Li Shimin stretched out his hand to support Pharmacist Li's long hand, took advantage of the situation to hold his hand, and Yin Yin said: "Sir, now in my curtain, there are only you and me at the moment. If you are so formal, how can we talk freely? ”

He put down Pharmacist Li's hands, pointed to the map and said, "Looking at the island of Kyushu in China, would you like to give me a brief overview of my views?" ”

Pharmacist Li smiled slightly, then he was no longer reserved, and said loudly: "Qin lost his deer, and the world chased him." Nowadays, although there are many people who build their own banners, there are only a few of them. ”

Li Shimin smiled and looked at Pharmacist Li, waiting for him to continue.

Pharmacist Li said eloquently: "Our army is out of Taiyuan, based on Sanfu, living in the middle of the world, and can look at the four seas. However, although our side is inherently geographically advantageous, we must also guard against enemies from many sides. Therefore, the first thing in the use of troops is to isolate one army and stabilize the other side, so that each can be defeated. ”

When he said this, his mind naturally came up with the chess game in the clean room of Xu Hongke Cloud Hall.

Li Shimin high-fived and said, "Shine! Sure enough, what you see is exactly the same! ”

Pharmacist Li thanked him humbly, raised his hand and pointed to the west side of the map: "Our army has Wuwei Li Liang and Jincheng Xue Ju in the west, and Shuofang Liang Shidu and Yulin Guo Zihe in the north. ”

He moved his finger to the east of the Hetao: "There is Ma Yi Liu Wuzhou in the east of the river." ”

He turned back to Li Shimin: "Although all the armies have an agreement with the Turks and are not allowed to attack each other, that Xue Ju is close to Longyou, and he always intends to be stupid. ”

Pharmacist Li pointed to the east side of the map: "As for the eastern part of the country, there are Yuyang Gaokaidao and Zhuojun Luo Yi in the north, and Leshou Dou Jiande, Rencheng Xu Yuanlang, and Wagang Li Mi in the east. ”

He turned back to Li Shimin again: "Li Mi is the closest to me, but he also chokes the east for me, so that the armies do not directly confront me. I only listened to his voice for a moment: "There is also Zhu Cang, people and gods are angry, and those who have knowledge want to suppress him, why not my army!" ”

Zhu Cang traveled to various places, and everywhere he went, he often slaughtered people, and even used human flesh as military food, so Li Yaoshi said that he was "angry with people and gods".

Li Shimin nodded frequently.

At this time, Pharmacist Li pointed to Luoyang, looked directly at Li Shimin, and said: "However, there is still Wang Shichong in the eastern capital to assist King Yue, and he does not serve my lord Zhengshuo." ”

In the twelfth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guangnan traveled to Jiangdu, and ordered Yang Tong, the king of Emperor Sun Yue, to stay in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Yang Yu, the king of the emperor's grandson, to stay in Chang'an, Xijing.

Now Li Yuan has established Yang Yu as the Son of Heaven and changed Yuan Yining, so Pharmacist Li called Yang Yu "my master" and took Yining's year name as "Zhengshuo". At that time, the Eastern Capital still took Yang Guang as the Son of Heaven and the Great Cause as the year name.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Yes." Longyou must guard against Xue Ju; Among the various armies in the Kwantung region, Wang Shichong was a confidant. ”

Pharmacist Li abides by the courtesy of a minister and is quite cautious in his choice of words; Li Shimin was quite reckless, pointing out Wang Shichong, who was also a Sui minister in name, as a "confidant".

Pharmacist Li then followed Li Shimin's words, nodded and said: "Now that the universe is falling apart, the world is in turmoil, and the river capital will change sooner or later. At that time, if Wang Shichong establishes the king of Yue, there will be two great Sui emperors in the world, which is inevitably tricky. Therefore, for the Eastern Capital, it must be disposed of as soon as possible. ”

Li Shimin said: "However, between the Eastern Capital and me, there is still a Qu Tutong. ”

After Tang Shi crossed the river and entered Guanzhong, he was pursued by Qu Tutong from behind. Although Li Shimin retreated, he was still in the east of Tongguan, confronting Li Jiancheng and Liu Wenjing.

Pharmacist Li said: "The teacher is famous, and the name can win." Qu Tutong is a Sui minister, guarding the land for Sui, and it cannot be called a rebellion. If our army fights, the stealing division will be nameless. What's more..."

He looked at Li Shimin: "The big ones with their own banners must be broken by each one, but the small ones should be recruited to prevent the fight of trapped beasts." For example, in the battle of Huoyi, Wang Shi only beheaded Song Laosheng, and the rest of those who surrendered were spared death, so everyone returned to sincerity. Now, if you kill Qu Tutong, I am afraid that the heroes of the two rivers will be afraid, and they will be stagnant. ”

Li Shimin said: "What Mr. means..."

Pharmacist Li said: "Qu Tutong is not suitable for crusade, but it can be coerced. ”

Li Shimin said happily: "This is very good. He and Liu Wenjing are the most close, and they only need a letter to communicate the situation.

At this time, Li Shimin said again: "The situation of the armies in the north, Mr. is like watching the fire. However, all over the south, I don't know what to think? ”

Pharmacist Li smiled slightly: "Hailing Li Zitong, Biling Shen Faxing, Liyang Du Fuwei, Yuzhang Lin Shihong, everyone is not surprised. Only Baling Xiao Milling..."

He stopped talking and looked at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Yes." Xiao Mo is not only a descendant of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, but also a member of the Lanling family, with deep roots and wide fame in the south. ”

Xiao Miao's sixth ancestor was Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, who established the Liang regime in the Southern Dynasty, and his great-grandfather was Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming, who compiled the "Selected Writings of Zhaoming". Xiao Tong died young, and the throne of Liang was succeeded by his younger brother Xiao Gang, who was Emperor Jianwen of Liang.

Xiao Tong's son and Xiao Miao's great-grandfather Xiao Jing was unwilling, attached himself to the Northern Dynasty, and established another Later Liang regime in Jiangling, which was Emperor Xuan of Later Liang. The Later Liang Ming Emperor Xiao Yu was Xiao Miao's maternal grandfather, and then passed on his position to Xiao Miao's cousin Xiao Cong.

The Northern Dynasties to which the Later Liang depended were first the Western Wei, then the Northern Zhou, and then the Great Sui. The territory under its jurisdiction is both small and a puppet regime. However, after all, the Lanling Xiao family is a family of hundreds of years, and Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, can be called a generation of scholars, especially Buddhism.

Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming, compiled the "Selected Writings of Zhaoming", which had a more far-reaching impact on later generations. Later Liang Emperor Keshao Jiqiu, both emphasis on learning, compared with the Northern Dynasties and the Southern Dynasty Chen Guo in the same period, the Later Liang has a high degree of cultural literacy.

In the seventh year of Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian summoned Xiao Cong into the court, abolished his throne, and died in Later Liang. Xiao Yan's grandfather, Xiao Yan, also known as Xiao Yue's brother and Xiao Cong's uncle, was unwilling to submit to the Great Sui and defected to the Southern Dynasty Chen State.

Later, the Great Sui destroyed the Chen State, and Xiao Yan was executed by Yang Jian, so when Xiao Mo was young, his family was quite embarrassed. However, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Empress Xiao was the sister of Xiao Cong and the aunt of Xiao Mill, and based on this relationship, Xiao Milling became the commander of Luochuan County in the later period of the Great Cause.

Luochuan is in Miluo, Hunan Province, which is the hometown of Xiao Liang.

Xiao Milling not only inherits a high degree of cultural literacy because of his family background, but also has a generous temperament and filial piety to his mother. As the emperor of Xiao Liang, he served as the official position of Xiao Liang's hometown, and he was benevolent and generous, so he became famous.

In the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Dong Jingzhen, the captain of Baling, rebelled against Sui with his subordinate counties and wanted to promote Dong Jingzhen as the main one.

However, at that time, the concept of the family was extremely important. Dong Jingzhen knew that he was from a humble background and it was difficult to convince the public, so he pushed Xiao Milling to the mainstay.

Later, Shen Liusheng attached himself to Xiao Mo and promoted him as the Duke of Liang.

Xiao Mo then called for the restoration of Liang Zuo and changed the service back to the Southern Liang system, and he came from near and far for a while. At the moment when Li Shimin and Li Yaoshi were discussing together, Xiao Miao's power was expanding rapidly.

At this time, Li Shimin asked: "For Xiao Milling, I don't know if Mr. has any ideas?" ”