"Your Majesty, Mr. Sima comes from a famous family in Hanoi. That son Yang Gao was cruel and unscrupulous. He not only tortured and maimed Mr. Sima, but also killed his second son Sima Zhao and ransacked Sima's mansion."
Pei Ji looked filled with righteous indignation, which was actually telling Li Yuan that Sima Yi and Yang Gao had a sworn hatred, which was absolutely credible.
Li Yuan understood Pei Ji's hint, and immediately stood up and took two steps forward to support Sima Yi, and said with a sad and angry look: "Yang Gao is an ignorant child, and he has harmed a member of a famous family like this. I can only hate the sky for having no eyes, but for allowing this son to become powerful." . Although I want to wipe out the violent Sui Dynasty and restore peace to the world's aristocratic families, I am unable to do so."
"Your Majesty, raising troops in Taiyuan, raising the flag of righteousness, and settling in Guanzhong is exactly the hope of the people of the world."
Sima Yi smiled slightly and said: "Although Yang Gao'er is in power now, he is just like his father Yang Guang. He is an unprincipled and ignorant king. He has long been the wrath of heaven and earth. The common people have been thinking hard for a long time, and they have a clever plan to destroy the violent Sui. Share your Majesty’s worries.”
"Sir, tell me quickly!"
Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately waved his hand to signal Sima Yi to tell him the clever plan.
Sima Yi cleared his throat and said loudly: "Now that the Sui Dynasty has gained power, it is difficult for us, the Tang Dynasty, to match it. The common people thought that we should unite a group of allies and attack the Sui Dynasty from five directions. The attack from all sides made Yang Gao'er unable to look at each other. Great things can happen!”
Li Yuan immediately asked Sima Yi which five groups of soldiers and horses they were.
Sima Yi replied calmly: "Your Majesty can send people to Cao Cao in Goguryeo, cede the land of Liaodong, and ask Cao Cao to raise the Goguryeo army to contain Han Xin's troops in Youzhou. This is the first way."
"Your Majesty can send people to the Turkic Khan Temujin again, promising to cede Youzhou with gold foil, money, food and beauty, and ask Temujin Khan to mobilize the elites to join our elites in Guanzhong all the way, and leave Tongguan to attack Luoyang. This is the second road."
"These three routes are to open Yanmen Pass and invite Temujin Khan's other troops to join General Chai Rong's and Zhu Yuanzhang's troops in Hedong, and go straight to Hebei!"
Sima Yi paused for a moment and continued: "The fourth route is to use the King of Qin in Longxi as the commander, and lead the elite to bluff and pretend to attack Hanzhong in order to contain the Sui army's Li Jing army in Bashu."
"On the last step, Your Majesty can send Shi to Songtsan's place in Langri, Tubo. Tubo and I, the Tang Dynasty, are closely related by marriage, and have a blood feud with the Sui army. Your Majesty can promise to cede the land of Bashu to Tibet and ask Tubo to send troops after destroying the Sui Dynasty one day. Enter Guanzhong and join forces with the Huai'an County Prince to attack Wuguan!"
"Your Majesty, Zhongda's five-pronged attack on the Sui Dynasty is truly wonderful!"
After hearing Sima Yi's plan, Pei Ji, who was Sima Yi's recommender, immediately said loudly: "The five armies are attacking the Sui Dynasty. Even if Yang Gao'er survives, he will have no choice but to roll back to the south of the Yangtze River and linger. Sooner or later, he will be destroyed by your majesty's righteous army!"
"Father, you absolutely must not do this!"
At this moment, Li Jiancheng's urgent voice sounded outside, and the next moment Li Jiancheng rushed into the imperial study room.
Li Jiancheng also saw Li Yuan lose his temper at the court meeting, so he thought of coming to relieve Li Yuan's worries. However, as soon as he arrived outside the imperial study room, he heard Sima Yi offering advice to Li Yuan again, and he lost his temper and barged in in a hurry.
"Prince!"
Li Yuan's face suddenly darkened when he saw this, and he said in a longer voice: "The prince of a country, please pay attention to your manners!"
"My son is in a hurry, please forgive me!"
Li Jiancheng quickly knelt on the ground and apologized to Li Yuan, and said eagerly: "But please, father, never adopt Sima Yi's strategy!"
"Your Highness, why is this?"
As we all know, Pei Ji is a die-hard supporter of Prince Li Jiancheng. Although he saw that Li Jiancheng rejected the plan of Sima Yi recommended by him, he still asked with a kind face.
Li Jiancheng said in a deep voice: "Since ancient times, the invasion of nomadic peoples into the Central Plains has brought serious disasters to the civilians. How can we open the door and welcome the thieves? There is also Goguryeo. Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo three times, and how many men from Guanzhong buried the corpses of Goguryeo. I thought we would never be able to do so. It has nothing to do with Goguryeo!"
"But Your Highness."
Pei Ji frowned and said, "Didn't we make an alliance with the Turks long ago..."
"That's different!"
Li Jiancheng immediately interrupted Pei Ji and said: "The alliance with the Turks is just for mutual use. But if we open the door and let those barbarians who are like jackals, tigers and leopards enter Guanzhong, Hedong, and attack Guandong and Hebei, Xiangguo Pei feels that these barbarians will really be able to march all the way. Qiu has done nothing wrong. At that time, we will not only incur the condemnation of the people of the world, but also arouse the anger of the people of Guanzhong!"
Although Pei Ji was interrupted by Li Jiancheng, his voice was still very respectful: "But Your Highness, Yang Gao is so powerful right now. If we, the Tang Dynasty, don't take the next step, I'm afraid Bao Sui will attack Guanzhong soon."
Li Jiancheng shook his head firmly: "Those who are not of our race must have different minds. The Turks and Tibetans all have their own agendas, so how can they sincerely help each other? To say the least, even if they help each other with all their strength and use the power of barbarians to conquer the world, they will definitely be recorded in the history books. I have been ridiculed! Father, I, the Tang Dynasty, must never lose our righteousness!"
"Your Highness is worrying too much!"
Sima Yi, who had been silent since just now, slowly said: "History is written by the victors. After the Tang Dynasty unified the world, this episode can be erased. Thousands of years later, the world will only know that the Tang Dynasty defeated the tyrants." Sui, unify the world!"
"Unify the world?"
Li Jiancheng sneered, showing great contempt for Sima Yi: "Sir, have you forgotten that you yourself said just now that Bashu will be given to Tubo, Liaodong will be ceded to Goguryeo, Youzhou will be handed over to Turks, and the ancestral land will be given away. Can it be regarded as unifying the world?"
Sima Yi smiled slightly, as if he didn't care about Li Jiancheng's disdain, and said calmly: "Today's promise may not be fulfilled tomorrow. Your Highness has a saying that is right. People who are not of my race must have different hearts. For Turkic Goguryeo, the common people can only survive. The intention of taking advantage. In the future, when the Tang Dynasty defeats the Sui Dynasty and gathers the power of the whole country, it will be easy to conquer the Turks, Goguryeo and Tibet."
"This is inevitable."
Li Jiancheng paused, but he still didn't say the word shameless.
Sima Yi knew very well what Li Jiancheng was going to say next. He smiled calmly and said: "If you don't rely on the power of the Turks and Tibetans, what clever plan does your highness have to defeat the Sui Dynasty? Is it possible that your highness thinks that the Sui Dynasty will regard the Tang Dynasty as a country of benevolence and righteousness in the future?" ?”
"Okay, there's no need to say any more!"
Li Yuan calmly ended the conversation between several people: "I have made up my mind, and I will act according to Mr. Sima's plan!"
"Father!"
Li Jiancheng wanted to persuade him again, but Li Yuan waved his hand to signal Li Jiancheng to shut up, and said in a deep voice: "You are the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty and the crown prince of a country. Everything must be done with the interests of the Tang Dynasty first. Is it possible that you want to look at the Tang Dynasty?" Destroyed by the Sui Dynasty?"
Li Jiancheng lowered his head: "I don't mean this!"
Li Yuan snorted coldly and said lightly: "After the Turkic and Tibetan troops enter the country, they will indeed conflict with the people of Guanzhong. How to deal with this matter is what you, the prince, should do, instead of taking some unrealistic ideas here. Nothing but empty talk!”
