Shi Zhuang set a trap and opened his bloody mouth.

And Liu Xinda also sent Xun Qi out knowingly, so that Xun Qi fell headlong into this trap that had been prepared for him for a long time.

It was a tacit deal.

It's also an exemplary example of hello, hello, hello, everybody.

Liu Xinda borrowed Shi Zhuang's knife to clear Xun Qi out of his team, so that his escape would no longer be questioned and hindered by any kind.

And Shi Zhuang also took this opportunity to once again hit the descendants of the Lingnan Xiang clan.

Poor Xun Qi fell into the heavy encirclement of the Northern Tang army, and fought until death, and he didn't understand that he was just a victim, and when he finally fell, he thought that Liu Xinda did not come to help in time, and he must have been tripped up by Shi Zhuang. What he didn't know was that at the time of his bloody battle with Luo Hongxin, from the eastern slope of Xianren Ridge, Liu Xinda had already embarked on the road of retreat with his main force.

Fu Xiaotian successfully passed through the encirclement of the Northern Tang army, confirming Liu Xinda's speculation that Shi Zhuang would let them live.

Carefully descending the Immortal Ridge, Liu Xinda immediately ordered the troops to speed up the withdrawal.

Shi Zhuang stood at the highest point of the Immortal Ridge, looking at Liu Xinda's troops who were gradually disappearing in the distance, thoughtfully.

"Daddy, if we send a force to follow him at this moment, we can defeat this person as well!"

Shi Zhuang turned his head and reached out to touch Shi Ping's head: "Son, sometimes killing enemies does not necessarily maximize benefits, people like Liu Xinda, keeping him, can create greater value for us." A general who only knows how to defeat the enemy in front of him can only be a general who fights on the battlefield throughout his life, and a marshal must have a more ambitious strategic goal, and taking one step and seeing three steps is a requirement for ordinary generals, and to become a marshal, it is necessary to take one step and look at ten steps. ”

Shi Ping nodded.

"I'm afraid you don't know much about these things now, but you just need to remember them, and as you get older, you will slowly appreciate this. This Liu Xinda is a living teaching material. Shi Zhuang smiled. War is never an end, but only a means. Sometimes, if other means can achieve the same goal of war, then there is no need to achieve that goal through war. Because war, after all, is a matter of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 yourself. It's not just your own soldiers who are hurting, it's also about many other things. Therefore, there is no need to solve the problem through war unless it is absolutely necessary. ”

Shi Ping said: "So now that it is clear that our Tang Dynasty has the strength to defeat the Southern Alliance, Li Xiang is not ready to mobilize all of them and launch a full-scale war with the South, but wants to achieve the goal of dominating the world through some other means?" ”

Shi Zhuang laughed: "That's what Li Xiang thinks. However, the war will definitely still be fought, but it will definitely be at the last moment, and one or several battles will solve the problem, so that the damage to the land can be minimized. ”

"That's how it should be." Shi Ping said: "I have finished reading Li Xiang's two books on the country and the theory of nationalities, in Li Xiang's words, the people in the south are also our fellow clansmen, compatriots, are all the people of the Tang Dynasty, everyone is a family, it is a brotherly dispute, so you can slowly solve the problems through some other means." ”

"Yes, yes, it's good that you can understand that. However, Li Xiang's theory of the state and the nation is not limited to this! Shi Zhuang nodded.

"Liu Xinda can let it go, because he may create other value for us, but Xiang Zhen must not let it go, because he will only bring us harm, right?" Shi Ping asked again.

"Nature." Shi Zhuang said: "There is a fundamental conflict of interest between us and the Xiang family, and there is no room for relaxation between the two sides. So with them, there is no other way than war. Let's go, son, let's go to Guangshui, to end this battle, after this battle, you Laozi and I should rest for a while! ”

"When this battle is over, my little mother will also add a younger brother or sister to me, my father is in such a hurry to end this war, does he want to go back and watch his younger brother or sister be born?" Shi Ping asked.

Shi Zhuang laughed: "Good boy, I have really grown up, I dare to joke with you Lao Tzu." ”

"Of course I've grown up." Shi Ping waved the horse lance in his hand, "But you never allowed me to lead the troops into battle." Even Uncle Liang Han said that my martial arts are the best choice, and it is not easy for him to win against me! ”

"Nonsense!" Shi Zhuang smiled: "Your Uncle Liang really wants to clean you up, but it's just three moves and two styles, and he is usually teasing you!" Moreover, Li Xiangke has already stipulated that he must be 16 years old before he can reach adulthood before he can be allowed to join the army, work, etc. ”

"I'll turn sixteen in the New Year!" Shi Ping said in annoyance.

"That's not yet sixteen." Shi Zhuang said: "I don't want to break the law and let the military judge come to me for trouble. Originally, when you studied military affairs with me as a counselor in the army, the military judge was already very dissatisfied, and as far as I know, he has sued me several times. ”

"That guy is so annoying, he always troubles you, and every time he sees me, his nose is not a nose, and his eyes are not eyes. Thanks to Daddy, you can put up with him, and you are so kind to him. Shi Ping was dissatisfied.

"This is the world of adults, you don't understand it yet!" Shi Zhuang said: "That's a good person, a capable person, a person who can let me entrust life and death, and when I fight, I can rest assured that I can give my back to his person, so you should also respect him, you know?" ”

Looking at Shi Zhuang's serious appearance, Shi Ping really didn't understand, but he didn't want to admit it, if he did, wouldn't it be as Lao Tzu said, he hadn't grown up yet?

He lowered his head, glanced at his trousers, and said silently in his heart: "Dad, your son has grown up!" ”

Liu Xinda ran all the way for dozens of miles, and when it was dark, he finally joined Fu Xiaotian, who was in advance. Seeing Liu Xinda arrive safely with the main force, Fu Xiaotian was also greatly relieved.

"General, we're going to escape?" Fu Xiaotian asked.

"Not yet!" Liu Xinda said: "Rest for one night today, and we must rush to Hong'an tomorrow." Within three days, we will arrive in Luocheng. Xiaotian, all the time we have now is won by Xiang Zhen for us, once we go slowly, Xiang Zhen is annihilated by them, then they may come back to us for trouble. There are many cavalry in the Northern Tang, and we will be in trouble when the time comes. ”

Fu Xiaotian said with some concern: "General, everything now is your speculation, in case Xiang Zhen has not been copied at all, what should we do then?" ”

"It shouldn't be what I expected!" Liu Xinda shook his head and said: "No accident, in the past two days, there should be news coming, and it will be clear when the time comes." In case of the situation you mentioned, then let's go back to Ezhou directly, as long as Ezhou is controlled, what can Xiang Zhen do with me? But in my opinion, Xiang Zhen is finished this time, and whether he can come back alive is a question. ”

"I hope so!" Fu Xiaotian said. "But General, since we want to speed up, what are we doing with these young people, in addition to consuming food, they also walk slowly, which greatly affects the speed of our march."

"You're a fool!" Liu Xinda glanced at him, "Where are we going this time?" Go to Jiangxi. went to the territory of Qian Wenzhong to beg for food, is this food delicious? I can't say it, but I still have to see whose wrists are harder. These more than 10,000 people are now a burden, and when they arrive in Jiangxi, this is our basic plate. When the time comes, we will grab a piece of land and then distribute this land to these people, and those locals will inevitably be unconvinced, and they will not be able to provoke us, so they will naturally only provoke these people, and these people will only rely on us in order to keep what they get. They are our basic plate. ”

"Grab a piece of land?" Fu Xiaotian exclaimed: "Didn't the Guangzhou Imperial Court give us military salaries?" ”

Liu Xinda glanced back at the direction of Guangshui, and said faintly: "After this incident, do you think our relationship with the Xiang family can go back to the past?" ”

Fu Xiaotian was silent for a while, in the end, this time, they sold Xiang Zhen cleanly, but I am afraid that until now, Xiang Zhen still thinks that they are fighting with Shi Zhuang in the Immortal Ridge!

The next day, Liu Xinda, who was in a hurry to march, finally got the exact information, Li Yu and Li Hao of the Northern Tang Dynasty rushed to attack the Hubei formation, and within one day, they captured the city of Hubei and completely annihilated Wang Youbu and Teng Jian's department, and Wang Youyou and Teng Jian were only spared.

Liu Xinda and Fu Xiaotian were relieved, but they were shocked, they couldn't have imagined that Echeng was actually captured by Li Mi and Li Hao in one day.

Now that the situation has developed to this point, it is easy to guess what will happen next. According to the time estimate, in the next two or three days, Xiang Zhen will be surrounded by Shi Zhuang's department and Li Yu's department in the Guangshui area.

The two fully manned guards of the Northern Tang Army dealt with Xiang Zhen's department, so Xiang Zhen's fate was already predictable.

After resting for a while in Hong'an, the two did not hesitate and ran all the way to the west of the river.

Li Mi was on the march when he received the news from the messenger sent by Shi Ping about Liu Xinda's department, although he was a little shocked, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Shi Zhuang's move.

Like Shi Zhuang, Li Mi's vision is not comparable to that of ordinary generals, although her husband is a brainless, but her father-in-law is a genuine Tang Jinshi, and now the head of the Tang Dynasty.

Three days later, Li Mi's department and Shi Zhuang's department completed the encirclement of Xiangzhen.