Li Shimin's eyes shone with dazzling light, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he walked into the hall with brisk steps.

"I've seen Ayer."

"Excuse me, give me a seat."

"Sheaya."

Li Yuan smiled, Li Shimin also smiled, and the atmosphere in the hall was very warm.

The father and son chatted warmly for a while, and Li Yuan finally got to the point: "Jieli Khan rebelled and led the cavalry to invade the Central Plains.

"Liu Heimin, Gao Kaidao, Xu Yuanlang and the Turkic Alliance, the situation in the north is urgent, I want you to lead troops to recruit traitors, do you have confidence?"

As he expected.

Li Shimin immediately stood up and said confidently: "As long as Aya gives me 100,000 soldiers and horses, I can pacify Hebei and Henan and drive the Turks out of the Central Plains." ”

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin's confident appearance, and lost his mind for a while, he remembered Li Jiancheng, who was calm but panicked, and not only sighed in his heart.

It would be great if Erlang was born as the eldest son, then Datang would definitely be able to go to glory, and he wouldn't have to be so embarrassed.

Wait, stop.

Li Yuan shook his head violently to stop himself from thinking nonsense.

True sons are destined, even though Erlang is talented, he is not the eldest son, he is destined to be just a prince.

Li Shimin saw Li Yuan shaking his head, thinking that he didn't believe him, so he said: "If Aya doesn't believe it, I can make a military order, and if you can't pacify the traitor, you can dispose of it." ”

Li Yuan came back to his senses and smiled slightly: "You don't need to make a military order, you are my son, I naturally believe in your ability."

"It's good if you have faith, I will announce this matter in the court tomorrow, you go back and prepare first."

"Yes, Aya." Li Shimin lowered his head and hid the smugness in his eyes.

It seems that Wang Yu's girl was wrong, and there was another war in Hebei, and his father finally sent him to crusade against the traitors.

The credit is still his.

On the second day, Li Yuan announced in the court that Li Shimin would be appointed as the marching marshal and Li Yuanji would be the deputy marshal, and he would lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack Liu Heimin.

He also ordered Li Yi to go south from Youzhou and attack Liu Heimin on both sides with Li Shimin.

Before the army set off, Wang Yu went to see off Li Shimin and Li Yuanji.

Li Shimin said to Wang Yu: "Xiao Yu'er, you are wrong in your prediction. It seems that you haven't graduated yet, so let's study hard with Yuan Tiangang for a few more years. ”

He smiled slightly, looking like his brother telling his sister before leaving, but Wang Yu saw smugness in his eyes.

Wang Yu didn't refute, just smiled and said nothing.

......

After Jieli Khan helped Liu Heimin capture Xincheng, he continued to attack, but when he was in Xinzhou, he was defeated by Li Gaoqian, the general of Tang Zuo Wuwei.

The battle did not go well, and there was looted property and food in his hands, Jieli Khan temporarily suspended his troops and returned to the Turks.

At that time, Li Shimin had already led the army into Weizhou, and he was eyeing Xiangzhou, where Liu Heimin was located.

Liu Heimin convened the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Some people were afraid of Li Shimin, so they proposed: "King Xia once lost to Li Shimin, the Xia army is afraid of Li Shimin, and most of our army is the old department of King Xia, they are still afraid of Li Shimin, it is better for us to avoid his edge and not fight with him." ”

"How's that going to work?" Cao Zhan said angrily: "You are not avoiding its edge, but giving in without a fight, and before the war starts, we will retreat, isn't this a blow to the morale of the army?"

"No, we have to fight Li Shimin, we have to tell him that the Handong army is not easy to mess with."

"That's right, we have to fight." Other generals chimed in.

Now that they are gaining momentum, how can they retreat without a fight?

If Dou Jiande was here, he might be cautious, but now it is Liu Heimin who is in charge.

Liu Heimin has always been radical and brave, although he once lost to Li Shimin, but in the face of Li Shimin again, he is still fearless.

"General Cao is right, we are now in high morale, and we can't do this kind of thing that damages morale."

Liu Heimin immediately ordered: "Cao Zhan, you stay to guard Xiangzhou, and the light cavalry will follow me out of the city, let me give Li Shimin a dismount first." ”

So, Liu Heimin led 5,000 light cavalry out of the city and sent generals to provoke the Tang army.

"Marshal, let me frustrate the spirit of the thief army."

Without waiting for Li Shimin to speak, Wei Chi Jingde was already holding a horse lance, flying on the horse, and came out of the crowd.

It was Dong Kangmai who provoked the Tang army, and when he saw Lieutenant Chi Jingde rushing out of the Tang army's array, he raised his spear and faced him.

"Zheng!"

The two collided with each other, and then they fought.

Wei Chi Jingde is in Chang'an, and he accompanies Li Shimin in the Literature Museum every day, and his hands are itchy for a long time.

In just three moves, Wei Chi Jingde took away the spear that Dong Kang bought, and Dong Kangmai returned to his camp in a gloomy manner.

Liu Heimin was angry, and successively sent generals to challenge the Tang army.

Helplessly, Li Shimin's fierce generals are like clouds, and none of the generals under him can be defeated.

Liu Heimin was annoyed and angry, and immediately ordered: "Attack." ”

The light cavalry heard the order and immediately rushed to the array of the Don army.

"Kill!"

The Tang army was not afraid and bravely met the enemy.

The two sides were instantly caught in a fierce battle.

But soon, the Handong army fell into weakness.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Heimin immediately gave the order to retreat, and before the Tang army caught up, he fled into the city.

In this battle, Liu Heimin lost thousands of people.

"He's yes, Li Shimin didn't use firearms, how could we still be defeated?" Liu Heimin couldn't figure it out.

Obviously, his soldiers are all brave on weekdays, but in half a year, he led these soldiers to recapture Hebei, why did these soldiers become weaker as soon as they arrived in front of Li Shimin?

Before, he could attribute all this to Li Shimin's use of firearms, but now that Li Shimin did not use firearms, they were still defeated.

Obviously, his soldiers are not as good as Li Shimin's soldiers.

Liu Heimin didn't want to admit this fact, and that night, he led the cavalry out of the city secretly, preparing to attack the Tang army camp at night.

Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by Cheng Zhijie halfway along the road and lost half of his soldiers and horses.

Liu Heimin fled back to the city again.

In the early morning of the third day, Liu Heimin rested for a day and led the cavalry to raid the Tang army camp again.

However, Li Shimin had already sensed his intentions, laid down tight defenses, and defeated him again.

This time, Liu Heimin only led a few hundred cavalry to flee.

Cao Zhan saw that Liu Heimin's face was full of frustration and felt guilty, so he said to him: "Lord, the Tang army is overwhelming, so we might as well avoid its edge for the time being, abandon Xiangzhou, and defend the capital." ”

Liu Heimin is not a person who twists, and when he heard Cao Zhan say this, he immediately ordered to return to the capital, leaving only a part of the army to guard Xiangzhou.

Soon, the scout observed the movements of the Han Eastern Army with a telescope and reported to Li Shimin as soon as possible.

Li Shimin immediately ordered: "Siege the city." ”

The generals guarding Xiangzhou didn't expect that as soon as Liu Heimin left, Li Shimin began to attack the city, and he was a little helpless.

After reacting, he hurriedly ordered someone to defend.

Although firearms were in short supply, Li Shimin did not use firearms, but he brought siege equipment such as bed crossbows.

The chisel arrow shot into the city wall, the crossbowmen shot the soldiers in the city, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao, Li Daoxuan and other fierce generals quickly rushed to the city wall under the cover of the crossbowmen, grabbed the chisel arrows, and climbed up.

Cheng Zhijie took the lead in climbing the city wall, and after killing the surrounding soldiers, he cut off the enemy's flag with one sword, planted the Tang army's flag, and then continued to kill the enemy.

The Handong army in the city saw the Tang army flag on the city wall, and their morale collapsed.

In just two hours, the Tang army captured Xiangzhou......