Chapter 484 Two-faced three-sword

Taiyuan is Li Yuan's territory. Although the emperor retreated from Yanmen to Taiyuan, the imperial guards had almost died. Therefore, the power of city defense was still in the hands of Li Yuan. Among his more than 100,000 Hedong troops, 50,000 were his direct subordinates, and the remaining 70,000 to 80,000 were also stationed outside the city.

According to the system, if the emperor is in Taiyuan, the city defense should be taken over by the Imperial Guards, but the Imperial Guards are not enough to guard the palace. So in the end, Taiyuan gathered an army of 600,000, but more than 400,000 were outside the Taiyuan City, and many even had surrounding counties stationed.

In Taiyuan City, King Yang of Liao had 50,000 direct troops, led by Yu Juluo, Dong Chun, Tu Wanxu and others. There were also 5,000 black-clothed iron guards around the guards, led by Pei Xingyan, son of Pei Renji. The five thousand soldiers and horses led by Sima Dekan, the general of the Right Guard, Yu Wen and the commander of the left guards, and Li Jiancheng led by the Xiaoguo army for 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Apart from these troops, the only remaining is Li Yuan's city defense force. The four cities in Taiyuan are stationed by Li Yuan's most elite 50,000 Hedong Army.

In total, there were only 120,000 soldiers in Taiyuan City. On the surface, they now support the King of Yan and half of the soldiers and King of Liao. However, everyone knows that the King of Liao controls the palace and Li Yuan controls the outer city. However, they cannot get into the palace controlled by the King of Liao. In fact, there are many generals in the outer city of Taiyuan controlled by Li Yuan. The imperial court sent generals with high official positions to take charge of each city gate.

However, although there are so many generals in the court, as long as Li Yuan is willing, he can still find a city gate to open the city gate and enter the city. However, Li Yuan was a little hesitant. Taiyuan is Li Yuan's base camp. If the army cannot control it after entering the city and fights in the city, the famous Hedong city will be destroyed. He even worried, what if someone is thinking about it like him and planning to take advantage of the situation?

After all, when swords and weapons are together, they are ruthless.

Li Shimin saw his father's concerns and hurriedly said, "Uncle Shi, there are more than 100,000 Hebei and Shandong troops from the King of Liao outside the city. At that time, these people will still be controlled by the army. So my nephew thinks that it is better to restrain the Hebei and Shandong troops by the Guanlong army and the Jianghuai army at that time, and then the Hedong army, who is familiar with Taiyuan, enter the city. In this way, the army will be confusing and avoid the situation being difficult to control. What do you think?"

Yun Dingxing paused in his heart and sighed that the Li family's father and son had a good plan. The King of Yan was also sent to the Li Mansion, and Taiyuan would not allow their troops to enter. At that time, the Li family controlled Taiyuan and had the King of Yan in their hands, which was comparable to others. However, although he thought so in his heart, Yun Dingxing was unwilling to point it out. After all, if this matter is done, the Li family will have to help him.

However, he frowned and said, "If the King of Tang led the Hedong Army to pacify the King of Liao in the city, it would be great. However, the King of Liao controlled the palace, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to rescue His Majesty for a while."

Li Yuan and his son were eager to die in the palace, so that the Li family would be better if the King of Yan ascended the throne in the future. However, this was naturally impossible to say clearly. After thinking about it, Li Shimin said, "I think General Yuwen and my elder brother would try it with the people in the palace first. It would be best if you can secretly take Your Majesty out. If not, we will find a way out. Before the current affairs, Uncle Yun will contact each family."

"Okay, then I'll leave first." Yun Dingxing didn't say anything more, turned around and secretly left the mansion through the side door.

Not long after Yun Dingxing left, his family came to report that His Highness the King of Liao came to visit in person.

Li Yuan and his son looked at each other, but they also understood the purpose of the Liao King.

"Father, the King of Liao must be here to win over our Li family. It seems that the King of Liao is going to take action!" Li Shimin said coldly. He has never had any good feelings for this King of Liao.

But Li Yuan was there thinking, constantly stroking his beard and pondering.

King Yang Hung of Liao was wearing a purple robe and jade belt today, smiling, looking at him with a grand appearance and extraordinary temperament. As soon as he entered the Li Mansion, he smiled from afar and gave Li Yuan a junior greeting, "Hello, uncle!"

Li Yuan's father and Yang Guang's father both married Dugu Xin's daughter, so Li Yuan and Yang Guang were both cousins. Li Yuan was two years older than Yang Guang, and he was Yang Guang's cousin. However, although there was such a relationship, Li Yuan did not dare to let Yang Guang call him a cousin in the past. Moreover, the King of Liao had never called his cousin in the past. Now he suddenly called him so intimately, but he was attentive and either traitor or robber.

When Li Yuan saw people talking and talking nonsense, he was very calm and gave this title.

"Your Highness, how come you have time to go to the humble house today? It really makes the walls of the humble house shine brightly."

Yang Qing came to Li's mansion, but did not bring Pei Yun and others. He only brought a team of guards over and stayed outside the mansion. When he entered Li's mansion, he only brought a few maids around him, which seemed very personal. However, he called his cousin without any trouble to Li Shimin.

After saying some polite words, King Yang Ting of Liao did not hesitate anymore and said bluntly, "I'm here today. I actually want to come and kiss you."

"Oh!" Li Yuan refused to comment.

"That's right, my nephew Yuanmai died early and has never remarried yet. I heard that the Li family's cousin was virtuous and came to ask for it. My nephew was also very famous, so I came here today, wanting to marry him. This matter was originally decided by the elders, but His Majesty has not yet woken up, and he has some status unworthy when looking for others. My nephew came here rudely and beg for forgiveness. "Yang Hsiao said with a smile.

Li Yuan frowned slightly, not happy. Even if Yang Ming really wanted to ask for a marriage, he had to come forward. Like him, there was no ritual. However, he was just angry, but he was still in the face of the ancient well.

If Yang Hing came in front of Yun Dingxing, he might have really considered it. After all, although Yang Hing has many women now, his Princess Liao died early. If his daughter married him, he would definitely be his wife. By then, he would become the emperor and his daughter has the support of her parents, so she would naturally be the queen.

But now, he was unwilling to worry about this matter anymore. After all, even if his daughter became Yang Hung's queen, the Li family might not be able to develop much. But if he supports Yan King Yang Neng ascendant, then the Li family will be different.

Li Shimin also snorted from the side, thinking that it would not take long for this prince who had been standing tall and looking at people, and would be trampled into the mud by them. He felt relieved. When he looked at him again, he was less dissatisfied, but more disdainful.

Li Yuan wanted to refuse, but suddenly smiled, "Oh, Your Highness is really true. But this marriage matter is not something you can do on your own. Even Your Highness cannot be said to be rude. A beautiful lady is a gentleman. If Your Highness is really intent, I think Your Highness might as well invite an elder of the royal family or a minister in the court to propose marriage."

Yang Qing came over there today. He had heard Pei Yun's words and came to test Li Yuan's attitude. The proposal just now was just a casual mention, but he didn't expect that Li Yuan would agree. For a moment, his mind was in agitation and he was very happy. If Li Yuan hadn't been refusing to turn to him, he would have taken action long ago. Now that Li Yuan is willing to marry his daughter to him, wouldn't that mean that the Li family is willing to defect to him? With the support of the Li family, what else is he afraid of?

Li Shimin there was stunned for a moment, not understanding why his father was like this.

Li Yuan and Yang Ming there became happier and happier the more they talked, and even made up the major marriage event in a few words.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has been unconscious for two months now. The sky must be sunny, and the country must be ruled. Now the crown prince has died in the grassland, and Your Majesty is unconscious again. People in the world are in panic. As Your Majesty's only legitimate son, at this time, I hope that the people in the world should be the most important thing in my heart and that I must be brave enough to provoke the country and the country to blame." Li Yuan said with a look of consolation. His tone was full of expectations.

Yang Hing also beat the snake and followed the stick and said softly, "I don't care about the people in the world, why are you afraid of being dissatisfied with the court? What should I do?"

"As long as Your Highness inherits the Grand Duke and commands the world as the lord of man, who dares not to obey?"

Yang Qing stared at Li Yuan, but he saw that Li Yuan's gaze was indeed very open. He couldn't help but wonder. Pei Yun and others said that Li Yuan was very treacherous and sloppy, holding his strength, but he was reluctant to join his command for a long time, just to wait for a price. But now Li Yuan looks very sincere. Is it because I want to marry his daughter?

"However, Your Majesty is still there and there is no clear edict, how can I ascend the throne?"

Li Yuan smiled strangely, "The old minister once saw Your Majesty write a letter to pass on the throne to His Highness, and it will be stored by His Majesty. As long as Your Majesty finds this letter, you can naturally ascend the throne to the throne with the throne, and then honor the current emperor as the Supreme Emperor."

Yang Ming's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself why he hadn't thought of it. Although it was not open enough to ascend the throne like this, as long as Li Yuan was willing to support him. Then with his current strength, what's the difficulty of forging an edict to pass on the throne at that time? As long as he ascends the throne, who else in the world will care whether the edict is forged or not.

Thinking of this, I was extremely excited and even my breathing became much more rapid in an instant.

"If I ascend the throne in the future, I will definitely be appointed as the Minister of Tang as the Minister of the Grand Prime Minister." Yang Qing also made a promise, but said, "However, the Guanlong faction has always opposed me. There are also Wang Shichong, who has visited several times but refused to see me. I am still shaking. These people have nearly 200,000 soldiers in their hands, so I am afraid it is still a problem."

Li Yuan stretched out his hand and made a slash, "Your Highness, you should take action first, and then you will suffer."

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment. What he had been planning was how to get rid of Wei Wensheng and other ministers. However, he never thought about directly eliminating all the 200,000 people they had mastered. For a moment, he couldn't help but be stunned.
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