In the lobby.

Li Yuan was still breathing heavily in his nostrils, looking unhappy, obviously still unhappy about what Li Xiuning said just now.

"After all, the eldest sister is just a female, and it is normal for women to think about it. Don't care too much about it, and it will make her body angry." Li Shimin comforted with a smile.

Li Yuan's emotions eased a little, and he sighed: "I am not angry, I am just disappointed. I didn't expect that your elder sister is so ignorant. I have taught her so much over the years."

Li Shimin accompanied his father and scolded his sister Li Xiuning for a while.

"Since that's the case, we are ready to mobilize the army to seize Jinyang south according to the father's wishes." Li Shimin turned his words to the point.

"Just do as you said." Li Yuan nodded and agreed, hesitated for a moment, and comforted him with a smile: "Shimin, I know that you can fight well for your father. This burden of taking Jinyang in the south will be entrusted to you. If you can really achieve the imperial career for your father, you may not have to be the chief of the prince in the future, and it is not impossible to be a virtuous person."

Li Yuan made a great promise to Li Shimin and made a tactful statement that he would be made the crown prince in the future, rather than the eldest son Li Jiancheng.

A hint of excitement suddenly surged in Li Shimin's eagle eye, but immediately expressed his opinion: "Everything that children do is for the father, for our Li family, not for themselves. As for how to arrange things in the future, everything is left to the father."

Li Shimin's answer was also tactful. Although he did not explicitly state that he liked the position of the crown prince, the sentence "Everything is left to the father" was equivalent to implying Li Yuan that he really wanted to be the crown prince.

Of course, Li Yuan could hear what he meant, and immediately said solemnly: "Shimin, don't worry, who has contributed much to our Li family, will see it in your eyes and remember it in your heart. If you are a father, you will never treat you badly. Just feel at ease."

"Thank you, my father, I'll go there now." Li Shimin happily accepted the order, was full of energy, and happily retreated.

...

On that day, Li Shimin took Li Yuan's order to gather the Liao army infantry and cavalry located in Pingcheng and Yanmen area in the name of the King of Nanyuan, and used the exchange of troops and horses as a cover to prepare to send troops southward.

That day, the generals heard Li Shimin's proposal when they were discussing the matter in the lobby. Now that Li Yuan mobilized his troops, everyone quickly guessed Li Yuan's intention.

Li Jiancheng is no exception.

That night, Li Jiancheng came to meet Li Yuan secretly with unhappiness, opposing the adoption of Li Shimin's strategy.

"Jiancheng, my father knows that you and Shimin are both competitive and have loved to compete with everything since childhood. You always oppose what he agrees with, but you always agree with it. He always sings the opposite tune. But this time, he is not only for himself, but also for our Li family, for you."

After hearing Li Yuan’s meaningful words, Li Jiancheng’s excited opposition immediately calmed down and looked at Li Yuan in confusion, unable to understand what his words meant.

Now Li Yuan told Li Shimin what he said to him after some modification and processing, and then told Li Jiancheng intact.

What imperial career, what bright future of the Li family, and the extremely tempting words made Li Jiancheng feel excited and his eyes shining.

"So, my second brother's plan is indeed for our Li family? For you, your father?" Li Jiancheng said with a look of surprise.

"Of course, he is actually for you, your brother." Li Yuan smiled and his tone became playful, "Think about it, if you can ascend the throne for your father in the future, as your eldest son, you will definitely make you the crown prince for your father. Our Li family will sooner or later be handed over to you. Isn't this for you?"

Li Jiancheng's figure suddenly shook, and the blood in his chest instantly boiled to the extreme. His thoughts instantly traveled to the future, as if he had seen himself wearing a dragon robe, high and majestic emperor.

He even saw that Li Shimin, the younger brother who had been competing with him since childhood and was considered superior to him by most people, knelt at his feet unwillingly and shouted long live to himself.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng's thoughts immediately made a 180-degree turn, and his opposition instantly disappeared.

He bowed to Li Yuan and said seriously: "Actually, I have wanted to persuade my father to become a hero and lead our Li family to achieve great achievements. But I don't know what the father is thinking, so I never dared to say it clearly. I didn't expect that my father had such ambitions. Now I feel relieved. Naturally, like my second brother, I am willing to do my best to assist my father in achieving great achievements."

Li Jiancheng made a generous statement, and Li Yuan was also overjoyed when he heard this. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, stroked his beard and laughed.

Suddenly, he slapped the table and said with relief: "It's been completed. If you have such a long and profound righteousness as your father, why worry about the great cause? You should make preparations immediately. Soon, lead troops south with Shimin, capture Yanmen, and seize Jinyang, and develop a great cause for our Li family."

"I must have gone through fire and water for my father, and I will do whatever I can!" Li Jiancheng was also excited and took the order with great pleasure.

The father and son looked at each other and laughed loudly, and the crazy and proud laughter echoed in the lobby.

...

Yanjing.

The Wei army from all over the country had gathered in the capital. In less than half a month, nearly 300,000 troops had gathered.

This number is not enough. The potter's plan is to assemble 400,000 troops and mobilize as many troops as possible to fight the north with a vast army.

This Northern Expedition not only wanted to destroy Li Yuan, the king of the Southern Court, but also to enter the grassland outside the border in one breath, and together with Yelu Abaoji and his Liao Kingdom, they were destroyed.

In the Golden Palace.

A huge map was spread out on the ground in front of the steps. The pottery merchant stood at the high level, looking down at the big map under his feet. The eagle eyes swept around the landmarks, thinking about brewing strategies to destroy the enemy.

"Report to Your Majesty, I will assemble 50,000 troops in the next three days. The 50,000 troops of General Wei Qing of the State will have a total of 400,000 troops. I will soon be able to raise troops to conquer the country's northern attack on the Liao Kingdom."

At the bottom of the steps, Li Cunxiao bowed to the Tao merchant to report on the military situation. The excited war was written on his face.

The Taoist merchant nodded slightly, brushed his hand, and said proudly: "Okay! When the army gathers together, we will defeat Japan and fight the northern expedition and destroy the Liao Kingdom!"

In the hall, the generals' blood boiled, and they were eager to fight and were eager to make contributions.

At this moment, a gust of wind shot into the hall, and a blurred figure quickly stood clearly in the hall and fell at the feet of Tao Shang.

It's Dai Zong!

A bad premonition suddenly arose in the heart of the pottery. He had sent Dai Zong to Bingzhou and informed Wei Qing and Fan Kuai and other generals to prepare for the Northern Expedition to destroy Liao, and ordered Dai Zong to sneak into the enemy's territory nearby to reconnaise the enemy's situation.

Now that Dai Zong went there and returned in less than four days, he rushed back in such a hurry, which made the Tao merchant in his mind:

Something happened in Bingzhou.

"Report to Your Majesty, Bingzhou urgently reported that a few days ago, Li Yuan sent 50,000 Liao troops to raid Yanmen Pass. General Zhang lost his battle and lost Yanmen Pass. Five thousand Liao troops drove south and surrounded Jinyang City, which General Fan defended. General Wei Qing was leading his troops to Jinyang on the way to Jinyang, and asked me to come back to ask Your Majesty for help."

Yanmen Pass is lost?

Jinyang City is surrounded!

As soon as this bad news came out, the Golden Palace was shocked, and the important civil and military officials of the Great Wei Dynasty in the hall were all shocked and uproared.

Something happened in Bingzhou...

Tao Shang's eagle's eyes moved, his sword eyebrows were deep, and there was a little surprise in his expression. He thought to himself: "I didn't expect that Li Yuan actually chose to attack first. He attacked me before my 400,000 troops arrived. Li Yuan, Li Yuan, you really gave me a big surprise..."

When the pottery merchant was surprised, the ministers in the hall had already been talking about it.

Obviously, everyone thought that Li Yuan was weak and faced with the upcoming threat of the 400,000 troops of the Wei Dynasty, he would wisely choose to stick to the city and wait for Yelu Abaoji's main reinforcements to arrive.

No one of them expected that Li Yuan would dare to take the initiative.

"Li Yuan dared to take the initiative with only 50,000 troops. Aren't he afraid that 50,000 troops would not surround Jinyang and be surrounded and annihilated outside Jinyang City by the army we rushed to? Also, Yanmen Pass is also a dangerous pass, and Zhang He is also a long-time general. How could the Liao army break through the pass so quickly and drive south to the hinterland of Bingzhou? This is too unreasonable..."

The extremely counselor Liu Ji was also excited and murmured to himself, and he stuttered no longer. The four words of suspicion and confusion were written all over his face.

"Liu Banxian is right, why did Zhang He lose Yanmen Pass so quickly? How did Li Yuan's army quickly break through the city?"

A big question mark also rose in the Tao merchant's mind, his thoughts flew around, and suddenly his body shook.
Chapter completed!