Li Shimin is active in nature, fencing Ren Xia, and does not like restraint. He has been like this until now.

He doesn't like his current life, and he yearns for Xiao Buyi's charge and bravery! He has always hoped that he can be like Xiao Buyi, holding his sharp edge, leading the way, and throwing his armor and dismantling his opponent, which is tragic, instead of always huddling like a turtle, behind a deep groove and wall, and through his father's diplomatic means, gradually dismantling the opponent's strength, gradually using various means to attack the opponent, and then giving a fatal blow when the opponent is in panic.

Although he could win according to his father's idea, he felt that what was the difference between this and a puppet? This kind of combat method was too unpleasant. He didn't want to be a puppet, so when he was fighting against Xue Ju, he finally let go and did it boldly according to his own idea.

Xue Ju was weak, only 100,000, and was about to fight to Chang'an. This was a shame for Guanzhong! According to Li Shimin's idea, Xue Ju should be hit hard, and to suppress his spirit, so that all the Guanlong clans would look up and not dare to attack. But the battle policy given by Li Yuan was completely contrary to what Li Shimin thought. He told Li Shimin that Xue Ju's army would go deep and the food was too small to be tired. If you come to challenge, be careful not to respond! You should wait for the deep groove and strong walls, wait for Xue Ju to finish the food. When the time is ripe, you can break it in one go!

This method is exactly the same as when dealing with Xue Renguo!

After hearing this order, Li Shimin frowned secretly. Why? Why can't he bully him? Why can't he hide his troops? Why must Xue Ju beat them, but they can't fight back with upright soldiers? He has been thinking about this problem behind the deep ditch and high walls. When he saw Xue Ju sending troops to fight, he was furious. Yin Kaishan guarded Li Shimin every day, persuaded him with great responsibility, saying that the heaven gave him great responsibility to this person.

Also, he must first suffer his will and be empty. Now it is a test. Duke Duke of Dunhuang must not send troops. Yin Kaishan surrounds Li Shimin like flies every day. Li Shimin used to see him bearded, but it was not easy to hurt his heart. But it was not a coincidence that Yin Kaishan was old, weak, suffered from malaria, and could not afford to stay by Li Shimin's side all day. Li Shimin learned the news, and the next day he ordered the generals to stand high and demonstrate to Xue Ju.

He was so cruel that he thought that he had a superior military strength and was still so cowardly. I wonder what his subordinates would think?

Li Shimin was in high formation, showing off his military power, and he wanted to not fight against the surrendered soldiers, so he scared Xue Ju away. After returning, he was ashamed of his timid and cautious father. He thought that his troops would win, so he took Xue Ju's courage. Xue Ju didn't dare to come to attack, so he was not on guard. Unexpectedly, Xue Ju's courage was actually made by nature. Seeing that Li Shimin was rashly in high formation, he immediately ordered the surprise troops to raid Li Shimin's retreat, cut off Li Shimin's connection with the support, and then led a large army to capture Li Shimin.

The Tang army was panicked, and the Eighth Route General sent troops one after another. Finally, a melee in Qianshuiwon... The Tang army came out in a hurry, but Xue Ju came prepared, and the outcome was expected. It was not until this time that Li Shimin realized that it was not necessary to win if there were too many people. In the past, they were either bandits or Sui army who were unwilling to fight. The Tang army could only win invincible, but the Longxi cavalry was very fierce and had good combat. Even if the duel was really a duel, it was a difference between the Tang army, not to mention that this time, it was taking advantage of the situation and the Tang army.

Li Yuan originally attached great importance to this showdown, but the eight general managers successively entered the unexpected war of Akasuwon and no longer had any idea of ​​victory. As a result, Murong Luohu and Li Anyuan died in battle to save Li Shimin. Liu Hongji fought hard and stopped the rear, but fell into Xue Ju's siege and was captured. Liu Wenjing led his troops in and finally rescued Li Shimin. But at this time, more than half of the elite troops of the Tang army had been lost. The chaos of Akasuwon can be said to be the most serious loss of the Tang army since the uprising.

Li Shimin looked around in a panic and regretted, almost trying to slaughter the world, but was dissuaded by the generals. Yin Kaishan forced himself out of illness and almost fainted when he knew that the Tang army had suffered a crushing defeat. He couldn't help but burst into tears. Li Shimin refused to listen to Li Yuan's orders and refused to listen to Yin Kaishan's words, which led to a crushing defeat and was ashamed. Li Yuan, Chang'an, was furious when he learned the news and immediately transferred Li Shimin to Chang'an. Yin Kaishan regretted not completing Li Yuan's orders and took the initiative to take responsibility. He only transferred malaria to Li Shimin, saying that he was greedy for command and made this big mistake. This defeat had nothing to do with Dunhuang, so he asked the King of Tang to punish him heavily.

In anger, Li Yuan blamed Yin Kaishan and dismissed the general manager of this battle. Although Liu Wenjing made great contributions to rescue Li Shimin, he was also demoted to the people.

Li Shimin acted impulsively for a moment, but ended up implicating the three armies. He felt guilty and fell ill after he arrived in Chang'an. Except for Li Yuan scolding him hard at the beginning, Li Yuan never saw him again in these days!

Li Shimin knew that his father was really angry, he was really angry, and he was really serious, but he would rather let his father kill him vigorously than live a cowardly life like this again.

Although Li Shimin did not leave his mansion these days, he learned from Fang Xuanling that Xue Ju defeated the Tang army, and Guanzhong was shocked and rumors spread. Li Yuan urgently transferred Changsun Shunde, Changsun Heng'an, and Tang Jian took action to fight Xue Ju. Changsun Shunde led his troops to attack, and won a small victory in two battles. The front line was pulled back to Gao. Xue Ju temporarily stopped moving, and the two armies were in a stalemate again, and Guanzhong was slightly settled.

When Li Shimin heard this, he breathed a little relieved and thought to himself that it was not the eldest brother who took action, otherwise he would never be able to make a move in his life.

This day, he felt depressed, and Changsun Wuji suddenly came to the door and said, "Shimin, the King of Tang asked you to go to Changle Palace."

Li Shimin was surprised and said, "What did my father ask me for?"

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and said, "Shimins, victory and defeat are common in military affairs. You don't have to take Gao's battle too much."

Li Shimin blushed and said angrily: "You are not me, of course you don't have to take it to heart."

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and said, "Shimin, do you still think I am a brother?"

Li Shimin was slightly surprised, "Of course."

"If you think I am a brother, you should know that you failed, and it is the same pain for me! I really have no reason to laugh at you. It doesn't matter if you lose, but you are afraid of losing courage and confidence!" Changsun Wuji said seriously: "Didn't you always aim Xiao Buyi. I remember that Xiao Buyi was chased by Zhang Xutuo, and from official to top to nothing, but why did you make a comeback? He is now in Dongdu and has a great prestige. Who dares to miss it? Shimin. You have always regarded Xiao as Xiao.

Buyi is the goal. If you can't even withstand this small setback, you can never surpass Xiao Buyi! You are too smooth and no one wants to do this setback, but in my opinion, it is a good thing. Don't let our expectations down. I want to have Buyi in the east, and the iron cavalry is invincible. The King of Tang is exhausted. I just hope that someone in Guanzhong can compete with him. The King of Tang was furious this time, not that he could not bear the failure, but that he felt... You let him down too much.

Li Shimin was very manic, but when he heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you. Wuji."

Changsun Wuji patted his shoulder hard, "I said, you boy understand this, let's go."

Li Shimin nodded, walked away first, and asked casually: "My father is looking for me, probably just scolding me. I want to ask troops to fight Xue Ju again!"

Without hearing Changsun Wuji's answer, Li Shimin looked back and saw Changsun Wuji's face strange. Li Shimin frowned and said, "Wuji, there is nothing to worry about, I'm ready."

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid that King Tang doesn't have time to scold you now."

"Why?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.

Changsun Wuji shook his head, "It's nothing, you'll know when you go." Behind the palace, he found gongs and drums and drums. Colorful flags were flying, and officials from Weiwei Temple and Honglu Temple almost came out to greet him. Li Yuan stood in front with a solemn look forward to the distance.

Li Shimin said strangely: "Wuji, who is my father waiting for? Who asked my father to greet him with such a big pomp?"

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and said, "The King of Tang is waiting for the Turkic envoy."

Li Shimin's face changed drastically: "The Turks are just barbarians. Will they need my father to greet them in person?"

Before Changsun Wuji could answer, a fast horse ran at the end of the long street, and the people from the Tongshi House reported: "Report to the King of Tang, Dubi Shijin and the Turkic envoys have arrived."

He finished speaking. Dozens of cavalry came at the end of the long street. They were so casual that they pointed in this direction. They were arrogant. Li Yuan showed a look of surprise and said, "Has Dubi Shijin arrived yet? That's great. I should welcome him in person." Although he saw Li Shimin coming, he turned a blind eye and quickly walked forward to greet him with all the officials.

The Turks were arrogant and rude and did not dismount. However, Li Yuan was very respectful and brought the Turks. Li Shimin was so angry that he was about to rush over, but he was pulled by Changsun Wuji.

"Shimin, what are you going to do?"

"What are you doing? Have you not seen it?" Li Shimin turned around and shouted, "Did you not see what my father is doing?"

"What are you doing?" A voice beside him said lightly: "If you hadn't returned from a crushing defeat, why would the King of Tang be like this?"

Li Shimin turned his head and looked over. Seeing a man with white cloth blindfolded, he identified him and said, "You are Xiaogong? What's wrong with your eyes?"

He never thought that Li Xiaogong, who has always been elegant and elegant, had such a down-and-out time. Changsun Wuji sighed softly, "Shimin, Xiaogong was killed by a traitor and was blind. You have been staying in the house these days, probably don't know?"

Li Shimin was shocked and said, "Xiao Gong, who harmed you?"

"Who else? Isn't it just Xiao Gong who was harmed by Xiao Buyi!" Changsun Wuji said angrily.

Li Xiaogong smiled and said, "I underestimated Xiao Buyi, and it should be the end of this. However, I am ashamed of the trust of the Tang King and lost the land of Bashu. In contrast, blindness is a trivial matter. I came this time, but I wanted to apologize, but I never had a chance."

Changsun Wuji was unfair to Li Xiaogong, but Li Xiaogong was very calm and did not complain. Even if Changsun Wuji saw this, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly that person was calm.

Li Shimin was even more surprised and said, "Bashu was also lost? Did Xiao Buyi send troops so quickly that he had already occupied Bashu? How could this be possible?"

These days he focused on fighting Xue Ju. After failing, he hid in the mansion and stayed in his door, but he didn't expect bad news one after another.

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and said, "Shimin, do you just think your affairs are already earth-shaking? Don't you know that the pressure King Tang is under is much greater than that of you."

At this time, Li Yuan had already led the Turks by Li Shimin and others, without looking sideways. He walked straight towards the Changle Palace. The palace was decorated with a banquet, waiting for the Turks to enter the banquet.

The man led by Turks had a wide nose and a dark eye. When he saw Li Yuan's attitude, he showed some smile. There was an envoy around him. He was arrogant and pointed at him, but he didn't take Li Yuan seriously.

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and asked, "Who are these two?"

Changsun Wuji said, "The geek-hooked nose is called Dubi. He is the son of the Khan of Qimin, and the younger brother of Shibi Khan. He now has a great influence on the border, so Shibi Khan is inconvenient to take action, so he let his younger brother come to Guanzhong. The man beside Dubi is Guqilu, the Turkic envoy, who is now deeply trusted by Shibi Khan and Dubi. Even in the Turkic, he is still showing off his power and arrogant."

"This is Guanzhong." Li Shimin clenched his fists and said.

"So what can be done in Guanzhong?" Li Xiaogong suddenly sighed and said, "Now we have something to ask for them, but they are not asking for us. No matter who is asked for it, we will always be more arrogant."

This time he was inspired. When he thought about the things about Badi, he didn't know what it felt.

"We ask them. What do we want them to do?" Li Shimin asked frowned. At this time, he suddenly saw a scene that he would never forget for life. Li Yuan had always been giving Dubi and Guqilu to the supreme position, but he did not expect that Guqilu reached out and pointed to the main position. The position was originally where Li Yuan sat, but Guqilu meant that he wanted to sit there. Li Yuan had just hesitated for a moment and asked Dubi to sit at the main position.

The ministers were silent, and Li Shimin was furious and said, "This is too bullying! I'll go..."

Changsun Wuji grabbed Li Shimin and sighed: "Shimin, don't you understand the intention of the King of Tang to let you come here?"

Li Shimin was poured into a basin of cold water on his head, and after a while, he said, "Does my father want me to see how he is servile?"

Li Xiaogong smiled bitterly and shook his head, no longer saying anything. He had always known the right amount, only said what he should say, and knew that Li Shimin was arrogant and arrogant. He said one more thing at this time, and it would be very likely to cause a murder in the future.

Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "If Shimin, you can defeat Xue Ju, the King of Tang would not have been like this."

Li Shimin's face turned red, "A real man, he will die if he dies. If such a lack of integrity is spread, do we still have the face to be human?"

Changsun Wuji said calmly: "It is better to be shameless than a lifeless person. It is not easy to die? But the difficult thing is to survive! Shimin, if you still have this kind of mind, I am afraid that the Tang King will never send you to lead the army again! You must know how bad the situation is now? Xiao Gong is not good at going to the army, but it is not incompetence. It is because of too many factors. Now Xiao Buyi has formed an alliance with the Damiao King and will not be able to raise troops in Bashu for the rest of his life. Of course he can not send troops, but if we do not send troops from Bashu, we can only go to Tongguan. In that case, our geographical advantage has been lost. Originally, Xiao Buyi defeated Li Mi and had already taken the lead. If you can defeat Xue Ju, Guanzhong can compete with Dongdu, but you don't listen to the orders of the Tang King and send troops on your own..."

"I'm sending troops on my own?" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "What Yin Kaishan said?"

Changsun Wuji shook his head and said, "Shimin, you underestimate the King of Tang too much. Although Yin Kaishan took everything on his own for you, the King of Tang was very careful, how could he not know?"

Li Shimin's face was pale and speechless for a while, not knowing what it felt. He underestimated the enemy for a while, and suffered losses in his generals. Although he was not afraid of death, he was afraid that the soldiers and ministers would underestimate him from now on. He could die, but he didn't want to lose. Since his father had known that it was his big mistake, he did not punish him at all. From this point of view, his father was already very good to him.

Seeing Li Shimin silent, Changsun Wuji said bitterly: "Shimin, your defeat completely disrupted the deployment of the King of Tang. Now Xiao Buyi is aggressive in the east, and I am afraid that the next step will be to deal with the Jiangdu army and then pacify Jiangnan, and then we will consider attacking Guanzhong. We have lost the first move now, and even dealing with Xue Ju is so difficult. How can we fight against Xiao Buyi? Now that we want to defeat Xue Ju, we can only ask the Turks to no longer support Xue Ju. The King of Tang has made a lot of efforts. You must know."

Li Shimin was ashamed and heard the rituals and music in the hall again, gritted his teeth and said, "Since that's the case, I won't go in. Wait until my father comes to me."

He turned around and left Changle Palace and found a place to sit down. Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect... Shimin is so proud of his face."

Li Xiaogong said, "If a great responsibility is given to this man, he must first suffer his will. His defeat this time is not a bad thing. If he can exchange his great cause for the future with one defeat, it is worth it."

Changsun Wuji shook his head and joined hands with Li Xiaogong to enter Yongle Palace.

Li Shimin was waiting outside the palace and heard the melodious music in the palace, but his heart felt as uncomfortable as a needle. The torture for the past half day was really more painful than years. Night fell. The bright moon was hanging high, and Changle Palace finally calmed down. Changsun Wuji came to Li Shimin again and whispered: "Shimin, the King of Tang is looking for you."

Li Shimin stood up, patted his tired legs, and said numbly: "How are you talking to the Turks?"

"Dubi promised us that he would no longer support Xue Ju." Changsun Wuji said with a wry smile.

"Then you should be happy." Li Shimin said coldly.

Changsun Wuji sighed and said, "But the price is too high. King Tang...ah...it's better not to say it." He was a little excited. Li Shimin's heart twitched, "Are you a pledge to ask Shibi Khan for support?"

This was his worst plan, but it was not surprising, because Xue Ju, Liang Shidu, and Guo Zihe were all like this without exception. Li Yuan had never been like this, but it seemed that he had to follow the old path of Guanlong clans without exception.

Changsun Wuji avoided answering and said, "Shimin, I can only tell you that Duke Tang is more uncomfortable than you! Dubi agreed to withdraw his support for Xue Ju, and if we need it, they can provide war horses and Turkic soldiers. Of course... this must be expensive."

Li Shimin's face turned pale and he said for a while: "Since that's the case, what else can I do?"

Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "Shimin, wherever he fell, he would stand up. The King of Tang endured humiliation and burdened him. All the land was lost for you. The glory of the remaining land was to be monopolized. Do you still complain?"

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. His face changed and he finally walked towards the palace with great strides. In Changle Palace, the Turks had long disappeared, and they must have all gone to enjoy themselves. Li Yuan sat there lonely, with only Yin Kaishan beside him.

The ministers obviously knew that Li Yuan was in a bad mood and all dispersed early. When Li Yuan saw Li Shimin coming from a high position, he said word by word: "Shimin. Kneel down to the Chief Yin."

Li Shimin was stunned. Yin Kaishan hurriedly stood up and said, "The King of Tang... the old minister is ashamed of being accused of it." When he stood up, he grabbed Li Shimin with the flow. He just staggered and frowned.

He was severely blamed by Li Yuan, and his butt scar has not healed yet. It is a miracle to be here at this moment.

Li Yuan said coldly: "Shimin, why don't you thank Shi Changshi Yin?"

Li Shimin reluctantly bowed and said in a flash: "Dad, everything is my fault. Yin Changshi has nothing to do with this matter. If there is any punishment, you should treat me alone. And... Liu Wenjing was demoted to you by you, which is not fair to him."
To be continued...