Luoyang, southeast, fifteen miles, Hongtai slope.

It was past noon, the scorching sun was shining, the sound of killing shook the sky, smoke and dust were everywhere, more than 100,000 troops were fighting with their lives and deaths, corpses were all over the field, blood flowed like rivers, and the decisive battle between the Tang army in Guanzhong led by Li Yuanji and the Jianghuai army of Yang Xuangan had also reached the final juncture of dividing the victory and defeat.

It has been fighting for three hours, the two wings of the Tang army's soldiers and horses have been completely and completely defeated, the Jianghuai soldiers are in a neat formation, from both sides of the pressure to the Li Yuanjin headquarters who are advancing from the center, more than 70,000 Tang army infantry, this time has been squeezed into a group, on the front of about ten miles wide, like a huge pile of people, the soldiers on both sides are desperately trying to block the Jianghuai soldiers' attack from the side, but it is difficult to form a formation again, different teams, different armies have disrupted the formation, mixed together, I can't tell the difference between you and me, all I do is resist with my fighting instinct.

Li Yuanji's eyes were blood-red, and he roared again and again, Liu Shirang shouted loudly: "King Qi, we have now surrounded the enemy army on three sides, if we don't retreat, I'm afraid that we won't be able to retreat, please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

Li Yuanji gritted his teeth, threw down the face on his face, revealing that hideous and terrifying face, at this time it was already bleeding from the nostrils, his eyes were red, he pointed to about three hundred steps ahead, the big handsome flag with the word "Yang" written on it, and said sharply: "No, we haven't lost yet, since this way, our central breakthrough has reached the last line of defense of Yang Xuangan, as long as we break through this line of defense, the victory and defeat can be reversed, and the enemy forces on both wings are not a problem!" ”

Liu Shirang gritted his teeth and said: "King, please let the last general lead the troops to assault again, otherwise, call the two guards of General Chai and Princess Pingyang who are sweeping behind, this is not the time to be angry." ”

Li Yuanji sighed: "General Liu, can't you see it, now that we are all crowded here, it will be useless for their 20,000 soldiers and horses to come, besides, Han Shige's 10,000 soldiers and horses are monitoring them, and it is not so easy for them to come over, only on our own, this time, this king personally led the troops to assault!" ”

Three miles away, Chai Shao looked at the war dust in the distance, full of anxiety, and the war horse under his seat kept shaking its head and hoofing, eager to try. Li Xiuning bit her lip tightly and didn't say a word.

Chai Shao finally couldn't help it, and said loudly: "Madam, we can't hesitate any longer, let's kill it now, maybe we can save King Qi out." ”

Li Xiuning's eyes were already shining with tears, she shook her head: "No, it's impossible, Shiro didn't listen to me, the lone army went deep, and now the enemy army has been surrounded, Han Shige's soldiers and horses are in front of us, and they have never participated in the siege of Shiro, which is a trap left for us, once we blindly attack at this time, we will only trap ourselves in, we can't be reckless now, only hold it firmly here, even if, even if Shiro is defeated, we have to block Yang Xuangan's army!" They must not be allowed to break through here and threaten Erlang! ”

Chai Shao sighed, pointed to the dust in front of him, and said, "But, but that's your own brother, the brother of a mother's compatriot, do you really care if he lives or dies?!" ”

Li Xiuning's two lines of tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes, and his voice was trembling: "Now I am the general of the Tang Dynasty, I must be responsible for the victory or defeat of this battle, and the life and death of the soldiers of the whole army, Li Yuanji, now the general of the Tang Dynasty, he is also responsible for the victory or defeat of this battle, I can't be alone for him, and the overall situation is ruined, General Chai, please join me according to the orders of the commander and stick to the battle!" ”

Chai Shao gritted his teeth, put on the noodle stick, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "I understand, madam, I hope you won't regret it." ”

Under the Jianghuai army commander's banner, Yang Xuangan's angular face, a pair of star-like eyes, a flash of light, coldly looking at the battle ahead, Li Yuanji had already led the knights around him, towards Yang Xuangan's body, that like a rock, the indestructible steel phalanx composed of five thousand heavy armored infantry, launched the last wave of fierce assault, the war horses neighed, the arrows flew like flying, and the cavalry that lost the speed and space of the assault almost crashed headlong into the lance phalanx of this steel forest, One by one, they were stabbed to a blur of flesh and blood, and they were not even human with horses, but they were rare to be able to rush into this well-defended formation.

Wang Zhongbo on the side sighed: "The cavalry of the Tang army is really heroic, but it's a pity, such a good soldier was sent to a dead end to the incompetent command, but thanks to the marshal's foresight, he used the strongest soldiers to hold the last line of defense, to be honest, more than an hour ago, they broke through the two lines of defense of our army in front of them, and when they rushed straight to this last line of defense, the last general was really sweating." ”

Yang Xuangan hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "It seems to be dangerous, but in fact, it is all under control, my first two formations feigned to break up after a little resistance, in fact, it is to lure the enemy deep, the width of the Chinese army in this formation is only five miles, the enemy is in the center of the breakthrough, the two wings are defeated, which is equal to being attacked on three sides, and entering the pocket formation, no matter how many people there are, they can't exert their power, and the front army has lost its sharpness because of the assault all the way, and when it rushes to the strongest defense line of our army, it is no longer able to assault, because it is too dense, and there is no ** turn, and there is no way to use cavalry to open the assault, So even though their forces are stronger than ours, it will not help. ”

Speaking of this, as soon as he pointed to the front line, the two wings of the Jianghuai soldiers had begun to compress towards the central front of the Tang army, and the already overcrowded Tang army formation was even more crowded together, the soldiers were almost like cans of sardines, almost unable to make any action, even the hands with knives were squeezed to the companions around them so that they couldn't lift them up at all, wanting to fight, but not knowing how to fight.

Bursts of arrows in the air kept pouring into these dense Tang army camps, and the Tang soldiers who were huddled together could not even raise their shields to resist, each arrow could hit two or three sergeants, many people were hit by arrows in the neck, and the arrows were penetrated, and they could pierce the bodies of their companions who were crowded on the side, even if both of them died, the corpses could not fall, and many of the sergeants who were shot in non-lethal positions such as the shoulders could not even pull out the arrows, they could only cry and wail, and the scene was unbearable.

Liu Shirang was also hit by four or five arrows in his body, he didn't care about the bleeding place, and cried to Li Yuanji in front of him: "King Qi, if you don't do it, withdraw it, if you don't withdraw again, I'm afraid that the last general won't be able to protect you!" ”