"The retainers obey." Li Shimin said in a low voice, although he was unwilling in his heart, he had to obey Li Yuan's holy decree, and more importantly, he had a sad mood in his heart.

"Second brother, the conquest of Luoyang is very important, and now there is no news in the court, my father and I think you can quietly go to the front-line camp, the old general Qu Tutong has led an army of 100,000 ancient cities, just waiting for you to receive it." Li Jiancheng saw that Li Shimin had agreed, and his heart suddenly became happy, he knew that since Li Shimin had agreed, he would definitely do better.

"Prince, you and the people of the world go down and get ready! Erlang, in order to keep it secret, you have to go quietly, and your father won't send you, remember, everything is guaranteed to be safe. Li Yuan stepped forward and patted Li Shimin on the shoulder and said, "Although there are people in the city who respond, we must also be wary of those families." ”

"Yes. Erchen understood. Li Shimin was moved in his heart, nodded and said.

Looking at Li Yuan's back and disappearing in front of the two, Li Jiancheng was about to leave, but Li Shimin snorted coldly and said: "These big families are really not a good thing, they want to take refuge in us, but they let us attack Luoyang." ”

"Hey! Shimin, the Kanto family itself is like this, now that we have lost Guanzhong, Kanto is our last straw, we need the money and food of the Kanto family. Li Jiancheng said with slight dissatisfaction: "What's more, we belong to the family ourselves, and it is normal for the family to help the family, the family is the most powerful force in this era, don't forget how Yang Guang died, that is, he died at the hands of the family, don't look at Li Xin is very arrogant now, but after a long time, the family will still control the court." The Kanto family is powerful, and the entire Kanto family controls more than half of the world's money, and we have to rely on them. Luoyang is very important, if it can occupy Luoyang. Our strength will also be further enhanced. ”

"Big brother, I understand if you don't say it, it's just this matter, hey! I'm worried now that Li Xin will take advantage of the opportunity. Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "He doesn't need to attack Luoyang, as long as he helps Wang Shichong, provides him with food and grass, and lets him deal with us, and then leads the army to attack Bingzhou, which is what worries me the most." ”

"I'm afraid he doesn't have that strength, and most of Li Xin's soldiers and horses are involved in the Bashu War. He only has tens of thousands of horses in his hands, and he still has to sit in Guanzhong, and he can only use 20,000 or 30,000 troops. It was almost impossible to attack and merge the state, and Li Xin did not have that much courage. Li Jiancheng said indifferently.

"I'm still a little worried." Li Shimin was still a little worried in his heart.

"Father has made an order, you can only obey orders." Li Jiancheng heard that Li Shimin still had some resistance, and couldn't help but order: "This kind of thing, many ministers in the DPRK and China don't know, even if it is a 100,000 army led by General Qu Tutong, it will take several months to go to the ancient city." In order to go to the ancient city, although there are many people in the court, it is inevitable that some people have already taken refuge in Li Xin, and Li Xin's brocade guard is very powerful. We had to be careful. All the generals of the DPRK and China are at your disposal. Of course, after the outbreak of war, of course, there was no need for secrecy. ”

"Li Xin." Li Shimin nodded after hearing this, his face gloomy. He arched his hand towards Li Jiancheng, turned around and left, if it weren't for Li Xin. How could he be in such a predicament? Li Jiancheng saw it clearly, and although he was a little annoyed by Li Shimin's rudeness in his heart, he didn't say anything.

Luoyang, as Wang Shichong and Li Mi joined forces to defeat Yu Wenhua and remove the threat of the eastern capital, his momentum suddenly skyrocketed, and the emperor canonized him as King Zheng, fake Jieyue, in charge of military affairs in China. He appointed his elder brother Wang Shiyun as the internal historian and lived in the palace, and his nephews and descendants all held military power and guarded various towns and cities. Luoyang completely fell into the hands of Wang Shichong.

In Shangshu Province, Wang Shichong leaned back in a chair, his eyes slightly closed, and in front of him was his nephew Wang Xingben, who was standing there respectfully, carefully reporting everything that happened in Luoyang City.

"Second uncle, now there is a faint hint of something wrong in the entire Luoyang City, Lu Chu and they all seem to be secretly linking, second uncle, are you taking measures against them?" Wang Xingben said with a hideous face.

"Yuan Wendu's gang of people, writing and painting, civil officials only, this king is not afraid of him, but this king will definitely be arrested by Li Mi depending on the trend of the situation. Besides, my troops have fought against Li Mi many times and killed his father, brothers and sons, and there are already a lot of them, and once we become his subordinates, we people will have no way to live! So you can see if these people are related to Li Mi. Wang Shichong's voice was very flat, but his face was very calm, and he only heard him say: "Li Mi is now our biggest enemy, and he is from a family, Lu Chu and Yuan Wendu are very fond of them, for our Wang family, they always think that we are of Hu blood, and the Kwantung family will not support us." ”

"Uncle thinks that Lu Chu will unite with Li Mi?" Wang Xingben asked in surprise.

"Not bad." Wang Shichong nodded, suddenly opened his eyes, stood up from the chair, and said proudly: "However, since they want to support Li Mi, then we will simply destroy Li Mi." ”

"Kill Li Mi?" Wang Xingben looked at Wang Shichong in surprise, don't look at the time of attacking Yu Wenhua, Li Mi's soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses, but Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses are not much better, plus the support of various ministers in the city, it is difficult to say whether Wang Shichong can destroy Li Mi.

"Don't worry, I've made up my mind." Wang Shichong waved his hand and said.

"King Zheng, Guanzhong Li Xin sent someone to see the prince." There were soldiers outside.

"Li Xin sent someone? Come in, please. Wang Shichong was stunned for a moment, no matter who it was, he would not ignore Li Xin in Guanzhong, Wang Shichong was no exception, don't look at Li Xin now dealing with Bashu, but it is conceivable that Li Xin's next target is Wang Shichong's Luoyang, and it is probably not a good thing to come at this time. However, Wang Shichong decided to meet Li Xin's envoy.

"Da Sui Wude Hall University scholar Ma Zhou to meet His Royal Highness King Zheng." There was a young scholar walking outside, it was Ma Zhou of Wude Temple.

"What is the reason why Lord Ma is here?" Wang Shichong looked at Ma Zhou with vigilant eyes, although Ma Zhou's reputation in Guanzhong was not obvious, but Wang Shichong did not dare to underestimate Ma Zhou, how could Li Xin look at people so simply.

"On the orders of the prime minister, I have come to make a deal with King Zheng." Ma Zhou said unhurriedly.

"Deal? I really don't know what kind of deal Luoyang has with you Chang'an. Wang Xingben said disdainfully: "Ma Zhou, if you have anything to say, hurry up." ”

The prime minister believed that it was entirely possible for King Zheng to establish a new dynasty with Luoyang as his capital. And promised not to attack Luoyang for two years. Ma Zhou said without thinking: "Of course, after King Zheng ascends the throne and becomes emperor, he must send the emperor and Liu Liangdi to Guanzhong." What does King Zheng think? ”

"You want the Emperor?" Wang Xingben asked with some disbelief.

"King Tang wants Liu Liangdi?" Wang Shichong suddenly thought of something, and finally laughed and said: "Yes, yes, Li Xin is very powerful, he did what I wanted to do but didn't dare to do." The emperor can give it to you, but Liu Liangdi can't, she must stay in Luoyang. ”

"If that's the case, then there's nothing to talk about, and the minister will leave." After hearing this, Ma Zhou stood up with a smile and arched his hand and said, "Originally, I wanted to tell King Zheng a piece of news, but since King Zheng said so, then the foreign minister will leave." ”

"Slow." Wang Shichong's face changed, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly stopped: "Master Ma, slow down." ”

"What? Is His Royal Highness King Zheng still ready to leave a foreign minister? Ma Zhou turned around and looked at Wang Shichong with a smile and said: "If this is really the case, not to mention the fame of King Zheng I for the time being, I am afraid that the prime minister will raise troops to come, and it is not impossible to unite with Li Mi." ”

"Naturally not, naturally not." Wang Shichong's eyes rolled, how powerful the Jinyi guard under Li Xin was, no one in the world knew it. Since Ma Zhou came and said that there was news, there must be something important to come, and Wang Shichong did not dare to bear such consequences.

"I don't know what the matter is, but please say bluntly, if there is really this day, Wang Shichong will definitely send Liu Liangdi and the emperor to Guanzhong." Wang Shichong said without thinking.

"The ministers believed that King Zheng would keep his promise." Ma Zhou was very happy to hear this, and immediately said: "According to our intelligence, in the area of the ancient city, Li Yuan has gathered an army of 100,000 troops, led by Qu Tutong. ”

"You mean that Zhao Guo will go south to attack my Luoyang?" Wang Shichong said with some disbelief: "How can he attack my Luoyang?" This doesn't make sense! ”

"If Li Yuan doesn't attack Luoyang, where should he attack? Changan? I'm afraid that no one in Chang'an will welcome his arrival, Dou Jiande has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, the territory is very large, Li Yuan has only a few soldiers and horses, and it is almost impossible to win in a short time, but King Zheng's soldiers and horses are only a hundred thousand people, but it is just a Luoyang city, in comparison, where does King Zheng think he will attack? Ma Zhou said without hesitation: "According to the intelligence of our Jinyi Guard, Li Shimin may have gone to the ancient city, and he will attack Luoyang soon, His Royal Highness King Zheng, are you ready?" ”

"Really?" Wang Shichong's face changed, in his opinion, Li Yuan's first attack should be Li Xin, and the second should be Dou Jiande, not himself. However, according to Ma Zhou's analysis, the first one is actually himself. This made Wang Shichong not calm.

"I don't know if this news, King Zheng may accept it? Can you agree to the prime minister's quid pro quo? Ma Zhou said very calmly: "The prime minister also asked the foreign minister to tell King Zheng that if King Zheng needs the prime minister's assistance, the prime minister will definitely agree to King Zheng." ”

"Okay." Wang Shichong nodded with a complicated face, and said, "Please wait here for a few days, this king will have his own reward." (To be continued......)