Hou Junji sat in the tent, holding an important letter in his hand, the contents of which shocked him.

"Is there a shortage of food in the earthquake? Not only was the Tang army's grain road transported by Xue Wancheng and his troops ambushed, but even the grain stored in the city was burned last night, and now the seventy or eighty thousand troops in the city, the grain and grass are only used for two days, just enough to escape from this mountain road and return to Anyi Pass in Fufeng County, or supply in Huangyuan and Huangyang on the east bank of the Wanghe River. ”

After Hou Junji was surprised in his heart, he deeply admired the strategic planning of the imperial court.

At this moment, he felt that he still underestimated the military talent of Dahua, the founding king, and was so majestic that he had already sent people to act before Luo Cheng's personal expedition arrived, and there was nothing missing.

"General Hou, what important information?" General Zhou Shaoji asked.

Hou Junji smiled and said: "Good news, the Great Earthquake Pass is now short of food......

He explained the information in detail, and after listening to it, the military generals of Wenchen were all surprised, and couldn't help but applaud.

Wei Yijie sighed: "Is it Your Majesty's strategy again, it's really amazing." ”

Zhou Shaofan said: "Your Majesty's royal drive is just to give the Tang army a dismount and deter the juniors, just relying on the Tang prince Li Jiancheng and other juniors, who want to resist the edge of our army, and they are really using the mantis arm as a car." ”

Strategist Zhang Zhiyun said with a smile: "Haha, no matter what, our army still captured the first merit of conquering Xiongguan this time, and stepping up the siege of the city will force the Tang army to flee quickly." ”

Hou Junji stretched out his hand, stopped everyone's speculation, and said: "The military situation is urgent, the Tang army estimates that it will begin to retreat as soon as dawn, our army must step up the onslaught, and then we can drag a part of the Tang army, and after breaking the city as soon as possible, we can still cover the pursuit, and we can't delay the fighters." ”

"Listen to General Hou's order, our army will attack immediately!"

"Zhou Shaoji, Zhou Shaofan, your two brothers led 20,000 troops, responsible for attacking Xiongguan!"

"Whoa!" The brothers clasped their fists at the same time.

The two of them are the two sons of Zhou Fashang, the general of the Sui Dynasty, and they are also considered to be the sons of the generals.

………

"Knock knock!"

The war drums were beating, the roar was continuous, the golden iron horse outside the Xiongguan was like a rainbow, and Dahua's army began to charge.

The trenches were covered with planks, the chariots were thrown, and the ladders were erected to attack the city.

After the Tang army only had 10,000 people left in the cantonment, their morale was low, their rations were only two days, and they had to drag it out until noon before they could be withdrawn, and there was no blocking at the tail, it was likely to be covered and killed, and the life and death of these people were already doomed.

Since most of the Tang Army were also newly recruited civilians, their psychological quality was not so good, and they didn't want the Northwest Army to be so tough after several years of training in the border garrison.

Therefore, the morale rose one after the other, the Tang army was powerless to resist, and once fell into passivity, even if there was a danger in the sky, but it was shot wildly by the crossbow machine, suppressing the defensive offensive at the head of the city, and when the short hand over, the Tang army was barely supporting.

The most important thing is that the Tang army left behind is absent-minded, not an elite division, many people recruited from all over the country, reckless men in the mountains and forests, etc., the soldiers' minds have not been fully tempered, and in a desperate situation, they have not inspired the spirit of seeing death as home.

"Kill, kill, kill—"

Dahua's army stormed, and the sound of fighting resounded through the mountains, echoing and spreading, shaking the heavens and the earth.

Feng Li, the commander of the Tang Army, was responsible for commanding this broken army, and the prince's confession and the trust of the imperial court made him look down on life and death, and he was determined to complete the task, otherwise, it would be difficult for him to go back to recover his life.

"Soldiers, hold on for another hour, and we can withdraw!" General Feng Li yelled and commanded the remaining soldiers to continue the fierce battle.

The Dahua army used trebuchets, huge stone balls were thrown up, and the city was smashed, and some Tang soldiers were hit, and people were directly smashed into the air, or they were crushed to the ground, their heads shattered, and their bodies became meat cakes.

In the resistance of the Tang army, Dahua soldiers were also shot, smashed, and fell to the ground, either dead or wounded.

Soon, the corpses were everywhere in the city, bloody and extremely tragic.

………

Chai Shao ran with 10,000 men, opened the road, and hurried along the mountain road to the east, fearing that the enemy would set up another ambush.

This road was relatively calm in the early stage, but a mountain road was blocked by some big stones, but Chai Shao increased his caution, sent people to carefully remove the stones, reopened the road, and on the high posts along the way, half a mile and a sentry, at any time to pay attention to the enemy's movements.

But when he was about to break away from the mountains and enter the plains, suddenly thousands of iron horsemen rushed out of the jungle and attacked the Tang army.

There were also archers in ambush at the junction, and when the Don army relaxed its vigilance and thought it was completely safe, they suddenly attacked.

"How dare you ambush here!" Chai Shao was furious, and commanded his men and horses to continue to charge forward, not to retreat, otherwise they would be blocked, and it would be difficult for the army behind

"Meet the enemy!"

"Kill-

Xue Wanqian charged over with four thousand iron cavalry, maintaining the Glaive Front Formation, invincible, with a mental calculation and no intention, so the momentum was sharp and the combat effectiveness was fierce.

Under Chai Shao's command, there were only two or three thousand knights, and the rest were infantry, attacked by rocks and bows and arrows, blocking half of the soldiers and horses, and the remnants of the horses who were isolated were attacked by the Dahua army at this time, and the two sides fought together.

"Puff puff—"

The long knife was in the direction, the gun forest was cold, Jin Ge struck, the war horses roared, collided together, rumbled and shook, and then the people turned on their backs and fought together.

As soon as the confrontation began, the Tang army was shocked by the edge of the Dahua army, and the iron cavalry formation was complete, superimposed on each other, rushing and killing, and so on, the thousands of people of the Tang army were disrupted, and then harvested.

Chai Shao was wearing chain mail and holding a horse lance, and led people to rush up to engage the enemy general Xue Wancheng.

The two horses circled, the long soldiers fought each other, and they were completely life and death.

"Thief, take your life!"

"Grandpa Xue is here, the kid is dead!"

Not to be outdone, Chai and Xue shouted and scolded angrily, waved their weapons, and displayed their true skills on the battlefield.

"Dangdang!"

After Chai Shao and Xue Wanren fought for more than a dozen rounds, the strength of Xue Wancheng's 10,000 enemies was highlighted, and the suppressed Chai Shao was restrained everywhere.

"Get down!" Xue Wancheng suddenly opened Chai Shao's horse lance, and then swept forward, hitting Chai Shao's right rib, and suddenly his rib was broken.

Chai Shao screamed, his body flew off the horse diagonally, if he made up for it again, he would definitely be able to directly kill the future Tang Concubine. But Chai Shao's personal soldiers risked their lives to guard, some people dismounted to help Chai Shao gallop, and the rest of them blocked, and then put him on the back of a horse to escort him away.