Tang Dynasty

Li Jiancheng looked at him without saying a word, but his expression gradually turned calm, and finally a faint smile emerged.

"Brother, since Jiancheng promised to take this body as a pledge, he will never leave before June." He retracted his gaze, looked into the distance and said, "This matter...don't worry, brother."

Duo Bi was slightly surprised, and said: "Then...the completion of this matter is really going to stand by and watch?"

"If he doesn't have this responsibility, how can he be worthy of the title of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Jiancheng still smiled, as if he didn't care about the matter seriously.

Doubi stared at him for a long time, finally smiled slowly and said: "It seems that I am really worrying too much."

Li Jiancheng lightly raised the rein of the horse and walked forward without answering any more.

——If you don't have this responsibility, Shimin, how can you be my opponent?

——Even if... I was really buried here, it might have saved me a lot of effort.

Thinking of this, he slowly clenched his hands tightly, shaking his head and laughing silently.

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Li Shimin rode his horse and galloped in the strong wind, followed by [-] fine riders.

The destination of this trip is Hulao Pass, and what he will face is the Xia army, which King Xia Dou Jiande claims has 30 horses.

When the news of Dou Jiande's army coming to help reached the army, it was actually unexpected to Li Shimin, but it made sense.

The so-called unexpected is that Dou Jiande finally gave up his prudence and self-protection, and blatantly set up the banner of opposing Li Tang; the so-called reason is that Dou Jiande chose to join forces with Wang Shichong to get rid of himself. , but it is also an option.

At the beginning of hearing the news, there was an uproar in the account.Regardless of the actual number of the 30 troops claimed by Dou Jiande, in any case, the 5 troops in the Tang Military Region have been away from home for nearly half a year.After a whole winter of confrontation and several months of siege, the army is exhausted, so how can it be Dou Jiande's opponent?

Even if someone proposes to withdraw the troops, after all, if they stay here for a long time, they will only end up facing the enemy.Li Shimin pondered for a long time, and rejected this proposal, but then made a jaw-dropping decision-divide the troops into two groups, Li Yuanji continued to besiege Luoyang, while he led 500 fine cavalry to intercept Dou Jiande at Hulao Pass .

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked as expected.After all, with 500 people against an army of 30, no matter how you look at it, it is an act of overestimating one's capabilities.Everyone wanted to persuade them again, but Li Shimin stopped them decisively.At this time, his absolute prestige in the army had come into play. Everyone knew that once King Qin made a decision, he would not allow it to be changed, so although he was worried, he could only keep silent.

The next day, Li Shimin set off quickly with his troops.In fact, how could he not know what he was doing? It could be said that he was risking his life.But no matter what, he couldn't just sit back and watch the good opportunity he had waited for half a year to get, and just let it go in vain.

When attacking Liu Wuzhou at that time, he also led the army to rush forward and smashed the main force of King Kong of Song Dynasty.

Furthermore, if the troops are withdrawn this time, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong will surely form an alliance.If I want to take Luoyang again, I'm afraid I don't know when it will be.

What's more, there are too many people in the court, watching him, waiting for his triumphant return.

That person is also among them.

So even if he risked his life, he would take a gamble!

The army marched to the east side of Hulao Pass and temporarily stationed there. Before Li Shimin had time to rest, he brought some guards and went to a high ground to survey the terrain.After a while, the small school that was investigating in front returned and informed the actual number of the enemy troops, which was probably more than [-].

Li Shimin nodded slowly when he heard the words, and felt a little relieved.However, three thousand and five against one hundred thousand is also a gap of thirty times.

Therefore, this battle must not be fought hard, but only outsmarted.

With this in mind, Li Shimin took note of the terrain and immediately summoned Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin and other generals to discuss the military situation in the tent.

The next morning, the sky turned white, and the people in the tent just dispersed.Li Shimin passed the military order, went back to his tent and sat down, only to feel a little tired.However, he was so concerned about the situation of the war that he couldn't fall asleep anyway, so he took out the sand table and looked at it carefully, thinking whether there was something wrong with the strategy he had made overnight.

After confirming that it was correct, he smiled tiredly and let out a long sigh of relief.

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Dou Jiande's army stretched for [-] miles and set up camp on the opposite bank of the Sishui River, which was only a river away from the Tang army.At noon that day, a row of Tang troops suddenly entered the camp. Dou Jiande was shocked and immediately ordered to fight.However, when Xia Jun gathered to counterattack, the opponent fled quickly.Fearing that the opponent would be deceitful, Dou Jiande ordered not to pursue him.

However, for several months in a row, there was an endless stream of people who came to harass, and they all retreated after being disturbed.Dou Jiande couldn't restrain himself and ordered to pursue him, but he returned without success.As time went by, there was a lot of noise in the camp, and they couldn't sleep peacefully, for fear that if they were not careful, the Tang army would come to disturb them again.

Dou Jiande believed that he had a large army, so he didn't pay attention to Li Shimin's thousands of troops. Now seeing the other party harassing him with such small tricks, he was very annoyed. He only hoped to find an opportunity to kill him completely.

At the same time, Li Shimin was in the camp with his hands in his hands, and in front of him were 1000 troops ready to go.These soldiers were neat and solemn after plastic surgery. They were all in black clothes and armor. At a glance, they were as powerful as black clouds pressing down on the city.

This is a team recruited and cultivated by him, which is his own and absolutely trusted, so-called Xuanjia Army.During the battle against Wang Shichong in Luoyang, they followed him in the first battle, and the results were quite fruitful.Now at this critical juncture of life and death, it will be their own life and death.

After pondering for a long time, he finally opened his mouth, but he didn't say any words of encouragement.

"In today's battle, if you lose, you will be shrouded in leather. If you win, your name will last forever. Whatever you want, you should not allow me to say too much." After a pause, he got on his horse and said, "So... let me go stop!"

The Xuanjia army didn't say much, just got on their horses neatly, followed closely behind him, and set off in a mighty manner.

All the way to the predetermined location, Li Shimin signaled everyone to stand still, got off his horse, walked a few steps, pushed aside the covered bushes, and looked at the flat land in the distance.

On the flat ground, hundreds of people from the Tang army were feeding the horses by the water bank.Li Shimin watched quietly, with an unusually solemn expression on his face.

He, like the men and horses ambushing elsewhere at this time, is waiting for something.The key to success or failure may lie in this.

Time passed by moment by moment, Li Shimin didn't say a word, and he didn't even change the movement of leaning over.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.Because he clearly felt that the earth in the distance was trembling slightly.After confirming that the tremor had become apparent, he quickly turned his head and signaled everyone to get ready.

Sure enough, after a while, Xia Jun had already appeared on the horizon.Seeing the other party kill the water bank and annihilate the horse-grazing Tang Jun in it, Li Shimin held his breath, but he felt his heart beating violently, as if hiding a fierce tiger, he couldn't hold it back anymore, almost wanting to come out.

At this moment, he seemed to see his own victory.

Finally, he drew out the long sword at his waist, held it high in the air, and said, "Kill!"

Just one word kicked off everything.

The Xuanjia army rushed down the flat ground like a black tide, quickly turned into a sharp blade, and plunged straight into Xia's formation.Li Shimin held the long sword in his hand and rushed to the front, and he was the sharpest blade.The blade passed by, corpses were scattered all over the field, not a single piece of armor remained.

At the same time, in Xia Jun's camp, Qin Shubao and Cheng Yaojin received the signal, and each commanded a cavalry to enter the camp.Unexpectedly, Dou Jiande was still discussing the military situation with the generals in the tent.Hearing the shocking change suddenly, he hurriedly organized troops, how could he be the opponent of Tang Jun's tiger and wolf division.

For a moment, the shouts of killing shook the sky like thunder; the roar of knives and guns made the earth shake.

The three-way army rushed from three sides, and Xia's army was rushed to the ground, and the formation was overwhelmed.After a long while, they had to gather in a hurry and the whole army retreated.How could Li Shimin let him go?Immediately, the three groups of men and horses merged into one, chased for more than 30 miles in one go, beheaded more than 3000 people, and captured more than 5 people alive. At the end, the wounded Dou Jiande was captured alive under the tent.

This battle was clean and tidy, without stagnation, and actually defeated more than 500 people with a mere [-] people.

At the same time, good news came from Luoyang. Li Yuanji set up an ambush to defeat Wang Shichong, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured several generals alive.

Li Shimin was excited when he heard the words, he completely forgot that he hadn't slept well for several days.Knowing that without Dou Jiande's support, Luoyang, which is out of ammunition and food, knows that it is a lonely city, and it is within easy reach.He immediately returned to Luoyang with the whole army, just wanting to take advantage of this great victory to take down Luoyang in one go.

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Duobi lifted the tent and entered, and was startled slightly when he saw the people in the room.

Li Jiancheng was leaning against the table, holding a wine jug, slowly pouring wine for himself.

It has been nearly five months since he stayed in the camp. Du Bi saw that he read books or played chess, or ran horses or took a stroll every day. Even though he couldn't let go of the wars everywhere, he never drank alone like he does today.

After a short pause, he finally walked in and sat down in front of him.

"Brother is here." Without raising his head, Li Jiancheng raised the wine glass in front of him and drank it in.The wine slowly slipped down his lips, but he didn't care about it.

Agbi withdrew his gaze, although he knew that the other party probably already knew it, but he still said slowly: "After the completion, Wang Shichong has surrendered the city." After a pause, he smiled bitterly, "You expected it right, Li Shimin personally fought against Hulaoguan , smashed Dou Jiande, and really deserved the name of the king of Qin."

Li Jiancheng was still pouring the wine by himself, the corners of his lips curled up slightly upon hearing this, as if he was smiling, but there was no joy in his expression.

Although he didn't know why, the strangeness of the other party made him feel a little pain in his heart.He walked up to Li Jiancheng and knelt down, pressed his shoulder and said, "Jiancheng, you are..."

Perhaps feeling the strength of his shoulders, Li Jiancheng slowly turned his head to look at the aggressive hand, and then very slowly raised his eyes to meet him.In his seemingly calm eyes, at some point, a hazy drunkenness flickered.

Smiling very slowly, he looked away, and started pouring wine for himself again.

Pushing it down, he said, "It was built, what is it for?"

Li Jiancheng was still holding the jug, lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Brother... just leave it to me tonight..."

He Bi was startled, loosened his hands unknowingly, paused, and said: "Li Shimin won this victory so beautifully, and it was completed, but why are you so... depressed?"

"Li Shimin has defeated his formidable enemies. So far, there are no more worries in the Henan area. This is a blessing for the country and the furniture. How can I be unhappy?" After a pause, he looked down at the wine in the glass and smiled softly, "Of course it is. ... very happy."

Agbi stared at him intently, could only shake his head and sigh.

Li Jiancheng didn't look at him any more, just poured out the wine one by one without saying a word, raised his head, and drank until the jug was empty.

He Bi just watched from the sidelines, feeling that the more he drank, the calmer he became.It was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, but it was enough to stir up waves in the hearts of others.

Putting the empty jug aside, Li Jiancheng stood up staggeringly, showing a bit drunk with his gestures.

Duo Bi stood up instinctively and supported his shoulders. Li Jiancheng hung his head with a blurred expression.He slowly stretched out one hand to clasp the aggressive arm, at first he just clasped it lightly, then gradually he exerted more and more force, and in the end, as if using all his strength, even his whole body trembled.

However, compared to this, Aobi only felt a dull pain in his heart.In his eyes, Li Jiancheng has always been calm and self-reliant, but he has never lost his composure as he is today.He hesitated and opened his mouth, wanting to ask something, but in the end it only turned into a sigh.

At this moment, he heard Li Jiancheng speak in a low voice.

"Brother, do you know that he forced me to this point. I... have no way out..."

Hearing the words, Agbi suddenly embraced him forcefully.

"As expected, is it still because of Li Shimin?" Burying his face into the other party's neck, he smiled and muttered to himself, "Jiangcheng, what position does he occupy in your heart...?"

And there was only a moment of silence to answer him.

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After Li Jiancheng got drunk all night, he fell ill.Duo Bi went to visit him in his tent from time to time, his behavior was no different from usual, and no one mentioned what happened that night again.

Seeing the other party's slightly pale but calm face, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.I just feel that under this calmness, there seems to be hidden waves, which makes people feel uneasy.However, after several times of hesitation, he couldn't open his mouth to ask.

And during this minor illness, Li Yuan issued three imperial decrees to return him to Chang'an.After reading Wei Zheng's letter from Puzhou, Li Jiancheng just put it aside and said with a smile: "In my current situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave, so it's better to spend the rest of the month and take a good rest. stop."

I really need to recharge my batteries, after returning to the palace, I'm afraid that even such an opportunity will never come again.

At the same time, after several months of hard work and victory, Li Shimin returned to the imperial court to accept the congratulations from all the officials, but found that only one person was missing.

Asked to see Li Yuan in private, Li Yuan only said that Li Jiancheng had been guarding Puzhou to defend against the Turks for more than half a year, and ordered him to return after several decrees, but he said that Puzhou is an important border town, so he should not be taken lightly.So three times, still not returning to Beijing.

Li Shimin was surprised when he heard the words: "Brother has not returned to Beijing for so long?"

"Because the establishment of a prince is related to the foundation of the country, I don't want to disturb the officials." Li Yuan sighed, "It is said that the nature of the establishment should not be so, but I don't know what is wrong with it."

An aggressive look appeared in Li Shimin's mind, and his heart was agitated. He immediately cupped his fists and said, "Father, my son would like to visit Puzhou personally."

Li Yuan was slightly startled when he heard the words, then he shook his head and said, "Shimin, it's good for you to be respectful to the prince. It's just that now that you have achieved great military exploits, you are no longer invincible in the court, but your style of conduct must not be the same as in the past. You are so rash. I will definitely send someone to find out about the prince, and if you win the battle, just spend a period of time in the court to cultivate."

Li Shimin wanted to speak again, but he stopped him with a wave of his hand, and said: "I have made up my mind."

Secretly clenched his fist, Li Shimin was full of unwillingness.However, he and Li Yuan looked at each other for a while, then suddenly cupped his hands and said: "Father is very right, so my son will retire."

Knowing that Li Shimin is as stubborn as Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan was slightly surprised to see him no longer stubborn, but he also smiled and said, "That's very good."

Li Shimin bowed and left in a hurry, but was stopped by Li Yuan from behind.

Turning around and cupping his hands, "Is there any other order from Father?"

Li Yuan hesitated for a while, and said: "Shimin, you are the king of Qin, the Taiwei, and the minister. In the whole country, you are second only to the prince. Although you have made more military exploits this time, as far as I am concerned, you have been rewarded." There is nothing to reward, nothing to seal. But I don’t know what else you want, Father will definitely do his best to satisfy it.”

Hearing this, Li Shimin raised his head and looked at Li Yuan.After a long time, his eyes lit up, he bowed his body and cupped his hands, and said: "The minister there is bold, so I asked my father, Xu Erchen, to give him the title of 'the whole country, second only to the crown prince'."

"In terms of merit and deeds, you deserve this position." Li Yuan looked at him and raised his eyebrows slightly, and said slowly, "Okay, I will grant you this title."

"My son, thank you, Father." Li Shimin cupped his hands to thank him, and then left in a hurry.

However, when he went to court the next day, there was no sign of King Qin. After asking, he found out that King Qin had already left for Puzhou overnight with a few guards!

The author has something to say: a word hint is very connotative, dig it hahaha! (‵▽′)ψLi Yuan: If you want anything else, Father will try his best to satisfy it.

Second stay: My minister is bold, so I ask my father to let my minister... eighth to carry a big sedan chair, the Ming matchmaker is getting married, let's welcome the elder brother home~! ●ω●The outline has been sorted out in the past two days, so there are a little less, and next week it should resume every other day.

Brother is about to erupt... There may be a bloody storm in the future...

And, I suddenly want to ask, if Fenghuang (Fu Jian×Murong Chong) can ask Duoqing (Kangxi×Nalan) to order these two Wenkai, will there be any girls who want to pinch them? o(.·~·′.)o