When the eastern sky was faintly bright, Li Hong had already dodged two ambushes by Lu Dongzan's army. At this time, the soldiers were sleepy and tired, and Li Hong ordered to rest on the spot and eat something at the same time.

It's just that everyone hasn't rested for half an hour, and as soon as they rode a fast horse to Li Hong, they immediately took off their horses and said to Li Hong, "Your Highness, you have found Lu Dongzan's army in the southeast, the number is about 10,000, and it is about ten miles away from us. ”

Li Hong asked with a calm face, "Is it Lu Dongzan himself who is leading the leader?" ”

"Look at the temperament is his, as for whether it is him himself, because it is too far away for us to see clearly." The knight said.

"It's fast." Li Duoqi said that in the early hours of the morning, they had just escaped Lu Dongzan's pursuit, ran for half a night, and before they had rested for half an hour, they were caught up again.

"Quick?" Li Hong sneered, "This is because Lu Dongzan has no fear, so he will catch up so slowly, otherwise we can get rid of his pursuit?" ”

"What does he want to do?" Zhao Zhongyong asked.

"The cat will play with the mouse a few times before eating it if it is sure to win. Lu Dongzan also wanted to do this, and wanted to play a game of cat and mouse with us. Li Hong said lightly.

"Did he treat us like rats?" Chen Gong said angrily, "He's too arrogant, isn't he?" ”

"Arrogant? Whoever has strength in this world is arrogant, and this is normal. Li Hong didn't mind. Li Duoqi opened his mouth and asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?" ”

"There is still an enemy waiting for us in front of us, and marching in the northwest direction will arouse Lu Dongzan's suspicions, and we can't get to Dafeichuan too early." Li Hong pondered for a while and said, "Go west, we have to pass through a mountain range, which is not good for us, so let's go southwest!" ”

"Send scouts to reconnoiter and see how many of Lu Dongzan's elite horsemen are ambushing on this road." Li Hong ordered. Li Duoqi got up and left after receiving the order. After a while, when the scout came to report that Lu Dongzan's army was only three miles away from here, Li Hong ordered the army to mount, and the distance of three miles was too close for the cavalry, only a few breaths, so Li Hong did not dare to wait any longer. At this time, Li Duoqi rode over and told Li Hong that if he wanted to take the southwest road, he had to cross a river in front of him, and the vicinity was suitable for an ambush, and he sent someone to investigate, and he could get the news in half an hour.

Li Hong nodded slightly, and then ordered the army to march in the southwest direction.

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When Lu Dongzan received the news that Li Hong fled to the southwest, the smile on the corner of his mouth became even stronger, he originally thought that Li Hong would flee to Chuxian, so he deployed a large army on the road from Hezhou to Chuxian, but the result was that he miscalculated, so that Li Hong would take advantage of the loophole, otherwise how could Li Hong easily avoid his ambush when he left Hezhou City? At the same time, in order to let Li Hong not go to Liangzhou, he also deployed heavy troops on the road from Hezhou to Liangzhou, but he didn't expect that Li Hong did not take this road this time. Don't go to Liangzhou City, flee to the southwest, and want to go deep into the hinterland of Tibet, isn't this exactly what Lu Dongzan wants? With less than 5,000 iron horsemen, deep into the hinterland of Tibet, can you still escape from the palm of your hand?

"Prime minister, what should we do now?"

"How many troops have we deployed on this road to the southwest?" Lu Dongzan asked.

"Six thousand fine riders." The guard replied.

"Six thousand troops, that's enough!" Lu Dongzan said confidently.

"What do you mean?"

"There are too many people, Li Hong can't break through this layer of defense, he will only turn around and flee in the direction of Dafeichuan, although we have deployed heavy troops in the direction of Dafeichuan, but Dafeichuan is close to Liangzhou, and the army of the Western Regions can drive straight in, we can't take this risk and let him go to Dafeichuan." The southwest direction is different, this is the hinterland of our Tubo, if Li Hong enters the hinterland of our Tubo, will he still have a chance to escape? Lu Dongzan said calmly.

"Six thousand spirit riders are just bait?"

"It's not a bait, it's like a bait." Lu Dongzan said inscrutablely, "Whoever wants to underestimate these six thousand elite horses will not end well, and Li Hong is no exception." ”

"Tell the army, rest for an hour, and give Li Hong a little time to escape." Lu Dongzan said. Since Li Hong fell into his trap, he no longer regarded Li Hong as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, but as his prey and his prisoner.

"Yes." The guards received the order and ordered the army to rest, and 10,000 Tibetan spirits rode off their horses and began to eat something to replenish their physical strength. Lu Dongzan looked at the direction of Li Hong's escape, and his eyes were shining. He had been waiting for this day for a long time, and when the Tang Dynasty Heavenly Khan was in power, he could only surrender to the heavenly power of the Heavenly Khan. Now that he is over sixty years old, his ambition is still great, and he does not believe that the Khan Li Shimin is dead, and his son and grandson can still be as fierce as him, and he can suppress his ambition Lu Dongzan.

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Because Lu Dongzan's army was not in a hurry to pursue, Li Hong's speed when marching to the southwest was not fast. In fact, he knows very well what Lu Dongzan's current mentality is, and what Lu Dongzan is thinking in his heart, so he will not be afraid that Lu Dongzan will immediately lead people to kill him immediately. But Lu Dongzan wants to be a cat, is he Li Hong willing to be a mouse? As the saying goes, pretending to be a pig can eat a tiger, and today he Li Hong is not a pig, but he can pretend to be a mouse and kill Lu Dongzan's cat.

"If you get carried away, you often lose your life!" Li Hong rode on horseback and said with emotion.

Chen Gong and Zhao Zhongyong were puzzled, so they could only follow him silently.

"This time you destroyed Lu Dongzan and the Tubo army, Zhao Zhongyong, what official position do you want?" Li Hong asked. Zhao Zhongyong was stunned, can it still be like this? Datang's official position can be asked for by himself? Zhao Zhongyong was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"With your military exploits, it's no problem to get an official and a half-job." Li Hong said, "It's up to you to choose." ”

"I'm still willing to follow Your Highness." Zhao Zhongyong replied without thinking. He is not a fool, how can he not be clear that by following Li Hong's side can he obtain greater benefits.

Li Hong was very satisfied with Zhao Zhongyong's answer, and Zhao Zhongyong said this, at least he didn't have the mind to be alone.

"Okay, then you can come to the East Palace to do things." Li Hong said that the generals of the East Palace Ten Rates are all generals of the fourth or fifth grades, and when the time comes, Zhao Zhongyong will be given a general position like this, and it is estimated that he will not be treated badly. As for Chen Gong and Li Duoqi, their official positions cannot be promoted now, otherwise they will not be able to stay in the East Palace, but they can be rewarded with knighthoods. Although the title of the Tang Dynasty does not have a fief, it can have a fortune, and it can participate in politics, and the power enjoyed by the title is not small.

At this moment, Li Duoqi came from a distance on horseback.

"Your Highness, we have already reconnoitred clearly, and there are 6,000 Tubo elite horsemen ahead." Li Duoqi replied, "Looking at their momentum, they are definitely a hundred battle elite horses. ”

"Six thousand?" Li Hong breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Lu Dongzan would deploy tens of thousands here, which would make him lose a lot, now there were only six thousand, he felt that it was not difficult for him to solve these six thousand, "Two thousand more than us, it is not easy to deal with, but it is not difficult to deal with." ”

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already had a plan in his heart, the three of them stopped talking and waited for Li Hong's order.

"This time, we're going to give him a chop and capture the flag." Li Hong said in a stern tone, "Zhao Zhongyong, you and your subordinates will pretend to be Lu Dongzan's personal soldiers this time, just say that they will pass by here if they lose contact with the army, and then wait for the opportunity to behead the commander of this cavalry, Li Duoqi will lead your subordinates to follow closely behind Zhao Zhongyong, once Zhao Zhongyong succeeds, you will take the opportunity to kill, and when the Tubo people have no main general, they will definitely collapse into an army, just wait for us to kill." ”

With Zhao Zhongyong and four hundred Tibetan elite horsemen, fleeing along the way, Li Hong felt that he could use them to do a lot of articles.

"No!" Zhao Zhongyong and Li Duoqi bowed down to receive the order.

"Also, this time to deal with these 6,000 people, I don't want their people, but the horses under their crotch, as long as we get these 6,000 war horses, when the time comes, one person and two horses, we will be more sure to deal with Lu Dongzan." Li Hong pondered for a while and said, he knew that this condition was a bit harsh, but it was not impossible, it depended on Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong's execution ability.

Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong didn't expect the prince's requirements to be so harsh, with more than 3,000 people against the other party's more than 6,000 people, it was already very difficult, and now they still need the other party's war horse.

But this is the prince's order, and they don't dare to say anything, besides, they are all people with relatively high spirits, and they are all people who like to challenge the limit, so they don't believe that they really can't complete such a task.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the last general will definitely complete the task." Li Duoqi arched his hand and said.

"Zhao Zhongyong will not disappoint His Highness." Zhao Zhongyong also said.

Immediately, the two of them said goodbye to Li Hong and personally led their respective armies to set off.

The sun has risen in the eastern sky, shedding brilliant light. Li Hong rode on his horse, watching in the direction in which Zhao Zhongyong and Li Duoqi's army disappeared and was silent. Chen Gong didn't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was thinking, so he didn't dare to speak, so he could only ride a horse and stand beside Li Hong.

"Chen Gong, have you ever read a book?" Li Hong asked suddenly.

"Read a little." Chen Gong replied.

"Do you know Chen Qingzhi, a famous general in the Southern Liang period?" Li Hong asked, "White Horse Silver Spear Chen Qingzhi." ”

"Just a little bit, not very detailed." Chen Gong said that it was already a luxury for him to be able to read and write, and there was still money to read history books.

"Chen Qingzhi's 3,000 elite cavalry completely annihilated the enemy's 200,000 cavalry, what a feat is this?" Li Hong said with emotion, "This time there are 5,000 iron horsemen by Lone's side, it can't be said that he completely annihilated 200,000 elite horsemen like Chen Qingzhi, but he can go around with Lu Dongzan for two days and introduce them to Dafeichuan, this can still be done, right?" ”

"As long as it is what His Highness wants to do, there is nothing that cannot be done, because His Highness is no worse than the white-robed general." Chen Gong replied bluntly, it is indeed difficult to make such a general who is not good at sycophants say such things.

"You, you!" Li Hong smiled faintly, he knew what Chen Gong was thinking in his heart, but he didn't break it