Chuxian is a county seat under the rule of Hezhou, and it is also the hub of Liangzhou and Hezhou, and all the military supplies of Liangzhou and Hezhou are hoarded here for distribution, so it is not wrong to say that Chuxian is the rear of Liangzhou and Hezhou.

At dusk, an iron cavalry appeared outside the city. This is Li Hong and his party and his army of the East Palace. Of course, there is also an elite army at the gate of Chuxian County, which is on full guard. They are the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who appeared in the garrison, and they appeared here today because they knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was coming to Hezhou, and they had to pass through Chu County, so they appeared here under the leadership of the county commander Wang Mao and the county Cheng Cui Jie.

Because the geographical location of the appearance is very important, there are 1,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty stationed in Chuxian County, and the young man who commands this elite army is called Guo Huai, who is Guo Shifeng's cousin.

This young man is also beside Wang Mao and Cui Jie, and he is handsome, which makes him faintly have the style of a general.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived, let's go up!" Wang Mao, the county commander, said, and strode towards Li Hong's iron horse. Cui Jie followed closely behind him and strode forward. Guo Huai immediately came to his senses and hurriedly followed the footsteps of the two.

Li Hong rode on horseback, and only three hundred steps away from the gate of Chuxian County was reined in by the war horse.

At this time, he also saw Wang Mao, Cui Jie, and Guo Huai who were facing him from a distance, Li Hong was surrounded by military generals this time, as well as Wenchen, just like Sun Chuyue, Xiao Dezhao, Yang Sijian and Li Jingxuan, etc., so there was Sun Chuyue's introduction, although he had not seen the three of them, he also had a certain understanding of the three of them. Wang Mao is the son of the Taiyuan Wang family, Cui Jie is the son of the Cui family, and Guo Huai is the cousin of Guo Shifeng, and the backs and scenes of these three people are very deep.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Just as Li Hong was thinking, Wang Mao, Cui Jie and Guo Huai walked up to him and bowed down.

Li Hong immediately came back to his senses and said to the three of them, "The three Aiqing don't need to be polite!" ”

Wang Mao, Cui Jie and Guo Huai got up and saluted the people behind Li Hong, their official positions were not high, so they naturally had to give salutes to Sun Chuyue and Xiao Dezhao and others behind Li Hong.

"Your Highness has worked hard all the way, the minister has prepared a banquet in the county office, please ask Your Highness to return to the city, bathe and change clothes, and the minister will take the wind and wash the dust for His Highness." Wang Mao said that he was born in a family and was very experienced in this area and knew how to receive the crown prince Li Hong.

Li Hong nodded slightly and said, "There is a county order from Laowang." ”

"Very, food has been prepared in the city, and the iron horsemen around His Highness can use the food when they enter the city, Your Highness doesn't have to worry about them." County Cheng Cui Jie hurriedly said, wanting to leave a good influence in Li Hong's heart, lest today's limelight be robbed by Wang Mao. And Cui Jie also knew that the elite cavalry beside Li Hong was his personal guard, so he naturally had to entertain him well.

The Son of Heaven has the Son of Heaven's army, and the prince naturally has the prince's army.

"Good!" Li Hong said with a smile and asked Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong to lead the army into the city to go to the barracks, while he entered the city with Chen Gong's guards.

Chuxian County is not far from Hezhou, only 300 miles away, and it can be reached in a day. And along the way, Li Hong already knew the situation in Hezhou through scouts and messengers. Lu Dongzan's 120,000-strong army besieged Hezhou City, and Hezhou City, which had only 16,000 men and horses, was in danger. In just three days, nearly 8,000 people were lost, which shows how tragic the battle was. And this is because the Tubo people are not good at attacking the city, otherwise the city of Hezhou would have been broken a long time ago.

But even so, Li Hong didn't think about marching to Hezhou City overnight tonight to support Hezhou City, he still decided to stay overnight in Chu County.

Because he knows very well that there are still 8,000 soldiers in Hezhou City, as well as the famous general Guo Shifeng, it is not difficult to support Guo Shifeng for another three or five days with Guo Shifeng's ability. Besides, there are only 5,000 cavalry around him, and without foot soldiers, he can arrive early, and what role can he play? Nothing can be done except to make Guo Shifeng uncomfortable when commanding and defending the city. If you want to relieve the siege of Hezhou, you have to wait for the merger of states and Lingzhou, as well as the army of Chang'an City. Hezhou City only has plenty of soldiers to fight with Lu Dongzan's 120,000 elite cavalry.

As for the situation in Liangzhou, Li Hong also knows very well, and the battle situation in Liangzhou is not optimistic.

But Li Hong knows very well that with Pei Xingjian's ability, it is a bit difficult for Pei Xingjian, who has only 20,000 defenders, to annihilate all of Mani's 80,000 iron cavalry, but if he wants to kill Mani himself without Mani's support, Pei Xingjian can still do it.

Therefore, for Liangzhou City, which has Pei Xingjian in charge, Li Hong is not worried at all.

Of course, Li Hong also knew that it was one thing for Pei Xingjian to kill Mani, and it was another thing to annihilate 80,000 Tubo elite cavalry, and in terms of the number of defenders in Liangzhou City, it was also difficult to catch 80,000 pigs, let alone annihilate 80,000 Tibetan elite cavalry?

Of course, there is a more important reason why Li Hong is not in a hurry to hurry, that is, what is the purpose of Lu Dongzan's choice to attack Hezhou City this time Li Hong is very clear, and he is rushing to him, because he told Lu Dongzan the news through Princess Gesang, Lu Dongzan wanted to capture him alive in Hezhou, and the reason why Li Hong told Lu Dongzan the news was not to destroy Lu Dongzan under Hezhou City?

Therefore, from Lu Dongzan's point of view, he mainly attacked Hezhou City in order to pit Li Hong, but from Li Hong's point of view, Li Hong asked Lu Dongzan to come to Hezhou City in order to pit Lu Dongzan and the 120,000 elite horsemen around him.

Li Hong already knew that Lu Dongzan had guessed the relationship between him and Princess Gesang and the agreement reached, which was why Lu Dongzan was so anxious to destroy himself in Hezhou City. But Li Hong is really not afraid of Lu Dongzan, and he really doesn't want to be afraid that he knows everything between him and Princess Hesang.

Therefore, when Li Hong informed Lu Dongzan of the news of his westward journey, he had already decided not to let Lu Dongzan live, this time Lu Dongzan personally led 200,000 iron cavalry to invade the Tang Dynasty, and personally led 120,000 iron cavalry to attack Hezhou City, how could he let go of such a good opportunity to destroy Lu Dongzan? This time, even if he lost half of the soldiers, as long as he killed Lu Dongzan, Li Hong would be worth it. He was ready to destroy Lu Dongzan under the city of Hezhou at all costs.

Of course, in addition to destroying Lu Dongzan, there are also 200,000 Tubo elite horsemen around him!