Chapter 3 Haimen Town (I)

Yang Wengan didn’t really want to rebel!

Even if his troops arrived at Baijiabao, he hoped to advise the soldiers rather than rebel.

The reason is very simple. He does not have many soldiers. Even as the general manager of the Qingzhou military and horses, he only has seven or eight thousand troops.

With such a little force and facing an opponent like Li Shimin, Yang Wengan has a chance of winning?

Therefore, in Baijiabao, the two sides had only a brief confrontation, and Yang Wengan was defeated and eventually killed by Li Shimin's general Qin Qiong.

Yang Wengan lost!

Li Shimin was naturally very happy...

After this battle, his reputation was improved again. More importantly, Li Yuan made up his mind to abolish the crown prince Li Jiancheng and establish himself.

With one abolishment and one establishment, Li Shimin's status naturally rose.

Although Li Yuan had talked with him, he was not planning to kill Li Jiancheng, but planned to let Li Jiancheng go to Shuzhong to take advantage of the vassal state. This made Li Shimin a little disappointed, but the burden in his heart also reduced a lot. When Li Jiancheng went to Shuzhong, he would at least not have to bear the reputation of being tragic. Moreover, after he ascended the throne, he would have the opportunity to deal with Li Jiancheng.

At the end of July of the seventh year of Wude, Li Shimin, who returned triumphantly, took Yang Wengan's head to return to the Renzhi Palace in Yuhua Mountain.

But what he didn't expect was that on the first day he arrived at Renzhi Palace, Li Yuan led his troops to detour Jingzhou and returned to Chang'an.

Three bloody heads hung at the entrance of Renzhi Palace.

Among them, in addition to the two informants Qiao Gongshan and Er Wenhuan, there is also a face that Li Shimin is very familiar with: Du Fengju.

Du Fengju was the illegitimate son of Du Yan, the military officer of the Tiance Prefecture.

Later, under Du Yan's care, he took office as the county magistrate of Pengyuan... Seeing Du Fengju's head, Li Shimin was furious and a chill broke out from his back.

Li Shimin knew the causes and consequences of Yang Wengan's rebellion best.

I thought the overall situation was in control, but I didn't expect that he led his troops to fight on the first day of July, but in a short time, he turned into this.

Why did Qiaogongshan and Erwinhuan suddenly report the news?

Yu Wenying went to Qingyang by the imperial edict, why was there no news?

The dirty things here are not worth telling by outsiders... If you really want to explain them clearly, it is not difficult. In short, Qiao Gongshan is his Li Shimin's person, and Er Wenhuan is also his Li Shimin's person. As for Du Fengju, if you have Du Yan's relationship, you will naturally not join others.

Yu Wenying must pass through Pengyuan County from Yuhua Mountain.

Li Yuan hurried back to Chang'an without even waiting for Li Shimin to come back in triumphantly. What is the meaning hidden here?

Li Shimin is a smart person!

Li Yuan clearly told him: I already know your trick...

"King, it's only sixty miles a day for a car driver. If we send light cavalry to attack, we might be able to catch up with the car driver."

Dugu Xiu, the general of the Cavalry of the Tiance Mansion, said with a low voice.

Li Shimin shook the cicada and subconsciously shouted: "Dugu, shut up!"

He looked around and saw that he was full of his confidants, so he breathed a sigh of relief... Dugu Xiu's meaning was very clear: while Li Yuan had not returned to Chang'an yet, the light cavalry attacked and caught up with the car... and killed Li Yuan on the way.

The general manager of Jingzhou is Li Yi, and Li Yi is Li Jiancheng's person.

In this way, Li Shimin could naturally put the charge on Li Jiancheng's head, and then call on the world to serve the king in the name of quelling the rebellion.

Li Shimin was not indifferent to his heart.

But this heartbeat was just a brief flash...

"Father is demonstrating to me and is also investigating my reaction.

I feel sure that my father did not leave Jingzhou... If we send troops to pursue him, Li Yi and his son's troops would have been waiting on the way."

Li Shimin replied in a low voice, but his expression calmed down.

"The father killed these three people, and all the clues that were not conducive to me were interrupted. It was obvious that I didn't want to pursue them any more."

"But……"

"I'm still a little too impatient. It seems that I'm afraid I have to continue to endure it."

Li Shimin murmured to himself, as if he was explaining Dugu Xiu.

He closed his eyes and suddenly said after a moment: "Send the order, the army will temporarily stay in Tongchuan County, and I will return to Chang'an..."

"Master, when you go back now, I'm afraid the prince won't let it go."

Li Shimin couldn't help but hesitate.

Li Yuan set up this situation, in fact, he wanted him to go back and apologize himself. As for how to apologize and how to punish him, it is another saying. What Li Yuan needs now is that Li Shimin takes the position. One thing is certain, Li Yuan does not want to make things difficult for Li Shimin. First, he does not want to be Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian, and second, he does not want Li Jiancheng to take this opportunity to dominate the family.

But Li Yuan’s failure to pursue Li Shimin does not mean that Li Jiancheng will give up on the investigation.

This time, Li Shimin almost killed Li Jiancheng. This hatred was equivalent to tearing all the disguise apart! If the two brothers were hostile in the past, but they were still kind on the surface, then Yang Wen's work had left no room for buffering between the two... No matter how good Li Jiancheng had a good temper, he would probably not have endured this anger in vain.

A mistake, a little bit wrong!

Li Shimin calculated everything but failed to calculate Li Jiancheng's counterattack, so it would be so fierce.

He was sure that the person who killed Qiaogongshan, Er Wenhuan, and even Du Fengju was definitely not written by Li Yuan.

There are still capable people around the prince... I thought that if I drove Li Gang away and killed Wei Ting, the prince would lose its power, but I didn't expect it...

Li Shimin ordered to station in Tongchuan County. After changing into casual clothes, he ordered Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin to accompany him and prepare to return to Chang'an.

However, before leaving, he secretly ordered Wang Tong to prepare in Chang'an.

He also sent his confidant to go to Lingzhou secretly.

Afterwards, Li Shimin took advantage of the night to leave Tongchuan County and embarked on his way back to Chang'an.

In August of the seventh year of Wude, the Grand Governor of Lingzhou, Li Xuanba, the King of Zhao, returned to Chang'an as an ill.

In view of the strong winds in Lingzhou, Li Yuan issued an edict, ordering Li Xuanba to step down as the governor of Lingzhou and recuperate in Chang'an.

Li Jing took over the position of governor of Lingzhou.

However, it was originally determined that the winter offensive against the Turks was slowed down and was put on hold indefinitely.

After Li Xuanba returned to Chang'an, he was named the General of the left and right sects, the General of the State, the Central Guard, and the General of the Northern Yai Imperial Guard.

The Yang Wengan Rebellion disappeared, as if it had never happened before, and no one mentioned it again.

In this turmoil, no one seemed to suffer any losses.

Li Jiancheng's position as the crown prince was still stable. Li Shimin was the Minister of State and was in charge of the affairs of the six ministries as before. However, all kinds of rumors about the position of the crown prince began to appear in the public... Many people said that His Majesty was untrustworthy and treated the King of Qin unfairly.

Li Yuan did not explain this, Li Jiancheng seemed to have never heard of it, while Li Shimin was just following the Jin people and kept silent.

Just as the rumor became more and more intense, a shocking news suddenly came from Lingnan: the King of Henan killed King Li Luo Dou, the Zhen Lalong Cavalry, and suddenly launched an offensive towards Tianzhu... For a moment, the eyes of the court and the country turned to Lingnan.

After thinking for a long time, Li Yuan ordered the Shangshu Right Master Changsun Shunde and Pei Shiju, the servant of the Secretariat, to set off for Lingnan as an imperial envoy.

When the vast group of people left Chang'an, no one noticed that there was one more person in this imperial envoy team without knowing it. This person's destination was also to Lingnan, but the mission he carried was very different from others.

Perhaps, including him, he did not expect that when he went to Lingnan, he suddenly deviated from the original trajectory.
Chapter completed!