The fire of the Tang camp was raging in the night sky, and the fire became more and more fierce, engulfing the entire camp, and it was no longer possible to stay in the camp, and almost all the Tang troops fled from the camp.

In the wilderness, the Tang army threw off their armor and fled in all directions under the moonlight, but groups of Sui cavalry blocked their escape, and the Tang soldiers were cornered and surrendered on their knees.

'Capture the king of Qi, a reward of 1,000 taels, and seal the county prince of the founding country!' ’

Under the generous reward, the soldiers of the Sui army frantically searched for the whereabouts of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and tortured the captured soldiers, but nothing was found, and Li Yuanji was likely to have fled in advance.

Luo Shixin led 6,000 cavalry to be responsible for the encirclement and suppression in the southwest, and he dispersed the army, and each of the five partial generals led 1,000 cavalry to intercept the deserters in different directions.

He himself personally led a thousand men to block the official road in the southwest, but most of the defeated soldiers of the Tang army fled at will, did not take the official road, and ran wildly in the wilderness.

In just a moment, Luo Shixin led his men to intercept thousands of deserters, thousands of deserters have been discarded, dressed in thin clothes, squatting on the ground, huddled together, one by one trembling with fear, Luo Shixin shouted: "You don't have to be afraid, as long as you surrender, I won't hurt you." ”

At this time, a Sui cavalry rushed over and reported loudly: "General, find Li Yuanji's whereabouts!" ”

Luo Shixin was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Where are the people?" ”

The soldier pointed to the west, "Shortly after the escape, there were four or five hundred men guarding him, and one of the captives said that he was disguised as a small soldier. ”

Luo Shixin glanced at the prisoners of war and immediately ordered: "Leave 300 people to guard the prisoners of war, and the rest of the brothers come with me!" ”

He turned his horse's head and ran westward, but he had just taken a dozen steps when he heard a soldier shouting behind him: "General, someone has escaped again!" ”

Luo Shixin turned around. I saw it about 100 paces away. Another large group of Tang cavalry rushed in, about three or four hundred people, and a general was clustered in the middle. Iron armor and silver helmet, full beard.

Luo Shixin's eyes narrowed, and his eyes flashed with terrifying murderous intent. He had seen this person when he was fighting with the Wagang army, and it was Chang He, the general who besieged and killed his master Zhang Xutuo, and it could be said that the road was narrow.

"General, aren't we going to pursue Li Yuanji?" A lieutenant said from the side.

At this time, Chang He also saw Luo Shixin, he also knew Luo Shixin, and his eyes suddenly showed a look of horror, this is Zhang Xutuo's apprentice, last time in the Great Sea Temple. I was almost killed by him.

As soon as he turned his horse's head, he immediately ran down the official road and fled south. A huge problem was placed in front of Luo Shixin. One was the prince of the Tang Dynasty, who fled westward with his army. One was his killer and fled south with his army.

Li Yuanji's personal guards have hundreds of people, all of them are extremely elite troops, and it is absolutely unrealistic to divide troops to pursue, no matter who escapes these two people, it will be difficult to have a chance to catch them?

Does he want to take care of the overall situation, or take revenge on his teacher? Luo Shixin's teeth almost bit his lip, and in this short moment, he experienced a great painful choice, and finally he gritted his teeth and shouted, "I will go and ask the chief administrator for my guilt!" ”

As soon as he urged his horse, he went around another path to the south, and seven hundred Sui cavalry followed him closely.

Chang He led his guards to escape from the camp not long after the fire burned, but he didn't expect to be intercepted by the Sui cavalry just after going to the official road, he recognized Luo Shixin, and he was terrified, and he couldn't take care of his soldiers, so he desperately beat his horse and fled.

Running out of more than 30 miles in one breath, he has entered the territory of Hongnong County, this area of hills and hills, dense forests, at this time the sky has gradually brightened, the morning light is faint, and a layer of mist covers the earth.

Chang He glanced back, there was no one behind him, his crotch horse was Zhang Xutuo's green horse, and it was the BMW given to Zhang Xutuo by Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, with strong horsepower, and he actually threw his subordinates far away.

After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, his own soldiers arrived one after another, and after waiting for a long time, no one came, and they all escaped, and Chang He gathered the defeated soldiers, leaving only more than 100 people.

A brigade commander asked, "General, where are we going now?" ”

Chang He sighed, "Let's go back to Chang'an first!" I don't know how King Qi put the responsibility on me! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a shout: "Thief, where to escape!" ”

Chang He turned his head, only to see a Sui cavalry on a small road on the left, about six or seven hundred people, led by a tall and brave general, holding a big iron spear, majestic, staring at him with hatred, it was his enemy Luo Shixin.

Chang He was so frightened that his soul was scattered, the war horse retreated a few steps, he wanted to escape, but he was powerless, so he had to wave his long knife and step forward.

"Luo Shixin, I have no grievances with you, why are you chasing after you so relentlessly?"

Luo Shixin sneered, gritted his teeth and said, "Is there really no injustice and no hatred?" ”

"I know you mean Zhang Xutuo, but he committed suicide, and he died on the battlefield, so what kind of grudge do you have?"

"Fart!"

Luo Shixin roared, "Chang thief, take your life!" ”

He urged the horse forward, distracted and stabbed, the iron spear was as fast as lightning, Chang He was so frightened that he was in a hurry, raising the knife apart, he made a fifty-pound Yanling long knife, seeing that the spear stabbed, he struggled to stand out.

'When! There was a muffled sound, and the big iron spear was so heavy that he couldn't even open it, but he just listened, 'Poof! With a bang, the big iron spear pierced Chang He's chest, and the tip of the spear peeked through his back.

Luo Shixin pulled out his gun and looked at Chang He coldly, Chang He looked at Luo Shixin blankly, with a look of despair in his eyes, and finally there was no life in his eyes, and he turned over and fell off his horse and died.

Luo Shixin turned over and dismounted, took down the master's seven-star cold moon knife from Chang He's war horse, pulled out the war knife, raised the knife in his hand, and chopped off Chang He's head, Luo Shixin couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar.

When Chang He's more than 100 subordinates saw that the master was dead, they all turned their horses and fled, leaving only Chang He's lonely corpse on the mountain road......

The fire burned all night, and by dawn, the fire in the Tang army camp had gradually been extinguished, the entire camp was burned to white ground, and the encirclement and suppression of the Tang army had also stopped, and a total of more than 23,000 Tang troops were captured.

Yang Yuanqing, accompanied by dozens of generals, inspected the burned Tang camp, where not far from the Tang camp, captured armor and weapons were piled up, and groups of Tang prisoners of war walked by dejectedly under the watchful eye of the Sui soldiers.

"What a lesson!"

Yang Yuanqing sighed and said to the generals: "As long as there are more than 20 people, plus a fire, an army will be destroyed, and it will not cost a single soldier, which shows the importance of garrisoning and defense." Everyone has to remember. During the war, it is advisable not to take a field camp, but to be stationed in the city, preferring to march at night. Nor shall you be careless in the camp. ”

Everyone nodded silently, although the defeat of the Tang army this time was a bit unbelievable, but it really happened. It cannot be said that the Tang Army is careless, it is indeed impossible to prevent it.

The fundamental reason was that there was a problem with the garrison, which should not be stationed on flat ground, which made the cavalry a serious threat to the large battalion, forcing the Tang army to gather heavy troops to deal with it, thus dispersing the defense of the Tang army.

At this time, Xiao Yannian led twenty scouts to step forward and kneel down on one knee, "I am fortunate to be humiliated, and I hereby give orders to the chief manager!" ”

Twenty scout cavalry also knelt down together. Yang Yuanqing glanced at them and asked, "Are there any brothers killed or injured?" ”

"Returning to the governor, there are no casualties."

Yang Yuanqing nodded. "This time you have made the first contribution. I, Yang Yuanqing, will be rewarded for my meritorious service, and each of you will be promoted to one level. Xiao Yannian was promoted to lieutenant, and you will be rewarded with 2,000 taels of silver and 2,000 horses of silk. ”

Everyone was overjoyed, "Thank you for the reward!" ”

At this time, a soldier came to report, "General Luo has returned." ”

Yang Yuanqing's face sank, and he said sharply: "Bring him up!" ”

After a while, Luo Shixin was brought up, and he knelt down on one knee and said, "Pursue and kill Chang He with a low position, and I hereby give an order to the chief manager." ”

Yang Yuanqing snorted, "Is it because Chang He is easy to kill, and Li Yuanji is not easy to deal with, so you pick up the soft pinch?" ”

Luo Shixin lowered his head and said for a while: "The lowly duty is because he has a personal vendetta with Chang He, so he finally chose to take revenge for personal revenge, and did not pursue Li Yuanji, he is guilty of lowly duty!" ”

Yang Yuanqing stared at him for a long time, and he was also helpless in his heart, he knew that Luo Shixin was chasing Chang He to avenge his master Zhang Xutuo, he just hoped that Luo Shixin could give him a reason, why not chase Li Yuanji, but chase Chang He.

For example, I can't be sure whether the information is accurate, for example, Li Yuanji has gone away, and he can't catch up, etc., but this guy is honest, and letting Li Yuanji go in order to avenge his personal revenge makes it difficult for him to do it.

After a moment of silence, Yang Yuanqing asked again: "Then can you catch up with Chang He?" ”

Luo Shixin took off the package from his back, untied it, and raised his hands high, "Please take a look!" ”

The head in the package was Chang He, Yang Yuanqing nodded, and said to Luo Shixin: "Although you have merit in killing Chang He, you don't distinguish between priority and priority, so that Li Yuanji escapes, this is your responsibility, I will punish you for your merits, this battle, punish you for nothing, can you be convinced?" ”

Luo Shi was grateful in his confidence, and said in a deep voice: "Humble and obedient!" ”……

In the big tent, Luo Shixin silently put a knife in front of Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing slowly picked up the seven-star cold moon treasure knife, this knife he was too familiar with, holding this knife, the past hidden in the depths of his memory poured out one by one.

I remember that on the first day of martial arts at the age of five, the master used this knife to cut out an ice hole in the ice surface and threw him into the ice hole like a chicken.....

I still remember when he was seven years old, he accidentally dropped this knife into the Qujiang Pond, and the master blushed and fished with him in the lake all night, and finally he caught it first, and the smile on the master's face.

Yang Yuanqing gently stroked a line of words on the hilt, 'Disciple Yuanqing', this knife is the master's ancestral treasure knife, he has no children under his knees, and he actually passed it to himself, at this moment Yang Yuanqing has a feeling of wanting to cry, the master regards him as a son, why doesn't he regard the master as his father.

"Senior brother, and Master's horse."

Luo Shixin whispered: "Just outside the tent, senior brother go and take a look!" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "That's Yang Guang's green horse, with my identity, it's ominous, if you like it, just stay!" ”

Luo Shixin lowered his head and said ashamedly: "Senior brother, I'm sorry, I let Li Yuanji go." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "Li Yuanji will be of great use in the dispute between the two Lis, even if he is caught, I will let him go, in fact, I just want to use him to blackmail Li Tang for a sum of food, but with this batch of prisoners of war in Guanzhong, as well as Dugu Huaien and Shi Danai, it doesn't matter whether Li Yuanji is caught or not." ”

"Thank you, senior brother, for your forgiveness!"

Yang Yuanqing patted Luo Shixin on the shoulder, "Practice the use of strength well, I'm looking forward to another big battle between you and Li Xuanba." ”