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Chapter 1639 The troops arrive at Chang'an

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    After hitting a wall at Puban City for several days in a row, Li Yuan couldn't sit still.  Although Guanzhong is close at hand, without Puban City, the road to Guanzhong cannot be opened, and Guanzhong and Hedong cannot be connected.

    Li Yuan intends to trap Pu Ban. When there are no reinforcements outside the city, it will inevitably fall, but he does not have that much time.

    Li Yuan was somewhat conflicted.

    At this time, the eldest son Li Jiancheng advised: "Getting the isolated city of Puban may not change the situation, but if it is delayed here for a long time, it is possible for the Sui Dynasty to complete the layout. Today, the land of Guanzhong is close at hand. The people of Guanzhong miss their father.  If you are thirsty, if your father comes to Guanzhong one day earlier, Guanzhong will be fixed one day earlier."

    Pei Ji believes: "Currently, Qutu is occupying Puban. If we do not level the ground first, with the defense of the capital in front and the reinforcements of Qutu behind, this is the way to defeat when we are attacked from both sides. If we had not attacked Puban, we would have attacked it and entered later."  Pass. The capital's ultimate support can be decided without attacking."

    The two could not agree on their opinions, so Li Shimin also came out to support Li Jiancheng.

    "The art of war emphasizes power, and power lies in speed. It is better to take the opportunity to cross over early to frighten their hearts. If I stay late, they will make a living. Moreover, the group of thieves in Guanzhong have no definite masters in their settlements. It is easy to attract the thieves, and the thieves will be strong with the troops.  , what city cannot be conquered? Qu Tutong defends the enemy's ears, so there is no danger. If the opportunity to enter the pass is missed, the situation will be unknown."

    Li Yuan thought about it again and again, and finally agreed with his two sons.

    On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Yuan ordered Dugu Huaien, Samurai Xun, Dou Dan and others to continue the siege of Puban.  He personally led the main force across the river, stationed in Chaoyi (now Dongchaoyi Town, Dali County, Shaanxi Province), and garrisoned Changchun Palace.

    Li Yuan finally set foot on the land of Guanzhong.

    Officials from all over the country showed little resistance and all obeyed.  Before the Tang army could attack Fengyi County (today's Dali County, Shaanxi Province), Xiao Zao, the prefect of Fengyi County, surrendered directly.

    At this time, Li Yuan had not completely abandoned the Sui Dynasty. He was still a minister of the Sui Dynasty in the name of "destroying the dusk and establishing the Ming Dynasty, supporting the acting king, and restoring the Sui Dynasty."  When he entered the customs at this time, in order to be justified, Li Yuannai took the post of Taiwei himself and set up bureaucrats.  Regardless of whether the court recognized it or not, he entered the customs as a Taiwei. Anyway, he felt that it was justified.

    Until this time, you will not be able to feel the strength of the Guanlong family.  With the support of various families, thousands of officials, people and nobles from Guanzhong came to join Li Yuan's command, helping the old and the young.  If someone who didn't know the truth saw it, they would think that Li Yuan was a sage descending to earth.

    The armies of Guan and Long all started out with military exploits. They may not have enough cultural heritage, but they are best at martial arts.  Almost every family has a private army. At this time, everyone responded, and an army of tens of thousands was formed in an instant.

    Li Yuan also accepted everyone who came, fully demonstrating his tolerance.  He conferred official positions on everyone to prepare his staff, and there was an endless stream of people who were ready to seek official positions from him.

    Soon, Huayin ordered Li Xiaochang to surrender in Yongfengcang.  Yongfengcang, formerly known as Guangtongcang, is located at the mouth of the Guangtong Canal on the south bank of the Weishui River in the northeast of Huayin County. It is the starting point of the Guanzhong Canal. The grain transported from the Jianghuai River to Guanzhong is sent here. It is the largest granary in Guanzhong.

    After Li Yuan went south, his strength skyrocketed, but due to insufficient grain reserves, food problems always troubled the Tang army during the march.  Li Xiaochang's surrender allowed the largest and most important granary in Guanzhong to fall into Li Yuan's hands intact, ensuring Li Yuan's military food supply, famine relief, and stabilizing the people's needs. Its importance was almost as important as that of a hundred thousand troops.

    When Li Yuan heard that Li Xiaochang had come to Yongfengcang, he was as happy as a child and held Li Xiaochang's hand tightly.

    "The merits of a good brother are first among the authorities, and they cannot be repaid without being granted the title of king." In one sentence, I promised Li Xiaochang that I would grant you a prince in the future.

    The greatest advantage of Li Yuan is that he is willing to be granted official status.  Generals, governors, governors, and even dukes and princes were all thrown away as if they were free of money. In history, within nine years of being emperor, dozens of dukes were granted titles. In later generations, even the founding of the Tang Dynasty could not be counted.  How many dukes have been created?

    But now, official title, wealth and silk are the most attractive things. Li Yuan is so grand, so why are people unwilling to serve him.

    Li Yuan gathered heroes in Changchun Palace, but the army was not idle.  He sent his eldest son Li Jiancheng to lead Liu Wenjing, Wang Changxie and other tens of thousands of troops to enter Yongfengcang and guard Tongguan to prevent the Sui army from aiding the west. He also sent his second son Li Shimin to lead an army along the north bank of the Weishui River and detour to Chang'an via Gaoling.

    At the same time, Liu Hongji and the consolation envoy Yin Kaishan were ordered to lead a group of troops south to cross the Wei River and seize the old city of Chang'an.

    Although Li Yuan relied on the Guanlong family, he was actually very wary, fearing that he would become the puppet of the Guanlong family. Therefore, he mostly used his relatives and cronies to control the army, such as the Dou family, the Dugu family, etc. who supported him. Although he was entrusted with important responsibilities, he tried his best to  No military power is given.

    There are also many Li family members.

    The Li family started from his grandfather Li Hu, whoThe leader of the old faction of He Bayue in the Long Bazhu Kingdom was considered an important shareholder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

    Li Hu had eight sons. Except for the eldest son Li Yanbo, who stayed in the Eastern Wei Dynasty and died early without any heirs, the other seven sons were all high-ranking officials such as general manager and governor. Li Yuan had more than a dozen cousins ??and dozens of nephews.

    This is what Li Yuan's army relies on.

    The various Tang armies were progressing smoothly, and soon Li Yuan's cousin Li Shentong, son-in-law Chai Shao, Xi County bandit commander Qiu Shili and Li Zhongwen, and Yuxi bandit commander He Panren, etc., together with tens of thousands of people, came to surrender.

    Although there are not as many thieves in Guanzhong as there are in Hebei and Henan, there are still many.

    After Li Yuan raised troops, Li Shentong, Chai Shao, Chang'an hero Shi Wanbao, Hedong native Pei Ji, Liu Chongli and others raised troops in Hu County to respond.

    Although Chai Shao did not marry Li Yuan's third daughter Li Fengyang, he still married Li Yuan's fourth daughter.  Chai Shao's father, Chai Shen, once served as the prince's Younei leader and was Yang Yong's confidant. Later, he was dismissed from his official position. The Chai family naturally wanted to curry favor with the Li family.

    Originally Li Yuan wanted to marry his third daughter to him, but Huang Mingyuan proposed marriage to his tenth brother Huang Mingyi, so Li Yuan could not refuse.  Chai Shao also lost Li Yuan's legitimate daughter, so he could only settle for the next best thing and marry a concubine.

    Li Yuan was too hasty to raise his troops and had no time to inform Chai Shao and his wife. If not for Li Shentong's help, they would have been captured by the Sui army.

    Li Shentong's army is not very good, but Chai Shao is still a good general.  Together, the two men had tens of thousands of troops. Li Shentong claimed to be the general manager of the march of Guanzhong Road, Chai Shao and Shi Wanbao were his deputies, Pei Ji was the chief historian, and Liu Chongli was the Sima. They were quite powerful.

    He Panren, Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, Qiu Shili and others are all powerful men in Guanzhong.  These people were not of high origin and had no ideals of becoming kings and hegemons. They rebelled just to seek opportunities to improve their family status.  At this time, Li Yuan was so powerful that he could not obey his orders.

    " However, neither Li Shentong nor Chai Shao were top-notch generals. Without the command of Princess Pingyang, this ragtag group only added some troops to Li Yuan, but failed to capture a large area of ??land west of Chang'an.

    After Li Shimin occupied Jingyang, he led his army southward to the west of Chang'an and joined forces with Li Shentong.  At this time, Li Yuan learned that Qu Tutong, who was located in the east of Hedong, was unable to send reinforcements from the west, so he ordered Li Jiancheng to select elite troops and pass through Xinfeng (now northeast of Lintong, Shaanxi Province) to Changle Palace; while he himself led the army from Feng Yi and passed through Xiagui (now Guizhou).  Xiagui Town, Linwei District, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province) and Yueyang (now Wutun Town, Yanliang District, Shaanxi Province) moved westward.

    Hundreds of thousands of Tang troops approached Daxing City from all directions.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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