This battle was Li Shimin's first battle in the Battle of Tiger Pass, and the first battle was victorious, which greatly boosted morale.

Li Shimin used his example as bait, and 500 Xuanjia elite cavalry ambushed and killed, killing more than 1,000 enemies, capturing more than 1,000 war horses, and the two main members of the enemy army were captured. Coupled with the generals of the Xia Army who died at the hands of Li Shimin during the previous camp visit, as well as the Xia Army sentry who was killed by Wei Chigong, Li Xuanba and others, it really made Dou Jiande suffer a big loss.

Dou Jiande has 100,000 troops, and thousands of dead and wounded people are a drop in the bucket for him, but the loss of more than 1,000 war horses still makes him feel a little painful.

Li Shimin took advantage of the great victory to write a letter and send someone to Dou Jiande.

When he wrote the letter, Li Mingyu watched from the sidelines, and said that he was "observing the calligraphy of the second uncle on the order of the eldest grandson", all of whom were his own people, and Li Shimin did not shy away from their masters and apprentices, and wrote the letter with a pen.

Li Shimin's handwriting is excellent, his posture is very low, the wording is clever, the rhetoric is gorgeous, and the words are fine, which does not hurt Dou Jiande's face, but also points out the consequences of his hard work if he continues to stalemate. However, with Li Mingyu's semi-literate level of ancient literature, it would be good to be able to understand the general meaning, and expect him to repeat it? I recognize every word, and when I look at it together, I am blind, and I finally understand the general meaning after guessing.

The letter probably means that our two families had a good relationship, although you occupied our territory, but you put it back to my Uncle Wang, and everyone was even. However, that Wang Shichong sat in the city of sorrow, and his life was short. But the rhetoric lured you to the rescue, and you couldn't get through the tiger prison under the expedition, it was just a waste of grain, grass and military funds. Now the two of us have fought a contact war, which has slightly dampened your spirit. Since you can't get through, if you don't go, quit the army and go back, let's hello, I'm good, everyone, so as not to hurt the peace.

"Second uncle, is it useful for you to write this letter? I think that Dou Jiande will most likely not retreat. Mingyu saw that Li Shimin had written the letter, and sent a messenger to Dou Jiande, so he couldn't help asking.

"Hehe, then Dou Jiande came in a big move, of course he won't retreat easily, don't you know what he is paying attention to? He wants to wait for us and Wang Shichong to lose both so that he can take advantage of the fisherman. Li Shimin replied with a smile.

"Isn't that useless work?" Mingyu frowned.

Li Shimin shook his head and smiled, "Of course it won't be useless, the purpose of this letter is to help Dou Jiande make up his mind, continue to wait and see the situation, and reap the benefits of the fisherman." ”

At this time, even Li Xuanba next to him was confused, and asked, "Second brother, this Dou Jiande sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight, but it is not good for us!" ”

Li Shimin got up and walked to the marching map behind him, paced back and forth, and said leisurely, "That's right, but it's not right!" It's just that after Dou Jiande received this letter, he didn't move. A month or two of respite is enough! In my estimation, within three months, Wang Shichong's Luoyang City will be broken! ”

Li Xuanba frowned after hearing this, and said, "But didn't the second brother say before that Wang Shichong was trapped in a lonely city, and he couldn't advance or retreat, so he shouldn't worry?" Our henchman is Dou Jiande! ”

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Not bad! But at this time, Dou Jiande's soldiers were sharp, and it was unwise to touch hard. Although we beat him by a small amount before, it didn't help the general situation. Now we need to use this time to consume Dou Jiande's sharp energy! Last night, I had secretly believed in Lao Siyuanji, and sent Wang Junkuo to cross the Yellow River north with 1,000 soldiers and horses to harass the Lao Chao Grain Road behind Dou Jiande. During this period, we fought a few more small battles with Dou Jiande, constantly hitting his morale, accumulating small victories into big victories, and accumulating thousands of miles. Under the repeated defeats, coupled with the seizure of the grain road, Dou Jiande will definitely be in turmoil, and then we will attack with the whole army and finish it in one battle! ”

Next to him, Li Mingyu listened to Li Shimin's explanation and suddenly realized, and his heart said that these ancients really did not give in vain, one ring after another, step by step. Li Shimin sent a letter to Dou Jiande, making him think that Tang Junzhi was in Wang Shichong, but in fact it was Xiang Zhuang who was dancing the sword with the intention of Pei Gong, and the final goal was still Dou Jiande.

After hearing this, Li Xuanba nodded again and again, and praised, "The second brother is far-sighted, and Xuanba admires it!" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Whether it is successful or not depends on the development of the situation, but it still needs to be hard to strike iron!" San Lang, have you perfected the training methods you mentioned earlier?"

Li Xuanba hugged his fists and said, "Second brother, don't worry, I have discussed it with Mingyu!" "Let's talk to Mingyu about the ways and means of training soldiers with Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded happily and said, "So good!" Mingyu, this kid, can always surprise me several times. Your master and apprentice are fully responsible for this military training, asking people to give people to people, and asking for money to give money! ”

With the coach personally making the decision, the "good days" of Xuanjia Jingqi came.

On the north side of the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Shimin set aside a school field for them to use for drills, and no one was allowed to approach, and those who violated the order were beheaded.

Every day, the sky is just bright, with a sharp bamboo whistle, accompanied by Li Xuanba's "Assemble!" More than 1,000 Xuanjia sergeants and soldiers were all agitated spirits, and they got up from the warm bed. Then they didn't dare to slack off, helped each other to put on armor, were fully armed, and a third of the incense must be lined up and assembled in the school field.

After the assembly, wearing dozens of pounds of armor, carrying a horizontal knife, carrying a spear, carrying a bow and arrows, around the entire Tiger Prison Pass for ten miles of "armed cross-country".

It's not enough to just run in armor, Li Xuanba is also wearing a military uniform to lead the team in front, only to hear him shout loudly, "Xuanjia is riding well, invincible!" ”

More than 1,000 people behind him let go of their voices while running, repeating "Xuanjia Jing rides, invincible!" ”

Li Xuanba shouted again, "Xuanjia Jingqi, I am invincible!" ”

"Xuanjia Jingqi, I am invincible!"

"King Qin's order, that is, my life, swear to die for King Qin!"

More than 1,000 Xuanjia soldiers followed and shouted, "King Qin's order, that is, my life, swear to die for King Qin!" ”

This series of impassioned and magical-like slogans is naturally written by Li Mingyu, a modern person. In ancient times, there were slogans in the army, most of which were "Wind, strong wind!" Li Mingyu first disliked that he was not powerful and domineering enough, and secondly, he disliked that the brainwashing effect was not good enough. That's right, it's brainwashing, there is a saying, a lie becomes the truth after being repeated a thousand times. Li Mingyu doesn't know whether lies can become the truth, but he knows that shouting slogans loudly can not only boost morale, train the neatness and obedience of the soldiers, but also shout too much of the slogan itself, which is naturally deeply rooted in his heart, and it is also a subconscious means of self-hypnosis suggestion.

After the ten-mile "armed cross-country" run, the whole morning was a continuous basic exercise. Practicing queues, standing in military postures, shouting slogans, and walking in steps, through these basic and monotonous movements, constantly repeating and repeating, these basic orders are deeply rooted in the bones of the soldiers. In fact, this is also a means used by the army in the previous life to cultivate obedience and discipline in soldiers, and in the long run, as soon as the commander gives an order, the soldiers will develop the instinct to obey orders.

With such a boring and monotonous practice, why are these soldiers willing to honestly obey the mercy? First, Li Shimin himself is very strict in governing the army, and there are rewards and punishments. Second, Li Xuanba has his own means.

As the saying goes, there are three fires when a new official takes office, although there are 500 of Li Shimin's personal guards who are Xuanba's old subordinates and obey him. However, the killing rod at the beginning naturally still has to be established, otherwise how can the chief officer be powerful?

Li Xuanba also followed the rules of the army in the past, and was ready to pick out a few disobedient thorns, whips, and military sticks, and even asked the military law to cut off a few heads as a deterrent. Li Mingyu, as a modern person, how can he stand this, against the enemy, how to kill and cut is naturally no problem, it doesn't matter how much he dies. is his own people, they are all brothers who stir horses and spoons in the pot, and he is distressed when he dies. He gave the master an idea, all the disobedient thorns, stripped naked and hung on the flagpole, so that the whole army could watch his jokes and shame him to death. In case there is that faceless and skinless one, simple, stuffed into a small dark room, confined and confined.

The small black room designed by Li Mingyu is very different from the modern confinement room, the surrounding area is covered with black cloth tightly, and no light can penetrate it, and the entire confinement room is only three feet in length, width and height. In such a cramped space, there is silence all around, there is no light in sight, and I don't know the time, and the psychological torture alone can drive people crazy. No matter how thick the nerves are, a man can't stand this trick, not to mention being locked up in a dark room for three days and three nights, and he can persist for a day without getting weak in his legs and feet, he is already a great hero.

In the afternoon, in addition to the usual exercises such as equestrianism, knife skills, and parade charges, new combat items were added, and the Xuanjia army of 1,000 people was divided into ten teams, catching and fighting, the spear went to the head of the spear, and tied to the front with a cloth bag stained with lime, and the horizontal knife was also wrapped with a white cloth stained with lime. The Xuanjia army is all dressed in black armor, and the lime hit on the body is eye-catching and abnormal, but anyone who has lime marks on the heart, abdomen, helmet and other vital places will be judged "killed".

In order to cultivate the coordination and cooperation of the soldiers, they were divided into groups of ten, shouting trumpets, carrying thick logs, and taking the relay race of 100 people as a unit.

In order to cultivate the courage to face difficulties even in front of the sword mountain and sea of fire, a large iron ring with a height of one zhang and a width of six feet was erected, and a raging fire was burning on it. Soldiers had to ride blindfolded horses through iron rings, and so on.

Each team competes with each other, and the first place has enough good dishes and good meat, but if it is the last place, only the dry flatbread is served with pickles. If it is the penultimate for three days in a row, then the whole team will strip off their clothes and "run naked" around the tiger prison.