Tang Jun was like a divine soldier falling from the sky, suddenly appearing by the water, and caught Xia Jun off guard.

For Dou Jiande, the situation suddenly became embarrassing, and he hurriedly ordered a retreat.

When he retreated to the eastern slopes, a Tang army suddenly rushed up around him, led by Dou Kang.

The fighting between the two sides was fierce.

When Dou Jiande was fighting, he happened to catch a glimpse of Li Shimin's figure, and saw that there were not many Tang troops around him, so he said to the generals around him: "Follow me to arrest Li Shimin." ”

Gao Yaxian, Dong Kangmai and other generals immediately led their troops to follow Dou Jiande and rushed in the direction of Li Shimin.

The Tang army in front was defeated, and fought and retreated.

Soon they were killed in the vicinity of Li Shimin, and Li Shimin, seeing that they were outnumbered, drove his mount Qingqi to run wildly and flee.

"Chase."

When Dou Jiande saw Li Shimin fleeing without a fight, he was overjoyed and immediately led his troops to chase after him.

Who knew that after walking a mountain road, he was about to catch up with Li Shimin, and suddenly a group of soldiers rushed out from both sides.

"Kill!"

Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, rushed out first, went straight to Dou Jiande, pulled his bow and arrows, and fired three arrows at once.

"Woohoo!"

Dou Jiande couldn't dodge, he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and almost fell off the horse, but fortunately, Gao Yaxian helped him.

"Shoot the arrows."

Li Shimin gave an order, and the archers shot arrows in unison.

"Retreat, retreat."

The Xia army retreated again.

Li Shimin and Li Daoxuan fought hard to catch up.

Li Daoxuan was not as weak as the crown, but he was very brave in killing the enemy, he galloped wildly, and the spear in his hand quickly cut through the enemy's neck, as fast as a bolt of lightning.

He rushed into the enemy army single-handedly, without fear, rushing back and forth, with arrows like hedgehogs in his body, and his courage was not diminished.

When Li Shimin saw it, he admired Li Daoxuan very much, and after his mount was killed, he gave him his horse and said to him, "Follow me." ”

So, Li Daoxuan followed behind Li Shimin and continued to kill the enemy.

The armies of both sides were caught in a fierce battle, and the battlefield was dusty and bloody, and the scene was very tragic.

Later, Li Shimin led Li Daoxuan, Shi Danai, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao, Yu Wenxin and others to roll up the banner and rush into the enemy formation, using firearms all the way and moving quickly.

Finally, they rushed out from behind the Xia army, opened the banner of the Tang army, and held it high.

Li Shiyun picked up the drum hammer and struck the drum.

"Knock knock knock knock knock ......"

The drums became more and more rapid and louder, attracting countless soldiers.

The Xia soldiers looked in the direction where the drums were coming out, and saw the Tang Army flag appear behind them.

Brightly colored flags lined up and fluttered in the wind, stinging their eyes and shaking their minds.

They thought that their camp had been broken by the Tang army, and their hearts suddenly collapsed and they fled.

"Chase."

The various armies of the Tang Army pursued separately.

After chasing for more than 30 miles and killing more than 5,000 people, the Tang army returned.

Dou Jiande was dispersed by the Tang army and fled with only a few personal guards.

He was hit by three arrows in total, endured the pain and ran eastward, until he reached the mouth of the cow.

At this time, the Tang army generals Bai Turang and Yang Wuwei caught up with Dou Jiande, and the two didn't know who the person in front of them was, but when they saw him wearing Xia Jun armor, they shot their horses with arrows.

"Bang!"

The horse landed, and Dou Jiande also fell to the ground.

Bai Shirang bent his bow and arrow, aiming at Dou Jiande's heart.

Dou Jiande's pupils dilated, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly shouted: "Don't kill me, I am the King of Xia, dedicate me to the King of Qin, you can be promoted to the rank of knight." ”

Hearing this, Bai Shirang the hand that was about to shoot the arrow paused, and a surprised smile appeared on his face.

Yang Wuwei was also pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly dismounted, grabbed Dou Jiande, and tied his hands and feet.

Then the two worked together to lift Dou Jiande onto the spare horse and went to see Li Shimin.

After several fierce battles, the Xia army was defeated, the king of Xia was captured, and Empress Cao, under the protection of the left servant Qi Shanxing, led hundreds of horsemen to escape, and Liu Heimin, Gao Yaxian and other generals scattered and fled, and survived.

The Xia king Dou Jiande and 50,000 soldiers were captured by the Tang army, and among the prisoners were Zheng officials such as the eldest grandson Anshi.

Li Shimin was overjoyed, left Xia and Zheng's civilian and military generals, released all 50,000 soldiers, and let them return to their hometowns.

Some of the Xia soldiers said they would follow Li Shimin and continue the battle, while others were disheartened and left the place.

Someone proposed: "Although the lord has been arrested, but the prince is still in Zhaozhou, why don't we go back to Zhaozhou, one day, we will make a comeback." ”

"What are you fighting? The Tang army has so many fewer people than us, and they beat us so badly, and now that even the lord has been arrested, what else is there to fight? The other retorted.

"That is, the prince is not a capable person, and the lord can't do it, let alone the prince. Forget it, let's go back to my hometown. This world is handed over to Datang, there is nothing bad about it. ”

After talking for a while, the more they talked, the more depressed they became, and they had no intention of fighting again, so they returned to their hometowns.

Qi Shanxing waited for the rest of King Xia to protect Empress Cao all the way to safety, and everyone stopped to rest.

Looking at the blood and dust on their bodies, everyone couldn't help but look at each other speechlessly.

After a long time, Cao Zhan said in a loud voice: "Don't be discouraged, let's return to the capital immediately, fight again with the whole army, and save the Lord." ”

The crowd was silent.

Cao Zhan glanced at everyone, and finally fixed his eyes on Queen Cao: "What does the queen think?" ”

"Let's talk about it back in the capital." Empress Cao's face was expressionless, and she couldn't see her joy or anger.

So they rested for a while, turned on their horses, and continued on their way.

......

Li Shimin slowly walked in front of Dou Jiande, with a touch of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth: "King Xia once made a peace alliance with our dynasty and will never invade, why did I come to attack Zheng Guo, but you crossed the line and offended our army?" ”

Dou Jiande showed a bitter smile: "If you don't come today, I'm afraid that King Qin will go on an expedition." ”

What and the Alliance?

It's just a pause to recuperate, and sooner or later, either you die or I die.

Who doesn't want the vastness of the country?

Li Yuan wanted it, and he naturally wanted it too.

But now, he has been defeated, and his dream of the country has been completely shattered.

Unexpectedly, that ballad was true......

Dou Jiande closed his eyes and didn't want to speak again.

"Take it down and keep an eye on it." Li Shimin commanded.

The soldiers immediately took Dou Jiande away.

After resting for a few hours, Li Shimin issued a military order: "Follow me to Luoyang." ”

......

Hearing of the disastrous defeat of the Xia army, Zheng Guo's general Wang Deren and deputy general Zhao Jiqing absconded from Luoyang and surrendered to the Tang army.

Li Shimin escorted Dou Jiande, Wang Wan, eldest grandson An Shi and others to Luoyang City to show Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong walked up to the city wall, and when he saw Dou Jiande, who was in disarray, his eyes were hot, and tears almost flowed down.

At this moment, he faced his former enemy, there was no hatred, no anger, only sympathy and sadness.

"Xia Wang...... You ......" Wang Shichong opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time, but he didn't know what to say.

Finally, with tears in his eyes, he cried out, "Are you okay?" ”

Dou Jiande laughed self-deprecatingly: "Heh, the prisoner under the stairs." ”

At this moment, the only glimmer of hope left in Wang Shichong's heart was completely shattered, the Xia Kingdom is over, is Zheng Guo still far from the death country......

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