My father, Li Shimin, please call me Crown Prince

Chapter 131 Li Tai: Love will disappear, right?

"I won."

Its daybreak.

Li Chengqian lost.

It really is, the battle will last until dawn.

Dinner lasted only a stick of incense.

Li Shimin kept urging the prince to eat quickly.

Your Majesty is addicted, you can’t afford to offend me.

During this time, Li Dejian came and Li Chengqian let him go first.

After half an hour's effort, they were defeated by Li Shimin and fled away in disarray.

At this time, Li Dejian and his companions finally realized that the prince had been letting them win when playing chess.

After Li Shimin won this round, he felt as refreshed as if he had eaten a bowl of Sushan in summer.

I feel more and more happy with this game.

So he pulled the prince to continue the fourth game.

However, Li Shimin lost this game within one hour.

Faced with Li Shimin's blaming eyes, Li Dejian felt bitter in his heart.

How can you blame me for this?

Apparently, because of the sudden victory, Li Shimin became careless and neglected the details of the confrontation.

As a result, Li Chengqian's secret plan was not discovered in time.

By the time they discovered it, a group of soldiers had already raided the base camp, leaving the rear empty, so Li Chengqian was able to steal the home.

However, after Li Shimin adjusted his mentality, Li Chengqian's pressure became greater and greater.

The method of sudden attack no longer works.

After all, he is not a teacher. Tactics like the Four Crossings of the Chishui River do not seem to be too difficult to analyze, but when it is his turn to actually get started, even if it is just to replicate it in a war game, he will know how difficult it is.

You have to know that the instructor does not have the full map open, which inherently makes him vulnerable. This also involves many factors, such as the sense of war and huge psychological pressure.

Even so, the teacher was able to fight such a classic battle.

The more you feel it, the more you understand how rare it is.

It was because of the teacher’s example that Li Chengqian believed in the idea of ​​national destiny.

Of course, if he was half as good as his teacher, he wouldn't be under so much pressure now.

Li Shimin himself had a high military talent, and he had gained a lot of experience from leading troops in battles for so many years.

To a certain extent, Li Shimin is now at the peak of his powers.

For him, war game simulation is something he can quickly integrate into once he gets familiar with it.

Li Chengqian's advantage lies in his familiarity with the gameplay of wargames and the fact that he stands on the shoulders of giants of later generations.

However, these advantages have gradually been leveled out through Li Shimin's continuous learning and understanding.

"I lost."

Li Chengqian felt deeply exhausted, not physically, but mentally.

This last round lasted from the beginning of Yin hour to the end of Mao hour.

It was from about 3 in the morning until almost 7 in the morning.

Almost two hours, four hours.

Because the previous victory was difficult, Li Chengqian took a steady approach from the beginning and focused on business development.

After Li Shimin realized Li Chengqian's intention, he also chose this path.

So the two of them started an arms race, snatching the resource points on the sandbox.

When the development is almost complete, it will move from ambush to raid, from positional warfare to mobile warfare.

Li Chengqian's tactics were also very impressive.

The tactics of coordinated assault by cavalry and infantry, the tactics of cavalry luring the enemy and encircling and annihilating them by infantry, the tactics of alternating cavalry and infantry providing cover, the tactics of cavalry attacking and consolidating the infantry, and the tactics of cavalry guerrilla warfare with infantry defending.

There are also cavalry and archery assaults, infantry and archery joint defense, cavalry and archery guerrilla warfare, bow and foot advance, and cavalry, infantry and archery combined attack.

However, these tactics have already been used in previous games.

The innate war holy body is like this: if the same tactics are used against him once, they will not be very effective the second time.

The third time, it became his tactic.

Even in terms of application level, Li Shimin is even better.

After all, Li Shimin himself had rich experience in warfare, and he had used many of these tactics personally when leading troops, but they were not as standardized as those of Li Chengqian.

Therefore, in terms of the level of comprehension, Li Shimin is at a deeper level than Li Chengqian.

The final result was that Li Shimin defeated Li Chengqian, who also used mobile warfare tactics, by using the tactics of mobile warfare.

This is what makes Li Chengqian most tired.

After all, mobile warfare was not a tactical system of this era, but after Li Shimin understood it, he turned the tables on him.

I felt that this night's game was just feeding Erfeng some moves.

Feed out a more powerful second phoenix.

"Not bad, not bad, really not bad."

"I haven't felt this happy in a long time."

"How about it, Cheng Qian, do you want to play another round with me?"

Li Shimin now feels like the protagonist in a happy novel whose fortunes change over time.

After being abused all night, I finally turned the tables and won.

Li Chengqian was the villain who was eventually defeated.

How did he become a villain?

"Father, it's dawn."

The early morning sunlight has already filtered through the door of the side hall.

Wen Zhong, the eunuch standing next to him, could hardly hold his eyelids shut.

However, Du He, Zhao Jie, Li Dejian, and the emperor's eunuch Zhang Ananda were still in high spirits.

The eunuch Wen Zhong had never studied military tactics, so naturally he didn't understand the ins and outs of it. For an outsider, war game simulations were boring and it was difficult to appreciate the excitement.

But for people like Du He, it was completely different.

It is equivalent to a rookie in the martial arts world, witnessing the showdown between peerless warriors.

Zhang Ananda himself had a deep understanding of military tactics. Although he was not as good as famous generals in leading troops, he was much better than ordinary generals.

The prince's tactics are displayed so intuitively, as if the peerless swordsmanship is being broken down and told.

Everyone felt as if something had suddenly dawned on them, and everything became clear.

There is not even a trace of tiredness.

"It's morning."

Li Shimin looked outside, somewhat surprised.

I didn't expect that the game of chess with the prince would last so long all night.

However, this was not a burden for Li Shimin.

He is now in his prime and in good mental state. Staying up all night is not a big deal and he does not feel tired at all.

Not to mention Li Chengqian, it's no big deal if he doesn't sleep for three days and three nights.

"This sand table is still in Cheng Qian's East Palace."

Li Shimin was very direct and just wanted a set.

"It will be made in the next two days, and I will send a set to Father then."

After the first sand table was made, Li Chengqian asked the craftsmen of the Eastern Palace to replicate it thirty times.

"it is good."

Li Shimin was very satisfied, and then asked: "It seems that Cheng Qian is planning to use this military chess simulation in the Military Academy."

"This is a good method, more convenient than lecturing."

There are so many benefits to war gaming, one of the most convenient of which is that it can quickly improve the military capabilities of beginners.

Li Shimin even felt that the original purpose of the prince creating this sandbox war chess was to enable the students of the Military Academy to quickly improve their military level.

"Yes, with the sandbox simulation method, students can experience the application of tactics more quickly."

"So when designing the basic military force, we take a hundred as one chess piece."

Li Chengqian gave a simple explanation.

Li Shimin immediately understood. No wonder the basic unit of war chess is also one hundred.

The brigade commander himself commands hundreds of soldiers, which complements the war chess game.

Li Shimin suddenly thought of it.

Therefore, the prince's idea to establish a military academy was not inspired by Li Jing at all.

It was something that had been premeditated.

Even the decision to choose a student like Lu Shuai was made in advance.

The preparation of colloquial characters and pinyin, as well as this set of sand table deduction war games, are all preparations for the Military Academy.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly found that he could not understand his son.

To a large extent, the current prince is even better than he had imagined.

It can even be said that even if the throne is passed to the crown prince now, perhaps the crown prince will be able to inherit the throne well.

After all, although the prince appears to be very martial now, he has had many experiences of being regent.

Moreover, when he was regent, he was highly praised by all the officials.

At the age of only thirteen, he was already able to distinguish right from wrong.

So over the years, has the prince's ability to handle government affairs improved or declined?

Apart from anything else, the calculations starting from the Military Academy showed that the prince was already very mature in terms of strategy.

Why did the prince suddenly give up civil governance and choose to develop military power?
At this time, Li Shimin already had the answer in his heart.

In fact, he has been trying every possible way to launch a war against Goryeo since he reached out for military power, and now he is carefully preparing for the Military Academy.

The prince's intentions are already very clear.

In recent years, when he felt that civil governance was no longer feasible, the prince wanted to launch a military coup.

Just like what happened to me and my elder brother Li Jiancheng in the past.

Do we really have to go this far?

Li Shimin's heart was filled with sadness.

Why did it become like this?

At this time, Li Shimin looked deeply at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian seemed to have noticed something and looked at Erfeng sincerely.

Faced with this sincere look, Li Shimin began to doubt whether he was overthinking.

Is the prince really preparing to seize the throne by force and follow his example by carrying out the Xuanwu Gate Incident?

Fathers are always too tolerant and naturally trusting of their children.

This is human nature, and also Li Shimin's weakness.

The teacher once commented on Li Shimin: he was smart all his life but foolish for a moment.

Although Li Shimin always compared the Prince of Wei with the Prince, in his heart, the Prince was his most beloved child.

This is naturally understandable.

Historically, even though Li Chengqian's rebellion was finally confirmed.

Li Shimin also didn't have the heart to sentence the prince to death.

Even after hearing that Du He's plan was to trick him into the East Palace and murder him.

Even so, Li Shimin still softened his heart.

Of course, Li Shimin is now doubly wary of Li Chengqian.

At least he wanted to prevent this from happening.

"Father, what's wrong? Are you too tired?"

Li Chengqian asked with a sincere look.

Just now, he felt a very complex expression of emotions in Li Shimin's eyes.

Li Chengqian, who was quick-witted, immediately guessed what Erfeng might be thinking.

After all, from a bystander's perspective, some of his actions were indeed too obvious.

Anyone with a little insight can guess what my intention is.

So, you have to be sincere.

"I am a little tired. It's rare that I have stayed up so late before."

"since."

Li Shimin paused slightly and suddenly remembered that the last time he stayed up late was when he was the King of Qin.

It was because he was too worried about launching the Xuanwu Gate Incident that he didn't sleep the whole night.

"Okay, I should go back to the palace and rest."

Li Shimin was quite bored.

The joy of victory just now was completely consumed at this moment.

Thinking that the prince might be plotting a rebellion, I felt heartbroken.

"Father, I will support you."

Li Chengqian limped over to Erfeng and extended his hand.

He understood that now was the time to show off his acting skills.

"Father, this is the first time you have come to my East Palace since my mother passed away."

"I once thought that there was no place for me in my father's heart."

"So I always hope to make some noise so that my father can see me and pay attention to me."

"I used to naively think that if I gave up on myself, my father would care about me and come to the East Palace to see me."

"Later I realized that I was wrong, absolutely wrong."

"Fortunately, everything is done in time."

"Today, my father finally came to the East Palace."

Li Chengqian spoke in a low voice, like a child who had lost his father's love, trying his best to get his father's attention.

Especially when he talked about his mother, his voice was choked with sobs.

Obviously, Li Shimin was the one who fell for this the most.

After hearing what Li Chengqian said, not only did my heart soften, but my whole being softened.

He even felt ashamed of his suspicion of the prince just now.

Yes, this is my most beloved child.

How could he do such a heinous thing?

I have misunderstood Cheng Qian.

"I'm not tired. I'm in good health."

"After playing chess all night, Cheng Qian must be exhausted."

"You should also go to bed early."

"Today is all thanks to Cheng Qian."

"I haven't been as happy as I am today in a long time."

Li Shimin said with emotion.

There was inevitably a hint of concern for the prince in his tone.

Hearing this, Li Chengqian realized that his previous words were on point.

So he asked again: "Father, can you please come back to the palace after breakfast?"

Faced with such a request, Li Shimin naturally could not refuse it.

Li Chengqian knew that, at least for now, Erfeng's doubts had been completely dispelled.

Of course, this is not absolute. As we continue to develop, such situations are always difficult to avoid.

But at least Erfeng will remember today's situation.

Besides, even if it was really suspicion, as long as it didn't go to the last step, Erfeng had no reason to destroy herself.

The ministers would not agree to Er Feng's proposal to depose the crown prince just because of his great power.

At most, we can just think of more ways to suppress it.

Breakfast.

Li Chengqian asked the Crown Princess, the eldest grandson Li Xiang, and the youngest grandson Li Jue to come together.

The joyful scene made Li Shimin feel more deeply the taste of family love.

After leaving, he still said to the prince reluctantly: "Go and rest."

"When the sand table is ready, remember to have someone deliver it to me."

Li Chengqian said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will have them rush to make one set today and send it to Your Majesty's palace first."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction. He was no longer worried and was in a good mood.

I also became more and more fond of war games.

With the sandbox, Li Shimin no longer had to go to the East Palace all the time, he could also play in the Taiji Palace.

Soon, the news that the saint stayed overnight in the East Palace spread throughout the court and the country.

You should know that before this, His Majesty had not spent the night in the East Palace for a long time.

The last time was the last time.

Now is the time when the fight between the King of Wei and the Crown Prince is at its most intense. Your Majesty is suddenly behaving like this. Is there any deeper meaning behind this?
When the news reached Prince Wei's Palace.

Li Tai: ???
ps: I didn’t have time to write during the day these days, so I wrote everything at night. Please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)