Just before Li Yuan sent his sons Li Shimin and Li Yuanji to Xihe, Li Yuan set up an uprising hall in Jinyang and divided the army into three armies, collectively known as "righteous soldiers". Pei Lin and others honored Li Yuan as a "great general". After the second son of the Li family captured the counties of Xihe County, on 14 June, he built the General's Mansion in Jinyang, with the eldest son Li Jiancheng as the Duke of Longxi and the Governor of the Left Leading Army and commanding the left army, the second son Li Shimin as the Duke of Dunhuang and the Governor of the Right Leading Army and commanding the right army, and the fourth son Li Yuanji as the Duke of Guzang and commanding the Chinese army. Pei Lin is the history of the general's mansion, Liu Wenjing is Sima, Yin Kaishan is Peng, Liu Zhenghui is the subordinate, and the eldest grandson Shunde, Wang Changhuan, Liu Hongji, and Dou Cong are the left and right commanders and deputy commanders. And ordered the opening of the warehouse to release grain.

All of a sudden, the people of the entire Taiyuan area applauded, and even encouraged the men in the family to join the army, and the recruitment office in front of the general's mansion was overcrowded every day, and there were more than 1,000 people in the army every day, and even tens of thousands of people in the twentieth century.

And Liu Wenjing, who Li Yuan was thinking about, had indeed just stepped into the territory of the Turks, and he had been riding day and night all the way on a saddle horse, even if he was a military general, he couldn't stand it, and he was a civil official like Liu Wenjing.

At this time, Liu Wenjing endured the pain on the soles of her feet and the sides of her thighs, and walked forward with the carriage swaying, about a day's journey from the Turkic tent on the bank of the Orkhon River.

Liu Wenjing had also considered these issues before the trip, so some gifts such as iron pots, tea, and salt were prepared in the carriage to resolve the crisis at a critical time.

The carriage swayed forward, the coachman carefully controlled the carriage, while vigilantly looking around, Liu Wenjing in the carriage was pinching a silver needle in the car to clean the blisters on his feet, suddenly the carriage stopped suddenly, the silver needle in his hand did not control the strength, and poked into the flesh along the blister.

Liu Wenjing shouted in pain, only to hear the coachman trembling: "Master, you better get out of the car and take a look, we were stopped." ”

Hearing this, he lifted the curtain and looked out, only to see about 50 horsemen in front of the carriage in the middle of the road, with a bow and arrows facing the direction of the carriage, as if there was a feeling that ten thousand arrows were fired at once, and he forced himself to stand still, Liu Wenjing shouted to the front: "I don't know which general under the account of the Turkic Shibi Khan is ahead?" Liu Wenjing, the commander of Jinyang County in the Lower Sui Dynasty, was ordered by Lord Li Yuan to stay in Taiyuan, and joined hands to see Shibi Khan on the cover of the book, can you please give me a convenience in the lower line?"

As soon as the words fell, I saw a sturdy man riding a horse and walking forward, sitting on the horse, looking at Liu Wenjing coldly and saying: "You officials of the Sui Dynasty, why did you come to meet the great khan in front of our Turks? We have nothing to talk about with you people of the Sui Dynasty. ”

"I don't know what the general is called?" Liu Wenjing saw that this person had issued an eviction order, and wanted to ask who you were first, and then find a way to coax you, and then said: "I came here with sincerity this time, and I also prepared some gifts, I hope the general will not dislike it." ”

The Turk smiled disdainfully and said, "I am Solang, the commander of the Tenth Eagle Division under the Khan's tent, and my two younger brothers were killed in the territory of your Sui Dynasty, so hurry up with your gifts before I get angry." After speaking, he didn't care what Liu Wenjing was going to say, turned around and walked backwards. The soldiers under his command slowly urged their horses forward, with the intention of monitoring the departure of the carriage.

Seeing that there was no hope in acting, Liu Wenjing shook his head helplessly, turned around and walked towards the carriage, at this time the earth suddenly trembled, as if there were thousands of troops and horses galloping, Liu Wenjing looked back in surprise, only to see the rear of Suo Lang waving flags crowded, whistling in his direction.

Solang also noticed the movement behind him, waved his hand to let the soldiers separate a road, and walked up quickly, only to see a Turkic man in silver helmet and silver armor at the head of the leader, Solang saw this and hurriedly saluted this person and said: "Solang has seen the general, I don't know what the general is doing?"

"Pass on the order of the Great Khan, and take the Great Sui envoy to the tooth tent to meet the Khan. At this time, Liu Wenjing saw the man who was speaking, and saw that this person's figure was no different from Solang, except for a deep scar on his face, extending from the corner of his left eye along his cheekbone to the corner of his mouth.

I saw this Turkic man step forward and say to Liu Wenjing: "You are the envoy of the Great Sui, I am Buhede, the commander of the First Turkic Eagle Division under the Khan's tent, please follow me to the Ya Tent to meet the Khan." After speaking, he made a gesture of please and motioned for Liu Wenjing to follow him.

Seeing this, Liu Wenjing hurriedly got into the carriage and said to the coachman: "Follow them slowly and be careful." Then the carriage started slowly, and at this time Liu Wenjing slowly leaned on the carriage board, but he didn't know that his back was already wet with cold sweat.

After the carriage stopped, Liu Wenjing got out of the carriage and tidied up his appearance, saluted to Buched and said, "General Lao is tired of finding a place for the groom to rest." ”

Seeing that this person was talking and behaving quite decently, and it was not easy to be cold-faced, Buhd immediately nodded and said: "Envoy, please rest assured, since you are a guest here, we will take care of the guests, please go in and meet the great Khan." After saying that, he greeted the coachman and led the coachman away.

Seeing this, Liu Wenjing secretly cheered herself up, and walked in with the waiter with her head held high. When I walked into the tall and gorgeous tent, I saw a man with a great figure standing in place, looking at him with a smile.

Seeing this, Liu Wenjing hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying: "The Great Sui Dynasty stayed in Taiyuan to guard Jinyang County under Li Yuan, so that Liu Wenjing has seen the Khan. ”

Seeing Liu Wenjing saluting him, Shibi Khan smiled and said, "Envoy, please sit down, I don't know what happened this time?"

"Back to the Khan, our Lord Li saw that the world was mourning all over the wilderness, and the people were bored with life in their hearts, and after a few thoughts, they decided to abolish the faint and establish the Ming Dynasty, support the acting king, and restore the Sui room, and after welcoming back the acting king, we look forward to being able to reconcile with the Turks through marriage, so we hereby send the villain to come, and present the khan with a handwritten cover. After speaking, he hurriedly took out the handwritten book in his arms and handed it to the waiter on the side.

Shibi Khan took Li Yuan's handwritten book and opened it carefully, nodding his head from time to time to say yes, Liu Wenjing on the side saw Shibi Khan nodding uncontrollably, feeling that this matter should be done, and he couldn't help but be a little happy in his heart, who knew that at this time Shibi Khan suddenly said: "Messenger, Ben Khan has some questions I want to ask you." ”

"The Great Khan said that it was okay, and he must know everything in the future. Liu Wenjing didn't know what Shibi Khan would ask, and his head immediately began to run rapidly, hoping that the next answer would facilitate the matter.

I only heard Shibi Khan ask: "I know the emperor of the Sui Dynasty very well, if I welcome him back, I will definitely harm the Tang Duke and attack me, there is no doubt about it." If Tang Gong claims to be the Son of Heaven, I should not avoid Sheng and help him with soldiers and horses. I wonder if Tang Gong has this intention?"

Liu Wenjing remembered what Chu Mofeng said in front of Li Yuan about the Turkic people before, and couldn't help muttering in her heart: If we bring you in, it will be really easy to please the gods and send them to the gods. Then he said with a smile: "So that the Khan can know that our lord means can he support us a batch of war horses first, everyone knows that the Turkic war horses are good at long-distance raids, and they are rare treasures, and they can make decisions for our lords and buy these war horses at the market price, I don't know what the Khan wants?"

"Well, it's okay, I'll arrange someone to deal with this matter later, but I don't know why Tang Gong planned to rule the world?" Shibi Khan nodded, realizing that Liu Wenjing had not answered the question he had just asked, so he had to ask it again in a different way.

Liu Wenjing glanced at Shibi Khan, and thought to herself that we are not suffering from hysteria, and we have not yet set up ourselves as kings, if that is the case, it is really an old birthday star who eats poison --- lives impatiently. At that time, the heroes of the world will not be allowed to take the lead in attacking us under the banner of supporting orthodoxy.

Thinking about it again, this Shibi Khan seems to be simple-minded, but he is really shrewd, we are fighting with the world's heroes, hello to pick up the leaks behind. Thinking of this, Liu Wenjing said with a smile: "It's not that our family doesn't want to dominate the world, but everything pays attention to a righteous name, maybe one day the world will be unified, and my family will replace it." ”

Shibi Khan nodded, thinking that Li Yuan is really ambitious, and the people around him must not be bad, just looking at this messenger, his actions are neither humble nor arrogant, and his speech is not a clever person, and he can't help but have a heart of love in his heart. He smiled and said to Liu Wenjing: "Since Lord Li has this will, then the Khan will first support him with a thousand war horses, and when the envoy leaves, he will take it with him, and I will send someone to go with the envoy at that time." ”

When Liu Wenjing heard this, he hurriedly bowed to Shibi Khan and said, "Then I have thanked the Khan for my lord." ”

Shibi Khan waved his hand and said, "Wait, Ben Khan still has a question to ask, please ask the envoy to answer it himself." Looking at Liu Wenjing, who was excited, Shibi Khan thought to himself that Li Yuan didn't talk about any substantive issues in his handbook, according to the words of the Han people, this is a white wolf with empty gloves.

Thinking of this, Shibi Khan opened his mouth and said: "Let me ask if once the great cause of Tang Gong has been completed, how will this benefit be distributed?"

"I don't know what the Khan thinks, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"The cities of the world belong to the Duke of Tang, and all the women and wealth obtained from the war belong to the Turks, I wonder if the envoy can make the decision for the Duke of Tang?"

Hearing Shibi Khan's words, Liu Wenjing secretly pursed his lips and thought, you kid is really welcome, we have just started, you want to take advantage of the benefits, it is really a wolf ambition. After thinking about it, I might as well accept it for the time being, and then I will see the move. Then he raised his head and arched his hand at Shibi Khan and said, "At this time, you can make decisions for your lordship." ”

When Shibi Khan heard this, he shouted loudly, and then shouted outside the tent: "Come, hold a banquet for the envoy, prepare a thousand horses, and when the envoy leaves, order Kang Sheli to go with the envoy." ”

I only heard someone outside the tent answer, and after a while, there were waiters with all kinds of Turkic food rushing in, Shibi Khan saw this and beckoned Liu Wenjing to sit down, the guests and the host drank freely, and then Shibi Khan handed a handwritten letter to Liu Wenjing and handed it to Li Yuan on his behalf.

Seeing that the trip had been accomplished, Liu Wenjing did not dare to stay, and immediately after the banquet, he said goodbye to Shibi Khan, and rushed towards Jinyang with a thousand war horses with Kang Sheli.

On 18 June, Li Yuan met with Kang Sheli and others in Jiangxian County, accepted the letter from Shibi Khan, and was extremely respectful in etiquette and manners, and the gifts given to Kang Sheli and others were also very rich.

On the eve of his departure, Li Yuan secretly summoned Liu Wenjing for an interview, and under the dim light in the study, Li Yuan said to him in a deep voice: "This time you have to work hard to go to the Turks again, the purpose is to ask the Turks to borrow some soldiers and horses." ”

Liu Wenjing was puzzled and asked: "Haven't you always been ambiguous about this matter? Why are you preparing to borrow troops again at this time......?"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Yuan, "Hu riding into the Central Plains is a great harm to the people of Limin. The reason why I want the Turks to send troops is because I am afraid that Liu Wuzhou will collude with the Turks and become a disaster on the border. In addition, Huma is grazed and raised, so there is no need to consume forage, I just want to borrow the Turkic soldiers and horses to strengthen the momentum, a few hundred people are enough, and there is no other use. ”

At this time, Liu Wenjing suddenly realized, thinking that Li Yuan really followed Chu Mofeng's advice, and hurriedly said a few things about his promise to Shibi Khan in the Turkic Tooth Tent, originally thought that Li Yuan would be angry because of his private decision, who knew that Li Yuan smiled and said to himself: "Wenjing, you have done a good job in this matter, since you want to become a big thing, sometimes you might as well make some empty promises, whether to fulfill them at that time, how to fulfill them is not up to us, as long as they are not allowed to participate in the war, who knows how much wealth and women we get." ”

Hearing Li Yuan's idea, Liu Wenjing couldn't help laughing, the next day Liu Wenjing with Kang Sheli and others set off to return to the Turks, when meeting the Turkic Shibi Khan, Liu Wenjing boldly informed the Shibi Khan, "has been agreed by Li Yuan, once entered Chang'an, the people, the land will belong to Li Yuan, and the gold and jade silk will be given to the Turks", hearing this news, Shibi Khan was very happy, and immediately agreed to Li Yuan's request to borrow troops, and sent a minister to Li Yuan first, informing the army is on the way.

At this time, it was already the beginning of July, and Li Yuan, who learned the news, was very excited and decided to take an oath.

On the fourth day of the seventh lunar month, Li Yuan erected a white flag in front of the military gate of Qianyangmen Street in the east of Jinyang Palace, and appointed his fourth son Li Yuanji as the general of Zhenbei and the county guard of Taiyuan, and let him stay in Jinyang.

Standing in front of the military gate, Li Yuan looked at the soldiers in front of him who were lined with swords and guns and ready to go, and he was full of pride in his chest, and said to the soldiers in front of him: " Now the mountains and rivers are broken, the lives are ruined, the heroes are divided, and the eagle dogs outside the plug are eyeing each other, in a vain attempt to occupy the land of the Central Plains, I have learned from the pain, and decided to swear to raise troops, support the king, and return the people of the Sui Dynasty to a peaceful and quiet paradise, Yang Guang this person is arrogant and lascivious, tyrannical, favored villains, framed Zhongliang, this person has the people of the world, I hereby make an oath, once the king succeeds to the throne, it is bound to wash away the grievances of those who were unjustly killed by Yang Guang in the court, in order to clear the name. ”

Subsequently, Li Yuan announced the strategic plan of "Xingjia Jinyang, Fengzun Daidi, Sweeping Xianluo, and Jining Yu County". All the soldiers present were very excited when they heard this, especially those poor people who had been tortured by exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and when they heard Li Yuan's oath, they all looked up to the sky and shouted.

At the beginning of the fifth day of the seventh month, Li Yuan rode on a horse in full armor, looked at the south gate of Jinyang that was slowly opening in front of him, looked back at the army behind him, and shouted with all his strength: "Send troops." Then he personally led his eldest son Li Jiancheng, his second son Li Shimin and 30,000 righteous soldiers from Taiyuan to the south, aiming at Guanzhong.

Chu Mofeng, who received the news in advance, arranged for Mo Ziyao to close the medical hall in Jinyang, and then ordered everyone to leave for Zhangye, while he went to Guanzhong alone with Li Shimin.

During the Lou Fu guard Shi Danai heard that Li Yuan swore to raise troops, and led a group of his subordinates to defect, Li Yuan did not refuse to absorb all of them, and ordered people to entertain them, which made Shi Danai very moved, it turned out that after Liu Wuzhou broke through Lou Fu, in view of Shi Danai's courage and resourcefulness, he was entrusted with a heavy task, but Shi Danai had already seen that Liu Wuzhou was not a wise person, so he secretly contacted the soldiers with ideas, and with his continuous efforts, thousands of followers followed Li Yuan when he defected.

What surprised Chu Mofeng was that Shi Danai came this time and brought a person he was familiar with, it turned out that after Liu Wuzhou broke the city, the garrison in the city died in battle, and his daughter was the person who had lurked in Liu Wuzhou to find out the news, and was captured alive by Liu Wuzhou's men, Liu Wuzhou intended to befriend Shi Danai, and then rewarded this woman to him.

I never thought that Lou Fu Garrison and Shi Danai were friends who were irreversible, and he was still alive after seeing the deceased, Shi Danai was excited, so he recognized this person as a righteous daughter, and this time he defected to bring this woman with him, intending to marry Li Yuan.

When Li Yuan learned of this, he smiled and asked Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's opinions, and they were both told that they would not consider this matter, and thinking that they could not refute Shi Danai's kindness, Li Yuan retreated and wanted to marry this woman to Chu Mofeng.

At this time, Chu Mofeng and Li Yuan rode side by side, only to hear Li Yuan speak: "Boy, Uncle Li didn't listen to your advice before, and temporarily negotiated some conditions with the Turks, I hope you don't complain about Uncle Li." ”

"Where did the uncle say, how could the little nephew be so ignorant, this time the little nephew also thought clearly, since it is helpful to the great cause, why not borrow it to a limited extent, after the uncle's great cause is unified, let's kill him again and leave no piece of armor, wouldn't it be wonderful. Chu Mofeng nodded, and there was no hint of complaint in his words.

"Be cautious, boy, don't worry, one day I will definitely return a hundred times and a thousand times what the Turks have imposed on our people in the Central Plains, if you believe the old man, stay by my side and watch with peace of mind, and see if the mission that your fathers have not completed, whether the old man can do it according to his oath." Li Yuan looked at the avenue with no end in sight, and said with a lot of feeling in his heart: "There is one more thing, I won't urge you about your marriage with Feng'er, what you mean Feng'er told me, this time she went to Zhangye with your family, I know that you care about her and let her go, it's hard for you." ”

"Uncle Li doesn't have to be like this, since Miss Feng'er is interested in the little nephew, then I am not a ruthless person, this time we will go on the expedition, please Uncle Li always pay attention to the movements of Jinyang, in view of the fact that General Shi Danai came to defect, the little nephew is afraid that Liu Wuzhou will retaliate with resentment, and if Jinyang loses, it will be troublesome. ”

Hearing Chu Mofeng say this, Li Yuan nodded, and then ordered the herald to return to Jinyang quickly, telling Li Yuanji to report the movements of Jinyang at any time, after doing all this, Li Yuan said with some humor: "Speaking of Shi Danai's righteous daughter, you said that you have seen her before, what do you think of marrying her?"

Seeing that Chu Mofeng was about to make a statement, Li Yuan said with a straight face: "Don't excuse yourself, it can be regarded as a favor for Uncle Li, okay." ”

Seeing Li Yuan's embarrassed expression, Chu Mofeng probably understood why Li Yuan was like this, and nodded helplessly in agreement. Li Yuan was overjoyed when he saw this, and shouted to the herald: "Tell me to go down, the army will speed up, and we will rest after we arrive in Xihe County." ”

The herald ordered him to hurriedly order, and at this time, Li Yuan pinched the horse's belly and said to Chu Mofeng: "When you arrive in Xihe County, the old man will arrange for the two of you to meet." After saying that, he laughed and walked forward.

At the end of the sixth month of July, Li Yuan ordered the army to be divided into two, and he led his headquarters to continue to Xihe as originally planned, while the other department was led by Zhang Lun, the general doctor under his command (this Zhang Lun was not the Zhang Lun who killed Chen Xiaoyi), to pass through the counties of Lishi, Longquan, and Wencheng to ensure the safety of the right side of the army.

Then the army continued to move forward, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng walked slowly in the middle of the team, only to hear Li Shimin jokingly say: "I said Chu boy, did my father promise that girl to you?" Congratulations, this has accepted another beautiful girl. But don't let Feng'er know, otherwise my sister will start a fire and I will not be her opponent. ”

"Second Brother Li, is your sister a tigress? I think Miss Feng'er is a well-read, rational and easy-going woman, why is it so unbearable in your mouth?" Hearing Li Shimin mention this, Chu Mofeng felt depressed for a while, "I said that you and Brother Jiancheng are not willing to marry, of course Uncle Li came to me, I am taking care of you and Brother Jiancheng, and you kid is still making fun of me? Do you want me to talk to Uncle Li, and say that the second young master of your Li family intends to take a girl from someone else as a concubine, so that I can also explain to those people in the family." ”

"Don't you, you are the good look-alike of my family? Plain looks docile and honest, but it's not, forget it, don't talk about it, let's talk about the next step." Seeing that Chu Mofeng was about to kick the ball back, Li Shimin quickly diverted the topic.

"This time the troops went to Chang'an, according to the normal route on the way must pass through Huoyi County, Linfen County, Jiang County and Hedong County, along the way these four places are not easy to fight, and Huoyi County more than 50 miles away there is a county called Lingshi County, this county northwest to resist Fenshui, east to reject Huo Taishan, the rush of danger, is for the belt. Chu Mofeng thought about the news that he had been searching around for more than two months, and said slowly: "Surrounded by mountains and rivers here, like a belt, if the Huoyi defenders send troops to occupy this place, it will be even more difficult for us to attack Huoyi at that time,"

After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Shimin hurriedly stepped forward to inform Li Yuan of the news, and then Li Yuan hurriedly ordered Tanma to investigate.

The army continued to march for two days, and finally arrived in Xihe County on the eighth day of the seventh month, before entering the city, Li Yuan ordered Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to restrain his subordinates, Li Shimin immediately sacrificed the five killing orders, which was clearly forbidden to intrude on the people, and then Li Yuan entered Xihe County accompanied by Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng and others......

As the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, Li Yuan entered the city this time with the intention of winning the hearts of the people, and watching General Li try the unjust case in the city, Chu Shaoxia got a beautiful woman late at night, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......