After the Wang clan decided to support Li Shimin, the king of Qin, they began to make various preparations.

Now that the main forces of King Qin are concentrated in the army, the power of the court is very weak, even if he wants to support Li Shimin's ascension to the throne, it is possible to find those people who can be wooed.

In the Chang'an court, the Guanlong nobles had the advantage, followed by the former Sui Dynasty ministers, and there were almost no Guandong gate lords and nobles.

There are very few officials who support King Qin, but there are not many diehards who are really Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, and the vast majority of officials are neutrals.

At the same time, the Wang family also began to push the generals and officials under Li Shimin as if they were nothing.

Launching a coup d'état is not a trivial matter, especially in a newly established dynasty, and if you are not careful, the entire dynasty will collapse. So this coup d'état must keep the damage to a minimum.

It can't affect the upward trend of the Tang Dynasty, and the Wang family's deep participation in the imperial court this time is to obtain a lot of luck and obtain the national fortune of the Wang family, so they don't want the Tang Dynasty to die early.

When the Wang clan was in full swing, Li Shimin finally began to lead the army to the battle. I have to say that Liu Heimin's strength is not bad, only a year. He defeated the Tang Dynasty, except for the Wang family, Li Shimin, and Li Jing, all the famous ministers and generals.

forced Li Yuan to use Li Shimin again. Originally, Li Yuan wanted to suppress Li Shimin, but instead of succeeding, he once again gave Li Shimin a chance to increase his popularity.

If Li Shimin defeated Dou Jiande last time there were some luck, then if he can defeat Liu Heimin this time, he will really become the god of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin personally led a large army out of Tongguan and stationed in Weizhou, relying on Luoshui to confront it.

After Liu Heimin defeated the Tang Dynasty army, he established himself as the king of Handong in Hebei, and then rewarded him with a large number of rewards.

Even if Li Shimin came, the morale of the Tang army was greatly shocked and he did not take the initiative to attack again.

Liu Heimin has been fighting endlessly in the past year, and although he has achieved great victories, the livelihood problems in Hebei, Shandong, and Henan have not been solved.

Because of the frequent wars, there was little grain and grass to cultivate in the three places, and even if they were cultivated, the harvest was not high because there was no labor. Therefore, Liu Heimin also had to face the problem of shortage of grain and grass.

Li Shimin is a natural general, and he has a natural sensitivity to war, even if Li Yuan didn't use Li Shimin to fight before, but Li Shimin also collected Liu Heimin's situation from various channels.

Through these battles and the situation in Hebei, he has keenly discovered Liu Heimin's lack of food.

Li Shimin led his army to Luoshui and confronted Liu Heimin. In the face of Liu Heimin's invitation to fight, Li Shimin ignored it, but only took advantage of the terrain and did not play in the deep ditch and high base.

However, Liu Heimin could not confront each other for a long time because of the lack of food and grass, so he was anxious to fight, and sent troops to invite the battle several times, but they were all defeated by the Tang army with the help of the deep ditch camp.

Li Shimin quickly restored the morale of the army through several victories in defensive counterattacks. And Liu Heimin was because of several defeats, the morale of the original peak began to decline quietly, coupled with the logistics of the Tang army sending cavalry to harass Liu Heimin, Liu Heimin's army was increasingly tightened with food and grass.

After seeing this situation, Liu Heimin had only two choices, one was to gamble, the army was dispatched to force the Tang army to fight a decisive battle, and the other was to retreat and wait for the next year's grain harvest to fight again.

Liu Heimin knew that even if he retreated, Li Tang would not quit his troops, and would inevitably take the opportunity to attack, and then the army under his command would most likely collapse from withdrawing.

And even if the army is successfully withdrawn, if Li Tang continues to attack, Hebei will be difficult to hold. After all, there are many plains in Hebei, and there is almost no danger to defend.

Li Shimin is a general, how can he give him a chance to recuperate, he must take the opportunity to attack.

In this way, in fact, Liu Heimin has only one way to go, that is, the army is dispatched to fight to the death. If you win, the sky is high and the sea is wide, and you will rule the world with Li Tang, and if you lose, everything will be over.

After seeing the problem clearly, Liu Heimin did not hesitate at all, and took advantage of the fact that the army still had some food and grass, and directly commanded the army to fight.

Li Shimin still held on, and at the same time ordered people to go upstream to build a dam to cut off the river, and after Liu Heimin's army went to war, he dug the dam and flooded the army.

As Li Shimin expected, Liu Heimin's army wanted to cross the river to set up a decisive battle, but as soon as the army crossed the river, the rolling muffled thunder came, and before Liu Heimin's army could react, the surging flood poured down.

Liu Heimin's tens of thousands of troops were directly crushed, and countless soldiers were washed away by the water or drowned directly. Tens of thousands of troops were wiped out in one fell swoop.

Seeing that Liu Heimin's army was gone, Li Shimin directly ordered an attack, and the Tang army killed countless enemy prisoners in a battle, and Liu Heimin fled in embarrassment with only hundreds of personal soldiers.

When the news of the Luoshui Battle reached Chang'an, the entire imperial court was immediately boiling.

Liu Heimin, who was still majestic and invincible three months ago, was defeated by King Qin's army in the blink of an eye. With such a big victory, King Qin's prestige soared again.

Li Yuan saw the battle report, and although he was happy in his heart, he became more and more worried.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Yuan issued an edict again, ordering Li Shimin to return to the court, and then ordered Li Daoxuan, the king of Pengcheng, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, to lead the army to continue to attack Liu Heimin.

When Li Shimin saw the holy decree, he could only return to Beijing to resume his life. After returning to Chang'an, Li Shimin immediately entered the palace to ask for a meeting, and then advised:

"My father is wise and martial, and the gate lords of the Hebei and Shandong Shi clans are still lucky, although they win this time, they are still unwilling to surrender. The son of the emperor implored his father to edict the edict of the Hebei and Shandong Shi clan gate lords, only punish the first evil, and ignore the rest, and reduce the taxes of the two places, so that the two places can be peaceful! ”

Li Yuan did not take Li Shimin's opinion, but let him go home to recuperate. Even his generals were asked to return to Chang'an to report on their work.

directly relieved Li Shimin of most of his military powers.

The Wang family valued this situation and immediately brought the generals under the King of Qin to discuss.

At the same time, Liu Heimin was defeated and fled all the way. But the people of Hebei and the wealthy clans did not give in, and Liu Heimin soon gathered some soldiers again.

Although Li Tang's army won a great victory, the army suddenly changed generals in the battle, and the army was uncertain. The generals are not in harmony.

The sergeants and generals of the army all thought that Li Daoxuan, the king of Pengcheng, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, were here to snatch the credit, and these generals followed Li Shimin to fight a big victory.

Discord between generals and commanders is a taboo in the army, but Li Daoxuan didn't think about appeasing the generals, and directly led the army to attack Liu Heimin.

Li Daoxuan's light cavalry rushed forward, and he was ambushed by Liu Heimin, the vanguard cavalry was annihilated, Li Daoxuan was even more dead, the Tang army was terrified, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, was even more afraid.

Seeing this result, the gate valves of the Hebei Shi clan responded one after another, and in the blink of an eye, Liu Heimin, who was almost on the verge of annihilation, regained his lost ground again.

(End of chapter)