After Dou Jiande was insulted by Li Shimin, he stepped up his attack on the Tiger Pass, and the boulder arrows continued to shoot towards the Tiger Pass. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoOtherwise, the Tiger Prison is in danger of being breached. While guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Shimin sent a distress letter to Chang'an. But soon, Li Yuan of Chang'an poured a basin of cold water on Li Shimin, who was locked in the tiger prison.

"The holy decree arrived, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, received the decree:"

"Son-in-law Li Shimin took the order."

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. Li Shimin, the king of Qin, has been leading the troops outside for a long time, Luoyang has been attacking for a long time, I have been thinking for a long time, I am afraid that the soldiers are outside, I am homesick for a long time, and the people think of their fathers and sons, and their wives and husbands. I couldn't make the people suffer for my own selfish desires, so I specially ordered Feng Deyi, the central squire, to come to the labor army and assist the king of Qin in withdrawing his troops. Chin this. Thanksgiving! ”

"Erchen has thanked the emperor! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! After receiving the holy decree, Li Shimin looked at Feng Deyi with a puzzled expression.

"Lord Feng! I beg your pardon for saying that this king doesn't know why his father sent an adult to assist him in withdrawing his troops. Feng Deyi also looked innocent.

"Lord, the emperor also has his own troubles." It turned out that in Chang'an, Li Yuan was also very irritable. Dou Jiande's messenger Wei Chuhua did not have the slightest respect for Li Yuan, on the contrary, he was very arrogant.

"Under the leadership of King Xia Dou, Jiande, the staff of the division and the servant Lang Wei will draw the painting to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." Although Wei Chuhua said yes, there was not much respect in his tone. Li Yuan frowned.

"Ahh It turned out to be Lord Wei! Wanyue, give Lord Wei a seat! When Wei Chuhua sat down, he motioned to the servants around him to present the letter written by Dou Jiande to Li Yuan:

"Your Majesty! On the order of King Dou, the minister presented a letter of state, asking His Majesty to return the land of Zheng State, and everyone should be friendly and good-neighborly, and serve the Turkic Lili Khan as the suzerain. ”…… As soon as Li Yuan heard that Dou Jiande wanted to return the land of Zheng State by himself, everyone should be friendly and good-neighborly, and serve the Turkic Lili Khan as the suzerain, he didn't listen to the rest of the words.

"Lord Wei, you King Dou won't be so arrogant! Now that Luoyang is almost just a lonely city, Wang Shichong's hands are two or three kittens, that is, to talk about peace, Wang Shichong also talks about peace to me, what do you have to do with King Dou!? Li Yuan was patient with his temperament, and said to Wei Chuhui unhurriedly, Wei Chuhui laughed and said:

"Huh! Your Majesty laughed, if it was in the past, maybe our King Dou would not be qualified to say such things, but now, our King Dou now has this qualification. ”

"Oh! I'd love to hear about it! Wei replied with a smile:

"Your Majesty, Weichen took the route of Monan, along the ancient road of the Great Wall to Guanzhong, in the Turks heard such a news, Lingli Khan intends to send the lord of Yuan Mayi, Dingyang Khan Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang as 'messengers', come to Chang'an to ask for the original lost land of Mayi, and this news has made the people of Guanzhong panic. And I also saw that because of the continuous battles in Guanzhong, the countryside around this Chang'an City is barren, and there are very few strong men, if the Turks are pressing over from the north, I am afraid that your Li Tang will be in danger of losing the country! After Li Yuan heard Wei Chuhua's words, he looked at Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi, who were serving beside him. Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi nodded secretly. Li Yuan said to the father-in-law of the waning moon beside him:

"Wanyue, send Lord Wei to the post house to rest." After the waning moon was sent out by Wei, Li Yuanhu asked Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi who were waiting beside him with a tiger face:

"Three Aiqing, is the situation in Guanzhong really so dangerous now?" Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi looked at each other, and finally, Pei Lin replied to Li Yuan first:

"Your Majesty! A few days ago, the minister had received a secret report from His Royal Highness the Prince of Taiyuan, that the Turkic Lingli Khan was afraid that Liu Wuzhou was pretending to be a ghost in the Turks, and secretly exerted pressure on Liu Wuzhou, and the contradiction between Liu Wuzhou and Lingli Khan had begun, but now Liu Wuzhou and Lingli Khan's targets were mainly in the Central Plains, so they had not yet turned their faces. Xiao Yu also continued:

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, on the way to the court, I also saw the people in the Chang'an area fleeing with their families, and the news of the invasion of Liu Wuzhou and the Turkic Lili Khan is very common, and now the hearts of the people in Guanzhong are fluctuating." Li Yuan scolded Pei Lin and Xiao Yu angrily:

"Bastard, Master Pei, Lord Xiao, as a high-ranking official of the imperial court, and you are in the center, why don't you report such an important matter early?" Pei Lin and Xiao Yu bowed their heads and pleaded guilty to Li Yuan:

"The ministers have delayed the military situation, please forgive your majesty!" Feng Deyi opened his mouth and said:

"Your Majesty, now Wang Shichong's land fat is only Luoyang has several cities in the south of Luoyang, and Wang Shichong's court is full of internal contradictions, defeat is a matter of time, if we retreat, once Wang Shichong recovers his strength in the future, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to deal with, and whether the King of Qin and the soldiers under the King of Qin are convinced." Feng Deyi said this, deliberately paused, Li Yuan understood in his heart what Feng Deyi said - now that the King of Qin has captured most of the city land in Luoyang, there are only a few cities left in Luoyang and the south of Luoyang, if the King of Qin and his subordinate sergeants and generals are prevented from making meritorious contributions, I am afraid that the easiest way is to accept the orders of the generals abroad, and there is even the possibility of mutiny. Li Yuan motioned for Feng Deyi to continue. Feng Deyi nodded:

Although the current situation is very dangerous, if Dou Jiande can be taken down in one fell swoop, it will be equivalent to our dynasty eliminating Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande's two separatist forces at once, and then it will be just right to pacify Jianghuai in one fell swoop and complete the unification of the Central Plains. And the Turks are now often harassing our DPRK because the Central Plains have not yet been unified, and if they are unified, are we still afraid that the Turks will not succeed? Li Yuan continued to ask Feng Deyi:

"What about Feng Aiqing's opinion?"

"The minister thinks that this matter is still decided by the King of Qin himself!" Li Yuan pondered for a while, and said to Feng Deyi:

"Feng Aiqing! You will make a hard trip, go to the Tiger Prison for me to pass the labor army, and I will give you a clear decree to let the people of the world withdraw their troops immediately, however, there is also a secret decree that you have to tell the people that this attack on Luoyang, if you do not win a complete victory, you will never withdraw the troops, and when the eastern capital is captured, the chariots and honor guards, books and equipment of the royal family of the Sui Dynasty, except for what everyone needs, will be entrusted to Aiqing You to collect, and the other men and women jade cloth and silk will be used to distribute to the soldiers. Remember, let the people of the world hold the generals, and the king's order will not be subject to a few words! Feng Deyi nodded and said:

"Yes! Emperor! Wechen obeys! Feng Deyi was about to leave, but Li Yuan called Feng Deyi.

"Feng Aiqing! Also, Pei Aiqing and Xiao Aiqing, you say, in this battle of Luoyang, is it enough for the people of the world alone? Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi did not speak. Li Yuan looked at Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi, and smiled bitterly in his heart - forget it, I didn't want to let Jianjia be the only one in the first place, and the three of them were close ministers around me, wouldn't they have noticed my thoughts? Thinking of this, Li Yuan said to Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi:

"Feng Aiqing! You still go to the Tiger Prison Pass to help me work for the army, and if I want you to bring it, you can help me bring it, as for other things, you tell the people that since one hand is not easy to do, you should pull a few more hands to help, Xiao Aiqing, you go to Taiyuan for me, tell Jiancheng, and talk about Luoyang? Don't let him interfere, but as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Datang, he still has to work for Datang. Let Li Jiancheng pay close attention to the Turkic movements, and if possible, nip the danger in the bud with me. Pei Aiqing, these two wills will be up to you to moisten the pen for me! Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi kowtowed to receive their orders. In the evening, Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi gathered in Pei Lian's mansion:

"Come, come, come! Lord Xiao, Lord Feng, this time we were able to ask the Holy Lord to participate in the battle of Luoyang again, and the two of you have contributed a lot! ”

"Hey! Where, where! Master Pei, where is it at this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is my nephew and son-in-law, I don't help him, who will help him. ”

"Yes! Now that Lord Xiao has made a move, I Feng Deyi, as Lord Xiao's in-laws, is really unreasonable if I don't make a move. Besides, the greater the credit of His Royal Highness the Prince, the matter of seizing the heir of the previous dynasty will not be staged again, so won't our glory and wealth be guaranteed? Since Li Yuan exposed his jealousy of Li Jiancheng and began to support Li Shimin, originally, Pei Lin was ready to stay out of the matter and stand by, but one incident made Pei Lin start to meddle again, Pei Lian's son Pei Kuan returned to Pei Lian's mansion once:

"Hmmm! Kuan'er, now that the imperial court is in the autumn of a long time, it is not easy for my father to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to get you to Tongguan to transfer grain and grass, why are you back again, and you are still so idle!? After Pei Kuan heard Pei Lian's reprimanding tone, he sighed and said:

"Hey! Don't mention it, His Royal Highness the King of Qin ordered, saying that Tongguan belongs to the frontier of Tang Zheng and is not reliable, in order to prevent the enemy from being burned, all will be handed over to Lord Gao Shilian to transfer Xia County, and the soldiers and horses of Xia County will be responsible for escorting and transporting, all grain and grass affairs, Tongguan soldiers and horses officials are not allowed to interfere, just say that after His Royal Highness the King of Qin defeats Dou Jiande, he will send troops to recover Rongyang and Nanyang, and respond to the army of King Qin. These days, the child is not as good as being in charge of the snow candy under His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin is extremely discriminatory and distrustful of us officials who have intersections with His Royal Highness the Prince. ”…… Pei Kuan said a lot of babble, but Pei Lin couldn't listen to it, and now Pei Lin only thought about one thing in his heart - 'His Royal Highness King Qin is now so desolate and narrow, if King Qin becomes the crown prince and ascends the throne another day, will there be any hope for the glory and wealth of the Pei family?' Thinking of this, Pei Lin secretly thought about it, and felt that he still had to put himself on Li Jiancheng's boat. and also cast his eyes on Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi. Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi, like Pei Lian, were all former ministers of the former Sui Dynasty, but they were all good at figuring out the emperor's scheming, so they began to be relied on by Li Yuan. The most important thing is that Xiao Yu is the uncle of Li Jiancheng's side concubine according to his generation, Feng Deyi and Xiao Yu are sons and daughters, and Yang Guang has the grace of knowing Feng Deyi. Therefore, as soon as Pei Lin said the plan in his heart, he hit it off with Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi. An alliance was formed.

"Okay, then we wish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a smooth ascension to the throne. Our wealth can be maintained for a long time, dry! ”

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