Since defeating Pan Changwen, Zhen Zhai'er can be described as high-spirited, with more than 100,000 troops, not to mention the combat power, in terms of scale alone, he is enough to be called a hegemon. Zhen Zhai'er is very ambitious and very far-sighted. He was originally a member of Wei Dao'er's subordinates, and if he can develop to today's power, he must have his advantages.

Taiyuan has a special geographical location and can be described as a battleground for soldiers, so Zhen Zhaier has always been eyeing Taiyuan. When he learned that Li Yuan was going to lead the army to encircle and suppress, Zhen Zhai'er was overjoyed and personally led more than 50,000 people to ambush in the Bird Mouse Valley, preparing to ambush Li Yuan's army.

Zhen Zhai'er's decision itself was not wrong, because as long as he defeated Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, it would inevitably cause the morale of the Taiyuan defenders to plummet, which would be of great benefit to the future attack on Taiyuan.

The Bird Mouse Valley is deserted and full of dead grass and rubble, perfect for hiding your whereabouts.

Li Qu lay calmly beside Zhen Zhai'er, appearing to be very confident in his information. Zhen Zhai'er's eyes did not fall on Li Qu either, because half an hour ago, the spies had already determined that Li Yuan was leading three thousand cavalry towards the Mouse Bird Valley.

There was a vibration on the ground, and the sound of horses' hooves could be faintly heard in the distance, and Zhen Zhai'er pressed her body lower, waiting for the arrival of her prey like a hunter.

Seeing Li Yuan, who was familiar with the art of war, rushed into the Sparrow Mouse Valley without hesitation, Zhen Zhai'er did not have the slightest suspicion. When Li Yuan and the others all entered the Bird Mouse Valley, Zhen Zhai'er gave an order, and for a while, countless flags covered the sky and the sun, and tens of thousands of troops suddenly sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, surrounding Li Yuan and the others.

Li Yuan had been marching and fighting for many years, and he had long been accustomed to such a scene, but he saw that he was fearless and led the cavalry to rush left and right. The special terrain of the Bird Mouse Valley was not conducive to the cavalry, and it did not have the expected impact on Li Yuan's cavalry. Although Zhen Zhai'er was a little surprised, he was not worried, because he believed that under the heavy surroundment, even if Li Yuan had great ability, it would be impossible for him to fly out of the Bird Mouse Valley.

Zhen Zhai'er led the army to loot everywhere, and it was extremely difficult to solve the problem of food and clothing, it was impossible to form cavalry, and even many people's weapons were only ordinary farm tools. In the face of the cavalry of the imperial court, they had no other way but to rely on human lives to consume.

Looking at the mount under Li Yuan's crotch, Zhen Zhai'er had already begun to fantasize about what she would look like riding on it. Three thousand war horses are not insignificant for Zhen Zhai'er, which is one of the reasons why he did not hesitate to follow Li Qu's advice.

Although the cavalry was able to restrain the infantry, but in the face of twenty times the enemy's army, Li Yuan's cavalry gradually appeared exhausted, the corners of Zhen Zhai'er's mouth rose, sneered, raised the bow and pulled the string, and pointed directly at Li Yuan. Suddenly, the sound of wind sounded in her ears, and then, Zhen Zhai'er saw her body getting farther and farther away, and blood gushing out of her neck.

"Li Qu, what are you doing!" Zhen Zhai'er's personal guards were stunned by the scene in front of them, and when Zhen Zhai'er's head fell to the ground, they reacted, and someone shouted and slashed at Li Qu with a knife.

Li Qu succeeded in the sneak attack, how could he sit back and wait to die? An arrow rushed to the side of Zhen Zhai'er's head, picked it up and ran. Rat Bird Valley was full of soldiers in different clothes, and no one noticed Li Qu at all.

"Stop chasing." An adjutant general beside Zhen Zhai'er shouted: "This matter should not be quiet, let's kill these cavalry of the court in front of me first." The other people looked at each other and quickly understood: if the soldiers knew that Zhen Zhai'er had been killed, they would definitely be unstable.

So, they casually got some hay to cover up Zhen Zhai'er's body, and then calmly commanded the army to fight.

Being able to become generals, their knowledge is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers, and they know that if they choose to retreat at this time, it is tantamount to letting the imperial army chase and kill.

No matter how fast the infantry is, how can they outpace the cavalry?

The time on the battlefield passed very slowly, and it seemed that the fight had been going on for a long time, but in fact, the time of a stick of incense had just passed, and Li Yuan and the others were about to be unable to support it. Suddenly, countless imperial court soldiers rushed into the Mouse Bird Valley, and the traitors were originally surrounding Li Yuan, but in an instant, they were surrounded by the imperial army.

"Those who surrender will not be killed!" Li Yuan's face was resolute, he took out his sword from his waist, pointed it to the sky, and shouted loudly. Other cavalry followed suit, and for a while, the Mouse Bird Valley was filled with the sound of "those who surrender will not be killed".

"The thief leader Zhen Zhai'er has already surrendered to the law, what are you waiting for!" Li Shimin provoked Zhen Zhai'er's head with a spear, defeated the last psychological defense line of the thief army, and the situation was turned over in an instant.

"Don't trust the eagle dogs of the imperial court, aren't you suffering enough?" The thief army still has tens of thousands of troops in Hexi, and naturally some people are not willing to fail and shout loudly.

Some people choose to surrender, some people choose to escape, and some people choose to struggle to the death, and the already chaotic Mouse Bird Valley has become even more chaotic.

When Li Yuan exterminated Chai Baochang and other rebels, he had always been kind to the surrendering army, therefore, most of the rebels chose to surrender, as for those who fought to the death, in the face of the 30,000 army led by Li Shimin, they could not turn the big waves at all, and as a result, only more than 1,000 people escaped from the 50,000 rebels.

"Father, are you alright?" Li Shimin sent people to settle the surrendered soldiers, and he rode to Li Yuan's side on horseback and asked with concern.

"No problem." Li Yuan laughed heartily and replied, "You came at the right time. Li Shimin smiled shyly and retreated behind Li Yuan.

"Lord Tongshou, how do you settle these traitors?" Huyalang looked at Gao Junya at the divided army, and said with a headache: "There are more than 30,000 people here, so you can't bring them all back to Taiyuan." ”

"They are all the people of the Great Sui, can they still ignore it?" Li Yuan asked rhetorically.

"That's not what the Admiral meant." Gao Junya hurriedly explained: "The last general is just worried about the problem of grain and grass. ”

"General Gao can rest assured, those big families in Taiyuan have always been worried that Zhen Zhai'er will capture Taiyuan, and they are worried all day long, and now that my father has led the army to exterminate Zhen Zhai'er, those big families will inevitably donate generously to solve the problem of grain and grass for the army." Li Shimin said with a smile: "Your Majesty appointed you and General Wang as the deputy guards of Taiyuan, and the two generals should also say good things for the people of Taiyuan, and ask Your Majesty to send someone to send some grain and grass over." ”

Hu Benlang handed over Wang Wei and said, "You should be like this." Gao Junya also smiled and agreed.

After chatting for a while, Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin to lead people to clean up the battlefield, and he, Gao Junya, Wang Wei and others took advantage of Zhen Zhai'er's death and went straight to Zhen Zhai'er's lair.

Li Shimin bowed down to receive the order and watched Li Yuan lead the army away.

More than 30,000 troops cleaned up the battlefield quickly, but for more than an hour, the corpse of a traitor could no longer be seen in the Mouse Bird Valley. As for the bodies of the soldiers killed in the imperial court, they were naturally sent back to Taiyuan by these surrendered soldiers and handed over to their families for burial.

In the battle of the Mouse Bird Valley, more than 10,000 rebels died, so few people noticed a corpse with open eyes and no eyes.

On the battlefield, the soldiers who die without eyes don't know how to go, who cares about this?

Others didn't care, but Li Shimin cared very much, he calmly watched Li Qu's body being burned to ashes, and he had no worries in his heart, and ordered to escort the surrendered army back to Taiyuan.

Li Yuan led the army to Zhen Zhai'er's camp, and showed the heads of Zhen Zhai'er and some generals, and the rebels guarding the camp no longer had the heart to resist, and all went out of the camp to surrender, and as a result, Li Yuan completely broke Zhen Zhai'er's rebellion.

In the face of tens of thousands of surrendered troops, Li Yuan did not dare to bring them all back to Taiyuan, so he let them choose to go home and reunite with their families, or join the army to serve the imperial court. Although Wang Wei felt that Li Yuan's decision was a little inappropriate, he couldn't think of a better way.