for you. You and Duan Qi led the infantry to break off, after all, I am still the head of Huaiyuan Town, I will report to the emperor and let you break off, and your and Duan Qi's task is to get thousands of craftsmen in their hands. Hehe, I am now a tiger general, there will be more than 20,000 people under my command, but there will definitely not be so many soldiers and horses now, those generals are very stingy, since this is the case, I will recruit soldiers, these craftsmen can hide people's eyes, sir, what do you think? Li Xin said proudly.

"The general said so, and his subordinates naturally obeyed orders." Du Ruhui had long found out that Li Xin, a general, was different from others, what others valued, Li Xin did not necessarily pay attention to, but Li Xin attached great importance to what others did not pay attention to.

He knew that Li Xin was asking his father-in-law, Dr. Yao, to train medical craftsmen in Shouyang, specifically to transport the army and reduce the casualties of soldiers, Du Ruhui could still accept it, at this time, Li Xin actually took a fancy to these craftsmen, and was ready to take the risk of taking these craftsmen into his pocket. Or that Li Xin is a good wife, not as good as Li Xiuning. Du Ruhui thought about it carefully, he really didn't know what Li Xin would fancy next.