Chapter 304: Being in it
March, Guanzhong, on the banks of the Weishui River.
Under a banner with Li characters, Li Yuan was wearing heavy armor and pressed his horse in front of him. Li Jiancheng was wearing black armor and Li Shimin stood on the left and right. The other Tang army generals such as Liu Wenjing, Liu Hongji, Dou Cong, and Chai Shao were all standing behind the father and son.
Li Yuan held a whip and looked ahead, and suddenly saw a large army gathering on the banks of the Wei River, and flags covered the sky.
Li Yuan's face couldn't help but look happy, and he laughed loudly and said to his left and right: "My son is here."
It turned out that Li Yuan followed the advice of his daughter Li Zhiwan and ordered Lu Shaozong, Wei Yijie, and Dugu Huaien to continue to attack Hedong. Li Yuan personally led more than 10,000 elite troops to cross the Yellow River. After Li Zhiwan heard the news, he ordered Pan Heren to continue besieging Chang'an and led more than 30,000 troops north to meet Li Yuan.
When Li Yuan saw this army of his own, he couldn't help but laugh.
The army was marching with smoke and dust, and suddenly hundreds of elite cavalry jumped out of the team and headed straight for Li Yuan's central army tent.
Li Yuan stretched his neck long, and suddenly a general wearing white armor rode to Li Yuan to dismount. Li Yuan's expression moved and he lost the confidence of the general. He immediately pressed the reins and walked a few steps quickly, and rolled over and dismounted. Both of them held the reins with their hands and looked at each other.
Li Zhiwan saw that her daughter was wearing armor and pressing the sword in her hand, and she was so heroic that she was so proud that she immediately showed a sense of pleasure. However, when Li Zhiwan saw her bow and said, "Zhiwan pays homage to her father."
Since Li Yuan dismissed Li Chongjiu from the Jinyang Palace, Li Zhiwan left his house and went straight to Chang'an. Li Yuan was furious and did not see Li Zhiwan right now, and Li Zhiwan was unwilling to return to Jinyang. From then on, the father and daughter have not seen each other for two years.
Li Yuan sighed and helped Li Zhiwan up and said, "If my son had not revived troops in Guanzhong, I would not dare to ignore Qu Tutong in Hedong and lead the army across the Yellow River alone. If our Li family seizes the world in the future, you will be the hero of the Li family."
Li Zhiwan was stunned when she heard this. Li Yuan seemed very happy, as if the father and daughter had not been neglected for the past two years.
Li Zhiwan nodded, but she didn't feel very happy when she heard her father's praise. She said immediately: "Dad, I don't need it..."
"My son is haggard, I feel so distressed!" Li Yuan sighed without waiting for Li Zhiwan to finish his words.
When Li Zhiwan heard Li Yuan's words, her eyes turned red. She did so much for the Li family, and led the army with a female streamer, working hard and going through hardships. In fact, just to get the care of her father, this is just a little thought of her daughter's family.
"Three sisters!" Li Jiancheng stepped forward, looked at the army behind him, and said with a trembling voice, "So many people are enough for us to take Chang'an and take Guanzhong into his hands. If my Li family seized Chang'an, if you don't have the best result, who else can you?"
Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng quietly glanced at Li Shimin. Li Shimin is now very prestige in the army. He also felt a little threatened. In any case, even if it was an ordinary family, the three brothers of the family were close to each other since childhood. They would have a heart of comparing and competing.
Li Shimin is now very successful in military achievements and is loved by all generals. As the prince and brother, how can Li Jiancheng not be jealous of his younger brother? At the same time, as a son of a noble family, he is born with concerns about power and status. Li Shimin is also a legitimate son, but he is a few years later than him. If he is gone, he will be the heir to the Li family. Therefore, Li Jiancheng is now quite afraid of Li Shimin and is cautious.
Therefore, Li Jianchengcai praised his sister who was not threatening to him, in order to suppress Li Shimin. His increasing power was also counting the first merit in the capture of Chang'an under his sister. This disguised way also suppressed Li Shimin and eliminated his current military achievements.
Li Shimin of course knew Li Jiancheng's thoughts, but he didn't care. He looked at Li Zhiwan, stroked his shoulder, and smiled slightly, saying, "Three sister, today I finally fulfilled your wife's wish, Mulan."
Hearing Li Shimin's sincere exaggeration, Li Zhiwan finally smiled and the brother-sister relationship was overflowing.
I remembered that when I was in Yanmen that day, I asked Li Yuan to lead the army and said that I had a good wife and Mulan's ambition. Li Shimin always remembered this in his heart. Well, Yanmen, she was in her 20s and 2018. With the longing 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, Li Chongjiu was still a commoner at that time, and he still defected to his father's command and did not make a name for himself. He still remembered that although the other party looked shabby, he always looked confident. If it weren't for his plan and later assassinating Shibi Khan among the troops, the Sui army would not have won the Turks.
If things in the world can always be like this, my father and brother will not change everything.
Li Zhiwan's eyes were a little dazed. When the generals congratulated Li Zhiwan, she came to her senses. Li Zhiwan was born in a family of vassals and followed her father and brother as a child. She was considered to be countless people. Of course, she could also hear that those people were flattering, and those people admired them from the bottom of their hearts.
But Li Zhiwan also gave her politeness one by one, neither humble nor arrogant, showing her feng rituals as the daughter of the gentry.
He said to Li Yuanyan: "Now my father has led his army across the Yellow River, so I can breathe a sigh of relief and take the position of commanding the army to give it to my father."
Li Yuan looked at the white-clothed army all over the mountains and fields, nodded, and said, "I heard that the people of Guanzhong call you the Detachment of Women. If you are the commander of the Detachment of Women, you will not become a female general."
After saying that, the generals on both sides laughed flatteringly.
Li Zhiwan couldn't help but smile, looking at Li Yuan's smile. Family affection between father and daughter is nature, so there is no big grudge. The grudges between the past two years have been completely wiped out.
At this time, Liu Wenjing stood up and said, "With one man's strength, he will raise an army of 70,000 for our army in Guanzhong. The third lady can be said to work hard and make great contributions. The general is willing to cherish his daughter. The war is imminent, and the Li family has a man at present. According to my opinion, it is better to hand over the 70,000 troops of Guanzhong to Commander Erlang. In this way, even if Sanniang's responsibility is removed, he can also share the worries of the general."
When Li Jiancheng heard Liu Wenjing's words, he felt very angry and said to himself that this old man, as the prince, if I don't take charge of this army, who else can I have? If you share all the 70,000 troops to Shimin, where will I go? In the future, I will kill this old man.
As soon as Liu Wenjing finished speaking, a person stood up here. The man said, "This is inappropriate. Erlangjun has mastered the Right Army. The attack on Chang'an is serious and he cannot be blamed. It is better to divide the army to the prince to lead the army."
Li Jiancheng nodded slightly and glanced at the person who spoke. It turned out that he was the doctor of the Ministry of War in Xingtai and the Duke of Fanyang County. Lu Chisong had many relationships with him when he was in Hedong. At this time, he came forward and was obviously standing on his side.
As the head of the Lu family in Fanyang, his opinions were also weighty, and Li Yuan couldn't help but frown.
Liu Wenjing smiled and said, "Donald Fan Yang first came to our army, and the situation may be unknown. The prince has already mastered the left army, so how can he put a burden on him?"
Liu Wenjing's words were eliminated and beaten, and both helped Li Shimin on the surface, but in fact he secretly mocked Lu Chisong for coming to the Li family halfway through, and was not qualified. Now he is discussing military affairs, so where can you speak here?
Lu Chisong is also a cunning person. He smiled and then stepped down and said nothing.
Li Yuan looked at Liu Wenjing, then Lu Chisong, then Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, thinking that these two sons are my beloved sons, and their palms and backs are all flesh. I have not yet captured Chang'an. If this makes them feel a grudge, it will be a great disadvantage to my Li family's great cause. Therefore, it cannot make the two brothers separate.
At that moment, Li Yuanyan said, "Okay, okay, don't argue anymore. Sanniang, since she is calling the wife's army, let her call her. I know that the generals and soldiers are all interested in you. Since you have led the troops well before, I will continue to take them now. As the saying goes, generals should know the soldiers, and soldiers should know the generals. Suddenly, they will be more likely to be in the army's morale."
Li Zhiwan was stunned, but she didn't expect that her elder brother and second brother would fight for the end and finally got the result.
Li Zhiwan took a deep breath and said in her heart: "Father, I am not suitable to be in charge of the army..."
Before Li Zhiwan finished speaking, Li Jiancheng immediately opposed it loudly: "The third sister is so good. Now that the attack on Chang'an is about to happen, it is difficult to be in front of the formation. Just help my father and your elder brother, don't refuse."
Li Jiancheng said this to Li Zhiwan with a smile, and at the same time glanced at Liu Wenjing and thought to himself, "Okay, I will compete for military power with me, so I will give the military power to my third sister. Although the third sister will not help me, she will never help you."
When Liu Wenjing heard this, she showed an unhappy look in her eyes, but she was not willing to object.
Li Zhiwan's eyes were a little confused. The thing she was most worried about happened. Jinyang had only been on the rise for only three months, and the eldest and second brothers had already started to fight openly and secretly, and the world had not yet been won, which was definitely not a blessing for the Li family.
But she also understood that since ancient times, the imperial family has been unable to escape this matter. Father and son are robbed and brothers turn against each other. If the Li family wants to seize the world, this must be the case.
Originally, Li Zhiwan wanted to leave after handing over the military power to Li Yuan. This not only allowed her to ease her heavy responsibility, she no longer had to worry about military affairs, but also left the battle between her elder brother and her second brother. Unexpectedly, she could not escape, as long as she was still the first day of her surname, Li, and she was also the legitimate daughter.
This is my own fate, and I can't escape it no matter what.
At that moment, Li Zhiwan bowed to Li Yuan and said, "No, Father and Commander."
Li Yuan patted Li Zhiwan's shoulder with relief, pointed to Chang'an, and said ambitiously: "My son, you lead the army ahead. Within a month, I will plant the banner of my Li family on the top of the city of Xijing!"
"Xijing!"
"Xijing!"
"Xijing!"
On the banks of the Weishui River, with Li Yuan's finger, tens of thousands of Li family troops raised their spears and roared in unison.
In March of the 14th year of Daye, Li Yuan led a large army across the Yellow River and met with his daughter Li Zhiwan on the bank of the Weishui River. Then the army headed directly to Xijing.
For Yang Guang, who is in Jiangdu, Guanzhong is in danger at this moment. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)
Chapter completed!