In the ninth year of Wude, on the sixth day of the eighth month, there were only three days left before Li Shimin ascended the throne.

In Chang'an City, it is a serious place, and a large number of soldiers have been stationed in Chang'an in the past half a month, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as three steps and one post.

A large number of soldiers will inevitably bring a new round of crackdowns, and those idle guys in Chang'an City have been a lot more honest recently, if it weren't for the hundreds of people who were caught.

Everything is developing in the expected direction, the security of Chang'an has improved greatly, and Li Yuanji has also disappeared, sinking in the Taipingfang, mixing with those craftsmen.

When all this was really realized, Li Shimin still didn't feel the slightest bit of joy.

The internal hidden danger has not completely dissipated, but it has only calmed down for the time being, but the external trouble is getting bigger and bigger.

According to the news from the border pass, a large number of traces of Turkic cavalry were found in Fengzhou and Yunzhou, and this incident disturbed Li Shimin, even if he was happy to ascend the throne, he could not hide the worry in his heart.

However, at the same time that Li Shimin had a headache and was helpless, Li Yuanji once again couldn't bear it and conveyed a shocking news to Li Shimin through Li Jing.

After thinking about it for three days, he sent a large number of people to investigate, and even knocked on Li Jing's side, but the information he got was only one-sided.

Of course, what Li Shimin fears most is whether Li Yuanji will give him a 'Xuanwu Gate'?

However, under Li Jing's vigorous persuasion, Li Shimin still decided to visit Taipingfang today, but this time he would not be so blind, first ordered Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Yanjin to lead 200 forbidden troops into Taipingfang, thoroughly inspect all places, and even drive out the workers who planned to start work.

Rao is like this, there are also 2,000 troops outside to surround Taipingfang, and Li Shimin's side is followed by the eldest grandson Wuji, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Gongsun Wuda, Qin Qiong, Duan Zhixuan and other senior generals.

Early in the morning, looking at the empty construction site, Li Yuanji was a little unhappy, and it seemed that he would be delayed for another day.

"Your Highness, is this possible?" Yu Ren frowned, and looked at the lonely city gate tower in the middle of the Taiping Square with a worried face.

"You should say what will shock them today." Li Yuanji glanced at it angrily.

"Such a small city gatehouse is completely unnecessary." Song Zhong also felt a little nonsense, the most important place for the city gate tower is the city gate, is it for sightseeing to build such a city gate tower in the middle of the city?

It doesn't look as brilliant as the architecture of the imperial city, and it also recruited the crown prince, isn't this asking for trouble?

"Huh! Shallow! "Asking for trouble? Li Yuanji doesn't think so.

Especially on the premise that you are sure that you are not safe, unless you don't want to live, how can you ask for trouble?

The first life-saving charm is to pay taxes, but this one is more of an appetizer.

Anyway, I have watched so many court dramas in later generations, and if the ministers want to protect themselves, as long as they do two things, it is not difficult.

Either it's like He Shen's huge greed, or because he is too capable and talented, he must be greedy to give the emperor some of his own handles, otherwise how can the emperor rest assured?

Or just like that kind of scientific research worker, who only knows how to work hard, has no ambition, and occasionally loses his temper or something, and he will not be angry.

The handle has been handed over to Li Shimin, and now, it's time to come up with the meaning of his existence.

If he really lives like the kind of prince who eats food and doesn't care about idleness, he will definitely be happy to be another emperor, but if this emperor is Li Shimin, it is not necessarily.

A group of civil servants and military generals surrounded Li Shimin and walked on the streets of Taipingfang, full of construction sites, dug foundations, but all the foundations were the same, there were no huge wooden pillars, but the eyes of these bigwigs were obviously not here.

At this moment, the city gate tower in the center, which is about five zhang high, has become the most eye-catching building, and Li Yuanji is also leading a few dogs to wait there, along with Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin.

Looking at the gray-white city gate tower, Li Shimin carefully inquired, Li Jing had already told him that today's focus was on this city gate tower, but after looking at it for a long time, in addition to the different colors and shapes, Li Shimin did not see anything that could shock him.

"Yuanji has been tossing this all this time?" Li Shimin showed dissatisfaction and put on a posture of hating iron but not steel.

"Exactly!" Li Yuanji didn't have those dirty thoughts in his heart, he just wanted to show his existence and let Li Shimin know his importance and uniqueness. "Second brother, don't underestimate this, if Chang'an is built like this, give me 100,000 troops, and you can guard him as a wasteland."

"Humph! His Highness is not afraid of the wind, flashing his tongue. Hou Junji snorted coldly, he still believed in it for ten days and half a month, and the sky was old and the earth was old? Doesn't that mean that there is no one to storm your city?

Li Yuanji is lazy to take care of Hou Junji, the character of this product is actually similar to Wang Junkuo, belonging to the kind of little work that feels that Lao Tzu is the first in the world, and the whole world owes him, these two goods are simply the perfect example of pride and complacency.

"Believe it or not, try it. General Wei Chi, there is a prepared ladder over there, you order someone to place the ladder there according to the pattern of siege, and then the people retreat. Li Yuanji didn't ask Li Shimin for his life, and directly commanded Wei Chigong.

I don't know what's going on, maybe it's because I've had a lot of contact, Li Yuanji still has a very good feeling for Yu Chigong, so I'm more willing to deal with Yu Chigong.

Li Shimin nodded to Wei Chigong, and Wei Chigong beckoned his soldiers to put the ladder there.

The height of the ladder is just right, and the angle is also about forty-five degrees, and it is difficult for the defenders to push the ladder down at this angle, because the stick is not so long.

Under normal circumstances, the ladder is rarely placed to forty-five degrees, and the production of the siege ladder is also relatively rough, the length and thickness are not the same, and more are cut down before the battle, most of the time, the height of the ladder is just enough for the soldiers to climb the city.

"The ladder at this angle, it is difficult for the defenders to knock it down, the siege vehicle or anything is not prepared, the amount of work is too large, and there is no need for that. The city gate uses the general city gate, and the way to defend the siege vehicle is to completely block the city gate, only need to put those bags with dirt behind the city gate, as long as the blockage is tight enough, the siege vehicle is unable to break through the city gate. The only drawback is that the city gate is blocked, which is not conducive to the pursuit out of the city. Li Yuanji began to introduce, except for the city gate, which was conducive to the defenders, the cloud ladder was extremely unfavorable to the defenders.

It just so happened that Wei Chi Gong led people to withdraw, and the five ladders were placed there at random, making a siege posture.

There were only a few figures on the head of the city as observations, but in fact, only one person was observed, and the rest were the forbidden army brought by Cheng Yanjin, and they were here to supervise.

Li Yuanji waved his hand, and the observation post roared downward, and then, all the generals' faces suddenly changed greatly, and even Li Shimin's eyes widened violently.

One by one, the crosslogs suddenly stretched out from about a zhang from the top of the city wall, and the five ladders were pushed up in an instant, and the crossbeams paused for a moment, but everyone present knew that the length of the crossbeams should not be enough to knock down the ladders.

But in just a few breaths, the beam quickly stretched outward again, and the five ladders were pushed back and slammed to the ground.

The crosswood began to shrink back, and when it returned to its original position, it paused for a moment, and after a few breaths, it continued to shrink until it blended into the entire wall, and it was impossible to see it at a slight distance without looking closely.

"Hmph, strange. Lewd. It's just a skill, but what if you knock down the ladder? Without the ladder, the crossbow bed can still send soldiers to the city. ”