Li Shimin felt Guoer's deep affection and dependence on him, but he could not change his mind at all.
Few people know that the seemingly calm Li Shimin is quite irritable and depressed these days.
Just when Wang Junlin took action against Wagang Village in the Central Plains, the Li Yuan Group was not idle. On the one hand, Li Shimin was sent to lead 50,000 elite troops to station at the border of the Far East Army in a posture of invasion. At the same time, the main force was 200,000 troops, led by Li Yuan himself.
Lead the march into Guanzhong.
Without Wang Junlin's powerful Far Eastern Army threat, and without Li Yuan's group's deep fear of Wang Junlin, he, Li Shimin, would now be the general leading the army to attack Guanzhong, making achievements, increasing his prestige, and expanding his direct line's power.
But now, in order to prevent and deter the Far Eastern Army, he had to lead a large army here. He stayed there for half a year without fighting a single battle.
Although his direct confidants Hou Junji, Changsun Wuji and others were also with his father, and he made some secret arrangements, but when he thought of how many soldiers Li Jiancheng had won over during the six months of attacking Guanzhong with his father,
The middle general had added countless direct lineage men, and he became very anxious.
To be honest, if he were not facing the Far East Army, but any other force, he would have already resorted to some tricks to provoke a war, then opened up new territory, and fought with one person commanding 50,000 troops, no less powerful than his father and elder brother leading 200,000 troops.
The great work of the main force.
But...if it could only be what-if, Li Shimin would not be afraid of anyone in the world, and he could launch a war against any force without hesitation, but he did not dare to act rashly against Wang Junlin's Far Eastern Army.
Therefore, he stayed there for half a year, and his heart was filled with deep unwillingness.
To this end, he also did some other things in the past six months, such as sending a large number of people to collect and inquire about the policies promulgated by Wang Junlin in the eleven counties under his command, the training methods of the Far East Army, etc.
Of course, he also tried his best to plant many secret spies within the territory of the Far Eastern Army, but unfortunately, no one could enter the core of the Far Eastern Army.
This woman named Guo'er was extremely beautiful, had a gentle temperament, was very talented, and had a deep affection for him. Originally, Li Shimin was reluctant to part with her, but for the sake of his great cause, he had no choice but to send her to Fanyang County.
In order to ensure that there were no flaws in Guo'er's identity after she went to Fanyang County, Li Shimin used a huge amount of financial and manpower. He believed that after Guo'er went to Fanyang County, she would definitely come into contact with the core people of Fanyang County.
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Tang Gong Li Yuan personally led the army to capture Guanzhong. Just when Wang Junlin led 50,000 troops and defeated the Wagang Army, which dispatched more than 300,000 troops, Li Yuan's war in Guanzhong also reached the final moment - the capture of Chang'an.
Now Li Yuan is planning to deliver the final blow to Chang'an City. But after reading the personal letters sent by spies from the Central Plains about the war between the Far East Army and the Wagang Army, and the personal letters sent by Li Mi to form an alliance, his expression changed several times, and he remained silent for a long time.
As he spoke, his face turned as blue as the red clouds in the sky.
Although they were about to capture Guanzhong, their 200,000 troops faced the more than 200,000 county soldiers, county soldiers and government soldiers who were in a desert in Guanzhong. They actually lost more than 70,000 people, and now they still have 130,000 horses.
Wang Junlin led 50,000 troops to deal with more than 300,000 Wagang troops, but now only lost about 10,000 men, and he was almost reaching the Wagang army's home base.
I don't know how powerful the Far Eastern Army is until I compare with Li Yuan.
Li Yuan never believed that the government soldiers, county soldiers and county soldiers who were in charge of their own affairs in Guanzhong could be stronger than the Wagang army trained by Li Mi, Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji and others.
Relying on the grain reserves accumulated by the Sui Dynasty in the Yongfeng warehouse for more than ten years, the Li Yuan Group now has more rebels attached to the Li family in addition to the 100,000 people directly affiliated to it, and the total strength has reached 300,000.
In addition to Li Shimin leading 50,000 troops to deter and prevent the Far Eastern Army, there were also 50,000 troops stationed in Taiyuan.
Today, the total number of Sui troops stationed in Chang'an City is less than 30,000! The general Wei Wensheng is a tough guy and extremely loyal to the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan tried his best to persuade him to surrender, so he used experts and soldiers around Wei Wensheng
The secret poisoned Wei Wensheng to death.
After Wei Wensheng's death, the deputy general Yin Shishi took charge of the troops in Chang'an City. Although they did not surrender, their character and talent could not convince the public. It became much easier for them to capture Chang'an.
Since ancient times, capturing the city of Chang'an means that the Li family can successfully defeat all the heroes and achieve hegemony.
Because Guanzhong has been the foundation of emperors since ancient times.
And from a strategic position point of view, the Li family can leave Hangu Pass and march eastward at any time to attack any opponent they don't like. However, if the heroes want to deal with the Li family, they must first face the mountains of Huashan, Xiong'er, and Xiaoshan.
A natural danger arising from the ground.
"It would be great if there were no Wang Junlin and the Far Eastern Army!" Li Yuan's face became very solemn when he thought that the Far Eastern Army would soon occupy the Central Plains and the Far Eastern Army's powerful combat power, even if they were about to occupy the entire Guanzhong land.
Without the presence of Wang Junlin and the Far East Army, he could calmly digest the entire Guanzhong and other recent fruits of victory, readjust the strategic deployment, and then push the Li family to the highest peak in hundreds of years.
But he knew that after Wang Junlin occupied the Central Plains, he would never sit back and watch their power continue to grow. He even thought that the Far East Army's next target would be them, and even Wang Junlin's next target would be his hometown Taiyuan.
Seeing Li Yuan's solemn expression, none of the civil and military officials in the tent wanted to speak first.
The strength of the Far Eastern Army led by Wang Junlin made everyone deeply fearful and they did not dare to offer advice easily.
The tall tallow wax puffed out scorching flames, illuminating the various expressions of Li Yuan's civil and military officials.
"Ahem, um, um!" The silence in the military tent was so uncomfortable that Army Sima Liu Wenjing had no choice but to speak first, "Our army is about to break the city!" He first pointed out the good situation at hand, "And the king is coming.
Even if we want to send troops to attack Hedong, it will take at least half a year, not to mention that the Second Young Master Shimin will lead 50,000 elite troops to guard against it. With the second Young Master’s ability to lead the army, the Far East Army will not easily succeed!"
Liu Wenjing said the words very easily, but the performance and combat power of the Far Eastern Army led by Wang Junlin in recent years are really scary, so not everyone thinks that his relaxed speculation is correct.
Li Jiancheng hesitated to speak, but Li Yuanji stood up and said loudly: "Father, don't worry. After Chang'an City is captured, I will give you 100,000 troops and I will lead them to Fanyang County in half a year."
Everyone glanced at Li Yuanji, but no one said anything. Although due to Li Yuanji's status as Li Yuan's third son, there was no sarcasm on their faces, but they were already cursing idiots in their hearts.
Li Yuan was even more angry and scolded: "You are so shameless, sit down."
Li Yuanji's face turned red and he wanted to argue, but Li Jiancheng pulled him to sit down.
"At the moment, of course, our army's main focus should be on how to capture Chang'an. But after capturing Chang'an, we must carefully adjust our deployment!" Li Jiancheng summed up in a timely manner, with a smile on his face, and his temperament was full of stability and confidence, which was different from Li Yuanji's stupidity just now.
The behavior formed a sharp contrast, and many people secretly nodded in appreciation.
"But for Wang Junlin's Far Eastern Army, the general thought that it would be better for Duke Tang to take precautions early!" Li Shimin's confidant Hou Junji glanced at the prince Li Jiancheng in a vague way, suddenly stood up, and suggested to Li Yuan loudly with a solemn expression.
His suggestion was echoed by countless people. It was true that Wang Junlin had such a bad reputation that few people were not afraid of him.
For a while, everyone spoke one after another. Most of the generals thought that plans should be made in advance, but no one could put forward feasible suggestions on what to do specifically.
In particular, someone suggested that Li Yuan send an assassin to assassinate Wang Junlin, which was criticized by everyone.
Just kidding, sending someone to assassinate Wang Junlin, the possibility of success is very small, but starting with this, if Wang Junlin is offended, sending someone to assassinate him Li Yuan...
Li Yuanchuang shuddered at the thought of Wang Junlin, who had countless capable men and masters under his command, and sent someone to assassinate him. Li Yuanchuang shuddered all over and directly ordered the people who proposed to assassinate Wang Junlin to be driven out.
Li Yuan believed that Wang Junlin had two very important foreshadowings, Li Xuanba and Li Jing, by his side. If Wang Junlin went into full-scale war with him, although Li Xuanba and Li Jing would not kill Wang Junlin, they would seriously injure Wang Junlin at the critical moment.
The Far Eastern Army should be able to even decide the outcome of the battle.
"Tang Gong, the general will personally lead the attack on the city at the end of tomorrow and strive to break through Chang'an within ten days. With the food and armor and staff in Chang'an City as military supplies, Tang Gong does not have to worry too much about the Far East Army. I want to see Wang Junlin
I have offended the nobles of the world's noble families to death. Although they are arrogant now, it is only temporary!" Sun Hua, who was personally promoted by Tang Gong Li Yuan to the positions of Doctor Zuo Guanglu, Duke of Wuxiang County, and Grand Administrator of Feng Yi, obviously did not pay enough attention to Wang Junlin.
Because in his opinion, Wang Junlin is an enemy of the world's noble families, and his defeat will only happen sooner or later.
"If the powerful family could deal with Wang Junlin, not so many of them would be destroyed by Wang Junlin. And if Wang Junlin was so easy to deal with, he would have died countless times?" Liu Wenjing sneered at the ignorance of Sun Hua and others.
At present, there were mostly military generals in Li Yuan's tent, so Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji and a few other civil servants suddenly felt as lonely as standing out from the crowd.
They didn't understand why Li Yuan was so accommodating to the so-called rebel leaders who had recently defected. He not only awarded these guys the highest positions, but also allowed them to participate.
A decision that affects the fate of the entire Li Jiajun.
In the eyes of civil servants such as Liu Wenjing, some people are at best like the current generation of Fan Kuai. They are barely capable of charging into battle and have no foresight at all. Instead of listening to their advice, it is better to read more ancient books and learn from the wisdom of the predecessors.
some coping strategies.
When the army had just crossed the Yellow River, Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji and other people from aristocratic families had privately suggested to Li Yuan that he should start to rectify the order in the army.
According to Sui Dynasty practice, people from humble backgrounds should not be ranked in the same category as people from noble backgrounds. After making military exploits, the rewards should not be the same.
But after Li Yuan pondered for a while, he replied: "There is no distinction between high and low between arrows and stones. When discussing honors, there is no difference. It is better to award them all based on the honor."
This kind of fair attitude towards dealing with things is naturally a bit dissatisfying to people from powerful families, but the benefits are also obvious, allowing the Li Jiajun to expand rapidly.
But another consequence that comes with the development and growth of the army is that the order in the Chinese military tents is becoming more and more chaotic. Many times it is like a group of bandits discussing how to rob homes!
For some reason that Liu Wenjing couldn't understand, Li Yuan himself liked this kind of noisy scene very much.
Liu Wenjing and others speculated that Li Yuan wanted to use these people to form a balance with those from his family, so as to prevent them from being controlled by the family as much as possible.
I have to say that Li Yuan did a very good job on the surface. He has been listening attentively and did not take any of the swearing and slander in the tent. As long as some words are to the point, no matter who comes from the mouth, how much filth is attached to them.
Li Yuan would express his praise and affirmation sincerely even if he said bad words.
The inspired heroes and thieves immediately became excited and continued speaking along with their previous ideas, without any restraint at all.
"First take Chang'an, then settle on Luoyang, then march eastward with an army to force Wang Shichong in Luoyang, and at the same time strive to form a secret alliance with Wang Shichong to jointly deal with the Far East Army Wang Junlin, and send another army to quickly support the second young master..." Now
The most optimistic strategy among the heroes came from Changsun Wuji. He not only demonstrated the possibility of this strategy in time, but also combined the Far Eastern Army, Wagang Army, and the confrontation between the three parties in Luoyang at this time, and believed that after Chang'an was conquered,
, the Li family soldiers and horses have enough time to deal with the threat from the Far Eastern Army.
"I'm afraid that Li Mi will lead the Wagang Army to defeat too quickly, and Wang Shichong is afraid that the Far East Army will not dare to form an alliance with us!" Someone expressed his worries loudly. But his words were quickly swallowed up by a round of ridicule, "What Wang Shichong did
With those things, how could King Qin An form an alliance with him? In other words, with King Qin An’s domineering attitude, how could Wang Shichong dare to form an alliance with King Qin An.”
"Wang Shichong, who was born into a wealthy family, would not believe Wang Junlin! After all, Wang Junlin has destroyed many wealthy families in recent years." The core generals saw Li Yuan's silence as an opportunity to show off their vision and talents, and rushed to speak.
This group of people had the loudest voice, and soon they received the support of Chai Shao, the commander of the Ma Army. After the Taiyuan soldiers sent troops to Guanzhong, Chai Shao, who was originally the commander of Li Shimin's march, was transferred by Li Yuan, and he was soon transferred by Li Yuan due to repeated repeated attacks along the way.
Ji Gong was promoted by Li Yuan, and now he alone commands a mobile force. Recently, under Li Yuan's intentional or unintentional instigation, Chai Shao has become very close to Li Jiancheng.
However, Chai Shao's troops were usually under the direct jurisdiction of Li Yuan. Once there was a battle, this cavalry would immediately act as a decisive blow, bypassing the frontal battlefield where the two armies were stalemate at the critical moment, and attack the opponent's commander from the side and behind.
Li Jiancheng led Chen Yanshou, Qian Jiulong and other older generals who were not as optimistic about the situation as Changsun Wuji and others. They also tended to be most vigilant towards the Far East Army, but they did not recommend that the Li Jiajun take the initiative to challenge the Far East Army after seizing Chang'an.
This attracted the attention of the Far Eastern Army.
Capturing Guanzhong was the first step for Taiyuan soldiers and horses to obtain the qualifications to compete for the world.
In the next second step, Li Jiancheng believed that the focus should be on working hard to manage Guanzhong, Hedong and other sites.
First, send people to guard the natural dangers of Hangu Pass, so that the eastern princes are unable to advance westward.
Then let the second brother Li Shimin lead some elite troops to guard against the Far Eastern Army, while the rest of the troops went around to restore local order, resettle the refugees caused by the war, and try their best to restore spring plowing and order as the first priority.
The candlelight danced, illuminating Li Yuan's old and tired face. No one knew what he was thinking.
At this time, Li Yuan saw that everyone was arguing with each other, and he suddenly said: "Starting tomorrow, the entire army will attack Chang'an, and the city must be broken within ten days. As for how to prevent the Far Eastern Army, we are not in a hurry to make a decision right now.
, we’ll see what happens later.”
"I am willing to die for Duke Tang!" the generals answered loudly, standing in awe with fists clasped at the same time.
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