The army in Jinyang was temporarily in the camp.

Li Yuan dared to raise the flag to rebel, except for his status as the leader of the northern family, his greatest reliance was Yingyang, the six prefectures under his command. With the large sum of wealth, goods and supplies in Jinyang City, Li Yuan transformed Yingyang, who had been serving for 45 days a year, into regular soldiers, and was under the command of military generals. He was sometimes well-trained, and he had his own rules for marching and camping. He did not have to work hard on the main generals and could arrange them in an orderly manner. However, the soldiers and horses that came to join the country were of varying quality. Most of them had never been enslaved by the Ministry of Military Law, and they could fight with blood courage or wealth when they were in the battle. On weekdays, the lawless team was scattered and there was no military appearance. As more and more soldiers, the soldiers and horses of Jinyang, which were originally disciplined, became increasingly dispersed.

With the ability of the father and son of the Li family and his subordinates to lead troops, they only need to be restrained by military orders for a period of time before the battle formation is carried out. These bandits can become qualified soldiers. Even if they cannot catch up with the generals of the headquarters, they can at least look like they are when they march and camp. Li Yuan has the intention of buying horse bones for a thousand gold coins, and he also thinks that it will take a long time to transform these people into qualified combat power. He believes that the forward driver is an excellent candidate for death.

It’s a pity that people’s calculations are not as good as God’s calculations. Unexpectedly, Yinshi Master lost 600,000 people in Chang'an, which caught Li Yuan off guard. Due to the current means of transmission, laws, personnel and other restrictions, such a large-scale people will not be easy for anyone to deal with.

Yang Guang can regard the people as pigs and dogs, take their lives seriously, and kill them if they can't manage them, so they will kill them and reduce the burden. Li Yuan is famous for his kindness. If he adopts simple and rough methods like Yang Guang, his reputation will be destroyed. If he competes with the Yang family, he will lose important chips in his hands first. Therefore, no matter how difficult it is, he has to hold his nose and keep people. Not only can he not harm the people, but he also has to comfort them well, provide meals, and do his best to make the people live a comfortable life.

These people are not as good as officers and soldiers. They have never been trained in the battle formation. Even if they want to serve Li Yuan, they don’t know how to start. Instead, they have to create a lot of trouble every day. Just appease the people and handle miscellaneous tasks, Li Yuan is exhausted. How could he be distracted by training people? He had to let these scattered soldiers go on a brave and relaxed.

An overly large army is a disaster in itself. If you reach the city of Chang'an with such a huge number, the biggest possibility is that you cannot even expand your formation. Therefore, the Jinyang army was forced to separate the route, with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, two brothers, leading 10,000 troops as vanguards, and the rest of them set up their formations along the way, and the people were settled in the end. Li Yuan personally led the army to calm the hearts of the people.

Since the people were driven out of Chang'an, they have become frightened birds, fearing that Li Yuan would throw them away, and they would cry loudly, or they would just lie on the way. Only by seeing the flag of the Duke of Tang can they feel at ease and avoid causing trouble. What's more, there are many women and children among the hundreds of thousands of people, and many military soldiers looked at the young woman with their eyes shining. If Li Yuan hadn't been in charge, who could have suppressed the fight?

In order to prevent accidents, Li Yuan arranged all the new thieves to the front, so that they could stay away from the people and also stay away from their own sight. Without anyone's control, these bandits became more and more lazy. They also believed that they had many soldiers and generals, so the Sui army did not dare to go out of the battle. The camp was built loosely, and they were afraid that they would collapse as soon as they rushed. Seeing that the sky finally cleared, several veterans sneaked out and leaned against the village wall to bask in the sun and chat.

Pei Ji said: "If there is no food in the army, it will be a disaster without fighting. It is a matter of time before the morale of the army is fluctuating. Those who are clamoring can be killed, but the military ration will not come out of thin air. According to my opinion, we can only reduce the food of the people by 30% first for the use of the three armies."

Li Yuan said: "Now people eat two meals a day, and they can only eat porridge but not meals. If they cut it by 30%, they will starve to death."

Pei Ji said: "It is better to starve them to death than to starve soldiers and generals."

Wen Daya said: "Don't Duke Xuan want to keep his lord's reputation hungry? The thief is waiting for us to abandon the people so that the news can be sent to Luoyang. It is best for Jiangdu to spread throughout the world. Is it possible for Duke Xuan to understand the relationship?"

Pei Ji did not argue. He actually had the same concerns as Wen Daya. They didn't care about the lives of these people, but they had to care about Li Yuan's good reputation. After all, Li Yuan's most powerful weapon to conquer the world was not elite soldiers but the benefactor admired by the world. Duke Zhou gave up his promise and returned to his heart. This is the foundation of the Li family. If the benefactor was destroyed, the impact of Li Yuan's hegemony in seizing the world was far above the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers and generals. Yinshishi used this strategy to destroy Chang'an, and not allow Li Yuan to achieve great achievements. As a counselor of the Li family, of course, he could not let Yinshishishishishishishishishishi achieve his wish.

Wen Daya said again: "The name of the lord is passed down to the world. Everyone knows that Yang Guang is tyrannical and kind-hearted, so heroes from all over the world come to vote. If this name is gone, where will those people go?"

Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "No need to say Yanhong, don't worry, no matter how far Li will not abandon the people and slaughter the people. If you violate this, the world will not tolerate it!"

"The Lord is so serious." Wen Daya hurriedly bowed, and then said, "Now that the Peach Blossom Fen Fen is out of the Fen River, which is actually a natural disaster that cannot be fought by human power. The thieves dig the grave first, and heavy rain falls behind, and rumors in the army are panic. Chang'an City is high and thick, and it is difficult to get off. If the troops are stuck under the strong city, they are afraid that the morale of the army will become more and more dissolute, and Yang Xuangan's defeat is near. According to my opinion, it would be better to withdraw the troops. The army will turn back to Jinyang and guard Pujin Ferry with elite troops. It is not too late to attack Chang'an after Taohua Fen."

Pei Ji said, "No! No chance! Don't come again! Now that we withdraw our troops, wouldn't we laugh at the world? If we want to attack Chang'an in the future, it's probably not that easy. The heroes from all sides will also feel contemptuous towards me. I don't know how many variables there are. Don't forget that Mr. Pushan also wants to attack Luoyang. If he gets a high hope for Shu, he will first get Luoyang and then take Chang'an, what should he do?"

"What Mr. Xuan said is not bad, but we can't go against the will of heaven. Now the army's food and grass are about to be exhausted. How can we get to Chang'an with this little military ration? Besides, our army's foundation is not stable. Erlang captured the young king of Zhidao and returned to attack the Turks, how can this matter be good? Someone heard that there were Hu cavalry outside Jinyang City. If Zhengdao Zhengdao soldiers attacked Jinyang, it would be a dead end. "

There was news about Hu cavalry outside Jinyang City, and several people in the military tent had heard of it, but the Hu cavalry did not hold many horses and did not hold the banner. I don’t know whether it was Turkic cavalry or the lost scattered herders, so Li Yuan and others didn’t care. However, Wen Daya’s proposal of this matter cannot be considered a big deal. After all, the whole army’s family is in Jinyang. If the Turks really capture Jinyang, these tens of thousands of direct descendants will be dispersed without the need to beat them. Chang'an is related to the success or failure of hegemony, while Jinyang is related to life and death in front of him. It is not an exaggeration to be careful.
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