When Xiao Mo returned to Baling, Dong Jingzhen said: "Xu Deji Dan is sincere to the Lord, while Shen Liusheng is fierce and rebellious and kills Zhongliang without authorization. If you don't punish Shen Liusheng now, how can you govern in the future? ”

Dong Jingzhen is powerful, and Xiao Mian has to agree.

So Dong Jingzhen beheaded Shen Liusheng, causing all the soldiers who surrendered with Shen Liusheng to disperse.

At the beginning, Pharmacist Li discussed the world, and it was already seen from this that the various factions of Xiao Milling may not all obey orders.

The following year, that is, the fourteenth year of Daye, the second year of Yining, and later the first year of Wude, Xiao Mo was proclaimed emperor.

The Sui family sent Zhang Zhenzhou and Wang Renshou to crusade, but it could not be effective.

After Yang Guang was killed, Zhang Zhenzhou and Wang Renshou surrendered to Xiao Mill, and Ning Changzhen, who had an incident in Ningyue County, also came to join him.

Xiao Milling moved the capital to Jiangling and restored the garden temple.

He took Cen Wenwen as the Zhongshu Shilang and Liu Xun as the Huangmen Shilang, planned military aircraft and state affairs, and greatly expanded his power.

At that time, Lin Shihong, who was in Yuzhang, was in turmoil and killed each other.

Lin Shihong avoided it, and his base was also reduced to Xiao Milling.

Xiao Milling expanded to the south and was annexed in many places.

At that time, Lingnan, except for Panyu, Cangwu, and Zhuya, which Feng Ang of Nanyue was based, were all taken by Xiao Liang.

At one time, from Jiujiang in the east, to the Three Gorges in the west, to Jiaozhi in the south, to the Hanchuan River in the north, from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to Lingnan, including the north of the central part of today's Vietnam, all of them were included under the command of Xiao Mill.

Xiao Miao's next step was to go west to the Three Gorges.

Seeing this, Li Yuan sent Li Xiaogong to Xinzhou to replace Li Ying in February of the second year of Wude, and transferred Li Ying to Jinzhou.

After Li Xiaogong took office, he immediately started the work of "bribing Liang Chen".

The fourth strategy of the "Ten Strategies" is to comfort the Tujia.

Xiao Mo took advantage of Li Tang's stagnation in the northern battlefield to instigate barbarians to harass Li Tang's Shannan Prefectures, and for a time Li Ying of Jinzhou, Xu Shao of Kipzhou, Pang Yu of Liangzhou, and even Li Xiaogong of Xinzhou all suffered from it.

However, after Pharmacist Li went south, Xiao Miao's good days would soon become a passing cloud.

He was first in Jinzhou to help Li Ying recruit the barbarians of Shennongjia; In Kipzhou, he helped Xu Shao repel the attacks of Xiao Mishui and Lu.

Later, Pharmacist Li assisted Xu Shao in Kipju, and reported the daily progress to Li Xiaogong in Shinju.

After all, he is only a guest in Kipzhou, and Li Xiaogong is his coach.

The situation in Kipju made Pharmacist Li clearly understand that no matter how detailed and rigorous the strategy and strategy of military affairs are, in the end, they must still rely on the elite soldiers on the front line and implement them accurately in order to achieve the goal of victory.

In this way, if we can carefully select talents and provide them with special training, will we not be able to accomplish tasks that are generally considered impossible and perfect surprise attacks that are generally considered impossible?

Pharmacist Li reported this bold idea to Li Xiaogong, and Li Xiaogong not only accepted it, but also appreciated it.

As long as Pharmacist Li goes to Shinshu, he can start to implement it.

At this time, Li Xiaogong was in Shinshu, and the second, third, and fourth strategies of the "Ten Strategies" were carried out step by step, and the fifth plan for repairing ships and the sixth strategy for teaching and practicing water warfare had also begun to operate.

However, it is still necessary to wait for Pharmacist Li to personally carry out the special selection of talents, the special training of this unprecedented elite unit, and the equipping of this unit with special warships with excellent performance.

In addition to official business, Pharmacist Li and Chuchen are opposite, and what the two of them are most worried about is still Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

During this period, Pei Lin was raided by Song Jingang in the Bird Mouse Valley, and the whole army was annihilated, and he retreated to Hedong alone.

Li Yuanji fled back to Chang'an, resulting in the loss of Taiyuan and the vast Hefen area.

Li Yuan sent people to reinforce Pei Lin again, but there was still no movement from Li Shimin.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that there is no movement of Li Shimin at all.

Since the Taiyuan Uprising, Liu Wenjing and Li Shimin have been the closest in the Tang Army.

But now, Liu Wenjing and her brother Liu Wenqi have been executed together.

Both "Tang Books" record that Liu Wenjing was accused of rebellion, and Li Shimin repeatedly asked for his life, and Li Gang and Xiao Yu also thought that this was a false accusation.

Li Gang is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the crown prince Zhan Shi, and he is deeply courteous to Li Jiancheng, but at this time, he spoke for Liu Wenjing.

Xiao Yu is one of the two important ministers designated by Li Yuan to investigate the case, and the other is Pei Lian.

Xiao Yu has an arrogant personality, acts high-pitched, and has a disagreement with almost all his colleagues, and even defended Liu Wenjing at this time.

However, Pei Lin said that Liu Wenjing "has more power and is suspicious", and said that "if you forgive it now, you will suffer in the future".

It wasn't until Li Yuan decided to behead Liu Wenjing's brother that he led his troops to leave Chang'an.

Liu Wenjing sighed when he was about to be sentenced: "The high bird is exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the words of the ancients are honest, I am not deceiving!" ”

After Li Yuan ascended the throne, because of the meritorious service of Li Shimin, Pei Lian, and Liu Wenjing, the imperial decree forgave the second death, that is, two death sentences could be pardoned.

However, this time Liu Wenjing's incident, don't say pardon, even the plot is wronged.

Therefore, some historians in later generations believed that killing Liu Wenjing was the most serious "loss of punishment" in the early Tang Dynasty.

As for Li Shimin, since the Tang Army entered Chang'an and Li Yuan actually took control of the power, he knew very well that between himself and his brother Li Jiancheng, he had to fight not only for success or failure, but also for life and death.

Therefore, he has been silently recruiting talents from all over the world and steadily cultivating his own forces.

Now that Liu Wenjing has been punished, Li Shimin has lost the most powerful wing and assistance in the central government, which has dealt a great blow to him.

What's more, Li Yuan didn't listen to Li Gang and Xiao Yu's advice, but adopted Pei Lian's suggestion, which was actually a rather stern statement between the two sons.

This is an even greater impact on Li Shimin.

How can he fight back?

Pharmacist Li judged the situation and thought about it, and couldn't help but think of Yuan Tiangang's sentence, "You are deeply relied on by King Qin, and you know His Highness's thoughts best."

If you don't know about it, how can others know? ”

This is what is in the word.

The topic was originally that Li Yuan sent troops to reinforce, why Pei Lin instead of Li Shimin? This asked Li Yuan's thoughts, but Yuan Tiangang answered Li Shimin's thoughts.

Could it be... Could it be that the emperor was unable to mobilize this powerful second prince?

If you think about it from this direction, you can understand why Pei Lian received the appointment in June but did not leave for a long time.

It was not until Li Yuan decided to kill Liu Wenjing that he raised his troops to the east, and it was not until August that he arrived outside Jiexiu City.

If you look closely at Pei Lian's words at that time:

"Wen Jing is a little slighter, a real champion of the time, the sex is rough and dangerous, the anger is not difficult, the ugly words are rebellious, and its form has been revealed. If it is undecided today, there is an enemy outside, and if it is forgiven now, it will be troubled in the future. ”

Could it be that this "aftermath" refers to Li Shimin?

In order to get rid of the wings of King Qin, he killed Liu Wenjing, who was "only slightly crowned"?

Even the transfer of Pharmacist Li from Changchun Palace also contains this consideration?

If you want to go in this direction, you can understand that the situation in Hefen is so severe, and the imperial court has reinforced three times before and after, but why has not seen the soldiers and horses of King Qin.