Thinking about it day and dreaming at night, this night, Xue Rengui had a dream.

In the dream, Xue Rengui returned to the days when he was in his hometown, his family was poor, at that time he was still farming, one day, he was about to move the ancestral tomb, his wife Liu said to him: "Husband, now the emperor is recruiting warriors for the expedition to Liaodong, this is a rare opportunity, why not fight for fame?" When the clothes return to their hometown, it is not too late to move the ancestral grave, not to mention that the ancestors can feel gratified! ”

Xue Rengui thought so, so he left his hometown, wife and children, and joined the army, thinking that he would soon get ahead with his own force, but in the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and he is still a nobody.

Although three years is not a long time, Xue Rengui, who has a high opinion of himself, does not think so, he feels that he has not made an inch of merit until now, and he is already a little shameless to go to see his wife and children and ancestors. Xue Rengui roared in his dream, but no one responded to him in the dream, he had no way to vent, and finally couldn't help shedding a few male tears, and these tears happened to fall on the head of Zhou Hongxian, who was sleeping with him as a pet.

At this time, it was still early spring, and the land of Liaodong was cold to the bone, so Zhou Hongxian felt that the top of his head was cold, but he was also dreaming, in the dream he was sitting at the bottom of the Tianchi Waterfall to cultivate, and the cold above his head became the water flow of the waterfall to wash his body, and suddenly the voice of the old fox came to his ears: "Little fox, you have achieved great achievements, you can transform into an adult!" ”

Zhou Hongxian was happy in his heart, and flew out of the waterfall with a jump, he didn't know when he learned to fly, anyway, he was so awesome in his dream, and finally he fell in front of the fox Lao, under the kind gaze of the fox Lao, he turned into a beautiful man.

is different from the previous life, who was only in his early seventies and looked mediocre, in the dream he had a tall figure of more than one meter and eighty, and his face looked a little like Wu Yanzu.

At the same time that Zhou Hongxian was awakened by the sunlight shining into the military tent, Xue Rengui also woke up, and this person was a little sullen.

Xue Rengui glanced at the bloodshot in Zhou Hongxian's eyes, and said in surprise: "Xiaohong, why are you listless, could it be that you foxes are also dreaming?" ”

Zhou Hongxian listened to it even more sullenly.

And on this day, Xue Rengui came to the school early for drills, and a news that made the Tang army excited spread throughout the entire military camp - the Tang Emperor Li Shimin had set out from Chang'an to drive the expedition in person, and his soldiers were pointing to Liaodong!

In February of the 19th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin arrived in Liaodong, and the supreme commander of the expedition to Goguryeo was directly changed from Li Tao, the chief of the march of Liaodong Province, to the supreme Tang Emperor.

The first thing Li Shimin did after arriving in Liaodong was to inspect the military camp and comfort the soldiers of each battalion accompanied by Li Tao and other generals.

In Zhou Hongxian's eyes, although Li Tao's name is also outstanding, and his figure and appearance are also very prominent, but at this time, he followed behind the emperor, bowed slightly, and his expression was full of humility, which was not so eye-catching.

What really surprised Zhou Hongxian was Li Shimin, not because he was the emperor, but because his appearance was far from the image in the pictures in the history books of later generations.

Li Shimin in front of him not only did not carry the jade belt of the dragon robe in both hands, but also did not see the slightest fortune in his figure, on the contrary, he was still tall and thin at nearly half a hundred years old, and he was powerful.

What's even more strange is that his facial features are very three-dimensional, his eye sockets are deep, the bridge of his nose is high, and he has a somewhat eagle hooked nose, and his complexion is fair, his hair and beard are slightly curly, not like a complete Han Chinese.

In fact, what Zhou Hongxian didn't know was that the reason why Li Shimin looked like this was because he was a mixed race of Han and Xianbei, not only his mother, but even his eldest grandson, the empress, was also a Xianbei person, and a large part of the origin of the Xianbei people was Caucasian, so he was called Bailu when he was in the Five Hu Chaos.

Ignoring Li Shimin's appearance, as the emperor of Rong Ma's life, he is still a little unangry and arrogant, in the face of the soldiers, although he is very kind and unusual, which makes people feel like a spring breeze, but there is still some domineering leakage between his hands and feet.

When inspecting the military tent where Xue Rengui lived, in the face of more than a dozen soldiers living in the same tent, Li Shimin still saw Xue Rengui from the crowd at a glance, no way, who made Xue Rengui too eye-catching!

"Mao Gong, which general is this strong man under your account?" Li Shimin smiled and pointed at Xue Rengui and asked Li Tao.

Li Tao shook his head and said: "Please forgive your majesty, Wechen doesn't recognize this person, this military tent is the military tent of ordinary soldiers, Wechen thinks this person should be one of them!" ”

Hearing this, Xue Rengui's face turned slightly red, and he greeted Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's surname is Xue Mingli, the word Rengui, a person from Hedong, is now an ordinary sergeant, so it is normal for Chief Li not to know the minister!" ”

Li Shimin was full of anger when he heard Xue Rengui's words, like a tiger roaring, and he couldn't help but praise slightly in his heart, he nodded and said: "Your surname is Xue, and you are from Hedong, so what is your relationship with the Xue family in Hedong?" ”

"The minister is from the Xue clan in Hedong!"

"It turned out that after the king of Hedong, then I want to know, how long have you been in the army?"

Xue Rengui hesitated: "It's been three years." ”

"Three years is not a short time, after you are a famous general, haven't you been promoted with military merits?"

Xue Rengui's face turned red all of a sudden, he wanted to say that he was unlucky, but no matter how he said it, it was like an excuse, and in the end he could only say reluctantly: "I don't have good skills, so it's difficult to make contributions." ”

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Since your ability is not good, then you have to cheer up more, don't insult your good body and the name of your ancestors in vain!" After that, Li Shimin led Li Tao and the other generals to inspect other places.

After Li Shimin left, Xue Rengui stood in place for a long time, unable to help himself, his fist clenched and loosened, loosened and clenched.

In a blink of an eye, Xue Rengui hugged Zhou Hongxian to a no-man's corner, and said: "Xiaohong, you are a spirit fox, and last time I said that I could become famous, so I asked you, how long will it take for me to meet the opportunity to make contributions?" ”

Zhou Hongxian was very entangled in the question, thinking to himself that I know that you can become famous because you are too famous in later generations, but how do I know when you will be developed, I don't know so much about history, not to mention that I don't dare to answer!

Xue Rengui said to himself: "Yes, you can't speak, and it's useless to ask you!" ”

Zhou Hongxian said in his heart: "Yes, it's good that you have this awareness!" ”

"Then so-and-so will change the question, so-and-so is not far from the time to make contributions, you will nod if you are far away, and you will shake your head if you are not far away!"

"Here we go again!" Zhou Hongxian smiled bitterly in his heart and couldn't help but shake his head.

Xue Rengui was overjoyed and said, "Are you saying that the time to make meritorious contributions is not far away?" ”

"I didn't answer, I'm a conditioned reflex!" Zhou Hongxian felt that he was a little kidnapped, but Xue Rengui didn't care about that, he got the answer he wanted, so he slapped his thigh and said: "Okay, if you say it, then you are a certain lucky fox, and I will treat you well in this life!" ”

When Zhou Hongxian heard this, he wanted to cry without tears, thinking that this is your wishful thinking, don't blame me when the time comes! However, he didn't know that luck was sometimes a coincidence that could not be written, and Xue Rengui's opportunity was really coming soon.

After inspecting the barracks, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin began to personally command the attack on Goguryeo, and the arrival of the emperor did greatly boost the morale of the army, and Li Shimin himself was also a general, but these many positive factors combined, the actual results of the Tang army were still not so satisfactory.

In March of the 19th year of Zhenguan, the war between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo came to a stalemate, and there was still a Lang named Liu Junqiong in the Tang army who would be besieged by the Goguryeo army and could not get out.

In the big tent of the Tang Army, Li Shimin sat in the position of the commander, frowned and said: "Although the loss in this battle is not big, Liu Junqiong is only a general, but after all, he is a general who has shed blood for my Tang Dynasty, so he can't help it!" But who will be sent to the rescue of the army, can Zhong Aiqing recommend it? ”

Li Tao said: "Your Majesty, it is inconvenient to send Yang Cheng, the general under the account of Weichen, Yang Cheng is brave and strategic, it is very suitable!" ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "In this way, it is as Li Qing said!" However, as soon as he finished speaking, a general hurriedly walked in outside the tent, this general is named Zhang Shigui, who is also a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, and was an old man in the Qin Palace, and has won the trust of Li Shimin. ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and said, "Zhang Qing, where did the happy event come from?" ”

Zhang Shigui said: "Your Majesty, there is a pawn named Xue Rengui under the minister's tent who has single-handedly entered the Goguryeo army, he directly took the head of the enemy general besieging Liu Junqiong, and the Goguryeo army killed was terrified, and Liu Junqiong has been rescued!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked, and Li Shimin also stood up from the main seat and said, "Is Zhang Qing's words true?" ”

Zhang Shigui smiled: "Your Majesty, how dare the minister speak presumptuously? Now Xue Rengui has hung the enemy's head on his horse and returned safely with Liu Junqiong! ”

Li Shimin suddenly remembered the pawn he saw when he was inspecting the barracks not long ago, and thought that it was him, so he was overjoyed: "A really fierce general, no less than Wei Chi Jingde!" Send him to me quickly! ”

After that, Li Shimin personally met with Xue Rengui, and also gave him verbal praise and reward, but he did not promote his military rank, so Xue Rengui is still a small soldier, but this is already a very happy thing for Xue Rengui.

Where did this begin? That's a long story, Xue Rengui first signed up for the army at Zhang Shigui's place, so he was a soldier under Zhang Shigui, but a total of 30,000 people enlisted in the army that year, Xue Rengui was a pawn, where did Zhang Shigui recognize him? But Liu Junqiong is different, he was still a low-level general two years ago, Xue Rengui had been an errand under him, Liu Junqiong was bold and treated Xue Rengui well, so he took the good fate, so as soon as Xue Rengui heard that he was trapped, he killed him single-handedly regardless of it.

After this battle, Xue Rengui became famous, and since then he has become thunderous in the Tang army and the Goguryeo army. Subsequently, the Tang army also seemed to have suddenly opened the checkpoint, and the Goguryeo defenders were defeated and retreated, and in June of the 19th year of Zhenguan, they marched to Lin'an City (now Haicheng City, Liaoning Province). In order to resist the Tang army, Goguryeo Molizhi (equivalent to the prime minister) Yuangai Suwen sent the generals Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen to garrison 250,000 troops along the mountain, and Li Shimin, after personally inspecting the terrain, ordered the generals to attack Anshi City separately.

In the military tent, Xue Rengui tidied up his white robe, and carried a double bow around his waist, then picked up Zhou Hongxian, kissed him on the head, and said: "Xiaohong, you are really a certain lucky fox, since I met you, I feel that time is coming!" ”

Zhou Hongxian's heart was full of disgust: "Kiss your sister, kiss, are men evil or disgusting?" ”

Xue Rengui couldn't understand Zhou Hongxian's mind anyway, he only laughed heroically and said: "Today, so-and-so is going to fight, so-and-so wants His Majesty to see with his own eyes the performance of a certain in the army, and the great husband will make contributions today!" With that, he walked away.

On the twenty-first day of June in the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin ordered Li Tao to fight Gao Yanshou in the west of Anshi City, and ordered the eldest Sun Wuji and Niu Jinda to lead the army to ambush and surpass the rear road, and he led the army to sit on the north peak of the Goguryeo military camp.

On this day, the two armies clashed, the flags covered the sun, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Li Shimin looked at the military situation and frowned: "Goguryeo has been defeated repeatedly, I thought that I could easily win today, but I didn't want this Gao Yanshou to dare to take the initiative to fight, and the morale is quite high, so it seems that it is not easy for our army to fight quickly!" ”

A strategist said: "Your Majesty, Gao Yanshou is a famous general of the Goguryeo royal family, and I have heard that this person has trained his troops well and is the best at inspiring morale, so our army has the hardships of today's battle!" ”

Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, but as soon as he nodded, he saw a person suddenly killed in the Tang army, who was not wearing a piece of armor, but was dressed in a white robe, holding a halberd and a gun, and carrying a double bow on his waist, and kept shouting and charging.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, and then looked for the man, and saw that the person had entered the Goguryeo array, he made the halberd gun in his hand a tiger and a tiger, left and right, and stabbed a number of Goguryeo generals off the horse, he held a bow and arrow, left and right bows, for a time a large number of Goguryeo soldiers will be killed by him with an arrow, directly through the head.

That person is like a killing god, as soon as he enters the Goguryeo army, he is like a tiger into the flock, the Goguryeo soldiers are all frightened by him, the Tang army is very vigorous, and follow up in a big way, killing the Goguryeo soldiers one by one turned around and rushed to run, and the battlefield situation suddenly changed greatly.

"It's really a god!" Li Shimin was amazed, and couldn't help but ask the ministers around him: "Do you Aiqing know who this white-robed person is?" ”

One person replied with a smile: "Your Majesty forgot, this person is Xue Rengui, whom you just commended not long ago!" ”

Li Shimin stood up and laughed: "It turned out to be him!" ”

After this battle, the Goguryeo army was defeated and beheaded by the Tang army more than 20,000 levels, and the whole country of Goguryeo was shocked.

For this reason, Li Shimin specially summoned Xue Rengui, gave him two horses, 40 silk horses and 10 captives as slaves, and promoted him to a guerrilla general and Yunquan Mansion Guoyi.

Moreover, as a general of the younger generation, Xue Rengui Li Shimin also placed high hopes on him, and said to him: "My old generals are old and can hardly bear heavy military responsibilities. My happiness lies not in getting Liaodong, but in getting you! ”

Xue Rengui was grateful to Li Shimin for this.

At night, a mansion in Anshi has become Li Shimin's temporary palace, at this time, the palace is brightly lit inside and outside, and Li Shimin is reading a poem in the room full of melancholy: "Towards the mirror platform, put on makeup and linger for a while." The daughter smiled at the beginning, can you come when you are called? ”

The eunuch beside him said: "Is the saint thinking about Concubine Hui?" ”

The eunuch mentioned the concubine Hui Niangniang is Li Shimin's favorite concubine Xu Huifei, who is not only beautiful, but also talented and intelligent, history says that she was born five months ago to be able to speak, four years old to read the "Analects", eight years old can write poetry, so Li Shimin in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan will be only fourteen years old she called a talent.

And Li Shimin's poem also has a story, once he recruited Concubine Xu Hui to see him, but Concubine Xu Hui didn't come for a long time, which made him angry, and then Concubine Xu Hui wrote this poem to him, which means that I came late because I had been wearing makeup for a long time, and I didn't come to see you again because I was dressed up beautifully? Li Shimin turned his anger into joy after seeing the poem, and since then he has been more fond of Concubine Xu Hui.

At this time, Li Shimin nodded and sighed: "Hey, if I don't see Concubine Hui for a day, it's like every other autumn!" I don't know if I have been away from Chang'an for so long, will she complain about me? ”

The eunuch smiled: "The saint is too worried, the saint works hard for the country, and Concubine Hui is very good-hearted, so she naturally knows how to understand the difficulties of the saint!" ”

Li Shimin said: "You are a eunuch, where do you know women, women are coquettish, but you don't care!" ”

The eunuch didn't show any embarrassment on his face, only smiled heartlessly, and said: "Otherwise, when the saint returns to Chang'an, he will give Niangniang a special gift, and maybe Niangniang will be happy, and she will no longer complain about the saint!" ”

Li Shimin's heart moved: "This is a good idea!" But what makes a special gift? Don't mention gold and silver jewelry, it's too vulgar! ”

The eunuch just wanted to make a suggestion, but when he heard Li Shimin say this, he obediently closed his mouth.

Suddenly, Li Shimin patted his head and said, "Look at my brain, why didn't you think about it in the first place?" The year before last, the king of Goguryeo had given me a high-grade fox fur, and Concubine Hui loved it very much, but a few years ago, she was accidentally scorched by a candle, and Concubine Hui was sad for a long time. In this way, if she can find another similar top-grade fox fur, Concubine Hui will be very happy, but this top-grade fox fur is difficult to find for a while! ”

After Li Shimin's words were finished, the eunuch's face showed a hint of joy, and said: "Sage, this is really the will of heaven in the dark, it must be that God moved the saint's sincerity to Concubine Hui!" ”

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"The sage doesn't know, a few days ago, I was ordered by the sage to announce the order to the Xue guerrilla, and I saw a red fox raised by the Xue guerrilla, and the brilliance of the fur is really rare in a hundred years!"

When Li Shimin heard this, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly.