The General's Mansion in Hezhou City is now a star-studded gathering.

In the hall of the General's Mansion, there is not a single civil official, all of them are all military generals, they are Guo Shifeng, Heiya Changzhi, Li Duoqi, Chen Gong, Yuwen Chongtian, Liu Wenjie, Yang Sijian and Zhao Zhongyong.

As a general, and only commanding a cavalry commander of 600 people, Zhao Zhongyong can be present, which shows how much Li Hong attaches importance to him. Zhao Zhongyong himself knew this very well, so when he sat in the lower position, he was in a very calm state, but everyone could see that he was murderous and had a high fighting spirit.

Li Hong had already rested for a night, and he was very energetic, and asked Guo Shifeng, "How is the battle situation in Liangzhou?" ”

Guo Shifeng replied without thinking about it, "Although Liangzhou has Mani's 80,000 Tubo elite cavalry attacking the city, General Pei has a tight defense, and after besieging the city for so many days, Mani has not taken advantage of it at all, and the loss is not small, at least 6,000 Tubo soldiers died under the city of Liangzhou." ”

"What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean?" Liu Wenjie opened his mouth to ask, because Li Hong showed Corporal Lixian and approachable, and the generals in the hall did not feel restrained, Liu Wenjie dared to ask like this.

"With Pei Xingjian's ability, if he doesn't destroy 20,000 horses in Tubo in this war, it will be his dereliction of duty." Li Hong said lightly.

But there was a thunderstorm in everyone's ears, because this showed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very new to Pei Xingjian's ability, and he valued his command ability very much. 20,000 against 80,000 people, it is already very good to be able to defend the city, but His Royal Highness the Prince's expectation is to destroy the opponent's 20,000 soldiers. This is not an ordinary demand, but a very demanding, not something that ordinary people can do.

Among the people, only Guo Shifeng was very calm, because although his ability was not enough to compare with Pei Xingjian, as long as he was given 20,000 elite soldiers, and there were generally Western Regions iron cavalry, he also felt that he had the ability to destroy 20,000 soldiers in Tubo in the battle to defend the city.

"So, General Pei seems to have a plan?" Guo Shifeng asked in a low voice.

"That's what Lone thinks, too." Li Hong nodded slightly, "He is wasting Mani's patience, and when Mani can't attack Liangzhou City for a long time, and receives Lu Dongzan's reprimand, when he shows a flaw again, Mani will definitely suffer heavy losses." ”

After listening to Li Hong's words, everyone suddenly realized. Only then did they realize that the Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of them seemed to be very young, but his insight was very sharp, and as long as time passed, he would definitely be an emperor who existed like a Taizong.

"Lu Dongzan knows that His Highness has entered Hezhou City, and he will definitely launch a crazy attack today, I don't know how we should face it?" Tsuneyuki Black Tooth asked. Long ago, he knew Li Hong's plan, and he would determine that today was the best time for Lu Dongzan to launch a general attack.

"Lu Dongzan, Tubo traitor, without him, Tubo will not become as powerful as it is now, if he doesn't die, the Tang Dynasty will always have a powerful enemy in the northwest, which is intolerable, so he must die." Li Hong's eyes flashed, and he said murderously, "It's just that if you want to deal with this old fox, you can't blindly retreat, nor can you blindly attack, we have to focus on attacking the heart." The most stable thing for the elderly is the mind, but the weakest thing is also the mind. ”

"What does Your Highness mean?" Li Duoqi asked puzzled.

"Let Gu take a look at the brave generals of Tubo today!" Li Hong replied to the question, and his eyes moved to Zhao Zhongyong. Zhao Zhongyong immediately understood what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant, he got up and said loudly, "The last general knows what to do, and please rest assured that the last general will not fall into the prestige of His Highness." ”

"Lone believes in you!" Li Hong nodded slightly. He asked Zhao Zhongyong to participate in this meeting, which was to give enough face, and also to tell Zhao Zhongyong that he did not treat him as an outsider, and he knew that Zhao Zhongyong understood the meaning of this move very well.

Suddenly, at this moment, a soldier rushed into the hall and reported to Li Hong that the Tubo army had arrived in the city, and Lu Dongzan asked to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince by name.

Li Hong smiled slightly, "Let's go, let's go and meet this Tibetan minister." ”

Everyone nodded one after another, and followed Li Hong to the tower of Hezhou City. The defenders on the city tower have all been replaced, the defenders of Hezhou City are resting in the barracks, and the soldiers on the city tower are all black-toothed people, there are about 8,000 soldiers defending the city, the remaining 2,000 soldiers are waiting under the city, and the remaining 20,000 soldiers are also resting in the barracks.

Under the city, the Tibetan army was waiting for it.

This time, Lu Dongzan was really moved, except for less than 10,000 soldiers who stayed in the Tubo camp, the rest of the 100,000 iron cavalry all came to the city of Hezhou.

The 100,000 elite cavalry were divided into ten phalanxes, staring at Hezhou City with murderous eyes. Lu Dongzan was riding on a horse, standing at the forefront of the army, looking at the crown prince Li Hong on the city tower.

Lu Dongzan is over sixty years old, and his hair has become gray, but his eyes are sharp and powerful.

"On the city tower is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty?" Lu Dongzan asked loudly.

Li Hong nodded and said, "It's Lonely, but it's the Tubo Prime Minister downstairs?" ”

"It's the old man." Lu Dongzan replied, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you shouldn't have come today, since you came, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave." ”

"Hahahaha-" Li Hong smiled, "Daxiang, this joke is not funny at all. However, just like the prime minister said, Lone can also tell the prime minister, this time the prime minister, you don't dare to send troops to Datang, since you have sent troops, you can't go back. Lone said that, will the prime minister believe it? ”。

"The prime minister said such a thing because the prime minister has enough strength to keep the prince, but His Royal Highness the crown prince, isn't it a bit arrogant for you to say such things?" Lu Dongzan said coldly, "I know that your elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are now all concentrated on the Liaodong front, and there are not many elite soldiers available on the northwest front. ”

Li Hong nodded slightly and said, "The news of the Great Minister is true, there are indeed not many elite soldiers available in the northwest, but it is enough to deal with you Tubo." Because no matter how strong you are, there are 200,000 elite horsemen, you are also Tubo, no matter how bad the Tang Dynasty is, there are only less than 100,000 elite soldiers, but you are still the Tang Dynasty. If a strong enemy dares to offend the Tang Dynasty, he will be punished even if he is far away. You Tibetans are no exception. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a big breath." Lu Dongzan snorted coldly.

"It's not that Lonely's tone is big, it's that we Datang have this self-confidence." Li Hong said loudly, "The blood in the blood of the Tang Dynasty men is definitely not less than the belligerent blood of your Tubo people, and the pride and bravery of the Tang people are definitely not much worse than that of your Tubo people." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said so, but he wants to make a bet with His Highness, but I don't know if His Highness is willing?" Lu Dongzan asked, "I originally wanted to send an envoy to Chang'an City, but it seems that His Highness likes gambling very much, and he has won a lot of things against them. ”

Li Hong sneered, he knew what Lu Dongzan wanted to bet on, so he said, "What does Daxiang want to bet on?" ”

"There is a brave man in the army, he is infinitely powerful, and he is good at fighting, this prime minister wants to gamble with the warriors under the command of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of the army, I don't know if His Highness dares to do it?" Lu Dongzan sneered.

He believes in the combat effectiveness of his lieutenant general Sambas, and he believes that as long as Zhuo Wang, the lieutenant general of Sambas, comes out, there is no duel that cannot be won alone.

"What's the big picture's bet?" Li Hong asked.

"The lives of a thousand soldiers." Lu Dongzan said murderously, "If anyone loses, he will send the other party a thousand soldiers and let the other party be killed in front of him." ”

As soon as Lu Dongzan's words spoke, not only the generals on the Tang side were shocked, but also the generals around him were surprised. Because the stakes are a bit big. This is on the battlefield, sending one's own soldiers to the hands of the opponent and letting the other side cut it, which is very demoralizing.

Similarly, Lu Dongzan's words also showed that he trusted the ability of his subordinate Zhuo Wang, otherwise he would not have made such a tragic bet.

Li Hong sneered, "It is worthy of the great appearance of Tubo, ruthless enough, and the dog is cold!" ”

"Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dare to bet?" Lu Dongzan ridiculed again, he is now fearless, he is afraid that Li Hong will not gamble, as long as Li Hong dares to gamble, he believes that in today's battle, he will be able to capture Li Hong alive.

"Hahaha-" Li Hong laughed wildly, "Such a cruel bet, Lone didn't want to bet with you, but seeing that you are so arrogant, if Lone doesn't give you some color, I'm really sorry for the 100,000 elite riders around you." Okay, Lone bet with you. ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince—"

"Your Highness—"

Guo Shifeng and Hei Zhi Chang Zhi, who were beside Li Hong, hurriedly persuaded him, "No, you can't bet with Lu Dongzan!" ”

Li Hong shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, Gu won't lose, this bet will only be Lu Dongzan." ”

If he bets on anything else, Li Hong really doesn't have such self-confidence, but if he bets on fighting, Li Hong has 100% confidence, because Zhao Zhongyong next to him is a person who is good at dueling and killing, and a person who can duel in the gladiatorial arena for thirty-six games without being defeated, put it in any place, when facing any enemy, a person like him will not lose. And Zhao Zhongyong, who was on the side, heard the conversation between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lu Dongzan, and the blood in his whole body began to boil. He closed his eyes, and his mind returned to the gladiatorial arena again. In the beginning, he fought for freedom. Now, Li Hong has given him freedom and given him enough glory that he is going to fight for the Tang Dynasty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Li Hong agreed to the bet of the duel, and Lu Dongzan ordered the army to retreat, and the Tubo army retreated a thousand paces, vacating a vacant land under the city of Hezhou.

Li Hong ordered Heiya Changzhi, Liu Wenjie and Yuwen Chongtian to command and defend the city in Hezhou City, and he slowly left Hezhou City under the escort of 800 guards and 600 Tubo elite cavalry, 4,000 forwards and Xiao cavalry guards, accompanied by Guo Shifeng, Li Duoqi, Chen Gong and Zhao Zhongyong.

He was not afraid that Lu Dongzan would attack the moment he left the city, because he knew too well the mentality of such a strong man as Lu Dongzan. Today, there is a better way to break the will to fight of the Tang defenders, how can Lu Dongzan let it go?