Sui and Tang Dynasties: Engagement to Li Xiuning, start with heavy snow dragon ride

"Yeah, but there are other things to attend to."

Yang Zhao replied.

"Go ahead, it's important."

Empress Xiao nodded.

"promise."

Yang Zhao responded and left the hall.

Originally Li Rongrong and Li Xiuning were also going, but Empress Xiao stayed behind.

Ask them to enjoy dinner together in the harem.

......

In the second hall of Daxing Hall, Yang Zhao met Shen Lian.

"See Your Highness."

Shen Lian saluted.

"Exemption."

Yang Zhao replied calmly, and gave Shen Lian a futon.

"Speak directly."

When Shen Lian sat down, Yang Zhao said calmly.

"Bingzhou has increased its defensive strength and is recruiting rapidly."

Shen Lian said.

"Ah."

After hearing this, Yang Zhao just nodded.

He didn't think there was anything strange about the Li family's response.

After all, Li Yuan lost a lot of troops in the battle of Guanzhong.

If you want to have the power to protect yourself, you can only quickly recruit troops to strengthen yourself, at least you must have troops that can defend Taiyuan.

"In addition, many family members of the prisoners were arrested."

Shen Lian continued to report.

That is to say, Niu Mourning, and the family members of some other aristocratic families, are all members of the nine clans of the quilt clan.

"Went out."

Yang Zhao didn't even want to order directly.

The reason is very simple, to deter those aristocratic families with this punishment.

Let them know that raising troops at will is not as simple as losing their heads, but the whole family.

"What about the rest of the region, especially the Turks."

Yang Zhao asked.

"Returning to Your Highness, the rebels from all over the country did not dare to act rashly, they were very low-key, and the Turkic people did not dare to come to the border of the Great Sui Dynasty."

Shen Lian replied.

The current Sui Dynasty is different from the past, and the Turkic people have already suffered a lot.

Without absolute certainty, they would definitely not dare to act recklessly.

As for the rebels, it is easier to explain.

From Siping Mountain to the back, many rebels have been eliminated one after another, and these guys have been suppressed.

As long as the current rebels don't want to die, they won't take any action.

"This palace knows."

Yang Zhao said lightly.

"promise."

Shen Lian responded, and left while bowing and clapping his hands.

After Shen Lian left, Xu Maogong, Li Cunxiao, Luo Cheng and others all came back to report.

Report on the search for the rebels and whether other main figures of the Li family have been captured.

These are not important to Yang Zhao, and he just nodded in response.

After dark, Yang Zhao returned to the Prince's East Palace.

Chapter 211 Excited Li Yuanji

Bingzhou Taiyuan.

It has been almost half a month since the defeat in Guanzhong.

In the past half month, there was no news about Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng or even Li Yuanba.

The last group of people who came back only knew that Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin jumped into the river one by one.

Jump down and disappear.

As for Li Yuanba, he was carried by thousands of miles of smoke and clouds, and his whereabouts were unknown.

Because of this, Li Yuan fell into a coma several times.

During this time, the mood stabilized.

Li Yuanji also hurriedly reported the situation of guarding Taiyuan and the movement of the Sui army.

"Cough cough."

Li Yuan coughed violently, then waved his hand to signal Li Yuanji to stop.

Li Yuanji seemed a little nervous, he didn't know what it meant, and wanted to continue talking.

"Third Young Master, Mr. Tang asked you to stop."

Finally, Pei Ji reminded me.

After hearing this, Li Yuanji stopped.

Liu Wenjing, the surviving Pei Ji and the others looked at each other and shook their heads.

If both Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were dead, the Li family would have no future with just one Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji is a pure playboy, unable to provoke the leader at all.

Not to mention, now that the Li family failed to raise troops, they faced the situation that the Sui army would counterattack at any time.

"Shimin and Jiancheng, there is no news at all?"

Li Yuan asked unwillingly.

"Duke Tang, but there is no news."

Pei Ji replied.

"Ugh."

Li Yuan sighed quietly.

"Yuanba doesn't have one either?"

he asked with a hint of hope.

Li Yuanba's chances of surviving are relatively high. After all, he has a good physique and left the battlefield ahead of schedule.

"No."

Liu Hongji shook his head.

They knew that with Li Yuanba's situation, he was lucky enough to survive.

It may also make a big fuss at the Sui Army checkpoint, and was finally taken down by Li Cunxiao.

Brother Li Shimin, who jumped into the river to protect himself and have no news, is more likely to survive than Li Yuanba.

"That's it."

Li Yuanhong said with eyes.

He had already prepared for the worst, if he couldn't fight, all three of them would die.

"The top priority is to deal with the Sui army."

Li Yuan adjusted his mood.

"Mr. Tang, we are currently recruiting troops quickly. These days we already have [-] troops."

Liu Hongji said.

"Twenty thousand troops."

Li Yuan murmured.

"That's right. Including the previous strength, Taiyuan's total strength is [-], of which [-] are recruits."

Liu Hongji said.

"Twenty thousand recruits."

Li Yuan smiled wryly.

On the Sui side, an army of [-] or even hundreds of thousands can be dispatched at any time.

Taiyuan has only [-] troops, how can it be resisted?

And it was still under the circumstances that many rebels were wiped out, and the Great Sui was very likely to quell the civil strife.

The current situation can no longer be described as bad. For the Li family, it is a time of life and death.

"The Sui army hasn't sent troops yet?"

Li Yuan asked again.

"No, they are busy dealing with the Longxi gentry over there."

After hesitating for a while, Liu Wenjing still said it.

"Ugh."

Li Yuan only felt a pain in his heart.

This time, Chang'an's internal support was gone, and instead, he helped Sui Shi deal with internal troubles.

Moreover, the deterrent power of the Sui imperial family may have reached a terrifying level.

In this case, how to fight Tai Sui?

Thinking of these, Li Yuan felt a little desperate.

"Continue to expand our troops, reach an alliance with Liu Wuzhou if necessary, and strengthen our patrol troops."

Li Yuan ordered.

"promise."

The people took orders.

"correct."

When everyone was about to leave, Li Yuan suddenly called out.

Everyone who was about to leave suddenly stopped.

"Try to check all the river basins of the Yangtze River as much as possible to see if you can find Jiancheng and Shimin."

Li Yuan ordered.

"promise."

Liu Wenjing responded.