One night later, in the official residence of Hualong County, Xiping County, Hou Junji, who had been burned bald, knelt on the ground with a face of blood blisters, Li Shimin sat on the main seat, his face was pale, his burly body was trembling slightly, and the civil and military forces below were also shocked, and some people even had a trace of fear on their faces.

Bayan Valley was in flames, the 30,000 elite of the Tang Army were wiped out, and the main general Hou Junji was also burned into a ghost, and the countless arrow holes on his body were especially soaked in blood.

It's just that this battle destroyed nearly forty percent of the strength of the Tang Army.

"What a treacherous Yang Dong, a fire actually destroyed my army of 30,000, this revenge will not be avenged, and I, Li Shimin, will not be a man." After listening to Hou Junji's report, Li Shimin angrily kicked over the desk in front of him, with a deep distress on his face, the entire 30,000 elite army was gone, and among them, there were more than 10,000 precious war horses.

"In the end, I will have the trust of His Highness and lose the 30,000 elites of my Datang, and I should apologize for my crimes! But in order to let His Highness know that the Sui army is coming, the last general has survived so far! I beg Your Highness to give you the death penalty. Hou Junji's pupils shrank, and he raised his saber high above his head, revealing hatred and unwillingness that could not be concealed in his eyes!

"Junji, don't say it!" Li Shimin waved his hand violently to stop Hou Junji, let out a long sullen breath, and said in a deep voice: "It's my fault, it's me who doesn't know the military situation and thinks so...... It was I who caused Junji to concentrate on the treacherous plot of the Sui army, and it was I who harmed the 30,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the responsibility of me, the commander, to be held accountable, and it has nothing to do with Junji...... Someone came, and Fujunji military doctor treated the wound. ”

I have to say that Li Shimin's domineering attitude of taking on everything is really admirable.

"Sin General Hou Junji, thank Your Highness for your innocence!" Hou Junji kowtowed a few times, his eyes showed a strong color of gratitude, speaking of which he was indeed defeated very unjustly, but after all, the 30,000 army was lost in his hands, and as the main general, he has an unshirkable responsibility, but now, Li Shimin has taken all the blame in the past, how can Hou Junji not be grateful?

"Good life and recuperation! Don't overthink it. Li Shimin soothed gently.

"Whoa!" Hou Junji relaxed in one breath, and after losing too much blood, he only felt dizzy, fell heavily to the ground, and was finally carried down by several guards.

Li Shimin finally eased his mind, a pair of sharp eyes swept over many civil and military bodies, and finally stared viciously at a general with a pale face and trembling, and said coldly: "Pan Ren's scout battalion in charge of intelligence is ineffective and inactive, so that 30,000 elites are buried in the sea of fire, if it weren't for Junji's desperate return, we would still be kept in the dark!" Someone came, and Pan Renxiao's head was shown to the public. ”

"Whoa!"

Several guards quickly stepped forward and escorted the frightened and paralyzed Pan Ren out, and in less than a moment, a miserable cry came from outside.

"Dai Guan! I appoint you as the commander of the Scout Battalion! Immediately spread scouts to find out the movements of the Sui army. Li Shimin issued the appointment.

"Whoa!" A military general walked away quickly.

"The Sui army obviously entered Xiping from Wuwei County, took advantage of our unpreparedness to fight Huangshui, and then took Junji by surprise." Li Shimin is a person who can afford to take it and let it go, and no longer pursue what has happened.

"Yes, the Sui army is insidious and cunning, and picking up cheap in the back is their usual trick." Yin Kaishan smiled bitterly, and then said: "The imperial court just decided to use troops against Yongbei, and before the troops were rectified, the Sui army killed them, which was definitely a military operation that had been planned for a long time. The Sui Dynasty has no internal worries and no external troubles, and it is very likely to have a decisive battle with my Tang Dynasty. He thought that His Highness's first task was to warn Guanzhong, and secondly, to recall General Chai Shao from the West Sea, and at the same time to concentrate the Tuntian troops to deal with the unknown number of Sui troops. In addition, Xiangwu County in Longxi is the food center of our army, and we must also send a large army to sit in the town. ”

"Sir, that's right!" Li Shimin was as good as a stream, and ordered them one by one.

At this time, Li Shimin saw that Liang Luoren wanted to stop talking, and said with a smile: "Now that we are a family, General Liang has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Whoa!"

Liang Luoren plucked up his courage and said: "Your Highness, Hualong County is already in tatters, there is no surplus food in it, and the equipment to defend the city has been exhausted. ”

The generals' faces suddenly turned pale, and they looked at Li Shimin worriedly.

Li Shimin stood up suddenly, Liang Luoren's words reminded him of the current situation in Hualong City, he was so shocked that his voice changed, and he immediately decided: "Quick, order Chai Shao and the Tuntian army of Douhe County to quickly withdraw to Shuichi County!" Our troops also immediately evacuated to the east. ”

Li Shimin almost vomited blood, this order means that the two counties of Xiping and Douhe were given to the Sui army in vain, but these two counties have no grain to defend, rather than being broken by the Sui army one by one, it is better to gather heavy troops in one place and conduct a large-scale decisive battle with the Sui army, and the logistics base of Longxi, which is far away from the army, has only 10,000 defenders, if the Sui Dynasty attacks Longxi from Huining County, it will be all over.

Li Shimin is different from his father Li Yuan, he is a pragmatic person, he will not blindly regard territory as the supreme everything, and has the ability to 'save people and lose land, and people and land will survive; Save the land and lose people, and lose people and land'

"Just threw away Xiping and the watering river?" Liu Hongji said regretfully.

"Willing to give, willing to gain, only the army is there, my Datang will have the opportunity to recover the entire Yongbei, tactics can not care about the gains and losses of a city and a place, to keep the vitality of our army, is the king." Li Shimin sighed, and ordered with a fierce expression: "Immediately order to go down and evacuate the whole army." ”

"Whoa!"

The congregation will leave quickly.

"General Liang, thanks to your reminder, our army has been spared more losses! I will definitely report your merits to my father. Li Shimin said warmly to Liang Luoren.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Liang Luoren bowed, although his suggestion contained evil intentions, but he also admired Li Shimin's decision very much. Giving up the city that you have worked so hard to win is easy to say, but it is not an ordinary person who makes up his mind, because giving up means that the previous efforts will be in vain.

After less than half an hour of marching, there was an urgent report from a scout: "Your Highness, there is urgent news from the defenders of Jincheng, Li Jing led an army of 80,000 cavalry to kill Hualong, less than a hundred miles away; Wuwei County Shou Duan Decao commanded 40,000 troops to capture Longzhi County, and Huining County Shou Xue Wanjun's 60,000 troops have captured Jincheng Jincheng County and are heading to Didao County to kill. ”

Li Shimin and the others gasped, the Sui army came too fast, and the three-way army all took a crushing momentum, making Jincheng and Caohan defenseless.

"Quickly, quickly divert to Lintao, and order the defenders of Caohan and Jincheng and the Tuntian army to withdraw into Longxi County to hold on."

The 80,000 cavalry of the Sui army was already a hundred miles away, and according to their speed, it would not take half a day to catch up with the infantry-based Tang army.

"Quickly, quickly divert to Lintao, and order the defenders of Caohan and Jincheng and the Tuntian army to withdraw into Longxi County to hold on."

The order to retreat was swiftly transmitted.

……

"Really withdrawn."

At the foot of Bayan Mountain, 80 miles away from the county seat of Hualong, Li Jing was greatly surprised when he received the news that Li Shimin had left Xiping and abandoned the three counties of Douhe, Jincheng, and Caohan.

"Yes, Governor Li! Duan and Xue issued a letter one after another, saying that the defenders of Caohan County and Jincheng County all retreated to Longxi, Li Shimin, Chai Shao, and Dou Kang put down their previous tasks and rushed to the direction of Lintao, and now the four gates of Hualong City are wide open. One of the guards reported excitedly.

"Has anyone entered the city to see, and is there an ambush in the city?" Xie Yingdeng, who was beside Li Jing, asked suspiciously, things were developing too fast, making him a little unbelievable.

"I took people to check it carefully three times, and it was indeed withdrawn, but they took all the grain with them, and not a single grain was left."

"This is the way to cut off our army's pursuit!" Li Jing understood Li Shimin's intentions, and then praised: "Li Shimin knew that Liangzhou had no food and no people, and he would lose it if he defended it for a long time, so he simply adopted the method of breaking the wrist of a strong man, and then exchanged the empty city and empty land for the living force. No wonder His Royal Highness often says that Li Shimin is my greatest rival in the Great Sui. Li Yuan gave birth to an amazing son. ”

"Governor, the last general asks for orders, and is willing to lead the troops to pursue." Cheng Yanjin on the side looked at Li Jing expectantly.

Li Jing ignored Cheng Biting Jin, frowned slightly, and said: "Li Shimin's logistics base is in Longxi, if I expected it well, he was rerouted to Lintao in order to avoid our army, and the final target is Longxi County." Immediately send a letter to Xue Wanjun, hand over Jincheng to General Duan Decao to recover, let him command all the Turkic slaves, and when Li Shimin arrives, capture Longxi County for me. ”

"Whoa!"

Soon, an eagle soared into the sky.

"What about us, Governor? What to do? Cheng Yanjin asked again.

A hint of danger and fierce cold light flashed in Li Jing's eyes, and he said viciously: "Pass my order, the army will pursue Li Shimin with all its might, give full play to the advantages of cavalry, and let the Tang army taste the tactics of the grassland people." ”

For the sake of their own selfishness and the interests of their family, the Li family has repeatedly colluded with the Turks, they do not have the slightest national righteousness in their hearts, and they do not care about the life and death of the people of the Central Plains, and some are only the great cause of their Li family. If it weren't for the Great Sui who killed Shibi Khan and hundreds of thousands of southbound troops in Mayi, and millions of people in the prefecture would have been reduced to the meat of the Turkic iron horsemen. Therefore, for Li Tang, a selfish pseudo-imperial court, the Great Sui hated it to the extreme. Now, Li Jing has decided to use the tactics of the grassland to give Li Shimin a long memory, and only when he tastes it, will these people with sinister intentions know the pain of the people, and will leave the deepest impression and the deepest pain.

"Whoa!"

The generals should be booming. The 80,000 cavalry followed the direction of the Tang army's escape.

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