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

"Muddy the waters..." After listening to Lu Yingke's advice, His Royal Highness the King of Chu tapped the table in front of him thoughtfully: "That's a good idea."

"Your Highness, Lu Yingke's idea is good, but we don't have enough manpower at the moment..." Ever since Wang Hanzhang followed His Highness the King of Chu into Goguryeo, he has been prepared to risk his life, but there is a difference between risking one's life and committing death...

"Han Zhang, you don't have to worry about the manpower. I know what's going on." Because His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had previously made various arrangements for the shadow assassins, he can now mobilize about two thousand three hundred shadow assassins. However, when it comes to the moment of life and death, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu will naturally summon all three thousand shadow assassins without leaving any spare.

"Your Highness, this matter is of great importance." Wang Xuance, out of consideration for the personal safety of His Highness the King of Chu, obviously agreed with Wang Hanzhang's opinion on the matter: "Although Lu Yingke's idea is good, what we should consider most right now is not how to implement the plan perfectly, but to find ways to minimize our losses as much as possible while achieving the general goal. Your Highness, I know you are used to focusing on the overall situation, but in my eyes, the real overall situation is you, not others."

"Your Highness, I also think what Wang Xuance said makes sense." Just after Wang Xuance finished speaking, Pei Chengxian on the side also gave his own opinion: "Although letting those trusted ministers of Gao Jianwu survive can indeed cause a lot of trouble for Quan Gaisuwen afterwards, this move will undoubtedly cost us a lot of manpower - Brother Kuan, after the success, it is almost impossible for us to return to the Tang Dynasty by the same route.

Our only way out is to fight our way out of the capital, continue south to Silla and Baekje, and then find a way to return to Tang by sea. But Silla and Baekje may not be willing to fight the Goguryeo army that has gone completely crazy because of Gao Jianwu's death for us..."

"You are right," His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded after hearing this: "In the final analysis, we must preserve our strength as much as possible along the way, in order to have a glimmer of hope."

"Your Highness, I have something to say." Seeing that everyone else opposed him, Lu Yingke became anxious: "Quan Gaisuwen wants to use the birthday banquet to eliminate dissidents. If we let him kill everyone, then after Your Highness kills Gao Jianwu, the entire Goguryeo will be under the control of Quan Gaisuwen in an instant. At that time, the situation will begin to develop towards the worst. And when I said we should save people, I meant to use strategies to save them, not to use our own hands to save them... I'm not really stupid..."

"What are you going to do?" At this time, not only His Royal Highness the King of Chu, but also several other people present turned their eyes to Lu Yingke.

"Doesn't Quan Gaisuwen have an old lover?" Lu Yingke smiled slightly when he heard this: "We can send someone to present a gift to Quan Gaisuwen's father in the name of the princess before the birthday banquet officially begins - such as a white hat."

"You're going to a funeral instead of celebrating a birthday?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Yingke, you are such a bad boy!"

"I believe that there will be someone at the birthday banquet who, upon seeing the white hat, will immediately realize that he or she is in danger and will try to find a way to escape." Lu Yingke smiled when he heard this.

“But according to Quan Gaisuwen’s cautious character, he will definitely arrange sufficient manpower - even if those ministers finally realize that something is wrong, they can only wait to be killed…” Wang Hanzhang still felt that although Lu Yingke’s plan was cruel enough, considering the actual effect, he felt that this plan was too useless.

"No, this strategy is not useless." - Wang Xuance, who originally did not think highly of Lu Yingke, finally recognized his ability at this time: "In the art of war, attacking the heart is the best, and the same is true for power struggles - Quan Gaisuwen thought everything was under control, which was a good thing at the beginning, but when His Royal Highness the King of Chu really killed Gao Jianwu and prepared to flee to Silla -"

"——It's retreat!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu is a very serious person: "Strategic retreat!"

"..." Wang Xuance, who was interrupted by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, smiled helplessly: "Okay, when Your Royal Highness kills Gao Jianwu and prepares to retreat to Silla and Baekje, if Quan Gaisumun can still maintain the confidence that everything is under control, it will undoubtedly cause us a lot of trouble, so..."

"So, in order to make him realize the reality, I think it would be better to let Gao Jianwu's father die in front of him at the birthday banquet." When Zhang Zhenxuan, the Dou family's worshiper, walked into the study, he said something that was like a bolt from the blue: "Your Highness, you can rest assured to leave this matter to Taoist Yuan."

"What?!" Yuan Tiangang, who followed Zhang Zhenxuan into the study, pointed his finger at himself and said, "Little Heavenly Master, you get to brag, and I'll be in charge of the execution?!"

"I have to stay by His Highness's side to guard him at all times. This matter can only be left to you, Taoist Yuan." Zhang Zhenxuan turned his head and looked at Yuan Tiangang, the slacker retainer who had always been slacking off as a daily routine: "Taoist Yuan, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger is indeed a skill, but if you keep pretending to be a pig and refuse to eat the tiger, then you will really become a pig."

"Haha... Little Heavenly Master, you're joking." Yuan Tiangang laughed awkwardly when he heard that. But when he glanced at His Royal Highness the King of Chu who was staring at him covetously...

"Don't worry, everyone. You can leave this matter to me!" When it comes to knowing how to handle current affairs, Taoist Yuan has always been a rare talent.

“Alas…” His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was a soft-hearted man: “Gangzi, I will arrange people to follow you by then. You just need to act according to the circumstances and kill Quan Gaisuwen’s father at the critical moment.” - Originally, Yuan Tiangang didn’t need to take part in this matter personally, but the day of the birthday banquet was the day when His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had to lead the team to attack the Goguryeo palace. Of course, he couldn’t focus all his attention on the birthday banquet.

"Your Highness, you really do value me." Yuan Tiangang was really touched. "But Your Highness, I know that we are short of manpower now. How about... you give me a thousand or eight hundred people——"

"——Gangzi, do you really have to get beaten today?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

"I was too arrogant..." Seeing that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was angry, Yuan Tiangang immediately became obedient.

"Now that the birthday banquet has been finalized, let's talk about the most important part of the whole plan, how to break out of the capital after the event." - When Pei Xingyan walked in from the study, he immediately cast his eyes on the King of Chu: "Your Highness, I have already gone to the city gate to observe during the day - if you give me a hundred soldiers on the day of the operation, I will definitely be able to capture it!"