I'm a marquis in Datang

Li Shentong's bias is due to Du Qi.

Li Shentong belonged to the imperial clan at any rate and was extremely prestigious.But Du Qi rejected the Li family's marriage, and instead chose the daughter of Li Xiaogong, Prince of Zhao County. This matter was also set up by the eldest grandson Wugou, which made Li Shentong feel embarrassed.

The better Du Qi is, the more embarrassing Li Shentong will be.

The more uncomfortable it becomes.

In addition, Li Shentong was in charge of the war in Hebei before, but he suffered a crushing defeat, losing troops and generals.Li Jiancheng, who was greatly damaged, turned to the prince Li Jiancheng and hooked up with Li Jiancheng.

Li Shentong has a certain influence in the army.He moved a little bit and followed the trend, which caused the original situation on the front line to be damaged, and even led to Li Daoxuan's death.

In this way, Li Shimin was reprimanded, and Li Jiancheng led the troops to fight again.

Not long after, Li Shentong entered the tent.

Li Shentong bowed to Li Jiancheng and sat down beside him.Before Li Jiancheng could speak, Li Shen said, "His Royal Highness, the matter of sending King Qin to fight tomorrow has been decided, right?"

"It's settled!"

Li Jiancheng said: "The king of Qin has been informed, and he has already agreed."

Li Shentong looked around, hesitant to speak.

Li Jiancheng smiled, and said: "Prince of Huai'an, Xuan Cheng is my confidant and counselor, and Yuan Ji is my brother. In front of them, there is no need to have scruples."

Li Shen said: "Since that's the case, I'll just say it straight. This time King Qin went to battle, did His Royal Highness have any thoughts on whether to follow Li Daoxuan's example and let King Qin go to war?"

Stay here in Mingshui County. "

Li Jiancheng narrowed his eyes.

It is said that Li Shentong has a small mind, and it is true.

To let Li Shimin stay in Mingshui County, it is clear that he wants to kill Li Shimin, and he wants to kill him with a knife.

Seeing that Li Jiancheng was silent, Li Shentong said again: "His Royal Highness, if something happens to the King of Qin, it will be extremely beneficial to you. You are the only one in the court, and you will never threaten again. Finally The most important thing is that once something happens to King Qin, the generals who belong to King Qin's mansion will be leaderless."

When Li Jiancheng heard Li Shentong's words, he sneered in his heart. Li Shentong used a knife to kill people.

He used Liu Heitai to weaken Li Shimin's strength, but Li Shentong wanted to use him to kill Li Shimin.But the more so, the more Li Jiancheng couldn't agree.Having listened to Wei Zheng's analysis earlier, he knew that once Li Shimin had an accident, it would be extremely detrimental to Datang, even to him.

Li Jiancheng said directly: "The king of Huai'an, the king of Qin attacked Mingshui County, the final outcome is the fate of the king of Qin. It depends on whether the king of Qin can break the county and change the current situation. All this can only be waited for news. For the rest, the Crown Prince doesn't think too much about it."

Li Shen said: "The opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come again. Your Royal Highness, you must seize the opportunity."

Li Jiancheng said: "The reminder from the king of Huai'an, the prince knows, and the prince will consider it carefully."

These are all perfunctory words.

When Li Shentong saw this, he knew that Li Jiancheng had made a plan, obviously he didn't intend to kill Li Shimin, but just wanted to weaken Li Shimin's strength, so Li Shentong stopped talking, got up and left.

Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng and said, "Xuancheng, the crown prince is almost about to agree."

Wei Zheng said: "His Royal Highness didn't agree, that's great. Once he agreed, this battle deviated from the direction and came to an unknown ending. It's already very good as it is now."

Li Jiancheng nodded, with anticipation in his eyes.

Chapter 407 Breaking the game

Breakthrough

When Li Shimin returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, Du Qi was still there.As soon as Li Shimin sat down, he said directly: "Erlang, it's really as you said. The crown prince asked me to go, because he wanted me to lead the army to attack Mingshui County."

Du Qidao: "Then now, the only thing left is to siege the city. This battle must be won in one battle."

Li Shimin said: "Mingshui County is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not easy to take it down. Especially the county is surrounded by water. When we attack tomorrow, we can only attack through the south gate. After all, the passage outside the south gate is now Got through."

Du Qi narrowed his eyes.

There was a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Du Qi said: "His Royal Highness, when you went to the main tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters, I carefully looked at the structure of Mingshui County. It is not easy to break the county, but it is not impossible."

Li Shimin said: "How to say?"

Du Qi looked serious, and said in a deep voice: "The city of Mingshui County is surrounded by rivers on all sides, and our main route to get through is the south gate. The main point of attack is still the south gate."

"For this attack, we can choose to attack east and west, and use the south gate as the main attack location."

"Or the location of the feint attack."

"The location for the real attack is in the north of the city. I looked through the data carefully, and among all the materials, the north of the city is the weakest. As long as the north of the city is taken, the army enters the city, and if they want to break through Mingshui County, they will have a chance. "

"If all the troops are invested in the south of the city. And Liu Heita's troops are all in the south of the city."

"It's almost impossible to win."

Speaking of this, Du Qi sighed and said: "Liu Heita is stationed in Mingshui County. The best way is to cut off Liu Heita's retreat, but His Royal Highness did not implement it. It is not so much that the Prince did not implement it, or that this The crown prince did it on purpose, just to keep Liu Heita's knife, and weaken King Qin's strength little by little."

Li Shimin said: "That's something that can't be helped. Under the current circumstances, the crown prince has the right to do so. But now, this king can only follow the arrangements, and the crown prince has the final say."

"Indeed!"

Du Qidao: "We must adjust our strategy within a limited range to change the current situation."

Li Shimin said: "How do we attack?"

This is the key.

If you can't attack, there is nothing you can do.

Du Qidao: "His Royal Highness, it is now at the end of April, and it is about to enter May. The weather at this time is actually not too cold, and you can swim."

"His Royal Highness King Qin, please arrange for the elite to swim across the north of the city to ambush tonight. This arrangement must be concealed, so that even the prince cannot know about it."

"When we attack the south gate tomorrow, when Liu Heita's troops gather at the south gate, the army from the north gate will launch an attack and directly enter the south gate. As long as one of the city gates is broken, Mingshui County will naturally be destroyed."

Du Qi made a suggestion.

Li Shimin is also a veteran on the battlefield. When he heard Du Qi's suggestion, he applauded and said, "Erlang, you really hit the nail on the head and saw the flaw."

"If you didn't say it, I wouldn't have thought about it. If it weren't for Li Xiaogong's continuous failures, which fueled Liu Heita's arrogance, Liu Heita would definitely have no problem in the other gates."

"However, there is a Datang army at the south gate, after successive failures, now this

If Wang leads the army to attack again, Liu Heita must be defenseless at the north gate.It is certain that all the troops will gather at the south gate. This is our chance to catch them by surprise. "

Li Shimin's eyes were shining brightly.