Li Shimin sent his general Yin Kaishan to send troops to occupy the county on the other side of the river, stabbing him in the heart like a steel knife.

Liu Heimin had no choice but to give up going north, let his younger brother Liu Shishan lead 20,000 horses to resist Zhang Gongjin, and returned to Zhaozhou to sit in the town.

Liu Heimin led the troops back to attack the river, went to the people, Li Shimin sent Wei Chi Jingde to intercept, they first pretended to be defeated by the Handong army, and then the Tang army ambushed the troops from the river bank and suddenly attacked, turning defeat into victory, killing countless enemies.

Liu Heimin ordered people to dig up the water, drowning himself and the Tang army, and the two sides had no choice but to retreat to their camps.

However, in this way, Yin Kaishan, who was stationed in Zhushui County, became a lone army, Liu Heimin led people to attack day and night, Yin Kaishan stood at the head of the city with Kaishan Yue to command the battle, although he repelled the enemy's attacks several times, but his own men also suffered heavy losses.

Liu Heimin ordered people to fill firewood and transport soil in two places in the northeast corner, dig Yongdao, and attack the city with crashing cars. Li Shimin was in a hurry, led the army to attack fiercely, the battle was unprecedentedly tragic, and the Tang army was reinforced three times, but they were all repelled by the Han army.

At this time, the weather changed suddenly, heavy snow fell, Tang reinforcements were blocked, and the march into Zhaozhou was blocked by the Han army; Yin Kaishan in the city was lost in the battle, and after returning to the city, he died of old age and decay. After an eight-day battle, the city was breached by the black man on his back.

Li Shimin was angry and rushed to attack his heart and carried out a crazy counterattack; At this time, Zhang Gongjin and others also broke through the obstacles and arrived; Hei Min held out for 4 days, found that he couldn't hold on, and led the army to evacuate. Li Shimin recaptured the county, and the armies of the two sides confronted each other in the county.

By this time, the balance of victory had shifted to Li Tang, and Li Shimin repeated his old tricks and arranged for himself and Zhang Gongjin's troops to line up along the river and surround the city of Zhaozhou. and sent Wei Chi Jingde and other generals to bypass Yuzhou and cut off Liu Heimin's grain route.

Then he arranged for the army to burn the enemy's grain and grass ships in Jizhou, Cangzhou and other places, which put Liu Heimin in a predicament.

Liu Heimin had no choice but to abandon the city and attack Li Shimin, and appointed Xu Yuanlang, who had raised his own troops, as the main platform of Shannan Road; Let him go to the place where Shandong and Hebei are at the junction to make trouble, and want to attract Li Shimin's attention.

Who knew that Li Shimin was not moved at all, he ordered the generals to stick to the camp, repelled Liu Heimin's attacks again and again, and trapped them firmly in Zhaozhou.

Where did Xu Yuanlang dare to attack Shandong, he got the support of Liu Heimin, and led the army to attack Yucheng County, wanting to threaten Luoyang and force Li Shimin to return to the army. The Tang general Ren Gui discovered Xu Yuanlang's intentions, and he fortified the wall, closed the city gate, and Xu Yuanlang fell into a stalemate.

Xu Yuanlang's army had no supplies, and he couldn't break through Yucheng County, so he had no choice but to venture into Caozhou, Shandong, and leave if he wanted to grab a handful.

But he was also unlucky, and Cheng Shengyan, the imperial history of the Great Demon Kingdom, went to Caozhou to inspect; Although this imperial historian is a civil official, he is a military general. This time, I finally had the opportunity to show my skills, wearing a helmet and armor, and carrying an iron gun on the battlefield.

Sheng Yanshi led the army to attack the enemy group, killing countless people everywhere he went; Xu Yuanlang's subordinates were all a group of rabble, and they were killed in a short time, and they scattered and fled.

Sheng Yanshi led the army in hot pursuit, and militias from all over Caozhou also rushed out to help search for thieves everywhere. Xu Yuanlang escaped for less than three days before being discovered by the villagers, and after a big battle, the biggest broom star in the Sui and Tang dynasties was killed by the militia in humiliation.

Although Li Shimin had the chance to win, there was no excited look on his face, and he couldn't stop sighing. At this moment, the soldiers came in and reported that a few friends from Shandong had come to pay a visit.

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly sent someone to invite them to the future.

With a loud laugh, several people walked in together, led by Cheng Zhijie, and also included Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong, Duan Zhixuan and others.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, and after inviting everyone to sit down, he asked, "Fifth brother, why are you so free." Suddenly came to me today. ”

Cheng Zhijie laughed and said, "King Qin, I'll introduce you to someone first." This is Zhang Liang from my Tianting Group; Specialized in intelligence investigation; Over the years, I have made significant contributions to the Great Demon Kingdom. This time, he inquired about some information, saying that King Qin was not doing well in Chang'an, so I came to see what could help King Qin. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh when he heard him say this: "Let the fifth brother laugh, it's all some trivial things at home; Speaking of which, I also blame me.

After pacifying Luoyang, his father asked the concubine and a few others to go to Luoyang to select the palace maids of the Sui Dynasty and collect the treasures in the warehouse.

The concubine and the others privately asked me for treasures and asked for officials for their relatives, but I didn't even think to answer them: "The treasures have been registered and reported to the imperial court, and official positions should be conferred on those who are virtuous, talented, and meritorious." "I did not agree to any of their requests, so I offended the concubines, and made them hold a grudge, and often stirred up the relationship between our father and son in front of my father. I can't manage it, and I can't explain it clearly, it's really annoying.

Another time, because of the meritorious service of Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, I allocated him dozens of hectares of land. Zhang Jieyu's father asked his father for these fields through Zhang Jieyu, and his father gave him these fields in a handwritten edict, but Li Shentong refused to let them because of the decree of the king of Qin.

Zhang Jieyu complained to her father: "The land that Your Majesty gave to my father was taken away by King Qin and given to Li Shentong. My father was angry and rebuked me, saying, "Is my hand not as good as your fatwa?" "It is much stronger than the good land of the king of Huai'an.

A few days later, the father said to the left servant Pei Lian: "This child has been in charge of the army for a long time, and he has been instigated by the scholars, and he is no longer the original son. "Our father-son relationship has reached this point.

There is also Yin Defei's father, Yin Arat, who is arrogant and domineering, and Fang Xuanling, an official of my Tiance Mansion, passed by his door, so he should not have dismounted; was dragged off the horse by several of Yin Arat's servants, beat him and broke one of his fingers, and said: "Who are you, dare to pass my door and not get off the horse!" ”

When I heard the news, I wanted to go to Yin Amouse for revenge, but when this guy saw that the situation was not good, the wicked person sued first, and let Concubine Yin Defei say to the emperor first: "King Qin's cronies bullied my family." My father blamed me indiscriminately and angrily, saying, "My concubines and concubines are all bullied by the people around you, let alone the common people!" "I repeatedly defended myself and told the truth of the matter, but my father never believed me."

If it weren't for Guanyin's constant mediation between our father and son over the years, I really don't know what the situation was like when our father and son returned, maybe I would have been killed by my father. ”

Cheng Zhijie shook his head and said, "King Qin is a man of temperament, he doesn't rub sand in his eyes, and he doesn't bother to do some flattering things. However, I have obtained some information about the prince and the king of Qi here, and they are not as straightforward as you. Zhang Liang, tell me about it. ”

Zhang Liang stepped forward and said, "Yes!" According to the information I explored, the crown prince has been helping the Tang Emperor in Chang'an to deal with government affairs, and he is deeply fancied; The court's ministers also recognized His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Moreover, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the King of Qi both bent on serving the concubines, flattering, bribing, and gifting, all in order to win the emperor's favor; And the king of Qin did not please the concubines, so the concubines were very angry and vied with each other to praise Jiancheng and Yuanji and slander the king of Qin.

I also heard that every time King Qin served Gaozu in the palace for a banquet, facing the concubines, he remembered that his mother, Empress Taimu, died early, and he couldn't see his father have the world, and sometimes he couldn't help but sigh and cry, and Gaozu was very unhappy when he saw it.

The concubines took the opportunity to secretly slander King Qin together: "The world is fortunately safe and sound, Your Majesty is old, only suitable for entertainment and entertainment, and King Qin always sheds tears alone, this is actually hating us, after Your Majesty is ancient, our mother and son will definitely not be tolerated by King Qin, and will be killed without a single person!" Therefore, they wept at each other, and said to the Tang Emperor: "The crown prince is benevolent and filial, and Your Majesty entrusts our mother and son to the crown prince, and we will definitely be preserved." ”

Emperor Tang was also very sad about this and hated the king of Qin. Since then, the Tang Emperor has dispelled the idea of changing the crown prince, and has gradually distanced himself from the king of Qin, but has become increasingly intimate with the prince and the king of Qi.

There is another thing that the King of Qin must not know, not long before the expedition, there was another time when the king of Qi Yuanji persuaded the crown prince Jiancheng to get rid of the king of Qin as soon as possible, he said: "I should kill him with my own hands for my brother!" ”

The King of Qin still remembers the time when he accompanied the Tang Emperor to Yuanji's mansion, and Yuanji ordered the guards to say that Yuwenbao was ambushed in the dormitory, ready to assassinate you. Fortunately, the prince was quite benevolent and generous by nature, and he was still worried about brotherhood, so he hurriedly stopped him.

King Qi said angrily: "I am responsible, this is for the sake of my brother, what good is it for myself!" "In the end, the assassination was not successful."

Li Shimin said hideously when he heard this: "Is what you said true?" ”

Zhang Liang smiled slightly and said: "Yes, if King Qin wants evidence, it's simple, Yuwenbao likes to linger in the land of fireworks, although he didn't act, but he was also given a large amount of silver taels; Then he has been living in Fireworks Willow Lane, and he has been brought by me, and King Qin will know as soon as he asks. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Liang beckoned, and someone pushed in from outside a thin young man in black. Li Shimin also knew Yu Wenbao, he came to Yu Wenbao and pulled out the Dingtang knife, put it on Yu Wenbao's neck and slashed it gently, and a wisp of blood oozed out slightly.

Yu Wenbao sneered: "Li Shimin, Hugh wants to scare me with death!" If it wasn't for the dissuasion of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince last time, King Qi would have asked me to kill you a long time ago. ”

As soon as Li Shimin heard everything in it, he slashed and said: "Okay, I know everything, it's you traitors who provoke the relationship between our brothers, you give me death!" "Poof!" With a bang, Yu Wenbao's head had already slipped to the ground.

Li Shimin's chest rose and fell violently, and his glasses shot a terrifying light, showing the unrest in his heart.