Li Hong and his entourage walked to the gate of the city, and the gate of Hezhou City opened. [Click] [Small] said, Hei Tooth Changzhi rushed out first, followed by hundreds of fine horsemen, seeing His Royal Highness the Prince, Black Tooth Changzhi's stern face showed a relaxed state.

Li Hong saw the black tooth Changzhi, did not speak, just nodded slightly, and walked straight into Hezhou City, and the generals followed him into the city. Back in Hezhou City, Guo Shifeng breathed a sigh of relief, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness the Prince's preparation just now, today's posture would really make Lu Dongzan succeed, and he and the generals would not be able to cut off even a hundred heads.

There has never been a king in history who has been captured by his generals who have been spared the death penalty. Besides, with his Guo Shifeng's character, if he really captures the prince to Lu Dongzan, he is not a reluctant person, and he will definitely be the first person to die in battle for the prince.

"It's really dangerous!" Guo Shifeng followed Li Hong off the war horse and sighed, "Your Highness is still thoughtful, otherwise we will all be in danger today." ”

"General Guo is serious, Gu just made more preparations, but he didn't think too much, otherwise he wouldn't have promised Lu Dongzan to go out of the city to gamble with him." What Li Hong said was very understatement, as if he was casually arranging Yuwen Chongtian and Liu Wenjie to command four bed crossbows. However, only the generals knew very well in their hearts that they could arrange the back road so properly in an instant, which was not something that ordinary people could do, and if it weren't for these four bed crossbows to rely on today, the consequences would definitely be unimaginable when they faced Lu Dongzan's 100,000 elite horsemen.

"It's just a pity that I didn't ask for an arm of Lu Dongzan's old dog!" Zhao Zhongyong said quite regretfully, he felt very regretful, because in the duel arena, he fought hard to end Gran's life, and Gran was defeated, Lu Dongzan should fulfill his promise, but Lu Dongzan still lost his words after all. Of course, he didn't blame anyone for saying this, in the final analysis, the strength of his own side was too weak!

Everyone felt a little pity when they heard Zhao Zhongyong say this, so they all scolded Lu Dongzan for not being a thing, only Li Hong sat on a chair in the hall and drank tea, acting very calmly.

"Could it be that His Highness has long known that Lu Dongzan will not fulfill his promise?" Chen Gong saw that the prince was so calm, and he was not angry at all because of Lu Dongzan's gaffe, so he asked.

"Chen Gong, you said that if Lone loses, do you think Lone will fulfill his promise to Lu Dongzan?" Li Hong asked with a smile. Chen Gong didn't answer immediately, but thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't know what to say. Li Hong smiled, and said to everyone, "You all tell me, if you lose, will you really fulfill your promise to Lu Dongzan?" ”

No one dares to answer such a question, because this question is only clear to Li Hong himself, and if anyone answers, it is tantamount to transgression, who calls Li Hong the prince of the Tang Dynasty?

"This, I think His Highness will not fulfill his promise!" Suddenly, just when everyone was silent, Zhao Zhongyong spoke. Everyone was stunned when they heard this answer, and when they saw the person who spoke, they couldn't help but scold in their hearts, this barbarian really dares to say! Li Hong heard Zhao Zhongyong's answer, smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Gu will not fulfill his promise to Lu Dongzan." ”

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, he continued, "Because Lone is not so stupid, what is the promise to the enemy compared to his own life? And Lu Dongzan is also a generation of heroes, he would rather be responsible for the world, and he doesn't want everyone to bear him. That's why Lone is so sure that he knows that Lu Dongzan will not fulfill his promise to us. ”

"That's cheap, old bastard!" Li Duoqi scolded indignantly.

Not necessarily. We cut off Lu Dongzan's arm less, which is indeed cheaper for him, but our harvest today is not small. Li Hong said with great satisfaction, "In today's battle, Lu Dongzan gave his subordinates to us to kill for personal bets, and this move chilled the hearts of many Tubo soldiers. Secondly, he made a bet and lost and did not fulfill his promise, which made the Tubo soldiers see that he was untrustworthy and did not take responsibility. Although he can still rely on his former majesty and supreme power to suppress the dissatisfaction of his subordinates against him, if a war breaks out in the future, when the tide of war is unfavorable to them, the disadvantages of Lu Dongzan's actions today will be revealed. Then will be the best time for us to annihilate him and the hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen around him. ”

"So, Lu Dongzan failed today, and he was completely defeated?" Zhao Zhongyong asked excitedly.

"Yes." Li Hong nodded slightly, "However, since Lone can think of this, how can Lu Dongzan himself not think of this?" Therefore, tomorrow's battle will be tragic, because Lu Dongzan wants tomorrow's victory to wash away the shame he left behind today. He wants to use tomorrow's victory to erase the shadow he left in the hearts of his subordinates in today's battle. Therefore, tomorrow's battle will not be easy to deal with! ”

"Please rest assured that Your Highness, the last general will definitely defend Hezhou City and not let the Tubo soldiers jump up to the city tower." Guo Shifeng reassured.

Before, he probably didn't dare to say such a big thing, but now he has 30,000 elite soldiers in his hands, plenty of soldiers and horses, and no shortage of grain and grass.

"Hmm." Li Hong nodded slightly and said, "Lone is not good at defending the city, tomorrow's battle will depend on General Guo and you." ”

Li Hong said this not modestly or politely, but a sincere expression from the heart. If it were cavalry warfare, he would not really be as modest as he is now, because he had learned a lot about cavalry warfare, and he knew how to use cavalry to maximize his combat effectiveness. But he can't command the foot soldiers, especially in terms of defending the city, he doesn't know anything, so he doesn't dare to point fingers in front of Guo Shifeng's cover, but informs Guo Shifeng of his attitude in advance, so that Guo Shifeng can calmly face Lu Dongzan's siege tomorrow.

Guo Shifeng was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really a good talker, knowing that he was not good at defending the city, he had no intention of commanding indiscriminately, and he also took this opportunity to show his attitude to himself, Guo Shifeng's senses for Li Hong changed again.

Before, he had always felt that the prince was doing well in some aspects, but not to the extent that he expected to see. Now that Li Hong said this, Guo Shifeng no longer had any worries. At this moment, he had already made a decision in his heart, and in the future, he Guo Shifeng and Li Hong would follow.

"Of course, even if the soldiers defending the city suffer heavy casualties, the lone cavalry will not assist General Guo, and General Guo can be able to Haihan at this point." Li Hong stated in advance. His cavalry was used to deal with Lu Dongzan, and it was used to design for Lu Dongzan, how could he lose in the battle to defend the city.

"This last general knows, please rest assured Your Highness." Guo Shifeng said with a smile, and others are not stupid, how can they be stupid enough to mobilize the prince's personal guards? Of course, the prince can tell him like this, which shows that he respects him very much. This made Guo Shifeng grateful to Li Hong, and he could have a king who thought about his courtiers, and what was there to be dissatisfied with as a courtier. Another point is that Guo Shifeng also knows that the 30,000 defenders of Hezhou City may not be able to win against the 100,000 iron cavalry of Shanglu Dongzan, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not let his personal guard cavalry participate in the defense of the city, presumably in order to leave a way out for himself. But no matter what, since Li Hong told Guo Shifeng frankly, Guo Shifeng's heart was naturally very happy.

Not only Guo Shifeng, but even the generals around Li Hong were shocked by the humility shown by the prince when they heard the conversation between him and Guo Shifeng, and at the same time they also admired Li Hong's humility, because as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, the future king of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention showing a domineering side in advance, but treating the courtiers with a modest attitude, it is indeed not easy.

"Your Highness is too tired today, the ministers will leave first, tomorrow Your Highness doesn't have to go up to the city tower to watch the battle in person, tomorrow's battle will be handed over to the last general and the black tooth general!" Guo Shifeng saw that Li Hong's face showed a tired expression, so he got up and said.

"Okay, there's nothing to do today, so you can go down!" Li Hong also got up and said, after a long day of long-distance travel yesterday, and today he was terrified outside the city for another day, and he was really tired.

"No!" The generals took the order and left the hall one by one.

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When Lu Dongzan returned to the camp, he shut himself up in a tent and saw no one. When his henchmen and generals saw this, since they did not leave his tent and did not dare to enter the tent to disturb him, they could only linger outside the tent.

Of course, not all of these people are his henchmen, and there must be many people who oppose him when Tubo is so big. It's just that the strength of these people is too small compared to the strength of the Lu Dongzan Group, which will make everyone ignore their existence.

Compared with the current tangled mood of Lu Dongzan's henchmen, their mood is very complicated, one is that Gran is Lu Dongzan's henchman, and as soon as Gran dies, Lu Dongzan's strength will be weakened, but Gran is also a Tibetan warrior, and his death has also weakened the combat effectiveness of the Tubo army. They really hate Lu Dongzan's arrogance and domineering, and hate Lu Dongzan's dictatorship, but from the perspective of the interests of Tubo, they hope that this invasion of the Tang Dynasty can get what they want.

The generals stood like this for a long time, and suddenly a monk walked out of Lu Dongzan's big tent. When the monk walked out of the big tent, he had a smile on his face, and at a glance, he knew that he was chatting happily with Lu Dongzan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please come in and discuss the matter." After the middle-aged monk finished speaking, he strode away.

Everyone wondered when a monk came to the big tent of the great minister, but now they didn't have time to think about this problem, so they hurriedly walked into Lu Dongzan's big tent.

In the big tent, Lu Dongzan was sitting on the first mink mattress and drinking mare's milk wine, and everyone saw that his face was very calm, and he did not look indignant and unhappy because of the humiliation he had received today, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"I called you here today to tell you one thing, tomorrow you must give the prime minister an all-out attack on Hezhou City, or regardless of casualties and losses, I will see our Tibetan flag planted on the tower of Hezhou City before dark." Lu Dongzan said in a stern tone.

"No!" The generals received the order, and when they saw that Lu Dongzan had nothing to command, they withdrew from the big tent. At this time, only Sambas stayed, and he whispered to Lu Dongzan, "Great Minister, since we have an internal response in Hezhou City, why do we have to attack the city with all our might?" ”

"If you don't attack the city with all your strength, and don't beat the Tang army defenders to the exhaustion, how can you give the inner Ying of Hezhou City enough opportunities for us to open the city gate?" Lu Dongzan said lightly, "Liu Ju is indeed capable, but in the Tang Dynasty, he is still too weak, in order to capture Hezhou City, in order to capture Li Hong, the prime minister has to be so cautious." ”

"So, tomorrow night we will be able to break through Hezhou City?" Sambas asked.

"From now on, Gran's 20,000 elite horsemen will also be under your command!" Lu Dongzan pondered for a moment and said, "Also, tomorrow your army will not participate in the siege of the city, retain your strength, and capture Li Hong alive with Benxiang at night." ”

"Yes." Sambas's spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly bowed down to receive the order, and then respectfully withdrew from the big tent.