The first day of October in the fifth year of Wude.

The Tang army and the Han Eastern army met at Xiabo.

Li Daoxuan, who had endured for a long time, said to the generals: "There are only more than 10,000 rebels in front, while our army has 30,000 people, and the strength is far above the rebels.

"This is a good opportunity, as long as we attack with all our strength, we will definitely be able to destroy the rebels and kill Liu Heimin."

As soon as Shi Wanbao saw that he was impassioned, he couldn't help but hit him: "Although the number of rebels is not as large as our army, the commander of the rebels is Liu Heimin."

"Liu Heimin is brave and good at fighting, stronger than King Xia, and the soldiers he leads are all bandits, we must not take it lightly, and we should think in the long run."

Li Daoxuan's enthusiasm was instantly extinguished, he clenched his fists, held back the anger in his heart, and said in a gentle voice as much as possible: "I have a plan, I will definitely destroy the rebels." ”

The general next to him saw that the atmosphere between the two was a little wrong, and hurriedly answered: "I don't know what the chief manager's plan is?" ”

Shi Wanbao didn't make a sound, and looked at Li Daoxuan quietly, looking like he was listening.

Li Daoxuan raised his chin and said confidently: "At dawn tomorrow, while the rebels are tired, I will first lead the light cavalry to attack, and then pretend to be defeated and retreat, luring the enemy to go deeper.

"Deputy Commander, you will lead the troops to do a good job of ambush, and when I lead the rebels into the ambush circle, you will destroy the rebels in one fell swoop."

After listening to Li Daoxuan's strategy, all the generals praised one after another: "Good strategy, just do it." ”

The corners of Shi Wanbao's mouth flashed with a hint of sarcasm: "The boss lures the enemy deep, and if he controls it well, he can naturally destroy the enemy, but if he controls it badly, he will put himself in danger." ”

Underestimate him?

Li Daoxuan is full of confidence: "I am not a fledgling boy, in the past few years, I have followed the King of Qin to fight in the east and west, and I have already practiced a skill."

"I can guarantee that as long as you cooperate with me, this battle will definitely be won."

"What if it fails?" Shi Wanbao's tone was light, but his eyes were full of provocation.

Li Daoxuan patted his chest and promised: "If it fails, I will bear it." ”

"Okay, since the chief dares to make a military order, I will cooperate with you." Swanbo rarely did not oppose him.

Li Daoxuan was very happy, unfolded the map, and discussed the details with everyone.

……

The next day, at dawn.

Li Daoxuan took the lead and led the light cavalry to attack Liu Heimin's camp.

"Heh~ Li Yuan actually sent a hairy boy to deal with me, it's really confident."

Liu Heimin sneered, didn't take Li Daoxuan in his eyes at all, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, let the Tang army see how we eliminated them." ”

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"Attack!"

Liu Heimin personally led the army out of the camp and went straight towards Li Daoxuan.

Li Daoxuan was very excited when he saw Liu Heimin, thinking that he would be able to capture Liu Heimin alive in a while, and his heart was full of fighting spirit.

He raised his horse lance and pointed straight ahead: "Soldiers, rush!" ”

War is on the verge of breaking out.

The cavalry of both sides was evenly matched, and the war soon entered a stalemate.

And Li Daoxuan was very brave, and in a short period of time, he killed thousands of rebels.

Taking advantage of the interval between fights, Li Daoxuan glanced around, and felt that the time had come, so he pretended to be invincible and retreated.

The hussars saw it and retreated.

Seeing that the Tang army began to retreat, Liu Heimin was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "Don't let them run away, kill them all." ”

The Han Eastern Army quickly surrounded Li Daoxuan.

Li Daoxuan saw that the situation was not good, and struggled to break through.

Wang Junkuo, who had been holding a telescope to observe the battle situation, saw that Li Daoxuan was surrounded, and hurriedly reported to Shi Wanbao: "The chief manager is firmly surrounded by the rebels and can't rush out, so please send troops to support the deputy manager." ”

Swanbo took the telescope in his hand and observed the battlefield.

After reading it, Shi Wanbao didn't care and said: "What's the hurry, the general manager of the three armies, this point of the rebels can't trap the general manager."

"Besides, the governor has ordered that we will attack again when the rebels enter the ambush circle."

Wang Junkuo was so anxious: "Deputy Chief, the situation is really wrong, the Governor can't break through, what else is there to talk about luring the enemy to go deeper?" ”

"General Wang, don't be impatient." Shi Wanbao raised his hand to stop him: "You have to be calm, don't spoil the manager's plan." ”

Wang Junkuo: "......"

At this time, the soldier ran over in a panic: "Oh no, they can't hold on." ”

Hearing this, the generals couldn't stand still and asked Shi Wanbao to send reinforcements.

However, Shi Wanbao said: "I have long advised the governor that a lone army must be able to control it in order to achieve victory, but he said that he has the ability to attack recklessly.

"Your Majesty has given me a secret decree to take full charge of the army's operations, but the chief is not convinced and opposes me at every turn.

"He is the chief steward and a member of the royal family, and I always want to give him face, so I will fully cooperate with him this time......"

The chief manager is in danger, but the deputy chief is nagging.

Wang Junkuo was upset when he heard this, and interrupted him eagerly: "Deputy Governor, the top priority now is to save the Chief, and the rest can be talked about after the war." ”

The words were interrupted, and Shi Wanbao thought that the majesty of his deputy chief had been provoked, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

"The chief acted recklessly, if I send troops at this time, the whole army will be destroyed.

"Since the Governor has been unable to defeat the rebels, let's wait until the Governor fails, as long as the Governor fails, the rebels will surely rush forward to attack us, and we will be able to defeat the rebels if we hold on.

"At that point, it will be easy to save the manager."

After listening to Shi Wanbao's words, everyone fell silent.

Wang Junkuo was stunned for a moment and asked, "What if the rebels killed the chief before this?" ”

"No, it won't." Shi Wanbao is extremely confident: "The chief manager is a member of the royal family, it is more useful to catch him than to kill him, Liu Heimin is not a fool, he will not do such a stupid thing." ”

However......

In full view of everyone, the light cavalry of the Tang Army was annihilated, and Li Daoxuan was beheaded by Liu Heimin with a knife, and was shot by Fan Yuan, and died of exhaustion.

"Boss ......"

"Huaiyang Wang ......"

The soldiers were grieved.

The telescope in Wang Junkuo's hand fell to the ground, and the scene of Li Daoxuan's killing repeatedly appeared in front of his eyes, lingering.

Shi Wanbao was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Liu Heimin to be so stupid and kill such a good hostage.

"Deputy Governor, the rebels are here."

Shi Wanbao immediately reacted: "Pass my order and go all out to meet the enemy." ”

But the soldiers of the Tang Army were in the shock and grief of the killing of the commander-in-chief, and the army was disheartened and fought in a disorderly manner.

Soon, the Tang army was in decline and scattered and fled.

The Handong army pursued the victory, chased more than 30 miles, and killed tens of thousands of people before giving up.

In this battle, the Tang army was almost completely annihilated, and only generals such as Shi Wanbao and Wang Junkuo, as well as hundreds of cavalry, escaped.

The momentum of the Handong army was greatly boosted, and Liu Heimin took advantage of the victory to expand and attack all the way to Zhaozhou.

When Li Ming, the king of Lujiang, who was the governor of Zhaozhou at the time, heard that Li Daoxuan had been killed and the crusading army was annihilated, he was so frightened that he abandoned the city and fled.

Subsequently, the states and counties north of Xiangzhou surrendered to Liu Heimin.

However, on the 10th, Liu Heimin recovered the original territory and built the capital of Zhaozhou again.

When the news came back to Chang'an, the government and the opposition were shocked......