Chen Xuanli's army began to withdraw in disarray at dawn, and it was not until noon that they sat down to rest.

Chen Xuanli ordered the vanguard general Mu Tiejun and the deputy vanguard general Ye Yiming to go and learn about the losses in this battle.

In fact, Chen Xuanli already knew very well in his heart that after this battle, his face would be lost.

In the court of the Tang Dynasty, there has been an endless debate over whether he is the number one general of the Tang Dynasty or whether Ge Shuhan is the number one general of the Tang Dynasty.

The two of them, since they led the troops to fight, have never suffered defeat, so the two of them also have an extremely important position in Tang Xuanzong's heart.

Now, he not only fought a defeat, but also a big defeat, what kind of face does this make him have to compete with Ge Shuhan for the title of the first general of the Tang Dynasty?

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After the two Konoha finished counting, they came back to report the situation to Chen Xuanli, and they lost nearly 10,000 soldiers in total.

Although Chen Xuanli's heart was ready, when he heard this number, he was still taken aback, and even his face turned pale with anger, and he almost beat his chest and cried.

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Chen Xuanli led the army and retreated all the way to Yizhou City.

Fifty miles away from the city of Yizhou, he saw two high mountains towering into the sky,[1][本語] The novel xstxt is a good place to ambush soldiers.

He immediately ordered the vanguard general Mu Tiejun to lead a team of 5,000 people to ambush on the North Mountain, and the deputy pioneer general Ye Yiming to lead a team of 5,000 people to ambush on the South Mountain.

Both teams of men and horses were well stocked with dry food, and once the Tubo Kingdom passed through this place, they could immediately rush down and kill him by surprise.

After the order, Chen Xuanli led the army to continue to retreat towards Yizhou City.

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Jiang Dazhi and his entourage walked out of the inn early the next morning, and everyone turned over their horses and ran towards the south gate of Yizhou City.

They had just arrived at the south gate when they saw a large number of soldiers carrying grain and grass.

Jiang Dazhi immediately stepped forward and asked about the situation.

It turned out that it was all the grain and grass that Li Ming needed, so he didn't ask much, but when he saw a cart full of wine jars, he was also a little angry in his heart, and thought: "This Li Ming, he only cares about drinking in the war, and there is such a general in the imperial court, how can there be any reason not to defeat the war." ”

He didn't bother to think about it, so he took everyone and continued to run in the direction of Jiazhou City.

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The common people who were driven out of the city by the Nanzhao Kingdom only had a little dry food to eat every day, while the young men and strong men on the first line of the Heavenly Rift Valley had nothing to eat at all, and at this time, they had not eaten for a day and a night.

Their stomachs were rumbling, but fortunately, it was winter, the fog was very strong, and their mouths still didn't feel very thirsty.

However, at night, these young men who have not eaten have no heat in their bodies at all, so they are all cold and shivering all over, and they are really hungry and cold!

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The herald of the Tang Dynasty reported the situation to the Tang Jiannan Jiedu envoy Li Ming knew, no, this Li Ming turned out to have no mercy, he gave an order, if anyone came to rush the pass, they would be killed, and these people died of thirst, starvation, or freezing to death, all of them had nothing to do in Datang.

The herald had to convey this order to the Tang soldiers guarding the foot of the mountain, and these Tang soldiers guarding the foot of the mountain saw that the people of the Tang Dynasty were suffering, and their hearts were both sad and painful.

However, they are all little minions, what is the use of their grief and anger? It only adds to one's own sorrow.

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Dusk, and dusk again.

On the top of Dongqingmei Mountain, in the big tent of the Chinese army of Li Ming, the envoy of the Tang Jiannan Festival, Li Ming was furious.

"Turtle son, Lao Tzu asked Chang Shouxin to send wine, it's been two days, and it still hasn't been delivered, this Chang Shouxin, it seems that he doesn't want to live!"

"General, please stop being angry, this road is very long, and there is a lot of food and grass, it always takes some time." Shi Da said cautiously.

"This melon baby, when Lao Tzu goes back, he must be cleaned up properly."

"General Li, are you going to clean up that melon baby again?" Jiang Dazhi was outside the big tent of the Chinese army, and said with a big smile.

"Yo, it's General Jiang here!" As Li Ming spoke, he walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and greeted Jiang Dazhi.

Jiang Dazhi and the others saluted each other with Li Ming and Shi Da, and after greeting each other for a while, they all entered the Chinese army's tent.

The people sat down according to the size of their official positions.

"General Jiang, have you got the Nuwa Ladder?" Li Ming looked at Jiang Dazhi and asked.

"Thanks to General Li, Jiang entered the Fuxi Cave this time, and finally obtained the Nuwa Ladder without danger."

"This is a great thing, but, General Jiang, there is a new situation in Jiazhou City, and Ye Bufan, the general soldier led by Taishou Zhang Tuo, has already surrendered in Kaicheng."

"What!" Jiang Dazhi shouted and said, he obviously couldn't believe that what Li Ming said was the truth, but he quickly regained his composure, because he already had this ominous premonition in his heart, and immediately continued: "General Li, what are you going to do next?" ”

"What else can I do, I can only stick to the east and west Qingmei Mountain, waiting for the opportunity to move."

"The Tubo Kingdom has captured Yazhou City, I'm afraid General Li doesn't know yet, right?"

"What!"

This time, it was Li Ming's turn to shout, he obviously couldn't believe that the news Jiang Dazhi said was true, only to see that his face turned pale and turned blue, and slowly turned into iron blue.

"When did this happen?"

"Just a few days ago."

"A few days ago, why didn't Xu Heihu and Chen Zhaowu report this matter to the general?"

"This? I was going to ask Lord Xu and General Chen himself, Jiang just knew that the two of them didn't care about the safety of Jiang's soldiers and the safety of the people in the city, and as soon as the battle started, they immediately ran to Yizhou City to hide, Jiang still doesn't know where they are hiding? ”

"These two turtle sons, they must be severely punished when they go back."

"It really deserves a good punishment."

"No, General Jiang, if Yazhou City is lost, Yizhou City will have a great crisis, and the general must rush back to Yizhou City immediately, which is the henchman of the Tang Dynasty."

"General Li, please don't worry, the emperor has sent General Chen Xuanli to lead an army of 50,000 to recapture Yazhou City, presumably at this time, General Chen should have captured Yazhou City."

When Li Ming heard Jiang Dazhi's words, he finally felt a little relieved.

However, how could Jiang Dazhi have thought that Chen Xuanli's army had been defeated and returned and retreated to Yizhou City!

As soon as Li Ming heard about the loss of Yazhou City, he was always restless, and he did not tell Jiang Dazhi about Ye Bufan's rebellion and the fact that Nanzhao had forced the people of Jiazhou City to tackle key problems.

That night, they all went back to their tents to rest.

Pity the people of Najiazhou City, only cold wind, mist, hunger, and thirst accompany them.