Seeing that Yu Chi Jingde rushed straight to himself like a plague god, Li Yuanji was so frightened that he could not care about cutting off Li Shimin's head, turned the horse's head and fled, in order to make the horse run faster, he kept beating the war horse under the crotch with a long knife. The horse was in pain, neighed, and galloped forward.

The distance between him and Yu Chi Jingde gradually widened, and when Wei Chi Jingde saw that Li Yuanji wanted to escape, he put down his long lance, took off his hard bow, stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, and aimed at Li Yuanji and shot an arrow. Wei Chi Jingde is not only good at using a long lance, but also a bow and arrow that pierces Yang in a hundred steps.

Because this arrow used all his strength, it was extremely strong, Li Yuanji was frightened, and he just snapped desperately whipping the war horse to escape, and the sound of snapping also covered the sound of the sharp arrow, and he did not dodge, and was shot by Yu Chi Jingde from the back of the head, and the sharp arrow ran out from Li Yuanji's wide open mouth.

Li Yuanji let out an unwilling hoarse scream in his throat, turned over and fell off the horse.

After a while, the crown prince and the king of Qi both died, and the guards of the prince's east palace and the guards of the palace of Qi were like flies without a head.

The prince's henchmen, Xue Wanche and Xie Shufang, shouted: "Don't mess up, hurry up and catch the thieves who assassinated the prince and the king of Qi!" ”

Only then did the guards calm down a little, formed a team, and killed Wei Chi Jingde.

Wei Chi Jingde originally wanted to check on the injuries of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, but was entangled by the guards of many princes and the king of Qi, and he couldn't get out for the time being.

At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves from the right side, and a group of black-clothed cavalry under the leadership of Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, and Changsun Wuji killed the guards of the crown prince and the king of Qi.

Halfway through, the eldest grandson Wuji led dozens of black-clothed knights to divide their troops and go straight to Li Shimin, while the rest of the knights, led by Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, continued to rush towards the guards of the crown prince and the king of Qi.

These hundreds of black-clothed knights looked like battle-hardened warriors, and they killed the prince and the king's guards like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

Cheng Yanjin and the prince's henchman Xue Wanche fought together, Xue Wanche was also a fierce general like "ten thousand enemies", and the two were inseparable. Seeing this, Wei Chi Jingde opened a bloody road, and rushed straight to Xue Wanche's side.

Xue Wanche was fighting fiercely with Cheng Biting Jin, and the side was suddenly attacked by Yu Chi Jingde's furious hurricane, and he hurriedly wanted to dodge and avoid it, but what he didn't think about was that Yu Chi Jingde's long lance seemed to have eyes, and he had already predicted the direction of his dodge, and when he was horrified, there was a heart-piercing pain in his ribs, although he had armor to defend himself, but Yu Chi Jingde's spear was extremely powerful, Xue Wanche's ribs were basically shattered and fractured, and he was shot down from the horse by a strong impact.

At this time, Qin Qiong also happened to use an iron shovel to burst the brains of the prince's other henchman, Xie Shufang. Seeing this, the princes and the guards of the king of Qi no longer had the heart to fight and fled in all directions.

The eldest grandson Wuji helped Li Shimin to check it carefully, and found that he was wearing Mingguang armor under his robe, although he was hit by a few arrows, he was unscathed. It's just that due to a serious illness, the body is weak, and he fought hard just now, and now he is exhausted and unconscious. Hurry up and bring water for Li Shimin to drink, and soon after, Li Shimin slowly opened his eyes.

The eldest grandson Wuji briefly reported the current situation to Li Shimin to Li Shimin, and suggested that he immediately enter the palace to explain to the emperor Li Yuan.

Although Li Shimin was extremely sad in his heart because of his brother's cannibalism, he was a strong, responsible, and responsible person who could take care of the overall situation, and he also knew that he had to enter the palace as soon as possible.

At the moment, he supported the sick body, so that the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde helped him enter the Xuanwu Gate, and the guards of the Xuanwu Gate witnessed the whole incident with their own eyes, knowing that from now on, the Tang Dynasty will be the Qin King Li Shimin's, so the guard will personally go down to the city to welcome Li Shimin into the imperial palace Taiji Palace.

At this time, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan was rowing on the sea pool in the palace, and suddenly heard that Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Chi Jingde and others had urgent matters to see. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan had just wanted to inquire about Li Shimin's conspiracy to rebel that had been rumored in Chang'an recently, but when he heard that Li Shimin was coming, he asked the ship to dock and summoned Li Shimin to meet him.

After Li Shimin saw Li Yuan, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and he told Li Yuan one by one about the rumors that the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, led people to assassinate him in Xuanwumen today, and conspired with Tuyuhun to harm himself, poisoned himself when he was drinking, and colluded with the harem concubines to fabricate rumors that he was plotting to rebel, and told him that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had been killed by themselves when they assassinated him today.

When Tang Gaozu Li Yuan heard that the crown prince and the king of Qi were dead, his eyes couldn't help but go dark and he fainted. After being rescued by the imperial doctor for a long time, he burst into tears, "How can this be?" How can brothers kill each other? What to do now! ”

Li Yuan's ministers Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda said: "The crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji did not participate in the strategy of raising volunteers to resist the Sui Dynasty, and they did not make contributions to the world. They were jealous of King Qin's great merit and prestige, so they planned a treacherous conspiracy together. Now that the King of Qin has denounced and killed them, the King of Qin has covered the universe and the world has returned to his heart, if His Majesty can decide to make him the crown prince and entrust him with national affairs, there will be no more incidents. ”

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan was silent for a while and said: "King Qin's meritorious deeds are Lei Lei, and everyone expects him, and being the crown prince is the best candidate." ”

Li Yuan comforted Li Shimin with guilt: "In recent days, I have listened to slander, wronged you, wronged you, please don't take it to heart, the Tang Dynasty still needs your support!" I am also the most relieved to hand over the Tang Dynasty to you. ”

Li Shimin knelt down, fell on his father's chest, and cried for a long time.

Afterwards, Li Shimin announced that the charge of treason would only be imposed on Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and the rest of the henchmen would not be investigated.

On the same day, Gaozu issued an edict to grant amnesty to the world. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan issued an edict appointing Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as the crown prince, and issued an edict: "From today onwards, all affairs of the military and the state, no matter how big or small, will be entrusted to the crown prince to handle and decide, and then report to me." ”

A month later, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan gave Pei Lin and others an edict and said: "I should add the honorific title of Emperor Taishang." He expressed his thoughts of abdication and inner meditation. and revoked the residence of the Tiance general, which was concurrently held by the crown prince Li Shimin, to prepare for Li Shimin's accession to the throne.

On September 3, 626, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan promulgated a book to pass the emperor's throne to the crown prince Li Shimin, who was the emperor and still lived in the main hall of the Inner Palace-Taiji Palace. Li Shimin resolutely refused, but Tang Gaozu Li Yuan did not allow it.

On September 4, 626, the day after Gaozu promulgated the succession system, the crown prince Li Shimin became the emperor in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace, which was for Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and granted amnesty to the world, thus beginning his glorious imperial career.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Qin Qiong, the protector of the Qin Palace, was the general of the left military guard, and Cheng Yanjin was the general of the right military guard, and Wei Chi Jingde was the general of the right military guard. With Fang Xuanling as the middle secretary, Xiao Yu as the left servant, the eldest grandson Wuji as the secretary of the ministry, and Du Ruhui as the secretary of the military department.

In the second month of Li Shimin's accession to the throne, he personally led a large army to the land of Yanzhao to quell the rebellion. Before leaving, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other strategists analyzed to Li Shimin why Yan Zhao Dadi would re-oppose the Tang Dynasty, one is that the combat effectiveness of the Yan Zhao army cannot be underestimated, and another important reason is that the Tang Dynasty's high-pressure policy towards the Yan Zhao army made them have to rebel, and it would be a death to lose or surrender, so they simply resisted to the end, so even if they were killed by the Tang Dynasty. The army can come back after defeating and escaping.

Therefore, they persuaded Li Shimin to go to the land of Yanzhao this time to quell the rebellion, not only to use force alone, but also to treat the prisoners well and appease the people, so that the land of Yanzhao could finally be pacified and have long-term peace and stability.

Li Shimin felt that it made sense and adopted them all.

Li Shimin led Tang. The army was stationed in Weizhou, the land of Yanzhao, and Liu Heimin sent troops to challenge him many times, but he was all challenged by Tang. The army was thwarted.

Liu Heimin was afraid that a protracted war would be detrimental to his troops, so he abandoned Xiangzhou and retreated to the Lieren camp to set up a defensive guard. At this time, the people of Luoshui County asked to be Liu Heimin's internal response, Li Shimin sent the governor Luo Shixin into the city to defend it, Liu Heimin conquered the county town of Luoshui, Luo Shixin was outnumbered and killed, and Liu Heimin then guarded Laozhou.

Li Shimin relied on the danger of the water, and set up a military camp to coerce Liu Heimin, and sent Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde and other surprise troops to cut off Liu Heimin's grain transportation channel.

Liu Heimin challenged many times, and Li Shimin stuck to the barrier and should not fight, to dampen his spirit.

The army rations in Liu Heimin's city were exhausted, and Li Shimin expected that he would inevitably come to a decisive battle, so he ordered people to block the upper reaches of the river in advance, and told the Tang general guarding the embankment that when the battle began, when Liu Heimin's army crossed the river and walked to the middle of the river, he would dig the embankment.

Liu Heimin really led 20,000 infantry and cavalry to cross the water and set up a formation. Army Wars.

On the one hand, Li Shimin led the army to fight with Liu Heimin's troops who crossed the river, and on the other hand, he ordered the Tang generals who were guarding the embankment to dig up the embankment.

The river was surging, and Liu Heimin's troops were crushed, killing more than 10,000 people and drowning thousands. Liu Heimin and the Red Lady fled with the remnants of a few thousand people.