Datang: Get Xiang Yu's divine power at the beginning

Chapter 17 You Are Gambling
Li Shimin stopped his steps.

"What you mean is that the fire in the palace tonight was not caused by those rebellious people outside, but by the people inside the palace."

"Yes, King Qin is wise."

"Could it be that someone secretly communicated with the palace guards to coordinate the inside and outside."

"Okay, you go down first. I'll go to see His Majesty the Emperor first."

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Li Shimin pushed open the door of the palace and walked in.

Li Yuan lay on his back on the bed, staring at the high place of the palace with a somewhat empty gaze.

"Father, Shimin is here."

After performing the etiquette, Li Shimin came to Li Yuan's bed.

"Father is still in good health. The sons are fighting against the rebels outside the palace. Don't worry, father. They won't be able to attack."

Li Yuan was silent for a while, then slowly opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but closed his mouth again.

"Father, have you given any instructions to my son, if nothing is wrong, my son will go down and compete with the enemies outside the palace!"

"The person outside the palace, who is the Li family? Is it your eldest brother's son or your third brother's son, or is it someone under their command?"

"Father, the elder brother's son Chengdao."

"Chengdao, I usually see him with an honest and peaceful appearance, but I didn't expect that he would have such talent to force you, the leader of the Tiance Mansion, into such a state."

"Father, my Li family has a lot of talents. Chengdao's nephew is really good, but he has little ability to beat me."

"That's right, the Tiance Mansion defeated most of the heroes of the Tang Dynasty. My grandson is only single-handedly, how can he defeat you!"

"Shimin, I don't know, can you leave an heir for your elder brother and pass on his bloodline."

"Father, my eldest brother rebelled. According to the law of the country, all wives, concubines and children should be executed. Although the sons and ministers want to excuse the elder brother, the national law cannot be trampled on."

There was silence in the palace.

"Your Highness, this subordinate has something to report!"

Seeing that his father stopped talking, Li Shimin bowed and came to the gate of the palace.

"His Royal Highness, the person in charge has already been caught by me in the dark of the garden, and he is the prince beside His Majesty the Emperor!"

"What, you said that the leader is someone close to the father." Li Shimin's face changed color.

"Go down, keep an eye on him, don't let him die."

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Li Shimin turned and closed the door, and came to Li Yuan's bed.

"Father, why don't you see the prince who is serving by your side today!"

"He got my order and went to work."

"Could it be that he set fire to Emperor Father's palace tonight? Still causing chaos in the palace?"

"Yes, I told him to set the fire!"

"Father, if you do this, you..."

"I just want my grandson who just lost his father to have a chance to live."

"Father, that nephew Chengdao is madly attacking the palace, do you want to be with nephew Chengdao by doing this?"

"I have lost two sons and several grandchildren. My heart is far worse than yours."

Li Yuan's voice trembled a little. He lost his son in old age, and the murderer was his other son.

He is no longer the emperor of a dynasty, but a poor father who lost his son.

"Father, it's just that your grandson doesn't share his mind with you. He is still attacking the palace crazily. I have to thank you for letting him attack so desperately!"

"And this also made him lose the last chance to leave Chang'an, and the last possibility of survival."

"If he had all these soldiers under his command join forces to attack the gate of Chang'an, then he would have left Chang'an early now."

"Shimin, Shimin, at this moment, you are still thinking about your father."

Li Yuan supported the bed with both hands, and sat up slowly.

"Father, it's not that he has never fought a war. The easiest place to defend and difficult to attack in this Chang'an city is by no means the palace, but the various gates of Chang'an that have undergone previous repairs."

"My Chengdao grandson, if he wants to leave Chang'an and take down the city gate with the little troops under his command, I don't know how many times my Tang Dynasty has been destroyed."

"However, he chose to disrupt the situation in the entire Chang'an City, so that most people are not sure what the situation is. Only by making the city chaotic, can he have the possibility to fish in troubled waters."

"Father, you seem to have too high expectations for Chengdao's nephew. Now that my subordinates are encircling the palace, he is already unable to fly, let alone fish in troubled waters!"

"Well, Shimin, if my guess is correct, you mobilized the troops guarding the city gate, [-]% or [-]%?"

Li Shimin's expression changed.

"Father and Emperor Mingjian, the people of the world have mobilized [-]%."

"Fifty percent, that is to say, the number of people guarding the city gate is only half of what it used to be. If the Chang'an city gate was impregnable before, but half of the soldiers are missing, do you think it is still impregnable?"

"Father, what do you mean?"

"Shimin, Shimin, I know that you have never mobilized a single soldier to guard the city gate, just to guard against someone who wants to open the city gate."

"As for Chengdao's grandson, although he is younger, he has good strategic vision. He knows that if he directly attacks the city gate, you will surely mobilize all Chang'an troops to trap him to death."

"But he is coming to attack the palace. Out of caution, your first reaction is definitely not to surround him with electric soldiers, but to hold the entire Chang'an city in your hands first. This way, he will face less pressure. A lot."

Li Shimin's expression changed again.

"Could it be, father, you mean that Chengdao wants to attract me in the palace, and then let me return my troops to defense."

"But, even if that's the case, where did he get the soldiers to attack the city gate?"

"Your elder brother has a man named Feng Li, who is the most trusted person of your elder brother. He usually doesn't have much power in the East Palace, so he didn't attract your attention. But, tonight, outside the palace, I sent The servant said he hadn't seen him before."

"Even so, it is very likely that he died on the battlefield."

"Yes, it is possible, but it is also possible that he is currently near a certain city gate, waiting for an opportunity to capture the city gate so that the people from the Eastern Palace can leave Chang'an."

"It's all possible." Li Yuan looked at his son and smiled softly.

"So father, relying on his own judgment, wanted to help my nephew, and sent the eunuchs around him to light the palace."

Li Shimin gritted his teeth.

"It just makes me think that there is an internal response from the Eastern Palace in this imperial palace, and that nephew Chengdao is so stubborn because he wants to cooperate with the internal and external. Let me transfer some soldiers guarding the city gate back to the imperial palace. It will reduce some difficulties for him to leave Chang'an."

Li Shimin's words were already somewhat uncomfortable.

"It's just, father, you are gambling. You are gambling whether my nephew is really what you think. If he doesn't, then you are making him think that someone in the palace is helping him and taking him away." I stayed in Chang'an with my own hands."

"It even personally cut off the chance of my elder brother's only surviving heir to survive."

Li Shimin stood up and looked down at Li Yuan.

(End of this chapter)