The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 322

Xiangyang, the school field.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The majestic shouts of killing resounded through the sky. Apart from the daily patrol city guards, Li Yuanji gathered the remaining [-] city guards on the school grounds for training. A group of soldiers tirelessly trained their stabbing skills.

In fact, if possible, Li Yuanji would like to go to the big camp outside the city to see how his second brother Li Shimin trains troops. I heard that the second brother's Red Armor Army is very powerful, but it is a pity that it is the second brother's most powerful private army, even if it is the eldest brother. Li Jiancheng didn't know how to practice. Li Yuanji and Li Shimin had never had a good relationship. He knew that his second brother would definitely not teach him, so he didn't ask for trouble.

Every day, I grope for military training by myself. If I don't understand, I ask my elder brother, or ask my father to come and give me some pointers.

In this regard, Li Yuan is happy with his success.Every day in my spare time, I would always come to watch Li Yuanji's military training. The emperor watched from the sidelines. The soldiers practiced vigorously every day. In a short period of time, this army has already gained a lot of combat power.
Li Yuan looked very satisfied, and what was even more satisfying was the transformation of his fourth son. After a period of military life, his fourth son, who had been in trouble repeatedly, became more and more like a soldier. The child has grown up in general.

As a general's son, Li Yuan still quite likes Li Yuanji now.

"Report!"

From a distance, a strong guard ran over, hurried to the parade stand, and saluted Li Yuan respectfully: "My Majesty, the crown prince is discussing important matters with all the ministers."

"Important matter?" Li Yuan looked at this person in surprise, it was less than an hour after discussing the important matter.

"Exactly!" The guard said respectfully, "It seems that the Sui Dynasty enforced martial law at every pass."

"Oh! I understand now." Li Yuan's heart tightened, and he felt sweat dripping out. He greeted Li Yuanji and returned to the palace.

Li Yuanji secretly scolded the gang of Zi Xiangguo for doing bad things, causing his father to leave before showing his most powerful means.

Li Yuanji resigned helplessly and left.He glanced at the guard angrily, gritted his teeth, and continued to toss the [-] soldiers under his command.

Li Yuan returned to the palace.

"Father!"

"Holy!"

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, and Xiao Yu, who had been waiting in the meeting hall for a long time, saluted respectfully.

"Pingshen!" Looking at the second son and the fourth minister, Li Yuan smiled with satisfaction. Any superior person likes to watch the infighting among his subordinates, and Li Yuan is no exception.

People are divided into groups, and each major faction is basically related to the region. Duguzheng and Dou Wei are actually the Guanzhong faction, Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing were the Guandong faction before, and Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu were the Southern faction.

The six kingdoms originally only represented the interests of Guanlong, Guandong, and the South, but after he deliberately divided them, the six kingdoms were subdivided into Liu faction, Pei faction, Sun faction, Xiao faction, Dugu faction, and Dou faction. Six factions.

The crown prince and the king of Jin are supported by one relative from Long, one from the southern gentry, and one from the Guandong gentry, which is quite balanced. As long as I firmly control the two sons, then these six factions will not be able to escape from the palm of my hand.

It's just that these six factions have to consider their own interests. When voting on major issues, they often don't proceed from the overall situation, but give priority to the interests of their own factions.So sometimes, it also gave Li Yuan a headache.

This thought flashed through Li Yuan's mind, and he returned to the current question. After he sat down, he frowned and asked, "What's wrong with Yang Tong?"

"Father, the espionage personnel in Yecheng sent back information immediately, saying that Yang Tong was going to fight the eastern Turks to the death. Internally, he closed the country." Li Jiancheng, who was in charge of intelligence, said, "The navy of the Sui Dynasty was responsible for blocking the Bohai Sea. The Yellow River, Tongguan, Wuguan, Hanzhong, Hechi, Hanyang, Lintao and other places from the county to Hedong County are only allowed to go out, but not to enter. That is to say, the order of self-closing and closing the country was officially issued, and the Sui Dynasty was cut off from the south. All contact."

Li Jiancheng said with some helplessness, this is also what makes Yang Tong different. His territory is pure, and if he wants to close himself off, he will close himself off.However, the territory of many princes in the 'Southern Dynasty' was criss-crossed, and it was impossible to do this step.

"Seal the country and fight the Turks?" Li Yuan had a faint majesty on his body. As the founding emperor of Li Tang, he was more or less tainted with the aura of an emperor. The momentum is very different from usual.

"That's right!" Li Jiancheng said Yang Tong's two Great Sui orders.

"Oh?" Li Yuan looked at Li Jiancheng. Since Li Tang'an's intelligence personnel in Yecheng were purged by the Sui Dynasty because of the food price, their strength was greatly reduced. After the defeat in Guanzhong, Li Yuan deeply felt his own intelligence. Due to the serious shortage of capabilities, Li Jiancheng was specially ordered to strengthen intelligence collection capabilities and invested a lot of money.

"Just now the spies sent the news quickly. Since Yang Tong's order, the soldiers and horses have been mobilized frequently. I am afraid that a big war is imminent. But Yang Tong used to mobilize troops quietly, and it was not until the end of the war that it spread all over the world. But this time, he changed his previous style, and before going out, he made a big fanfare and transferred his troops to Guanzhong. My son worried that he said he was dealing with the Turks on the surface, but in fact he was preparing to use troops against us in the Tang Dynasty." Li Jiancheng's eyes flashed. Although Yang Tong once said to him: Li Tang is his pawn, he will not use soldiers until the southern gentry have not been harmed by the Guanlong dignitaries.

But Yang Tong is the enemy, if you believe the enemy, then Datang will be over.And Yang Tong's biggest impression is not that he can fight tough battles, but that he is as cunning as a fox.His biggest feature is to use his schemes to deceive people, so that you have to be led by his nose.Now that the army is pouring into Guanzhong, it is still very possible to take the opportunity to kill Bashu.

"The emperor is saying that Yang Tong is in the 'Mingxiu plank road secretly hiding Chen Cang'." Li Yuan was also scared by Yang Tong, and when he heard Li Jiancheng's words, he said solemnly: "This dog is as cunning as a fox. There is a conspiracy!"

"Father is wise!" Li Jiancheng patted his ass flatteringly.

"Yang Tong is cunning by nature, so it's inevitable that he will use his sudden tricks. This time we must strictly guard against the blockade, and we must not let him attack again. According to my calculations, if Yang Tong goes south, there are only three ways to go: one is from Hechi, Hanyang is going to Bashu, but Bashu is mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Sui army is heavily cavalry, so it is unlikely to take this road. Even if Yang Tong really marches from Bashu, he can still persist in the assistance of the army, so let the civil and military forces from all over the country Just be careful and stick to it.”

"Secondly, it is from Hanchuan to Xicheng County along the Hanshui River!" Speaking of this, Li Yuan found that even if he arrived in Xiangyang, he was still under the threat of Yang Yu's soldiers, and the situation was even worse than before.

This is mainly the threat posed by Hanzhong. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chu State guarded Jiangguan in the west to block the Qin army's way out from the Three Gorges to the east. It became a forward base that threatened Chu. This move cut off the route of the Chu army marching to the northwest. It was also the strategic norm for Qin to attack Chu from the southeast. Weak and ended up.During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liu Song’s policy of Lidu Jiankang was able to compete with the Northern Wei Dynasty in Longxi, which was thousands of miles away. Ba Gaoshan.If the Sui army came along the Han River, Li Tang would be in critical condition.

Having a headache, Li Yuan thought for a while, looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, quickly lead our troops to Xicheng County to monitor Yang Tong's movements. I think that if Yang Tong goes south, it is very likely that he will enter the army from then on. To send troops here, notify Yuzhen immediately. If he does not move, or really fights the Turks, he should not send troops easily. When the emperor arrived in Shiquan County, he immediately chose a dangerous place and built a dangerous pass to prevent the Sui army from advancing eastward and relieve us. military pressure."

"Here!" Hearing this, Li Shimin bowed and retreated with great joy, which meant that he had another chance to lead the army.

Li Jiancheng glanced at Li Shimin's back, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes. For the sake of Li Tang's overall situation, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only admit it.

"The third way for Yang Tong to go south is from Wuguan to Xiyang!" The worried Li Yuan didn't notice Li Jiancheng's abnormality. Even if he saw it at this time, he would ignore it. The struggle will become insignificant, and he doesn't want Li Shimin to weaken from now on. He pondered for a while, and then said: "Appoint Chai Shao as the governor of Xiyang, and lead an army of [-] to station between Danshui and Wuguan. Prevent the Sui Dynasty from entering from Wuguan and Danshui River Valley. In addition, let Xiaogong be stable, and Li Mi must be contained to the east of Chongling."

"Here!"

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Nanqun Jiangling, Xiaoliang Palace

A man in a dragon robe, with a majestic appearance and a look of disdain, with tired eyes looked at the urgent letter, his pale face showed a deep joy, and below him was a man with a calm temperament and deep eyes. of Confucian scholars.

These two people are the emperor Xiao Xian of Xiao Liang and Cen Wenwen, the servant of Zhongshu.

"Your Majesty, is there a good news from the front?" Zhongshu servant Cen Wenwen is only 25 years old this year. He is young and promising, and is deeply trusted by Xiao Mian. Get out of the shadow of Li Yuan, Li Mi, and Du Shihong's attack.

Xiao Xian is only 37 years old this year, with a resolute and mature face, but the decadence of the country makes his hair gray, and he looks like a child with white hair. He said happily: "Cen Aiqing, the governor of Jingling County sent an urgent report that the Sui Dynasty stationed troops in Guanzhong. In the southward invasion of Li and Tang, Li Xiaogong withdrew from Jingling and confronted Li Mi at Chongling."

He read another battle report, and said with a smile: "The guard of Dangyang also said that the Tang army returned to Yuan'an. It seems that the Sui army put a lot of pressure on Li Yuan."

"Your Majesty, Li Yuan was worried that the Sui Dynasty would have to withdraw its troops by using the strategy of 'clearly repairing plank roads and secretly keeping Chen Cang' under the pretext of annihilating the Turks. But if the Sui army really went to fight the Turks, the rested Tang army would have a stronger attack than before. It will be more violent, so we cannot rely on the Sui Dynasty for our own safety." Cen Wenwen said lightly.

Xiao Xian frowned, sighed a long time, and said: "At the end of the day, I only blame our army for being too weak. We were defeated by Li Yuan and Li Mi, even Lin Shihong, a water thief. I thought We can also take this opportunity to rest and train a strong army."

"Your Majesty's move is very kind!" For Xiao Mian's decision, Cen Wenwen also very much agreed with him. Before that, he also looked down on Tang Jun, who was repeatedly defeated by the Sui Dynasty. And he knew that it was not that the Tang army was weak, but that the Sui army was too strong, so he put away his underestimation. He also suggested: "Our army has sufficient strength. I think that in addition to vigorous training, we can also develop eastward. Opportunity to destroy Lin Shihong, who is the weakest, in order to ensure peace in the east, and to protect the army's food supply, you can first recover Yuzhang County where Lin Shihong's main force is gathered. At the same time, Luling County and Nankang County also achieved the effect of military training."

"Sir, this strategy is feasible! Let's do it like this."

Xiao Xian walked back and forth for a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said to Cen Wenwen: "I thought it was possible to carry out the strategy of 'making friends from afar and attacking closely' to win the political support of the Sui Dynasty. Pushe Yang Gongren have a good talk."

"Your Majesty is wise! I will do it now." Cen Wenwen agreed with Xiao Xian's plan very much.

Yang Tong is a smart man, presumably he does not want Li Yuan to annex Jingzhou, which is rich in land and has an important strategic position.Therefore, the Sui Dynasty and Xiao Liang reached an offensive and defensive agreement, which was of great benefit to both parties. For Xiao Liang, the Sui Dynasty could relieve the huge pressure from Li and Tang as long as they stationed heavy troops in Hanzhong and Wuguan.

(End of this chapter)