Therefore, Li Yuan agreed to send troops to support Xue Ju as soon as possible, and personally assured Xue Ju that there would be no more situations where friendly troops would be unable to move like a mountain.

After Li Yun got Li Yuan's promise and a paper agreement, he was satisfied. Before Tang Feng's matter was revealed, he quickly packed up all the things he was carrying, and left Chang'an City without any delay.

Li Yun had just left Chang'an City on the front foot, and Li Shimin, who was on the back foot, ran to his father Li Yuan's mansion in a hurry to meet Li Yuan. He hurriedly saluted his father, and without waiting for his father to answer, he stepped forward and asked, "Father, where is that envoy from Xue Ju now?" Did he come to meet you to discuss the matter of jointly sending troops against Li Wenyuan? ”

Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, and then told Li Shimin all of Li Yun's whereabouts. After Li Shimin heard this, he beat his chest for a while, and scolded himself in his heart that he had come too late. Li Yuan saw that his son reacted so abnormally, and he was also curious to ask Li Shimin what happened. There are really not many things in this world that can make his second son, who has always been mature and stable, so out of shape.

Li Shimin listened to his father's inquiry, slightly suppressed the indignation in his heart, and said to Li Yuan: "Father, you don't know anything. 35xs Erchen once sent someone to investigate the relationship between Xue Ju and Li Wenyuan in detail, which can be said to be a broken thread. The two had a very good personal relationship, Li Wenyuan had saved Xue Ju's life in his early years, and later taught Xue Ju's two sons Wen Tao Wuluo, even if Xue Ju's clansmen could do nothing more than that. As for Xue Ju, he did his best to help Li Wenyuan climb to the position of the head of the Western Regions step by step during this period. Judging from the results of Erchen's investigation, the two actually seemed to have some secret agreement before the incident, so that these two people have been vaguely maintaining a relationship of allies after the incident. Although the two of them have never signed any well-known agreements on the surface, they have never clashed, on the contrary, they have often exchanged ideas with each other, and they have never been on the border until we intervened in Xue Ju's forces. It can be seen that the relationship between these two people is not as simple as the allies we seem to be on the surface. ”

Li Shimin paused, seeing that Li Yuan had a thoughtful expression and had no intention of speaking, Li Shimin continued: "This allows Li Wenyuan and Xue Ju to each use their strongest forces to expand externally without worries, which is undoubtedly very unfavorable to us. 35xs Moreover, Li Wenyuan's army has conquered all the land between the north of Sun Hua's land and the Great Wall, and Li Wenyuan's army and Xue Ju's army have faintly formed a three-legged situation against us. If one day these two people are really determined to join forces to carve up our Datang, it will be almost effortless, and the two of them only need one from west to east and one from north to south, and we will definitely have no power to fight back. To put it mildly, we may not even have the ability to defend.

Since the last time Erchen was defeated by Xue Ju, what he pondered every day was how to break up the unbreakable alliance between Xue Ju and Li Wenyuan, and only by letting them contain each other could we reduce the defensive pressure of our Datang on the border. Later, after many investigations, Erchen finally found that Xue Ju's interior was not monolithic, and the civil and military ministers in his court were divided into various parties, attacking each other, and relying on Xue Ju's clever means to check and balance these various factions, so that they were still evenly matched, and there was no situation where a single university was in charge of the government. But the fact that there is calm now does not mean that it will remain calm forever, and the existence of parties is the best news for us. Therefore, Erchen just used some means and spent some scattered silver taels to bring together several small gangs that were usually suppressed by the party that supported Xue Ju and couldn't raise their heads. They joined forces to work together to destroy this alliance between Li Wenyuan and Xue Ju. It's just that I didn't expect them to be so neat. It was much faster than Erchen expected, and before Erchen could make follow-up preparations, they had already caused a gap between Li Wenyuan and Xue Ju, and they saw that the war was about to start.

Erchen originally thought that after finishing the affairs in the east, he would return to Chang'an City and make arrangements slowly, and when I received the news, I immediately set off to rush back, but I didn't expect to hurry up along the way, and finally it was a step slower, and I couldn't stop you from signing an agreement with Xue Ju in time. Besides, Father, you are indeed in a bit of a hurry this time, and you are not scared when you complete it, it is a plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf. We Datang only need to watch the fire from the other side, and finally reap the benefits of the fishermen. But your paper is the same as a thousand seals. It is impossible for us Datang to be a wall-to-wall watch. If you really do that, then how will you be able to hold your head up in front of the people of the world in the future, and how will you be worthy of the word morality? ”

After Li Yuan listened to Li Shimin's words, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and secretly said in his heart: Did you tell me Li Yuan when you were planning these things? On the father, you and I are the father and son of the monarch and the minister, when you are doing such a big scheme, you have to give me a breath to the bottom no matter what. It's good now, you were happy for a while, and you didn't say a word to me when you did such a big thing, and you didn't tell me about it. Now things have gone wrong, and it's become mine to come back, right?

The more Li Yuan thought about it, the more angry he became, staring at Li Shimin in front of him with a gloomy face, and there was a little anger in his tone, he scolded: "Listen to what you mean, are you complaining?" Why is this situation so fast that you don't expect it? Now that I have said this, I want to ask you, in the law of my Tang Dynasty, how should I be punished for the crime of bullying the king and fornicating with foreign enemies? ”

Li Shimin listened to Li Yuan's words, and was very keenly aware of the killing intent in Li Yuan's words. I saw him fall to the ground with a soft knee, kowtow to Li Yuan in front of him, and kept saying: "Father is angry, father is angry." This matter is indeed too hasty for Erchen. It's just that this matter is very important, and the son was afraid that the news would leak out, so he didn't inform his father in time. And the matter was urgent, so as soon as Erchen heard that something unexpected had happened, he panicked for a while. Erchen was really anxious to make amends, so he did so many transgressions. I also hope that your father, you will understand that your sons and ministers are in a hurry to obey the power, and do not take this matter to heart. ”

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