Taiyuan City, Li Jiancheng stationed in the festival of the prince's palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Lord Di Renjie is back." When Li Jiancheng heard this, his brows furrowed - 'Hmm! How did Huai Ying come back? Is there something important? Li Jiancheng asked the guards who came to report to him:

"Who else is there besides Master Di Renjie after he comes back? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, Lord Di is dressed as a businessman, and he also brought a person back, according to Lord Di, the one who came with Lord Di is the great wizard of the Xue Yantuo tribe. Ordered by the great leader of Xue Yantuo, Yi Nan, he came to contact His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

"Oh! Xue Yantuo, Yi Nan. As soon as Li Jiancheng heard the name Xue Yantuo, his heart was tense again - Xue Yantuo was a thug raised by Tang Taizong Li Shimin on the grassland in the early years of Li Tang's founding of the country, in the war to pacify the Eastern Turks and Hui tribes, and after Tang Taizong Li Shimin defeated the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan, Tang Taizong Li Shimin established the Xue Yantuo Khanate in Yudu Jun Mountain. It ruled over a vast area of "Eastern Murowei, Western Jinshan, Southern Turkic, Northern Hanhai". The Tang Taizong faction held the edict and drum of the Dao, and sealed the man as the true pearl of Viga Khan. Yi Nan was ordered to send an envoy to pay tribute. Set up a tooth tent in the south of the Orhun River Yu Du Jun Mountain, winning 200,000 soldiers. The territory of the Xueyantuo Khanate is vast, starting from the Great Khing'an Mountains in the east, reaching the Altai Mountains in the west, bounding the Hetao in the south, and reaching the Selenga River in the north. After the collapse of the Eastern Turks, the Hui grew in power and set up a tent on the Tula River, but it was still attached to Xue Yantuo. In order to suppress the power of Xue Yantuo, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, adopted the policy of helping the Hui to suppress Xue Yantuo, and in the 12th year of Zhenguan, he issued an edict to entitle the two sons of Zhenzhu Viga Khan, and set up a small Khan for Tuli, and each gave a drum to divide its momentum; in the second year, he set up a clansman of Jieli Khan, Ashina Simo Khan, and built a tooth tent in the south of the river (set), nominally making it rule the old eastern Turkic department that moved south of the Hetao, but in fact to monitor Xue Yantuo. Therefore, in order to confuse the great leader of Xue Yantuo, Li Shimin, the emperor of Tang Dynasty, promised his daughter Princess Xinxing to marry the great leader of Xue Yantuo, Yi Nan. So that the great leader of Xue Yantuo, Yi Nan, did not rebel immediately for the time being. Later, because the Tang Dynasty placed the Eastern Turkic tribes in the Monan region centered on "Baidaochuan", Xue Yantuo had a conflict with the Tang Dynasty, and raised troops to attack the Eastern Turkic tribes stationed in Baidaochuan. Tang Taizong Li Shimin immediately broke off his marriage and remarried the emerging princess to the eldest grandson Xi. He also sent the Tang army to join forces with the Turks, Khitans, and Xi, forcing Xue Yantuo to leave Baidaochuan, and engaged him in the area of "Nuozhenshui" (located in present-day Ulanqab City, Inner Mongolia), defeating the troops under the command of his leader Dadu. After that, Xue Yantuo rebelled against the times, and Tang Taizong Zhenguan was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty from 19 to 20 years (AD 645~646), and the Xue Yantuo Khanate was destroyed. After defeating Xue Yantuo, Li Shimin was officially revered as the Heavenly Khan by the Western Regions and the Steppe Tribes.

"Humph! I didn't think this steppe wolf would come to me, okay! Hongu will meet this steppe wolf today. Li Jiancheng instructed the guards:

"Invite Master Di and the great wizard of the Xue Yantuo tribe to come over." The guard agreed, and not long after, Di Renjie and the great wizard of the Xue Yantuo tribe came over together:

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Xue Yantuo Grand Wizard Anbar Tuna to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Li Jiancheng stared at Xue Yantuo's Great Wizard Anbal Tuna. Compared with Di Renjie's humility, the attitude of the Great Wizard of Xue Yantuo Anbar Tuna is a little arrogant, although the Great Wizard of Xue Yantuo Anbar Tuna has been covering it up. However, Li Jiancheng is a person who pays attention to details. However, the experience of many years of superiors has made Li Jiancheng develop the habit of being moody.

"Ahh It turned out to be a messenger sent by the great leader of Xue Yantuo, please take a seat! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince!"

"Why did the Great Wizard come to my Taiyuan!?" The Great Wizard of Xue Yantuo, Anbal Tuna, smiled lightly:

"Humph! His Royal Highness the Prince, our Xue Yantuo has been repeatedly bullied by the rest of the tribes in the Monan Grassland, and during the reign of Tuli, we Xue Yantuo have also been apportioned repeatedly, so we Xue Yantuo hope to ally with Li Tang and become a brotherly state, and live in harmony forever. Xue Yantuo Grand Wizard Anbar Tuna said as he stood up and pleaded to Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng heard what Xue Yantuo's great wizard Anbar Tu Na said, and we Xue Yantuo hope to form an alliance with Li Tang, become a brotherly state, and live in harmony forever. couldn't help sneering - it is really worthy of the steppe wolf of later generations, and he will not forget to talk about benefits when he comes to ask for help. Li Jiancheng smiled:

"Great Wizard Anbar, you're tired from all the way, come on! Arrange a lodging for the Grand Wizard of Anbar. Let the Grand Wizard of Anbar Tuna have a good rest. "After Anbartuna left. Di Renjie saw that Li Jiancheng's face was not good, and immediately pleaded guilty to Li Jiancheng:

"His Royal Highness the Prince! The ministers are not doing well, please punish His Royal Highness the Prince! Li Jiancheng looked at Di Renjie, although he already had a sparse beard on his mouth - Renjie was still too young, and he didn't have the old spicy style of Wu Zetian's later period. Even if he showed some of his talents at the beginning, he was still too young. However, Li Jiancheng saw that Di Renjie had some retreat and helplessness, a piece of jade, after some polishing, can become a good jade. Li Jiancheng deliberately pretended to be stern:

"Huaiying, you said that you are ineffective, where is the incompetence?"

"Liu Wuzhou's death, the subordinates did not do their best, and the intelligence collection of the Monan grassland was not effective......" Li Jiancheng patted Di Renjie on the shoulder.

"Renjie, the Qilin Secret Guard is the lifeblood of this palace, and if this palace hands over the lifeblood root to you, you should do a good job. Forget it, let's talk about what you saw and heard in the Monan grassland! Di Renjie gave Li Jiancheng a detailed account of what he saw and heard in the Monan grassland:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, according to the humble ministers, Xue Yantuo is not small, and when he came to see the prince this time, he also consciously came to inquire about the news, not sincerely came to form an alliance. Moreover, Xue Yantuo is like a sharp sword, if it is used well, it can help His Highness sweep the grassland, but this sword is too sharp, I am afraid that it will hurt himself. Li Jiancheng nodded.

"Renjie, what do you think is the crux of this matter? How to Fix ......"

"His Royal Highness the Prince! Beichen thought that this matter mainly lay in the results of the battle of Luoyang and the battle of Dou Jiande and King Dou under His Royal Highness King Qin. Li Jiancheng nodded:

"Renjie! You sent the news out for the palace, and said that Liu Wuzhou was dead, and the Turkic Lili Khan wanted to form an alliance with us Li Tang, and had sent a secret envoy to Taiyuan. Di Renjie nodded yes. After Di Renjie left, Li Jiancheng called Wei Zheng over again:

"Xuancheng! You quickly ghostwrite for Hongu. Write two letters, one letter to Jing Zongqing, and ask Jing Zongqing to make the following arrangements. The other one, this king will hand it over to Shixin, and let Shixin bring it to Luo Yi in Youzhou...... "A new competition has begun again."

Under the city of Luoyang, after receiving Li Shimin's letter, Li Tang Yizhou's left servant shot Dou Liang and led the soldiers and horses of Ba and Shu to join forces with Li Shimin to attack Wang Shichong. And Li Jing also came to Li Shimin's command.

"Ahh Lord Dou, Senior Brother Yao, you are here. The Lone King can get the help of the two of you, it's really like a tiger with wings! Come on, come on, just right! Senior Brother Yao, this king just has something for you to do......"

Dou Jiande and Li Shimin fought against each other in the area of Tiger Prison Pass, due to Li Shimin's persistence, coupled with the thick walls of Tiger Prison Pass, even if Dou Jiande used all the ordnance left by Yang Guang, there was no damage to Tiger Pass, plus the soldiers were tired, which made Dou Jiande feel bored and had to drink every day to relieve his boredom. However, the things that upset Dou Jiande did not end. On this day, Dou Jiande was drunk again and was resting in the tent when he heard shouting outside:

"King Dou, where is King Dou? I want to see King Dou! ”

"King Dou is resting."

"This matter is urgent."

"General, King Dou has ordered that no one should be disturbed, please be considerate of the general!"

"Bastard! General Ben has something important to report to King Dou. Get out of the way. ”

"General! Please don't embarrass us......" Immediately afterward, the sound of weapons colliding was heard. Dou Jiande was so noisy that he couldn't sleep. Staggered out of the tent:

"What's going on? Didn't the king say that no one should disturb the king? Before Dou Jiande's confused eyes opened, he felt that someone was rushing towards him. The pain in his body made Dou Jiande open his eyes, only to see a man covered in blood holding him:

"King Dou, King Dou, please kill me!" Dou Jiande carefully looked at this man covered in blood, and then listened to this person's voice:

"Zhang Qingte, it's you ......" Dou Jiande seemed to realize that something big was wrong. Dou Jiande grabbed Zhang Qingte's collar and said:

"Zhang Qingte, this king asked you to escort the grain and grass, where is your grain and grass? Where did all the grain, grass and baggage that this king asked you to escort go? Well! ”

"The king, the last general escorted a thousand carts of grain and grass raised from Qilu, and met Li Jing, a famous general of Li Tang, who led 3,000 ironclad cavalry to burn all the more than 1,000 carts of grain and grass of our army, and escorted the sergeants to be wiped out. The last general resisted desperately and failed to save the food and grass, so he had to come back and report the news! ”

"What?" Dou Jiande angrily kicked Zhang Qingte:

"Bastard, rubbish! All the grain and grass have been destroyed, what is the use of your return, come on! The waste was cut off from the nose and mouth, and then beheaded for public display. Dou Jiande's guards heard it. Immediately take Zhang Qingtra away.

"The king, the king spares his life!" After Ling Jing heard Zhang Qingte's shout, he ran all the way:

"King! The minister has heard about the destruction of the grain and grass, the king, please send someone back to Leshou as soon as possible, and let Lord Cao Dan raise the grain and grass again, and the minister is willing to go in person to handle this matter. Dou Jiande stopped Ling Jing's words.

"Ling Jing, you don't need to say it anymore, the military affairs here are important, you stay here, assist the military affairs for this king, after this king conquers Luoyang, the matter of ascending the throne in Luoyang, this king wants you to take full power, as for the matter of grain and grass, this king will write to Cao Dan. You don't have to worry about it. Ling Jing said in his heart-King Dou! You are still thinking about the matter of ascending the throne as the emperor after conquering Luoyang, and the transportation route of grain and grass is so secret, how can it be known by Li Tang's people, Weichen is afraid that something is wrong with Cao Dan.