The sudden attack caused a great confusion among the Tang troops, and in the grass fifty paces away from them, a large group of black shadows, numbering thousands, suddenly appeared, they were densely arranged, holding hard crossbows in their hands, and one after another life-threatening crossbow arrows were shot out of their hands.

The terrible screams resounded through the river, the first round of arrows, the Tang army had nearly a thousand people fell into the river, blood stained the river red, soon, the second round of thousands of arrows came, the Tang army was frightened, scrambling to turn around and flee for his life, Shi Danai was shot in the left shoulder by an arrow, fell from the horse.

He was a foot soldier himself, and the injury to his left shoulder did not affect the speed on his leg, and Shi Danai roared like thunder, trying to rush forward to kill, but several soldiers forcibly dragged him back to the west of the bridge.

At this moment, the ground began to shake under their feet, and a thunderous sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, and some soldiers shouted: "The Sui cavalry is coming!" ”

Shi Danai looked back, only to see that there were overwhelming cavalry in the southwest direction, there were as many as 10,000 people, less than 100 steps away from them, the cold killing machine made the moonlight fade, there were crossbow troops in front of the ambush, and there were cavalry in the back, the strength was several times higher, and thousands of Tang troops completely collapsed.

Shi Danai hissed and shouted, "Queue! Lined up! ”

But no one listened to his shouts, fear hung over the hearts of every soldier, they threw away their armor, and ran north along the river without their lives, a hundred paces away for the cavalry, just in a moment, tens of thousands of cavalry swept in, wielding knives and killing, fierce and abnormal, some of the slower fleeing soldiers were cut down by the cavalry, and the screams were loud.

Stanai jumped into the river, holding a one-legged bronze lance in his hand, and crouched behind a pillar behind the bridge, surrounded by the corpses of his tribal warriors, and his three thousand tribesmen were in front of the group, suffering the most casualties under the dense barrage of arrows.

He stared fiercely at the cavalry on the shore, and his teeth chattered with hatred, and by this time the cavalry had already chased away, and there were only a few hundred people left on the shore.

Shi Danai suddenly found that dozens of cavalrymen were slowly approaching around a Sui army general. It seems that he wants to cross the bridge to the other side, and this must be the chief general of the Sui army.

The courage of the Turks made it difficult for him to calm down, and a fire of revenge burned in Stanai's heart, and he clenched the one-legged bronze lance and crawled towards the shore little by little.

This general of the Sui army was Xu Shiji, he divided his troops into two routes, one route was Gao Zikai led 3,000 people to feint the camp, attracting Shi Danai in the city to come to the rescue. The other team, led by him personally, set up an ambush of more than 17,000 people on the way to the barracks.

17,000 people ambushed 5,000 people, this battle he will win if he does not win, Xu Shiji led hundreds of people to inspect the battlefield, at this time he slowly came to the bridge, ready to go to the opposite bank, this area is the most enemy casualties. Most of them were killed by arrows.

As soon as he arrived at the bridge, he suddenly heard a thunderclap-like roar, and a black shadow jumped up from the side of the bridge, "General Sui, take your life!" ”

A one-legged bronze lance slammed into Xu Shiji's face, and in the dark night, this person appeared too suddenly, so that the surrounding soldiers were caught off guard, and it was too late to rescue. The soldiers let out an exclamation, but Xu Shiji reacted, and with a swing of the long lance in his hand, he swung away at the oncoming weapon.

Xu Shiji is both civil and military, and a horse lance also makes him elusive, but he can't rank in the top 20 among the world's fierce generals, mainly because his strength is slightly weaker, just listen to 'dang! With a loud bang, the one-legged bronze lance was smashing on Xu Shiji's lance. The one-legged lance flew out along the shaft.

The huge force smashed Xu Shiji's arms numb. The horse almost came out of his hand, but Stana was more seriously injured. He had an arrow wound on his shoulder, and the violent impact caused his wound to burst.

The pain was so severe that he could not hold the one-legged bronze lance, and the weapon was disarmed, and he fell to the ground, curled up in pain.

Xu Shiji's personal soldiers reacted at this time, swarmed up, slashed with a knife, and Xu Shiji shouted: "Hugh hurt his life!" ”

The soldiers held him down and tied him firmly, the severe pain had already made Shi Danai faint, and several torches were lit in front of him, this was a yellow-haired Turkic man, Xu Shiji saw the one-legged bronze lance next to him, and he suddenly knew who this person was.

"This person is Shi Danai, who is known as the first fierce general of the Western Turks, let the military doctor treat his injuries!"

Being able to catch Shi Danai can be regarded as a small gain, and at this moment, a cavalry galloped over, "Report to General Xu, General Gao asks for instructions, whether the Tang army camp should continue to attack." ”

Xu Shiji groaned, his goal had been achieved, Li Shimin should soon know the news of the accident in Changyuan County, and there was no need to stay any longer.

Thinking of this, Xu Shiji immediately ordered: "You can stop the attack, let him bring the remains of the fallen brothers, and immediately retreat to Hongnong County!" ”

One after another orders were passed down, and the cavalry of the Sui army that pursued the enemy army withdrew one after another, ready to retreat to the west, Xu Shiji saw Zhang's father and son coming over, so he stepped forward and thanked Zhang Hongbang: "This time, thanks to Zhang Zhijun's great assistance, the Sui army can win a big victory, and Shiji is grateful." ”

Zhang Hongbang also returned the salute and smiled and said: "I am a Sui minister, and it is also my duty to help the Sui army, I don't want to do this humble official, I plan to go back to Yang Xue to teach the children, I have something, can I ask General Xu for help?" ”

"Even if the envoy says, the world will definitely follow suit."

Zhang Hongbang pulled his son over, and said: "The dog is a little literate and artistic, and his body is also strong, I want him to follow General Xu, help sort out the papers, write letters for the soldiers, etc., I don't know if the general can accept him?" ”

Zhang Hongbang saw that Xu Shiji was both civil and military, young and promising, and he would be a pillar of the Great Sui in the future, and his son could also find a future if he followed him, and his eyes were full of expectation.

Xu Shiji smiled slightly, stepped forward and patted Zhang An on the shoulder, "Our army is about to retreat, are you willing to follow us?" ”

Zhang Anxin was excited and bowed deeply, "The junior is willing to serve the general!" ”

"It's not for me, it's for His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

Xu Shiji immediately ordered the soldiers on the left and right, "Give him a military uniform to change into!" ”

Soon Zhang An changed into a civilian military uniform, he pulled his clothes left and right, he was quite excited, he stepped forward and knelt down for his father, "Father, the child is leaving, I will definitely come back to visit my father when I have time, and I hope my father will take care of his health!" ”

Zhang Hongbang felt a little sad in his heart, and stepped forward to help his son, "Child, get up!" Father's heart is happy for you. ”

He helped his son up and smiled reluctantly: "Get on the horse!" May you make meritorious deeds sooner. ”

He bowed his hand to Xu Shiji again, "General Xu, my son will be handed over to you." ”

Xu Shiji nodded, "Rest assured, I will treat him as a brother." ”

When he saw that the soldiers had returned, he waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”

The Sui army brigade left Changyuan County and headed northwest, Zhang An waved to his father from afar, and the figure gradually disappeared into the night, Zhang Hongbang looked at the direction where his son's figure disappeared, and sighed deeply, "My son has grown up." ”……

After the Sui army launched a lightning attack on the Tang army's logistics camp in Changyuan County, it quickly evacuated from Changyuan County and quickly evacuated in the direction of Xihongnong County.

At this time, Li Shimin led the main force of the Tang Army to withdraw to Sanyuan City, which was the transit station for the logistics materials of the Tang Army, and also stored a small part of grain and grass materials.

In the room, Li Shimin was in a heavy mood, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, in fact, he had already seen the strategy of the Sui army, attacked the logistics camp of Changyuan County, and forced him to return to Hongnong County, but in this way, he and Li Xiaogong's army were getting farther and farther away.

The Sui army obviously wanted to divide the door in two and not allow them to join forces, although the Sui army's intentions were obvious, but he could not do anything, he could only watch as the Sui army led away.

Li Shimin looked at the sand table and couldn't help sighing, at this time, Fang Xuanling appeared at the door, "Your Highness, can I come in?" ”

"Sir, please come in!"

Fang Xuanling walked into the room and said with a smile: "Old General Qu Tu and King Zhao have both arrived in Yingchuan County safely, His Royal Highness should be happy, why are you still sad?" ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, "Yang Yuanqing is taking action step by step, forcing us to follow his deployment, but I can't do anything, how can you say I can be happy?" ”

"Is Your Highness referring to the Sui army's night attack on the camp in Changyuan County?"

"Yes! Shi Danai was captured, I don't know if he was alive or dead, I knew that it was the Sui army that brought me back to help, but I had nothing to do, it was really frustrating. ”

Fang Xuanling pondered and said: "Your Highness, there is a word for your humble position, I don't know if you should say it or not?" ”

"Sir, just say!"

Li Shimin waved his hand, "Please sit down and speak!" ”

Fang Xuanling sat down and said worriedly: "Actually, I'm not worried about Yang Yuanqing's plan, although his strategy is powerful, it is not impossible to crack, and he will withdraw to Guanzhong if it is a big deal, I am worried that the relationship between His Royal Highness and the crown prince has been mastered by Yang Yuanqing, and he has begun to use it." ”

Li Shimin was stunned, "What does Mr. mean by this?" ”

"Has Your Highness ever thought about why Yang Yuanqing was not afraid that the Tang Army in Tongguan would send troops to the east, and directly ordered Xu Shiji to attack the Changyuan camp."

"What Mr. means is that Yang Yuanqing knows very well that the army in Tongguan will not come to help, is that what he means?"

Fang Xuanling nodded, "Tongguan's army is the prince's force, and Luo Yi, the general of Tongguan, only listens to the prince's dispatch, if Luo Yiken sends troops to make a gesture, even if he only sends thousands of troops to make a momentum out of Tongguan, Xu Shiji does not dare to go south easily, but Tongguan has no movement at all, and Yang Yuanqing does not take Tongguan to heart, if it is not for Luo Yi and Yang Yuanqing to collude, it is Yang Yuanqing who knows that Tongguan will definitely not send troops, so, doesn't this prove that Yang Yuanqing is using His Royal Highness to fight the prince?" ”

Li Shimin was silent, and said for a while: "But this is not something that can be easily improved, and I don't want to do this, is there anything that Mr. can do?" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled faintly and said: "This is what I came to His Highness to say, no matter what, His Highness wants to hold all the military power in his hands, if the crown prince is allowed to take part of the military power, in the future, His Highness's career will inevitably be ruined on this part of the unmastered military power." ”