The cold wind was bleak, the snow 'flowers' were flying in the air, and the northern land was already shrouded in a blanket of silver makeup.

And in this cold winter, on the land of Hebei, there is a mighty army of 'dang' and 'dang', facing the wind and snow towards the east of the river.

This army is all dressed in black armor and black armor, which makes walking in this snow even more eye-catching. The leading general was a burly man with a face like the bottom of a pot, and he also carried a heavy Xuan'hua' axe in his hand. The snow 'flowers' fell on his beard and formed tiny ice crystals.

With a rough breath in his nostrils, he looked up at the front, but he was startled when he saw a troop of cavalry running towards him at great speed.

The black-faced general narrowed his eyes and looked at the comer, but he immediately smiled, opened his arms and said, "Zimo, you're back!" What happened to the envoy Liu Wuzhou's side? Did they block the counterattack of the Don Army? ”

The leading knight rode his horse to the black-faced strong man at this time, sighed and said: "General Cheng, I didn't see Liu Wuzhou at all, according to his subordinate Huang Ziying, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang have defeated Li Shimin and beheaded more than 1,000 enemy troops...... As for the matter of our army coming to help, Huang Ziying said that he could not be the master, and he needed to report to Liu Wuzhou before he could make a decision. ”

The black-faced general was also shocked when he heard this, so he hurriedly said: "Zimo, then you go to the back with my old Cheng and report this matter to King Zhou!" ”

The knight nodded, and then clamped his horse's belly with his legs, and followed the black-faced general towards the rear of the group.

Needless to say, everyone can guess that this knight is Lin Zimo who went to Taiyuan to inform Liu Wuzhou before. And the black-faced general who was holding the 'flower' axe was Cheng Yanjin. At present, the army has marched to the 'junction' boundary between Hebei and Hedong, as long as it crosses a mountain beam in front, it is Wu'an County in Hedong.

At this time, after listening to Lin Zimo's report, Yu Wenming frowned: "What? Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang actually ran to Baibi? It's too close to Guanzhong! ”

Baibi is less than 100 miles away from the Yellow River, and more than 90 miles to the west is the Hejin ferry of the Yellow River, and the other side of the river is the Long' Gate. As long as Liu Wuzhou can break the Longmen' Pass and successfully cross the Yellow River, it can be regarded as officially entering the Guanzhong territory.

Cheng Yanjin smiled at this time: "It seems that this Liu Wuzhou really has two brushes, maybe he can really beat Li Shimin and kill him in the pass." ”

Yu Wenming shook his head and said: "This is unlikely, now that the weather is freezing and it is snowing again, the baggage truck is inconvenient to move, even if Liu Wuzhou has this heart, he can't guarantee the supply of logistics grain and grass to enter the Guanzhong." ”

And Li Jing said with a worried face: "Although Liu Wuzhou defeated Li Shimin on the surface, there were only more than 1,000 people beheaded, which is too little. I am very worried that Li Shimin is pretending to be defeated, deliberately 'luring' Liu Wuzhou to Baibi, and then ambushing him. ”

Lin Zimo was also stunned for a moment after hearing this, and he said with some disbelief: "Probably not!" Liu Wuzhou was born as a scout, and he paid great attention to enemy reconnaissance. Even if the Tang army has the intention to ambush, it may not be so easy to succeed. ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of what if! Now that Liu Wuzhou has won successive battles, it is inevitable that he will be proud and underestimate the enemy. And Li Shimin is the most strategic, so he is very likely to seize the opportunity to turn the situation around. Yu Wenming immediately said: "It seems that we have to speed up the march, and we must prevent Li Shimin from recovering Taiyuan before Liu Wuzhou is completely defeated." ”

"This ...... King Zhou, don't we wait for Liu Wuzhou's reply? Lin Zimo blinked his eyes and asked, "If we enter Hedong like this, it is very likely that we will be regarded as an enemy by Liu Wuzhou's garrison troops in the passes along the way." ”

"Don't worry! We can explain to the guards that they are here to help Liu Wuzhou and Li Tang fight. Just let them let us go! Yu Wenming said disapprovingly: "Of course, if you really encounter that kind of brainless general who doesn't know how to advance or retreat, then you can attack it hard!" Now Liu Wuzhou's main force and Shang Neng's generals are concentrated in the area in the southeast of Hexi near Guanzhong. The number of troops he left behind in the rear is very small, and most of the generals are mediocre, and we should be able to capture them without 'spending' much money. ”

After Cheng Yanjin and Lin Zimo heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. I thought that if Liu Wuzhou really failed miserably, it would be better to say. But if you rush over, you find that it was Liu Wuzhou who defeated Li Shimin. Then I'm afraid that Zhou Jun will have another battle with Liu Wuzhou soon.

"You don't have to look ahead, listen to me! It is estimated that by the time we rush to the front line, Liu Wuzhou will already be defeated! "Yu Wenming has obviously been mentally prepared for this for a long time." Even if Liu Wuzhou wins, it doesn't matter, you can take advantage of the fire to rob our army. The Hedong region is the most stable only if it is in our hands! ”

When the generals heard that Yu Wenming had said this, they no longer spoke out against it. Anyway, for the cities and passes along the way, they are confident that they can still pass smoothly at little cost.

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At this time, Liu Wuzhou, who was in Baibi, was triumphantly commanding his troops to attack the Tang army's camp. He dared to go deep into the place so close to Guanzhong to fight, and naturally he was fully prepared. A large number of trebuchets and siege vehicles were made on the front line, and with a large number of hoplites and Turkic 'elite' cavalry, the Tang army was defeated one after another in the field battles, and had to stick to the camp and fight to the death.

In this way, although the Tang army relied on strong walls and trenches to hold the battle line, the scene was very passive. Let the reinforcements of the Tang Army who rushed from Guanzhong hold their breath up and down.

"King Kong, look! Today, a section of the Tang Army's walled wall was smashed over, and even if they were to repair it immediately, it would be much more vulnerable than other places. If we maintain this attack intensity, we will be able to storm the camp of the Tang army in less than ten days! Liu Wuzhou said quite smugly.

As long as Baibi breaks through here, he can hit the edge of the Yellow River, and then sweep all the cities east of the river, and include this 'fertile' land in his territory.

"With His Majesty personally fighting, he is naturally invincible!" Song Jingang is a tall and powerful general. He was originally Wei Dao'er's subordinate, and after Wei Dao'er was destroyed by Dou Jiande, he fled to Hedong and took refuge in Liu Wuzhou. And Liu Wuzhou saw that he was dignified and able to fight, so he married his sister to him, and the two became in-laws.

"It's just that my subordinates always feel a little strange. This Li Shimin heard that he defeated Xue Ju and Xue Rengao's father and son in Longxi, and he should be a fierce general. But why did he keep holding on? Could it be that what 'yin' is brewing? Song Jingang still expressed his suspicions.

"Huh! What powerful 'yin' schemes can this kid Li Shimin have? After Liu Wuzhou heard this, he laughed and said disapprerovitically: "The day before yesterday, he sent people to rob the camp at night, not against my ambush, killing and injuring thousands of people. Then, yesterday he tried to send men to attack my convoy of grain, grass and baggage, but he was also defeated by my escort. I think that's all there is to this man's tricks. Xue Rengao was defeated because he was just a reckless man, brave and unscrupulous, and only knew how to rush forward when he started a battle, so how could he be undefeated? ”

In Liu Wuzhou's view, the defeat of the Western Qin army was not because Li Shimin was too powerful, but because Xue Ju suddenly fell ill and died, and Xue Rengao, who succeeded to the throne, was too stupid. He is not a stupid person like Xue Rengao, he is enough to deal with Li Shimin.

Just then, a scout hurried from behind, panting and tumbling over and dismounting. Then he bowed to Liu Wuzhou and said, "Your Majesty, something is wrong!" The Tang army occupied Xia County. ”

"What? Xia County is lost? Liu Wu was shocked when he heard it on Monday. Although Xia County is not an important city, Liu Wuzhou did not store any grain and grass there. But it was located right behind the main force of Liu Jun, guarding Liu Jun's retreat. If this county fell into the hands of the Tang army, Liu Jun would not be able to withdraw to Taiyuan, and the grain and grass in the rear would not be able to be transported.

"King Kong, how much food do we have now?" Liu Wuzhou's heart tightened suddenly.

After Song Jingang heard this, his face also changed slightly, obviously thinking of this. He said in a deep voice: "Now the grain and grass in the big camp can still be eaten for half a month, if we don't recapture Xia County quickly, our army will run out of food in half a month!" ”

Liu Wuzhou's face became even more ugly, and he turned his head at this time and asked the scout just now, "How many people are in the Tang Army?" How did they capture Xia County? ”

The scout said with a bitter face: "The number of the Tang army has not been inquired yet, but I heard from the brothers who fled back from Xia County that there are many of them, and they are all over the mountains. And most of the defenders of Xia County were soldiers of the former Sui Army who had just been recruited, and they had no intention of resisting at all. The Tang army surrendered after the first charge. ”

"That's it! Go down! Remember that you can't tell anyone about this, so as not to shake the morale of the army! Liu Wuzhou knew that he couldn't learn more from the scout's mouth, so he had to tell him to go down first.

The scout was relieved, bowed and saluted, and then hurriedly retreated.

At this time, Liu Wu Zhou Fang frowned and asked, "King Kong, this matter is very strange!" Our army confronted the Tang army in Baibi for many days, and did not let any Tang sergeant pass. How did so many Tang troops get to Xia County in our rear? ”

Song Jingang ordered someone to take the map, and after checking it for a while, Fang Yi pointed to the dragon 'gate' pass in the west: "There are only three roads that can lead to Xia County, one leads to Baibi in the south, which is guarded by the main force of our army, and the Tang army cannot pass through it at all." The other road leads to Taiyuan in the north, from which it is even more unlikely that the Tang army will come. After all, Taiyuan is the rear of our army, there are many garrisons, and the grain and grass are mainly concentrated there. If Taiyuan is lost, our army will be completely defeated......"

Speaking of this, Song Jingang paused for a moment, and then continued: "After lining up these two roads, the only option is to close the dragon 'gate' in the west. Although crossing the Yellow River from the Long' Gate, we had previously thought it was unlikely. But after ruling out all options, the Tang Army could only come from this road! ”