Chapter Twenty-Five: The Capture of the Tiger Prison

In the city attack and defense war, there are often some unexpected situations that occur, which affect the battle situation and lead to the change of hands of the entire city, which can also be called the 'black swan event' of the city defense war.

For example, in history, Liu Wuzhou captured Taiyuan City, because the powerful in the city accidentally surrendered the city, which caused Liu Wuzhou, who was unable to attack the strong city, to occupy Taiyuan City, and his strength skyrocketed.

Today, the 'black swan incident' also happened in Tiger Prison Pass, and Li Xuanba became the protagonist of this incident.

The difference is that this incident was completely carefully planned by Li Jing, using Li Xuanba's noble identity and his martial idiot character, using Luo Shixin as a bait to lure Li Xuanba out of the city to fight.

It doesn't matter what means are used, what matters is the final result, and it turns out that Li Jing's strategy was completely successful.

Qu Tutong has been in power for more than 30 years, and it is the first time he has encountered such a headache, Li Xuanba seems to live in a place isolated from the world, and all he thinks and thinks is his own will, and never considers the impact on the battle situation.

No wonder when he set out on the expedition, the king of Qin apologized and told him, 'My brother is reckless and mentally incomplete, and I hope the old general will bear with me.' ’

Now Qu Tutong understands the meaning of King Qin's words, Li Xuanba is indeed acting arbitrarily, how can he be allowed to fight at this time? Qu Tutong shouted, "Don't switch it, take him down for me!" ”

At the gate of the city, Li Xuanba was already so angry that he almost wanted to go crazy, Luo Shixin's provocation made him completely lose his mind, he picked up a sledgehammer and smashed it towards the city gate, 'Boom! There was a loud bang, the gates shook, the dust fell, there was no one around, and a dozen soldiers who had been stoned to death by him lay on the ground.

At this time, hundreds of soldiers timidly approached him, and someone shouted: "His Royal Highness King Zhao, go back!" Don't embarrass us. ”

"Li Xuanba, you shrunken turtle, are you scared of me?" Luo Shixin's shouts were heard outside the city.

Li Xuanba's eyes were already blood-red. He turned his head suddenly, roared, and rushed into the crowd of soldiers, swinging and smashing wildly with his sledgehammer, his brains bursting, and his flesh blurred, causing the soldiers to scream and corpses all over the ground. Hundreds of soldiers were scattered and fled.

More than 20 soldiers were blocked by him in the city cave. Frightened, he knelt down and kowtowed, begging bitterly, "Your Highness spares your life!" Spare your life! ”

Li Xuanba roared. "Open the gates for me, or I'll crush you!"

The soldiers were so frightened that they rushed forward. Pull off the iron latch, push the door hard, and the gate of the tiger prison squeaks and quacks! It's open, but the drawbridge is still pulling, and you can't go out directly.

Li Xuanba didn't care, he rushed out of the city gate, ran close to the city wall, and ran to the southernmost point, in front of which was a one-zhang wide trench. He jumped on his horse, the war horse crossed the trench, turned the horse's head and killed Luo Shixin, and shouted fiercely: "Little Luo Tou, fight to the death with me!" ”

Luo Shixin laughed and said, "Idiot, let's go to the old place for a decisive battle!" ”

He turned his horse's head and ran towards Bishui Town, and Li Xuanba shouted like thunder. Chase after you.

As soon as Li Xuanba rushed out of the city, Qu Tutong rode down on horseback, and several soldiers anxiously shouted: "Old general, King Zhao has been killed!" ”

Qu Tutong was very anxious in his heart, he had already seen that the 30,000 Sui army was on the other side. Peeping like a pack of wolves, Li Xuanba actually turned a blind eye. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "What a fool! ”

"Drop the drawbridge!"

Qu Tutong shouted an order, and he turned back and waved to the thousands of cavalry behind him, "Wait for me to save King Zhao!" ”

Duan Zhixuan rushed up from the side, grabbed Qu Tutong's reins and said hurriedly: "Old general, if you go out to save him now, you will fall into the trick of the Sui army!" ”

Qu Tutong said helplessly: "He is the third son of the Holy Lord, if we don't save him, how can we explain to the Holy Lord, how can we explain to the Queen?" ”

"The old general is the main general, let the humble post save him!"

Qu Tutong shook his head, "I have to save him before I can explain to the saint, you are defending the city pass, if you can't hold it, I don't blame you, but you don't use it to save me, withdraw the army directly back to Luoyang, I will go to find the Tang army in Xiangyang!" ”

After speaking, he shouted an order and led three thousand troops and horses to rush out of the city.

Li Jing led an army of 30,000 and waited for a long time two miles away in the northeast, he used Yangmou, he also instructed Li Xuanba in martial arts for two days, and knew Li Xuanba very well, this person has been a fool since he was a child, obsessed with martial arts, as long as he provokes him, he will inevitably kill out of the city, and no one can stop him.

Li Xuanba is King Zhao, Li Yuan's third son, the veteran Qu Tutong will save him no matter what, Li Jing squinted, smiled and said nothing, waiting for Li Xuanba to go out of the city, waiting for Qu Tutong, the old turtle to enter the net.

At this time, a soldier shouted: "General, the gates of the city are open!" ”

I saw that the gate of the tiger prison was wide open, and an enemy general rushed out of the city and rushed along the root of the wall, it was Li Xuanba, Li Jing was overjoyed, and turned around and shouted: "Three army sons, prepare to kill!" ”

As soon as Li Xuanba rushed out of the city, the drawbridge was lowered, and a Tang cavalry rushed out of the city, led by the veteran Qu Tutong, who anxiously shouted: "Your Highness, please take a slow step!" ”

"Kill!"

Li Jing roared, urged the horse to rush up, and the 30,000 Sui troops behind him burst out with earth-shattering shouts, overwhelmingly rushing towards the city gate.

Qu Tutong is in a state of extreme distress, on the one hand, the Sui army is covering up and killing, and on the other hand, Li Xuanba is gradually running away, whether he saves or not, if he is saved, it is likely that the tiger prison will be lost, if not saved, it is still too late to close the city gate, but Li Xuanba will definitely die.

Qu Tutong seemed to see the tragic scene of Li Xuanba being killed by the Sui army's ambush and arrows, and he finally had a heart, just a minister, who is not loyal to the king, and loses his duty as a minister first, what is the use of defending the city?

He shouted, "Rush with me!" ”

He accelerated his horse, led a thousand cavalry to cross the Sui army to intercept it, and followed Li Xuanba to chase it, but the army behind was intercepted by the Sui army, and the two armies fought fiercely at the city gate.

Qu Tutong ran for several miles, and had gradually caught up with Li Xuanba, and when he turned around, he saw that the Sui army had already entered the city, which made him sigh ......

Li Xuanba rushed to Bishui Town, Luo Shixin was gone, he was so angry that he yelled, at this moment, there was a bang sound not far away, and hundreds of Sui army bows and crossbows and arrows hiding in the shadows fired arrows in unison, and dense arrows shot at Li Xuanba.

Li Xuanba was taken aback, swung his sledgehammer to hit the arrow, and then urged the horse to gallop, but he had just taken a few steps. An arrow was the first to hit the horse's neck, and the horse was in great pain, and its front hooves were raised high, and it screamed violently.

The opportunity to escape was lost at this moment, and seven or eight arrows hit the war horse at the same time, and even Li Xuanba was hit by two arrows in a row, and the war horse fell down with a bang, crushing Li Xuanba under him. The sledgehammer also took off a handle. He had to protect his head with a sledgehammer and struggled to get up.

Hundreds of ambush soldiers rushed up from both sides with shouts, and countless spears poked at him. Li Xuanba's legs were pressed by the war horse, half sitting on the ground, and fighting with the Sui soldiers with a hammer with one hand. At this moment, Qu Tutong led the army to kill, and Qu Tutong was so anxious that he shouted, "Don't hurt my lord!" ”

He waved his horse lance to kill, and stabbed several Sui soldiers in a row, and the Sui army general saw that the reinforcements of the Tang army had arrived, and there was no hope of assassinating Li Xuanba, so he had to shout, "Withdraw!" ”

Hundreds of Sui troops withdrew from both sides to the forest behind. Ran clean in an instant, at this time Li Xuanba was protected by more than 100 Tang troops, he was shot three arrows, wearing dozens of guns, covered in blood, in a semi-comatose state, Qu Tu informed that he could not stay here for a long time. He ordered someone to carry Li Xuanba on his horse, wrap him in a big coat, and lead the army to gallop east......

The Tiger Pass had fallen, and the Sui army had once again occupied this Xiongguan Pass in the Central Plains, and the Tang army led by Zhixuan had withdrawn at this time. More than 1,000 people were killed and wounded.

In the gate, Li Jing walked to a well. There is water in the well, Cheng Biting Jin is leading more than 100 soldiers to collect water storage, after the last painful lesson, he will store water is particularly important, Li Jing smiled and said: "No need to store water anymore, Qu Tutong has stored enough water, you bring up the water, there is no place to store." ”

"I'll tell the brothers to fill all the water bags first!"

The weather was too hot, Li Jing found a big stone in the shade and sat down, Cheng Yanjin also sat down beside him, fanned the wind with his helmet, and scolded in a low voice: "The weather raised by this son of a bitch, it is too hot, it was not so hot last year and the year before last, when is this going to go?" ”

Li Jing smiled slightly, "The war in such a hot weather is actually a test of the army's willpower, most of Li Xiaogong's Jingxiang army are Bashu people, they may not be able to adapt to this hot weather, but our army is more heat-resistant than them, and the time is in our favor, and the northern army is tall, the cavalry is sharp, the Bashu Pingchuan is less, the cavalry is unfavorable, fighting in the plains, the geographical advantage gives us an advantage, as for morale, fighting and combat experience, we are definitely stronger than them, so although our troops are small, but I am very confident." .....”

"You guys, be careful not to get dirty stuff into the well!" There was a roar from the side of Cheng Biting Jin.

Li Jing stopped talking suddenly, he glanced at Cheng Biting Jin, and saw that he was absent-minded, and he didn't listen to himself at all, so he had to smile bitterly and change the topic, "Old Cheng, what lesson did you learn from the water in the Tiger Prison this time?" ”

"His grandmother's, the lesson is deep!"

Cheng Yanjin sighed with palpitations, and said to Li Jing: "Now I understand what it means to have no surplus food at home, it is difficult to celebrate the New Year, and the family still has to save a little more money and food in the future, in case of any disaster, it will kill people." ”

Li Jing was stunned, shook his head for a while and smiled: "Your ideas are always different, other generals have remembered the importance of guarding the city's water source through this water cut, and pay attention to the topography of the water source. ”

When Li Jing said this, he finally couldn't help laughing, Cheng Biting Jin scratched his head, and laughed twice with Hehe......

Dou Xianniang stood in the corner of the city, looking anxiously into the distance, her eyes were full of worry, she knew that Luo Shixin's internal injuries had not healed, and if he competed with Li Xuanba again, it would be very dangerous.

At this time, she saw a large group of soldiers rushing out of the mountain road in the distance, the leader of the person holding a big hammer, she was shocked, and when the person came closer, the leader was Luo Shixin, holding a Li Xuanba's hammer in his hand, with a smile on his face.

Dou Xianniang suddenly smiled, her face was like a spring breeze, she patted her chest lightly, turned around and ran down the city, and quietly went to the back camp