Li Shimin's army left Boling, Chao Leshou killed him, Cui Shuzhong personally sent out of the city gate, and after Li Shimin's army left, Cui Mingan walked out from the side.

"Father, Li Zhao lost Hedong, and Emperor Li Zhao sent someone to announce the decree, asking Li Shimin to immediately return to the army Huguan and enter the Bird Mouse Valley to defend Li Xin." Cui Mingan said in a low voice.

"Huh! Didn't Li Shimin say that he was going to attack Le Shou this time? Did he deceive the old man? Uncle Cui said dissatisfiedly. He has a strong Confucian atmosphere, and what he dislikes the most is deception, especially Li Shimin's deception.

"The chamberlain sent by Emperor Li Zhao has never appeared in Li Shimin's army since he appeared." Cui Mingan said with a complicated face.

"What a ruthless Li Shimin, I underestimated him." After Uncle Cui heard it again, a gloomy light shot out of the old man's eyes, and he said lightly: "Sure enough, it is a generation of heroes, for their own interests, they don't even care about their father's and brother's inheritance, and they just kill the messenger sent by Li Yuan, tsk, I'm afraid Li Yuan is still looking forward to Li Shimin's reinforcements at this time!" ”

"Father, what shall we do now?" Cui Mingan said with some concern. Not only the Cui family, but also the entire Kanto family decided to cooperate with Li Zhao, and Li Shimin's approach was undoubtedly to put Li Zhao's safety aside, which made Cui Mingan a little dissatisfied in his heart.

"Li Shimin has the ability to be a soldier, but unfortunately he is not a good monarch. Li Yuan's eldest son, Li Jiancheng, has the style of an elder, and only Li Jiancheng is the real candidate for the crown prince, and the old man saw the unruly and unruly ambition in Li Shimin's eyes. Cui Shuzhong sneered: "Although I haven't met Li Xin, then Li Xin and Li Shimin are the same kind of people. ”

"What does Father mean?" Cui Mingan said in surprise.

"He's going to do it to our family." Cui Shuzhong said: "A person who doesn't even take his father's and brother's holy decree to heart, do you think he will take our family seriously?" He can't, maybe he can be a general, but he can't do anything else. ”

"And what about it?" Cui Mingan said: "The child immediately let him tell Li Jiancheng, I believe he is very happy to know about this matter." The child also felt Li Shimin's ambition. ”

"Let someone tell Li Jiancheng!" Uncle Cui waved his hand and said.

In Hedong City, Shen Qianqiu cautiously reported Li Shimin's situation. Finally, he said: "Li Yuan has sent five messengers, but they were all killed by Li Shimin. ”

"Was he really killed by Li Shimin? He is very bold, and even this king is afraid, if I am in Li Shimin's position, I really don't dare to deal with Li Yuan's holy decree. Li Xin said with a smile.

"So, is Li Shimin ready to return to his teacher?" Du Ruhui took a breath and said, "Prime Minister, in this way, I'm afraid our plan will fail." ”

"No, Li Shimin is not coming back. It doesn't mean that Li Yuan won't let them come back. Li Xin shook his head and said: "Li Yuan is very afraid of death, as long as we attack Huoyi, Li Shimin will definitely come back, as long as we force it a little, if Li Shimin disobeys, we will not suffer, if he does not disobey, Li Shimin will come back, after returning to the state." Whether he can lead the army or not is not said for the time being, and if he can lead the army, he can only be dragged by us in the Bird Mouse Valley. ”

"The prime minister still wants to use troops against Huo Yi?" Du Ruhui asked with some surprise.

"Yes, if it doesn't hurt a little, Li Yuan won't be in pain. Not too many, tens of thousands of people are enough, spring plowing is imminent, and too many soldiers and horses cannot be used. Li Xin thought for a while and said.

"If so. His subordinates suggested that an army of 100,000 be mobilized. Du Ruhui's eyes rolled, flashing with wisdom, and said, "Guanzhong is rich." The population is large, and the state is only supported by the family, the population is small, we have to use a large army, and the state must be the same, they will delay farming, and we Guanzhong, those remaining soldiers can participate in farming, can solve many problems. ”

Li Xin's eyes lit up, contributing to this, it is nothing more than Li Xin's soldiers and horses are professional soldiers, and Li Zhao is still a relatively backward government military system plus a small number of professional soldiers, professional soldiers purely abandon production, dedicated to training, government soldiers are soldiers in wartime, and people in disperse. Therefore, Li Xin's army grew very slowly in numbers, but it took the route of elite soldiers, and although the government army system was large in number, once a large-scale war broke out, it would delay the agricultural time.

"Then order an army of 100,000 troops, attack Huoyi, drive Qu Tutong away first, I heard that Li Jiancheng is building a pass in the Bird Mouse Valley, hehe, I will come to the Bird Mouse Valley and scare Li Jiancheng." Li Xin immediately issued an order, ordering Su Dingfang to be the vanguard, leading 20,000 troops, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin, etc. were all among the recruits, and the army came from Guanzhong and gathered under the city of Hedong, ready to attack Huoyi at any time.

The news of Li Xin's dispatch of the army was not hidden from the world, and soon spread to all directions, Wang Shichong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly supported Li Yuan with a batch of grain and grass, and then sat on the side and watched the war between the two, Xiao Mo sent the general Dong Jingzhen to lead the army to attack Kuizhou, which was blocked by Qin Qiong.

In the Jinyang Palace, the surroundings on Li Yuan's forehead inadvertently increased a lot, and his eyes showed anger, Li Xin negotiated peace with himself on the front foot, and captured Hedong on the back foot, and now he is preparing to attack Huoyi, which makes Li Yuan feel that he doesn't know what to do, and he regrets it now, he shouldn't attack Luoyang, and lost 100,000 troops.

"Prince, where are the soldiers and horses of King Qin? We've sent five messengers, and why haven't they responded? What about the heralds? Li Yuan looked at Li Jiancheng who was in the dust, and there was a hint of love in his eyes, and only Li Jiancheng was of the same heart as himself, struggling to manage the situation in front of him.

"This one, it's still on the way." Li Jiancheng flashed a trace of anger between his eyebrows, and said with his head down.

"It's still on the way, it's been ten days since the last messenger, why are you still on the way, how many ways are you from Huguan?" Li Yuan snorted coldly.

"This, this, the child doesn't know." Li Jiancheng's head was lower.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, why didn't you say that King Qin killed the messenger and the army went to Le Shou?" Dugu Huaien snorted coldly and said, "Why, at this time, do you still care about brotherhood? ”

"What?" Li Yuan jumped up all of a sudden, looked at Li Shimin with frightened eyes, and said, "Jiancheng, is what Huai En said true?" Did King Qin really lead the army to Le Shou, instead of coming towards Huguan, and his five servants were all killed by him? Li Yuan was completely shocked, his son actually did such a thing, killing the chamberlain is not counted, and he still resists the order.

"This, maybe there is some misunderstanding." Li Jiancheng said with some embarrassment. There was also a burst of resentment in his heart, I didn't expect Li Shimin to do this kind of thing for the sake of the throne, if Li Xin really broke through the Bird Mouse Valley, Li Zhao Jiangshan was no more, what could Li Shimin do even if he seized Hebei? Did he really not want the safety of his father and brother? Li Jiancheng was also sad in his heart.

"Misunderstanding? The emperor, the minister sees that the king of Qin wants to monopolize Hebei by himself and seize the throne as the emperor, and he doesn't need our Jinyang at all, he has abandoned his father and brother in Jinyang, abandoned Da Zhao, the emperor, the king of Qin is plotting rebellion. Dugu Huaien said loudly, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Uncle Cui of Boling sent a letter, which has been introduced in detail about the King of Qin, originally the minister just thought that Uncle Cui was alarmist, but now it seems that this is indeed the case, the King of Qin not only resisted the decree, but killed the inner servant, regardless of the safety of Jinyang, Your Majesty, such a King of Qin is no longer your son." ”

Li Yuan trembled, his face was pale, he stood there and didn't know what to do, everything that happened in front of him made Li Yuan feel like he had fallen into the abyss, and he was chilled.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing at the moment is to let King Qin return to the army quickly, he has seventy or eighty thousand elites in his hands!" Pei Lin glanced at Dugu Huaien, and then said in a low voice: "These seventy or eighty thousand troops are exactly what we want." ”

"How do you get him back? He had given up on his father and brother. Li Yuan's face was gloomy, his eyes showed murderous intent, and he said: "I made five holy decrees, but he didn't obey them, but killed the inner servant, how can I let him come back?" ”

"This, father, son, is confident that he can still block Li Xin's attack in the Bird Mouse Valley, since the King of Qin is sure that he can defeat Dou Jiande and occupy Hebei, why don't we wait for a while." Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth and said.

"You care about brotherhood, but people still don't want to? He'd long since forgotten that you were his brother. Li Yuan said with a gloomy expression: "Maybe it's a good thing for him that you die, because he can be the crown prince." Li Yuan's heart-wrenching words made the faces of everyone present tense, and their hearts were even more uneasy, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn.

"One more decree, let the King of Qin return to the army immediately, and I am ready to canonize him as the crown prince." Li Yuan's voice was very calm, but everyone in the hall felt a hint of murderous intent, Li Yuan was going to kill his son! He lured him as the crown prince, and when Li Shimin came back, he would kill him.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate, King Qin is wise, and rashly canonizes him as the crown prince, he won't come back, and he will even doubt the emperor's intentions." Pei Lin smiled bitterly: "The minister thinks that the emperor should issue a sternly worded holy decree, if he does not return, he will be demoted to a concubine in addition to the temple." I believe that King Qin will definitely come back. ”

Li Yuan's face was stunned when he heard this, and finally nodded, and said: "Order someone to send an edict to let King Qin return to the army immediately, if you don't come back, never come back, I don't have his son." I will tell the temple that the Li family does not have Li Shimin. ”

"The ministers obey." Pei Lin hurriedly ordered someone to go down to deliver the decree, but he was very proud in his heart, what if Li Shimin made a contribution? After this battle, even if you don't die, you will be a concubine, how can you compete for the position of prince? (To be continued......)