Li Shimin

Chapter 1 "Preface"

Nine years of Wude.

The first day of June.

Ding Si day.

Chang'an City, due south.

At noon, when the street was bustling with activity, a dazzling celestial light came from outside the sky and fell all the way towards Zhongnan Mountain outside the city.

Those who saw this miracle stared wide-eyed and ran to tell each other.

After a few breaths, Taibaijin star appeared to hang due south, occupying the noon position.

Everyone in Chang'an City was in a state of turmoil, terrified, and talking about it.

Two days later, the Taibaijin star once again hangs directly south of Chang'an City, at midday!
Undercurrents are surging in Chang'an City!

On the fourth day of June, King Qin led his generals to launch a mutiny at Xuanwu Gate. Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qi Li Yuanji were defeated!

That night, people's heads rolled in Chang'an City, and blood flowed like rivers!
Two months later, Li Yuan, the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty, abdicated the throne, and his second son, King Li Shimin of Qin, succeeded him with the reign name Zhenguan!
On August 28, Turkic Jieli took advantage of the succession of the new emperor and the internal instability of the Tang Dynasty. He led 200,000 soldiers and lined up on the north bank of the Wei River, with banners flying for dozens of miles.The city of Chang'an was empty, and the new emperor set up a strategy of suspicious soldiers. He personally led six cavalry, including Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Gao Shilian, to the edge of the Wei River.

Rebuking Xieli made Xieli suspicious.

Later, the emperor signed an alliance with Jieli on the banks of the Wei River.

Jieli began to retreat...

When the new emperor returned to the palace, his eyes were red and he wanted to devour people. This was regarded as the greatest humiliation by the new emperor!
—— "The Biography of King Wei"

(End of this chapter)