Li Mu asked again: "Just now the general said that the prince's three guards only obey the prince's orders, how can I command?" Could it be that this time to quell the rebellion, the prince is also going? ”

Hou Junji smiled bitterly: "That's true, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks." The prince's personal expedition is rare in ancient and modern times. ”

Hou Junji's words contained deep meaning, Li Mu also heard it, he glanced at Hou Junji, and reciprocated with gratitude. In Hou Junji's position, he can remind him that this step is not easy.

This matter is by no means as simple as it seems, but if you ask Li Shimin at this time, you will definitely not get any results. Li Mu thought about it for a while, but he couldn't think of anything, the history he came into contact with was all about Li Tai and Li Chengqian's competition for favor, and the rebellion of Li You, the king of Qi, was mostly mentioned as a joke, and there were no details in his memory for reference. In the original historical trajectory, Li You's rebellion occurred about half a year before Li Chengqian's rebellion, and the heat lasted for a very short time.

The real situation still has to wait for Qizhou and adapt to the situation.

Leaving from the military department, Li Mu entered the imperial city, he wanted to say goodbye to Li Shimin, and then he was about to lead the army to the battle. Li Chengqian is also here with Li Shimin, and Li Mu is in trouble. At the time of parting, Li Shimin took out a set of battle armor and put it on Li Chengqian's body.

"This armor was worn when I was fifteen years old when I led the army into battle." Li Shimin rubbed the scales of the battle armor, which were covered with sword slash marks, and every trace seemed to tell the bloody wind and rain at that time, Li Shimin sobered up from his reminiscences, patted Li Chengqian's shoulder, and said: "Wu'er is thirteen years old this year, and he can already wear my fifteen-year-old armor, which shows that Wu'er is much stronger than I was back then." ”

"Father-" Li Chengqian's nose was sour, and tears rolled in his eyes. In his memory, since his father ascended the throne and became the emperor, he had never heard such warm words. The father seems to be a lot more biased, and he only thinks about the green sparrow in everything. Li Chengqian once really thought that he was not valued by his father. I also believed in those officials in the East Palace, and my father had the heart of easy storage. It is impossible to say that there is no pressure.

But seeing Li Shimin's rare licking of calves today, Li Chengqian can really feel it, and in Li Shimin's eyes, he cares about this son. The blood in the young man's chest rushed straight to his head: "Father, the son must return triumphantly!" ”

"Don't be pushy." Li Shimin took Li Chengqian's hand, put it in Li Mu's hand, and said: "Everything must be arranged by your eldest brother, and you must not act recklessly." Although you are the crown prince, you must abide by the rules of the army in the army. Orders and prohibitions are necessary, and if you can't do it, you won't want to lead troops to fight again in this life. ”

Li Chengqian said solemnly: "Erchen must abide by the rules, in the army, there is only the deputy general Li Yu, and there is no prince Li Chengqian." ”

"Okay," Li Shimin nodded, looked at Li Mu again, and said, "I handed over my two sons to you, Li Mu, go early and return early." ”

"I will definitely come back before the year." Li Mu promised, paused, and Li Mu said again: "This is going to Qizhou, although I pass through Luoyang, but the minister will not go back." The affairs of Miao Jiang and the Foreign Affairs Office, please pay more attention to your Majesty. Especially all the things in Miao Jiang were written in the previous recital. Although the minister is good at dictatorship, he has no selfishness, all for His Majesty and the court. Regarding the matter of the Tang family, it is just a little shallow opinion of the minister. If Your Majesty thinks it is inappropriate, you can discuss it with the princes again, and the minister is far away in Qizhou, so he will not participate. ”

"I'll take care of all these things before you come back." Li Shimin knew what Li Mu meant, if according to his suggestion, after the Tang family moved to Miaojiang, it was likely that the Tang family would become the first king, the emperor of the soil, this is a forbidden thing, but Li Shimin didn't care very much, and said: "Tang Jian's loyalty, I have never doubted it." It's just that I can't bear it, although the Miaojiang region is not small, it is full of snakes and insects, and it is full of miasma, which is not the same as the Central Plains. I was confused for a while, and demoted Tang Jian there, and every time I thought about it, I felt that I had gone too far, thinking of rushing to an opportunity to transfer him back. I will communicate with Tang Jian about this matter, you can rest assured. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Li Mu finished speaking, he was going to take Li Chengqian to say goodbye. Walking to the door, Li Shimin suddenly stopped them.

He looked at Li Chengqian, was silent for a while, and said, "If you are used as the vanguard to break through Qizhou City, what should you do?" ”

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, and his expression looked like he obviously hadn't thought about it. After all, what he was told was to listen to Li Mu's words, and to be a deputy general, it was difficult to have the opportunity to be a pioneer. But since Li Shimin asked, he couldn't help but answer, thought about it, and said: "First post a notice to appease the people, ...... to appease the people?" ”

The tone was a little uncertain, and he glanced at Li Mu secretly. Li Mu did not respond, and Li Chengqian had to say again with certainty: "Pacify the people." ”

"What to do with the traitors?"

A trace of essence flashed in Li Mu's eyes, coming and coming, the classic scenes of the palace fighting drama probed people's hearts. He couldn't help but look at Li Chengqian, and said in his heart, little brother, whether you can be the emperor or not depends on what happens to you.

He wanted to help, but he couldn't help anything, and he didn't know what the standard answer in Li Shimin's heart was. If you say exterminate the traitors? Li Shimin may say, do you treat your brother as a traitor? Are you going to kill your brother? You want to learn from your father-

It may be faulty like this, but if it is the other way around, Li Chengqian said that I must persuade my younger brother and treat him well, is it also a fault? Father, father, father, first, father. Rebellion is a great rebellion, what is wrong with the son, and he cannot be exempted from sin!

So no matter how you answer it, it's a pit. Whether Li Chengqian can answer correctly or incorrectly is a matter of great luck.

"This ......" Li Chengqian was also a little panicked, but his thirteen-year-old IQ obviously couldn't think of so much, after a short silence, Li Chengqian said: "Erchen is just a pioneer, he can't make this kind of decision." Didn't the father say that he wanted his sons to listen to the eldest brother's arrangement? ”

Li Mu raised his eyebrows in surprise, thinking to himself, this kid will shake the pot.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Then do it, you are the pioneer, and after the city is broken, let your eldest brother deal with the rebellion." ”

"Oh." Li Chengqian became happy, looked at Li Mu, and said, "Big brother, I'm a pioneer, you can't let me hide in the rear army." ”

"Your Majesty has a will, and you should obey it." Li Mu also responded, Li Chengqian jumped two feet high, saluted Li Shimin with Li Mu, turned around and went out together.

Li Shimin watched the two walk away through the glass window, and sighed for a long time. Turning around, there was already one more person in the hall, it was Yuan Tiangang who had returned from Luoyang 'Yunyou' at some point.

"Am I in a hurry?"

"Your Majesty has been thinking too much, he has been operating for many years, and once he has closed the net, he can count it in one fell swoop, and there is nothing to rush." Yuan Tiangang only learned about Li Shimin's complete plan in recent days, and he was full of admiration. To be able to have such a calculation, and to be able to do it like a rock. Li Shimin is worthy of a generation of heroes, and everyone in the world knows that he is a general of Tiance with outstanding achievements, but he doesn't know that his calculations are not comparable to ordinary people.

"Those people in the heir hall think that they have succeeded in their calculations, but they don't know that they have fallen into the trap of Your Majesty, and with the cleverness of the Marquis of Luoyang, they will not live up to Your Majesty's expectations."

"It's just that after this time, I'm afraid there will be a rift between me and Li Mu again." Li Shimin sighed and said: "It's okay to do things, pay equal attention to conspiracy and conspiracy, and scheming is indispensable many times, Li Mu is not small, it's time to learn these things." ”

"Your Majesty has good intentions."

Li Shimin looked at Yuan Tiangang and said, "Aiqing, can you divinate a hexagram for me?" ”

Yuan Tiangang's job is to do this, and he said solemnly: "I don't know what Your Majesty wants to count?" ”

"You look at the prince's behavior, is he worthy of a great responsibility?"

"This-" Yuan Tiangang's heart suddenly suddenly, how did he answer this? He said yes and no, no and no. Li Shimin seemed to see his embarrassment, and said: "What the hexagram says, how Aiqing interprets it, you can calculate it casually, let me listen to it, it's not a gossip to confuse the public." ”

"Then the minister will be courageous." Speaking of this, Yuan Tiangang couldn't shirk it, took out three copper coins from his sleeve, sprinkled them casually, the copper coins fell to the ground, Yuan Tiangang squatted down to check, picked up the copper coins, and said: "The hexagram is a little weird, and the minister doesn't dare to say it." ”

"Say!"

"As the hexagram says, the prince does not have the destiny of the Son of Heaven."

"Huh?" Li Shimin looked at Yuan Tiangang, Yuan Tiangang bowed in fear, and said: "The minister just interprets the hexagram according to the hexagram, which is indeed the case." Your Majesty, the royal family, has a very precious life, and most of the ministers' hexagrams are inaccurate and not reliable. ”

"Yes," Li Shimin smiled and said, "Whether the crown prince can succeed to the throne or not is completely up to me." How can you assert because of a hexagram? If this is the case, will not man be victorious over heaven? ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, let the bad guys sneak into Qizhou in advance." On the day the city was broken, none of Yin Hongzhi's relatives could be let go. ”

"I understand."

Yuan Tiangang left, leaving Li Shimin alone, and he looked a little lonely in the huge hall.

He picked up the pen and put the pen on the rice paper.

The ink was blown dry, and four big characters appeared: Alone.

As a monarch, he is destined to be lonely.

……

The military order is given, and the order is forbidden. The crown prince Sanwei got the will, and when he saw the tiger talisman in Li Mu's hand and Li Chengqian himself, he immediately accepted the fact that Li Mu was the commander-in-chief. This is also the benefit of the government military system, the soldiers of the government military system are loyal to the Tang Dynasty rather than loyal to a certain general, as long as there is a tiger talisman, there will basically be no problem of unmoving.

Li Mu also saw the so-called Prince Sanwei for the first time, the Prince Sanwei, divided into the Prince Guard, Prince Xunwei and Prince Yiwei, its candidates are not selected from the Praetorian Guard, and Chongwen Pavilion, Hongwen Pavilion is the same, they are all selected to be the children of the ministers of the court, as the Prince Sanwei, the difference is that the Chongwen Pavilion is surrounded by Wenchen, and the Prince Sanwei is surrounded by military generals. Everyone in this has a background, and those who don't have a background can't get in, which also determines that the number of Prince Sanwei will not be very large. This is also deliberate, after all, the prince's three guards are too close to the palace, if there are too many people and exceed the palace guards, what if the prince rebels? There are only 1,500 people, compared with the tens of thousands of palace guards, they are not in the same order of magnitude at all, and they can't stir up any storms.

Usually a guard, about 800 to 1,500 people. And each of the prince's three guards has only five hundred people, and the three guards together are only 1,500 people. Relying on these 1,500 people to attack Qizhou is obviously a bit too much. Therefore, Li Mu's tiger talisman actually has the authority to transfer the nearby Zhichong Mansion, and after arriving in Qizhou, he can transfer soldiers, horses, and grain nearby, and these 1,500 people are used for the Chinese army.

The overall quality of this batch of 'second generations' in the early Tang Dynasty is okay. Li Mu stood on the high platform and counted the troops, and the queue he saw was horizontal and vertical, no different from the real palace guards. The equipment of the prince's three guards is all 'full of formation', bows and arrows, horizontal knives, and horse lances are all equipped, and the overall combat effectiveness should probably exceed that of ordinary guards.

After Li Mu ordered the troops, the army pulled out, from the east gate, the last time the army went out of the city, it was a decisive battle with the Turks, and the west gate went out, this time it was out of the east gate, and there were all kinds of rumors in the market, which attracted the eyes of the people on both sides of the road, Li Chengqian, as the vanguard, walked in the forefront of the team. Usually a guard, about 800 to 1,500 people. And each of the prince's three guards has only five hundred people, and the three guards together are only 1,500 people. Relying on these 1,500 people to attack Qizhou is obviously a bit too much. Therefore, Li Mu's tiger talisman actually has the authority to transfer the nearby Zhichong Mansion, and after arriving in Qizhou, he can transfer soldiers, horses, and grain nearby, and these 1,500 people are used for the Chinese army.

The overall quality of this batch of 'second generations' in the early Tang Dynasty is okay. Li Mu stood on the high platform and counted the troops, and the queue he saw was horizontal and vertical, no different from the real palace guards. The equipment of the prince's three guards is all 'full of formation', bows and arrows, horizontal knives, and horse lances are all equipped, and the overall combat effectiveness should probably exceed that of ordinary guards.

After Li Mu ordered the troops, the army pulled out, from the east gate, the last time the army went out of the city, it was a decisive battle with the Turks, and the west gate went out, this time it was out of the east gate, and there were all kinds of rumors in the market, which attracted the eyes of the people on both sides of the road, Li Chengqian, as the vanguard, walked in the forefront of the team.

Usually a guard, about 800 to 1,500 people. And each of the prince's three guards has only five hundred people, and the three guards together are only 1,500 people. Relying on these 1,500 people to attack Qizhou is obviously a bit too much. Therefore, Li Mu's tiger talisman actually has the authority to transfer the nearby Zhichong Mansion, and after arriving in Qizhou, he can transfer soldiers, horses, and grain nearby, and these 1,500 people are used for the Chinese army.

The overall quality of this batch of 'second generations' in the early Tang Dynasty is okay. Li Mu stood on the high platform and counted the troops, and saw the queue, horizontal and vertical, with the real palace