Li Yuanji picked him up and was so shocked that he almost didn't fall off his horse, knowing that he was not an opponent. It's too late to hide now. He gritted his teeth and stabbed sharply to make a look of dying together.

The prince of the fish really hit the trick and quickly accepted the trick to parry; Li Yuanji took the opportunity to urge the horse to run away and slip away.

Where is the prince of the fish willing to let go, shouting and chasing after the horse. Li Yuanji's general, Lu Jun'e, saw that King Qi was in trouble, and he danced his big sword to kill a bloody path, and rushed up.

"Thief! Hugh is rampant, look at the knife! "He shouted, and slashed with his sword; The Aoyu Prince snorted coldly and parried the purple gourd with the long purple gourd in his hand. "Dang!" Lu Jun'e's big knife flew.

The prince of the fish was so powerful that he smashed the purple gold melon in his hand. "Smack!" smashed Lu Jun'e into a 10,000 peach blossoms, and the dead body was planted under the horse with a thud.

Prince Aoyu went to Li Yuanji again and found that he had fled and was nowhere to be found. "Wow, wow, wow!" The prince of Aoyu couldn't stop screaming angrily, urging the horses to kill indiscriminately in the Tang army.

Tang Jun was already at a disadvantage, and he was even more passive for a while; Qu Tutong prepared the rear team and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. The Tang army slowly retreated under the leadership of the generals,

When Wang Shichong saw Daxi, he ordered the army to attack desperately, wanting to finish his work in one battle. Zheng Jun followed closely behind. The fleeing Tang army suddenly flashed on both sides, and in front of it was its own camp, revealing a rear team that had bent its bow and arrows and was ready.

"Shoot!" Qu Tutong gave an order, and Zheng Jun, who rushed like a rain of arrows, swept a piece of the reed belt of a sickle, and the formation was also disrupted. Li Yuanji took advantage of the situation to launch a return to kill more than 1,000 enemies; Zheng Guo's general Le Renyi was also picked by Li Yuanji and died in the chaos.

Wang Shi stomped his feet inflated, and had no choice but to lead the team back, and the attack on this day was in vain; The two sides are still at a stalemate.

Li Shimin was also taken aback when he got the news from Luoyang, and he sent Wang Junkuo to lead more than 1,000 light cavalry to attack the grain route of the Xia army, break the grain army, and capture Zhang Qingte, the general of the Xia army.

then let people spread rumors that the Great Demon Kingdom had united with Youzhou Luo Yi to attack Hebei; The land of Great Xia has fallen, and it is about to perish; Dou Jiande couldn't resist it, and he was about to withdraw soon.

After the generals of the Xia army learned that the grain road had been raided, they panicked, and when they broke through Xu Yuanlang's territory, they got a lot of property, and they wanted to bring it back to their hometown as soon as possible. Then there was a lot of talk in the army about retreating.

After Song Zhengben, a certain lord of Dou Jiande, discovered this phenomenon, he suggested to Dou Jiande: "The king should lead all his forces to cross the Yellow River north, capture Huaizhou and Heyang, and send generals to defend there and block the pursuing troops coming from the back road; Then beat the drum to build the flag, crossed the Taihang, entered the Shangdang, captured Fen and Jin, and then led the main force to Pujin to deter Guanzhong.

There are three advantages to this: first, the army will go north, if it enters a no-man's land, it will win without fail; the second is to open up the territory and recruit new troops, and the power will become stronger and stronger; Third, General Guanzhong is greatly threatened by our army, and will automatically lift the encirclement of the eastern capital and withdraw the main force to defend our army. As things stand, there is nothing better than that. ”

"Nayan's words make a lot of sense!" Dou Jiande then ordered the army to prepare for the north

Wang Wan and the eldest grandson An Shi, two envoys in Dou Jiande's army; I was very anxious when I heard it; They were afraid that as soon as Dou Jiande retreated and Li Shimin returned to Luoyang, Wang Shichong would be completely finished.

So they begged to see the general Su Dongfang overnight, at his behest. The two of them informed Wang Shichong that he would continue to send people to report the urgency during this period of time; They cried and begged in front of everyone morning and night, asking the Xia army to go west to rescue the eastern capital; On the other hand, they secretly bribed Dou Jiande's main generals with gold, silver and jewelry, asking them to obstruct the implementation of the plan to go north.

"Song Zhengben is just a scholar, and he can handle political affairs. How can he know how to fight with soldiers, and how can he listen to him? At the court meeting held in the Banzhu Temporary Palace, the generals said to Dou Jiande in front of Song Zhengben.

Song Zhengben was so humiliated that his face was red. The generals didn't care, they still held their throats, rolled up their long sleeves, and asked King Xia for battle.

Dou Jiande was dizzy by their quarrel, and asked Su Dingfang, who had been sitting still. Su Dingfang said slightly: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten the words of Lord Liu Bin, a member of the Zhongshu House?" ”

Dou Jiande suddenly realized that he sent troops to aid Wang Shichong, but with one stone and two eagles, he repelled Li Shimin and annexed Wang Shichong, how could he retreat like this?

So he apologized to Song Zhengben and said: "Song Aiqing, now the morale of the soldiers is booming, this is God helping me, with this morale and the enemy in a decisive battle, I will definitely be able to achieve a great victory!" I'm sorry, I can't do what you suggested. ”

Song Zhengben was so anxious that he was sweating on the top of his head, he was an upright person, so he argued with Dou Jiande with his neck, saying that his opinion was the only correct plan at the moment, if he fought rashly, the Xia army would face great danger, and it would be too late for the whole army to be wiped out!

Dou Jiande was furious and ordered the guards to forcibly help the scholar out. Song Zhengben's stubborn temper also came up, and he scolded while struggling.

Dou Jiande is now the Son of Heaven, and he was scolded by him in front of hundreds of officials, and he couldn't get off the stage immediately; ordered someone to withdraw Song Zhengben and behead it to show the public.

Dou Jiande originally wanted someone to dissuade him, but he took advantage of the situation to spare Song Zhengben; As a result, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were speechless like wood carving clay sculptures, and no one spoke.

As soon as Dou Jiande hesitated, a drum sounded outside, and someone was about to come to his life with Song Zhengben's head. Dou Jiande sighed, felt bored, waved his hand and scattered.

What happened in Dou Jiande's army quickly reached Li Shimin's ears, and he was taken aback by Song Zhengben's strategy. In the end, when he heard that Dou Jiande did not adopt his strategy, but killed him in a fit of anger, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Dou Jiande is killing himself at this time!" killed Song Zhengben, where would anyone help him with advice; This is the way to die! ”

In the temporary palace, Dou Jiande was not ready to delay any longer, he and everyone formulated an attack plan and ordered the generals to prepare for battle and prepare to launch a large-scale attack on the tiger prison as soon as possible. The generals listened, and the cheers thundered.

The Xia army's attack plan was sent to the Tang army's scouts on the same day, and they hurried back to report to Li Shimin: "Dou Jiande is going to wait for the Tang army's war horses to eat up the forage, and when they go north of the Yellow River to graze, they will launch a surprise attack on the Tiger Prison City." ”

Li Shimin said happily, "Okay! Our army can take advantage of this to lure the enemy into the bait! Fifth brother, I really admire you; Xia Jun's every move is under your control! How can we fail if we can anticipate the enemy's opportunity? ”

It was already May of the following year, and the sun was blazing in the sky; Li Shimin, the king of Qin, crossed the Yellow River north according to the strategy, approached Guangwu, and observed the enemy's situation. He deliberately left more than 1,000 war horses to graze in Hezhou to strengthen the impression that the enemy thought that the Tang army lacked forage; At night, he led his army back to the Tiger Prison Pass; More than a thousand war horses remained there.

Dou Jiande saw that the Tang army really went to Hebei to herd horses, thinking that the Tang army had run out of forage, so he hurriedly led all the troops to attack the Tiger Prison City, and approached Niukou from Banzhu to lay down the formation.

This army formation reached the Yellow River in the north, the Bishui River in the west, and the Queshan Mountain in the south, stretching for 20 miles. In the sound of the earth-shattering war drums, more than 100,000 Xia troops rushed towards the Tiger Prison City.

The generals of the Tang Army stood on the city wall, and saw that from north to south, the vast field was full of black and oppressive Xia troops, and they roared from time to time, and the sound came wave after wave, shaking the tiger prison wall like a membrane. When the generals saw such a formation, they subconsciously looked at me, I looked at you, and many of them turned blue.

Seeing that the generals were a little flustered, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile slightly, he didn't speak, but just took a few guards and drove his horse to a mountain peak in the city to look at the enemy formation.

After coming back, Li Shimin said to everyone: "The enemy army seems to be strong, but in fact, it is just a golden jade and a defeat in it. Since they started in Hebei, they have not encountered a real strong enemy; There is no hero to make the shaft famous!

As far as I have just observed, the fact that the enemy is approaching a dangerous battlefield and shouting loudly shows that there is no strict discipline in his ranks.

His vanguard approached directly under our Tiger Prison City to set up a formation, showing that he despised me.

Now that he is asking me for battle, and I deliberately hold my troops still, the courage of the enemy will naturally gradually wear out. His soldiers, who have been in the army for too long, are hungry and thirsty, will retreat of their own accord. When the time comes, our army will launch a ferocious attack, and we will definitely be able to break him in one fell swoop! ”

Li Shimin paused, looked into the eyes of the generals, and said with a smile: "I have agreed with you on a time: after noon, our army will definitely be able to break the enemy-you will see when the time comes, whether my words are good or not?" ”

The generals looked at each other with disbelief.

Dou Jiande was contemptuous of the Tang army, which was cowering in the city and did not dare to fight. He sent the general Wang Fubao to lead 300 elite cavalry across the river, and came to a place only one mile away from the Tang army to stop. He also sent people to challenge Li Shimin: "Please send hundreds of strong men to fight with our army's brave duel." ”

Li Shimin sent Wang Junkuo to lead 200 cavalry to meet the battle, and the two sides fought against each other, and the Tang army advanced and retreated, just in a tie with the Xia army. So each side led its troops back to the camp.

At this time, in Dou Jiande's military array, there was a man riding a red horse, with very bright armor and weapons, and he turned out of the flank and boasted to the Tang army.

Li Shimin saw it from a distance on the city wall, and casually said to Li Yuan beside him: "Fourth brother, what he is riding is really a good horse!" How about a Kirin than yours? ”

Li Yuanba snorted coldly and said: "In terms of appearance, yes, yes, yes; Yes, whether it's really strong, also, you have to compare to know. I, I'm going to take him over. ”。 [.]