In the city of Weizhou, Hebei Province, the heralds of the Tang army ran out of the temporary marshal's mansion from time to time, rode fast horses and galloped outside the city.

In the main hall, Li Jiancheng sat in the middle, and Li Yuanji, who was next to him, also leaned on the pillar in the hall. Wang Qi, Xue Wanche, Liu Hongji and others also knelt on both sides. A middle-aged man in a blue silk robe, nearly forty years old, was standing and talking to Li Jiancheng, this person was the crown prince washing horse Wei Zheng.

"The minister thinks that His Royal Highness should not be in a hurry to fight with Liu Heimin this time, Liu Heimin's rebellious army this time is composed of two parts, one is the borrowed Turkic soldiers, and the other part is the soldiers of the Han people in Hebei. This borrowed Turkic army seems to be powerful, but the Turks only focus on immediate interests, and after a long time, the Turks will not see the benefits and naturally refuse to listen to Liu Heimin's dispatch. And my Han soldiers still have to attack the heart, and more importantly, the contradictions between the Han people and the Turks led by Liu Heimin can be used" Seeing that Wei Zheng's analysis was the head of the road, Li Jiancheng also nodded in approval.

"Where did you get so much thought, big brother, little brother, I'll just go out with the soldiers and beat them away," Li Yuanji interrupted Wei Zheng and said.

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuanji and said: "The third brother must not be rude, what Wei Qing said is a good policy, you listen to Wei Qing first."

Wei Zheng bowed his hand to Li Jiancheng and continued: "The minister saw that although the prince was the eldest son, his military achievements were not as good as those of the King of Qin, so the minister suggested that His Royal Highness the prince go down to the saint to ask for battle. On the one hand, it is also an opportunity for you to prove your abilities to the saints, and on the other hand, it is also your chance to prove your abilities to the saints. Therefore, we are only allowed to win and not lose in this battle, so we must be cautious and cautious, step by step. My Datang has not occupied Hebei and Shandong for a long time, and most of the people in the two places do not recognize my Datang, and many things have happened that have turned their backs on me. If the crown prince takes advantage of this opportunity to win the hearts of the people in Hebei and Shandong, the position of the prince will be more secure, and the prince's power above the court is far greater than that of the king of Qin, and if he can buy the hearts of the people in Luoyang, we will do better for him."

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, he glanced at Li Yuanji with some contempt and said: "A few days ago, our army fought with Liu Heimin, and as a result, Li Daoxuan's troops were defeated in Xiabo, Li Daoxuan was killed, and Shi Wanbao fled back on horseback. I think your Third Highness has also suffered Liu Heimin's loss. As long as I hold on to the danger and stay still, I see what he can do to me."

Li Yuanji suddenly stood up from behind the case, pointed at Wei Zheng and said, "You ......."

At this time, Wang Jue also stood up from behind the case and said: "The minister attaches to Wei Zheng's proposal."

Xue Wanche and Liu Hongji also stood up and said, "The ministers attach to Wei Zheng's proposal."

More than a month has passed, and Liu Heimin led his troops to attack several times before losing troops and making no progress. The Tang army did not take the initiative to fight, and there was a surprisingly calm on the battlefield on both sides.

Cui Xiao, the head of the Qinghe Cui clan of the Wang clan in Hebei, and Cui Xian, the head of the Cui clan of Boling, received the prince's decree sent by the prince Jiancheng to Weizhou, and invited the person in charge of the clan to Weizhou for a talk. The elders of the two families were puzzled, and they didn't understand what medicine the prince bought in this gourd, but they couldn't help but go.

When the person in charge of the clan arrived in Weizhou, he saw the prince welcome him from a distance, and after seeing the people of the two families, he fell to the ground, and the number of etiquette was extremely thorough, and the people of the two families were allowed to enter the banquet after the ceremony. During the banquet, the prince was not obscure, and said straight to the point that he was inviting the two families to come not to collect money and food, but to assist Gu to do a good job of appeasing the people.

As soon as the people in charge of the two families heard that things were so simple and could have a relationship with the prince, they could make a decision without reporting to the head of the family, and rushed home overnight after eating to report the good news to the head of the family, and the same scene was constantly staged among the powerful nobles in Shandong.

After the third watch in the middle of the night, Liu Heimin's camp suddenly shot thousands of arrows, the camp thought it was an enemy attack, and when preparing for defense, no one was injured, picked up the arrow to see that there was no arrow, there was only one more paper scroll on the top, open the paper scroll, there were literate people who read out the words written on it, "a Turkic head, can be exchanged for three tilting fields", and the seal of the prince and several major wang clans in Hebei was also covered on it, and some Han soldiers in the barracks did not believe the words of the prince, but many people from several wang families would believe that for a time the hearts of the people in the barracks were fluctuating, In addition, Turkic soldiers often stole things, and the two sides clashed in the barracks.

Fan Yuan hurriedly walked in and said to Liu Heimin: "King Han, now some Turks in the camp have begun to rob the property and food of our Han army, and there are frequent skirmishes, and the two sides have already killed and injured each other, please King Han hurry up and find a way, otherwise we will be in chaos before we attack the Tang army."

Before he finished speaking, a Turkic general walked in, and Wuyantu was ordered by Jieli Khan to lead 10,000 cavalry to assist Liu Heimin in attacking Hebei. After entering the tent, Wu Yantu said to Liu Heimin very unceremoniously: "King Han, we have been here for almost two months, what about the gold and silver treasures you promised us, what about the women, and our food is almost exhausted, and your brothers are very hostile to us, if you don't fulfill your promise now, I will withdraw my troops immediately."

Liu Heimin said to Wuyan Tu: "General Wuyan, don't worry, this king will have a way to capture Weizhou City, and then I will let you lead your troops to Weizhou City, and you can take whatever you want in the city."

"Three days, I'll only give you three days, if you can't get what I want, I'll withdraw my troops immediately" Wu Yan suddenly turned around and walked out.

Early in the morning, the Tang army scouts ran into the middle hall of the Shuaifu, "to inform His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that there were many mutinies in Liu Heimin's camp."

Wei Zheng asked the scout, "You can confirm that it is true."

"It's true, the villain risked his life to take a closer look and found that Liu Heimin's Han soldiers and Turkic soldiers began to fight each other."

"Great!" Wei Zheng clapped his hands excitedly and said to Li Jiancheng: "The minister asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to send troops to encircle and suppress Liu Heimin."

Li Jiancheng got up and said to everyone: "Liu Hongji leads the left army, Xue Wanche leads the right army, I lead the middle army, and the three roads attack at the same time.

"Fight!" ……。

"Why does this Liu Hongji bite us like a hungry dog!" Liu Heimin rode on his horse and shouted at Fan Yuan. In this battle, Liu Heimin was defeated, and the Turkic soldiers saw that the Tang army just wanted to resist, but suddenly saw that the soldiers of the Han army in the same battalion helped the Tang army chase and kill him. For a while, the Turks were killed and fled, and seeing that the general situation was gone, Liu Heimin had no choice but to flee with his own personal guards.

There was no rest for five days in a row, and the long journey made his subordinates miserable. Liu Hongji led 3,000 light cavalry to pursue day and night, making Liu Heimin tired. In terms of fighting alone, Liu Heimin can beat Liu Hongji all over the ground to find teeth, but the evil tiger is difficult to defeat the wolves.

As soon as he wanted to sit down and catch his breath and eat something, Tang Jun chased after him from behind, and when he came to the front of him, he shot with a bow, and his arrows had long been used up, and there was no other way than to get up and run. When he saw Raoyang City, Liu Heimin looked back at the dozens of cavalry left who followed him, and restrained the war horses, and everyone was hungry at this time.

"Everyone, this Raoyang City is our territory, let's go, brothers, let's go to the city to get something to eat," Liu Heimin said.

As soon as I arrived at the city, I saw that the city gate was wide open, and Zhuge Dewei, the assassin of Raozhou appointed by Liu Heimin, went out of the city and greeted him with a group of officials. Zhuge Dewei arrived in front of Liu Heimin and the others, bowed and choked with tears in his eyes and said: "Weichen knows that the King of Han is in trouble, and now the villain has prepared thin wine in the city to invite the King of Han to enter the city to rest."

"The king of Han is slow, with all due respect, now we are all defeated generals, the wall is down and everyone is pushing, I am worried that there will be changes in the city, Rong Chen will go to investigate first and then plan again" Fan Yuan arched his hand on the horse and said.

"Okay, then we'll try the situation," Liu Heimin thought for a while and said.

Zhuge Dewei cried and shouted: "King Han, the heart of the micro-minister is clear-eyed, the villain is the person you personally appointed, if you want to betray the king, you still need to take such a painstaking effort, the lower officials only need to be strong on the city shelf, why is the king still suspicious of the minister."

After listening to this, Liu Heimin looked back at the eyes of the soldiers behind him who were eager to enter the city to rest, gritted his teeth and waved his hand, "Enter the city."

After entering the city gate, seeing that there was no abnormal situation around, Liu Heimin's hanging heart relaxed. When I arrived at the entrance of the government, several large cauldrons were laid out, and steamed rice and boiled mutton were steaming in the pots.

Zhuge Dewei stepped forward first, took a bowl, scooped something into each pot, put it in and ate it in front of everyone, the soldier who had already had an empty stomach did not wait for Liu Heimin to speak, rolled off the horse, grabbed the bowl, and rushed to the meal.

Zhuge Dewei saluted a few people and said: "Weichen invited the King of Han and others to go to the palace and set up a table for a banquet to relieve the suffering of the King of Han and the adults."

Liu Heimin took Fan Yuan and a few people into the mansion, and just walked to the middle of the courtyard and felt that his feet were loose, and the ground suddenly sank, and the pit was covered with fine lime powder. At this time, I only heard Zhuge Dewei above laughing and said: "Tie up a few of them in a while, and hand them over to the prince to dispose of ......when the prince comes."

In the same month, the crown prince Li Jiancheng brought Liu Heimin and his younger brothers Liu Shishan and Fan Yuan back to Zhaozhou and beheaded them. and announced in public the three chapters of the law: as long as Liu Heimin's old department no longer acts as a traitor, he will not be blamed for the past; If the officials of the original Hebei provinces are found to be innocent, they will continue to be used at the same level; Hebei and Shandong are exempted from taxes for three years.

After listening to this, the people of Hebei knelt in front of the prince's horse and cried thousands of people, and the voice of the prince's thousand years old resounded throughout the land of Shandong and Hebei.

Before the army went back, Li Jiancheng ordered Xue Wanche to lead his troops to encircle and suppress the bandits in the two places, and the bandits were extinct for a while, and the people did not close their doors at night, Hebei and Shandong Dading. When Li Jiancheng moved back to the dynasty, the people on both sides of the road carried pots and pulp to reward the soldiers.

On the way, Li Jiancheng said approvingly to Wei Zheng: "Thank you to Wei Qing for your plans in Hebei and Shandong, and after returning to the dynasty, I will report to the sage to reward Qing's family."

Wei Zheng arched his hand and said: "This is not enough for His Highness to worry about, although our strategy of pacifying Liu Heimin this time has been reversed, but the prestige of King Qin is getting higher and higher, I am afraid it will not be conducive to your future status, Weichen still asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make a decision early and get rid of him as soon as possible." ”

"No, sir's words are too much, how can this fratricidal thing be done, don't mention it again in the future," Li Jiancheng finished speaking, and lifted the reins of the horse and walked forward.

Wei Zheng looked at Li Jiancheng's back and shook his head, and let out a long sigh .......