Zhongnan Mountain, just outside Chang'an City, is a majestic mountain range.

It lies in the south of Guanzhong, from Qinlong in the west to Lantian in the east, stretching for hundreds of miles.

The entire mountain range is towering into the sky and steep, giving it a sense of majesty and mystery.

One of the peaks is covered with clouds and mist all year round, like a fairyland.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a winding path that leads to the top of the mountain, offering beautiful views of the mountains along the way.

On the top of the mountain, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire Chang'an City, which is refreshing.

Except for this path, the other three sides of the entire mountain are steep cliffs, which are difficult to climb by birds, but it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to climb them.

It took Hou Junji a whole day to find this peak.

The first time he saw the mountain, he had already made up his mind to set up camp here.

At that time, as long as the more than 4,000 people of the Sixteen Guards can block the path up the mountain, then no matter how powerful the dragoons are, they will not be able to attack the top of the mountain.

Three days passed in a flash, and when Hou Junji brought Li Shimin and a group of ministers here, everyone was shocked by the steepness of this mountain.

The hot-tempered Wei Chi Jingde couldn't help but speak: "Lord Hou, is it a bit too harsh for you to set up camp in such a precipitous place?" ”

Not only him, but even Qin Shubao, who has always rarely participated in political affairs, is a little untouchable.

He opened his mouth and said to Hou Junji: "Such a dangerous place, even tens of thousands of troops may be difficult to conquer for a while, I am afraid that such a setting is a little inappropriate." ”

Cheng Yanjin said even more non-yin: "Brother Hou won't be afraid of the dragoons, right?" ”

Hou Junji said with some annoyance: "This official is just doing this to see the true strength of the Dragoon, otherwise how can we know how to assign tasks to the Dragoon Army in the future?" ”

Cheng Yanjin pursed his lips, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Li Shimin say: "Junji's words are reasonable, and I also think this place is very good." ”

After listening to Li Shimin's words, everyone could only obediently shut up.

However, Wei Chi Jingde still whispered to Li Jing: "I'm afraid the dragoon army will be difficult this time!" ”

Li Jing smiled and didn't speak, but there was no worry on his face.

Li Zhi, who was standing next to Li Shimin, carefully observed the mountain, and then the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly.

Li Shimin gave the dragoons four days.

As long as the dragoons can capture this mountain within four days, then Li Shimin will reward all the soldiers with 100 yuan each.

In order to be able to witness the results of this competition, Li Shimin decided to take a group of ministers to sit on the top of the mountain in person.

Everyone was very interested in Li Shimin's decision, and they happily began to climb the mountain.

But by the time they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they realized a serious problem.

The mountain is too difficult to climb.

Although there is a path that leads to the top of the mountain, the path gets narrower the higher you go.

About 100 meters near the foot of the mountain can accommodate three people in parallel.

After 100 meters, it can barely accommodate two people.

After a few dozen meters of further up, the width of the path becomes only suitable for one person.

Not only that, but as they climbed, they found that the mountain seemed to be steeper and steeper as they climbed.

By the time everyone came to the mountainside, the ministers were already sweating profusely, and even the generals began to sweat on their heads.

They were all right, and the heavily armed Sixteen Guards were so tired that they were almost paralyzed on the ground.

The weapons and armor on their bodies, as well as the tents they carried, were a great burden on them.

This makes it extremely difficult for them to travel on such a steep mountain road.

Li Shimin already regretted his decision just now.

He really hadn't thought the trail would be so difficult.

He first waved for everyone to rest.

Then he said to Li Zhi, who had been following him: "My father never thought that this mountain was so difficult to travel before, and now it seems that this mountain must be a place where a man can be a man and a man." ”

Speaking of this, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then spoke again: "Why don't you let Hou Shangshu choose another battlefield?" ”

Li Zhi gasped slightly and said, "Father, now that you have come to the mountainside, how can you regret it?" Erchen believed that such difficulties would not be difficult for the dragoons. ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Wu'er has never experienced a war, I'm afraid I don't know much about this terrain, and in my father's opinion, if you want to defeat the four thousand defenders here, it will probably take tens of thousands of people." ”

Li Zhi said: "Father, please believe in your sons, the dragoons will not disappoint your father." ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Zhi deeply for a moment.

Li Zhi seemed to be extremely confident at this moment, and there was no trace of worry on his face.

This made Li Shimin couldn't help but be a little curious.

I wonder how strong the Dragoon Army is to make Li Zhi so confident.

Driven by this curiosity, Li Shimin decided to trust Li Zhi once to see what tactics the Dragoons would use to complete the mission.

Then the group walked and stopped, and it was not until noon that they climbed to the top of the mountain exhausted.

Later, Fang Xuanling and others really couldn't climb, and they could only rely on the support of Wei Chi Jingde and other generals to move forward.

For this reason, these ministers also provoked merciless ridicule from a group of military generals.

After everyone climbed to the top of the mountain, they felt a chill on their bodies after resting for a while, and only then did they find that everyone's clothes were almost soaked at this time.

Fortunately, at this time, the warriors of the Sixteen Guards had also reached the top of the mountain.

Despite their own exhaustion, they began to set up their tents.

The top of the hill has apparently been carefully laid out by some previous tourists.

Some of the trees have been cut down here, and there are several large observation decks around the summit.

Li Shimin walked around the observation decks, sometimes admiring the snowy scenery on the top of the surrounding mountains, and sometimes looking at Chang'an City in the distance.

There was a snowfall some time ago.

Therefore, this winter's Zhong Nanshan finally had a chance to be covered with a thick layer of snow.

Li Shimin suddenly bowed his head and asked Li Zhi, "Pheasant slave! My father heard that you made a quatrain for the ages at the contest some time ago, can you compose another one for my father today? ”

Li Shimin's proposal immediately aroused the interest of others.

So whether it was Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde and other military generals, or Fang Xuanling and other ministers, they all opened their mouths to encourage Li Zhi to write another poem.

Li Zhi only felt chills all over his body at this time, where was he still in the mood to compose poetry?

However, he happened to remember that a poem by Zu Yong happened to describe Zhong Nanshan.

So he decided to recite the poem by heart.

I saw him wander around several viewing platforms, pretending to think for a while, and then he began to chant:

End in the south of the Yin Ridge show

Snow floats in the clouds

Lin indicates the color of the clouds

The city is cold

As soon as the poem was recited, there was silence...