Li Yuanzheng was at a loss, and when he heard Wang Yu say that he had an idea, he hurriedly asked, "What good ideas do you have?" ”

Wang Yu did not answer his question directly, but talked about a book: "A few days ago, Mr. Gu explained to me a word in the Book of Rites - Jiuxi.

"Jiuxi is nine special ritual vessels given by the emperor to meritorious officials. These nine kinds of special gifts are chariots and horses, clothes, Lexian, Zhuhu, Nama, tiger ben, axe, bow and arrow, and straw beard. ”

Wang Yu counted like a child, counted nine special rituals with his fingers, and then stood in front of Li Yuan, looking up at Li Yuan: "Since ancient times, there have been many powerful ministers who have received Jiuxi, including Wang Mang, Cao Cao, Sima Zhao...

"The most recent is the founding emperor of this dynasty - Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui."

The last sentence was loud, like a golden stone hitting Li Yuan's heart, making his heartbeat suddenly accelerate.

The next moment, Li Yuan's eyes shone brightly.

"That's right, my idea is to 'abolish the emperor and set up a king, and raise righteous soldiers to conquer the county'." Wang Yu suddenly stopped, walked to the side and poured a cup of tea.

After listening to Wang Yu's example of adding Jiuxi's ministers, Li Yuan thought of this, originally he also wanted to attack the west to take Chang'an, Wang Yu's strategy to support Xijing and stay in the acting king was in his hands, but it was not enough.

Li Shimin obviously thought about it too, he followed Wang Yu to the side of a few cases, and asked: "Then, how do we stabilize the Turks?" ”

Wang Yu put down the teacup, licked his moist lips, and said with a smile: "Of course, it is to change the flag to show the Turks, so that the teacher is famous and can settle the world." ”

Li Yuan and Li Shimin laughed at the same time.

"As for how this banner should be changed, Aya might as well ask Li Jing's opinion." Wang Yu recommended to Li Yuan.

The smile on the corner of Li Yuan's mouth suddenly froze, his expression seemed to be unhappy, and he snorted: "He is just a small county officer, there are so many good generals under my command, I have to ask him?"

"Jokes."

Wang Yu knew that he still had in mind Li Jing's revenge for informing, but Li Jing used his soldiers like a god, and he couldn't be buried because of this personal grudge.

So, Wang Yu walked to Li Yuan's side, took his arm and shook it gently, and said coquettishly in a sweet and lifeless tone: "Aye~."

"Li Jing is actually a military wizard, and you have also read the draft of the military book he wrote, right?

"If you don't have a chance, you can give him a chance, I promise, he won't let you down."

Li Yuan wanted to say that he was already disappointed in Li Jing, but Wang Yu shook his arm and called out "Aya" sweetly, and the end was tactful and long, not to mention how sweet it was in his heart.

In the honey brewed by his daughter, Li Yuan nodded pretending to be serious: "Okay, I agreed, but I agreed for the sake of your face." ”

Wang Yu leaned his head on his palm and rubbed it affectionately: "Thank you, Aya." ”

Li Shimin shook his body, goosebumps fell all over the place, if he had such a daughter in the future, he would definitely not be able to stand it. I don't care what my daughter says, I promise her.

Li Yuan did not summon Li Jing immediately, but summoned Li Jing to the council hall a day later.

"I heard Xiao Yu'er say that you have studied a lot of flag law, tell me about it, what experience do you have."

Li Jing was not in a hurry, and said to Li Yuan: "Please wait for a while, and I will go back to the room to sample things." ”

After saying that, Shi Li retreated.

It wasn't long before he returned with a rough thread-bound book.

"During this time, I was recuperating in the Tang Mansion, and my days were boring, so I wrote this, and asked Tang Gong to take a look."

Li Yuan took the book suspiciously and flipped through it.

The more he looked at the back, the brighter his eyes became, and the book mentioned various flag methods, as well as how soldiers practiced them.

After reading it quietly, Li Yuan was already impressed by Li Jing in his heart, but his face was not obvious, and his tone was still indifferent: "Eh, the summary is good, then I will hand over the recruits to you for training first, and after seven days, I will see the results." ”

Li Jing responded, full of confidence.

Li Yuan also asked how to change the military flag in order to gain the support of the Turks.

Li Jing thought back to the appearance of the Turkic flag, pondered for a moment, and said, "Tang Gong might as well change the color of the military flag to the white used in the Turkic military flag, so as to show goodwill to the Turks." ”

After listening to Li Jing's words, Li Yuan didn't say anything, he didn't feel very satisfied.

After thinking about it for two days, Li Yuan decided to revise the details slightly, and instead of using the red of the Sui Dynasty or the white of the Turkic Dynasty, he used red and white colors.

After the decision, Li Yuan ordered the production of military flags and various color flags.

When Li Yuan recruited troops in Taiyuan and wanted to seize Chang'an, there was another person who also aimed at the fat of Chang'an.

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The eastern capital is Luoyang.

Pei Qiantong knelt in the hall and reported to Yang Guangyu: "Your Majesty, Pang Yu and Huo Shiju have led their troops to arrive outside Luoyang City, please show your Majesty." ”

Yang Guang looked at the gray sky outside the hall expressionlessly, and his tone was cold: "Order Pang Yu and Huo Shiju to act tonight, attack them by surprise, and recapture Luocang." ”

As a result, Pei Qiantong immediately ordered someone to convey Yang Guang's order to Pang Yu and Huo Shiju.

That night, Pang Yu and Huo Shiju led all their soldiers and horses to launch a surprise attack on Hui Luocang.

Li Mi hurriedly responded to the battle, and more than half of the soldiers were killed and wounded and captured, so Li Mi had no choice but to give up returning to Luocang and ordered to retreat to Luokou.

Pang Yu and Huo Shiju took advantage of the victory to catch up, until dawn, stationed in Yanshi, and confronted Li Mi strongly.

Yang Guang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and sent his inner servants to Yanshi to greatly reward Pang Yu and Huo Shiju.

Li Mi sat in the marshal's mansion and was sullen.

Chai Xiaohe took the opportunity to say: "My lord, the Han Dynasty relied on Luoyang to achieve imperial hegemony, which shows that Luoyang is dangerous and difficult to overcome.

"Now we have hundreds of thousands of troops, and we have been attacking Luoyang for several months, but we have never been able to attack, which can be seen."

Seeing that Li Mi was silent and his face was covered with dark clouds, Chai Xiaohe took advantage of the situation and made a suggestion: "The lord might as well give up Luoyang and attack Xijing Chang'an." ”

Li Mi raised his eyes to look at him, and his eyes flashed with consternation.

Chai Xiaohe continued: "As long as we conquer Chang'an and the foundation of the great cause is solid, we can wave our troops to the east, sweep Henan and Hebei, and then spread the word to the world to stabilize the Central Plains."

"For today's plan, you should order Zhai Rang and Pei Renji to stay in Luokou, and you will personally lead the elite troops to the west to capture Chang'an."

Li Mi showed a look of hesitation on his face.

Back then, he also persuaded Yang Xuangan to go west to Guanzhong to seize Chang'an, but Yang Xuangan rejected him and insisted on attacking Luoyang, so Yang Xuangan was defeated later and paid for his life.

But he is different from Yang Xuangan.

Yang Xuangan was born in a wealthy political family, and he was in a high position and had absolute control over the army.

And before he came to Wagangzhai, he was just a poor and dilapidated nobleman, because he played some small tricks, he usurped the leadership of Wagangzhai.

If he enters Guanzhong in the west, it is very likely that he will lose the leadership of the Wagang army, and if he fails to capture Chang'an, he will be completely defeated, and he will not even have a place to stay.

Chai Xiaohe saw that Li Mi had not responded for a long time, and couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Lord, now that the people of the Sui Dynasty have lost their hearts, and the Central Plains are competing, if you don't take Chang'an early, I'm afraid that others will take the lead, and it will be too late to regret it when the time comes." ”

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