In the troubled times, the people looked forward to peace in the world, and Li Xuanba also had such a wish, but the general trend was that the war not only did not disappear, but spread to every land in the Great Sui. In addition to being disappointed, Li Xuanba gradually gave up his initial fantasy and had other thoughts.

Unknowingly, the Xingyang army was trapped in Hedong for nearly a month.

In mid-November, Li Yuan ordered Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to lead the army to continue the siege of the city, and he personally led the army to the west, the reason why he dared to do this was because of the appearance of a woman, to be precise, the appearance of a woman leading tens of thousands of people.

Li Xiuning is Li Yuan's third daughter, married to Chai Shao as his wife, when Li Yuan was ready to raise troops, Chai Shao defected to Taiyuan, and Li Xiuning went to Shanxi to secretly help the victims and recruit soldiers.

After Li Yuan officially raised his army, Li Xiuning led his soldiers to capture the city and expand his power, and his troops were called "women's army" by the people.

With the addition of the Women's Army, Li Yuan's army has become more powerful, and he no longer has to worry about the lack of troops.

Jingshi must be saved, Qu Tutong according to the original plan, personally led 30,000 Xiaoguo troops, forcibly broke through, and pursued Li Yuan's army to the west.

"It seems that Tang Guogong has seen through our strategy and has no intention of pursuing General Qu at all." Looking at what was happening in the city, Yao Junsu sighed and said, "The Xingyang army is still trapped in the city, and General Qu is in danger here!" ”

Since Li Yuan dared to let Qu Tutong out of the city, he must have made corresponding arrangements and would not give Qu Tutong a chance to obstruct him, but the Taiyuan army had already attacked the Beijing division, and Qu Tutong had no choice but to make dangerous moves.

Li Xuanba was silent, he originally thought that Li Yuan was besieging Hedong in order to prevent him from leaving. But now it seems that Li Yuan's real purpose is to wait for the women's army, and his eyes can't help but look at the third sister who has never met.

Li Xiuning has a peach blossom horse under his crotch, a pear flower gun in his hand, wearing light armor, and his face is slightly dark. His eyebrows were like swords, and his eyes were shining with essence, which was seven or eight points similar to Li Yuan.

She is only in her teens, but in just half a year, she has formed an army of tens of thousands, and the imperial court has sent people to fight many times, not only did not exterminate the women's army, but made the women's army more and more powerful.

At this time, Li Xiuning was also staring at Li Xuanba on the city wall. In front of her. Li Jiancheng whispered something, causing Li Xiuning to nod constantly, while Li Shimin, who was on the other side of Li Jiancheng, lowered his head slightly and did not say a word.

"General Yao, what are you going to do if General Qu loses?" Li Xuanba retracted his gaze and asked calmly: "Although there is a strong city wall in the east of the river. But if the Taiyuan army has been besieging and not attacking, the grain and grass in the city will eventually run out one day. ”

"The last will be blessed by His Majesty. He deserves to be repaid with death. Yao Junsu replied without hesitation.

"A person who lives is always more useful than dead." Li Xuanba said with deep meaning: "If the Jingshi is really broken, Xuanba will lead the Xingyang army to the eastern capital, and General Yao might as well go with Xuanba." ”

After spending some time with Yao Junsu, Li Xuanba saw an admirable character from Yao Junsu, if the Jingshi was captured. It was no longer difficult to hold Hedong City, Li Xuanba didn't want to see Yao Jun give his life in vain, so he couldn't help but persuade him.

"Lord Zhongyongwei doesn't need to be persuaded much." Yao Junsu arched his hand and said: "The last general has made up his mind, unless His Majesty decrees, the last general will not leave Hedong one step!" ”

Yao Junsu's gaze was very firm. Li Xuanba hesitated for a moment and said no more. The edifice will fall, and there will always be people who would rather die than survive.

Hedong was besieged, the news was blocked, and Yao Junsu would appear on the city wall every day, hoping that Qu Tutong would lead the army to appear. Li Xuanba went there a few times, but then gradually lost confidence, so he never went again, stayed in the mansion every day, and lived the life of an ordinary person.

The world is in turmoil, Guanzhong is in chaos, Li Yuan was born in a family of gate lords, he has a lot of prestige in Guanzhong, wherever the Taiyuan army goes, the robbers surrender, the Sui Chen defects, the Taiyuan army left Hedong for only a month, and the Beijing division has been broken.

During this period, the Xiaoguo army led by Qu Tutong was blocked by Liu Wenjing, and had to retreat to Duwei Beicheng, he was anxious to advance westward, so he ordered Sang Xianhe to attack Liu Wenjing's camp at night, but the result was first victorious and then defeated, Xiaoguo's army suffered heavy losses, and only a dozen people fled back to Duwei Beicheng.

Li Yuan sent Qu Tutong's servants to the city to surrender, and was shot by Qu Tutong on the spot, but through this incident, Qu Tutong also knew that the Beijing division had fallen, and he knew that with the troops in his hands, it was impossible to recapture the Beijing division from Li Yuan's hands, so he left Sang Xianhe and led some soldiers to guard Tongguan, and he personally led the main force of the army to Luoyang.

Qu Tutong trusted Sang Xianhe very much, so he sent him as the queen of the army, but Sang Xianhe did not want to become a pawn, Qu Tutong just left, he surrendered to Liu Wenjing, and said Qu Tutong's plan.

Of course, Liu Wenjing would not let Qu Tutong escape, he sent Dou Cong and others to pursue with Sang Xianhe, and caught up with Qu Tutong in Chousang. Qu Tutong was unwilling to surrender, so he formed a formation to defend himself, and Dou Cong did not attack, and sent Qu Tutong's son to persuade in front of the battle.

Qu Tutong was also stubborn, he scolded his son, and ordered his relatives around him to shoot arrows, of course his entourage didn't dare to do that, and shot a few arrows indiscriminately, forcing Qu Tutong's son to retreat.

When the two armies were unable to hold each other, Sang Xianhe appeared in front of the battle on horseback and shouted: "You are all from Kansai, and your relatives also live near Jingshi, are you really willing to abandon your relatives and go east?" ”

When they heard Sang Xianhe's words, they threw down their weapons one after another, Qu Tutong smiled bitterly, dismounted and bowed in the direction of Jiangdu repeatedly, and was forced to surrender.

Qu Tutong surrendered, and only Yao Junsu of Hedong was left in the imperial army in Guanzhong, and Li Yuan granted Qu Tutong the secretary of the military department and ordered him to go to Hedong to persuade Yao Junsu to surrender.

Yaojun looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looked forward to Qu Tutong's return, but he didn't expect Qu Tutong to become Li Yuan's lobbyist, he ignored Qu Tutong's remarks, and laughed angrily: "The war horse under your crotch was still rewarded by the king, but now you are riding it to persuade me to surrender, do you want to be shameless?" ”

Qu Tutong's surrender was a helpless move, he knew that he was at a loss, and sighed: "I have done my best." ”

"You did your best, I still have the strength to use, if you want to attack the city, you can attack at any time, no need to talk nonsense." Yao Junsu said resolutely.

"The King of Tang temporarily withdrew the siege of Hedong, just so that the King of Yue would transfer the loyal and brave guards back to Luoyang, and even His Royal Highness the King of Yue gave up Hedong, why should you bother to support it?" Qu Tutong said with tears in his eyes: "I know that you are a loyal minister, but you can't let the people of Hedong die because of your name!" ”

Yao Junsu looked at him coldly and ignored it.

Qu Tutong had no choice but to retreat and asked Yao Junsu's wife to persuade him under the city, but he didn't know what she said and was shot by Yao Junsu with an arrow. (To be continued.) )