February has entered, and the weather is slowly beginning to warm up. However, when the north wind blows occasionally, it still makes people feel biting cold, especially at night, and sometimes a few traces of spring rain will fall in the sky. It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil, but for those who are rushing to the road, the spring rain is like a biting steel needle. It blows on the face with the cold wind, as if it will pierce the human skin.

Before dawn, Li Xiu was awakened by the noise outside. He immediately got up from his sleeping bag. When it came to his sleeping bag, he designed it himself, and then asked Princess Pingyang and Yue Chan to make it for him. It looked similar to the sleeping bags in later generations, except that it was stuffed with thick cotton inside, which was actually a large quilt sewn.

"Your Majesty, you're awake, get up quickly and have dinner. It's our turn to cross the Yellow River today, so you have to set off early." At this moment, I suddenly heard a voice coming from the side. I didn't have to look at Li Xiu, and I knew that it must be Cen Wenben who slept in the same tent as him.

After leaving Chang'an, Li Shimin led a large army to travel all the way. Although there were towns everywhere on the road, they had no ability to arrange food and accommodation for tens of thousands of troops. Therefore, the general army usually set up a temporary camp in the field at night, and the conditions were very limited. Therefore, except for the emperor Li Shimin, who lived in a tent himself, everyone else had to live with others, such as Li Xiu and Cen Wenben lived in a tent.

Of course, there are not a few ministers in the army who have acquaintances with Li Xiu, such as Qin Qiong, who is also in the army, but Li Xiu is unwilling to live with these generals because these people snore, fart, grind their teeth at night, and are uneasy all night. Living with them can't even sleep well. In contrast, civil officials like Cen Wenben are much better, at least they don't snore when they sleep.

"Jing Ren, you woke up so early. What time is it now?" Li Xiu sat up at this time, then stretched out his long and lazy waist. He had been traveling one after another in the past few days, and Li Xiu was very tired. Even after a night of sleep, he still felt a little sore all over his body.

"Now the Yin hour is half past, and we will set off when it is Mao hour, so we have to hurry up and wash and eat." Cen Wenben had already put on his clothes at this time, then picked up the cotton boots next to him and put them on his feet.

When Li Xiu heard this, he hurriedly untied the strap on the sleeping bag and started to put on his clothes. After all, the army would not wait for anyone and said that he would set off whenever he set out. Even Li Shimin could not delay the march due to personal affairs.

"The sleeping bag of the prince consort is really convenient and looks warm. When I have time, I will have someone to make one for myself!" Cui Wenben saw Li Xiu put on his clothes, folded the sleeping bag in a few seconds. In contrast, it took some time to pack up his bedding, so he said very enviously.

"No need to do it. My family has prepared two sets for me. One of them is not useful yet. I will give it to you in the evening!" Li Xiu smiled very readily. The idea of ​​sleeping bag was a bit late, so he had only had time to ask his family to make two sets for himself, otherwise it could be promoted in the military.

"This... how can you be so embarrassed?" Cen Wenben said embarrassedly. In fact, he was awakened by the cold last night. Although the bedding he brought was very thick, the wind was strong last night and the tent was too simple to be separated from the wind. As a result, his hands and feet were numb in the middle of the night. On the contrary, Li Xiu slept very peacefully all night, and he was also very envious at that time.

"It's just a sleeping bag. Actually, I originally wanted to promote it in the army, but it's too late. You can use it first. If it feels good, we will recommend it to Your Majesty. In the future, all soldiers in the army can use this sleeping bag." Li Xiu said immediately.

Hearing Li Xiu say this, Cen Wenben did not refuse anymore. He smiled and accepted Li Xiu's kindness. After the two of them put on their clothes, they asked someone to get water and wash, and then went out for breakfast together. Compared with ordinary soldiers, the treatment of these ministers was naturally much better. However, even so, breakfast was relatively simple, nothing more than rice porridge and buns. Of course, there was not so much attention during the march, and even Li Shimin had the same breakfast as them.

After breakfast, the sky in the east was shiny slightly. With Li Shimin's order, the army set off again. Li Xiu was wearing a cotton coat inside and a layer of leather armor was covered with. This was not for the sake of good looks, but leather armor could block the wind, so it would not be so cold when riding on horses. Speaking of which, although he was a civil servant, he rode a horse like a military general along the way. In fact, except for a few elderly and weak civil servants, almost everyone else rode on horses, even Li Shimin was no exception.

The army headed northeastward and arrived at the Yellow River Ferry at almost noon. Compared with the Yellow River in later generations, the Yellow River flowed more rapidly during the Tang Dynasty, and the weather became warmer this year, so the Yellow River had already been in full swing. Unfortunately, Li Xiu didn't have time to catch up with the wonder of the Yellow River flowing.

Nowadays, one or two pieces of floating ice can be seen occasionally on the river surface, but the impact is not great. The floating bridge on the river surface has been built. This floating bridge is located north of Zhengzhou. It will be demolished when the river surface freezes in winter to prevent it from being frozen. When the river surface is open and then loaded, it will also facilitate pedestrians on both sides of the river to pass through.

However, after the pontoon bridge was built this year, it was immediately requisitioned by the army, and a large number of troops had been passing by a few days ago. However, because the number of troops was too large, the materials it carried were very large, and the transportation capacity of the pontoon bridge was very limited, so it would probably take half a month to fully pass here.

The bridge deck of the pontoon bridge can only allow two carriages to run side by side. Even though the river surface here is the calmest river surface in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, because the river water is relatively turbulent in spring, the bridge deck keeps rising and falling. Li Xiu did not dare to ride a horse at all. After all, he might fall into the river by accident, so he got off the horse and walked through the pontoon bridge. When he walked, he was very nervous, afraid that the rope that pulled the pontoon bridge would suddenly break. Fortunately, it was shocking and dangerous.

After crossing the Yellow River, the army entered the territory of Hebei Road. After crossing Hebei, it was Liaodong. Now a national war has begun in Liaodong. Li Shimin's heart has long flew to Liaodong. Therefore, he has been desperately urging the army to rush on the way. Finally, he finally arrived in Liaodong in late April. At this time, Li Ji's army also rushed to the city of Anshi.

When Li Xiu heard the name Anshicheng, he couldn't help but feel nervous, because he thought that the Tang army in history was blocked by this strong city and could not get any progress. It was not until winter came that Li Shimin had to retreat silently. Will the Tang Dynasty repeat the fate of the original history this time?
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