Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 198 The Three Brothers Are Centrifuged
Facing the well-prepared Tang army whose strength was several times stronger than his own, Liu Wuzhou failed to complete the comeback and defeat the Tang army after all.

Liu Wu was defeated in the battle on Monday. The Tang army killed more than [-] people and captured more than [-] people.General Xun and others died in battle, and Liu Wuzhou was captured alive.

Later, according to the arrangement of the imperial court, Liu Wuzhou was beheaded, and the head was sent to the grassland by Pei Ju and Yuwen Shihe, and handed over to Chuluo Khan.

The siege of Jinyang was lifted, and the three brothers gathered together.

Inside the hall.

"Zhiyun, I won't say anything extra, brother, thank you!"

Li Yuanji drank the fine wine in his glass.

Seeing that Li Yuanji didn't look like he wanted to talk to him, Li Shimin didn't care, and just took a sip of the wine silently.

On the other hand, Changsun Wuji showed displeasure, and said to Yu Zhining who was beside him: "His Royal Highness King Qi is really angry, and our king saved his life."

Yu Zhining chuckled, picked up the wine cup, and said, "Let's see how the King of Chu responds."

Naturally, Li Zhiyun would not pretend to be aggressive at this time and steal Li Shimin's limelight.

"Fourth brother, the victory over Liu Wuzhou this time is thanks to the support of the second brother from Hebei. You should thank the second brother, for you, he gave up destroying Dou Jiande."

Li Yuanji sneered, and made a toast to Li Shimin, "Thank you, Second Brother."

"Yuanji, we are brothers, so there is no need to thank you." Li Shimin said with a smile.

Li Yuanji said to Li Zhiyun: "See, the second brother is right, why do brothers care about these things?"

That tone, that attitude, everyone knew it was perfunctory.

In this regard, Li Zhiyun is naturally not good at talking about nonsense such as relieving brotherhood.Chen Shuda's matter, Li Yuanji was made a bit miserable.

He looked at Li Shimin and said, "Second brother, Mayi still needs to be recovered. Our soldiers and horses have gone through a great battle and need to recuperate. In my opinion, it's better to let fourth brother lead the troops to take down the northern counties. "

Li Shimin knew that this was Li Zhiyun's chance to make up for Li Yuanji, he wanted to take advantage of the situation and agree, but saw Fang Xuanling shaking his head slightly at him.

So, he pondered for a while and asked, "Fourth brother, how many soldiers and horses does Jinyang have?"

"Not many, more than ten thousand people." Li Yuanji said.Jinyang was trapped for many days, and there were not many soldiers and horses left.

Li Shimin said: "Fifth brother, the Turks are still eyeing the north. I'm afraid it's not enough to rely on King Qi's soldiers and horses. Let's think about it again."

Hearing this, Li Yuanji said indifferently: "Second brother is right, I am not a man who knows how to fight, and Jinyang has not defended. If I am attacked by Turks when I go to the north to recover the counties, I will die without a burial." The land of life. It doesn’t matter if I die, but I must not ruin the second brother’s plan to regain the state, let’s forget it.”

A man can bend and stretch, but Li Yuanji obviously holds grudges and cannot bend.

Li Shimin's face was very ugly. Although he and Li Yuanji really had a bad relationship, his family ugliness should not be publicized. He didn't want to have such a stiff fight with Li Yuanji in front of outsiders.

Seeing this, Li Zhiyun was very speechless, and dismissed the words he had prepared in his heart, and said, "Since the second elder brother is ready, I will not say much. But this time, the emperor asked Pei Gong to go to Turkic as an envoy, which is related to the future of the northern frontier defense. The year is war or peace, and the second brother needs to pay more attention."

"Zhiyun, I know what you said. Don't worry, I will send soldiers and horses to cooperate with Pei Gong and deter the Turks!"

"In this way, little brother has nothing to worry about."

Smiling and toasting with Li Shimin, everyone enjoyed the singing and dancing in the hall.

After a banquet, the crowd gradually dispersed.

Back in his tent, Li Shimin asked in confusion: "Xuanling, why did you stop me from agreeing to Zhiyun?"

Fang Xuanling said unhurriedly: "Why does Your Highness need to show favor to King Qi again?"

In a word, Li Shimin who asked was speechless.

Changsun Wuji said: "That's right, the King of Qi hates His Highness to the bone, even if His Highness gives some favors, King Qi will not change his mind. In this case, His Highness helping King Qi, in the eyes of King Qi, is both ridiculous and weak."

Li Shimin glared at them and sighed, "Yuan Ji is my brother after all."

"But the King of Qi is hostile to His Majesty, and has repeatedly embarrassed His Majesty, isn't he?" Changsun Wuji asked back.

"Shut up." Li Shimin warned: "Auxiliary machine, don't say this in the future."

"Yes." Although Changsun Wuji was reprimanded, but there was no expression on his face, he bowed indifferently and agreed.

Yu Zhining said: "Your Highness, this subordinate said something disrespectful. If His Highness King Qi fails to defend Jinyang this time, it may be the best result."

"What did you say?" Li Shimin stared at Yu Zhining sternly.

Fang Xuanling was silent, thinking about the meaning of Yu Zhining's words.

Yu Zhining was not afraid at all, and analyzed: "The subordinates believe that if the king of Qi loses Taiyuan, the saint will be furious and doubt the king's ability to lead the army. At that time, the saint will deprive the king of Qi of the right to lead the army and hand over Taiyuan to others. This is the best result. First, it can ensure the safety of Taiyuan. Second, His Highness can conquer the Quartet better without being burdened by King Qi."

"Your Highness, please think about it. If the King of Chu is guarding Taiyuan this time, how can Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and his ilk ravage the entire Bingzhou. And Your Highness doesn't need to support Taiyuan. Naturally, you can take Dou Jiande and pacify Hebei."

After the words fell, Changsun Wuji immediately clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, this subordinate thinks what Yu Zhining said makes sense. What did we gain from this incident? We got nothing. Dou Jiande was about to be defeated, but in the end As a result, something happened to King Qi."

As he spoke, Changsun Wuji was speechless.

Li Shimin's expression was complicated.

Fang Xuanling cupped his hands and said: "Although the subordinates and others shouldn't arrange His Highness King Qi like this behind his back, the facts are here right now. If nothing happened in Taiyuan, Hebei has been pacified by His Highness now. Now His Highness King Qi is guarding Taiyuan, In the future, if the Turks go south again and His Royal Highness King Qi cannot defend this place, what should we do? Is His Highness going to lead an army to help?"

"What do you mean?" Li Shimin asked: "You don't want this king to write a letter to the saint to replace the Qi king who guards Taiyuan?"

Yu Zhining said: "In the past, it was a good thing that the king of Qi left the capital. But now it is not necessarily true. Letting the king of Qi guard Taiyuan is not enough to fight against the Turks. Now that the Tang Dynasty has not yet unified the world, there is absolutely no room for loss in Taiyuan. If you can."

"Enough." Li Shimin directly interrupted Yu Zhining, "There is no need to talk about the replacement of King Qi, it is impossible. Father has always believed in our brothers, and he will not let others guard the land of Longxing. "

"How is King Chu?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"Zhiyun can, of course, but the crown prince will not agree." Li Shimin said flatly, "Besides, Zhiyun has some resistance to the dispute between me and the crown prince."

The prince failed to win over the king of Chu, so naturally he didn't make much achievements on his side.He knew that the king of Chu must have seen the fight between him and the prince, but the king of Chu's performance, let's say clearly; 'I don't want to get involved with you'.

This is very frustrating.

(End of this chapter)