The soldiers have been chasing and killing from last night to the afternoon of the next day, all the way to the grain of rice has not entered, not a drop of water, all rely on a momentum to come here, now when I heard Li Xian's words, I suddenly felt that hunger hit, and the emptiness in the stomach was not uncomfortable, so they all agreed with Li Xian's statement, first rushed to the nearby village to solve the food problem, feed the horses, and then find a way to inquire about the road.

So the soldiers came to the village under the leadership of Li Xian.

However, the people in the village were obviously full of hostility to Li Xian's army, because these villagers were all military households, and all the men in their families were recruited to serve in the Goguryeo army, and most of them died at the hands of the Tang army in the previous war, so as soon as they saw that it was the banner of the Tang army, they immediately rang the gong to gather the people and prepare to defend the Tang army.

Li Xian originally wanted to explain to the villagers, after all, the slaughter of these unarmed villagers was still a little unbearable in his heart, how could they not understand each other's language, those villagers were extremely hateful after seeing the banner of the Tang Army, and directly concentrated their manpower to attack them, many soldiers were injured because of forbearance, and even two palace guards were seriously injured and died.

"You soldiers have also seen it, it's not that we want to slaughter civilians, it's really that these villagers don't know what to do, and they actually hurt our brothers in the army, hehe, we are chasing and killing the enemy generals for most of the day, and no one has died, at this moment there are two innocent deaths under the stubborn resistance of such Diao people, he is not benevolent, Hugh blames me for being unjust, all the soldiers, listen to the king's order, kill all the Ding Zhuang in the village, not a single one is left, the women and children are not slaves, and they are escorted to the new city with the army."

"No." The soldiers were not half dissatisfied with Li Xian's decision, because the death of Pao Ze also deeply angered them, which made them also learn a truth, mercy to the enemy is to hurt their own people, and now that their brothers are in death, they must use blood to comfort the souls of the dead brothers in heaven.

Driven by hatred, these soldiers all rushed into the crowd and carried out bloody slaughter against the villagers who were armed with rudimentary weapons such as sticks and stones.

Although the villagers resisted vigorously, how could they compare with the well-armed and well-trained Tang army? Therefore, this so-called resistance can almost be ignored, and with just a cup of tea, nearly 200 Ding Zhuang villagers were all killed, and the rest were women and children who were driven out by the sergeants.

Li Xian ordered the women and children to gather together, and ordered the soldiers to search for food from each house, then bury the pot to make food, eat a full meal, and feed the horses, and then slowly escorted the women and children on the road.

Originally, they thought that their location was no more than 100 miles away from the new city, that is, they were escorting those women and children, and they could only arrive in two days, but they walked for three days, but they didn't even see the shadow of the new city, in fact, not to mention the new city, even the villages!

Seeing this scene, Li Xian couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seemed that this time, they were completely lost.

"Hehe, after a lot of calculations, I didn't expect to lose my way this time, it seems that it is impossible for me Li Xian to be idle." Li Xian thought silently for a moment, then made a decision, and then gently discussed with Cheng Yanjin.

"Huh? What did the king say? Go deep into enemy territory and feed the war with war? However, the number of our army is too small to threaten the enemy, and if we encounter the encirclement and suppression of a large force again, I am afraid that the whole army will be in danger, not to mention, the soldiers are now looking forward to returning to the new city, if we go farther and farther, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be afraid and flee in all directions, if this is the case, I am afraid that our army will no longer have any life. Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but be a little worried when he heard this, and frowned and sighed.

"But now we have no way to retreat, and now in wartime, most of the enemy troops are deployed on the border, but the abdomen is empty, if we can go deep into the enemy's abdomen, but can exert their fists and feet, as for the soldiers to flee, don't worry, the old general, now we are deep into the enemy's territory, the language is not understood, there is still physiology when we get together, if we flee, it is a certain death, presumably this matter is not only you and I know, the soldiers also know this reason. And if you insist on returning to the new city, it is better to know the road, and if you encounter the main force of the enemy army without knowing the road, it will definitely be a situation of annihilation. ”

Cheng Yanjin thought silently for a moment, then nodded and said: "Hmm, what the king said also makes sense, but I don't know how the king came up with such a complicated truth?" ”

Li Xian smiled when he heard this, he naturally knew that Cheng Yanjin was not unexpected, but deliberately asked him to tell a few generals next to him, so that they could build confidence, so he explained loudly: "The art of war is cloudy, and everything is a way to be a guest: if you go deep, you will be specialized, and the master will not refrain from it; plundered in the wilderness, and the three armies ate enough; It is unfathomable to be cautious and not to work, and to accumulate strength and transport troops. Throw it into nowhere, die and not go north, die and can't die, and the scholars do their best. If a soldier is trapped, he is not afraid, and if he is not going, he is stubborn. If you go deep, you will be detained, and if you have to fight, you will fight. Therefore, his soldiers do not cultivate and prescribe, do not ask for it, do not make an appointment, believe it without orders, forbid it to doubt, and have nothing to do until death. We have no money to spare, and we are not evil goods; There is no life left, and it is not an evil life. On the day of the order, the soldiers sat on their cheeks. The lying man is in tears. Those who go nowhere, all and the courage of the people. ”

Then Li Xian translated this sentence to everyone again, and then looked at the soldiers again, and said loudly: "Brothers, today is wrong, so I have to wait to come here, but Saion lost his horse, how do you know if it is a blessing?" As long as we continue to go deep into the enemy's territory, we can plunder the enemy's assets and contain the enemy's soldiers, so as to cooperate with the main force of our army to attack the city. If we wait for the delay, fear the enemy and avoid the enemy, or even defect to other places, there is only one way to die, and I hope that all the brothers and this king will work together with one heart and one mind, and tide over the difficulties together, and turn back to the Tang Dynasty in the future, this king will never forget the life and death friendship of your brothers. ”

After all, they also knew that the current situation was indeed very difficult for them, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a life of nine deaths, but after all, there was also the nominal supreme commander of the Tang Dynasty who went to Goguryeo this time to be with them, and people with the status of Li Xian were not afraid of death, so what was their small soldier? What's more, most of these soldiers are from the palace guards, and they have been benefited by Li Xian in the past few years, and they have already been loyal to Li Xian, coupled with Li Xian's solemn promise to them, everyone knows the weight of it, so they didn't hesitate at all, and they all shouted loudly: "I am willing to serve the king and be loyal to the Tang Dynasty!" Swear to kill the thief, swear to kill the thief, kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Okay, the friendship of the brothers today, Xiao Wang has written it down today, please believe in Xiao Wang's promise, and since then, Xiao Wang and all the brothers have shared weal and woe, life and death. If there is a broken promise, it will be difficult for Xiao Wang to return to Datang for the rest of his life. Brothers, set off with Xiao Wang. ”

After saying that, Li Xian ordered the women and children he had captured before to be released, and led the army to the east.

Although he didn't know where he was or where Xincheng was, Li Xian knew that the enemy's hinterland was the east, and as long as he went east, he would definitely be able to break into the hinterland of Goguryeo and ensure the safety of his own personnel.

At this time, the new city was in chaos.

After a night of scuffle, Gao Kan and Pang Tongshan finally held the new city, and later Zhang Wuchen moved Xue Rengui's reinforcements, and the two sides attacked on the back and back, killing nearly 50,000 enemy troops, which can be said to be an unprecedented victory, but when the number of people was counted after the war, the three generals were frightened, because the army was missing Xue Ne and Li Xian and their respective generals!

Xue Ne said that after all, only Xue Rengui was worried, but Li Xian was lost, which was too great a shock to them, because if something happened to this person, none of them would be able to save their heads.

However, the three generals did not dare to make a noise, for fear of causing the morale of the army to be disheartened and leading to the defeat of the war, so they had to quickly report the news to Li Ji on the one hand, and on the other hand, they sent scouts to look for them nearby, and at the same time secretly checked the corpses of the dead soldiers to see if there was Li Xian in them, of course, this is also what they never want to see.

As a result, the next day, it was discovered that Li Xian, the king of Zhou, was on a dirt mountain in the suburbs, but there was only one guard by his side, and the other soldiers were said to have died in battle, and some followed Xue Ne on other tasks.

Although Xue Ne still couldn't find it, but after all, Li Xian came back, Gao Kan and Pang Tongshan both gasped, after all, their heads were saved, but they didn't know at all, Xue Rengui was still uneasy, frowning all day, Gao Kan and Pang Tongshan thought that he was worried about Xue Ne, so they stepped forward to comfort him, but they didn't know that Xue Rengui was worried about Xue Ne, but intuitively he always felt that there was something wrong with this King of Zhou, although he couldn't see anything wrong with that King Zhou on the surface, But I feel that this King Zhou is more than a step behind the previous one in terms of momentum, and he doesn't look like a prince at all.

But Xue Rengui didn't dare to tell Gao Guan and Pang Tongshan about this speculation, but quietly found Li Ji and said the doubts in his heart, but saw that Li Ji also had a sad face. And it was only then that he learned a bad news from Li Ji's mouth, it turned out that this King of Zhou was actually dressed by a guard who looked like him next to King Zhou, and that guard was ordered by Li Ji to do it, the purpose was just to stabilize the morale of the army, and the real King Zhou still has no clues.

This news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which made Xue Rengui feel even more depressed, so he had to secretly send someone to find Xue Ne in the name of looking for Xue Ne, hoping that God would have mercy and send the living Li Xian to him......