Tang Dynasty

Li Jiancheng led his army to rush to the foot of Yanmen City, and from a distance, he heard the neighing of swords and guns amidst the dust.

Holding the reins of the horse, he paused on the spot, and when the horses and horses behind him spread out, Li Jiancheng took a deep breath, pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed straight ahead and shouted, "Kill!"

As soon as the voice fell, the Tang army behind him seemed to gallop out, with momentum like a rainbow, and soon fought with the Turkic cavalry.

Li Jiancheng was about to catch up with his horse, but Wei Ting caught up and stopped him. He clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness is a rich man, don't be suspected, and let the last general do it for you!"

Glancing at the battle situation ahead, I saw that the defenders of the city saw that the reinforcements had arrived, their morale was boosted, and they kept throwing stones and arrows down the city.The defenders who fought against the city and the troops who came to help also quickly formed a tacit understanding. Under the siege of advancing and retreating, there was a tendency of two sides attacking the Turks.

So he nodded and said, "Forget it. It's just that...to capture the thief, you must first capture the king." He pointed at a tall figure fighting in the crowd with a whip, and said, "General Wei, go here, be sure to take this man Down!"

Wei Ting followed his gaze and said, "Could it be that person..."

"It is Jieli Khan's nephew, Tuli Khan Shibobi." Li Jiancheng turned to Wei Ting and said word by word, "To capture this man alive, he will become our biggest bargaining chip."

Although he didn't understand the meaning of his words, Wei Ting didn't delay any longer, and immediately said: "The final general will definitely live up to His Highness's great trust!" After saying that, he bowed his hands heavily and rode away.

Li Jianjian stood on the spot, saw him charge into the enemy army like a sharp knife out of its sheath, and wrapped himself around Shibobi straight away, but the opponent obviously didn't want to fight, after parrying a few moves, under the cover of others, he went He has the intention of retreating.

He suddenly realized that this siege might be just a bluff, but it was a plan to turn the tiger away from the mountain.

If this is really the original intention of aggressiveness, what is the situation with Li Shimin at this time, I'm afraid... it is not difficult to imagine.If it was his intention, he might have expected from the very beginning that he would choose to return to aid Yanmen.

Unexpectedly, you know me as well as I know you.

——It’s just that big brother, you underestimated me after all.

Now that the blade has been unsheathed, it must return with blood.

Li Jiancheng chuckled lightly, turned sideways to take the longbow from the general, and slowly pulled it away.Holding three arrows in hand, put on the bowstring, the arrows are pointing at Shibobi who is about to withdraw from the siege.The opponent was entangled very closely by Wei Ting, while parrying and blocking, while looking for a way out.

Li Jiancheng's eyes moved slowly following the direction in which the opponent was fleeing, and suddenly he let go of his hand, and an arrow flew out of the string.

Almost at the same moment, a Turkic cavalryman who had been closely guarding Shibobi fell off his horse.Shi Bobi was startled, and was looking for the source of the arrow clusters everywhere, only to hear a flick of the bowstring, but it was Li Jiancheng's second arrow that shot straight at his throat.

Shi Bobi hastily swung his knife to block it, but at this time the third arrow had arrived, but it was attacking the opposite side.Shi Bobi blocked it with his backhand, but Wei Ting found an opening and pierced his side with his sword.Before he could react, the other party still flipped and sat behind him.

Wei Ting put the long sword on Shibobi's neck, looked around at the Turkic soldiers who were staring at him, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and get out of the way, do you want to see your little Khan see blood?"

The Turkic soldiers had no choice but to retreat slowly to the sides.Wei Ting came to Li Jiancheng with his men and horses, and brought a bowl of rice bowls, and said, "Your Highness, Tuli Khan has been captured!"

Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "The general is brave! This is a great achievement!"

"The last general doesn't dare," Wei Ting got off his horse, pressed the bowl on the ground, and said, "If it weren't for the three arrows from His Highness, the last general might not be able to find the opponent's weakness so quickly."

Shi Bobi pressed the wound and struggled unceasingly.Hearing this, he was rather unwilling and said: "I thought that the majestic prince of the hall should be an upright gentleman, but I didn't expect that he is such a person who stabs people in the back. Even if you succeed for a while, but..." Having said this, he raised his eyes and saw the horse immediately. The person sitting tall was suddenly stunned.

"Tuli Khan, this is not the first time you and I have met, I wonder if you still remember?" Seeing that he recognized him, Li Jiancheng smiled slowly.

"You are... a prisoner of war who stayed in the tent that day." Shibobi's tone changed from surprise to affirmation.

"Exactly."

"Is it Uncle... intending to keep you?" Fang asked, Shi Bobi already knew the answer.Depending on the position of this person in Agbi's heart, there is no doubt about the answer.

"It seems... that's the case." Li Jiancheng smiled slowly, "If you can still meet him, you might as well ask." After he said that, he waved his hand, and several soldiers came forward and took him down.

Li Jiancheng took a step forward on his horse, and the Tang army surrounded by the matter retreated a few steps, and then said to the Turkic cavalry: "The crown prince wants nothing more than Tuli Khan alone. If you are familiar, go back quickly." After a pause, He said, "By the way, remember to bring a message to you Jieli Khan for me. If you want to exchange Jieli Khan back, he knows what bargaining chip to use."

The Turkic soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, but lost their leader, they could only ride away one after another.

Li Jiancheng quietly watched the other party's remnant soldiers disappear from sight, then turned around, but saw Wei Ting looking at him, obviously hesitant to speak.

Holding the reins of the horse, he walked past the opponent, walked towards the city, and said: "General Wei has something to say, but it's okay to say it."

Wei Ting followed and said in a low voice: "In the opinion of His Highness, King Qin at this moment..."

"Even though being outnumbered is a foregone conclusion, King Qin will definitely not lose his life." Li Jiancheng interrupted lightly, "Jieli Khan is not a dull and reckless person, so he naturally knows how valuable a possible King Qin is to me, Li Tang. Liancheng." After a pause, he smiled softly, "It's just that he probably never expected that what he got in exchange for the King of Qin in the end was only his own nephew."

Wei Ting still frowned slightly when he heard the words, he hesitated for a while, and said: "Your Highness, there is still one thing that is still unclear."

"But it doesn't matter."

Wei Ting lowered his voice and said: "The general thinks... King Qin has always been a serious concern to His Highness."

He has served under Li Jiancheng since he was a child, and he has never had a second heart for many years. Li Jiancheng also treats him with [-]% trust. Hearing his words at this time are cryptic, but the meaning in the words is very obvious. He can't help but smile and turn around. Said: "General Wei's meaning, but I wonder why I didn't use the Turkic sword to kill the King of Qin, so as to avoid future troubles?"

Wei Ting was silent and didn't dare to say any more.

As he was approaching the city gate, Li Jiancheng gave a soft laugh, rode his horse and took a few steps forward, leaving only a fiery red figure behind.

"As King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, he cannot die at the hands of Turks, that's all."

——Shimin, from the very beginning, you can only die by my hands.

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Duobi lifted the curtain, walked slowly to the side of the tent, squatted down, and stretched the torch in his hand towards the corner of the firewood.

The sudden bright light made the comatose person wake up a little bit. Li Shimin instinctively turned his face to the side, but the wound on his body was involved, and he couldn't help coughing lowly.

Dodge looked at him quietly, his expressionless face looked extremely gloomy amid the flames.After a long time, when the other party calmed down, he said slowly: "His Royal Highness, does this scene seem familiar?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin stopped coughing, raised his eyes to look at him, and slowly adapted to the light in front of him.He wanted to struggle, but found that his hands and feet were bound, and the rope was tied so tightly that his hands and feet hurt.

"Five years ago, the hut where you imprisoned me was as dark as it is now." Dodge Youyou crossed his legs, sat down beside him, and said, "At that time, you probably never imagined that one day you would be like this Let it fall into my hands."

Li Shimin lowered his eyes without saying a word, and just sneered when he heard this.

Duobi also smiled and said: "You and Jiancheng are both people who have revenge, so why are I not the same kind of people as you?"

Li Shimin finally looked up at him at this moment, his eyes were a little sharper.

"You are not worthy." He opened his mouth, still the familiar words.

"Not worthy?" He laughed loudly three times, seemingly indifferently said, "If you say you are not worthy, it is only because I am not Han, not your Li Tang clan, but this Turkic Khan. Other than that Besides, no one in this world understands him better than me."

Many things are really as people say, the authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear.Every time I spent with Li Jiancheng day and night, looking at him was like looking at flowers through the fog, watching the moon under the water, and I could never guess or see clearly.However, when I really separated from him, everything became clear instead.Perhaps only in this way can I truly see this person clearly.

Even if the love thread in my heart can't be cut off, at least I won't be willing to be blinded by it and let it take advantage of me.

Thinking of this, he smiled lightly and said, "Just as I would use this strategy of attacking east and west, I was sure that he would abandon you and go back to save Yanmen. Looking at it now, my prediction is indeed true."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes became sharper, looking in the dark like a beast suppressing its anger.

However, it was nothing more than a seriously injured beast.Agbi sneered, reached out and grabbed the other party's collar, lifted him up a bit, and said word by word: "But even though he had abandoned you at that time, he didn't want you to be the most expensive bargaining chip in my hand after all. As expected of Li Jiancheng, he quickly returned to help and even captured Shi Bobi. I naturally knew that he was waiting for me to write a book to him and offered to exchange hostages."

Li Shimin raised his eyes and looked at him, gasped and mocked slowly: "No wonder you haven't killed me for a long time, so you didn't dare to kill me."

"For the sake of Shi Bobi, I really can't kill you." Duo Bi said slowly, "But you know, if I never propose to exchange protons, Li Jiancheng will wait forever, and will never take the lead. Act first The person who invites harmony is said to be inferior, but with his arrogance and arrogance, he will definitely not be like this." The corners of his lips slowly raised a smile that was not a smile, "I can't kill you, but I have enough time Consume your anger. After ten days and a half months, what do you think of giving him back the king of Qin who is worse than death?"

Li Shimin was startled, but the other party let go of his hand, and fell back onto the firewood heavily.The hard touch of the stabbing on the wound made him instinctively arch his body.

But Aggressive and the torch in his hand have quickly gone away.

"Li Shimin, the future will last forever."

After the voice fell, the tent returned to boundless darkness.

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Li Jiancheng sealed the letter he had finished writing, called a school principal and said, "Send this letter to Mr. Wei without delay."

The little school received the letter, but didn't leave, just stood there hesitantly and said, "Your Highness..."

Li Jiancheng raised his eyes and said, "What's the matter?"

The little school subconsciously looked out the door, and said, "Your Highness, the people in Prince Qin's residence are still like this today..."

Li Jiancheng smiled and wrote lightly: "Let's ask the guards to send you out. I will make my own decision on this matter. The prince is still here, can they still turn the world upside down? Go ahead."

The small school hesitated and finally left. Li Jiancheng stood up and walked to the window. The vague noise outside the house wafted into his ears. How could he not hear it these days?

Li Shimin fell into the enemy's hands, and his life and death were unknown. Everyone in the Qin Palace was anxious or angry, and was in turmoil.

Li Jiancheng didn't want to comfort them one by one, so fortunately he didn't see each other again, and only ordered the city gate to be closed and Tuli Khan to be under strict guard.

Therefore, in the past few days, the people of King Qin's residence have gathered in front of the gate of his residence every day, apparently to ask for an audience, but actually to demonstrate.

Li Jiancheng seemed to be out of sight and out of sight, as usual.For him, this can be described as a contest of heart and soul, Shibobi vs Tuobi, Li Shimin vs Li Jiancheng, which is more important, both sides are testing.

For five consecutive days, there was no war between the two sides, nor even any communication.Except for the two coaches, no one else seemed to be able to clearly see the undercurrents hidden under the calm.

Until the night of the fifth day, an aggressive letter came from the Turks.

Li Jiancheng took the unfolding, glanced at the time and place listed on it, and slowly smiled at the corners of his lips.After folding the letter, he said to the Turkic soldiers who came to deliver the letter: "Tell you Khan, we will definitely go there then."

After the Turkic soldier left, Li Jiancheng called Wei Ting, showed him the letter, and said, "General Wei personally selected a thousand horses, and they will set off tomorrow morning. Come with me to make sure everything is safe. Don't let the people of Prince Qin's residence know, so as not to be self-defeating." After speaking, he picked up the tea bowl on the table, looked down, and let out a soft sigh of relief.

Wei Ting clasped his fists in response, looked at him and suddenly said: "These five days have been hard for Your Highness."

Li Jiancheng looked up at him, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What does General Wei mean by that?"

Wei Ting has followed him for many years, although he has never seen him thoroughly, he can be said to understand him somewhat.Seeing that although he looks relaxed these few days, he also knows that it is not calm and calm in his heart. Only the long sigh just now made people suddenly feel a little relieved, thinking about the past few days. , It should be that there is no moment when I don't wait patiently.

But Wei Ting also knew that he couldn't point it out, so he just said: "If King Qin can return, His Highness doesn't have to worry about dealing with the people in his residence."

Li Jiancheng stared at him for a moment, clearly seeing something, but he just put down his teacup and said with a faint smile: "It's getting late, general, let's hurry down and get ready."