Khalid, Ibn and Welid, led the remnants of the defeated army and fled into the nearest city in disarray.

After entering the city, Willid ordered the number of soldiers to be counted.

The final inventory of the numbers made Wei Lide almost vomit blood.

Before the army of the Tang Shu King came, they had 50,000 cavalry and more than 50,000 infantry.

Coupled with the 10,000 soldiers guarding Guizi Town, they have a total of more than 110,000 soldiers and horses.

But what about now?

There were only 20,000 cavalry left, and 33,000 infantry, for a total of 53,000 men.

110,000 horses, more than half lost!

Up to now, Wei Lide has to pay great attention to the king of Shu in the Tang Dynasty.

He only now feels that perhaps, the legends of the King of Shu before should not be false, but true.

That night, Wei Lide ordered all the news they had received about the king of Shu to be sent to his room.

The more Wei Lide looked at it, the more frightened he became, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.

It turns out that this King of Shu is really a god-like character!

It turns out that Datang has developed to this point!

It turns out that in Datang, even such an unbelievable affair as a train has been manufactured.

If he had known this, Wei Lide would definitely not have made the decision to invade Datang so easily.

But now, it's too late to say anything.

All night, Wei Lide studied the information of the king of Shu.

At dawn, Wei Lide's eyes were red and bloody.

Through this night's research, Wei Lide finally figured out why he had failed so badly this time.

Confidants don't know each other is one of the reasons, and the equipment is not as good as people is also a reason.

But these are still not the main reasons.

Wei Lide has fought countless battles in his life, and there are more dangerous situations than this, but he has never suffered such a big loss, and he has not even tasted defeat.

But this time the confrontation with Datang was so miserable.

After a night of research, Wei Lide finally figured out one thing.

The reason why the Great Food is miserable is that the focus is on the defeat of the conspiracy of the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty.

I'm afraid the news I got is all fake news.

First of all, the soldiers and horses brought by this king of Shu are definitely not as many as 100,000, at best there are only more than 50,000.

Secondly, most of the information they obtained was what Datang wanted them to know.

In all the battles, they were all led by the nose by the Tang Dynasty.

How can there be any reason to be invincible in such a war?

And this kind of fighting method, Wei Lide has never seen before.

Of course, he understands the importance of intelligence, but it is far from reaching the height of the Tang Shu King.

This Tang Shu King obviously treats intelligence as a war to fight.

And winning the intelligence war is almost equivalent to winning a real battle.

And the materials that the intelligence station needs to invest, although very terrifying, are far less than a battle.

Wei Lide had a feeling that if the intelligence information of the two sides was exchanged, the same equipment and materials, the same number of people.

But Big Food can definitely win this war!

And this is the horror of information warfare, which can completely rewrite the outcome of a war.

And now, their Dashi's intelligence system can't be compared with Datang at all.

In the intelligence war, they can only lose completely.

If he continues to fight, Wei Lide promises that he will lose every battle.

A general who was able to win every battle before this relied on his cool head, analytical and judgment ability.

And now that it has been judged that if it continues to fight, it will undoubtedly lose, then, in fact, there is no need to fight this battle again.

His face was full of exhaustion, but Wei Lide did not rest, but ordered someone to gather all his generals together.

"Everyone listened to the order and secretly prepared to retreat. However, no rumors are allowed to leak out, everything is going on in secret. ”

"Now, I'll assign you to each other. The cavalry withdrew fifty miles away, and then set up barricades on the pretext of building defenses. ”

"The infantry packed their bags, made a gesture of attack, and were ready to evacuate at any time."

After hearing Wei Lide's words, the generals of the Great Food could hardly believe their ears.

Is this what their general, the Sword of Allah, said?

We suffered such a big loss in Datang, and we actually quit like this?

They fought abroad, how could they have suffered such a big loss?

Wei Lide's generals couldn't help it, and couldn't help asking, "General, are we really going to retreat?" Or pretend to retreat and fight an ambush? ”

Pretending to retreat?

Ambush warfare?

Indeed, this is the method of warfare that they often use.

In the past, they used all kinds of tactics, and many times they defeated the strong with the weak, and the more with less, and tried a hundred times.

But these people, obviously, haven't figured out the strength of their opponents yet!

Fighting with the King of Shu and using these small means, will it really be useful?

Wei Lide shook his head, decisively rejecting the tempting idea.

Directly said with a decisive word: "Execute the order, go down!" ”

The generals, with their inner incomprehension, couldn't help but retreat.

Then the soldiers were mobilized and all kinds of preparations began.

……

At the same time, the army of the Tang Dynasty had been assembled and ready for the war.

Of course, they came in a hurry, and they didn't even prepare siege equipment.

If the other party's big food, guard against it.

They really don't have a good idea.

After all, siege machines can be made on an improvised basis.

But the forces of both sides are equal, and wanting to fight a siege battle with the same number of people is tantamount to a fool's dream.

If you want to break the city, you have to find another way.

Li Su ordered Li Yuanfang to send a large number of Huya special combat teams.

In the previous battles, the Huya special combat team made great contributions, and Li Su directly reported the first merit to them.

In this regard, Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai were both happy and convinced, and did not have the slightest complaint.

In this campaign, they did feel the importance of intelligence.

Without a series of intelligence deceptions, they would not have been able to win so easily.

It was impossible to win a big victory, and they only lost less than a hundred dead men.

If such a big victory can be guaranteed, why not if they give up their first credit?

The members of the special combat team, because they finally got a first achievement, were full of enthusiasm and continued to engage in intelligence work.

As for Li Su himself, he sent an unmanned reconnaissance plane to start investigating the situation of Dashi.

In fact, now Li Su is confident that he will take a city in the Great Food War overnight.

You only need to send the Huya special combat team out of the horse, and in the middle of the night, you can easily climb into the city, open the city gate, and let the army outside the city enter the city.

Of course, this method can only be used once.

It won't work next time, and people will definitely take precautions.

Therefore, Li Su is not in a hurry to use this trick now, and he will not use this hole card until the most critical time.

And through the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, Li Su soon discovered every move of the Great Food Army.

First of all, in those cities, some soldiers are ready to go.

Sitting back, it seems to be ready to fight at any time.

Seeing this, Li Su couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

He didn't quite believe that at this time, the generals of the Great Food would choose to take the initiative.

Although the Tang army easily defeated the Great Food army and annihilated almost 50,000 of their soldiers and horses.

But the army of Da Shi is actually not weak, and their generals are definitely not short-sighted.

Their miserable whiteness has the existence of various factors.

It can only be said that Datang is stronger, not that they are weak.

How could they make such a mistake?

Li Su had some doubts in his heart, so he couldn't help but move the automatic reconnaissance plane and began to reconnoiter other places.

Soon Li Su found that there were some big food soldiers who were secretly preparing vegetable oil.

And the prepared vegetable oil was secretly distributed among the cities.

Seeing this scene, Li Su couldn't help frowning.

Could it be that the Great Eclipse is ready to attack with fire?

But do they really have a chance to attack?

Li Su couldn't help but shake his head, feeling a little unable to understand the intention of the big food.

Then, Li Su continued to let the unmanned reconnaissance plane reconnoitre.

Soon, it was almost time to reach the edge of reconnaissance by unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

Li Su found that all the cavalry of Da Shi were here, and they were building defenses.

This is strange, to build a defense ten miles behind the city?

And still use cavalry to build defenses?

This matter, no matter how you look at it, reveals weirdness.

Moreover, these defenses don't look like defenses at all.

Basically, it's blocking the road, and it's not tightly blocked.

The infantry could easily pass through, but the cavalry could not think of it.

What does it mean for these cavalrymen to block the road in front of them?

Didn't you block yourself in this special way?

The leader of the Great Food actually gave such an order, is he a pig?

Li Su began to feel puzzled.

How could the leader of the Great Food be so stupid?

If it weren't for the stupidity of their leader, there must have been a purpose in him in doing so.

So, what exactly does he want to do?

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Su finally came to his senses!

Big food, this is the rhythm of the withdrawal of troops!

Li Su didn't expect that the Great Food Commander would be so decisive!

Those cavalry were not building defenses at all, but just to block the road.

It's good that they retreat and don't block their path.

And the infantry of the Great Eclipse is behind, and the infantry can pass through these simple barricades.

And Datang's steam tricycle convoy, if these roadblocks are not cleared, there will be no way to pass at all.

Along the way, they will keep setting up roadblocks, blocking Datang's steam tricycle all the way.

In this way, it is equivalent to scrapping Datang's steam tricycle fleet, and they can evacuate with confidence.

And, in order to be more calm, and also to bring a heavier blow to Datang.

They decided to burn down all the nearby cities before leaving.

Li Su now finally understands that the fire oil they arranged was not for fire attack, but for burning the city.

In fact, Wei Lide is indeed playing this wishful thinking.

Except for his two henchmen, even the other generals did not know about this plan.

Willier has realized that there is a problem with their intelligence, and now he is trying to prevent leaks as much as possible.

……

And Li Su quickly called Xue Rengui, Xi Junmai and Li Yuanfang in.

"On this day or two, the Great Food Army will be withdrawn. So, you have to be ready. ”

"And when the Great Food Army withdraws, it will set fire to these cities. Li Yuanfang, this matter will be handed over to you, start deploying from now on, and you must not let them really burn the city. ”

If the city is really burned, it will seriously damage the safety of the lives and property of the people in the city.

Li Su will never allow this kind of thing to happen.

"As for Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai, General Xi, when the Great Food Army is in the car, it will inevitably set up all kinds of obstacles along the way."

"Your army will follow the steam tricycle, come across the road with obstacles, and help clear the road."

"General Xue, your task is to stick behind them and put enough pressure on them so that they don't dare to sabotage along the way."

"If you have the chance, kill as many of them as you can!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Li Su nodded, and all three of them withdrew.

After going out, Xi Junmai couldn't help but ask curiously, "By the way, how did His Highness know that the Great Food Army would retreat?" ”

Hearing Xi Jun's question, Xue Rengui couldn't help but roll his eyes and asked, "I'm not Your Highness, how do I know?" ”

Xi Junmai asked differently, "You don't know either?" Then you are in the big tent, why didn't you ask just now? I thought you knew! ”

Next to him, Li Yuanfang rolled his eyes and asked, "Then let me ask you, what His Highness speculated and the order arranged, was there any time when the news was inaccurate?" Have it? ”

After thinking about it, Xi Junmai couldn't help but shake his head and said, "That's not true." ”

Li Yuanfang said speechlessly: "Isn't that the end?" Whatever order His Highness gives, it will be carried out! Still need to ask why? ”

Well, it seems that this is really the truth!

It seems that I will have to follow them in the future and learn more.

After the three of them went down, they quickly fell into a busy situation.

……

On the second day, Willid gave the order for a total retreat.

At the moment of this order, except for a few generals who knew about this order, the rest of the people couldn't help but be in an uproar.

However, the military order was like a mountain, and the soldiers of the Great Eat, although they did not understand this order, quickly packed their bags and prepared to retreat.

By noon, everything had been packed up and the official retreat began.

At the same time, after the army left the city, they specially sent people to prepare for ignition.

These bandits poured the oil they had hidden in advance into the official offices in the city and the shops in the downtown area.

Burning the entire city down is unlikely because of time.

Seeking to maximize damage, they decided to set fire to the densest areas of the building.

Those people who had been hiding in their homes, trembling with fear.

When he found that the soldiers outside were lighting a fire, he was immediately frightened.

Some of the people came out and knelt down and begged for mercy.

But these bandits, drawing their swords, stepped forward and blew these people away.

After pouring oil, light the fire.

Shout!

Shout! Shout!

At this moment, suddenly the sound of short crossbows breaking through the air sounded one after another, and these big food soldiers fell in a pool of blood one after another.

It turned out that the soldiers of the Huya Special Combat Team had been hiding in the city for a long time.

The reason why it was delayed until the end was to stall for time.

If he had done it earlier, maybe Da Shi would have sent more soldiers over, and they might not be able to resist it.

And now, some of them have gone to open the gates.

Soon the army of the Tang Dynasty will enter the city, and I am not afraid that they will send people over again.

The number of soldiers who stayed behind to set fire to the big food was not large.

Where are the opponents of the Huya Special Combat Team members?

But in a few moments, all these people were killed.

What are the bold people, hiding at the door, hearing that it is the Tang Army, they walked out of the door in surprise.

And the members of the Huya Special Combat Team immediately organized these people to dispose of all the places that had been poured oil.

We prepare a large amount of water in the surrounding area, set up a fire barrier, and actively take fire prevention measures.

Over there, the undefended city gate had already been opened by the members of the Huya Special Combat Team, and the Tang Army entered the city.

At this point, even if the big food side knew that something had happened in the city, they didn't dare to send people into the city again.

Because of the existence of the Huya Special Combat Team, more than a dozen cities were protected from fire.

And what entered the city was actually only a very small number of troops.

Li Su had to keep people down to control the law and order in the city.

The rest of the people all sat in the steam tricycle and pursued in the direction where the Great Food Army had left.

And Willid's plan is actually very perfect.

A retreat without warning, and after the retreat, he chose to set fire to several cities.

As a result, the Don army was bound to organize manpower to fight the fire, and there was no time to pursue them.

They can evacuate calmly.

Then roadblocks were constantly set up on the road to delay the pace of pursuit by the Tang army.

In this way, they can withdraw from Datang's territory unscathed.

But it's a pity that Wei Lide's intentions were all seen through by Li Su.

Not only did they know their intention to evacuate a long time ago, but they even knew their intention to set fire, and successfully cracked it.

In this way, there is little room for buffer.

Datang's steam tricycle convoy, and in a short time, caught up with the 30,000 infantry retreating from Dashi.

At this time, they were still five or six miles away from the first line of defense set up by their cavalry.

Thus, an inevitable massacre officially began.

Wei Lide, the leader of the Great Food, was shocked and angry about this.

He could not understand that the news of his own evacuation and preparation for setting fire to the city was known only to a few of his most trusted generals.

How did the news leak out?

Especially the news that he was going to set fire to the city, it shouldn't have been leaked out at all!

Could it be that the news of Datang has reached this point?

This made Wei Lide feel chilled.

Now is not the time to think about that.

The Datang steam tricycle convoy on the opposite side, when it touched their infantry, could be said to be unscrupulous and rampant.

At the same time, the crossbow arrows on the car were constantly strafing.

This short five or six miles away has become purgatory.

If there are cavalry around, they may be able to help a little.

But now, their cavalry is isolated by themselves in the isolation zone on the other side, and that's really a sight to behold.

In a hurry, Wei Lide could only take the way of a strong man breaking his arm, leaving 15,000 soldiers behind to entangle Datang's steam tricycle convoy.

For the rest, throw everything away and run at full speed towards the pass.

I have to say that the execution of the Great Food Army is really strong.

Staying in the palace means sending you to death.

But the soldiers who stayed behind did not have a rout in a short period of time.

I have to say that Wei Lide's control over the army is very amazing.

Well, it probably has something to do with their beliefs.

People of faith, many times, do not fear death too much.

This is probably one of the reasons why the Great Food Empire was able to fight in the south and the north, and has always been invincible, right?

And the fifteen thousand Great Eclipse soldiers in the front team lost all the weight on their bodies, including their armor.

I even want to throw away the clothes on my body.

Then, with an unimaginably fast speed that would make even the long-distance runners at the 16 Nations Games feel ashamed, they went all the way.

In the end, there was a thrilling escape from danger, and more than 10,000 major infantrymen couldn't help but shed tears for the rest of their lives, and collectively ran in tears.

The Tang Army, on the other hand, ordered people to quickly clear the road all the way, and chased after them.

The chasing army of food never stops.

……

At this time, Chang'an City, inside the imperial palace.

Emperor Li Shimin has been uneasy recently, and has been waiting for news from the Anxi Protectorate.

However, the distance from Anxi to Chang'an is far away.

And wherever the passage of flying pigeons to pass on the book, they all fell with the fall of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

Messages are delivered very slowly.

So far, Li Su, the king of Shu, with more than 50,000 Tang soldiers, rushed to the Anxi Protectorate, and it has been more than ten days, but there has been no news for a long time.

I don't know what the battle situation is like, can you stop the big food army?

If you can resist it, that's it.

If it can't be resisted, then the western part of the Tang Dynasty is only afraid that it will be eroded.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly laughed at himself.

Su'er has only been there for more than ten days.

According to the normal march, I am afraid that I have just arrived at the Anxi Protectorate, where will the news be transmitted so quickly?

At this moment, a bowl of soup was gently placed on top of the imperial case.

"Your Majesty, drink this bowl of bird's nest soup to replenish your body. During this time, the emperor lost a lot of weight. ”

Li Shimin turned around and found that it was Concubine Yang.

After the death of Empress Changsun, Concubine Yang was empathetic and always accompanied by her side, which also allowed Li Shimin to relieve a lot of the pain of separation.

Li Shimin couldn't help grabbing Concubine Yang's hand and sighed: "Concubine Yang, thank you for your hard work!" ”

Concubine Yang smiled slightly and said: "Where do the concubines dare to say that it is hard, it is the emperor who is hard." This soup is just right, the emperor should drink it while it's hot! ”

Li Shimin was irritable, where did he have the appetite to drink soup, but he was really unwilling to brush off Concubine Yang's kindness, and picked up the bowl from the table.

After tasting it, Li Shimin couldn't help but raise his head and said, "Fragrant!" You cooked this soup with your own hands, right? No one else can cook it. ”

Concubine Yang pursed her lips and smiled and said, "It's delicious, then the emperor will drink more." ”

The soup cooked by Concubine Yang gave Li Shimin an appetite, and he drank a bowl of soup in a few sips.

Seeing the sweetness of Li Shimin's drink, Concubine Yang was also happy in her heart, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, the pot is still simmering, the concubine will serve you another bowl!" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Leave you alone, drink it yourself, I won't need it." ”

At this moment, a strong man came to report it.

"Your Majesty, the secretary of the military department asked to see him, saying that there is news of the Anxi Protectorate."

"What? Is there any news from the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate? Let him in! ”