Li Jiancheng led the army to choose a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack on the Shangyong Mountain Road and set up a camp, so that Li Zicheng led the army to guard against the Sui army in front, and he led the army to guard against Zhang Xun and Chang Yuchun chasing soldiers in the rear, and then sent dozens of personal soldiers to escort Tang Xian, the imperial historian, to Chang'an to ask for help as a visiting merchant.

On the other hand, after Li Jing occupied Shangyong County and cut off Li Jiancheng's return route, in addition to strengthening the city defense, he sent more than a dozen capable soldiers to climb over the cliff and steep wall, bypass the Tang army camp, and go to report to Zhang Xun and Chang Yuchun, preparing to attack back and forth, destroy the Tang army in one fell swoop, and capture Tang prince Li Jiancheng alive.

After hearing the news of spring, he was overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to invite Zhang Xun to discuss the matter.

After listening to what Chang Yuchun said, Zhang Xun was also overjoyed, "General Chang, we originally only planned to hit the Tang Army hard and teach the Tang Army a hard lesson, but I didn't expect that General Li Yaoshi had cut off the back road of the Tang Army, and now the Tang Army is already a turtle in the urn, maybe we can really capture Li Jiancheng's big fish alive!" ”

Chang Yuchun said with a smile: "Li Yuan, the old thief, has been winning many battles since Taiyuan rebelled, and the generals of the Wu Emperor period such as Song Laosheng, Yin Shishi, and Wei Xuan also died in his hands. This time, General Ben will take a good breath for His Majesty and Da Sui, and give Li Yuan's old thief a big surprise! If Li Jiancheng can be captured alive, where should I put Li Yuan's old thief's face? ”

Hua Rong, the deputy general of Chang Yuchun on the side, cautiously raised his worries, "Shangyong is covered with dense jungles and many mountain roads, and even the locals don't know about some places, what if Li Jiancheng has already left the army and ran away first?" ”

Zhang Xun shook his head after hearing this, "Although Li Jiancheng has suffered repeated setbacks, he still has nearly 10,000 troops under his command, if he only cares about fleeing for his own life, then the tens of thousands of troops under his command will definitely collapse without a fight, and abandon tens of thousands of soldiers for his own safety, once this matter is used by his political enemies, his position as prince may not be kept!" ”

Chang Yuchun laughed when he heard this: "Zhang County Order, you literati are a lot of flowers, I don't care if this Li Jiancheng runs today, and the monk can't run the temple, sooner or later, I will enter Chang'an and capture alive the Li family's father and son, a group of chaotic ministers and thieves!" ”

Zhang Xun exclaimed: "General Chang is really courageous, Zhang admires it, but we still think about how to join forces with General Li Yaoshi to destroy Li Jiancheng!" ”

Chang Yuchun came back to his senses, smiled awkwardly, and immediately put his energy on the map again, and said in a deep voice: "According to the local natives, the place where Li Jiancheng is stationed is called Jieshan, and there is only one road up and down the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, the Tang army has been defeated repeatedly, suffered heavy losses, and the army's morale is unstable, if our army and General Li Yaoshi's headquarters attack the mountain together, and attack before and after, the Tang army on the mountain will be attacked by the enemy before and after, and the army's morale will be in chaos! ”

Zhang Xun proposed: "General Chang, Li Jiancheng's troops came on light horses, and there must not be much grain and grass with him, if they are besieged on all sides until the day when the Tang army runs out of food, they may be able to win without a fight!" ”

Chang Yuchun shook his head and rejected Zhang Xun's suggestion.

"Although this method is good, but we don't know how much grain and grass the Tang army brought, as Zhang Xianling said, the prince is the important weapon of the country, if we can't fight quickly, when Li Yuan learns the situation, he will definitely rescue Li Jiancheng at all costs, and then I am afraid it will easily evolve into a decisive battle between Sui and Tang. Although I don't despise Li Yuan's actions, but the Guanzhong forces are indeed strong, at this time, even if our army can win, it will also be greatly damaged, and there is no hope of recovering in three or five years, I am afraid that the situation in the north has been settled in three or five years, and Your Majesty can only be partial to the south! ”

Zhang Xun lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded in agreement, "What General Chang said is extremely true, Zhang was short-sighted and almost missed a big thing. The soldiers are very fast, we immediately contacted General Li Yaoshi, and tonight, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Tang army, we stormed Jieshan and captured Li Jiancheng alive. ”

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On the branches of the moon, in the camp of the Tang army, Li Jiancheng, who had a melancholy face, was looking into the distance by the bright moonlight, and now he had less than 8,000 available soldiers in his hands, and the grain and grass carried by the army were only enough for ten days.

"Your Highness, Li Yan is guilty of failing to stop the Sui army's pursuers!"

Li Yan, who had just woken up after being treated by the military doctor, suddenly appeared behind Li Jiancheng, his face was pale, and he knelt on the ground to plead guilty to Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng hurriedly helped Li Yan up, "Mr. Li, please hurry up, there are more than 30,000 people in the Sui army, and Mr. is only 10,000, Zhang Xun is a cautious person, Mr. can drag the Sui army is already a great achievement, it is a lonely careless enemy, I didn't expect that the Nanyang Sui army would cut off our way back, otherwise at this moment the Sui army would have withdrawn to Guanzhong!" ”

Li Yan was helped up by Li Jiancheng, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen feels that it is really unwise for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to stay in the army at the moment, the prince is the important weapon of the country, even the 100,000 army is not as good as the prince, now the situation of our army is critical, the prince, I am afraid that it will be unfortunate for you to continue to stay here!" ”

Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly, "If Lone leaves alone, the army's heart will definitely be in chaos, and then the whole army is very likely to collapse without a fight, if my father knows about it, he will be furious!" ”

Li Yan still persuaded bitterly: "But if His Highness still stays here, in case His Highness is unfortunately captured in the chaos of the army, it will be a shame for the entire Tang Empire!" ”

"Li Yan!"

Li Jiancheng glared at him rather dissatisfied.

Hearing Li Jiancheng's angry shout, Li Yan realized that he had lost his words, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and confessed: "Weichen lost his words, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be punished heavily!" ”

Li Jiancheng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Li Yan, you have talent, but your political vision is too shallow, you should not get involved in some things, and carry out Lone's military orders!" ”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Before Li Yan could answer, the sound of the war drums of the Sui army suddenly came from the foot of the mountain, and Li Jiancheng didn't care about what he was talking to Li Yan, so he hurriedly turned his head and shouted: "Pass the order of the orphan, beat the drum quickly, the Sui army has attacked, and the whole army will go to the camp wall to protect it!" ”

"Report, His Royal Highness the Prince, General Li of the former camp sent an urgent report to the villain, and the Sui army in Shangyong County suddenly dispatched, and it seems that it is about to attack the mountain."

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this must be the Sui army trying to flank the front and back, trying to defeat our army in one fell swoop."

After Li Yan heard the report of the sergeant sent by Li Zicheng, he immediately judged the intention of the Sui army.

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "Li Yan, Brother Zicheng is reckless by nature, I am afraid that he will fall for the tricks of the Sui army, you immediately go to the front camp to assist him in resisting the Sui army, and Gu himself is in charge here!" ”