Tang Dynasty

After reading the letter in his hand word by word, Wei Zheng frowned, raised his hand and pressed the paper to the table beside him.

The little principal who submitted the letter was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask questions, so he just stood there with his head bowed.

Wei Zheng frowned and pondered for a long time, finally sighed and took out the pen and paper.Picking up the pen and dipping it in the ink, there were clearly thousands of words in his chest, he paused, but only wrote a short sentence.

"Wei Zhengding lived up to His Highness's trust."

After writing, he took out another piece of paper.This time, it was done in one stroke, and a large paragraph of text was written eloquently.Afterwards, he sealed the two pieces of letter paper separately, handed them to the schoolboy and said, "Give this one to the Turkic soldier to bring back, and this one, I want you to leave immediately and return to Chang'an, and secretly deliver it to the King of Qi."

The little school was stunned, seeing Wei Zheng's solemn expression, he didn't dare to neglect him, so he immediately responded and left in a hurry.

There was no one else in the room, Wei Zheng slowly sat back in his chair, shook his head, and let out a long sigh.

Knowing that that person must have his own reasons for staying there, and also knowing that with his xinxing means, there must be a way to protect himself, and he understands even more that the only reason why he dared to let go of everything here is because of his great love for himself. Trust... But my heart was still disappointed for a while, and I regretted that I helped him go to the Turkic camp.

However, even if he can understand what he is thinking, there is probably no one in this world who can influence what he does.

Thinking of this is another wry smile.At this moment, I have no choice but to hide this matter for him and stabilize my position.

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When Li Yuanji led reinforcements to the army, Li Shimin's troops were still in a confrontation with Zheng Jun.

Since Wang Shichong missed the last sneak attack, he stayed in the city and couldn't hold out.Li Shimin led the army to attack the city, but Luoyang city had strong defenses and strong artillery fire. After being unable to attack for a long time, he had to change his strategy and still use the strategy of besieging the city.

Therefore, the two armies have been at such a stalemate, and there has been no war for half a month.

Li Shimin sat on the horse in a strong armor, and in the howling autumn wind, he saw a group of horses and horses approaching from a distance, and the young general in black robes at the head was Li Yuanji.

Ever since he lost Taiyuan and returned to Chang'an, Li Yuan made him think about it, he hadn't taught him to lead soldiers for a long time, but he didn't know why he was sent here today.Although he had doubts in his heart, Li Shimin still galloped up to meet him.

"Second Brother," Yuan Ji held the reins of the horse, and said with a loud smile, "Second Brother Lao is here to welcome you in person. Please take an inventory of the people, horses and luggage you brought along for this trip."

"It's okay to talk about it later," Li Shimin turned his horse's head and walked side by side with him, smiling, "Yuan Ji traveled through mountains and rivers, it was a hard journey, and follow me back to the camp."

Li Yuanji nodded, and said after a while: "Second brother, my father heard that Wang Shichong wrote a book and asked for help from Dou Jiande in Henan, fearing that my second brother would be outnumbered, so I urgently dispatched reinforcements here, but I don't know what is going on with Dou Jiande?"

"I don't know yet," Li Shimin said, "but in my opinion, although Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong have old friends, they may not be willing to help him sincerely."

"Second Brother means..." Li Yuanji looked at him and pondered, "At this moment, Dou Jiande is probably just sitting on a mountain and watching tigers fight?"

"Exactly," Li Shimin nodded, "however Dou Jiande's heart is dead, you and I can't be sure at this moment. If we can capture Luoyang first, we will naturally avoid the danger of being attacked by the enemy. If we can't, we have to be wary of it."

"Indeed."

The two were silent for a moment, Li Shimin suddenly said again: "I heard that Yuan Ji personally invited the battle this time, and came here to help me?"

Li Yuanji was slightly taken aback, seeing that the other party was still looking at the road ahead, with the same expression on his face, he smiled and said: "Elder brother knows my heart, how can I be a person who can live in the palace for a long time? If I can help second brother conquer this time Luoyang can be regarded as making up for the loss of Taiyuan the day before yesterday."

Hearing this, Li Shimin raised his eyes to look at him, but didn't speak, just smiled slowly.

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Sitting in the tent, Li Jiancheng leisurely dropped a black stone on the chessboard in front of him.

Just at this moment, aggressive wind and dust hurriedly lifted the tent and entered, and the biting cold wind suddenly poured in with the crushed snow, and lifted the hair of the person inside the tent a little.

Li Jiancheng raised his eyes to look at Agbi, not surprised, then lowered his eyes, took out a white letter from his palm, and settled it down.

At this moment, he was wearing a white robe of hydrology, plain and elegant, with his silk hair tied up casually, not like a hostage, but like an idler with a breeze and a bright moon.

Duobi took off his sable fur, shook off the falling snow all over his body, went to the brazier to warm his hands, raised his eyes to look at him, and said with a smile, "It's true that you haven't heard anything outside the window in the past few months since it was completed?"

Li Jiancheng stared at the chessboard, the corners of his lips twitched slightly, "It's rare to take a break, why not do it?"

Duobi got up, went to sit opposite him, saw that black and white pieces were already in chaos on the chessboard, and there was no sign of blood left, knowing that this person treated him so decisively, leaving no room for him, how could he really leave behind him all kinds?

He secretly smiled wryly in his heart, and didn't expose him, he just stretched out his hand to hold down Luozi's wrist and said, "If Jiancheng doesn't dislike my bad chess skills, how about playing a game with me?"

Li Jiancheng looked up at him, and said with a smile, "It's better to be respectful than obedient to Jiancheng."

Start over.Li Jiancheng was in charge of the white, aggressive and the black, and the two came and went, without giving in.It's just that he was aggressive but clearly found that although Li Jiancheng was sticking to the bottom line, his determination and murderous aura were gone.He raised his eyes to look at him, but the other party just stared at the chessboard, with a look of engrossment.

Heizi stopped at his fingertips, and slowly fell aggressively, saying, "Don't ask me why I came here?"

Li Jiancheng's expression remained unchanged, and Bai Zi quickly dropped, saying: "It's just a hostage, how can you interfere with the affairs of the army?"

Duobi sighed and said, "The man named Wei Zheng under your account has already delivered the grain and grass in person. The whole Taoist army only knows that the crown prince has reached an agreement with the Khan to trade the grain and grass for half a year to slow down the war. As for the rest, he just said Don't worry, the prince."

Li Jiancheng twisted the chess piece in his hand, and only nodded when he heard the words, and said, "Thank you, brother, for telling me."

"You don't need to ask any more questions," he said with a smile, "It seems that Jiancheng has [-]% trust in this person."

Li Jiancheng smiled, dropped the chess piece in his hand, and said, "Naturally."

Duo Bi looked at him, and after a long silence, he said: "Jiang Jian, you have stayed here for more than two months. During these two months, Li Shimin and Wang Shichong are still at loggerheads. From this point of view, it's only half a year..."

Li Jiancheng paused slightly with his hand hanging in the air, and finally raised his eyes to look at him, but said with a soft smile: "Brother came here today, is it because of this?"

"I just don't understand why you agreed to stay."

Li Jiancheng looked at him and didn't answer.

"I heard that not long ago, Qi Wang Li Yuanji led the army to reinforce Li Shimin, this is probably also your handwriting." Duo Bi shook his head and sighed, "It's just that I don't understand that you stayed here to protect me. Don’t invade your territory, or protect Li Shimin from the enemy? Putting Li Yuanji into the army, is it to restrain Li Shimin, or...to help him take Luoyang?”

Li Jiancheng looked at him without moving his eyes, but slowly became deeper.After a long silence, he said calmly, "Brother, you are worrying too much."

Duo Bi sighed: "Jian Jian, the last time he fought Liu Wu Zhou, it shows that Li Shimin is far from what he used to be. You... have to be on guard."

Li Jiancheng suddenly chuckled, but only said softly: "Thank you for reminding me, brother."

Agbi looked at him, sighed, and finally said nothing.However, when Li Shimin was mentioned just now, the slight trembling of the other party's fingertips clearly caught his eyes.Even though he didn't know the inside story, he could already feel that Li Shimin had changed in Li Jiancheng's heart.

As for what kind of change it was, he didn't want to think about it, he only hated that after half a year, everything about this person would be beyond his reach.

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After a long cold winter in the city, the city of Chang'an was already full of hungry people, with no food or ammunition.During this period, people in the city repeatedly conspired to open the city to meet the enemy, but Wang Shichong discovered and stopped them all. However, Dou Jiande's reinforcements did not come for a long time.

In February of the following year, Wang Shichong finally couldn't hold back, opened the gate of the city, and went out to meet the enemy.Hearing the news, Li Shimin pressed Li Yuan's secret edict to withdraw his troops, and ordered Li Yuanji to guard the camp and go into battle in person to attack Luoyang.

Even though there was no result for a long time, and his subordinates were homesick, but what he was waiting for was this moment, how could he allow himself to return without success and fall short?

On that day, Wang Shichong also went into battle in person. The two armies had been facing each other for a long time. At this moment, the two armies were fighting hand to hand, and with the presence of the main general in person, they were full of fighting spirit and momentum like a rainbow.Because the swords and soldiers faced each other, it was extremely tragic.

Li Shimin charged forward with a long spear in his hand, everywhere Hongying passed was covered in blood.Tang Jun behind him was also like a tiger and wolf, roaring and rushing down the city, fighting with Zheng Jun.

Not to be outdone, Zheng Jun tried his best to meet the enemy. The two armies fought against each other for a whole day, until it was dusk. Zheng Jun was finally unable to support him. After losing 7000 people, he returned to the city in embarrassment.

Li Shimin was unable to pursue him in time, and seeing countless archers flashing out from the top of the city, their arrow clusters pointing directly at the bottom of the city, he had no choice but to back off his horse and wave his hand to signal the army to stop.In the setting sun, he was hunting in his battle robe, staring at the city for a long time, finally, unwillingly, he plunged the spear in his hand into the ground in front of him, and said, "Let's withdraw the troops."

When the army returned to camp, Li Shimin knew that the first battle would be impossible, and Wang Shichong would not dare to go out of the city again in the future.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little depressed, so I made a pot of wine and drank alone.

At this time, Yuwenshi and his tent came in.

Li Shimin drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and said slowly: "When I'm not in the army, everything is going well?"

"Everything is as usual," Yuwen Shiji cupped his hands and said, "King Qi didn't do anything, he just asked someone to send a letter."

Hearing this, Li Shimin raised his eyes to look at him and said, "But to...Chang'an?"

"No." Yuwen Shiji shook his head, "Among the people I sent to follow the messenger, they... went north."

"To the north..." Li Shimin looked at him fixedly, his eyes darkened a bit, "You... seriously?"

"Don't dare to speak half a lie." Yuwen Shiji paused, and said hesitantly, "King Qi's coming here may not be what His Royal Highness expected, really..."

"Forget it, I already know about this matter." Li Shimin interrupted suddenly, he lowered his eyes, his voice suddenly softened a little, and he seemed a little weak in a vague way, "You should step back first, and pay more attention to it in the future Wang Dongxiang is."

Yuwen Shiji raised his head and saw that he filled his wine glass again. He wanted to say something, but in the end he could only salute and leave.

As soon as Fang went out of the tent, he heard a crisp sound inside the tent, but it should be the sound of a wine glass breaking.

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Li Jiancheng rides his horse and walks slowly on the endless field. In the early spring, the grass color is light and seems to be there.The wind in the north is a bit dry, not as gentle as in the Central Plains, and it reminds him of many times in Taiyuan when he was young.

At that time, he was just the eldest son of the Tang family, and he did not have the heavy burden of the world on his shoulders; Li Shimin and Li Yuanji were just his second and third younger brothers, not the kings of Qin and Qi who are in charge of each side today.

Even if you live a new life, you can't keep everything in the pure and beautiful beginning.In fact, Li Shimin is still the same Li Shimin, and the one who really subverted... should be himself.

This point, I should understand.

Seeing the other party alone in front of him, he remained silent for a long while, and he knew clearly that he seemed to be relaxed and unaffected, but in fact he was troubled by many obstacles in his heart.Puzhou, Chang'an, Luoyang... How can he let go of each place with his personality?

After being silent for a long time, he rode his horse and followed, and sighed with a smile: "It's rare that the spring is just right, so come out to relax. I can only believe that Jiancheng is in Cao Ying, but his heart is in Han."

Originally, I thought that even if it was only the last half of the year, as long as I stayed here, I would be able to regain some of the past I saw for the first time.In any case, it can be regarded as a souvenir.

But gradually, he already understood that the relationship between the two of them could not return to the beginning.Even though Li Jiancheng is still a calm pool of clear water, he has long since lost his former state of mind.

Since the superficial kiss many years ago, it has never been found again.

When Li Jiancheng came back to his senses, he didn't comment, just looked at him with a slight smile and said, "Brother Xu is more and more curious. If this is the case, why should I stay?"

"I said, if you don't want to, I won't force it." Looking at him aggressively, I don't know why there is a bit of anticipation in my heart.

Li Jiancheng looked at him for a moment, smiled again, then turned his head to look forward and said slowly: "When Jiancheng leaves, I will tell you the truth."

Duobi was slightly startled when he heard the words, and wanted to ask something, but at this moment, he saw a Turkic soldier rushing over on horseback.Li Jiancheng saw that he seemed to have military affairs to report, so he tactfully rode his horse and went ahead, leaving the two of them to talk at the same place.

After a long while, Duo Bi rushed up with a whip and said, "After the completion, there are changes in Luoyang."

When Li Jiancheng mentioned the reins, he beat the horse and stood there, his face lost for a moment.After a while, he said: "Could it be... Henan Dou Jiande?"

"Exactly." Duo Bi nodded, and said word by word, "Dou Jiande has already led an army to help Wang Shichong, claiming to have an army of 30, approaching Hulao Pass."

"Jiancheng, even if you try your best to keep him from getting distracted, I'm afraid that Li Shimin will still be attacked at this moment." After a pause, he couldn't explain why he was so happy, "What should you do?"