Chapter 569: Li Zhao's internal contradictions intensified
"Xuan Ling thinks Li Xin will attack Wang Shichong?" Li Shimin hesitated for a while, according to his guess, Li Xin's next target is himself, because Hebei is rich in natural resources, and occupying Hebei is not only as simple as obtaining strategic space, but more importantly, there will be more troops and grain and grass, and Li Xin will definitely take advantage of the fact that he has not yet gained a firm foothold in Hebei at this time to attack Hebei. It's just that at this time, Fang Xuanling thought that Li Xin would attack Wang Shichong, which also made him hesitate for a while.
"The subordinates think it is possible, Li Xin pays attention to crushing the opponent with absolute strength, and it is not possible to deal with us now, because we have an army of 300,000 and 100,000 Turkic cavalry, and we will fight against us, and in the end it will be the result of both defeats. Only by destroying Wang Shichong first and gaining Wang Shichong's strength can we have a protracted war with us. Fang Xuanling said very seriously.
"So what do we do?" Li Shimin said.
"It's still what King Qin said, unite Wang Shichong." Fang Xuanling hesitated for a while and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin had better take the initiative to contact him, at least, Wang Shichong does not have the courage to contact the King of Qin for the time being, at this time, he is afraid that Li Xin will take advantage of the opportunity of the big victory to kill under Luoyang City?" ”
"If I were Wang Shichong, I would take the initiative to attack Li Xin at this time, he returned with a big victory, and the morale of the army was very high, but the soldiers were tired, and the soldiers would inevitably be a little arrogant, and this time was the best time to attack. It's a pity that Wang Shichong's courage is still too small. Li Shimin felt a sense of regret, he didn't catch such an opportunity, otherwise, he would not hesitate to attack Li Xin.
"This is the best, if Wang Shichong is as bold as the prince, otherwise, King Qin will encounter a strong opponent!" Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Who is the prince going to ask to contact Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong is cunning by nature and wants to negotiate." You don't need a talented person to go there. ”
"Liu Wenjing can." Li Shimin said without thinking.
"Shouldn't I say hello to the emperor first?" Fang Xuanling asked with some concern.
"No need, my father won't object." Li Shimin said without thinking about it: "Immediately send an order, let Liu Wenjing go to Wang Shichong, it is best to let Wang Shichong launch an attack on Li Xin before the year, and tell him that we will launch an attack on Li Xin's Hedong after the year." ”
"Yes." Fang Xuanling sighed in his heart, let Liu Wenjing go at this time, of course, to hurry up and kill Li Xin by surprise, but let Liu Wenjing make a move without playing. After Li Yuan found out, he was afraid that it would have an adverse impact on Li Shimin, and such a matter of a diplomatic state was not something that Li Shimin could decide. By doing this, Li Shimin interfered with Li Yuan or Li Jiancheng's domain, which would only make the two of them oppose. Just looking at Li Shimin's appearance, he clearly didn't take this to heart, and could only sigh in his heart.
"By the way, I heard that there is also a captured Wenchen next to Dou Jiande, what is his name?" Li Shimin suddenly thought of something and said, "I heard that it turned out to be Li Mi's subordinate?" ”
"It's called Wei Zheng. It is a famous person in Shandong. Fang Xuanling said with a little embarrassment: "I heard that he was going to Chang'an to see Li Xin, but when he passed by Liyang, he was captured by Dou Jiande, but Wei Zheng didn't look down on Dou Jiande." Although he was in Leshou, he never surrendered to Dou Jiande. ”
"It's a hard bone, and this king wants to meet him." Li Shimin suddenly became interested, and said to Fang Xuanling: "Let's go." Let's go check it out now. Li Shimin also loves talents, but it's a pity that the literature museum in his Qin Wangfu is far less powerful than in history. There are only two civil officials who can take the shot, Fang Xuanling and Liu Wenjing, among which Liu Wenjing is still an official of the imperial court, not an official of the Qin Palace. At this time, I met Wei Zheng, and I thought about subduing Wei Zheng.
In Jinyang Palace, a long-lost smile appeared on Li Yuan's aging face, and Li Jiancheng, Pei Lian, Dugu Huaien and others on the opposite side also showed smiles, not only Li Yuan was in a good mood, but the news from Li Shimin also gave Li Yuan and others a reason to be happy. The pressure on everyone's shoulders disappeared without a trace.
"In the future, even if we lose to Li Xin, at least we can let the two of them rule across the river, and it will be easy to divide half of the world." Li Yuan said with a smile. Dugu Huaien's heart sank when he heard this, this Li Yuan didn't have any confidence in himself at all, so he would say such a thing.
"The second brother sent someone to send a plan." Li Jiancheng hesitated for a while, and finally took out a book of music, handed it to Li Yuan, and then stood aside with his hands down, but he no longer spoke.
Li Yuan's heart moved, he looked at Li Jiancheng, and did not speak, but opened the chapter by himself, looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more dignified his face became, and finally put it aside, considered it, and handed it to Pei Lin on the side.
"Shhh King Qin is really a big deal! Pei Lin looked at it for a while, was silent for a while, and then said: "King Qin's move is reasonable, Your Majesty, since King Qin is sure and can do it, these 100,000 Turks must not let them go back alive, they have mastered the methods and methods of our Han people in the Central Plains to attack the city during this time, and even the siege equipment can be made, once these people return to the grassland, they will be our biggest enemy, even if Jieli Khan really attacks Jinyang in the future, I'm afraid we have no way." These people must die, they have a life-and-death feud with Li Xin, and it is naturally best to take the opportunity to let them both lose at this time. ”
Dugu Huaien's face was gloomy, he looked at the music in Pei Lian's hand, his eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire, he felt that Pei Lin was insulting himself, Li Shimin's music, Li Yuan gave it to Pei Lin casually, after Pei Lin read it, he should give it to himself, but he left it in Pei Lin's hand and didn't give it to himself at all, which made him very angry. He thought that Pei Lin was deliberate, and he didn't give himself a chance to check Li Shimin's intelligence at all.
"Has Li Xin returned to Guanzhong now?" Li Yuan thought for a while and said.
"At this time, it has already reached Guanzhong." Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said: "He returned victorious this time, leaving a part of the soldiers and horses to sit in Jiangnan, Qin Qiong and Du Fuwei are all famous generals, obviously trying to deal with Li Zitong and Shen Faxing in Jiangnan, these two people are not still the opponents of Du Fuwei and Qin Qiong, I am afraid that they will be broken soon." ”
"Li Xin not only took Xiao Miao's daughter as a concubine, but also named Xiao Mi as the prince of Jiangling County, and brought him to Chang'an for resettlement, with Xiao Miao, at least he can appease some of the people in Jingzhou, and Liang Shuo and Ma Zhou, who govern Jingzhou, are both scholars of Wude Palace, dressed in Zhu Zi, I believe that in less than half a year, Jingzhou will settle down and become one of Li Xin's granaries." Pei Lin thought for a while and said: "But our Hebei is different, Dou Jiande is very popular in Hebei, and the minister also heard that Dou Jiande's daughter was escorted by Liu Heimin and others to escape from Leshou and entered the Taihang Mountains, the minister thought that it would definitely affect the stability of Hebei in the future." ”
Li Yuan's face moved after hearing this, and he didn't speak, in fact, whether to kill Dou Jiande or not, Li Yuan himself was also very conflicted, Li Shimin also asked himself about this question, Li Yuan finally agreed with Li Shimin's decision, because a living Dou Jiande is a great threat. However, at the moment, it seems that there is nothing wrong with killing Dou Jiande, but when Li Shimin was executing, he let go of Dou Hongxian, Liu Heimin and others, so that Dou Hongxian and Li Zhao were enemies. This made Li Yuan a little dissatisfied with Li Shimin, but he didn't show it.
"The second brother's performance in Hebei is still remarkable, but this time Dou Hongxian's escape is also because Dou Jiande has long had a will to die, and asked Liu Heimin to escort his daughter away from home, which has little to do with the people, but Erchen is still worried about those Turkic people, the second brother is right, it is easy for these people to come, it is difficult to let these people leave, and Erchen also recommends using this trick." Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said, although he didn't want to speak for Li Shimin, it was just that Li Shimin's strategy could just solve those Turkic people.
"Since this is the case, let the King of Qin lead a large army to attack Hedong City, and it is most important to take Hedong City first." Dugu Huaien also gradually understood what everyone was discussing, glared at Pei Lin viciously, and said, "The minister also suggested that Wang Shichong should unite and attack Li Xin together." ”
"Wang Shichong won't be so stupid, whether it's attacking Hongnong or Nanyang, Wang Shichong is insidious and cunning, the main purpose this time is to consume the Turkic soldiers and horses, and the minister thinks that Wang Shichong can't be allowed to join." Pei Xiao said disdainfully. He saw Li Yuan's mind clearly, Li Yuan just wanted to destroy the 100,000 Turks, in order to save Li Zhao's reputation in Hebei, of course, part of it was to consume the strength of Li Xin and the Turks at the same time, if he really encouraged Wang Shichong to take action, it would be difficult for Li Xin to see that things were not good, and he would simply take back the defenders in Hedong, then let Li Yuan's plan fail. Dugu Huaien's strategy looked very good, but in fact, it was impossible for Li Yuan to agree.
"Wang Shichong is a villain, even if he unites him, it will be forgotten if he doesn't agree, if he does, I have to be careful whether he will be shot in the back." Li Yuan objected without hesitation.
"Your Majesty." At this time, an attendant broke in, and there was a hint of panic on his face.
"What's wrong?" Li Yuan said dissatisfiedly. Li Jiancheng also had a solemn face, he recognized that this chamberlain was Li Yuan's personal manager Zhao Kui, who was in charge of Zhao Feng, this Zhao Kui served himself on the one hand, and the most important thing was to serve Li Yuan, Zhao Feng said that it was in his own hands, but he was actually at the disposal of Li Yuan.
"The King of Qin ordered Liu Wenjing to go to Luoyang and prepare to negotiate peace." Zhao Kui hurriedly said. (To be continued......)