Chapter 297 Message Spread

"Withdraw!"

Seeing that Li Shimin had already appeared to gather the army, Yin Hongzhi did not hesitate, and gave an order, and directly led his soldiers to evacuate quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Shimin sorted out the 5,000 cavalry team, and without saying a word, he directly led the team out of the camp and pursued the attacking Sui army.

At this moment, the northwest direction of the camp again came "Knock! Boom! Boom! The war drums sounded the warning, and Li Shimin's face changed in an instant.

The northwest and northeast camps are relatively flat and open, with plenty of sunshine. Today is a long rain and sunny day, in order to dry the bow and crossbow arrows quickly, my father specially ordered the soldiers to dry a lot of bows and crossbows and arrows in the two camps, once the bows and crossbows and arrows in the northwest camp were ignited by the Sui army rockets, their own army will lose a large number of bows and crossbows and arrows.

Li Shimin's face was full of anger, and after a thousand thoughts in his heart, after pondering for a while, he still decided to give up the pursuit for the time being, and reprimanded: "The first battalion stays to defend the south battalion, and the second battalion and the third battalion immediately go to the east camp and the west camp to defend respectively. The rest of the soldiers will go to Beiying immediately with Ben! ”

"Yes, the last general will be ordered!"

The respective generals responded to the order, and the 5,000 cavalry quickly divided into three teams and left quickly, and Li Shimin also rushed to the northwest camp with the remaining 2,000 soldiers.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Li Shimin led his soldiers to the northwest camp. Unfortunately, the attacking enemy forces had already left, leaving only a northwestern camp burning with flames.

Li Shimin looked at the camp, his face covered with black frost. In just over a quarter of an hour, not to mention the casualties of the soldiers, more than 20 camps were set on fire alone, and dozens of bows and crossbows and arrows were also set on fire in dozens of places.

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After more than an hour, the camp was calm again, and the shouts of the soldiers who were training hard were once again heard in the camp, as usual.

The difference is that at this time, the south camp and the northwest camp left a bright mark of fire, and the patrol soldiers on the periphery of the camp have also increased a lot.

"The Sui army's surprise attack caused a total of 3,812 casualties, of which 1,457 were killed and 704 were seriously wounded. In addition, the fire destroyed more than 1,400 spears and spears, 11,600 hard bows, and 43,000 arrows. ”

In the hall of the Chinese army, Li Yuan's father and son had gloomy faces and heavy expressions, and they were quietly listening to Liu Wenjing's report on the details of the losses with several henchmen.

"Father, this old Song is too hateful!"

Li Yuanba's temper was hot, and he was suddenly furious, and said angrily: "The child is willing to be the vanguard of the army, immediately attack Huoyi City, and capture Song Laosheng alive!"

"Yuanba, don't be impatient!"

Li Yuan lost his previous cheerful mood, his face was very gloomy, but his tone was very calm, so that people couldn't see his inner thoughts.

Before the battle began, the soldiers had already suffered thousands of casualties, and nearly half of the bows and crossbows and arrows had been lost. In fact, he was also very annoyed in his heart, and he couldn't wait to lead the army to attack Huoyi City immediately, but he was the commander of the army and the courage of the army, so he had to be calm and comfortable in order to stabilize the hearts of the soldiers!

Li Yuan looked at his three sons, then at the other henchmen, and said in a deep voice: "Now that the weather is clear, it is suitable for the army to attack the city." Let's talk about it, how can we capture Huoyi City? ”

"There are 50,000 Sui troops in the city, you can't storm it, you can only outwit it!"

Li Yuan's former friend, Shi Pei Lian, the current army commander, was the first to speak, "The best way is to set up an ambush outside the city, and then lure Song Laosheng to lead the army out of the city for a decisive battle, and then we will destroy them with superior forces." Or contact the big families in the city, and let them cooperate to open the city gate when the army is attacking the city, and the army will reduce a lot of casualties when the city is attacked! ”

Li Yuan nodded, turned his gaze to his eldest son and asked, "Completed, can the scouts in the city respond?"

"Father, the scouts are in contact with the big families in the city, and there is no news yet. However, they have already contacted Dou Rail, and Dou Rail promised to help. ”

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, "You can increase the conditions a little." We have been in Huoyi City for too long, and we must break the city as soon as possible! ”

"The child understands!"

Li Yuan nodded, and asked everyone again, "Do you have any way to lure the Sui army out of the city?"

Liu Wenjing stroked his chin and short beard, and suggested: "Song Laosheng is short-tempered and impulsive, we can arrange a small number of soldiers to scold in front of the city, and then flee in defeat, and lead him into our ambush circle, and we will be able to capture him in one fell swoop." However, in order to successfully lure Song Laosheng out of the city, he also has to consider his generals' staff. In my estimation, Song Laosheng should have a staff general with a good strategy by his side. ”

"Father, the child agrees with Liu Sima's opinion!"

At this time, Li Shimin also made an analysis, "The Sui army's attack today was very unexpected, not only caught us off guard, but also their retreat was very decisive and fast. After they succeeded, they did not expand their gains or entangle with us, but retreated with one blow, which darkened the way of the art of war. With Song Laosheng's character, he couldn't think of such a strategy, there must be a very powerful strategist by his side, and this strategist still has a great influence on him! If we can't eradicate this person, it is estimated that it will be difficult to lure Song Laosheng out of Huoyi City! ”

Li Yuan frowned a little and groaned, "Jiancheng will notify the scout team members in the city as soon as possible, so that they can find out this person as soon as possible." It's best to persuade this person to surrender, and if not, find an opportunity to get rid of him as soon as possible! ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, "The child understands!" ”

Next, everyone discussed the details of the siege of the city. After more than half an hour, Li Yuan's gloomy face had faded, and a smile appeared on his face, he looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Okay, this meeting is here first, everyone will go back and arrange all kinds of preparations first!"

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With Song Laosheng's secret promotion, the news that the Zhang family and the Lu family outside the city were robbed of grain and destroyed by Li Yuan's army at the same time spread rapidly, and in just a few hours, it spread all over the streets and alleys of the city.

In the same way, the news also reached the ears of the lords of the great and small families in the city. At first, many owners did not believe it, believing that it was a rumor, a lie created by some people in order to defend the city.

However, when Lu Dingjian, a member of the Lu clan, personally appeared to testify, and some qualified families personally contacted people outside the city, they had to believe it after receiving the news that the Lu Mansion and the Zhang Mansion outside the city had been burned by fire the night before.

For a while, the big and small families in Huoyi City were panicked, and they were all a little worried, once the city was broken, would Li Yuan's army destroy them and steal food?

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