Manna Temple!

At this moment, it was not so much that Li Yuan was angry, but that he was full of fear.

The state was lost, and only Taiyuan, the land of Longxing, was left, but it was only a matter of time before a lonely city fell into the hands of Yang Dong. This already made Li Yuan's heart tremble!

Who knew that the Western Theater ended in a fiasco, and now Xue Ju's Western Qin Army morale was high, and he divided his troops into two ways to kill the 20,000 Tang Army stationed in Xiangwu County, Li Shimin was unable to support it alone, and was forced to retreat to Guanzhong, and the Western Qin Army was full of strength to recover Longxi County, Jincheng County and Tianshui County that had been lost a few days ago, and launched an offensive against Dazhen Pass.

And Chai Shao, who attacked Liang Shidu, and Li Xiaogong, who attacked Zhu Cang in Shangluo County, also returned in vain.

All the difficulties of the war in the southeast, northwest, and northwest made Li Yuan anxious, haggard, and often woke up in his dreams.

I want to be at the beginning!

When you enter the customs, you are full of ambition!

At that time, the Guanlong magnates were fully supporting him, and the major families had the money to contribute and make powerful contributions, and only the Dugu family and the Dou family each donated 3 million stone and 30 million hangs of money, so that Li Yuan's treasury was abundant and the soldiers were full of food.

The strength of Guanzhong alone is as high as 200,000, of which the children of Guanlong account for more than half, plus the army of Bingzhou, his army has nearly 400,000, powerful and powerful.

After ascending the throne, he was even more energetic!

He has pretended to be a grandson for decades, and now it is too smooth, he can't help but be blindly arrogant, ignoring the opposition of his second son and his ministers, and arrogantly marching on three sides!

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye... Everything was as the prince said, crises followed, and the news of one fiasco after another made him breathless.

At this time, Li Yuan finally woke up from the dream of the first force in the world, he Li Yuan was not as powerful as he imagined, and others were not lambs to be slaughtered by him, but now he seemed to wake up a little late.

Now, Xue Ju has been contained outside the Great Dispersion Pass, and there is no obstacle in the pass for the time being.

The key is to merge the state, that's his foundation.

And state!

How to reclaim it?

How to recover?

Can you beat it?

Can it be recovered?

What is the result of a tough confrontation with Yang Tong?

……

A series of problems brought about by the loss of the state made Li Yuan restless and restless.

In the end, all the questions come down to the two choices of to fight or not to fight.

To fight or not to fight, in fact, it has already been discussed twice at the DPRK meeting, but the DPRK and China are divided into two factions, the main peace and the main war, and the quarrel is very fierce.

This time, Li Yuan only planned to discuss with Li Jiancheng and Liu Wenjing!

Because the two of them were in the main hall, they had been silent.

Li Yuan saw Li Jian coming in a hurry, and without waiting for him to salute, he said, "Emperor, sit down!" ”

Li Jiancheng saluted as usual humbly, and then bowed to Liu Wenjing, and then sat down, and then said bluntly: "Father, son-in-law opposes the counterattack!" ”

"In terms of military affairs, our army has lost the right time and place. The people do not have an advantage, because the time we occupied the whole territory of the state is too short, and we have never seriously governed, and Yang Tong's name of the people has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and once he implements the Jizhou policy, we have no hope. ”

"No hope?" Li Yuan frowned.

"At least for now!" Li Jiancheng said: "Father, I think we have to face reality!" Because our army does not have an advantage in numbers, and the elite soldiers have suffered heavy losses, even if it is a head-to-head duel, it is not the hand of the Northern Sui. If we pour all our strength into fighting with it, and Xue Ju, Liang Shidu and others come to attack, what will we do? Does Father think we can afford this? ”

The temple of manna is silent!

Li Jiancheng said the hard truth, but in the past, everyone beat around the bush and didn't dare to say it directly, but now Li Jiancheng said it openly and honestly.

After being silent for a long time, Li Yuan opened his mouth and asked, "How does the emperor think Taiyuan will solve it?" ”

"Make peace with Yang Tong, let's give up Taiyuan! The army passed through the Mengmen Pass of Lishi County and went south to Feng Yi by water. ”

"Holy Lord, the minister agrees with His Royal Highness the Prince's plan!"

Liu Wenjing bowed and saluted: "Holy Lord, although His Royal Highness the Prince's words are unacceptable, it is impossible for our current strength to recover and merge the state, and the top priority is to withdraw the Taiyuan army!" As long as the army is there, we have a chance! We can't lose big because of small things, and we can't gamble on the entire Guanzhong for unrealistic fantasies. ”

"Liu Gong is reasonable!" Li Jiancheng continued: "The source of Datang's troops is seriously unbalanced, if the Taiyuan army is lost!" The consequences are unimaginable. ”

Liu Wenjing said secretly: Beautiful.

As expected,

When Li Yuan heard Li Jiancheng's words, his heart was terrified.

He didn't want to abandon the annexation of the state, let alone give up Taiyuan, the land of Longxing, but he cared more about his imperial power! As Li Jiancheng said, now the main force of the Tang Army is all the children of Guanzhong, and these people are almost all the children and slaves of the major families! If the Guan Long family wants to turn against themselves, it will be a matter of time.

"What if they occupy Taiyuan, but refuse to let go of the Taiyuan army?"

Li Jiancheng knew that Li Yuan's heart was moved, and hurriedly said: "Our army retreated calmly, and the Northern Sui Dynasty took Taiyuan without a single soldier!" This is the best of both worlds, Erchen thinks Yang Tong will agree! ”

Li Yuan asked, "What is the reason?" ”

Li Jiancheng said eloquently: "Now Yang Tong's territory has doubled, but the strength of defense has also doubled, for him, the Liang division capital in Guannei, the Southern Sui, Wagang, Wang Bo, Dou Jiande, Yu Wenhua and others south of the Yellow River are his enemies!" Therefore, he also desperately wanted to end this battle and re-arm, and Taiyuan City dragged on for a long time, which would do him all kinds of harm but no benefit. ”

Liu Wenjing next to him continued: "Holy Lord! The minister thought that he could send an envoy to Yecheng to talk. ”

"Who can do that?"

"Pei Ju!"

At the beginning of Yu Culture and the Jiangdu Change, Pei Ju was also arrested, but because he proposed to Yang Guang that he should marry a widow and girl in Jiangnan to Xiaoguo soldiers as his wife, many Xiaoguo military generals thought that he was meritorious, so he was spared. Yu Wenhua and Yang Hao, the king of Qin, were the emperor, and Pei Ju was appointed as the servant, but when Yu Wenhua and the Wagang army went north to fight, he rebelled against many Jiangdu officials and soldiers, and fled to Chang'an.

Li Yuan said: "Pei Ju? Can he? ”

Li Jiancheng said: "Pei Ju's ability is undoubted, and now that he is all in prison by Yang Tong, Pei Lian is his brother, he will definitely try his best to promote reconciliation." ”

"At the same time, if you want to redeem the clan and the Tang Dynasty civil and military family at all costs, this matter will be spread, and the name of the father's benevolence and righteousness will surely spread throughout the territory! Otherwise, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers. ”

Li Yuan said: "Okay! Just do what the emperor says! Canonized Pei Ju as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the main peace talks, as for how to talk, the emperor agreed with him. ”