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Li Yuan is undoubtedly an extremely deep person, as can be seen from the fact that he asked Li Xuanba. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xuanba is still alive, Li Yuan knows, and has always kept in touch. In order to keep this secret, he even lied to his own son.

Li Yuanji and Li Shimin didn't know, and even the crown prince Li Jiancheng was kept in the dark.

Li Xiaogong knows this secret!

In the Li family clan, Li Xiaogong is quite young, but he was the first to be crowned king by Li Yuan, and Li Yuan's importance to him can be seen. Li Xiaogong shot several times, and he was indeed very capable, but when he recovered Bashu, he was frustrated by Xiao Buyi, and since then he has been poisoned and collapsed. But Li Yuan still trusts Li Xiaogong a lot, and he will announce his entry into the court if he has nothing to do.

In the minds of the courtiers, Li Yuan has unconditional trust in two people, one is Pei Lian, and the other is Li Xiaogong.

The trust in Pei Yuan is still understandable, after all, Pei Lin and Li Yuan were in the same hardship at the beginning, and they helped Li Yuan many times, and they looked much more stupid than Li Yuan. Smart ministers will pretend to be stupid, Pei Lin is a smart minister. But Li Yuan's importance to Li Xiaogong has puzzled many people.

Li Xiaogong is young, smart, both civil and military, but these are obviously not the reasons for being valued by the emperor, so some people even speculate whether Li Xiaogong will be Li Yuan's son? But at the moment, Li Xiaogong is more like a mouthpiece between the living and the dead.

The living person is Li Yuan, and the dead person is, of course, Li Xuanba.

Of course, Li Yuan can't go to see Li Xuanba, there is no impermeable wall, if he often discusses things with Li Xuanba, sooner or later he will be discovered. At this time, a microphone is needed, and Li Xiaogong is undoubtedly this microphone!

Li Xiaogong's face was wrapped in a white cloth, stained with chilling blood, and even smelled a strange smell. Li Xiaogong heard Li Yuan's inquiry, and said for a long time: "Actually, the saint should know!" ”

"What should I know?" Li Yuan was very dissatisfied.

Li Xiaogong was not the slightest frightened, in fact, he really did not need to be afraid of anything. If a person's life is better than death, then what is he afraid of? Now whoever sees Li Xiaogong thinks that his death is the best ending!

"Holy Lord, Weichen is just a person of rumors." Li Xiaogong reminded.

Li Yuan frowned and said, "Of course I know, but no matter how it looks this time, Xuanba is a little reckless, Hebei should not have been this kind of ending." According to the plan agreed between me and Xuanba, Xuanba attracted the attention of others to the grassland, but he prepared in Hebei for a long time, waiting for the opportunity to kill Dou Jiande and Luo Yi, and then took the land of Youzhou and Hebei, and then pushed this crime on Xiao Buyi! If the plan works, the Hebei army is the main force for me to attack Xiao Buyi, and we will wait for the opportunity to move and inflict heavy losses on the Western Liang army! But Xuanba exposed his identity, which directly led to the Hebei army becoming enemies of the people of the world, and increased our resistance in Hebei. Although the Hebei army was fragmented, with Yu Yong, it was still able to compete with my army, which indirectly gave Xiao Buyi a chance to prepare, and also caused the people of the world to retreat to the Juma River, King Yongan drowned, Qiu Xinggong was killed, and Yin Shangshu died of illness! The Tang army changed from an advantage to a disadvantage, Xiao Buyi hyped up in Hebei that we were not good, and the people of Hebei were disgusted with the Tang army's entry into Hebei. ”

Li Xiaogong asked with some surprise, "Yin Shangshu...... Have you passed away too? ”

Li Yuan frowned, "The Tang army was defeated in Hebei, and Yin Shangshu felt that he could not escape the blame, because he was worried, and he was going to Hebei with his sick body, and he couldn't afford to be sick after fainting on the battlefield, and now he is ...... I just got the news that he had died. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help but have tears in his eyes. These heroes of the first righteousness can be said to be of great significance to Li Yuan, and they are also the wealth of governing the country in the future, Qiu Xinggong died, Li Yuan was dispensable, the general would inevitably die on the battlefield, it was inevitable, but the death of Yin Kaishan was a great blow to Li Yuan!

Li Xiaogong sighed lightly: "Yin Shangshu was loyal and dedicated, and his death in Hebei is really a loss to the country. ”

Li Yuan said coldly: "If it weren't for Xuanba's broken plan, why would this be the case?" ”

"At the beginning of the battle of Langshan, it was unpredictable, and Xuanba ...... Confiding in his identity may be a last resort. Li Xiaogong groaned.

"Really?" Li Yuan asked coldly.

Li Xiaogong hesitated for a moment, "What is the real situation, I think only Xuanba knows." ”

"You are wrong, I know the truth!" Li Yuan said slowly.

Li Xiaogong raised his eyebrows, "What is the real situation?" I don't know from whom the Holy One learned about it, but there is a mistake? ”

"Don't you forget the person who is Farin." Li Yuan said: "He knows Tanzong, and there are still ten people left in the thirteen stick monks of Shaolin, it is not difficult for me to know the original situation!" ”

Li Xiaogong changed his words and said: "Weichen is just a rumor, and I don't know anything about Langshan!" ”

"Do you want to know what it was like?" Li Yuan asked.

"The saint likes to say, and Weichen will listen." Li Xiaogong said unhurriedly.

Li Yuan snorted coldly, "At the beginning, Xuanba secretly plotted against Pei Ju and Dou Jiande, and no one knew his identity, although Pei Ju was extremely smart and guessed Xuanba's identity, but if Xuanba denied it and did not explain, who could determine his identity?" Pei Ju's family is the great enemy of the Hebei Army, and the Hebei Army is mostly suspicious of what he says, with Xuanba's cleverness, what is the difficulty in concealing his identity? Dou Jiande is already at the end of his strong crossbow, and he can't help Xuanba at all, but when he killed Dou Jiande, Xuanba deliberately asked Dou Jiande to grab the mask, which was deliberately revealing his identity! ”

"Deliberately?" Li Xiaogong asked emphatically.

"What do you say?" Li Yuan asked rhetorically.

The two fell silent for a long time. There was deathly silence in the room.

Smart people, obviously don't talk too much nonsense, what Li Yuan believes should be full of evidence. Lee Hsiao-kung is a smart man and knows that the best answer is silence.

Seeing that Li Xiaogong was silent, Li Yuan finally slowed down, "Xiaogong, I also know that Xuanba is no longer willing to be lonely. After all, there are not many people in this world who are like you, who don't seek merit and only think about the stability of the world. ”

Li Xiaogong then said: "It's good that the saint understands this. ”

Li Yuan said to himself: "Actually, I have always remembered Xuanba's goodness! If it weren't for Xuanba reminding me, maybe I would have died in the Eastern Capital a long time ago, and if it weren't for Xuanba pretending to die to win Yang Guang's sympathy, I wouldn't have been able to get to Taiyuan easily. I will not forget the merits of Xuanba, if I dominate the world, the merits of Xuanba should be above everyone! If he really thought I had forgotten him, he was very wrong. ”

Li Yuan's words were sincere and affectionate, but Li Xiaogong had no expression, "In this case, it seems that there is nothing wrong with him revealing his identity, right?" ”

Li Yuan was stunned, "The key is that Hebei has made my army completely passive because of him." But what...... The wood is already in the boat, and it is useless to say more. Filial piety, what I say to you today is not dissatisfaction and complaining......"

"That'...... What is it? Li Xiaogong hesitated.

Li Yuan said sincerely: "I just want to say that if I can unify the world, I will never forget you...... And the exploits of Xuanba! What is in the past, let it pass well. ”

Li Xiaogong said with relief: "The Holy Lord thinks like this, and Weichen is very happy. What I did was really insignificant. As long as the saint can release his past suspicions with King Wei, Tang Zhi is lucky. ”

Li Yuan laughed and said, "Filial piety is serious, I just don't understand what Xuanba did." After all, he and I are blood thicker than water, why can't we dissolve it? Xiao Gong, now that my army is defeated, I don't know what Xuanba suggests? ”

Li Xiaogong groped out a letter in his arms, handed it up with both hands and said, "This is what Xuanba said this time. ”

Li Yuan took it, slowly unfolded it, and looked at it seriously, his face changed slightly.

Li Xiaogong said: "Xuanba said that if the saint follows his plan, he should be able to redeem the first move. ”

Li Yuan put down the letter and said in a deep voice: "So, Xuanba has already started to prepare for this matter?"

"King Wei has been planning this matter since his trip to Hebei. The saint should also know that if King Wei is not eighty percent sure, he will never make a move. Although Hebei is unfavorable, the relationship between responsibility and King Wei is not great, if it weren't for ......" Li Xiaogong wanted to say and stopped.

"What if not?" Li Yuan asked lightly.

Li Xiaogong said: "The minister is only afraid to say it, and the saint doesn't like it." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it, I don't blame it."

Li Xiaogong hesitated for a moment before saying, "If it weren't for King Qin's eagerness to win, he wouldn't have let Xiao Buyi seize this loophole!" You must know that King Wei has invited the Turks, and he originally joined forces with the Tang army, even if he was not defeated by the opponent, it would not be difficult to rule Hebei. King Wei originally wanted the King of Qin to take Hedong to pacify Liu Wuzhou's bravery, sweep away the remaining thieves in Hebei, and then win with momentum, but ......"

Li Yuan said slowly: "Do you want to say that the fault of Hebei is all in the King of Qin?" ”

Li Xiaogong shook his head and said, "Weichen doesn't dare." It's just that in my opinion, if you use the prince to deal with Xiao Buyi, you can be safe. The crown prince has been fighting against Zhang Zhenzhou in the valley at the moment, which seems to be a bit overkill. ”

Li Yuan pondered for a long time, "Xiaogong, what you said is also very reasonable. But...... If I let Jiancheng go to Hebei, I am only afraid that Xiao Buyi will attack Tongguan. This son is extremely cunning, and he can be regarded as seeing through the people! With a boost of energy, he changed the topic and said: "Xiaogong, I don't know when Xuanba will implement this plan?" His eyes flashed with excitement, and it was obvious that Li Xuanba's proposal made him feel very good.

"Xuanba wants to make a move, of course, it depends on the right time and place. But before Xuanba made a move...... I also want to ask for a holy thing. ”

The corners of Li Yuan's mouth twitched, "What's the matter?" ”

"King Wei thinks that if this trip is successful, he should invite a team of Tang troops to be the vanguard and go to the Central Plains to solve problems for the saint and level the world."

After Li Xiaogong finished speaking, he pursed his lips and waited for Li Yuan to answer.

His condition is simple and simple, but it can be said to be mysterious, of course. Li Xuanba said that he was loyal and courageous, but after all, he still had to go from behind the scenes to the front of the scenes, if Li Yuan agreed, of course, he would officially restore Li Xuanba's identity.

Li Yuan's gaze moved back and forth, from Li Xiaogong's face, to the dancing lamp and candle, and from the red tears to the letter on the table. After staring at the letter for a long time, the hand on the desk trembled a little in the light of the candlelight. I don't know how long it took for Li Yuan to say: "Okay, I promised Xuanba, as long as this move is successful, let him personally lead the troops and conquer the Central Plains for me." ”

Li Xiaogong was not excited, and slowly stood up, "Holy Lord, then I will know what I said today to Xuanba?" ”

"It's a deal." Li Yuan said firmly.

Li Xiaogong nodded, turned around and groped away, Li Yuan looked at his back and disappeared, then looked at the letter on the table again, the corners of his mouth twitched again, and said to himself: "Okay, you are really good!" ”

**In the harsh winter, the snow dance in the eastern capital, the world is vast, Xiao Buyi is in the eastern capital, sitting in the Jinluan Palace, listening to the ministers playing political affairs.

After flooding Li Tang's army from Hebei, more than a month passed in a blink of an eye. It has entered the cold winter, and the Tang army will certainly not give up the Youzhou that it has worked so hard to fight, and insist on confrontation with the Xiliang army on the front line of Yishui and Juma River.

Xiao Buyi knew that he sent troops at this time, and he did not have an advantage, knowing that Li Shimin's army occupied Youzhou, but the grain and grass were a problem, so he set a strategy with Qin Shubao, and sent Shu Zhanwei, Miao Haichao, Xu Shaoan and others to choke the traffic arteries between Youzhou and Hedong, cut off Li Shimin's grain route and the connection with Hedong, and then Qin Shubao confronted Li Shimin, Cheng Biting Jin against Li Daozong, deep ditch and high base, avoiding without fighting.

This move also coincided with Li Shimin and Li Daozong for the time being, and Xiliang and Li Tang confronted Youzhou, and once again there was a stalemate.

Xiao Buyi has been marching for many years, and he knows that this stalemate is actually to accumulate strength for the next duel, and he has returned to the eastern capital while the stalemate in Hebei is in place.

The ministers and the people knew about the great victory in Hebei and knew that Xiao Buyi had turned around, and they were all in high spirits.

This winter, it's a bit cold. But this year's Eastern Capital is full of enthusiasm.

Since defeating Li Mi, the Eastern Capital has never been invaded by war, and now the Eastern Capital is thriving, no different from the Sui Dynasty when it was prosperous.

Ma Zhoucai turned back from Jianghuai, and although he lost a few laps, he was in excellent spirits. After informing Xiao Buyi about the disaster relief in the south, the people restored stability, and the ministers naturally praised each other.

Xiao Buyi was happy in his heart, although he was tired from the battle, but listening to the peace of the world was his best comfort.

Wei Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said: "Qiyu Xiliang King, this New Year, the eastern capital is prosperous, the south of the Yangtze River is stable, the people are happy, and there are as many as eighty-nine small countries from all over the world to worship. He presented the recital, Xiao Buyi took the list, and saw that the small countries of worship were innumerable, north to Khitan, Murowei, south to Liuzhao, Linyi, east to Baekje, Silla, west to Tuyuhun, Gaochang, Western Regions countries, and what Iron Khanate, Nu Shibi five departments, Dulu five departments, Tochar, Hulashan and other countries, rarely heard of, for many countries, Xiao Buyi did not even know where it was. At the beginning, Yang Guang worked hard to open the Bailiao banquet, in order to seek admiration from all over the world and satisfy his arrogant vanity, but now that the time has come, Xiao Buyi is not too soliciting, but it is a matter of course.

Xiao Buyi was secretly happy, and sighed with emotion, and returned the recital, asking Wei Jin to read the countries again. The ministers listened to Wei Jin's thoughts of worshipping the country and presenting gifts one by one, although it was lengthy, but it was very interesting to listen to. This is a strong posture, and it also makes the hearts of the ministers rise with pride, these countries obviously still take the eastern capital as the heart of the world, and they are rushing to worship. Of course, there is another important reason that the eastern capital is currently politically harmonious and doing business in the world. Countries from all over the world either seek dependence or interests, and they all come to worship during the New Year and open up relations.

Among the eighty-nine countries, even if there are envoys from the Western Turks, but not a single envoy from the Eastern Turks has arrived, presumably even if there are envoys, they will only go to Guanzhong, these are all things that Xiao Buyi expected, but the strange thing is that Kedun did not send envoys to come.

Xiao Buyi frowned secretly, thinking that Yu Shinan went to the Turks to seek the support of Kedun, which had always been good, but there was suddenly no news in the past few days, and Kedun did not send envoys to come, could it be that something had changed?

Suppressing his worries, Xiao Buyi tried his best to remain calm, and continued to listen to the ministers patiently. After Wei Jin finished reading the list, he asked, "King Qiqi Xiliang, I don't know how these envoys should be entertained when they come?" ”

Xiao Buyi said: "Follow the old rules, don't ask for luxury, but be grand." This rule is very strange, but Wei Jin is used to it, Xiao Buyi means to do big things with little money.

Wei Jin asked, "The envoys of various countries want to invite the king of Xiliang, I wonder if the king of Xiliang can take the time to meet these envoys in the New Year?" ”

Xiao Buyi nodded and said, "You can arrange it." ”

Wei Jin retreated, Xu Shiji stepped forward, Xu Shiji has been sitting in the Eastern Capital, taking over the military power, and is now the general of the left and right Weifu, and the squire of the military department. The secretary of the military department is Li Jing, and now he is still in a stalemate with Shen Faxing in Jiangnan, and there seems to be no progress, and the responsibility of the military department is assumed by Xu Shiji.

"King Qiqi Xiliang, now that the end of the year is approaching, in the rotation of troops, Hebei's 80,000 soldiers and horses have reached the deadline, but they are still in a stalemate with the Tang army, do you want to transfer back to change troops?"

Xiao Buyi groaned undecided, because at this time, there were indeed many scruples about changing troops.

Xiao Yu, the secretary of the ministry, said: "I want the New Year to be approaching, and I am afraid that the elite soldiers of the Eastern Capital will not want to kill the enemy, and it is inevitable that I will not be able to do my best." ”

The ministers all nodded, marching and fighting, the military spirit is very important, these people coincided with the New Year's army, and it was inevitable to complain.

Xiao Buyi was groaning, and Xu Shiji had already said loudly: "The New Year is approaching, and the deadline for changing troops has arrived. ”

The ministers all looked at Xiao Buyi, not knowing how to solve this problem.

Xiao Buyi thought for a while, "The system of changing troops has been established, and it cannot be easily changed, what General Xu said is very in line with the rules, but what Xiao Shangshu said also makes some sense, so let's do it, before January of the New Year, this king personally led the troops to Hebei and spent the New Year with the Hebei soldiers." ”

The ministers were moved in their hearts, and they knelt down together and said: "The king of Xiliang is worried about the world, and he will share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and the world is fortunate." ”

Xiao Buyi smiled, "This king just wants the world to settle early, and it's normal to work hard." Gentlemen, please rise. He looked at Xu Shiji, and when he saw Xu Shiji looking at him with admiration, the two looked at each other and smiled, and they had a tacit understanding in their hearts. Wei Jin secretly complained to himself, and said that the king of Xiliang wanted to go to the New Year in person, and even celebrated the New Year with the soldiers, so he could only postpone the matter of the foreign envoys.

After the ministers finished playing, Xiao Buyi retreated, and Xu Shiji went out of the palace to return to the mansion, and before he could sit down, Lu Laosan had already arrived in a hurry, and there was a person behind him, but it was a bat.

Xiao Buyi was shocked in his heart, it turned out that Liu Wuzhou was defeated, and Wei Chigong rushed to Taiyuan to meet Liu Wuzhou. After all, Wei Chigong has a beginning and an end, Liu Wuzhou has never used Turkic soldiers, and he also kept his promise and followed Liu Wuzhou. You must know that when Liu Wuzhou was proud, Wei Chigong couldn't go, and now when Liu Wuzhou was down, Wei Chigong wouldn't go. Xiao Buyi knew Wei Chigong's thoughts, and couldn't bear to embarrass him, although he knew that he was a famous general, he didn't even send someone to persuade Wei Chigong, and only asked the bat to take the two masters Lan Lan and Yin Yushan to pay attention to it secretly to see if he could help Wei Chigong.

Wei Chigong did not forget Liu Wuzhou's kindness, and Xiao Buyi did not forget the virtue of teaching art back then, not to mention that if there was no Wei Chigong, maybe he would have died at the hands of Li Zhixiong that year, and how could he talk about the future King of Xiliang who was the megatron of the world?

Liu Wuzhou was chased and beaten by Li Shimin, defeated Taiyuan, fled all the way north, and finally entered the Turks to seek refuge. Wei Chigong followed Liu Wuzhou into the Turks, and the bats also followed the past, and now he suddenly saw the bats turning, and Xiao Buyi felt uneasy in his heart.

"Bat, what's going on over there?"

"King Qiqi Xiliang, the situation is not good." Bat Road.

Xiao Buyi's heart trembled, "Wei Chigong had an accident?" ”

"No, it's Yu Shangshu who is not doing well." Bat hurriedly said: "Originally, Yu Shangshu and Ke Dun had a good talk, and in order to stabilize their power, they even stayed in Turkic. But the woman Kedun is unpredictable, because he has taken refuge for many years before, his health is not good, and there are signs of deterioration recently, Kedun feels bad, and secretly colludes with Jieli. ”

Xiao Buyi slapped the table angrily, "What did you say?" Seeing that the bat was frightened, Xiao Buyi knew that his tone was too heavy, and said in a deep voice: "You said that this old woman hooked up with Jieli again?" ”

The bat nodded, "Yes, there is indeed a sign of this." Yu Shangshu knew that it was not good, so he asked me to quickly turn around the situation, but he tried his best to persuade Ke Dun to change his mind! He said that he was entrusted with a heavy trust, and he must not live up to the high hopes of the king of Xiliang, and he should ask for his best to die! ”

Xiao Buyi sighed: "Yu Shinan is a person...... How can you easily say dead? He didn't know how to evaluate Yu Shinan's actions, but he knew that he was still for himself, and his heart was moved.

The bat said a few words, and Xiao Buyi already knew that the situation was wrong.

For the Eastern Turks, Xiao Buyi has always been cautious and cautious, at the beginning with the help of Turkic horses, which is a false and wronged snake, but now he has passed the difficult period, the horses no longer rely on the steppe, and now he has to beware of the Turkic cavalry. In the past, because of the Great Sui, Kedun had been restricting the Turks, but Kedun couldn't restrain it, and turned to collude with them.

Thinking about it, Xiao Buyi said: "Who is protecting Yu Shangshu, is there only Lan Lan and Yin Yushan?" ”

Bat said: "And Yu Chigong!" ”

"How could he protect Yu Shinan?" Xiao Buyi was very surprised.

"Yu Chigong and Liu Wuzhou arrived at the grassland and temporarily defected to Kedun, but Wei Chigong found out that Kedun was going to join forces with Jieli, so I quickly came back to Tongyu to discuss countermeasures, and he stayed there to take care of Yu Shinan." The bat explained.

Xiao Buyi was grateful, and before he could speak, a soldier rushed in, "King Qixi Liang, the grassland is urgent." Xiao Buyi's heart sank, he took it and looked at it, his face changed slightly, he slapped his palm on the table, and said hatefully: "Kedun, you are too arrogant!" ”

Xu Shiji took the note and looked at it, his face changed slightly, what was written on the note was simple and clear, Kedun detained Yu Shinan and other envoys from the Eastern Capital as a courtesy, and asked Jieli for peace!

(To be continued)