Speaking of Li Shimin, not only the soldiers of the Tang Army respected him, but even the soldiers of the Zhao Army also attached great importance to him, and the last time they attacked Luoyang, the Zhao Army and Li Shimin had two brief encounters. Li Shimin made Zhao Jun suffer a small loss.

Xu Shiji continued: "You must know that this time in Luoyang, none of the generals of Tiance Mansion under Li Shimin went to war, and the generals in the army who were close to Li Shimin were also rejected by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. ”

"In the last battle against Wang Shichong, they all said that they were outstanding, and they were not in the formation, I think the combat effectiveness of the Tang army has dropped by more than a level. At present, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji will not let these two sons lead the troops anymore, and Li Yuan can't leave Chang'an at any time, so to let the trusted general command the war, Li Shimin is the only candidate. ”

"Then on the day of Li Shimin's recovery, Li Yuan granted him the power of general, then these fierce generals of the Tiance Mansion will inevitably follow Li Shimin to fight, and the strength of the Tang Army will probably be even more difficult to deal with at that time, and we can't afford to guard against this."

Listening to Xu Shiji's analysis, Li Chongjiu said: "Yes, Li Shimin has been invincible and undefeated since he started his army in Jinyang, and he has never lost even in a battle with our army. The Tang army regarded him as an undefeated confidence, and in the future, when we fought a decisive battle with Li Tang, this person must be an opponent who will go all out to fight. ”

In Li Tang's army, because he did not encounter a defeat, Li Shimin also had a layer of mythical aura. This kind of confidence can make the soldiers under his command have a kind of blind self-confidence and form a high morale. Just like the soldiers under Xiang Yu and Chen Qingzhi back then.

"陛xià. It is said that Li Shimin was not completely undefeated, when he was in Shallow Water Plain. This person was defeated at the hands of Xue Ju, but afterwards he found someone Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan to make a scapegoat, this matter is not a top secret among Li Tang's senior officials, and then again, it is not to maintain his reputation for winning a hundred battles in the army. Ji Chuan said on the side, quite a bit of digging into Li Shimin's black history.

And Ji Chuan talked endlessly, and Ji Chuan said: "Li Shimin was not only defeated, but also slaughtered by the army. At the beginning of the Hedong Rebellion, Lu Chongmao led the army to occupy Xia County, and successively defeated the Tang army Li Xiaoji, Dugu Huaien, Yu Yun, Tang Jian, Liu Shirang and others, and finally Li Shimin sent the general Sang Xian and attacked Xia County, and Lu Chongmao was defeated by the Tang Dynasty. However, Lü Chongmao rebelled shortly after he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin was furious, led the army to capture Xia County, and afterwards slaughtered all the men, women, and children in the entire county, leaving no one alive. Li Yuan has severely blamed Li Shimin several times for this incident. Even when he was in the court, he didn't save a trace of face for Li Shimin, and later Li Shimin promised Li Yuan not to make this mistake again, and he led the army to win successive battles, so this matter was gradually forgotten. ”

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but sigh when he heard it. Li Shimin's ruthlessness can be seen, in another time and space, when Li Shimin and Liu Heimin fought a decisive battle in the water. Just when the two armies were in a decisive battle, they suddenly ordered someone to dig up the water. The flood hit the enemy and our armies that were fighting, and after drowning Liu Heimin's main force. Li Shimin led the elite to counterattack, and finally broke Liu Heimin. This battle was talked about by later generations, but Li Shimin did not distinguish between the enemy and me, and no one objected to the matter of flooding the two families.

Of course, most of the above Li Shimin's black history has been selectively forgotten in the long river, and as for the change in Xuanwumen, it is really impossible to bypass, Li Shimin simply said to the historian, change the floating words, and write the matter directly. As for how to write it directly, it is a variety of means to understand this human tragedy. Anyway, as long as everyone remembers, Li Shimin begged Xue Ju, destroyed Song King Kong, broke Wang Shichong, captured Dou Jiande, defeated Liu Heimin, dominated the world, swept the Eastern and Western Turks, and swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger.

Hearing Ji Chuan say about Li Shimin's slaughter of the city, Shan Xiongxin on the side said: "Since ancient times, there have been a few people who have clean hands and feet, and if they want the benevolence of women and learn the benevolence of Confucianism, they should not be generals, but be officials." ”

Ji Chuan was furious when he heard this, and quarreled with Shan Xiongxin in the court.

Li Chongjiu stopped the quarrel between the two at the moment, and Xue Wanche said very fairly: "We don't think anything about Li Shimin's slaughter of the city, as for Li Shimin's defeat to Xue Ju, it is just a rumor, and there is no solid evidence." In a certain eye, Li Shimin is at least a famous general who has never been defeated, and he is the number one enemy of our army, and there is no doubt that we must be very careful in fighting with this person in the future. ”

At this time, Zhang Xuansu said: "Your Majesty, since Li Shimin is so powerful, then it is better for us to let Li Yuan not use Li Shimin." ”

When the generals heard Zhang Xuansu say this, they all stretched their ears and showed a look of listening carefully.

Wang Mahan said with a big grin: "Zhang Shilang, you said it lightly, but Li Yuan has reached this point, how can he not use Li Shimin?" Is there anything you can do? ”

Zhang Xuansu smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, generals, in fact, we are worried about Li Shimin's recovery, not only about Li Shimin alone, but also about the Tiance Mansion under his command, which is full of talents, in addition to the eldest grandson Wuji and Hou Junji mentioned just now, there are also immortal advisers such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. So we want to stop Li Shimin's recovery, and at the same time, we also stop these people from contributing to Li Tang. ”

The generals nodded after hearing this, Tiance Mansion is Li Shimin, who opened his own government and built a government office, and recruited talents, if Li Shimin is suppressed, these people will not be reused.

Wang Mahan said: "Zhang Shilang, don't sell Guanzi, just say it directly, so that it is good to hang a certain appetite." ”

Zhang Xuansu smiled and looked at everyone: "We all think that after Li Tang loses this attack on Luoyang, he will inevitably use Li Shimin in order to reverse the tide of the war, but dare to ask Li Tang up and down, including Li Yuan, do you think the same way?" Will they definitely use Li Shimin? ”

Xue Wanshu pondered for a while and said: "Zhang Shilang reminded a certain person, who is in Luoyang and knows the most about the situation in Li Tang Dynasty's hall in Chang'an. Li Tang Dynasty has long rumored in the hall that Li Yuan and Li Shimin, father and son, are not in harmony with each other, you think that if Li Yuan really has the heart to use Li Shimin as the commander, then this time he will not come to Heyang in person, but send Li Shimin to Heyang to lead the troops. ”

"Yes, Li Yuan's personal expedition means that he has no generals at hand." Xu Shiji echoed.

Li Chongjiu said: "In ancient times, the most taboo thing in the use of soldiers was that the king and the general were suspicious, so there was a saying that the general would not be subject to the king's life outside." The last time Wang Shichong was conquered, there was a rift between Li Yuan and Li Shimin, father and son, and it seemed that it was not so easy to repair. ”

Zhang Xuansu said: "What His Majesty said is exactly what Weichen meant, and it is also like this, Li Yuan is suspicious of Li Shimin. Then it can be guessed that Li Shimin will not be sent to order troops this time, if this battle is won, Li Yuan will be happy, maybe the father and son will release their previous suspicions, but now that this battle is lost, Li Yuan may not blame himself in his heart, but will blame Li Shimin. You must know that Yuan Shao killed Tian Feng because of this! ”

Seeing a cold light blooming in Zhang Xuansu's eyes, all the people present who would understand this allusion were chilling in their hearts. At that time, Tian Feng was an important adviser to Yuan Shao, and before the battle of Guandu, he strongly persuaded Yuan Shao not to leave, and was imprisoned by Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao's soldiers were defeated, he killed Tian Feng instead.

Li Chongjiu looked at Xue Wanshu and said: "You immediately cooperated with the people of the Fengwen Division, and sent Xizuo into Chang'an overnight to spread the news, saying that after Li Yuan withdrew from Heyang, Li Shimin said to the generals of Tiance Mansion in the mansion, if Li Tang really has no Li Shimin, there is no general to fight, and the defeat and retreat of Heyang has long been expected by me." ”

Xue Wanshu hugged his fists and said, "No." ”

When the generals heard this plan, they all felt a chill in their hearts, and they all gasped, this plan was really yin.

For example, Wang Mahan grunted and said: "Although Li Shimin is annoying, he is also a general who can fight and cannot defeat him in a dignified manner, and it is too much to play this trick." ”

Hearing Wang Mahan say this, all the generals were unimpressed.

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "I just want Li Shimin to have no chance to fight Zhen on the battlefield, Xuan Su, do you think Li Yuan will fall for the scheme?" ”

Zhang Xuansu smiled and said confidently: "It's hard to say whether Li Yuan will fall for the trick, but I think Li Tang's crown prince and King Qi will also help us, right?" ”

Hearing Zhang Xuansu say this, Li Chongjiu and Zhang Xuansu both smiled understandingly, and Ji Chuan on the side said coldly: "In my opinion, Li Shimin is in trouble this time." ”

Li Chongjiu said: "If you want to defeat the Tang army, you can't see whether Li Shimin is in trouble or not, conspiracy and trickery are just means, and if you really want to defeat the Tang army, it depends on the strength of our army, otherwise no matter how many conspiracies and tricks there are, it will be useless." ”

The generals listened and clenched their fists and took the order.

After the current military discussion, Xue Wanshu left and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to say, and he has to play it alone." ”

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Yes." ”

After the generals left, Xue Wan said: "Your Majesty, after this battle, not only our army held Luoyang, but also your Majesty won the hearts of the people of Luoyang, and the people also supported Your Majesty very much. So Wei Chen asked His Majesty if he had any plans to move the capital to Luoyang? ”

Xue Wanshu said this, for Li Chongjiu, it was another old talk.

When Li Chongjiu entered Luoyang before, there was a small episode, dozens of Luoyang scholars stopped Li Chongjiu's war horse on the street, and jointly submitted a letter to Li Chongjiu.

The gist is that Luoyang is a place that extends in all directions, it is the world, when Xiang Yu said that he was rich and noble and did not return to his hometown, such as brocade clothes at night, he was not sure that he was in Guanzhong, and lost the opportunity to dominate the world, and gave the land of Sanqin to Liu Bang, and now His Majesty is not sure that Luoyang, do you have to repeat Xiang Yu's mistakes? Therefore, I hope that Li Chongjiu can move the capital from Youjing to Luoyang to calm the hearts of the people. (To be continued......)