On the Wude Palace, Li Yuan looked at Liu Wenjing, who was kneeling under His Royal Highness, and seemed to have no intention of getting angry, so he just asked calmly: "Liu Wenjing, are you guilty?" ”

Liu Wenjing kowtowed and said: "The death penalty of the minister, the defeat of Hancheng, the loss of 20,000 troops, caused Feng Yijun to be in danger; But the saint, even if he wants to kill the minister, he still has to send reinforcements to Feng Yi County, otherwise Feng Yi County will not be protected, and Li Jing will be killed under Chang'an City. ”

Li Yuan asked a nonsensical sentence: "I heard that you are friends with Yang Chong and Li Jing's sworn brother Zhang Bojian?" ”

Liu Wenjing's face changed greatly, this question was enough to kill her, and she hurriedly defended: "Holy Lord, it is true that Zhang Bojian and I are friends, but it is a private matter, and the minister has never delayed official business. ”

Pei Lin stepped forward and said: "Wen Jing has been invincible since she assisted the saint, and she lost all the two battles to Li Jing, but her skills are not as good as others?" ”

Liu Wenjing has always supported Li Shimin, thinking that he can be above Pei Lian, and has repeatedly made military achievements, but his status is far inferior to Pei Lian, and he is unhappy in his heart, and he often opposes Pei Lin when discussing the government and politics. Hearing Pei Lin say this, Liu Wenjinghan got up from his feet, knowing that it was difficult for him to get through the current level; Li Yuan motioned to the eunuch beside him to hand Liu Wenjing a piece of music, and Liu Wenjing looked at it and was sweating profusely.

Song Zhang said that Liu Wenjing and his brother Liu Wenqi had a banquet, often complained, drew a saber and slashed the hall pillar, saying that they were going to kill Pei Lian; Liu Wenjing's concubine also testified that something demonic happened in the family, and Liu Wenqi summoned a sorcerer, put on a sword, and did the practice of exorcising demons. Liu Wenjing struggled and said: "When Taiyuan raised troops, I was Sima, and I was on the same level as Changshi Pei Lian. Now Pei Lone's official residence is a servant, and my official rank and reward are far inferior to him. I went on a quest to seek from east to west, but my family had no shelter, and I was indeed dissatisfied. ”

Li Gang and Xiao Yu both came forward to defend Liu Wenjing; Pei Xiao said quietly: "Liu Wenjing's talent and strategy are indeed clever, but she is suspicious and insidious by nature, and she is angry and ignorant, and her ugly words have been revealed. If it is undecided today, there is a strong enemy outside, if Liu Wenjing is pardoned, it will be troubled in the future. ”

Li Yuan actually had murderous intentions, and when he heard Pei Lian's words, he immediately ordered Liu Wenjing and Liu Wenqi to be beheaded and their family property confiscated. Liu Wenjing was extremely discouraged, thanked Li Yuan, stood up and sighed: "Yang Chong once advised me in Wuwei that the day when the saint entered Chang'an, that is, when I, Liu Wenjing, should leave, I was greedy for wealth and wealth, and I couldn't live for my own evils. ”

The whole hall was extremely shocked, and Li Yuan shouted: "Hugh is talking nonsense." ”

Liu Wenjing saluted and said: "The saint doesn't need to be angry, this is not a secret whisper, the saint will know when he asks." Now Weichen understands that from the time we sent Princess Pingyang and Ma Sanbao to Wuwei, Yang Chong already had the pearl in his hands, and he actually knew the life and death of each of us. ”

After Liu Wenjing finished speaking, he staggered out of the main hall, and Li Jiancheng hurriedly ordered someone to find the Li family who accompanied Liu Wenjing to Wuwei to inquire, only to know that there was really such a thing. Everyone in the hall had strange faces, if Yang Chong was really like Liu Wenjing said, wouldn't it be invincible to manpower?

Pei Lin came out and said: "Enlightened Saint, now we should take countermeasures as soon as possible and prepare for contingencies. ”

Pei Lian's performance in Hedong was really unsatisfactory, Li Yuan adjusted his emotions and asked, "What is Pei Xiang's opinion?" ”

Pei Lin said softly: "Yang Chong's soldiers are difficult to fight, and now only the King of Qin in Taiyuan and Wang Shichong in Luoyang can provide foreign aid. You can send a messenger to Taiyuan quietly to ask the army of King Qin to return to Hedong to solve the urgent need; Wang Shichong can implement a plan of deception. ”

"A trick to surrender." Li Jiancheng frowned and said: "Pei Xiang's meaning is to ask us to surrender to Luoyang and use Luoyang's order to prevent Yang Chong from entering Chang'an. In fact, in my opinion, Yang Chong does not intend to be like Chang'an at all, he intends to help Feng, Feng Yi, and Yongfengcang. ”

Li Yuan stared at Li Jiancheng and said, "Go on." ”

Li Jiancheng stood up and said: "Yang Chong has few soldiers, and he is good at planning and moving, even if Zhuge Quan, Li Jing, and Jiang Duo are all combined, but there are only more than 100,000 troops, and in the face of the 50,000 defenders of Chang'an, there is not much advantage. Yang Chong let Lou Fu County to Empress Xiao, just to stay out of the Turkic affairs and face me alone in the Tang Dynasty; Once he attacks Chang'an, he will have a conflict with Wang Shichong, and Pei Xiang's plan to surrender comes from this. ”

Li Yuan's eyes flashed, and he said excitedly: "Once Yang Chong is trapped in the quagmire of Chang'an, it will be an opportunity for Shimin and Wang Shichong, so Yang Chong does not dare to besiege the city in Chang'an for a long time, but just take it step by step and fight to support the war." Built, call your wise man, and I'll ask him face to face. ”

Li Yuan is familiar with his son's ability, and he is sure that Li Jiancheng is something he heard; Li Jiancheng shook his head with a smile, went out and gave an order, and in less than half an hour, the chamberlain brought in two generals. The one in front is burly and tall, with a lofty instrument; The one in the back is in high spirits. Li Yuan saw that the person in front of him was Li Mi, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and stood up and lowered his steps to greet him: "This kid is also built, and the virtuous brother will not squeak when he arrives in Chang'an." ”

Li Mi respectfully saluted and said: "Li Mi has seen the emperor, but the prince is only inspecting the sincerity of being a minister, so he did not report it to the emperor." ”

Pei Lin asked: "Now that the Hexi Army is sweeping through Hedong and Hexi, why don't you two defect to Yang Chong?" ”

Wang Bodang snorted coldly: "Is that interesting? ”

Li Mi Shili said: "Back to the saint, it is precisely because Yang Chong's subordinates have countless fierce generals that he does not want to add icing on the cake. ”

What is a hero, Li Mi and Wang Bodang's performances are eye-catching, Li Yuan asked Li Jiancheng to tell the two of them about the conversation in the hall, and asked: "Why do you think Yang Chong will not fight Chang'an?" ”

Li Mi replied calmly: "Yang Chong's biggest weakness is that he is unwilling to disturb the people, but Yang Chong and the people around him are familiar with the art of war, and they must have expected that with Xu Shiji and Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong would not dare to leave Luoyang at all, so according to my estimate, after Yang Chong defeated Fufeng, Feng Yi, and Yongfeng Cang, he would lure the army of King Qin to the south for a decisive battle, even if he could not destroy King Qin, he could also plot against Taiyuan, follow Liu Bang's style of playing to break Xiang Yu, and make King Qin tired. ”

Li Yuan asked, "What will happen to the plan?" ”

Li Mi didn't answer, but asked: "Is the saint aiming at Chang'an, or is he aiming at the world?" ”

"Bold." Xiao Yu scolded angrily, Li Yuan waved his hand to signal that it was okay, Li Mi raised his head and said: "If the saint is determined to be in the world, he should order the king of Qin to send troops to Youyan, take the land of Liaodong and Hebei, and after defeating Dou Jiande, go south to Luoyang; Shengshang dragged Yang Chong in Chang'an, even if he was defeated in the end, he retreated to Nanyang and Jingzhou, waiting for the opportunity to join the King of Qin in Luoyang. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu competed for power, and what they won was the last battle, and they should not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place. ”

(End of chapter)