After hearing Su Dingfang's words, Li Jiancheng was still very angry: "Hmph, don't be biased? Chen Shuda recommended the King of Qin to attack Liu Heita just now. It was so obvious that he had already surrendered to the King of Qin."

Su Dingfang felt nervous and immediately explained: "Your Highness misunderstood. Mr. Chen was just thinking about the overall situation. Because the King of Qin severely damaged the Hebei rebels many times and defeated Liu Heita to the Turks last time, so Mr. Chen recommended the King of Qin.

"He did not just help the King of Qin, but to recover lost territory and unify the world.

"Mr. Chen is upright and honest. He only cares about the country and never flatters him. Please give him a clear understanding."

Li Jiancheng was angry. Chen Shuda's reputation in the court was indeed upright. Apart from this incident, he has always been neutral and has never helped Li Shimin.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng did not make things difficult for Su Dingfang anymore: "Get up."

Then, Li Jiancheng summoned all the ministers of the Eastern Palace and told them about the matter in the Tai Chi Palace: "...Do you have a way to solve the dilemma in Hebei?"

Wei Zheng immediately said, "Your Highness, the current dilemma in Hebei is our opportunity."

"Oh~What does this mean?" Li Jiancheng immediately became interested.

Wei Zheng replied: "For so long, Your Highness should be very clear about Your Majesty's thoughts. Your Majesty does not want the King of Qin to make another military contribution, which shows that the King of Qin cannot shake Your Highness's position in Your Majesty's heart.

"The King of Huaiyang died in battle, and the King of Qi could not defeat Liu Heita. Hebei would not recover for a long time. Your Majesty must be very depressed.

"At this time, if Your Highness, you take the initiative to ask for battle, Your Majesty will be very happy, and the recovery of Hebei will be of great benefit to consolidate the power of the Eastern Palace."

Li Jiancheng was moved, but the next moment he looked struggling on his face: "But... Liu Heita is strong and has a Turkic backer. If he loses..."

If he loses, his position as a prince will plummet in the hearts of court officials and the people, and Li Shimin will definitely take the opportunity to replace him.

Wei Zheng knew what he was worried about, so he enlightened: "Your Highness, you were named the crown prince because of your age. Although you participated in the uprising of Jinyang, your contribution was far below the King of Qin, and you have no great achievements in conquering the world for so many years.

"The Qin King's achievements are the best in the world and the people respect them. If this continues, His Highness may not be able to stay in the Eastern Palace.

"Now the elite rebels in Hebei have been eliminated by the King of Qin, and there are only more than 10,000 people left, with food scarce, and the Turkic soldiers have withdrawn from the battlefield in Hebei.

"If Your Highness leads the elite Tang army to Hebei, it will definitely be like destroying all the rebels and making great contributions.

"At that time, the leader of His Highness will be followed inside and outside the court."

Li Jiancheng was ready to move these words.

Wang Gui advised at the right time: "After your highness pacified Hebei, you can also make friends with Shandong heroes and consolidate the power of the Eastern Palace."

Everyone thought about Wei Zheng's words carefully and thought it made sense, so they persuaded Li Jiancheng.

Su Dingfang knelt down and said solemnly: "Your Highness, my subordinates are willing to be the front guards, help Your Highness to pacify Hebei and uproot the rebels."

Wei Zheng glanced at Su Dingfang and said to Li Jiancheng: "Su Wei was once the general of the Xia Dynasty and was very familiar with the army in Hebei. With him as the vanguard, he will definitely help His Highness eliminate Liu Heita smoothly."

Li Jiancheng agreed deeply: "You and Su Weilu were both officials of the Xia Dynasty. You know the situation in Hebei more than anyone else, and you all follow me."

The meaning of this was to agree to go to the battle, and Wei Zheng and others breathed a sigh of relief.

......

The next day, when Li Yuan discussed the battle situation in Hebei with the court officials again, Li Jiancheng stood up and volunteered: "Your Majesty, Hebei cannot be defeated for a long time, and the longer the battle situation is delayed, the more unfavorable it will be to us.

"I'm willing to ask for a fight and go to Hebei to attack the rebel Liu Heita."

When Li Yuan heard this, he felt very relieved.

Dalang finally stood up bravely.

At this moment, while Li Yuan was relieved, he felt relieved. It was time to add weight to the East Palace.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Jiancheng and then looked at Li Yuan. He did not miss Li Yuan's expression and sneered in his heart. His father finally got his wish.

The court officials thought that the King of Qin would stand up and compete with the prince. After all, before this, the King of Qin had asked His Majesty for war several times. But the King of Qin did not. He kept silent, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Liu Wenjing secretly winked at Li Shimin, but Li Shimin ignored it.

At this time, Chen Shuda said: "It is best if the crown prince is willing to go to war, but I believe that the crown prince will be able to quell the rebels."

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Shuda in surprise, thinking about what he had just said.

It seems that Su Dingfang did not lie to him, and Chen Shuda did remain neutral, only loyal to his father and the court.

That's not bad.

Next, Pei Ji and other ministers agreed.

Although there were occasional opposition, Li Yuan directly chose to block it and then announced in public: "The prince was promoted to the marshal of the Great Xingtai of Shaanxi and the marshal of the East Shaanxi. Henan and Hebei provinces were punished by the prince, and he was granted the right to act cheaply. He immediately led his army to attack the rebel Liu Heita..."

This means that Li Shimin's army in Henan and Hebei must obey Li Jiancheng's orders, and in addition, Li Shentong's army is also included.

In addition to giving Li Jiancheng arbitrary power to deal with matters, Li Yuan also ordered the military weapon supervisor to give all the firearm inventory to Li Jiancheng, and even ordered Li Shimin's Shenji Camp to cooperate with Li Jiancheng with all his strength.

After Li Yuan arranged everything, he said to Pei Ji: "I am very pleased that the prince can volunteer. I want to ensure that the prince wins this battle."

......

In November of the fifth year of Wude, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng led a large army to Hebei to fight against the rebel Liu Heita.

At that time, Li Yuanji was defeated many times and could not leave the camp. When he heard that his elder brother was about to arrive, he finally mustered up the courage to launch an attack on the Han East Army near Weizhou.

At that time, the Han East Army, which was stationed outside Weizhou City, was led by Liu Shishan. Liu Heita sent him to attack Weizhou, but due to the persistence of the Weizhou General Manager, he was unable to conquer it.

When Liu Shishan saw his defeated general Li Yuanji attacking, he was very happy and ordered his soldiers: "This time, you must not let the Tang army go, you must kill them all."

The Eastern Han Army was very powerful, but the Tang Army was not weak either.

Li Yuanji encouraged the soldiers: "The prince led the army to arrive soon, we must win a victory for the prince and his majesty to see."

"Run!"

The two armies confronted each other and soon fell into fierce battle.

Perhaps because of the thought of the army led by the prince as a backup, the soldiers of the Tang army were full of fighting spirit and fought hard.

At first, the two sides were evenly matched and equally.

Later, the Weizhou General Manager led the city troops out of the city to attack the rear of the Han East Army, and attacked the Han East Army with Li Yuanji in front and behind.

The Eastern Han army was attacked from both sides, with most of the casualties. Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Shishan immediately ordered a retreat.

"Chase."

Li Yuanji personally led his army to pursue the victory.

In this battle, the Tang army won a great victory, and the Han East Army retreated northward.

In the past month, Li Yuanji finally won a victory, and was in a very happy mood and rewarded the soldiers.

The good news reached Li Jiancheng and Li Yuan's ears, and they were very pleased...
Chapter completed!