Does Li Shimin know these two news? He already knew, and there was not even any difference from the time Li Xin had gotten. He sat quietly in the lobby of Yanzhou Mansion, and Li Yuanji, Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, Li Yiyu, Pei Longqian and others all gathered together.

"Linzi fell, and Cui Mingan was captured by Cheng Yanjin. There is also the fact that Dengzhou was besieged by Li Xin's general Kan Leng. ”

Li Shimin lightly threw the letter in his hand aside, his face was gloomy, there was no wave in his eyes, and he seemed to have no expression quietly, and there was a dead silence in the hall at first, and then he saw Li Yuanji jumping up.

"What's going on with this Cui Mingan? How could Linzi fall? Li Yuanji roared loudly: "Grain and grass, half of the grain and grass stored in Shandong are there. Now it has all fallen into the hands of Cheng Biting Jin, how could that demon king of the mixed world appear in Linzi, didn't he receive any news at all? How is this good, second brother, you have to find a way. ”

Li Shimin was secretly angry in his heart, how could he not be in a hurry, not only the matter of Shandong, but more importantly, the situation in Taiyuan, now that he appeared in Shandong, Li Xin would never give up the opportunity to attack Taiyuan, although he was relieved of Fang Xuanling and Hou Junji and others, but Su Dingfang was not a simple person, who knew if he would launch a crazy attack on Taiyuan. Can Taiyuan support it?

"Your Highness, the last general is worried about General Xu Shiji." Pei Longqian said in a low voice: "According to the original agreement, the grain and grass in Dengzhou were supplied to General Xu Shiji, and part of the grain and grass in Linzi was supplied to Juxian, and part of it was supplied to Yanzhou. ”

"Yes, Mao Gong is now facing the danger of lack of food and grass, Qin Qiong is a fierce general, and he will definitely not let go of this opportunity." Li Shimin pressed the panic in his heart, and soon cared about Xu Shiji in front of him. The tens of thousands of troops in Xu Shiji's hands are also elite, if they are lost in Shandong, then the situation in Shandong will be completely hopeless.

"Xu Shiji's rescue must be saved, after all, it is my Shandong soldiers and horses." Li Yuanji also thought of this, and couldn't wait to say: "What I'm worried about now is Qin Qiong's attack, and I want to come to Linzi, Qin Qiong doesn't know yet, so it's better to let Xu Shiji withdraw his troops immediately, return to Dongping, and fight hard with Li Xin." Even if you can't eliminate him, you have to fight to the death, or defeat him completely in Dongping. ”

"It's so hard to beat Li Xin." Li Shimin shook his head and said, "However, it's still okay to let Xu Shiji come back safely." Li Shimin ordered someone to take a pen and paper, wrote a few lines on it, and asked the eldest grandson Wuyi to send it to Xu Shiji's army and let him act according to the plan.

Li Xin already knew about Cheng Biting Jin at this time, and his next step would definitely be to deal with Xu Shiji, or simply besiege some soldiers and horses in Dongping. blocked the way of our attack, but he divided his troops and let Qin Qiong attack all parts of Shandong. It's better for us to destroy Li Xin in one battle, Shandong is still in our hands, if we can't defeat Li Xin. Shandong will fall into the hands of Li Xin, and besides, our grain and grass are not sufficient, especially after the arrival of Xu Shiji's army. This gap in food and grass will get bigger and bigger, so we need to be prepared and ready to retreat. Li Shimin turned to look at everyone and said.

"Retreat?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They all looked at Li Shimin, the people who originally had the advantage had never thought that there would be a plan to retreat, and it was difficult to calm down for a while.

"Second brother, we don't have the upper hand, why do we have to retreat, when Xu Shiji returns with his soldiers and horses, the gap between our strength and Li Xin is not big, second brother, are you afraid of Li Xin?" Li Yuanji said with some dissatisfaction: "If Li Xin occupies Shandong, not to mention that our strength will be weakened a lot, even those Shandong families will not have a good face for us." ”

"What happens to them, this king doesn't care, but what we need to ensure is our living force." Li Shimin snorted coldly and said: "Even if Li Xin wants to occupy Shandong, what he gets is only a broken Shandong. Yuanji, you go and tell all the prefectures, counties, prefectures and counties, let them mobilize the clans in the territory, as well as the common people, evacuate as soon as possible, while we still have most of Shandong, we will retreat all the ordinary people in Shandong to the north of the Yellow River, when the Turks ravaged Hebei, there are a large number of borderless lands in Hebei, these Shandong people can just fill this vacancy. ”

"Yes." Li Yuanji is not interested, what he needs is territory, if he really immigrates to Hebei, does that place still have its own opportunities?

"What is the most important thing to seize the world, is the population, as long as we have people, we can have enough soldiers, this is the case in Hebei and Youzhou, Yuanji, we should take a long-term view." Li Shimin seemed to see the dissatisfaction in Li Yuanji's heart, and comforted him at the moment: "When I go back, I will suggest to my father that you sit in Shandong." Although Li Xin is powerful, once he gets the broken Shandong, he will definitely appease Shandong and transform the broken Shandong into his own, but where is the essence of Shandong, isn't it in Hebei? ”

Li Yuanji's eyes lit up after hearing this, he finally understood the meaning of Li Shimin's words, that is, he wanted to empty the entire Shandong and move all the personnel and money from the southern part of Shandong to the north, even if Li Xin occupied Shandong in the end, the result would be the same. He, Li Yuanji, is still the king of Qi.

After Li Yuanji left Dongping in a hurry, Li Shimin sighed, although he thought that he was no less than Li Xin's commanding ability, but he did not have the same commanding ability as Li Xin, otherwise, he would definitely be able to defeat Li Xin.

"Your Highness, are you really going to retreat?" Li Xiaogong said with some unwillingness.

"It's also necessary to prepare for this." Li Shimin said to Li Xiaogong: "My father originally wanted to send the soldiers and horses of Yecheng, but Li Jing personally sat in Xingyang, and my father asked the old general Qu Tutong to sit in Hebei, and strictly defend it on the bank of the Yellow River. At this point, we are at a disadvantage. ”

"I didn't expect Cheng Biting Jin, this guy, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses hiding in Yimeng Mountain for a month, can still survive, and he still has the courage to attack Linzi." Li Daozong shook his head and said.

The situation in Shandong has become like this, in the final analysis, isn't it because of the loss of Linzi, which threatens the grain and grass in Xu Shiji's army, and he has to temporarily withdraw his troops from Yanzhou, and together with them, abandon the southeast of Shandong, and deal with Li Xin's together?

"Cheng Biting Jin is secondary, and even Shandong's affairs are secondary, Xiaogong, I'm very interested in the fireworks you said." Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Although the soldiers you led are not elite, they can't be compared with the soldiers under Li Xin's command, but it is extremely difficult for Li Xin to defeat you, otherwise, he won't wait so long, and he was caught off guard and defeated by Li Xin, all he used was that firework, and something that could make a loud noise." This reminded this king of the matter of Xingyang, Zhao Feng Wushi Tong had been to Xingyang to investigate, but unfortunately, there was no movement, and now I didn't expect it to appear again. ”

"Yes, when the fireworks came out, the sky was full of glow, like a meteor falling to the ground, the soldiers saw the fear in their hearts, and the morale of the army dropped sharply, as for the sound of being able to make a huge thunder, but I don't know what it was, when the last general led the army to retreat, the officers and soldiers in the army also said that Li Xin could attract thunder." Li Xiaogong smiled bitterly: "The sound that the last general hears is the same as the explosion, but the sound is definitely louder than that, and the power is not small. ”

"Explosion?" Li Shimin shook his head and said: "It's definitely not this thing, Li Xin is curious about lewd skills, when he was in Chang'an, he was able to make wine and paper, and now he must have made something new, the only good news is that this thing must not be mass-produced, otherwise, even in Yanzhou, it is very simple for Li Xin to break through Yanzhou." ”

"But it may not be used in the future." Li Daozong said hesitantly.

"So we have to find this thing, and then we have to make this thing ourselves, only in this way can we deal with Li Xin." Li Shimin sighed and said: "The world has underestimated these strange and obscene skills, look at Li Xin, winemaking, papermaking, printing, etc., not only for him to earn enough money, raise a strong army, but also make him earn enough fame." Now there is another explosion, and I almost wiped out my army of tens of thousands. ”

"It's a pity that there are people in the court who don't know how to be flexible." Li Xiaogong patted the cases in front of him fiercely and said, "If we recruit these people from now on, we may be able to drum them up." ”

"It's hard." Li Shimin shook his head and said: "There is also the water that can be ignited, which is also very important, my father has already sent someone to look for it, as for whether it can be found, I don't know." ”

"Li Xin has so many means." Li Daozong had to sigh and said, "King Qin, how is the situation in Taiyuan?" According to Li Xin's treachery, once you know that you appear in Shandong, I am afraid that you will not give up the opportunity to attack Taiyuan. Can Fang Xuanling and Hou Junji resist Su Dingfang's attack? ”

"Mr. Fang is wise, Hou Junji is brave, these two people reassure me, not to mention that Su Dingfang only has 50,000 people in his hands, Taiyuan City is high and deep, and he wants to use 50,000 people to capture Taiyuan, not that the king is arrogant, but Li Xin underestimated the defense of Taiyuan. At most, he can only contain the Taiyuan soldiers and horses. Li Shimin said indifferently. No matter how anxious he was in his heart, Li Shimin didn't have anything unusual on the surface.

"Right now, Li Xin must be very happy, the peak is turning, how lucky Li Xin is." Li Xiaogong said with some unwillingness.

"Who will win and who will lose, we don't know yet! Even if Li Xin got Shandong, it was only half of Shandong. Li Shimin clenched his fists viciously. (To be continued.) )