In July, the sky was already clear and the sun was shining. Under the cloudless blue sky, there is a lush and thriving color.

In the midst of this lush meadow, a team of horses suddenly galloped by, and the rumbling of horses' hooves startled a flock of birds, which flapped their wings in fright and flew off into the distance.

"Phew—"

The group galloped for more than ten miles, and the leader suddenly reined in the war horse, wiped the sweat on his forehead, turned his head and said to the scribe behind him: "Auxiliary, what has happened to the Song army in the Bird Mouse Valley recently?" ”

The young man who spoke was dressed in gold helmet and gold armor, more than seven feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a Hongyi face, and a BMW with yellow and white fur on his crotch, named Teller Biao.

This person is Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who enjoys the reputation of a military god in the Tang army. And the young scribe he called as an auxiliary machine was not his brother-in-law, who was Sun Wuji?

After Li Shimin swore to march from Chang'an last winter, after more than half a year of hard fighting, he successively recovered Lishi, Linfen, Longquan and other counties.

Zhao Kuangyin lost a series of battles, and lost countless soldiers, so he led the army to retreat to the fortress of Bird Mouse Valley, intending to take advantage of the geographical advantage and stalemate with the Tang army, and wait until the internal changes of the Tang court to counterattack.

The Bird Mouse Valley is located in the southwest of Jiexiu County, with dozens of miles of dangerous roads, which is originally a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. After the fall of Taiyuan, in order to resist Zhao Kuangyin's invasion, Li Keyong, who stayed behind, recruited people to strengthen the city wall many times.

Although Zhao Kuangyin was defeated by Li Shimin many times in field battles, it also had a lot to do with the fact that the overall combat strength of the Song army was not comparable to that of the Tang army. When it comes to the art of war and strategy, Zhao Kuangyin is not much inferior to Li Shimin.

Now Zhao Kuangyin couldn't defend it with the help of the Bird Mouse Valley, and Li Shimin couldn't attack it for a while, so he adopted the strategy of the strategist Du Ruhui, under the pretext that the Sui army was attacking north, and pretended to lead the army to retreat westward, intending to lure out Zhao Kuangyin.

However, Zhao Kuangyin is not a fuel-efficient lamp, although Li Shimin has retreated again and again for several days, and almost all of them have retreated to the edge of the Yellow River, but Zhao Kuangyin still does not move. This made Li Shimin quite depressed, and in the past few days, as soon as he set up camp, he would go out of the camp to walk his horses and hunt, in order to vent his inner resentment.

The eldest grandson Wuji heard Li Shimin's question, and immediately smiled bitterly, Li Shimin had asked himself no less than ten times in the past few days, but he could still only give him a disappointed answer: "Back to Your Highness, according to the scout's report, Zhao Kuangyin still stood still." ”

"Alas!"

Li Shimin sighed helplessly: "This Zhao Kuangyin can stand out from Liu Wuzhou's command and become the hero of the state, how can he not have some ability, but he is too lonely to underestimate him." ”

"Your Highness!" The eldest grandson Wuji enlightened on the side: "Zhao Kuangyin certainly has the style of a hero, but the barren land of Bingzhou has been wars in recent years, except for a few rich places such as Taiyuan, other places have not harvested in the past two years. As long as we keep pestering Zhao Kuangyin, with the national strength of my Datang, we will definitely kill Zhao Kuangyin. ”

"But time waits for no one!"

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Auxiliary, Lone also believes that with my Datang's national strength, Zhao Kuangyin can be consumed, but how long will it take?" Half? A year? Or two years? Yang Gao in the south, Zhu Yuanzhang in Hebei, Wang Shichong in Luoyang, and Temujin on the grassland will not wait for us in place, so we can't waste too much time on Zhao Kuangyin. ”

The expression on the face of the eldest grandson Wuji gradually dimmed, and he sighed: "The Bird Mouse Valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Zhao Kuangyin believes that he can't get out of the pass, and if he wants to break Zhao Kuangyin quickly, it's difficult!" ”

Li Shimin took a deep breath, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes: "The matter of merging the state must not be delayed any longer, for the sake of today's plan, the only way is to make dangerous moves!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned slightly: "Dangerous move? Your Highness, have you thought of any way to quickly settle the matter of annexing the state? ”

Li Shimin nodded: "Auxiliary, do you remember how Zhao Kuangyin took the Bird Mouse Valley from our army back then?" ”

"How did Zhao Kuangyin take the Bird Mouse Valley in the first place?"

The eldest grandson Wuji muttered to himself a few times, and suddenly his face was frightened: "Shimin, you don't want to... ”

Li Shimin bowed his head and said: "Yes, I plan to personally lead an elite army to detour through the grassland, surprise attack Taiyuan, and force Zhao Kuangyin to fight with me." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, this is really too risky. Now that the Khan is dead, Temujin, who unified the Eastern Turks, has never had contact with us, and he is still in close contact with Zhao Kuangyin. If he learns of your whereabouts, there is a good chance that he will send troops to intercept and kill you. ”

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said with a resolute face: "For the sake of Datang, for our victory." Such an adventure is worth taking. And this trip will be lonely with Xuanba, with his escort, this trip will be safe and sound! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji saw that Li Shimin had made up his mind, so he put forward his own suggestion: "Your Highness is the commander of the whole army, if there is a case, our army will be in turmoil!" Wei Chen suggested that he could be sent to this matter, and in my opinion, Li Jilong, Qu Tutong, and Chai Rong were all competent in this matter. ”

Li Shimin smiled slightly, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "Auxiliary, can't you really guess my intention to lead the army in person?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was shocked when he heard this, his face changed in an instant, his heart suddenly brightened, and he suddenly understood what Li Shimin meant.

Li Shi's militia made a dangerous move and personally led the army to fight in the thousand-mile grassland, not only to eliminate Zhao Kuangyin, but also to enhance his prestige. It is conceivable that if Li Shimin wins this move, then his prestige in the Tang Dynasty will skyrocket, surpassing the crown prince Li Jiancheng and even the Tang Emperor Li Yuan.

After understanding Li Shimin's intentions, the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but gasp, and said in a trembling voice: "Shimin, you really want to... ”

Li Shimin closed his eyes slightly, and said lightly: "It's not that I'm greedy for that throne, it's really forced by the situation." Although the eldest brother is kind-hearted, he treats people sincerely and has the appearance of a benevolent gentleman. But in troubled times, Yang Gao, Zhu Yuanzhang and Temujin are all rare heroes, and the eldest brother is by no means their opponent. For the future of the Li family, Lone must sit on the throne of the Tang Dynasty. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Shimin in front of him, this was the first time he heard Li Shimin express his heart, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

After a long time, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly gritted his teeth and said sonorously: "Shimin, no matter what you want to do, my eldest grandson Wuji only knows that you are the most important friend in my life, no matter what the situation is in the future, I will swear to follow you to the death!" ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin slowly opened his eyes, smiled, stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "Auxiliary, thank you!" ”

Immediately, he raised his hand to cover his dazzling eyes, looked up at the sky and said secretly: "Heavens, if Gu is really the Lord of Destiny, then please bless Gu Cheng for this great achievement!" ”