Chapter 287: Succession

"Yang Yu'er wants to be the emperor!"

Li Yuan was wearing a dragon robe, sitting on the throne, looking at the information in his hand, and snorted heavily.

Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor in Taiyuan, but he did not live a few days of comfortable life, because the situation in Taiyuan was really not good, and the two sides were facing enemies.

Thinking of Yang Yu, Li Yuan had an irrepressible headache.

Headache is a genetic disease of the Li family, and Li Yuan used to be sick for very little time, often not once a year, but since Feng Yijun put it in Yang Yun's hands.

Li Yuan was shocked three times a day under Li Jing's pursuit, and after hearing that the army had suffered heavy losses and fainted, Li Yuan's headache became more and more serious, and when he thought of Yang Yu, the acting king, he gritted his teeth and couldn't help the headache, and now his headache is becoming more and more frequent.

"Your Majesty, now the counties of Bashu in Guanzhong have fallen to Daxing City, Daxing City has more than 30 counties at once, its strength has skyrocketed, and the strength has reached 300,000, I am afraid that after Yang Yu becomes emperor, the stable internal army will be ordered to attack Taiyuan!" Pei Lin said with a bitter face.

If it weren't for Yang Guang's sudden death, Yang Yu ordered the withdrawal of troops in order to stabilize the country, and then Yang Yu led an army of 100,000 to rescue Luoyang, and after he came back, he actively prepared for the enthronement, which gave Li Yuan a chance to breathe, otherwise Taiyuan would have been broken a long time ago.

When Li Yuan heard that Daxing City was about to be attacked by a large army, he couldn't help but panic in his heart, he had personally experienced the strong combat effectiveness of the Daxing soldiers.

Yang Yu's three-plate axe Eagle Yang Battalion, Crossbow Array, and Modao Battalion were tested on Tang Jun, and the effect was remarkable. To this day, the soldiers of the Tang Army who fled back still wake up from nightmares from time to time.

Li Yuan walked around anxiously, turned around abruptly and said, "We can't sit still. ”

Pei Lin nodded, now they must find a way out, otherwise it can only be a dead end.

Pei Lin had an idea and said, "Why don't we ask Li Mi for help again." ”

"Li Mi wants our army's war horses, and now we only got 3,000 war horses from the Turks, and it is impossible to distribute them to Li Mi." Li Yuan shook his head and said.

Pei Lin smiled slightly and said: "That was Li Mi's condition last time, this time the 100,000 Daxing army broke the siege of Luoyang, and Li Mi's previous hard work was turned into nothing, compared to Li Mi who had already seen the strength of the Daxing army, he should know the way." If we don't contain the Daxing army. The possibility that he will break through Luoyang is very small, I believe that this time Li Mi should not refuse to help us? ”

Li Yuan couldn't help but be moved when he heard this, and said, "Okay, then I will contact Li Mi again." ”

In order to compete for the strength of the Don Army. Li Yuan will not let go of any opportunity.

Pei Lin nodded. He also said: "Once the king becomes the emperor." I will definitely want to send troops to pacify the world, but we Taiyuan is not defeated by Daxing City, I believe that Li Liang in Hexi and Liang Shi in Shuofang County are also panicked now!

Li Yuan nodded. There is no other day, and now Li Liang, Liang Shidu, and him have all been proclaimed emperors, once Yang Yu is proclaimed emperor, he must first point the finger at them. Compared with Taiyuan, Liang Shidu and Li Liang, who were weaker, were even more frightened.

"If we rely on our individual strength, no one is the opponent of Daxing City, but if the lord joins forces with Li Liang and Liang Shidu, and agrees that once the Daxing army attacks us, it will be our three parties advancing and retreating together, and I believe that there is no problem in self-preservation." Pei Lin said confidently.

"Good! Pei Shangshu is really talented, and the matter of contacting Shuofang and Hexi will be handed over to Pei Shangshu. Li Yuan said overjoyed.

Three fences and one pile, three heroes and one gang, once one party is attacked, the other two sides send troops at the same time, so that the Daxing army will be under the trap, and their chance of victory will come.

"The minister must live up to the emperor's trust." Pei Lin said that he believed that neither Li Liang nor Liang Shi would refuse this proposal.

With two pieces of good news, Li Yuan's headache eased a little. waved his hand and said: "These are all helpless moves, the most important thing is to enhance their own strength, how are the recruits recruited?" ”

Pei Lin said with a sad face: "The number of recruits has reached 50,000, but the food and weapons are already insufficient!" ”

The Tang army was defeated in Feng Yi County, losing countless elite soldiers, although the recruits can be strong, but how can the weapons and armor be produced for a while, and now the recruits of the Tang Army share a weapon, and the armor is in short supply, how can such soldiers go to the battlefield to fight.

"Do you really want to bow to them?" Li Yuan roared, his face unwilling.

Pei Lin sighed, of course he knew who those people Li Yuan said were, and there has always been a behemoth in Taiyuan, that is, the Taiyuan Wang family.

Whether it was Li Yuan or Liu Wuzhou who became the ruler of Taiyuan, they all paid great respect to the Wang family, because they knew that without the support of the Taiyuan Wang family, no one's rule in Taiyuan would be stable.

If we get the full support of the Taiyuan Wang family, rely on the Wang family's thousand-year-old heritage, and huge connections and financial resources, the current predicament of the Tang army will definitely be solved in the shortest possible time.

It's just that the Taiyuan royal family's advantage is not so easy to take advantage of, and today's Taiyuan royal family's assistance, I'm afraid Li Yuan will repay it a hundred times in the future.

"The eldest prince and Wang Zhezhao, the sister-in-law of the Wang family, have a good relationship, if the eldest prince comes forward, he may be able to persuade the Wang family." Pei Lin said.

Since Li Yuan became emperor, regarding the choice of the crown prince, he has been oscillating between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng is the eldest son and has the most supporters.

However, now the main force of the Tang army is under the control of Li Shimin, and he is struggling to attack Liu Wuzhou, although Li Yuan is inclined to Li Jiancheng, but he knows that Li Shimin has always wanted to be the prince, in order not to stimulate Li Shimin, Li Yuan temporarily shelved the prince candidate.

And Pei Lin has always been a supporter of Li Jiancheng, and this proposal to let Li Jiancheng negotiate with the Wang family is just a strategy for Pei Lin to urge Li Yuan to appoint Li Jiancheng as the crown prince.

If Li Jiancheng talks as the eldest prince, there will definitely be no result, but if Li Jiancheng is the crown prince, the future prince will be qualified to make a deal with the Taiyuan royal family.

Li Yuan glanced at Pei Lin deeply, he knew what Pei Lin meant, Wang Zhezhao, the sister-in-law of the Wang family, was under Li Jiancheng's account, and in contrast, the Taiyuan Wang family was relatively inclined to Li Jiancheng as the prince.

If you want to gain the support of the Wang family, I am afraid that appointing Li Jiancheng as the crown prince will be a prerequisite.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan pushed the boat down the river and said: "Now Li Tang is newly established, the position of the crown prince should not be unresolved, Jiancheng is the eldest son, shrewd and decisive, and Li Jiancheng is specially named the crown prince, and the second prince Li Shimin has worked hard for the country, and he is specially named the king of Qin, the fourth prince Li Yuanjiqi King, and the fifth prince Li Zhiyun is the king of Chu." ”

After Li Yuan established Li Jiancheng as the crown prince, he successively made several other sons one by one, among which Li Yuan's third son Li Xuanba has died and is not mentioned here.

"The emperor is wise!" Pei Lin was overjoyed.

On the same day, a simple canonization ceremony was held in Taiyuan, and Li Jiancheng ascended to the throne of the crown prince with high spirits and became the prince of Li Tang.

As soon as the canonization ceremony passed, Li Jiancheng didn't have time to take off his court clothes, and came directly to the mansion of the Taiyuan royal family.

The new crown prince was immediately ceremoniously received by the Taiyuan royal family, and the head of the Wang family and other important figures of the Wang family appeared one after another, and solemnly welcomed Li Jiancheng into the main hall.

The two parties discussed secretly all night, and at dawn, Li Jiancheng walked out of Wang's house with an excited face.

Subsequently, with the support of the Wang family, the materials that the Tang army was in short supply was greatly replenished, and the dilemma was solved.

Lou Fu County.

Li Shimin led an army of 20,000 to besiege the county town of Loufu.

Since Liu Wuzhou's attack on Taiyuan, the Tang army has been inseparable from Liu's army, and has formed too deep hatred.

Since Li Shimin led the 500 Xuanjia Army to win the commandery, it seems that overnight, he has opened up the second line of Ren Du, and the military talent has suddenly exploded.

first recaptured Taiyuan, and even ignored the severe cold, leading the troops to Liu Wuzhou's lair.

Under the leadership of Li Shimin, the Tang army used soldiers to defeat Liu Wuzhou and retreat, all the way to the city of Loufu County.

In the camp of the Tang Army, Li Yuan's envoy was reciting the holy decree.

"The second prince Li Shimin is the king of Qin, in charge of the three armies on the right .................."

Li Shimin wandered outside the body, silent, and stunned.

For that position, he has fought desperately, risked his life to win the commander in the Daxing army, led the remnants of the defeated army to defeat the strong Liu Wuzhou to recapture Taiyuan, in order to consolidate the results of the battle, he did not stop, pursued Liu Wuzhou all the way, and attacked until the city of Loufu County.

Li Shimin was the first to support Li Yuan's army, and from Taiyuan to the present, he has always been fighting on the front line and made great contributions.

In the end, he still couldn't get his wish, because he was not the eldest son.

At this moment, for the first time, Li Shimin deeply hated this evil primogeniture inheritance system. (To be continued......)