Outside the Tai Chi Palace Yangxin Palace, Li Jiancheng stood alone under the steps, he had been standing for nearly half an hour, but there was no movement in the hall, at this time, Li Jiancheng couldn't help it anymore, walked up the steps to the hall, and just walked to the door of the hall, several guards stopped him.

"Your Highness, please don't disturb when the Holy One is resting."

"But I have an urgent chalk, you let me in!" Li Jiancheng was furious, staring sharply at several guards.

But the guards were unmoved, still blocking Li Jiancheng's way with their halberds, repeating the same words in a cold tone, "When the Holy Lord is resting, no one is allowed to disturb!" ”

Li Jiancheng stomped his feet in hatred, turned around and walked down the steps, he was anxious, but helpless, pacing back and forth in front of the steps with his hands behind his back, at this time, Chen Shuda hurriedly arrived, he saw that Li Jiancheng had not yet entered the hall, and asked in surprise: "Hasn't the saint woken up yet?" ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "I know the situation in the hall. ”

Chen Shuda pulled Li Jiancheng aside and said in a low voice: "I heard a news just now, just an hour ago, two hundred black-clothed people entered the city from the Golden Light Gate. ”

Li Jiancheng was taken aback, and immediately became furious, "Duan Decao dares to do this!" ”

"I'm afraid this is not Duan Decao's meaning, it's that the people below were bought by the King of Qi, the Jinguangmen guard is called Yang Xiao, there are nearly a thousand people under him, there must be other people who have been bribed Weichen's meaning Ru......"

Chen Shuda glanced at the guards and said in a low voice: "Could it be that the guards in the palace have also been bought by King Qi?" ”

Li Jiancheng walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, it is very likely that he was embarrassed from the beginning of entering the inner palace, if he wasn't familiar with some guards, he wouldn't even be able to enter the inner palace, but he was still stopped in the Heart Cultivation Palace, no matter what he said, he was not allowed to enter the palace, which was unimaginable in the past.

At this moment, a eunuch ran out of the palace, this person's surname is Gu, and he also has a bit of status in the palace, and after saying a few words, the guards released him Li Jiancheng saw him, his spirits lifted, and he immediately greeted him, "How is my father?" ”

"Your Highness, the situation of the Holy Lord is a little bad, he fainted and has not woken up."

"What about the Imperial Doctor?"

Li Jiancheng was anxious, "Are they here?" ”

"Imperial Physician Wang and Imperial Physician Zhang are rescuing the saint, and their time to sarcastically mock the saint is running out, and it is still a question of whether they can wake up."

Li Jiancheng was stunned that his father didn't have much time, he already knew, but if he couldn't wake up, how could he get back the military power?

At this time, Chen Shuda stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, you are still with the King of Qi at all, Your Highness will talk to him, hoping that he can take into account the overall situation and send troops to aid the King of Qin." ”

Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment and asked: "What is the attitude of other motherlands?" ”

"Xiao Xiangguo and Pei Xiangguo both supported sending troops, but Dugu Xiangguo and Dou Xiangguo did not come to the political hall."

Li Jiancheng sighed, it seems that neither the Dugu family nor the Dou family support the Tang Dynasty, seeing that his father's path is impossible, he has no choice but to nod, "Okay!" I'll go find him now. ”

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Not only did the crown prince Li Jiancheng go to find Li Wuji, but more than a dozen important ministers of the Tang Dynasty led by Xiao Li and Pei Lin also arrived outside the palace of the king of Qi, and they also got the news of the defeat of the king of Qin's army in shallow waterplain, and rushed to the palace of the king of Qi, asking the king of Qi to send troops to help the Tang army that had retreated south to Xinping County.

However, they were not able to enter the palace of the king of Qi, but were stopped outside the gate, and a eunuch who was waiting for the king of Qi shouted loudly: "Ministers, the king of Qi has fallen ill due to hard work day and night, and his condition is very serious, and there is really no way to come to see you, please forgive me!" ”

The eunuch's words caused the courtiers to be furious, and Xiao Li stepped forward and grabbed the eunuch's shirt and shouted: "What is sick, who can be deceived by the nonsense?" Let him hand over the military power, that is the army of the imperial court, not his private army! ”

The eunuch trembled with fear, "I'll go and report it!" ”

Xiao Li shook him off, and the eunuch even rolled into the mansion, the door slammed shut, but there was no movement, and not long after, Li Jiancheng also rushed to the palace of the king of Qi, and when his car stopped, the ministers stepped forward to salute.

"Why, doesn't he want to see everyone?" Li Jiancheng frowned.

Pei Lin shook his head, "He used the excuse of being sick, but he always refused to come out, and he refused to express his position." ”

Xiao Li was also worried: "Your Highness, what we are most worried about now is that the news spreads, I heard that there have been defeated soldiers who have fled back, and it is likely to spread all over the city tomorrow, and at that time, the hearts of the army and the people will be turbulent, and it will be troublesome." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, "I'll talk to him, no matter what, I want him to send troops." ”

At this time, more than a dozen East Palace guards finally knocked on the door, but Wang Shubao walked out of the mansion, and King Qi would definitely not come forward, so he would be the plenipotentiary representative.

Wang Shubao was taken by the guards to the car of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and Wang Shubao saluted, "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Jiancheng glanced at him coldly, "So, is King Qi unwilling to come forward?" ”

"Back to His Highness, His Royal Highness King Qi is indeed sick, and he is also very anxious about the situation on the front line, so he entrusted me to consult with His Highness and the ministers, how can I save the crisis?"

Li Jiancheng's mind changed, and he suddenly understood why the King of Qi refused to let them enter the mansion, the palace of the King of Qi must be full of thousands of brave men recruited by him, if they entered the mansion, the private placement army would be exposed, and the King of Qi could only pretend to be sick and not let them enter the mansion.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng snorted coldly, "I don't care whether King Qi is really sick or fake, I just need a clear explanation, will King Qi send troops or not?" ”

Wang Shubao is extremely talented and strategic, but his poor character was gradually abandoned by Li Yuan, but he knew how to deal with the situation in front of him, he said unhurriedly: "Your Highness, when the Holy Lord handed over the 40,000 military power to the King of Qi, he made it very clear that these 40,000 troops are responsible for defending the capital, and they are not allowed to go out of the city at will, His Royal Highness the King of Qi strictly obeys the holy will and does not dare to make a single mistake, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince requires the army to go out of the city to fight, I will ask Your Highness, is it the will of the Holy Lord, or the will of His Royal Highness?" ”

"You six

Li Jiancheng listened to him quite politely, and his heart was annoyed, he finally endured this breath and said: "King Qin lost in Qianshuiyuan and urgently needs reinforcements, and now there are only these 40,000 troops in the Tang Dynasty that can be mobilized, I hope that King Qi can take care of the overall situation and focus on the overall situation." ”

"Your Highness is surprised by this, King Qin's army has lost and needs reinforcements, I can understand it, but isn't the army defending the city taking into account the overall situation? Now where is there no crisis in Guanzhong, the army that Tiancheng bites gold still appeared in Ba Shang, and the 150,000 army has occupied Guandong and is marching towards Chang'an, if His Royal Highness the King of Qi sends the army out, what about Chang'an? Is Chang'an important, or is Xinping County important? I think that the king of Qin should withdraw his army to Chang'an in time, which is to take the overall situation into account. ”

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The argument between the two factions finally broke up, Li Wuji, the king of Qi, always refused to let go of his mouth on sending troops, and he had no choice but to return to the East Palace.

Perhaps letting King Qin return to Beijing is the ultimate solution to the crisis, and let King Qin deal with Wuji, but before making this decision, he still needs to do one more thing, he needs to visit Sun Shunde, the general of the Yulin Army, thinking of this, Li Jiancheng immediately ordered: "Go to the Imperial City!" ”

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Xinping County, here is about 80 miles away from the shallow water plain, is the first county town after the shallow water plain went south, after the defeat of the shallow water plain, Li Shimin led the remnants of the army to retreat here, rectify the defeated army, only more than 17,000 people remained, the army has lost most of the army, more importantly, the Tang army's food and military resources have been lost, and the grain stored in Xinping County can only be eaten by the Tang army for four days.

In other words, within three days, if the grain could not be delivered to Xinping County in time, then even if the Sui army did not go south, the Tang army would have to evacuate Xinping County and return to Chang'an.

In the night, Li Shimin walked slowly on the county wall with his hands behind his back, thinking a lot, he wanted to think about the future of the Tang Dynasty and his own fate, in fact, Li Shimin knew very well in his heart that after the defeat of Jingxiang's army, the Tang Dynasty was already doomed to perish, Hanzhong was captured by the Sui army, and the moment of destruction was coming.

The general trend has been decided, at this time, even if the Tang army wins another victory, it will not change the fate of the final defeat, Li Shimin's heart is full of bitterness, if there is no Yang Yuanqing appears, as long as the Sui Dynasty falls, then whether it is Xue Ju, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Dou Jiande or Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Xiao Mi, for the Tang Dynasty, it is not a problem to annihilate them, because these separatist warlords have no foundation, and they are not supported by Zhou forces like the Guanlong nobles, they are destined to not last long.

However, the new Sui Dynasty established by Yang Yuanqing was different, he not only received the support of the Sui Dynasty forces, but also the power support of the Shandong Shi clan, and it was with the support of these forces that the new Sui Dynasty stood firm in Hedong and Hebei, and encroached on the world step by step.

And the Tang Dynasty, Cheng was also a Guanlong noble, and defeat was also a Guanlong noble, if it were not for the large amount of control of the land by the Guanlong nobles, if the Tang Dynasty could smoothly implement the Juntian Order, the Tang army would not be as passive as it is today.

"Does Your Highness still want to fight the Sui army again?" At some point, Fang Xuanling appeared behind him.

Li Shimin nodded and sighed: "It's such a failure, I'm really unwilling!" ”

"Your Highness, I think you should let it go." Fang Xuanling said in a low voice.

Li Shimin didn't speak for a long time, he stared at the night and was silent, the night was so deep that he couldn't see the end.

"Does Your Highness still plan to return to Chang'an?" Fang Xuanling asked very implicitly.

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I don't know. ”

He looked at the night sky with his hands behind his back and let out a long sigh, "Even if you succeed in seizing the throne, what is the point of being the king of the fallen country?" ”

At this moment, a messenger cavalry rushed to the city and shouted: "I am His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sending troops to deliver a letter to the King of Qin, please open the door quickly!" ”

Not long after, several soldiers brought the messenger to the city and came to Li Shimin, who took out a letter and presented it to Li Shimin with both hands, "His Royal Highness the Prince's urgent letter asks the King of Qin to ...... first"

Li Shimin took the letter and opened it, a personal soldier lit a torch to illuminate the letter, Li Shimin read it again, and couldn't stop sneering on his face, so far, the king of Qi still holds on to the military power, it seems that he really hopes that he will return to Beijing, since this is the case, then fulfill him!

Li Shimin no longer had any doubts, and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, assemble the army, and return to Chang'an immediately." (To be continued)

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