Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 207: The situation changes, Li Er's fear, Li Yuanji's threat
At this moment, Li Shimin finally smiled. During this period of time, he couldn't sleep well every night. He was either dealing with affairs or thinking about Li Yuanji's affairs and the situation in the Tang Dynasty. He didn't feel sleepy at all.

After worrying for so long, I finally see a glimmer of hope. Although I don’t know if it will succeed, at least I have an idea and I’m not panicking.

Li Shimin always thought that he was very stable, especially after experiencing the mutiny, but Li Yuanji taught him a hard lesson this time.

At this time, Fang Xuanling's voice suddenly came: "Prince, I think if we send someone to the King of Qi, Ke Ming is not suitable, we should let Yang's people go."

Li Shimin and his companions were stunned at first, but when they reacted, their eyes suddenly lit up.

"Haha, Xuanling is right, let Yang's people go!"

While Li Shimin and others were discussing the details, Li Yuan in Taiji Palace also sighed. At this moment, Li Yuan had extremely complicated emotions, with all kinds of feelings.

When the news from Lingnan gradually came, Li Yuan felt more happy. However, as the following news gradually came, Li Yuan was shocked. He had always thought that Sanhu was the worst, but now, after two and a half years in Lingnan, he had burst out with such strong strength.

After being shocked, Li Yuan felt extremely terrified. He had sent many people to Lingnan, but none of them sent him any news. It was obvious that they had betrayed him. If he was still in power, would Li Yuanji do the same to him?
Then Li Yuan was relieved. Li Yuanji was able to turn the people he sent into his own hands. Wasn't that a skill? Especially since he had such strength quietly, how could he do it without great ability?
However, as the relationship between Li Yuanji and Li Shimin became increasingly tense, Li Yuanji's army continued to advance towards the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan hesitated again. His Tang Dynasty was about to be reignited by war. Coupled with the invasion of the Turks and the covetous Tuyuhun, once a war broke out between Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, the northern part of the Tang Dynasty would be in complete danger.

At the same time, he felt extremely heartbroken. Li Jiancheng's death could not be changed. However, now it was Li Shimin and Li Yuanji. Not only was the Tang Dynasty in danger, but he could already foresee that another of his sons would die, and they were all his outstanding sons.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan's heart ached extremely. He really didn't know what sin he had committed. First, his eldest son was killed by Li Shimin, and now Li Shimin and Li Yuanji were killing each other.

All three sons are extremely outstanding. In Li Yuan's eyes, Li Yuanji is now on par with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. No matter who becomes the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, they can lead the Tang Dynasty to prosperity.

However, in Li Yuan's eyes, this was just fate. His three outstanding sons would have been strong contenders for the emperor in any other dynasty, but now they were killing each other. Whenever Li Yuan thought of this, he couldn't help himself.

Li Yuan sat alone on the steps of the hall, tears streaming down his face.

"What evil have I done? Why do you treat me like this?"

At this moment, Li Yuan no longer felt any pleasure, only pain, regret, and self-blame. But now, he had no way to change anything and could only watch. No one listened to him anymore.

Perhaps the only thing that made Li Yuan happy was that he had agreed to let Li Yuanji go to Lingnan. If Li Yuanji had not gone to Lingnan, he could have imagined that Li Shimin would kill Li Yuanji together. At least now, only Li Jiancheng was dead, right?

This is the blessing among misfortunes.

In the Eastern Palace, Li Shimin finished discussing with everyone and was about to take action when a guard hurried in.

"Prince, there is an urgent report from the governor of Jingzhou!"

The current governor of Jingzhou is Yuchi Gong, who was sent by Li Shimin to stop the Turkic army. Because Li Yi was indifferent to the invasion of the Turks, Li Shimin could only send a general.

When Li Shimin heard the words "urgent report", his heart suddenly sank. During this period of time, the words "urgent report" appeared frequently, and each time it was not a good thing. He became somewhat sensitive to these two words.

When he opened his eyes, Li Shimin's eyes turned black and he took two steps back, his eyes full of horror.

Fang Xuanling and others were all shocked when they saw this.

"Prince!"

Changsun Wuji supported Li Shimin. Everyone was anxious at this moment. They were all extremely smart people. From the urgent report from Jingzhou and considering Li Shimin's appearance just now, they knew very well that the main force of the Turks must have appeared in Jingzhou!

Otherwise, Li Shimin wouldn't be so frightened. This is the only explanation.

Li Shimin broke free from Changsun Wuji's hand, his eyes sharp and his aura emanating from him.

"You guys should take a look first."

Everyone looked at the military newspaper, and even though everyone was prepared, their pupils still shrank.

A 100,000-strong Turkic army appeared in Jingzhou. Yuchi Gong could not stop them. Although he won a battle, that was a small Turkic force. The Turkic army attacked Chang'an!
How many troops are there in Chang'an now? There are less than 2,000 troops in Chang'an now, and Li Shimin has sent many generals. However, now, 100,000 Turks are about to rush to Chang'an!

Fang Xuanling and others were shocked when they saw the news, but then they came to their senses. Du Ruhui spoke first.

"Prince, the situation has changed. We must change our attitude towards the King of Qi. We cannot let the King of Qi leave Lingnan. If we are attacked from both sides, we will really have no chance. Moreover, Tuyuhun is very likely to take advantage of the situation and invade the Tang Dynasty. Then everything will be over!
At the same time, we must let Li Jing and his men lead the army back to support us as soon as possible. Chang'an must be prepared to defend the city and respond to the siege of the Turkic army at any time!"

Fang Xuanling and others also advised Li Shimin. Even Zhangsun Wuji had to give in at this moment and could only tolerate Li Yuanji temporarily.

Li Shimin looked at them and suddenly smiled.

"Everyone, why are you panicking? Although the current situation is very unfavorable to us, there is no need to panic. These are just some minor incidents that happened at this time, allowing them to gain the upper hand now.

As for the matter with the King of Qi, Xuancheng, thank you for your trouble. As long as the King of Qi’s request is not too excessive, we can satisfy him!

At the same time, he issued another decree to abolish the previous decree and reiterate that the King of Qi was the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty, and that it was a great achievement for the Tang Dynasty to have conquered such a territory!
The King of Qi was promoted to the title of General Shen Ce, with a higher status than General Tian Ce, and he was in charge of Lingnan and all the territories conquered by the King of Qi!"

Li Shimin's eyes were very calm. He was able to face the fact that Li Yuanji was given an additional title calmly. It was nothing more than an empty title, and it was nothing more than him bowing his head temporarily to Li Yuanji. In Li Shimin's eyes, he bowed his head now only to make Li Yuanji look up to him in the future.

Think about when Li Yuanji decided to go to Lingnan, he begged people everywhere in Chang'an to raise money, food and various supplies. At that time, everyone in Chang'an looked down on Li Yuanji. The dignified King of Qi had fallen to the point of begging for food.

Until now, only two and a half years have passed, and the situation has changed. Now it is Li Shimin who has to ask Li Yuanji for help. Li Shimin himself did not expect that this day would come.

Fang Xuanling and others were shocked when they heard Li Shimin's words. They were shocked by Li Shimin's decisiveness and courage. He was given the title of General Shen Ce, whose status was even higher than that of General Tian Ce. They were very clear about the significance of this, which was extraordinary.

At this moment, Wei Zheng looked at Li Shimin with a passionate gaze. This was the wise leader in his heart.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness. I will do my best to make the King of Qi withdraw his troops and return to Lingnan!"

Wei Zheng made up his mind immediately. His mission was to make Li Yuanji retreat. As for why he went, it was only because he had been Li Jiancheng's man and was relatively familiar with Li Yuanji.

With Li Shimin's consent, Wei Zheng led a team of people and quickly left Chang'an. Apart from necessary rest, replenishment of water and food along the way, they traveled day and night.

In Qingyuan City, Guangzhou Prefecture, Li Yuanji was looking at a map in the city.

"Where are the various armies now?" Next to Li Yuanji was Xie Shufang. Li Yuanji personally led the army in this operation, and his purpose was to control the direction.

Li Yuanji knew very well the purpose of mobilizing the army this time. He did not want to start a real fight at this time. Now that his attitude was clear, it depended on what choice Li Er would make.

"Your Majesty, Xi Junmai's army has already arrived at Qujiang, Shaozhou. Next, they will advance from Lechang and Zhenchang. However, there is only one road in each direction, so it will take a long time to break through.

The 100,000 troops led by Su Dingfang and Xue Wanche have passed through Heyuan in Xunzhou and are marching towards Leixiang.

The 50,000 troops led by Feng Ang have entered Chaoyang, Chaozhou, and joined Liu Rengui's navy to prepare to launch an attack on Zhangpu, Zhangzhou."

Li Yuanji listened to the movements of various departments, looked at the map, and spoke after a moment.

"Inform all the troops to speed up. After leaving Lingnan, slow down. If any Tang army tries to stop us, we will wipe them out immediately!
After entering the Tang Dynasty, it was imperative to relocate the population, with the priority being on relocating the people, and all the people in the Tang Dynasty were relocated to Lingnan.

I have made it very clear this time. Treat this as a rehearsal for an attack on the Tang Dynasty. Population is the most important thing. If an all-out war is really necessary, military orders will be conveyed at that time.

After the order is passed on, we must also speed up our march and reach Zhenyang within ten days."

These were all plans that Li Yuanji had planned long ago. He was certain that Li Shimin would not go to war with him, because he knew that at this time, the Turks would definitely come to Chang'an to cause trouble.

If Li Shimin really dared to go to war with him and the Turks at the same time, Li Yuanji would admire him and at the same time use all his strength to defeat Li Shimin to live up to his courage.

As for the military assistance from various countries, Li Yuanji also knew about it a long time ago. It was he who made possible the dispatch of troops from Gundam, which was to help Gundam resist the eastward advance of the Harsha Dynasty.

As for Tubo, it was this guy who took the initiative to approach him. Li Yuanji had originally ignored him, but the Tubo Zamp (the title of the Tibetan kings of all dynasties) actually sent a large army and sent envoys to discuss cooperation with him again. Li Yuanji was helpless.

As for the so-called million-strong army, it was just a cover-up put up by Li Yuanji. If he really dared to recruit a million troops, all the places in his fiefdom would collapse except for a few places that have developed well now.

Precisely because of the strategy decided in advance, Li Yuanji did not dare to let Xue Wanche lead the troops alone. He was really afraid that this guy would turn pretend fighting into real fighting, so he let him follow Su Dingfang and let Su Dingfang watch over it.

Ten days later, Li Yuanji arrived in Zhenyang. All the armies had arrived at the border. When Li Yuanji arrived in Qujiang, Xi Junmai's main force entered Chenzhou, Su Dingfang and Xue Wanche entered Qianzhou, and Feng Ang and Liu Rengui entered Zhangzhou.

Without exception, all Tang troops did not stop them, because the edict to declare war had not yet been passed down. In addition, as they were close to Lingnan, they were more aware of Li Yuanji's deterrent power. All states restrained their troops and retreated continuously. Every time Li Yuanji's army moved forward, these people retreated one step.

At the same time, the armies of the southern states of the Tang Dynasty began to gather in the direction of Li Yuanji's advance. When Li Yuanji learned about this, he was suddenly depressed.

"What exactly does Li Er want to do? Judging from the time, it's enough for him to react."

Li Yuanji was frowning and thinking when Xie Shufang hurried in.

"Your Majesty, all tribes have already begun to migrate their populations, and are asking if they should move forward again."

Li Yuanji pondered for a moment and said, "Tell them that after handling the population migration, they will move forward again, but at a slower speed. When they reach the next place, they will start the population migration again!"

Li Yuanji can no longer control anything now, and since he doesn't know what Li Er is doing, he might as well get the benefits first.

Everything was going on in full swing. Li Yuanji had already entered Qianzhou Nan'an (now Xinfeng), and finally received news of Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, Wei Zheng is here, and he is here on the orders of Li Shimin."

Li Yuanji breathed a sigh of relief and smiled immediately. He had waited for so long and finally it came.

"Let him hang out for now and summon him in three days."

The three days passed with difficulty. For Wei Zheng, this difficulty was very intense. He was extremely anxious every day. He wanted to see Li Yuanji, but was stopped every time, which made him extremely anxious.

Finally, on this day, when Wei Zheng heard that Li Yuanji was going to summon him, he did not even have time to tidy up his appearance and just ran out.

In the tent, Li Yuanji sat at the top, and Wei Zheng arrived soon.

"Meet the King of Qi."

Li Yuanji looked at Wei Zheng and suddenly became furious.

"Wei Zheng! You were originally a minister of the Eastern Palace. My elder brother treated you so well in the past, but you treat my elder brother's regard for you like this? You actually dared to defect to Li Shimin, and even came to me today. Do you think I won't kill you?"

Li Yuanji stared at Wei Zheng fiercely, wanting to see what expression Wei Zheng would have. However, to Li Yuanji's disappointment, Wei Zheng did not show any expression.

"If the King of Qi wants to kill me, I have nothing to say. But King of Qi, I have something important to do. This is the imperial edict of the sage. I specially confer the title of General of Divine Strategy on the King of Qi, which is above General of Heavenly Strategy. At the same time, I want the King of Qi to guard the southwest for the Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuanji took the imperial edict and laughed after reading it.

"Haha, when did Li Shimin become so generous to me? Is it because the Turks are about to march to Chang'an and he is afraid? That's why he is willing to confer a higher title?"

Wei Zheng's pupils shrank. The news about the Turks was originally an urgent military report. If Wei Zheng wanted to pass it to Li Yuanji, he could guarantee that it would be too late. But how did Li Yuanji know it now?
Wei Zheng had no time to think, Li Yuanji's voice came again.

"Don't worry about how I got this news, but as the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty, I am not as short-sighted as Li Shimin. The purpose of your coming here is to make me retreat back to Lingnan, right?
Go and tell Li Er that I don’t care about these empty words. If you want to surrender, then you must have a surrendering attitude.

The current attitude is not enough.

On this piece of paper is my request. If Li Er can do it, I can withdraw my troops!
Otherwise, don't blame me for joining forces with Tuyuhun to attack.

Tell him that all this was caused by him, Li Er. Since he is so eager to deal with me, he must pay the price for me!

The benefits he can give to others, I can also give to others, but if I am not allowed to do so, this matter will not be over.

Even if the Tang Dynasty is destroyed, the culprit will be Li Er, not me!"

(End of this chapter)