The book continues from the above, saying that on the first day of the seventh month of the third year of Wude, Chu Mofeng, the prince of Qi, was happy to get two thousand gold, and once this matter spread, many people's minds were activated, and after Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao recovered slightly, Chu Mofeng asked the two to move out of Tingyuxuan and Shiyuxue.

After returning to the Guogong Mansion, Chu Mofeng was very unhappy with his two daughters every day, and Mrs. Heba, who had already settled in Chang'an, learned that Tian Ding was added to the mansion, so she took Gao Liangdi and Yang Zhaoyi and a group of servants into the Guogong Mansion, and the Guogong Mansion, which was originally a little deserted, suddenly became lively.

But in this way, Chu Mofeng could only run inside and outside the palace, looking at the figure of Qi Guogong shuttling back and forth every day, everyone sighed in their hearts: It is easy to be a man, but it is difficult to be a country.

On the day when Chu Mofeng was happy, Wang Shichong, who was far away in the direction of the eastern capital, began to move, constantly sending troops to attack the important towns on the periphery of the Tang Dynasty, and after the news reached Chang'an, Li Yuan was furious in court, so he ordered Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to lead the army to attack Wang Shichong. In view of the fact that Chu Mofeng could not spare time for the time being at this time, Li Yuan specially ordered that he be allowed to stay in the capital for no more than five days.

Chu Mofeng, who received the news, quickly met with Li Shimin that night, shared the news he had received in recent days with him one by one, and gave a list of generals of the Eastern Crusade.

On the morning of the second day, Li Shimin submitted a list of generals to Li Yuan, and found that Qu Tutong's name was on the list, and Li Yuan remembered that Qu Tutong's two sons were in Luoyang, so he asked worriedly: "Now I want you to go east to Luoyang, what should your two sons do?"

I saw Qu Tutong flash out and replied: "Your Majesty, I used to be a prisoner and deserved to be executed, but Your Majesty not only released me, but also gave me a lot of favors. At that time, I swore in my heart that I hoped to do my best for Your Majesty in my lifetime, but I was afraid that I would not have the opportunity to sacrifice my life. Now that I am fortunate enough to be a striker, what is there to pity about my two sons!"

After listening to Qu Tutong's words, Li Yuan thought of Qin Qiong, whose wife and children were still in Luoyang, and couldn't help but admire: "What a person who sacrifices his life for righteousness, can he do this!" and then said loudly: "Where is the secretary of the military department?"

Hearing Li Yuan shouting himself, Chu Mofeng knew that whenever this old man took the initiative to call himself, there was absolutely no good errand, so he had no choice but to walk out, clasped his fists at Li Yuan and said, "Chu Mofeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers, is here, I don't know what Your Majesty commands?"

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who were standing in the first place, heard Chu Mofeng's sentence 'Chu Mofeng, the secretary of the military department', and immediately felt as if they had eaten stool, with an ugly expression on their faces, while Li Yuan just glanced at the two of them lightly, and then said with a smile: "I ordered you to scatter the flowers on the other side under your command and go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to wait for the opportunity to rescue Lord Qu and General Qin's family, I don't know what you think?"

"The minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's will, and after five days, the minister will lead the team and the Tiance army to set off together. "Originally, he had promised Qin Qiong to rescue his family, and when he saw Li Yuan's request, he just went to save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Seeing this, Li Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "Originally, your two daughters were born, and I wanted to reward something, since the two princesses are still more than a month away, I will wait for the birth of those two children, and I will reward them together." ”

When Chu Mofeng heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and made a big salute to Li Yuan and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is afraid, how can the minister be so loving." ”

"Get up and thank you, I'm a little tired today, let's retire for the time being. Seeing that Chu Mofeng began to humble himself, Li Yuan was afraid that those who would also speak out and provoke, so he hurriedly used an excuse to end the early dynasty.

Back at the house, Chu Mofeng summoned Liu Feiyan, Gu Zhen'er and others together, and told Li Yuan what he had confessed, only to see Liu Feiyan ponder for a moment, and frowned and said: "Since Your Majesty has a will, and a few of us eat from the six grades all the year round, and the food of the king shares the worries for the king, this time we will break into the eastern capital Luoyang, and let the people in the rivers and lakes know that the flowers on the other side are out of the mountain again." ”

When everyone heard that they were going to set off again, they were all excited, so they said goodbye to Chu Mofeng for the time being, and went back to their rooms to pack their bags.

On the second day of the first month, the Turks secretly sent an envoy to Wang Shichong, and Li Xiyu, the governor of Luzhou of the Tang Dynasty who received the news in advance, led his troops to intercept and defeat the Turkic envoy halfway, killed 300 Turkic soldiers, and captured tens of thousands of cattle and sheep.

The news reached the capital on the same day, and after receiving the news, Li Yuan was quite angry, on the one hand, he lamented that Chu Mofeng had always warned himself to guard against the Turks' treachery, and on the other hand, he also cursed Luo Khan in his heart, so he ordered Li Shimin to quickly lead the army to the battle, and ordered Li Xiyu and the defenders of Luzhou to be rewarded on the spot.

On the same day, His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Li Shimin, led an army of 100,000 troops to Xin'an, while the Tang Emperor Li Yuan personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to Chunmingmen to see him off.

At this time, in the Puning Fang located in the north of Yining Fang, Puning Fang, which has become the garrison of the Tiance Army, became Tiance Fang, and after Li Yuan ordered to allow the Tiance Army to choose another location to be stationed, the Tiance people discussed and decided to be stationed in Puning Fang, first, according to the nearest Anfu Gate of Kaiyuanmen, Guanghuamen and the Imperial City, whether it is to send troops or support the Imperial City, it is relatively convenient;

In a mansion in Tiance Fang, the original barren and overgrown mansion has become a new look under the cleaning up of the Tiance Army, and the three-in, three-out mansion has become a place for soldiers to gather and have fun.

In a room in the mansion, the four army leaders of Zhao Xin, Qianjian, Sun Xian and Li Jian were sitting around a table at the moment, and there were a variety of small dishes on the table, and the four of them did not show the joy of eating and drinking, but each had a sad face.

I saw Zhao Xin take the wine glass and drink it all, sighed heavily and said: "Hey, I heard that His Royal Highness King Qin has personally led the army to Xin'an today, but this time Grandpa Guo did not go with him, so our brothers have no blessings to go on the expedition." ”

"Can't it, right? Yesterday, my wife also went to visit the Guogong Mansion, and I heard the eldest lady of the Guogong Mansion say that the grandfather of the country will be ready to go on the expedition soon, and it is said that this time the other side of the flower also went with him, but I don't know if it is true or not. Sun Xian, who was opposite, held the wine glass, thought for a moment, and said with a puzzled look: "I don't think the Duchess of Guo will tell lies to my wife." ”

And Qian Jin said with a solemn face: "No matter whether we will go on the expedition this time, let's not leave the training thing behind, look at the entire Tang Dynasty, only our Tiance family can thank His Majesty for the plaque and allow him to choose another station, all of this is given by the grandfather of the country, let's not embarrass his old man." ”

Li Jian, the youngest of the four, looked at the three of them with a smile on his face, never saying a word, and just as Zhao Xin wanted to say something again, he heard a burst of shouts from outside the door: "General Zhao, hurry up and go to the schoolyard, Grandpa Guo has arrived." ”

As soon as they heard the five words of Grandpa Guo, the four of them instantly sobered up most of their alcohol, hurriedly got up and dressed neatly and ran towards the school field, and when they came to the school field, they found that Chu Mofeng was already standing in front of the Tiance army, only to hear Chu Mofeng say sharply: "What's the matter? After beating Liu Wuzhou, do you think the world is too peaceful? Can you enter Kuma and put Nanshan with knives and guns? Who will tell me, why don't you train today?"

A group of Tiance troops were ruthless and decisive on the battlefield, but when they faced Chu Mofeng, especially Chu Mofeng who was angry, they were as cold as rabbits, and they didn't dare to come out.

Seeing this, Zhao Xin and the others secretly said that they were not good in their hearts, so they hurriedly ran over, clasped their fists at Chu Mofeng and said: "Grandpa Qiguo, the four subordinates are late, please punish Grandpa Guo!"

"Well, yes, good Fenjiu. Seeing the arrival of the four of them, Chu Mofeng twitched his nose and sniffed, and said with a sneer: "I said how could this group of boys stop training for no reason, it turns out that the four of you have set an example." ”

When the four of them heard this, they hurriedly knelt down and said, "My subordinates know that they are wrong, please let Grandpa Guo calm his anger." ”

Looking at the four generals kneeling in front of him, Chu Mofeng suddenly had a feeling of hatred for iron and steel, and then said angrily: "The four of you have followed me since I took over the black-armored cavalry, have you forgotten the two hundred and eighty-eight brothers who died in battle?

Hearing that the expedition would be set out three days later, everyone present cheered in a low voice, only to see Chu Mofeng roaring: "Okay, what kind of chaos is it like one by one, from today onwards, each battalion will begin to rectify the ordnance and materials, and prepare to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, in the early morning of three days, if it is mishandled by military law." Immediately, Chu Mofeng pointed to the four commanders who were kneeling on the ground, and said with a sad smile: "Hang these four guys on the school field for a day and a night, and no one will give them food and water without my order." After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left the school field angrily.

When the four of them heard that it was only hanging for a day and a night, they suddenly felt a sense of relief, and they saw a few people from each battalion walking out and said to the four people: "Four commanders, subordinates and others have been offended. After speaking, Zhao Xin and Qian Jin tied up Zhao Xin and Qian Jin and hung them high in the center of the school.

After returning to the mansion, Chu Mofeng first went to visit Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao, and then returned to his bedroom and began to sort out his belongings.

At the same time, in the study of the East Palace, Li Jiancheng was lecturing the two women in front of him, if Chu Mofeng was present at this time, he would definitely be able to recognize that these two people were the two Tongying Tongyan sisters recruited by Li Jiancheng at the beginning, since the eve of Jinyang's army, they have not seen these two people for about three years, and the two of them still have a childish face under a closer look.

I saw Li Jiancheng say coldly: "The reason why I urgently summoned the two of you to the capital this time is because this king has an important matter that you two need to do." ”

Tong Ying hugged his fist at Li Jiancheng, and a voice like a silver bell suddenly sounded: "Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince instructed, our two sisters have been appreciated by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and bestowed on high-ranking officials. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "This time, the two of you will quickly go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, disguise yourself and wait for the opportunity to approach the other side of the flower who is about to arrive in the eastern capital, and strive to be able to blend in with them." When the time comes, I'll give you the next steps. ”

Hearing this, the two hurriedly clasped their fists and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, please rest assured, Tong Ying (Tong Yan) will live up to His Royal Highness the Prince's high expectations and ensure that the task is completed." After saying goodbye, Li Jiancheng turned around and left the East Palace.

After walking out of the imperial city, Tong Ying and Tong Yan glanced at each other, straightened their clothes, and then returned to their horses and ran towards the eastern capital Luoyang.

Three days later, Chu Mofeng said goodbye to his family, took the flowers on the other side and the Tiance army under his command, and rushed towards Xin'an.

Just when Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng's armies were hurrying non-stop, Li Yuan, who was living in the capital, received a secret report from the hussar general Ke Zhu Hun Dingyuan: "Li Zhongwen, the governor of Bingzhou, colluded with the Turks and agreed to prepare to guide the Turkic cavalry to drive directly to Chang'an when Luoyang Tang and Zheng were fighting. ”

After learning this news, Li Yuan did not rush to recall Li Zhongwen, but first sent someone to send a message to Chu Mofeng, and after Chu Mofeng's acquiescence, on the Jiaxu day (13th), he ordered the crown prince Li Jiancheng to guard Pu to guard the rebellion and temporarily abolish the governor's office of the state, and at the same time appointed Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to pacify the state and recruit Li Zhongwen into the court.

At this time, on the way of the army, Chu Mofeng rode a horse and held the letter sent by Li Yuan before, and after thinking for a long time, he remembered why Zhu Hun Dingyuan would secretly report that Li Zhongwen had colluded with foreign enemies.

It turned out that when he and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, were fighting against Liu Wuzhou, Luo Khan of the Turkic Department sent his younger brother Bu Lishe to lead 2,000 cavalry to assist the Tang army. After Liu Wuzhou's defeat, the Khan of Chuluo went to Jinyang, and Li Zhongwen, the governor of Tang Inspection and Prefecture, could not control Chuluo; Chuluo left Rentelle and let Rentelle command hundreds of people, claiming to help Li Zhongwen defend the town, leaving Turkic troops to defend from the north of Shiling Pass and then leaving.

At first, Chu Mofeng wrote to reprimand Li Zhongwen for this matter, but Li Zhongwen disdained it, but Li Zhongwen didn't know that Chu Mofeng already knew that he had secretly taken refuge in Li Jiancheng, and this letter also wanted to take back Li Zhongwen's heart through this matter, but Li Zhongwen didn't appreciate it, so the matter was stopped.

Thinking of this, the corners of Chu Mofeng's mouth twitched slightly, since you kid toast and don't eat and drink, then don't blame the country's public for being ruthless, so he took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter himself, called a scout, and ordered him to send the letterhead to Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who went to Luzhou, so he didn't pay attention to this matter.

As the treading wind slowly walked forward, Chu Mofeng looked at the endless official road in front of him, and his thoughts drifted somewhere.

On the 21st of Renwu (21st), Li Shimin, the king of Qin, led a large army to Xin'an, and quickly set up camp, on the one hand, to prevent Wang Shichong's sudden attack, and on the other hand, to wait for Chu Mofeng and others to arrive.

Wang Shichong, who learned the news, sent Wang Honglie, the king of Wei, to guard Xiangyang, Wang Xingben, the king of Jing, to guard the tiger prison, Wang Tai, the king of Song, to guard Huaizhou, Wang Shiyun, the king of Qi, was in charge of the southern city of Luoyang, Wang Shiwei, the king of Chu, to guard the Baocheng of Luoyang, the crown prince Wang Xuanying to guard the east city of Luoyang, Wang Xuanshu, the king of Han, to guard the city of Hanjia, the king of Lu, Wang Dao to guard the city of Yaoyi, and Wang Shichong himself personally commanded the combat army, the left auxiliary general Yang Gongqing commanded the cavalry of the 28th province of Zuo Longxiang, the right guerrilla general Guo Shancai commanded the infantry of the 28th province of the internal army, and the left guerrilla general Baye Gang commanded the infantry of the 28th province of the foreign army, with a total of 30,000 troops to guard against the attack of the Tang Dynasty。

After the army was stationed, Li Shimin first sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the news, and Wang Shichong on the other side also sent a large number of scouts in order to know himself and the enemy.

In the early morning of the 24th, a column of troops slowly drove from the official road leading from Chang'an to Xin'an, and saw that the people on the horses were all dressed in black armor, and there were a pair of bloodthirsty eyes under the helmet, and there was no sound except for the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground during the whole army's march.

A scout team on Wang Shichong's side was hiding far away in the woods at the moment, looking at the slowly approaching army, and couldn't help but wonder, there was no news that Datang had no follow-up troops yet, so who was this army in front of him?

One of the scouts raised his head with a good eye, looked cautiously to the opposite side, only to see that this person hurriedly covered his mouth and fell to the ground, and the rest of the companions stepped forward one after another and asked, "Mazi, what's wrong with you?"

This pockmarked man stretched out his hand and slowly pointed to it, and said with a trembling mouth: "Extinguish... extinguish..."

The team leader on the side, Lao Dao, patted his head a little impatiently and said, "What did you destroy for a long time?" Hurry up and say, we have to go back to the Eastern Capital to report the situation when we are done. ”

Perhaps sobered up by the leader's slap, Mazi suddenly got up and exclaimed: "Knife team, I saw the extinguishing flag just now." ”

"What is the word extinguishing banner killing the word flag? What .......is it?" Listening to Mazi's ambiguous words, the old knife became even more impatient, and was about to reprimand, who knew that as if he suddenly thought of something terrible, the unfinished words stopped abruptly as if someone was choking his throat, and then asked in an unbelievable tone: "Mazi, you kid is really not mistaken? Is it the word extinguishing flag?"

I saw Mazi nodded vigorously, and said solemnly: "Knife team, how dare the little one lie to you, it is indeed the extinguishing flag, the small one looks real, if there is falsehood, it will be punished by God." ”

Hearing Mazi's oath, Lao Dao turned around and gathered the scout team under his command together, and said tremblingly: "Today's exploration mission is over, let's quickly return to the Eastern Capital to report, the killing god of Datang is here." ”

At this time, when the Central Plains mentioned the Tang Dynasty Killing God, they all knew who they were talking about, and as soon as these words came out of the old knife's mouth, everyone present suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and they got up and ran towards Luoyang.

Knowing that Chu Mofeng was coming, Li Shimin hurriedly led his generals to greet him, seeing that the Tiance Army and the flowers on the other side brought by Chu Mofeng were expressionless and murderous, and everyone sighed that Chu Mofeng led the troops in a good way.

After settling the Tiance Army under his command, Chu Mofeng did not rush to let Liu Feiyan and the others leave, but asked Li Shimin about his current situation first, and after the two exchanged views in the big tent, Chu Mofeng slowly walked to the map, looked at the map in front of him without saying a word, and kept thinking about the battle plan in his mind.

Because Li Shimin had preliminarily set a plan to approach the eastern capital. Luo Shixin, who had been fighting in this area for half a year, was sent to serve as the vanguard of the whole army and led his troops into the siege of Cijian.

And Cijian is the border city of Zheng State, located between Xin'an and Dongdu. Li Shimin planned to deliberately encircle Cijian without fighting, so as to lure Wang Shichong to come to the rescue, when the Tang army engaged the enemy's reinforcements and sought an opportunity to annihilate it.

In the early morning of the 25th, after learning the news that Cijian was besieged by the Tang Dynasty, Wang Shichong, who was embarrassed and angry, personally led 30,000 soldiers and horses to rescue Cijian.

On the 28th, in order to find out the terrain and enemy situation of the future battlefield, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng personally went to the front line to reconnoitre. Before leaving, Chu Mofeng gave a death order, and before they returned, the army temporarily stayed in Xin'an and did not go to rescue Luo Shixin, so as not to scare Wang Shichong away.

After the two of them took some of their own soldiers and 100 light cavalry to the front line, they never thought that they would suddenly encounter Wang Shichong's troops, the difference in numbers between the two sides was huge, and the road was very difficult, so they were surrounded by Wang Shichong's soldiers.

Seeing that the enemy soldiers were about to complete the encirclement, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng rode their horses and galloped, only to see Li Shimin take out the longbow behind his back, and the enemy fell down under the bow and arrows one after another;

Seeing that when the two of them fled all the way, the people next to him always faintly protected the two in the middle, and this person felt that these two people must be high-ranking generals in the Tang Army, and he wanted to catch the two of them to invite merit, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to encircle.

Seeing that the two of them were about to be surrounded, the general seemed to be a little carried away, and heard the spear in his hand rush over, in a vain attempt to capture Chu Mofeng, who was in charge of the broken back, first, but he didn't know that he was okay against some people who were much worse than him, and today's opponent would be the Tang Dynasty Killing God.

I saw the spear in the general's hand sent forward, and the spear faintly stabbed towards Chu Mofeng with a rotating momentum, Chu Mofeng saw that when the general rushed up, he had already taken out the burning sky behind him, and when he saw that the spear had arrived, he erected the burning sky in his hand to block, and when the tip of the spear sparked on the burning sky, he grabbed the burning sky with both hands and pushed it outward, and the spear that originally moved forward flew out sideways.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng stepped on the stirrups with both feet, and the whole person took advantage of the momentum to fly up, and put the burning sky behind his back in the air, and when he landed firmly behind the enemy general, the weapon in his hand had already been replaced by a dagger Huang Quan, holding the opponent's waist with one hand, and the dagger in the other hand against the throat of this person, Chu Mofeng had to ask coldly: "Report your name, the nameless ghost under the public knife of my country." ”

Hearing that this person claimed to be the prince of the country, the general thought for a moment and asked tremblingly, "Your Excellency's surname is Chu?"

"It's me who makes your people stop and retreat, if you don't be careful, the dagger won't be long-sighted. Looking at the Zheng soldiers who were about to step forward to close the siege, Chu Mofeng's hand holding the dagger made a slight effort.

Feeling the slightest coldness coming from his throat, this person knew that the person behind him would definitely not joke, so he said cautiously: "Down there is Yan Qi, the general of Zheng Guozuo Jianwei, please ask Grandpa Guo's subordinates to be lighter." After speaking, he shouted to his own soldiers: "Stop the for Lao Tzu, do you want Lao Tzu to die? ”

As soon as the soldiers who were about to encircle saw Yan Qi speak, they hurriedly put away their weapons and retreated, and at this time, Chu Mofeng's cold voice came from behind him again: "If you don't want to die, send us back to Xin'an, and when you arrive at Xin'an City, you will be released, and if you don't obey, you will be killed." Tell your men to get out of the way, and if I see them trailing, be careful that your life is not at risk. ”

"Don't, don't, Grandpa Guo, let the little ones retreat, don't kill the little ones. I saw that Yan Qi was already in a cold sweat at the moment, and after listening to Chu Mofeng's words, he hurriedly shouted to his soldiers: "All retreat, don't be seen by me, otherwise once I go back, you will look good." The Zheng soldiers knew Yan Qi's temper very well, and hurriedly turned around and ran behind them.

Seeing Zheng Guo's soldiers retreating, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly escorted Yan Qi with Chu Mofeng and the remaining cavalry towards Xin'an.

Who knew that when he arrived at the camp, due to the repeated retreats and all the way to the attack, everyone was covered with dust, and the subordinates in charge of guarding the door were no longer recognized, so they wanted to turn everyone away.

And Yan Qi, who was a hostage, originally thought that Chu Mofeng would let him go, but after being taken into the camp by Chu Mofeng, he found a room and locked him up.

After resting for the night, on the second day, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng led 50,000 infantry and cavalry to Cijian, intending to wipe out all the troops that Wang Shichong came to rescue......

As the saying goes, Wei Wei rescued Zhao and sent reinforcements, and watched Li Shimin pressing step by step, Chu Mofeng encroaching little by little, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......