One blow failed, and then he fled. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Assassins generally do this when it is not absolutely necessary.

Assassins are indeed not afraid of death, but there is only one life, and when to do their best to take their lives depends on the Assassin's own thoughts and consciousness. After all, no matter what, Assassins are human beings, and they have their own joys and sorrows, as well as their own ideals and ambitions.

And the well-known shadow assassin Yang Xuyan is even more different from others, as a descendant of the former prince of the Great Sui, although he is now in decline and parasitic on the door of the "enemy", he does not have the idea of restoring glory in his heart.

Rebuilding the Great Sui was his political ideal. He was able to sacrifice a lot and endure a lot for this supreme wish, but this also set him apart from the Assassins of the past, and that was ...... He's scared to death!

He had gained a lot, he had lost a lot, and he still had his own wishes to fulfill, so he didn't want to die so easily.

Since he couldn't kill Li Jing, he decisively retreated, crossed the city from above Wuguan, and returned to the Tang army camp in two or three clicks, informing Li Jiancheng of his defeat.

"Is there a master by Li Jing's side? Blocked your attacks? After listening to Yang Xuyan's report, Li Jiancheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "Can you see who is blocking you?" Although there are many people who hide dragons and crouching tigers on the rivers and lakes, they must not be unknown people who can stop you. ”

"It seems to be Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong...... I can tell from their looks and their names. Yang Xuyan lowered his head and replied calmly.

"These two guys?" Li Jiancheng was a little surprised: "Aren't they Wang Shichong's subordinates, and they were wanted by Wang Shichong later?" How could it be...... By the way, they are Li Qin's apprentices. No wonder ......" Li Jiancheng thought of this, and naturally suddenly got up.

With the presence of two masters, Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, assassination became less feasible. Li Jiancheng could only give up this matter for the time being, and instead use military means to attack Wuguan.

The fierce battle began. The five-day uninterrupted onslaught of a vehicle has broken the Wuguan Pass everywhere, and the ancient wall is full of large and small gaps.

And Li Jiancheng's army also lost more than 20,000 in the siege and fighting, including hundreds of men and horses of the Changlin army under his command.

"The enemy is not weak!" With the end of another day of fighting, looking at the retreating enemy soldiers, Li Jing, who was standing on top of the city, and Li Jiancheng, who was standing on top of the building car, both exclaimed in unison.

Although this fact has been known for a long time, neither Li Jing nor Li Jiancheng thought that the enemy on the other side would be so resilient.

"Why are they so resolute in attacking (defending)?" Both of them were puzzled.

In Li Jing's view, Li Jiancheng should give up after knowing that Wuguan is difficult to fight, instead of stumbling with himself in Wuguan. After all, although he took Wuguan and Shang Luoke, the soldiers stationed here were not powerful people, and he had already explained that he did not want to attack Guanzhong for the time being.

Li Jiancheng should understand this, but why is he unwilling to accept it? - Li Jing was puzzled.

And Li Jiancheng was also puzzled by similar questions: "The old Guancheng of Wuguan is already like this. I've heard that Li Qin is preparing to build a new pass after Wuguan - in that case, whether to defend Wuguan or not has become less important, why do they still hold on to Wuguan? ”

Li Jiancheng didn't know that the new city after Wuguan was only to provide materials and grain and grass resources for Wuguan, and with the topography of Wuguan, it was natural to set up the Guancheng lock throat here.

And Li Jing didn't know that at the same time that Li Jiancheng was attacking Wuguan, Li Shimin also led his troops to attack Xiliang Xue Ju. Although no one mentioned it, Li Jiancheng undoubtedly regarded the fight against Wuguan and Li Shimin's fight against Xue Ju as a comparison. Li Jiancheng thought that Li Shimin would be able to pacify Xiliang and achieve victory, so he also hoped that he could win Wuguan to prove that he was not weaker than Li Shimin.

Because of each other's different ideas, the battle had to continue. Li Jiancheng lowered the bottom line of the maximum damage he could accept again and again, but with the arrival of reinforcements from the rear, Wuguan's defense did not become weaker, but stronger and stronger.

On the sixth day, the newly arrived Shenji Town showed up on the ruined city wall of Wuguan, and they used their muskets to inflict great damage on the Tang army. The Tang army attacked and killed for half a day, and thousands of people were killed and wounded before the city wall was even built, which made Li Jiancheng cry out that he couldn't stand it.

Although Li Jiancheng was able to accept the corresponding sacrifice in order to capture Wuguan, he did not want such a sacrifice to become too big. At first, what he could accept was to sacrifice 30,000 people to take Wuguan, but now the sacrifice he accepted has increased to 50,000 as the war situation continues to develop - this is already a very dangerous figure, in terms of 100,000 people, 50,000 people is almost half the size of the original army, and in terms of 70,000 people, 50,000 people account for seventy percent of the siege force.

In fact, by the sixth day, the Tang army had lost more than 30,000 troops under Wuguan City. If it weren't for the fact that the losses of these forces were stacked day by day, I was afraid that the Tang Army would collapse in a few days.

And today's several waves of charges allowed him to fall thousands of soldiers - this was unacceptable to Li Jiancheng, he had to withdraw his troops early and stop the forward attack.

Collecting troops and returning to the camp, Li Jiancheng's face sank, today's battle made him realize that Wuguan is not easy to conquer - Li Jing is a famous general on the one hand, but more importantly, Li Qinjun's reinforcements have arrived.

The Wu army, which was originally defending at Wuguan, had more than 20,000 people, but after many days of attrition, it was already less than 10,000.

Li Jiancheng didn't want to give up, that is, he thought that under his constant attack and consumption, the defenders of Wuguan would become fewer and fewer, and finally he was captured by himself.

Now, there are new reinforcements after Wuguan, so that Wuguan's strength has recovered to more than 20,000.

The replenishment of troops and the strength of weapons gave Li Jiancheng a headache.

"Do you want to keep fighting?" So, in the stagnant atmosphere of the Chinese military tent, Li Jiancheng asked his subordinates very tiredly.

At this moment, he really regretted it.

"I knew that Wuguan was so difficult to fight, I should have accepted it when I saw it." Li Jiancheng thought about it, and was a little unwilling in his heart: "What if my side retreats, and the people of the world win again?" ”

"I think we can prepare to retreat. Nearly a month of fighting...... The soldiers were exhausted, and enemy reinforcements arrived, and the garrison was greatly improved. If you fight again, it will only be a waste of troops. Wang Qi, a member of the Zhongshe, persuaded Li Jiancheng: "I think we should return to Shangluo and build Shangluo City as a fortress." ”

"Strengthen Shangluo's defenses? That's also a matter of inaction. Li Jiancheng whispered such a sentence, and he was still a little reluctant in his heart.

He stood up from the main seat, lifted the curtain of the military tent, walked outside the tent, and looked at the city wall from afar, which had collapsed for the most part, and the packaging was damaged, revealing the loess Wuguan inside.

"It's already like this, and I can't even take it! Wuguan is really a piece of chicken ribs. Li Jiancheng sighed.

Chicken ribs, tasteless food, it's a pity to throw it away!

In the past, Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms said such a sentence in the battle of Hanzhong, and his intention was quickly guessed by Yang Xiu: "The food is tasteless, it is a pity to abandon it, it is better to return early!" - Yang Xiu's delusion was slaughtered by Cao Cao, but the meaning of this sentence has been handed down since ancient times.

Everyone in the Chinese military tent listened to it clearly, and naturally knew the awkward emotions in Li Jiancheng's heart.

It's really sad to have a brother who is too capable and has a hard eye on where he is under the ass.

Li Shimin is too capable, and he is taken by those nuns again, so he ...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was desperately thinking about making meritorious contributions.

However, Wuguan is too strong, and Wu Jun is too strong.

Although the current Wuguan has been beaten to pieces, the arrival of reinforcements has restored the original precarious Wu army.

Three Shenji Towns, one or five thousand firearms soldiers, this is enough for their own field battles, not to mention guarding the Wuguan.

Wuguan is not easy to fight, it is better to withdraw troops.

But Li Jiancheng couldn't save face for the withdrawal of troops.

He was worried that there would be good news from Xiliang, and he would be compared.

It is difficult to ride a tiger, this is Li Jiancheng's biggest headache at the moment.

"Is there a better way?" Li Jiancheng frowned slightly.

"Your Highness, can we feign withdrawing our troops, lure the defenders to chase them, ambush them, and take the opportunity to earn the martial arts?" Feng Deyi proposed a new plan.

"Tempting the enemy? That seems a bit interesting...... What do you think? Hearing this, Li Jiancheng squinted his eyes and thought for a while, nodded lightly, and then asked Feng Deyi for a specific plan.

"Here's what I think." Feng Deyi saw that his lord was very interested in this matter, and he was immediately overjoyed, and he stood up in high spirits and explained his plan: "...... The key to capturing Wuguan is speed and elite. I suggest that General Xue Wanche lead the Changlin army and the cavalry to complete the final blow of this pair of Wuguan. ”

"Hmmm! This is somewhat feasible. However, what if the enemies of Wuguan do not leave the city? Wang Jue nodded approvingly, and immediately asked such a question.

"If they're cautious, then we'll have to think we're out of luck." Feng Deyi was helpless about this.

After all, Wuguan is there, and he can't be taken by force, and he is even more panicked.

Originally, these tactics were set up in response to the situation that the enemy would be deceived, and if the enemy was not fooled, he would naturally have no choice but to cry out in vain.

"Hmm!" Li Jiancheng nodded when he heard this, "Okay, then let's do it!" ”

The crown prince made a decision, and the Tang army began to act.

The army rose up overnight and secretly left the camp, posing as if they had retreated overnight.

By the standards of this era, the Tang Army was undoubtedly elite. Their retreat was very covert, and there was no movement of them above the Wuguan Pass.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that Li Jing went out of the city tower to observe the Tang army's camp with a telescope, and found that the situation was a little strange: "Why is it quiet in the Tang army's camp?" Not a single person acting? Is it ......?"

Li Jing had a guess in his heart, he asked Xu Ziling to lead the cavalry to reconnoitre, and after a while, he got the information: "The Tang army is gone!" The camp was empty...... Judging by the remains of the campfire ash carbon, they had been gone for at least a few hours. ”

"Really? Then we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Li Jing said relaxedly.

"Brother Li, won't we go out of the city to pursue the Tang Army?" Kou Zhong excitedly suggested: "Lead the cavalry to cover the past from behind, and attack Li Jiancheng's team at the right time, and give them a little color." ”

"And then? What happens after we defeat Li Jiancheng? Throw off the face of the Don Army and let them continue to attack us? Li Jing rolled his eyes and shook his head heavily: "Li Jiancheng is an important chess piece that we use to contain Li Shimin, and Your Majesty doesn't want to beat him too badly." He's willing to retreat on his own, and that's a good thing for us! ”

"But in this way, he took Shangluo City...... And on those days, it's a shame for us. Kou Zhong was still reluctant to do this.

"It's okay! His Majesty doesn't care about this...... As a matter of fact, I just received a secret order from Your Majesty last night, which also contains an order for the two of you. Li Jing is still calm and calm about this.

"What did Master say?" Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong's attention was immediately attracted.

"Wuguan is mainly defensive, and Li Jiancheng's army must not be pursued; The direction of our army's strategy in the next stage is to put it on the East China Sea and Bashu. I heard that after Li Mi failed, he had a decadent heart to retreat, and the lord had already sent Shen Luoyan north to make secret contact with Xu Yuanlang and Xu Shiji. However, I heard that the Buddhists also tried to persuade Li Mi through some channel to let him take refuge in Li Tang. Li Jing whispered about the news he had just gotten.

"Cihang Jingzhai people are really annoying." Kou Zhong frowned and said very unpleasantly.

"But ......" Xu Ziling still has some other opinions: "They are also for the stability of the world." ”

"Stability in the world? They're just doing it for themselves. At present, Master's power is the strongest, and if they really want the stability of the world, they should help Master convince the Quartet. They are desperately giving Li Tang, to be precise, to Li Shimin to add credit and strength, not for themselves, but for what? Kou Zhong was very disdainful of this.

"That's right!" Listening to Kou Zhong's words, Xu Ziling nodded, and there was nothing to say about it.

"It's all a side story! Next, what I want to talk about is something related to you......" Li Jing opened his mouth lightly: "Bashu and the East China Sea are our goals for the next period of time. His Majesty intended to open up two battlefields at the same time, and he decided to conquer Bashu himself, leaving Xiao Zhong alone to be in charge of the war in the East China Sea. So ......"

Li Jing said and raised his voice slightly: "Your Majesty ordered General Zuo Kou Zhong to go to Jiangning to prepare for the Northern Expedition. And let Ziling, go to Yiling, and prepare for the westward expedition - His Majesty has already arrived in Yiling. ”

"What? Master plans to drive the expedition in person? Listening to Li Jing's words, Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong became more and more surprised.