[Datang Shuanglong Biography] The Wolf of the Eastern Capital

Tang Tian was very happy when Shi Zhixuan came back.However, he should have some worries, so he asked the doctor accompanying the army of Tiance Mansion to check Shi Zhixuan's body.

"I'm a doctor myself, why bother." Shi Zhixuan said so, but he was very cooperative in action.

"Doctors don't heal themselves. I'm afraid that you are too conceited and think you can handle it yourself, so you don't tell me." After confirming that Shi Zhixuan's health is fine, Tang Tiancai asked other things, "Why did you come back so early?"

Tang Tian was also worried about Shi Zhixuan's health for a reason. Although Shi Zhixuan said at the beginning that he would come back in a month, it was only under smooth circumstances. It is not ruled out that there will be accidents in the middle of the journey, let alone things like persuading two countries to cooperate. The situation was even more complicated, but Shi Zhixuan came back two days earlier than expected. In this case, Tang Tian had to worry about whether Shi Zhixuan had overdrawn his energy, and he didn't have any rest on the way, even though Shi Zhixuan's martial arts were enough This month, but the physical load is definitely not easy.

"On the way to West Turkic, I met people from Western Turkic, so the time was shorter than expected." Shi Zhixuan said after drinking a glass of water.

"Who is from Western Turks?"

"Yun Shuai, the military advisor of the West Turks, has already set up a defense line on the border between the East and West Turks. As long as the East Turks fail in the Central Plains, and the East Turks' hearts are in turmoil, there will inevitably be some conflicts between the East and West Turks. Now is the best time to pursue the East Turks. I could have come back a day earlier, but I thought that if I wanted to pursue the Eastern Turkic soldiers, I would be threatened by Taiyuan Li Jiancheng, so I changed my way and went to Taiyuan."

"Then you have reached a cooperation agreement with Western Turks?"

"No, I took a look at the military line of the Western Turks and returned. I'm not of my race. We must all be on the lookout for scheming behind the scenes. As for cooperation, there is no need." Shi Zhixuan shook his head, "Just guide them to follow our ideas. What's more, the Western Turks are actually of little use to us."

"why?"

"Western Turks have always been inferior to East Turks. In addition to military strength, there are also geographical and climatic factors. Western Turks have a large area of ​​land and few people, and their food production is small. The current timing is just after the dry season, and there is little surplus food. In January, Turks It's going to be winter over there, and the Western Turks won't have any surplus food supply. Now they just want to take advantage of the fact that the Eastern Turks' forces are concentrated in the Central Plains, seize a piece of land rich in water and grass, and provide them with food for raising cattle and sheep. Let them have enough meat to survive the winter smoothly. As for fighting a protracted war with the East Turks, it is absolutely unwise. The military divisions of the West Turks also understand this. Based on this, we have no common combat goals with the West Turks. Why? can form an alliance."

Tang Tian nodded, "What about Khitan and Goryeo?"

"It's just inciting them to reduce trade with East Turkic at this time, and it's not very effective. My purpose is to add some chaos to Eastern Turkic. The current situation is just right."

After Shi Zhixuan analyzed the situation with Tang Tian, ​​Tang Tian approached Li Shiji to lead the army to pursue the Turkic army, while on the other side Li Shiji was ready to go.

"The Turkic soldiers can't pursue them, so Liu Wuzhou is nothing to worry about." Li Shiji didn't plan to pursue the Turkic soldiers, it was too far away, but Liu Wuzhou was attached to the Turks, so Li Shiji could still make a move. Now with Shi Zhixuan's intervention, Taiyuan couldn't deal with Li Tang "After defeating Liu Wuzhou, we will deal with the Turks. In terms of food and grass, please ask General Tang for more support."

"Don't worry, I wish General Li victory." Tang Tian cupped his hands to Li Shiji.

During this period of time, Li Shiji was not idle. The exiles from Fengqiu gradually returned to Jiangbei. Among them, there were not a few young and middle-aged people. There were also some people in the north who were looking forward to returning to their homes. Li Shiji was among this group of people. Many recruits were recruited, and many generals who took refuge in Li Shiji, now Li Shiji's men have more than doubled, as long as the supply of food, grass and supplies is sufficient, it is easy to deal with Liu Wuzhou and chase the Turkic soldiers.

After Li Shiji went to war, Tang Tian arranged for Qin Chuan to continue to be stationed on the front line of Fengqiu and Liangcheng, while he returned to Luoyang. He still had a difficult person to deal with.

Looking at Li Jiancheng who fell into his hands for the second time, Tang Tian really wanted to ask Li Yuan if Li Jiancheng could still be the crown prince?If Li Jiancheng was inappropriate, did he indirectly clear the stepping stones for Li Shimin?Li Shimin wouldn't be having fun now, would he?

"If Li Jiancheng can bring back the support of Tiance Mansion for Li Tang, then his captivity will be infinitely weakened." Shi Zhixuan suggested looking at Tang Tian with a troubled expression.

"In a dream, I can't hand over the Tiance Mansion to Li Tang, but... how about I support Li Jiancheng to go back to fight Li Shimin?" Tang Tian said, walking around the door of Guan Li Jiancheng's room a few times.

"If it was just me, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng would be just an insignificant choice for me, but now, I am one with you, and there are countless strategists behind you. At this time, Li Jiancheng is definitely not a good puppet choice. " Shi Zhixuan leaned sideways on the porch pillar, raised his eyebrows and said, "Li Yuan's throne is not right now, and even if Li Yuan passes the throne in his hand to Li Shimin, it will only be the emperor of their Tang Dynasty. You have nothing to do with the Tiance Mansion, why do you care so much about their inheritance of the throne?"

"I just want to make Li Shimin feel uncomfortable." Tang Tian said with a displeased face.

Shi Zhixuan pulled Tang Tian back to the main meeting hall of Tiance Mansion, "I don't think he is happy now, even though Li Jiancheng's threat to him is less than half, but Li Tang's power can only stop in Guanzhong, his It is very difficult to step into the Central Plains again in my lifetime."

"Why?" Tang Tian thought for a while, and didn't turn the corner for a moment.

"He chose to stand on the sidelines in his stand against the Turks, and even placed the Tiance Mansion under the Turk's minions. He didn't expect that you would actually expel the Turkic cavalry and further consolidate and expand the power of the Tiance Mansion. He lost A chance to make good friends with Tiance Mansion, to be the emperor of Guanzhong, or the emperor who owns the whole world, everyone will choose whether it is bigger or smaller. Competing in the world is a gamble, and it is obvious that the whole Li Tang lost the bet this time. "

"It's so boring to calculate and calculate like this." Tang Tian was able to get to this point in the troubled times of the end of Sui Dynasty because of his pure obsession with the Tiance Mansion.Although I know these people's pursuit of power, but I really can't understand that for those nihilistic powers, the throne, they can ignore everything, father and son, brothers, and friends.

"But everything in the Tiance Mansion is pure." Shi Zhixuan knew Tang Tian's idea of ​​building the Tiance Mansion, independent of the military power outside the imperial power, this is a very difficult road, but Shi Zhixuan didn't want to hurt Tang Tian's confidence, he If you have the confidence to protect Tang Tian at any moment, that's enough.

"But I can't guarantee that the Tiance Mansion will always be pure." Tang Tian's thinking is relatively simple, but he doesn't understand everything, and he has carefully considered the future of the Tiance Mansion.That is to say, there are two paths of persistence and compromise. He doesn't want to compromise easily, so no matter how difficult it is, he has to keep going until he can't go any further.

Taiyuan's reaction was not slow. The next day, Tang Tian received the news that a strange face appeared in Luoyang City, but Chang'an did not know the news of Li Jiancheng's arrest. The Turkic envoys also left Taiyuan. Like that, I'm afraid they didn't negotiate a cooperation agreement with Taiyuan Li's.

"Follow, don't scare the snake away. Let's see who are the nails of the Li family in Luoyang City. Take Li Jiancheng to the palace and tell Sui Guogong to treat him well." Tang Tian didn't want his Tiance Mansion to be on guard against someone coming anytime and anywhere. robbery.In addition to Tiance Mansion, the original imperial palace in Luoyang City is relatively heavily guarded, and the imperial palace occupies a large area, so it is easier for Tibetans.Although Yang Tong has already issued an edict to abdicate, he is still an untouchable figure for ordinary people. Except for officials, most people will not go near the palace. Tang Tian also wants to see if there is any Li family in the current Luoyang government team The person who installed it is here.

"It seems that Li Jiancheng's counselors are not stupid. At this time, they still know how to conceal the news of Li Jiancheng's arrest. While making a show of breaking with the Turks to show us their attitude, they secretly came to Luoyang to investigate the situation." Shi Zhixuan read a few times A secret report sent by spies from the surrounding area said, "Li Yuan in Chang'an is still reconciling with the Song Clan, so he won't be paying attention to this matter in the near future. As long as Li Clan people, especially Li Shimin, don't find out about it before Li Shiji regains the north. , then Li Jiancheng can still live in the position of prince, and you don't have to worry about helping Li Shimin level the stepping stones."

Tang Tian nodded, "I hope that Li Jiancheng's men will be stronger. The battle in the north will not end in a day or two."

It's a pity that things were not as Tang Tian expected. The news of Li Jiancheng's arrest spread in Chang'an three days later. Li Yuan fell ill and disappeared in bed. Li Shimin began to preside over the overall situation of Chang'an.

"Li Jiancheng's subordinates are a bunch of trash." Tang Tian vented after knowing that Li Shimin handled political affairs on Li Yuan's behalf.

"With Cihang Jingzhai helping Li Shimin, in comparison, Li Jiancheng's people are really not enough." Sometimes it's not that the teammates don't work hard enough, but the opponent's teammates are too strong.

Tang Tian nodded. His sharp teammates were all on the opposite side. Li Jiancheng was tragic enough. He was obviously the eldest son who was justified and not lacking in intelligence and ability, but he had a younger brother who was better than himself. Li Jiancheng's life and death, but Li Shimin can't ignore the life and death of Li Tang's crown prince, otherwise he would kill his brother and usurp the throne..."

Speaking of brother killing and usurping the throne, Tang Tian was stunned for a moment. In history, the change of Li Shiming's Xuanwu Gate was caused by killing his brother and usurping the throne. Well, it's too early for him to feel relieved.

"If Li Jiancheng died in Luoyang City, we would be completely speechless, and we would have given the Li Clan an excuse to march into Luoyang again." Shi Zhixuan said, "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve. In order to avenge brothers, breaking oaths and breaking promises is the same. It's understandable."

Tang Tian was startled, "Then let's send Li Jiancheng back to Taiyuan."

"Li Shiji's troops have not yet driven the Turks out of our country's borders. It is too early to release them now." Shi Zhixuan took a sip of tea leisurely.

"Tell me, what do you think?" Tang Tian stretched out his hand and poked Shi Zhixuan's waist, so calm, he must have a plan in mind.

"I helped you solve this problem, how can you thank me?" Shi Zhixuan raised his eyebrows, looking Tang Tian up and down. After traveling back and forth between Turkic and Luoyang for a month, his physical strength has recovered in the past two days. It's time to exercise .

Tang Tian squinted his eyes, "Don't talk about falling down, I will move to the palace to eat and live with Li Jiancheng now, I don't believe it, who can kill Li Jiancheng under my nose."

Shi Zhixuan chuckled, "Instead of worrying about when Li Shimin's people will come, why don't you just invite them over? It can be considered as gaining the time difference between Chang'an and Luoyang."

"If you please? Don't expect me to send him an invitation for Li Shimin to come to Luoyang to play."

"Li Jiancheng occasionally felt unwell in Taiyuan. The doctor did not dare to diagnose his illness, so he turned to Luoyang doctor Shi Shi for help. Now I ask Li Tang to send someone back to Taiyuan." Shi Zhixuan's medical skills are comparable to his evil name.

Tang Tian's eyes lit up, and his pupils turned around immediately, "Shi Shi said that if he wants to save his life, he needs the fresh flesh and blood of his compatriots as a medicine, so that the medicine can cure the disease. If it is mixed with different blood, he will die immediately." Li Jiancheng Even if you die, it is not a problem of medicine, but a problem of blood.

"I really don't know where Li Shimin offended you. I need to punish him like this." Shi Zhixuan shook his head, but he didn't think Tang Tian's method was bloody. If someone was disgusted by him, he had a hundred and eighty ways to punish him to death. .

"I'm afraid it will be Li Yuanji who will come." Tang Tian frowned.

"Don't worry, Li Yuan is also thinking about sending Li Shimin out of Chang'an, otherwise Li Shimin will soon become the uncrowned king of Chang'an."

The author has something to say: After this paragraph, it should be finished.In fact, it almost ended.

I just always wanted to leave a way out for Tiance Mansion to prosper for a long time, but this is probably an extravagant hope. Originally, Kou Xu was not a CP, but changed his CP temporarily, so I couldn’t figure out where the retreat route of Tiance Mansion was. , At that time, I didn't want to code the ending.Don't want to see the end.Well, going to Xunjisan later is also a big reason.But this time I will definitely write the ending.Sorry to the girl who has been chasing and urging me.