Chapter 28: Li Shimin's cheats have no end
【Li Shimin has his own ideas.】

[But he did not act arbitrarily. Instead, he listened to the opinions of others first, and then analyzed the pros and cons for his generals and even Li Yuan.]

[Li Shimin analyzed point by point, indicating that Wang Shichong's army and food supplies had been exhausted, and the army was disunited. With a little more effort, Luoyang could be captured.]

【Taking Luoyang is not a problem. 】

【Dou Jiande is not a problem either.】

[Dou Jiande came from afar, and he was unstoppable all the way. He had never fought a hard battle, and the soldiers were in a state of pride.]

[Now if you grit your teeth and find the right opportunity, you can get rid of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, two of your biggest enemies, in one fell swoop! ]

[If they retreated at this point, the previously occupied Henan region would all belong to Dou Jiande.]

[When Dou Jiande swallows up Wang Shichong, he will be able to overwhelm the Tang Dynasty. By then, it will be too late to regret.]

【After the analysis, Li Shimin also made his attitude clear. 】

[“I have made up my mind!”]

[In this way, the Tang army was united in thought.]

[Continue the siege of Luoyang, and confront Dou Jiande at Hulao Pass.]

Late Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei looked at the sky and couldn't help but praise Li Shimin:

"This young man named Li Shimin, his determination and will to fight are indeed worthy of praise."

"Faced with different choices, he is not as indecisive as Yuan Shao."

"The king's dominance is evident!"

“But the Sky Curtain also said that he accepted the opinions of his subordinates and then made a firm judgment.”

"From this point alone, we can roughly see Li Shimin's valuable qualities as a leader."

"I, Liu Bei, must also learn from him in order to accomplish great things."

Liu Bei and Liu Chan, who had just been spanked and was now lying down, carefully watched the subsequent contents of the sky curtain.

And Liu Bei has already made his judgment.

The real Li Shimin in history is definitely not the Li Shimin who knelt down to Tie Shiwen and wrote a letter of surrender on the screen before!

And there is a high probability that he was an emperor with great talent and strategy.

Canopy.

[Dou Jiande controlled the entire Hebei region, and the support from the noble families in the rear was sufficient for him.]

[Li Shimin knew that a long-term confrontation might lead to accidents, so he was always looking for opportunities.]

[An excellent commander must be good at seizing opportunities. ]

[Li Shimin has also been investigating the enemy camp and paying attention to their movements in order to find opportunities to attack.]

[Li Shimin and Yuchi Jingde, a group of four, went to the front line for reconnaissance, and were only three miles away from the Xia army camp.]

【But Li Shimin was not afraid at all. Instead, he said to Yuchi Jingde: I will hold the bow and arrow and you will hold the horse spear. We will not be afraid even if there are millions of troops on the opposite side.】

[Soon, Li Shimin and his four companions encountered a cavalry patrol of the Xia army.]

[Li Shimin was afraid that the enemy would not come to arrest him, so he shouted and revealed his identity, attracting a large number of Xia troops.]

[Li Shimin and the other four fought and retreated, leading the Xia army into an ambush circle, killing countless enemies and achieving a small victory.]

Outside the sky, Liu Yu was dumbfounded when he saw Li Shimin being so wild and fierce.

"At first, when I saw Tianmu, Li Shimin surrendered to Tie Shiwen, I thought Li Shimin was very weak."

"Later, I felt that Li Shimin might not be a weak emperor."

"But personal bravery should be average."

"But now it seems that Li Shimin's personal bravery is also very outstanding!"

"Last Duan Tianmu described Li Shimin as so weak, it was totally misleading!" Tan Daoji, who was standing by, felt that he needed to improve the boss's favorability, so he complimented him:
"Although Li Shimin is brave, he is still far behind your bravery when you chased down thousands of bandits by yourself."

Liu Yu couldn't help but smile when he recalled the past.

"Maybe."

"In terms of bravery, I may indeed be better than Li Shimin."

"But at that time, I was just a soldier under Liu Laozhi, and I needed to fight bravely and make achievements."

"And Li Shimin on the sky is already the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty..."

"It is even more precious that he is so brave despite his high position and power."

"Of course, if Li Shimin had fought recklessly like Liu Yao and ended up being defeated and killed, that would be another matter..."

Liu Yu continued to look at the sky, admiring the heroic figure of Li Shimin shooting arrows continuously on the sky.

[After several investigations, Li Shimin concluded that Dou Jiande's army was composed of many refugees and their combat effectiveness was quite average.]

[Dou Jiande's uprising was too smooth, without any hard battles.]

[An army like this would easily collapse once it fell into a disadvantageous position, so Li Shimin strengthened his confidence.]

【Li Shimin noticed that Dou Jiande's army camped 20 miles apart, and it was difficult to take care of both ends.】

【Gradually, an idea came to me.】

[Li Shimin deliberately sent the Tang army's war horses out to graze, causing Dou Jiande to mistakenly believe that the Tang army's cavalry was short of food and fodder, and thus let down their guard.]

[First, use a small group of troops to create chaos, and then Li Shimin will personally lead 3,000 black armored troops to fight and attack Dou Jiande's camp! ]

[Dou Jiande, who was in a meeting, was horrified, and his subordinates advised him to run away first.]

【However, Dou Jiande remained calm in the face of danger and commanded the chaotic troops to resist. 】

[However, most of Dou Jiande's main force had not experienced any hard battles, and were thrown into chaos by the attack of the 3,000 cavalry of the Tang army.]

[And the elite cavalry that Dou Jiande relied on the most to keep the situation under control had been sent out earlier and could not return for a while.]

[Li Shimin personally charged, and with the help of the fierce general Li Daoxuan's crazy killing, the Black Armor Army's cavalry broke through the defense line and raised a large flag behind the Xia Army camp. ]

【At this point, Dou Jiande's army of 100,000 men completely collapsed. 】

【Dou Jiande was also captured alive.】

[The victorious Li Shimin scolded Dou Jiande: "This time, our Tang Dynasty came to fight Wang Shichong, why did you come to stop us?"]

Dou Jiande gave a clever answer, saying, "I'm here so you don't have to travel a long way in the future."

[Afterwards, the delighted Li Shimin ordered the release of 5 Xia army prisoners of war in order to win over the hearts of the people in Hebei.]

【When Wang Shichong saw Dou Jiande being escorted out of Luoyang, his mentality completely collapsed.】

[The only option is to surrender. ]

[In the first battle, the monarchs of Zheng and Xia were captured. ]

[This is the most amazing time in Li Shimin's life! ]

【Battle of Hulao Pass! 】

[After capturing two kings in one battle and laying the foundation for the unification of the world by the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the Prince of Qin, whose contributions were so great, could no longer be given any more titles, and the existing official positions were no longer enough to encourage his achievements.]

[So Li Yuan could only rack his brains and invent a title of General Tiance to honor Li Shimin. ]

【So Li Shimin became the King of Qin, the Grand Commandant, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of the Chancellery, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, the Grand Chancellor of the Eastern Shaanxi Road, the Governor of Yongzhou, the Governor of Liangzhou, the Supreme Pillar of the State, the General of the Twelve Guards, and the General of the Heavenly Strategy.】

[And Li Shimin’s life of cheating continues...]

Outside the sky.

Everyone was silent.

(End of this chapter)