After arriving at Longmen, the generals of the "Righteous Army" had different opinions, Li Shimin and others advocated a rapid crossing of the Yellow River to the west, and Pei Lin and others believed that the east of the river should be captured first.

Li Yuan hesitated, so he summoned the generals to discuss.

Pei Lin said, "Qu Tutong has tens of thousands of people and guards the strong city in the east of the river. If we don't capture Hedong and march west to Chang'an, if we can't capture Chang'an in the future, Qu Tutong will be able to cut off the back of the "Righteous Army", and the "Righteous Army" will suffer from the enemy."

Pei Lin strongly insisted that he should choose to capture Hedong and then lead troops westward. He thought that after Qu Tutong's defeat, Chang'an would have no backup, and it would be easier to capture Chang'an.

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Li Shimin secretly laughed at Pei Lonely's two ends, and he suggested to Li Yuan that the use of troops should be decisive, and the most important thing is to avoid indecision.

In the face of the generals, Li Shimin generously stated, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" cloud: The love of soldiers is the main speed, taking advantage of the unexpectedness of others, and attacking what they do not quit by the way of danger."

"That is to say, to take it by surprise and attack it unprepared. The soldiers are swift, and they must not hesitate to die."

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Li Shimin analyzed the situation on both sides to the public.

From the perspective of the "rebel army", since the start of the army, the army has been invincible in the south, and with the power of successive victories, it has terrified the forces of all sides.

And the defenders of Guanzhong, the main force followed Qu Tutong and Song Laosheng out of Hedong, and now Song Laosheng has been defeated, and Qu Tutong is cold. The king of Chang'an City is young, and the guard Wei Wensheng is old, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.

If the "Righteous Army" enters Guanzhong at this time, it will be easy to capture Chang'an.

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After talking about the benefits of entering the customs quickly, Li Shimin made it clear to the generals the disadvantages of attacking Hedong.

Li Shimin asked Pei Lian, "What does Pei Gong think, how does Qu Tutong compare with Song Laosheng?"

Pei Lin is born in the state lord Bo, where does he know how to use soldiers? But he also knew that Qu Tutong was a famous general of the Great Sui, and said casually, "Qu Tutong is a hundred times stronger than Song Laosheng."

Li Shimin said, "Pei Gong also knows that Qu Tutong is a hundred times stronger than Song Laosheng. He can attack and defend well, and now according to Hedong Jiancheng, how long does Pei Gong think our army will be able to capture Hedong?"

Pei Lin replied, "It won't take a month to capture Hedong."

Li Shimin asked again, "How much grain and grass will our army spend on the siege of the city for one month? How many casualties will you take?"

Pei Lin had nothing to answer, and was silent.

Li Shimin sighed, "We are under the fortified city of Hedong, empty time, if we can't attack for a long time, the morale of the army is low, and there is no sharp spirit with the might of continuous victory, but Chang'an takes this opportunity to repair the city and prepare for war, even if we capture Hedong, our army is tired and marches westward, where will there be a chance of victory?"

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At this time, most of the generals agreed with Li Shimin's proposal, but some were still worried about Qu Tutong's tens of thousands of troops.

Li Shimin said, "I have a strategy to make Qu Tutong a dead chess."

Li Yuan asked Li Shimin to talk about his strategy.

Li Shimin said, "Our army can hit the soldiers in Hedong and cut off their heads and tails."

"First send an army forward to defend Pujin to the west, and if Qu Tutong leads troops west to aid Chang'an, he will hit his head."

"After the army crossed the river, part of the army was left to monitor the defenders in the east of the river, and Qu Tutongru led troops to the west to aid Chang'an, and ordered the remaining troops to attack its tail."

"Qu Tutong can't advance or retreat, only sit in the city of sorrow."

Li Yuan agreed with Li Shimin's idea, but he wanted to demonstrate to Qu Tutong before crossing the Yellow River, so that he would not dare to act rashly.

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After some fierce debate, the strategy for entering the customs in the west has been decided.

On August 18, Li Yuan led his army to Fenyin. At that time, Sun Hua was the strongest among the heroes in Guanzhong, with thousands of subordinates. Li Yuan personally wrote a letter and sent someone to appease Sun Hua.

On August 20, Li Yuan led his army to the crossing of the Yellow River and ordered the establishment of a naval army.

On August 24, Sun Hua crossed the Yellow River to pay homage to Li Yuan. Li Yuanfeng Sun Hua was the doctor of Zuo Guanglu and the county prince of Wuxiang, and he was appointed as Feng Yi's Taishou.

Li Yuan asked Sun Hua to cross the river first, and then sent 6,000 infantry cavalry led by Wang Changhuan and Liu Hongji, the left and right commanders, to cross the river from Liangshan and camp in the west of the river to wait for the arrival of the army.

Before leaving, Li Yuan confessed, "If Qu Tutong personally leads the army to cross the river from the Pujin Bridge to attack you, then I will attack Hedong. If Qu Tutong defends the city with all his troops, then you will demolish the Pujin Bridge. This will allow you to choke him by the throat in the front and attack him in the back."

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Qu Tutong heard that Li Yuan sent Wang Changhuan and Liu Hongji to cross the river first, and sure enough, he sent Wu Yalang general Sang Xianhe to lead thousands of elite cavalry to attack the camp of Wang Changhuan, Liu Hongji and others by night.

Wang Changhuan, Liu Hongji and others have been prepared and set up an ambush to meet them. Sun Hua and Shi Danai led the rangers to attack from behind.

Sang Xianhe was defeated, Wang Changhuan, Liu Hongji, Sun Hua and others led troops to chase down to Yinmaquan and captured thousands of people. Sang Xianhe fled back to Hedong and ordered the Pujin Bridge to be demolished.

Li Yuan then ordered Liu Hongji, Sun Hua and others to go to the west bank of Pujin Bridge to block the westward road of Qu Tutong.

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For the remaining 20 days, Li Yuan ordered people to prepare ships while appeasing the Guanxi heroes.

The number of "rebels" has exceeded 100,000.

During this period, Feng Yi guarded Xiao Zao too much and led the officials of the whole county to follow.

Li Xiaochang, the commander of Huayin County, who guarded Yongfengcang, sent his brother-in-law Dou Liang to pick up Wang Changhui and Liu Hongji, who crossed the river first. Li Xiaochang is Li Yuan's brother. Dou Liang is Dou Cong's brother, Li Yuan's brother-in-law, and Li Shimin's uncle.

Jingzhao County Wannian, Liquan and other counties also sent envoys to see Li Yuan to express their intention of returning.

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Jingzhao, East Fengyi, and West Fufeng are collectively known as "Guanzhong Sanfu".

At this point, Fengyi County has been subordinated, most counties in Jingzhao County have expressed their willingness to be annexed, and Fufeng County is the foundation of the Dou family and the Li family.

Looking at the current situation, Li Yuan's army marched west into Guanzhong, and it was almost possible that it would be decided without a fight.

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Before crossing the river and marching westward, Li Yuan decided to attack the east of the river to demonstrate.

On the tenth day of the ninth month, Li Yuan commanded all the armies to surround Hedong City, and Qu Tutong closed the city and refused to defend it.

Li Yuan asked the elite thousands of people to try to climb the city in the south of the city, and more than 1,000 people instantly climbed to the top of the city.

At that time, it was raining heavily, and Li Yuan ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and the soldiers who had already gone to the city were a little reluctant in their hearts.

Li Yuan said to the generals, "Now is not the time to attack the city, it is just a demonstration. You can't kill people and win cities like Huo Yi."

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On 12 September, Liulu Shaozong, Wei Yijie and other troops monitored Qu Tutong's movements in the east of the river, and Li Yuan commanded all the armies to cross the Yellow River.

On September 16, Li Yuan led his troops to Chaoyi and stayed in Changchun Palace.

The eldest grandson Wuji went to Changchun Palace to meet Li Yuan, because he had not yet made meritorious contributions, Li Yuan appointed him as the pawn of the Weibei march, and followed Li Shimin to take charge of the secrets.

The eldest grandson Chang led more than 1,000 clan children to respond in Xinfeng.

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Hearing that Li Yuan had crossed the Yellow River and entered Guanzhong, the children of the three Qin scholars and the county officials and wealthy families all rushed to meet Li Yuan. Li Yuandu personally received him and conferred the corresponding official position.

The officials and people of Guanzhong were overjoyed and expressed their willingness to swear to the death.

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Li Yuan sent Li Jiancheng to lead tens of thousands of troops of Liu Wenjing, Wang Changhuan, Jiang Baoyi, and Dou Cong to garrison Yongfengcang, guard Tongguan, and guard against the Sui army and other bandits.

Li Shimin was sent to lead tens of thousands of troops such as Liu Hongji, Changsun Shunde, and Yang Mao to the west and south of Chang'an City, pacifying Jingyang, Yunyang, Wugong, Xu, Juxian and other counties, and Yin Kaishan served as a consolation envoy.

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When Qu Tutong heard that Li Yuan was traveling westward to enter the customs, he appointed Ying Yanglang to act as the commander of Hedong County and sent him to guard Puban. Qu Tutong personally led tens of thousands of troops to Chang'an, but was stopped by Liu Wenjing in Tongguan.

Liu Gang, the general of Tongguan, was stationed in the southern city of Duwei, and Qu Tutong wanted to get closer to Liu Gang.

Wang Changhu led his troops to attack and occupy the southern city of Duwei, and beheaded Liu Gang, and Qu Tutong had to retreat to the northern city of Duwei.

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Speaking of the heroes in Guanzhong, I have to mention an important person, Li Shimin's third sister: Li Sanniang.

When Li Shimin's sister-in-law Chai Shao went to Jinyang from Chang'an, he said to Li Sanniang, "My father-in-law is going to raise troops to make trouble, and we can't go to Jinyang together, if my wife stays, it will cause trouble to this body, what should I do?"

Li Sanniang said to Chai Shao, "Lang Jun just go quickly, the concubine is a woman, it is easy to hide, I have my own way."

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After Chai Shao left, Li Sanniang returned to the Li Manor in Juxian County, disguised herself as a man, known as Li Langjun to the outside world, and scattered all her family resources to gather troops to respond to Li Yuan.

At that time, Li Shentong, the son of Li Yuan's uncle, was implicated in Li Yuan's army, fled into the mountains of Juxian County, and raised troops to respond to Yuan. Li Shentong has more than 10,000 subordinates and claims to be the head of the Guanzhong Dao march.

He Panren, a Hu merchant in the Western Regions, gathered a crowd in Sizhuyuan to be a thief, and there were thousands of people under him, and he hijacked Li Gang, the former Shangshu Youcheng, for a long history, and asked Li Gang to give him advice.

Li Sanniang sent the slave Ma Sanbao to lobby He Panren and persuade He Panren to unite with Li Shentong and capture Juxian together.

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Li Sanniang also asked the house slave Ma Sanbao to lobby the thieves Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, Qiu Shili and others, Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, and Qiu Shili all led their subordinates to join Li Sanniang.

Chang'an stayed behind and repeatedly sent troops to arrest Li Sanniang, Li Shentong, He Panren, etc., all of whom were defeated by Li Sanniang and others.

Li Sanniang led the troops to successfully capture Xu, Wugong, and Shiping counties, with more than 70,000 troops.

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When Li Shimin led his troops into Jingyang, He Panren, Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi and the Guanzhong group of thieves were all attached to Li Yuan, and they were led by Li Shimin, with a force of 90,000.

Fang Xuanling, the lieutenant of Xicheng County, met Li Shimin, and hit it off with Li Shimin, and was appointed to join the army, becoming Li Shimin's most effective adviser.

Li Sanniang and Li Shimin joined forces in Weibei and personally led 10,000 elite soldiers, known as the "Women's Army".

Li Shimin divided his troops and asked Liu Hongji and Yin Kaishan to pacify the wind to the west, and the number of troops reached 60,000. Then, Liu Hongji led the army to cross Weishui in the south, Yao soldiers outside the Jinguang Gate, Wei Wensheng sent troops out of the city to meet the battle, was defeated by Liu Hongji, captured more than 1,000 soldiers, hundreds of horses, and won the first victory under the city of Chang'an.

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On the fourth day of October, Li Yuan arrived in Chang'an and camped in the northwest of Chunmingmen.

At some time, Li Shimin was stationed in Acheng with 130,000 troops; Liu Hongji and Yin Kaishan were stationed in the ancient city of Chang'an, with 60,000 troops; Taken together, the strength of all units of the army amounted to more than 200,000.

Li Yuan ordered all his troops to be stationed in the camp and not to invade the village and harass the people. All ministries acted according to the order, so that the military order was strict and orderly, and Yu Minqiu did not commit any offense.

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