Zhuge Dewei personally led Liu Heimin into the city and came to his mansion.

As Zhuge Dewei said, he had already prepared hot meals and hot dishes, and as soon as Liu Heimin entered the hall, the table was already full of delicacies.

In the face of all this, Liu Heimin is very satisfied.

"Lord, please."

Zhuge Dewei personally served Liu Heimin to sit down, and filled him with wine: "The Lord has worked hard all the way, drink a glass of wine to warm up." ”

Then he greeted the others: "Brothers, you are welcome, eat and drink." ”

The smell of wine aroused the cravings in everyone's stomachs, and they immediately took the wine glass and poured it into their mouths.

"Good wine." Cao Zhan praised it, drank another glass of wine, and then started to eat.

Seeing this, Liu Heimin also picked up the wine glass and drank it, the wine entered his throat, and his face showed an expression of enjoyment: "It's really good wine." ”

Zhuge Dewei sat aside, accompanied Liu Heimin to dinner, and occasionally answered Liu Heimin's questions.

After being full of wine and food, Liu Heimin came to the courtyard arranged by Zhuge Dewei for him, bathed and changed clothes, and then fell into a sweet dream.

In the middle of the night, Zhuge Dewei's study was still lit, and his subordinates were reporting to him: "The Lord and General Cao are asleep, should we do it?" ”

"Go ahead." Zhuge Dewei waved his hand with a complicated expression.

Eating and drinking enough and changing into clean clothes was the last bit of decency he gave to his old master.

Lord, I'm sorry.

"Who?"

The murderous aura was approaching, and Liu Heimin woke up in shock, but it was already a step too late, and a knife was on his neck.

At the same time, Cao Zhan and hundreds of other soldiers also fell into the same situation.

At dawn, Zhuge Dewei received the news that Liu Hongji was chasing him, and personally led the officers and soldiers to escort Liu Heimin and Cao Zhan and others to the outside of the city.

"Raozhou Assassin Shi Zhuge Dewei has seen General Liu, the traitor Liu Heimin and his henchmen have been captured by me, and they are specially dedicated to the general to atone for their sins."

"Okay." Liu Hongji was very happy and immediately said: "I will help you ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for credit." ”

Hearing this, Zhuge Dewei smiled happily: "Thank you, General Liu." ”

Liu Heimin was so angry that he scolded: "Zhuge Dewei, you eat things inside and outside, you can't die well......"

"Shut his mouth."

The officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward and blocked Liu Heimin's mouth.

......

On the other side, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji led the army to attack all the way to the north, and the momentum was like a bamboo.

When the officials of the nearby prefectures and counties heard that Liu Heimin was defeated by the Tang prince in Changle and fled abroad, they couldn't help but lose their fighting spirit and surrendered to the Tang army one after another.

At the end of the first month of the sixth year of Wude, Li Jiancheng defeated Liu Shishan, recovered Xuhe, marched all the way, and captured Liu Heimin's capital of Zhaozhou.

After Li Yi recovered Shandong, he continued to march to Hebei, and he successively recovered the remaining lost territory in Hebei.

In February, Li Jiancheng and Li Yi met in Zhaozhou, and Liu Heimin and other prisoners of war were also taken to Zhaozhou.

Li Jiancheng posted a notice to enumerate Liu Heimin's crimes and announced to the world that he would behead Liu Heimin, Liu Shishan and other high-level officials.

And those middle- and lower-level officials and soldiers, Li Jiancheng ordered them to be released.

At this time, Cheng Mingzhen begged to see Li Jiancheng: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the traitor Liu Heimin once killed the minister's mother and wife, and the minister implored His Royal Highness for permission to kill Liu Heimin by the minister's own hands to avenge the minister's mother and wife." ”

Regarding Cheng Mingzhen's matter, Li Jiancheng heard a report from his subordinates, and he thought for a while: "Accurate." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Three days later, Cheng Mingzhen acted as an executioner and personally killed Liu Heimin, Liu Shishan and others in the downtown area.

pacified Liu Heimin, Li Jiancheng was very happy, and from then on regarded Wei Zheng as a confidant.

Wei Zheng took the opportunity to persuade Li Jiancheng: "Your Highness, although you finally pacified Hebei, it is rumored in the army that it is because of the efforts of King Qin to inflict heavy losses on the Hebei rebels twice, that your meritorious achievements are ...... today."

Seeing that Li Jiancheng's face gradually turned pale, Wei Zheng still said bluntly: "Although this is biased, it is not unreasonable.

"To tell you the truth, if King Qin hadn't eliminated the elite of the Hebei rebels first, my strategy wouldn't have worked, so pacifying Hebei is the result of the joint efforts of you and King Qin.

"However, with the credit of this time, you can conquer the world.

"Next, what we have to do is to attract foreign aid, consolidate the status of the court, and cut off the wings of King Qin."

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng's expression eased slightly, and from Wei Zheng's words, he thought of the generals who went with him this time, and he instructed Wei Ting: "Go and call Zhang Shigui to me." ”

Wei Zheng showed an expression of "teachable".

Zhang Shigui received a summons from the prince and came to the prince's room with a full stomach: "The last general will meet His Highness." ”

"No courtesy."

Li Jiancheng smiled and had a very gentle attitude: "General Zhang followed the King of Qin to conquer the Quartet, and made many military exploits, and he was a famous general in my Tang Dynasty.

"I admire General Zhang's resourcefulness."

Zhang Shigui was flattered: "Your Highness has an overreputation, and the last general really doesn't dare to be it." ”

"The general doesn't have to be too humble, your ability is obvious to all." Li Jiancheng then threw out an olive branch: "I want to ask Your Majesty to transfer you to the East Palace, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

Zhang Shigui's face changed, and then he said calmly: "Thank you for Your Highness's kindness, it's just that the last general is now serving as the general of Tiance Mansion, and if you want to be transferred, you still need to get the consent of King Qin." ”

Li Jiancheng heard the meaning of his words, and frowned slightly: "You just need to tell me, are you willing or unwilling?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Zheng also frowned, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's words are too tough, I'm afraid it will backfire......

As soon as he thought about this, he heard Zhang Shigui's voice: "Your Majesty has granted Tiance Mansion its own subordinate officials, and the officials of Tiance Mansion will not interfere." ”

The implication is that even if the crown prince goes to ask His Majesty, His Majesty will not agree.

When it comes to this privilege of Tiance Mansion, Li Jiancheng is very angry and has his own subordinate officials, which is obviously a small court, no different from the East Palace.

His father gave Li Shimin the power to compete with him, and at that time, he was powerless to stop it.

Li Jiancheng's attitude became even tougher: "As long as I want it, I will definitely be able to get it, now I only ask you, are you willing to serve the East Palace?"

"Answer me, yes or no."

Facing such a tough prince, Zhang Shigui looked embarrassed and began to struggle in his heart.

The crown prince is the prince, with His Majesty's attitude towards the prince, His Majesty will never change the candidate for the prince, and the prince is naturally worry-free and prosperous.

Although the King of Qin had great ambitions, he was only the second son, and following him was to choose a path full of dangers, and the future was unknown.

However, the courage of the King of Qin, his strategy, his tolerance for people, and his ability to command ...... He is above the crown prince in every way, and such a leader is what he admires.

After thinking deeply, Zhang Shigui made up his mind and replied categorically: "The last general will be the person of Tiance Mansion, if the King of Qin is willing, the last general will be willing." ”

Li Jiancheng's face immediately fell: "...... Get out. ”

"The last will be retired."

After Zhang Shigui left, Wei Zheng couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, you are too hasty, Zhang Shigui has followed the King of Qin for four years and is loyal to the King of Qin, if you want to win him over, you should try it slowly." ”

"Hmph, it's just a little general." Li Jiancheng looked disdainful: "There are so many fierce generals under Li Shimin, in addition to Zhang Shigui, I can also win over other generals."

"What's more, Li Shimin's most trusted person is not his ......"