In 625 AD, Li Shimin basically wiped out the largest separatist forces north of the Yangtze River.

Then Li Shimin did not stop, killing the last Liang Emperor Liang Shidu in the north who was entrenched in Shuofang, Liang Shidu has always been attached to the Turks, often leading the Turks to the south to burn and loot, it can be said that he is the lackey of the Turks, Li Shimin hated it very much.

Liang Shidu is strong, tall and strong, with a very masculine appearance, a pair of bright eyes, but restrained. He is a native of Shuofang County, Xiazhou, Sui Dynasty, and his family is rich and powerful, and he has been a wealthy family in the county for generations. When he grew up, Liang Shi joined the army, and because of his accumulated military merits, he became the general of the Sui Dynasty's Shuofang Yingyang Mansion; Emperor Yang of Sui was dismissed from his official position in the last years of his great cause and returned to his hometown. At that time, the anti-Sui tide in the world had become overwhelming, and the Qingtian Mansion of the Sui Empire had been swept away by the turbulent tide and was about to collapse.

At the beginning of February of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty (617 AD), Liang Shidu, who had just returned to his hometown and was dissatisfied with the imperial court, joined dozens of party members to rebel, killed the county Cheng, occupied Shuofang County, and pulled up the banner of anti-Sui, and he called himself the prime minister.

Liang Shidu knew that he was alone and difficult to stand on his own, so he took the initiative to form a strong alliance with the Turks in the north and relied on them as a backer.

The Sui general Zhang Shilong led the army to conquer and suppress, and the Liang division sent troops to meet the battle, defeated the Sui army, and took advantage of the situation to capture Diaoyin, Honghua (Qingyang County, Gansu in later generations), Yan'an and other counties, and the strength increased greatly.

Liang Shidu was proclaimed emperor in March 617 A.D., and established the "Liang" regime with his surname as the country name.

The Liang division held an enthronement ceremony in the south of the city, and ceremoniously sacrificed to heaven and earth; When digging a pit and burying sacrifices to the god of the earth, he got a big seal, and the Liang master regarded it as auspicious, so the year name was "Yonglong".

The Turkic Shibi Khan was very supportive, and sent an envoy to give him a wolf's head, and called him the Dadu Viga Khan, the son of heaven. With the support of the strong Turks, the Liang division was emboldened, so they united with the Turkic army to invade the Central Plains and captured Yanchuan County (later Huachibei, Gansu).

At the beginning of July in the first year of Tang Wude (618 AD), Liang Shidu invaded the northwest town of Lingzhou (later Ningxia Lingwunan) and was defeated by the Tang hussar general Lin Xingcan; At the beginning of March of the second year, the unrelenting Liang Shi made a comeback and attacked Lingzhou for the second time, but was repelled by Changshi Yangze.

Seeing that the use of troops to the west repeatedly hit the nail, the Liang division adjusted its battle plan and changed its development to the south.

In mid-to-late August, Liang Shidu led his troops and thousands of Turkic cavalry to invade Yanzhou (northeast of Yan'an City in later generations), and camped at the Wild Boar Ridge south of Yanzhou.

After holding on for a long time, the Liang division could not help but be a little slack, so Duan Decao sent the deputy chief Liang Li to lead the army to attack, and he led the light cavalry to make a surprise attack, sneaking out of the rear of the Liang army to prepare for a surprise attack.

The Liang division waved his army to meet the opposite Tang. Army, the two sides launched a fierce fight, and when the fierce battle was getting tired, Duan Decao led the light cavalry to make a big fanfare, and the enemy came from behind the Liang army by surprise. The exhausted Liang army was suddenly attacked by the iron cavalry of the new force, and was immediately defeated, rushing to flee for their lives. Tang Dynasty. The army pursued more than 200 miles to the north, took advantage of the victory to break through Liang's Weizhou, and beheaded many prisoners.

After resting for more than a month, the Liang division was unwilling to fail, and led 5,000 foot cavalry to attack Yanzhou again, which was ashamed of the snow.

As a result, it was again taken by Don. The army was defeated, more than 2,000 people died, and the Liang division only led more than 100 horsemen to escape.

It seems that Liang Shidu is also a strong man, and he is staring at Yanzhou.

After recuperating for more than half a year, Liang Shidu Fu led the Turks and Jihu soldiers and horses to fight Yanzhou Mansion three times.

Duan Decao is really his big nemesis, defeating his coalition army for the third time, and Liang Shidu lost more than a thousand people.

After Liu Wuzhou, who was entrenched in the north of the Three Jin Dynasty and claimed to be the emperor, was pacified by Li Shimin, the Liang division in the northwest was tantamount to losing a windshield wall, and its situation was even more difficult; In addition, his generals Zhang Ju and Liu Min successively led their troops to surrender the city to the Tang Dynasty, and the Liang division was even more frightened, and hurriedly sent Shangshu Lu Jilan to the Turks to lobby the newly enthroned Luo Khan, asking the Turks to send troops to invade the south, and he was willing to be his guide.

Chu Luo Khan adopted his suggestion and formulated a five-way attack and a joint attack on the Tang Dynasty, but when he was about to send troops, Chu Luo Khan returned to heaven, and this plan to attack the Tang Dynasty, which might lead to the newly established Tang Empire being attacked on all sides and difficult to parry, was stillborn.

On the first day of August in 625 AD, Li Shimin led 5,000 Xuanjia cavalry and sent Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde as the vanguard to attack the Liang Shidu attached to the Turks.

At the same time as launching a military attack, Li Shimin ordered Xia Governor Shi Liu Min and Sima Liu Lan to pass through Xia Prefecture, and used a counter-plot to send spies to infiltrate Shuofang, bribe Liang Shidu's subordinates, and drive a wedge between his monarch and ministers.

Taking advantage of the night, Xiazhou trampled on the crops on light horses, causing the Liang division to lack food, and the people in the city panicked.

When the autumn wind suddenly rose, Li Shimin led the army commander to drive straight in, thirty miles away from Shuofang, but saw the dust surging in front of him, the soap carving flag flickered, and the sound of horses' hooves hitting the earth and roaring.

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, commanded: "Turkic reinforcements are coming, and the three armies are ready for battle!" ”

Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde asked for battle: "We are willing to lead 500 elite cavalry to attack the enemy, and if the enemy is defeated, the king of Qin can take advantage of the situation to lead the army to cover the kill." ”

Li Shimin sincerely knew that Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde were the tiger generals in the world, so he nodded.

Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde led five hundred elite horsemen to gallop away like a whirlwind. They bypassed a small hill and unexpectedly appeared in front of the Turkic army.

"Kill-" Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde shook their spirits, took the lead, and led their troops to stop and kill the Turkic army.

The Turkic soldiers who came to support Liang Shidu, about two thousand people, although they were very strong, but in the face of the sudden Tang . Army, still a little flustered.

The leading Turkic generals met with Don. There were few soldiers, and they shouted loudly, urging their soldiers to fight.

Wei Chi Jingde was fast, holding a long lance, and while speaking, he had already walked through the Turkic team, killed the Turkic generals like a whirlwind, stabbed the enemy generals in the throat with a shot, and picked them off.

Then Yu Chi Jingde stepped forward on his horse, more than a zhang away, the whole person was slightly bent on the horse, and then stabbed a Turkic warrior with high martial arts in one fell swoop with a lance in his right hand. The huge impact of the war horse made the three-edged lance pierce the chest of the Turkic warrior who did not even have leather armor without resistance. The lance entered from the front and came out from the back, making the whole person transparent. The man was lifted from the ground to the air by Wei Chi Jingde, and the knots at the lower end of the lance stuck him and prevented the lance from continuing to pass through. The weight of more than 100 catties of the corpse was held on the lance, which made the long lance bend violently, and then the elastic force of the lance ejected the corpse on the tip of the lance, raising a puff of blood mist in the moonlight.

Wei Chi Jingde's movements are fast and smooth, and there is a pleasing and violent beauty. Wei Chi Jingde then picked two people in a row.

Qin Qiong also jumped forward like a whirlwind, and slashed the Turkic banner soldiers with one sword, and the black and white Turkic flag disappeared from people's sight immediately.

has always been brave and fierce, not to put Don. The Turkic soldiers who were in the eyes of the army found this Tang. The army was so fierce, especially the two Tang generals who led the way, after only a while, the Turkic generals led by themselves were killed, the military flag fell again, and several Turkic warriors with strong martial arts were killed in a row, and the Turkic soldiers were in chaos for a while, regretting that they should not come to support Liang Shidu.

Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde's five hundred horsemen rampaged through the Turkic array, and dust and smoke rose everywhere.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the main force led by Li Shimin also arrived, and with a wave of the command, the Xuanjia elite cavalry rushed towards the enemy with a shout.

Seeing this, the Turkic soldiers, who had no desire to fight, turned their horses and left. Tang Dynasty. The army followed with a burst of impact, killing hundreds of people, in the end, the Turks were fast, leaving hundreds of corpses, and disappeared far away at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain......

After retreating the Turkic reinforcements, Li Shimin's army took advantage of the situation and entered Shuofang City, the old nest of Liang Shidu.

Shuofang City has been operated by Liang Shidu for more than ten years, and the city is high and deep, and it looks stronger than the large and small cities outside the Saiwai.

After setting up camp, Li Shimin convened a military meeting, at which someone shook his head and said: "It seems that we must make long-term preparations for battle, whether to report to the imperial court, send some more men and horses, and at the same time supply grain and grass." ”

Some people simply suggested that the peripheral forces of Liang Shidu should be cleared first, and then plan to attack Shuofang in the spring of next year.

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was groaning, and Qin Qiong said confidently: "The city is angry, the drums can't be sounded, and the ruin is also ruined." In less than a month, our army will be able to occupy Shuofang! ”

It was really not what Qin Qiong expected. Liang Shidu's cousin Liang Luoren meets Tang. The army pressed the border, the Turks did not care about the tail, could not help, and then opened their minds, for the long-term plan of life, Liang Luoren contacted several generals, one night, raided the harem of Liang Shidu, killed him, and then took control of the situation and announced the surrender of Tang.

Li Shimin's army did not spend a single soldier, and then marched into Shuofang City with his head held high, ending the 12-year rule of Liang Shidu.

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan completely erased the shadow left by Liang Shidu and changed Shuo to Xiazhou. Liang Luoren made meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty and was named the right general of Xiaowei.

In October 625 AD, all the separatist forces north of the Yangtze River were wiped out, the war subsided, and the Tang Dynasty was full of joy.

Because Xia Xue has always taken strict secrecy measures, no one knows that the queen of the angel country is the eldest grandson Xue, and no one knows what the name of the queen of the angel country is, only that she is an angel sent by God to save the common people. Therefore, for Xia Xue, the people in Lingnan and other regions privately call her a "holy woman", and some people in Fujian, Jiangnan and other places call her a "fairy", some call her a "goddess", and of course more people call her "angel queen". Xia Xue also asked her uncle Gao Shilian to keep her identity and their relationship secret, and told not to let the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers know, and the only person who kept secret contact was her brother Changsun Wuji. And confessed that the eldest grandson Wuji was strictly confidential, and could not leak a little of her information to the outside world. Gao Shilian and the eldest grandson Wuji knew that this was for the great cause of the reunification of the north and the south, in order to avoid the misery of the human life, for the safety of the Angel Country, and for the safety of Li Shimin, so they consciously kept secrets. Even their dearest grandmothers, mothers, aunts, and cousins didn't know a little bit of real information about Xia Xue, and they couldn't have thought that the queen of the Angel Kingdom, who unified the south a year earlier than Li Shimin, was the eldest grandson Xue, a soft "little fairy" who was only about 15 years old.

Li Shimin rode a horse and stood at a high point in Guanzhong. On the post, looking at the south from afar, the waves were turbulent, "Xue'er, I have finally completed the historical mission you assigned, can we meet now?" ”

"You should be very happy to hear the news that the war has been quelled, right?"

"I wonder where you are now? Why is there no news at all? You okay? ”

"Do you know I miss you so much? Do you know how much I love you? ”

……

The war subsided, and Don. There was a celebration in the barracks.

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, also had a festive look on his face.

But Li Shimin didn't know that more terrible and cruel dangers were creeping at him.