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Chapter 301
March, Guanzhong, by the Weishui River.

Under a banner with the characters of Li, Li Yuan was wearing heavy armor and was riding in front of his horse. Li Jiancheng was wearing black armor, and Li Shimin was wearing red armor, standing on the left and right. Press the horse and stand behind the father and son.

Holding his whip, Li Yuan looked ahead, and suddenly saw the banks of the Weishui River, a large army gathered, and flags covering the sky.

Li Yuan couldn't help showing a look of joy, he laughed loudly and said to the left and right: "My son is here."

It turned out that Li Yuan followed his daughter Li Zhiwan's suggestion and ordered Lu Shaozong, Wei Yijie and Dugu Huai'en to continue attacking Hedong.And Li Yuan personally led more than ten thousand elites to cross the Yellow River, and after Li Zhiwan heard the news, he ordered Pan Heren to continue to besiege Chang'an, and led an army of more than [-] to go north to meet Li Yuan.

Li Yuan couldn't help clapping his hands and laughing when he saw this army that belonged to him.

As the army marched, smoke and dust billowed, and suddenly hundreds of elite cavalry jumped out of the ranks and headed straight for the tent of Li Yuan's army.

Li Yuan stretched his neck long, and suddenly saw a general in white armor riding up to Li Yuan and dismounting.Li Yuan's expression changed, and he also lost the determination of the general, he immediately got up and walked a few steps quickly, turned over and got off the horse, both of them were holding the rein, and their eyes met.

Li Zhiwan saw her daughter wearing armor, holding a sword in her hand, showing an indescribably heroic appearance, she immediately showed joy, but seeing Li Zhiwan immediately bowed down and said: "Zhiwan pays homage to father."

Ever since Li Yuan dismissed Li Chongjiu in Jinyang Palace, Li Zhiwan left the house privately and went straight to Chang'an.Under Li Yuan's rage, he didn't see Li Zhiwan immediately, and Li Zhiwan didn't want to go back to Jinyang. Since then, the father and daughter have not seen each other for two years.

Li Yuan heaved a long sigh, helped Li Zhiwan up, and said: "If my son hadn't raised troops in Guanzhong, I would not have dared to ignore Qu Tutong in the east of the river and lead the army across the Yellow River alone. In the future, if my Li family seized the world, you would be the Li family." hero."

Li Zhiwan was startled when she heard this, Li Yuan seemed very happy, as if the relationship between father and daughter hadn't been neglected in the past two years.

Li Zhiwan nodded, but she didn't feel that she was very happy to hear her father's praise, so she said immediately: "Father, I don't need..."

"My son is haggard, I really feel bad!" Li Yuan sighed before Li Zhiwan finished speaking.

Li Zhiwan's eyes turned red when she heard Li Yuan's words. She has done so much for the Li family, led the army as a woman, traveled hard, and experienced hardships and dangers.In fact, just to get the father's concern, this is just a little thought of the daughter's family.

"Third Sister!" Li Jiancheng stepped forward, looked at the army behind him, and said with high spirits, "So many people are enough for us to take Chang'an and take Guanzhong into our hands. If it’s not the first, who else can it be?”

Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng gave Li Shimin a sneaky glance. Li Shimin now has a high prestige in the army.He also felt somewhat threatened. In any case, even if it was an ordinary family, no matter how close the three brothers in a family were when they were young, they would still have the heart of comparing and competing with each other.

Right now Li Shimin has made great achievements in the military and is loved by all the generals. Li Jiancheng is both a son and a brother, how can he not be jealous of his younger brother.At the same time, as a son of an aristocratic family, worries about power and position are also born. Li Shimin is also a legitimate son, but he was born a few years later than himself. If he is gone, he will be the successor of the Li family.Therefore, Li Jiancheng is now quite afraid of Li Shimin and is on guard.

That's why Li Jiancheng praised his sister who was not a threat to him, and used it to suppress Li Shimin. The increasing power also counted the first victory in the capture of Chang'an under his sister. .

Of course, Li Shimin understood what Li Jiancheng was thinking, but he didn't take it seriously. He looked at Li Zhiwan, put his hand on her shoulder, smiled slightly, and said, "Sister, today your wife's wish, Hua Mulan, is finally fulfilled." .”

Hearing Li Shimin's exaggeration from the bottom of his heart, Li Zhiwan finally smiled, and the love between brother and sister was overflowing.

He remembered that when he was in Yanmen that day, he asked Li Yuan to lead the army, saying that he had a good wife and had the ambition of Hua Mulan. Li Shimin always kept these words in his heart.Well, Yanmen, she was in her [-]th year at that time, with the dream of a girl, she went with her father and brother to rescue the emperor who was trapped in the Fenyang Palace by the Turkic army.

Well, that Li Chongjiu was still a commoner back then, and he still defected to his father's command, and he didn't get ahead. I still remember that the other party looked shabby, but he was always confident. If it wasn't for his strategy at that time, and later Among the thousands of troops who assassinated Shibi Khan, the Sui army could not defeat the Turkic people.

If things in the world can always be like this, it would be great, father and brother, nothing will change.

Li Zhiwan's eyes were a little dazed, and she only came back to her senses when all the generals congratulated Li Zhiwan.Li Zhiwan was born in a wealthy family, and she has been with her father and brother since she was a child, and she has seen countless people. Of course, she can hear that those people are flattering, and those people admire them from the bottom of their hearts.

But Li Zhiwan also returned the courtesy one by one, neither humble nor overbearing, showing the phoenix of a daughter of a noble family.

Immediately said to Li Yuan: "Now that my father has led the army to cross the Yellow River, I can also breathe a sigh of relief and resign from the post of commander of the army, and give this to my father to lead."

Li Yuan looked at the white-clothed army all over the mountains, nodded, and said: "I heard that the people in Guanzhong call you the Women's Army. If you are the father and the commander of the Women's Army, you will not become a female general."

After finishing speaking, the left and right generals all laughed flatteringly.

Li Zhiwan couldn't help but smile, looking at Li Yuan's smile, the family affection between father and daughter is innate, where there is no big enmity, the grudges between the past two years are wiped away with a smile.

At this time, Liu Wenjing stood up and said: "With the power of one person, I pulled an army of 7 people in Guanzhong for our army. The third lady has worked hard. The general wants to cherish his daughter. The battle is imminent. The Li family Now that I have a man, in my opinion, it is better to hand over the [-] troops in Guanzhong to Erlang, so as to take off the responsibility of Sanniang and relieve the general's worries."

Hearing Liu Wenjing's words, Li Jiancheng felt great hatred in his heart. He thought to himself, this old man, as the son of the world, if I don't command this army, who else can be? .In the future, I vow to kill this old man.

As soon as Liu Wenjing finished speaking, a person stood up and said: "This statement is inappropriate. Mr. Erlang has already controlled the right army. Attacking Chang'an is a serious matter, so we cannot add more responsibility. It is better to distribute the army to the prince to lead the army. "

Li Jiancheng nodded slightly, and glanced at the speaker. It turned out to be Lu Chisong, a doctor of Xingtai Military Department, Duke of Fanyang County.Lu Chisong had a lot of contacts with him when he was in Hedong, and when he came forward at this time, he was obviously on his side.

As the patriarch of Fan Yang's Lu family, his opinion is also important, Li Yuan couldn't help frowning.

Liu Wenjing said with a smile, "Mr. Fan Yang came to our army when he first came, and he may not know the situation. The son has already mastered the left army, so how can he add more burdens to him?"

Liu Wenjing's remark was repeated and slapped. On the surface, he helped Li Shimin, but in fact, he secretly satirized Lu Chisong who had just arrived, but had defected to the Li family halfway.

Lu Chisong is also a deep-rooted person in the city, he smiled and then stepped back and said nothing.

And Li Yuan looked at Liu Wenjing, then at Lu Chisong, then at Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng. Bad luck, on the contrary, is very detrimental to my Li family's great career.Therefore, the two brothers cannot be separated because of this.

At that moment Li Yuan said: "Okay, okay, don't quarrel anymore, San Niang, since you are called the Detachment of Women, let me go down, I know that the generals and soldiers are all interested in you, since you led the troops well before, now Just continue to lead. As the saying goes, you must know your soldiers, and soldiers must know your generals. Suddenly changing the generals before the battle is not good for the army's morale."

Li Zhiwan was taken aback for a moment, she didn't expect that the eldest brother and the second brother fought back and forth, and finally got this result.

Li Zhiwan took a deep breath immediately, and said from the bottom of her heart: "Father, I am not suitable to lead the army..."

Before Li Zhiwan finished speaking, Li Jiancheng objected loudly: "Third sister is so kind, the attack on Chang'an is imminent, and the general situation before the battle is not good, so you can help father and your elder brother and me, don't refuse."

Li Jiancheng said this to Li Zhiwan with a smile, at the same time he glanced at Liu Wenjing, and said in his heart, okay, let me fight for the military power, so I will distribute the military power to the third sister.Although the third sister is unlikely to help me, she will definitely not help you either.

Liu Wenjing showed displeasure when she heard this gaze, but she couldn't speak out against it.

Li Zhiwan's eyes showed a trace of bewilderment. What she was most worried about happened. It has only been three months since Jinyang raised the army, and the eldest brother and the second brother have already started fighting openly and secretly. It is definitely not the blessing of the Li family that the world has not been won yet.

But she also understood that since ancient times, the emperor's family could not escape this matter, father and son killed each other, and brothers turned against each other.If the Li family wants to win the world, it must be like this.

Originally, Li Zhiwan wanted to leave after handing over the general power to Li Yuan, so that not only would she be relieved of heavy responsibilities, she would no longer have to worry about military affairs, but she would also be able to avoid the battle between the elder brother and the second brother.She didn't expect that she couldn't escape, as long as she was still surnamed Li, and she was still a prostitute.

This is his own destiny, and he cannot escape no matter what.

At that moment, Li Zhiwan bowed to Li Yuan and said, "No, handsome father."

Li Yuan patted Li Zhiwan's shoulder in relief, pointed in the direction of Chang'an, and said with great ambition: "My son, you lead the army ahead, and within a month, I will plant the banner of my Li family on the city of Xijing! "

"Xijing!"

"Xijing!"
"Xijing!"

Along the Weishui River, following Li Yuan's finger, tens of thousands of Li family troops raised their spears and roared in unison.

In the 14th year of Daye, in March, Li Yuan led an army across the Yellow River and joined forces with his daughter Li Zhiwan on the banks of the Weishui River, and then the army pointed directly at Xijing.

For Yang Guang who is in Jiangdu, Guanzhong is at stake at this moment.

(End of this chapter)