"General Li Siyuan is here, our reinforcements have arrived!"

The Tang soldiers, who were already on the verge of despair, suddenly thundered with joy, and their desire to survive made them burst out with great combat effectiveness, and the fierce tigers descended the mountain and slaughtered the Sui army again.

Gao Xianzhi was overjoyed when he saw Li Siyuan's army coming, and he rode his horse to rush forward to rescue Guo Zhiyun. Unexpectedly, Guo Zhiyun, who was being escorted by several Sui soldiers, struggled to poke his head out and yelled at Gao Xianzhi: "General Gao, don't worry about me, go quickly!" With your current situation, it is impossible for you to be Chang Yuchun's opponent, nor Xue Rengui's opponent, now that the reinforcements have arrived, why should you take your life for me! ”

"General Guo!"

Gao Xianzhi was stunned when he heard this, looked up, and saw the firmness revealed between Guo Zhiyun's eyes by the firelight, and couldn't help but have a sour nose, so he nodded heavily, turned his horse's head and shouted: "Brothers, everyone will go out with me and join the reinforcements!" ”

"Is it that easy to go?"

Both Chang Yuchun and Xue Rengui snorted coldly, and led the elite under their command to pounce towards the Tang army.

Li Siyuan was also not to be outdone, waved the horse lance in his hand, and shouted: "Brothers, kill these Sui dogs and take over the brothers of the Xuanjia Army!" ”

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on both sides of the Sui and Tang dynasties fought fiercely in front of this large camp, and the sound of horses' hooves rumbled, shouting and killing in the midst of the chaotic army, and the sound of weapons intersecting was endless. The two armies were entangled in a scuffle, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and the corpses were all over the field.

The Tang Army's Li Siyuan's troops traveled day and night, and as soon as they arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, they were urged by Li Shimin to come out of the pass to meet the Xuanjia army who had robbed the camp, and the soldiers were generally exhausted. However, the situation of the Sui soldiers who fought against him was not much better. The two sides fought a bloody battle, and in the end, Gao Xianzhi and Pei Xingyan led more than 800 remnants to break through Chang Yuchun's blockade and join forces with Li Siyuan.

Li Siyuan saw that he had already received Gao Xianzhi and Pei Xingyan, and saw that the sky had brightened slightly, and knew that there was no point in fighting any longer, so he ordered to collect his troops and return to the customs.

After the Tang army retreated, Xue Rengui ordered the camp to be re-stationed, fortifications were built, and losses were counted. After learning that the Tang army attacked the camp this time, more than 200 tents were burned, more than 4,600 soldiers unfortunately died on the battlefield, and more than 6,000 soldiers were wounded, of which nearly 400 were seriously injured and were already dying. Fortunately, the grain, grass, baggage, and siege equipment were all hoarded in the rear camp and were not damaged. Otherwise, it is unknown whether this war can be fought or not.

After hearing that the losses of the whole army were so heavy, Li Siye, who was saved by Chang Mao, had more than ten wounds on his body and thick gauze tied to his arms, and immediately ran to Xue Rengui and the generals, crying bitterly and pleading: "Xue Shuai, generals. Our army suffered heavy losses in this battle, all because the last general was negligent in taking precautions, and after the Tang army broke through the camp, he could not stabilize the army's morale, and organized troops and horses to form a formation to resist the Tang army, resulting in the rapid defeat of the front army. I implore Xue Shuai to repose the last general with a hundred military sticks in accordance with military law, and to correct military law! ”

"Xue Shuai, never!"

Li Siye has a rough personality, is bold, and must be a pioneer in every battle. This is quite similar to Gao Chong's character, so the friendship between the two in private is also good.

At this moment, hearing Li Siye's plea, Gao Zhong immediately knelt on the ground and pleaded with Xue Rengui: "Xue Shuai, although General Li Siye is at fault, but he is seriously injured now, where will he be alive if he goes down with these eighty military sticks?" I also hope that Xue Shuai will look at General Li Siye's past achievements and send this hundred military sticks for the time being. ”

"Xue Shuai, although General Li Siye did not withstand the surprise attack of the Tang army, but he did not retreat because of this, when the last general led his troops to the back of the Tang army, he saw that General Li Siye was besieged by countless Tang troops, scarred but still fighting to the death. I also hope that Xue Shuai will let him go for the sake of General Li Siye's loyalty! ”

Chang Mao had just enlisted in the army, and he didn't actually have any friendship with the generals in the army. However, he just saw that Li Siye fought to the death in the face of the onslaught of the Tang army, and now he took the initiative to accept the responsibility without concealing it, and immediately had a good impression of him, so he echoed Gao Chong to intercede for him.

"General Gao, General Chang Xiao, thank you two for your succession!"

Li Siye glanced at Gao Chong and Chang Mao gratefully, twisted his head back again, and said: "Xue Shuai, our army suffered more than 10,000 casualties in this battle, and the main responsibility lies with the last general. If Xue Shuai does not punish the last general, how can he convince the three armies? The last general also had no shame to face the more than 4,000 brothers who died in battle, and he had no face to lead those wounded soldiers! ”

Lu Xiangsheng on the side saw that Li Siye was determined, and he was afraid that a hundred army sticks would really beat this loyal and brave general to death. So he became a peacemaker in it, arched his hand to Xue Rengui and said: "Xue Shuai, what General Li said is not unreasonable. However, General Li Siye was able to fight to the death without retreating even if he had no merit, even if he had no merit. Although the merits and demerits cannot be offset by this, they can also be exempted from some culpability. According to the last general, it is better to beat General Li Siye with 20 military sticks to correct military law! ”

For these generals, who lick blood at the edge of the knife all year round, the twenty army sticks are just tickling. Ordinary generals were beaten with 20 military sticks, and within three days they were alive again. Considering Li Siye's current condition, but after a month at most, he will be able to recover.

Gao Zhong and Chang Mao couldn't help but set their eyes on Xue Rengui with hope, as long as he nodded, this matter would be considered over. But who knew that Xue Rengui slowly shook his head, which made the two of them suddenly shocked, and hurriedly got up and said, "Xue Shuai, General Li is now... ”

"Who said that Ben Shuai was going to punish General Li?"

Before the two finished speaking, Xue Rengui had already interrupted the two, stepped forward to help Li Siye, and said in a deep voice: "General Li, our army suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and it has something to do with you. But if it weren't for the misjudgment of the commander, he fell for the tricks of the Tang army, and ordered the officers and men of the whole army to recuperate tonight and prepare to take the pass tomorrow. You won't be so careless, so the main blame for today's battle is me, and I should suffer the 100 military sticks! ”

As soon as Xue Rengui's words came out, the generals of the Sui army standing beside him were shocked almost at the same time, and they knelt on the ground and admonished Xue Rengui: "Xue Shuai, if you hadn't turned the tide in front of the battle today and stopped the rout of the front army, I'm afraid that even the Chinese army Dazhai has been broken through by the Tang army at this moment!" ”

"Xue Shuai, although our army suffered heavy losses in this battle, this is also due to the treachery of the Tang army, and I am afraid that any general would not have thought that the Tang army would go out of the customs and rob the camp tonight!"

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"Xue's mind has been decided, you generals don't need to persuade again!"

Xue Rengui waved his hand firmly, and said loudly: "If Xue's rewards and punishments are unknown, how can he still command the three armies in the future?" These 100 military sticks are not only for the sake of military justice, but also to remind me and the generals that we must not relax our vigilance in the future because of our own speculations! ”