Xianyang City and Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty are only twenty miles away, which is the retreat route and grain and grass of the 20,000 troops of Dou Rail, and the 5,000 Tang troops led by Chai Shao are stationed; Chang'an City has been decaying and dilapidated for a long time, and the palace in the city is rotten, and the water supply and drainage are seriously poor. The Perak battalion had already figured out the situation in the city, and along the two tortuous routes without water ditches, the city wall was blown up within two days, and Xie Ying took the lead and led 10,000 Hexi troops into the city.

Chai Shao was facing the battle, and Wang Zhongbo had already attacked the grain village on the other side, divided a thousand soldiers, rushed into the city, and set fire all over the sky; The Tang army was flustered and fled to the east for his life, and when Chai Shao finally turned around, he was shot off his horse by Xie Yingdeng with an arrow, and the soldiers of the Hexi Army swarmed up and tied Chai Shao. When Liangzhou Assassin Shi Liang Li rushed out of the east gate with sixty horsemen, a cavalry squad of 200 people of the Hexi Army pursued closely until he saw the reinforcements of the Tang Army.

The smoke of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty was like a demon, wafting over Longshouyuan and Weishui, covering the sun and discrediting the blue sky and white clouds of February spring; Countless Chang'an people looked forward to the city towers, restaurants, palaces, and hills, and couldn't tell whether they were sad or excited, that imperial capital like Chang'an, which had been threatened by both sides of the Hexi Army for half a year, just waiting for the news that the state was lost and the Central Plains was defeated.

The Wude Hall can no longer be described as depressed, Tang Emperor Li Yuan is so angry that he is like a male master who is about to go berserk, and he has the posture of arresting and biting whom. The crisis in Xianyang is not only the loss of the city, the key is that the 60,000 Tang troops that were finally gathered may lose half, and there are 20,000 elite soldiers who are following Li Jiancheng to resist Li Jing in the east, according to intelligence, Jiang Duo's more than 20,000 Hexi Army troops have crossed the Yellow River and entered Tongguan, and Li Jiancheng is facing 50,000 enemy troops.

can't always go on like this, Nayan Dou Kang came out and suggested: "It's better to let the prince give up Xia Tai and return to Chang'an." ”

Pei Lin objected and said: "The prince can't go back to Chang'an, he should go south to Hangu Pass, and he can transfer Gongsun Huilan's women's army from Yizhou to guard Chang'an." ”

Li Yuan bowed his head, or Pei Lin thought about himself, Gongsun Huilan hated Yang Chong, that was because of love into hate; Now that Yang Chong's shamelessness is getting more and more offline, in case of any trick, the little woman's heart will soften, and it is possible to give Yizhou and Hanguguan to Yang Chong. After entering Chang'an City, you can control Gongsun Huilan and divide and conquer the 20,000 women's army, which is the last mobile force that can be used now, and it must be in the hands of the Li family.

Xiao Yu came out and asked, "Are you considering giving up Chang'an?" ”

There was an uproar in the hall, Xiao Yu, you can be called a great Confucian, the Lanling Xiao family is noble, and Li Yuan is a good friend, but if the emperor wants to give up the imperial capital, he should also muttered in private, if this word spreads, Chang'an City does not know what will be the chaos. Who would have thought that Li Yuan didn't get angry, but just asked gloomily: "Xiao Yu, do you think Chang'an can't hold it?" ”

Li Yuan was obviously a precursor to an outbreak, and Xiao Yu replied without flinching: "Regardless of the war in Chang'an, since Xingyang is the capital, he should send the crown prince or a prince to supervise the country." At present, Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army has been surrendered, and the king of Qin has occupied Beiping, as long as we hurry up, we can pacify Jiangnan, as long as we occupy Jingzhou and Xiangyang again, we can sit and watch Yang Chong, Wang Shichong, and Dou Jiande fight, Chang'an, and the impact is greater than the actual significance. ”

Good vision, the monarchs and ministers of the first palace couldn't help but applaud in their hearts, but if you Xiao Yu really had this kind of strategic vision, what would you do earlier. Li Yuan immediately understood what Xiao Yu meant, if he was defeated again, would the Xingyang Zheng family still support him as always? Will Xingyang and Nanyang be directly dedicated to Wang Shichong, Du Fuwei, or anyone else? Pei Lin saw Li Yuan's thoughts, secretly screamed that it was not good, and squeezed out a smile and asked, "I don't know which great sage is at Lord Xiao's?" ”

Xiao Yu replied: "Zhou Shaofan, the youngest son of Zhou Fashang, and Zhang Xutuo's old generals Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Niu Jinda, Wu Guang and other five people are in the Xiaguan Mansion, and they all think that Chang'an is a piece of chicken ribs. ”

Li Yuan was in a much better mood, and at this time, there were also Qin Qiong and other famous generals who were optimistic about themselves, indicating that Li Tang was still deeply popular, perhaps because he was restrained by Chang'an, so Yang Chong took the lead everywhere; The so-called chicken ribs are tasteless and it is a pity to abandon them, Yang Chong should have seen this when he didn't want Chang'an. Li Yuan is also an immortal hero, and immediately grasped the key and made up his mind to say: "Order Qin Qiong, Zhou Shaofan, and Yang Wengan to go to the prince's army as soon as possible, whether to keep the letter valley or go to Xingyang, and the prince will decide on the spot." ”

Pei Lin asked, "How are the hundred officials settled?" ”

Li Yuan said neatly: "Dou Kang and Xiao Yu will go to Xingyang to fight the front station, and each of the six departments will send a waiter to go, and the families of the officials can move first." ”

Dou Liang came out of the queue and said: "It's better to evacuate the warning section, solve Zhu Cang first, and take the entire territory of Nanyang County." ”

After the failure of Fufeng's attack, Dou Liang was replaced by Li Shentong, who came back from injury, but if you want to talk about Tao Strategy, it is still first-class; Li Yuan thought for a while and said, "This matter is all handed over to the crown prince." Dou Rail, I ordered you to be responsible for the defense of Chang'an City, Cheng Yanjin, Niu Jinda, Wu Guang, Li Changqing, Ji Luosheng, Liang Li, and Xu Luoren transferred to you, and quickly arranged the army and people to go to the city; Pei Lian, you are responsible for requisitioning private soldiers from various families, and tell them that I want 15,000 people, and the more the better. ”

Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin still made an effort, leading 5,000 cavalry to open a passage with Xianyang, Qin Qiong killed seven generals in front of the army, but in the face of Zuo Nandang, He Bawei, Ma Gongyou, and Dong Axing, Qin Qiong could no longer move forward. Ma Gongyou's one-handed marksmanship was almost not under Qin Qiong, and Zuo Nandang and Cheng Yanjin were also inseparable, so when Shi Daqian led reinforcements to kill, Qin Qiong could only retreat.

Li Shentong watched Qin Qiong retreat, not daring to move from beginning to end; Zhuge Quan is extremely cunning, Yao Junsu, Xie Yingdeng, and Wang Zhongbo are all generals in the army, and the twenty-mile journey is the burial place of the Tang army. Dou Yan, Li Shuliang, Li Zhongwen, and Zhao Jingci all had solemn faces, and the grain and grass in the army were only enough for ten days, so they couldn't stay like this forever; Li Shentong knew it in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Rich merchants must have surplus grain, the first step is to borrow from them first." ”

Xia Tai County, in fact, is a town, the city is only six or seven meters high, Li Jing and Jiang Duo attacked from both sides, and they used the Thunderbolt camp to blow up a gap and repeatedly fight with the Tang army. Li Jiancheng understood that this was the leak of his retreat to Hangu Pass, and the Hexi army wanted to leave himself in Xiatai, so Li Jiancheng ordered his troops to lead 4,000 people to stay in Xiatai, and he commanded 20,000 troops to leave Xiatai. Er Zhuhuan and the two fought hard for seven days, and the city was broken and died, but they won the women's army of Gongsun Huilan to enter Chang'an City.

(End of chapter)