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Regarding this point, Li Yuan was not surprised.

"It's nothing strange. Although the old man is not very good, he has to admit that his military talent is very high."

"The first emperor once led an army of [-] to conquer Lingnan, and was defeated by that old thing in ten battles and ten victories. In the end, the Sui Emperor was unwilling to consume the national power, so he sealed the old thing's official position as the king of Zhennan."

"At the beginning, the old man was in the Sui army that conquered the old guy. He did have a Lingnan fine cavalry, which could condense the fighting spirit."

Li Shimin went on to say, "But the most terrifying thing is Mu Yuan's army, which seems to be called the Huben Army."

"The general who commanded that army is also a very strong master, and his command and tactics are very accomplished, and he has the style of a famous general."

"The [-] Huben Army hadn't even come into battle with us, and we were almost wiped out just by relying on the killing of the fighting spirit."

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"More than a dozen surrounding mountains were also razed to the ground in that war."

"Father, if it weren't for the presence of that army, the boy would have really won."

Li Shimin explained to himself in a timely manner.

"If you didn't provoke Mu Yuan, would you have encountered such a tragedy?".

Li Yuan stared at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin lowered his head, Li Yuan was still not moved by his persuasion.

"It seems that the Black Armored Knight will not be able to get it back."

Li Shimin said helplessly in his heart.

He spent countless efforts to build the Black Armored Elite Cavalry, and now that it was taken away, he was very unwilling.

Li Yuan has now realized Mu Yuan's strength.

"This kid, I'm afraid it's not easy. He has five thousand elite cavalry, and he can condense a fighting spirit, and he's not the rumored Beiwei Army."

"I'm afraid that the rumored Beiwei army should also be an elite that can condense a fighting spirit."

"After obtaining the treasures of Duke Yang's treasury, his strength will become even stronger."

Thinking of this, Li Yuan felt a little bitter.

Although he has always wanted to rebel, because the strength that the Sui Shi currently possesses is still stronger than any other force.

So Li Yuan has always been calm.

But in private, he still sent someone to contact the Wagang Army in Qingzhou.

want to work with them.

Originally, if Mu Yuan hadn't had a bad relationship with Mu Yuan, Mu Yuan would definitely be a good partner.

No matter who succeeds in the future, whoever becomes the emperor, the treatment of the Li family will not be bad.

No matter what, with Li Xiuning here, even if Mu Yuan really becomes the emperor in the future, he will still be the head of the country, and his status will only be higher than now.

From his point of view, Mu Yuan is even more likely to succeed than the Wagang Army.

It's a pity that Li Shimin's operation made the Li family lose this possibility.

I'm afraid even Li Xiuning is disappointed in herself now.

She most likely thought that she was the one who asked Li Shimin to do it.

Chapter 236 Sui Emperor Abandoned the North

Thinking of this, Li Yuan wanted to slap Li Shimin a few times.

The situation that was originally good for the Li clan made him into a mess.

If it wasn't because he also knew that Li Shimin was the most capable of his three sons.

He really wanted to take back all the power in his hands.

But now that the matter has come to this point, Li Yuan also feels that the relationship with Mu Yuan may be difficult to repair.

"Hey, now we can only contact the Wagang Army, and cooperating with them can strengthen our momentum."

Although Li Yuan also looked down on the rebels like the Wagang Army.

But now with the Li Clan's ability, the chance of success in a single rebellion is not high at all.

So you need to contact the Wagang Army.

Now the Wagang Army is the strongest rebel army in the Sui Dynasty.

It is the most advantageous to cooperate with them.

"Shimin, I leave it to you to contact the Wagang Army. I originally wanted Xiuning to go, but she hasn't heard from her since she got married."

"I'm afraid her heart is no longer in the Li family."

Among the several children, the one who satisfied Li Yuan the most was Li Shi's "Seven Two Three" Min, followed by Li Xiuning.

Although Li Jiancheng is not bad, he doesn't have any outstanding abilities.

If it weren't for him being his eldest son, it would be impossible for him to let him be his heir.

Li Shimin was overjoyed, he was entrusted with an important task just after being reprimanded by Li Yuan.

Moreover, it is still a matter of contacting the Wagang Army, which shows that Li Yuan still relies heavily on him.

"Father, don't worry, the child will do well."

Li Jiancheng frowned, but thought that there was no benefit in contacting the Wagang Army, so he kept silent.

To say that now, the general situation of the world has gradually become more and more chaotic.

As the Sui Emperor continued to expropriate and extort internally.

The lives of the people have been overwhelmed.

More and more rebels appeared, and even some aristocratic families joined the rebels.

However, Emperor Sui planned to go to the south, where he lived in peace.

It can be seen from the fact that he has been in Yangzhou and has been unwilling to come back.

He has really given up the whole North.

After understanding the Sui Emperor's mentality, many aristocratic families were all moved.

Especially for many Guanlong nobles, the various operations before the Sui Emperor really made the north miserable.

Good guy, now you don't care, just leave a lot of mess for us to clean up.

Isn't this bullying us?

So many Guanlong nobles began to look for someone to cooperate with, planning to overthrow the Sui Dynasty.

In the past, Mu Yuan always thought that the Guanlong nobles controlled most of the power in the Sui Dynasty.

Even Emperor Sui could only compromise with them.

But after a careful understanding, it was discovered that the current Sui Emperor's father had already taken back a lot of military power from the Guanlong nobles and concentrated it in the emperor's hands.

Otherwise, it is impossible for the current Sui Emperor to mess up so many things.

He even recruited millions of troops to go to Goguryeo.

And the reason is because the Guanlong nobles have no ability to resist the emperor, because their foundation has been re-established by the previous Sui emperor. hands.

Therefore, even if the current Sui Emperor did something like extortionate taxation and consumption of national power, the Guanlong nobles would not have the ability to counter it.

But now Emperor Sui made Da Sui into the ghostly state he is now, and suddenly ran away to Jiangdu.

Leaving a lot of mess behind, those Guanlong nobles will have to blow up.

You took away all the power in our hands, and then manipulated the northern scourge to pieces, and then let us clean up the mess for you?

The Guanlong nobles are not really fools, so they must find a way to resist in this situation.

And Li Yuan is also an aristocrat of Guanlong. In fact, both Li Yuan and the Sui Emperor are also part of the Guanlong Group.

It was only after the former Sui emperor became emperor that most of the power of the Guanlong nobles was transferred to the emperor.

It is precisely because of this that this generation of Sui emperors can operate indiscriminately, and no one can stop him.

Originally, the former Sui emperor had established a bureaucratic system to restrain the emperor from doing anything wrong.

However, the former Sui emperor also knew that it was really useless to rely on officials to restrain the emperor.

And this generation of Sui emperors just confirmed his thoughts.

The bureaucratic system that was originally used to restrict the Sui Emperor failed to do the last thing, and the emperor made them all retreat with a word.

Otherwise, sending millions of troops at once and recruiting 300 million civilian husbands, this demented behavior will definitely be stopped.

But the fact is that although those officials tried their best to dissuade Emperor Sui, it was a pity that it had no effect at all.

The Guanlong Group, which had taken away most of the military power in the hands of Emperor Sui, could not make Emperor Sui stop his killing behavior.

And let them keep cleaning up the mess for the Sui Emperor. Many Guanlong nobles have long been dissatisfied with the behavior of this generation of Sui Emperor.

You must know that the previous Sui emperors also sent troops to conquer Goguryeo, and they failed to take down Goguryeo in the end, but they did not send millions of troops and mobilize millions of civilians like this generation of Sui emperors.

You must know that the productivity of this era is not so terrible that it can be supported by casually mobilizing millions of people to fight the Great Sui.

Millions of people come out to fight, that is the lack of labor for millions of families.

And the food was requisitioned as military rations, so it is only ghosts if the people can survive.

The house leak coincided with continuous night rain. When Emperor Sui went to Goguryeo, there were several natural disasters in Sui Dynasty, which exacerbated the decline of Sui's national power.

The population has dropped sharply from the peak of 6000 million to just over 3000 million now.

Almost cut in half 0....

Because this generation of Sui emperors has a big problem, that is, whenever a natural disaster occurs, the imperial court will not provide disaster relief.

Randomness leads to such a serious population loss.

It is precisely because of this willingness that so many people in the rebel army responded.

The Wagang Army has grown to a size of one million and 30 troops in just one or two years.