Immediately afterwards, Liang Gaozu and King Qin asked several more detailed questions.
For these questions, Li Hongyun would answer those that he could answer, and if he couldn't answer, he would say that the situation was unclear or that there was nothing to worry about. In short, he could handle them all.
If this kind of strategic planning wants to convince others, it must be full of details.
For example, the "Longzhong Duel" in history has only a few short sentences in the history books. Why can it be said that it can directly make the other party become a confidant and leave all major affairs of the country to oneself?
It must be because the two of them also talked about many things that are not recorded in history books.
For example, if you say you want to enter Shu and capture Jingzhou, then the other party will definitely ask, how to capture Jingzhou? How many local forces in Jingzhou can be won over? Which ones should be won over and which ones should be attacked? What if foreign forces interfere in this process?
If you cannot answer these questions, then your so-called strategy is simply a castle in the air and unconvincing.
The reason why the real Longzhong pair is so famous is not only because it later almost perfectly predicted the direction of history, but also because when talking about it, it must be full of all kinds of details.
For example, analyze how many forces there are in Jingzhou, how many factions the nobles are divided into, who are the leaders of these factions, what are their personalities, what are their political demands, and who should be attracted based on the different characteristics and demands of these people?
, who to attack...
Even in the process of analyzing forces, it can be guaranteed that, for example, someone is my friend and can be a helper; someone is connected to my family and can try to develop; someone has conflicts with other forces and can be used...
Only after all these details are analyzed can people be convinced. Then as time goes by, these predictions will all come true, which will make this strategic plan an eternal classic that will go down in history.
Li Hongyun's ability at this time is obviously unable to do this.
His understanding of the situation at this time is not necessarily higher than that of these indigenous people. After all, he does not even know many important figures of this era who are not seen in the annals of history.
But Li Hongyun's advantage is that he has read the subsequent scripts in advance, and what he has learned are the images that have been finalized in history. Moreover, he is still a child of fourteen or fifteen years old.
Since he was young and had insufficient experience, it didn't matter if many details were missing. Liang Gaozu would not take things seriously.
On the contrary, it was precisely because of his young age and lack of experience that Liang Gaozu was even more miraculous when certain judgments he made came true.
The age issue, in turn, has become a moderate advantage.
In short, through a superb performance with the blessing of "skillful tongue", the King of Qi played by Li Hongyun successfully gained a crucial position among the three people, namely Liang Gaozu, the prince and the King of Qin.
When he encounters difficulties later, if he offers advice to Liang Gaozu, there will basically be no obstacles.
Finally, Liang Gaozu made up his mind.
"Okay! Then I will find an excuse to summon Gao Junya, Wang Wei and others to Jinyang Palace for discussion, publicly expose their collusion with the Turks, eradicate the roots, and then issue a proclamation and raise troops!"
In fact, in the entire process of raising troops, Liang Gaozu's will still played a decisive role.
But through this performance, Li Hongyun gave everyone the illusion that he was the mastermind of the Jinyang uprising.
Even if he is not the mastermind, he at least plays a second role, higher than the King of Qin.
After all, King Qin’s persuasion for so long was in vain. He made the final decision as soon as he took action.
Thus, Li Hongyun's goal was initially achieved.
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Since then, the script has basically been developed according to what Li Hongyun planned.
The first key decision after leaving Jinyang was the draw between Huoyi and Song Laosheng.
According to the original historical development, it rained heavily at this time and continued for days. Liang Gaozu wanted to retreat, but the King of Qin tried hard to convince him that he could not retreat, and then used provocation to force Song Laosheng to fight.
As a result, during the battle, the prince fell from his horse, and Song Laosheng took advantage of the victory to pursue him. As a result, Liang Jun's left army and the central army were attacked and retreated.
At the critical moment, King Qin led 200 cavalrymen to rush down the hillside and attack behind the enemy's formation, turning the tide of the battle. They successfully pursued him to Huoyi and beheaded Song Laosheng.
The second key decision is the confrontation between Hedong and Qu Tutong.
According to the original historical development, the battle could not be fought for a long time. Liang Gaozu was hesitant, Pei Ji advocated destroying Qu Tutong before crossing the river, while the King of Qin advocated that the soldiers should be quick to cross the river and enter Guanzhong immediately.
After thinking about it for a long time, Liang Gaozu chose a compromise plan, part of which surrounded the east of the river and part of which crossed the river. King Qin proved to be right after crossing the river. After crossing the river, Yongfengcang was captured smoothly, and the rebel army grew rapidly.
In these two key decisions, Li Hongyun also continued to display his true colors and accurately predicted the war situation.
In the Battle of Huoyi, he first fully supported the King of Qin and persuaded Liang Gaozu not to retreat. Then when arranging his troops, he asked Liang Gaozu to deliberately be wary of the left army and the central army's formation. He also suggested arranging the King of Qin's cavalry to ambush at high places.
, it has the effect of turning things around at critical moments.
During the confrontation with Qu Tutong in Hedong, he not only agreed with King Qin's decision and asked Liang Gaozu to quickly cross the river to seize Yongfengcang, but also actively requested to follow King Qin to rapidly expand his power and play an important role in the capture of Chang'an.
In fact, most of these choices were proposed by the King of Qin or other advisers, and Liang Gaozu was the final decision-maker. Without Li Hongyun, history would have gone this way.
But Li Hongyun either announced these plans in advance, or strongly supported one of them when everyone was hesitant, creating the illusion that he was the one who made the final decision.
Although it was Liang Gaozu who made the final decision, it seemed that every time King Qi spoke, Liang Gaozu made up his mind.
Moreover, it was always proved afterwards that King Qi was right.
Although King Qin has been proven right many times and is highly consistent with King Qi's opinions, King Qi can often weigh multiple options when giving suggestions, so Liang Gaozu feels more mature and stable.
For example, when confronting Qu Tutong, King Qin suggested crossing the river immediately to capture Yongfengcang.
The suggestion given by the King of Qi was that Liang Gaozu could keep some of his troops to continue the confrontation with Qu Tutong, while he and the King of Qin only needed half of the troops.
Because Li Hongyun knew very well that even if he wanted all the troops and horses, Liang Gaozu would not give them to him.
So just half of it. Anyway, in real history, the King of Qin could quickly kill all the forces around Chang'an and grow stronger with only these tens of thousands of people.
This left the impression on Liang Gaozu that King Qin was good at fighting and could see things clearly, but King Qi was even better.
Because King Qi could not only see what King Qin saw, but he could also consider the actual situation and always come up with a plan that best suited his wishes. Moreover, King Qi seemed to be more confident than King Qin, and this confidence was proved to be correct afterwards.
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Although this kind of self-confidence is actually a fox pretending to be a tiger, even the "tiger" King Qin can't see through it, let alone other people.
As a result, King Qi's strategic and tactical abilities greatly increased his status in Liang Gaozu's heart.
In the process of following the King of Qin to wipe out the surrounding areas of Chang'an, Li Hongyun also deliberately participated in some plans.
In fact, Li Hongyun is a bit weak in this link, because these people have never heard their names, their military strength is unknown, and they don't know how to win in history. He can't give any good advice.
But he also has a way.
Through his gift of a sharp tongue and a series of previous actions, he has completely won the trust of King Qin.
Therefore, as long as the King of Qin formulated a plan, he would just nod his head and agree.
Not only would King Qin not think that he was in Hulong, but he would be very happy, thinking that his far-sighted brother was with him.
In this way, Li Hong used the method of a fox pretending to be a tiger's power, starting from Jinyang, and followed the King of Qin to capture Chang'an, and established a good prestige.
Although he is still very young, since ancient times heroes have emerged from youth, and no one dares to look down upon him.
Then, the Liang Dynasty was established, Liang Gaozu proclaimed himself emperor, established a prince, named King of Qin, King of Qi, and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Wude.
After doing so much preparation work, we finally came to the Battle of Asamizuhara.
After King Qin fell ill, Li Hongyun refused to give Liu Wenjing any face and took over the command from King Qin.
At this time, he was the king of Qi, and after raising troops in Jinyang, he led a conspiracy, so the king of Qin and Liang Gaozu trusted him more. Although Liu Wenjing was still a little unconvinced, there was nothing he could do.
Li Hongyun implemented the King of Qin's combat ideas and refused to retreat, and continued to confront Xue Ju.
According to the original history, King Qin fell ill in the first battle of Qianshuiyuan in July, and the Liang army was defeated. It was not until November that King Qin led his army again to fight the second battle of Qianshuiyuan, and maintained a stalemate for sixty years.
Victory after many days.
But King Qin's illness will definitely not last until November. Most of the time he will be almost cured by the time he withdraws his troops in August.
Even if King Qin's illness is not cured and he is allowed to rest for a while, it should be difficult to delay it for more than a month.
Therefore, Li Hongyun probably only has less than two months.
It is very difficult to win in two months, because even if the King of Qin comes to fight this battle in person, it will definitely have to last for at least one or two months until Xue Ju's food is almost exhausted and the soldiers are tired.
Take action and decide the outcome in one battle.
But Li Hongyun couldn't wait for such a long time, because by waiting for King Qin to recover from his illness, he would only be able to get half the credit as King Qin, and would not be able to achieve the goal of replacing King Qin at all.
After thinking hard for a while, Li Hongyun had an idea.
This opportunity came when Xue Ju passed away on the ninth day of August in the first year of Wude.
According to the original historical development, the first battle of Qianshuiyuan was in July. King Qin came to the battlefield and fell ill on the fourth day of the lunar month, and was defeated on the ninth day of the lunar month.
After that, Liang Jun withdrew his troops until August, when Xue Ju's army besieged Ningzhou. Although they were repulsed, they still had an overall advantage. Xue Ju considered taking advantage of the victory to pursue and attack Chang'an.
Unexpectedly, he happened to be sick at this time and died of the illness on the ninth day of the lunar month.
His son Xue Rengao was in the army and succeeded him immediately.
But after all, Xue Rengao's qualifications were not as good as those of Xue Ju, and his prestige was insufficient. So when the King of Qin came back with Liang Jun in November, they held a stalemate for more than sixty days and successfully won.
In fact, the time when Xue Ju suddenly fell ill or even died of illness was the best time to attack.
But historically, the Liang army at this time had just experienced a major defeat. Although Liang Gaozu was ready to let the King of Qin lead troops again, it would definitely take a long time to redeploy troops and raise food.
Therefore, we did not send troops until November.
These three months were actually enough time for Xue Rengao to succeed and stabilize the situation as much as possible.
And Li Hongyun picked this time right and made a plan that only those who can predict the future in advance can make.
On the fourth day of the seventh lunar month, King Qin fell ill, and he was given command as King of Qi.
The stalemate lasted until August, during which time cavalry were constantly sent to harass Xue Ju's food routes and logistics.
At this time, since Liang Jun was not defeated, Xue Ju's army certainly did not dare to besiege Ningzhou, but continued the confrontation.
Waiting until the ninth day of August, around the time of Xue Ju's death, they took advantage of the chaos and took them away.
The plan is quite good, but its success depends on its execution.
So in order to be absolutely sure, Li Hongyun added the talent of proficiency in archery and horsemanship to ensure that in the most glorious battle, as the King of Qi, he could personally participate in the battle.
Even if you can't cheat like King Qin, you must at least take the lead in charging.
Because Li Hongyun knew very well that if he didn't fight in person, he would be just a counselor at best.
If the King of Qin is just a powerful general, then it is okay for him to sit in the rear and command the military power. But the King of Qin is an all-round talent. If he does not go to the front line to fight side by side with the soldiers, his prestige will still not be able to surpass the King of Qin.
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Everything went according to Li Hongyun's plan.
After King Qin fell ill, Yin Kaishan and Liu Wenjing came to see him and asked to go to war.
This battle in history was for nothing. The biggest blame should be placed on Yin Kaishan, who had the strongest desire to fight. At that time, Liu Wenjing was in the position of exercising military power on behalf of the King of Qin. She failed to listen to the King of Qin and could not hold on, but was defeated by Yin Kaishan.
If you cheat, you must also bear the main responsibility.
This time, after Yin Kaishan deceived Liu Wenjing, he came to deceive the seemingly young King Qi again.
"Your Highness King Qi, the King of Qin was worried that you could not retreat from the enemy, so he asked you to clear the country and wait for him to recover before going to war.
"But Your Highness, King Qi, is so wise and powerful in strategizing, and our generals are all fighting bravely to take the lead, with high fighting spirit, how can we miss this good opportunity?
"The general believes that the traitors will despise us when they hear that the King of Qin is ill. This is the time to gather the army and go to war to frighten the enemy with force!
"If it is a big victory, Your Highness, King Qi, can take this opportunity to prove yourself; if it is a small victory, you can also use this to deter the enemies so that they dare not look down on us, and also boost the morale of our army."
Li Hongyun chuckled and said in his heart that I believed your evil deeds.
Big wins and small wins are all wins, so why don't you talk about what happens if you lose miserably?
If I really heard about your fight, then I would be the first person responsible.
But he couldn't afford to be angry with Yin Kaishan, because Yin Kaishan didn't mean to mess things up. He just fought against some less hard forces before and felt good about himself. As the saying goes, he was floating.
Li Hongyun smiled slightly: "The time has not come yet."
Yin Kaishan was stunned for a moment: "What the king means by 'timing' is..."
Li Hongyun looked like a magician: "The success of destroying Xue Ju is already in my pocket.
"But at this time, the King of Qin was newly ill, and Xue Ju came from the whole country. It was the time when the war spirit was at its peak. Since the enemy wants to fight with our army, they must not do what they want.
"Xue Ju's army is full of internal contradictions, and the crown prince Xue Rengao cannot convince everyone. Once there is a change, all the soldiers will be divorced.
"When the time is right, we can win a battle."
Yin Kaishan still doesn’t quite understand: “The general will understand, but the ‘timing’ the king refers to...”
Li Hongyun smiled slightly: "I have been watching the sky at night, and Xue Ju only has a month left to live.
“Thirty-five days later, it’s time for the decisive battle!
"Before this, anyone who dares to speak out and fight will be killed!"
