The book continues from the above, saying that after a series of small-scale battles, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng finally surrounded Wang Shichong's capital Luoyang, and Wang Shichong had no choice but to send a messenger to Zhaozhou, begging Dou Jiande to send troops to rescue.

After receiving the request, Dou Jiande weighed the pros and cons and decided to send troops to Luoyang, and at the same time sent an envoy Li Junwei to Li Shimin to reconcile. As everyone knows, Li Shimin has already discussed with Chu Mofeng, and took this opportunity to conquer Luoyang in one fell swoop and eliminate Wang Shichong, a big confidant.

At this time, in the eastern capital of Luoyang City, due to the siege of the army, the food became less and less, and a silk horse could only be exchanged for three liters of corn, and a cloth horse could only be exchanged for one liter of salt, and the expensive antique treasures of the past were as cheap as dust at this time.

After the hungry people had eaten up all the grass roots and leaves, they put the floating soil in buckets and shook it, and after removing the slag and stones, they mixed some broken rice with the obtained fine mud to make baked cakes.

For a time, the streets of the entire Luoyang City were full of corpses, Luoshui and the River were starving, the people complained and wailed, the eastern capital has lost its original prosperity, and every night those corpses that have turned into white bones have a trace of phosphorus fire flickering, if you look down from above, it is like a ghost city.

At the beginning, the emperor moved the people into the palace, and a total of 30,000 families were moved, and now there are less than 3,000 left. Even if you are the minister of Zheng Guo, you can't even eat enough chaff, so that the officials below Shang Shulang will personally carry the top of their shoulders when they get a little food, and many of them will starve to death like ordinary people, and the king in the palace will be like nothing.

In order to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to escape, Wang Shichong named each gate to stick to it day and night, if there is no reason to approach the city gate, there is no need to interrogate all with bows and arrows, so far there will always be a few unlucky people at the city gates of Luoyang every day who are shot for no reason.

Emperor Wang Shichong of Dazheng has not been in the court for many days, he stays in the harem every day, and he is stunned with a military book in front of him. Occasionally cheered up, spread out the plan, turtle piece, and repeatedly calculated when Dou Jiande's reinforcements would come and what the chances of victory were. After fiddling with it, he fell into a state of dementia again.

And Wang Shichong's various relatives, that is, the so-called relatives of the emperor, on the one hand, hid at home and waited for the day when the city was broken, and on the other hand, they secretly looted all kinds of gold and silver treasures, in case they were lucky enough not to die, but also to ensure that they were rich for half their lives.

In the Luoyang Wencheng firm, the shopkeeper said to the burly men in front of him with a cold face: "Grandpa Guo is trapped in Luoyang City on the outskirts of the city this time, as for the last instruction I received, try to quietly put all the worthless gold, silver and jewelry into the firm, and then register and wait for Grandpa Guo to come." So taking advantage of the current chaos in the city, a few of you will act separately, but there is one point, if anyone unfortunately loses and thinks of a good rhetoric, our family is in Chang'an, and you are a little measured in your heart. ”

A group of guys nodded, and then said goodbye to the shopkeeper and left the business, and the shopkeeper staggered to his bedroom in the backyard of the business, lifted the futon on the bed, reached out and buckled a piece of bluestone on the wall and pressed it hard, only to see the bed board draw forward, revealing a tunnel entrance, the shopkeeper took the candle and walked in, came to a door, took out the key to open the door lock, stretched out his hand and pushed the door to open to both sides, only to see that there were many wooden boxes piled up in the house, and opened one casually and found that the whole box of gold, silver, jade, jewelry and jewelry was placed in such a disorderly manner。

It seemed that he was not interested in these, the shopkeeper walked to a wall, only to see that there was also a door on the wall, and continued to find the key to open the door, the shopkeeper walked in and took some food, and then closed the door in turn, at the moment when the door was about to close, through the crack in the door, you can vaguely see that the food in the city at this time is hard to find, and it is actually full of food in this small secret room.

On the 22nd of March, Li Shimin received an urgent report from the scout, saying that the main force of Dou Jiande's army had arrived in Sujube the day before, and before that, Dou Jiande led the army to exterminate the thief Meng Haigong who was entrenched in Cao and Dai Erzhou, and Meng Haigong surrendered to the Xia State after being captured, and the remnants of the soldiers under his command were also reorganized into the Xia army.

Dou Jiande then led his army westward, and on the way, he gathered the team of the thief Xu Yuanlang. When he arrived in Huazhou, Wang Shichong's servant shot Han Hong and opened the door to greet him. After resting and recuperating, the Xia army captured Guanzhou, Xingyang, Yangzhai and other places all the way, and at the same time, Wang Shichong's subordinates continued to join in.

The combined strength of the two sides totaled more than 100,000, known to the outside world as 300,000, and the army rations were transported by the fleet to the west. In mid-March, this coalition army, mainly composed of Xia troops, was intercepted by the Tang army, and the vanguard was stationed in the plain on the eastern outskirts of Chenggao.

What is ridiculous is that Dou Jiande did not forget that he went out as the king, and immediately built a palace in Banzhu as soon as he stopped, and at the same time sent an envoy to inform Wang Shichong that the reinforcements had arrived, and asked the Eastern Capital to prepare for it.

On the 23rd of Xinhai (23rd), Li Shimin received a letter from Dou Jiande again, saying that he had come to mediate the dispute between Tang and Zheng, and asked the Tang army to return to Tongguan, return the land occupied by Zheng, and rebuild with Xia.

After receiving the letter, Li Shimin hurriedly convened a meeting of the generals and officials to discuss the strategy of dealing with the Xia army. Everyone was shocked by Dou Jiande's powerful forces, and they proposed to avoid his edge. Guo Xiaoke, the unique assassin of Songzhou, raised objections.

Wang Shichong was at the end of his rope and was about to surrender, and Dou Jiande only came to the rescue from the far north at this time, but it was too late. This is the will of heaven to let the two heroes perish at the same time. He walked up to the map, pointed to the Tiger Prison with his right hand, and said, "Our army should hold on to the Tiger Prison City, resolutely intercept his army, and then see the opportunity to attack, and we will definitely destroy him in one fell swoop." ”

And the chief bookkeeper Xue Shui stood up and expressed his agreement with Guo Xiaoke's opinion, only to see Xue Shui say with a solemn face: "At this time, Wang Shichong is at the end of his rope, if we retreat at this time, once the grain from Hebei is sent to Luoyang, then all the efforts we have made before will be in vain." ”

Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words and did not speak, but looked at Chu Mofeng who was holding the wine jar and drinking on the side, and saw Li Shimin looking at himself, Chu Mofeng stood up and coughed lightly and said: "Everyone here can speak freely, there is no need to worry, after all, this is related to the fate of the whole army and even the Tang Dynasty." After saying that, he sat down and continued to listen with his eyes closed.

Xiao Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was sent by Emperor Li Yuan to concurrently serve as Sima of the Qin Palace, and he and Qu Tutong, Feng Deyi, and others objected to Guo Xiaoke's and Xue Shui's proposals.

Then Feng Deyi got up and summarized the opinions of several of them one by one: "Our army has been trapped under the eastern capital for a long time, and the division is tired and old; Wang Shichong is guarding the fortified city, and it is not easy to conquer it for a while. Dou Jiande took advantage of the victory again, the soldiers were strong and strong, and the momentum was compelling. Our army is under attack from the enemy, and the situation is not good for me! It is better to retreat to Xin'an and wait for the enemy to be exhausted before counterattacking. ”

After listening to Feng Deyi's words, and then looking at the sincere letter in front of him, Li Shimin pursed the corners of his lips disdainfully, threw the letter to Chu Mofeng, who was drinking on the side, and said, "What do you think about this matter?"

I saw Chu Mofeng put down the wine jar, got up and tidied up his clothes, glanced at the Wenchen generals present with a cold gaze, and then walked to the map, poked his finger on the map and coughed lightly.

I only heard Chu Mofeng say loudly: "First of all, let me ask you, what are we here for so long?" Secondly, Dou Jiande came from afar, although he has a letter, but it is nothing more than a trick to play a false way, a team of thieves and bandits, and dare to call it 300,000, to be honest, it would be good to have 100,000, if you don't dare to face the battle......"

Speaking of this, Chu Mofeng turned to Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and saluted, and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, since it has reached the decisive stage, then this official earnestly requests that the command of the Tiance Army be temporarily withdrawn. After speaking, he turned around and said sharply: "Then the first battle will be led by this official to lead the Tiance Army to fight, so that you can see how this official repelled those local chickens and dogs." ”

Listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Shimin hurriedly got up and said: "What the Duke of Qi said is reasonable, since this is the case, the Tiance Army will be temporarily returned to the Duke of Qi until the end of the battle. ”

Chu Mofeng nodded at Li Shimin and said, "Since he Dou Jiande dares to come, then don't leave if he comes." After speaking, he pointed to several locations on the map and said: "From tomorrow, the whole army will be divided into two routes, and the whole road will continue to besiege Luoyang, and the deep ditch outside the city will be high, if Wang Shichong sends troops to seek battle, our army should resolutely avoid the battle; As long as Dou Jiande is eliminated, Wang Shichong can not attack himself. In this way, in just one or twenty days, the two heroes can be captured. ”

"Wang Shichong's army has lost the battle, and the food is about to run out, and his monarchs and ministers are centrifuged up and down, and there is no need to bother to attack the city, and our army can sit and wait for his destruction. Li Shimin said calmly that in the face of such a major military matter, his voice was not high, but still so soft and steady.

"Dou Jiande newly broke Meng Haigong, the soldiers are very arrogant, and our army occupies the tiger prison, which is equivalent to choking his throat. If he ventures into battle with me, it will be easy to destroy him by defending the city. If he is hesitant and does not dare to attack me, he only needs to hold on for more than half a month, and he can completely drag Wang Shichong in the direction of Luoyang to death. Speaking of this, Li Shimin looked at everyone slowly, and said with a confident smile on his face: "At that time, the troops that stick to the eastern capital can be transferred to the eastern front, and they will completely overwhelm Dou Jiande in terms of strength and momentum." Therefore, it is very certain that our army will annihilate the two heroes in one fell swoop, and it depends on how we act!"

Seeing that the two bosses had spoken, everyone got up and said to the two: "Obey the orders of His Royal Highness King Qin and the prince of the country, this battle will definitely eliminate the two thieves." ”

As soon as noon passed, Li Shimin left Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and Qu Tutong to stay behind, while he and Chu Mofeng led 3,500 cavalry to the Tiger Prison Pass first, while the infantry then marched to the Tiger Prison Pass overnight. The two led the cavalry to the east, and Wang Shichong, who was standing on the wall of the eastern capital, saw the dust rolled up by this cavalry, but he didn't know what it was going to do, and he didn't dare to attack rashly, but there was a faint uneasy thought in his heart.

On the 25th of the 25th, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, and smoothly joined the guard Li Shi, and learned from Li Shi that Dou Jiande's army was about to approach the Tiger Prison Pass, and the two hurriedly studied the map overnight to formulate a battle plan.

On the second day, Li Shimin once again played the bait tactic, and led 500 light cavalry to set off from the Tiger Prison Pass, traveling more than 20 miles east, to reconnoiter the movements of Dou Jiande's military camp. And Chu Mofeng, who was waiting for an opportunity to move in the city, was not as nervous as usual, after all, Li Shimin was not stupid, he had already ambushed a large number of men and horses along the way, and he could be annihilated in one fell swoop just by waiting for Li Shimin to attract the enemy army.

Chu Mofeng, who had nothing to do, walked to the Tiance Army station, and when he saw his own marshal coming, everyone in the Tiance Army quickly gathered and waited for Chu Mofeng to speak, only to see Chu Mofeng saluting a unique military salute of the Tiance Army to everyone, and said slowly: "I know that many of you must be complaining about me, after all, without informing you, I will return your command to His Royal Highness King Qin." ”

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but talk a lot, only to see Chu Mofeng wave his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then said: "After thinking about this matter, it was indeed me who was abrupt, so I asked His Royal Highness King Qin to take back your command." ”

Hearing that it was now Chu Mofeng who continued to lead him, everyone cheered with joy, only to see Chu Mofeng smile and said: "However, once the battle is over, I still have to return the command, because I think it is not enough to train only one of your teams into a hundred elite soldiers, if one day the Turkic dogs go south, with your four hundred people, it will be impossible to resist, so I have to find a way to train all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty like you, so that when I fight against the Turks, I will have the strength to fight." ”

Seeing that everyone's expressions were a little lonely, Chu Mofeng said sharply: "You see that you are now one by one, just like losing a battle, are the soldiers I Chu Mofeng taught like this? Or are you not going to accompany me to finish the next few big battles?"

Hearing that the marshal was going to lead everyone to fight, everyone present shouted loudly: "Swear to follow the grandfather of the country to the death." ”

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng smiled fiercely and said: "From now on, give me a good practice of your combat skills, and when His Royal Highness the King of Qin returns, the Duke of the Kingdom will lead you to do something that will go down in history--- capture Dou Jiande alive, how about you?"

When everyone heard this, their eyes were immediately red, and they exuded a bloodthirsty momentum, only to hear Chu Mofeng shouting: "Now, run laps for Lao Tzu, and whoever can't finish thirty laps will hang himself on the flagpole." With an order, the four hundred heavenly army turned around and began to run.

And Chu Mofeng looked at the chaotic crowd with a smile on his face, thinking that after the world calmed down, you all had to temporarily leave the military and hide in the people, accumulating strength for future events, and then turned around and left the station.

On the other side, Li Shimin, who had tied his pockets, used himself as bait to lure Dou Jiande's small force into the encirclement, and after a rush, he killed more than 300 enemy horsemen and captured the enemy generals Yin Qiu and Shi Zhan.

After returning to the Tiger Prison, Li Shimin quickly interrogated the two prisoners, and from the two of them, Li Shimin had a general grasp of Dou Jiande's military situation. More importantly, through this engagement, Li Shimin has already known that although the Xia army has a large number of troops, there is a large gap in combat effectiveness compared with the Tang army.

Later, Li Shimin ordered Xue to write a letter and sent a messenger to Dou Jiande. The letter said: "The land around Zhao Wei was owned by my Tang Dynasty from the beginning, but it was arbitrarily invaded by you. It's just that you are very polite to King Huai'an, and you sent Princess Tong'an back, so I Datang and you give up old grievances and make a new friendship together. That Wang Shichong had reconciled with you in the past, but broke off diplomatic relations, and now he is in danger, and he has tempted you with some nonsense, and you have led the people of the three armies to serve others, and have spent a lot of money on a long journey, and what you have chosen is really not a good strategy. Today my striker met your striker, and your striker immediately fell apart. Before the war, the two of us will feel a little uneasy if we don't send envoys to communicate with each other! So I'll hold my troops down for the time being, hoping that you will make the right choice, and if you don't take advantage of this opportunity, I'm afraid you will regret it in the future!"

Dou Jiande, who received the letter, was furious at the moment, and led the main force to set out in full, and before entering the Tiger Prison Pass, he was blocked by the Tang army with the help of the strong city, and he could not move forward.

Wang Shichong, who was in Luoyang, learned that Li Shimin led a large army to the area of Tiger Prison Pass, so he guessed that Dou Jiande should lead the army to come, and immediately led the army out of the city to engage the Tang defenders.

Wang Shichong was overjoyed, and sent the main force to storm the Tang army barrier, knowing that Chu Mofeng was quite disgusted by the death of the general, at the moment Li Yuanji pulled down his body and seriously asked Qu Tutong, the veteran Qu Tutong set a trap after some planning, Wang Shichong did not suspect that there was fraud and rash attack, and as a result, more than 800 people were killed, and more than 1,000 people under his command Le Renjiao and the armor were captured.

On the other hand, Dou Jiande's army of more than 100,000 troops was blocked under the Tiger Prison Pass and could not advance, and was stationed on the spot for more than a month. During this period, the Xia and Tang armies engaged in several skirmishes, and each time the Xia army failed to win.

Subsequently, Li Shimin sent Wang Junkuo to lead more than 1,000 light cavalry to attack the grain route of the Xia army, broke the grain army, and captured Zhang Qingte, the general of the Xia army.

After the generals of the Xia army learned that the grain road had been raided, they panicked, and when they broke through Meng Haigong's territory, they got a lot of property, and they wanted to bring it back to their hometown as soon as possible. Then there was a lot of talk in the army about retreating.

Ling Jing suggested that Dou Jiande turn to the north and expand his strength in a roundabout way, but the envoys in the direction of Luoyang secretly bribed the generals under Dou Jiande with gold, silver and jewelry, in order to prevent the army from going north.

As the saying goes, eating people with a soft mouth and short hands with short hands, the generals who received the benefits said that they should quickly exterminate the defenders of the Tiger Prison Pass and go to rescue Wang Shichong as agreed.

Dou Jiande was moved by what everyone said, so he decided to continue to confront the defenders of Tiger Prison Pass, and at this time Dou Jiande received news that the Tang army had run out of forage and was releasing horses north of the Yellow River. After learning this news, Dou Jiande decided to personally lead all his troops out of the city, and was bound to solve Li Shimin and others stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass in one battle. As everyone knows, this news was actually released by Li Shimin to confuse the enemy.

On the first day of the fifth day of the fifth month, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, crossed the Yellow River to the north, forced Guangwu from the south to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, took the opportunity to leave more than 1,000 horses, grazing cattle by the Yellow River to lure Dou Jiande, and returned to Wujiao that night.

Jiwei day (the second day of the first month), Dou Jiande really poured out of the nest, from Banzhu out of the Niukou battle array, north of the Yellow River, west of the river, south of the Queshan Mountain, continuous twenty miles, drums forward.

Looking at the Xia army outside the city, the generals on the city wall were a little panicked, only to see Li Shimin said with a smile: "Everyone, these people have never encountered us so strong since they started their troops in Shandong, so they are a little unscrupulous. ”

Not to mention that Li Shimin did have two brushes in his pre-war mobilization, and his words immediately crushed everyone's panic and replaced it with the desire to fight.

And Chu Mofeng, who was heavily armed inside the city gate, said coldly to the murderous Tiance army behind him: "If we need to fight for a while, everyone will rush with all their might, remember that our goal is only Dou Jiande, before catching Dou Jiande, God will block and kill God, and Buddha will destroy Buddha." ”

Everyone responded in unison, and then each clenched his weapons and looked coldly at the city gate, which had never been opened.

Sure enough, as Chu Mofeng expected, Dou Jiande despised the Tang army very much, and sent three hundred cavalry to wade through the water and stop at a mile away from the Tang camp. He also sent someone to inform Li Shimin: "Please select a few hundred elite soldiers to play with them." ”

Seeing this, Li Shimin immediately agreed, and then took out a dart in his arms and threw it into the air, accompanied by the terrible whistling sound of the dart, the heavy gate of the Tiger Prison Pass slowly opened, and out of it came a team of cavalrymen dressed in black clothes and black armor, the leader of the person was wearing a strangely shaped armor, holding a dark iron shovel in his hand, only to see this person make a military salute to Li Shimin on the city wall, Li Shimin hurriedly coughed loudly when he saw this.

Seeing this, everyone on the city wall shouted loudly: "Tiance is mighty, Tiance is mighty." Then the Tiance Army's exterminating flag was also erected high on the wall of the Tiger Prison Pass, only to see Chu Mofeng say coldly: "The exterminating flag is raised, all the monarchs will follow me forward, and the whole army will attack." ”

After saying that, he grabbed the horse's belly, and rushed forward with the burning sky, and the four hundred heavenly army followed closely behind like a rock.

The Xia cavalry that came to meet the battle in front of him was headed by Dou Jiande's nephew Wang Wan, relying on the indoctrination of Dou Jiande's "hairy child" thought, Wang Wan came to the battle with the mentality of mixed military merits, in his opinion, the denomination cavalry should be as vulnerable as his uncle said, for which Wang Wan deliberately rode the Qing Horse, the mount of Emperor Yang of Sui, and also wore a new set of armor.

And Chu Mofeng didn't care who the general on the other side was, his eyes were locked on Wang Wan's body during the attack, and when he saw the Tang cavalry rushing forward, Wang Wan shouted with a smile: "Follow this official to step forward and kill it." After speaking, he held his spear and rushed towards the Tang cavalry on the opposite side.

At this time, seeing Wang Wan rushing with his troops, Chu Mofeng shouted loudly: "The heavenly shield and the heavenly bow are shot with crossbow arrows, and the heavenly killing and heavenly spear will tear apart the enemy formation with me, and the enemy will not hack that horse to death." ”

Hearing this, everyone immediately began to change weapons according to Chu Mofeng's instructions, as soon as the two armies came into contact, Wang Wan stabbed at Chu Mofeng viciously with a spear, who knew that the spear was stabbed into the air, and when he was about to collect the gun and change his moves, he only felt that his body was light, and the whole person was caught in the air.

The last scene Wang Wan saw hanging upside down in the air was that his cavalry was charged and killed by those black-clothed men armed with maces and spears, and the battle formation had long since collapsed, and then there was a sound of 'Xiu Xiu' in the air, and with this sound, his soldiers fell to the ground one after another.

At this time, Wang Wan couldn't care about his image and shouted loudly: "Put me down quickly, what kind of hero are you like this?"

I only heard the person holding himself say coldly: "You brainless guy, what kind of hero is this for a war, do you think this is a competition in the rivers and lakes?"

Seeing this, Dou Jiande hurriedly signaled his soldiers to go to the rescue, and then asked the general beside him: "Who is the general on the other side?

I saw that the general stared at the black-clothed cavalry in the distance, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, it is estimated that your idea cannot be realized, my subordinates have sent someone to inquire, this person is the secretary of the military department of the Tang Dynasty and the general of the hussars, and he is also Li Yuan's most outstanding son-in-law, Chu Mofeng." ”

Dou Jiande let out a long sigh when he heard this, and the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom who went to the rescue were shot by the second battalion of the Heavenly Shield and the Heavenly Bow, and they all hugged their heads and ran away, and then Chu Mofeng led the Tiance Army back to the Tiger Pass.

Entering the Guannei, Chu Mofeng handed over the green horse to Li Shimin and said, "I know that your kid likes horses, this is for you." After speaking, Wang Wan threw Wang Wan to the ground and said, "This is also for you." Then he led the Tiance army to the back to rest.

Dou Jiande lined up the battle array, and from morning to noon, the soldiers were hungry and tired, and they all sat down, fighting for water, and hesitating to retreat.

Seeing this, Li Shimin, who was waiting for work, ordered Yu Wenshi and three hundred cavalry to gallop south through the west of Dou Jiande's army array, and before leaving, Li Shimin said to Yu Wenshi: "If the enemy does not move, you will return with your troops, and if you move, you will lead your troops eastward." ”

Yuwenshi arrived in front of Dou Jiande's formation, the enemy formation really moved, and Li Shimin said: "You can fight!" At this time, the herding horses on the Yellow River beach had also arrived, so he ordered an attack. Li Shimin led the light cavalry to set off first, and the army followed, wading east through the river and rushing straight to the enemy's position.

However, at this time, Dou Jiande's ministers were on the court, the Tang cavalry suddenly came, the courtiers all ran to Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande called the cavalry to resist the Tang army, because the courtiers blocked the cavalry could not pass, Dou Jiande waved his hand to order the courtiers to retreat, this advance and retreat, the Tang army had arrived in front of the battle, Dou Jiande was suddenly embarrassed, and retreated close to the eastern slope.

Seeing this, Dou Kang hurriedly led his troops up to besiege him, and the situation was slightly unfavorable after the battle. Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang who fought for the first time, stepped forward and charged, rushed straight out of the rear of the enemy formation, and returned to rush into the formation, and after several times in and out, he was also hit by several arrows, but Li Daoxuan's young and vigorous courage was still undiminished, and the longbow in his hand shot people with arrows repeatedly, and the enemy soldiers fell to the ground in response.

When Li Daoxuan's war horse was shot dead and came back to change horses, Li Shimin hurriedly pulled out the arrow behind him, and then gave him his war horse, and the two killed it together.

Seeing the emptiness in the rear of Dou Jiande, Li Shimin immediately led Cheng Yanjin and others to kill in the rear, and in the process of marching, Li Shimin threw out a dart again, and at this time, the gate of the Tiger Prison Pass was opened again, and the rested Tiance army gathered a good formation and went into battle again, rushing in the direction of Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande's soldiers looked back and saw the Tang flag fluttering behind the battle, and they were shocked in their hearts, and they couldn't resist and quickly fled, and the Tang army chased out thirty miles and killed more than 3,000 people, during which Dou Jiande was stabbed by a spear and fled to Niukouzhu to hide.

Just when Dou Jiande was desperately fleeing, Chu Mofeng had already led the Tiance army to kill, and the sharp-eyed Li Jian found that there was a richly dressed man in front of him, who was fleeing quickly under the support of a group of people, and immediately bit the reins with his teeth to ensure that the horse under his crotch continued to move forward, and then took out a longbow from behind his back and shot an arrow at this person's mount.

I saw that the arrow slashed like a meteor, just shooting on the leg of the opponent's horse, and the war horse threw this person out with a stumble, and Li Jian, who had put away the longbow, shouted at Chu Mofeng: "Dashuai, Dou Jiande has fallen off the horse." ”

Hearing Li Jian's shout, Chu Mofeng clamped the horse's belly with his legs, put the burning sky behind his back, and shouted at Qian Jin: "Spear!" Then he saw Qian Jin throw his spear over, Chu Mofeng picked up the spear and locked on Dou Jiande, and rushed over quickly, just about to raise the gun to stab, only to hear Dou Jiande shout: "Stop, I am Dou Jiande, the emperor of the Xia Kingdom, I want to see your Royal Highness the King of Qin." ”

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng stretched out his hand and copied Dou Jiande onto the horse, pulled away the cover and shouted to the field: "Your Majesty Dou Jiande has been captured by me, quickly put down your weapon and wait for Rao Er to die!" The Tiance army present also shouted in unison when they heard this, and the sound spread throughout the audience for a while. Upon learning that Dou Jiande had been captured, Dou Jiande's wife Cao Shi and his left servant Qi Shanxing fled back to Zhaozhou with hundreds of cavalry.

Early the next morning, Li Shimin led the victorious army to the west, and arrived at the old Luoyang City, where Wang Shichong's general Wang Deren abandoned the city and fled, and the deputy general Zhao Jiqing surrendered the city.

Li Shimin then joined forces with Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and the left servant of the camp. He packed Dou Jiande, Wang Wan, eldest grandson An Shi, Guo Shiheng and others in a prisoner car and sent them to the eastern capital to show Wang Shichong.

Seeing that the leaders of the reinforcements were captured, Wang Shichong knew that he was hopeless, so he summoned the generals to discuss the breakthrough and prepare to go south to Xiangyang, and all the generals said: "We rely on Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, and now that the king of Xia has been captured, we are breaking through, and we will not succeed in the end." ”

At this time, it was the seventh day of Jiazi in May (the seventh day of the first month), and Yanshi and Gongxian under the rule of Wang Shichong all raised cities to descend to Tang. After learning the news, Wang Shichong locked himself in the palace and burned all the fortune tellers, turtle pieces and all the confidential documents.

On the ninth day of Bingyin (the ninth day of the first month), the gate of Luoyang, which had been closed for a long time, was opened, Wang Shichong wore white clothes and led the prince, 100 officials and more than 2,000 people of Zheng Guo to surrender in front of the barracks, Li Shimin accepted their surrender according to etiquette, so far the 10-month crusade ended with Wang Shichong's surrender and Dou Jiande being captured.

The news was transmitted back to Chang'an, which made the Tang Dynasty excited, only the prince Li Jiancheng was resentful in his heart, before he was ordered to go out to pacify the Turkic rebellion, and was praised by Li Yuan after returning to Beijing, and at this time Li Shimin pacified Luoyang in one fell swoop, and by the way, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande were all captured, and suddenly the light of Li Jiancheng was covered again, and the most discussed in the court every day was His Royal Highness King Qin, Qi Guogong, and even His Royal Highness King Qi Li Yuanji was often mentioned.

Occasionally, he asked about the Turkic issue, but he was told, what are you afraid of, since the world is unified, then the Qi State Guild will solve the Turkic matter. This made Li Jiancheng extremely angry, and he was furious in the East Palace every day, thinking about going to Li Jiancheng to pass the book to Changchun Palace, and after receiving the reply, a poisonous plan was quietly formed......

As the saying goes, if you make a mistake, you will lose all the games, and watch Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng return to the dynasty, and then see the sudden change in the situation in the world, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......