Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin stopped his horse and saw Li Jiancheng in the grass shed at a glance.Today's Li Jiancheng is dressed in black clothes and a golden crown, with a dash of heroism all over his body.At this moment, he was holding a booklet in his hand, and was slightly tilting his head, talking to the little school next to him.

After Li Yuan made up his mind to continue going south, after a few days, the rain passed and the sky cleared.And news came from the rear that food and grass would arrive soon.Today, after Li Shimin commanded the whole army to dry the clothes and armor, he suddenly remembered that Li Jiancheng had led his people to borrow food for several days, so he wanted to go and see it on a whim.

At this time, he saw soldiers walking around in the village, taking out rice noodles from every household from time to time, and walking to a small shed at the entrance of the village.

Li Shimin heard that every time they went to a village, they encountered resistance from the people at first.After all, whether the warehouses are well-off or not is a matter of life and death for the common people. It is difficult to win their trust with the word "mere" borrowing grain.

While he was meditating, he suddenly heard a commotion not far away.Li Shimin looked around, but saw an old man rushing towards Li Jiancheng with a stick in his hand, when they stopped him, he fell down in front of Li Jiancheng.

Li Shimin's heart tightened, he got off his horse immediately, raised his sword and flew over.

Li Jiancheng not only signaled everyone to let go of the old man, but also stepped forward a few steps to help him up.The old man didn't expect this commander-in-chief to come to help him in person, and he was obviously taken aback at first.But soon he came back to his senses, took the stick in his hand and waved at Li Jiancheng, pushing him away.

With one side of Li Jiancheng's face, the stick passed by his eyelashes with a "swish".He took a step back, stood still, and was about to speak, but saw a person flying out, blocking him.

"Where did Xiaomin come from, dare to hurt my elder brother!" Li Shimin held a long sword in his hand, and he was about to charge forward.

Li Jiancheng hurriedly shouted: "Shimin, don't do anything!"

Li Shimin clenched the handle of the knife, endured it and finally retreated, reluctantly said: "Brother, you treated him with courtesy just now, but he hurt you, what's the use of keeping this kind of troublemaker? "

Li Jiancheng stretched out his hand to support his wrist, slowly pressed down the long sword in his hand, and said: "We are here to borrow food, if we use our hands like this, how is it different from robbery?" He signaled him not to be impulsive, and then turned to the old man who had been firmly held down by everyone.

"Let go of the old man." He ordered to untie again.

The old man was let go by everyone, but only went to the stick. He looked around, looked at the handsome young man in front of him, and then at the general behind him who was glaring at him, finally lowered his head and did not speak.

Li Jiancheng said: "If the old man has something to say, just say it."

The old man hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "The man of Tang Guogong, Li Yuan, is a lenient man, but now he sends people to rob me of food like this. After all, he is just the same as those bandits."

Li Jiancheng said: "I said clearly today that I came to borrow food, how could it be robbery?"

"This kind of trick has been used many times by the government!" The old man sneered, "The IOU was issued, but it was just a piece of paper. When I came to ask for food, I was beaten severely. It is called 'borrowing food', but it is actually the same. What's the difference between snatching?" At this point, his words were choked with sobs.

Li Jiancheng was slightly startled when he heard the words, and then stepped forward to help the old man up, saying: "The Sui Emperor has no principles, this is known to all. However, Li Yuan, the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, was just like the old man said, he was tolerant and benevolent. Our army is the army of morality Master, wherever I went, I did not offend Minqiu, and the old man must have heard about everything here, so please don't be suspicious."

Hearing that, the old man still looked at him suspiciously.At this time, many villagers heard the movement and gathered around to look around.

"To tell you the truth, I've been borrowing food everywhere recently, because the heavy rain blocked the road a few days ago, and the food and grass were not available. It's really helpless." Li Jiancheng looked around for a while, then sighed, and said, "It's just that Tang Guogong is in the world. How can he be a person who does not keep his promises and goes back on what he says? First, all the places that can be built can be borrowed according to the measure, and each family only borrows [-]% to ensure that the people have food in their warehouses; Every village I passed by in the past few days, the amount of food borrowed from each household, has been recorded here, and I remember it clearly. When the food is sufficient in the future, I will return it to you with a two-cent interest, and there will never be any What a difference."

His voice was calm, and he said every word with sincerity and reason, and when he finished speaking, he even signaled the school to bring the account book and pass it to the old man.The old man took it and opened it, but seeing that he really remembered every item clearly and unambiguously, he fell silent for a while and stopped talking.

Li Jiancheng smiled slightly, and said again: "If the old man still refuses to trust me, how about I make a written statement to guarantee my reputation?"

The old man was startled when he heard the words, he immediately knelt down and said: "General Li doesn't have to be like this, I believe it!"

Li Jiancheng helped him up for the third time, and said with a smile: "If it is built like this, it will represent the whole army. Thank you, old man."

After the old man had left, Li Shimin, who had been standing behind him, stepped forward and sighed: "Brother's method, Shimin has really seen it today." Li Jiancheng is usually gentle and gentle. Only when one knows what softness overcomes rigidity, one knows Li Jiancheng's "softness" is like water, seemingly powerless, but in fact has the ability to pierce stones.

Li Jiancheng looked very calm when he heard the words, looked down at the brochure in his hand, and said indifferently: "It is rare to lose the hearts of the people, but this matter cannot be tolerated." After a pause, he handed the brochure back to the small school, Turning his head to look at Li Shimin, he said, "The dispatch of troops is imminent. Don't delay the matter of raising the beam. Forgive me for not being able to accompany you." After finishing speaking, he turned and left without waiting for Li Shimin's reply.

Li Shimin stood in the distance, staring fixedly at the black figure.For some reason, I only felt that Li Jiancheng's familiarity with the old man's words just now was replaced by a sense of alienation and indifference when facing himself.

Maybe it's my hallucination.However, when he walked to the side of the horse and looked back, looking at the figure that was walking away, he still didn't have the courage to get close to him after all.Li Shimin laughed at himself, got on his horse and returned.

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Relying on the food and grass borrowed by Li Jiancheng, the whole army stayed for a few more days, finally looking forward to the food and grass sent from the rear.Li Yuan was overjoyed, and immediately rectified the three armies, and personally led the army to the south, stationed five hundred miles away from Huoyi.

The next day, after the deployment of the army was completed, they immediately marched towards the city of Huoyi.Li Yuan was in charge of the central army, and the soldiers approached the city, confronting Song Laosheng and others on the city.

Huoyi city was flying with banners and flags. Song Laosheng put on his armor and stood on the top of the city with his sword. When he saw Li Yuan at the bottom of the city, he laughed and scolded: "Li Yuan, a mere little boy, dares to overestimate his own strength and try to take my great Sui country?"

Li Yuan was unmoved by the city, just smiled and said: "It's a pity that the day the old man killed Luoyang, General Song couldn't see it."

Song Laosheng sneered: "I can't see this day, but I can see the day when I take your dog's head."

Li Yuan still smiled, "General Song is a generation of famous generals, but he is only going to hide in the city to welcome my army?"

The two talked back and forth between each other, but neither of them stood still.Some generals persuaded Li Yuan to order to attack the city, but he just shook his head and said, "Wait for a while."

In fact, he had already secretly ordered Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to bring a man and horse to ambush at the south gate and east gate of Huoyi City respectively, so at this moment he needs to hold back his temper and buy some time.I just hope that Song Laosheng won't take it seriously, as he feared, and won't be able to defend himself.

The two sides argued with each other several times, Li Yuan turned his head and gave orders to the general in a low voice.The general heard the words and immediately issued orders to the army.

Song Laosheng on the city saw this scene in his eyes and was about to order the city defense, but he saw that Li Yuan's army was not moving at all, but they all opened their mouths to present. After listening carefully, they shouted a ballad: " There was a famous general in the Sui Dynasty, named Song Laogui. He only smiled at the enemy, but who would he be afraid of if he had a shell?"

Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, and the voices echoed inside and outside the city.Li Shimin was lying at the east gate, and when he heard the earth-shaking shouts, he couldn't help laughing to himself.Brother Xindao's ballad has become really vicious. If Mr. Song didn't fight after hearing this, wouldn't he admit that he is a shrinking turtle?

While thinking about it, he saw the gate of the city was wide open, and a procession of people and horses galloped out, about a thousand people.Li Shimin signaled his subordinates to stand still, and looked carefully at the people passing by, but saw that Song Laosheng was not among them.Looking at the top of the city, there are only a few other generals.

Immediately sent people to investigate the news at the south gate, and soon got a reward, saying that Mr. Song came out from the north gate with more than ten thousand people.Together with the group of people from the south gate, they rushed towards the army.When Tang Guogong's army saw this, they turned around and ran away immediately.

Hearing the horseshoes running like thunder around him, he knew that half of the plan was done, Li Shimin tried his best to hold back his temper, and waited until the noise gradually faded away.When he was anxious, he heard a sharp whistle piercing through the faint sound of killing.Li Shimin immediately ordered all the soldiers to get on their horses, drew their swords from their waists, and shouted to the ambush soldiers behind them: "Send troops!"

At the same time, Li Jiancheng, who was lying at the north gate, got the signal from Li Yuan and led his troops out.People from the two sides poured out from the mountains and forests like a torrent, and converged in the open space in front of the city gate.

On the city, the Sui army saw two men and horses coming out, thinking that it was an ambush to attack the city, so they hurriedly shot arrows down the city.Arrow clusters rained down one after another, but as soon as the two groups of people converged, they rushed out of the city in a hurry, and soon jumped out of the range of the arrow clusters.The Sui army seemed to be falling into the clouds, but the main general Song Laosheng was not there, and there were not many troops left in the city, so they did not dare to act rashly, but just watched the changes.

Li Shimin saw Li Jiancheng surrounded by people and horses on the other side, and immediately rode his horse over and said, "Brother, I'm afraid my father has already led that old man Song away. The old man's way back to the city has already been cut off by you and me. Why not catch up quickly and kill him outside the city!"

Li Jiancheng looked into the distance, suddenly smiled, and said, "It seems that you and I don't need to run away."

Hearing this, Li Shimin raised his eyes and followed his gaze, but saw that Song Laosheng had hurried back with his troops, presumably he knew about the ambush under the city, and was afraid that the city might be lost.And behind him, a big banner with the word "Li" can be seen, waving in the wind.

Now Song Laosheng is undoubtedly under attack.

Li Jiancheng held the sword in his hand, raised it high, and said loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, capture Song Laosheng alive!"

Shouts of "capturing Song Laosheng alive" came one after another, and soon disappeared in the thunderous hooves of horses.The morale of the two people in the Li family was high, and they swept from both sides with overwhelming momentum, engulfing the chaotic Sui army.

"Brother, stand back, Shimin will get Song Laosheng's head for you!" Li Shimin stopped in front of Li Jiancheng and rushed to the forefront.After hacking and killing for a while, he felt that the sword was not sharp enough, so he snatched a long spear from the Sui army and knocked down several people in a row.Looking for a gap, he turned around, but saw that Li Jiancheng was also swinging left and right in the melee, and the sharp sword in his hand was slightly glowing red in the scorching sun.

At this time, his vision was sharp, and his gestures were also bloody.Seeing this, Li Shimin unconsciously raised his lips and smiled.However, during such a fierce battle, he couldn't tolerate the slightest distraction, he felt a gust of wind in his ears, he tilted his head to grab it, and just saw a person and a horse rushing past in front of him.

Someone shouted: "That's Song Laosheng!"

Then I heard Li Jiancheng shouting not far away: "Shimin, I'm blocking this place, you should chase after him quickly, don't let him go back to the city!"

Startled, Li Shimin nodded immediately, raised his gun and led his men to chase after him.However, in the end, some Sui troops followed him and stood out, blocking in front, making him unable to approach for a while.

With the army under the city, the gates of Huoyi's city cannot be opened.So after he stationed his horses under the city, he lowered a rope from the top of the city. In his desperation, he presumably wanted to pull people up to the tower.

Seeing Song Laosheng grabbing one end of the rope, Li Shimin was very anxious.At this moment, he heard a high-spirited horse neighing behind him, and when he turned his head, Li Jiancheng rushed to the front with his troops.With a wave of the long sword in his hand, all the people behind him shot arrows at Song Laosheng who was half hanging on the top of the wall.

No matter how brave Song Laosheng was, he couldn't stop the dense rain of swords, and within a short while, his body was heavy with arrows.However, even though he was hit by an arrow, he still tightly grasped the rope that was being drawn up.

Seeing this, Li Jiancheng immediately said to a young general next to him, "Hurry up and go back, only shouting 'Song Laosheng is dead', to teach those stubborn Sui soldiers to give up their thoughts!"

The young general led away, Li Jiancheng raised his eyes and saw Song Laosheng hanging on the top of the wall, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, so he ordered again: "Shoot the arrow again, don't teach that Song Laosheng to return to the city alive!"

In just a moment, Song Laosheng's body was filled with sharp arrows, like a hedgehog.Li Jiancheng ordered to stop shooting arrows, put the saber in his hand back into the scabbard, stepped forward on his horse, raised his voice to the city, and said: "Song Laosheng is dead, and our army will break through the city just around the corner! If you are wise, you should open the city and surrender as soon as possible!"

However, just as he finished speaking, he saw a saber suddenly approaching in front of him.

With victory in sight, seeing that Song Laosheng was dead, everyone relaxed their minds a little.Who would have expected that Song Laosheng, who was about to die, gathered the last strength in his body and threw this sword.

As soon as the sword was released, the hand holding the rope dropped, and the whole person fell into the city.Xindao, you have defeated my entire army from far away.Before I die, I will kill one of your beloved sons.

Seeing the sharp sword flying towards him, Li Jiancheng couldn't turn around with his horse.In the middle of the panic, a person has already swooped in to block the front.Li Jiancheng looked up, and saw the figure of the man flickering, and he had already rolled off the horse.

Li Jiancheng trembled and looked at the man on the ground, wearing black armor and blue robes.

"Shimin..." He called out, but for some reason, his voice trembled.

Li Shimin struggled to stand up, smiled at him, and said, "Brother, I was so dangerous just now." But when he finished speaking, he bowed his head and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

The sword was being inserted into his left chest, as if... where his heart was.

The author has something to say: I have some thoughts while writing, and I can talk about it casually.

In this article, Li Shimin's character is constantly developing and changing. From the beginning, he treated his elder brother wholeheartedly, and then gradually became a little paranoid.

Li Jiancheng has a relatively stable personality because he died once, but he is also very contradictory.He has both hatred and confusion for Li Shimin.So he wants to block himself, but it will inevitably be shaken.

In fact, I thought that he was a benevolent and tolerant person, even after being reborn, he would not be able to become a snake and a scorpion right away.What he has to do is to make himself more insightful and believe in himself, instead of trusting others too much in front of the illusion.