The sun was rising in the east, and under the illumination of the sun, the people who were running were dragging out a long oblique shadow.

On the long official road, more than 50,000 Tang troops were speeding up their pace and advancing rapidly in the direction of Chengdu.

"Quick, speed up!"

Coach Li Xiaogong rode on a tall horse, kept waving his hand, urging his soldiers to speed up, and the whip in his hand also drew on the war horse from time to time, eager to fly back to Chengdu immediately.

"Your Highness!"

At this moment, an urgent call came from the rear. Li Xiaogong hurriedly reined in his war horse and turned his head to look, but saw that it was Deputy Marshal Li Shiji who rode his horse and asked, "Does General Li have something to tell me?" ”

Li Shiji rode his horse to Li Xiaogong, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, we have been forcibly marching for five or six hours since we left Kuimen last night. The brothers haven't slept all night, and I'm afraid that the brothers won't be able to hold on if they continue to rush like this, so let's let them rest for a while. ”

Li Xiaogong shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's not that I don't care about the soldiers, the current situation is urgent. The southern part of Bashu was empty, and Yue Fei's army was advancing rapidly, and it was hard to say whether they would have killed the city of Chengdu by now. Moreover, we still have Li Jing's 100,000 troops in the rear, they will catch up at any time, and we have no time to rest at this time. Tell the brothers that when we get to Chengdu, I will treat them well. ”

"Your Highness, isn't there a bit of a fuss?"

Li Shiji smiled slightly, and said, "Yue Fei has no record other than exterminating Hong Xiuquan's magic stick, is such an unknown person worthy of His Highness being so nervous?" As for Li Jing in the rear, I think that Yun Tianbiao is a loyal and righteous person, and he will never do anything greedy for life and afraid of death, he will definitely implement His Royal Highness's military orders and guard Kuimen for three days. ”

Li Xiaogong let out a long sigh and said, "I also know that Yun Tianbiao is a loyal person, but I don't think he can really hold Kuimen for three days." Li Jing's ability to use troops is by no means as simple as you think. When he was a prince of Mayi County, he had some friendship with our Li family, and the people of the world said that if one day, when he was in charge of the three armies on the battlefield, the enemy he was most afraid of encountering was Li Jing. ”

"As for Yue Fei, although he is a nobody. But more than two months ago, Shimin wrote to me, telling me to be wary of those unknown people who suddenly appeared in the Sui army. He said that Yang Gao's vision of employing people is very vicious, like Chang Yuchun, Xue Rengui, Zhang Juzheng, Yu Yunwen, Wang Shouren and others, they were all unknown before being promoted and reused by Yang Gao, but they all proved themselves with their abilities and merits after being reused by Yang Gao, so they must not underestimate any enemy general in the Sui army! ”

Li Shiji was vouched by Li Shimin when Li Yuanji was defeated and captured in Hanoi, and since then he has devoted himself to Li Shimin's Qin Wang Party. Because of his excellent command ability, he was highly valued by Li Shimin, and before the Sui and Tang Dynasty wars, he often discussed and learned the art of war with Li Shimin, and admired Li Shimin's ability.

Now hearing Li Xiaogong say that Li Shimin is so jealous of Li Jing and Yang Gao's use of people, Li Shiji is also surprised in his heart, his mouth opened slightly, and he didn't know what to say.

After being stunned for a long time, Li Shiji slowly came back to his senses, arched his hand at Li Xiaogong, nodded to show that he understood what Li Xiaogong meant, and immediately rode back to the rear army to urge the troops to speed up the march.

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But what Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji never expected was that in a dense forest a few miles away from them, Yue Fei, the culprit who caused their subordinates to run around and work hard, was riding his horse and standing next to a big tree, looking coldly at the wanton flying dust in the east.

In the depths of the dense forest, countless Sui soldiers were stubborn, covered with thick branches and loess, and their eyes were also blazing looking at the east, revealing endless battle intent and murderous intent in their eyes.

Beside Yue Fei, the eldest son Yue Yun smiled and said, "Father Shuai is really clever, this Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji really came in a hurry, and they didn't even have scouts to explore the terrain ahead." ”

Yue Fei said lightly with an expressionless face: "Where can my little plan be called a miraculous calculation, Chengdu is an important city in the southwest, where the heart of Bashu is, and its importance is self-evident. Anyone with a bit of military acumen would have guessed that Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji would lead the main force back to help. ”

"Not necessarily!"

Wang Zhongsi on the side smiled slightly: "If I am now in the position of Yue Shuai, even if I expect that Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji will lead the army back to help, what I want to do is definitely to take Chengdu first, and then rely on Jiancheng to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Tang army." And I would never have thought of giving up Chengdu, setting up an ambush for the Tang army on a detour, and breaking the main force of the Tang army first. Chengdu's strategic position is only in Chang'an, Luoyang and Jiangdu, and I will never be able to put down such a city in front of me. ”

Yue Fei shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's not that I don't want to take Chengdu, but there is really no way. Although there are only six or seven thousand soldiers in the city, as long as they are properly deployed, it will never be a problem to hold it for one or two months. Once our army is still fighting under the fortified city when the main force of the Tang army comes back to help, then we are in danger of being annihilated.

Therefore, the best choice at the moment is to defeat the main force of the Tang Army first. Chengdu is lost, Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji will inevitably be punished by Li Yuan, so they will definitely give up Kuimen and rush back to Chengdu day and night. General Li Yaoshi has a good army, and I believe that his troops will quickly defeat the troops that are blocking the pursuit of the Tang Army, and chase them all the way. At that time, we will be able to attack back and forth and annihilate the main force of the Tang Army in one fell swoop!

As the saying goes, as long as the Tang army in the Bashu area is annihilated, whether it is Chengdu or other cities, it is easy to capture it! ”

"The Tang Army is coming!"

Just as Yue Fei and Wang Zhongsi were talking, Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji had already urged tens of thousands of troops to appear in the sight of the Sui army. Yue Fei and Wang Zhongsi immediately stopped talking, and their eyes quickly swept to the Tang Army Brigade that was running quickly on the official road.

Yue Yun on the side secretly clenched the urn golden hammer in his hand and asked in a low voice: "Father, what are you waiting for, hurry up and give the order to attack!" ”

Yue Fei waved his hand and said lightly: "No, wait a little longer, when the Tang Army is halfway over, we will be killed, and they will definitely be able to make them unable to care about each other!" ”

When Yue Yun heard this, he immediately put down the battle intent in his heart, and retreated to the side to wait for Yue Fei's order. About a quarter of an hour later, Yue Fei, who was originally holding his body down, suddenly straightened his waist, raised the Liquan gun in his hand, and shouted loudly: "The whole army charges, capture Li Xiaogong alive, and capture Li Shiji alive!" ”