During the period of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, in order to settle the people of Xihe in Fenzhou, the three years of Xiaochang of the Northern Wei Dynasty (527) were placed in Xihe County in Pingyang County, and the overseas Chinese were placed in Yongan County, and Yong'an, Xicheng and Jiexiu were led by Yong'an. It belongs to Tang State. In the first year of Jianyi (528), Tangzhou was changed to Jinju, and Xihe County belonged to it. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Xicheng was abolished, Jiexiu entered Yong'an, and Xihe County only led one county. In the third year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui (583), Xihe County was abolished and entered Jinzhou. Until the third year of Sui Daye, Fenzhou was changed to Xihe County, governed Xicheng, and led six counties of Xicheng, Yong'an, Pingyao, Jiexiu, Lingshi and Mianshang.

Just five days after Li Yuhu's hangover in Chu Mansion, a man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance walked into Xihe County with the team of people who entered the city.

After hearing the report, the county magistrate hurriedly dispatched three shifts to arrest and bring this person back to the yamen in the depths of the market.

I saw this person straighten up and stand below and said: "I am Pei Lian, the deputy palace supervisor of Jinyang, and I have something important to meet with Lord Juncheng Gao Deru, as for what you are not qualified to know." ”

As soon as the county commander heard that this person named Pei Lin was speaking so arrogantly, he suddenly became angry, and was about to say a big punishment, when he saw the master on the side stop him, and whispered in his ear: "Master, this Jinyang deputy palace supervisor is one level higher than you, if you really torture him, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, in case this person really has some confidential news to report to Lord Juncheng, once you delay the business, I'm afraid Lord Juncheng will blame it, and you will be uncomfortable." ”

"Then what do you say?" the county magistrate threw the startling wood raised in his hand onto the case, and sulked as he sat in his chair. I saw that the master's eyes rolled and said: "It's better to send someone to report to Lord Juncheng and ask him to move here to try it together, if this person really came to meet Lord Juncheng, then there is still room for retribution; if not, we can also say that we caught a rebellious spy and gave the credit to Lord Juncheng, wouldn't it be wonderful." ”

The county magistrate nodded after listening to the master's words, and then hurriedly ordered his subordinates to go to the county mansion to report, at this time Gao Deru was looking at the letters written by several colleagues from the surrounding counties in the mansion, frowning while flipping through them, and then put down the letter and sighed, thinking that the surrounding counties and counties may be occupied by anti-thieves, but the anti-thieves are strong, and the Xihe River where he is has become the next target of contention.

According to the letters of several colleagues, Wang Wei and Gao Junya, the deputy guards of Jinyang, were executed by Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan, for leading the Turks to attack the city.

At this time, someone came to report, saying that the county government of Xicheng County sent someone to report, saying that a man who claimed to be Pei Lian, the deputy palace supervisor of Jinyang Palace, was caught by the county government and kept saying that he wanted to meet the county lord.

As soon as he heard that it was someone from Jinyang, Gao Deru hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare a sedan chair and rush to the county office, and hurriedly came to the county office, only to see a tall man standing in the lobby, and when the county government saw Gao Deru coming, they hurriedly got up and knelt down to say hello, but this person did not kneel or worship.

Gao Deru nodded when he saw this, and said to this person: "I don't know why Mr. wants to meet the old man?"

As soon as Pei Lin heard someone behind him asking, he turned around and hugged his fist at this person and said: "Pei Lin in Xia Jinyang, on the order of Li Yuan, the left-behind adult, handed a letter to Lord Gao, and hoped that Lord Gao would inform him of the reply after reading it carefully, so that he could go back to his life in the next place." After speaking, he took out the handwritten book in his arms and handed it to Gao Deru.

Gao Deru took the handwritten book and opened it and browsed it carefully, he couldn't help sneering, and then said to the county order: "Sun County Order, please find a quiet room for the old man and this Mr. Pei, prepare tea, we have something important to discuss." ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he hurriedly sent someone to clean up a decent room and come out, and then Gao Deru led Pei Lin in, closed the door with his backhand, and heard Gao Deru's voice from inside: "All the idle people around are leaving, if they are found to be deliberately eavesdropping, they will be killed!"

Then there was a sound of Suo Suo outside the door, and when he heard that there was no sound outside the door, Gao Deru raised his head and looked at Pei Lin and said, "What is the intention of this handwritten letter from your Lord Li?"

"Lord Gao, isn't it clear enough that our Lord Li said it in his letters? When Emperor Yang of Sui is gone, the people everywhere are dissatisfied, mourning is everywhere, and the court is helpless against the Turks, you see that the Jinyang Palace where we are located is not the witness of Yang Guang, a tyrant who is arrogant and extravagant?" Seeing Gao Deru pretending to be confused, Pei Lin had no choice but to say the purpose of his visit," Since the rebellion in the world is strong, our Lord Li cares about the people of the world, and is determined to abolish the faint and establish the Ming Dynasty, support the acting king, and restore the Sui family, so we sincerely invite Lord Gao to conspire with the great cause, I don't know what Lord Gao thinks?"

Gao Deru slowly poured a cup of tea, put it to his mouth, blew it, and said: " Li Yuan kept saying that he would abolish the faint and establish the Ming Dynasty, support the acting king, and restore the Sui Chamber, then let me ask you, Li Yuan put Liu Wuzhou on his side and did not follow His Majesty's will to encircle and suppress him, this is disloyal; the Li family has been loyal and good for generations, and Li Yuan is now not doing it after letting go of Zhongliang, and insists on raising troops, which is really disregarding the reputation of his ancestors, which is unfilial; wanton sword soldiers to the safety of the people are in danger, this is unkind; gathering people from all walks of life to rebel together, and trapping you into a dangerous situation, at this time, such a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person, why should I, Gao Deru, want to conspire with him?"

Speaking of this, Gao Deru threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, and the flying debris and tea collapsed on Pei Lian's shoes, looking at the indignant Gao Deru, Pei Lin knew that the idea of taking down Xihe without blood had failed, and he couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly and said: "Lord Gao's disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous words are a bit far-fetched. ”

"Why did Mr. Pei say this?" Gao Deru originally thought that after listening to his impassioned words, Pei Lin would be able to leave in a gloomy manner, but who knew that this person still retorted to himself without being humble or arrogant, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"First of all, the emperor should appoint virtuous people and be willing to listen to advice, but looking at Yang Guang, appointing traitorous ministers and framing Zhongliang, since Lord Gao is a courtier, he should be vigilant in his book, but according to Pei's knowledge, Lord Gao has never been concerned about these things, in this case, you are also a disloyal person. ”

"Secondly, as far as Pei knows, since Master Gao was appointed as Doctor Chaosan, you sent your old mother back to your hometown, and only gave the old man fifty stones a year for her use, don't forget that your Yu Lu at that time was 300 stones, when it comes to unfilial piety, our Lord Li is really ashamed of himself. ”

Hearing Pei Lin mention his old mother, Gao Deru couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, "How did you know about your mother?"

Looking at Gao Deru's embarrassment, Pei Lin sneered and said, "Lord Gao, since we Taishou sincerely invite you to conspire with great things, we naturally want to check your bottom carefully." Then he poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip regardless of the heat and cold, and then said slowly: "Besides, since Lord Gao became the county governor, the cost of entering the city and various taxes in the counties of Xihe County have increased sharply, I think this matter should be the handiwork of Lord Gao. ”

"In the end, you said that our Lord Li did not care about the safety of the people, so since you rely on these people to eat, at this moment, our Lord Li wants to cooperate with you without using swords, and since you refuse, then you are forcing us to attack the city?

A rebuttal of disloyalty, filial piety, benevolence and injustice made Gao Deru speechless, speechless for a long time, Pei Lin saw this scene, and did not step forward to urge, but poured a glass of water and drank it with interest.

After a long while, Gao Deru said tremblingly: "The surname Pei, it's useless to let you spit lotus flowers in your mouth, go back and tell Li Yuan that the old man has set up his soldiers and horses and is waiting for him to come in Xihe." With that, he left the house angrily.

Looking at Gao Deru's figure, Pei Lin glanced at him coldly as if he was looking at a dead man, "I don't know what to do, since this person is openly and secretly harming the people, he should be killed." After saying that, he threw the teacup in his hand behind him and walked out of the room.

Things went back to five days ago, it was said that Li Shimin left the Chu Mansion in a hurry and returned to the Li Mansion, and as soon as he entered the door, he ran towards Li Yuan's study, at this moment Li Yuan was leisurely drinking tea in the house, and when he saw Li Shimin coming in, he said with a smile: "Erlang, how about going to Chu Boy with Yuhu today?

"Father, don't worry about this matter for the time being, the child got a message from Chu Xiaozi, according to that kid, Gao Deru and his father knew each other, this person is a foolish and loyal person, the child is afraid that Uncle Pei will go to run in vain this time, Chu Xiaozi suggested that we immediately prepare to send troops to Xihe. Li Shimin didn't bother to greet him as soon as he entered the door, and hurriedly said what he learned today.

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Yuan couldn't help but gasp and said, "We have checked Gao Deru so many details, we really can't rely on this to force him to submit?"

"I really can't, Chu Xiaozi said, such foolish and loyal people are the most difficult, so Father, let's prepare for war. Shaking his head helplessly, Li Shimin thought that he was going to send troops to attack the city, and the people must be the first to suffer, and he suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart, and then thought that this matter was all caused by Gao Deru, and he couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart.

"Okay, this time to send troops to Xihe, with you as the commander, Yuan Ji will coordinate from the side, you better take Chu Boy with you, he can help you when it is critical." Li Yuan nodded, finding that Li Shimin's demeanor was a little unnatural, and he knew what he was doing when he thought about it, and then said slowly: "Erlang, those who become big things are not informal, go ahead." ”

Li Shimin nodded, and hurriedly went down to prepare for the dispatch of troops, and for a while, there was a flurry of chickens and dogs on the Jinyang side. Chu Mofeng, who learned all this, just said to Shi Hanshuang helplessly: "Gao Deru, a fool, really disregarded the safety of the people. ”

As soon as the camera turned, Pei Lin walked out of the room and returned to the lobby, at this moment, the impatient county order who had been waiting for a long time was already asleep on the chair, Pei Lin walked out and shouted to the sleeping county order: "Get up, Pei has said goodbye." ”

The county magistrate, who was awakened in his sleep, suddenly fell off the chair, sat on the ground for a long time, and couldn't slow down, so he had to helplessly watch Pei Lin walk out of the county office and disappear into the vast sea of people.

Then Pei Lin hired a carriage, returned to Jinyang non-stop, and after meeting Li Yuan in the Li Mansion, he reported the cause and effect of the incident to Li Yuan word for word, and learned that Gao Deru cursed himself for being a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person, Li Yuan kicked all the things in the study with a kick, and then scolded: "You villain surnamed Gao, when the old man captures Xihe, he will be the first to take your head to pay tribute to the dead and wounded Xihe people and officers and soldiers." ”

At this moment, the Jinyang side was still fully armed, and Li Yuan then ordered Li Shimin and Li Yuanji to lead the army to attack Xihe, and the army was killed in the direction of Xihe County on the fifth day of the sixth month.

On the way, Li Shimin strictly ordered the three armies with military law: "First, do not burn and loot, second, do not molest women, third, do not escape from the battle, fourth, do not act without authorization, and fifth, do not ventilate and report the news. ”

As soon as the five killing orders came out, the army was silent, and there was no crime in the autumn wherever it went, because the army marched for days, and finally arrived outside Xicheng County on June 9, and then the army camped and buried the pot to make rice, at this time in the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Shimin stood in front of the map and planned carefully, and Chu Mofeng on the side held the burning sky and looked out coldly.

Suddenly, Li Shimin sighed and said: "You said that your kid's mouth is really, the surname Gao is really a foolish and loyal person as you said, you see that now the army is already in the city, but this person has put on a posture of vowing to live and die with the city, which is bitter for the people in the city." ”

"Li Lao Er, we are not saints, but we can have the kindness of a saint, at this time, the war is imminent, don't let this kindness affect you. Tonight I will find a way to sneak into the city, and tomorrow I will open the city gate with the sound of arrows, and you will lead a large army into the city quickly, so that you may be able to take Xihe without blood. Chu Mofeng put the burning sky behind him, and then flashed out of the big tent, taking advantage of the night to touch Xicheng County.

Coming to the city wall of Xicheng County, Chu Mofeng raised his head and measured the height of the city wall by the moonlight, and then took out a flying tiger grasp from the jacket, and threw it upward, only to see the tiger claw flying straight towards the city head with a rope, and then hooked a corner of the city wall, Chu Mofeng dragged it with his hand, feeling that he could hold it, and then took a few steps back, and rushed towards the city wall with a dash.

At the moment when he was about to make contact with the city wall, the whole person rushed upward, his feet kept connecting the dots on the city wall, and when he was halfway up, he quickly grabbed the rope with both hands and climbed upwards little by little.

On the dark city wall, occasionally patrolling soldiers walked by, Chu Mofeng showed a head and observed for a long time, taking advantage of the gap between the two teams of patrol soldiers walking, one turned over and came to the city wall, and then took advantage of the darkness of the night to hide himself in the dark place of the city gate.

In the early morning of the second day, Li Shimin ordered the whole army to attack the city, only to see Gao Deru at the head of the city looking at the dense army under the city, and couldn't help but regret a little in his heart, who would have thought that Li Yuan would really send troops to attack, Li Yuan's soldiers formed a phalanx, with a shield on their heads rushing towards the city gate, and the defenders at the head of the city hurriedly opened their bows and arrows when they saw this, in a vain attempt to shoot the people under the city.

Behind the phalanx was a team holding a ladder and pushing the cart, and the wooden simple cart was under the protection of a group of soldiers and was hurrying towards the city gate, Gao Deru saw Li Yuanbu moving up and rushing the cart, and hurriedly shouted: "The archers shoot the chariot with all their might, don't let them get close to the city gate." ”

Then I saw the bow and arrow covering the sky and the sun shooting in the direction of the rushing car, Li Shimin saw it from a distance in the rear, and couldn't help sneering and said: "Let our archers also move, and order two more to rush out of the car." ”

A commander on the side hurriedly took the order, only to see a few teams of archers coming out of Li Shimin's camp, and shooting at the defenders of Xicheng who appeared on the city wall, after shooting dozens of people one after another, the defenders of Xicheng no longer dared to show their heads on the city wall, lest the cold arrow that came from nowhere in the next second would kill them.

At this time, the soldiers carrying the ladders also took advantage of this gap to rush under the city wall, and after several ladders were erected high, some soldiers bit their knives and climbed upward, and the side defending the city saw that the wood, stones, and gold juice were thrown down without money, in a vain attempt to block the climbing soldiers.

Seeing this, Li Shimin sneered and shouted: "The archers take fifty steps forward and concentrate on shooting the people who are outcropping on the city wall. I saw that the previous archers walked forward in unison for a while, and continued to shoot towards the city with their bows and arrows, because of the interference of the archers, there were suddenly many fewer falling objects on the city head, and at this time more and more ladders were erected, and the soldiers under the city climbed up regardless of life or death.

As soon as the first soldier climbed the city wall, he was stabbed to death by several spears before he could stand firmly, and the whole man was planted down, and he took one of the soldiers who climbed below with him, and the man behind him did not care about the life or death of his companions, but continued to climb up.

At this moment, the gold juice, wooden hammers, and stones on the city have long been exhausted, except for a few rackets that are still insisting on working, and Gao Deru was so frightened that he sat on the ground speechless.

Li Shimin looked at the retreat of the offensive on the city wall, and couldn't help muttering: "It's time." Then he turned to an archer who had been standing beside him and said, "Sound the arrow to the prince of Chu in the city." I saw this man take out an arrow with a small hole in the quiver, twist it in his hand, pull the longbow in the shape of a full moon, and then let go of his hand towards the sky, only to see this sound of the arrow with a whistling sound straight into the sky.

Chu Mofeng, who was hiding in the city, heard the sound of arrows, secretly applauded in his heart, walked quickly to the city gate, looked at the thick latch behind the city gate, suddenly took a breath and raised the burning sky in his hand, and slashed at the latch, only to hear the sound of 'Kara', and the latch was split with a crack.

Chu Mofeng saw that this method was feasible, and then he split a few times in succession, only to hear a 'bang' sound from the city gate to the heavens and the earth, the thick door latch was broken by Chu Mofeng, Li Shimin outside the city heard the sound and shouted behind him: "The cavalry team rushed to the city quickly, and ordered the pikemen and shield soldiers to follow." ”

I saw about 300 horsemen rushing out of the camp like a whirlwind, all black-armored and black-armed, holding a spear and rushing towards the gate of Xicheng, and the soldiers in front of the position saw this and hurriedly rushed up to push the city gate open, and then the army rushed into the city.

At this time, the city was already in chaos with the breach of the gate, and after everyone entered the city, they shouted 'surrender and avoid death' while fighting with the defenders, and as the officers and soldiers defending the city gradually decreased, the rest of the people threw their weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground when they saw this.

Chu Mofeng, who was guarding on the side, saw a person sneaking down the city wall from the corner of his eye, running towards the north, clasping his left hand behind him, feeling out a dart and throwing it over, only to see that the person seemed to have been hit by something, and the whole person lay on the ground.

At this moment, seeing that the general trend had been decided, thinking of Chu Mofeng's safety, Li Shimin hurriedly rode into Xicheng, only to see Chu Mofeng sitting aside with a detached appearance, smiling at himself awkwardly, Li Shimin hurriedly ran forward, and was about to say something, only to hear Chu Mofeng say: "Who do you think I caught for you?"

Then two soldiers pressed a man over, and Li Shimin saw that he didn't know this person, so he asked in surprise: "This is?"

"Gao Deru. Bring it back to Uncle Li, and his old man must be happy. Chu Mofeng smiled and stretched out his hand to Li Shimin and said, "How much is this worth this time?"

Li Shimin gently slapped his shoulder and smiled: "You kid has fallen into the eyes of money." ”

Then Li Shimin stepped forward and said to the soldiers: "The soldiers have worked hard this time, and the reward promised before the war is a lot, but my five killing orders are still valid, and now in addition to cleaning the battlefield, the rest of the people go to maintain order in the city. ”

Everyone present said yes in unison, and then got busy according to their respective division of labor, while Chu Mofeng and Li Shimin walked on Xicheng Street, looking at the deserted street, and couldn't help but feel a little sad in their hearts.

"Li Lao Er, in the future, these are the people under the rule of your Li family, I hope you treat them well, as the saying goes, water can carry a boat and also overturn a boat, the people are water, the court is a boat, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the court has a long period of stability, the people are not happy, the court is not guaranteed, I hope you keep it in mind. ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "I remember Brother Chu's words, don't worry, this world will return to the quiet and peaceful state it used to be, and it will even be richer and more prosperous than before." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and slowly walked towards the county government hall, and the news of Xihe's victory was immediately sent back to Jinyang through the military order, and Li Yuan, who received the news, slammed the table and shouted, 'Great', and everyone present stepped forward to congratulate them, and for a while compliments flew all over the sky.

Li Yuhu, who was on the side, saw that his father was happy, and couldn't help but ask softly: "Father, is he injured this time?"

Looking at his youngest daughter, Li Yuan smiled and said: "Speaking of which, this time I was able to successfully capture Xihe, in addition to your second brother's good command, the important thing is that Chu Xiaozi split the door latch with his own strength, which led the army into the city, and he also captured Gao Deru for me, and my father really doesn't know how to reward him." Then he rolled his eyes to Li Yuhu and quipped: "Feng'er, what do you say Daddy is rewarding him this time?"

The people present on the side were all old people, and when they saw Li Yuan making fun of his daughter with Chu Mofeng, they suddenly realized in their hearts, and then hurriedly said again: "Congratulations to your lord for getting this dragon fast son-in-law, it's really gratifying." ”

Li Yuan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and Li Yuhu on the side had red cheeks and ran out with a twist......

There is a way that the army was successful in the first battle of Xihe, but the Turkic trip was difficult, and see how Liu Wenjing persuaded Shibi Khan with clever words, and then see where Li Yuan pointed his sword at the next stop, I want to know what happened next, and listen to the next decomposition......