Li Shenfu realized what was right and bargained like a merchant. He felt very uncomfortable, so he turned around and wrote a letter to the central government.
Winter is approaching, and the soldiers in each department are short of food and clothing and cannot survive the winter. Please allocate more grain and grass to meet military needs.
He said so on the surface, but secretly he sent his confidants to see Li Xiuning to discuss with Li Xiuning whether he could allocate part of the food and grass from the Tongguan garrison to him.
After all, the Tongguan garrison was much smaller. As for the surrendered troops from Henan, what was the use of eating so much?
Li Xiuning was much happier than the two grown men. He agreed with a wave of his hand. No one was a fool these days. No matter Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning or Li Shenfu, they all knew that the Tongguan War was over.
The possibility of the Tongguan garrison led by Prince Li Jiancheng coming out to fight Li Ding'an is slim. If something happens later in the court, the Prince might return to Beijing.
Because the story of the Battle of Tongguan gradually spread, Prince Li Jiancheng's ability to lead the army was greatly questioned. There were many people in the court talking to the prince, and they couldn't tell anything, but the two people by the river had a rough idea.
Unless the emperor issues an edict, ordering all ministries to reinforce Tongguan and mobilize a large number of troops to go out and fight Li Dingan, maybe he can drive Li Dingan back to Jin. Judging from the current strength of Tongguan and the situation in the previous battle,
Once the Tongguan garrison goes out to fight, it is likely that they will be defeated outside Tongguan. I don't think Prince Li Jiancheng will be so stupid.
Therefore, from the Tongguan direction, we can only focus on defense.
In that case, no matter how hard Li Jiancheng struggled, the strategic center of gravity in the east would no longer be in the hands of the prince.
Then the military requirements of the Tongguan garrison can be reduced as appropriate. The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, or the Shaanxi Province Daoxingtai will not say anything. Even if there is noise in the court, huh, the worst thing is that someone will be replaced to guard Yongfengcang.
Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning said that she didn't care about this at all. As for whether she might offend the prince, it didn't matter. She had already been at odds with her brothers for a long time, so what did it mean to add one or two more?
Li Shenfu quietly gave Li Jiancheng a stumbling block. He was very satisfied with his performance, so he calmed down. In fact, the signs of the army's food shortage had already appeared. Otherwise, Li Shenfu would not have made such a small team.
Use any means to create obstacles for Li Jiancheng.
During this year's autumn harvest, the grain output in Sichuan continued to decrease, and hundreds of thousands of troops were distributed everywhere, which brought a very heavy burden to Li Tang. Some people in the court began to propose that more troops be added to Sichuan...
The situation was getting more and more dangerous. In view of this, in fact, from the beginning of Qin King Li Shimin's return to Beijing, Li Yuan held successive court meetings to find a way to break through the predicament.
This is obviously a strategic choice, and as expected, the results of the North Korean meeting were only a few.
Some people advocated the eastward advance, and they were divided into two groups, that is, they defeated Wang Shichong first and then defeated Li Ding'an, or they defeated Li Ding'an first and then tried to figure out the difference between Wang Shichong and Wang Shichong.
Their reasons are also very good. The counties and counties in the east were once prosperous places, and the Jin Dynasty was once the place where the Li clan flourished. If they win Henan, they will have the two capitals in hand, where talents can gather, and righteousness is in hand, which will have the effect of intimidating the princes.
It will be very prominent.
If the Jin region is restored first, it will also create a strategic advantage. It will not be difficult for Wang Shichong to worry about one thing and lose the other.
Others believe that Guanxi and Shuzhong are internal and external to each other. Wang Shichong occupies the eastern capital with strong troops, and Li Ding'an is as powerful as a rainbow army.
In order to expel Xiao Mian from the middle of the army, we must first consolidate the foundation and then conquer the world.
In fact, there is not much new idea. This kind of controversy has always existed in Chang'an, but it finally became clear at this time.
Those who want to advance eastward are naturally mainly members of the Luoyang family and distinguished ministers of Jin. Those who advocate increasing troops in Shu are led by the Guanxi clan. It can be said that people on both sides have selfish motives, but strategically they cannot.
It's wrong, it's just a different choice.
However, before Li Yuan could make up his mind, Wang Shichong had already bumped into him, so the meeting was abandoned and everyone's eyes were fixed on Tongguan.
At the beginning, Li Yuan was very pleased that his eldest son finally showed his ability to lead an army. He behaved very calmly, and his strategy of holding strong and clearing the country and waiting for the opportunity to fight was very popular with the courtiers.
At this time, Li Yuan was not idle either. He recruited the disciples of the noble families to join the army. Together with Chang'an Xiaoguo, he formed an army of 20,000, ready to reinforce the Tongguan garrison at any time.
By the way, Li Shimin's plan to knock Qi King Li Yuanji to death with a stick was aborted because the war at Tongguan was the main focus at this time, and Li Yuan would not allow anything to distract the prince's attention.
It can be said that after Xue Ju's defeat, another great battle took place that affected the hearts and minds of the people in Chang'an. During this period, there was an endless stream of messengers traveling between Tongguan and Chang'an's official roads, continuously sending military intelligence and battle reports from the front.
Arriving at the emperor's desk.
Different from the chaos when King Li Shimin of Qin defeated Xue Rengao, when Governor Li Jiancheng and Wang Shichong fought at Tongguan, the people of Chang'an were relatively harmonious. This was the gap between the prince and the King of Qin.
Needless to say, Li Shimin's mood at the moment was complicated enough to make a pot of eight-treasure porridge, but he still had to perform official duties "while sick".
If it had been back then, he would have rebelled against everyone and criticized Li Jiancheng's conservative strategy. But now, after experiencing so many ups and downs, Li Po has transformed from an unknown person to a local prince, with a halo around him.
Not to mention Li Shimin.
As the city became increasingly dark, he just looked coldly in the direction of Tongguan, sighing secretly that the prince was lucky, while waiting for the results of the war to be reported.
When the news of Wang Shichong's defeat and escape came back to Chang'an, the court was not only filled with joy, but actually it was not much different. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including Li Shimin.
No matter how many grievances the people in Chang'an City have, they are all in the same boat. If Wang Shichong rushes into Guanxi, Chang'an will be another Luoyang. Well, the east and west capitals will become bandit nests. That scene... is really terrible.
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Emperor Li Yuan, whose temper was getting increasingly bad-tempered, was always smiling at the next few court meetings, as if he had become the famous Tang Gong again.
Li Yuanji, who made Li Shimin hate him so much, also got an advantage. Taking advantage of the great victory ahead, he cried bitterly and confessed his mistakes in front of me, and obtained Li Yuan's forgiveness. Not only did he return to Prince Qi's palace, he was also promoted to a personal guard.
The Grand Governor is also in charge of Chang'an Order.
Of course, this is definitely not comparable to the series of intimidating titles Li Yuanji had on his head back then, but the Commander-in-Chief of the Personal Guard... did not have much real power, but he had the power to impeach the officials for their merits and demerits, which was stronger than the Censor.
Much more, because he can talk to the emperor directly.
Li Shimin was also helpless towards this unbeatable Xiaoqiang. Li Yuan specifically warned him when he went to the palace to report the matter, and called Li Yuanji over to admit his mistake to Li Shimin face to face.
Li Shimin was also a little bit dumbfounded at this moment. You want to be a loving father, is it too late?
In fact, Li Yuan would never expect his three sons to live in harmony with each other at this time. He just didn't want to be like Emperor Wen Yang Jian, who in the end only had one of the three legitimate sons left.
So Li Shimin reluctantly "forgave" his younger brother. In fact, Li Shimin felt that his father acted like a mother-in-law. What did this younger brother do wrong? What was he, the elder brother, forgiving? Is it really clear?
Three feet of ice cannot be frozen in a day. The resentment between brothers has been deep, and there is such a thing as a storage place sandwiched between them. How can there be any possibility of getting back together? Unless it is life-threatening...
Li Shimin was depressed for a few days, and then he started to build the Qin Prince's Scholarship Hall again, recruited talented people to join the shogunate, and also began to make preparations to make the people in the mansion famous, which was naturally a literary name. Everyone knew that the prince
Lacking martial arts, the King of Qin lacked literary skills, so the prince strived for merit in Tongguan, while the King of Qin immersed himself in writing.
The two brothers were competing fiercely, and no one dared to relax.
Taking advantage of the east wind from the great victory at Tongguan, some people began to move around frequently, and the sound of marching eastward to Luoyang suddenly became louder.
But within two days, news came from Tongguan that Li Jiancheng had made a mistake and Li Ding'an crossed the river. After a battle, Li Jiancheng was blocked in Tongguan with almost no effort.
Therefore, in the battle with Wang Shichong, in addition to losing troops and generals, some troops from Henan were surrendered. When the news spread, the people in Chang'an City were surprised, and the voice of marching to the Eastern Capital suddenly stopped.
As Shangshu Ling, Li Shimin could hardly care less about gloating over misfortune. He immediately went to the palace to see the emperor as soon as he got the news. No one knew what the father and son said at that time. They only vaguely heard rumors that the emperor and King Qin had a serious quarrel.
In July, Chang'an finally calmed down a little, and Li Ding'an's name was forced into the minds of the officials in Chang'an like a spell. Whether it was in court meetings or private discussions, this name could no longer be separated.
The emperor's edicts were passed down in an orderly manner, rewarding the meritorious officers and soldiers of Tongguan, recruiting the surrendered generals from Henan to Chang'an for an audience, and placing all the surrendered army departments under the jurisdiction of the prince. All these once again showed the emperor's determination to protect the prince.
Unlike Li Yuanji who repeatedly escaped punishment, this was an acceptable result. After all, the prince had defeated Wang Shichong first, and no one questioned the prince's strategic missteps afterwards.
The political background of Prince Li Jiancheng's many years of management played a very important role at this time, and there is no sign of the prince being blamed for the continued deterioration of the strategic situation.
But for the East Palace, the damage was also obvious. After that, the emperor always had the King of Qin by his side as a military advisor. In other words, after the Tongguan War, the King of Qin became even more relied on.
Subsequently, the prince's memorial requesting additional troops to Tongguan was rejected, and Li Yuan sent an edict to Tongguan, ordering the defenders of Tongguan not to move lightly.
This is actually a nonsense sentence, but it shows the emperor's dissatisfaction with the prince in disguise...
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