In the palace of the king of Qi, King Yuanji of Qi complained to Feng Deyi: "Prime Minister Feng, why don't you let me lead the army to quell the rebellion of the traitor Liu Heimin?" As long as I am given 20,000 troops, I will definitely be able to capture the traitor Liu Heimin. Today, seeing the prince's villainous appearance, I feel very unhappy. He stayed in Chang'an all day, did he know what it meant to fight? Why do we give him such a big credit? ”

Feng Deyi replied: "Unite the crown prince, first remove the king of Qin, and then remove the prince, and His Royal Highness ascends to the throne, this is a strategy that we have formulated a long time ago." The credit for pacifying the traitor Liu Heimin is indeed not small, but if His Royal Highness leads the troops to pacify the traitor Liu Heimin, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the prince and the king of Qin. After all, His Royal Highness's power is still too weak in front of the crown prince and King Qin. Give the credit for pacifying the traitor Liu Heimin to the prince, and you can get more trust from the prince; Second, it can intensify the contradiction between the prince and the king of Qin. His Royal Highness can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

King Qi said unwillingly: "Then let it be given to him." When he and King Qin are defeated, I must take back what belongs to me. My strength is insufficient, and now that I am under the roof, I have to bow my head, and this is the only way. ”

On the morning of the second day, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, generously stated to Emperor Li Yuan: "Please ask your father to give your son 30,000 Tang troops, and your son will be within a month to capture the rebel Liu Heimin alive and sacrifice it to his father." ”

Li Shimin's words immediately caused an uproar in the Tang Dynasty.

"What? What the? The king of Qin wants an army of 30,000 to pacify the 400,000 army of the traitor Liu Heimin within a month? ”

"That's 400,000 rebels. Could it be that King Qin really thinks that the Tang Dynasty army is a god soldier and a heavenly general, and everyone can be ten with one, and they are extremely brave? ”

"Not long ago, the more than 200,000 garrisons in the north of the Datang River have just been wiped out. Where did King Qin get such great confidence to want to exterminate the 400,000 army of the traitor Liu Heimin with an army of 30,000? ”

"Could it be that this is the ploy of the King of Qin, could it be that he wants to lead the troops first, and then ask for the military power? 30,000 troops to quell the rebellion, Your Majesty, the crown prince, and the king of Qi will all support it. ”

"This may also be King Qin's deliberate attempt to defeat. If he loses this time, His Majesty will definitely give him enough troops next time. ”

The ministers were talking.

Emperor Li Yuan groaned, he couldn't guess why Li Shimin, the king of Qin, would ask 30,000 people to quell the rebellion, in this way, would there be a possibility of victory? It's a self-defeating one. However, the prestige and power of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, in the army are too great, and it would be good if he led his descendants to fight a defeated battle in Hebei. At least it will be a weakening of his power, and his prestige will be much weaker.

The Qin king Li Shimin was too powerful in the army and already threatened his throne. How many nights, Li Yuan woke up from a nightmare, dreaming that he had become Emperor Wen of Sui, and his son Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was wearing the golden lock chain armor that he often wore when he went on expeditions, and walked towards him step by step with a long lance in his hand, and finally raised the lance high and stabbed it into his chest, just like when he was in charge of the former Sui Janissary Guard, he saw Emperor Yang of Sui kill Emperor Wen with his own eyes more than ten years ago.

At present, the traitor Liu Heimin, who is far away in Hebei, is a big trouble for the Tang Dynasty, but Li Shimin, the king of Qin who is close to Chang'an, is also a big trouble. Deep in the heart of Emperor Li Yuan, he had a deep wariness of the shrewd and powerful Qin King Li Shimin. Li Shimin, the king of Qin, controls the army of Liucheng of the Tang Dynasty, and his power is too great, once he has a rebellion, no one can control it. It must be weakened, but it must not be rushed, and if it is urgent, it will change. Now, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, took the initiative to seek defeat, and Emperor Li Yuan was still very willing to fulfill him in his heart.

Qin King Li Shimin's proposal, the crown prince Jiancheng also felt very surprised, he guessed how the King of Qin would propose 30,000 people to suppress the rebellion? Could it be that he also saw whether the Shandong Hao clan was a supporter of the traitor Liu Heimin, or that the information of King Yuanji of Qi came from the people around King Qin? If Li Shimin, the king of Qin, has people from Qi Wang Yuanji by his side, then Qi Wang Yuanji cannot be underestimated, and Qi Wang Yuanji must be on guard.

When he heard that Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was only leading an army of 30,000 and wanted to pacify the 400,000 army of the traitor Liu Heimin, he was very moved, this was a good opportunity to weaken the king of Qin, Li Shimin.

Qi Wang Yuanji, the right servant Feng Deyi, and the imperial historian Xiao Yu looked at the crown prince Jiancheng, and they knew that the prince Jiancheng would definitely seize this opportunity and propose to lead the army by himself.

The crown prince Jiancheng felt that the time was right, and everyone thought that the 30,000 army of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, pacified the 400,000 army of the rebel Liu Heimin, which was purely an act of actively seeking defeat and looking for death. And his own speech will inevitably shock the entire Tang Dynasty.

The crown prince Jiancheng slowly stood up from the queue and said to Emperor Li Yuan: "This time to pacify the traitor Liu Heimin, the sons are also willing to lead the troops." As long as the father gives his son 20,000 troops, his son will definitely be able to pacify Hebei within a month and capture and kill the traitor Liu Heimin. ”

Emperor Li Yuan looked at the crown prince in surprise and was speechless in surprise.

And the entire Tang Dynasty Hall was completely shocked as the prince expected.

"Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who has never asked about the military, suddenly make a move? Asking for the commander of the troops? ”

"An army of 20,000 will capture and kill the traitor Liu Heimin within a month, how is this possible?"

"King Qin is crazy, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also crazy? The traitor Liu Heimin has an army of 400,000, how can the crown prince and the king of Qin be able to quell the rebellion with an army of 20,000, and an army of 30,000 can quell the rebellion? They are all traitors, are Liu Heimin's 400,000 army muddy? ”

Hearing the crown prince's speech, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was stunned, and the word leak appeared in his mind. The prince even knew that the wealthy family in Shandong supported the traitor Liu Heimin.

The officials of the Shandong Hao clan were as pale as earth, and through the invitation of the King of Qin and the crown prince, they guessed that the prince and the king of Qin must have known that the Shandong Hao clan was the supporter of the traitor Liu Heimin. It's just that I don't know how the crown prince and the king of Qin will punish their Shandong wealthy family. They looked at Emperor Li Yuan, who was still looking at the crown prince with an expression of disbelief, and they speculated that neither the prince nor the king of Qin had told Emperor Li Yuan about the support of the Shandong wealthy clan for the traitor Liu Heimin.

Zuo Servant Pei Lin looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was full of confidence, and then looked at Qi Wang Yuanji, the crown prince Wang Qi, and the crown prince Xian Ma Wei Zheng, and found that they all seemed to have known that the prince would do this, and they all supported the prince in doing this. He felt a trace of sadness, he was a diehard loyalist of Prince Jiancheng, but Prince Jiancheng never regarded him as a confidant. Such a big thing, King Qi knew, Wang Jue knew, even the little Prince Xian Ma of the fourth grade, Wei Zheng, also knew, but his left servant of the Tang Dynasty didn't know. The prince still doesn't trust himself, and he has been supporting the prince in vain.