In addition to these people, Li Zhen and Li Qiang are also in the system, but they are only responsible for commanding the Guards and belong to the Chu King's personal army. There is also Yuan Shoucheng, who has no sense of existence. He was appointed as the literature of the Chu King's Palace and was responsible for drawing maps and calculating changes in weather.
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Her biological uncle Wan Xuandao is fourteen years old this year. Concubine Wan Guifei purchased a mansion in Chang'an with her own money for him to live in and let him be the master of the family. Li Yuan appointed his brother-in-law as the Qianniu Preparation Gold Plating, and after two years, he was married off.
Let it out.
After Du Ruhui finished speaking, Li Zhiyun looked at Wei Zheng, "Xuancheng, are you willing to take on any position?"
Wei Zheng thought about it and chose Fa Cao to join the army.
Fa Cao joined the army and was mainly responsible for violations of disciplines and violations in the army, and sometimes he also came to test the law. Wei Zheng felt that he was more suitable for this, which could slowly help him adapt to the operational rules of the King of Chu's army.
After September, the autumn harvest was full, and Li Yuan could no longer suppress the turmoil in his heart. The last time the Tang Dynasty defeated one against five, it won a great victory. This made his ambitions grow unprecedentedly, and he could not wait to launch troops to unify the world.
Wude Hall.
Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, Dou Kang, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Yang Gongren, the prince, the king of Qin, the king of Qi, the king of Chu and others came one after another to discuss the war.
"Everyone, our Tang Dynasty's troops are now well-prepared, and it is a good time to go to war. You are all the pillars of our Tang Dynasty. Please tell us today, who should we fight next?"
Speaking of foreign wars, Li Shimin was the first to speak. He held up his hands and analyzed: "Father, last time Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, and the Turks joined forces to invade the Tang Dynasty, and they were all defeated by the Tang Dynasty.
Repulse, it can be seen that the heroes in the north are no longer able to deal with us, the Tang Dynasty. I think that we should gather our troops and go to Luoyang first to recover the eastern capital and wipe out the rebel king Shichong to show the legitimacy of the world."
This proposal made Li Yuan's eyes light up. Luoyang, the eastern capital, has an important strategic position, and its political position is even more important. If Luoyang can be captured and take the opportunity to regain the Central Plains, then the Tang Dynasty will go out of the pass and strive for world hegemony.
However, he did not express his position immediately, but looked at King Chu.
That's right, this time he didn't ask the prince or the king of Qi, but the king of Chu. Because of several foreign wars, Li Yuan realized that Lao Wu was trustworthy in fighting.
"Zhiyun, who do you think should be beaten?"
Li Zhiyun thought for a moment and said: "Now that Liu Wuzhou has been destroyed, Taiyuan is not in danger. Dou Jiande was also beaten to death by his second brother, and Liang Division is not in danger. It is indeed a good opportunity to take this opportunity to attack Luoyang. But Shu'er
I bluntly said that although Wang Shichong is not as powerful as our dynasty, he still has tens of thousands of troops under his command, and the city of Luoyang is tall and strong, so it will be difficult to directly conquer it in a short time. If we want to attack Luoyang, my father must be prepared for a protracted war."
This analysis was reasonable and reasonable. Li Yuan thought for a while and asked: "If we don't attack Wang Shichong and attack Liang Shidu and Dou Jiande, what are the chances of winning?"
"I'm not 100% sure, but I'm 80-90% sure," Li Zhiyun said.
Li Yuan nodded and asked Li Shimin, "Erlang, what do you think?"
Li Shimin said: "What Zhiyun said is true. The time it takes to defeat Wang Shichong will definitely not be short. If it were Liang Shidu and Dou Jiande, I was sure that I could defeat him in one fell swoop. However, I felt that the opportunity was not to be missed.
.Now that the north is stable, if we don’t capture Wang Shichong at this time, if we wait until Dou Jiande and Master Liang recover and they go south again, our court will definitely suffer setbacks."
Hearing this, Li Yuan fell into thinking.
Should we spend some time to defeat Wang Shichong now, or should we eliminate Liang Shidu and Dou Jiande first?
This issue of sequence needs to be sorted out.
The prince said: "Father, it is better to focus on stability and attack Liang Shidu and Dou Jiande first, and then attack Wang Shichong. In this way, it is safe and feasible."
"I think we should take the opportunity to attack Wang Shichong, because in the previous battle, Dou Jiande and Master Liang were both seriously injured, and they both needed time to recover. However, Wang Shichong was not seriously damaged, although he attacked Tongguan and lost tens of thousands of soldiers.
Horse, but I heard that he has forcibly recruited troops in Luoyang. If we attack Wang Shichong at this time, no one can support him. And if we attack Dou Jiande, there is no guarantee that Wang Shichong will not support Dou Jiande." Li Shimin said loudly.
Chen Shuda said: "Your Majesty, what the King of Qin said is true. I believe that Luoyang is right in front of us, so we can make friends from far away and attack close by. Luo Yi has promised to submit to our court before, so we might as well let Luo Yi restrain Dou Jiande while our army attacks Wang Shichong and transports grain through Tongguan.
, the journey is short and the time is short. If we change to an expedition to Hebei, not only will the food route be long, but we will also have to be prepared for Wang Shichong, which would be unwise."
Not long ago, Luo Yi formally submitted a letter to submit to the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan made him the general manager of Youzhou and the king of Yanjun. He was given the surname Li and was preliminarily assigned to the clan.
Chen Shuda's words made Li Yuan's heart beat violently.
"Do you have any different opinions?" he asked everyone.
No one spoke.
Even Li Jiancheng couldn't refuse. As for Li Yuanji, he wanted to refute Li Shimin, but he didn't have much in his stomach and really didn't know how to refute.
Li Zhiyun also felt that there was no problem. If Wang Shichong was defeated, Liang Shidu and Dou Jiande would be dead.
"Okay, let's hit Wang Shichong first!" Li Yuan slapped him.
After deciding who to attack, the next step is to deploy troops and generals.
In terms of foreign wars, Li Yuan still trusted Li Shimin. So he appointed Li Shimin as the Generalissimo of the Eastern Campaign, and Henan Daoxingtai Shangshuling, commanding the troops of the King of Qi and the King of Chu, with a total of 200,000 troops and dozens of divisions.
As the commander-in-chief of the march, he conquered Luoyang. He also ordered the governors of the states along the way to support the army in the eastern expedition, and transferred civilians from Huazhou, Shaanzhou, Puzhou, Jiangzhou, and other 13 states, totaling 130,000 people, to be responsible for the logistics and food supply of the army.
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In addition, all the warehouses along the way were at the command of the King of Qin.
The troops mobilized this time were not only the direct troops under the command of the King of Qin, King of Qi, and King of Chu. They also included the 20,000 defenders of Tongguan, Yu Yun, the general manager of Shaanxi Province, Ren Gui, the pacification ambassador of Henan Province, and other general soldiers and horses from various places.
A rough estimate is that there are nearly 300,000 troops!
It can be seen that Li Yuan was determined to win Luoyang.
The imperial edict was issued, all ministries moved quickly, the war machine of the Tang Dynasty began to operate again, and the government troops in the pass were quickly mobilized.
After the Battle of Tongguan and the Battle of Bingzhou, the King of Qin's army numbered 100,000, the King of Chu's army numbered 60,000, and the King of Qi's army numbered 40,000.
In Li Shimin's mind, Li Yuanji was just someone who took credit for his work in the past, so he valued Li Zhiyun particularly.
After the court was over, he took Li Zhiyun to discuss for a while before leaving.
After Li Zhiyun returned home, he summoned civil and military officials to discuss mobilizing troops.
"Everyone, the imperial court has decided to launch an army to conquer Wang Shichong in October. I will serve as an auxiliary army to help the King of Qin wipe out Luoyang. Next, you must perform your duties, recruit soldiers in the army, and drill day and night. The provisions and weapons must also be in place."
"Yes." Everyone clasped their fists.
After deliberation, everyone dispersed one after another, leaving Wei Siqi alone behind.
Li Zhiyun saw that he seemed to have something to say, so he left him alone and asked him what was going on.
Wei Siqi said: "Your Highness, this is actually a private matter. I don't know whether I should inform Your Highness."
"Just tell me."
"Yes." Wei Siqi said, "My cousin said that Shun Niang has been taken care of by His Highness and she would like to have a banquet to express her gratitude."
Wei Gui invites me to dinner?
Li Zhiyun was a little excited at first, but after thinking about it, he felt something was wrong. Because intellectual beauties like Wei Gui have always been self-restrained and dignified, how could they be so Menglang.
Looking at Wei Siqi's expression again and seeing how nervous he was, Li Zhiyun suddenly understood something.
However, this time he will be a fool.
"Okay, tell the eldest lady that the king will come to visit you tomorrow."
Wei Siqi was overjoyed and said, "Yes, I'm waiting for His Highness to come."