Hebei has many plains, but in the area of Hebei to merge with the state, the vast Taihang Mountain rolls in, from north to south, I don't know how many miles it stretches, the mountains are innumerable, and there are many peaks in the surrounding counties.

After Xu Shiji led the army to bypass for several miles, he looked for a small bridge to spend why, and stepped into the territory of Hebi, Hebi is Tangyin to the north, and Qi County is to the south, Xu Shiji did not dare to go to Qi County, he could only take Hebi, and even looked in the direction of Tangyin, but it was only to Tangyin, and then to the north Xu Shiji did not have the courage, and then to the north was Dou Jiande's territory, who knows if the army led by Dou Jiande rushed out, looking for himself to settle accounts, Xu Shiji, who has a ghost in his heart, does not dare to take risks.

"General, there are many mountains in Hebi City, although the Weihe Bridge just now is a little weird, but it is not the main direction of the enemy's attack, most of the Weihe Bridge to the west is plains, and it is extremely difficult to ambush us." Shen Ruyan looked at some hills in the distance and said with some concern.

"Li Xin has many cavalry, and the plains are even more conducive to him, although we are mostly elite soldiers in Liyang, but on the plains, we are not his opponents, but it is different in the mountains, although there are many soldiers and horses, but in the same way, we can't exert too much power, we still have a glimmer of life." Xu Shiji explained: "They don't have cavalry, and we don't necessarily have much better than him. ”

Although Xu Shiji said in his mouth, his eyes swept around, and now the army has entered the mountains and forests, and in such a place, it is easiest to be ambushed. Although he has sent out sentries in front of him, sometimes sentries are useless, and they may not be able to spot the enemies hiding in the mountains and forests.

Sure enough, when the army had passed most of it, there was a sudden shout from the rear army, but I saw a group of cavalry rushing out from behind, and the leader was holding a long lance, extremely fierce, and broke into the rear army. In an instant, the rear army was chiseled, and the other soldiers were killed one after another, these people were cavalry, that is, they were tracking behind him, Xu Shiji sighed suddenly, he only thought that the enemy would intercept him in front, but he didn't expect that Li Xin did not intercept in front, but directly used the simplest method of pursuing from behind, using the most powerful mobility of the cavalry. The rear army was quickly attacked, and the rear army was defeated.

"Withdraw!" When Xu Shiji was about to turn the horse's head, the cavalry rushed and killed for a while, and soon broke away from the team and disappeared into Xu Shiji's sight, making Xu Shiji tremble with anger, and his eyes showed anger.

"Let's go, keep marching." Xu Shiji has no choice, his cavalry is too small, how can he be the opponent of those cavalry. It was only possible to march slowly and strengthen the number of archers in the rear army.

After walking for only a few miles, another group of cavalry rushed out, and a burst of bows and arrows was fired, and the rear army fell again. By the time the archers reacted, they fled again.

In this way, in just three miles, the rear army suffered three attacks. Although the casualties in the three ambushes were relatively small, the blow to the morale of the army was very great. Xu Shiji has clearly felt that his military morale has been affected.

"General. It seems that the enemy does not want to eat us in one go, but wants to start slowly, I am afraid that there are many enemies in the front, and the concubine thinks that the strength of the rear army should be strengthened at this time. Shen Ruyan said with some concern.

"Madame leads the way first, and I personally break the rear." Xu Shiji nodded, he could see that Li Xin wanted to cut the flesh with a blunt knife, slowly cut off his elite army, and when the time was right, he would launch the most powerful blow. This rear army was the first target he eliminated.

"No, the general should sit in the middle army, and I will go to the rear army." Shen Ruyan has always played the role of a military advisor in Liyang, and she admires her very much in the Liyang army, and she is a suitable candidate to sit in the rear army.

"But?" Xu Shiji was still a little worried, the rear army was the place where Li Xin attacked first, and letting his wife go, it was a dangerous thing without intention, Xu Shiji was still a little worried.

"As long as Li Xin's attack is blocked, there is no big problem with the rear army, I am worried that it is still the front, Li Xin attacks the rear army from time to time at this time, in fact, it is still to harass the morale of the army, waiting for the front battle, the morale of our army is declining is when the enemy attacks." Shen Ruyan persuaded: "I am slowly advancing in the rear army to resist Li Xin's attack from behind, you lead the army first, if the enemy attacks me, you will come to save me, if I attack you, I will attack from behind, the two cooperate with each other, there will be no big problem." ”

"That's very good." Xu Shiji thought for a while, and said in Shen Ruyan's ear: "Ruyan, if there is any problem, don't hold on, go to Huguan and make peace with me, it is Li Sanniang who is stationed in Huguan now, we are here to cover Li Shimin, even if we are defeated, Li Xiuning will not do anything to us, after all, without us, Li Shimin may have been captured by Li Xin at this time." ”

Shen Ruyan glanced at Xu Shiji seriously, she didn't expect Xu Shiji to actually fight this idea, what she wanted was to escape, but according to her understanding of Xu Shiji, this kind of thing can really be done, as long as she can survive, everything is easy to say, these soldiers can also be reassembled, in the face of Li Xin's attack, it is impossible for the team to escape, on the contrary, if it is scattered, it is more likely to escape.

"Okay, I see." Shen Ruyan nodded, since she knew what Xu Shiji meant, Shen Ruyan understood what she should do, and immediately led a few pro-soldiers to take over the rear army.

Shen Ruyan still has some ability, Wei Chi Gong led the army to attack several times, but he only shot a few arrows, and it is basically impossible to attack it, Shen Ruyan ordered someone to shoot Wei Chi Gong back with random arrows, and the rear army moved slowly.

"Prime Minister, Xu Shiji's wife Shen Ruyan has taken over the rear army, and General Wei Chi's several attacks have not had an effect." Halfway up the mountain, Shen Qianqiu said loudly to Li Xin.

"Originally, we were going to defeat his rear army, and Pei Renji would lead a large army to attack their front army and the middle army, and if the three armies lost one army, Xu Shiji would definitely be defeated, and now that there is one more rear army, Pei Renji may have some difficulty in defeating Xu Shiji." Li Xin thought for a while and said, "So we must defeat Shen Ruyan and completely destroy his rear army, so that Xu Shiji has no rear army to help him." ”

At this time, there was the sound of war drums in the distance, the sound was very urgent, and then there was a shout of killing, Shen Qianqiu looked at Li Xin and said, "Prime Minister, I'm afraid General Pei's battle has begun." ”

"Then we'll deal with the enemy in front of us." Li Xin looked at the team slowly coming in the distance, only to see that Wei Chigong led thousands of cavalry to charge back and forth in the distance, but they were all retreated by sharp arrows, Li Xin could even see a petite figure in the middle, holding a command flag in his hand, waving it in the army, as if he was commanding the battle, thinking that it was Xu Shiji's wife Shen Ruyan. Under the command of Shen Ruyan, the thousands of people in the rear army actually looked good, but they could effectively resist Wei Chigong's attack.

"In the next big battle, this woman must be captured alive." Li Xin pointed to Shen Ruyan in the middle and said: "A woman not only has resourcefulness, but also has a very wrong ability to use soldiers, but she can be compared with Sanniang." ”

The people around nodded again and again, but the inexplicable smile on their faces was what betrayed these guys, Li Xin's widowhood is not a disease, but his habit is very famous in the court, that is, the wife of a good enemy, if you can't get this Shen Ruyan also fell into Li Xin's eyes, think about it, Xu Shiji deceived Li Xin, and even Shen Guang's death has a lot to do with Xu Shiji, if Li Xin doesn't retaliate, how can it be the famous Tang King?

"Attack." Li Xin didn't pay attention to the thoughts of the people around him, but took his weapon and led the cavalry to kill Shen Ruyan under the mountain. Maybe Xu Shiji has guessed a lot, but there is only one thing that has not been considered, that is, the problem of troops, Xu Shiji only has 20,000 elite soldiers and horses, but Li Xin has 70,000 or 80,000 people, against these 20,000 people, as long as he is not a fool, he can know who wins and who loses.

When Li Xin led the army to kill, the sound of horses' hooves shook Shen Ruyan, who was commanding the rear army, she was anxious in her heart, and the sound of war drums in the distance had already let her know that Xu Shiji was probably attacked in front, and all he needed to do was to go to support, but what he didn't expect was that at this time, there was actually another team of men and horses who killed him, looking at the military generals led by him, holding Fang Tian's halberd and riding the jade lion of the night, there was a faint trace of despair in his heart.

"Tang King Li Xin."

"Kill." Li Xin's face was gloomy, and he killed in the rear army, maybe these people were just acting on orders, but on the battlefield, there was no mercy, and killing people was to protect their lives.

"Haha, the prime minister is here, let's kill it together." Wei Chigong's voice was very loud, and he also followed closely and entered the rear army.

Shen Ruyan's face was sad, and her heart was anxious, although she had some resourcefulness, but in such a chaotic army, no matter how strong her resourcefulness was, it was useless. can only resist desperately.

In the distance, only two or three miles away, Xu Shiji's army was also attacked by Pei Renji, tens of thousands of troops launched an attack on Xu Shiji's front army and the Chinese army, Su Dingfang, Cheng Yanjin and other generals led the army to encircle and suppress Xu Shiji from three aspects.

"Li Xin and Wei Chigong are attacking Madame's rear army, and I'm afraid the rear army will not work." In the midst of the chaos, Xu Shiji's personal soldiers said loudly in his ear.

Xu Shiji was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect Li Xin to personally lead the army to kill and besiege him on all sides. Countless years passed in Xu Shiji's mind in an instant, and he said loudly to the soldiers around him: "Lift up the big rope and break through with me." After Xu Shiji thought about it, he did not hesitate to abandon Shen Ruyan and lead the army to prepare to fight out of the encirclement. (To be continued......)