(Is this Muzi's sixth or seventh watch today?) I don't remember, I'm confused, if the brothers have seen it, give a reward! ）

In the midst of everyone's noisy arguments, Li Yuan sat there, but his eyes were blank, and he was actually in a daze.

In fact, whether to advance or retreat, this question has been thought about thousands of times in Li Yuan's mind. But no matter whether you give the choice to advance or retreat, it will be a dead end in the end, and the biggest difference is that you will be defeated a little earlier, and you will be defeated a few days later.

In Li Yuan's mind, there was not a worry like Pei Lian's. No matter how he calculated, if he continued to advance, then at this time, the people in the army were panicked and demoralized, and in such a state, he would definitely lose when he fought with the four marshals named by Yang Yichen, Yu Juluo, Tu Wanxu, and Pei Renji. And if you retreat to Taiyuan after this time, although as the two sons said, they can only retreat into a corner and struggle for a few more days.

But Li Yuan is not his son Shimin, he will never work hard when he shouldn't be desperate.

Although retreating into Taiyuan is only a dead end. But in the end, how could Li Yuan give up. Years of officialdom have made him understand that until the last moment, he will never know how things will develop. As long as you keep too much, how can you know that there will be no change in time?

And deep down in his heart, he still has an expectation that he has not given up, that is, he is looking forward to Liu Wenjing on the grassland to send back the good news of the alliance with the Turks. As long as you can get Turkic support, you may not have no chance.

In the end, he waved his hand heavily: "That's it, pass the order, and the class teacher will go home!" Say no more, everybody. ”

"Father, never! Once ......" let Li Shimin hurriedly stop him, Li Yuan turned a blind eye, flicked his sleeves, bowed his head and left under the guard's guard, leaving only a heavy back.

When night fell, the moon was dark and starless, and the four fields were silent, only the earth covered by heavy snow gave a faint light, and there was a faint sound when the ice and snow froze, but it added a little bit of unease.

Li Yuan's order reached the army, and the vanguard cavalry had already set out to explore the road, and the left army had already set out to withdraw from the camp.

In the big tent of King Tang in the military camp north of Huoyi City, Li Yuan had already gone to bed. But lying in bed, how easy is it to sleep peacefully? Lying in bed, tossing and turning, but I couldn't sleep. Li Yuan turned around a few times, got up again, and shouted at the guards to add another brazier. But the brazier came in, and after a while, he felt uneasy about the heat. asked the soldiers to bring tea, but after drinking it, he was still irritable.

In the end, he simply got up, and asked the guards to bring him the lute he had brought with him, and sat there alone and played it string by string. The sound of the tinkling bell like a bead on the plate finally calmed his mood a lot. I was about to put down the pipa, but I faintly heard movement outside.

Stopping the pipa, listening carefully, it was vaguely as if I heard the sound of crying. Li Yuan shook his head and turned over to the bed, but after lying down for a while, he felt that the crying outside the military tent was becoming clearer and more annoying! Li Yuan frowned, wanting to ignore it, but he couldn't be impatient and irritable! The annoyance that had just been calmed by playing the pipa was all hooked up by the cry.

At that moment, he gritted his teeth, lifted the quilt, turned over, and put on his clothes.

"Who's crying in a nickname?" Li Yuan walked to the door of the military tent and asked sharply, his voice could not hide the irritability in his heart.

The guards outside the tent squeaked and did not respond. "Bring people in!" A gust of cold wind carried snowflakes across Li Yuan's face, making him shiver in thin clothes.

After a while, the guards brought people in, but it was the second son Li Shimin!

Seeing Li Shimin, Li Yuan was very annoyed, but in his heart he did not hesitate. He wasn't sure, not sure if he had made the right decision. At this point, he needs to be quiet. Afraid of quiet? Although he had always felt that Shimin was too impulsive and sometimes thoughtless, he could not deny that this son was becoming more and more mature, although he was not yet twenty at this time. Maybe the nobles of other families are still idle and wandering around at this time at his age. Even if they are outstanding, most of them are still learning martial arts at home. …,

But this son, who was left in Liaodong by himself at the age of fifteen or sixteen, was originally only allowed to experience life in the army for a few days. But in the end, he fought a bloody battle in Liaodong for a year, with hundreds of large and small battles. When I returned to the Central Plains, it was a bitter battle again and again.

He looked at Li Shimin, his beloved son, who was young, handsome, energetic, and courageous.

And now, there is no trace of handsomeness and vitality on this son's body, the hideous scar on his face, and the empty sleeve of his shirt make him feel guilty in his heart. This son, who has been by his side all these years, has grown up day by day, and has begun to share his father's worries, which also makes his father proud. But since the Battle of Yanmen and the disfigurement of the broken arm, the son has become deeper and deeper, and the distance between the father and son has slowly begun. His face is no longer handsome, his people are no longer vibrant, and he can't even feel young from him, those deep eyes, full of cangsang, when father and son look at each other, it will always make him feel strange.

But now, there were undried tears on his face. In his bright, deep eyes there were many profound worries! This kind of sincere gaze has not been seen in his son's eyes for a long time, and even he is getting more and more accustomed to the disguised look in his son's eyes.

"Why?" Li Yuan frowned and said, there was no love and pity between his words.

"Father!" Li Shimin "pounced" and knelt in front of Li Yuan, "The people in the army today are panicked, and rumors are spreading, if you are determined to strengthen the army's heart, you can fight in battle, and if you retreat, the army's heart will dissipate, and the soldiers and horses will disperse!" The sergeants were scattered in front, and so many enemies around them were behind. When the time comes, the army will be defeated, between heaven and earth, there will be no rescue, and it will be too late to regret it! How can you not be sad? ”

Li Yuan had an epiphany for a while, it turned out that he had the same worries as Pei Lin and them first, and he was too worried to listen to other opinions. But it almost became an irreparable mistake! He wanted to go back to Taiyuan to hold on, but he never thought that if the soldiers could not advance, they would retreat. Inevitably, people will be panicked, and there will be no chance of winning in the capital. In this troubled world, it is easy to gather troops, and it is easy to scatter soldiers.

There are really rumors together, and the army's heart is scattered. At that time, I was afraid that the soldiers and horses had almost fled before they returned to Taiyuan. Without the soldiers and horses that he relied on as the foundation in this troubled world, what would he use to defend Taiyuan. What do you use to turn over, I am afraid that if the front foot retreats into Taiyuan, someone will cut off the heads of their father and son and take them to surrender.

"But the military order has been issued, and the army has begun to retreat, what should I do?" Li Yuan, who has always been steady, did not hide his panic in front of his son at this time.

"The right army has not moved yet, although the left army has already set off, it has not gone far, let me chase it."

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin, indeed, this young man has grown up and can solve problems and worries for himself.

"Even if we can catch it back, in the face of Yang Jian and Wang Shichong's 70,000 soldiers and horses, what are our chances of winning? What is the use of not being able to defeat them? Li Yuan is still a little worried, in the final analysis, he is not a horse general, he is good at imperial mental skills, but what he lacks is such a battlefield strategy. Although he had 80,000 horses, and Yang Xuan and Wang Xuanying only had 70,000 soldiers and horses combined, he still didn't have much confidence, and his tone was full of worry.

"Father, my Hedong Army is well-armed, so why not be afraid of King Yang's second department. What's more, these two people are not under the same unit, as long as we use our troops properly, we can defeat each of them. Break these two parts, I will wait until the time to wave my troops to attack Tongguan, and the pass can be obtained. ”

Seeing his son's confident appearance, Li Yuan showed a pleased smile: Go ahead, I will send someone to inform your eldest brother to go with him. ”

Li Shimin got the order and couldn't wait to leave.

At this moment, the clouds gradually dispersed, and the empty night sky of Huoyi seemed to be much fresher. Li Yuan's heart gradually calmed down and became much more steady. …,

And Li Shimin, a horse galloping on the road on a moonlit night, although his heart is overturned, he understands that his foundation is Li Tang. He is one with his father, as long as Li Tang is strong, he will have a future. There are many battles on the battlefield, how can he not see his father's thoughts.

He couldn't agree to shrink in Taiyuan City like a turtle, waiting for death day by day. Even if he is about to lose, he will fight vigorously, even if he dies in battle, he has no regrets. At this point, his heart has always agreed with Chen Kefu's concept. If Chen Kefu saw the army of Goguryeo when he was in Liaodong, he would have retreated and retreated into the new city to defend it. Then how could there be the later Liaodong victory, how could there be the later pacification of Goguryeo, and how could there be the current Chen Pojun?

He appreciates Chen Kefu's belief that my fate is up to me, and he has always taken him as his creed. Until the last minute, he will never give up. Even if it was Chen Pojun's Liaodong Army that was in front of him, even if he died, he would lead his troops to charge and kill him, even if he shed the last drop of blood.

Two days later, the Taiyuan military rations arrived. The first snow in Hedong, which had been falling for a long time, finally stopped, and early in the morning, the sky was full of red sun, and the warm sun shone on the snow, adding a little more delicate, and the morale of the whole army also rose a little.

Immediately, Li Yuan ordered the whole army to kill pigs and sheep, distribute fine wine, and everyone had a full meal and drink, and set off again the next day. The 80,000-strong army passed through Linfen, Xiajiang County, and arrived at Longmen on the Yellow River in the northwest corner of Hedong County.

As soon as Li Yuan's army arrived at Longmen, Yang Hui, who had already occupied Hedong County, immediately led an army of 50,000 to slowly advance northward, and finally reached Longmen, where the 50,000 army and Li Yuan's 80,000 army confronted each other 20 miles upstream of the mouth of the Yellow River and the Fenshui River.

Across the Fen River, the two armies confronted each other, and between the banners and the waving of the flags, a big battle was about to break out.