The moment he saw Li Shimin's battle flag rolling towards the Tiger Prison, Shi Zan knew in his heart that he had completely lost this battle.

What kind of virtue is the guard of the Tiger Prison Pass, Shi Zan knows very well in his heart. Li Shimin led more than 100 tigers and wolves to rush into the pass, and perhaps in less than a quarter of an hour, the battle would be over. And losing the Tiger Prison Pass, the throat of the north and south of the traffic, the Dou Jiajun and the Luoyang Army were completely isolated, and they could not communicate with each other's news, materials, and personnel, so they could only fight separately as before.

At this critical juncture, he can't lead the army back to help. Because Luo Shixin had already led the Flying Tiger Army to break through the blockade of the cavalry and directly attack the infantry formation, any military order that might lead to misunderstanding would lead to the collapse of the entire array. And once the foot soldiers are in chaos, what awaits them will be a merciless slaughter. No matter how fast you run on two legs, you can't outrun a war horse. Facing each other, the cavalry needs to fight at least a few moves to kill the foot soldiers. Catch up from behind, and as long as the blade drags the momentum, you can end a life.

The fierce battle can only continue.

The loss of the Tiger Prison Pass will give Dou Jiajun's rescue operation a blow to the head. But as long as Dou Wangye decisively withdrew to Hebei, his Great Xia Kingdom would not be broken. And if his own army formation is crushed, it means that nearly 30,000 lives are directly buried in his own hands. Shi Zan didn't dare, and he couldn't bear to see this kind of result. It's all his fathers and fellow villagers, and his heart can't bear it.

He could only grit his teeth and insist. Trying to drag down the Tang army that rushed into the formation before the collapse of the military formation. In that case, he and Yin Qiu would almost be able to lead nearly 20,000 brothers to evacuate, bypass the Tiger Prison Pass, and return to Hebei. Leave the remaining brethren in the hands of their parents, wives and children, instead of being buried in a foreign land.

Not only Shi Zhan, at this moment, all the soldiers of the Dou family army are gritting their teeth and persevering. After the cavalry that went out to meet the enemy was dispersed by the Tang army, they slowly gathered again. There were about two thousand people left, hovering around the periphery of their own large array. If they escaped, they felt that they couldn't live up to Shi Zhan's kindness to each other. Wanting to rush into the army and fight side by side with the brothers, they lost that courage again. Until there is no new future to come out to lead them, they can only keep circling and circling, using the excuse of waiting for orders as an excuse to temporarily evade the duties on their shoulders.

In the military formation, the foot soldiers are also struggling to support. The cavalry of the Tang army was very fierce, and after entering the formation, they immediately gathered into several torrents, rushing left and right. The brothers of the Dou family army couldn't stop them at all, but they were surrounded by their own people, and they couldn't escape quickly. He could only wave his weapon in front of him indiscriminately, hoping to scare the enemy's war horse. This wish was so extravagant that when the Tang Army's war horse swept past them, the lucky ones who were not dead immediately opened their eyes and watched as the robe fell to the ground beside him, but an idiotic smile appeared on his face.

If it goes on like this, it is no different from stretching your neck and waiting for the other party to cut it. Shi Zhan couldn't look any further, so he angrily dropped the drumstick and reached out to grab his weapon. "General Shi, no!" Zhang Shuo immediately rushed up and grabbed his arm. "Also, there is a chance for a reversal, an opportunity. He, they are left, and there are not many people left! ”

"Where?" Shi Chan grinned, revealing his reddened teeth. The blood in his mouth was his own, and he regretted biting his tongue so much that he had sent so many people to a dead end. "Zhang joins the army, you tell me how long the brothers can hold out?"

"I, I'm ......," Zhang said, hesitantly letting go of his fingers. Shi Zan is ready to fight the enemy in person, this is not what the commander of the first army should do, of course he must try his best to stop it. But beyond that, he really couldn't think of any solution to his dilemma. There is no precedent to copy in the books I have read before, and before he came, Wang Ye Dou did not tell him what to do when he encountered this situation.

"The Chinese army is handed over to you!" Shi Chan turned over and jumped on his mount, swinging a sledgehammer vigorously, "If you can't hold on, you can do your best to save the lives of your brothers." You should know more than I do! ”

With that, he knocked his horse's belly and led his guards to the fiercest part of the battle. There is an enemy general who is the most eye-catching, and killing him may give everyone some hope of getting back and retreating.

Zhang Shuo stretched out his hand again, trying to stop it, but he didn't hold his fingers. just stiffly stopped in mid-air, watching Shi Zhan's back disappear into the chaotic military formation. The other party's last sentence clearly implied that if he saw that the situation was irretrievable, he could choose to surrender on his own initiative. But this kind of embarrassing thing, why didn't Shi Zan do it himself? He is the commander of this 30,000-strong army, and he is just a temporary appointment to join the army!

Shi Zan didn't see the question in Zhang Shuo's eyes, and even if he did, he didn't bother to explain to him why. He just wanted to put an end to the pointless killing as soon as possible. Even if it is to gamble his life for this, he will not hesitate to do so.

At this moment, he now misses Cheng Mingzhen very much. is also a person who has read books, but Cheng Mingzhen is not as dull as Zhang Shuo. Of course, if Cheng Mingzhen is still around, this battle may not be alive at all. At the moment when Li Shimin's arrogant figure appeared in front of the Tiger Prison, he may have guessed the other party's intentions. And maybe, no, surely, prevent anyone from going out to fight. Li Shimin was not given any chance to carry out his conspiracy.

It's a pity that Prince Dou can't tolerate him. Not only could he not tolerate him, but even Song Zhengben, another scholar who convinced Shi Zhan's heart, could not tolerate him. If Song Zhengben hadn't died today, maybe before he set out on the expedition, he would have been able to anticipate the importance of the Tiger Prison Pass to the two countries of Great Xia and Great Zheng, and it would be appropriate to teach him face-to-face in advance. Although, any words that come out of his mouth are very harsh!

Shi Zan didn't understand why Dou Jiande poisoned Song Zhengben. In his opinion, anyone who succeeded Song Zhengben later, including Pei Ju, who once gave advice to Emperor Dasui, was more than a little bit worse than Song Zhengben's talent. Is it because Dou Jiande doesn't have a belly? Look at the treatment of those Great Sui officials, I'm afraid no one dares to say that! Anyone who was willing to surrender to Bactria was entrusted with a prominent position. Even for those guys who refused to surrender, Dou Jiande paid great respect to them, or sent them to the countryside for the elderly, or sent them out of the country as gifts, and did not slack off at all.

So for what? Wang Fubao, Cheng Mingzhen, Song Zhengben, these people with real skills, were either killed or expelled, and none of them ended well. If Dou Jiande is afraid that these people are too strong, it seems to be inconsistent with the facts. Otherwise, as the commander of the First Army, Shi Zan should have been killed by Dou Jiande a long time ago. But it has been reused until now.

The only possible reason may be that God is partial and refuses to bless Great Xia. Therefore, it made Dou Wang Ye confused from time to time and cut off his arm. Thinking of the providence that had long been destined in the dark, Shi Zan couldn't help but sigh softly. Since this is the will of God, I simply ask for a pleasure. In this battle, no matter what the final result is, at least I can have a good time for the last time.

The foot soldiers took the initiative to get out of the way, and watched Shi Zan lead the guards to rush towards the enemy. At this point in the battle, everyone understood that the final result was sealed, but this did not prevent them from casting a glance of admiration at their heroes. Under the gaze of everyone, Shi Zhan slowly increased the degree of his mount. The closer you are to the enemy, the fewer people you have, and the more space there is for your horses to sprint. Finally, he squeezed out of the crowd and swung his hammer with all his might.

The hammer was the one he used to smash stones. Just like his surname, the people of Shijiazhuang all over Shijiazhuang have made it their profession to knock stones on the mountain. For thirteen years, from the age of eight to the age of twenty-one, Shi Zhan knocked down stones of different sizes from the mountains, or hammered them into long strips, or grinded them into screens, and sent them to the big mansions in the city in exchange for a day's food and clothing. He was born with amazing strength, but he never thought about killing anyone with this strength. Until one day, the government announced that all those who lived in the mountains must move into the city, otherwise they would be punished as gangsters.

Several neighbors scoffed at this bullshit order and continued to climb the mountain to beat rocks to survive. Before the new stone bars could turn into brown rice in a pot, officers and soldiers surrounded the village. One out of ten is drawn, and the one who wins is chopped. Those who do not win the lottery will be sold as slaves of large families. The official is very reasonable, and he will never let you feel that there is anything unfair. That day, Shi Zhan did not draw lots, but picked up the hammer from the door. Since then, this hammer has become his weapon, and he has followed him to the north and south.

There were corpses everywhere, and rivers of blood flowed all over the place. The horse's hooves struck the already soaked ground with a clear "pop" sound. The Tang army, which was wantonly slaughtering its opponents, was alarmed by the sound of horses' hooves, turned their mounts, and hurriedly met the battle. Shi Zhan swung out a hammer, knocking a long lance directly into the sky, and then hammered the head of the owner of the lance into the cavity.

The other lance was like a poisonous snake spitting out letters, and went straight to his choked throat. Shi Zhan Xun withdrew the hammer and slammed it on the black lance. The lance, which once prided itself on its elasticity, instantly bent into a bow shape and hissed and jumped into the sky. Tang Jun, who was holding the lance, couldn't grasp it, and his hands were raised high with the lance, and the empty door in front of his chest was exposed. Between the two horses' wrong stirrups, Shi Zan smashed his chest with a hammer, smashing the heart guard into a big hole and sinking directly into the opponent's ribs.

Without looking back, he knew that his opponent was dead. No matter how good the armor is, it can't withstand the impact of its own hammer, and the internal organs of those who are smashed will definitely be shattered. The third Tang Jun was stunned by his bravery, and the horse lance held it in his hand and hesitated whether to stab it. One of the guards saw an opportunity and struck an axe on the man's helmet. The helmet shattered, and the Don army screamed and died.

This group of cavalry of the Tang Army, which had just been invincible, was quickly killed and dispersed. The remaining three or two were dragged off their horses by the surrounding Dou family army foot soldiers and died in a group beating. Shi Zan grinned, and led his own soldiers, stepping on the robe or the corpse of the enemy, rushing towards another battle group, where the hammer head swept, there was no one general.

God is unreasonable and refuses to bless Dou Jiande and let him make many faint moves. However, God can't erase the resistance of the Hebei boys. They were once trampled like weeds and slaughtered. They also burned like weeds, lighting up the dark night sky.

This world may be destined to be surnamed Li, but what does that have to do with yourself? He has fought and fought, making corrupt officials famous and corrupt officials, and keeping the rich and powerful from sleeping. If the guy surnamed Li is a bastard like the guy surnamed Yang in the future, someone will still stand up with a hammer, axe, firewood knife, and hoe like he did in the past, and give him a bloody lesson, so that he will not dare to look down on the grass people from now on.

The second wave of the Don army was soon dispersed. Shi Zhan's guards were twice as dead as the enemy, and they could no longer protect his flanks. He acted as if he hadn't seen it, and continued to swing his hammer and kill. A third wave of enemy troops surrounded him and circled him back and forth. Every time Shi Zhan strikes three hammers, he will definitely be able to hit one person off his horse. But he also slowly saw a red color on his body, mixed with the blood of the enemy, mixed with the blood on the ground. Glamorous as fire.

The wounds didn't hurt him, they made him stronger. A guy dressed as a lieutenant rushed over with a shout, his horizontal knife drawing a lightning bolt in the setting sun. Shi Zhan easily saw through the trajectory of the lightning, raised the war hammer to meet it, and smashed the horizontal knife to pieces. Then take advantage of the situation and knock on the other person's nose and brain.

"Datang!" Another enemy rushed at him, stabbing his lower abdomen with a lance. Shi Zan dodged sideways, and with the degree of the war horse's hedge, he smashed a hammer on the opponent's hip. He heard the man wail so loudly that he could no longer breathe out a complete word. At the risk of being kicked by their horses, several foot soldiers rushed up and pushed the wounded off their mounts and cut off their heads.

Those brave foot soldiers were quickly hacked to death by the Tang army with horizontal knives. Shi Zan turned his horse, rushed over, and smashed the murderers off the horse one by one. The murderer will be killed, and no one will be exempted. That's fairness, the fairness he can give. Why are some people born high, while others have to be cows and horses all their lives? Why do some people have to feed and clothe themselves every day, while others have to feed themselves with dirt and leaves? In the same life heaven and earth, who is much shorter than the other? There is no fairness if you live. Then, in the face of death, all people should be free from the low. Because death is the fairest thing in this world, whether it is the emperor and his second uncle, or the grass people and his third grandson, they all have only one rotten life, and in the end they can't find a second result.

It's been a long time since I've fought so heartily, and Shi Zan can't remember it clearly. He vaguely remembered that a few years ago, by an unknown creek. He and Cheng Mingzhen jointly defeated the Tang Army who doubled with him. In that battle, the enemy was just as well equipped and as well trained. But he and Cheng Mingzhen won, winning cleanly and happily.

That kind of battle is really enjoyable. Enemy after enemy fell, enemy after enemy pounced. The more his arm waved, the heavier he went, but his mood became more and more relaxed. "Put down your weapons and spare you from dying!" He heard someone shouting in his ear, but he couldn't make out their faces. The war hammer was pushed out in the direction of the sound, but the hammer did not return the recoil force that hit the target. A sharp pain came from his chest, and a smile appeared on Shi Zhan's face. It's finally over, right? Relieved, he collapsed in a pool of blood with a smile.

"The courage of the horseman!" Someone scolds disdainfully.

"It's a man!" Luo Shixin jumped off his mount, fished Shi Zhan's body out of the pool of blood, and placed it upright next to his war horse.