Luoyang, Liangyi Palace.

Wang Shichong's expression was calm, wearing a general robe and big armor, standing in the first place on the left, and in Yuan Wendu opposite him, Lu Chu and the others were overjoyed, and said to Yang Tong on the side of the throne with a smile: "King, now the two thief armies outside the city have all withdrawn, the Wei army has many cavalry, and they almost fled back to the east side of Luoshui, and the Li Tang army has just arrived at the Sanhuanggang fifty miles north of the city. His Royal Highness the King of Yue, let's chase it. ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "Yuan Taifu, why do you think that the pursuit at this time is feasible? ”

Yuan Wendu hooked the corners of his mouth and sneered: "The Tang army is mostly infantry, their cavalry has been broken behind, covering the retreat of the army, and now they have only walked a hundred and ten miles, and they have long been sleepy and lacking horses. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, and said: "Yuan Taifu has absolute certainty that he can lead the army to fight, so this time, let me Wang Shichong see the generals of Yuan Taifu." ”

Yuan Wendu laughed and said: "General Wang doesn't have to mock his own official, I am not a general, and this marching and fighting is not my forte, but someone is good at this, General Duan, what do you say?" ”

An imperceptible look of dissatisfaction flashed on Wang Shichong's face, he looked at Duan Da happily, and said calmly: "General Duan, do you want to personally lead the troops to attack this time?" ”

Duan Da said with a smile: "General Wang, what Yuan Taifu said is right, we have been reconnoitring the enemy army here, they are indeed a little tired now, this road is to guard against the surprise attack of the Wei army and us, it is also highly tense, now that the Wei army has also withdrawn, it is time for them to relax, and they would never have thought that at this time, our soldiers and horses in the Eastern Capital will follow and kill!" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "General Duan, I just want to say that the generals and commanders of the Tang Army are extremely powerful characters, what you see and think may not be the truth, but what they want you to see, if our army rashly pursues at this time, I am afraid that we will be ambushed by the enemy." ”

Duan Da hooked the corners of his mouth dissatisfied, and said in a deep voice: "General Wang, this is the Central Plains, the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong have come from afar, and they are not familiar with the terrain here at all, and our reconnaissance cavalry also has a lot of vomit in their camp, which is evidence that they are not adapted to the water and soil and the epidemic is rampant, so they will retreat at this time, how can they have time to lay an ambush?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head and said, "General Duan, a soldier, is also a trickster, so he can show that he can't, and he can't show his ability." If the Tang army is really a hasty retreat, it will definitely not make us weak, retreat 10,000 steps, and it will also be the infantry galloping back, with the cavalry broken, how can we be exhausted, unable to fight again, and lose our armor? ”

Yuan Wendu sneered: "General Wang, the thieves don't know that our scout cavalry has been following them, and they won't do it to us on purpose." When Li Tang's army came before, we all had to go out of the city to fight, but you said that the thieves were menacing, and we should not be taken lightly, we must defend the city first, and wait to counterattack. We listened to your words and lost so many states and counties, and now that Li Tang's army has retreated, but we don't pursue, are you worthy of the saint and the king? ”

Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and said: "The enemy army has obviously set a trap waiting for us to drill, if you send away the main force of the army, this is called sorry for the saint, sorry for the king." Yuan Taifu, I, Wang Shichong, just say this, as long as I go out of the city to pursue, I will definitely be ambushed and defeated! ”

Yang Tong's eyes widened and he said, "General Wang, are you sure that the enemy army will have an ambush?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded and said, "Li Shimin is a very powerful commander, I know this very well, he will not retreat so easily, he will definitely stay in ambush." Moreover, now that we have turned the tide in the eastern capital, the situation is gradually getting better, and we don't need to take risks! ”

Yuan Wendu arched his hand at Yang Tong, and said: "We are safe in the east, but the saint is still fighting in Liyang!" Now that the pressure has decreased, we should pursue the Tang army to fight a big victory, raise the prestige and morale of our army, and then wave our troops to the east and attack the Wei army on both sides with the saint's royal division, so it is our duty to be courtiers! ”

Wang Shichong hooked his mouth and said, "I think it's better to attack the Wei army now than to attack the Tang army!" The Tang army is a mighty army, and there are also famous generals like Li Shimin, so it is impossible for us to take advantage! ”

Duan Da said proudly: "Impossible? Li Shimin is just a hairy boy in his early twenties, and when he was about to gallop on the battlefield, he was still eating his mother's milk! ”

Lu Chu pointed at Wang Shichong and stammered: "Wang, General Wang, I'm afraid that you don't have any agreement or agreement with the Tang Army, so you can dissuade you in every possible way!" ”

Wang Shichong's eyes were cold, and he said, "Lu Chu, you don't want to spew blood!" ”

Yang Tong frowned and stopped: "Okay! ”

While talking, a scout came to the door, and the people who were arguing temporarily stopped their mouths, and the two attendants ran over, took a copy of the Tang newspaper from the scout's hand, and handed it to Yang Tong, Yang Dong unfolded it and immediately smiled: "Haha, no wonder the Tang army will retreat so quickly, it turns out that it is because of the copying of the hometown." Ladies and gentlemen, the front-line military newspaper, Xue Ju of Longyou, started to ride 80,000 and attack Guanzhong, this is the real reason why Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin retreated. ”

Yuan Wendu said with a smile: "This is the divine grace of the Holy Heaven to bless my Eastern Capital, let these thieves attack each other, and give us such an opportunity." Your Majesty, the Tang army retreated in a hurry in order to return to Baoguan, and it is absolutely impossible to have any ambush at this time. If we don't chase again, the enemy will retreat into Tongguan, and we will no longer be able to catch up. ”

Yang Tong nodded vigorously and said, "Chase, you must chase!" General Duan, pass on my military order, open the city, you take 20,000 cavalry in the eastern capital to pursue the Tang army, you must not let them easily retreat to Tongguan! ”

Duan Dahaha smiled: "Don't worry, the king, this time I will definitely kill the Tang Army without leaving a piece of armor, and let them know how powerful our Eastern Capital Army is!" He turned his head and gave him a smug look, turned and left.

Wang Shichong sighed, shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Great King, the last general does not dare to compete with General Duan, and only asks the Great King to allow me to send 5,000 cavalry out of the city to respond." In case of disadvantage, it can also cover the withdrawal of General Duan. ”

Yang Tong nodded: "Since General Wang has such a request, there is no reason for this king not to allow it." I'm bothering you to take over General Duan. ”

Wang Shichong nodded, the blue light in his eyes flashed, and said: "I will personally lead the cavalry to respond, and when the time comes, you will wait and see." ”

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