As soon as the messenger from the East Palace left, there was an uproar in the conference hall, and the civil ministers and military generals were all talking.

Fang Xuanling stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord, at this juncture, what kind of banquet are the crown prince and the king of Qi putting on? According to the subordinates, this banquet is really strange!"

The eldest grandson Wuji also said: "Lord Wang, what Xuan Ling said is reasonable, according to the inference of his subordinates, this banquet is a Hongmen banquet nine times out of ten, and the prince must not go!

The iron-clad fierce general Wei Chi Gong also clenched his fists at this time and said: "What the gentlemen said is our heartfelt words, please make a clear decision and immediately push the East Palace banquet." ”

Li Shimin thought for a while, and immediately smiled and said: "Thank you brothers! But if I think about it carefully, this banquet really has to go!"

"First, my attendance at this banquet can eliminate the misunderstanding between me and the crown prince and the king of Qi, and ease the tension between me and the eldest brother and the fourth brother. However, if I don't go to tomorrow's East Palace banquet, it will definitely make the prince and the king of Qi more suspicious, and if the prince reports this matter in front of his father, it will be very disadvantageous to my Qin Palace. ”

After listening to King Qin's words, everyone looked at each other, and for a while, there was silence in the hall.

"Since the prince has made up his mind, he is determined to go to the banquet in the East Palace, for the sake of the prince's safety, he can send a capable general to escort the prince. Fang Xuanling broke the silence in the hall.

Next to him, the eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui and other staff members all nodded yes.

"Shimin, why don't you let your third brother Li Yuanba go with you?" Princess Qin's eldest grandson was very concerned about her husband's safety.

"Well, it's okay!" Li Shimin's mind suddenly flashed the figure wearing a black gold crown with tied hair, two sledgehammers in his hands, and a thin face with yellow muscles but infinite strength.

"Come on, quickly go to the palace of King Weihuai and invite my third brother Yuanba to come!"

The next day, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, rode to the east palace of the prince, in order to avoid the suspicion of the prince and the king of Qi, Li Shimin insisted on bringing only thirteen entourages, which were dispatched and commanded by the general Qin Qiong, and Li Shimin's third brother Li Yuanba also followed the second brother to accompany him.

Li Yuanba is sixteen years old, his blood is strong, he has been very good with his second brother Li Shimin since he was a child, and he was the follower of his second brother Li Shimin when he was a child. Affected by the second brother Li Shimin's perennial conquest, this Li Yuanba does not love anything else, only obsessed with martial arts, his father Li Yuan saw his amazing talent, since he was a child, he found a famous teacher to teach martial arts, the famous teacher instructed and the talent of divine power, the adult Li Yuanba made a pair of sledgehammers, several battles, no one in the world is Li Yuanba's opponent.

At this time, Li Shimin and Li Yuanba rode side by side, and the brothers talked about interesting stories about the battles in the past, and they talked happily for a while.

Here, someone in the East Palace had already reported the news of the imminent arrival of King Qin to the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji.

"Your Royal Highness, King Qin and his entourage have left the palace and are riding horses towards my East Palace. ”

"Hehe, this King Qin came really fast. The crown prince Li Jiancheng smiled at Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, with a treacherous plan and a look of everything in silence.

"How many people have come from King Qin's entourage?, but there are generals accompanying them?" Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, opened his mouth to ask the person standing below.

"Back to the prince of Qi, there are sixteen people on the king of Qin's trip, and the accompanying general is the yellow-faced general Qin Qiong, and the other is ......"

"Who is the other person?" said quickly!" the crown prince was built, and the king of Qi Yuanji said.

"The other person is ------ Wei Huai Wangye. The reporter said cautiously.

"What? The third brother Yuanba is also here. Prince Li Jiancheng suddenly sat down in his seat.

Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, was already thick and ugly, and his face became more and more difficult to look at at this time, but the heart said that this Li Yuanba came uninvited, which made the situation complicated, first, Li Yuanba was invincible in the world, with him, it became extremely difficult to kill Li Shimin;

"Fourth brother, now the third brother is uninvited, how is this good?" the prince rubbed his hands in a hurry.

Qi King Li Yuanji's face was also uncertain for a while, and he thought about it, and then he was relieved.

"Big brother, don't panic! Fortunately, we have a backup plan, although Yuanba is invincible in the world, but when he arrives here, hehe, he has no place to discipline him. ”

"Big brother, why don't we go with the second plan......? At this time, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, approached the prince's body and whispered.

"Well, that's all there is to it!" Prince Li Jiancheng immediately understood what King Qi meant, so he nodded yes.

"Come, go and remove the five hundred swords and axes on both sides of the feast. Prince Li Jiancheng waved his hand.

It turned out that the prince and the king of Qi really set up a Hongmen banquet, but they invited the king of Qin to the banquet, and during the banquet, the prince smashed the cup as the number, and the five hundred swords and axes who were ambushed on both sides rushed out, and the king of Qin was killed on the spot during the banquet, and then sent troops to defeat the soldiers and horses of the headquarters of the Qin Wangfu without a leader. But at this time, he was afraid that Li Yuanba was unstoppable and invincible, so he was forced to give up this plan.

"Fourth brother, since this King of Qin has arrived, in order to show sincerity, let's go and welcome each other. "The prince built the road.

"Okay! The younger brother listens to the eldest brother. Qi Wang Yuanji replied.

After a while, King Qin and his entourage arrived outside the gate of the East Palace, the prince Li Jiancheng and the King of Qi Li Yuanji were waiting in front of the door, and the two enthusiastically welcomed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, Li Yuanba and Qin Qiong, the king of Weihuai, into the East Palace.

Immediately, on both sides of the main hall of the East Palace, dozens of beautiful women wearing red gauze and slender and moving danced gracefully during the banquet.

Qin Qiong, the general of the Qin Palace, stood behind Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and did not sit down to drink. The other thirteen people of the Qin Wangfu and his party were arranged by the East Palace to dine elsewhere.

After the banquet began, the brothers pushed their cups and changed their glasses, drank happily, and seemed to have forgotten the political disagreements and family discord on weekdays.

Wine to three rounds, dishes over five flavors.

Seeing the third brother Li Yuanba sitting next to him and only caring about drinking wine and eating meat in large pieces, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, smiled helplessly, picked up his wine glass, and said to the prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi: "Big brother, fourth brother, the Turks have repeatedly offended my Tang Dynasty, which has become a big trouble for my court, and now the fourth brother is entrusted by his father and the emperor, and the army of 100,000 is about to march north, dare to ask the fourth brother if he has a strategy to break the enemy?"

"The northern expedition to the Turks is the established strategy of our dynasty. Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, replied vaguely, although Li Yuanji has been on the battlefield for a long time and is brave and good at fighting, he is not a handsome talent, and there is no strategy to break the enemy.

Li Shimin saw the opportunity and asked again: "Fourth brother, as far as I know, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in your Qi Palace's headquarters at present, plus the soldiers and horses allocated to you by Lord Yin Kaishan, the secretary of the military department, together there are more than 100,000. Soldiers are expensive, not much. This time, against a cavalry-based and highly mobile enemy like the Turks, 100,000 soldiers and horses is enough, so why do we need to mobilize most of the soldiers and horses in my house?"

Li Yuanji's thick black and ugly facial muscles twitched twice, "This... It may be that the soldiers of your Qin Wangfu have always been able to fight habitually, so you have this dispatch. ”

"Second brother, fourth brother, it's rare for our brothers to get together, and today we gather in my East Palace, just to drink and be happy, watch songs and dances, and don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs!" When the prince Li Jiancheng saw Li Yuanji responding to Li Shimin's question, he looked a little lacking in confidence, and hurriedly started a round.

"Come on, second brother, third brother, fourth brother, let's drink wine! Don't get drunk today!"

As he spoke, Prince Li Jiancheng got up and picked up his wine glass again.