10. The first victory in the West River, entering Chang'an to change the yuan

Last time, I said that Li Shimin persuaded his father to raise troops

Pei Xuanzhen offered a plan to get rid of the thief

Since Li Shimin announced the start of the army in the lobby that day, Li Pojun has never seen his figure again, and he thinks that he is also the first time to start the army and seize the war.

Although the era of the Li family is coming, Li Pojun is still powerless as an outsider who still seems to be a child with white teeth, or for that reason, he is too young.

But Li Pojun still paid attention to the current affairs of the Li family's army, although he knew that the Li family would be the victor.

On this day, Li Pojun was thinking on the rockery, of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Xiao Langjun had hysteria again.

Li Pojun was thinking, it has been a long time since the announcement of the army, and now there should be news coming, history records that after the Li family raised the army, it was smooth sailing, and went straight to Chang'an, except for the muddy roads in Huoyi because of the heavy rain and the famous general Song Laosheng blocked and added a little trouble, there is no other problem, there should be no changes.

At least now the drama of determining the strategy for the first victory of the West River should have happened.

Sure enough, just as Li Pojun was thinking like this, Ah Zheng ran in from outside, with an excited face, and shouted back, "Xiao Langjun, good news, good news, a great victory ahead, the righteous army won the first battle of the division." As soon as Li Pojun heard Huo De stand up, he showed a look as I expected, and said to Ah Zheng, "Mmmm, I know, look at you, how many times have I said it, be calm, do you know calmly."

Ah Zheng was inexplicably stunned again, touched his head and said, "Oh, not next time."

But how did he know that Li Pojun was also howling in his heart at this time, history is honest and I can't deceive him. If Ah Zheng were a modern person, he would definitely say: "Xiao Langjun, let's not pretend to be 13, okay."

Back to three days ago, after Li Yuan raised his army, when he convened everyone to discuss the strategy, his subordinate Taiyuan Ling Wen Daya said: "Now that we have just started our army, it is very important to formulate a correct strategy.

After Li Yuan heard this, he asked for the opinions of others, and Liu Wenjing, Pei Lin and others also agreed.

So he pondered for a moment and roared: "Li Jiancheng, where is Li Shimin." Li Jiancheng and the others were stunned for a moment, and then they came out of the class and replied, "The last general".

Li Yuan said: "Now the West River is an obstacle to our army's advance, and you two are specially ordered to go and take this West River, you can be sure."

Li Shimin and the others were overjoyed, and if they had the opportunity to take charge of the army, there was still a prevarication, so they hurriedly responded.

Li Yuan said again: "Although Xihe is a small pass, the city guard Gao Deru is not a mediocre talent, so you can't be underestimated." This is also an opportunity to test the two of you."

Li Jiancheng and the two took the order to set off.

On the Loess Avenue, the horses' hooves were bursting, and the dust was flying, and the two majestic young generals were the two brothers Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng.

Li Shimin smiled at Li Jiancheng and asked, "What does the eldest brother think is the most important thing about this expedition?" Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment and said: "I think we should wait for the soldiers and horses to be strong, raise enough spirit, and go down to the West River in one go." The second brother has always been good at military morality, and I don't know what different opinions there are."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Don't hide it from the eldest brother, the younger brother really has a different opinion, I think our priority at the moment is not to raise troops, but to organize the troops, our soldiers and horses are all bandits and wanderers, the discipline is loose, and they don't know how to march in formation, such an army is like a piece of scattered sand."

Li Jiancheng is not a pedantic and ignorant person, so he agreed after thinking about it. So the two of them marched on the march, while rectifying the army, and the military discipline was ordered to train the army.

Soon we arrived at the bottom of Xihe City, it was already the evening of the third day, the sun was setting in the west, and the twilight was boundless.

The defenders of Xihe City didn't expect the Tang army to arrive so soon, or they didn't expect the Tang army to come at all, the city gate was still open like that, the drawbridge was tiled, and the door was wide open. The common people came and went at the gate of the city, merchants, woodcutters, and people came and went.

Li Shimin saw that it was a good time to attack the city, so he hurriedly said to Li Jiancheng, and the two immediately discussed, Li Shimin led all more than 400 cavalry to attack, and Li Jiancheng led the infantry to suppress the formation.

I saw Li Shimin roaring, and led the galloping cavalry like a tiger to rush to the entrance of the city cave, the city gate exploded at once, the soldiers on duty on the city wall shouted the enemy attack, shouted and pulled up the drawbridge, the people at the city gate also ran around like headless flies, the strong and strong people squeezed into the city gate to run in, the suspension bridge was crowded with people, some were trampled on, and some were squeezed down the moat.

When Li Shimin saw this scene, his forehead immediately wrinkled, he stopped his subordinates, drew his sword and said to the city tower: "Tang Gongxing righteous soldiers crusade against the tyrannical Sui, Kuang Fu Sheji, the people outside the city will suffer, today the general will not attack the city for the time being, you wait and ask the Gao Deru to guard the city, and the Japanese general will take it himself." After saying that, he turned his horse and left.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright and the army was assembled, the two Li Shimin brothers took the lead in braving the meteor-like arrows and stones, and the soldiers braved their lives to cross the moat with ladders and set up the ladders on the city wall

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The war was in full swing, and the Tang army, under the leadership of Li Shimin's brothers, was full of momentum and morale, but on the contrary, the defenders were a little powerless.

Li Shimin's failure to attack the city overnight was to prevent harm to innocent people, and the other was to hang the enemy army, give them psychological pressure, and destroy the enemy's military morale.

Just as the victory was about to be achieved, the east gate of the city suddenly opened, and a pair of people with miscellaneous weapons rushed out of it, shouting, "The righteous warriors are coming into the city quickly."

When Li Shimin saw that the city gate was open, it didn't matter if it was a trap or not, he immediately held the city gate and commanded the army to enter the city, and most of the defenders surrendered when they saw that the general trend had gone.

Why did you say that the city gate was wide open, it turned out that the big families of the scholars in the city had turned against the water.

It turned out to be a good thing done by Gao Deru, who saw that the Tang army was attacking the city fiercely, so he gathered the big households in the city and ordered them to hand over their servants and private soldiers to prevent the people's army from defending the city. These large families have a small number of private soldiers and a large number of strong servants on weekdays, but there are many large families in the city, and they are also a force to be reckoned with when organized.

But is it so easy for the big families in the city to be willing to cut their meat, these private soldiers and servants are the basis for them to become big families, and they are also a guarantee for settling down in this troubled era, so in order to protect their own interests, the big families of the scholar clan did not hesitate to get entangled together to fight back, and they also killed Gao Deru to be determined.

Xihe was taken down in this way, and the next day, Li Yuan led the follow-up army to come, but the problem came again.

Just when Tang Jun was immersed in the joy of the first victory, a bad news came for the Li Group.

Liu Wuzhou occupied Mayi and secretly united with the Turks to attack Taiyuan, the old nest of the Tang army.

Li Yuan and the others immediately panicked when they heard the news, and now they finally won the first battle, and the Central Plains Dou Jiande, Li Mi, Wang Shichong and others are fighting endlessly, it is a good time to occupy Guanzhong, seize the imperial capital, and become a hegemon.

But at this time, this news came, if you insist on going south to attack Chang'an and occupy the pass, the nest will be lost, Taiyuan and his Li family have been operating for many years, and the importance is self-evident. Li Yuan has no confidence in his son Li Yuanji, if Li Yuanji can block the Turkic coalition army of Liu Wuzhou and Zhou, he will not believe it if he is killed.

At this time, the opinions of several of his staff officers and military officers also diverged, and some people suggested that the opportunity should not be lost if the south was attacked, and Taiyuan could be used as the foundation after losing Taiyuan; On the one hand, some people suggested returning to Taiyuan to protect the future.

When Li Yuan heard this, he must be inclined to return to Taiyuan, Taiyuan's hard-working and lonely business party has the current situation, it is rare to say that it is abandoned, and where is there his son's family.

So Li Yuan planned to immediately order back to Taiyuan, but at this time, his second son Li Shimin came in and said: "Father can't, now the opportunity is rare, it is a God-given opportunity for us to fish in troubled waters and capture Chang'an, and we must not lose it."

Li Yuan slapped the desk angrily: "What about Taiyuan, that is the foundation of my Li family, and there are still family members, how can I not save it."

When Li Shimin heard this, he thought of the eldest grandson Wujian and the intelligent Li Pojun, who was extremely intelligent and martial, and there was also a hesitation between his eyebrows.

But when he thought of his plan and his great cause, he became firm again.

Saluted and said: "Father, please take a break, I have a plan to solve this dilemma"

When Li Yuan heard this, his mind changed, and he also looked at Li Shimin with hope, if he could have a plan to achieve both, it would definitely be the best, he had already raised troops and returned in vain, he would definitely not end well, and he also longed for the temptation after success.

Li Shimin sorted out his thoughts and said: "Father, the Turks have always left after plundering in the south, mainly to seek wealth, if I send a man who can speak well with wealth and jewelry to persuade the Turkic Khan, in this way, the Khan will inevitably retreat, as soon as the Turks retreat, the child expects that Liu Wuzhou will definitely march alone, this is the best of both worlds, I hope my father decides."

Li Yuan was overjoyed at the beginning of the question, and then frowned: "In this way, wouldn't we be fornicating with foreign barbarians, and I am afraid that we will be ashamed of the righteous people of the Central Plains."

Pei Lin said with a smile: "Tang Gong's words are biased, if you want to say that fornicating with foreign countries is also done by Liu Wuzhou, how can it be done by us, as for the views of the people in the Central Plains when the time comes, who will say it accurately, I think the second son's plan is very good."

Li Yuan saw that Pei Lin also agreed, and no one in his subordinates objected, so he agreed.

After some discussion, it was decided to send Liu Wenjing, a brave and knowledgeable veteran minister, to persuade the Turks to withdraw their troops with money and property. However, Li Yuan was still a little worried about the foundation of Taiyuan, so he left a large army in the West River, which could help seize Chang'an if he advanced, and quickly rescued Taiyuan when he retreated.

The problem of the back road was solved, and he also made overtures to Li Mi, the most powerful Wei Duke who had revolted in the Central Plains, and expressed that the Tang army was willing to honor Li Mi as the leader of the alliance. There was no need to worry about external intervention, so the army made a concerted effort to attack Chang'an.

On the way, he stayed in Huoyi, the big city, for a long time, but because of the heavy rain, the muddy road, and the famous general Song Laosheng of the Sui Dynasty, he was blocked in Huoyi, so he had to camp his army in Jiahu Fort.

After a difficult battle, taking advantage of the shortcomings of the guard Song Laosheng's impatient temperament, he finally conquered Huoyi.

After conquering Huoyi, there were disagreements within the Li group, some suggested sending troops to Hedong, some suggested continuing to capture Chang'an Pass, and after Li Shimin's crying, Li Yuan finally made up his mind to capture Chang'an.

Although Chang'an has Yin Shishishi, Wei Wensheng and others to defend it, it still can't stop the Tang army with high morale, plus the women's army under the command of Li Sanniang as an internal response, Chang'an also quickly went down in a battle.

After capturing Chang'an, Li Yuan ordered pacification and the abolition of the Sui Violence Law, and a bunch of bright words, such as Kuangfu Sheji, etc., took control of Chang'an City.

He also changed the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui to be the emperor, and changed Yuan Yining.

So Li Yuan completely occupied the court, and asked the puppet emperor to decree Jin to crown him as the king of Tang, and Li Shimin as the doctor of Guanglu, the domestic history of the Tang Dynasty, and the Duke of Qin. So our protagonist Li Pojun also became the son of the little grandfather.

The family members who stayed in Taiyuan also received a notice to move to Chang'an City.

Li Pojun looked at the Tang State Mansion, where he had lived for more than two years, and his heart was both reluctant and proud.

Chang'an, I'm here, Chang'an is here, will Datang be far away?

With excitement, Li Pojun set off with his family and was about to go to the first city in the world - Chang'an City.

If you know what will happen next, please see next time!