Because Wednesday night was inexplicably dragged into the Second Zhifeng War in 1924 to have a "life-and-death struggle" with the Tianshan team, Sima Fuqiang's plan to enter the main line of the Sui and Tang dynasties with his allies had to be postponed until Friday night.

After entering the dream of war, looking at the Xuanxi military uniform that represented Li Shimin's Li Tang camp, Sima Fuqiang breathed a sigh of relief, and finally there were no more accidents, and then let's see if Zhan Musi and they successfully followed Qin Qiong to Li Shimin's command of Li Tang's camp, and which battle they will face together tonight.

The Li-Tang Unification War began in 618 and ended in 624. Although the world was chaotic at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin's strategic thinking was quite mature and steady. In addition to having to deal with long-term attacks from the Turkic side, he basically did not fight on two fronts at the same time, but concentrated his superior forces, gradually advancing from northwest to southeast, and encroaching on the territory of the rebel armies from all walks of life.

Therefore, the people in the dream will no longer be scattered to the eastern, western, and southern battlefields like the main line of the Three Kingdoms, but have to gather in the same battle, as long as they enter this main line on the same night in the "real" world, it will be difficult for the East China Sea team not to meet the Tianshan team.

The only thing that bothered Sima Fuqiang at this time was which battle they were going to face this night?

According to his original plan, if there was one battle every night from last Monday, it would be the sixth today. After the Battle of Shallow Water Plain, Li Tang successively experienced the Battle of Baibi, the Battle of Luoyang-Tiger Prison, the Battle of Pingxiao Milling and the Battle of Lishui. After deducting the Turkic wars that lasted for more than 30 years, then we should enter the battle of Zhushui that took place from the first month to the third month of the fifth year of Tang Wude (that is, 622).

But when he thought of the Battle of Baibi, which lasted for a year and two months, and the Battle of Tiger Prison, which lasted for ten months, he was not sure. Because of the precedent of the Battle of Chibi experienced by Huang Zhi, it is entirely possible that a famous battle with a certain time period will be divided into several stage battles by the dream world, and arranged to be carried out in several dream realms in a week or even two weeks.

Therefore, at present, it is most likely to face the final stage of the Battle of Baibi from March of the second year of Wude to April of the third year, or the early or middle stage of the Battle of Luoyang and Tiger Prison that began in July of the third year of Wude. These two battles took place in the area of Baibi in Shanxi and Luoyang in Henan, both at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, and with the same temperate continental climate, and the distance between the two places is only 300 miles in a straight line.

With Sima Fuqiang's talent of "observing the sky" and the exclusive skill of "sand table deduction", it is not enough to distinguish the difference between the two places, and it is also impossible to judge this kind of cross-year battle according to the season. It was the first time he could not judge the name of the campaign based on reasoning alone.

This was not a shameful thing, but considering the existence of such a good person as Xiaofeng, he had to be careful. After waking up and confirming the Tang Army uniform on his body for the first time, he hurriedly pulled the sleepy-eyed Huang Zhi and Zhang Wei out of the tent, the reason was naturally to contact Zhan Musi of the Tianshan team as soon as possible.

Xiaofeng's instincts told him that the captain's behavior was a little strange. In other words, Sima Fuqiang would definitely sit there and think for more than ten minutes after waking up, and after confirming the situation he was going to face next, he would leave the tent and walk outside. But at this moment, the captain's hurried appearance was like an embarrassment of fleeing from the wilderness, and Xiaofeng couldn't help but be a little suspicious.

However, the number of blows from the captain was too much, and Xiao Feng couldn't have imagined that Sima Fuqiang was trying to avoid him, and looked at his back in a daze, not knowing that he had missed a great opportunity to win back a city.

After Sima Fuqiang pulled the two of them out of his camp, seeing that Xiaofeng didn't realize the reason for his hasty departure, he breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly asked Huang Zhi to show his personal charm and find a Tang Army soldier to find information about the battle.

Huang Zhi glanced at the captain thoughtfully, and he already knew it in his heart, and he didn't break him, but casually found someone to inquire about the information.

In April of the third year of Wude, that is, in 620, after a long campaign of 14 months, Li Shimin finally eliminated Liu Wuzhou, who was entrenched in the eastern part of the river, and finally brought all the territories in the north except for the Turkic-controlled areas into his control.

After a short three-month break, adopting the various strategies of first Zheng and then Xia, in July of the third year of Wude, Li Shimin began to use troops to the east to Luoyang Wang Shichong, which is known as the battle of Luoyang-Tiger Prison in the Eastern Capital.

At the beginning of this battle, it should have been a fairly simple strategy battle in the eastern capital, Li Shimin led 80,000 troops to besiege Luoyang, attacked Wang Shichong, who established himself as emperor and had the country name Zheng, and at the same time sent an envoy to reconcile with Dou Jiande, the leader of the Hebei peasant rebel army, so that he could remain neutral.

After five months of siege, Wang Shichong basically knew that he could not support it, so he sent people to Dou Jiande for help. Dou Jiande's subordinates quoted the allusions of "three-legged standing" and "dead lips and cold teeth" to suggest that he send troops to rescue, which was accepted by him. In March 621, after Dou Jiande annexed Meng Haigong's rebel army, he sent more than 100,000 troops to advance to Hujiao Pass, and sent a letter to Li Shimin, asking him to withdraw from Tongguan.

In this way, the Tang army finally had to face the dilemma of two-front warfare that they least wanted to encounter, and Dou Jiande's men and horses alone were 20,000 more than the Tang army. In the eyes of most of the generals in the Li Tang camp, Li Shimin could only accept Dou Jiande's proposal, honestly retreat to Tongguan, and find another good opportunity to attack Wang Shichong's Luoyang.

The time when Huang Zhi entered the fifth night of the tenth week of the dream world was at the most difficult moment of the Tang Army.

Of course, the so-called difficulty is for those Tang Army generals who do not know the "future" of history, and for those in their dreams, if they follow Li Shimin, the first emperor of the ages, then there is absolutely no difficulty that can defeat the Tang Army.

Not long after, the three people who were wandering around the barracks looking for the Tianshan team met the herald sent by Li Shimin. "Lord Ma, General Ningyuan, Lord Zhang, Ranger General, King Qin, please go to the big tent to discuss matters."

Huang Zhi was stunned when he heard this, if he hadn't known that he was a ranger general named by Li Shimin, he really wouldn't have remembered that he and Zhang Wei had exchanged surnames in the war dream. The poor "Lord Zhang" Huang Renwei was still a school captain, and he was completely unqualified to attend the military meeting, so he could only watch the two of them rush to the Chinese army's tent with a sour look.

Hurriedly came to Li Shimin's military tent, a group of acquaintances had basically arrived, only to see many generals listed in the tent according to their status, and his young old boss of the Middle East Sea team, Li Shiji, stood in a relatively forward position on the right side, and next to him was Qin Qiong, who had not met for a long time.

Li Shiji saw the two entering, and hurriedly beckoned Huang Zhi and Sima Fuqiang to stand behind him. The two of them walked quickly behind him, and immediately spotted the foreign face of Zhan Musi of the Tianshan team.

Due to the existence of a large number of Hu-Han mixed-race children in Li Tang's camp, yellow-haired generals are not uncommon, so his appearance did not cause too much side attention. Zhan Musi stood behind Qin Qiong, and when he saw the two of them, he winked at them, and at the same time aimed his eyes at the person standing directly opposite him.

Following his gaze, the two immediately spotted a new face that clearly had the characteristics of the person in their dreams. Excluding the Central Plains team that did not show up tonight and the South China Sea team that had been expelled, this was the fifth dream team they had seen in Li Tang's camp.

Sima Fuqiang and Huang Zhi walked to Zhan Musi's side together and asked quietly, "Which team is this?" ”

Zhan Musi shook his head, "I don't know, but I can rule out the possibility of the Cangshan team and the Zhushan team, I have seen the people of those two teams." ”

Sima Fuqiang added, "It's not the Beiyuan team and the Central Plains team, I've also seen them." ”

"Oh, then there are only two possibilities left: the Yellow Sea team and the Nanyuan team." Huang Zhi came to this conclusion with ease.

At this time, Qin Qiong turned around, "It's been a long time since you two of you!" ”

Looking at Hu Guogong, who was revered as the god of the door by later generations, Huang Zhida admired him from the bottom of his heart, and hurriedly responded, "It's been a long time, Brother Shubao." The general finally has to meet the British lord, and the future is bright! ”

"Hehe, each other!" Qin Qiong was obviously also pleased that she was able to come to Li Shimin in the face of hardship.

After a while, the generals attending the meeting finally arrived, and as the host of the meeting, Li Shimin also arrived at the same time. Behind him was a young man who looked very close to him, dressed in a yellow robe. In 621, Li Shimin was only 22 years old, and this person was even younger than him, looking only ten ** years old, "This person is Li Yuanji." Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Sima Fuqiang whispered in Huang Zhi's ear.

Although Huang Zhi didn't know much about the characters in the Luoyang-Tiger Prison battle, he had already guessed his identity by looking at Li Yuanji's yellow robe representing the royal family.

After Li Shimin took office, there were no superfluous words, and he directly cut to the topic, "Dou Jiande led an army of 100,000 to approach the tiger prison, and Xiao Ke said that 'the world is full of pressure, and he is exhausted, and his head is bound, and he can wait. Jiande came from afar to help the abuse, and the grain transportation was blocked, and this was the time of mourning. Please solidify the army, stay in the water, and adapt to the situation, it is easy to be defeated. Do you think so? ”

Li Shimin's words were the advice of Guo Xiaoke, the assassin of Song Prefecture, when he was in Qingcheng Palace, and the King of Qin brought it to discuss with everyone at this time, indicating that he had accepted this suggestion in his heart.

However, the generals who attended the military meeting were obviously shocked by the number of Dou Jiande's Xia army, and some generals immediately spoke out against it. There were almost no people in favor of the scene, and the tone showed signs of one-sidedness, and even Li Yuanji took the opposite position of his brother.

Huang Zhi saw Li Shiji frowning from the side and back, which showed that although he wanted to open his mouth to support Li Shimin, he couldn't find a good reason and entry point for a while. And Qin Qiong, who is standing at the head of Li Shiji, is a fierce general, who usually does not express his opinions, and is quietly waiting for the generals to discuss an ending.

After a while, the opposing opinions were almost raised, but the voice of approval still did not appear, Huang Zhi reached out to pull the cheerleader's sleeve, signaling that he would take the lead.

The Battle of Luoyang-Tiger Prison was a major battle decided by the Li Tang camp, which was directly related to the unification of the entire northern forces, and after the war, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande were eliminated in one fell swoop, laying the foundation for the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, there were quite a lot of high-ranking generals attending the meeting, and although several dream people were able to attend, their words were slight, and they stood in an inconspicuous place in the back row, and there were basically not many opportunities to interject.

Sima Fuqiang received Huang Zhi's signal, believing that there must be his reason, so he took advantage of the gap when no one spoke, took a step forward with courage, and said, "The danger of the tiger prison is enough for a thousand people to defend the pass. The mountain road in front of the pass is so narrow that there are enough 100 people to carry out a surprise attack. The king of Qin left a large army to continue to besiege Luoyang, and sent a small number of elites to the tiger prison to resist the Xia army, and both roads could be captured. ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he didn't say anything more, and waited quietly for more speeches.

The reason why Huang Zhi did not come forward first was not because of stage fright, but because he was not as familiar with history as the captain after all, and he could not find a sufficient reason as an entry point for his speech, and it was even more difficult to convince a large number of generals who held opposing views. At this time, Sima Fuqiang had already said the policy of victory, and Huang Zhi believed that this must be the original appearance of history, so he also confidently followed and stood up, "My subordinates are willing to be the vanguard and fight the Xia army in the tiger prison!" ”

Zhan Musi on the side saw that the two allies came out one after another, although he didn't know what was going on, but he still followed Huang Zhi without hesitation and expressed his willingness to fight.

Although the dream man who didn't know whether it was the Nanyuan team or the Huanghai team knew that they were right, because his boss was the one who opposed it, he could only consider himself unlucky and stand there quietly and watch.

As these three dream people expressed their support one after another, their bosses Li Shiji and Qin Qiong also stood up in due time and expressed their willingness to support and fight. With these people taking the lead, several more generals who were loyal to Li Shimin came out to express their opinions.

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, the expression on his face was much more comfortable, his eyes swept over the generals, and he stood up, "Li Yuanji, Qu Tutong listen to orders!" ”

Li Yuanji, who was standing beside him, and Qu Tutong, who was standing at the top of the right column, should be in the ranks.

"The two of them continue to lead the army to surround Luoyang, and they must not retreat without authorization!"

"Yes!" Although Li Yuanji still had an expression of opposition on his face, the military orders were like a mountain, and he had to obey his brother's orders.

Li Shimin turned his head to look at the man in his dream again, and ordered again, "Li Shiji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chi Jingde, and the other four people led the generals of the department to follow me to the Tiger Prison Pass to meet Dou Jiande!" ”

The four generals who were named took a step forward, "Yes!" ”

Li Shimin looked behind the four of them again, "Give General Ma Qiang Xuanwei, General Zhan Musi Mingwei, and give General Zhang Shixin Dingyuan, and light scarlet." Wait for the three of you to go with me! ”

Sima Fuqiang and Zhan Musi were overjoyed, but they didn't expect that in a word, they were promoted to a higher rank, which can be regarded as a step closer to the goal of the chief dream man of the main line of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

After the end of the military discussion, Li Shimin personally ordered 3,500 people to ride bravely and immediately went to the Tiger Prison Pass.

On 25 March, the 3,500-strong Tang Army vanguard was successfully stationed in Tiger Pass. However, Li Shimin did not stop the pace of advance, leaving 3,000 foot soldiers to guard the Tiger Pass, he took the Xuanjia Army 500 elite cavalry out of the pass, led by Li Shiji, Qin Qiong, and Cheng Zhijie respectively, and ambushed on the mountain road more than 20 miles east of the Tiger Pass. And the dream people of the Donghai and Tianshan teams each followed their old bosses.

Thinking that Li Shimin was so arrogant and took the initiative to attack with 500 Xuanjia troops and harassed Dou Jiande's 100,000 army, even Sima Fuqiang, who was familiar with history, was still trembling excitedly.

Looking at the hundreds of cavalry that Li Shiji was assigned to in front of him, the number of people in this army was even inferior to the cavalry battalion under Du Ziteng of the Eastern Navy, what kind of courage could he make such a decision. Thinking about it this way, the so-called record of the Eastern Navy defeating the strong with the weak is really nothing.

Although the iron cavalry of the Xuanjia Army were few in number, they all had a determined and indifferent expression, obviously fearless of the imminent outbreak of war.

According to the "Zizhi Tongjian", the Xuanjia Army only has more than 1,000 cavalry, divided into left and right teams, and has been led by Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie and Wei Chi Jingde for many years.

In contrast, the cavalry battalion of the Eastern Navy is still very tender, and if it fights with the Xuanjia Army, I am afraid that it will be wiped out after a war. It's a long way to go!

Hiding in the dense forest on the side of the mountain road, Sima Fuqiang recalled this history.

At this time, Li Shimin took Wei Chi Jingde's four personal soldiers to Dou Jiande's camp to investigate, and was caught off guard and encountered a team of scouts and rangers of the Xia army. Li Shimin struck first, opened his bow and shot arrows, and shot the opponent's leading lieutenant on the spot.

The remaining scouts fled back to the Xia camp in a hurry, reporting that they had been attacked by the Tang army. After Dou Jiande heard the news, he immediately sent his generals Yin Qiu and Shi Zan to lead five or six thousand cavalry to attack. Li Shimin and Wei Chi Jingde unhurriedly introduced this pursuing army into the ambush site of the Xuanjia Army.

The whistle sounded in front of the mountain, which was a signal agreed in advance. Li Shiji gave an order, and the Xuanjia Army immediately got on the horse and prepared to fight, and Sima Fuqiang collected his thoughts and hurriedly beckoned his teammates to prepare to do it together, which was a great opportunity to take advantage of the contribution of Li Tang's camp and the intimacy of Li Shimin.

A moment later, Li Shimin and Wei Chi Jingde appeared outside the dense forest, while the Xia cavalry chased them from two hundred meters away. Seeing that the Xia cavalry had entered the ambush circle, the three ambush soldiers came out at the same time, killing the panicked Xia cavalry.

The dream people of the Donghai team and the Tianshan team realized that although they all had a high-level combat power of up to the A rank, and most of the team members had reached the C rank or even the B rank, in this kind of cavalry rush, the efficiency was far inferior to the unknown people of the Xuanjia Army, not to mention the brave and unusually brave Wei Chi Jingde and a few others.

Just in front of you, you can see the top combat power of the three S ranks, and Li Shimin himself has the strength of the A rank. Only Li Shiji's force was slightly weaker, but he had a unique vision in command. Sima Fuqiang had to admit that the strength of Li Shimin's Tiance Mansion generals was ahead of the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms more than 400 years ago, which was also the inevitable development of the times.

The battle was soon overwhelming, and the Xia army retreated in disarray after two generals were captured and more than 300 people were killed.

(To be continued)