Tongguan.

Liu Wenjing and Li Jing were overjoyed after reading the edict sent by Chang'an, and said "congratulations" to each other.

Li Jing glanced at the edict and suddenly said: "Such a big happy event should not only be known to us, but should be shared with our 'friends'." ”

After speaking, he handed the edict to the soldiers on the side: "Send this edict to Qu Tutong, so that he will be happy and happy." ”

Liu Wenjing listened and couldn't help laughing: "I'm afraid he won't be happy." ”

When Qu Tutong saw this edict, it was like being struck by lightning, and it was scorched inside and black, and his ears thundered.

Chang'an was lost, Guanzhong was controlled by Li Yuan, what face did he have to go to see the emperor?

I'm sorry for Your Majesty......

Sang Xianhe saw that Qu Tutong looked like he had been hit hard, and he was suspicious in his heart, and picked up the edict that fell to the ground.

After reading the edict, Sang Xianhe's expression was very flat compared to Qu Tutong, obviously he had already expected this result.

"General, Guanzhong has fallen, since Li Yuan has ascended the throne as the acting king and supported the Sui family, it is better for us to surrender."

Qu Tutong's sharp gaze swept away.

Sang Xian and Se shrank for a moment, and after a few breaths, they said stubbornly: "General, we can't even beat Tongguan, not to mention that Chang'an is now in the hands of Li Yuan, and it is heavily guarded, we have no hope." ”

"Even if there is no hope, we cannot surrender." Qu Tutong's attitude was very resolute.

Sang Xianhe continued to persuade: "Li Yuan still respects the Sui Dynasty, Your Majesty has only become the Emperor in name, and our surrender at this time is not a betrayal of the imperial court....."

"Huh." Qu Tutong let out a sneer: "It's just another Sima Zhao." ”

Sang Xianhe was choked, and he couldn't say anything to refute for a while.

"Needless to say, even if there is only one person left, I will not surrender." Qu Tutong gave an order: "Pass the order, and after an hour, the army will return to the east of the river." ”

The soldiers immediately went to deliver the military order.

"What is the general trying to do?" Sang Xianhe asked.

Qu Tutong walked back to the back of the bookcase and began to pack up his things: "Since Chang'an can't save it, then keep Hedong and block Li Yuan's eastward advance." ”

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An hour later, Liu Wenjing received the news and discussed with Li Jing: "Qu Tutong's army has left, it seems that it should be back to Hedong, should we chase it?" ”

Li Jing hesitated a little: "Duke Tang asked us to guard Tongguan, if we leave, what if other rebels take advantage of the situation to enter?" ”

Liu Wenjing frowned: "The eldest grandson Shunde and Liu Hongji who attacked Hedong originally only had 50,000 people, and they have not captured Hedong until now, and there are a lot of losses in soldiers.

"Now that Qu Tutong is leading reinforcements back to Hedong, he will inevitably attack the eldest grandson Shunde and them on both sides, and they are in danger."

But Tongguan is short of troops, and Li Jing is very embarrassed.

At this time, Chang He hurriedly came in and said to them, "Sima, general, Qin Guogong led a large army to the outside of the city. ”

Liu Wenjing was stunned for a moment before she realized who Qin Guogong was, and then walked out excitedly: "Let's go, let's go out of the city to welcome Erlang." ”

A few people arrived outside the city, and after the salute, Li Shimin asked, "What about Qu Tutong?" ”

Liu Wenjing replied: "Two quarters of an hour ago, Qu Tutong retreated, and it seems that he has returned to Hedong. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he hurriedly said: "Zhaoren, you stay and guard Tongguan, I will go after Qu Tutong now, pharmacist, you take the Xuanjia Army and follow." ”

Zhaoren is the character of Liu Wenjing, and the pharmacist is the character of Li Jing.

Li Jing immediately went to gather the Xuanjia army in Tongguan City, and Li Shimin led the army first.

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The soldiers in the rear hurriedly caught up with Qu Tutong and said, "General, there are pursuers in the rear." ”

Qu Tutong was shocked and immediately ordered: "Stop moving." ”

Then he jumped off his horse and lay on the ground to listen, the ground shook, and the sound of horses' hooves was loud, and it seemed that there were quite a few people.

At this time, the scout in charge of the survey came in a panic: "General, it is Li Yuan's army, and it is initially estimated that there are more than 10,000 people. ”

Qu Tutong thought for a while and said to Sang Xianhe: "I will leave 10,000 people for you, you stay and drag them down, and the others will go back with me to support Hedong." ”

Sang Xianhe disagreed: "General, the other party is only more than 10,000 people, and we still have 30,000 people, even if we compete with them, the chance of winning is very good." ”

"Nope." Qu Tutong shook his head: "The situation in Hedong is grim, I must rush back immediately." ”

After speaking, Qu Tutong left 10,000 horses for Sang Xianhe, and he took the others to speed up and go to Hedong.

Looking at Qu Tutong, who was gone, Sang Xianhe was a little disappointed.

The general glanced at Sang Xianhe and asked cautiously, "What should we do now?" ”

Sang Xianhe exhaled a breath of turbidity and said with a calm face: "Set up a formation." ”

Soon, Li Shimin's army met Sang Xianhe's army.

Wang Yu was a little excited: "Oh~ someone is blocking the way." ”

Li Shimin glanced at her, raised his right hand and was about to give the order to attack, but was startled by the scene opposite.

I saw Sang Xianhe, who was standing at the front, threw away the weapon in his hand and shouted loudly: "We are willing to belong to the prime minister and be loyal to the prime minister." ”

As soon as the words fell, the neatly arranged Sui soldiers behind him threw their weapons and shouted in unison: "We are willing to belong to the great prime minister and be loyal to the great prime minister." ”

Wang Yu: "......"

With such a big battle, she thought she was going to attack them, but she didn't expect it to be surrender.

Daquan's excited voice came from behind him: "It's good, there's no need to fight." ”

When the soldiers of the rebels saw this scene, they were all pleasantly surprised.

Li Jing and more than 400 soldiers of the Xuanjia Army, who had just caught up, were very shocked, these people attacked Tongguan, and they didn't think about surrendering when they couldn't attack for a long time, why did they see Li Shimin surrendering instead?

Could it be that it was taken by Li Shimin's military might?

Li Jing searched in the crowd opposite, and finally found the reason: "Qin Guogong, Qu Tutong ran away and took 20,000 horses with him. ”

Li Shimin sat on the horse, looked at the opposite side, and then said to Li Jing: "Don't worry, let's take these people in first." ”

When they incorporated Sang Xianhe's army and chased them all the way to the outside of Hedong City, they happened to see Qu Tutong's army enter the city.

Li Shimin immediately ordered: "Cut down trees and build siege equipment." ”

The eldest grandson, Shunde and Liu Hongji, came over: "I've seen Qin Guogong." ”

They had seen the edict and knew that all of them had been promoted.

"These days, you have worked hard, leave it to me next."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, his eyes swept over the people behind them, "It seems that Hedong City is a hard bone, and you have sacrificed a lot of people." ”

The eldest grandson Shunde sighed: "Yes, I haven't taken it for more than a month. The most unfortunate thing is that Sun Hua was killed. ”

Li Yuan had already received the report of Sun Hua's death, and Li Shimin also knew about it.

At this time, when Sun Hua was mentioned again, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel sorry, after all, Sun Hua was once the strongest leader of the rebel army in Guanzhong, and he was a talent.

It is embarrassing to sacrifice at such a young age.

Everyone was silent for a while, and Li Shimin said to the eldest grandson Shunde: "You find someone who is familiar with the terrain and take me to observe the surrounding terrain." ”

"I'm going to ...... too"

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