"I thought I would have nothing to do with it, but I didn't expect to be accidentally discovered by Qing'er. In the fury of revenge, she went behind my back to steal the practice. ”

I am the soul who cannot be redeemed in the abyss!

These words echoed in Xia Yu's ears, making him shudder.

When saying goodbye to Sun Simiao, he took out a medicine gourd and handed it to Xia Yu: "The pills in it are refined by me, one per person, and the plague will disappear by itself." ”

Coming to the foot of the mountain, Yu Shinan was waiting for Xia Yu, and asked if he had seen Qing'er, Yu Shinan pointed in the direction of the south: "I saw her running over there." ”

"Take this medicine gourd back, I'll go to the front and have a look."

The two separated, and Xia Yu chased in the direction of the south alone, but at the end of the road ahead, there was only a bottomless cliff.

On the edge of the cliff, there is a shoe, all of which hints that Qing'er jumped from here.

"Qing'er, you can't die! Aren't you going to seek revenge on me? A great wicked man like me is still alive, how can you die! ”

Xia Yu roared wildly, his words were blown away by the wind, and Qing'er became an indelible pain in his heart.

After checking the cliff, Xia Yu had no choice but to return.

When they came to the barracks, whether it was Li Jiajun or Qin Wangjun, their faces were sallow, all sick, they walked weakly, and there were spots and red spots on their exposed skin.

Including the generals of the Li family, all of them were tormented by the plague.

Yu Shimian was already distributing pills, one per person, and after taking the medicine, everyone finally felt better.

The next day, the plague in the army dissipated.

When Li Yuan took the lead in thanking Xia Yu, Xia Yu didn't have a happy look, if it wasn't for Li Jiancheng's order to slaughter the villagers, there would be no plague in the army.

The people were still doing nothing in the barracks, and the heavy rain did not stop.

At this moment, there was a loud voice in the barracks: "Gong Li, why is our military food getting less and less, didn't we say that it is better to have a bucket of food per person?" Each of us received a difference of two or three catties! ”

"Gong Li, this is the military ration I just received, and I also brought the scales!"

"If there is no charge of soldiers, can the battle still be fought? Lao Tzu became a soldier just to be able to eat all-you-can-eat! ”

Facing the uproar of the army, Li Yuan walked out of the camp tent and asked the grain and grass distribution officer sharply: "What's going on?" ”

The grain and grass distribution officer was just about to open his mouth to speak, and Li Yuan killed him with a sword.

This brother died unjustly, and it was Li Yuan who asked him to give each person two or three bowls less, but it was a repetition of Cao Cao's old trick.

Xia Yu knew that he was afraid that there would not be much grain and grass hoarded in Yiyang County, if the heavy rain did not stop. They will be dragged down by the problem of food and grass.

Li Yuan solemnly apologized to the sergeants, which calmed down the turmoil.

Who knew that at this moment, a horse flew outside the gate, and the knight on the horse shook the military flag representing Tang Guogong all the way, and roared loudly: "Where is Li Gong?" ”

Coming to the main tent, the knight flew and dismounted.

The horses were foaming at the mouth and fell to the ground because they had been running for too long.

The knight on the horse was even more water-stained, and he could wring off more than a dozen catties of water, and his whole body was soaked.

Li Yuan saw that this person was He Jin, a centurion who stayed in Jinyang, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

He Jin was taken over to change his clothes, and after drinking three bowls of ginger soup, he felt better, and dragged his tired body to see Li Yuan.

"Gong Li, it's not good. The Turks treacherously marched from Longmen Pass to Jinyang. ”

The generals present looked at each other, this is really a house leak and even rain, but the situation is not the worst.

Immediately, He Jin reported again: "Liu Wuzhou has made a comeback, and the momentum is greater than last time, and he has gathered an army of 30,000 and also advanced towards Jinyang City. ”

The two forces invaded Jinyang at the same time, which was really an unprecedented major crisis.

At that moment, a general said: "Gong Li, Jinyang City is our rear, if the base is lost, then we are like a tree without roots, and it won't be long before it will dry up." Li Jiajun should hurry back to Jinyang City. ”

"Gong Li, the significance of Jinyang City to Li Jiajun is very significant, if we lose Jinyang, then we will really be homeless. Please hurry back to Jinyang for rescue! ”

"This matter must be decided immediately, without delay!"

The vast majority of the generals agreed that Jinyang must be rescued.

But at this time, Li Shimin objected: "Li Gong, this matter must not be like this, if our army returns to Jinyang, not to mention whether the rescue can be successful." We have been with the Sui army in Huoyi for so long, and returning to Jinyang will mean that everything will start all over again! ”

The same opinion is also held by Li Jiancheng, who also believes that it is absolutely impossible to return to Jinyang.

The generals will have their own opinions, and they will be noisy and shouting, and they will be in chaos.

Li Yuan felt as if there were countless flies buzzing in his head, and roared: "Don't you all make any more noise, let me calm down, think about it, and make plans again." ”

It is not an exaggeration to describe this crisis as an existential crisis.

This night was an extremely difficult night for Li Jiajun.

Everyone has a heart on their minds.

Early the next morning, Li Shimin couldn't wait to walk towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

When he met Li Jiancheng on the way, he stopped him very anxiously: "Shimin, come with me to persuade my father." ”

"What's going on?"

"My father has ordered the rear army to become the front army, and I plan to return to Jinyang." Li Jiancheng said dejectedly.

Li Shimin felt very strange, didn't his father say that he would think about it last night, why did he change his mind early this morning.

The two of them walked quickly to the main military tent, the curtain was just opened, and Pei Lin walked out of it.

The hearts of the two sank at the same time, and Pei Lin was afraid that he had said something to Li Yuan, which made Li Yuan firm up his idea of retreating.

Seeing the Li brothers, Pei Lin said hello and left alone.

The Li brothers walked into the military tent, and Li Yuan was assigning tasks to the generals, and the withdrawal of the army had been determined.

"Gong Li, we must not be like this, we fought all the way from Jinyang to here. If you really have to withdraw, all your work will be lost! ”

Li Jiancheng took the lead in saying.

Li Yuan originally thought that Li Jiancheng would support him, but he didn't think that the first person to come out to oppose would be his son, and he couldn't help but feel irritated in his heart: "You said that you can't withdraw the troops, but you give me a reason." ”

Li Jiancheng looked sideways at Li Shimin, and Li Shimin said eloquently: "Li Gong, that Qu Butong is just a brave and unscrupulous, rash and impatient person. When the rain stops, we will be able to take Huoyi City in one fell swoop. ”

"Shimin, what you said is that far water cannot dissolve near fire. Even if we capture Huoyi City and we lose the base of Jinyang, don't you know which is more important? ”

Obviously, Li Shimin's lobbying did not untie Li Yuan's knot.

When people reach the prime of life, the first thing they consider is to retreat, Li Yuan will not be an indomitable river crosser like a young man.