Chapter 87

【Li Shimin grew up in a wealthy family, his father was the Duke of Tang, and his mother, Dou, was a descendant of the Northern Zhou royal family.

His education was a typical "Guanlong Aristocracy Package": he could ride and shoot, and read military books and strategies.

At the age of 16, Emperor Yang of Sui was besieged by the Turks at Yanmen, Li Shimin enlisted in the army, offered a plan to retreat the enemy, and showed his edge for the first time】

Cao Cao (before the Battle of Guandu):

"Enlisted at sixteen? Early wisdom, but the Guanlong aristocracy... humph, that group of people again."

Xun Yu: "My Lord, the Guanlong Group has been the pillar of the north since the Northern Wei, Li Shimin coming from here is reasonable."

Guo Jia smiled: "At sixteen, he could offer a plan to resolve the siege of Yanmen, he already showed military talent. What was my Lord doing at sixteen?"

Cao Cao's old face turned red: "Cough, young and frivolous, not worth mentioning."

【In 617 AD, the world was in chaos.

Li Shimin had long seen that the Sui Dynasty's fate was exhausted, and persuaded his father Li Yuan to raise an army every day.

Li Yuan was cowardly at first, so Li Shimin united with Pei Ji, the deputy supervisor of the Jinyang Palace, and set a trap for his father:

First, he let Li Yuan sleep with Emperor Yang of Sui's palace maid (a capital offense), forcing Li Yuan to rebel】

Pfft—

The sound of tea spitting in various dynasties rose and fell one after another.

Liu Bang: "Hahahaha! This move is absolute!"

"Absolute! Sleeping with the emperor's woman, not rebelling is death! This kid is ruthless enough!"

Liu Che was also happy: "Forcing his father to rebel, and using such a damaging move, this Li Shimin... is interesting."

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh.

"This method is good! If I had this brain back then, I wouldn't have had to start as a monk!"

Empress Ma rolled her eyes at him: "Chongba, are you praising him or scolding him?"

Zhu Di held back his laughter: "Father, I can't learn this move."

Zhu Biao whispered: "Fourth Brother, don't learn it either..."

Sui Dynasty, Sui Wendi Yang Jian's face turned green.

"Pei Ji, this rebellious minister!"

"And Li Yuan, I treated you well, you actually dared to... and your son, setting a trap to sleep with a palace maid, simply shameless!"

Dugu Qieluo said coldly:

"Shouldn't Your Majesty be concerned now about how to guard against the Li family?"

Yang Jian was stunned, then gritted his teeth.

"Yes, yes! Someone, draft an edict!"

"Strip Li Yuan of his title, transfer him away from Taiyuan! No, arrest him directly."

"Your Majesty, think twice!"

Gao Jiong hurriedly advised.

"Now there is no evidence, just because of what the sky screen said, arresting a minister will make the world uneasy!"

Yang Jian sat down dejectedly.

He knew that what the sky screen said was the future, now Li Yuan had no signs of rebellion, if he acted, he might force Li Yuan to rebel instead.

"Do I just watch?" Yang Jian clenched his fists.

【After Li Yuan raised the army, Li Shimin brought his "Prince of Qin's Heavenly Group"—Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao, and others, opening the cheat mode all the way...】

The sky screen image flashed—

Battle of Huoyi, heavy rain, Li Yuan wanted to retreat, Li Shimin defied all opinions, led the army to surprise attack, and beheaded the Sui general Song Laosheng.

Battle of Qianshuiyuan, defeated Xue Ju and his son, pacified Longxi.

Battle of Hulao Pass, Li Shimin led 3,500 Xuanjia cavalry to charge, defeating Dou Jiande's 100,000-strong army, in the picture the Xuanjia cavalry was like a black torrent, invincible.

The last scene, Li Shimin stood on horseback in front of Hulao Pass, behind him was Dou Jiande kneeling to surrender, and on the city wall was Wang Shi Chong with a face like dead ash.

Captured two kings in one battle!

"Good!"

Huo Qubing slapped the table and stood up.

"Defeating the many with the few, capturing the enemy leader, such military merit, should be celebrated with a big cup of wine!"

Wei Qing also nodded: "Using troops like a god, especially this Xuanjia cavalry, it should be the elite of the elite."

Cao Cao stared at the Xuanjia cavalry, his eyes shining.

"Heavy cavalry? This equipment... you say can we also form one?"

Guo Jia smiled bitterly: "My Lord, we don't even have food and fodder now..."

Cao Cao: "... Forget it, watch first, watch first."

Liu Bei was envious.

"Second Brother, Third Brother, look at that Xuanjia cavalry, how majestic, we must have one in the future!"

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Big Brother, the top priority is to have a territory first."

Zhang Fei: "Exactly, Big Brother, let's not just watch, thinking about how to get a territory is the right thing!"

【The battle was over, Li Yuan found a problem: he had enfeoffed his second son to the limit.

Li Shimin was already the Secretariat Director, Great General of the Right Martial Guard, and Prince of Qin, any further promotion would require giving up the throne.

Li Yuan slapped his head and thought of a new term—Heavenly Strategy General, ranking above all princes, opening a government to handle affairs, and building his own "Heavenly Strategy Mansion" team】

The sky screen appeared with a funny picture:

Li Yuan scratched his head, a bubble appeared on his head.

"What to do if this son is too good at fighting? Waiting online, very urgent."

Then he had a flash of inspiration and wrote the four big characters "Heavenly Strategy General".

Various dynasties laughed until they fell over.

Liu Bang: "This Li Yuan is also a talent, Heavenly Strategy General, sounds intimidating."

Liu Che: "But with such high merits, cannot be enfeoffed further... hehe, interesting."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "I think Li Yuan should have directly made Li Shimin the Crown Prince, saving trouble later."

Zhu Di said quietly: "Father, didn't you also not make me the Crown Prince back then?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glared: "You kid want a beating?"

【At this time, Li Shimin's merits were so high that he "could not be enfeoffed further," and his civil and military officials could line up a reinforced company.

His eldest brother Li Jiancheng panicked, and pulled his fourth brother Li Yuanji to start making small moves】

The picture turned into Q-version:

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji hid in a small forest to conspire, bubbles on their heads.

"What to do if Second Brother is too awesome?"

"Get him!"

Li Shimin was on the other side, with a large group of people behind him, including Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Zhangsun Wuji, Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao, etc., all rubbing their hands.

Ying Zheng saw this and said lightly.

"Brothers fighting in the wall, disaster starts from the wall, this Great Tang founding, I'm afraid it will see blood."

Li Si said cautiously: "Your Majesty, throughout the dynasties, the struggle for the throne is always like this."

"So I don't establish an empress, don't enfeoff a crown prince."

Ying Zheng said coldly, "My sons, whoever has the ability sits in this position, but if they dare to kill each other... I will leave none."

The hall was filled with chill.

【In 626 AD, the Turks invaded.

Li Jiancheng recommended Li Yuanji to lead the army, wanting to transfer all the elite soldiers and generals of the Prince of Qin's mansion away, and then kill Li Shimin at the farewell banquet】

The sky screen image became tense.

In the Prince of Qin's mansion, everyone gathered.

Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice: "My Lord, the Crown Prince's plan is vicious, if we let the Prince of Qi take away the elite of the mansion, we will be fish on the chopping block."

Du Ruhui nodded: "If you don't cut it, you will suffer from the chaos."

Zhangsun Wuji looked at Li Shimin.

"Prince of Qin, don't hesitate anymore."

Yuchi Jingde drew his sword directly.

"My Lord! If you don't make up your mind, I will commit suicide here, so as not to be humiliated in the future!"

Li Shimin turned his back to the crowd, looking out the window, for a long time, slowly turned around, killing intent appearing in his eyes.

"Since that's the case... then let's do it."

【On July 2, 626 AD, Li Shimin set an ambush at Xuanwu Gate.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji rode into the court, felt something was wrong when they reached Linhu Hall, and turned to run.

Li Shimin shot Li Jiancheng to death with one arrow, Yuchi Jingde shot and killed Li Yuanji】

In front of Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin bent his bow and set an arrow, the arrow broke through the air.

Li Jiancheng fell off his horse in response.

Li Yuanji wanted to escape, but was shot in the back by Yuchi Jingde.

Then, Yuchi Jingde put on armor and held a blade, heading straight for Haichi.

Li Yuan was boating, and was shocked to see Yuchi Jingde fully armed.

"Who is causing trouble today? Why are you here?"

Yuchi Jingde clasped his fists.

"The Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi are causing trouble, the Prince of Qin raised an army to execute them, fearing to disturb Your Majesty, I was sent to guard."

Li Yuan was silent for a long time, smiling bitterly: "Good, this is my long-cherished wish."

Three days later, Li Shimin was made Crown Prince.

Two months later, he abdicated.

This year, Li Shimin was twenty-eight years old.