Volume 1 At the Foot of the South Mountain Chapter 30 Li Shimin actually lost the battle

A few months have passed quickly, Li Mingyu has studied and practiced hard every day, and he has begun to get a glimpse of the way. During this period, Li Shimin also came to live in this mountain village, not only he came, but his wife Changsun also came.

The eldest grandson is the virtuous queen who has been praised through the ages in later generations - Empress Wende of the Tang Dynasty. The two of them lived in this mountain village for more than a month, and they traveled to the mountains and rivers every day, enjoying themselves. Through the conversations of several people, Li Mingyu learned about the current situation outside, and finally understood why Li Shimin was not the right governor of the right side and went to live in this mountain village permanently.

It turned out that with the full support of the Guanlong nobles, Li Yuan effortlessly took Chang'an City and controlled most of the territory in Guanzhong. He set up Emperor Yang Guang of Sui as the grandson of Yang Guang as the emperor, respected Yang Guang as the emperor, changed the Yuan Yining, and proclaimed himself the king of Tang and the prime minister.

It didn't take long for news to come that Emperor Yang Guang of Sui had been killed by Yu Wenhua in Jiang, and Yu Wenhua and self-proclaimed prime minister led the army north to fight a decisive battle with Li Mi. Li Yuan saw that the time had come, abolished Yang Yu, established himself as the emperor, and the country name was "Tang", and Jianyuan Wude.

But Guanzhong is not very peaceful, and in Li Yuan's hometown of Longxi, a person named Xue Ju is opposed, with unparalleled bravery, self-proclaimed "Western Qin Overlord", and Qin Xing in the founding year.

Xue Ju recruited a group of thieves, plundered officials and horses, and the soldiers were very sharp, and the cities were broken everywhere he went. First of all, he defeated the Sui general Huangfu Juan, subdued Qiang Zhong and the customs, and the army was greatly boosted. Then he sought to seize the land of Shanzhou and Kuozhou. It was only more than ten days before and after, and it was based on the land of Longxi, with 130,000 troops, and it was known as 300,000 troops.

The side of the couch is not allowed to allow others to snore, not to mention that Longxi is where Li Yuan's hometown is, and now it is occupied by Xue Ju, how can Li Yuan stop. ordered the second son Li Shimin to take command and raise a large army to defeat Xue Ju.

Li Shimin commanded 30,000 troops, and the army was mighty, and the soldiers reached Gaojiao City. First, he defeated Xue Ju in one fell swoop and beheaded thousands of people.

Then he saw that Xue raised more troops and less food, and was eager to fight quickly. So he made a plan to defend the city without fighting, wait for work at ease, and drag down Xue Ju.

It's a pity that Li Shimin's prestige and lack of qualifications at this time can't suppress his deputy chief Shi Liu Wenjing and deputy general Yin Kaishan. These two have always been good friends with his eldest brother Li Jiancheng, and they have been against Li Shimin.

Later, it was unfortunate that Li Shimin was bedridden, and the two of them took over the military and political power, and they had always been dissatisfied with Li Shimin's strategy, thinking that Xue Ju was nothing more than that, and he should be completely destroyed in one go when his morale was high. This time, Li Shimin happened to be ill, and the two of them were eager to take credit, and directly opened the city to fight with Xue Ju.

Since Xue Ju dared to call himself the "Overlord of Western Qin", he was naturally brave and fierce, and killed the two of them to a great defeat, with 30,000 Tang troops killed in the battle, and the rest were all wounded. Even the generals of the Tang Army, such as Murong Luohu, Li Anyuan, and Liu Hongji, were captured alive by Xue Jusheng.

Gaoqian City was lost, and Lao Di was defeated by Liu and Yin, and Li Shimin had to return to Chang'an in a hurry with illness. Xue Ju took advantage of the power of the great victory, and the soldiers pointed at Chang'an, which shocked Li Yuan and the nobles of Guanlong, for fear that Xue Ju would besiege Chang'an, and couldn't help but move the idea of moving the capital to escape.

After suffering such a big defeat, it is natural that someone will come out to bear it, although Li Shimin is unable to command due to illness, and his lieutenant generals go out of the city to fight privately.

But Liu and Yin and Li Jiancheng intersected, and Li Jiancheng, who was made the crown prince at this time, was worried that there was no way to suppress the growing prestige of his brothers and the people, and when he saw such a good opportunity, he was willing to let it go.

Since Li Yuan founded the country, Li Jiancheng was made the crown prince, assisting in handling military affairs and participating in court affairs, and was always relied on by Li Yuan. Under his ulterior motives, the consequences of Li Shimin's defeat were infinitely magnified, and some people in the DPRK and China even proposed to behead Li Shimin Xiang in order to calm down the incident so that he could negotiate peace with Xue Ju and dismiss the army.

Under the pressure of the eldest brother Li Jiancheng mobilized the Guanlong nobles to suppress it, Liu and Yin insisted that they were ordered by Li Shimin to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Xue Ju, and the ministers of the court and the central government were punished and written. Li Shimin was speechless, so he had to hide from Chang'an City to avoid the limelight temporarily.

At that time, the entire Guanzhong was either the place where the power of the Guanzhong nobles was entrenched, or it was the territory of Xue Ju. Li Shimin couldn't hide anywhere, and later remembered that the valley where his younger brother Xuanba lived was quite secluded, so he simply brought his wife Changsun, obviously to visit his younger brother Xuanba, but actually hid in the mountains to avoid the limelight.

The eldest grandson is extremely beautiful, with picturesque eyebrows, red lips and bright teeth, and a hibiscus out of the water. Standing with the handsome Li Shimin, it is really a perfect match, and the piano is harmonious.

The villagers did not know the specific identities of the two, only that Li Sanlang's distant brother Li Erlang came to visit his younger brother. Looking at the clothes and appearance of Li Erlang and his wife, their behavior and behavior are not like ordinary people, the husband and wife are friendly and courteous, and they always have a friendly smile even in the face of ordinary villagers, and they do not have the arrogance of ordinary high-ranking children.

Li Shimin also loves the simplicity of the people here, quiet and leisurely, and this time is the low point of his life, and he was suppressed by his brother in the court, and the ministers criticized him.

When physically and mentally exhausted, it is rare to take this opportunity to relax and experience the peace and comfort of the countryside. As an ordinary person, he often talked about farming with the old farmers in the village, hunting with the hunters, and gossip with the old people.

The villagers saw that Li Erlang, a noble son, was willing to put down his body and talk to them about some trivial matters such as family shortcomings, farming and hunting, and he was easy-going and funny, and he talked elegantly, and he also had a good impression of him.

Li Shimin is heroic and hearty, and he is funny and erudite, and all kinds of allusions come at his fingertips in talking and laughing, and under the witty words, the villagers feel like a spring breeze and respect him more and more. He was born with a convincing charm, but after more than a month of hard work, everyone regarded him as the backbone, and his prestige in the village had faintly surpassed Li Xuanba, who had lived for many years.

His wife's eldest grandson is gentle and elegant, with a good heart, and she is beautiful and sincere. The women in the village love her very much, and treat her as if she were their own daughter.

The eldest grandson treats Mingyu very well, he treats him as his own, cares, and is considerate, so that Li Mingyu, who has been raised roughly by Li Xuanba since he was a child, and has not experienced maternal love and care for many years, is very moved, and he has already respected the eldest grandson as a mother in his heart.

But there was only one thing that made Mingyu extremely depressed. The eldest grandson always treats him like a doll of a few years old, and often holds him in his arms and kisses and hurts. The eldest grandson Xu has been married for several years without having an heir, and it is the age when maternal love is overflowing in his early twenties, and girls in this period are at the age when they have to be kind when they see stray kittens and dogs, not to mention Li Mingyu, a cute child like a doll in a painting.

Poor Li Mingyu's past and present lives combined, he is in his thirties, but he is held and coaxed every day like a doll, and he can't wait to feed him himself even when he eats. How could Li Mingyu not be depressed, and it was difficult to say it clearly, for fear of chilling the eldest grandson's heart.