Liu Heita was as naive as Li Shimin described.

Naively thought that Li Shimin would be eager to win, but Li Shimin would not be able to withstand the current victory and go to Mingzhou to fight him to the death. It was obvious that he did not know his opponent, or he knew Li Shimin, but he was seeking such a tiny chance.

If you use an animal to describe Li Shimin, the only answer is the wolf.

The trick to Li Shimin's invincible battle is to have the patience of a wolf, cunning of a wolf, and fierce as a wolf. He never attacks rashly, and with his outstanding patience, he waits for his opponent to reveal his flaws. Once he discovers the opportunity of the fight, he immediately turns to offense and bravely pursues the forefront, and determines the world in one fell swoop.

For example, when the battle between Xue Qin in the Qianshuiyuan was in Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin suddenly attacked behind the scenes like a storm after a long frontal hard wall, defeating the arrogant Western Qin army.

For example, in the battle to combat Liu Wuzhou, Li Shimin still used such tactics, first tired and then attacked, using the main force to build strength, wait for the opportunity to break the enemy, send partial troops to harass the enemy's rear, cut off its food route, gradually weaken the enemy's power, create fighter jets, and turn into the attack in time. In that battle, he fought against Song Jingang for more than half a year, but once the fighter jets appeared, he attacked decisively without hesitation. He fought eight days a day, had not eaten for two days, and had not untied his armor for three days, and led his army to destroy Liu Wuzhou in one breath.

The pinnacle battle of Li Shimin's life, and the battle at Hulao was the same. He quietly waited for Dou Jiande to reveal his flaws, boldly rushed Dou Jiande's 100,000 army with three thousand elite troops, and defeated 100,000 soldiers with only more than 3,000 troops and captured Dou Jiande alive.

Li Shimin's tactics and tactics for many years have always been consistent, but he defeated all the heroes in the world with this simple tactic. It was because he played this tactic like fire and all kinds of changes were all included.

The same is true for the duel with Liu Heita now. He takes every step forward, is cautious and fights steadily, and is about to force Liu Heita to reveal his own flaws and win the battle.

Ask a wolf staring at his prey, will he make a rash move forward for a little bit of flies?

The answer is obviously no!

Although Liu Heita made a decision to fight against Li Shimin, Li Shimin still sat firmly on Diaoyutai and continued to adopt the previous strategy: on the one hand, he still used partial teachers to restrain Liu Heita's main force; on the other hand, he further attacked Liu Heita's periphery and logistics.

Liu Heita's territory was almost eaten, and the remaining areas were only Mingzhou to Yizhou, Beizhou, and the thin areas. The army needed food and grass from Yizhou and Beizhou. There was no dangerous terrain in Yizhou and Beizhou. The Tang army occupied most of the areas on both sides of the north and south. With the advantage of military strength, the Tang army, which was responsible for the out of food, was victorious and fruitful.

Li Shiji, who guarded Mingshui, relied on his outstanding military talent to flexibly use the nail Mingshui, constantly attacking and harassing. He also lured the enemy into deep and killed Gao Yaxian, a general under Liu Heita, and also achieved outstanding results.

Compared with the fruitful results of the Tang army, the Han East Army, who was waiting for Li Shimin, was already in a passive way of being beaten and the food and supplies were in a hurry.

Mingzhou Assembly Hall!

The core officials of the Eastern Han Army gathered together!

Fan Yuan, Dong Kangmai, Wang Xiaohu, Cao Zhan, Liu Shishan, Zhang Junli and other civil and military ministers were all silent: The current bad situation, a discerning person can see at a glance. Although the Han Eastern Army had the power to fight, the Tang army led the nose everywhere. There were 30,000 soldiers, but they were unable to reverse the situation. The battle situation was always in the hands of Li Shimin on the opposite side.

Liu Heita also realized his mistake. Li Shimin obviously would not follow his wishes and came to Mingzhou City to fight him: "Gao Kaidao, what is the news about Xu Yuanlang and the others." When the general trend is in today, most of them are in control of Li Tang's hands, only a few leaders of the rebel army still occupy land and become kings. Gao Kaidao, Xu Yuanlang is one of them, one occupying Yuyang and the other seizing Yanzhou. When Liu Heita revolt, the three formed an offensive and defensive alliance. If they could get their help, the situation would improve.

Dong Kangmai shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying, "There is no news, and even the people sent to ask for help have lost the news." One was in the south and the other was in the north, but he did the same thing in a sympathetic manner, detaining the envoys of the Eastern Han Army.

"At this time, it is better to begging for others than asking for others!" Fan Yuan, as Liu Heita's most valued adviser, had to stand up and say: "With the food and grass are still excess, and while the morale of the army is still stable, cross the river and fight to the death with the Tang army on the south bank of Mingshui."

Liu Shishan's face was pale and shouted: "No, when you cross the river, the Tang army attacked halfway. How can our army resist?" He was Liu Heita's younger brother. After Xu He fought, he was completely defeated by Tang general Luo Yi, and he was now afraid of the Tang army.

Fan Yuan shook his head and said, "No, what Li Shimin wants is a great victory. His purpose is to annihilate us in one battle. His most worry is that we will escape to the Turks, become the minions of the Turks, and endanger the Li Tang Dynasty. If they attack halfway, although they have a great hope of winning, they will kill our last chances and force us to flee to the Turks. Li Shimin's talent and strategy will not be so short-sighted, but only values ​​the victory and defeat in front of him."

Liu Heita pondered for a moment and made up his mind and said, "Waiting for the opportunity to cross the river and fight with the Tang army!" This is also the most powerful thing about Li Shimin. He can make his opponent, knowing that there is a pit ahead, but he has to jump into it.

As for escaping to the Turks, Liu Heita had thought about it, but he was really unwilling to accept it. In Hebei, he was the King of Han and held a strong army. What could he be when he arrived at the Turks?

On the south bank of Mingshui, the Tang army camp.

Li Shimin, who had obtained the latest trend of the Han Eastern Army, slapped the table and laughed: "The old guy finally couldn't hold it anymore! He passed the order of the orphan general, and gave up Mingshui and let Li Shiji retreat!" Mingshui had already achieved the value of his existence. At this time, withdrawing the army could better lure Liu Heita across the river to fight.

What he is best at is to force the enemy to make the final struggle on the stage he is planning. As long as the opponent falls into the trap, the God of Victory will tilt towards him greatly.

"By the way, how deep is Mingshui now?" Li Shimin suddenly thought of a question.

Fang Xuanling replied: "There are three or four feet around the river bank, which is about the same depth as the waist. The middle stream should be deeper, chest-length or even higher. Although it is possible to travel, it is necessary to take a boat, and it is relatively difficult. Even if Liu Heita is determined to fight to the decisive battle, he will not cross the river rashly in a short period of time."

Du Ruhui said: "You can send someone to the upper reaches of Mingshui to cut off the water level, so that the water level of Mingshui will drop, and lure Liu Heita to the south bank to fight to the decisive battle."

"A clever plan!" Li Shimin exclaimed, "Keming can lure the enemy with this move, and can also kill the enemy, leaving the Eastern Han army with no way to escape. That's it!"

The terms and conditions of the war were discussed by Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and tried to do their best.
Chapter completed!