At the beginning of each day, it was the official time for Li Yuan to go to bed. About half an hour later, Li Shunhai, a young eunuch who was familiar with Li Yuan's schedule, slipped away and took a carriage straight to Prince Qi's Mansion.

Li Shunhai was Li Yuan's confidant, and many secrets were kept away from this person. But what Li Yuan didn't know was that this old eunuch whom he regarded as a confidant had been bribed by his son Li Yuanji, and he had always sold military aircraft matters to Li Yuanji.

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For fear of being discovered, he did not dare to enter through the main entrance and let the carriage stop at a side door opened specifically for him.

Seeing his arrival, the guard of Prince Qi's Mansion who was in charge of the meeting led him directly to Li Yuanji's study without saying a word. Li Yuanji, who was discussing matters with Han Zhi, heard the news and came out to greet him, "Where did the fragrant wind come from today?

Is it blowing?"

Li Shunhai bowed slightly and whispered nervously: "Your Highness, I don't dare to stay for a long time."

When Li Yuanji heard this, his expression immediately straightened, "Please."

Li Shunhai nodded, followed Li Yuanji into the study, nodded slightly to Han Zhi who stood up and saluted, in return, waited for Li Yuanji to take his seat, then sat down, and said to the two of them: "Your Majesty has already read

Yu Wenxin, the governor of Badong, approved the memorial as 'Great Goodness' and expressed that he was very satisfied with the content of the memorial."

Li Yuanji and Han Zhi kept silent. In order to test Li Yuan's attitude towards Li Jiancheng, they wrote a memorial to impeach the county magistrate Li Junxian in the name of Li Yuanji's confidant Yu Wenxin, the governor of Badong. Unexpectedly, Li Yuan did not even ask.

With the approval, it can be seen that the prince's fall from grace is a fact. However, although this is a happy event, the two of them need more valuable news.

Li Shunhai saw that the expressions of the two men were dull, and he secretly became anxious. He was carrying Li Yuan, who trusted him very much, so he was certainly not an upright person. He risked his life to be Li Yuanji's internal counterpart, all for money, hoping to be rich in the rest of his life.

Especially since the Li Tang Dynasty was in danger, he was even more concerned about the attitude of Li Yuanji, who was secretly respected as the richest man in the Tang Dynasty.

However, the attitudes of the two men seemed to indicate that their information was not of sufficient weight, and they immediately said: "The Holy One favors Yuwen's knowledgeable people. If His Highness goes to find King Huai'an again, Prefect Yuwen should be able to return to the capital and become the Minister of the Sixth Ministry."

Li Shunhai thought that Li Yuanji wanted to get Yu Wenxin to be a minister in Beijing and stay away from the front line, so he said this.

"Why are you looking for the King of Huai'an?"

"The Holy One seems to be snubbing the King of Huai'an, but in fact he has great trust in the King of Huai'an. I found that the Holy One will consult his opinions on personnel appointments and dismissals, and basically obey them. The Holy One now has a good impression of Prefect Yuwen. If the King of Huai'an goes to persuade him again,

Governor Yuwen is expected to be promoted; of course, everyone knows about King Huai'an's hobbies even if the slaves don't tell them."

Li Yuanji nodded and smiled: "Thank you, Mr. Li, for providing this information."

"Your Highness, you're welcome!" Seeing that Li Yuanji had no expression, Li Shunhai felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratching his heart. What information did the other party need before he was willing to give him any benefits? He thought about it carefully and then said: "The King of Huai'an now controls a spy agency.

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"Really?" Li Yuanji's expression finally changed. He originally thought that Wuchuan Si was the only spy of the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't expect that his father would start a new one. In this way, his father didn't even trust himself.

"Exactly!" Li Shunhai secretly rejoiced in his heart and continued: "It's just that most of Huai'an King's spies were eliminated by the Sui army in Guanzhong, and King Yong'an and Dou Fengjie failed to assassinate Yang Tong, and their entire army was wiped out..."

"Your Highness, you can rest assured. King Huai'an has killed King Yong'an and the spies. Naturally, he is suspicious and frightened. And our Wuchuan Division not only has the power to supervise hundreds of officials, but we are also spies ourselves. If you tell him, Wuchuan Division already knows

Everything, then the King of Huai'an who has evil intentions in his heart will be controlled by His Highness."

"Sir, do you mean to deceive him?"

"That's right." Han Zhi nodded and said: "However, the Holy One is obviously not at ease with His Highness, so it is not appropriate for Your Highness to come forward, so I will leave it to the humble minister. It will take three days at most to give His Highness a satisfactory answer."

"Then I'll leave everything to you, sir."

"Serving His Highness is the blessing of a humble position." Han Zhi laughed, and he decided to seek help from the court to find out the truth first, and then go after Li Shentong.

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When the Sui and Tang dynasties in the cold north were at peace, Jiaozhou, which was in the season of warm flowers and blooming flowers, was surrounded by war clouds.

Since Feng Ang and Meng Jiigong were defeated in Dongyang County and fled to Nanhai County, they could not escape. They relied on the Pearl River to compete with the Sui Dynasty. However, the Sui Dynasty's five-tooth warships that were higher than the city wall continued to attack and harass the coast of the Pearl River.

The battle made Feng An miserable.

After Cangwu was taken as a gift by Zuo Tiancheng on New Year's Eve, on the first day of the new year, Zhang Zhenzhou personally led the Sui navy northward from the Pearl River Estuary, and attacked Xinhui City and Yining City in Nanhai County in one go, cutting off the garrison at

Feng An's grain road in Nanhai County, which governs Nanhai County, forced Feng An to abandon Nanhai City and retreat to Gaoyao City in Xin'an County in the west. This officially declared the fall of Nanhai County, Feng An's base camp, and became a New Year's gift to the Sui Dynasty from the Southern Expedition Army.

Feng Ang fought and retreated, losing consecutive battles. He barely managed to hold on until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. He was attacked from the east and west by Zhang Zhenzhou and Zuo Tiancheng, and was driven to Longshui County in the south of Yongxi County. Not only did he lose Xin'an and Yongping counties, he also completely lost them.

The natural protection of the Pearl River was lost. If Yongxi fell completely, Feng An would have no choice but to return to his hometown of Gaoliang County.

However, although the Feng family has a strong foundation in Gaoliang County, Gaoliang County is long and narrow from east to west and narrow from north to south. If the Sui army advances by land and water and attacks from the north and south, it will take less than a day to successfully join forces. Therefore, General Feng An raised more than half a year of troops.

Liao people, mountain people and other tribesmen all pulled hundreds of thousands of young men to Yongxi County, trying to take advantage of the Sui army's unstable foothold and use the people and people who have been working for several generations to attack the Sui army. If the Sui army can be defeated in this battle, not only

It can reverse the decline, and even more, it can take advantage of the fact that the Sui army is mostly in the north, gradually regain the lost territory, and push the front line back to the Pearl River coast.

This time when the troops were dispatched, Feng Ang was still the commander. It wasn't that he didn't want his generals to lead the troops, but it was because there were no generals available except himself.

On the 18th day of the first lunar month, he led an army of 100,000 men and marched toward Yongxi County in the north.

The 100,000-strong army was so powerful that it was impossible to hide its whereabouts. What's more, after several battles, Feng Ang finally figured out that under the Sui Dynasty's all-pervasive intelligence agency, it was impossible to hide it. He was the only one now.
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