I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 97
Li Shimin has been paying close attention to the situation of Dong Zhuo, Jizhou Han Fu, and Yuan Shao in this pass, because these are the two directions he will use his troops next.As for where to fight first, in fact, he has already made a plan in his heart, and this is also the strategy he used to win the world in his previous life.

In the previous Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin encouraged Li Yuan to raise troops from Jinyang, because at that time Li Yuan served as the left guard in Taiyuan, which is somewhat similar to Li Shimin's Bingzhou State Shepherd today.

It can be said that the Tang Dynasty's strategy of pacifying the world was implemented extremely smoothly. Of course, this is inseparable from the service of the generals under his command, but it cannot obliterate the fact that Li Shimin's strategic vision is superior to others.

When the Tang Dynasty was first established, its territory was limited to the Guanzhong and Hedong areas. The territory was small and its strength was not very strong.

But because of Guanzhong, a treasure land of geomantic omen, Li Shimin had sufficient soldiers, and the soldiers in Guanzhong were the most resistant to hard work and powerful in combat.There is also stable food and grass, which gives him a solid rear.

Li Shimin first defeated Xue Ju, and the battle of Qianshuiyuan pacified Xue Rengao in Longxi, eradicating the threat from the West in the Tang Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, defeated Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou, regained the lost land of Bing and Fen, and consolidated the north of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Battle of Hulao, the two major separatist forces in the Central Plains were annihilated in one fell swoop: Wang Shichong of Henan and Dou Jiande Group of Hebei, enabling the Tang Dynasty to gain the right to rule North China.Later, he severely injured Dou Jiande's remaining troops Liu Heita and Xu Yuanlang from Shandong, and finally gradually unified the world.

Therefore, the land of Guanzhong is an important "base" for Li Shimin to seize the world, and it is also the land of Longxing that he is proud of. He is full of affection and special feelings for this place. Later, Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was also in Guanzhong.

In this life, Li Shimin's idea is still the same, to seize Guanzhong first, and then plot Longyou, so that he can have a stable rear. Guanzhong is also the main production area of ​​grain and grass, and the outstanding people are very important to his hegemony.

At the same time, he secretly helped Han Fu and slowed down Yuan Shao's speed of seizing Jizhou. In this way, there were at least four "warlord melee" forces in North China, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, Han Fu and Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Cao Cao of Yanzhou, and Liu Bei who had not yet appeared. .

It is difficult to tell the winner in a short period of time. He secretly sent troops to disrupt the situation and constantly maintained the strategic balance of the four parties, so that no one could easily eliminate the other.

After he has dealt with Dong Zhuo, his strength will naturally increase by leaps and bounds, and he will be able to win a big victory with his elite soldiers, and then he will concentrate on dealing with them.

Even better, you can also take advantage of the opportunity to open Hanzhong, the gateway to Yizhou, take the opportunity to seize Hanzhong, and make preparations for capturing Yizhou in the future, and don’t give Liu Bei and others a chance to get involved in Yizhou. Liu Bei wants to occupy Hanzhong and Yizhou. Idiots talk about dreams.

In this way, the unification of the world is bound to be accelerated.

In fact, this is also Li Shimin's version of "Longzhong Dui", but the difference is that the person who made the suggestion was Li Shimin himself.

In order to unify internal opinions, Li Shimin also consulted several important counselors for his own plan. Xi Zhicai, Xu Shu and others felt that Li Shimin's strategy of unifying the world was extremely clever and highly implementable, and expressed their support and encouragement. Appreciate.

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After unifying the internal opinions, he began to mobilize the army and plan to seize Guanzhong.

On the one hand, he ordered Guan Yu to lead the [-] Longxiang Army to garrison Huguan. Li Shimin had already replenished the soldiers of several main armies, so Guan Yu already had [-] troops under his command.

This kind of arrangement, on the one hand, guards against the hinterland of Taiyuan, and on the other hand, it can wait for the opportunity to attack Yuan Shao from the rear at the right time, cooperate with Jushou to delay Yuan Shao's speed of occupying Jizhou, and it is also an important force to attack Jizhou in the future.

This matter must belong to Guan Yu, who is both civil and military.

Of course, in order to appease Guan Yu's emotions in going to Guanzhong, Li Shimin promised to let him be the vanguard next time when Jizhou was calmed down. Guan Yu was not so disappointed and agreed happily.

In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Li Shimin loves this straightforward, honest and loyal Guan Yu very much, and also has high hopes for him.Naturally, he was extremely relieved to defend the Bingzhou base camp.

At the same time, Chen Gong was ordered to build ships in Hedong County in case the army needed to cross the river.Moreover, large weapons such as siege vehicles, catapults, and bed crossbows were transported to Hedong County in advance.

And let the secret agents of Baiqisi lurking in Chang'an City continue to pay attention to Dong Zhuo's activities, and the generals lurking in Dong Zhuo's army also gradually transferred their powers to defend the city.

On the other hand, Lv Bu was asked to write a letter to Li Su, a fellow countryman in Dong Zhuo's army, to persuade him to serve as an internal response to the Bingzhou Army and take refuge in Li Shimin. This was also Li Shimin's intention.

In the previous life, Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan under Li Su's persuasion and joined Dong Zhuo. This time, Li Shimin wanted to reverse the story. Capture Guanzhong.

Naturally, Lu Bu readily agreed, and soon repaired a letter and sent it to Li Su.

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The capture of Guanzhong, plotting Longyou and opening the Hexi Corridor this time is an important step for Li Shimin to win the world, and there is no room for loss. Moreover, although Dong Zhuojiang is alive every day, there are still [-] elite soldiers. Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang have been watching. , the two of them together have at least one hundred thousand troops, so if you want to fight a battle, Li Shimin needs to move with all his strength.

Leading the Shence Army, Longwu Army, Huben Army, Shenwu Army, Baotao Army, Tiger Leopard Army, Sinking Camp and Modao Camp, a total of 25 troops, claiming 30 to attack in three ways.

On the first route, Zhao Yun was the commander in chief, Bu Xugu was the vanguard general, and Tian Feng was the general of the army, leading the Shenwu Army and the Tiger and Leopard Army, a total of eight armies, passing through Beidi County all the way west, harassing and capturing the Hexi Corridor occupied by Dong Zhuo .

And closed Dong Zhuo's escape route to the north, forming a trend of closing the door and beating dogs.On the other hand, it is also to prevent Han Sui and Ma Teng from taking advantage of the fire, guarding the Hexi Corridor, waiting for the arrival of Li Shimin's army, and destroying them in one fell swoop.

In the second route, Zhang He was the main general and Chen Gong was the general of the military division. He led the [-] Leopard Army and waited for the opportunity to cross the Yellow River from Pubanjin in Hedong County to attack Fengling County. to Chang'an.

The third route was led by Li Shimin himself. Under his command were vanguard generals Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, generals Gao Lan and Gao Shun of the Chinese army, and general Xi Zhicai of the military division. There are 12 Modao camps and [-] trapped camps, with a total of [-] troops.

It is planned to go all the way west from Hedong County, cross the Yellow River, and directly attack Chang'an in Guanzhong.

Li Shimin, the base camp of Bingzhou, still let Xu Shu serve as the governor of Bingzhou, raise food and grass, prime minister's logistics affairs, and act as the governor of the state. Gan Xinghan's [-] troops guard Jinyang to ensure that the base camp is not lost.

(End of this chapter)