When the 30,000 well-equipped Tang army touched the city of Guanxian at night, Li Xuanba knew that the real danger was coming.

Guanxian has basically settled down, and Li Xuanba has already planned to retreat with his troops, but some people are obviously unwilling to let go of this opportunity to kill him.

Li Xuanba would rather face Zhu Cang's 100,000 army than fight with the Tang Dynasty soldiers. This is not because he misses the old, but because the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty soldiers is enough to attract his attention.

After Li Yuan raised his army, the Tang army rarely suffered defeats and its morale was strong. And with the support of the Guan Longshi clan, the Tang army is well-armed and brightly armored, which is far from being comparable to those horse bandits under Li Xuanba.

Fortunately, the city walls of Guanxian County were intact, and he could hold on to the city without leaving, but unfortunately, the grain transported by Yang Shilin and Tian Zan could only last for a few days, and Li Xuanba was faced with a difficult choice.

Using the impact and speed of the cavalry, it is not impossible to leave the encirclement of the Tang army, but in the face of the Tang army, I don't know how many cavalry will die on the way. If you don't get out of the city, when will you be able to wait for reinforcements? Besides, it is still unknown whether reinforcements will come!

The sun was rising, and Li Xuanba took a few of his relatives to the city tower, his eyes narrowed.

The Tang army besieged Guanxian, but set up a defensive formation, obviously did not intend to forcibly attack the city, in front of the Tang army, full of rejecting horses, the soldiers were still digging trenches, and did not shy away from telling Li Xuanba, don't think about rushing out.

It was late autumn, the weather was beginning to cool, the breeze was blowing, and a general sat on horseback, looking indifferently in the direction of the castle tower. The general was no more than thirty years old, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, wearing silver-white armor, and a majestic style. Behind him, more than a dozen large flags embroidered with the characters "Li" and "Tang" fluttered in the wind.

The general who can lead the army alone and appear here at such a young age, the identity of this person is already about to be revealed-Li Xiaogong.

"Cousin. Aren't you on a crusade against Xiao Miao? How can you have time to watch Xuanba? Li Xuanba stood on the city tower and shouted for a long time: "Xuanba has ordered someone to open the city gate, cousin, please come in." ”

After Li Xuanba was struck by lightning, he had never seen Li Xiaogong, but Li Xiaogong vaguely remembered Li Xuanba's appearance. He was very sure who the person on the city tower was, but he couldn't recognize him: "What a thief, dare to pretend to be a Xuanba!" Hurry up and let Zhu Cang go out of the city to die, I can't say that I can still spare my life! ”

Zhu Cang's head had long since decayed, and only a skull remained, and it was indeed difficult to recognize his original appearance through the white bones.

"Zhu Cang has been dead for more than ten days, hasn't my cousin heard the news yet?" Li Xuanba sneered: "My cousin doesn't dare to recognize Xuanba, is there something unspeakable?" ”

There was such a big movement in Guanxian County, Li Xuanba didn't believe that Datang would not know about it. He also didn't believe that Li Xiaogong really didn't know him.

Knowing that he was in the city, he still led the army to besiege the city, which can only show that Li Xiaogong is not good!

"As the world knows, Xuanba is brave, a pair of hammers never leave his body, you say that you are Xuanba, is there any evidence?" Li Xiaogong said lightly: "It's ridiculous to want to hide from the world!" ”

"It's easy to get proof." Li Xuanba snorted: "Xuanba heard about it. My cousin also has the courage to be invincible, so it's better for you and me to have a try. If I win, I will be able to prove my identity. ”

"Why did Ben fight you?" Li Xiaogong looked disdainful and said: "Now that you have become a trapped beast, you will only need to besiege the city for a few days, are you still afraid that you will not surrender?" ”

Li Xiaogong's words were not leaky, and Li Xuanba couldn't get words out of his mouth. From the Tang army to the city. Li Xuanba has been thinking about who wants to take the opportunity to eradicate himself.

Although Li Xuanba didn't get an answer, he was basically sure that Li Xiaogong's appearance was not Li Yuan's order, which made him feel a little comforted in his heart.

"Cousin. If you leave your post without permission, aren't you afraid that your father will blame you? After a moment of silence, Li Xuanba asked sharply: "Xuanba acted for the heavens and killed Zhu Cang for the people, but you took the opportunity to put Xuanba to death, do you really think that such a clumsy strategy can hide from your father?" ”

"Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected." Li Xiaogong replied unhurriedly: "Your Majesty pardoned Zhu Cang, but he was a wolf and had ambitions to murder important ministers of the imperial court. Traitor, you don't have to say much, wait for the food and grass to run out, and go out of the city to ambush! ”

Li Xuanba originally wanted to show his identity so that the Tang army would not dare to act rashly, but at this time, seeing that Li Xiaogong was fearless, he suddenly understood in his heart that no matter what he said, it would not cause chaos in the Tang army under the city. So, he didn't bother to talk to Li Xiaogong anymore, and raised his middle finger at him: "Li Xiaogong, if you have the life to go back, tell the second brother, don't worry about his war horse, if my father runs out of food, he will kill the war horse and eat!" ”

Li Xiaogong's face finally changed, but he quickly calmed down, snorted coldly, and rode back to the camp.

It was too far away, Li Xuanba didn't see the look on Li Xiaogong's face, sighed in disappointment, ordered someone to stare at the movement of the Tang army, turned around and went down the city tower.

Wang Fubao had already led the Xia army back to Leshou, and there were only more than 2,000 cavalry left in the city. There are enough bows and crossbows in the treasury of Guanxian County, but compared with the equipment of the Tang army, Li Xuanba does not dare to take any chances.

"Childe, why did he do this?" Walking to the bottom of the city, there was no one around, Li Jiuzhi said puzzledly: "They should have guessed that Gongzi will not stay here for a long time." ”

"It is precisely because I will not stay long that Li Xiaogong will lead his troops to besiege the city." Li Xuanba's thoughts were disrupted, and without any unpleasantness, he replied: "Compared to the ruined city of Guanxian, they obviously value the life of your son-in-law more. ”

"I should have listened to General Wang and left early." Li Jiuzhi said with annoyance: "Now it is difficult to advance and retreat, there is a shortage of food and grass, and it is difficult to guarantee that the people will have different hearts." "At the time of life and death, how many people will still remember Li Xuanba's kindness in killing the Khan thief?

"Seon is not blessed." Seeing Li Jiuzhi's distressed appearance, Li Xuanba chuckled lightly and said: "The news of Li Xiaogong's siege of the city, I believe it will spread soon, Nansui Yuanshui can't save the near fire, we can only see how the near water is first." ”

It is impossible for Datang to be unaware of the turmoil in the Hanshui area, perhaps there have been spies secretly watching the movements on Zhu Cang's side, otherwise the timing of Li Xiaogong's appearance would not be so appropriate.

However, Li Xuanba has reason to believe that even if the Tang Dynasty knows more things, it is impossible to know so quickly that Xu Shiji has submitted to the Southern Sui court.

Jiangdu is too far away, and when the news spreads, Li Xuanba and the others are afraid that they are already starving to death, and even if Zhang Xutuo and Li Jing do not sleep, day and night, they will not be able to count on it.

Thinking of this, Li Xuanba actually felt grateful to Li Mi.

Li Mi laid a huge foundation for Wagang, and it was very close to Guanxian County. (To be continued.) )