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The weather is warm, but Li Jiancheng's heart is extremely cold. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He could imagine what his father's expression would be when he learned that Li Jing had crossed the Yellow River and was about to go around to the east of the river.

Is the tide gone?

Li Jiancheng didn't know what others thought, but he did have this idea in his heart.

The tide is over!

Li Jiancheng felt heartache, knowing that there was a great problem with his father's coping strategy, they still despised Li Jing's combat talent. Li Jing can be said to be another leading wizard in the past hundred years, following Hu Lu Mingyue and Zhang Xutuo. Hu Lu Mingyue and Zhang Xutuo were all born to meet the master, and Li Jing was also down. Hu Lu Mingyue and Zhang Xutuo were not born to meet the master, so they could only bow and die with all their might, Li Jing had a sword for ten years, knowing that the opportunity had not come, he would rather endure it than come out.

But now, Xiao Buyi will compete for hegemony in the world, and he has great trust in Li Jing, which undoubtedly gave Li Jing a chance, and Li Jing also seized this opportunity and finally became famous in the world. When it comes to leading the army to fight, no one in Li Tang can match Li Jing, or it can be said that there is no one in the world who is Li Jing's opponent.

Li Jing is a master, and the master is lonely! Li Jing lonely pacified many bandits in the south of the Yangtze River, the lonely surprise attack on Languan forced Li Tang to retreat, the lonely feat of breaking the Turkic Central Plains for hundreds of years, and the lonely easily defeated Liang Shidu, and then went around behind hundreds of thousands of Tang troops and forced the Tang army to a desperate point!

Li Jing is undoubtedly a very low-key person, so low-key that people even inadvertently ignore him, even if he has done countless earth-shattering things, he is still as lonely as snow.

Li Jiancheng's heart twitched for a while, and he was only thinking about how to deal with Li Jing. Abandon Hedong and go all out against Li Jing's army? This is like the scene before the Blue Pass! If Li Shimin has been pressed and beaten by Xiao Buyi, then he, Li Jiancheng, has been led by Li Jing many times. Thinking about it calmly, even if he understood Li Jing's intentions from the beginning, what could he do? Many of the troops in Guanzhong are gathered in Languan and Hedong, and now that the strength of Guanzhong is tight and the people have complained, where can they draw their troops to fight against Li Jing?

Due to the limited terrain, Guanzhong is far inferior to the Eastern Capital in terms of population and strength!

Although the eastern capital has fought repeatedly, it has always been a streamlined army, so the people are rich. Coupled with the supply of the rear of the Jiangnan University, Dongdu can withstand these battles! But what about Guanzhong? Having lost Shanxi, Guanzhong was overstretched by only the grain reserves in Guanzhong, coupled with the consumption of Turkic soldiers in the past year.

After thinking about it, when there was no way to do it, a soldier arrived in a hurry, "Prince Qiqi, the Western Liang army has counterattacked." ”

Li Jiancheng frowned and said: "He is coming, let's just defend it......" Seeing the strange faces of the soldiers, Li Jiancheng knew that something was wrong, and asked: "Is their attack particularly fierce this time?" ”

"If it's violent, it's fine." The soldier said: "But they have sent troops from Tianjing Pass in an endless stream, not only sending troops, but also ...... Boat! ”

"There's a ship?" Li Jiancheng was stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a while. I didn't care about asking any more, so I left the camp and climbed the high slope to look at the past, and my heart sank.

Looking over from his position, he only saw the bright Fen River flowing, but in front of him was waving flags, and I don't know how many Western Liang troops were stationed by the river. Looking to the north, I saw the dust rising and the smoke filling the sky, and the dust and smoke turned into a murderous atmosphere, moving rapidly to the south. Looking from the high slope, it was like a black oppressive dark cloud sweeping in, covering the clouds.

Li Jiancheng was shocked, secretly thinking that the momentum of the Western Liang army was like a rainbow, and the men and horses were fierce, and this increase in troops was intended for a decisive battle, could they really have the certainty of victory? But what surprised Li Jiancheng the most was not the speed of the Western Liang Army's increase in troops, the high posture, and the murderous spirit, but the surprise that there were countless boats shuttling back and forth on the river.

The boat is like a fish, swimming nimblely, and there are soldiers on board, all holding longbows.

From Li Jiancheng's point of view, there were already hundreds of small boats on the river, which means that the Western Liang army had not only increased its reinforcements by land, but also by thousands on the waterway.

What do they do with the waterways? Li Jiancheng's mind was racing, and he thought of three words in an instant, back to the water array?

Is the Western Liang Army using a backwater array?

The Western Liang army is not going to fight, but to strangle the strength of the people, Li Jiancheng thought of this, he was already in a hurry, and shouted: "Go find General Qu and come back!" ”

The soldier said, "Prince, General Qu has crossed the river, and now...... It should have been handed over to the Western Liang Army. ”

Li Jiancheng was so confused that he didn't know what to do for a while.

**Li Shimin didn't know that it was just a day's work, and Hedong had undergone earth-shaking changes. Not only Hedong, but also the periphery of Hedong is also turbulent and murderous.

Li Shimin only thought about encircling and suppressing Xiao Buyi, and in order to pursue the tail of the Western Liang army as soon as possible, he ordered the soldiers to bring only three days of rations. Tang Jun was depressed for more than a month, venting in this dynasty.

Li Shimin did not let the soldiers bring too many rations, because he felt that there were also military rations in Hedong, and if the Western Liang army was encircled, it would be enough to take the military rations from Hedong. If it doesn't work, retreat to Yicheng and defend it again, and you don't need to bring too many rations.

Thinking about it, I felt that there was no problem, although Li Shimin led the troops in a hurry, he was still cautious, and when it was time to hear the joy, he listened to the ranger warning, "King Qin, there is a Western Liang army ahead!" ”

Li Shimin was slightly shocked, he had sent someone to inform Guo Ziwu in Hedong quickly, and asked him to cooperate with this operation and attack the Western Liang Army back and forth.

Is there fraud in the Western Liang Army?

Xiao Buyi is waiting for him?

When Li Shimin thought of this, he reined in the horse's reins and ordered the Tang soldiers to reorganize the formation slightly, and at this time, they could not be chaotic, and they would be defeated if they were chaotic. Although Li Shimin was calm, he could already feel the ground trembling, and the water not far away seemed to be shaking. The water ripples, like a mood and thought.

The Western Liang army was already in sight, and a black line poured out on the horizon in the distance. The black line quickly expanded and widened, with a metallic white glow in the middle.

The black tide with white lines, from far to near, like the sea in the middle of the night urging roaring waves!

Li Shimin knew that the Western Liang Army was the shield soldier first, and they wanted to fight hand-to-hand with the Tang Army!

Duan Zhixuan ordered a quick pass, and the Tang army immediately marched in a phalanx, the shield soldiers opened the way, and the archers hid behind the shield players. Li Shimin led the iron cavalry to hide on the flank, ready to attack at any time. When his Xuanjia Heavenly Soldiers turned back from Youzhou, they were still intact when they were pursued by the Xiliang cavalry, but they suffered heavy losses in the Taihang Mountains, and later luckily came back some men and horses, but the military formation was not in order, and this time the cavalry led by Li Shimin was to extract the elite of the Tang cavalry, and it was not easy to use. But the duel between the two armies does not have to look at the cavalry.

Li Shimin didn't want to retreat, and he couldn't retreat, the opponent was so fierce, if he retreated without a fight, he was afraid that he would never have to fight with the Western Liang army in the future.

The wind is blowing, and the troops are like the wind. Neither army flinched, and it was soon visible to each other.

Long arrows rained down, intertwined and tilted in mid-air, and the two armies shouted in unison to strengthen their momentum. Seeing that the opponent was surging in momentum, but neither of them retreated, from small steps to big strides and then to rapid steps, the two forces collided together, setting off a violent wind. In an open plain between the muddy water and the turbulent water, a battle of attack unfolded in an instant.

The Western Liang Army was magnificent, and the Tang Army was not to be outdone.

The two armies were intertwined, and they fought fiercely until nearly dusk.

The blood flowed, dyed the black soil and green grass, the safflower was more colorful, and the blood was soaring, and it was connected with the sunset on the horizon. The blood was like a glow, and the glow of blood shone red on the lonely sky on the western side.

Li Shimin frowned greatly, and while watching the battle, he had seen that Duan Zhixuan had been injured in many places, and Qin Wutong had also stained his clothes with blood. Although the Tang army can still resist, it is tired.

Although he knew that the current competition was perseverance and determination, and if a new force joined, the situation might be reversed, but Li Shimin had not yet dispatched cavalry. In this open plain, the two sides have seen the weakness of his opponent, and he knows that if the cavalry rushes out, he will definitely be able to crush the opponent's infantry.

But Li Shimin did not move, because the ironclad cavalry of Xiliang did not move, and Xiao Buyi did not move. Li Shimin wants to wait for Xiao Buyi to come out first, and then strike later, if he strikes first, he is afraid that he will lose the first move.

For Xiao Buyi's ironclad cavalry, Li Shimin still had lingering palpitations.

Li Shimin only saw the cavalry ambush on the flank of the Western Liang army, but he did not see Xiao Buyi. After a fierce battle, I saw the water in the distance like gilded water, glowing with yellow light, and I realized that it was getting late!

You can't keep fighting like this, Li Shimin thought to himself.

The Western Liang Army has long been prepared, since this is the case, why don't you retreat temporarily? Thinking of this, Li Shimin ordered the herald to pass the order, and ordered Duan Zhixuan to retreat slightly after Duan Zhixuan was broken. The Tang army had an army of 50,000, and the Western Liang army was fierce and numerous. After the Tang army withdrew slightly, after the ambush was broken, the Western Liang army saw that the Tang army retreated at a distance and the formation was not scattered, knowing that this retreat would quickly counterattack at any time, and if it was not careful, it would fall into the siege of the opponent. Therefore, although the Tang army withdrew, the Western Liang army did not take advantage of the situation to cover up, but also retreated slightly. Seeing this, Li Shimin felt a little relieved, and secretly thought that the real infantry battle, the strength of the two sides was equal. But the Tang army was in a slightly embarrassing situation, because Li Shimin pursued south, and originally wanted to enter Wenxi or Xia County in Hedong County to rest for a while, but he couldn't advance before he reached Xiangshui. It's getting late at night, where are these armies going to be placed?

Li Shimin was depressed in his heart, and he wanted to fight again, but he felt that if he rested nearby, there would be an impact from the Western Liang army, and in the middle of the night, he was really tired.

Duan Zhixuan saw Li Shimin's thoughts, and suggested: "King Qin, I don't know why Guo Ziwu didn't send troops to help, I might as well wait to temporarily retreat to the muddy water, and then seek something else." If you rest here, you are afraid that the enemy will attack in the middle of the night. ”

Li Shimin nodded and ordered the Tang army to take advantage of the thin night. To Tang Jun's surprise, the Western Liang Army did not follow the pursuit, and Li Shimin always felt that it was inappropriate, and he couldn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the Western Liang Army's gourd. Why did the Western Liang army want to intercept themselves in Wenxi County with heavy troops, but they retreated, and they didn't follow, was it just a bluff? In confusion, the crescent moon has risen, sprinkling a faint light. Under the starry night, the distant mountains and trees were sprinkled with a layer of mercury, and when Li Shimin saw it, he felt full of desolation.

The Tang army walked silently, just wanting to rush to the back of the muddy water, and then set up camp to rest, but when they arrived in front of the muddy water, they couldn't help but be surprised.

Li Shimin also rubbed his eyes in disbelief, unable to believe what he saw. Because it was a shallow muddy water, the ground was as deep as a zhangxu, and it was spread far away, like a white practice from west to east, and the moonlight spread on the river, bleak and cold, but it had blocked the return of the Tang army!

There were boats on the river, soldiers on the boats, and soldiers with bows and arrows, like quiet flowing water, facing the Tang army who were going to get close to the river. The boats are dense, like the carp crossing the river, and the arrows are cold, like the stars in the sky!

The Tang army could no longer move forward, and did not dare to move forward.

They were in an extremely embarrassing situation, and if they wanted to go to Yicheng, they had to cross the muddy water first, but the muddy water skyrocketed in one day, and they had no boat to cross. There were boats on the river, but they were full of Xiliang men and horses, and as soon as they approached, they would be pierced by arrows. They are soldiers in the north, and there are few good swimmers, in this case, it is like climbing to the sky to go to Yicheng!

Tang Junjun thought that the most painful thing in the world was that the reinforcements were on the other side, but they couldn't get together.

But Li Shimin soon discovered that the most painful thing was not that he could not get together with reinforcements, but that his Tang army had fallen into a life-and-death dilemma.

At this time, the rangers galloped over and shouted urgently: "King Qin, the Western Liang army dug the embankment of the Fen River upstream and led the water of the Fen River to be injected here, which caused the muddy water to skyrocket!" They went down to the south of the confluence of the Fen River and the Hushui River, as if our army was also blocked on that side! However, the Western Liang army was so powerful that they did not dare to go. ”

"The backwater array, they laid the backwater array." Duan Zhixuan lost his voice and said, "They just won't let us go back to Wing City!" ”

Li Shimin's heart sank, and he secretly thought that he had heard of the method of carrying the water array, but this was the first time he had seen it.

The backwater array has the meaning of taking it from the backwater battle, but it is more of a headache than the backwater battle. Because of the backwater battle, there may be a shortage of food, but this backwater array is a boat on the river, there is grain on the boat, and the boat is the supply of the Western Liang army. Even if the Tang army broke the village, it would be useless, because they rushed through the camp and faced a wide river, and they had to return in vain if they crossed the river without boats. On the one hand, the boat on the river will assist the Western Liang army to resist the Tang army, but when the Tang army attacks, it can retreat into the river, making the Tang army look at the boat and sigh.

Li Shimin was anxious.

He only has two days, if he can't break this backwater array, he is afraid that these tens of thousands of Tang troops will all die here.

His mind was flying, and Li Shimin only wanted to find a breakthrough.

In the current situation, there is a muddy water blocking the road in the north, and the Tang army has no boat, so it is impossible to swim back to Yicheng. Wenxi in the south has the Western Liang army blocking the road, and Wenxi has Dong Zepi in the east, not to mention whether Dong Zepo has the Western Liang army stationed, just say that the Tang army has no food in the army, if you retreat to Dong Zepi to hold on, the same is not supported. What's more, if he goes to the southeast, not only is the Western Liang army chasing and blocking, but also the Wangwu Mountains are traversing, and the Jingshan is blocked, where can he retreat?

Now the north-south road has been broken, there are only two roads left in the east and west, but the east is also high mountains and mountains, the road is rugged, although after crossing the high mountains, and then through the remaining veins of the king's house and walking to Qinshui, but Xuanba there, is not the same dilemma?

Again...... Who can guarantee that he will be able to cross the mountains and go to the water safely?

After thinking about it, Li Shimin finally made a decision to break through to the west and join the Tang army on that side.

There are several advantages to breaking through to the west, the first is that the troops may be united, the force will grow, and the attack of the Western Liang army will be effectively resisted, and the second advantage is that there is Fenshui in the west, and if you can cross the river, you may not be able to escape. Knowing that boats and boats shuttle on the muddy water, Fenshui may be the same, in that case, there is no doubt that from one predicament to another. But on the other side of the river, Liu Hongji and the eldest grandson Hengan's 80,000 troops went to 50,000, and it was difficult to defend the city, and they would definitely not be able to attack and rescue each other, but on the other side of the Fenshui, Li Jiancheng still had at least 100,000 troops, which could be said to be extremely elite, and Li Jiancheng would definitely not sit idly by and ignore the Tang army on this side of the river, and would rush to help with all his might!

Thinking of this, Li Shimin told Duan Zhixuan and Qin Wutong about his idea, and the two generals agreed. Without waiting for dawn, Qin Wutong was ordered to be the vanguard, and after Duan Zhixuan broke off, Li Shimin sat in the Chinese army and went west at night. After walking not far, a team of cavalry rushed to the opposite side, with the appearance of more than 1,000 people, looking at their outfits, they were the dress of the Tang Army.

Qin Wutong was overjoyed and shouted, "Which general's men and horses are coming?" Here is the army of the King of Qin. ”

The Tang army on the opposite side said: "We are General Qu's subordinates!" Knowing that King Qin was trapped, he came to the rescue! ”

Qin Wutong said happily: "King Qin is here, come and see you." ”

If it was Li Shimin, most of them would be a little surprised, secretly thinking that he had only been defeated and turned around, how could Qu Tutong know so quickly? It's a pity that Qin Wutong is not Li Shimin!

Seeing that it was his own person, Qin Wutong had relaxed his vigilance. When the people on the other side heard his call, they couldn't wait to come and see him. It only took a moment of effort, and the opponent's iron horse had rushed over like Fei, bringing a cold wind to his face. Qin Wutong finally knew that something was wrong, and shouted, "Who is it?" Stop! He made a mistake, and then he made a second mistake, if the opponent was an enemy, he would never listen to his reprimand, and his conscience found out, so he stopped.

What answered Qin Wutong was a flurry of arrows!

Long arrows rained down on the front of the Tang Army. The Tang army was a little chaotic, and without waiting for Qin Wutong's orders, they had hurriedly set up a formation to face the enemy. Now the idiot also knows that the people who come have absolutely bad intentions.

Qin Wutong rode his horse back, and only then did he want to drink to order the archers to fight back, but the archers had already discovered that not to mention bows and arrows, even spears were a little beyond the reach of whips.

Because the opponent's iron cavalry had been deeply stabbed into the Tang army's formation.

The enemy was a little shorter on the horse, with a shield in his left hand and a robbery in his right hand, the shield was like a mountain, and the spear was like a sea, so he slapped in the front army of the Tang Army like a mountain and a sea.

The two armies collided, and a magnificent sound of collision was heard in the air.

The Tang army did not wait for a lot of reactions, and they were slammed into the sky, falling with their teeth and claws, screaming again and again, and the Tang army was in chaos!

Qin Wutong was furious, knowing that he had fallen for the opponent's trick, this was definitely not the Tang Army, thinking of this, he was furious, and he did not retreat but advanced, and he was about to attack.

But at this moment, a ray of moonlight flew out of the iron horse.

The bright moon is in the sky, the moonlight is in front, and the handsome horse can't hide its brilliance even if the light sprinkled by the clear moon. The moonlight arrived in front of Qin Wutong like water, and a shot broke through the air like lightning, and it had pierced Qin Wutong's throat!

Qin Wutong had never seen such a fast horse, and he had never seen such a fast gun!

That shot stabbed out with a stunning, arrogant, and peerless style, unmatched. The gun carried a cold wind, and after it was pierced, it made a 'snort' sound!

Qin Wutong only felt a slight coldness in his throat, and then felt the sharp tip of the spear pierce his neck, and then quickly withdrew it. Looking down, I saw the blood gushing in my throat, and when I squinted over, I saw thick eyebrows like knives and sharp eyes.

But the eyes only looked ahead, and even looked at him again.

Xiao Buyi, the person who killed him was Xiao Buyi! This was Qin Wutong's last thought, and then he fell down softly, like a tired rice bag, and at the last glance, he saw Xiao Buyi passing by like the wind, and the spear assassinated the general who came to help.

Xiao Buyi took the iron cavalry to the end of the front army in one go, and then swung his tail like a dragon and went diagonally to the south. Looking at the chaotic Tang Army behind him, Xiao Buyi's expression was grim. The intention of this battle was, of course, to annihilate the Tang army that was being pursued. Xiao Buyi lured the enemy for a long time, so the soldiers made a dangerous move, and the lone army went south to Hedong, if the Tang army was deceived, it would send chasing soldiers to encircle and suppress, if the Tang army still couldn't hold out, he would be in chaos in Hedong.

Li Shimin really fell for the plan and brought heavy troops over to encircle and suppress, and after Xiao Buyi knew about it, he immediately launched a strategy of anti-encirclement and suppression. Soon after Li Shimin crossed the muddy water, he immediately led the flow of the Fenshui to rush into the muddy water, and then let the Western Liang army go down from the Fenshui by boat, cross the river to the south bank of the Fenshui and the muddy water, and then block the enemy with a column of backwater arrays. Xu Shiji clearly attacked Taigu Pass, but during this time, he hurriedly recruited boats and boats, and then ordered craftsmen to rush to make nearly 1,000 boats at night, and then went down the Fenshui River with grain and straw, and under the rapid attack, Li Tang's army retreated on the whole line and could not send troops. This move not only allowed Li Jiancheng to have a heavy army, but nowhere to exert his strength, but also successfully blocked Li Shimin's army on the south bank of the muddy water.

Qu Tutong had just crossed the Fenshui when he encountered enemy soldiers and wanted to turn back, but the Fenshui was also full of boats, and he couldn't cross it at all. As soon as the Western Liang Army and Qu Tutong fought, Xiao Buyibu also fought with Li Shimin until dusk. Knowing that Li Shimin might break through to the west, Xiao Buyi and more than 1,000 iron cavalry had already disguised themselves as the Tang Army, ushered in from west to east, and were encountering Li Shimin's front army.

A chaotic killing disrupted the Qin Wutong Department, Xiao Buyi knew that Li Shimin would most likely arrive later, and he didn't want to be trapped, so he evacuated immediately. At this time, Li Shimin had received the rout of Qin Wutong's army, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and ordered the Tang army to press to aid the Tang army, but the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already withdrawn, and Li Shimin had the heart of a decisive battle, but he couldn't even see the shadow of the opponent, holding a spear in his hand, and his eyes were red.

But now, no matter what, we must continue to move forward, and Li Shimin ordered Tang Jun to be more careful and beware of being hit again.

After walking for more than ten miles, turning a high slope, seeing that Fenshui was in sight, Li Shimin suddenly gasped, only to see the fire in the distance, extending from Fenshui to the south, endlessly.

The Western Liang army stationed a camp here, and the Tang army could no longer do it.

Looking at the scale of the bonfire of the Western Liang Army, I am afraid that there are more than 100,000 soldiers stationed here. Li Shimin was in a state of confusion, knowing that the Western Liang Army might be a suspicious tactic, but it might also be a large army stationed. If you don't fight, you don't know the reality of the Western Liang army. But in such a predicament now, if you fight again, you will be dragged by the opponent, and when the Western Liang army in the south rushes over again, I am afraid that you will really be like a trapped beast in a cage.

Fenshui is near, but this Fenshui has been rowed in front of Li Shimin like a moat.

The Tang army was silent and no longer marched forward. Duan Zhixuan learned of the situation and urged the horse to come, and when he saw the situation in front of him, his face was also pale.

"King Qin, do you rush over?"

Li Shimin clenched the spear, his hands were covered with cold sweat, and he hesitated: "What can you do if you rush over?" Turning his head and seeing that the generals around him were all panicked, Li Shimin roared in his heart, is he going to be defeated here again, he is really unwilling! Originally, if you didn't send troops to pursue, you would be trapped at most, but now there is no way out on three sides...... Thinking of the time when there was no road on three sides, Li Shimin turned his head to look at the east, where the long night was lonely and the mountains were hidden.

Duan Zhixuan said: "King Qin, if you can't rush over, you can only go to Qinshui through the high mountains." ”

"To the high mountains?" Li Shimin had some heart palpitations, and for some reason, he remembered the scene when he walked through the Fukou Pass.

Duan Zhixuan also guessed Li Shimin's worries, and said helplessly: "King Qin, right now...... We had to take an adventure and go to Qinshui in the mountains. Other than that, there is no way out. Looking at the fire in the distance, Duan Zhixuan already had the look of a strong man going to die. Seeing this, Li Shimin sighed, "Until the end, I really don't want to go to Qinshui." ”

Duan Zhixuan only thought that Li Shimin was afraid of an ambush in the high mountains, and he didn't know Li Shimin's true mood at the moment. It turned out that Li Shimin thought to himself, Youzhou was defeated on the way back, and he was defeated in Yicheng, if the 80,000 soldiers and horses collapsed again, not to mention the father, even the soldiers probably had no confidence in themselves. What is the use of going to Qinshui? Xuanba has no ambition, and when he is with him, he is even more suspicious, and the two brothers are afraid that they will die together!

Only then did he make up his mind to rush through the blockade of the Western Liang Army, and the West puffed up.

The sound of drums is like thunder on a rainy night, thrilling!

Without waiting for the Tang army to attack the camp, the Western Liang army had already left the camp and lined up and pressed towards the east. The Western Liang Army had apparently sensed the movement of the Tang Army and took the initiative to line up to meet them.

The Tang army could only line up, but they were all worried in their hearts. At this moment, there was another drum beat in the south, resounding through the heavens and the earth, and a ranger flew to report: "Qi Qin King, there is a Western Liang army approaching in the south, and it is not far from here." ”

When the Tang army heard this, they all had a stir, and Li Shimin sighed and said: "Withdraw to Hugao Mountain in the east, Zhixuan, you bring 10,000 soldiers and horses to break off, fight and go, and join me in Hugao Mountain." ”

Duan Zhixuan received the order and only said, "King Qin, it's not a pity to die at the end, just take care!" As soon as he had finished speaking, he led his troops forward to stop the incoming army. The morale of the Tang army was low, and Li Shimin was also discouraged, knowing that he could not do anything, so he let the rear army become the front army, and traveled eastward along the muddy water, all the way to the high mountains.

only heard the shouts of killing behind him, knowing that Duan Zhixuan had probably fought with the soldiers and horses of Xiliang, Li Shimin couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, secretly thinking that Duan Zhixuan and himself were born and died, repeatedly made great contributions, and broke off for himself several times, I only hope that this time he can escape with his surname!

All the way in a hurry, people are sleepy and tired, and when they arrive at the high mountain, the head has risen, and the sky is bright.

The high mountains were shrouded in fog and hazy, and Li Shimin saw that there were more than 20,000 people left, and he felt guilty beyond words. Knowing that if you want to climb the mountain, you must have some strength, so he ordered the soldiers to eat in a hurry, rest for a while, and then prepare to cross the mountain and go to Qinshui.

But without waiting to rest, I only heard the rapid sound of the horse's hooves, Xiao Buyi had already led the iron horse, and the horse arrived at the high mountain, and shouted from afar: "Li Shimin, Xiao Buyi is here, don't you want to be arrested?" ”

Although people are far away, the sound reaches the ears, and Xiao Buyi's drink is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

When Li Shimin heard the shouting, he almost choked to death with a mouthful of rice, turned over and got on his horse, and urged the horse into the mountain.

Xiao Buyi led no more than a thousand soldiers, and the Tang army was very numerous, and if it resisted, it would not necessarily be defeated. But when the Tang army saw King Qin go first, he had already lost his fighting spirit and followed him into the mountains.

There were a lot of Tang Jun rice that were shot by long arrows without swallowing, and they turned over and fell to the ground. Seeing that the Tang army had no intention of resisting, Xiao Buyi led troops to conflict between the north and the south, and wantonly killed the Tang army.

The Tang army dispersed, and Xiao Buyi looked at Hugao Mountain and frowned. There was a rumbling sound of hooves behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that Kan Ling and Miao Haichao had arrived with their troops. Seeing the collapse of the Tang army, the two generals were surprised and delighted, and said: "As soon as the king of Xiliang arrived, the Tang army was really shocked. ”

"Li Shimin has entered the mountain." Xiao Buyi said: "General Miao, General Kan, you two quickly select elite soldiers and enter the mountain quickly." Chase and fight, who can catch Li Shimin, the official will be promoted to three levels, and the reward will be a thousand taels of gold! ”

The second general listened to the order and immediately selected people to enter the mountain, Xiao Buyi looked at the valley and muttered: "Li Shimin, this time I think you are difficult to fly." ”

Li Shimin hurriedly left, and there were soldiers leading the way, entering the deep mountains, crossing the deep valleys, and the empty mountains were silent, full of panic. I couldn't help but think of the time when I turned around Taihang Mountain, and my heart was sour. But at this time, it was obviously not as good as at the beginning, because there was still the eldest grandson Hengan by his side to protect him desperately, although there were soldiers to follow at this time, but he was left alone, extremely desolate.

Looking around, if there are stones rolling down, they will be frightened, but they are afraid that the scene of Taihang Mountain will reappear. The people were tired, and the horses were tired, and they were afraid of big rocks when they passed by the hillside, and they were afraid of big water when they passed by the stream. In this way, he traveled eastward in trepidation, wandering around in the mountains.

In the Tang army, there were no people who were familiar with the terrain, and everyone just recognized the east, thinking that there were soldiers in Qinshui in the east, and they would be safe when they arrived in Qinshui.

On the way to escape, all ambitions, courage and courage were thrown aside. But although he walked in a panic, at noon, Huo Ran of the Western Liang Army killed from behind.

Kan Ling led the army to chase the Tang army first, and they were twisted together at the moment. Li Shimin did not dare to fight, so he only ordered people to break off, and he continued to urge the horse forward, only burying his head in his life and fleeing for his life. But the Western Liang Army did not give up this time, it seems that the Tang Army fled to the edge of the sky, they are about to chase to the edge of the sky, there is always the Western Liang Army can bypass the block, obliquely insert and kill, the Tang Army and the Western Liang Army are in this vast valley, a dozen battles a day, and there is no end. Li Shimin waited until dusk was approaching, and then he got rid of the pursuit of the Western Liang army a little. It can be seen that the sunset is slanting, sprinkling a pale yellow brilliance, Li Shimin knows that one day is gone, listening to the faint crows returning to their nests, 'quack' desolate and miserable screams, and there is an ominous meaning in his heart.

Looking back, I saw that there were only hundreds of Tang soldiers left who followed him, and the rest of the soldiers were all separated in the chaotic battle in the mountains, and I couldn't help but feel sad in my heart. ”

He wanted to kill himself, but when the Tang soldiers beside him saw this, they hurriedly stopped him and shouted: "King Qin, don't do this!" ”

Before the soldier's voice fell, someone shouted: "Li Shimin, if you want to die, you can send your head!" "Huo Ran rushed out of the valley trail, there were hundreds of people, and the first person was Miao Haichao. The sunset shone on his somewhat ugly face, glowing with a little excitement, Li Shimin wanted to die, but when he saw Miao Haichao chasing him, he put down his long sword and shouted angrily: "The shaft is also here to deceive me!" Miao Haichao saw that Li Shimin was violent, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately waved his gun to block, Li Shimin stabbed the air with a shot, and he had no intention of fighting, urging the horse to rush past Miao Haichao, after all, he was also a martial artist since childhood, although it was far inferior to Xiao Buyi, but with all his strength, some Western Liang troops could not stop it. He followed the way Miao Haichao came out, only caring about urging the horse, not paying attention to a rope on the side of the road that bounced up and tightened like a snake, and the horse neighed and fell to the ground. Li Shimin flew out of thin air and rolled to the ground.

At this time, several spears pierced, the cold light flickered, and Li Shimin secretly shouted, 'My life is over!' ’

He never thought that after many years of fighting on the battlefield, he would die here for no apparent reason!

When the spear was about to stab Li Shimin's body, the rope on the ground flew up, and the snake-like shaking in the air entangled the tip of the spear in an instant, just a shock, several Western Liang soldiers shouted to retreat, and the spear flew out of their hands.

Li Shimin was overjoyed, turned his head to look over, only to see a person jumping over like a bird, with a flip of his wrist, several Xiliang soldiers had already flown out in the air, spitting blood.

After the man shot a few soldiers away, he didn't stop, and grabbed Li Shimin. At this time, a Western Liang soldier rode a horse and stabbed him, and the man rose out of thin air, flew out of thin air, and kicked the soldier in the chest.

The soldier was extremely skilled in equestrianism, and although he was hit by a kick, he held the horse with his lower dribbling. But with a 'click' sound, the lumbar spine couldn't resist the force, and it was broken alive by this kick, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, sprinkling Li Shimin's head and face.

The man's mighty kick was so great. He blocked the gun to save people, killing people and snatching horses looked like flowing water, Li Shimin would have seen the face of the man clearly, and said in surprise: "Xuanba, why are you?" ”

As soon as Li Xuanba stretched out his hand, he had already thrown the corpse on the horse far away, smashing the Xiliang army that was blocking the way, he didn't care about saying more, urging the horse forward, Miao Haichao finally arrived, and shouted: "Stop!" He didn't have time to draw his bow, a spear flew out, Li Xuanba reached out and easily caught it, and shouted, "Die!" ”

His spear flew out, and his fierce momentum was more than ten times better than Miao Haichao's throw.

Miao Haichao screamed, couldn't dodge, and was stabbed in the center by this spear, penetrating from behind, and fell off the horse. Although the Western Liang Army was fierce, it was also taken aback to see such an opponent and did not dare to step forward.

Li Xuanba didn't dwell on much, and he had already taken Li Shimin to the east, and after a moment on the side of Ma'er Mountain, he had disappeared.

Only then did the Western Liang army wake up like a dream and continue to catch up.

Li Xuanba rode like the wind, and didn't say much, Li Shimin was like in a dream, just asked, "Xuanba, why did you come?" ”

"You think I'm here to hurt you?" Li Xuanba replied coldly.

Li Shimin hurriedly shook his head, "Of course not!" But ......" didn't know what to say for a while, Li Xuanba snorted coldly and said, "It's important to escape now." I don't dare to say that I can get away from them. He galloped wildly, bringing out the full potential of the horse, and galloped from dusk until midnight, when the horse neighed in sorrow, and finally foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground. Li Xuanba's expression remained unchanged, he dismounted with Li Shimin, and continued to move forward, not walking a few miles, two people came over on horseback in the distance, and immediately saluted: "King Wei!" ”

Seeing this, Li Xuanba finally breathed a sigh of relief, "How is Qinshui?" ”

"Everything is okay in Qinshui, we have a good location, Pei Xingyan still can't attack it for a long time." The two men replied.

Li Xuanba muttered: "Fortunately, Pei Xingyan didn't capture Qinshui, otherwise I would have been even more suspicious of the saint." ”

Li Shimin felt guilty in his heart, "Xuanba, you are all for me." ”

Li Xuanba glanced at him and sighed, "I saved you once or twice, how can I save you for a lifetime." After this time, I'm afraid that you and I will not be able to protect ourselves. The two soldiers who came to let go of the horses, Li Xuanba was not polite, and Li Shimin got on the horse and continued to travel east, and when they arrived in Qinshui, Li Shimin saw that the camp was continuous, and the Tang army here was still as steady as a rock, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Li Xuanba gave Li Shimin a black scarf and said, "Cover your face." ”

"Why?" Li Shimin felt humiliated in his heart and said: "Could it be that if I am defeated, I can't see people?" ”

Li Xuanba sighed: "Shimin, you have been like this all your life. What other people say, you always think about the worst. Seeing that Li Shimin was silent, Li Xuanba said slowly: "Although you are defeated, it is not a crime of war, in fact, if the prince is in the Yicheng that you defend, I am afraid that he will also be defeated." Although your terrain is good, it is a dangerous place, and you are besieged by people, and you are not waiting to be killed? ”

"Then you didn't say it earlier?"

"I said someone would listen?"

Li Shimin was silent, knowing that what Li Xuanba said was very reasonable, and now that Li Xuanba was under suspicion, even if he said it, he was afraid that Li Yuan would not believe it. Li Xuanba said again: "I saved you, and now no one else knows about it except my cronies." Of course, you don't want others to know, do you? I have no hope in this life, but you may still be the king of Qin, which is why I let you mask your face. ”

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, but finally covered his face. Li Xuanba took Li Shimin into his camp, although the camp was large, but it was very deserted, Li Xuanba lit the oil lamp, and then sat down alone.

Li Shimin looked around, thinking that Li Xuanba was alone here guarding the grain road, just like guarding a lonely life, he couldn't help but feel slightly sour in his heart.

Li Xuanba didn't mind, just sat on the mat, hugged his knees and looked at the oil lamp, his face was cloudy.

Li Shimin asked, "Xuanba, why did you save me by this coincidence?" ”

"Knowing too much won't do you any good." Li Xuanba said coldly to shut up Li Shimin, there was a small red clay stove in front of him, and a teapot was placed on it. The teapot had long been smoked black, not clean, Li Xuanba didn't care, lit the fire, and concentrated on boiling the tea.

"These things can actually be done by the next person." Li Shimin drank a lot of tea in his life, but he didn't make tea in person once.

Li Xuanba said lightly: "I'm used to it." ”

The tea boiled, Li Xuanba took two cups, filled them with tea, handed them to Li Shimin and said, "Drink saliva, I'll let them prepare to eat immediately." ”

"I'm not hungry." Li Shimin felt uncomfortable, how could he be in the mood to eat. Holding the tea, I felt the warmth of the teacup, and my mood was agitated, but I didn't want to drink tea. Li Xuanba shook his head, waited for the tea to cool a little, and drank it all. Putting down the teacup, he muttered: "Actually, I went to save you, it can also be said that it is providential......" He was full of emotion, and did not continue. Li Shimin was only afraid that he wouldn't say anything, he clenched the teacup and didn't interrupt, I don't know how long it took, Li Xuanba said: "I was looking for you, because I heard a news that is not good for you......" Before he finished speaking, his face changed greatly, and he saw Li Shimin just about to pick up the teacup and drink tea. Suddenly, the teacup in his hand flew out, hitting Li Shimin's teacup. The two teacups collided, and the tea spilled on the ground. Li Shimin was shocked, but saw Li Xuanba standing up, his face flushed, and suddenly 'wow', spitting out blood.

The blood is brilliant, and it is unspeakably shocking!

(To be continued)