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Chapter 348
Flying snow fell from the sky, and the Yellow River, which used to be flooded and turbid waves emptied, now has a thick layer of ice formed on the surface.

The Pujin Ferry of the Yellow River is not only one of the three major ferries of the Yellow River, but also the main road connecting Guanzhong to Hebei.

There is an iron cable pontoon bridge in the middle of the river. In the past, the river bridge was built to connect the river.

Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang and led his troops from the east of the river to the west. At that time, Cao Jinxiaomo, Pujin and Zhongli, the two cities of the imperial court, surrendered.Therefore, Li Yuan was able to enter Chang'an from Bingzhou smoothly, and joined forces with Li Zhiwan's [-] troops in Weibei.

Pujin City is on the west bank of the river and is called Xiguan City.

Now at Pujin Ferry, the sound of horseshoes stepping across the fine sand by the river, thirty thousand passers-by soldiers ride on the solid ice and step across the Yellow River.

Li Shimin was wearing a lake-green cloak, and he was pacing and looking at the river.

Li Shimin suddenly raised his horsewhip, together with Fang Xuanling, who was holding the rein behind him, and Du Ruhui, a soldier who joined the army, said: "How can such a beautiful river and mountain be handed over to others."

Du Ruhui said: "Shang Yang once said to Qin Xiaogong that Qin and Wei, for example, if people have a heart disease, if Wei does not merge with Qin, Qin will merge with Wei. What? If you are good at the benefits of Shandong, you will invade Qin in the west if you are good, and you will take over the land in the east if you are sick."

Li Shimin said happily: "Du Bingcao is very right. Back then, the Qin people fought hard to expand Hexi for hundreds of miles, forcing Wei to move its capital from Anyi to Daliang. Only in this way can Guanzhong be stable. If Hexi is not attached, it will be in Guanzhong. How can we sleep peacefully if we have a heart disease. Those people in the court who say they want to abandon Hexi are really short-sighted."

"King Qin is right, but Li Chongjiu's troops are in a hurry right now. Although his prairie cavalry are not good at attacking cities, they are good at interspersing. The officers and soldiers of the states along the way dare not fight in the field and can only defend the city. It's gone." Du Ruhui pinched his long beard, he had not been in the King of Qin's shogunate for long, but he made great contributions in the battle against Xue Ju, made suggestions and made great achievements, so he was deeply trusted by Li Shimin together with Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling said: "Li Chongjiu stretched his army line too long. Isn't this the way to kill him? We will attack him exclusively. As long as we can defeat his edge in one battle, his momentum must be exhausted."
Du Ruhui said: "From my observation of Li Chongjiu's tactics of using cavalry, he is quite similar to Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's clever tricks. He doesn't fight for the gain or loss of a city or a place. He sends cavalry troops deep into the interior of our army, which seems to be dangerous. Once If something happens, his light cavalry can roll away at any time."

Li Shimin waved his hands and said: "What Du Bingcao said is that Li Chongjiu deliberately stretched the line of soldiers. His main infantry is still in Jinyang, and all the cavalry rushing ahead are his cavalry. Now Lu Chongmao in Xia County is making trouble. , Lord Yao of Hedong has never been defeated, and with these two people echoing, he dared to plunder his troops."

The Xia county where Lv Chongmao was based was Anyi, the former capital of the Wei Dynasty. It was a thorn in the throat of the Tang army, and Yao Junsu was Qu Tutong's general. Tens of thousands of soldiers formed troops in Hedong to intercept them. After Song Laosheng was defeated, Li Yuan crossed the Yellow River to take Chang'an, and joined forces with Li Sanniang.

Qu Tutong then led his troops back to Chang'an, leaving behind a general named Yao Jun to defend the east of the river.After Li Chongjiu captured Chang'an, Qu Tutong was defeated and surrendered to Tang Feng as the Minister of the Ministry of War.

But Yao Junsu did not surrender, and Qu Tutong went to persuade him to surrender. Yao Junsu said Qu Tutong, saying that you are the minister of the country, and the emperor entrusted you to sit in Guanzhong, and entrusted you with the land on behalf of the king.Guo Zuolong's replacement is up to you, but Qu Tutong didn't want to repay him, so he came to the city to persuade me to surrender.

Yao Junsu not only refused to surrender, but also ordered people to use them as wooden gooses to cross the Yellow River to the east to ask for help. Yue Wang Dong couldn't help but sighed when he saw Yao Junsu's letter, so he worshiped Yao Junsu as Doctor Jinzi Guanglu.

So even though Li Tang entered Chang'an, Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao were still in Hedong. The current situation in Hedong is so corrupt, seven points are due to Li Chongjiu, and three points are due to Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao.

Fang Xuanling said: "The King of Qin said that if we want to save the battle in Hedong, we must first destroy Lu Chongmao, Yao Junsu."

Li Shimin heard the words and said: "Where is the father now?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Reporting to the King of Qin, the emperor's royal driver has arrived at Chaoyi and is stationed here. I think His Majesty will be in charge of the overall situation here from a low position, but His Highness King Qin still needs to make decisions before the battle."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "This is the trust of my father in Gu. I must have defeated the bandits in Youzhou to repay him. I will report to my father immediately. The army has crossed the great river on the solid ice of the Yellow River."

"No!" Fang Xuanling immediately dismounted to draft the official document.

Fang Xuanling was drafting again and again, while the cavalry of the Tang army were crossing the river from the river bridge on the other side.

The horseshoes thumped on the wooden boards, and the infantry simply waded across the frozen river.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, Li Shimin looked at Hedong, which was about to become a battlefield.

What Li Shimin didn't know was that in the original history, in November of the first year of Wude, Xue Ju and his son, whom he had led the army to destroy, stabilized Guanzhong for Li Tang.

But now Xue Ju and his son are still alive, but he led his army across the Yellow River on the solid ice. In history, Li Shimin went to Shanxi to attack Liu Wuzhou, but it was in November of the second year of Wude.

At this moment, Jinyang City, Taiyuan County, Jinyang Palace.

Li Chongjiu entered through the main gate with his sword, and the palace maids and guards in the palace were all escorted in a hall after Jinyang broke the city. Now both inside and outside the palace are guarded by Youzhou soldiers.

Li Chongjiu walked slowly from the stone corridor, looking at the palace on the side as before, but time has changed, it has been two years.

Li Chongjiu went straight to the top of the main hall, sat down at the seat where Li Yuan used to be, and looked towards him, but the corner of the hall was already the seat where he was two years ago.

The change in Jinyang Palace on that day brought a big turn in Li Chongjiu's life. He formed a deep hatred with Li Yuan, made friends with Li Shimin and became enemies with Li Zhiwan.

Sometimes Li Chongjiu wondered if there were not so many entanglements between himself and Li Zhiwan, so the two could be together.

The answer is absolutely no, because there is no relationship, Li Chongjiu is from a poor family, Li Zhiwan will not even look at him.

This is even more unreliable than Sima Xiangru's phoenix courting the phoenix, and Li Chongjiu rose up to fight, so he has his current position, which is enough to marry Li Zhiwan, but there is a gap between the two of them.

Li Yuan's birthplace, Jinyang has been occupied by Li Chongjiu, what is Li Yuan's expression at this moment.

Li Chongjiu looked at the main hall, and the scene of two years still passed before his eyes, so the time has passed, but at that time Li Yuan looked at him like an ant, and he still did not forget.Now that he is standing here, he finally has the confidence to break arms with Li Yuan.

"Report to Duke Shanggu that Li Shimin led [-] government troops to ride the frozen river and has led the army to cross the Yellow River!"

"Oh? Li Shimin has crossed the Yellow River?" Li Chongjiu squinted his eyes. It seems that this is still a fateful decisive battle, and it is still coming. Compared with Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou in history, is he Li Shimin's opponent?
"Where will Li Shimin station his troops after crossing the river?"

"Baibi!"

(End of this chapter)