Xia Xue inquired about Li Shimin's march route, and then followed his route all the way to Chang'an.

After walking for about fifteen days, in the early morning of this day, I suddenly saw wolf smoke rising in front of a section of undulating hills in front of me, and faintly heard bursts of shouts and rumbling war drums, it seemed that there was a war ahead.

Xia Xue didn't know the situation, so she quickly asked the eldest grandson Wuji and the others to stop temporarily, she saw some panicked people running from the front, so she stepped forward to inquire and learned that the Tang army was attacking a Sui army city in front of her, but when she asked who was the commander of the Tang army, these people couldn't tell.

After thinking about it, Xia Xue felt that if it was the Tang Army, there would be no danger, maybe it was Li Shimin's troops, so after discussing with the eldest grandson Wuji and others, she decided to go to join the Tang Army.

After turning over the hills, I saw that there was a large military camp stationed about 3,000 meters in front of me, and the continuous camp tents could not be seen at a glance. The war drums rumbled, the horns whined, and the flags were unfurled, and it was very spectacular. The number of viewers should be at least 20,000 or more. Two thousand meters in front of the barracks is a huge and fortified city, shouting to kill the heavens, and the city is being attacked and defended.

There are more than 10,000 people, and there is no boundary. It was the first time that Xia Xue had seen so many people's ancient real military camps and battlefields, and although it was still far away, he could already feel its strong murderous intent, giving people a strong sense of oppression. This immersive and shocking feeling is incomparable to the ancient military camp seen in movies and on TV.

Under such a magnificent and majestic momentum, Xia Xue felt the powerlessness of personal strength for the first time, and felt the insignificance and fragility of the individual for the first time. I couldn't help but feel terrified and my heart was racing.

The eldest grandson Wuji asked Xia Xue and his party to wait on the hills, and he went to the military camp alone to investigate. When the eldest grandson Wuji arrived about 200 steps away from the barracks, he saw the words "Tang" and "Li" on the fluttering flags, and he was finally relieved. Slowly moving forward, he asked the patrolling soldiers if the commander was Li Shimin, and the soldiers told him that the commander of the current military camp was Li Shimin, the king of Qin, but on the other side was the troops of the crown prince Li Jiancheng. The eldest grandson Wuji asked the soldiers to tell Li Shimin, saying that his friend the eldest grandson Wuji had come to join him.

The soldier heard that he was a friend of King Qin, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurried in to report, and soon Li Shimin hurried out of the camp, and when he saw the eldest grandson Wuji, he was overjoyed, and stepped forward to hold the eldest grandson Wuji's hands tightly, "Haha, Brother Wuji is here, it's just the right time, I'm in trouble now, I hope Brother Wuji will come up with an idea!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji briefly said that his hometown was occupied by Dou Jiande and could not gain a foothold, so he took his mother and others to Jinyang to join him, and he didn't want to go to Jinyang to know that he had raised troops to attack Chang'an, so he followed all the way. also said that his sister eldest Sun Xue died of illness in Lingnan, and later met the strange woman Xia Xue, and recognized her as her sister and told Li Shimin briefly.

Li Shimin was saddened when he heard that his beloved wife eldest Sun Xue, who had not yet passed the door, died, and the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly comforted him, saying that King Qin was currently leading the army to fight hard, and he could not be in love with his children, so please focus on the overall situation.

Li Shimin was sad for a while, and finally slowly regained his senses, and hurriedly sent a team of guards to greet Mrs. Gao, Xia Xue and others.

Xia Xue and his entourage came to the front of the barracks under the leadership of the guards, and saw a man about nineteen years old with a strong body, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, handsome and resolute, with a tall posture like a pine, a strong momentum like the sun, wearing armor, standing majestically at the gate of the barracks, and standing next to the eldest grandson Wuji, it is estimated that this should be Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who later created the "rule of Zhenguan" in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, I didn't expect to be so young now.

Li Shimin also saw the strange woman Xia Xue told by the eldest grandson Wuji. The moment he saw the beautiful Xia Xue, Li Shimin's heart seemed to be slammed, extremely shocked, and an emotion that he had never felt before surged in his heart, I can't tell what it tasted like, but it was very, very strong, Li Shimin was so big, and he had seen many beauties, including his fiancée Changsun Xue, but he had never been so shocked.

Hearing the eldest grandson Wuji say that Xia Xue flew here from the distant fairy island, he sighed in his heart: "It's really not a fairy!" This fresh and extraordinary beauty and temperament is really rare in the mundane world! In addition, there is a kind of quiet self-confidence that women in this era generally lack between the eyebrows, and there is an indescribable sense of mystery, which deeply touched Li Shimin's heart and made his resolute heart turbulent.

Seeing that Xia Xue was a little embarrassed to be stared at by himself, Li Shimin's face turned red, and he hurriedly restrained the waves in his heart, met Mrs. Gao and others in turn, and properly placed them in the barracks, and set up two camp tents for them alone, Mrs. Gao, aunt, grandmother, Xia Xue, and Ouyang Qian were placed in one camp tent, and the eldest grandson Wuji, Gao Cheng, and Ouyang Yong were placed in another camp tent, and sent four personal soldiers to stand guard outside the camp tent of Xia Xue and other ladies, and quickly delivered meals.

The eldest grandson Wuji was soon called by Li Shimin to discuss military affairs after eating, and after Xia Xue and her grandmother and others had eaten, they were also a little tired due to the fatigue of the road, so they rested on the simple military bed.

After an hour or so, Xia Xue now knew that an hour in ancient times was equivalent to two hours in the later life. Outside the tent, he suddenly heard Brother Wuji calling himself, so he walked out of the tent, and saw Brother Wuji's face full of anxiety and said, "Please Sister Xue hurry up and follow me to the military tent of King Qin!" At this time, the shouting and killing outside the barracks had stopped, and it was estimated that the siege had stopped temporarily. Xia Xue wondered in her heart, I am a little girl, although I have read some military books such as "The Art of War", and I have heard my father tell some ancient war stories, but it is only on paper, and I don't understand the ancient arrangement, so what did I do when I went to the military tent.

When he entered the military tent of King Qin, he saw a large map hanging in the big tent, and Li Shimin was anxiously pacing back and forth in front of the map. Seeing Xia Xue come in, her face was overjoyed, and she stepped forward to give a salute: "Eldest grandson girl, I heard Brother Wuji praise you for your talent, I am in trouble now, the situation is urgent, I have to disturb the girl, let you help give ideas." ”

Xia Xue saw that Li Shimin, the handsome and extraordinary King of Qin, who was in a high position, was so kind and polite, and she had a good impression. thought to himself: "It was also born by a parent, why is there such a big difference between Li Shimin and Li Yuanji?" One is handsome and benevolent, the other is ugly and vicious. The world is so big, it's really amazing. I don't know what that prince Li Jiancheng looks like and what his personality is. ”

Xia Xue also hurriedly returned the salute, "King Qin is too polite, what good ideas can I have for a little girl?" ”

Li Shimin didn't allow Xia Xue to be polite, so he directly said the current trouble. It turned out that since Jinyang raised troops to rebel, Li Shimin, his father Li Yuan, and his brother Li Jiancheng were divided into three routes, all the way to attack the city and pull out the village, pass the pass and cut the generals, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and they had been killed from the territory of Sanjin into Sanqin, only fighting Chang'an. However, Li Jiancheng encountered obstacles all the way in Daliang Pass, an important town in Sanqin, and the defender of Daliang Pass was Sang Xian, a well-known general of the Sui Dynasty, who was brave and strategic, and held the city in the face of the Tang army's attack. There are more than 20,000 Sui troops in Daliang Pass, and the grain and grass are sufficient, Li Jiancheng has only 30,000 horses all the way, has been attacking the city for more than ten days, and has suffered heavy casualties, but still unable to overcome the strong Daliang Pass, due to too many casualties in the siege, there are less than 5,000 soldiers with combat effectiveness under his hands, and he is unable to continue to attack the city, so he has to ask his father Li Yuan for help. So Li Yuan sent Li Shimin to lead an army of 15,000 people all the way to help in the war, and he had to take the important town of Daliang Pass. Because if you don't take Daliang Pass and move forward rashly, it is very likely that you will be attacked by the Sui army before and after, and there is a danger that the whole army will be annihilated. After Li Shimin arrived here, he immediately organized a siege of the city, but he did not expect that the Sui army's defender Sang Xian had a good command, and he had been attacking for two days in a row, but he still could not break through, and his own troops also suffered many casualties. What's worse is that the troops of himself and his brother Li Jiancheng are running out of food and grass, if they can't break through Daliang City, in a few days, the army will run out of food, and then it will collapse without a fight, and if the Sui army takes the opportunity to kill, then the Tang army will be wiped out.