The night was shrouded in Chang'an, and more than 200 men in black lined up to the Golden Light Gate in the night. The city gate was closed at this time. The man in black tapped a bow and arrow and shot a whistle at the top of the city, alarming the defenders on the city.

"Who is it?" the defenders on the city shouted sternly.

"Let General Yang Xiao answer!"

Yang Xiao is the commander of the Jinguang Gate and the person of Li Yuanji, the soldiers guarding the city hurried to report. Soon Yang Xiao rushed over. He looked at it and whispered to the soldiers: "Open a gap in the door, let them into the city."

The Tang Dynasty's law prohibited the opening of the city at night, except for emergency military information. Even the princes and nobles did not have the privilege of leaving the city at night. It can be said that this was the most severe ban in the Tang Dynasty, but the guards actually ordered the opening of the door to the night to let people enter the city. This is a death penalty.

Although the soldiers were a little resistant, they still did not dare to resist the order of the commander. They had to slowly lower the suspension bridge and open the city gate. Two hundred men in black quickly lined up to enter the city. Yang Xiao watched the men in black enter the city and couldn't help but shake his head. In the past, they dressed up as civilians to enter the city during the day, but now they enter the city openly at night. It seems that the King of Qi is about to take action.

The man in black entered the city and soon disappeared into the dark night. Yang Xiao ordered the soldiers to close the city gate and go back to the room to sleep. When several soldiers on duty saw him walking away, they said loudly.

"What did you dare to open the city gate without any reason."

Although several soldiers despised Yang Xiao, everyone was very uneasy. They sat down against the wall and started chatting in a low voice.

"Did you see that these men in black are all brave in the private equity of King Qi. I heard that he has invested thousands of people in private equity. It seems that King Qi is ready to take action."

"Of course he has ambitions. The emperor is critically ill and his military power is in the hands of the King of Qi. I guess he is going to mutiny."

"The mutiny will not be! The main force of the King of Qin is still outside?"

"The main force of the fart must have been defeated long ago."

At this time, a veteran sighed, "The Sui Dynasty has unified most of the country, and hundreds of thousands of Sui army are approaching. I heard that Tongguan and Tongguan Road have been lost, and the brothers are still fighting for power and throne. It is really a sin and cannot survive. Everyone, we must think about ourselves. Saving our lives is the most important thing."

"Brother Ma is right. What does their brothers' internal struggle have to do with us? I think the Sui Dynasty is good and is willing to share land for us. Unlike the Tang Dynasty, who promised to divide the land as soon as they entered Guanzhong, but there was no movement yet. It was obvious that they were fooling us. The Tang Dynasty was unrighteous, so why should we work hard for it?"

While the soldiers were talking, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves outside the city. As they got closer and closer, several soldiers stood up and looked outside the city. They could vaguely see a black shadow riding a horse running towards the city gate.

"Emergency military information, open the city gate quickly!" Under the city was a cavalry informed.

Several soldiers did not dare to neglect and hurried to report to the guard Yang Xiao. After a moment, Yang Xiao rushed over and asked, "Where is the messenger?"

"I am sent by His Highness the King of Qin and I want to report to the prince urgently."

Yang Xiao was shocked and asked quickly: "How is the Qin King doing?"

"The King of Qin was defeated in Qianshuiyuan, and the King of Zhao was killed. The King of Qin has led the remaining troops to retreat to Xinping County. The situation is very critical."

Everyone in the city was shocked. Yang Xiao did not dare to be negligent and quickly ordered the city to open, inform the news that the cavalry rushed into the city and rushed towards the East Palace. The defenders at the top of the city were panicked. The Qin King was defeated, and Li Xuanba was actually killed. The Tang Dynasty was really over.

Yang Xiao ordered Guancheng to be the city, but at this time he could not calm down. He found an excuse to get off the city and rushed to the Qi Palace.

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The room was brightly lit, and Li Yuanji and four other confidants discussed the final plan. Their plan was implemented smoothly. Li Yuan was critically ill. The court had sent people to inform the King of Qin, hoping that the King of Qin could return to Beijing immediately. Based on the information they had, Pei Ji also sent someone to report the situation to the King of Qin, and it was estimated that Tang Feng had also sent someone to rush there.

Once the King of Qin returns to Chang'an and enters the palace to meet the saint, it will be the time for them to take action.

Li Yuanji seemed very excited. Now all the nets have been set up, just waiting for the King of Qin to fall into the trap.

At this moment, a guard outside the gate reported: "Report to Your Highness, Yang Xiao, the commander of the Golden Light Gate, has important things to report."

Li Yuanji nodded, "Send him in!"

After a moment, the guard brought Yang Xiao into the room. Yang Xiao stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to report, "Your Highness, the King of Qin has just sent someone to send emergency military information. I heard that the Tang army was defeated and King Zhao was killed."

The news made everyone look at each other, and Li Yuanji asked anxiously: "Where is the King of Qin now?"

"It seems that in Xinping County, he sent someone to Beijing for help."

At this time, Wang Shubao asked, "Who are you reporting to?"

"I heard that it was to report to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Wang Shubao frowned and thought for a moment. He suddenly thought of something and immediately said to Li Yuanji: "Your Highness, I'm afraid the prince will take action."

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In the East Palace, Li Jiancheng had not yet fallen asleep. He was discussing the next response with Wang Gui and Chai Shao in the study. He also knew about the murder of Wu Shiyi, but the King of Qi did not launch a palace coup, which surprised him. However, his father's condition suddenly worsened and his life was in danger, which made Li Jiancheng seem to understand something.

In this brotherly dispute, Chai Shao stood on the side of the prince Li Jiancheng. His son-in-law's mansion had three hundred martial arts servants who could help Li Jiancheng to eliminate the King of Qi Li Yuanji.

Chai Shao said worriedly: "Your Highness, it is obvious that the Lord's condition suddenly worsened, so that it reached the critical illness. This can only be the King of Qi. He used the Lord's critical illness to recall the King of Qin back to Chang'an. That was his chance to take action. Your Highness, we can't wait any longer."

Speaking of this, Chai Shao asked Wang Gui again, "How is Tang Feng's side? Is Zhang Gongjin willing to cooperate with us?"

Wang Gui shook his head, "I looked for him again last night, but he still said the same thing. He has no right to decide and must get the order of the King of Qin."

"well!"

A sigh came from the side, and Chai Shao and Wang Gui looked at Li Jiancheng together. Li Jiancheng stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the night outside the window. He did not look back, but said lightly: "Even if Tang Feng cooperated with us, our strength was still not enough. The Qi Palace had gathered three thousand brave men. If it weren't for the Qin King, he would have taken action long ago."

Li Jiancheng turned around and stared at Chai Shao and Wang Gui, "We only have two opportunities. One is that the King of Qin is willing to cooperate with me and send his army into the city, or that Changsun Shunde and Duan Decao completely obey my orders."

Chai Shao frowned and said, "But isn't Duan Decao's person? If His Highness hadn't promoted him, how could he have been today? Why didn't he obey His Highness's orders? I think His Highness can talk to him again."

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "I just talked to him this morning. He also said that he obeyed the arrangements of the Lord. As long as the Lord gave me command power, he would definitely be loyal to me. The implication is that he would only be loyal to his father."

"Hmph! The emperor is almost out of reach. Is he still so pedantic?" Chai Shao said hatefully.

Li Jiancheng sat down slowly and said with a serious expression: "Actually, he has another deep meaning. If his father is gone, he may be loyal to me, and the same is true for Changsun Shunde."

Li Jiancheng said this and the room suddenly became quiet.

At this moment, a guard outside the door urgently reported: "Your Highness, the King of Qin sent someone to report, there is an emergency military situation!"

Li Jiancheng was surprised and hurriedly said, "Take him here."

Soon, several guards led the newsman into the study, and the newsman knelt down on one knee, "Greetings to the Crown Prince!"

"How is the information on the Qin King?"

Li Jiancheng asked anxiously, he had always been very concerned about the frontline war. At this time, Chai Shao and Wang Gui's expressions became solemn. The news soldiers were not happy at all, which made them feel a little bad.

"Report to Your Highness, the King of Qin was defeated by the Sui army in Senshubara and was defeated in both battles. Now he retreated to Xinping County and begs for his help."

Li Jiancheng didn't speak for a while, his expression was extremely dim. Although he knew in his heart that the possibility of the Tang army defeating the Sui army was very small, when the news of failure really came, his heart was still full of bitterness."

The report soldier said again: "His Royal Highness Zhao was also unfortunately killed when he attacked the Sui army camp."

Li Jiancheng sighed long and said, "At this point, all misfortunes are about to become a reality. After a while, Li Jiancheng asked again: "How can the King of Qin hope I can help him?"

The report soldier took out Li Shimin's handwritten letter and presented it to Li Jiancheng with both hands, "This is the letter of the King of Qin, please ask His Highness to take a look."

Li Jiancheng took the letter and read it. In the letter, Li Shimin said that there are nearly 20,000 troops. If the 40,000 troops in the capital can come to help, he can still fight the Sui army and have a chance to win. He hopes that he can convince his father to send troops to help him.

This letter made Li Jiancheng slightly stunned. Didn’t the King of Qin receive the news that his father was critically ill? He handed the letter to Chai Shao and ordered the guards to "take the informant down and reward him with fifty taels of money."

"Thank you for your reward!"

The troops reported to the news, Li Jiancheng asked Chai Shao: "Has the King of Qin not heard of his father's critically ill?"

Chai Shao also looked sad. The death of Xuanba and the defeat of Qianshuiyuan really made him feel extremely uncomfortable. After a while, he sighed and said, "With the impatient King of Qi, how could he not tell Shimin? It should be that Shimin saw the King of Qi's intentions, and perhaps the situation was urgent. He didn't care about returning to the capital. Your Highness, it seems that the King of Qin is unwilling to give up and wants to fight again."

At this time, Wang Gui next to him said excitedly: "Your Highness, maybe this is a great opportunity to seize the military power of King Qi."

Li Jiancheng was stunned, "You mean, am I personally leading troops to help the King of Qin?"

Wang Gui nodded, "That's right, Your Highness can ask the Lord for orders and lead the army to aid the King of Qin. Even if the Lord only gives His Highness half of the army, we will have the opportunity to overthrow the King of Qi. After we use thunder means to resolve the rebellion of King of Qi, we will mobilize the people of Chang'an to support the Tang army. At that time, maybe tens of thousands of troops will be able to mobilize."

Li Jiancheng walked a few steps behind his back, then looked at Chai Shao again, and Chai Shao gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, at this point, only by using extraordinary methods can one do extraordinary things."

Li Jiancheng finally nodded, "Okay! I'll go find my father now."

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!