Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 162 Second Letter

In the side hall of the East Palace, Li Jiancheng stared at the window not far away with a gloomy expression. Through the half-closed window, he could see the snowflakes flying all over the sky blown by the strong wind, just like Li Jiancheng's mood today, chaotic and disorderly.

Wei Zhengzheng and Wei Ting on the side were arguing with each other red-faced, and even the crown prince Zhanshi Wanggui had a gloomy expression and was on the verge of swearing.

Li Daoxuan defeated Liu Heita, such a battle report dealt a big blow to Donggong.

For more than half a year, since Liu Heizhen went north to the grassland to attach himself to the Turks, the East Palace began to plan for Shandong and Hebei. After all, the Qin Palace has the Eastern Shaanxi Road, and the East Palace does not have its own territory because the prince Li Jiancheng has been in Guanzhong for a long time... It cannot be under the control of the sage Li Yuan. Grab the territory under the nose, right?

The confidant counselors made several plans to suppress the King of Qin, so that the King of Qi Li Yuanji tested Liu Heita's combat power, and also sent Wei Zheng, a famous Shandong scholar, to go together. The East Palace spent a lot of manpower and material resources for this.

It took a lot of effort to seize the right to control Daxingtai in Eastern Shaanxi Province from the Qin Palace. Although they failed to drive away Yu Zhining and Han Liang, Li Jiancheng and several counselors had already made a plan. With the Zheng family as the foundation, and holding the Eastern Shaanxi Road in their hands, at least they must fight against the king of Qin.

Li Jiancheng once thought in private that during the cold winter, not the time of a big war, leading troops to conquer can be delayed until the beginning of spring or even later... He is in Shandong, Hebei, and the foundation of Shandong Road will be firmly established.

For this reason, Li Jiancheng also specially selected generals such as Wang Junkuo and Chang He from the civil and military officials of Eastern Shaanxi Province... These are officials who followed Li Shimin to sweep the Central Plains and were barely in the lineage of King Qin, but did not enter the palace of King Qin.

In the Hall of Liangyi, Li Jiancheng was still thinking about how long this battle could last... Unexpectedly, the bubble in front of him disappeared in a flash, and the battle was almost over.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but want to scold Liu Heitai... You are a bit of a waste, where did your streak of victories go when you swept Hebei last year?

Now Wei Zheng, Wei Ting, Wang Gui and other counselors are arguing endlessly because of the time to send troops. Wei Zheng and Wang Gui have reminded Li Jiancheng more than once that even if the Turkic army has not yet returned to the north, they should invite themselves to go. , Inquire about the military situation and then go north.

Both Wei Zheng and Wang Gui faintly sensed that something was wrong. Before Li Shimin urged the prince to send troops, he did not hesitate to allow Donggong to restrain the Eastern Shaanxi Road, but not long ago Li Shimin's attitude changed drastically and he delayed several times... Now they naturally know the reason.

Both Wei Zheng and Wang Gui can confirm that this incident can never happen for no reason, and there must be Qin Wang's hand and foot in it.

"King Qin has delayed until now, probably because he is waiting for this battle report..."

"Impossible!" Wei Ting blushed, "Even if the Turkic army has already returned to the north, and Liu Heita has tens of thousands of troops, how dare Li Daoxuan say that he will win?"

This is also something that Wei Zheng and Wang Gui find difficult to understand... But one thing is for sure, it was Wei Ting who tried his best to persuade the prince to postpone sending troops.

If at this moment, Li Jiancheng has already dispatched troops, even if the battle report comes, he can quickly send his troops eastward in the name of not accepting the orders of the foreign monarchs, and join the King of Qi to enter the Hebei Road, whether it is to grab military exploits or suppress the lineage of the King of Qin ...it's all a matter of course.

At the most critical moment, the battle report came, ruining Donggong's half a year of hard work.

But Li Jiancheng is still not ready to give up. In the past few years, the second younger brother has been invincible.

"Shi Wanbao."

"Cheng Mingzhen."

Li Jiancheng stood up, "Li Daoxuan is the commander of the Hebei Road Army, and he led his troops to defeat Liu Heita. What about Shi Wanbao?"

"Half a month has passed since the First World War, and Li Daoxuan suddenly appeared in Guantao. What about Shi Wanbao?"

Wang Gui strengthened his spirits, "That's right, Liu Heitai was defeated, our army regained Hebei and Shandong, and Yuan Guogong, as the deputy commander of the Hebei Road Marching, should..."

Speaking of this, I can't go on, using words like "dividing benefits and grabbing merits"...Wang Gui will lose face.

"There is no news of Yuan Guogong, but Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Weizhou...didn't send troops this time?" Wei Zheng's voice was a little hoarse.

"On the victory report document are the seals of Li Daoxuan, Tian Liu'an, and Qi Shanxing, but there is no seal of Cheng Mingzhen." Li Jiancheng paced back and forth, "What the hell are Sanhu doing?!"

"Do you go hunting every day again?"

"During the cold winter, are there still birds and beasts?"

"The battle in Weixian County, Liu Heita fled northward, and the battle report was sent to Chang'an, but Sanhu has no letter yet?!"

Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth, "But today Prime Minister Pei proposed to send Sanhu to the north, Master Wang should go and write the letter... Cheng Mingzhen was originally the governor of Weizhou, and he has a deep hatred with Liu Heitai."

"The battle report has already entered the capital. It is not yet known that King Qi's command is going east, but Cheng Mingzhen will definitely send troops, that's all, let's go and believe it." Wang Gui turned his head and said: "I also invite Xuancheng to write."

Li Jiancheng instructed: "If Shi Wanbao shows up, Cheng Mingzhen will be promoted."

Wei Zheng nodded to show that he understood that when Li Daoxuan turned defeat into victory, the only person in Hebei Province who can compete with Li Daoxuan for military exploits is Shi Wanbao, the deputy commander of the Hebei Province's marching.

Li Daoxuan is favored by saints, and Shi Wanbao is not bad... If they take military exploits from each other, as long as they can take each other, it will be unclear in the future.

Originally, there was Li Yuan, Prince of Lujiang County, but unfortunately, the former governor of Luozhou abandoned the city and fled back to Chang'an several days ago.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng cursed inwardly, why did his second younger brother gather Li Daoxuan and Li Daozong, but he recruited such a waste material as Li Yuan!

At this moment, in the Chengqian Hall not far from the East Palace, Li Shimin pointed at Li Kai with a smile, "The Li family's Danyang house in Longxi has both civil and military skills, and the art of war has been passed on to the family. Demou's move can be said to have won the mystery of the art of war. better than blue."

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Changsun Wuji who were on the side also praised it frequently, and Li Kai blushed when he said it.

Li Kai rushed to Beijing and asked his mother, the eldest grandson, to bring him into the palace. As a result, Princess Qin informed the sage today that the crown prince would personally conscript.

Li Kai made a decisive decision, left the palace immediately, and asked his personal guards to rush all the way to the front of the Taiji Palace with the first victory report document prepared, and urgently report the military situation, so as to solve today's embarrassment.

However, when Li Shimin and others praised Li Kai for his mastery of the art of war, it did not mean that he made a quick decision, but that the victory document was divided into three sections.

Li Kai cupped his hands in embarrassment and said: "Don't dare to be your highness, you can boast, this matter was planned by Mr. Ling and Huairen."

"Analyze people's hearts to lure the enemy to go deeper..." Changsun Wuji clicked his tongue twice, "Li Huairen is very thoughtful."

Du Ruhui thought for a while, "It's not necessarily the case, it should be because of Ling Jing."

Li Shimin's eyes fell on the second victory letter on the table again, thinking that at this moment, the eldest brother must still refuse to give up and want to intervene in the war in Hebei.

"The third victory report can be delayed a little bit." Du Ruhui said in a bright voice, "Now that the East Palace is in chaos, the second victory report can be released today and tomorrow."

Li Shimin sneered and said, "Let's just make the East Palace more chaotic."

With Li Shimin's mind, it is natural to see that in the Hall of Liangyi today, his father intends to make Donggong appease Shandong... and these three documents of victory will make all the plans of Donggong come to nothing.

This is really a great gift.

Thinking of the letter that Li Kai sent privately just now, Li Shimin couldn't help but think, why did Li Shan choose to be lonely so firmly... and why did he send such a heavy gift because the Pei family of Hedong was attached to the East Palace?
In the evening of the same day, Xi Jinping went to the front of Tai Chi Palace again.

In fact, this is not a battle report, but a joint letter signed by Tian Liuan, the general manager of Weizhou, and Cui Xin, Guantao Ling.

In the First Battle of Xiabo, Yuan Guogong Shi Wanbao, the deputy chief of the army marching in Hebei Province, pretended to be a sage's edict, which stopped the army and caused the entire army of [-] to be annihilated. Hearing the victory of Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan in Wei County, he was held in Guantao County Yamen Ashamed to commit suicide.

If the battle report in the morning silenced all the officials in the city, then the battle report in the evening caused a sensation in the huge Chang'an City, and countless opinions circulated among officials, descendants of the aristocratic family, and ordinary people.

That night, Li Shimin had a good night's sleep.

But Li Jiancheng was furious... because just in the afternoon, he had already written to Li Yuanji and Cheng Mingzhen, no matter whether he found Shi Wanbao or not, he would use his name to get involved in the Hebei War for meritorious service.

(End of this chapter)