Chapter 261: Caught in a trap
No wonder Li Yuan was so angry.
Since settling in Chang'an, Li Yuan has been subservient to Li Yu, nominally serving Li Yu as the master, but in fact he has been waiting for a suitable opportunity to abolish Li Yu and establish himself as emperor.
Even the country name "Tang" has been thought of.
Let Yang Guang take Jiangnan at this juncture, and the threat to him Li Yuan will undoubtedly be further expanded. At the same time, he will be more forward-looking about whether to abolish Li Yun.
After all, Li Yu's identity is here, killing him is equivalent to forming a mortal enmity with the Great Sui, and if he really wants to establish the "Tang", he is worried that Yang Guang will counterattack Chang'an at all costs in order to maintain face.
On the main hall, there were many officials standing, these people all kept their mouths shut and said nothing, to put it bluntly, now Li Yuan is angry, as the so-called gun shoots the first bird, no one wants to be the first to touch the moldy head.
"Speak!"
Li Yuan slapped the back of the chair with his right hand.
The dull sound was particularly harsh in the quiet hall.
The ministers buried their heads lower, including Li Yun, who was sitting on the dragon chair, also bit his lip and didn't dare to say anything.
Li Yuan had nowhere to vent the anger in his stomach, and his eyes first glanced at Li Yu beside him, and then fell on his eldest son Li Jiancheng.
"Li Jiancheng, you come out and talk about it."
"This ......" Li Jiancheng secretly complained, he was in favor of not sending troops to support Jiangnan before, but now there is a big problem with this decision, he is speaking at this time, isn't he the one who bears the blame?
Although relying on Li Yuan's favor for him, he was not worried about being punished at all, but a scolding should be inevitable. A person with a good face like Li Jiancheng is reluctant to open this mouth.
stammered, and couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.
However, just when he told the heavens and the earth to be ineffective, Li Shimin walked out from behind him and said with some heartache: "Father, the son has already warned you when Yang Guang sent out the army, he may not be a feint, but you didn't listen to it at all, you had to listen to other people's slander, and now it's too late to make amends." ”
"Erchen feels that instead of worrying about the affairs of Jiangnan, it is better to quickly gather heavy troops, press to Jiangzhou, and learn from Yang Guang, and make a feint attack first to force him to withdraw his troops from Jiangnan."
"From this point of view, as long as Jiangnan can become a borderless land again, then we can achieve the goal of stopping losses in time."
His voice fell, and Li Yuan's face changed.
And many ministers looked at Li Shimin and secretly smacked their tongues.
These words, no matter how you look at it, seem to be accusing Li Yuan......
In the entire Chang'an, probably only Li Shimin dared to admonish like this.
"Hmph, are you blaming me?" Sure enough, Li Yuan let out a cold snort from his nose, on the verge of rage.
"Father, the son didn't mean to blame you, it's just that we have delayed enough time, and if our mother-in-law and mother go down now, the situation we are facing will only get worse and worse."
Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Please ask my father to let me lead the troops to Jiangdu." ”
"I think at the beginning, you have been lurking in Jiangdu for so long, what did you tell me at that time? Say that I can take Jiangdu and bring Emperor Yang of Sui to me without much effort, and now, do you think I will still trust you? Li Yuan stared at Li Shimin coldly.
"Besides, when you rushed back from Jiangnan, if it wasn't for your slow footsteps, why didn't you stagger with the Great Sui soldiers and horses that attacked us, so that they could get out safely?"
"If that army had been completely annihilated at that time, with Yang Guang's courage, would he still dare to raid Jiangnan now?"
Li Shimin opened his mouth, but he didn't expect that until this moment, Li Yuan was still mentioning these past events.
He was defeated in the hands of Yang Guang, which is really nothing to say, but relying on the attack of the border soldiers, forcing him to leave Jiangnan and come back to protect Chang'an, this is clearly one of Yang Guang's tricks, but unfortunately Li Yuan can't see through this at all, and he is still constantly accusing him of this matter.
Li Shimin had injustice in his heart and couldn't say it.
"Jiangnan and Chang'an are far away, and I tried my best to rush back as soon as possible, if it was faster, it would only exhaust the soldiers to death."
"Besides, the army sent by the Great Sui didn't really want to go to war with us at all, all of this was calculated by Yang Guang in advance, so the battle between me and that army was destined to break out from the beginning. I also hope that my father can know this and not blindly fall into Yang Guang's trap. ”
"You said I fell into Yang Guang's trap?"
Li Yuan was even more angry: "What is Yang Guang, it's just my Li Yuan's defeated general, what can he dare to calculate me?" Don't keep making these excuses that can't stand up to scrutiny for your losses, compare yourself with your big brother and do some practical things! ”
Li Shimin secretly clenched his fists.
Li Yuan was so confused, which made him feel extremely desperate and powerless, obviously he had already seen all of Yang Guang's calculations, however, Li Yuan always turned a deaf ear to his words, only knew that he blindly accused and blindly doubted, in such a situation, how could he turn the tide in times of crisis?
"Get down!" Li Yuan was not polite to Li Shimin at all, and roared.
Li Shimin's face turned pale and unusually ugly, raised his heavy steps, and stumbled back to the crowd.
In his heart, he became more and more disappointed with Li Yuan.
The eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Chigong, and Fang Xuanling Du Ruhui and his party all looked at Li Shimin with regretful eyes, they knew that Li Shimin was dedicated to Li Yuan's hegemony, but he was never able to get recognition and support, and even they almost couldn't look at it, so they spoke up.
However, this stems from the dispute between Li Yuan and Li Shimin, they are courtiers, and it is really difficult to mix, otherwise they will not be able to help, and they will be unlucky with Li Shimin.
"Li Jiancheng, I want to hear your opinion." Li Yuan calmed down, suppressed the anger in his heart, and then his eyes fell on Li Jiancheng again.
He attaches great importance to Li Jiancheng, and has always cultivated Li Jiancheng as a successor, and now, he wants to see if Li Jiancheng has a solution to this matter.
"Tang Guogong, I'm tired, can I discuss it next time?" It's just that Li Jiancheng's voice hasn't sounded yet, and Li Yu can't help it.
After all, he was a half-grown child, and he was frightened by Li Yuan's momentum just now, so now sitting on the dragon chair, he seemed to be sitting on pins and needles, and he didn't want to stay for a moment, he just wanted to leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
Hearing this, Li Jiancheng and the other courtiers on the field were stunned at the same time, and their eyes fell on Li Yuan.