My father, Li Shimin, requests Your Majesty to become the Retired Emperor.

Yanqi suffered repeated defeats on the battlefields of the Western Regions.

Seeing that they couldn't defeat Li Chenggan in a direct confrontation, the Turgenev sent the Rakshasa woman Lan Po to Chang'an to stir up trouble.

They attempted to incite internal strife within the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengan and Su Wan managed to resolve each issue one by one through various means.

The Rakshasa woman Lanpo has come to the Wa Kingdom as an envoy again and formed an alliance with King Shuming, attempting to attack the Tang Dynasty from both the east and the west.

When the Rakshasa woman Lan Po saw that Li Chenggan, Songtsen Gampo, and others had arrived in the Wa country, she fanned the flames from the sidelines and persuaded Inugami Mita-kusa to take the opportunity to kill Li Chenggan and Songtsen Gampo.

The Rakshasa woman picked up her teacup, took a sip, and said, "Tell me, why was it that when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu jointly destroyed the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang was ultimately victorious and established the Western Han Dynasty?"

The monk Daotong put his palms together and said, "Amitabha. Because Xiang Yu liked to kill, he often massacred cities and buried alive 20 Qin soldiers, which made the people of Guanzhong hate him to the bone."

In addition, he did not establish his capital in Guanzhong, but instead made Pengcheng his capital.

Pengcheng was surrounded by enemies on all sides and was difficult to defend. Moreover, its food supply lines were too strong.

The Guanzhong Plain, with its vast fertile lands, is a true arena for military prowess.

He said that once you achieve success and fame, you should return home in glory.

Therefore, he ignored the advice of others and insisted on making Pengcheng the capital.

These are the main reasons for his failure.

Qin He then said: "Xiang Yu killed Emperor Yi."

This exposed his ambition, and the feudal lords of the world united to attack him, which made it morally unacceptable for him.

He failed to recognize talent and did not give Han Xin an important position.

Han Xin then switched allegiance to Liu Bang;

Xiang Yu was suspicious, and although he had only one strategist, Fan Zeng, he couldn't utilize him.

He fell for Chen Ping's counter-espionage plot and began to suspect General Zhongli Mei.

This caused his civil and military officials to become disloyal and alienated.

Ultimately, Xiang Yu was defeated at Gaixia by Han Xin's ambush strategy.

Li Chengan listened from outside and thought to himself that these people had a fairly good understanding of the history of the Central Plains, and their analysis was quite logical.

The Blue Rakshasa woman smiled slightly: "In my opinion, what you say makes some sense."

However, it still didn't get to the point.

Are these the reasons you've mentioned the reasons for Xiang Yu's defeat?

Yes, but that's not the root cause.

The crowd asked, puzzled, "Then why do you think Xiang Yu failed?"

"Xiang Yu failed because he let Liu Bang go at the Feast at Hongmen. If he had acted decisively and killed Liu Bang at that time, none of the subsequent events would have happened."

That's the root cause.

Everyone agreed with her.

The Rakshasa woman continued, "In my opinion, Li Chengqian is now even more cunning and ruthless than Liu Bang was back then."

The saying goes, "Release a tiger back into the mountains, and the consequences will be dire."

This time, he came here, which was the perfect opportunity to get rid of him.

If he returns to the Tang Dynasty smoothly, none of us here will have a good future.

The Tang Dynasty today is far more powerful than it was when Liu Bang first established the Western Han Dynasty.

future,

Once Li Chenggan inherits the throne, he will surely wage war on all sides.

At such a young age, he is now unstoppable in the Western Regions; no one can rival him.

If he undergoes a few more years of honing his skills, who could defeat him?

Therefore, General, you must not be soft-hearted. Seize the opportunity to capture him, and under no circumstances should you let him return to Chang'an.

When Inugami Oden heard this, he agreed wholeheartedly and kept tapping the ground with his cane, making a "thump-thump" sound.

"Old man, you're absolutely right."

Back then, Xiang Yu was too concerned about brotherhood. In reality, Liu Bang's surname was Liu, and Xiang Yu's surname was Xiang. What kind of brothers were they?

Liu Bang, with his silver tongue, used sweet words at the Feast at Hongmen to trick Xiang Yu into letting him go.

In the end, Xiang Yu was still too young and too sentimental.

We absolutely cannot repeat Xiang Yu's mistakes. This time, we must kill Li Chenggan!" Inugami Mitaku said, his eyes flashing with ferocity.

Daotong and Qinhe both expressed their approval.

Pharmacist Hui Ri quickly raised his right hand: "Everyone, you are all wrong."

The Tang Dynasty today is like a sleeping lion.

You must never provoke him.

The Heavenly Khan once said that he would treat all people, whether they were from the Central Plains or barbarians, equally.

That's what he said, and that's what he did; he was quite friendly to us.

That is why, when the general and I arrived in Chang'an, they treated us with great courtesy and generously shared their agricultural techniques, the systems of the Central Plains, and Buddhist scriptures with us without reservation.

It should be said that we learned a lot from the Tang Dynasty.

Some knowledge and techniques, if we hadn't gone to the Tang Dynasty, we might never have been able to understand or even imagine them in our entire lives.

Since the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the common people have suffered too much.

People yearn for peace and tranquility; this is an inevitable trend.

If anyone starts a war or provokes a conflict, the people of all countries will not stand for it.

If we're just talking about fighting, Li Shimin joined the army at 18 and pacified the country at 24. Who could defeat him?

General, although you are quite capable, think back to the separatist forces of Xue Ju and his son Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heita, and others—who among them was easy to deal with?

But what happened in the end?

Who could be a match for the Heavenly Khan?

Li Chenggan surpassed his teacher.

Although he is still very young

Although our Japanese navy is quite formidable...

but,

Defeating the Tang Dynasty would be no easy task.

In addition to its own powerful military, the Tang Dynasty now had external support from Tibet, Tangut, Tuyuhun, and Silla.

Putting aside everything else, just take Songtsen Gampo for example; he was incredibly powerful.

I heard that he was already the bravest soldier in the army when he was young.

Now, Songtsen Gampo has become a prince consort of the Tang Dynasty.

If we were to go to war with the Tang Dynasty, would Tibet not step in to help?

Besides, once a war breaks out, no one has an absolute guarantee of victory.

Inugami Mitaku stared intently at Yakushi Eri: "After you arrived in Chang'an, you were bought off and devoted yourself to protecting the Li Tang dynasty, never prioritizing the interests of our Wa (Japanese) nation."

What do you know?

Li Shimin and his son Li Chenggan were definitely not the kind of people you think they are!

Li Shimin killed even his own elder brother Li Jiancheng and younger brother Li Yuanji, so why would he consider anything else?

You're overthinking things.

Not only that, Li Shimin also killed all of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's sons.

He also took Li Yuanji's concubine, Lady Yang, the wife of the Prince of Chao.

If Li Shimin could do something like this, what else wouldn't he be capable of?

If we don't take measures soon, we might end up being dealt with without even realizing it!

For the sake of our Wa (Japanese) nation, this time, I must kill Li Chenggan!