Ying Yi's 1,000 horsemen returned from Gaobiling and went to the Qianli Trail Pass in the north non-stop. Needless to ask clearly, everywhere is to destroy the bed crossbow and giant crossbow before retreating, a little relieved, as Yang Chong once said, through the war, the opponent is also growing, others will be able to build giant crossbows and bed crossbows sooner or later, but every day late, the Hexi army will have fewer casualties, so the whole army knows that if you can't take the crossbow with you when you retreat, you will destroy the crossbow.

The next day, under the cover of Meng Shu and Zhen Zhai'er's cavalry, Hou Mo Chen Biao withdrew to Qianli Trail with a thousand infantry troops and more than a thousand people; The Tang army sent a large number of rangers, but the main forces everywhere did not move, and the long-distance attack and days of hard fighting, the Tang army also needed to rest. On the third day, the Tang army was mobilized one after another and went to Lingshi County, preparing to open the road to Taiyuan.

Under Lingshi City, the Tang army saw the elite combat effectiveness of the Hexi Army, and Yang Yanshi's Hubu Battalion impressed the Tang Army in terms of equipment and tactical cultivation. After attacking for ten days in a row, Li Shimin almost looked at the city and sighed, even if the Baidao soldiers killed and wounded thousands of people on the city tower, they were still one step away from being knocked down the city wall; All kinds of siege equipment were used once, and the Hubu battalion gave the right answer every time, just like an answer sheet.

Du Ruhui saw that the eldest grandson Wuji was ready to rely on the tactics of the sea of people, and hurriedly spoke out to stop him: "King Qin, our army lost nearly 7,000 people in Siguan, and the loss of more than 5,000 people in the 10-day siege, although there were casualties in the city, there were more than 8,000 people. If you lose more than 10,000 people, and finally the 20,000 troops arrive in Taiyuan, you will not be able to do anything, and you will not be able to fall for unscrupulous tricks. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji suddenly woke up to the fact that all the cavalry of the Hexi Army were in Taiyuan, and there were 30,000 horsemen gathered together, as well as famous generals like Yujuluo and Han Shige, if the Tang Army of 20,000 people went north, once it fell into a head-on battle, even if Li Shimin had the ability to go to the sky, he would return with a feather, and consume the vitality of the Tang Army, which was the reason why Wudu'er defended it.

Li Shimin looked up at Lingshi City and said: "Let the army repair for two days and build more siege equipment, Liang Shi has already mobilized 20,000 troops and people from Jinju to go north, and there are two days to go to the Bird Mouse Valley." ”

Du Ruhui and the eldest grandson Wuji were overjoyed, when attacking the city, the people could be used as soldiers, pushing chariots, ambulating the wounded, and staying in the city after the city fell. The two hurriedly went down to arrange, and in less than half an hour, they were inexplicably found back by Li Shimin, only to see Li Shimin's face cold and angular, and Li Daozong, the prince of Luoyang County, standing aside expressionlessly; Li Daozong was only fifteen years old, and he was Li Shimin's cousin, the Li family's Qianliju, who was responsible for investigating the military situation.

Li Daozong saluted the two and said, "Liu Wuzhou is defeated. Yujuluo deliberately gave up Pingyao and attracted Yang Funian and Xunxiang to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to Jiexiu; The two sides fought at Zhangbi Fort in Mianshan, and Yujuluo fought with Yuan Keng's Baiyu battalion and defeated Yang Funian. Yang Funian and Xunxiang attacked Xicheng County again, but were dragged by Yang Yanwu, and were attacked by Yujuluo and Yang Yanwu, and were defeated in Pingyao; However, Han Shige had already defeated Zhang Lun, killed and captured 20,000 prisoners, and captured Pingyao City. Yang Funian, Xunxiang, and Zhang Wansui were cornered, collected 10,000 elite soldiers, and surrendered Yujuluo. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head and said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Liu Wuzhou's 100,000 army only lost half of it, and Taiyuan Jiancheng, it is not so simple for Yujuluo to win." ”

Li Daozong wanted to speak and stopped, and Li Shimin asked slowly: "The tooth tent where Shibi Khan lives cracked for no reason, what do you mean?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji immediately said: "In the past, when Emperor Wei Wen arrived in Xudu, the city gate collapsed for no reason, and the death of Emperor Wei Wen this year may be the same thing. ”

Du Ruhui thought for a while and asked Li Daozong: "But the news you just got?" ”

Li Daozong nodded and said: "The army of Shibi Khan is concentrating, and suddenly this kind of news comes out, and the spies sent have waited for three days, Dali City has always been under martial law, and all the Turkic troops have been ordered to stand by on the spot and are not allowed to move. The spy sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly sent someone back to report the news. ”

Du Ruhui said gloomily: "If this is the case, Shibi Khan should have been assassinated, and the tooth tent is not a self-split for no reason, but a consequence of the fight." Even if Shibi Khan is not dead now, I'm afraid he won't be able to take care of political affairs, King Qin, I'm afraid we will lose this round. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said angrily: "Reinforcements will arrive soon, it's a big deal to continue to recruit troops from all over Hedong, and the state and Hedong are densely populated, and 100,000 troops are not a problem." ”

Du Ruyan smiled bitterly and asked, "What if Yang Chong just wants us to go north and seize Taiyuan?" ”

"You want us to take Taiyuan?" Li Daozong was strange at first, and then looked at Li Shimin and understood. Once Li Shimin entered Taiyuan, he could only fight to the death with Yujuluo, and he could no longer manage other things when the victory or defeat was not scored; If Yang Chong used troops to attack Chang'an, Li Shimin would be beyond the reach of the whip.

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "I'll talk about it when Liang Shi's reinforcements arrive." ”

Two days passed quickly, and the Turks received definite news that Shibi Khan had been assassinated, and the assassin was Ahn Pan, the general of Shibi Khan's personal guard, the Golden Wolf Army. Ahn Penn led more than 200 warriors to attack the tent and all of them were killed, but Shibi Khan was wounded in two places by poisoned swords and arrows, and remained unconscious; Tong Lifushi and Bu Lishe have withdrawn their troops, and Liu Wuzhou sent 20,000 troops and horses to attack Zuoguo City with Liu Jizhen, but they were defeated by Yujuluo, and more than 10,000 people surrendered.

Li Shimin said melancholy for a long time: "After the death of Shibi Khan, the Turks will be in chaos for at least a year and a half, if Taiyuan is captured by Yujuluo, there will be no place for us to stand in the state, with Yang Chong's ability to govern the country, we have no possibility of taking it back." Only now that Yujuluo has surrendered tens of thousands of Liu Wuzhou's troops, and is anxious to digest it, he will not dare to fight a decisive battle with us, and Liu Wuzhou wants to throw off the burden, so that we can have a chance to get Taiyuan; The order went down, and tomorrow I walked around the city and went north to Pingyao. ”

In the middle of the night, Chang'an Kuai Ma came to report, Zhuge Quan led 30,000 cavalry of the Hexi Army to go around to the flank of Chencang to attack and occupy Yu County, Chai Shao and Shi Danai sent troops in the middle of the plan, the army and horses lost six or seven, lost Chencang, and retreated to Yongxian; Dou Liang had to withdraw from Huangyuan and return to Shiyong County, and Guanzhong was shaken. Du Ruhui said calmly: "Chen Cang is a one-man guard to Hanzhong, but for Longyou, there is no danger to defend at all, and it is not surprising that Chai Shao's troops were defeated. ”

Li Shimin agreed, and after discussing with Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and others, he still decided not to change his mind and went north; In the early morning of the next day, the army braved the rain of arrows and forced its way through the flanks of Lingshi City in batches. Wu Du'er was worried about deception, did not dare to attack, after the Tang army finished, he and Meng Zhen led two thousand cavalry to follow, chased for a day, learned that Liu Yun and Song Jingang attacked in two ways, Wu Du'er urged the army forward.

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