The hour is not too late, at this time on weekdays, Li Yuan's face does not show the slightest tiredness, but after listening to Li Jiancheng's words today, Li Yuan showed a tired look. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Jiancheng bowed down very sensibly and left the palace with a heavy heart. After stopping outside the palace gate for a while, Li Jiancheng got on his horse and headed towards the East Palace.

From the palace to the East Palace, it is bound to pass through the Xuanwu Gate, Li Jiancheng is not in a hurry to return to the East Palace, but lingers near the Xuanwu Gate for a while, the entourage behind him does not understand Li Jiancheng's intentions, but they don't dare to ask more, and quietly follow behind him.

For Li Jiancheng, Xuanwumen is no stranger, he has to go to the court every day, if it is dark today, the scene he sees is naturally not as clear as in the daytime, but in Li Jiancheng's eyes, everything around him is clearly visible, he looks around while thinking about Li Xuanba's words.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng didn't see any clues after all, and couldn't help but suspect that Li Xuanba was playing tricks.

"What are you alluding to when you ask me not to go through the Xuanwu Gate as much as possible?" Li Jiancheng's brows furrowed deeper and deeper in the night, and he whispered to himself: "Lightning strikes and does not die, I hope you really get the favor of the sky and can predict some things that have not yet happened." ”

Back in the East Palace, Li Jiancheng didn't go to see the crown princess, but didn't even take off his armor and went directly into the study.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." There were two middle-aged men who looked like strategists were already waiting in the study, and when they saw Li Jiancheng enter the room, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Two gentlemen don't have to be polite." Li Jiancheng waved his hand, took off the armor on his head, knelt on the futon, and saw that the two strategists were still standing, and hurriedly said politely: "Two gentlemen, please sit down, disturb the two gentlemen late at night, the palace is very uneasy, but the matter is urgent, and it is difficult for the palace to make a decision." ”

The two strategists, one surnamed Du and the other surnamed Zheng, looked at each other, didn't even dare to say anything, and arched their hands towards Li Jiancheng and knelt down opposite him.

In fact, Li Jiancheng did not disturb the rest of the two of them, because as soon as he entered Chang'an City, he sent someone to invite Du Yan and Zheng Qiuyuan to the prince's mansion first, it was still early in the morning, and Du Yan and Zheng Qiuyuan had not yet gone to bed.

What happened in Jiangling, Du Yan and Zheng Qiuyuan didn't know, Li Jiancheng simply recounted the incident in Jiangling while roasting the fire, and then told the story of his entry into the palace and what he said, Du Yan's face changed again and again, and finally nodded appreciatively.

"His Royal Highness will enter the palace directly after returning to Chang'an, this move is wonderful!" After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, Du Yan smiled and said: "There must be the eyeliner of His Majesty and the King of Qin in Chang'an City, and the prince will withdraw without asking for an edict. ”

"Hongu is worried about this." Li Jiancheng still had a look of worry between his eyebrows, and said slowly: "In any case, this palace failed to eliminate Xiao Mo this time, after the civil and military officials know about this, they will definitely speak in the court, and this palace wants to ask the two gentlemen, how to get through this difficulty?" ”

Li Xuanba told Li Jiancheng not to worry about the withdrawal of troops, but how could Li Jiancheng not worry? He is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally he will not put his chips on Zhou Guogong of Southern Sui.

"His Royal Highness mentioned King Wei before, although Wechen doesn't know what King Wei's intentions are, but Wechen thinks that King Wei's mention of the Northern Sui can indeed help His Highness divert the attention of the courtiers." Zheng Qiuyuan replied respectfully: "The Tang Dynasty has destroyed the Qin State, and Xiao Mo has also surrendered to the Southern Sui, and the only threats in front of him are the Turks and the Northern Sui. The Turkic situation is strong, the Tang Dynasty cannot be shaken for the time being, and the rich Luoyang City will become Your Majesty's next target. ”

"Why didn't my father mention this?" Li Jiancheng's eyes flashed, and he suddenly calmed down again, and said suspiciously: "As far as the palace knows, no one in the Manchu Dynasty has ever played a show. ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, that's because the others don't know that the southbound army is already on their way back to Beijing." Du Yan replied respectfully: "However, the return of the army to Beijing will not be hidden for long, and the King of Qin should get the news soon, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should work harder, enter the palace tomorrow, and ask to send troops to attack the Northern Sui." ”

The Tang Dynasty had just eliminated the Qin State, and the soldiers needed to rest, except for the army going south, and the remaining men and horses of the Tang Dynasty were not enough to capture Luoyang, so Li Yuan slowed down his plan to take Chang'an, and the civil and military officials did not dare to mention the matter of waving the army to the east.

But now it's different, although the army led by Li Jiancheng did not capture Jiangling, but the army itself did not lose anything, which can be regarded as a good thing for Li Yuan, so Li Yuan did not blame Li Jiancheng for losing without a fight.

As Yang Tong was forced to go south, Yang Gao ascended the throne, the Northern Sui gradually regained its vitality, Wang Shichong in more than a year, recovered more than ten counties around Luoyang, Li Yuan has realized that the Northern Sui occupies the innate advantage of orthodoxy, if you give the Northern Sui a few more years, it will be difficult to eliminate it.

"What is the current situation?" Li Jiancheng did not rush to make a decision, but asked about the situation in the north, after all, he had been going south for a while, and Li Jiancheng did not know in detail what had happened these days.

"Wang Shichong Chen Bingdong County, Xu Shiji led the army to defend but not attack, Dou Jiande sat on the Hebei counties, and was sending troops to attack the high open road of Zhuo County, after Liu Wuzhou occupied Taiyuan, there has been no movement...... "Du Yan said casually about the situation in the north: "Among these people, Dou Jiande's performance is more strange, and it is normal for him not to dare to go south, but he did not take advantage of Xu Shiji's sneak attack when he was fighting with Wang Shichong, but instead sent troops north, Weichen really couldn't understand. ”

"Xu Shiji was captured by Dou Jiande, since Dou Jiande released him, how could he sneak attack him again?" Li Jiancheng obviously knew more about the hidden situation than Du Yan and Zheng Qiuyuan, and he said with a smile: "Since the army of the Northern Sui is restrained by Xu Shiji, it is really the heavens that are perfecting the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Wang Shichong is treacherous, if he knows that the Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack Luoyang, he will definitely reconcile with Xu Shiji, and then lead a large army to rescue." The expression on Zheng Qiuyuan's face did not become relaxed at all, and he frowned and said, "The top priority is to consider how to let Xu Shiji continue to contain Wang Shichong. ”

"It's hard to say, it's easy to say." Li Jiancheng put away his smile and said seriously: "Xu Shiji is Li Mi's old department, this person values love and righteousness, as long as Li Mi is sent to persuade him, he will inevitably defect to the Tang Dynasty." However, Li Mi has great ambitions and is unwilling to live under others, if he is allowed to return to Wagang, he is afraid that he will let the tiger return to the mountain, and his father should not agree to let him leave Chang'an City. ”

"It may be difficult to let Xu Shiji surrender, but it is actually easy to solve Li Mi's matter." Du Yan laughed out loud and said what he thought.

After Li Jiancheng listened, the sorrow between his eyebrows was gone, and only his face was full of joy, he arched his hand to Du Yan and the two, and left the two of them in the mansion for the night, in order to express his kindness to the Magi. (To be continued.) )