Spring has arrived, and everything on the earth has begun to recover, and what has followed is the Tang and Xia armies, who have been facing each other for a winter, can't wait to get to know each other.

At this time, whether it is Li Shimin or Liu Heimin, they can't wait to defeat the opponent's army, and then cut off the opponent's head, Li Shimin is for the loss of his general Luo Shixin and his undefeated prestige, and Liu Heimin is for Dou Jiande's hatred! However, due to the severe cold climate in winter, the body of the soldiers was greatly restricted, so except for the Tang army in the battle of Lishui and forcibly attacked Liu Heimin's army in the first battle of the river, after that, except for small-scale scout contact, the two armies were quietly huddled in their own barracks. However, with the arrival of spring, the time has finally come to fight to the death.

In this winter, Li Shimin was not idle, as he was in Western Qin and Hedong, he sent a lot of people to appease the nearby people, and at the same time, wanted to find out the truth of Liu Heimin's army from the mouths of these people, Li Shimin actually did not have much hope for this, after all, unlike Hedong and Western Qin, Hebei was not the home of the Tang army, and was under the rule of Dou Jiande very early, Dou Jiande was benevolent, so he won the hearts of the people, so this time Liu Heimin rebelled, Even Li Shimin himself didn't believe that these people would turn their backs on Liu Heimin and come to support him, and what he did was just to do his best.

However, the development of things was overjoyed by Li Shimin, when the people he sent contacted the local people, the attitude of the people in Hebei towards the Tang army was very enthusiastic, and the merchants, farmers and handicraftsmen expressed their support for the Tang Dynasty's notice, but instead treated Liu Heimin's rebellion, the people's reaction was very cold, therefore. In response to the local residents, the Tang army not only quickly stabilized the hearts of the local people, but also learned a lot of news about Liu Heimin's army, thus learning the truth of Liu Heimin's army! "The people of Hebei don't want to fight, that's why they don't agree with Liu Heimin's rebellion!" Faced with such a situation. Li Shimin can only think so.

Although both armies had already made the intention of wanting a decisive battle, however, in the face of Liu Heimin, who was still looking for fighters, Li Shimin decided to attack first, and he sent the elite cavalry of the Tang army to cross the Luoshui River according to the information told by the local people, and went deep into the enemy territory to cut off the enemy's grain transportation channel. As for himself, he dispersed the army into several divisions, relying on absolute numerical superiority to put pressure on Liu Heimin's army from several directions. made Liu Heimin unable to act rashly.

Li Shimin's strategy was simple but extremely effective, with the help of the local people, Liu Heimin's military rations were repeatedly robbed, but Liu Heimin himself was held back by the Tang army, unable to send more troops to escort the grain and grass, just like that, although Liu Heimin immediately increased the transportation of grain and grass to the rear to the army, but soon. The military rations in Liu Heimin's army were about to run out, and they were on the battlefield. Liu Heimin deserves to be a brave and invincible general, however, Li Shimin did not confront him head-on, just relying on the use of "potential", he has already put this invincible brave general in a predicament.

However, Liu Heimin is not an extraordinary person after all. An almost acute intuition made him see a shortcoming in the layout of the Tang Army, that is, the Xu Shiji Department, which was responsible for putting pressure on the left flank, was actually bluffing, and it was extremely empty inside. After all, although the Tang army has an advantage in military strength, it is also beyond its strength to completely suppress its own army, and Li Shimin will definitely concentrate an elite part of the Tang army on his side in case of emergency, plus the cavalry of the Tang army to cut off the grain road before crossing the water, so at this time, in the aggressive posture made by the Tang army, there must be fiction and reality, and Liu Heimin, based on his years of experience and intuition on the battlefield, directly judged that this virtual side is the camp of Xu Shiji, who is known as a famous general. So, he immediately mobilized his army and launched a surprise attack on Xu Shiji's military camp in the dark of night.

Liu Heimin's judgment was correct, under his fierce attack, Xu Shiji really couldn't resist, so he had to launch a distress signal to Li Shimin, and when Li Shimin's reinforcements arrived, Liu Heimin, who had been prepared, actually besieged Li Shimin, however, Li Shimin was also prepared for this, under the brave rush of Wei Chigong and other fierce generals, Li Shimin finally succeeded in breaking through, however, Liu Heimin's goal has also been achieved, so the two sides retreated.

Xu Shiji's loss of Li Shimin had to shrink his troops, so that the Tang army's suppression of Liu Heimin's army was also weakened a lot, Liu Heimin was able to divide his forces to increase the maintenance of the grain road, so as to ensure the safety of the grain road, but the good times did not last long, Li Shimin soon divided more troops, and crossed the water again to cut off Liu Heimin's grain route, and Liu Heimin, but because the Tang army stabilized the front and could no longer capture new fighters, just like that, when two months later, Liu Heimin's grain and grass in the army were finally declared exhausted.

Liu Heimin had to fight to the death and take the initiative to attack the Tang army, although this is undoubtedly a strategy and tactics, however, it is much stronger than being caught in a tie-down after all, besides, Liu Heimin believes that with his bravery, the lives of the soldiers and the hatred of this army for the Tang army, this battle is not without hope of victory. So, on the day of March 26 of the fifth year of Wude, Liu Heimin led all his troops to cross the river and took the initiative to attack the Tang army camp, and before that, Li Shimin had already received the news of Liu Heimin's dispatch, so he also mobilized the Tang army out of the camp and lined up on the shore of the river to fight with Liu Heimin.

Liu Heimin's combat is extremely brave, and the morale of his army is also extremely high, so although the Tang army has the advantage of troops, it has never been able to completely overwhelm the other party in the battle, on the contrary, whenever Liu Heimin leads the army to charge in person, the Tang army's front will be shaken by it, however, just as the Tang army cannot suppress Liu Heimin's charge, in the face of the Tang army's extremely strong front and Li Shimin's good scheduling, Liu Heimin can not open the situation even if he is brave. In this way, the two sides fell into a war of attrition, and as time passed, the bodies of the officers and men of the two armies were gradually consumed, and the fierce battle between the two armies began at noon and lasted until dusk!

The sky gradually darkened, Li Shimin stood on the high ground and looked down on the entire battlefield, since the battle of the water city, Li Shimin personally charged and could not rescue Luo Shixin, for such a thing as charging into battle, Li Shimin suddenly lost interest, and he stood on the high ground at this time and did not participate in the battle, naturally, he could see the situation of the entire battlefield more clearly! At this time, the Tang army front has been broken through in many places by Liu Heimin personally led the troops, and the forces of both sides are in a staggered state there, but on the whole, the form is still distinct, under the barrier of the Tang army's military formation, Liu Heimin's army at this time is still blocked near the bank of the Luoshui River.

"It's time! Give an order to our army upstream, release the water! Li Shimin ordered, it turned out that because he had already known the news of Liu Heimin's imminent attack, Li Shimin had already ordered a small group of Tang troops to secretly go to the upper reaches of the Weishui River to build a dam to intercept the river, and at this moment, due to the fierce fighting for a long time, the body of the soldiers on both sides had already reached the limit, that is, at this time, Li Shimin ordered the release of water, so, with a huge roar, a large amount of river water immediately rushed down from the upper reaches of the Weishui River, and at this time, Liu Heimin's army near the bank of the Weishui River was caught off guard, Many people were immediately swept into the river by the river, and they were killed and injured for a while, and Liu Heimin's army finally fell into chaos because of this, and then the whole army collapsed!

In the fierce battle, Liu Heimin has always been on the front line to fight with the Tang army, so his position is far away from the river bank and has not been affected by the river, but at this moment, in the face of the tragic situation of his army, this brave and unparalleled fierce general suddenly surged a deep desperate thought in his heart - is Li Shimin really invincible?!! Because of this despair, at this time, in his body, the original fearless bravery also disappeared, so surrounded by some deserters, Liu Heimin abandoned the army that had completely fallen into chaos and fled from the battlefield in a hurry.

The Tang army was victorious, they immediately rushed towards the enemy formation under the order of Li Shimin, completely tore apart, divided and eliminated the opponent, and at this time the surviving enemy soldiers had completely lost the will to resist, in the face of the Tang army's attack, in addition to fleeing in all directions in panic, they could only kneel on the ground and pray for the Tang army to spare their lives. In the soldiers' bodies, the will they had just shown to look at death had completely left them, however, in the treatment of these enemy soldiers, all the actions of the Tang Army were only one: kill! This is because, at the time of the attack, Li Shimin had already given an order: leave no prisoners!!

Almost all the generals of the Tang Army were taken aback when they heard this order, because this was not Li Shimin's usual style of acting, and Li Shimin was not a person who liked to kill prisoners! A small number of generals have understood what Li Shimin thinks: Li Shimin is indeed not a murderous person, however, this does not mean that he can forgive the enemy twice in a row, most of these Liu Heimin's soldiers are the surrendered soldiers he released in the Tiger Prison Pass before, but when they returned to Hebei, they still followed Liu Heimin to rebel and oppose him, and this time, he will never forgive these people!

Although most of the generals still had doubts in their hearts, the military order was like a mountain, and the soldiers of the Tang Army still resolutely carried out this order, so the bank of the Lishui River, after a tragedy just now, immediately became the execution ground for all the soldiers of Liu Heimin's army! Because of this, the water was dyed red, and in this way, the battle of the water was finally ended with the victory of the Tang army, and Liu Heimin's army, except for a small number of people who were able to escape, the rest of the soldiers were all wiped out! (To be continued......)

PS: 1 The reason why Ji Qian was sent out in the first few chapters was because I had a whim and wanted to match her and Su Dingfang.

2 If Li Xiuning hadn't died, the third princess of Hebei would naturally be able to handle the matter, and Shi Qingyi would have come forward.