"King Qin."

At this time, the big tent was rolled up, and I saw an ugly-looking, arrogant young man walked in, raised his hands and feet, the breath on his body made people extremely uncomfortable, this person was none other than Li Zhaoqi, the king of Li Yuanji, I saw that on the armor on his body, there was also the color of wind and dust, which showed how hurried he was in the process of advancing.

"Yuanji, why are you here?"

Li Shimin felt a burst of resentment in his heart, he did not receive the holy decree, and Li Yuan did not tell himself the news that Li Yuanji would come, and now Li Yuanji suddenly killed, on the one hand, Li Yuan made a holy decree, or Li Yuanji himself secretly came, Li Shimin felt a little uneasy in his heart, he felt that the former was the majority of this matter.

"My father said that I had nothing to do in Beijing, so the prince's brother asked the younger brother to come to Luoyang to see if there was anyone who could help the second brother." Li Yuanji glanced at everyone in the big tent, the corners of his mouth showed a trace of disdain, and said, "Second brother, how can the little brother feel that the atmosphere in the big tent is not quite right!" Although it was dozens of miles away, I heard the shouting of killing just now, second brother, you won't be defeated! That's a big deal. ”

"His Royal Highness King Qi, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, since ancient times, which famous general has not had the experience of failure. This time King Qin was just a small defeat, and it was nothing. Liu Wenjing explained lightly: "Although Wang Shichong is incompetent, he can control Luoyang and defeat Li Mi, but he is not a simple character. ”

"Defeat is defeat, so why bother?" Li Yuanji said disdainfully: "Then Li Xin and Li Jing also used to cross the Central Plains, why didn't the two of them fail?" Isn't the second brother claimed to be comparable to Li Xin? How could it be defeated today? ”

"It's just a small setback, how can it be regarded as defeat, can Li Xin and Li Jing go down in one go when they attack the city?" Li Shimin's eyes flashed with a hint of annoyance, and he snorted coldly and said: "Luoyang is a strong city, how can it be a battle." There was a trace of anger in the depths of his eyes, this Li Yuanji was probably not here to help him. I came to trouble myself, and I don't know what my father and Li Jiancheng were thinking, why did they let Li Yuanji come to Luoyang? Is it to decentralize, or is it surveillance? Li Shimin's heart was desolate, and he felt that he was not trusted.

"Second brother, defeat is nothing, as long as there is an army, are you still afraid that you won't win?" Li Yuanji found a Mazha and sat down, and said: "But it's not good if you don't admit defeat, although this Luoyang City is difficult to attack." But don't we have something to do! As long as Neiying is answered from the inside, isn't it easy to attack a Luoyang? It's at your fingertips! Second brother, you can't enjoy such military feats alone! ”

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth suddenly showed a wry smile, he finally knew the meaning of Li Yuanji's coming to Luoyang, just to share his military exploits, in his opinion, Luoyang City, which has internal responses, is not yet a hand-to-hand capture. It's just that what he doesn't know is that Neiying has been noticed by Wang Shichong, and in the battle last night, he was defeated in this Neiying.

"King Qi. Neiying failed, the plan of the Kanto family has been detected by Wang Shichong, and in the battle last night, we were ruthlessly pitted by Wang Shichong. The battle had just ended an hour. Eldest Sun Wuji explained in a low voice.

"What's going on?" Li Yuanji's face was stunned, he came to Luoyang, he wanted to get a little credit from Li Shimin. When I first came to the camp, I saw that the atmosphere in the camp was weird, the morale was low, and there was a scream, and I immediately knew that I had lost the battle, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, Luoyang City's internal response failed, and Wang Shichong noticed it. This made Li Yuanji stand there, not knowing what to do.

"How is it possible, how is it possible, how does Wang Shichong's Hu Er know our internal response, second brother, it won't be our news leaked!" Li Yuanji screamed violently, those internal responses are the guarantee of Li Yuanji's merits, and now that the internal responses have failed, Li Yuanji suddenly didn't know what to do.

"Shut up, Motoyoshi." Li Shimin showed a trace of shame and anger, and he also secretly regretted that he was not aware of it at all, which would lead to this failure, but he didn't want Li Yuanji to suspect his subordinates, and said: "Wang Shichong is treacherous and very suspicious, maybe he already knew that this kind of thing happened, so he will attack when we attack, which led to the failure of our surprise attack." I think it is because the Kanto family is not secret, so such a thing will happen, and what we need to do now is to leave Luoyang immediately and attack Hebei. ”

"Attack Hebei? No, my father will not agree. After Li Yuanji heard this, he refused without thinking about it: "My father wants Luoyang, not Hebei, if it is Hebei, how can I let you lead the army to attack Luoyang, and I will already be out of the pot, second brother, you don't know why your father wants to seize Luoyang!" Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and said with some dissatisfaction.

"I naturally know that it's just that in this situation, if we attack Luoyang again, Li Xin will react, quickly withdraw the Nanyang soldiers and horses, change the direction of the attack, and attack us with Wang Shichong." Li Shimin had to explain him, he knew why Li Yuan let himself attack Luoyang, but at the moment, Luoyang really couldn't attack.

"Absolutely not, the decisions made by His Father and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot be changed in any way." Li Yuanji didn't think about it and said: "Since the emperor has already let Luoyang attack, we must carry it out, second brother, if you attack Hebei, it will be disobeying the holy decree!" ”

"King Qi, if Li Xin comes to attack at this time, what should I do?" The eldest grandson Wuji persuaded incomprehensibly.

"If Li Xin attacks, he will go to Hongnong, and when the time comes, we will send troops to capture Hongnong, if Li Xin comes to attack, we can block Hongnong for a while, if it really can't be stopped, we will retreat to Mengjin again." Li Yuanji waved his hand without thinking about it, and said: "No matter what, Luoyang must be captured, then Wang Shichong is just a beard, even if we don't have internal response, what will happen?" ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they all looked at Li Shimin, waiting for Li Shimin's decision, and at this time everyone knew that this was no longer a purely strategic issue, but with political struggle in it. There is a contradiction between Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, Li Shimin does not want to attack Luoyang, which will increase Li Jiancheng's prestige, but if he attacks Hebei, Li Shimin's strength will increase a lot, which is not what Li Jiancheng wants to see, so Li Yuanji arrived.

"You go down first." Li Shimin thought about it, waved his hand to Liu Wenjing and the others, and drove everyone out, but everyone had no choice but to bow to Li Shimin and leave the big tent one after another.

"Yuanji, sit." Li Shimin pointed to Mazha on the side and said, "You are right, if Li Xin leads the army to attack, he will definitely go to Hongnong, but which of us do you think can stay in Hongnong?" Li Xin's army is brave and good at fighting, and he has always been afraid of me! If he leads an army to attack, it must be a roaring army, and those under him are not his opponents. ”

"What does the second brother mean?" Li Yuanji hesitated, although he listened to Li Shimin's words and had agreed to continue attacking Luoyang, but he wanted to let people defend Hongnong, do you want to go by yourself? Li Yuanji thought of Li Xin's courage and skill, and he also hesitated.

"Hongnong's terrain is dangerous, it is extremely difficult to capture Hongnong, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you go, I will give you 50,000 soldiers and horses, if I go, only 20,000 troops will be enough. How do you choose? Li Shimin looked at Li Yuanji with burning eyes and said.

"I'm going to guard Hongnong, not much, as long as 30,000 people, my rear army still has 20,000 people, probably the day after tomorrow, I will lead 50,000 people to garrison Hongnong, and the rest of the men and horses you continue to attack Luoyang." Li Yuanji thought about it and said seriously.

"Okay, in that case, I'll give you 30,000 horses, and you go to guard Hongnong." Li Shimin took a serious look at Li Yuanji, Li Yuanji's mentality made him happy and a little sad in his heart. To this day, Da Zhao has sent a total of 130,000 troops for Luoyang, and he led an army of 100,000, and Li Yuanji led an army of 30,000, and these 30,000 troops came, and he didn't even get any news, which made his heart flicker with a trace of desolation again, and Li Yuan didn't trust him.

"Second brother, don't worry, I will definitely defend Hongnong." Li Yuanji needed military merit, but he also knew that if Li Xin was really killed from Hongnong, it would be a catastrophe for Li Zhao, and hundreds of thousands of troops would suffer huge disasters and losses. Although he had contradictions with Li Shimin, in the face of Li Zhao's interests, Li Yuanji or Li Shimin united together to deal with Li Xin.

"In the battle last night, we lost more than 2,000 people, plus the day before yesterday and yesterday, we lost nearly five or six thousand people, the loss is not big, but the most important thing is the problem of the army's heart. Li Shimin lamented: "There will be more casualties tomorrow, and the Zheng family may be fine, but Lu Chu, Yuan Wendu and others are probably a little bad." ”

After Li Yuanji listened, his face was silent, but he was very disdainful in his heart, he was the king of Qi, and the throne had nothing to do with him, in his opinion, if the Kwantung family really defected to Li Zhao, or would support Li Jiancheng or would support Li Shimin, this time Li Shimin attacked Luoyang, and it was very likely that these families would defect to Li Shimin, so Li Yuanji had no thoughts about the death of these people at all.

"No matter what, we must not let Li Xin pass Hongnong. My father also suspected that Li Xin's assassination might have an inside story, so he asked me to lead the army. Li Yuanji finally spoke.

"You and my brothers join forces, and they may not be able to capture Luoyang." Li Shimin felt a lot better when he heard this, and patted Li Yuanji and said. Li Yuanji nodded, but he didn't say anything. (To be continued......)