Li Mi didn't think that Li Yuan could easily occupy Guanzhong, Chang'an's troops were not much less than Luoyang, he Li Mi attacked Luoyang for several months with hundreds of thousands of people, and he still failed to defeat Luoyang, just with Li Yuan's tens of thousands of horses, I don't know how long it will take to touch the gate of Chang'an!

So since then, the messengers between Li Yuan and Li Mi have been in constant exchange.

On May 27, the rain in Hedong had not stopped for nearly half a month, Li Yuan's army was short of food, and Liu Wenjing had not yet returned.

Li Yuan then summoned his generals and ministers to discuss returning north.

Pei Lin said first: "Song Laosheng and Qu Tutong jointly defend the danger, and it is not easy to capture it quickly; Although Li Mi said that he wanted to unite, his treacherous plans were difficult to guess; The Turks are greedy for profit and have no faith, and are mercenary; Liu Wuzhou is also a person who claims to be a vassal to the Hu people. Taiyuan is the metropolis of one side, and the families of the volunteers are in Taiyuan, so it is better to return to the rescue base and then plan for future righteous deeds. ”

Li Shimin immediately objected: "Song Laosheng is frivolous and impetuous, and he can be captured in a battle." Although Liu Wuzhou and the Turks were superficially dependent on each other, they were in fact suspicious of each other. Although Liu Wuzhou pursued Yuanli and captured Taiyuan, how could he forget the nearby Mayi?

Originally, we were righteous and desperate to save the people, and we should quickly enter Chang'an to command the world. Now we have only encountered a small difficulty, and we will immediately have to be a teacher, I am afraid that the people who follow the uprising will be scattered, and return to guard the land of Taiyuan City, we will become thieves, how can we protect ourselves? ”

Li Jiancheng also agreed with Li Shimin's words, but Li Yuan was still hesitant, and finally looked at Li Yin.

Li Yin stood up, saluted Li Yuan and said, "If there is a shortage of food in the army, you can borrow grain from the big families nearby. That should last a little longer. As for the Turks and Liu Wuzhou's attack on Jinyang, it must be a non-existent thing.

Even if they do attack Jinyang, I believe that the remaining army will be able to resist it, and if the army retreats at this time, there will definitely be an army to disperse, and at that time, the troops will be scattered in front, and the enemy army will pursue behind, and the day of our destruction will come! ”

After Li Yuan heard this, he was suddenly shocked, what he had thought before was to return to Taiyuan first, and it would be okay to set out on an expedition another day, but he didn't think that if he ordered to return at this time, he might really be in danger of defeat.

So Li Yuan resolutely said: "Then let's continue to wait until the rain stops!" ”

After hearing this, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and other main battle factions were all relieved, and many people finally persuaded Li Yuan's Li Yin to give them approving looks.

Then Li Yuan's cavalry went out in the rain to "borrow grain" from large households nearby, temporarily solving the food crisis, and two days later, the grain transport team from Taiyuan also arrived, along with the grain transport team, as well as Liu Wenjing, who was in the dust.

Li Yuan immediately summoned Liu Wenjing, and learned from Liu Wenjing that the Turks had no intention of making enemies with him Li Yuan, and now he did not collude with Liu Wuzhou to go south, so he put down his hanging heart.

Liu Wenjing also brought some news about Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu and Guo Zihe.

Shibi Khan sent a lot of cavalry to help Liu Wuzhou, Liu Wuzhou's army became stronger and stronger, and then captured Dingxiang County, and the Turks had named Liu Wuzhou as Dingyang Khan at this time, and gave him the wolf's head banner. The so-called Dingyang is the meaning of pacifying the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty.

Liu Wuzhou became the emperor, made his wife Fu Shi the queen, named Wang Rengong's concubines as concubines, and changed the era name to Tianxing. Establish the Dingyang State, appoint the guard Yang Funian as the left servant of Shangshu, and his sister-in-law Yuan Junzhang as the internal history order.

Shibi Khan and Liang Shi were all the sons of heaven to solve things, and Guo Zihe was the son of Pingyang, Guo Zihe felt that his strength was slightly weaker and did not dare to accept it, so he repeatedly thanked him, and Shibi Khan had to change the title of Guo Zihe to set up for the house.

After Li Yuan got the news, he was worried again, Liu Wuzhou not only occupied Dingxiang County, but also got Dong. With the full support of the Turks, if he is an ambitious person, he is afraid that it will be a matter of time before he goes south to Taiyuan.

Li Yuan had no choice but to silently pray that the rain that had been falling for more than half a month would be faster.

On the third day of the first month of June, in Huoyi City, Huyalang General Song Laosheng was drinking and watching the dance with the generals. Song Laosheng is not old, just in his early forties, with a broad back and a round waist, strong and burly, known for his bravery, since the Sui Dynasty turmoil, he has repeatedly defeated the rebels in Guanzhong, and is quite prestigious, which is also the reason why Yang Yu, the acting king, sent him to Huoyi to guard against Li Yuan.

At present, the enemy should not drink, but in the past half a month, heavy rain has continued, Li Yuanjun has been stuck in Jiahu Fort, and Song Laosheng, who has been forbidden to drink for a long time, under the persuasion of the generals around him, also feels that this is the sky helping Dasui, and it is harmless to drink a little wine, so he summoned everyone to drink and have fun in the future.

Some people who are good at observing words and feelings, seeing that Song Laosheng seemed to be a little drunk, then took the opportunity to praise: "General Song is really my Great Sui's Zhenguo God General, as soon as you come, you will trap the thief Li Yuan in Jiahu Fort without a single soldier!" ”

Song Laosheng was also quite proud of this, and laughed and said: "I dare to assert that if this rain rains for a few more days, Li Yuan's army will collapse, and then you will wait to join the rank with this general!" ”

After hearing this, the generals all echoed and praised Song Laosheng as much as they could. At this moment, Song Laosheng suddenly felt that the surroundings were suddenly much quieter, and when he looked at it, he saw that all the generals around him were looking at the window with surprised faces.

Song Laosheng turned his head to look, only to see a ray of dazzling sunlight shining into the room through the window......

"Father! Father! Li Yuan, who bowed his head and pondered, suddenly heard his son Li Shimin's excited voice sounding outside, Li Yuan was weighing the gains and losses of withdrawing troops at this time, and after seeing Li Shimin recklessly walk in, his eyes couldn't help but have a sense of reproach, "Shimin, what made you so out of shape?" ”

"Father, the sky is clear, the sun is out!" Li Shimin was excited, and it was a little difficult to control his emotions, because they had been looking forward to the arrival of this sunny day for too long.

After Li Yuan heard this, "Huh! stood up, "Okay, that's great, this is the heaven that will not die for my Li family!" ”

On the third day of the sixth month of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the continuous heavy rain that almost led to the collapse of the Li army finally stopped when the army was in a dilemma, and the sky turned clear, and Li Yuan immediately ordered the troops to dry their armor, equipment, and clothing.

Two days later, in the morning, Li Yuan led an army of 50,000 troops from the path at the foot of the mountain to the southeast to the vicinity of Huoyi City, and the battle of Huoyi was about to begin.