Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Your Highness, are you really not going to kill Quan Gaisuwen?" When His Royal Highness the King of Chu set out on his way home, Yuwen Qing looked at Quan Gaisuwen and the leaders of the eighteen tribes of the grassland who were escorted in the center of the team, and his expression was puzzled: "I'm afraid it's not possible to just kill Pu Gu Su..."

"What do you know?" Li Kuan found that his tiger-crazy man was actually trying to use his brain, so he immediately decided to nip his unwise move in the bud: "Besides, you don't need to understand this kind of thing. You just need to know that these people are more useful alive than dead."

"Your Highness, tell me." Yuwen Qing scratched his head and said with a silly smile, "I just can't understand why you would spare Quan Gaisuwen's life. After all, even Xuan Ce said that this man has the qualities of a hero. If you were to become his enemy, you should kill him as soon as possible."

"Xuan Ce, do you think it would be more appropriate for me to kill Quan Gaisu Wen?" Upon hearing this, Li Kuan looked at Wang Xuance who was following behind him in surprise: "Since you have this idea, why don't you tell me?"

"I am trying to understand your Highness' intention." Wang Xuance smiled slightly when he heard this, "Then I found that your Highness is still one step ahead."

"Oh?" His Highness the King of Chu did not expect that Wang Xuance now also grasped the "essence of the King of Chu's retainers": "Then tell me in detail how I am one step ahead of you."

"Your Highness wants to keep him and make Gao Jianwu unable to sleep or eat." There was a hint of amusement in Wang Xuance's tone.

"Hmm..." After hearing what Wang Xuance said, Li Kuan's tone became more complacent: "That's it? That's all?"

"Your Highness, if what I said is really right, could you please... not take action?" It was not until this moment that Wang Xuance saw through Li Kuan's true intention.

"You're still playing this game with me?" Li Kuan glared at him unhappily and said, "Just tell me what you mean!"

"Your Highness's thoughts are very complicated, but I must admit that in terms of foresight, I am afraid that sometimes I am not as good as you." Wang Xuance took a deep breath and began to speak out his analysis: "Your Highness, we are returning to the country in such a hurry, and your previous plan to register the people as equals will have to be put on hold for the time being.

But the news got out.

Presumably, a new power struggle will soon break out on this leaderless grassland. These people will try to reunite the 18 tribes of the grassland and resist the encroachment of the Tang Dynasty on the grassland.

But I believe that more people, such as those Turkic nobles, will find ways to escape, and the direction they will escape will be either to the north where only a very small number of people are willing to take the risk, or to the Western Regions. I estimate that this is the majority, and those Turkic nobles will find ways to join the two khans of Western Turkestan.

The last direction of escape also had a small number of people, and that was Goguryeo.

The grassland is destined to be in chaos.

Moreover, in the face of such chaos, if the Tang Dynasty did not make a statement, no one would be able to intervene. After all, if anyone dared to intervene and send a large army to try to integrate or quell the rebellion, the Tang Dynasty could take advantage of the emptiness of the country and, with a legitimate reason, directly destroy it in the name of trying to seize the fruits of the Tang Dynasty's war.

But these are not your true intentions, Your Highness.

You imprisoned Quan Gaisuwen in Chang'an so that Gao Jianwu could gather power as quickly as possible, and then he would vigorously build fortifications and establish more fortresses on the border. ——Because the whole world believed that the next target of the Tang Dynasty would definitely be Goguryeo.

But your real goal, Your Highness, is the Western Regions and Western Turks!" After Wang Xuance finished speaking, his eyes were full of brilliance: "Your Highness's idea is brilliant! Siyehu Khan and Yibishekui Khan are now in a critical period of struggle. There is naturally no reason not to accept the Eastern Turkic nobles who have surrendered to them, and this gives us a reason to send troops.

Besides..." Wang Xuance said here, and suddenly fixed his eyes on his "resourceful" but always hidden his talents, and even at this moment his face still had a "calm and composed" look: "After we defeat the Western Turks, it will be at least four or five years later. By then, the giant sea ship built by Hongwenguan will be almost ready to be launched. We will launch a real war of annihilation against Goguryeo from the sea!

Gao Jianwu may not know until the day he dies and his country is destroyed that Your Highness had already chosen the way for him to die a long time ago!"

boom!

Wang Xuance's words shocked Yuwen Qing and Jiang Sheng beside him. Of course, Taoist Chunfeng was also shocked, but Taoists are good at cultivating qi, so he did not show anything.

However, when Taoist Chunfeng looked at the back of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, there was a hint of respect in his heart.

And His Highness the King of Chu...

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was actually the most shocked person!

This prince... This prince just feels that things have been done, and I just want to do something... As for registering the people... Isn't that the job of my eldest brother, the prince? When did this prince need to take action? !

Besides, I was planning to let Li Huairen and others come over to claim some military merit after I return to Chang'an. It's that simple.

But now...how come I suddenly become so wise and powerful in Xuan Ce's mouth? !

Well...I don't think the Imperial Grandmother ever told me that one must be honest. She just didn't allow me to lie to her.

that……

"Xuan Ce, you still understand me!" - His Highness the Prince of Chu, who was flexible in every way, naturally and briefly abandoned the bottom line of being a human being. He said to Wang Xuance with a serious face: "I am very happy that you can see my foresight at once, but you still missed one point: once those nobles start to escape, the remaining Turkic people will slowly lose their trust in the entire aristocracy. Only then will it be the beginning of the real unification of the grassland by the Tang Dynasty! But then again, I am very happy that you can think of the above. However, I hope that next time you can be one step faster than me and come up with your plan first, so that it will be convenient for me to check for deficiencies and make up for them, and formulate a more perfect strategy at any time. Do you understand?"

"Yes!" At this moment, Wang Xuance felt that his Highness was the true wise leader!

Well, although His Royal Highness the King of Chu is a wise ruler.

But even a wise leader will be beaten.

After he arrived in Lingzhou, he had just returned Xue Wanjun's 150 family generals when the other party brought him a "sad" news.

"Your Highness, the King of Chu, His Majesty has issued an order..." Xue Wanjun's mood was very complicated at this moment: "His Majesty has ordered me to send you to Chang'an as soon as I find you..."

"Humph!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu knew that when he was out in public, his identity was given by himself. "That tyrant is quite courageous. My royal grandfather had long passed the position of the head of the Longyou Li family to me. He actually dared to order the arrest of his own head. It's simply the opposite..."

At the critical moment, Wang Xuance took action again.

“General Xue…” Wang Xuance covered the mouth of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu with one hand and circled his torso with the other hand. Then he said to Xue Wanjun, who was also embarrassed, “My prince has been very angry recently and likes to talk nonsense. Just pretend you didn’t hear anything…”

"..." Although Xue Wanjun didn't know what the connection was between "being angry" and "talking nonsense", but...sigh...

"Your Highness, you'd better return to Chang'an as soon as possible." Xue Wanjun said as he handed the reins to Jiang Sheng, a retainer beside the King of Chu: "My brother has written to me, saying that Lord Dou has said that if you don't go back, he will go to Xianling to file a complaint..."

"Wow...this guy Dou Shu'er..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu never thought that he would end up like this.

"Your Highness, let's go back quickly..." When Yuwen Qing mentioned Dou Gong, he felt a dull pain in his buttocks.

"What are you afraid of?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu raised his eyebrows: "Aren't we going back anyway?"

"The letter also said" - Xue Wanjun thought it would be interesting to witness the pressure put on His Royal Highness the King of Chu, so he began to chant his skill: "Duke Yu also said that if you miss his birthday party next month, he plans to arrange a new marriage for his granddaughter..."

"Stop!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu found that Master Yu was too unkind: "What does this old man mean? Huh?! He only uses this one trick to control me, right?! My Uncle Cheng has three more tricks!"

"Then why don't we just go back later, Your Highness?" Jiang Sheng at the side couldn't help but suggest, "We can't let others manipulate us over and over again."

"Your Highness, what are you planning to do..." Li Chunfeng was also very curious now.

“Alas…” Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu sighed silently and began to issue the most cowardly order ever issued by a patriarch: “Take off your armor, change your horses, and return to Chang’an to celebrate the birthday of my evil-minded Master Yu!”