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

"Drinking hatred in the snow? That bastard really said that?" - The night before His Royal Highness the King of Chu and Quan Gaisuwen were about to fight, Quan Gaisuwen came to the courtyard again and conveyed Gao Jianwu's arrogant words to His Royal Highness the King of Chu. His Royal Highness the King of Chu naturally understood the other party's intention: "Su Wen, don't worry, I will definitely not let that old guy live past noon tomorrow. But you... have you really arranged a retreat for me?"

"Your Highness the King of Chu, after you succeed, what Su Wen will do next is to completely stabilize the situation in Goguryeo, so Su Wen will naturally not lie to you." When Quan Gaisu Wen said this, his heart was naturally not as calm as the expression on his face.

"How many guards are there in the palace?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu was silent for a moment, and then asked this question, which seemed to be the one he should be most concerned about.

"There are about three thousand guards in the palace, and another eight thousand in the inner city. They are all elite soldiers." Quan Gaisu Wen didn't dare to hide anything about this kind of thing, because he knew that with the presence of people from the Taiyuan Wang family, this was not a secret at all to His Royal Highness the King of Chu. The other party asked this just to test his sincerity.

"Okay, you can go back now." His Royal Highness the King of Chu rubbed his somewhat sore neck. He had indeed worked too hard these days. "By the way, I have also prepared a small gift for your father's birthday. Take it with you when you leave."

"Su Wen thanks Your Highness." Quan Gai Su Wen said as he bowed to His Highness the King of Chu who was sitting behind the desk, then turned and left the study.

Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse.

A moment later, Wang Xuance and Wang Hanzhang walked in from outside: "Your Highness, Quan Gaisuwen has left with the gift you gave him."

"Eleven thousand guards, not counting the garrison outside the city..." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu raised his head, his eyes slightly thoughtful: "That bastard really thinks highly of me..."

"Your Highness, I guess that Quan Gaisuwen should have guessed that you would use the assassins. After all, he had already suffered a great loss on the grassland." Wang Xuance said, "But... Your Highness, we should make a quick decision tomorrow."

"Of course. No one knows better than me what a quick victory means..."

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The next day, early in the morning.

At dawn, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, dressed in bright armor, stood in the courtyard and began to wait silently.

"Your Highness, please have breakfast." When the morning glow dyed the sky red, Yuwen Qing came to His Highness the King of Chu with a bowl of mutton noodles and handed the noodles to him.

"Hmm." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu took the noodles, ate two bites casually, and then put the bowl on the stone table not far away.

Yuwen Qing was about to speak when His Royal Highness the King of Chu raised his hand and said, "I can't eat it."

The sun had already passed over the distant mountains, and the sunlight gradually filled the earth.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu continued to wait.

An hour later, when he turned around, Zhang Zhenxuan, Wang Xuance, Pei Xingyan, Yuwen Qing, Jiang Sheng, Yuan Tiangang, Zhong Hui, Shan Tianchang, Xiong Wushuang and other Dou family retainers had all arrived. Except for Zhang Zhenxuan and Yuan Tiangang who were still wearing Taoist robes, the rest were all in armor, waiting silently for His Royal Highness the King of Chu to give orders.

"Xingyan," His Royal Highness the King of Chu pointed to Pei Chengxian and others standing in the corridor and said to Pei Xingyan, "I leave all my brothers to you."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will never let you down." Pei Xingyan was stunned when he heard this, and then he gave his own guarantee.

"I'll give you Zhong Hui, Shan Tianchang, and Xiong Wushuang." His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at Chai Lingwu, who was waving at him excitedly, and sighed in his heart: "In addition, I will give you 300 archers. Before you capture the city gate, they will not participate in the frontal battle, because when we leave, we need someone to cover our retreat. Do you understand what I mean?"

“Your Highness…” Pei Xingyan obviously knew that there were many assassins around His Highness the King of Chu: “I don’t need so many… You might as well take a hundred of them…”

"Okay, I know what's going on. Of course, I also have confidence in you." After saying this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu suddenly said to Yuan Tiangang, who had rarely done anything today: "Gangzi, I will give you a hundred people, and you can assassinate Yuan Taizuo. In addition... Quan Gaisuwen has planted undercover agents among the ministers who are not on good terms with him, so this time you have to wait for him to make the first move and see who he will protect then.

"Yes!" Yuan Tiangang knew the importance of this matter, so he immediately accepted the order and said respectfully: "Your Highness, I will definitely rescue people after Quan Gaisuwen's cronies are exposed. In this way, the ministers who are rescued may hate Quan Gaisuwen even more."

"I'm glad you understand." His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded and said, "You go to Quan Gaisu Wen's mansion to celebrate his birthday first. The rest of us will have to leave later."

"only!"

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After Yuan Tiangang left, His Royal Highness the King of Chu reminded Chai Lingwu and others again about some precautions and details regarding the fighting in the battle, and then he looked at the rising sun.

"It's almost time for Quan Gaisuwen to take action. Let's go!" Following the order from His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the Dou family retainers who had been ready for action immediately responded loudly: "Yes!"

"Gee!" - Half a quarter of an hour later, when the fully armed Prince Chu led more than a hundred cavalrymen behind him on the most prosperous street of the royal capital, the people of the Goguryeo capital didn't even know what was happening - because their armor style was obviously not the common type in Goguryeo, but the young man in the lead really had a natural nobility, so that although everyone was surprised, after seeing His Royal Highness the Prince Chu and the troops behind him, they immediately made way.

At the same time, the two hundred Dou clan members who had been arranged by the King of Chu near the inner city came out from the inns, wine shops and even rouge and powder shops bought in advance by the Wang family of Taiyuan, and began to move closer to their own master.

When His Royal Highness the King of Chu led his army to the inner city, their group had already been noticed by the Goguryeo garrison stationed in the inner city.

But it was obviously too late to stop it.

Because His Royal Highness the King of Chu has already arrived at the gate of the palace.

"Your Highness, the King of Chu." - The first person to start the killing today was not His Highness, the King of Chu, but the general of the Yuan family who was arranged by Quan Gaisuwen to replace the guards at the palace gate: "Yuan Mingchi, a member of the Yuan family, greets His Highness, the King of Chu."

"You're pretty quick." The King of Chu looked at the corpses scattered around the palace gate and the two groups of people still fighting on the imperial road. He immediately dismounted and came to the body of a dead Goguryeo soldier. He stretched out his foot and picked up the spear on the ground with a hook and a poke. "There's nothing for you to do here. Take your men and leave quickly."

"Your Highness, there are people from our Yuan family inside..." Yuan Mingchi obviously understood the meaning of His Highness the King of Chu's words.