As a red sun rose in the east, Li Chengqian's car started slowly.

Pei Xingjian was dressed in Mingguang armor and carried a spear, leading the two armor-bright Donggong Praetorian Guard cavalry as the front, and the two thousand cavalry were lined up in a neat queue of four horses in each row, and they were lined up a kilometer away.

Followed by the four hundred five-colored dragon flags played in front of the car, each row of eight horsemen also discharged more than 100 meters long, Li Chengqian's leather wheel was surrounded by Wang Qun led by two hundred Donggong Qianniu dressed in famous Ming Guang armor, surrounded by guards, behind the car erected two rows of Huangluo umbrella covers, and then behind Su Dingfang, who was wearing armor, led a phalanx of 10,000 foot soldiers, walking in a uniform pace, closely following Li Chengqian's car.

Then there were nearly 50,000 disarmed Hui soldiers led by Wu Su, 2,000 cavalry led by Cheng Wuting in the back, and finally the Turkic soldiers led by Xu Jingzong and Li Simo drove the captured tens of thousands of war horses.

Li Shiji and others also followed Xu Jingzong to the end.

Li Shiji and Hou Junji are both people in the art of war, and they are people who have walked tens of thousands of miles with a large army, and they feel terrible when they see Li Chengqian's winding procession winding for miles without the slightest chaos.

I couldn't help but secretly compare myself in my heart, if I led my troops to fight against several generals under Li Chengqian, I am afraid that the outcome would be unpredictable.

Li Chengqian sat on the chariot to appease Li Ke who wanted to get out of the car, and Li Ke was now becoming more and more careful in front of Li Chengqian.

"Sit down, I have something to tell you." Li Chengqian said lightly.

"Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for advice." Li Ke sat a little stiffly and said cautiously.

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Ke with the whites of his eyes, and said faintly: "People's minds can't be too much, otherwise they will be alienated from flesh and blood." ”

Li Ke's face turned pale when he heard this, and he wanted to say something but was stopped by Li Chengqian, only to see Li Chengqian turn his head and look at him seriously and ask, "How is the sea ship being built?"

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, at first it was difficult to log in Jiannan, and there were several rebellions, but later His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent the prisoner to collect wood.

More than a dozen giant ships with a length of 12 zhang have been built, but the emperor wants to use those sea ships to conquer Goguryeo from the sea. Li Ke looked at Li Chengqian and was a little worried, he could see that Li Chengqian and Li Shimin were not all the way.

Li Chengqian knew all this, so he just nodded and said: "The conquest of Goguryeo does require sea ships, but now is not the time to conquer Goguryeo." ”

"And now there are some rumors that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince divides the kings to exile all the kings and heroes overseas." Li Ke whispered his concerns.

Li Chengqian snorted coldly when he heard this, turned his face and asked lightly: "You think so too, so you don't even dare to call your eldest brother?"

Hearing this, Li Ke hurriedly stood up and said eagerly: "Too, I didn't think like this, big brother. ”

Now that Li Shimin is still alive, Li Ke doesn't need to be so afraid of Li Chengqian, but Li Ke chose to rely on Li Chengqian in the battle between Li Chengqian and Li Tai, and if he had a dispute with Li Chengqian, Li Shimin might not help him.

Li Chengqian couldn't bear to see Li Ke's anxious appearance, pulled him to sit down and asked seriously: "To be honest, do you think so too?"

Li Ke said very sincerely: "Brother believes in the eldest brother. ”

Li Chengqian looked at his face seriously, and didn't see anything for a long time before he nodded and said, "Whether you believe it or not, just send some people out to have a look." ”

"Hmm!"

Li Chengqian has now laid the foundation in the military, and when the entire Hetao area is determined to be changed to Liuliu and placed his henchmen here, he will have iron assistance in his place, and when he returns to Chang'an, he will have the capital to clean up those scholars who have been harming for hundreds of years.

However, in order to clean up these deep-rooted warriors, in addition to having a military advantage, he also had an economic advantage, so he needed food from overseas, and since the sea ships had been built, it became extremely urgent to send people to sea.

Li Chengqian's team fluttered on the prairie like a dragon, which had already alarmed Li Shimin.

Li Shimin thought about it for a long time last night before deciding how to deal with Li Chengqian, and in the middle of the night he ordered Li Ke and the highest-ranking officials around him to meet Li Chengqian early this morning.

"Son of a, this is truly a victorious return!" Li Shimin rode his war horse to a small hillside near the barracks, and watched the mighty team gritting his teeth.

After saying that, he seemed to feel that the whole grassland was particularly ugly, and he suddenly lifted the reins and drove the war horse back to the camp without looking back.

Miles of distance passed slowly, and when Li Chengqian's car came to the gate of the camp, it was already the end of the hour, and it was time for us to go to work now.

Donggong Wei led the general Li Daliang to lead the ministers to line up outside the camp to greet them.

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

After stopping, Li Chengqian walked out of the carriage and saw that the ministers led by Li Daliang were bowing down to salute, and then said loudly: "All the ministers are flat." ”

Li Ke also quietly stepped down at this moment, and joined the ministers in the camp with Li Shiji, Hou Junji and others, who had already caught up, and guided Li Chengqian's car into the camp in front.

Li Daliang led Li Chengqian to a tent in the camp closest to Li Shimin's tent and said: "Qi play His Royal Highness the Prince, this camp tent is the temporary sleeping tent of His Royal Highness the Prince, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to enter the tent and change clothes." ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he got out of the car and said to everyone with a smile: "You have worked so hard to arrange it so thoroughly, the lonely king misses his father very much after not seeing him for several months, and I want to go to see my father now." ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for everyone to speak, and walked directly to Li Shimin's tent.

When Li Chengqian came to the door of Li Shimin's tent, he saw the curtain at the main entrance of the tent opened, and hundreds of soldiers with bright spears lined up on both sides of the door. Look inside, one or two of the inner servants of the goose wings lined up and stand straight outside the tent, the big tent looks quite dim because of the bad light, only there seems to be a torch next to Li Shimin's throne, and Li Shimin's face is uncertain.

Li Shimin would give him a dismount Li Chengqian had already expected it, and calmly arranged a piece of armor and then slowly walked towards the tent, Li Ke and a group of civil and military officers followed Li Chengqian nervously, not knowing what kind of storm would be ushered in later.

Li Chengqian walked into the big tent and saw Li Shimin wearing a red and yellow robe, a folded turban on his head, a nine-ring belt around his waist, and six-fold boots on his feet.

Li Chengqian watched Li Shimin wear this set of regular clothes that were convenient for martial arts from the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, and said in his heart that he was wearing armor today.

After Li Chengqian entered the hall, he took a few steps to the front of Li Shimin's throne, and solemnly bowed to the ground and said: "The son of the emperor will see his father." ”

Behind him, Li Ke and the ministers all bowed a foot away from him.

Seeing Li Chengqian bowing down, Li Shimin hurriedly got up and walked off the throne, bent down to help Li Chengqian up, held his arm, looked Li Chengqian up and down affectionately, and sighed: "My son has lost a lot of weight!" ”

Li Chengqian looked very embarrassed when he first encountered this.

Li Shimin didn't feel embarrassed at all, holding Li Chengqian and not letting go, and looked carefully for a long time before continuing to say: "But this armor looks heroic and extraordinary." ”

Saying that, he smiled at Hou Junji and the others: "Zhongqing is flat!" He turned his head to look at Li Chengqian and said, "In the past, I always felt that the prince was not big, but I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, he would have the ability to plow the court and sweep the holes." After that, he laughed heartily, and all the ministers in the tent also laughed.

Li Shimin ordered a seat to be set up next to his throne for Li Chengqian to sit on.

After Li Chengqian and the ministers were seated, Li Shi praised Li Chengqian fiercely in front of everyone, and then asked him to go back to the tent to rest, saying that he would hold a banquet for him at noon.

From the meeting to the end, he did not say a word about the war, nor did he ask Li Chengqian what he thought about the follow-up treatment.

In the next few days, Li Shimin also cared for Li Chengqian, and issued an order saying that he worked hard all the way and ordered him to rest well and not have to worry about other things.

Li Shimin did not invite Li Chengqian to participate in any discussion of military and state affairs with the generals, but he must let Li Chengqian participate in banquets and ceremonial occasions to celebrate his achievements, and he would always praise Li Chengqian in front of everyone every time.

After a few days like this, Li Shimin completely set Li Chengqian in the air.