In the Tang army camp five miles away from the city, the corners of Li Jiancheng's mouth twitched slightly, and the choking smoke of gunpowder blew his resolute face.

Li Yan looked at the tragic situation in front of him, his heart was like a wrench, and he hurriedly knelt down and pleaded: "His Royal Highness the Prince, all of them are incompetent subordinates, and so many soldiers have died in the tunnel!" ”

Li Jiancheng took a deep breath, helped Li Yan up, and said, "Mr. Li, how can I blame you for this matter, the strategy was adopted by this prince, and the strategy itself is not obvious, but Zhang Xun is too cunning!" ”

Li Zicheng's eyes widened angrily, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the last general is willing to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to attack Xinye, vowing to capture Zhang Xun'er alive and avenge the dead soldiers!" ”

Ma Sanbao also asked loudly: "Your Highness, the last general is willing to assist General Li Zicheng, and he will never withdraw his troops if he does not break Xinye!" ”

Li Yan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly dissuaded: "His Royal Highness the Prince, you will not attack because of discouragement, now that the morale of our army has been greatly reduced, continuing to attack the city will only increase casualties!" ”

"Li Yan, what do you mean?"

Li Zicheng was furious, pointed at Li Yan and scolded: "You coward, you are afraid of death, why do you want to stop us from taking revenge?" ”

"Li Zicheng, what do you say, dare to tell the old lady again, believe it or not, the old lady has chopped you!"

Before Li Yan could answer, the female general behind Li Yan raised her eyebrows, her apricot eyes widened, and yelled at Li Zicheng.

This female general is dressed in a red power suit, with a hot body, bumpy and convex, and a pair of eyes that are particularly watery, but the initiation of Weilai is particularly like a female tiger. This woman is Li Yan's wife, the red lady, who is sixteen years old, and has been married to Li Yan for less than half a year, and it is the couple's deep love.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the atmosphere was open, and there could also be female generals in the army, such as Li Yuan's daughter Li Xiuning, and Dou Jiande's daughter Dou Xianniang, who was famous for fighting for 30 rounds under the city of Zhuojun and the cold-faced and cold-gunned Luocheng.

Although the red lady is good-looking, she has a pungent personality, and even Li Jiancheng is evasive on weekdays, let alone Li Zicheng. Hearing the roar of the red lady, Li Zicheng couldn't help but take a few steps back, and he didn't dare to speak for a while.

Li Jiancheng shook his head helplessly, the red lady is a woman with a pungent temperament, even her sister Li Xiuning, who can fight well, has to bow down, I am afraid that she will only show the posture of a little daughter in front of Li Yan.

"Report, report, His Royal Highness the Prince, urgent report, urgent report!"

Suddenly, a scout came from the southeast on a fast horse, and it was not until Li Jiancheng got off the saddle in front of the horse, and reported in a panic: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi, Sui General Chang Yuchun led an army of 40,000 to the north by boat, and now it is less than half a day's schedule from Xinye!" ”

"Alas!"

Li Jiancheng sighed when he heard this, "It is in the people to make things happen, but a well-planned southern expedition failed because of a Zhang Xun, I'm sorry for my father!" ”

Li Zicheng said unwillingly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, we haven't lost yet, give the last general 10,000 elites, and the last general will guarantee to take Xinye within half a day!" ”

Li Jiancheng smiled miserably, "Brother Zicheng, why deceive yourself, Zhang patrols the city in a good way, let alone half a day, even if you can't take it for ten days." Besides, even if you take Xinye, but now that the Sui army reinforcements have arrived, this shows that Yang Gao has pacified Jiangnan, and we have cut off the back road of the 80,000 Sui army in Nanyang, how can Yang Gao give up? He will inevitably lead the army eastward, and now the second brother is leading an army of 100,000 to fight with Xue Ju, and there are no soldiers to send in Guanzhong! ”

Li Zicheng was speechless, Li Jiancheng saw that he persuaded Li Zicheng, and immediately ordered: "Pass the order to the whole army, the rear army will become the front army, and immediately withdraw the army back to Guanzhong." Li Yan, you lead 10,000 horses to set up an ambush behind the palace, beware of the Sui army's pursuit! ”

Li Yan gave his hand and said, "Obey His Highness's order!" ”

At the moment, Li Jiancheng took the general Ma Sanbao as the vanguard, Li Yanhong Lady Palace, self-unified the Chinese army, led less than 20,000 Tang troops to withdraw to Guanzhong from the original road, and Zhang Patrol in Xinye City was few, for fear of Li Jiancheng's plan to lure the enemy, he still closed the door and did not come out. It wasn't until more than four hours later that the army led by Chang Yuchun arrived at Xinye City.

After confirming Chang Yuchun's identity, Zhang Xun hurriedly opened the gate of Xinye City and welcomed Chang Yuchun into the city. After Chang Yuchun entered the city, he heard that Zhang Xun had resisted the onslaught of Li Jiancheng's 30,000 elite Tang troops day and night with 3,000 county soldiers, and he couldn't help but look at Zhang Xun with admiration.

Hearing Zhang Xun say that it was only a few hours before the Tang army led by Li Jiancheng left, Chang Yuchun, who had always had a hot temper, sneered and said: "If you want to go, he Li Jiancheng is where I am in Dasui, even if he leaves today, he has to leave something for me, Lao Tzu doesn't want to rush for so many days in vain!" ”

Zhang Xun said cautiously: "General Chang, Li Jiancheng is also a person who knows the art of war, there will be an ambush army in the pursuit, General Chang should be careful!" ”

Chang Yuchun shook his head disappreciatively, "Zhang County's order is too cautious in using troops, the Tang army has been fighting Xinye City for more than a month, and it has become a tired army, as long as our army advances steadily, even if there is an ambush, what is there to fear!" ”

Zhang Xun nodded, "What General Chang said is not unreasonable, the lower officials think that if the army is divided into two parts, separated by three miles, echoing back and forth, whether there is an ambush by the Tang army or not, it can be rescued!" ”

Chang Yuchun said: "Good, according to Zhang County's order, you and I will each lead 15,000 men and horses to chase the Tang army, leaving 10,000 troops to stay in Xinye in case of accidents!" ”

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The mountains and forests on the first line of Xinye are densely forested, and it is definitely an excellent place for ambushes.

In the depths of the dense forest, tens of thousands of Tang soldiers were dressed in camouflage and held swords, like fierce beasts before predation, staring motionlessly at the official road not far away. The main general Li Yan pressed his sword and sat under a big tree like an old monk sitting down, but the hands that rubbed from time to time revealed the excitement in his heart. This time, Li Jiancheng appointed his palace, which shows that Li Jiancheng attaches great importance to him, and he thinks that he will definitely be able to enter the prince's mansion after returning to Guanzhong this time.

Li Yan is a very traditional person, young and old, although Li Shimin's outstanding military talent is admired by Li Yan, but he stubbornly believes that only Li Jiancheng, who is the eldest son, can ascend to the throne. As for Li Shimin,

Stomp and tread.

There was a sound of horses' hooves, and Li Yan's slightly closed eyes suddenly burst into a fine light, and he ordered in a low voice: "Order the whole army, wait for the battle, wait until the enemy army is halfway through before attacking, and kill him in the first place and not care about each other." ”

After a pause, Li Yan smiled indifferently again, "Release all the birds you caught just now!" ”

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On the official road, Zhang Xun and Lei Wanchun rode at the forefront, and when they were about a few hundred steps away from Li Yan's ambush, Zhang Xun suddenly stopped the war horse, waved his hand, and ordered loudly: "Stop moving!" ”