At the end of May, Li Jiancheng, the eldest son who received the letter, cleared the east of the river in only a few days, and then returned to Taiyuan with his family and brothers.

After Li Yuan's fifth son Zhiyun was broken, he stepped forward to lure the enemy, was captured by the Sui army, and had few soldiers in his hands, so he could only abandon his younger brother.

finally returned to Taiyuan, and Li Jiancheng immediately pleaded guilty to his father.

Zhiyun is the son of Li Yuan's concubine Wan, diligent and studious, with a pure temperament, except for Yuan Ji who saw that he was not a concubine, but he was praised by his father and brother everywhere, and he was a little jealous of his elder brother who was a few months older than him, and the other brothers had a good relationship with him.

Especially Li Erlang, Li Erlang, who has been outstanding in all aspects since he was a child, has a lot of hatred for the naughty and mischievous fourth brother Yuanji, who does not learn and has no skills, and often disciplines him, but is very good with the sensible and obedient, and humble and motivated fifth brother Zhiyun.

After returning to Taiyuan, Li Erlang was very angry when he heard that he saw Zhiyun being arrested, and quarreled with his brother, and finally Li Yuan stood up and scolded: "Erlang, Hugh is rude to your eldest brother, you also heard the situation at that time, it's not that Dalang doesn't want to save Zhiyun, but he really can't do anything." ”

Li Erlang was scolded by his father, stopped speaking, bowed his head and was silent for a while, and then left silently, Li Jiancheng looked at his departing figure, and said with some anxiety: "Father, Erlang, I'm afraid it's really annoying me." ”

"Da Lang, don't think about it too much, your younger brother, Erlang he, hey, since your third brother died of illness, he has had a knot in his heart, Zhiyun has been sticking to Erlang since he was a child, in his heart, he has somewhat moved his feelings for Xuanba to Zhiyun."

"He was only angry, but he couldn't accept it emotionally for a while, he didn't really blame you, when he calmed down and figured it out, he would naturally be fine, you have a good rest for two days, my Li family's army will be going west in the near future......" Li Liyuan glanced at his son and appeased him.

"I really don't understand, why is the second brother so good to Li Zhiyun, but we and him are brothers of the same mother......" Li Yunji on the side couldn't help muttering in a low voice when he heard this.

"Yuanji!" Li Jiancheng and Li Yuan glared at him at the same time.

In the evening of the same day, when Li Erlang came home and was alone with his wife, he suddenly burst into tears, and the eldest grandson and little lady were taken aback, but they didn't say anything, only stretched out their hands and hugged him silently, letting him lean on his arms and cry happily.

She had already heard about Li Zhiyun from her sister-in-law Zheng, and she knew Li Erlang's feelings for Zhiyun, a proud man who had stood out among his peers since he was a child, looked tough and fearless on the outside, and nothing seemed to hurt him.

In fact, he has a lot of feelings in his heart, his mother Dou and his third brother Xuanba are all people who occupy a very heavy weight in his heart, and their death has become a pain in his heart that cannot be touched, and now it is Zhiyun again, no wonder his emotions are a little broken.

Don't talk about the hearts of Li Erlang and his wife, but say that Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, officially announced to the world in June of that year: set up the General's Mansion in Jinyang (Taiyuan), establish the left, middle and right armies, with the eldest son Li Jiancheng as the Duke of Longxi, the left leading army as the governor, and the left army under him.

The second son Li Shimin is the Duke of Dunhuang and the governor of the right leading army, the fourth son Yuanji is the Duke of Guzang, the Chinese army is subordinate to him, Pei Lin is the long history, Liu Wenjing is the Sima, the county magistrate of Shiai County Yin Kaishan is the history of Peng, and Liu Zhenghui is the subordinate.

The eldest grandson Shunde, Wang Changhuan, Liu Hongji, and Dou Cong were the commanders of the army, and opened warehouses to release grain and relieve the surrounding people, which quickly won the support of the surrounding people.

On the third day of the seventh month, Li Yuan approved the military flag, mobilized and swore an oath to the whole army, defeated the abolition of the faint and the Ming Dynasty, supported the name of the acting king, Kuang restored the name of the Sui room, and led 30,000 soldiers and horses to set off from Taiyuan, preparing to enter the west, directly taking Guanzhong, and leaving the fourth Yuanji to stay in Taiyuan.

On the fifth day of the first month, Zhang Lun, the general under his command, captured the three counties of Lishi, Longquan and Wencheng, and on the seventh day of the first month, the Li righteous army marched to Lingshi County and camped in Jiahu Fort.

But he was scolded by Song Laosheng, and was almost captured and died here, seeing that Song Laosheng could not be convinced, everyone could only meet each other.

Li Yuan sent Changcheng and his second son, Shimin, each led a team, called for battle in front of the army, lured Song Laosheng out of the city, and then let Yin Kaishan, Duan Zhixuan outflanked left and right, and defeated Song Laosheng on the third day of August.

On the eighth day of the first month, the righteous army captured Linfen County, on the thirteenth, conquered Jiangjun, and on the fifteenth, encountered the Sui army's fierce award Qu Tutong, and could not overcome it for a while, the Turks sent troops to help, Qu Tutong demolished the bridge, and the righteous army could not cross the river for a while, and the two armies could only face each other across the river.

On the 24th, Feng Yi's Sun Hua and Tumen's Bai Xuandu Beizhou came to help the righteous army, and the Li family's righteous army crossed the river and defeated Qu Tutong.

At the same time, Li Yuan's cousin Li Shentong and daughter Li Xiuning all responded to his call and raised troops to accompany each other.

Among the nobles in the east and west in the past, Xiuning, the daughter of the Li family, who was the most dazzling, but the most talked, did not like red makeup and loved martial arts makeup, and finally officially showed her elegance in this troubled era.

When the eldest grandson heard about Li Xiuning's great achievements, she was excited more than once: "My sister is really a heroine, and she is really a model for women of my generation to follow!" ”

Hearing this, his sister-in-law Zheng couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but quip: "My brother and sister worship Xiuning so much, why don't you talk to Erlang, and you will also go to the battlefield with him, anyway, you are also skilled in archery and horses." ”

"It's not proper, although I know how to use fists and kicks and bow horses, but I don't know how to fight, compared to Sister Xiuning, I really can't talk at the same time, if I really want to follow Erlang, it will only distract him and become a burden to him." The eldest grandson and the little lady shook her head with a smile.

She sincerely admires and envies Li Xiuning, but she is not one of the inferior to her, let alone a person without self-knowledge, what she can and cannot do, or what is suitable and what is not suitable, she knows it very well in her heart.

At the beginning of October, the Li family rebel army broke through the defense of Chang'an and entered Chang'an, and immediately after the Li family army city, a series of laws were formulated to strictly prohibit the soldiers from looting as evil, and anyone who dared to disobey would be severely punished.

Li Yuan's move not only reassured the hearts of the people of Chang'an, but also quickly made the gentry and nobles of Chang'an accept them and won their enthusiastic support.

Subsequently, Li Yuan established Yang Yu as the emperor, and Emperor Yang of Sui, who was far away in Jiangdu, as the emperor. Yang Yu is also self-aware, after he was established as a puppet emperor by Li Yuan, he cooperated with Li Yuan as the king of Tang and awarded the post of prime minister.