Man Tanghong

Compared with the battle situation in Yinsui, the battle situation on the front line from Shizhou to Weizeguan has developed on the positive side from the very beginning. In the past period of time, Li Xiaogong ordered Li Shiji under his command to attack many times, annihilating nearly 2 soldiers successively. At the same time, after Li Shiji annihilated nearly 6 Turks for the third time, Li Xiaogong ordered Li Shiji and Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin who had just arrived at Tianmen Pass to lead nearly [-] troops out of Chitang Pass and into Yanyan Pass. Door.

Before sending the memorial to Xiaoguan, Xinzhou had already been conquered, and they were marching towards Daizhou.

Li Xiaogong said in the memorandum that within five days, Daizhou will be conquered, and the real Yanmen Pass will be conquered.

Zoushu was sent from Lanshi to Xiaoguan, and it took eight hundred miles to expedite it, and it would take exactly five days.

"That is to say, Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji have already taken Daizhou? Then can they divide into two groups, one to defend Yanmen Pass, Loufan Pass, and Xincheng Town, and the other to rush to Lanshi or Yinsui to help?"

Li Shimin was suffocated in the city gate building in the past few days, so he walked to the desk after a stroll, and after glancing at the content of the memorial on the desk, he opened his mouth subconsciously.

Li Yuanji flipped through the documents sent by Chai Shao, glanced at Li Shimin casually, and said angrily, "Why haven't I seen you talk so much before?"

Li Shimin's vigorous face flushed a little more, and he gave Li Yuanji a vicious look, not wanting to speak anymore.

In the past, he stayed at the Anli Gate, and he had nothing to do, and there was no possibility of any war in the Taiji Palace, so he couldn't find a chance to talk too much.

It is different now, now on the battlefield, there are thousands of enemies outside, and they will attack Xiao Guan every now and then.

As an invincible commander, as a veteran on the battlefield, he will subconsciously pay attention to the battle, and when he sees something he is not satisfied with, or something he thinks is stupid, he doesn't want to say a few words.

There is a saying, how to say it, it is not fast.

Yes, his current state is that he sees something he can't see, and if he doesn't nag a few words, he really feels unhappy.

"Look at this, after reading it, if you feel that Li Xiaogong is still scoring points, then I have nothing to say."

After Li Yuanji finished reading the memorial sent by Chai Shao, he handed it to Li Shimin casually, speaking in a non-yin and yang way.

Li Shimin was cursing, as if you asked me to read it, but I didn't read it, but he quickly took the memorial in his hand.

After flipping through the pages quickly, he frowned, "Li Yi dispatched Yanyou's troops to station in Guiyi, with unknown intentions?"

Li Yuanji nodded, rubbed his temples and said, "It's not that he doesn't know his intentions, he must have a plan!"

After Li Shimin read the memorial again, he said in a deep voice, "Is he a confidant who wants to enter Mozhou, pass through Yingzhou, and go straight to Hebei Road?"

Li Yuanji nodded again and said, "It should be so."

Li Shimin snorted heavily and said: "Sure enough, none of these people who cracked the earth and made kings are loyal to my Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuanji put down his hands rubbing his temples, and sighed: "Now is not the time to worry about this, now we must remind Li Xiaogong, Li Shiji and others to guard against Li Yicai as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin helplessly and said, "Tell me, they are fine, why are they going to beat Xinzhou and Daizhou?
Is it time for them to expand their frontiers?

If they don't attack Xinzhou and Daizhou, I can extend the deployment of Shizhou and Weizeguan to Hengzhou, Dingzhou, and Yizhou to resist Li Yi.

Even if Li Yi went south from Mozhou and saw me hoarding a large number of troops in Yizhou, he would be wary and dare not go further.

Now that I have arrived, I not only have to divide the deployment of Shizhou and Weizeguan into two parts, but also have to redo the deployment at Loufanguan, Yanmenguan, Daizhou, and Yizhou.

The most important thing is that with only the soldiers and horses in Chai Shao's hands, I am afraid that Mozhou cannot be defended. "

Li Yi is not Xieli, nor is Liang Shidu that idiot who needs Xieli's support to gain a firm foothold in the north. Li Yi is very capable, and his subordinates can also fight well.

Facing the soldiers and horses of the former Commander's Mansion of Qin Wangfu led by Chai Shao, they should be on June [-]th.

Li Yi takes six and Chai Shao takes four.

It's not that the soldiers and horses of the original Qin Wangfu's Tongjun Mansion are not as good as those under Li Yi's command.

On the contrary, in terms of the personal bravery of the soldiers, the soldiers and horses of the former Qin Wangfu's Tongjun Mansion are still higher than those under Li Yi's command.

In comparison, the soldiers and horses under Li Yi's command are young and strong selected from the three prefectures of Yan, You, and Yun, while the soldiers and horses of the former Commander's Mansion of the Qin Dynasty are young and strong selected by Li Shimin from the elite soldiers and generals in the entire north. strong.

In terms of the selection base and the wars they have participated in, the soldiers and horses of the former Qin Wangfu's Tongjunfu are stronger than those under Li Yi's command.

But this does not mean that the soldiers and horses of the former Qin Wangfu's Tongjun Mansion can suppress the soldiers and horses under Li Yi's command.

Because the soldiers and horses of the former Commander's Mansion of King Qin's Mansion were far less than those under Li Yi's command, and were even twice as small as those under Li Yi's command.

In the case that the combat power is stronger than Li Yi's soldiers and horses, but the number is far less than that of Li Yi's soldiers and horses, it is very difficult for the soldiers and horses of the former Qin Palace to win.

Only if Chai Shao fights steadily can he compete with Li Yi's troops.

If Chai Shao advances rashly, or if he is confused, Si Liu may not be able to maintain it all.

"So Chen Binglou, Yanmen, Dai, and Yi have become inevitable?"

Li Shimin thought about it and asked.

Li Yuanji nodded silently.

Although Chen Bing Daiyi has the same effect as connecting Shizhou, Weizeguan, Hengzhou, Dingzhou, and Yizhou deployments into a line, they can defend against Li Yi.

But one is an arc with a slow upward trend, and the other is a stepped upward zigzag line, which requires more troops, it goes without saying.

If the Turks didn't attack, it didn't matter how they were deployed.

But now the Turks not only attacked, but also brought heavy troops to attack Datang continuously along the long border line from Lingzhou to Weizeguan.

Datang had to mobilize a large number of troops to resist the Turks and stretch the line of defense. The increase in troops needed was harmful to Datang.

Therefore, now is not a good time to expand the territory, let alone lengthen the line of defense.

However, since Xinzhou and Daizhou have been taken back, it is impossible to return them.

In that case, it will not only chill the hearts of the soldiers who conquered Xinzhou and Daizhou, but also lose the face of Datang.

Therefore, knowing that doing so would be harmful and not beneficial to Datang, knowing that it was a bitter fruit, Datang had to swallow it.

"Based on what I know about Li Xiaogong, Li Xiaogong would never attack Xin and Dai without your order, so this must be someone else's idea.

I don't know Su Dingfang under your command, but I know Li Shiji very well.

His ambition is so big that he always thinks about making contributions and expanding his territory.

This time you asked him to guard Shizhou and Weize Pass together with Li Xiaogong, he must not be reconciled.

He will definitely find a way to build credit for the attack while sticking to Shizhou and Weize Pass.

Therefore, he must have proposed the idea of ​​capturing Xinzhou and Daizhou while defending Shizhou and Weizeguan. "

Li Shimin stroked his beard and analyzed. He had a fairly thorough understanding of the human heart, and he understood the hearts of all the military officials even more thoroughly.

Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked, "Then how did he convince Li Xiaogong?"

Li Shimin laughed and said with emotion: "He doesn't need to persuade Li Xiaogong at all, he just needs to tell everyone under his command that he can take the opportunity to expand the territory and establish a great achievement, and those people under his command who are eager to make merit will help him persuade him Li Xiaogong."

Li Yuanji frowned, and said in a deep voice, "If that's the case, then Li Shiji has to be on guard."

Li Shimin nodded and agreed: "This person really needs to be on guard. He has the ambition to make contributions, and he also has the cruel heart to kill his relatives to gain power. If he turns against him, the harm to my Tang Dynasty will be far greater than that of Li Yi."

It is not terrible for a person to be ambitious, what is terrible is that he has a cruel heart.

If a person is so cruel that he can even kill relatives, then this person does not have much friendship in his heart, or does not value friendship.

But no matter whether they have no friendship or don't value friendship, this kind of person has no loyalty and loyalty at all.

You can't expect a person who doesn't even care about family affection to have any loyalty to the emperor or loyalty to his friends.

Li Yuanji remembered that when Li Mi died, he asked the court to be safe, ran to collect Li Mi's body, and dressed Li Mi in mourning.

Now it seems that his loyalty may be fake, the reason why he ran to collect Li Mi's body, and dressed Li Mi in mourning, was also for other people to see.

After all, when Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and other old Wagang tribes did not go to help Li Mi collect the body, but to help Li Mi wear hemp and mourning, if he went, wouldn't he appear more loyal.

He invited Li Yuan, and waited until Li Yuanen approved before going. This kind of behavior seemed to be aboveboard, but thinking about it, he did this not necessarily to dispel Li Yuan's suspicion of him.

After all, if you tell the emperor about this kind of thing and do it clearly, not only will you not be jealous of the emperor, but you will also be considered affectionate and righteous by the emperor.

If you just look at his going to collect Li Mi's body and dressing Li Mi in mourning, he can be said to be an example of love and righteousness.

But if you compare what he did with what Luo Shixin did in history, his sentimentality and righteousness seem a bit hypocritical and fake.

In history, after the death of the benefactor's family, Luo Shixin not only helped the benefactor's family collect the body, but also gave up the honor of being buried with the emperor's tomb after death, and buried it next to the benefactor.

He was buried next to his benefactor almost at the risk of being crushed by Li Yuan and scoured by Li Shimin to flog his corpse.

After all, Luo Shixin's behavior of being willing to be buried beside his benefactor rather than accompanying him in the emperor's mausoleum could easily be interpreted by the emperor as nostalgia for the old lord, nostalgia for the previous court, and being convicted after death, being burned to ashes, or dug out Whip corpse.

Historically, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty did this kind of thing.

Well, it was Li Shimin who stood aside and commented on Li Shiji.

So the risk Luo Shixin needs to take is very likely to happen.

That's why Luo Shixin really values ​​love and righteousness.