"General, look!" A Daxing soldier pointed to the other side of the Yellow River and shouted, on the other side of the river, the last batch of Tang troops had just landed.

"One step too late!"

Li Jing's face was gloomy, and along the way, Li Yuan divided his troops several times and broke his tail, and the heavy snow covered the traces of the Tang army, which greatly caused the trouble of pursuit.

The heavy snow not only covered up a large number of traces of the Tang army, but was accompanied by a huge cold, and a thick layer of ice formed on the surface of the huge Yellow River.

When Li Jing got rid of the suspicious soldiers laid by Li Yuan and caught up, Li Yuan abandoned all his heavy objects and crossed the Yellow River with a thousand soldiers lightly.

"General! Li Yuan has cut through the ice of the Yellow River, and our army can no longer pursue. Liang Ji probed and came back.

In order to prevent the Daxing army from crossing the river and pursuing, Li Yuan had already ordered people to cut through the ice of the Yellow River, and the icy river water became the strongest line of defense.

"Withdraw the troops, Li Yuan has crossed the river, the task we are waiting for has been completed, and the rest will be handed over to General Qu." Li Jing faces the Yellow River. Watch as the pieces of broken ice are drifting with the current, constantly rising and falling. He said coldly.

Li Yuan was really cunning and cunning, and he was forced to withdraw his troops despite the cold and snow, and the Tang army buried by the heavy snow was definitely more than the soldiers that Li Yuan brought to the other side of the Yellow River, but the heavy snow also brought Li Yuan a ray of life, so that Li Yuan could escape to the other side of the Yellow River smoothly.

"Let's go!" Li Jing drank heavily.

Immediately all the soldiers turned around and left, returning to the camp.

The east bank of the Yellow River. Li Yuan watched the black torrent on the opposite side retreat, and the big stone in his heart finally let go.

"Li Jing!" Li Yuan had a secret hatred in his heart.

It was this traitor who not only wanted to denounce him, but now pursued him like a lost dog, forcing him to cut off the gecko's tail several times, but each time he was able to catch up.

When Li Yuan retreated from Hancheng, he brought 4,000 soldiers and horses, but now there are only 1,000 remnants, looking at the remnants of the soldiers around him who are full of chilblains, a sadness rises from the bottom of his heart.

I want to be at the beginning. He, Li Yuan, raised troops from Taiyuan in high spirits. All the way south.

I don't know if the little prince of Daxingcheng is too timid, or he values him too much, so he directly sent Qu Tutong, the top general of Daxingcheng, to the front line, and ordered Qu Tutong to defend continuously.

From Huoyi to Jiangcheng. Qu Tutong is like a turtle with a shrunken head. Just don't fight. forced Li Yuan to take the risk of crossing the river and entering the customs.

As a result, Li Yuan entered the customs with an army of 30,000 and now fled back with a thousand remnants of soldiers.

"My lord. The ice of the river within a radius of ten miles has been chiseled, and the Daxing army will not be able to cross the Yellow River in a short time. Zhang Lun appeared in front of Li Yuan with an injury.

As a striker, it is a miracle that he was able to come back alive now.

Li Yuan nodded, relieved in his heart.

After confirming that it was complete, Li Yuan did not stop, and ordered to continue the march, and after a day's trekking, Li Yuan finally met with Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, who had crossed the river in advance, in Wenchang, the county town of Wencheng, which was one of the retreat routes reserved by Li Yuan.

Li Shimin's right army was well preserved, and Li Shimin led the elite 3,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river early under the cover of Li Yuan, and met in Wencheng in advance.

"Meet Father!" Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin came forward to pay their respects.

"What's going on now?" Li Yuan asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng's faces darkened, and they couldn't help lowering their heads.

"Say, be mentally prepared for your father." Li Yuan's heart sank.

"General Liu was ambushed by Qu Tutong and Sang Xianhe, and the cavalry was annihilated, and only 5,000 of the 20,000 army remained, and now they have retreated to Huoyi." Li Shimin said bitterly.

Li Yuan's heart ached, his 30,000 army, Zhang Lun led 15,000 troops, and Liu Wenjing's 20,000 troops, these are Li Yuan's most elite strength.

A month ago, Li Yuan still had an army of 65,000, but in the blink of an eye, there were only less than 10,000 left, and the huge gap was like falling to the bottom.

"What about Taiyuan?" Li Yuan asked the question he was most concerned about.

"Taiyuan ......" Li Shimin promised a few times, but couldn't say it.

"Say!" Li Yuan drank.

Li Jiancheng said sadly: "Father, the third brother has led the troops to retreat to the West River, and Taiyuan has fallen. ”

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji became friends, but it was not said that Li Yuanji was afraid of Liu Wu and Zhou Bingfeng, and fled with the Li family's family members to abandon the city.

"Poof!" When Li Yuan heard this, he was so angry that he spurted out a mouthful of backblood, and he fell unconscious.

Li Yuan woke up faintly and found that he was already lying on the soft couch.

Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were standing on the side, and when they saw that Li Yuan was waking up, they immediately shouted in surprise: "Father! ”

Li Yuan struggled to get up, and couldn't help but feel dizzy again.

"Father!" Li Jiancheng stepped forward to help Li Yuan.

Li Yuan ignored the weakness of his body and immediately said, "Quick, immediately send someone to ask for help from the Turks and Li Mi." ”

"Father, Liu Wuzhou is treacherous and goes against the Turks' intentions, we go to ask for help, and the Turks will help us, but how can Li Mi help us?" Li Shimin was puzzled.

Li Yuan snorted coldly: "Now Daxing City has grown into a behemoth, if we are defeated and no one is to contain Daxing City, Luoyang will be supported by Daxing City's endless money, food, soldiers and horses, Li Mi will face the situation of the two combined, as long as Li Mi is not a fool, he will definitely help us." ”

"Father, Wise!"

Hearing Li Yuan's analysis, Li Shimin admired.

"The top priority now is to recapture Taiyuan!" Li Yuan said hatefully.

Li Yuan looked a few times between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, he was now weak in bed, and the task of retaking Taiyuan was about to fall on the two of them.

Li Yuan's eyes fell on Li Shimin's body, when he fought against the Daxing Army, Li Shimin led the Xuanjia Army to win the commander, and he had already shown superhuman talent, although he failed at the end, it did not damage Li Shimin's brilliance.

Even when Yang Yu later asked Li Shimin who was the commander of the Xuanjia Army, he regretted not leaving Li Shimin behind.

"Shimin, you immediately lead the Right Route Army back to Xihe. For the father's will, order Yuanji to hand over the military power to you, and be sure to recapture Taiyuan! Li Yuan said solemnly.

"Yes!" Li Shimin replied decisively.

"After completion, you immediately bring the soldiers of Wencheng to support Huoyi and ensure that Huoyi is not lost."

"Yes!" Li Jiancheng responded.

After Li Yuan finished explaining, he collapsed and lay down.

Luoyang.

In the Luoyang Imperial Palace, the civil and military officials looked at the good news in their hands, and they all fell silent.

Daxingcheng won, and it was a big victory.

After killing 10,000 enemies and capturing 20,000, Li Yuan risked his way to escape. This is the greatest victory of the Great Sui Dynasty in the last three years.

Such a big victory should have been happy, but no one among the hundred officials in Luoyang could be happy, because this big victory was not played by Luoyang.

Daxing City is Xijing, and Luoyang is the eastern capital.

In status. Luoyang is higher than Daxing City. But in fact. Now that Luoyang City is retreating, even if Yang Guang sends a large number of reinforcements, it will not alleviate the predicament at all.

On the other hand, Daxing City. Guannei was stable and wealthy, defeated Liang Shidu externally, put down the Xue Ju rebellion in advance, and now defeated Li Yuan.

In contrast to the two, Luoyang was defeated, and the stronger Daxing City was, the more prominent Luoyang's defeat was.

"Order Wang Shichong to continue to attack Li Mi, since Daxing City can defeat Li Yuan, I Luoyang can also defeat Li Mi." Yang Tong snorted coldly, defeated at the hands of his young brother, how could such an arrogant Yang Tong be embarrassed.

"Yes!" Zhao Changwen, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, responded.

Luoyang Baiguan looked at Yang Tong's gloomy face, and closed his mouth in interest, they were also unhappy that Daxing overwhelmed Luoyang.

At the same time, they were also dissatisfied with Wang Shichong, who was sent to Luoyang by Yang Guang and took charge of Luoyang's soldiers and horses.

Because he was far away from Jiangdu and lost Yang Guang's deterrence, Wang Shichong asked for money and food, and became more and more domineering, and what was even more hateful was that Wang Shichong still took money and didn't do anything, and he dragged his feet against Li Mi and refused to fight to the death.

This time, Yang Tong ordered Wang Shichong to fight to the death, which was in harmony with the hearts of the Manchu officials.

Luokou.

Li Mi sat on the main seat, and his heart was comfortable, since he set up the Hongmen Banquet to kill Zhai Rang, the power of Wagang was all owned by Li Mi.

This kind of feeling of being in one place is really good, and more importantly, he can finally sleep peacefully and no longer have to guard against Zhai Rang.

"Everyone, Li Yuan sent someone to ask for help, let's discuss it!" Li Mi handed over the letter in his hand to the generals to circulate, Li Yuan had written to Li Mi before the army, and Li Mi was the uncle of the clan, which made Li Mi quite happy.

"Li Yuan's wolf ambition and his own troops wanted to swallow the rich Guanzhong alone, and now he is defeated and thinks of us?" Zheng Fang snorted coldly.

"Li Yuan is really incompetent, he can't even beat a fourteen-year-old little prince, and he still has the face to ask us for help." Fang Yanzao sneered.

For Li Yuan's ambition to send troops to Guanzhong, Wagang can be said to be well aware, and now that Li Yuan has been defeated, everyone can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Guanzhong, who has endless wealth, is in the hands of the little prince, of course, it is much better than falling into the hands of the cunning Li Yuan.

Once Li Yuan gets Guanzhong, I am afraid that he will immediately gather a large number of soldiers and horses, and his strength will surpass Wagang in less than a year, which is what Wagang does not want to see.

"Two breaths at a time, an infinite burst of crossbow arrays, three thousand iron horsemen have died before they can come out with a sword!"

Bae Renji took the letter, and his face changed.

This is too shocking, and there is really no such war situation in the world.

"The heavily armored soldiers armed with broadswords are invincible, and everywhere they go, they are divided into two parts." Wang Bodang gasped.

Imagining such a bloody picture, Wang Bodang couldn't help but shudder.

"My lord, is this true?" Wang Bodang asked in disbelief.

"According to our spy in Daxing City, what Li Yuan said is the truth." Li Midao.

In order to show his sincerity to Li Mi, Li Yuan brought out the horrors of the Daxing Army one by one.

All the generals of Wagang saw these two invincible troops, and they all exclaimed, this is really terrifying, how can there be such a perverted army in the world, and the generals secretly thought to themselves how to deal with such a force.

These two arms are talking about their respective advantages to the extreme, the crossbow array can only wait for his crossbow arrows to run out, or use the bulky shield soldiers to charge regardless of casualties, as for the terrifying Modao battalion, it can only be filled with human lives, waiting for them to exhaust their physical strength. After a long time, the Wagang people will find that such a force can certainly deal with it if it appears alone, but when it is combined with the army, it is incomprehensible.

"Does Mr. Yin think that my Wagang should support Li Yuan?" Li Mi asked Mr. Yin, who was sitting casually on the side.

"Li Yuan is a generation of heroes, and he has Turkic support behind him, so he will definitely not sink here, in my opinion, Liu Wuzhou must not be Li Yuan's opponent." Mr. Yin said lightly.

Li Mi was stunned, he didn't expect Mr. Yin to have such a high opinion of Li Yuan.

"Then Mr. Yin means to refuse Li Yuan's request for help?" Li Mi asked rhetorically.

In the main hall, many generals looked at Mr. Yin, and they were all shocked by the crossbow array and the Modao battalion, thinking that if Li Yuan contained the Daxing army, the benefits to Wagang would be self-evident.

Wagang and Daxingcheng only fought once, and Daxingcheng dispatched Pang Yu 20,000 soldiers and horses and Hu Benlang to lead Huo Shiju to lead 2,000 special bandit soldiers, which is now the Tiger Ben battalion.

That time, Wagang was defeated, and he lost the most important return to Luocang, and also lost the best opportunity to take Luoyang City.

Now Luoyang City has gathered a large number of reinforcements, Wang Shichong is cunning and cunning, and the difficulty of taking Luoyang has doubled, and the culprit of all this is Daxing City.

Mr. Yin shook his head: "Daxingcheng will definitely report Li Yuan, and Li Yuan's increased strength can indeed contain Daxingcheng and weaken the strength of the Sui army." ”

"What does Mr. Yin mean?"

"Even so, it's impossible for us to support Li Yuan with the material we urgently need?" Mr. Yin said.

Everyone in Wagang couldn't help nodding, Wagang now has Liyang Cang and Huihui Cang, but there are still millions of mouths waiting there, and at the same time, Wagang's weapons and armor are also in short supply, and they can't cope with the needs of the war at all.

"Li Yuan wants our support, he must exchange things for it, Li Mi has his back to the Turks, it must not be very difficult to get a war horse, in my opinion, what Li Yuan wants, he can exchange the war horse for it, or other materials!" Mr. Yin said.

"Yes, my brother still settles accounts? Don't talk about Li Yuan with him. ”

"It is said that after Daxing City supported Luoyang, Luoyang was unable to repay, so he had to take out the rice that fell back to the warehouse to repay the debt, why did he Li Yuan occupy our wealth lightly......"

In the main hall, all the generals shouted one after another, Mr. Yin's words were in their hearts, most of the generals in Wagang were born as bandits, and they had always robbed others, and they had never had that idea of supporting others.

Xu Shiji sat in the last seat and glanced at Mr. Yin unexpectedly, although Mr. Yin's idea was for the sake of Wagang, he had actually blocked the road to support Li Yuan.

War horses are also the most important resource in the Turks, and it is impossible for Li Yuan to exchange them.

Li Mi saw that the generals were shouting, and he couldn't refuse the temptation of the war horse, so he immediately nodded and said, "Just follow Mr. Yin's attention." ”

Li Yuan never imagined that his idea that Wagang would definitely support was ruined at the hands of a group of greedy bandits. (To be continued......)