The gale blew and hung Li Tang's banner up. (

The wounded soldiers of the Tang Army in the distance lay on the ground and moaned weakly. The noisy sounds around slowly entered my ears, and the tip of my nose was filled with the smell of blood wafting in the wind. The originally busy pond horse also stopped at this time, and the people and the war horse gasped together.

The generals thought to themselves at this moment, even if they defeated the main force of the frontal Zhao army, but after an hour, how could they resist the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of Wang Junkuo who crossed Weishui. There was gradually an atmosphere of despair in the Chinese army, and the Tang soldiers who were fighting on the battlefield at this moment were still lucky, because they did not know the worst news.

"What's wrong?" Li Shimin looked at the generals, "It's not the last moment yet, have you given up hope?" ”

All the generals of the Tang army hung their heads.

"Your Majesty, it's better to take advantage of the fact that the Zhao army has not yet closed the siege, and we will retreat to Chang'an first, there is still hope...... Ah, don't! ”

Li Shimin withdrew his blood-stained long sword and said, "Who dares to retreat!" ”

When the generals saw the generals lying in a pool of blood, they all said: "I am willing to fight to the death with Your Majesty!" ”

Fang Xuanling said at this time: "Your Majesty, there is still an hour, we still have a chance, if we defeat the main force of the frontal Zhao army, we will still have the strength to fight in the face of Wang Junkuo's hundreds of thousands of cavalry." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "I know, you go and tell the eldest grandson Wuji first, and say that I don't have extra troops here for him, let him fight until the last moment." ”

After hearing this, all the generals understood that time was running out, so reinforcing Changsun Wuji, even if he defeated the left flank of the Zhao army, it would be useless. It's better to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and first annihilate the Chinese army where Li Chongjiu is located.

"No!"

Li Shimin looked left and right and said, "Spread my will and order the flag army." Fold the mighty army, swagger the army. The four armies of the Yuan You Army attacked and attacked the Central Army of Zhao State! I personally went to the front line to supervise the battle! Ladies and gentlemen, at this moment. I don't have anything to say, only a decisive battle to the end! ”

Li Shimin looked at the hill in front of him from afar, pointed his long sword forward, and said: "You all follow me to move forward with the flag, if anyone retreats from the flag, anyone will be killed!" ”

Hearing Li Shimin say this, all the generals are commanded.

"Your Majesty, Li Shimin has moved!"

"It's the whole army!"

The general on the watchtower hurriedly came and said to Li Chongjiu, with a panicked look on his face. Li Chongjiu listened to the footsteps for a moment, although the Qu Tutong cavalry in front of him was already defeated. But his own casualties were not small, and now Li Shimin has taken out all his family funds to fight against him.

Ji Chuan said: "Your Majesty, Li Shimin's eyes are already red, and now he is desperate to press on it, and he wants to make a final fight with our army!" ”

Seeing Tang Jun's menacing appearance, many ministers couldn't help but feel worried in their hearts and retreated. Yu Shinan thought that Fang Cai's own advocacy of retreat was reprimanded by Li Chongjiu, and he didn't dare to say it anymore at the moment. And many of the other generals and staff members also showed hesitation. But no one dared to say anything.

"The only way to stay the course is to stay the course. The order goes down, the whole army sticks to the same place, and cannot take a step back! Li Chongjiu shouted, his gaze sweeping over the generals. The generals who retreated in their hearts hung their heads as if they had been peeked through by him.

Li Chongjiu's military order had been given, and at this time, a pond horse galloped over.

A general first poked his head out anxiously and asked, "Is it the reinforcements that have arrived?" ”

Tang Ma said to Li Chongjiu: "General Wang Mahan asked him to tell His Majesty. The casualties on the left flank of our army have already reached a third. However, our army is still fighting to the death, and I beg Your Majesty to send reinforcements! ”

Li Chongjiu didn't want to say to this Tang Ma: "Tell Wang Mahan." I don't have a single soldier to send now, but if he dares to take a step back. And I beheaded him. ”

"No!" Tang Ma gave the order and then clenched his fists and left.

When the generals saw that Li Chongjiu was so ruthless to his confidant Wang Mahan, they couldn't help but sweat coldly.

"This battle is a battle related to the belonging of the world, although our army has an advantage, but if you think that you can win this battle and seize the world without paying anything, you will be too lucky." Li Chongjiu's gaze swept over the ministers.

"Your Majesty, the victory or defeat of a war often depends on the last-minute persistence of the generals, and we must not retreat at this moment!" Zhang Xuansu echoed loudly.

When all the ministers heard this, they all said in unison: "I am willing to follow Your Majesty to fight to the death!" ”

While he was talking, he suddenly heard the sound of drums. Everyone climbed the lookout to look, but saw that a hundred war drums of the Tang Army were beating at the same time, and the shirtless wrestlers turned their arms and struck at the big drum. And Li Shimin, who was wearing a dragon robe, personally beat the drum to inspire the soldiers.

Under the encouragement of Li Shimin, the soldiers of the Tang army rushed to the top of the hillside like a black stream. Li Tang's banner came from all over the mountains. Seeing this scene, all the generals were speechless, and a few people's firm confidence was shaken again.

At this moment, Yu Shinan rushed to Li Chongjiu and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there are two armies in the back mountain!" ”

Yu Shinan was so excited that he trembled when he spoke. Everyone turned to look, but saw that from the direction of Sanyuan, between the hills, two lines of soldiers wearing red battle jackets were advancing in unison. The soldiers of the two armies on foot overflowed the official road, and they all came running.

"Look at the military flag of Zhao Zi!"

"It's our men!"

With tears in their eyes, the soldiers waved their fists and shouted.

"That's right, it's the imperial guards stationed in Shan Xiongxin in the same continent, and the martial guards stationed in Su Dingfang in Jingyang, a total of 50,000 horses, they have arrived!"

Li Chongjiu turned his head and said loudly: "General order the whole army, our reinforcements have arrived!" ”

"All the orders of the Chinese army are to ride, and the fast horses send orders to all the armies, telling them that our reinforcements have arrived, and we must let every soldier hear!"

"No!"

After dozens of commanders rode the order, they immediately straddled their horses and left.

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Your Majesty has an order, the whole army counterattacks!"

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Your Majesty has an order, the whole army counterattacks!"

The riders snorted their horses fiercely and shouted to the soldiers in the battle at the top of their voices!

The soldier Zhao, who was originally to deter the Tang Army's general offensive formation, couldn't help but come back to his senses after hearing this, and hurriedly asked left and right: "Really?" Have the reinforcements really arrived? ”

"I don't know, maybe!" The soldiers on the left and right were not sure.

But not long after. But behind the mountain, there was the sound of rolling horses' hooves. They turned their heads and saw countless cavalry. Like a red tide, it appears on the mountain beam. The majestic war horse, the crimson war jacket, and the banner of the Zhao character swept down along the mountain beam.

The sound of horses' hooves in the rush was like the loudest war drum, striking the chest of every soldier.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers burst into tears.

"It's really reinforcements!"

"Your Majesty didn't lie to us!"

"Counterattack!"

Ling Rider still galloped forward freely. In the villages on the left flank, the Tang army and the Zhao army fought particularly fiercely. Less than fifty paces away from where Wang Mahan's own banner was, the Tang army had just broken through a broken tile house that the Zhao army was defending.

In this tiled house, the two sides changed hands six times, and the corpses were piled up into a mountain, and the Tang soldiers who had just captured this place were not relieved, and the sound of Zhao Juntang's horses was heard outside.

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Your Majesty has an order, the whole army counterattacks!"

"Zhao reinforcements have arrived?" Sergeant Tang faltered.

"No, don't believe it, this is a ploy by the Zhao people to shake the hearts of our army!" The eldest grandson Wuji strode into the camp of the Tang soldiers. He shouted to the left and right, "Give me back, go forward fifty steps, and capture the general banner of the Zhao army." We're victorious! ”

Sergeant Tang was relieved by the angry shout of the eldest grandson Wuji, and then he regained his blood-stained spear. But as soon as I looked up, I saw the Zhao cavalry rushing on the mountain beam!

"It's really Zhao Guo's reinforcements!"

"We're defeated!"

"How is this possible!" The eldest grandson Wuji's eyes widened.

And Wang Mahan, a few dozen steps away. Raise your sword, ignoring the wounds on her body. Long laughed and said: "Okay, the reinforcements have arrived, give Lao Tzu a counterattack!" ”

"Kill!" Murder erupted in the village.

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

Outside the village, the cavalry of the Zhao army roared past with a gust of wind.

On the second wall of the right flank where the Zhao army was stationed, the soldiers of the Western Turks were fighting fiercely with the Zhao army.

The Western Turkic commander Yehu Khan, with one foot on the corpse of a Zhao cavalryman, leaned forward, eagle eyes like lightning.

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Your Majesty has an order, the whole army counterattacks!"

After hearing this voice, the soldiers of Zhao who were fighting fiercely were all in high spirits. The dozen or so commanders were also dying, where the battle was fierce, where to rush, shouting over there. Tong Yehu saw with his own eyes a commander, with more than ten arrows in his body, still riding his horse and shouting.

With such brave soldiers, there are not even a few in the entire Turkic. Tong Yehu couldn't help but lose confidence, he pointed to the Zhao army in front of him, and asked left and right, "Or are those Zhao army cavalry shouting?" ”

The special service who was familiar with the Chinese language on the side told Tong Ye Hu: "They said that the reinforcements of the Zhao State have arrived!" ”

Tong Ye Hu was furious when he heard this, "What's going on? Didn't Li Shimin tell me that Zhao Jun's soldiers and horses were all here? ”

"Khan, look!"

When Ye Hu saw the cavalry of the Zhao army on the mountain, he was also disgraced in a moment.

While speaking, Tong Yehu saw that the Zhao army had turned into a counterattack on the whole line, and the three thousand Tang troops on the left were broken by the cavalry of the Zhao army, and the routs fled in all directions.

Seeing the scene, Tong Yehu said to the left and right: "This is a war between the Han people, I will help Li Shimin here, it is enough, let them fight by themselves!" ”

Saying that, Tong Yehu stepped up on the horse, and said to the left and right: "Quick, blow the trumpet of the army!" ”

On the side of Tong Ye Hu, Wei Ting, the minister of the Tang Dynasty who was in charge of liaison with the army, was shocked, stepped forward and grabbed the reins of Tong Ye Hu's war horse and said: "Khan, Khan can't be like this, you will be isolated and helpless, and the Zhao army will annihilate us all in less than an hour, please hold on to it for half an hour for the sake of our emperor offering you so many beauties, slaves, and countless gold, silver and jewelry!" ”

Tong Ye Hu said: "Could it be that Ben Khan doesn't have beautiful women, slaves, gold and silver treasures, and sent troops to help you in order to defeat Li Chongjiu, but now that the chance to win has been lost, there is no point in continuing to fight!" ”

Wei Ting listened and pleaded: "Khan, please have mercy on us!" Don't go! ”

Tong Ye Hu gave a look, and the two Turkic soldiers roughly pushed Wei Ting to the ground. Tong Yehu waved his horsewhip and came out, while the Turkic army's horn sounded, and the whole army began to retreat.

"Forward!"

"Give me a go!"

"If you work harder, Zhao Jun will be defeated!"

Hou Junji, the general of the Tang Army, raised his long sword and shouted angrily at the soldiers around him.

And the sound of horses' hooves rumbling left and right. The Tang sergeant was stumbling back, but suddenly a rain of arrows hit. Countless soldiers fell. Hou Junji was also hit by an arrow in his right chest, supported by the guards. Barely stand up straight.

In front of him, the people and horses of the Zhao army were overwhelming, and at this moment, Hou Junji only felt that the huge waves were covering the top, and the mountains were collapsing in front of him.

"Withdraw!"

"No, let's run for your life!"

The Tang soldiers have begun to flee for their lives and collapsed, many generals can't contain it, and even the generals themselves are fleeing, such a scene. For Hou Junji, who has always been invincible, he saw it from the enemy, but today it was his turn.

"General, I can't hold it anymore, the Turks on the right flank have fled, and now the Xiao guards of the Zhao army have pressed over from the right flank, and their cavalry is also regrouping!"

"Damn, Stanai ran away with his Turkic Khan. The right flank of our army could not reach it at all. ”

Hou Junji's lips trembled, he looked left and right, and finally knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has done his best. ”

Li Shimin's front of the Chinese army. The rout of the Tang army escaped from both sides, and although they were defeated, they fearfully bypassed the banner of Li Shimin's general.

In front of the Chinese army. The 15,000 foot soldiers of the Tang army still did not move, and the soldiers were waiting for them. The crossbowmen fired round after round of arrows at the cavalry attacking the Zhao army on both wings. Shoot off their attacks.

"Don't kill me!"

"Help!"

Watching the Tang army rout and run past, Li Shimin's face was gloomy.

"Your Majesty, it's still time to go!" Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui knelt in front of Li Shimin's horse together.

"When Wang Junkuo's cavalry comes, we really won't be able to leave!"

"No!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said.

"Your Majesty, Datang can't live without you!" Fang Xuanling pulled Li Shimin's war horse and cried.

"Where is Chai Shao? Where is Yang Shidao? Where is Yang Gongren? Where are their soldiers and horses? Li Shimin asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, Tangma has just heard the news that Yang Gongren has been wiped out, and as for Chai Shao, Yang Shidao can't count on it at this time!" Du Ruhui replied.

Li Shimin took a deep breath when he heard this: "Pass the order, the soldiers and horses on the left and right flanks will retreat, and reorganize the troops and horses in the rear, and I will lead the Chinese army to block the Zhao army here!" ”

"Fang Xuanling, you lead a hundred men and horses back to Chang'an, if you can, you will be a good emperor in the future, not only to love the people, but also to ...... Harmony also with brothers and sisters. ”

"Your Majesty!" Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyan cried when they heard this.

Li Shimin looked up to the sky and smiled: "What are you crying about, today is the most glorious time for me!" ”

After speaking, Li Shimin's eyes locked on the front, and he waved his long sword and said: "Spread my general's order, the whole army will beat the drum and advance!" ”

In an instant, thirty horsemen galloped towards the rear along the marching column: "Your Majesty has an order, the whole army marches forward with drums!" ”

"Your Majesty has an order, the whole army is drumming forward!"

"Your Majesty has an order, the whole army is drumming forward!"

Li Tang's 15,000 soldiers and 3,000 ironclad troops marched straight against the defeated army!

The fierce battle was even more fierce, and Wang Mahan, the general of the left wing of the Zhao army, had already defeated the 50,000 horses of Changsun Wuji after receiving reinforcements from Xue Wanche's Wuwei army.

The eldest grandson Wuji took more than a dozen cavalrymen and retreated in front of Li Shimin, crying with his head down. Li Shimin just lightly ordered the eldest grandson Wuji to go to the rear to prepare men and horses, and prepare to retreat to Chang'an. The right flank of the Zhao army was not contained by the Turkic cavalry, and after joining forces with Li Chongjiu's army, they defeated the central phalanx where Hou Junji was located. Hou Junji tried to regroup his men, but was overwhelmed by the defeated rout.

After completing these, Zhao Jun pressed towards Li Shimin on three sides.

At this moment, the sun is already in the west, and the mountain is about to set, and the entire Sanyuan is shrouded in the blood of the setting sun.

Surrounded by thousands of troops and horses, Li Chongjiu rode a war horse and slowly came to the front of the battle.

"Tell Li Shimin that if he can lead the army to surrender, I can spare him from dying!" Now the victory is in hand, but Li Chongjiu looked at the Tang Army soldiers who were accompanying Li Shimin and was moved with compassion.

After listening to Li Chongjiu's words, Wang Shi, the general of the Zhao army, led a hundred horsemen to the Tang army's infantry formation and shouted: "The emperor of Zhao has an order, you are strong and brave, and the order is appreciated, now the general trend has been decided, and it is meaningless to add to killing, please lay down your arms and surrender!" ”

The cavalry of the Zhao army said several times, but none of the Tang soldiers agreed, and after half a ring, one of them replied: "Thank you Emperor Zhao for your kindness, I would rather die than surrender!" ”

Li Chongjiu slowly shook his head after hearing this, and pressed his hand down.

More than 100,000 Zhao soldiers and horses attacked the Tang army!

PS: Things are finally over, and tomorrow is the final chapter! Thank you all for your support first. (To be continued!)

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