Under Li Shimin's harsh military law, everyone did not dare to oppose his decision.

As a result, Li Shimin redeployed his forces, leaving Li Yuanji and Qu Tutong to continue to besiege Luoyang, and he personally led 4,000 brave soldiers to Hujiao Pass.

Wang Shichong stood on the city wall, and when he saw the actions of the Tang army, he had doubts in his heart, but he did not dare to go out of the city to fight.

And Li Shimin led the army through Beibi Mountain, to Heyang, through Gongxian, into the Tiger Pass.

At that time, it was Wang Xingben, the king of Zheng Guojing, who was guarding Zhengzhou, and his subordinate Shen Yue heard that Li Shimin was leading the army to come, and quietly sent people to the Tang army camp to ask for surrender.

Li Shimin was overjoyed: "God really helps me." ”

He immediately asked Shen Yue's people to bring the message back, accept Shen Yue's surrender, and let Shen Yue act as an internal response to cooperate with the Tang army's actions.

That night, Li Shimin sent the left guard generals Wang Junkuo and Cheng Zhijie to lead troops to attack the Tiger Pass, and Shen Yue, as an internal response, actively cooperated, and the Tang army successfully captured the Tiger Pass.

Cheng Zhijie then occupied Zhengzhou and arrested Wang Xingben and other Zheng officials.

After laying the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Shimin was determined and immediately settled in the Tiger Prison Pass.

He said to everyone that day: "Now that we are in danger, if the Xia army wants to rescue Luoyang, it will not be so easy.

"The Xia army has captured many cities along the way, and the soldiers are proud, we must give them a dismount to frustrate their spirit."

So, on the second day, Li Shimin only brought 500 soldiers of the Xuanjia Army out of the Tiger Prison.

He left soldiers along the road, and ordered Li Shixian, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao and others to lead and ambush them on the side of the road. He took Wei Chi Jingde and five cavalrymen to the east of the city twenty miles away, and observed Dou Jiande's military camp with binoculars.

After observing for a while, he said to Wei Chi Jingde: "I am in front with a bow and arrow, you follow me with a horse lance, we will fight side by side, even if Dou Jiande dispatches the whole army, he is fearless." ”

After speaking, Li Shimin rode a horse and leisurely led the six people towards Dou Jiande's military camp.

Three miles away from Dou Jiande's military camp, seven people met Dou Jiande's guerrillas.

The rangers thought they were scouts to reconnoiter the enemy, and stared at them vigilantly with weapons in hand, but did not act.

Li Shimin immediately shouted: "I am the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty." ”

After shouting, he drew his bow and shot an arrow, and killed the leader of the general with an arrow.

The guerrillas were immediately surprised and delighted, and were surprised that the enemy marshal had quietly approached their base camp and shot their general.

The joy is that the enemy marshal actually only brought six people, and if they catch Li Shimin, it will be a great achievement.

So, one of the guerrillas ordered: "You two, go back to the barracks at once to report the news, and the others will follow me." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he seemed to be very frightened, turned his horse's head and ran.

"Don't let him run, catch him."

The rangers fought to catch up.

Li Shimin controlled the horses and slowly guided them to the path they had come.

Soon, Dou Jiande knew the news, and like the guerrilla, his mood was also surprised and happy.

Dou Jiande was silent for only a moment, and then ordered Gao Yaxian to lead 6,000 men and horses to hunt down and kill Li Shimin.

Gao Yaxian pursued desperately and soon caught up with Li Shimin.

So many people?

The cavalry who followed Li Shimin turned pale, and even Wei Chi Jingde's face changed.

And Li Shimin was very excited, and finally came.

He said to the cavalry: "You go first, and I and Wei Chi Jingde will be behind." ”

The cavalry looked at each other: "......"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he tightened the reins, slowed down his horse, and walked slowly behind.

The cavalry overtook Li Shimin at once and walked in front.

But they didn't dare to go too far, looking at the road ahead while looking back at the situation.

"Catch up with them and catch Li Shimin, the Lord will have a heavy reward." Gao Yaxian was in hot pursuit.

Whenever the pursuers caught up, Li Shimin would shoot arrows to kill the enemy, and every time he shot an arrow, a person died, and the arrows were not missed.

In this way, after Li Shimin killed a few people, and Wei Chi Jingde killed more than a dozen people, the pursuers were shocked by their fierceness and stopped the pursuit.

It's just that not long after they stopped, Gao Yaxian ordered them to continue the pursuit.

Li Shimin deliberately wandered or retreated to lure them into the ambush circle.

"Kill!"

A group of Don troops suddenly rushed out of the surroundings.

"Oh no, there's an ambush." Someone in the Xia army shouted, and everyone hurriedly resisted.

Gao Yaxian looked at it for a while, and found that there were not many people in the Tang Army, so he said loudly: "Don't panic, they only have more than a hundred people, kill them." ”

Hearing this, the soldiers of the Xia army no longer panicked and fought hard to kill the enemy.

A hint of success flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and his hands kept moving, fighting and retreating.

Chased and killed all the way, Tang troops came out all the way, and these Tang troops were as fierce as tigers and as ruthless as wolves, and the soldiers of the Xia Army panicked again.

At this time, Gao Yaxian no longer had the confidence to say that there were few Tang troops, and he was afraid that there would be more Tang troops in front, so he had to order: "Retreat, retreat." ”

Li Shimin and others threw several firearms, killed thousands of people, and finally captured Yin Qiu and Shi Zhan, the generals of the Xia army, and returned with a great victory.

......

"Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! ”

Seeing Gao Yaxian and the others defeated and returned, Dou Jiande was furious: "Li Shimin is only a few hundred people, so he beat 6,000 of you to the desert and fled, you are really useless, a bunch of waste." ”

Gao Yaxian and other generals knelt on the ground, bowed their heads in shame, and didn't dare to say a word.

After scolding, Dou Jiande punished them and sent them away.

Feng Deyi said: "I didn't expect Li Shimin to be so fierce that he dared to approach our military camp with only six people.

"However, the Lord doesn't have to worry, this time we were careless, and next time he will not be so lucky and will be able to get out of the way."

Hearing this, Dou Jiande's face softened slightly.

Ling Jing frowned: "The Tang Army is one step ahead of us to seize the Tiger Prison Pass, and now if we want to go to Luoyang to save Wang Shichong, it will be much more difficult." ”

"Don't be afraid, we have so many people, we will definitely be able to win the Tang Army." Liu Heimin is very confident.

Ling Jing glanced at Liu Heimin, but felt that this battle was very difficult.

On the second day, Li Shimin sent someone to deliver a letter to Dou Jiande, and the messenger who sent the letter was the person Dou Jiande had sent to the Tang army camp before.

Dou Jiande unfolded the letter and read it.

“...... Wang Shichong is capricious, and recently the honey-bellied sword has been rebuilt with you, but he wants to borrow your strength to get out of trouble. Once he gets out of trouble, he will turn his face and deny people, so you have traveled thousands of miles and spent a lot of money, won't it be in vain?

"Before, I received courtesy from King Huai'an and Princess Tong'an, and I was sent back to our court by your great grace, and I am grateful.

"There is a peace covenant between Tang and Xia, and I do not want to break the covenant, and I hope you will abide by it.

"The Zhao and Wei regions have always been owned by my Tang Dynasty, and I hope you will give up plundering and withdraw as soon as possible.

"Yesterday I met your outpost, they were vulnerable, the reason why I fought with them and frustrated their morale is that I hope you will heed the kind advice and not let yourself regret it......"

"Bang!"

Dou Jiande slapped the letter on the case with one palm: "The shaft is really rampant, and I will definitely give you a little bitterness." ”

"Liu Heimin listened to the order, immediately ordered troops, and followed me to attack the Tiger Prison Pass."

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