Ping Shimin was a little comforted in his heart, because Wang Ping'an was not in Chang'an during the Han Dynasty, and the artillery Jiezhi made suggestions, Li Zhi returned to his true colors, and Li Shimin's dissatisfaction with him increased again, plus Li Zhi cried like a child during the day, which made him even more dissatisfied!

But I didn't expect that after only half a day's effort, Li Zhi entered the Ganlu Hall again, and he became so imposing, and shouted his intuition, saying in public that he could trust Wang Ping'an, if this matter was known by Wang Ping'an in the future, then Wang Ping'an would not be willing to assist him, and in the eyes of the ministers, they must all feel that the prince is kind and righteous, and he is definitely not a merciless person!

Li Shimin sat up straight, touched his beard, and sighed in his heart, his son has grown up, and he will finally win people's hearts!

The eldest grandson Wuji was also happy in his heart, okay, Zhi'er began to understand what is called the art of the emperor, he did it right, he did it well, no matter whether Fang Xuanling's death was true or not, Zhi'er was the ultimate winner, and he would be loyally supported by the ministers. Well, I remembered that the emperor also used this trick at the beginning!

The ministers all looked at Li Zhi intently, they remembered the Lingyan Pavilion, the portraits of those heroes on it, although the emperor never said anything, but there was news in the palace, saying that whenever the emperor had leisure, he would always go there to sit and reminisce about the past. Affectionate and righteous, the eternal king! I didn't expect the prince. It's also such a loving person!

Li Zhi supported Wang Ping'an for no reason, and insisted that Fang Xuanling was not dead, otherwise his wife Ping'an would definitely report it, and he would not wait for others to send the concert chapter first, don't look at his approach, which is a bit "inexplicable", but everyone in the court will eat him!

Li Zhi's character value, swishing upward!

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I hope things are as good as my brother!" ”

But the kneeling henchman was in a hurry, and he lied. But he didn't think he was lying, because he concluded that Fang Xuanling had to die, and when the robber was forced to jump over the wall, he couldn't do anything, and he didn't kill the hostages, which was impossible, and if he was a robber, it was impossible to just let Fang Xuanling and Wang Wendu go!

He hurriedly said loudly: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said about the villain is true, and there is absolutely no falsehood!" ”

Li Zhi glared at him and shouted, "There is indeed no falsehood, because it is all fake!" Where is the warrior on duty, put this person in the heavenly prison, waiting to fall! ”

It stands to reason that above the court, there are only two people who can give such an order, one is Li Shimin, and the other is the eldest grandson Wuji, although he is the crown prince and the prince, but he does not have the power to give such an arbitrary order, after all, he has not yet ascended the throne!

However, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji did not speak, but instead thought in their hearts: "Okay, the superior should have this courage." You should be decisive in doing things, and you should say nothing about it! ”

The samurai on duty stepped forward, took his henchmen out, and put them in the prison.

Li Shimin beckoned to Li Zhi and said, "Zhi'er, come here." ”

Li Zhi was a little sweaty, he had never been so angry, and it was the first time he was so wise and martial, which was quite uncomfortable. Seeing his father's summons, he walked up the steps and came to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin looked at his son, and said with great relief: "Zhi'er, I hope your intuition is right, and your uncle is not in danger!" ”

Li Zhi said loudly: "Uncle Fang will never be in danger!" "I said it loudly, but my legs and stomach were a little cramped, don't really get killed, or I'll be embarrassed and thrown home." I regretted it a little in my heart, if I hadn't said it in court like this, I don't know if that little woman's idea would really work.

The ministers of the court talked a lot, and talked for a long time, until the second watch, this was dispersed, for the news of Fang Xuanling's death, there was no discussion of any results, all they could do was to send someone to Zheliu County to find out the news.

Li Shimin didn't have any obvious praise for Li Zhi, but between his expressions, he was much kinder, and he was left to eat supper. Li Zhi has always been thinking in his heart, afraid that the little woman's idea will not work.

After returning to the Lizheng Hall, he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning. I couldn't sleep all night, and early the next morning, I couldn't wait to run to the Lixia Palace, went to find Wu Meiniang, and asked her what to do next!

He had no idea, but Wu Meiniang's idea was very right, telling Li Zhi not to worry, just wait and see, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, there will definitely be another piece of music.

After Wu Meiniang comforted Li Zhi, she actually took him to the garden together, found a small dirt slope, lit incense in a small incense burner, and they burned incense and prayed together, begging God to help, Wang Ping'an's recital must be sent, Fang Xuanling must not have anything to do!

Li Zhi didn't believe much in this, but now he has no other way but to pray with Wu Meiniang. After begging God for a long time, he suddenly understood a little, could it be that Wu Meiniang, a little woman, was not sure about that idea? Otherwise, why ask God for help?

Fold willow worship

Wang Ping'an stood at the head of the city, looking at the construction site, and a large group of people stood behind him, Gu Lantian and You Xiujie and others were there, and Su Dingfang and Qiu Renjie were also accompanying him. Wang Ping'an asked: "These days have stopped a lot, there is nothing to do with folding willows, and there is nothing to do on the grassland." It makes me a little suspicious. Could it be that the willow thief is so easy to settle down, it is unreasonable! ”

Gu Lantian said: "What's wrong, our army is powerful, those robbers have always only taken advantage of them and not suffered losses, it is estimated that they have already run away and changed the mountain." Keep being a thief! ”

Wang Ping'an glanced at You Xiujie and said, "Lord You." You tell me? You-sama, You-sama, what do you think? ”

You Xiujie is very distracted. These days, he has been worried about the concert, although he sent a group of henchmen to recover the concerto, but there has been no news, I don't know how things are going.

Hearing Wang Ping'an call him, he was excited, ahhh ”

Wang Ping'an said: "I just said that the big thief of the willow is secretly planning some action to take revenge on us?" ”

You Xiujie sighed again and said: "The lower officials looked at Fang Xiangye and General Wang, since they were rescued, their bodies have been quite weak, so they specially asked someone to procure some tonics, so they will fry and nourish their bodies!" As he spoke, he turned around and went down to the city in a daze.

Wang Ping'an and Gu Lantian glanced at each other. Wang Ping'an frowned and said: "What's wrong with him, why did he answer the question, I don't know what to do?" ”

Gu Lantian snorted and said, "Who knows, I'm afraid I've done something unfortunate, it's not good to be in such a hurry to talk to the master!" ”

Wang Ping'an shouted at You Xiujie: "Lord You, what kind of tonic did you procure?" You can't take tonic indiscriminately, do you want me to give it to you" Alas, what's wrong with this person, it's like losing his soul! ”

Gu Lantian suddenly said: "Prince" Er Gang said that the sect is too quiet these days, I am afraid that it is wrong, it is estimated that it will be used in the old state, he pointed to the city, and saw a fast horse galloping.

Wang Ping'an turned his head. He also looked down and said, "It's the Turkic soldiers, the scouts we scattered." ”

While speaking, the scout Pegasus arrived at the city, looked up at the tower, and saw that Wang Ping'an was on it, so he hit his horse and entered the repaired city gate, and went directly to the wall, but before he got off his horse, he shouted: "Ping'an Khan, the last general has detected the enemy's situation, there is an army in the north is rushing in this direction, the vanguard has 3,000 people, and the rear brigade has not yet found out the number, the last general will come back first to report, and the brothers bypass the enemy vanguard and go to the rear brigade!" ”

Wang Ping'an was slightly stunned and said, "Sure enough, something happened, and I said that it was impossible to stop like this." Have you ever found out whose army it is, is it from the Dayan Ministry? ”

The scout shook his head and said, "I didn't poke out, the vanguard didn't fight any banners, and they ran extremely fast." Looks like it's going to run! ”

Gu Lantian snorted and said, "Run, this is what the Turks are best at!" ”

Wang Ping'an turned his head to Su Dingfang and said, "Immediately send an order down and let the old and weak enter the city." Also, gather your troops and prepare for battle! ”

Su Dingfang asked, "It's to defend the city." Or do you want to fight in the field? ”

Wang Ping'an blinked his eyes and thought, "How do I know, I haven't fought again!" He asked, "What do you say?" ”

Su Dingfang looked at Gu Lantian, the governor of Yumen Pass didn't speak, he didn't want to express his opinion.

Gu Lantian said: "Of course, we will defend the city first, and we will fight a field battle with the Turkic soldiers on this cold day." Even if you win, it's a miserable victory, and the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Su Dingfang thought for a while and said, "What the Gu Metropolitan Governor said is extremely true. However, according to the general, the city wall has not been completely repaired, and I am afraid that it will not last long just by defending the city. Why don't you gather the army first, and then do the calculations? ”

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "That's okay, let's gather the army first, and then say something else." ”

The Oriliu Turkic soldiers had already dispersed to various places to find their own pastures. Zheliu County is huge, the soldiers are scattered, if you want to assemble, it will take at least a day, if you delay the time, before the army can be assembled, the enemy will come first. Wouldn't that be bad?

Su Dingfang agreed and led the order to go down to the city.

Wang Ping'an asked the scout again: "That army is coming in this direction, but is the goal to break willows?" Or to Shazhou or Yumen Pass? ”

The scout shook his head and said, "It's too specific, and the brothers behind need to find out, that army is running too fast, and it is already more than two hundred miles away from us when it is discovered." Now it is estimated that there are only one hundred and fifty or sixty miles, and it is at least about a hundred miles to determine which direction to go. ”

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "I know, explore again!" ”

The scouts went down the wall and went out of the city again.

Wang Ping'an said: "I estimate that it must be here to attack the broken willow, but if you want to break the broken willow with three thousand pioneers, it is too big!" ”

Gu Lantian smiled and said, "Lord Wang, don't worry, the enemy vanguard will not really attack the city, even if the city wall is broken, it doesn't matter." When the enemy vanguard arrives, they will only shout and shout under the city, leading our army out of the city, and they will be crushed at the first touch, when our army catches up. Can't run far. You'll have to meet their follow-up brigades, and then they'll surround our army and fight them. When our army sends out its brigade, they will run again, and our army will withdraw, and they will follow. The Turks come and go in wars with this trick, and it hasn't changed for many years, so you don't have to worry at all! ”

"Then if we don't go out of the city, will they really attack the city?" Wang Ping'an frowned.

Gu Lantian shook his head and said, "Then don't be afraid, just send scouts to inform my Yumen Pass." Let the army out of the customs and slowly march towards here. can scare them away! ”

Wang Ping'an sighed and said, "That means that there won't really be a big battle, it's just that you scare me, I scare you?" So what is the enemy running for, and what benefits can be gained? ”

Gu Lantian said with a smile: "Lord Wang, who is willing to do something that is not beneficial?" My Yumen Pass and your Zheliu don't have any oil and water, but there is enough oil and water in Shazhou, they only need to divide part of the troops to feint and drag us down, and the other part will go to loot the surrounding areas of Shazhou, and the things they grab will be enough to survive the winter! ”

"It turned out that the method of striking the east and attacking the west was used." Wang Ping'an nodded, and said: "I am the governor of Shazhou, and I have to take care of Shazhou, otherwise we will also divide our troops and go to block the enemy army."

Gu Lantian thought to himself: "Whether Shazhou is robbed or not, it's my business!" He pretended to think for a while, and said: "It seems that there is no need to divide the troops in a hurry, let's see the enemy's movements first, if it is really as we expected, they are playing to attack the west, and we will not be too late to divide the troops." ”

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "Wouldn't it be too late to divide the troops at that time?" It seems that this guy can't count on it, and he has started calculating others again, and he can't play enough with his heart! It's not good to pick it out directly, he said: "Don't do it, the ancient governor will accompany Fang Xiangye and them, and I will gather the army and prepare to meet the enemy." ”

Gu Lantian immediately said okay, go down to the city and go to the castle.

Wang Ping'an also went down to the city, gathered the guard regiment, and personally raised troops out of the city to investigate the enemy's situation. He walked out of ten miles with the guard regiment, climbed a high post, and looked north, but he could not see the enemy attacking.

After a while, the second group of scouts rushed back and reported to Wang Ping'an, saying that the vanguard of the enemy army had turned to Baobao Lake, and they saw the leader of the army clearly. It turned out to be that Qu Zhimao!

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "It's confirmed, the enemy army attacking is the Turkic soldiers of the Dayan Division." This Qu Zhimao borrowed troops from the Dayan Ministry, and he was unwilling to be destroyed in his lair, so he turned halfway to see the Trap Mountain. ”

He heaved and said to his subordinates: "This Qu Zhimao, it's really not a big deal, if he comes directly to attack, while I haven't assembled an army, maybe he will catch me off guard, but I just want to go home and see, the time is delayed, and I will beat him again!" ”

The Ouyang brothers all laughed and followed his words. Make fun of Qu Zhimao.

After a few more moments, the third group of scouts returned. The scouts who came back this time were all desperately beating horses and galloping, and when they saw Wang Ping'an on the hill, they shouted from a long distance, shouting in Turkic dialect, and their expressions were very anxious.

When Brother Yelu Jun heard this, his face turned pale, and he said, "Master, the enemy brigade has been discovered." It's the Turkic soldiers of the Dayan Division, they raise their troops to attack, and the string control is 200,000, 200,000, this time it must be a big battle! Wang Ping'an was taken aback and exclaimed, "Two hundred thousand, do they have so many Turkic soldiers?" ”