In this vast area, the Tang army led by Li Shimin and the Zheng army led by Wang Shichong of Luoyang are attacking and killing each other, and both sides of the war know that this is a big war for the country, and the losing side will have no chance to make a comeback, so whether it is Li Shimin on the attacking side or Wang Shichong on the defensive side, there is no possibility of retreating at all.

Wang Shichong's soldiers are extremely elite, they are the strongest elites who have defeated Li Mi with fewer victories, and they are fighting at home, so as early as when they sent out the troops, both Li Shimin and Li Yuan knew the hardships of this battle, however, in order to unify the world as soon as possible, Li Yuan still ordered Li Shimin to be the commander, and led the whole army to the east of Hangu to launch a campaign to eliminate Wang Shichong in Luoyang, after all, as time goes by, the other party's control over Luoyang and the entire territory of Henan will become more and more entrenched, in this way, The hope of reunification will become more and more diminished.

The war began in July of the third year of Wude, and as early as before the Tang army attacked, Wang Shichong had already prepared, he prepared heavy troops, distributed in the various important towns and passes in the territory, once the Tang army arrived, these passes can not only hold on to the city, but also echo each other, so that the Tang army can not care about each other, and Wang Shichong will take the opportunity to lead the elite troops from Luoyang City to wait for the opportunity, at the necessary moment, to give the Tang army a fatal blow...... If this plan can really be carried out truthfully, then the Tang army's attack this time will not only be fruitless, but it is even very likely to suffer heavy losses, and even maybe. It is also very likely that the life of Li Shimin, the commander of the Tang Army, will be left behind.

Wang Shichong's strategic preparation was correct, however. When the war broke out, a fierce battle between the two armies began. The speed of the Tang army's progress immediately exceeded the expectations of the commanders of both sides, and only five months later, the vanguard of the Tang army even approached the outskirts of Luoyang.

The rapid advance of the Tang army was inseparable from Wang Shichong's perverse behavior. In the second year of Wude, when Li Tang and Ma Yi Liu Wuzhou fought hard in Hedong, Wang Shichong abolished the emperor of Luoyang, established himself as the emperor, and changed the name of the country to Zheng. After becoming emperor, Wang Shichong intensified, not only rewarding relatives wantonly, but also superstitious witchcraft and supernatural spirits. Luo Shixin, a fierce general who is brave and unbeatable in the world, was favored by Wang Shichong's son because of the BMW under his seat, and Wang Shichong actually robbed the BMW to his son. As a result, the morale of the army and the people was greatly disappointed, so that as soon as the Tang army arrived. Originally, generals from all over the country led their troops to surrender one after another.

Many of the strategic locations that Wang Shichong had been operating for a long time had already changed hands before fierce battles took place. Not to mention falling into the hands of the Tang Army, those generals were even transformed into the vanguard of the Tang Army. Compared with the Tang army's away battle, these generals undoubtedly know more about Wang Shichong's reality and reality, so the threat to Wang Shichong is greater, so soon, under the blow of the Tang army, Wang Shichong can only be trapped in the lonely city of Luoyang, and even the courage to go out of the city to rescue his stronghold that is being attacked by the Tang army is gone.

Such a result, even the commander of the Tang Army, Li Shimin, was taken aback, although he had already known according to the intelligence that Wang Shichong had lost the hearts of the army and the people after being called emperor, but he did not expect that the other party would be so vulnerable, of course, although Wang Shichong was defeated at this time, however, as a person who could defeat Li Mi, Wang Shichong was still a non-negligible opponent, plus at this time he was still sitting in Luoyang Jiancheng, and there was also an elite army in his hands that could be worthy of a battle. How to capture the eastern capital Luoyang on the premise of minimizing casualties is still a difficult problem in front of Li Shimin, after all, there has been news that Wang Shichong has sent a messenger to ask for help from Dou Jiande, the king of Hebei Xia, Dou Jiande is the overlord of Hebei, and his strength is not weaker than the Tang and Zheng families who are fighting at this time, once Dou Jiande enters the war, then the outcome of this war will inevitably slide into a situation that no one would expect, and at that time, with the exhaustion of the Tang and Zheng armies, Dou Jiande's Xia Jun is very likely to become the biggest winner. Of course, this is also the situation that Li Shimin is most unwilling to see.

"The eldest grandson Azuma:

Seeing the words as faces, I am in the army a qiē is fine, and will soon lead the army to arrive at Luoyang City, Wang Shichong perversely, lost the hearts of the army and the people, so at this time only trapped in Luoyang a way, and there is no other way, although so, the eastern capital of Luoyang City is strong, and it is also urgent for a while, but Wang Shichong's defeat has been decided, this last insistence is just its dying struggle, even if it can delay some time, it will inevitably not escape the end of being captured by me, don't worry about me.

The weather in Chang'an at this time has gradually cooled, take good care of your body, and when I return victorious, I hope to see you and our children come to meet me together!

Husband Word"

This is a letter written by Li Shimin to Shi Qingyi, during the war, the letter was inconvenient, however, as the commander of an army, Li Shimin certainly has the privilege of this aspect, therefore, as long as he wants to write, there will naturally be a special 800 miles of expedited express to deliver letters for him day and night, of course, as everyone likes to report good news and not bad news in the letter, Li Shimin only wrote in the letter that the Tang army made rapid and smooth progress at this time, and never mentioned the problems he was about to face, even if he knew it in his heart, His wife has her own sources, and it is very likely that she knows his situation at this time, however, even so, Li Shimin still reports good news and not bad news, men, always love face.

And because of this, Li Shimin naturally did not write down one thing he observed on the battlefield into his letters, so that Shi Qingyi knew, that is, in Wang Shichong's army, a large number of people from the Western Regions and grassland people suddenly appeared at this time, those grassland people are from some small tribes on the grassland, and these people from the Western Regions with high noses and deep eyes and blue eyes were born in a mysterious sect in the Western Regions, and have been diligently spreading their beliefs in the past years, and those grassland people, They are the believers they have taken in the East.

These people from the Western Regions were carrying out missionary activities in Wang Shichong's army at this time, and Wang Shichong himself was a descendant of the Hu people in the Western Regions, and he was also very fond of pretending to be a ghost, so the two sides coincided, and immediately wolf bèi for treachery, under the vigorous promotion of Wang Shichong, these people in the Western Regions in Wang Shichong's army became extremely smooth, so that in Wang Shichong's army, although there were many people who fell to the side of the Tang Dynasty because of their disgust with Wang Shichong's approach, but the remaining people were all brainwashed into fanatical believers, Not to mention that he is not afraid of death, he will also become extremely loyal to Wang Shichong, so although Wang Shichong's strength is greatly weakened at this time, in fact, he took the opportunity to integrate his own forces, thereby eliminating his weaknesses and becoming more difficult to deal with than before.

Li Shimin's memory is very good, so of course he remembers how he handled a major case of Hu Sect rebellion in the Western Regions when he was a teenager when he followed his father Li Yuan to guard Hedong, and that time, their father and son cut off hundreds of heads, all of whom were fanatical believers of the Da Ming Zun Sect who intended to rebel, and Li Shimin of course knew that the so-called Da Ming Zun Sect, its upper senior personnel, were all Hu people from the Western Regions.

And Li Shimin certainly did not forget that after their father and son sabotaged the conspiracy of the Daming Zun Sect in China, in order to take revenge, the people of the Daming Zun Sect gathered people, and on the Chinese New Year's Eve of that year, they suddenly launched a killing of the entire Li clan who were gathering at the Li family's main house to celebrate. That battle was really dangerous, almost almost killed the entire Li clan, if it weren't for the fact that the grandmother Empress Dowager Yuanzhen, who was still alive at the time, suddenly became mighty, and the mother Dou clan's sacrifice to fight, but even so, the members of the Li clan still suffered heavy losses, so that they have not been prosperous, and the Dou family and the Empress Dowager Yuanzhen soon aged and died one after another, which became a lingering hatred in Li Shimin's heart.

"Since you happen to be together, then, don't think about running away separately, let Luoyang, the eastern capital, the most prosperous place in the world, be your burial! Wang Shichong, and everyone from the Great Ming Sect!! Li Shimin said ruthlessly in his heart. (To be continued......)