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Chapter 206
Jinyang Chengnan Campus.

The sound of tens of thousands of newly recruited soldiers was loud, and these soldiers were all Mayi, and Loufan County was the people who fled south from Beijun County after Liu Wuzhou broke it.These people have always lived in the frontier county, and their folk customs are tough. Many of them have been conscripted by the Turks at the beginning, so they can become an elite soldier with a little training.

After watching the drill, Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and said to Li Shimin behind him from the top of the general platform, "You have trained a good soldier, I am very pleased."

Li Shimin said with a smile: "My child dare not be good at it, could it be Zhaoren, with the help of Hongji, how can my child succeed."

Li Yuan raised his horsewhip and tapped Li Shimin's shoulder armor, and said: "Being good at training soldiers is not the same as being good at fighting in battle. I see your soldiers practice their steps and stay away from the battle formation. Why is that? Battle formation is the key to facing the enemy. "

Li Shimin said solemnly: "My child, please remember."

Li Yuan asked: "Then I will test you Wuhou Bachen, do you know it well?"

Li Shimin heard the words and said, "My child doesn't know."

Li Yuan said: "The Yellow Emperor's art of war consists of four odd formations and eight formations. The general is in the middle, and the eight formations are in the eight directions. They are named after the sky, the earth, the wind, the cloud, the dragon, the tiger, the bird, and the snake. Wuhou took these and made the eight formations." ,Understand?"

Li Shimin said: "At the beginning when Ma Long conquered Liangzhou, he made side box carts and began to build eight formations. Afterwards, Marquis Wu of the Shu Han just inherited it. In fact, there is nothing mysterious about eight formations."

After listening to the words, Li Yuan said: "Don't speak too much, children, Zhuge Wuhou is also the one you dare to laugh at?"

Li Shimin said seriously: "Your Excellency, the so-called eight formations are based on the law of the well field. One field is divided into nine by four roads, and each of the eight families takes one field around them, and the middle is public land. Like the eight formations It is also the same, the general is in the center, and the eight formations are divided into eight formations, and the square formation is used to meet the enemy, and the acquisition is also a well.
Li Yuan shook his head when he heard this, and said: "Your generation is so loud, then let me ask you, when you face the enemy, why not use eight formations?"

Li Shimin said: "Baby uses odd righteousness to defeat the enemy."

After hearing the words, Li Yuan said: "Speaking carefully, if I can't send troops in the future, I won't regard you as a general."

After listening to Li Shimin's words, he said: "When using soldiers, you should first be upright and then strange, first benevolent and righteous and then deceitful. There is an old saying that the righteous soldiers are ordered by the king, and the strange soldiers are ordered by the general. Fathers use dignified and upright formations to meet the enemy, and children use surprises to make changes. That is to say, in the art of war, the combination is the right one, and the victory is the odd one."

Li Yuan nodded slowly when he heard this, and said approvingly: "It's really my Li family's thousand-mile horse! Among my four sons, Jiancheng has no courage, Yuanji has no courage, Yuanba has courage, and you are the only one. With both wisdom and courage, it seems that in the future, he can be entrusted with important tasks to lead the army for the father and stand alone."

Li Shimin said: "My lord, Yuanji, Yuanba is still too young, he can still be taught, besides, when it comes to the talent of leading the army, the third sister is not inferior to the people of the world."

When Li Shimin said this, Li Yuan's face was full of joy, but it turned from sunny to cloudy in an instant. He suddenly snorted heavily, tossed his sleeve robe, and said, "Why are you still mentioning this unfilial daughter? Since you have gone to Xijing, Just don't give me back for the rest of your life."
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Third sister made her own decision, but now that she has arrived in Xijing, she is not considered to have eloped with my Li family's reputation without loss. Besides, she begged for the champion, isn't it a kind of affection and righteousness?"

Hearing this, Li Yuan said angrily, "I don't know who she is like. Since she was born in a wealthy family, she must know the truth that marriage matters cannot be decided by herself, and the family's happiness is the most important thing. No matter how much she cares Friendship should also be behind the door."
Li Yuan made up his mind at this point, and said: "The big event is imminent, you and I must not take it lightly, if the matter leaks, the first to suffer is your elder brother in Xijing, Sanniang, Yuanji, and Chai Shao. As for Wang Wei Gao Junya and Gao Junya, I think they are determined, they are not with us, we must try to get rid of them as soon as possible to avoid future troubles."

Li Shimin said: "My lord, Wang Wei and Gao Junya are all important ministers. If you don't have a good excuse, you can't move them."

Li Yuan nodded and said: "Just infer that they colluded with the Turks. As for the rest of the officials in Taiyuan, if they can be wooed, they can be wooed. If they can't be wooed, and they don't want to be our enemy, they can persuade them with words and don't fight for a while. The city and the arsenal must be controlled by trusted people. Once the righteousness is gathered, the warehouse can be opened to relieve the needy, and the weapons in the arsenal can be used to equip the army immediately. As for the newly recruited army, you, Zhaoren and Hongji must firmly Keep an eye on it, the generals can arrange for the Qubu of the family to fill in, in short, the military power must be in your hands."

Li Shimin said: "What about Turkic, Liu Wuzhou, Li Chongjiu, and Li Mi?"

Li Yuan put his hands behind his back and said: "Turk is a strong enemy in the future, and now we can't compete with him. I have written a letter to surrender Shibi Khan, so I don't have to worry about it. Once Turk goes, Liu Wuzhou will go. As for Li Chongjiu."

When Li Yuan mentioned this name, a complex expression flashed on his face, and he said: "Send Yin Kaishan to go there again, and tell him that if he wants, we can still be Weng's son-in-law."

Li Shimin said: "Based on my understanding, Li Chongjiu probably wouldn't agree to it. The refusal of the marriage at the beginning, and the addition is a matter of Jinyang Palace. I'm afraid no one can forget it."

Li Yuan trembled slightly when he heard the words, and said: "It's okay if you don't agree, I'm just trying to keep him safe, so I'm really going to marry a daughter. Besides, he's still too weak now, Xue Shixiong, Song Jingang, Liu Wuzhou Anyone can control him, nothing to worry about."

Hearing this, Li Shimin secretly sighed in his heart.

"As for Pu Shangong, it's not easy." Li Yuan looked a bit troubled.

Li Shimin said: "After Li Mi became the Li Clan of Zhao County, and now he has the help of Shandong's anti-king, his power is very likely to win the world."

Li Yuan said: "That's right. After I started the incident, I didn't fear the imperial court or anyone. The only ones I feared were the Turks and Li Mi."

"Right now, Li Mi's troops are all in Hebei. If we take Hanoi and enter Guanzhong, then our plan to take Guanzhong will fail. If Li Mi doesn't take Guanzhong and instead manages Hebei and Shandong, then if I take Guanzhong in the future, Our two families are dividing the world into two, repeating the struggle for hegemony between Zhou and Qi in the previous dynasty. Therefore, the only thing is to let Li Mi go to take Henan and enter the Eastern Capital, so that the imperial court’s troops in Xijing will not go out of the Kanto to rescue the Eastern Capital. In this way, Guanzhong will be empty. , so we must let Li Mi go south to attack Dongdu."

Li Shimin said: "My lord, Li Mi is as slippery as a ghost, I don't think he will do what we want."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "You say that because you don't know Li Mi. Li Mi and I had a lot of friends when we were in Dongdu. He claims to be a child of Wuling. How can I not know what kind of person he is?"

"Just see how I can lure him to the Eastern Capital, and the day when he sends troops south is the time when we raise our troops in Jinyang."

(End of this chapter)