Shen Yuanjing returned to the small courtyard where he once lived. Even though the furnishings did not change much, there were cobwebs in the house, and dust on the tables and chairs. Weeds grew in the gaps in the bluestone slabs in the courtyard. Yellow leaves fell all over the ground, soaked in rain, and bonded to the stone slabs. The entire yard was already a little dilapidated.

He sighed deeply, turned his head and left, and said in less than two steps, "He raised his disciples for a thousand days, and now he used them. You guys can deal with me well. When I come back, you can't be so depressed." Shi Qingxuan and others looked at each other, helpless.

Shen Yuanjing walked all the way, and the people in Daxing City were panicked. Except for a few people who had to open shops to make a living on the street, there were no people. He soon arrived at Wulu Temple and went inside to inquire. Sure enough, the great monk had already gone out and had not returned yet.

The monk who stayed in the temple did not dare to stop him when he saw his master's appearance and let him walk in the courtyard. His trip was to find out the treasure of Yang Gong underground. Sure enough, there was a huge space under the Wulu Temple. It was only now that Daxing City fell into his palm, and there were still many things that had not been dealt with, which was not a good opportunity to take out the treasure.

Shen Yuanjing walked to the camp and saw Li Shimin, Li Jing and others gathered together. The former said loudly: "Sir, we are talking about Brother Li Jing's capture of Daxing. He is really a talented person, so he will not let Bai Han."

It turned out that after Wei Xuan met Shen Yuanjing that day, he forced himself to make some "subtle" arrangements for the family plan. He thought he was so arrogant, but he still couldn't escape the Yingui Sect's eyeliner.

In order to disturb the water, the Yingui Sect not only hooked up with Xue Ju, but also notified Li Yuan separately. The latter sent Li Jiancheng to lead the army to attack, but was intercepted by Qu Tutong in Hedong.

As a result, Qu Tutong was far away from Tongguan and could not mobilize the internal support of Daxing City in time, so the power fell into the hands of the King of Dai Yang You and Yin Gui Sect. When Li Jing received the news, the city gate was already closed and difficult to capture.

If there is no support inside and outside Daxing City in normal times, you just need to surround and not attack, waiting for the food and grass to be cut off, and you can win. However, this time everyone will still have to deal with Li Yuan in the north and Xue Ju in the west. His two armies on the side are outside. Xiangyang is empty over time, and he may be taken advantage of.

Whether it is Wang Shichong and Li Mi who are in the east, Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyu compete for the best, or the Baling Gang and Lin Shihong who are in the south, they will not miss such a good opportunity.

Li Jing made a quick decision, while quietly contacting Qu Tutong, pretending to be a ignorant, while taking the risk of dividing troops and ambushing most of them. He led the remaining small number of soldiers around Daxing City, and rushed straight to Qu Tutong's back, pretending to kill the other party.

Qu Tutong divided his troops to fight with him, and went to the King of Dai Yang You to ask for help. Wei Xuan died suddenly, and the forces in Daxing City were divided into pieces. No one dared to let the last "loyal minister" of the Sui Dynasty and the pillar of the sky fail, so he naturally had to leave the city to rescue him urgently.

"I asked the ambushing army to take the opportunity to attack Daxing under the banner of Mr. Shen. The Sui generals who were leading the troops outside were indeed shocked. They sent people to let General Qu's troops hold me back. Only then did I feel at ease to return to the rescue, but I turned around and fought back, lost a lot, and had to surrender."

Li Jing said lightly: "In this way, I cooperated with the inner-command in the city and pretended to be defeated by the defeated Sui army to open the city gate. After taking down this ancient heroic city, I didn't waste much strength. But after entering the city, I was violently besieged. I was shocked and thought it was the remaining Xiaoguo army in the Sui army. But I knew it was the local gang Jingzhaolian, leading all the forces of the world, and were in a dilemma with me."

He paused and sneered, "The leader called Yang Wengan, his martial arts are very good, but he didn't know that Hongfu was ambushed in our army. After a big battle, Hongfu shot him to death. This is fine. His resistance gave me an excuse to take action. When all the troops entered the city, all the martial arts forces that did not surrender would be wiped out."

Only then did Shen Yuanjing realize why the streets are sparsely populated, so he might be afraid of being killed by such a series. Combined with Li Shimin's previous letter, he had to admire Li Jing's courage and carefulness and use his troops to become aware of his spirit.

He looked at the map carefully and smiled and said, "As you said, it was that the Yingui Sect colluded with Yang Wengan. Shimin, your troops were arranged in a strange way. He refused to lead the troops himself when he attacked Xue Ju back? I think you feel that Daxing City cannot be defended and are ready to isolate the connection between Xue Ju and his son Xue Rengao. Could it be that you think of trapping the other party to Daxing to death?"

Li Shimin said frankly: "It's true. Xue Ju's troops are several times more than me, and he is good at using troops. If his son is not arrogant, how could he reveal such a big flaw? I underestimated Brother Li, but I didn't know that his methods were so clever. I got off this city first, which was considered as less Xiuning, who actually brought troops to rescue him. Otherwise, Xue Ju wouldn't have escaped so easily."

Li Jing said, "The key here is Miss Xiuning. If she hadn't led the troops to rescue her, Xue Ju would have taken me to attack Daxing City."

Li Xiuning shook his head and said, "I don't believe General Li is not prepared. When you attacked the city by fraud, the other ambush was not moving at all. I think it was just a precaution to Xue Ju. I am just adding icing on the cake."

The three of them were humble and expressed their admiration to Shen Yuanjing. If it weren't for him who persuaded Qu Tutong first, everyone would not have been able to do so easily.

Shen Yuanjing was not humble. He called the house several times with the name of "the merit" before he returned. It was indeed clean. Looking at Shan Wanjing, Shang Xiuxun and others, he said softly:

"I just went around the city and found that Guangdefang Xiji Garden was very good, so I asked Shimin for it as a residence. You can go there again and take good care of it."

...

After many days of hard work, the city finally recovered a little bit of anger, and there was a quarrel in the palace hall. Today's topic was the founding of the country.

Several ministers who surrendered to the former Sui Dynasty whispered: "Although the second prince is very meritorious, after all, his father is alive, how can he claim to be respectful? It is not appropriate to proclaim himself emperor, so he should be slow and king." Qu Tutong, who defeated Li Jiancheng and rushed back to this city, also agreed with this statement.

Changsun Wuji, who had just returned from Luoyang, had different opinions and said first: "This is a bad statement. The two young masters broke up with Li Yuan that day, and they had nothing to do with each other. They even used the monarch, minister, father and son. Isn't that a joke?" Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others nodded one after another.

The two sides were arguing, and everyone looked at Li Jing, the first important minister in the court, and smiled and said, "There is peace to fight for this matter? The second young master is not suitable for making decisions. Isn't there Mr. Shen?" Everyone suddenly realized.

Shen Yuanjing pulled Li Shimin over and asked in public: "What do you mean?"

Li Shimin smiled and said, "For me, there is no difference between a name. It's just that everyone has to go through my life and death. They have to have hope. In this way, I will be shameless and become a prince first."

Changsun Wuji wanted to persuade him again, and he said, "Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi recently, and his momentum is extremely powerful. For us, it is an enemy but not a friend. Those loyal ministers from the Sui Dynasty who were sent are still fighting in Luoyang, so it is not advisable to tease him too much, and let them fight with Wang Shichong first."

After such a plan was decided, someone asked the country's name. Those old ministers of the Sui Dynasty wanted to "Yu" and took the meaning of "Tang Yao, Yu, Shun"; Changsun Wuji and others did not say a word, and indeed Li Shimin decisively said: "'Although Zhou is an old country, its destiny will be renewed', and the country's name is Zhou."
Chapter completed!