In the eleventh year of the Great Cause, in 615 A.D., which lasted nearly a month, the 150,000 horses driven by Yang Guang, the son of the Great Sui Emperor, arrived in Taiyuan County in Hedong on the first day of the fourth month, and Yang Guang entered Taiyuan City three days later under the greeting of Hedong soldiers and horses sent by Li Yuan.

Regardless of the dust and dust all the way, as soon as Yang Guang entered Taiyuan, he immediately convened a pre-imperial meeting to convene all the accompanying officials and officials from various counties in Hedong. Present at this meeting were not only Yang Kan, the king of Liao, Su Wei, Zuo Shiju, Pei Shiju, Na Yan, Yu Shiji, and Yu Shiji, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Pei Yun, who was also in charge of the government and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Beijing officials headed by the ministers of Zuo Yiwei, Xu Guo, Gongyu, and other ministers, who were also newly promoted to participate in the government.

On the other side of the throne sat the right servant of Shangshu, Taiyuan stayed, Shanxi Hedong comforted the ambassador, and also knew the military Tang Guogong Li Yuan of Hedong counties in Shanxi, Ma Yi Taishou, Zuotunwei general,

Li Shimin, the prince of Liaoyang County, Pei Lian, the palace supervisor of Jinyang Palace in Taiyuan, Yun Dingxing, the general of Tunwei, Wang Wei and Gao Junya, the deputy guards of Taiyuan, Xu Shixu, the general of Yingyang Mansion in Taiyuan, Tang Xian, the former prince Zuo Xunwei and his brother Tang Jian, etc.

In addition to them, at this time, in the Jinyang Palace of Taiyuan Xinggong, there were also generals who were transferred from the two armies of the north and south to Liao, including Rong Guogong, the general of the right Yi general Lai Hu'er, the general of the right military guard Xue Shixiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites Fan Zigai, the general Yu Juluo, Tu Wanxu, Dong Chun, Yang Yichen and other generals.

"How's it been in the month I've been here?"

Li Yuan said respectfully, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already mobilized and accumulated enough grain and grass in Hedong according to the previous plan of Your Majesty and the lords of the court, and all the grain and grass are now stored in Taiyuan City, and all the grain and grass can be consumed by one million soldiers and civilians for a year." In addition, the government soldiers of the counties in Hedong have also been conscripted back to the barracks, and they are stepping up training and can be assembled at any time. ”

"Okay, Qing really deserves to be the pillar of the country, and he handed over such a heavy task to Qing, and he really didn't disappoint me." Yang Guang nodded at Li Yuan with satisfaction. It's just that although Li Yuan was praised by the emperor at this time, there was no joy and joy on his face, but he still had that dark face.

Many ministers in the palace looked at Li Yuan with some sympathy, although now Li Yuan has suddenly become the most popular person in front of the emperor, but Li Yuan's home in Luoyang was washed by the rebels before, and there was no one left in the family of more than 200 people who were killed. Not only is the third concubine gone, but even a concubine, three concubines, and a long-term grandson also died tragically, such a blow is indeed not something ordinary people can bear.

Yang Guang looked at Li Yuan like that, and he also felt a little guilty in his heart, and he became more and more determined in his heart to marry Princess Izumo to Li Yuanmin.

"Rong Guogong, since you have already arrived in Taiyuan, do you want to make proper arrangements for the rebels in Liaodong?"

Tailai Hu'er nodded and said, "Back to Your Majesty, I received Your Majesty's holy decree, and the minister has already unified the Southern Route Army to go north to Hebei and join forces with Li Jing, the general of Zuo Wudao." We have selected 150,000 elite soldiers to be stationed at Linyu Pass under the command of General Li Jing. He led 100,000 soldiers and horses west to the east of the river and attacked the Eastern Turks with His Majesty. The ministers arrived first, and the remaining 100,000 troops were already ready to go on the eastern border of the river, and as long as His Majesty gave an order, they could enter the east of the river at any time to converge.

Yang Guang nodded: "In order to prevent the Turks from being caught by surprise, the Turks have to be on guard in advance, this time we must be careful and vigilant) The soldiers and horses from all over the country are assembled and trained, but they are not immediately transferred to Hedong to assemble." If you don't hit, it's enough, a blow must be a thunderbolt, and you will never give Shibi Xiaoer a second chance. As soon as we make an appointment with the Western Turks, Tiele, and Kumoxi to send troops, we will quickly assemble and deal a fatal blow to Shibi Xiao'er. Yang Guang clenched his fist and said firmly towards the minister.

He had already made a choice in Luoyang before, first conquering the Eastern Turks, and then pacifying Liaodong, so there would be no more hesitation.

"What happened to the Eastern Turks?" Yang Guang asked Pei Shiju. When this is related to the great war of the national fortunes of the Great Sui for decades, Yang Guang is still a little nervous in his heart. The Turks herded the people, and the soldiers and horses were all cavalry, which was completely different from the siege and seizure of cities in the Central Plains. For Yang Guang, it is not difficult to defeat the Turks, but it is difficult to completely annihilate their living forces. They could not let the defeated Turks flee all over the steppe, and at that time they could not catch up with these steppe people. Fighting a snake will not die, but it will only cause endless harm. …,

Pei Shiju had already arrived in Liaodong one step before, and he was in charge of the intelligence work of the Eastern Turks, at this time he stepped forward with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, last year, the Turks were plagued, and the grassland departments did not have enough forage, and there were countless dead and injured cattle and sheep. At present, there is a famine in many tribes, and some powerful tribes in the Eastern Turks have begun to raid the surrounding small tribes, and there are constant frictions and fights. Even the Nashi of Shibi Khan is also facing such a dilemma, and according to the spies, Shibi Khan's Nashina. Duji is currently engaged in a skirmish with Tiele, but it is conceivable that in order to survive, Shibi Khan will eventually raise an army to plunder the Tiele Khanate. It's a thousand years

A rare opportunity, Shi Bi was bent on solving the dilemma in front of him by plundering Tiele, and the Eastern Turks

The internal tribes are also constantly fighting. They didn't even notice that we were gathering troops! ”

"This is heaven to help me, all Aiqing, immediately contact the Tiele countries and agree on an attack

The date. In addition, the generals also immediately developed an optimal strategy for surprise attack

Scratch... Give me! ”

"Your Ministers obey!" "That's it for today, retreat! Li Shimin, the general of the Left Guard, accompanied me. Yang Guang shook it

sleeves, get up and leave.

"Congratulations to your majesty to the palace!"

Jinyang Palace in the Imperial Garden.

Yang Guang changed into another set of light robes, and he looked at the self-built after he was still

The first time I stayed in the Jinyang Palace, I asked Li Shimin, who was accompanying him, some small questions from time to time.

"It's been a few days and a half since Erlang arrived in Hedong, how is everything?"

Li Shimin chuckled a little stiffly, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is just a martial artist, this soldier."

The art of tearing and killing in the French battle array, the minister knows a thing or two. But this management of local government affairs is sometimes real

I don't know where to start. When the minister took over the county of Mayi, the Taishou, Tongshou, and county of Mayi

Cheng all defected to Chen Rebellious, and even the officials under him were worried about being implicated, and they were big

It is a complete mess to leave more than one job, and it has been a few months now that it has finally been calculated

A little bit of a clue. ”

Yang Guang glanced at him approvingly, "I have already heard about what Erlang did in Mayi

Finish. Although some things are not so thoughtful, you are only eighteen years old now

Ji, that's pretty good. Even at your age, I'm not much better than you. ”

After walking a few more steps, Yang Guang said casually, "I heard that you are still practicing in Mayi

Soldier? ”

Mayi is a border county, which belongs to the military county, and the Taishou is not only a civilian official, but also a government within the territory

Soldier. In wartime, it has the power to urgently transfer troops. And according to the information reported to him by the black-clothed guard

It shows that the first thing Li Shimin did after arriving in Mayi was not to deal with government affairs, Mayi

Most of the government affairs he left to his staff. The first thing he did was to straighten out the horses

The soldiers of the eup.

Although Ma Yi is a small office, it has a full army of five prefectures, and each prefecture is 1,002

The upper mansion of 100 people, the five mansions are 6,000 people. Hearing that Li Shimin used military power as soon as he arrived in Mayi, Yang

Guang's heart couldn't help but be touched. At the beginning, he personally mentioned a Chen Kefu,

So far, he has tossed and turned. And now Li Shimin is younger than Chen Kefu at the beginning, and even maybe

The ability is not as good as Chen Kefu.

But Li Shimin's background is better than Chen Kefu, and now Li Shimin has the most Great Sui

The full support of one of the big gate valves, Li Que. If another Li Kefu comes out at that time, this is not true

It was what he wanted.

"Your Majesty, Mayi is a border county and close to the Turks, so the minister thinks that Your Majesty will let the minister be a horse

Yi Taishou, then the minister's biggest responsibility is not how to pacify the place, but to protect the territory and the people. And

The minister is also a martial artist, and he is most familiar with these things. The number of soldiers in Ma Yi is already on the register

Forty percent, and the treasury is empty, and the swords and armor are not ready. The minister came to train an elite army for His Majesty

Come out and protect the border. Second, I also want to start the county's government affairs through the military affairs that I am most familiar with. ”

Yang Guang pondered for a while, "I'm fine now, why don't you go and see what you practiced."

How is Lou Bingma?

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty, it's just that the minister has just filled up the number of soldiers.

Most of the sergeants have only just received more than a month of training, and they are really not the same, so now they are afraid

Stained His Majesty's eyes and disappointed His Majesty. ”

"When you were in the Liaodong Army, I knew that you had always been in the strongest broken military camp in the Liaodong Army

Serving in the Modao Battalion, I know the strength of the Liaodong Army. Now I want to see if you're not

Blue is better than blue. ”

Li Shimin still had a somewhat nervous look on his face, but in fact, he had already secretly seen it in his heart

Good.

Yang Guang asked him to be Ma Yi Taishou, although he really wanted to make a big difference, but for these politics

I really don't have much experience, so I can't start at all. In the end, I think about it, only the army does

It was his breakthrough, and there was always a seed of ambition sprouting in his heart. He hoped

can be the same as Chen Kefu, have an army of his own, and then for the Li family, for himself,

Let's go for a fight. And if you want to unify the army, you must show such a talent to Emperor Yang Guang.

Although he has the qualifications of the Liaodong Army and the current favor of the Li family, if he doesn't

I can come up with some excellent skills alone. He knew that he could not be like Chen Kefu

of the rapid rise. And now, it is the unfinished thing he showed to Emperor Yang Guang.