Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng stood on the shore and looked at the rolling Yellow River in front of them, and they couldn't help but feel full of emotion in their hearts, and kicked a stone into the river at will, and only a moment of splashing was drowned by the rushing Yellow River.

"On the opposite side is Hedong, where there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers of Qu Tutong, and this battle is not so easy to fight. Li Shimin sat on the ground casually, looking at the other side of the river and didn't know what to think.

Chu Mofeng, who was on the side, nodded and said, "What's the matter?"

"How can there be such a thing, just a little emotion. Li Shimin shook his head, straightened up and said, "Since we have come to this point, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of us, we have to continue to walk." ”

"Li Lao Er, I appreciate your mentality of not being afraid of hardships and dangers, how good would it be if I could have a brother like you?" Hearing Li Shimin's bold words, Chu Mofeng seemed to be infected by him.

I heard Li Shimin suddenly say for no reason: "Then you and I might as well worship as brothers of the opposite sex?"

Chu Mofeng nodded happily when he heard this, and then the two knelt down in front of the magnificent Yellow River and said loudly: "The yellow sky is above, the thick earth is below, today I Li Shimin (Chu Mofeng) are here to worship as brothers of the opposite sex, from now on I will be blessed and enjoy the same hardships, not to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day. ”

After speaking, the two kowtowed three times in succession to the Yellow River, and after the ceremony, the two stood up and laughed.

At this time, Li Shimin said with a smile: "Chu boy, since I am a few years older than you, then I will be a brother and you will be a brother in the future, and our brothers will be of one heart and invincible." ”

"Okay, then it's hard to recognize you as a big brother, big brother Shimin. Chu Mofeng looked at Li Shimin and smiled.

And Li Shimin hugged Chu Mofeng's shoulder and said, "Good brother, go, go back to drink." With that, the two turned over their horses and ran towards the camp.

At this time, in the commander's tent, Li Yuan was discussing the siege of the city with a group of subordinates, only to see Shi Danai get up and say: "Dashuai, Qu Tutong is different from Song Laosheng, it is said that this person has a straightforward and resolute personality since he was a child, is good at riding and shooting, and is quite good at martial arts, and has the courage of ten thousand people. And so did the man's younger brother, Qutugai. I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight. ”

As soon as Shi Danai's voice fell, I saw Xiao Zao, the former Taishou of Feng Yijun, get up and say: "General Shi Danai is reasonable, the handsome man doesn't know, and there is a saying among the people, 'Rather eat three buckets of Ai than Qu Tugai; It can be seen that these two people are both upright people, so the lower officials are thinking about whether they can take Hedong by persuading them to surrender. ”

Li Yuan was about to speak, but who knew that Li Shimin's voice came from outside, "Lord Xiao's words are wrong, but all upright people treat the court with a foolish and loyal attitude, just like Gao Deru in Xihe, this person is also an upright person, but he is too stupid and loyal to the court, so he returned in vain when the marshal persuaded him to surrender." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng jointly lifted the curtain, Li Yuan looked at the two and smiled and said, "Everyone, since this is the case, we might as well fight him first, so as to test the strength of the defenders in Hedong." ”

When everyone heard Li Yuan make a summary, they all bowed their hands and said: "Everything must follow the orders of the marshal." Chu Mofeng, who was standing aside at this time, didn't seem to hear Li Yuan's words, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

As soon as the picture turned, thousands of miles away in Zhangye County, there were constant quarrels in the Chu Mansion at this time, and in the main hall, I only heard Liu Feiyan frowning and patting the table and said: "Shuang'er, it's not a way to wait for Brother Chu here, I think let's just set off in gear and go to Jinyang to find him." ”

Shi Hanshuang on the side said with a cold face: "Feiyan, you sit down first, before we leave from Jinyang, my husband specially instructed me that once we return to Zhangye, we must not go to him, and after he enters Daxing with the big brother of the world, he will find a way to inform us." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xiao Ruolan and Chen Jingqing coming together, and after the two walked in, they sat on the chair and poured a glass of water to drink, and then Xiao Ruolan raised her head and said: "You all don't fight, just now I went to Yanyulou with Qinqing, and I heard Sister Xuanji say that Brother Chu has already fought with the army near Longmen at this time, and he will attack Hedong in the near future." ”

Hearing the news of Chu Mofeng, everyone hurriedly gathered around, and even the newcomer Li Yuhu also stuck his head into the crowd and listened carefully, looking at everyone's eagerness, Chen Jingjing glanced at Shi Hanshuang and said, "Shuang'er, there is something I said, don't be angry." ”

Shi Hanshuang nodded and said anxiously: "Is he injured, or has something happened?"

Gu Zhen'er, who was lying on the table, raised her head and said to Shi Hanshuang: "Bah, Shuang'er, how can you say that about your husband, if there is something related to the safety of Brother Feng, these two girls would have been shouting when they came in just now." ”

Hearing Gu Zhen'er's words, Shi Hanshuang hurriedly patted his chest and said, "Zhen'er, what you said is right, it's me who is too anxious. ”

"There is news that Uncle Li, that is, the father of Feng'er's sister, has taken over another family affair for Brother Chu in Xihe, and we also know that woman, the woman she rescued outside Xihe County last time, but I don't know what the specific situation is, so you and Ziyao and Feng'er must not be angry." Chen Jingqing said the information he knew nervously, and then secretly looked at Mo Ziyao, Shi Hanshuang and Li Yuhu, for fear that the three of them would be angry after hearing it.

After listening to Chen Jingqing's words, Shi Hanshuang sat on the chair with a smile and said, "Hey, what else should I do? Isn't it just adding another meal to the family? It's okay, it's okay." ”

Li Yuhu on the side frowned, and said with a displeased face: "Qinqing, is this news accurate?"

Chen Jingqing nodded, then walked to Li Yuhu's side and said: "Feng'er, if you don't feel happy, you can say it, in fact, I can also understand Brother Chu, we are not by his side, he is a big man, and it is really not good for no one to take care of him." ”

As soon as he saw Chen Jingqing coming over, Li Yuhu frowned and said with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, Qingqing, I was just thinking that since my father promised me to Brother Chu, there must be some reason why he suddenly recruited a family affair for him at this time." ”

Seeing that Li Yuhu was not angry but thinking about things, Chen Jingqing breathed a sigh of relief, only to see Shi Hanshuang stand up and say: "I know that several of you are holding back your bones and itching, so let's do it, early tomorrow morning, I, Feiyan, Zhen'er, Qinqing, and Xiu'er will set off for the west, I haven't been to meet those Turkic cubs for a while, and I don't know if they still remember us? As for Feng'er staying at home with Ziyao, keeping an eye on the war in the east at any time, we will return in a month." ”

As soon as they heard that they were going out to practice again, everyone clapped their hands and shouted, but Mo Ziyao stood up and said, "You must pay attention to safety when you go out this time, and follow me to the pharmacy to get some daily medicines later." Then he turned to look at Li Yuhu and said, "Since Fujun and your father and brother are fighting in the distance, then we can't make trouble for him in the rear, you can follow me to the medical hall to learn medical skills this month." ”

Li Yuhu nodded, only to hear Mo Ziyao say again: "As for the matter of that family matter, we will settle this account with him when the husband comes back." ”

As soon as the words fell, Chu Mofeng, who was in the big tent, suddenly shuddered, and Hua Ling'er, who was serving a meal beside her, asked with concern: "Brother Chu, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?" Let me see. After speaking, he stretched out his hand and put it on Chu Mofeng's forehead, sensing his body temperature.

Chu Mofeng shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm sick, I feel that someone is slandering me behind my back, so I will shiver." ”

Hearing Chu Mofeng's words, Hua Ling'er laughed out loud, handed the food in her hand to Chu Mofeng and said, "It's just that you have a lot of strange words, hurry up and eat." ”

Taking the food handed over by Hua Ling'er, Chu Mofeng hurriedly pulled it up, ate the food in his hand after a while, and then lay on the couch and didn't know what he was thinking.

At this time, Hua Ling'er had already finished cleaning up, and was about to sit next to Chu Mofeng and say a few whispers, but saw Li Shimin lift the curtain and walk in, Hua Ling'er slapped Chu Mofeng when she saw this, and then stood up and saluted Li Shimin and said, "Why is the second son free to come over at this time?"

Li Shimin returned the salute and pointed to Chu Mofeng, who was still lying on the couch, and said, "Miss Ling'er doesn't have to be so polite, I'm here to find him." ”

Chu Mofeng glanced at Li Shimin and said, "What's the matter, your father, oh no, didn't your father-in-law arrange the battle plan today?"

Li Shimin nodded, sat on the chair and said, "I saw you looking absent-minded today, is it because there is something wrong with my father's battle plan?"

Chu Mofeng stood up with a carp and said, "It's not inappropriate, it's just that I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't tell what is wrong, so I came back to ponder it." ”

Li Shimin looked at the darkening night outside the tent and said: "Before I came, my father said that three days later, that is, on the tenth day of the ninth month, the whole army will attack Hedong County, and then you and I will attack from the east gate, the eldest brother will attack the west gate, and my father will lead Chai Shao's boy to attack the north gate, and the south gate will be Shi Danai and others in charge. ”

Walking to the table on the side, Chu Mofeng took the teapot and poured a glass of water for Li Shimin and said: "It doesn't hurt to arrange which gate to fight, as long as it can be captured, as far as I know, Hedong County is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Qu Tutong is good at defense, I'm afraid ......"

"How can there be immortals in war, this is what you told me, we are not saints, as long as we have a clear conscience. Stopping Chu Mofeng's words, Li Shimin turned around and walked out of the tent.

After Li Shimin walked away, Hua Ling'er stepped forward and hugged Chu Mofeng and said: "It's going to be a war again, be careful when you go to the battlefield, the sword and gun have no eyes, don't get injured like last time." ”

Feeling the temperature of the beautiful woman in his arms, Chu Mofeng nodded and said, "Don't worry, you won't have to." Then he leaned down and kissed Hua Ling'er lightly on the forehead, and the candle in the tent suddenly went out, and there was silence in the big tent for an instant.

On the tenth day of September in the thirteenth year of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan's army launched an attack on Hedong County, and the army adopted the momentum of encirclement, surrounded the Hedong County Town, and attacked in turn day and night.

Li Yuan's army attacked the city several times in two days, but Hedong County was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Qu Tutong was good at defense, although the two sides were injured by each other, but Hedong County was still standing like a rock, which made Li Yuan a little angry.

On the night of September 11, the offensive that lasted for two days temporarily ended in the Mingjin collection of troops in Li Yuan's camp, and Li Yuan and a cadre of Wenchen generals were discussing the matter in the big tent.

I only heard Shi Danai say: "Why did the marshal Mingjin withdraw his troops today, and give the last general a little time, and the last general will definitely be able to capture Hedong County." But now that you have withdrawn your troops, all your previous offensive has been in vain. After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pounded the table on the side, looking at Li Yuan angrily.

After Shi Danai finished speaking, Li Yuan said slowly: "Actually, this official has an idea, Hedong County might as well give up for the time being." The whole army quickly crossed the river to the west, and first took Guanzhong in one fell swoop. ”

Hearing Li Yuan's words, everyone in the hall began to discuss, only to hear Shi Danai say: "Dashuai, give up Hedong County at this time, if after our army crosses the river, Qu Tutong leads his troops to attack, won't we have to suffer the enemy on our backs, and the last general suggested taking Hedong first." ”

And Chu Mofeng on the side listened to the words of his cheap old man, and couldn't help but shake his head, Li Shimin thought that he advocated crossing the river, and said without thinking: "Marshal, as the saying goes, the soldiers are expensive and fast, and it is not a bad move to cross the river to attack west at this time, as long as the army crosses the river to the west, I believe that Daxing will be captured in the near future, and the ambushes we have arranged in Hexi can also come in handy." ”

Hearing his son's idea of supporting him, Li Yuan nodded and was about to open his mouth to agree, but he caught a glimpse of Chu Mofeng secretly shaking his head on the side, and then said, "Mofeng, what should you do?"

Seeing that his father-in-law pointed to himself, Chu Mofeng came out and saluted everyone and said: "You have heard what you have said, and no one is wrong to say it, but if you want to do it more safely, you might as well make a move to repair the plank road in the dark, and some people and horses will continue to besiege Hedong, and send a few more people to cross the river to the west to attack, and when the soldiers are in Daxing, one move to besiege Wei and save Zhao will be able to lead Qu Tutong out of the city, and then we will find a way to capture this person, then it will be just around the corner to take Hedong." ”

Hearing Chu Mofeng's words, the eyes of everyone present lit up, thinking that this kid's eyes were really vicious, and his methods were ruthless enough.

After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Yuan was overjoyed in his heart, his son-in-law really had unique insights, and it seemed that it was indeed the right thing to recruit him to his command. Thinking of this, Li Yuan got up and said, "The generals will listen to the order. ”

Seeing that Li Yuan was about to give orders, everyone hurriedly stood up and clasped their fists at him.

"Li Jiancheng"

"The last general" heard his father call his name first, Li Jiancheng hurriedly stepped forward and shouted at Li Yuan.

"After crossing the river tomorrow, you will lead your soldiers to join Liu Wenjing and Wang Changkai on the other side of the river, and enter Yongfengcang to guard Tongguan to block the Sui army from coming to the west. No step back is allowed without an order. ”

"The last general obeyed the order, even if there was only one soldier left, the last general would never let the Sui army step through Tongguan for half a step. Hearing that his father had entrusted him with such an important task, Li Jiancheng said with firm eyes.

Looking at Li Jiancheng's firm gaze, Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng obey orders. ”

When the two of them heard this, they stepped forward and said, "The end will be." ”

"After the two of you cross the river tomorrow, lead the black-armored cavalry under your command to join Liu Hongji, and lead the army along the Gaoling Road, through Jingyang, Yunyang, Wugong and other places, and surround Daxing from the northwest. ”

"The last will be ordered. The two of them clasped their fists and said, at this time Li Yuan said to Chu Mofeng: "Let Ling'er set off with you tomorrow, so as not to worry about leaving her here." Then he turned to Li Shimin and said, "Your sister Li Xiuning has been developing in Jingyang earlier, and she will contact you at that time." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Don't worry, the last general will definitely do his best." ”

Then Li Yuan said slowly: "In addition to the people and horses besieging Hedong, the remaining soldiers will be stationed in Changchun Palace after crossing the river with their own officials, and I hope you will work together to dominate the industry." ”

When everyone heard this, they all said yes, and then turned around and left, and began to arrange according to the plan.

On the second day, the left-behind army continued to attack the county seat of Hedong, and at the same time, Li Yuan and others began to cross the river to the west according to the original plan, and after everyone crossed the Yellow River, they divided the troops into three routes according to Li Yuan's arrangement and rushed in the established direction.

Li Yuan's headquarters quickly occupied Changchun Palace, and then put on a defensive posture to confuse the counties on the west bank of the Yellow River, while Li Jiancheng was with Liu Wenjing, Wang Changkai and others after converging, led tens of thousands of troops to occupy Yongfeng Cang, and put on an offensive posture under the city of Tongguan, on the one hand, to prevent the defenders of Tongguan from leaving the city, and on the other hand, to prevent Qu Tutong in the east of the river from suddenly attacking. And everything the two did was to buy time for the attacking Li Shimin.

At this moment, on the road of Gaoling Road, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng rode their horses in front, and behind them were Liu Hongji's tens of thousands of troops, and everyone rushed towards Jingyang non-stop.

Just after crossing the Yellow River, Li Shimin sent people to Jingyang first, and tried to get in touch with Li Xiuning in the city, when the army came to Jingyang City, they found that the gate of Jingyang had been opened, and they saw a heroic woman standing at the gate of the city with a group of soldiers, and it seemed that they had been waiting for a long time.

As soon as he saw this person, Li Shimin hurriedly led Chu Mo Feng to step forward, and when he was in front of this person, he immediately turned over and dismounted and shouted to her: "Sister Xiuning." ”

This person is Li Yuan's third daughter, Li Yuhu's sister, Chai Shao's wife, and Li Xiuning, the leader of the Women's Army in Weizhen Pass.

Seeing his own brother coming, Li Xiuning happily took Li Shimin's hand and said: "Second brother, I have received a letter from my father, this time I came to support the second brother with 10,000 elite soldiers, if the troops are not enough, there are more than 70,000 people in the Guanzhong area who can be mobilized at any time." ”

Hearing that his sister had developed her power so strongly, Li Shimin couldn't help but be overjoyed, looking at his sister's emaciated face, Li Shimin said gently: "For the sake of my father's great cause, you and Chai Shao and his wife can't get together, you have worked hard outside." ”

"What is the second brother talking about, my father's great cause is the most important, as for Chai Shao and me, even if we are separated, our relationship is still the same. After speaking, he looked at Chu Mofeng on the side with interest and said, "This should be Feng'er's husband, he is really a talent, young and promising." ”

At this time, Chu Mofeng stepped forward and said, "Boy Mofeng has seen Mrs. Li. ”

Hearing that Chu Mofeng did not call himself his sister but Li Niangzi, Li Xiuning couldn't help but be a little surprised, so he asked: "It's really strange, you and I have never tasted anything in our lives, and when we meet for the first time today, you actually know that I am Li Niangzi?"

Chu Mofeng smiled and said, "I don't know if Mrs. Li has heard the three words of the other side flower in the Guanzhong area." ”

As soon as he heard the name 'Other Shore Flower', Li Xiuning was shocked and said: "Who doesn't know the famous Other Shore Flower on the rivers and lakes?"

Chu Mofeng smiled strangely when he saw this, and whispered in Li Xiuning's ear: "Sister, I'm Yaksha." He burst out laughing.

As soon as he heard the word Yaksha, Li Xiuning covered his mouth and pointed at Chu Mofeng in surprise as if he had heard the name of a Nine Ghosts, "You are actually Yaksha, how much money did my father have invested to recruit you to his command?"

Li Shimin, who was on the side, was confused when he listened to the conversation between the two, and hurriedly asked: "Xiuning, have you crossed paths with the other side of the flower?"

"There is no intersection, but the big things that these people did on the rivers and lakes back then are really admirable, who would have thought that now they are a family, I don't know where Feng'er is at this time?" Li Xiuning shook his head, remembering that his sister hurriedly asked.

"Feng'er has returned to Zhangye with the rest of the people, don't worry, she is safe in Zhangye. Chu Mofeng saw Li Xiuning asking, and hurriedly answered.

Knowing that his youngest sister was safe and sound, Li Xiuning nodded and said to Li Shimin: "Now that the 10,000-strong army, together with my headquarters, are all under the command of the second brother, you will rest in Jingyang first, and then we will start again." ”

At this time, a general walked out of the crowd and shouted to Li Xiuning: "Lady, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Li Xiuning turned his head to look, this person was his husband Chai Shao, and hurriedly ran over and threw himself into his arms, seeing this scene Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng walked towards Jingyang City under the leadership of the greeting personnel.

When he came to Jingyang City, Li Shimin moved out the big killing weapon of the Five Killing Order, arranged the rest of the army, and followed Li Xiuning and his wife to the mansion in the city.

After a pleasant light meal, the family cleaned up the table briefly, and hurriedly spread out the map to study the next plan of action.

According to Li Yuan's plan, the target of the next stop was Yunyang, and at this time, Li Xiuning hurriedly opened his mouth to explain the situation of Yunyang to everyone......

There is a way that husband and wife are united in their profits and gold, brothers are invincible in one heart, and look at Li Shimin's successive battles, black armor riding repeatedly performed miraculous feats, Chu Mofeng taught martial arts, and the Tiance Army first took shape, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......