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

"This brat actually came to the north?!" - When His Majesty Li II led his soldiers back victoriously and arrived at the military camp outside Anshi City, he looked at the letter handed over by Fu Fuai. His brows first frowned slightly, then quickly spread out, and then he said with a tone of inexplicable pride: "Humph... I still need him to command..."

"Your Majesty, it's already this time..." Among the ministers who were called to discuss the matter, the first to speak was Duke Lu Cheng Yaojin: "It is rare that His Royal Highness the King of Chu has such a heart..."

"..." Although Cheng Yaojin's words were very tactful, His Majesty Li II was not so far from understanding the hidden meaning in his words: "So I still have to thank that bastard?"

"Your Majesty wants to achieve your goal in one battle." Li Daozon, who was standing next to Cheng Yaojin, saw that His Majesty did not seem to be willing to buy into the King of Chu's account, so he could not help but say, "Your Majesty, the overall situation is more important."

"Okay, the overall situation is more important." His Majesty Li Er said as he calmly put the letter back into his sleeve, then turned his gaze to Li Xiaogong on the other side: "How is Silla doing?"

"I just received news that two days ago, the capital of Silla, Gyeongju, was conquered by the army of Buyeo Ui-ji, the prince of Baekje, and the queen of Silla even committed suicide in the palace." When Lee Hyo-gong said this, he saw that except for His Majesty Lee II, everyone else in the tent had an expression of "it should be so", so he couldn't help but twitch his mouth and said, "Now, the entire Silla has been almost destroyed, and only the Silla general Kim Kyung-sin is left, leading a few thousand remnants to fight guerrilla warfare with the Baekje. As for the Goguryeo army, it has turned around and is heading towards Anshi City."

"It seems that this war still has to be fought." His Majesty Li II couldn't help but sighed when he heard this: "It's just a pity..."

As for what was a pity, Emperor Li II did not say.

No one else dared to ask.

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"What a pity, what a pity..." Half a month later, King Chu, who arrived in Laizhou, heard that Zhang Liang had set out a few days ago and was attacking Beisha City. Having come up empty-handed, King Chu first asked the Laizhou governor to fill his cabin with food, and then headed towards Baekje.

At this moment, he was standing on the deck and said with a rather emotional tone: "It seems that this is destined to be a battle that will go down in history, and Zhang Liang will not be able to catch up."

“Brother Kuan, I just like your shamelessness.” Looking at the boss who was too immersed in the role on the deck, Li Huairen couldn’t help but shook his head and sighed, “It was obviously you who was trying to trick him into playing as a striker for you, why—wuuuu…wuuuu…”

"Brother Kuan, don't pay attention to this fool." - After covering Li Huairen's mouth, Pei Chengxian also comforted King Chu who was starting to roll up his sleeves: "Our top priority now is to take down Weili City as soon as possible while it is empty."

"Chengxian, just indulge Kuan Ge'er, you just..." After finally breaking free from Pei Chengxian's restraints, Li Huairen said indignantly: "I'm not worried about not being able to take Weili City. After all, we have a powerful weapon like the 'City-Breaking Eight Oxen Crossbow'. There is no city gate in the world that can withstand its attack. But the problem is that we don't have enough manpower."

"What do you mean by insufficient manpower?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu curled his lips upon hearing this, and then pointed at the large ships in the rear that were responsible for the rearguard action: "Aren't you curious why I ordered the six thousand soldiers to bring only powerful crossbows and bows and arrows when I came to Goguryeo this time? Because the ones responsible for the hand-to-hand combat were not them, but the more than two thousand armored warriors on those ships."

"Brother Kuan, you hid it well enough!" Li Huairen didn't understand until now: "So you have been prepared for it?"

"What else?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu said unhappily, "I have earned so much money in the past two years, shouldn't I spend it wisely? Do you think I am a foolish king? I spend the money to build a palace for no reason, and then go to the historian to tell him how empty the treasury is and how frugal I am?"

"Oh... Brother Kuan, I spoke a little loudly just now, don't be angry." Li Huairen was also a knowledgeable person. Seeing Li Kuan's angry expression, he immediately ran up to rub his shoulders and back: "I knew you were wise and brave, not inferior to... no, far better than Your Majesty!"

"Listen, listen!" While enjoying Li Huairen's attentive service, His Royal Highness the King of Chu said to Zhang Zhenxuan and Wang Xuance who came to him at this time: "This is the voice of the people of our Tang Dynasty!"

"Brother Huairen has nothing to do with the people of the Tang Dynasty." Wang Xuance felt that his highness was somewhat blindly arrogant: "Your Highness, we still have a lot of things to do right now, please don't--"

"Xuan Ce, this matter is not complicated, really." His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that the other party was really thinking too much: "Let's put it this way, if this king has formed a heavy armored Mo Dao team with more than 2,000 people, we will not be afraid even if we face 20,000 Xuan Armored Army on horseback charging - it's not like we haven't tested the lethality of the Mo Dao before."

"But, Your Highness, human strength is limited!" Wang Xuance became anxious upon hearing this: "The Mo Dao weighs more than 20 kilograms, and the armor weighs more than 50 kilograms. How much pressure does this person have to bear just standing there..."

"You kid, why don't you believe me..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt even more aggrieved after hearing this, so he turned his gaze to Zhen Xuan who was trying to hold back his laughter: "Zhen Xuan, tell me about him!"

"Haha... OK..." Zhang Zhenxuan, who was named by His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, saw that he could not escape, so he gave Wang Xuance a reassuring look: "Brother Xuanance, don't worry, our prince has always been aware of this kind of thing - you can doubt our prince's dishonesty in anything, but as long as it is related to the war, the prince is more clear-headed than anyone else, isn't he?"

“That’s right…” Wang Xuance nodded subconsciously after hearing this: “That’s true… but…”

"Have you forgotten the battle in Qianquan City?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu saw that Wang Xuance was still hesitating, so he scratched his head and said shockingly: "The group of death warriors under my command now are even more brave than the group in Qianquan City back then."

"Your Highness, where did you find these people?" Upon hearing this, Wang Xuance couldn't help but ask the question that had been buried in his heart.

"Well..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu thought for a moment, then pointed at Zhang Zhenxuan standing beside him and said, "Ask him?"

"Why are you asking me?" Zhang Zhenxuan was pointed at by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and immediately looked confused: "I'm not a god in heaven..."

This kind of thing can only be explained by a natural god...