Deep in the grassland of Shuozhou two hundred miles to the north, the grassland in early summer is boundless and flat, and when there was plenty of rain in the past, the grassland at this time should be more like a huge dark green disc that makes people feel vast and vast.

This spring, the rain is obviously less, and there is no green in the continuous plains, but just a piece of goose yellow and green stretching under the sky, looking at it from a distance, there are clusters of white clouds wriggling on the grass, it turns out that this is the sheep of the pasture, and when I get closer, I find that it is the white bones of the sheep.

The wind swept through the hills, whipped up wool and yellow dust and swept into the sky, and a Turk led 3,000 men and horses to gallop in the direction of Wucheng. The general who led the team was ordered by Jieli Khan to assist Liu Heimin in attacking Hebei's Tuojie general Wuyantu.

"The Heavenly Wolf King did not favor us, this time our grassland tribe has encountered an unprecedented catastrophe, in order to survive we must rob the Han people's food, livestock, property and women, but we must also be careful, last time we have been defeated by the army of Li Jiancheng, the prince of Tang State, the Tang army is not easy to mess with, we must also be careful, this time the target is Wucheng ......."

"On the third day of the sixth month, tens of thousands of cavalry raided Wucheng, and the minister led his troops to Wucheng on the fifth day of June, and Li Jing, the head of the Lingzhou Dao marching army, led 5,000 elite cavalry to help" - Wucheng defender Li Daozong's 600-li urgent battle report was quickly sent to Li Yuan's desk in the Taiji Hall of Chang'an City.

Li Jiancheng sat on the main hall of the East Palace and said to Wei Zheng and the others: "Although it is a bad thing for the Turks to provoke a war in the Tang Dynasty, this opportunity is extremely rare for us. What's more, Yu shot and returned the defeat of my eldest brother Li Daozong's men. It's time for us to show our faces, and I'll go to the saint in a while and ask for the third brother to lead the army this time."

After listening to Li Jiancheng's words, Li Yuanji said regardless of the presence of others: "Big brother, you have finally figured it out, and this matter is on your third brother and me."

Wei Zheng said: "Your Highness is only doing one thing, we have more important things to do."

"Mr. Wei, please speak," Li Jiancheng said with a smile.

Wei Zheng looked at Li Yuanji and said, "After His Highness went through Yang Wen's work last year, it must be clear that now King Qin and his party want to put His Highness to death. If it weren't for the wisdom of the saint, the best result for His Highness to say a great rebellion would be to be deposed. His Royal Highness can go and ask the sage for his life, and bring all the henchmen of the King of Qin to the army to Wucheng this time, and the King of Qi can design and kill him. There is only one Qin king left in Chang'an City, so why should he be afraid, and then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his ministers can find an opportunity to get rid of him."

What a powerful combo! Wei Zheng of a good bull fork!

Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said: "Last time, King Gu thanked Mr. Wei for saving him regardless of his own safety, but now he thinks clearly, since we can't sell King Qin's people, we will kill him."

After listening to Wei Zheng's words, Li Yuanji said happily: "Mr. Wei's good plan! If these people come to my account this time, I won't let one of them come back alive, don't worry, big brother, it's best for you to find an opportunity to get rid of him Li Shimin too."

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he stood up and gave Wei Zheng a rare salute.

But what they didn't notice was that Li Jiancheng recorded the prince's daily life next to him, and Wang Cheng quietly recorded all these ...... in the corner next to him.

At dusk, when Xiao Zheng rushed from the backyard to the main hall of King Qin's mansion, he found that the room was full, and there were seven or eight unfamiliar faces.

Seeing Xiao Zheng come in, Li Shimin asked people to find a cushion, and before he could speak, Li Shimin said: "I just received the sage's will, in early June, the Turks led troops to invade Wucheng, and this time my third brother led the troops to the expedition, but this time the generals here have a share, the eldest grandson Wuji joined the army for Changshi and Mr. Fang Duer, and Wei Chi, Cheng Zhijie, Zhang Gongjin ......, except for you, Mr. Xiao did not mention, the foundation of the entire Qin Wangfu is going to go to the expedition."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he handed the military book to Xiao Zheng, and after reading it, he was stunned for a while, if history had not changed, Fang Du and the others would have been demoted out of the Qin Palace. But at this time, the two of them were still sitting firmly in the Qin Palace, and they were about to go on the expedition, could it be that the little pebble that they jumped in wanted to change the direction of the wheel of history?

Before Xiao Zheng could speak, Fang Xuanling said: "Li Daozong and Li Jing's two elite soldiers and strong generals are more than enough to deal with a defeated general of Li Daozong's subordinates back then. This time, the King of Qi went out to let me wait for the battle, it was intended for you, the King of Qin, it seems that the crown prince has attacked us, and this method is clever enough."

Xiao Zheng also said: "In this case, it is not only strange that the sage sent Li Yuanji to send troops, but also a little weird. Careful analysis is not a purely military purpose at all, there are two fierce generals in front, at this time, don't say that sending the king of Qi goes, even sending a dog to go is a sure victory, Li Yuanji is also only picking fruits, there are many people who can do this kind of work. This time, let you go, it seems that the saint has made it clear that he wants to solve the problem of King Qin and me, after all, it is too simple to kill a person on the battlefield, and there is no excuse."

As soon as Xiao Zheng said this, the atmosphere in the hall became even more depressing, a young man a few years older than Li Shimin suddenly left his seat and said: "In that case, why don't we take the crown prince group first?" ”。 When he said this, Yu Chi, Lao Hei, Cheng Zhijie and others all stood up and agreed.

"Silence!" Li Shimin drank this military general and said with some excitement: "This matter is big, we must plan for the future, how can we act because our brains are hot?" Ridiculous! ”。

At this time, Ji Chun of the Qin Palace's Mansion hurriedly walked in from outside and said to Xiao Zheng: "Mr. Xiao, there is a person outside the mansion who said he wants to see you?" ”

"Looking for me? Who?" asked Xiao Zheng curiously.

"The man refuses to speak, saying that he is an old acquaintance of you, and that he has something important to report to you personally."

"Oh? Ladies and gentlemen, go down and come back."

"Protect Mr. Xiao" Li Shimin said to Ji Chun, and Ji Chun responded and followed Xiao Zheng to the door of the mansion.

Entering the gatehouse next to the mansion gate, Xiao Zheng found that Wang Qing was standing with an anxious look on his face by candlelight. After Wang Qing saw Xiao Zheng, he bent down and took out a letter from his boots and handed it to Xiao Zheng and said: "Mr. Xiao, this is what my eldest brother asked me to give you urgently, and I didn't read anything small in it, but let the little one tell you a word: June is cold and heavy, let you be careful of your body, and the villain will leave."

After Wang Qing finished speaking, he arched his hand, and the gate of the Qin Palace's mansion disappeared into the twilight. I returned to the main hall with the letter and opened the letter, and found that it was a letter written by Wang Hui of the Prince's Mansion, the content was very straightforward, on the one hand, the plan and inventory of Prince Jiancheng and Wei Zheng were revealed, and on the other hand, the plan of Prince Jiancheng and Li Yuanji to lend the opportunity to the army to assassinate the King of Qin was also told to Xiao Zheng. In order to make Xiao Zheng believe, all the official seals of Wang Hui of the Prince's Mansion were stamped on the letterhead, and it seems that Wang Hui also took great pains to make Xiao Zheng and others believe.

After reading the letter to Li Shimin, eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, Xiao Zheng picked up the letter and approached the candle flame and burned the paper to ashes.

After a moment of silence, Li Shimin said: "It seems that the other party has already made a decision, and we should also make a decision to deal with it."

Xiao Zheng thought for a while and said: "The other party wants to take this opportunity to get rid of us, and we can also take this opportunity to get rid of them, the opportunity is fair to both parties."

The eldest grandson Wuji also said: "Mr. Xiao's words are exactly what I want, and it will be up to us to grasp this opportunity at that time."

"Try not to go out during this period of time, in case the situation changes. If there is an emergency, the king will come to you at any time, so please be prepared and wait for the dispatch," Li Shimin said. After the matter was over, Li Shimin stopped a few unfamiliar faces and introduced them to Xiao Zheng one by one.

"This is Zhang Gongjin," .......

"This is Liu Shili and Gongsun Wuda" .......

After Xiao Zheng met with everyone, it was nothing more than some polite words that had been waiting for a long time without nutrition. When he saw the young man who was the first to speak, Li Shimin said: "This rising star who is also a general is named Hou Junji."

Xiao Zheng just arched his hand to him before he could speak, Hou Junji just snorted in his nostrils and looked at him contemptuously, turned his head and said to Li Shimin: "Your Highness, there is nothing important to do, so retire first."

Before Li Shimin could speak, he turned around and left.