Before Zi Xuan could finish speaking, at this time, a lightning like a golden dragon waved its claws to tear open the sky, cut through the sky, and was splitting a tall tree on the mountain on the right side of the mountain road, igniting a fire, followed by a series of deafening thunder, and the soldiers of the left army were all frightened and panicked.

The built horse, which had never seen such heavenly fire and thunder, was frightened, and instinctively hid towards the cliff on the left side of the mountain road. Jiancheng tightened the reins hard, and the horse neighed and raised its front hooves, kicking Zhongzixuan!

"Ah......h Jiancheng flew towards her, grabbing one of her arms.

And Zixuan's whole person was already hanging on the edge of the cliff, and when he looked back, he saw that it was an abyss, and he suddenly felt numb from head to toe, and his body didn't look like his own, and he didn't obey the call at all.

"Don't look down!" Jiancheng lay on the ground, pulling her tight with one hand and pulling at a bush next to her with the other.

Zixuan raised his head, only to see that Jiancheng's always gentle face was full of anxiety and uneasiness at the moment, seeing his hand clenching his arm, knowing that he was saved, he wanted to say something to comfort him and let him not worry, only to find that his tongue was trembling, and he couldn't say a word.

At this time, the left army had already rushed up several people and helped Jiancheng pull Zixuan up.

Jiancheng sat on the ground, holding Zixuan in his arms, still palpitating, panting heavily. Zixuan slumped in his arms, trying to make his tongue speak: "Big ...... The eldest prince ......"

"Don't be in a hurry to talk just yet." Jiancheng looked at her in his arms.

Zixuan shook his head and continued to say with difficulty: "Don't ...... Don't withdraw...... Military ......"

Jiancheng watched her gradually faint, only to find that there was blood flowing from the corners of her forehead, and it was sliding against her pale cheeks with the rain, "Medical officer! Quickly pass on the medical officer in the army! ”

The Left Army was returning to Jahu Fort, built on horseback and wrapped his petite body tightly in his bosom with his cloak. The first time I looked at her so closely, the faint eyebrows on the white little round face were slightly frowned, the eyes were closed, the long eyelashes were wet with rain, and they seemed to be able to count one by one, and the lips under the small nose were slightly opened, as if they were murmuring in a dream.

Yang Zixuan is just a weak little girl. But she dared to chase him on a rainy night, had the courage to stop his horse, and remembered to persuade him not to withdraw before she fell unconscious. Beneath this weak exterior, there is such a strong will! It was precisely because of her great procrastination that the left army did not go further. After receiving Li Yuan's warrant sent by Shimin, Jiancheng led the left army back to Jiahubao.

Jiancheng stroked her face, but fortunately, the medical officer said that the injury on her head was just a skin injury scratched when she fell off the cliff, and she fainted only because she was too frightened, otherwise how would Jiancheng blame herself?

Jiancheng felt that Yang Zixuan was so special, and he had already moved for her. He has not dared to be emotional for a long time, Zheng Guanyin of his family is a notoriously jealous woman, and his concubine either ran away or committed suicide, so he should not be able to withstand the pressure given by Zheng Guanyin. He didn't want to turn his face with Zheng Guanyin because of this, after all, it was his father's wife who was marrying him. And at this moment, Jiancheng actually felt that he loved the little man in his arms so much, loved her cute little round face, loved her beautiful and refined temperament, and loved her stubborn and resolute character, just for her to turn against Zheng Guanyin.

The left army returned to Jahu Fort at dawn.

Two days later, on July 28, the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the troops who returned to Taiyuan to transport grain returned along the way, bringing not only a month's worth of grain and grass, but also the news that Taiyuan was well. Li Yuan was overjoyed.

On August 1, the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the sky was clear, and the people of the world were very surprised, Yang Zixuan said that the rain would stop in August, but there was no delay for a day, and it was sunny on the first day of the new year.

Shimin looked down at Zixuan, who was recuperating on the couch, "It's really good to have a sister-in-law who can tell fortunes, you can calculate when it will rain again." ”

Zixuan rolled his eyes, when I was the "weather forecast"? Covering the wound on the corner of his forehead, he turned over and turned his back to him, "I have a headache at this moment, I can't count it." ”

On August 2, Li Yuan ordered the whole army to dry their armor, weapons, and clothes, and prepare to attack Huoyi.

On August 3, just after dawn, Li Yuan led his army along the southeast foothills to attack Huoyi City. Huoyi is a throat in the Fen River Valley, and if you break through it, you can cross the Yellow River south and enter the Weihe Plain. Li Yuan stood on the horse, looking at Huo Yi under the mountain, full of pride and ambition.

Pei Lin said beside Li Yuan: "Duke Tang, this Huoyi is the first battle of the army, in order to protect the morale of our army, this battle can only be won, not defeated." It's just that if Song Laosheng can't hold on, what can he do? ”

Jiancheng said: "Uncle Pei, don't worry, this is very easy, that Song Laosheng is brave and strategic, we will first use a small force of cavalry to challenge under the city, he will definitely fight when he sees us so careless." ”

Shimin smirked: "If he does not go to war, we will spread the news that he has secretly surrendered to our army, so he will not fight, and at that time he is afraid of the impeachment of his colleagues, so he cannot help but not fight." ”

Li Yuan glanced sideways at Shimin, this kid could really think of any bad moves.

The army quickly arrived at Huoyi, and Song Laosheng really did not come out of the city.

Jiancheng, Shimin came to Huoyi City with dozens of light horsemen, raised his horsewhip, and pointed at the city, as if to command the siege.

Song Laosheng heard the soldiers coming, and said in his heart, dozens of people want to attack the city, and they look down on me too much! So he came to the city and looked down.

As soon as the two brothers saw Song Laosheng appearing, they let the cavalry scold and greet Song Laosheng's ancestors over and over again.

Song Laosheng was furious and wanted to fight. The strategist beside him said, "General, don't fall for the trick of luring the enemy. ”

Song Laosheng jumped like thunder, pointed at the strategist and said: "It is not your ancestors who dare to scold them, if you don't fight like this, how can you still have the face to live!" ”

Song Laosheng led 30,000 people out of the city from the east gate and the south gate respectively to fight.

Li Yuan hurriedly ordered the infantry to enter the battlefield, and he and Jiancheng met Song Laosheng's main force at the east gate, and divided a force for Shimin to line up to meet the enemy in the south of the city.

Zixuan was left on the hillside by Shimin and watched the battle with Li Jin. I saw that the armies of the two sides soon met each other in short quarters, and the fighting began, and the shouts and the sound of weapons clashing were endless.

Song Laosheng personally led the main force of the Sui army at the East Gate to launch a fierce attack on Li Yuan and Jiancheng. Jiancheng took the lead, led the army to rush into the enemy camp, and the long sword waved, and the Sui army fell one after another. When the rebels saw that they had taken the lead, they all fought to the death.

Song Laosheng saw that Jiancheng was so brave, so he wanted to get rid of it quickly, bent his bow and arrow, and built his left shoulder in the middle of an arrow. Jiancheng almost fell off his horse, but was held up by Li Zhong, who was close behind. Song Laosheng saw the opportunity to lead his troops to cover the killing, and the righteous army escorted Jiancheng to retreat.

The rebel army originally came from afar, and was stationed in the heavy rain for more than 20 days, and its physical fitness was far inferior to the Sui army defending the city. And at this moment, Jiancheng was injured again, and Li Yuan was anxious.

The people of the world fought smoothly at the south gate, and the Sui army in the south had been wiped out. When he turned around, he saw that the east gate was retreating, and he hurriedly led his troops to the east gate.

Li Yuan saw Shimin rushing in from behind Song Laosheng, so he hurriedly killed a horse pistol and attacked Song Laosheng with Shimin.

Worried about the safety of his father and eldest brother, Shimin slashed and slashed all the way with both hands. Dozens of Sui soldiers died under the knife of the people, and the people's sleeves were drenched in blood.

Chai Shao followed him, and when he saw this, he hurriedly asked, "Shimin, are you injured?" ”

"No, it's the blood of the Sui army." Shimin flicked his sleeves and continued to slash. The Sui army didn't seem to be able to finish cutting it no matter how much it was, and the blades of Shimin's two knives were cut out, but he still couldn't see his father and eldest brother.

Zixuan could see clearly on the hillside, her eyes had been following Shimin, Shimin was very recognizable in a white robe, and at this moment, Zixuan looked at the white robe that had completely turned red, "Li Jin, do you see if the second son is injured?" Why is he covered in blood? ”

"I guess so. But don't worry, you see that the second son is still rushing to kill, it shouldn't be a big injury. Li Jin said.

"If it's not a big injury, how can there be so much blood?" Zixuan said anxiously, "No, I'm going to see him." ”

Zixuan said that he was about to go down the mountain, but Li Jin stretched out his hand and grabbed him, "Miss Zixuan, it's a battlefield, you can't go!" ”

Zixuan calmed down and persuaded himself in his heart: It's okay, it's okay. Yang Zixuan, you know history, how could Tang Taizong die here? However, he may be injured, and the history is not so detailed, saying that Li Shimin was not injured in this battle! Why did you panic so much at the thought that he would get hurt? After fighting for so long, why can't the two sides of the rebel army meet? ”

Zixuan was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "No, I want to go down." ”

Li Jin said: "Miss Zixuan! You don't know martial arts, what's the use of going down? ”

"Useful," Zixuan grabbed Li Jin's cuffs, "Let's go down together!" ”

Li Jin was anxious, "Miss Zixuan, this can't be helped!" The second son ordered me to take care of you, if you have any mistakes, Li Jin has no way to explain to the second son! ”

"But there's no way I can watch him get hurt!" Zi Xuan yelled angrily.

Li Jin had never seen Zixuan, who had always been weak and easy-going, so angry and startled.

Zixuan said with a solemn face: "Li Jin, you listen to me." Now on the battlefield, the two armies are deadlocked, and it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, and even if the righteous army can win, it will suffer heavy losses. But if the two of us go down, we will immediately change the shape of the battlefield, so you won't go down either? ”

Li Jin's face was full of doubts, "How is this possible?" How can the two of us go down and change the shape of the battlefield? ”

Zixuan said: "The most important thing in the confrontation between the two armies is morale, and the safety of the commander will have a serious impact on morale. Now the two armies are in one place, and most of the soldiers don't know where their commander is. As long as we go down and shout, 'Song Laosheng has been captured alive!' 'The morale of the Sui army will collapse in an instant, scatter and flee, and our army will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the shape will of course change immediately. ”