Li Shimin frowned slightly, although his younger brother was stubborn, he was like an evil young man. However, his ability to fight should not be underestimated. I have promised my father that I will take good care of Yuanji. Yuanji was also very well-behaved under my command, he didn't dare to act rashly, and he guarded Tongguan to transport grain and grass in a decent manner...... I didn't lose my royal face......

So Li Shimin arranged for him to lead the troops to besiege Luoyang as the main general, and let Qu Tutong assist him. He himself hurriedly joined Cheng Zhijie and the others, and hurried to the tiger prison.

In order to seize the time, Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie immediately led 3,500 elite cavalry to gallop towards the tiger prison. Qin Qiong and the others led the rest of the cavalry, scheduled to start that night. At this time, the sun was just overhead, and the cavalry bypassed Beibi Mountain, arrived at Heyang, and went straight to Gongxian.

Wang Shichong stood on the wall of the eastern capital and saw the dust rolled up by this cavalry, but he didn't know what it was going to do, and he didn't dare to attack rashly. wasted this opportunity to ambush Li Shimin.

Two days later, Li Shimin arrived at Tiger Prison Pass and joined Xu Shiji; Knowing that Dou Jiande's army was approaching the Tiger Pass, he studied the enemy situation that night and formulated a battle plan.

The next day, Li Shimin led 500 elite cavalry from the Tiger Prison Pass and traveled more than 20 miles east to reconnoiter the movements of Dou Jiande's military camp. He was determined to test the combat effectiveness of the Xia army through actual combat, so he left a team on the way, led by Xu Shiji, Wei Chi Jingde, and Qin Shubao respectively, and ambushed on both sides of the avenue.

He himself continued to advance with only three men; Among the three, one is Cheng Zhijie, and the other two are Li Yuanba and Pei Xingyan. Although there are only 5 people in this team, there are a few masters who are there today.

Li Shimin was arrogant, laughed and said to Cheng Zhijie: "I take a bow and arrow, and you take a battle axe with you, far and near; Even if the enemy has a million troops, what can they do with us! ”

The five urged the war horses to go straight to Dou Jiande's camp; When he was about to reach the camp gate, he met 100 Rangers of the Summer Army.

Xia Jun thought that they were scouts like the Tang Army, so he simply took precautions and didn't particularly care.

Seeing that the enemy army did not make a big move, Li Shimin shouted loudly: "I am Li Shimin, the king of Qin of the Tang Dynasty!" Come, and I will fight with you! With that, he drew his bow and shot an arrow, hitting one of the enemy generals in the throat.

These rangers saw a bang, turned around and ran to the camp to report to Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande's army was shocked and hurriedly sent five or six thousand cavalry to chase after him.

From a distance, the enemy horsemen galloped towards the black pressure, dragging up the smoke and dust behind them, and the earth was slightly shaken by the horse's hooves.

Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and the others loosened the reins and slowly walked back. The pursuing enemy cavalry gradually approached them, and Li Shimin drew his bow on horseback and shot the one who rushed to the front.

The pursuers were taken aback. Stopping in fear, they said a few words to each other, took off the small shield behind the horse, and their courage seemed to be plucked up again, and they rushed up again, but they were shot by Li Shimin in succession.

The enemy cavalry stopped again, and waited until they gathered to form an impact formation, and then rushed forward under the urging of the generals.

Li Shimin immediately did not move, and the arrows were like beads, and he shot five or six people in a row; By this time, the remaining brigade had already rushed up; I want to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Cheng Zhijie led Li Yuanba and Pei Xingyan and shouted fiercely; Like a roaring mountain forest, the oncoming enemy army shuddered, and involuntarily slowed down.

The three of them launched a charge in a fan-like line, and all the enemies who blocked the way in front were smashed into flesh and chopped into two sections.

The three of them rushed forward for dozens of paces, scattered the pursuers, circled back their horses, and ran back; During this period, Li Shimin opened his bow and arrows in the back, and put a lot of enemies.

They continued to walk back slowly, and when they saw that several thousand enemy horsemen had gathered together again and pursued them bravely, they let go of the reins and galloped their horses. The enemy cavalry roared wildly, pursued closely behind, and was soon led into the ambush of the Tang army by Li Shimin.

Seeing the enemy ambush, Xu Shiji, Wei Chi Jingde, and Qin Shubao led the army from the left, right, and rear to suddenly kill, and the enemy cavalry was caught off guard and fled in defeat, and the Tang army drove them all the way back to the barracks. In this battle, more than 3,000 enemy horsemen were killed, and the enemy generals Yin Qiu and Shi Zan were captured.

The Tang army returned to the Tiger Pass in victory. From the two captives, Li Shimin had a general grasp of Dou Jiande's military situation. More importantly, through this battle, Li Shimin has already known that although the Xia army has a large number of troops, there is a large gap in combat effectiveness compared with the Tang army.

Li Shimin ordered Xue to write a letter and sent a messenger to Dou Jiande. The letter said: "The land around Zhao Wei was owned by my Tang Dynasty from the beginning, but it was arbitrarily invaded by you. It's just that you are very polite to King Huai'an, and you sent Princess Tong'an back, so I Datang and you give up old grievances and make a new friendship together.

That Wang Shichong had reconciled with you in the past, but broke off diplomatic relations, and now he is in danger, and he has tempted you with some nonsense, and you have led the people of the three armies to serve others, and have spent a lot of money on a long journey, and what you have chosen is really not a good strategy.

Today my striker met your striker, and your striker immediately fell apart. Before the war, the two of us didn't send envoys to communicate with each other, and I felt a little uneasy! So I'll hold my blade for now, hoping you'll make the right choice; If you don't take advantage of this opportunity, I'm afraid you will regret it in the future! ”

Dou Jiande was furious, stabbed and tore up the letter, and then drove the messenger out; Then he led the main force to go out in full swing and arrived in front of the Tiger Prison Pass.

Li Shimin led Cheng Zhijie, Li Yuanba, Pei Xingyan, Qin Qiong, and Wei Chi Jingde to open a formation in front of the pass.

Dou Jiande frowned secretly when he saw Cheng Zhijie, he secretly looked around, Liu Heimin, Wang Fubao and others, and saw that they were all afraid, knowing that the fighting general was also humiliating; So without saying a word, he ordered the flag to be waved and ordered his army to launch a fierce attack.

Under the city was 3,000 Xuanjia troops, who lined up with their backs against the Tiger Prison Pass, and when they saw the enemy rushing up, they all rushed up with horses and killed the Xia army.

Dou Jiande urged the army behind him to charge; Xia Jun wanted to crash into the waves on the reef and shatter into pieces. Xu Shiji in the city commanded the Tang army to shoot extendedly, and shot countless Xia troops who kept charging behind; The impact of the Xuanjia Army is greatly reduced.

This battle lasted until noon, and the Xia army suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and did not even touch the wall of the Tiger Prison Pass. Dou Jiande had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

Li Shimin led the army to slowly pull into the Tiger Prison Pass, and he said to Cheng Zhijie: "Fifth brother, I said that the two of us will cooperate far and near, and he will not be afraid of thousands of troops!" It seems that this method also applies when the Great Legion fights. He, Dou Jiande, is an army of millions, so what can I do? ”

Cheng Zhijie said with a smile: "The method is good, but there are too few armies like the Xuanjia Army; It's too expensive to raise! This tactic cannot be replicated. ”

Li Shimin nodded slightly and said, "What the fifth brother said is true!" But you can't give up, there must be a way to solve it. They returned to the city in no hurry; Dou Jiande screamed angrily and almost flipped the table.

They attacked the Tiger Prison Pass several times in a row, but they were blocked by the Tang Army with the cooperation of Jiancheng and Xuanjia Army, and they were unable to move forward.

A certain lord Song Zhengben stepped forward to suggest that we are here to help Wang Shichong fight, and Li Shimin's main force has been led away by us. If Wang Shichong breaks the siege of Luoyang and joins forces inside and outside, wouldn't he be able to break the enemy in one fell swoop.

Dou Jiande thought so, and while continuing to besiege the tiger prison and dragging Li Shimin, he asked people to send a letter to Wang Shichong and ask him to send a large army to break the siege of Luoyang.

Wang Shichong received a letter from Dou Jiande and summoned the generals to prepare for an attack on the Tang army outside Luoyang. They lead all the elite to challenge outside the city.

Qu Tutong thought that he should hold on to the camp and wait for Li Shimin to break Dou Jiande and attack Wang Shichong together. Li Yuanji slapped the table and shouted: "Wang Shichong is trapped in Luoyang and has been out of food for several days. It's like a dead bone. We will fight the enemy in a decisive battle and we will not be able to get it. Now Wang Shichong is looking for his own death, I am about to defeat him, and then go to the Tiger Prison to aid King Qin, don't say it, give me a formation to meet the enemy. ”

The lord will give the order, and the generals will not dare to disobey, and all will go out to meet the enemy. Wang Shichong waited viciously for Tang Jun and shouted: "Everyone! The Tang army on the opposite side wants to kill me. rob us of our homes and property; We can lead and kill. Fight with the enemy! Kill! ”

"Kill! Kill! Zheng Jun shouted loudly, and then rushed up. Li Yuanji snorted coldly, and the horse lance in his hand raised his hand and said: "Zheng Jun is seeking his own death, and his meritorious service to killing the enemy is today; The generals will charge with me! ”

After that, Li Yuanji rushed out first; The Tang army behind saw it and hurriedly followed and launched a charge; The two armies collided fiercely.

The Xuanjia Army, the most elite unit of the Tang Army, has been taken away by Li Shimin, and its strength has decreased a lot; Zheng Jun is now fighting to the death, all of them are fierce and abnormal, they are like injured and dying beasts, waving their teeth at Tang Jun fiercely.

As soon as the two armies collided together, the Tang army was killed one piece, and it was faintly inferior. Especially the prince of Aoyu, without the suppression of Li Yuanba, Cheng Zhijie and Pei Xingyan, finally made a fortune. He roared and danced with a long purple golden melon, galloping across the Tang army's array, setting off a bloody storm, and killing more than a dozen generals in a short time.

When Li Yuanji saw the fierce light in his eyes, he shouted, the horse lance in his hand quickly stabbed out, and a blue light flashed, and the enemy who was blocking the road was stabbed, and he urged the horse to rush to the side of the prince of Aoyu; Without saying a word, be careful to stab when you raise a lance.

Ao Yu looked at the person opposite who was wearing gold armor and a yellow robe, and knew that it was not an ordinary person; I can't help but rejoice in my heart; a round of purple gourds in the hand; When the sound separated Li Yuanji's spear, and then the wheel blade smashed.