After the First World War of Jiangdu, Yu Wenhua and the Great Margin were completely destroyed.

For the capture of Yang Yanzhao and Empress Xiao, this is something Chen Tian did not expect.

Chen Tian then put Yang Yanzhao and Empress Xiao under house arrest for the time being, waiting for their fate in the future.

Along with Yang Yanzhao and others, there are also Empress Tuigu and the Man in the Iron Mask.

As for this iron-masked man, Chen Tian knew that he was Guan Yu who had lost his memory, but now Guan Yu seemed to be delirious, and when he opened his eyes, there were endless killing opportunities, and he couldn't approach it at all.

Chen Tian could only put him under house arrest with a dark iron chain, and wait for the opportunity to deal with this problem in the future.

And right now, what Chen Tian has to do is to take command of the Northern Expedition and conquer Li Tang!

The news of Chen Tian's Northern Expedition, together with the hundreds of thousands of "Seeking Tang Xuanwen", soon spread all over the world, and Sima Zhao, Xue Ju, Cao Cao and others really did not support, but just quietly complimented on the surface, ready to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

This astonishing news also quickly spread to Chang'an and to Li Yuan's palace.

At this time, Li Yuan, who was still repairing the world, was greatly shocked when he heard the news, and immediately summoned the civil and military ministers to discuss countermeasures.

The main hall of the royal palace.

On the seat, Li Yuan, whose face was slightly pale, glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "This Chen Tian has already issued a message everywhere to crusade against Gu Datang, and now he is gathering troops everywhere, I am a dignified Tang Dynasty, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, how can I be bullied by such a milky child?" Thou hast not come to me with any good plans. ”

There was a dead silence, and no one spoke.

Since the second prince Li Shimin and the eldest prince Li Jiancheng both suffered defeat at the hands of Chen Tian, many civil and military forces did not dare to say anything about Chen Tian easily.

Helpless, who makes Chen Tian seem to have God's blessing, every time he can win more with less, and play impossible victories one after another, who dares to face Chen Tian now.

Moreover, Li Shimin's vitality has just recovered a little, and now he doesn't want to go on the expedition at all, so he chooses to continue to cultivate obscurity.

And Li Jiancheng is greatly injured and his reputation has been greatly reduced, even if he wants to lead troops to resist Chen Tian, I am afraid that Li Yuan will not agree.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuanden was furious, slapped the desk suddenly, and shouted angrily: "A bunch of waste, it costs so much money to raise you on weekdays, but now that it's in trouble, you can't even let out a fart one by one." ”

"Your Highness doesn't have to be too anxious, Chen Thief has a small number of soldiers, this time he will personally recruit more than 100,000 troops, and I, Li Tang, have an army of more than 200,000 to defend and attack, what can Chen Thief do to us?"

At this time, a man dressed in a Confucian robe stood up and spoke his thoughts.

Everyone looked at each other, and this person was Liu Wenjing.

"And to attack Tongguan, the Chen thief must successively break through the two checkpoints of Xuchang and Yingchuan, so the minister thinks that he only needs to send a general to guard Xuchang with heavy troops to resist the attack of the Chen thief."

Seeing Liu Wenjing's words, Li Yuan nodded, and then continued to ask: "What Zhaoren said is extremely true, so I don't know which general is willing to guard Xuchang?"

There is still no one to fight.

On the other side, Li Yuanji, the third son of Li Yuan, saw that no one invited him to fight, and thought that the opportunity for meritorious service had come, so he straightened his clothes, shook his spirits, and wanted to go out of the class to ask for battle.

Suddenly, Li Yuan felt that someone was pulling him behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that Li Jiancheng was holding him, and he was still shaking his head secretly.

Li Jiancheng's meaning was obviously that he didn't want him to ask for war.

But Li Yuanji hesitated, gritted his teeth, and arched his hand: "Father, the son is willing to lead the army to guard Xuchang, and he will definitely tell the thief Chen to break the halberd under the city!" ”

Everyone's eyes focused on Li Yuanji.

Li Jiancheng frowned deeply and shook his head secretly, because he knew very well that Li Yuanji's tone and strength were completely disproportionate.

Seeing that someone was asking for battle, Li Yuan's spirit immediately perked up, but when he saw that it was his third son Li Yuanji who asked for battle, his old face was a little disappointed.

That disappointment represents distrust of Li Yuanji.

Although Li Yuanji did not lose, Li Yuanji was reckless and prodigal on weekdays, and he did all the evil things of adultery and plunder, and Li Yuan turned a blind eye.

And right now, his son, who has done a lot of evil, is going to defend the important town of Xuchang, how can Li Yuan rest assured.

"Besides Yuanji, who else wants to guard Xuchang?" Li Yuan didn't make a decision, and looked at the rest of the generals again.

The generals bowed their heads one by one, and no one asked for battle.

At this time, Li Xiaogong and Hou Junji stood up at the same time, and said angrily: "The last general is willing to assist the third prince to guard Xuchang." ”

Hou Junji and Li Xiaogong were both Li Yuan's founding fathers, and both of them had rich combat experience, so Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

"That's it, that's it......"

Zhang Gongjin in the audience shook his head and sighed a few times, took a deep breath, and also said: "The minister is also willing to go to Xuchang with the third son, plan for the third son, and guard Xuchang." ”

Seeing this scene, Li Yuan was even more relieved, and the distrust on his face was finally alleviated by most, because Zhang Gongjin was a scheming person, and with his help, Li Yuan was naturally much more relieved.

"In this case, Lone ordered you to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to guard Xuchang, there must be no mistakes, and you must not become a laughing stock like Nayu Culture, otherwise you will only ask when you come back." Li Yuan had no choice but to respond to Li Yuanji's invitation to fight, but he was repeatedly advised.

Li Yuanji saw that his father didn't trust him so much, so he said angrily: "Father, rest assured, the son will guarantee his life, this time he will hold Xuchang for his father, people are in the city, people are dead in the city, that Chen Tian'er, as long as the son is in one day, don't want to step into Xuchang in this life!" ”

Li Yuanji's generous statement was tantamount to setting up a military order with his life, vowing to ensure that Xuchang would not be lost.

Having said this, if Li Yuanruo didn't give a little trust, he was afraid of Li Yuanji's heart, so he smiled happily: "Okay, he is worthy of being the son of this king, he is really domineering, and now with the help of your three virtuous ministers, this important town of Xuchang will be as stable as Mount Tai." ”

"Thank you for your trust, my son will do his best, and he will not let that thief enter Xuchang one step further." Li Yuanji listened to Li Yuan's encouragement, and he had already begun to swell, and his mind was full of pictures of Chen Tian being forced by him to surrender and leave.

Li Yuan immediately passed down the general's order, granted the military talisman, and ordered Li Yuanji to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to Xuchang.

(To be continued...... ）