I, the son of Yang Guo, abducted Zhang Sanfeng across the heavens

"Grandfather, you have to save me!"

Yang Jian was really scared by Hua Shi, and after he came back, he went straight to Yang Gui.

There was really no way out. Even though he had two extremely powerful generals, Wu Yunzhao and Wu Tianxi, and a large number of soldiers and food, as well as a lot of talented people at the grassroots level, he still kept falling into Hua Shi's schemes, which made Yang Jian very panicked.

What was even more frightening was that, not to mention himself, even Hua Yan, Yang Gui's apprentice, had fallen into Hua Shi's hands time and time again, and the two had never even met face to face. It was just that the father and son Luo Chengding Yanpinggan were acting according to the secret plan and a predetermined trajectory.

If Huayan didn't work, you could say he hadn't learned it well enough. But when Yang Jian used the "grassroots talent training" and "new-style talent training to govern government affairs" methods that had always been successful, he actually came back empty-handed, and he was really panicked.

This trick was always successful when dealing with Yang Guang and his group of aristocratic families. Both administrative efficiency and talent capabilities were much higher than those of the ancient bumpkins.

Once this model was rolled out, almost everyone in almost every region surrendered and it was invincible.

However, when he promoted this routine in the Northland this time, he found that people did not buy it at all. The reason was that the talent training in the Northland was even better than his, even comparable to the talents and efficiency trained by Yang Gui himself.

They had long been using this high-efficiency talent selection and administrative model that was detached from the ancient rites and laws and the Confucian Four Books and Five Classics of governing the country. Of course, they would not pay attention to Yang Jian, an outsider who did not do as well as they did.

This was the reason that really panicked Yang Jian. Huayan was beautiful, but he could say that he had not mastered it, but as for the administrative and talent training system, even if he himself had not done it well, he had seen Yang Gui do it himself, and the difference was similar.

Even Yang Gui couldn't control the others. This was what Yang Jian was truly afraid of.

"Ah~" Yang Gui opened his mouth and waited for Hou Tu to feed him snacks. He used his magic power to vibrate the air and said, "I can't go any further. Didn't you see it? I can't beat them."

"It's not that the ancestor cannot defeat this beast, but that the ancestor did not use his full strength. Please save me!" Yang Jian had complete faith in Yang Gui. Most importantly, he could not doubt Yang Gui, otherwise everything he had built before would be without a foundation.

"No, I'm too lazy to move. Ah~" Yang Gui said and opened his mouth again, "Look, I'm here, acting like a local emperor every day, even the Queen of Earth has to serve me. I have nothing to do, so why should I go and help you fight?"

"Ancestor! Even Huayan is no longer able to do anything! If you don't take action, our lineage will be finished." Yang Jian tried to intimidate Yang Gui.

"It's not over yet. Who said Huayan is incapable? If Huayan hears you saying this, do you believe he will beat you?" This time, Yang Gui opened his mouth. Houtu didn't feed him, so he stretched his head over and took away the jerky in Houtu's hand.

"Besides, even if you can't beat him in attack, he can't beat you in defense. Haven't you noticed that the few times he entered your rear area, it was always a small group of elite light cavalry that kept attacking. When has he ever posed a direct threat to your rule and defense?"

"Maybe not in terms of military force, but the public opinion he created and the panic he stirred up are enough to make us anxious." Yang Jian still expressed his concern, "And the two brothers surnamed Jiang under their command are no worse than the Wu brothers trained by you."

"Don't talk nonsense, that's just an illusion." Yang Gui leaned down and snatched another piece of food from Hou Tu. Of course he knew Jiang Song's strength, which did seem very mysterious, but in fact, he was good at skills, and in terms of absolute strength, he might be comparable to Yuwen Chengdu.

Yes, the once "most powerful general in the world", poor Yuwen Chengdu, has now been reduced to a unit for calculating combat effectiveness, and can only be calculated by strength. It is truly miserable.

"Jiang Song's overall strength is at most equivalent to that of Luo Shixin now. He is slightly stronger than Li Yuanba but not much stronger. He can't last more than a hundred rounds against Wu Yunzhao. Jiang Chun should be weaker than Jiang Song, not to mention Dongfang Bo, who can't even beat Li Yuanba."

Well, okay, saints are great, even Li Yuanba became "Lian".

But what Yang Gui said made sense. Even if Wu Yunzhao fought against the two Jiang brothers and Dongfang Bo alone, it was not certain who would win. It was really nonsense to say that the Jiang brothers could compare with the Wu brothers.

"The key is, I really don't dare to imagine what this group of people can do under Hua Shi's manipulation." Yang Jian's face was full of melancholy. "Wu Tianxi was injured, and Wu Yunzhao has been defeated before. Although it is a bit opportunistic, our war is not a martial arts competition in the arena. Winning is winning."

"That won't work either, ah~" Yang Gui opened his mouth again to grab Hou Tu's things, but Hou Tu, who could no longer bear it, stuffed her feet into his mouth, causing Yang Gui to hold his stomach and retch on the spot.

Yang Jian turned his back and thought to himself, could you two be more careful? Is this the kind of scene we should be able to see?
"Ahem." Yang Gui finally caught his breath and said, "It's not impossible for me to help you, but there must be a reason. Let our Hou Tu army take the initiative to attack the northern border. If they are defeated by Hua Shi again, we can unite. Otherwise, it will be so embarrassing."

"Ah?" Yang Jian looked at Yang Gui blankly like a goose: "How can you be sure of losing before we even start fighting?"

"Nonsense, even Huayan is no match for Hua Shi, do you think Xu Maogong can do it with his brain?" Yang Gui said nonchalantly, which made Xu Maogong sad.

"But my record is definitely better than yours. After all, I have the Son of Heaven, Li Lao Er, and his Lingyan Pavilion heroes from the Zhenguan Reign. Hey, the other side also has Lingyan Pavilion heroes, hehe, a civil war in the Lingyan Pavilion is fun."

"Why aren't you going?" Yang Jian looked desperate.

"Of course I won't go." Yang Gui was being beaten under the table by Hou Tu while he stuck his head out to answer Yang Jian: "Isn't beating him like bullying a child? It's okay, you guys go, I believe in you. Oh, and call Li Er when you leave."

"Oh." Yang Jian walked away feeling uneasy.

Soon Li Lao Er appeared in front of Yang Gui and Hou Tu. At this time, the two of them had finished fighting and sat upright on the main seat, looking decent, which made Li Shimin admire them.

"What a pair of immortal figures! Only such people can put an end to this chaotic world and lay a foundation for eternity!"

If Yang Jian heard this, he would die of laughter.

"I've met the king!"

"You're welcome, Xiao Li. I've got a task for you." Yang Gui's smiling face looked like he had no good intentions.

"Uh..." Li Shimin suddenly wanted to invalidate all the comments he had just made to Yang Gui and his wife: "Your Majesty, please speak."

"You lead our Hou Tu army to the northern border to fight Luo Yi. You can use all the soldiers, food, and weapons under our Hou Tu army. If we lose, we will merge with Yang Jian, and you can serve as his prime minister."

"Ah?" Li Shimin was stunned, "You don't even consider the possibility of winning?" "If you win, you can just come back and work for me. What? Do you expect me to pass on the throne to you?" Yang Gui laughed, "Young man, you have some unrealistic fantasies!"

"Stop talking." Li Shimin nodded. He really lost his mind just now to ask such a weird question.

He is now the number three figure in King Hou Tu's army. The reason why he is the number three figure is entirely because the king has two, but he actually exercises the power of the number one figure. What else does he want?
If it were any other monarch, he would have started to suspect Li Shimin at this moment. If he really defeated Luo Yi, he would come back and be abandoned after his achievements had frightened the monarch.

Li Shimin didn't think he would have any power to resist if these two people took action, let alone rebel against them.

Li Shimin did a good job, but all the talents were trained by Yang Gui. They were willing to accept Li Shimin's leadership, but they were not willing to work for him.

That's the situation.

But Li Shimin always felt a little at a loss recently. There seemed to be a voice in his head telling him that you should be the emperor and you should be the greatest emperor of all time destined by heaven.

In fact, he had tried before, but Hou Tu shattered his fantasy.

Hou Tu did not take the initiative to attack Li Shimin, and she did not even know that Li Shimin had an idea in his mind. But it happened that the next day, she defeated an army of 500,000 people alone in the name of "teaching martial arts", going back and forth without even breaking a sweat.

These 500,000-strong army were not the soldiers given to them by the previous rebel kings, but the elite troops of King Hou Tu who were educated, had high morale, ate meat every meal, and were equipped with iron armor and spears.

Also included here are all the powerful generals such as Luo Shixin, Xiong Kuohai, Li Yuanba, Liang Shitai, Pei Yuanqing, Shan Xiongxin, Wang Junke, Wang Bodang, Xie Yingdeng and so on.

It still didn't work, so she even grabbed Luo Shixin and Li Yuanba by the neck with one hand, lifted them up, and then threw them aside like garbage.

In fact, Li Shimin just thought Hou Tu didn't know, but Hou Tu knew it very well in her heart.

She was a saint and could see the flashing of the Purple Star of Destiny. She guessed that it was fate that was sending some message to Li Shimin.

The next day, Hou Tu smashed the "fate" of Ziwei Star. This kid is already working for me, and you encourage him to become emperor?

No kidding, Hou Tu clenched her fist and looked up at the sky. The Purple Star was as dark as a light bulb with the switch turned off and had been nowhere to be seen for two days. Two days later, it dared to show up hesitantly.

The dignified Emperor Star is like a thief, with a strong sense of stealing.

There was no other way. The one who was responsible for the announcement was usually the manager of the Ziwei Emperor's palace. The emperor naturally couldn't do the job of delivering the message himself. Usually, the Ziwei Emperor would calculate who was the son of destiny or who had the luck to fight for the world based on the position of the Ziwei star, write it down on a piece of paper, and let the servants pass it on.

It is not always accurate, nor is it 100% successful, so there are so many prophecies and anomalies among the people. For example, the howling of foxes at bonfires, the killing of white snakes and uprisings, and the meteor showers of the great magician, etc.

This time, the person in charge was ignorant and only knew how to pass on information, but he didn't look at who was below. Of course, it's not that they didn't look, but the saint wanted to conceal himself so that no one could find him.

Later, when Bo Yikao heard about this, he was so scared that he almost came down to earth to apologize to Hou Tu in person.

As a result, Yang Gui glared back at him.

You're crazy. We're eating, drinking and having fun in the mortal world. How dare you, a god, come down? Besides, what's the time point in the mortal world now? The Jade Emperor has repeatedly emphasized that no gods are allowed to interfere. You even have to disguise yourself when you come down to the mortal world. What do you do, Bo Yikao?
You don't really think that if the true spirit entrusts you with the List of Gods, the Jade Emperor won't be able to deal with you, right?

But just because destiny doesn't urge you doesn't mean people don't want to.

For someone like Li Shimin, who was almost born to be an emperor, suspicion is a common disease.

Once ambition arises, it will grow uncontrollably.

Originally in history, this was a man who could force his own father to abdicate and kill his own brothers.

No one doubted what would happen to Li Yuan if he insisted on refusing to abdicate and declared Li Shimin a traitor.

After forcing his father to abdicate, this kid had nothing better to do than to run around in Li Yuan's palace, and even sucked Li Yuan's nipples to show his affection, as if he had no mother.

This is a ruthless person.

The real world is like this, everyone is complex and diverse, and cannot be summarized by a label or a face. It is undeniable that Li Shimin made great contributions to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but it is also undeniable that Li Shimin was ruthless in his pursuit of power.

Yang Gui and Hou Tu were naturally able to suppress him. When these so-called "superiors" realized that the army they were proud of could not stop the assassination of others, they would honestly put down their airs and communicate on an equal footing.

Therefore, Yang Gui has always despised this kind of feudal dog official. You don’t even have the courage to face your own people. What kind of shitty ruler are you?

He didn't dare to argue with Yang Gui, but now Yang Gui said that if he couldn't win, he would take the entire Hou Tu King's army and surrender to Yang Jian, and become Yang Jian's number two. This made Li Shimin's mind active again.

If you can’t rebel against Yang Gui, can you rebel against Yang Jian?
Yang Gui is an old immortal, what are you, Yang Jian? Even a loser like Yang Guang could force you to abdicate, you don't think you can suppress me, Li Shimin, do you?

All of a sudden, Li Shimin was full of fighting spirit. In his half-life military career, he had been a winner most of the time, but he had never looked forward to a huge defeat so much.

It is not easy to win, but is it not easy to lose? If you throw some rice at me, any chicken will do it, and if you pull a dog at me, any dog ​​will do it.

As expected, the army fought with the northern border for more than four months, and fought dozens of battles, all of which were defeated. Li Shimin returned to the palace of King Hou Tu in disgrace to receive punishment. (End of this chapter)