"Today's battle wiped out nearly 6,000 Qixi coalition troops." Zhao Langzhen informed Li Tao of the battle situation.

"What about our losses?" Li Tao asked in a deep voice.

"Thirty-six people were killed in the Luzhou regimental training and seventy were wounded! The army that blocked the enemy suffered more than 1,300 casualties, including General Li Sijing killed and Lieutenant Wang Haibin seriously wounded. ”

"Have all the bodies of the fallen been recovered?"

"It's all back!"

Li Tao nodded and said, "I know, you go down first, and immediately arrange for the military medical officer to treat the wounded!" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Langzhen turned around and left.

Xue Ne said on the side: "King Lantian, after three days, the Qixi coalition army has lost nearly half of its men, I'm afraid they are no longer able to continue." ”

Li Tao looked at the darkening sky, sighed and said, "I don't know if the Khitans will retreat overnight!" ”

While Xue Ne was talking to Li Tao, Li Yanhuo and Li Dayu were also discussing the retreat.

"This battle is really full of twists and turns!" Li Dayu said with a wry smile: "At the beginning, the 60,000 Tang army was menacing, and I thought we wouldn't be able to withstand it. Who knew that the cavalry of the Tang Army was frightened back by a hundred and ten wolves, and we slashed and killed all the way, and our hands were soft, so we won in a daze. Seeing that the Tang army was about to be wiped out, a car formation appeared out of thin air. The Tang Army, who only had a thousand people in the car array, thought that he would be captured this time, but who knew that he had encountered a hard bone, and for three whole days, the soldiers were defeated but there was nothing to be done about this car formation, what is the matter! ”

Li regained his composure, and he said calmly: "The gap between the front and back is huge. In fact, this is not a question of more soldiers and fewer soldiers, but the reason why the people who command the army are different. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yanhuo licked his lips and continued: "This time there are only a few hundred people who attacked. If there were thousands, tens of thousands, wouldn't they sweep the whole world? And the Tang army that was defeated before was able to stop my most elite attendant army, you say, if it weren't for the excellence of this person who commanded the army, how could there be such a big change? ”

Li Dayu nodded and said, "That's the case." We can't attack it anymore? ”

"Attack?" Li Shihuo shook his head and said: "With the current strength in our hands, how can we attack, even if we really capture it in the end." How many of us are left, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"Then we'll have to retreat!"

"Yes, only retreat, the trainer is Junjie. We can't afford to spend any longer. ”

"That's good. I'll arrange it now, and we'll retreat overnight! Li Dayu got up and said.

"Wait! King Xi! Li Shou stopped Li Dayu: "Don't worry, even if you want to retreat, you have to wait for tomorrow." ”

"Why is that?" Li Dayu said strangely.

"We have been fighting with this Tang army for so long, even if we lose, we should know who we lost to, don't you want to meet this commander?"

Li Dayu nodded and said, "What the Khitan King said is reasonable, he should meet this person." ”

"Tomorrow, after meeting the man in command of this battle before the battle, we will evacuate in the open. We can't just retreat like that.

Li Dayu was a little apprehensive and said, "But what if the Tang army comes to touch the camp again tonight?" ”

Li Shihuo said with a smile: "Last night, we were unprepared to let them take advantage of the loophole, and tonight we lit a bonfire in the camp. Send more soldiers to patrol, and they will have nothing to do. ”

……

After dinner, Li Tao and Xue Ne came to Wang Haibin's military tent, although Wang Haibin was pale, but he was still sober.

Wang Haibin saw Xue Ne and King Lantian and was about to struggle to get up, Li Tao hurriedly stepped forward and held him down and said, "You rest, you don't need to get up." ”

Wang Haibin was a little sad and said: "King Lantian, General Li Sijing ...... him"

Li Tao took over and said: "General Li Sijing is good, and the Tang Dynasty athletes are good. I thought about it, if I could capture the chieftain of the Khitan Xi tribe this time, I would be able to offset the guilt of the rout of Nantai Valley. When the time comes, I will jointly write to Your Majesty with Governor Xue and ask for credit for you and General Li. ”

"Capture alive the chief of the Khitan Xi tribe?"

Not only Wang Haibin who was lying down, but even Xue Ne on the side also widened his eyes. In their opinion, Li Tao withstood the large-scale attack of the Khitans with 800 Luzhou regimental training, which was already a great miracle. I didn't expect him to capture the enemy's commander alive, which I'm afraid only Li Tao dared to think.

Li Tao said confidently: "If they withdraw to Yingzhou overnight tonight, I can only watch and have nothing to do." But they are still camped here, what is this not looking for death? In the second half of the night, I will attack, and tomorrow I will capture the enemy chieftain alive. ”

Xue Ne reminded: "King Lantian, you won't be going to touch the camp again, right?" The Khitan camp has lit a bonfire, as bright as day, I'm afraid it's not easy! ”

Li Tao smiled: "When did I say that I was going to the camp?" I'm going to attack them openly, and you'll see! You'll know when the time comes. ”

Wang Haibin said excitedly: "King Lantian, don't forget to call me when the time comes!" ”

Li Tao shook his head: "That's not good, you have injuries on your body, let's take care of them!" ”

Wang Haibin was anxious when he heard this: "King Lantian, although I can't go into battle to kill the enemy, I can still cheer for King Lantian and find someone to carry me out, I want to see how King Lantian has created another miracle." ”

Li Tao hesitated, and Wang Haibin said earnestly: "Please, Lantian King!" ”

Saying that, Wang Haibin was about to get up and salute Li Tao, Li Tao hurriedly said when he saw this: "Wang Duwei, I have answered you, you hurry up and rest, I will take you with me when the time comes." ”

It was night, and there were bonfires everywhere in the Khitan camp. On the contrary, the Tang army vehicle array by the Xiaoluan River was pitch black, and only the roar of the river could be heard. At the third watch, the big car in front of the car formation was suddenly removed, and many auxiliary soldiers carried some things out of the car formation. They came to a place about two hundred paces away from the Khitan camp and stopped, and began to get busy nervously.

Li Tao, Xue Ne, and Wang Haibin, who was being supported, stood behind these people and watched quietly. Although Xue Ne and Wang Haibin had a stomach full of questions, they frightened the Khitan sentinels, and they didn't dare to ask, so they had to endure it secretly.

After about half an hour, a person quietly came to Li Tao and whispered: "King Lantian, everything is ready!" ”

"No problem, right?" Li Tao asked softly.

"I've trained hundreds of times, absolutely foolproof!"

"Alright, let's get started!"

"Yes!"

The man quietly left again.

About half a pillar of incense, Xue Ne and Wang Haibin heard a loud bang, and then a raging fire broke out in the Khitan camp. The two of them didn't know how Li Tao did it, and they couldn't help but be horrified. What shocked them even more was that the fire in the Khitan camp was different from ordinary fires, not only was the fire large, but also seemed to be impossible to extinguish. Not only that, but many Khitans were on fire, and the entire military camp was in chaos, and the screams were endless. (To be continued......)