Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 168 Counterattack

In July of the third year of Wude, the sage Li Yuan ordered Qin Wang Li Shimin to crusade against Wang Shichong, and set up the Daxingtai of Eastern Shaanxi in the Central Plains south of the Yellow River.

In March of the fourth year of Wude, Li Shimin cut off the grain road and successively captured the surrounding areas of the eastern capital. Luoyang has become an isolated city.

In May of the fourth year of Wude, Li Shimin personally led [-] cavalry to meet Dou Jiande who came to aid him. After a month-long confrontation, the cavalry rushed to defeat the enemy.

The capture of two kings in one battle created the lofty image of Li Shimin's unparalleled commander in chief, and also made Li Jiancheng, the prince of the East Palace far away in Chang'an, restless.

From then on, Li Jiancheng, Wang Gui, Wei Ting, Xu Shimo and other counselors began to plan Hebei... Dou Jiande has been defeated, and Li Shimin has taken charge of Eastern Shaanxi Province. It is impossible for Li Yuan to entrust Hebei Province to the Qin Palace.

It can be said that all the actions of the East Palace afterwards had a certain direction. They took in Wei Zheng, called Qinghe Cui's children into the East Palace, and stuffed Yuan Guogong Shi Wanbao and Lujiang County King Li Yuan to Hebei one after another.

Even before Li Shiji's victory in Luoshui...although there was no obvious bias, he was faintly closer to Donggong.

It can be said that from May of the fourth year of Wude to the present for a year and a half, Donggong has been working hard for Hebei and Shandong, but all of this has come to naught after the third victory report arrived in Beijing .

This blow to Li Jiancheng was bigger and more serious than the first victory report, which slapped him and killed him leading the army, and the second letter slapped him again and caused his reputation to plummet.

Cheng Mingzhen was a pawn chosen by the East Palace a long time ago. This person had voted for the Tang Dynasty in the second year of Wude, but he could not be reused. He was not appointed as the county magistrate of Yongnian in Luozhou until after the First World War at Hulaoguan... County magistrates in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, powers, powers, The place of jurisdiction and level are much higher than the county magistrates in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

After the victory in Luoshui, Li Shimin was urgently recalled to Beijing. Cheng Mingzhen was the only important general who went to the Qi Wang Banquet, and he also officially entered Li Jiancheng's sight at that time.

After Shi Wanbao "killed himself in shame" and Lujiang County King Li Yuan fled back to Beijing, Cheng Mingzhen became Li Jiancheng's only hope.

For the sake of Cheng Mingzhen, Li Jiancheng was almost ashamed in the Liangyi Hall... He insisted on pushing him to the important position of the head of Luozhou, in order to let Cheng Mingzhen appease Shandong for the East Palace after the war.

In the East Palace, Li Jiancheng sat on the couch with a blank expression on his face, staring out of the window with unfocused eyes. Under the dim light, the snow that had stopped for two days began to fall again, and the snowflakes rushed into the house in the whistling wind.

At the moment when he heard the battle report, Li Jiancheng was still a little ignorant, and even rejoiced in his heart... To kill Liu Heita, such a great achievement was snatched by Cheng Mingzhen.

But not long after, Li Jiancheng was taken aback. Apart from Cheng Mingzhen, Li Daoxuan was the one leading the pursuit!

One is the general manager of Weizhou, and the other is King Huaiyang, the general manager of the Hebei Road Army. Is there any suspense about who will be the leader?

It is clearly written in the battle report that Cheng Mingzhen captured Liu Heita alive and beheaded him in the government office of Guantao County.

What a great feat it was to capture Liu Heita alive?

Li Daoxuan actually asked Cheng Mingzhen to behead him, what does this mean?
The reason why Li Jiancheng was able to win over Cheng Mingzhen was because he allowed Qi to kill Liu Heita to avenge his mother, wife and children.

All this has come to naught... If Cheng Mingzhen hadn't voted for Prince Qin's Palace, would Li Daoxuan have nodded his head?
This is a simple logic, and Li Jiancheng still can't tell Li Yuan all his difficulties...just because Li Daoxuan and Xu Cheng Mingzhen beheaded him?
Even if what you said is true, it is only natural for the King of Qin to avenge him and Cheng Mingzhen to join the Palace of the King of Qin... In this era, the emperor is not the sole master of every official.

Li Jiancheng's hands and feet were cold, and he thought in his heart, how long can he sit on the crown prince under his ass?
It seems that with the support of his father, the support of important ministers and prime ministers, the East Palace is also full of talents, except that the ratio of civil and military skills is not comparable to that of the Qin Palace, it is not much worse than it.

But whether a prince can sit still, there are too many factors...

Externally, today's Li Jiancheng has little influence on the military. Internally, Li Jiancheng's reputation has plummeted because of Shi Wanbao's counterfeit sage's edict, which led to the destruction of the army... Among them, the Qin Palace also contributed a lot. Li Jiancheng made a lot of publicity.

And Li Shimin...whether in Chang'an or outside of Chang'an, he has a very high prestige, and his influence in the army is not even comparable to that of Li Yuan. Now, in addition to the Eastern Shaanxi Road, there may be a Hebei Road. .

Li Jiancheng got up suddenly, and suddenly pushed open the half-covered window, letting the cold snowflakes blow towards his face.

Throw in the towel?
Since ancient times, can any of the deposed princes survive?
Yang Yong, the first crown prince of the former dynasty, was deposed as a commoner. The first thing Yang Guang did after he came to the throne was to kill Yang Yong. Most of his descendants were killed, except for a few children who were exiled to Lingnan.

A 30-year-old woman with a plump figure walked in slowly, and put a coat on Li Jiancheng's shoulders, "Your Highness, be careful of catching a cold."

"Guanyin..." Li Jiancheng's eyes gradually became sharper, and he patted the back of his wife's hand with his backhand, suddenly thinking of his second sibling for no reason.

One is Zheng Guanyin, and the other is Guanyin's servant girl.

"Report to Your Highness, the sage is summoned in the Ganlu Hall."

There was a report from the palace people outside, and Li Jiancheng took a deep breath. The Ganlu Palace is behind the Ganlu Gate, north of the Hengjie Street, and it is a sleeping palace that foreign ministers must never enter, which means that Pei Ji must not be present.

Second brother, do you think you will win?

Second brother, don't think you have no handle in my hands!
When Li Jiancheng entered the Temple of Ganlu in a restless state, Li Shimin greeted him with a smile and said, "Brother really knows people, Cheng Mingzhenguo is talented, and he made a great contribution to beheading Liu Heizhen..."

"Although he was captured alive, he wanted to kill him recklessly. Although he has merit, he also has faults." Li Jiancheng replied indifferently, then turned to look at Li Yuan, "Father, although Cheng Mingzhen beheaded Liu Heitai, it was Huaiyang Prince who led the pursuit. "

Li Yuan nodded slightly, indicating that he knew, this was clearly written in the victory report, but Cheng Mingzhen beheaded Liu Heitai to avenge his mother, wife and children, it was only right and proper, even he, the emperor, couldn't say anything wrong.

Li Yuan didn't know the details of Cheng Mingzhen's incident, and he had vaguely guessed something from Li Jiancheng's change of attitude. He was a little helpless about this.

"Daoxuan has made many meritorious deeds, and after returning to Beijing..." Li Yuan thought for a while, "Add the uniform of the crown, the second part of advocacy and music, 20 swordsmen in the class, and two thousand catties of gold."

"Father, isn't it a little light for such a great achievement?" Li Jiancheng raised his voice, "Father has not yet rewarded the second younger brother for his achievements."

Li Shimin's face changed slightly, Li Yuan was a little strange, he frowned and asked, "Why do you reward me?"

Although Li Daoxuan is attached to Li Shimin, and Qi Shanxing and Tian Liuan are from the Qin Palace, this is not the reason to reward Li Shimin.

"This time Liu Heikai was defeated and captured alive. Although the second brother is in Beijing, he has made great achievements." Li Jiancheng cast an ambiguous look at the second brother, "Tian Liu'an is sticking to Weizhou, and his troops are insufficient. The second brother sent Shandong Road Send out troops, cross the river and go up, and the two sides will attack each other, and then there will be a great victory in Wei County."

"Is there such a thing?" Li Yuan's expression finally changed.

The corners of Li Shimin's lips were tightly pursed, thinking in his mind, it is certain that the details of the battle report from Hebei entered Beijing and passed into the East Palace...but only Wang Junkuo himself, Qu Tutong, Han Liang, and Yu Zhining were still in Hebei to send troops from the Eastern Shaanxi Province. Li Daoxuan, Tian Liuan and others knew about it.

How did the eldest brother know such secrets?
If it is said to be known in the future, it is still possible... But if it is known so quickly, what is wrong?
Li Shimin's thoughts changed sharply, he had an eyeliner in the East Palace, could it be that his elder brother also had an eyeliner in the Prince Qin's Mansion?
Li Shimin, who was laid in an ambush, was confused and a little confused, but Li Jiancheng thought for a long time and kept talking.

"Hebei Road has been fighting for many years. Dou Jiande and Liu Heikai have been in chaos three times. The fields are barren and people's livelihood is difficult. We should set up Hebei Road Xingtai and use Shangshu to control it."

"The younger brother of the king of Huaiyang fought bravely, beheaded Liu Heimai, and regained Hebei. He also served as the general manager of Luozhou, and he was appointed as the Minister of Hebei Daoxingtai."

There was silence in the huge Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin's cheeks were twitching, brother, are you going to flip the table?
(End of this chapter)