Li Shimin, who was a few steps away from the handsome tent, cried out in an instant. The crying not only alarmed the surrounding soldiers, but also woke up Li Yuan, who had fallen asleep. Li Yuan walked out of the Shuai tent and shouted angrily, "Evil obstacle, why are you crying outside the Shuai tent?" Li Shimin replied with tearful eyes: "The time for the death of our army is coming, and sorrow comes from the heart!" ”
After Li Yuan heard this, he was even more angry, and he only then pulled up the ranks of the rebel army, and he was seriously injured by his own son's such vicious words, this boy was probably itchy, and he had to clean him up well. Li Yuan thought of giving the crying Li Shimin a verbal lesson first, and then pulling him to the shuai tent to educate him well.
But looking around, more and more soldiers were watching, and they all seemed to be waiting to see how Li Yuan would clean up Li Shimin. Therefore, Li Yuan waved a big hand and let all the soldiers disperse. Thinking in his heart that this was the ugliness of the family caused by the evil son, or not to be publicized, he called Li Shimin to the handsome tent.
Li Shimin walked into the Shuai tent without fear, and Li Yuan asked him: "Crying in the Shuai tent in the middle of the night, and saying that the death date is coming, why is it so abnormal?" Li Shimin replied: "The army will rise up with benevolence and righteousness, and if it advances, it will win, and if it retreats, the army will be scattered and will undoubtedly lose." ”
After Li Yuan listened, he was silent for half a day, and Li Shimin continued to analyze when he saw the situation: "Now that all the non-commissioned officers have collapsed and become an army, and the enemy army behind them will take advantage of the void to attack, our army will inevitably be in a difficult and dangerous situation. ”
After Li Shimin's analysis, Li Yuan was shocked in his heart, if it were not for the second son's abnormal behavior today, his situation would be unimaginable. However, there is an urgent matter at present, he has divided the army into three teams, and at present, the Chinese army led by himself and the right army led by the second son have not yet moved, and the left army has been mobilized.
When Li Shimin saw that Li Yuan was frowning, he knew that he must be worried about the left army that had already been pulled out, so he took the initiative to ask for help, indicating that he was quick to catch up with the left army that had already been pulled out, and chased them all back.
Li Yuan hurriedly ordered Li Shimin to go and recover the left army that had already been mobilized, and the withdrawal of the army to hold Taiyuan must be considered in the long run. It is said that the reason why Li Yuan made a strategic mistake was that he still did not make an accurate judgment on the current situation.
Since Li Yuan's revolt in Jinyang, Li Shimin had led an army to attack Xihe, and then all the way to the west, preparing to attack Jiahu Fort. The Sui general Song Laosheng led 20,000 elite soldiers to garrison Huoyi to resist the rebels. Coinciding with the heavy rain for several days, Taiyuan's grain supply was not available, which made Li Yuan feel guilty.
Li Yuan summoned Pei Ning and the others to hold a discussion, and the theme of the meeting was how to overcome the current difficulties, after all, the 20,000 elite soldiers of the Sui army and Song Laosheng should not be underestimated, and it was also rumored that Liu Wuzhou colluded with the Eastern Turks to capture Taiyuan.
Pei Huan suggested to Li Yuan: "If the rebel army has just started to fight with the Sui army, I am afraid that the plaintiff will be too anxious, and when the time comes, it will be more likely that the army will be scattered, and when the time comes, it will not be able to form an army, or it will first retreat to Taiyuan, and then slowly try to do it." ”
Li Yuan thought about it and felt that Pei Ning's suggestion was very much in line with the needs of the current situation, and when the opportunity came, Lipton decided to listen to Pei Ning's suggestion, and the rebel army divided into three teams and drove back to Taiyuan. Among them, the left army marched first, and his own chinese army and Li Shimin's right army slowed down slightly.
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin's crying outside the handsome tent in spite of the image made Li Yuan wake up instantly. Driving back to Taiyuan is not the best policy, and going out to fight to meet the enemy and stabilize the hearts of the army is the only choice for the rebels. So he arranged for Li Shimin to quickly step up his horse and whip to recover the left army that had already been pulled out.
Just when the rain stopped and the food supply began to supply normally, Li Yuan led the rebel army to Huoyi to prepare to meet Song Laosheng. Li Shimin was worried that Song Laosheng would not leave the city to meet the battle, so he first led a few cavalry to the city gate to call for battle, looking like he was about to besiege the city, intending to provoke Song Laosheng.
Song Laosheng did not know that there was deception, and was really provoked by Li Shimin, so he immediately opened the city gate and lined up the troops, ready to give Li Yuan a net. Li Yuanbing divided into two routes, with himself and Li Jiancheng lining up in the east of the city to meet the enemy, and Li Shimin and Chai Shao lining up in the south of the city to meet the enemy.
Song Laosheng had a clear goal, commanding the sergeants to rush into Li Yuan's camp, Li Yuan was defeated, Li Jiancheng was scattered by the Sui army, and all the rebels in the east of the city retreated. When Li Shimin learned of the defeat in the eastern part of the city, he led two thousand light horses from the south to rush down the high slope and directly dispersed Song Laosheng's army. Song Laosheng organized soldiers to resist, but Li Shimin's morale was high, and the momentum along the way was like a broken bamboo, and he was stunned that the Sui army was scattered and collapsed, and soon Song Laosheng was defeated, and the Sui army soldiers ding abandoned their armor and fled.
When Song Laosheng saw that the general trend had gone, he was ready to enter the city to hold on, but at this time the city gate was already hanging, Song Laosheng grabbed the rope and wanted to climb up the city, and Li Shimin, who was catching up, took advantage of the situation to swing his sword and kill Song Laosheng, attacked Huoyi, and won the final victory in the head-on confrontation with the Sui army.
After the rebel army pacified Huoyi, it did not see Liu Wuzhou and the Eastern Turks attacking Taiyuan, the base camp in the rear of the rebel army was not affected by the autumn attack at all, and then pacified Huoyi, the morale of Dengshi was high, the rebel army crossed Hedong, Li Shimin suggested entering the pass, capturing Yongfengcang to relieve the disaster, and subjugating the local bandits, in order to seek to attack Daxing City, and li Yuan's tacit acquiescence again. After that, the rebel army marched all the way forward, creating many favorable advantages for entering Guanzhong.
Li Yuan finally created hegemony, Li Shimin's contribution was indispensable, if it were not for his crying in the middle of the night to make Li Yuan wake up, the success or failure of the rebel army would be a different situation. The reason why Li Shimin was able to ascend to the throne, from his early years of military service, can be seen that he has the ability to understand people's hearts, see opportunities, and control the great wisdom and strategy of his subordinates.