As soon as Li Shimin walked into the tent where Chu Mofeng was, he heard a few more muffled thunders rolling in the sky, and the light rain that was as fine as silk turned into a torrential rain in an instant, and a lightning bolt swept by, reflecting the gloomy sky with snow, and there were busy scenes of chickens flying and dogs jumping everywhere in the camp.

Hua Ling'er saw Li Shimin's sudden arrival, and hurriedly got up to say hello, Li Shimin waved his hand and motioned for her to sit down, at this time, Chu Mofeng, who had decocted the medicine, took out a bowl and poured the medicinal juice into the bowl, put it aside casually, got up and said to Li Shimin: "You kid is not good at planning the next move in the coach's tent, what are you doing here with me?"

I saw Li Shimin sigh softly, walked straight to the seat, sat on it, rubbed his forehead and said: "I said boy, you are good, there is a beautiful woman here to accompany Qingqing and me to spend the previous month, but I don't know that the food in the army can not last for three days." ”

As soon as Chu Mofeng heard that he was about to run out of food, he grabbed Li Shimin's sleeve and was about to walk out of the door, Li Shimin broke free of his hand when he saw this, and said with a sad face: "I know what you want to do, I have already reported this to my father before I came, but ......"

"Do you want to say that Uncle Li thinks that this rain will end soon, so as long as he captures Huoyi, he can replenish the grain and grass, right?" Chu Mofeng probably guessed what Li Shimin was going to say next, and said it for him in advance.

Li Shimin nodded, slowly lifted the curtain of the tent, and instantly the wind mixed with the raindrops drifted in, falling on his face with a trace of coolness, Chu Mofeng raised his eyes and looked at the cloudy sky in the distance, and couldn't help sighing and said: "Don't look at the sky in the distance, the dark clouds are so deep, I'm afraid this rain won't end for a while, so I suggest that you still have to ask Uncle Li for instructions and send someone back to Jinyang to get grain and grass, otherwise once the grain is cut off, I am afraid that the army will have something different." ”

Li Shimin shook his head, and said with a little helplessness in his tone: "I also clarified this point to my father, but he is too confident. ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Chu Mofeng pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Shimin, can you come up with a trick to cut first and then play, you send someone to Jinyang to transfer grain and grass first, and wait until the grain and grass arrive at the camp, if Uncle Li blames it, you blame me for everything, just say that I gave you the idea, presumably Uncle Li will not punish me for this matter, I don't know what you think?"

There was a crackling sound of raindrops hitting the roof of the tent, and Li Shimin sighed again and said: "I have also considered the method you said, even if I send someone back to Jinyang to transfer grain and grass privately, as long as I don't see the order signed by my father himself, Jinyang will not allocate a grain of grain." ”

At this time, Hua Ling'er got up and poured a glass of water for each of them, and said softly: "Gongzi Li, Brother Chu, don't worry, think about it slowly, there will always be a way." ”

Just when Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng were worried about mobilizing grain and grass, Li Mi, who was far away in Shandong, wrote a letter to Li Yuan without warning.

It turned out that Li Mi had participated in Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and after Yang Xuangan's death, Li Mi was also wanted, and this person immediately traveled to many places, and joined Zhai Rang who rebelled in Dongjun in the twelfth year of Daye, which was the famous Wagang Army afterwards.

At first, Li Mi was not welcomed in the Wagang army, but this person was familiar with history books and spoke like a lotus, and soon won Zhai Rang's trust.

When Wang Shichong led his army to attack the Wagang army, Li Mi took advantage of the battle to get rid of Zhai Rang and his relatives, thus gaining absolute leadership over the Wagang army.

Subsequently, Li Mi led the people of Wagang to many places to win consecutive battles, all the way forward, in the spring of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the defenders of Luoyang, the eastern capital, were broken, and so far all the anti-kings in Shandong wrote to express their willingness to recommend Li Mi to the throne.

Although Li Mi is familiar with the history books, he is by no means a corrupt Confucian, and after hearing the advice of his subordinates, he immediately said that he would not mention the matter of ascending the throne if he did not solve the matter of Luoyang, and his subordinates could not speak out against it for a while. In fact, the biggest scruple in Li Mi's heart is Li Yuan, who is far away in Jinyang.

It turned out that the prophecy of "Li will prosper" at the end of the Sui Dynasty flourished after the tenth year of the Great Cause (614). When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was discussing Liaodong, there was a monk Anjiatuo at that time, "He said that he knew the picture and said that the emperor said: 'When there is a Li family, he should be the son of heaven.'" 'Persuade all those surnamed Li in the sea. Emperor Yang was horrified when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the person surnamed Li to be monitored, at that time, Li Mi, Li Yuan, Li Min and others were all under surveillance, and the slightest mistake was a knife and axe.

coincided with Li Min being falsely accused of rebellion, and was immediately ordered to be arrested and beheaded, which allowed Li Yuan, Li Mi and others to escape, and afterwards Li Yuan and Li Min gradually dispelled the doubts of Emperor Yang of Sui by defiling themselves and pretending to be sick.

Therefore, Li Mi refused to be the emperor for a long time, and the main purpose was to know the thoughts of Li Yuan, who was far away in Jinyang, and thinking of this, Li Mi personally wrote a letter and sent it to Li Yuan's camp in Jiahubao.

In his letter to Li Yuan, he openly promised himself King Wu of Zhou and Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, and invited Li Yuan to go to the meeting of Mengjin with him, and together he "committed Xin Xin in Muye, and held his son in Xianyang". The implication is to kill the tyrant Yang Guang and capture the king Yang Yu alive.

After reading the letter, Li Yuan looked at the envoy standing below, and said with a smile: "The envoy has come here all the way to travel and travel, and the old man has received the letter from the Duke of Wei, please allow the old man to discuss with the generals later before making a decision, and ask the envoy to go down and rest for a while." ”

After speaking, he shouted outside the tent: "Come, take the messenger down and find a clean tent to serve, for if you neglect the messenger, you will be punished." Outside the tent, a personal soldier received the order and led Li Mi's messenger out.

Looking at the back of Li Mi's envoy in the distance, Fang Cai's smile gradually solidified, replaced by a look of displeasure, thinking about it, Li Yuan found more and more that this letter was a hot potato, if he agreed to Li Mi's request, it would inevitably affect his next series of deployments; if he didn't agree to him, God knows what unexpected moves this person would make.

At this time, the soldiers outside the door reported that Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng had come together, saying that there was something important to discuss, and Li Yuan hurriedly signaled the soldiers to let the two come in.

It turned out that when Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng were at a loss in the tent, it was Hua Ling'er who woke up Chu Mofeng with a word, because the meal was about to start, Hua Ling'er sat on the couch after eating some fruit, and said coquettishly to Chu Mofeng: "Brother Chu, is it going to be a meal for a while, is there the kind of roast meat sold in Luoyang, the eastern capital?" Ling'er has only eaten it once, and the taste makes Ling'er reminisce to this day, it is said that it has been passed from Shandong, and Ling'er really wants to eat it. ”

Hearing that Hua Ling'er mentioned the words 'Luoyang, the eastern capital' and 'Shandong', a bright light instantly crossed Chu Mofeng's mind, and then got up and hugged Hua Ling'er, subconsciously kissed her delicate cheek, and said excitedly: "Ling'er, you are so smart, thanks to your reminder, the matter of grain and grass has been settled." ”

was caught off guard by Chu Mofeng and kissed, even though the two had already made a lifelong decision, but it was the first time that Chu Mofeng had such an intimate act towards him in front of others, Hua Ling'er's cheeks instantly flushed, and after pushing Chu Mofeng away, she said shyly: "Brother Chu, Gongzi Li is still here." ”

Remembering that Li Shimin was still in the tent at this time, Chu Mofeng smiled embarrassedly and said, "Forgive me, Ling'er, if you like to eat Luoyang's roast meat, will it be good for Brother Chu to take you to Luoyang to eat when you have the opportunity?" After speaking, he turned to Li Shimin and said, "I know how to persuade Uncle Li to go back to Jinyang to collect grain and grass." ”

Without waiting for Li Shimin to react, Chu Mofeng pulled him towards the big tent of the coach on the side.

The two entered the big tent together, and saw Li Yuan sitting in the position of the boss, with a letter on the case in front of him, Chu Mofeng walked straight forward and said: "Uncle Li, the boy heard that there is not much grain and grass left in the army, and I don't know why Uncle Li has not been able to mobilize grain and grass for a long time." ”

"You kid, can't Erlang convince the old man to move you out as a lobbyist?" Li Yuan shook his head, motioned for the two to sit down, and then said to Chu Mofeng: "How can this rain stop in two days, when Huo Yi is laid, why worry about the food and grass not coming?"

Hearing that Li Yuan was really confident in this statement, Chu Mofeng had no choice but to speak out to hit his confidence, "Uncle Li's words are different, the boy has learned a little from the masters since he was a child, and according to the boy's observation, this heavy rain will never end within ten days." ”

Li Yuan let out a slightly puzzled 'um' when he heard this, looked at Chu Mofeng coldly and said, "Boy, is this true?"

"What the kid said is true, if Uncle Li doesn't believe it, the kid can make a military order in front of you, if the heavy rain stops for three days, the kid is willing to be punished. Seeing that Li Yuan was suspicious, Chu Mofeng first moved out of the military order, hoping that Li Yuan would agree.

Who knew that Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "You can't convince me based on this alone, if you have anything else to say, you can say it." Then he stepped forward and patted Chu Mofeng on the shoulder and said, "You have seen that old man forcing his son-in-law to make a military order, and he will not stand up." ”

Seeing that the first move was useless, Chu Mofeng said with a smile: "Since my uncle said so, the kid will call you father-in-law." After speaking, he arched his hand to Li Yuan and said, "Since my father-in-law is not in a hurry or impatient, I wonder if Li Mi, the leader of the Wagang Army in Luoyang, can also wait until the heavy rain stops?"

Hearing the word 'Li Mi' spit out of Chu Mofeng's mouth, Li Yuan couldn't help but gasp and said, "What does this matter have to do with Wagang Li Mi? ”

Hearing this, Chu Mofeng walked to the military map hanging on the side of the big tent, pointed to the location of Shandong on the map, and said: "Father-in-law, we are fighting with the Sui army in the west, if the eastern capital Luoyang sends troops to attack, may I ask how long we can hold out in the case of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the belly?"

Seeing Chu Mofeng's words, Li Yuan nodded secretly in his heart, thinking that this kid's eyes were really vicious, and he could see the problem at a glance, no, I still have to test him and listen to what he thinks.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan pretended to be calm and sneered and said: "The virtuous son-in-law doesn't know, in addition to the 50,000 soldiers and horses in the headquarters, there are also 30,000 horses and horses taken away by the general doctor Zhang Lun before. ”

Chu Mofeng said with a smile: "The kid knows that the soldiers and horses led by Dr. Zhang are going all the way, don't forget that according to this, there are more than 50,000 miles away Song Laosheng's 20,000 soldiers and horses who are waiting for us to make a mistake." Moreover, Qu Tutong of Jiangxian County, Linfen County and even Hedong County can send troops to reinforce this place at any time, and it will ...... at that time."

Chu Mofeng's analysis not only shocked Li Yuan, but even Li Shimin on the side looked at him with a surprised gaze, seeing this scene, Chu Mofeng poured himself a cup of tea and said: "There is a way to prevent this from happening right now, it depends on whether you are willing or not, father-in-law." ”

After speaking, he sat on the seat with a teacup, looked at Li Yuan with interest, and did not open his mouth to continue to ask.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Say, I'll hear what suggestions you have." ”

"You wrote a letter to Wagang Li Mi, the main content is to pretend to echo him and encourage him to take the throne, but we ourselves must express that we have no intention of fighting for the throne, so as to dispel his suspicions, and by the way, I euphemistically expressed in the letter that we need his help, at this time, first, second, send people back to Jinyang tomorrow to mobilize grain and grass, so as not to run out of food and cause the army to mutiny; third, send people to find Dr. Zhang, and tell him to create some momentum on our right side. ”

After finishing speaking, Chu Mofeng drank all the tea in the cup and looked at Li Yuan with a smile.

After listening to Chu Mofeng's three suggestions, Li Yuan walked quickly to the map and carefully investigated, and after about a quarter of an hour, Li Yuan slowly turned to Chu Mofeng and said, "Boy, congratulations on convincing me, just do as you say." ”

Then Li Yuan ordered to return to Jinyang tomorrow to collect grain and grass according to Chu Mofeng's suggestion, and arranged for Tanma to go to the right side of the army to find the general doctor Zhang Lun's department, after doing all this, Li Yuan handed the letter on the case to Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng and said: "Let's discuss it after reading it." ”

The two of them took the letter and read it hastily, Li Shimin looked at Chu Mofeng with an incredible look and said, "Chu boy, oh no, brother-in-law, what you said just now was thought of in the account?"

"No, it was after Ling'er said that I wanted to eat Luoyang's roast meat, and I probably had an idea. Chu Mofeng shook his head, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Li Shimin's eyes, and said, "Okay, I'll solve everything for you, what about Ling'er's roast meat? ”

Hearing this, Li Yuan was also surprised, thinking that this kid is really a person who can jump out of the circle to see the problem, a grain and grass problem can make him think of so much, fortunately he was wise and gave Feng'er Xu to him, and fortunately he is not surnamed Li, otherwise whether he is an enemy or a future battle between the sons, this kid is a person with an absolute chance of winning.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan laughed, and when the two saw that Li Yuan was laughing for no reason, they hurriedly turned their heads to look at him, only to see Li Yuan shouting outside the tent: "Come on, tell the Huotou Army to make more meat today and send it to Ling'er Girl's tent." ”

Seeing that the matter of meat was solved, Chu Mofeng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and Li Yuan said softly when he saw the situation: "It's difficult for you, boy, when we enter Daxing, the old man will definitely let you have a good rest, and before that, there are some things that I need you to help Erlang more." ”

"Where is my father-in-law, since the kid decided to follow Brother Shimin, then the kid will never back down if there is something. After listening to Li Yuan's words, Chu Mofeng arched his hand at him and said, "That kid will retire first, don't forget Ling'er's meat." After saying that, he jumped out of the big tent.

Looking at Chu Mofeng's distant figure, Li Yuan couldn't help but smile and said, "This kid has always looked cynical. ”

Li Shimin on the side said with affection: "Yes, fortunately, this kid is our person, otherwise it will be ......" Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yuan suddenly mixed some anger in his tone, turned to him and said: "You, learn a little, you see that people usually don't ask about the war except for fighting and killing, but when they encounter a problem, they will be a handsome person in the future, Erlang, it's not for your father to fight you, you are still far from this step." ”

Hearing Li Yuan speak, Li Shimin couldn't help but lower his head and said, "The teachings of my father are remembered by my children. In the future, the child must ask Chu Xiaozi for advice. ”

Seeing his son so modest, Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, and then sat down in the position of the coach and wrote a reply to Li Mi. After writing it, he put the letter in an envelope and sent someone to summon Li Mi's messenger.

I saw this person walk into the big tent and said: "I don't know what the result of Tang Gong's discussion is, the villain needs to return to Wagang to Ming Wei Gong today." ”

Li Yuan walked down with the letter in his hand and said, "The envoy of labor has forwarded this letter to the Duke of Wei, and the specific situation has been written in it. After speaking, he handed over the letter and shouted outside the tent: "Come on, quickly escort the envoy back, take care of it along the way, and be sure to send the envoy to the Duke of Wei safely." ”

Several soldiers outside the door took the order and left, and Li Mi's envoy saw that he no longer inked, said goodbye to Li Yuan, and turned out of the big tent.

Then the heavy rain continued for several days, Li Yuan couldn't help but praise Chu Mofeng even more when he saw this, because Chu Mofeng was not in the army, Li Yuan couldn't reward money, so he had no choice but to order the Huotou army to take care of more food and drink.

Who knew that in these days of waiting for the rain to stop, in the camp of Li Yuan in Jiahu Fort, a rumor quietly spread, some people said that the Turks wanted to conspire with Liu Wuzhou to go south, and raided Taiyuan while the army was on the occasion of the expedition.

Li Yuan, who learned of this situation, did not panic, but quickly summoned his generals to gather in the commander's tent to discuss the matter, and Chu Mofeng was also invited. 、

Looking at the generals under his tent, Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, there seems to be rumors in the army recently, saying that the Turks want to go south with Liu Wuzhou to raid Taiyuan, and this official will not investigate who said it, but what this official can tell you is that this statement is wrong. ”

I saw a general get up and say: "I don't know what basis the marshal has, if there is no basis, my subordinates implore the marshal to return to Taiyuan at this moment to ensure that Taiyuan is not lost." As soon as this person's voice fell, he saw the famous general get up and kneel, and said in unison: "The subordinates also think that General Liu is reasonable, please ask the marshal to agree." ”

Chu Mofeng, who was on the side, didn't know what he was talking to Li Shimin at this time, Li Yuan looked at the kneeling people and said, "Generals, please get up quickly, there is a basis for what this official said, and this basis is ......"

At this time, Li Shimin ended his conversation with Chu Mofeng, and suddenly said, "Father, let the child answer the generals' questions." Seeing Li Shimin's words to alleviate his embarrassment, and then looking at Chu Mofeng's slightly meaningful smile on the side, Li Yuan knew that this matter had been resolved invisibly.

I saw Li Shimin saluting to the people in the tent and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is a basis for my father's assertion that the Turks will not go south with Liu Wuzhou to raid Taiyuan, and Liu Wuzhou and the Turks "are attached to each other on the outside, but guess on the inside", if the Turks really have a move, they will never go near and far, bypassing Mayi County to attack Taiyuan, so Liu Wuzhou and the Turks are not of the same mind. ”

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but talk about it, and at this time, General Liu said: "Then may I ask the second son, Li Mi is treacherous and untrustworthy, and he only relies on a letter to form an alliance with him, in case he sends troops from the direction of Luoyang, won't he have to suffer from the enemy?"

Li Shimin turned his head and glanced at Chu Mofeng, saw that he nodded, and then said: "General Liu's words are different, Li Mi's vision will not be so long-term, if it weren't for the greed for Luoyang rice warehouse, this person would have already conquered most of the country." ”

Everyone couldn't help but nod when they heard this, and they all said that Li Shimin was reasonable, and seeing that everyone did not refute it, Li Shimin said slowly: "On the contrary, if the class division is now, it will not only cause chaos in the army's heart, but also the Turks, Liu Wuzhou, Song Laosheng, and Qu Tutong will take the opportunity to besiege them, and when the time comes, they will be in a dilemma, and there is only a dead end." I dare to assert in the next place: the old student is frivolous and irritable, and there is no doubt about it. Decide to win the prestige, and fight it here!"

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Yuan took the lead in applauding, Li Shimin's remarks dispelled the doubts in everyone's hearts, seeing this scene Li Yuan shouted: "Generals, this rumor is over here, and this official will not investigate it deeply, but if you let this official hear words like this again, don't blame this official for not being emotional." When the heavy rain stops, the whole army can be rectified and pulled, and Huoyi must be taken with one blow. ”

After speaking, he motioned for the generals to retreat, and after everyone left, Li Yuan looked at Chu Mofeng and said, "You kid really give me a surprise every time." ”

Chu Mofeng looked at Li Yuan and smiled, but did not answer......

At the end of July, the grain and grass that everyone was looking forward to finally arrived in the camp, and after the transportation was over, Li Yuan ordered to bury the pot and make rice, and the continuous heavy rain at this time gradually eased a little, and Li Yuan was overjoyed when he saw this.

In the early morning of the first day of August, everyone was surprised to find that the heavy rain that lasted for half a month had finally ended, and everyone walked out of the tent and raised their heads to the sky and howled.

On the second day, the sun emerged from the clouds after a long absence, and Li Yuan ordered the whole army to expose all the equipment to the sun for a day, and arranged for the scouts to go to the vicinity of Huoyi County to spy on the enemy.

In the early morning of the third day of the first month of August, more than 50,000 people in Li Yuan's headquarters were ready to go, and with Li Yuan's order, the army slowly marched and pointed directly at Huoyi County along the mountain path......

As the saying goes, there is no endless road, and watching Chu Mofeng and Li Shimin show their might, they went down to three counties in one day, and Li Yuan's army took advantage of the situation to send troops to Hedong County, wanting to know what happened next, and listen to the next decomposition......