Gao Jie knew that if he continued to fight at this time, his men and horses would suffer, and it seemed that the reinforcements of the Qin army had arrived, otherwise there would not be so many men and horses. 【Fengyun Reading Network. He swept it several times with his eyes, and roughly judged that the Qin army also had at least 20,000 people, and he himself only brought 10,000 cavalry, and he was already exhausted, once he fell into the encirclement, if he wanted to break out, he would have to pay considerable losses.

Therefore, Gao Jie knew very well that he could not fight any further.

He made a quick decision and quickly withdrew his troops.

Gao Jie was indeed cunning, he ordered the withdrawal of the army, not to rush forward, not to rush backwards, but to rush in the direction of the burning dense forest. There were few Qin troops in this direction, and his men were all cavalry, so they were extremely fast.

Li Yan didn't expect Gao Jie to see the opportunity so quickly, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he turned around and fled without saying a word. Therefore, the command was a little slower, and by the time he ordered the men and horses to intercept the officers and soldiers, Gao Jie had already led the men and horses to break through the battle formation and rushed out in the oblique spur.

Thousands of officers and troops followed Gao Jie closely, converging into a huge torrent, leaving the Qin army behind in a short time. Li Yan stomped his feet on the horse and scolded: "What a cunning mountain harrier, slipping away fast......"

Only then did he remember that Gao Jie was originally Li Zicheng's subordinate, and the peasant army had a habit of fighting if they could win, and if they couldn't win, they would run faster than anyone else. They don't care about their battle records, battle exploits, or how many enemies they destroy, the only thing they care about is whether they can survive.

As far as the peasant army is concerned, as long as it can live, it is a victory. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai, the remaining people, understand this reason, so they can make a comeback repeatedly.

As soon as Li Yan saw Gao Jie fleeing, he immediately ordered his men and horses to chase after him, while the infantry left behind cleaned up the battlefield.

Because Gao Jie fled quickly, he did not destroy many enemies in this battle, only killed and captured more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and Gao Jie took more than 8,000 people to break out of the encirclement and fled to Kaifeng.

On the other hand, after hearing that Gao Jie had failed, He Renlong's men and horses immediately retreated and withdrew to Kaifeng, He Renlong was as ghostly as Gao Jie, and would never let his men and horses go to death.

Although Li Yan won, he was very dissatisfied, thinking that he still commanded the problem, otherwise the results would be greater.

At this time, the news came from Tanma that the battle outside Kaifeng City had begun, and Li Yan's men and horses were separated by hundreds of miles, and it was useless to rush over again, so Li Yan ordered the whole army to move and return to Bentongguan.

After returning to Tongguan, Li Yan wanted to suspend his troops for a few days, but as soon as he arrived at Tongguan, the deputy general who replaced the pass immediately told Li Yan that the king of Qin urgently ordered him to go back to Xi'an and discuss important matters.

Li Yan didn't dare to delay, and ordered the Red Lady and Xiaoqing and others to slowly march to Xi'an with their men and horses, while he took more than 100 cavalry, left the brigade, and returned to Xi'an quickly.

According to Li Yan's thoughts, King Qin must have invited him back to discuss the affairs of Henan, and it was about the Battle of Kaifeng. But he was wrong, and when he returned to Xi'an and met with the King of Qin and the important ministers of the Qin army, the King of Qin did not say anything about Kaifeng.

King Qin took out a letter and handed it to Li Yan, who opened it and took a look, but it was sent by Zhang Xianzhong.

The letter was written to Li Kang, who was stationed in Hanzhong, because the two were righteous brothers, so Zhang Xianzhong's letter was written very casually, to the effect that he wanted to capture Sichuan, and asked Li Kang to make a suggestion to the king of Qin, and the two sides sent troops together, and after conquering Sichuan, the two sides divided the territory equally. Li dared not to make the decision, and immediately sent someone to send this letter to Xi'an as soon as possible, asking the king of Qin to make a decision.

Although the King of Qin also knew Zhang Xianzhong, he did not join forces with him, and Li Dang was Zhang Xianzhong's brother, so he did not listen to his opinion, so when he heard that Li Yan had returned, he immediately summoned him to see him and listen to his opinion.

After all, Li Yan and Zhang Xianzhong are no strangers.

As soon as Li Yan looked at this letter, and then thought about King Qin's urgent summoning of himself, he immediately understood the meaning. He smiled, looked at Bai Qi and said, "This is a major military operation, I want to hear what the general thinks." ”

Bai Qi remained silent: "Zhang Xianzhong is deceitful, I mean not to send troops first." Because Li Gongzi had just led the army to fight a few battles in Henan, the army and horses were tired, and Hanzhong had just gotten his hands and had not yet stabilized, so it was not appropriate to use troops at this time. ”

He paused, and then said: "Besides, the Sichuan army is very brave, and the terrain is mostly mountainous, the Qin army entered the middle of Sichuan with a tired army, and the people did not support it, so the future is very unpredictable. ”

Li Yan listened and nodded again and again: "That's right." The Qin army has been fighting continuously recently, and the sergeants are already exhausted, and if they go into the middle of the river to fight, they are afraid that they will be exhausted, and I also agree with the general's opinion, it is better for the Qin army not to send troops. ”

Zhang Yi said: "That's what I mean, we can reply to Zhang Xianzhong like this, let's just say that the Qin army has just fought a few battles, and the casualties are not small, and the Jingbian and Hanzhong that have been defeated also need a large number of men and horses to defend, so the Qin army has no ability to send a large number of men and horses to Sichuan, it is best to wait for half a year or a month, and then make offensive preparations not too late." ”

After finishing speaking, everyone looked at King Qin, and Li Yan said, "I don't know what the king is going to do." ”

King Qin did not answer directly, but looked at the map on his desk, tapped the location of Sichuan with his hand, and said slowly: "It's really a good time to join forces with Zhang Xianzhong to take Sichuan......

Everyone was stunned, and Bai Qi said: "The king wants to send troops...... Is it really going to be a troop. ”

The king of Qin instructed Bingbi Guan: "Send a reply to Zhang Xianzhong, saying that the Qin army will send troops within half a month, let him attack Sichuan in the direction of Huguang, and the Qin army will march from Hanzhong, assault on both sides, and be sure to meet under the city of Chengdu." ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes widened and they looked surprised. Zhang Yi hurriedly dissuaded: "The king can't, the Qin army has been fighting continuously, and it is already exhausted, and then it is necessary to enter the middle of the river, you must know that the road in the middle of the river is very difficult, not only is it difficult for people and horses to pass, but also how to supply grain and grass, it is also difficult, the king, you have to think twice......

Bai Qi also said: "Besides, Sichuan has always been fighting with Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other peasant armies, the soldiers have a strong concept of defending the countryside, and they will fight desperately to the death when they fight, and the Sichuan female general Qin Liangyu fought bravely and won the hearts of the people, which will cause great difficulties to the Qin army, so you can't send troops......

Li Yan also spoke out to dissuade, and when King Qin saw that everyone was persuading, he smiled, walked down the steps, stood in front of everyone, and said softly: "Zhuqing's opinion is a good policy, how can you not understand, but the current Sichuan army is strong, and if the Qin army wants to attack in the future, there will be a great obstacle, and it just so happens that Zhang Xianzhong is willing to attack, so let him fight first." If Zhang Xianzhong enters Sichuan, wins one after another, and defeats the Sichuan army, our Qin army will take the opportunity to attack with all its strength and collect the territory. In Zhang Xianzhong's place, there will be no hatred left, isn't it a double win. ”

When everyone heard this, it suddenly dawned on them.

King Qin looked at Li Yan: "Gongzi Li, you should send this letter." What was written in the letter was about sending troops, but you could explain to Li Kang in private, it was not appropriate for others to go. ”

Li Yan naturally understood the intentions of King Qin, he and Li Kang were brothers, Li Kang and Zhang Xianzhong were also brothers, Zhang Xianzhong did not write directly to King Qin, but wrote to Li Kang, the meaning was very clear, that is, he very much hoped that the Qin army could send troops, because he had a very good relationship with Li Kang. If it was written to the King of Qin, the King of Qin would probably not agree.

This kind of thing of nominally sending troops and secretly garrisoning the troops to wait and see, you can't send others to Li Kang to talk about it, for fear that Li Kang will be disgusted, so you can only say it to Li Yan.

Li Yan arched his hand: "Don't worry, the king, I will definitely follow your instructions and get things done, General Li Kang, you can rest assured." Even if he doesn't listen to me, he will obey the king's orders. ”

These words are not to comfort King Qin, in fact, King Qin is already a god in the eyes of all Qin people. He can live for two thousand years, and he can resurrect 10,000 Qin troops with it, it's not a god or anything.

Li Yan knew that this matter was urgent, so he did not rest in the city of Xi'an, and immediately took the more than 100 cavalrymen with him when he left the palace, prepared some money, food, and water, and then went on the road and went straight to Hanzhong.

At this time, Li Kang was also in a dilemma.

On the one hand, the eldest brother sent a letter to him to send troops to help, which is not easy to dismiss, after all, people once saved their lives, and risked being discovered by the officials and soldiers, killing openly and secretly, so he owes Zhang Xianzhong's love. But on the other hand, Li Kang also knew very well that most of the Qin kings would not agree to send troops, because the Qin army also needed more men and horses to defend Hanzhong and Jingbian at this time. As for sending Li Yan to Henan, it was just to fight guerrillas and reap some benefits. I won't try my best.

The capture of Sichuan is different, Zhang Xianzhong made it clear, after laying the territory, the two sides will divide it equally. The reason why Zhang Xianzhong is so bold is also because Zuo Liangyu was transferred to Kaifeng, and there was no opponent on the ground in Sichuan.

But if you want to capture Sichuan, it is not easy. Who doesn't know that the difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, the brigade enters Sichuan, and the grain and grass are difficult to transport.

And the king of Qin did not order the troops, he himself did not dare to send troops, the military law of the Qin army was very strict, and if the soldiers were used privately, the main general would be killed. Besides, without King Qin's Tiger Talisman, he himself would not be able to mobilize a single soldier. Qin Jun has always recognized people but not people.

When he was in a dilemma, someone came to report that Li Yangongzi had arrived.

Li Dare was overjoyed, and hurriedly went out to greet him in person and took Li Yan into his mansion. The brothers saw each other, very affectionate, after gossiping for a while, Li Dang put wine for Li Yan to catch the wind, during the banquet, Li Yan took out the reply letter of King Qin, and asked Li Dare to watch.

After Li Dang read the letter, he was greatly surprised and said, "The king agrees to send troops. This isn't child's play, how do you think about it?"

Li Yan smiled: "How do you say this." At this time, he joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong to take Sichuan, and Zuo Liangyu was not there, isn't it just an opportunity. ”

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