Two days later.

Li Er was handling official business at the Hezhou Governor's Office, when a hurried footstep came.

"Holy Lord, something is wrong." It was the eldest grandson Wuji who came in.

"But Tuyuhun is going to attack the city again?" Li Er asked rhetorically, without raising his head, the same thing happens every day, and he has long been used to it.

"Tuyuhun did rebuild the ladder to prepare for the attack, but it wasn't that." The eldest grandson Wuji's face was extremely ugly, and he wanted to speak a little and stopped.

"Huh? Say, what's the matter, the sky can't fall. Li Er put down his pen and raised his head, his eyes sharp.

"Shengshang, Chai Zhewei was ordered to lead the troops to Yuanzhou, camping in Mount Meru last night, encountered a sneak attack by 100,000 Tubo troops, 20,000 soldiers and horses could not stop it at all, the whole army was annihilated, Chai Zhewei and Qu Tushou died in battle, and the Tubo army rushed over." The eldest grandson Wuji said sadly.

"What...... What? ”

Li Ermeng got up, his face changed greatly, he was in a hurry, a mouthful of blood overflowed, he felt that his eyes were black, and he was shaking, so he quickly held on to the eucalyptus to stabilize.

"Holy?" Eldest Sun Wuji hurriedly shouted.

Li Erqiang supported his body, raised his hand to signal not to panic, and said after taking a breath to ease up: "How can this be?" My army of 20,000 is gone? ”

At this moment, Li Erfang was in chaos.

Chai Zhewei's mother is the princess of Pingyang, the sister of Li Er, the same mother, and has a deep relationship.

The nephew is gone, how can I explain to my sister under Jiuquan?

After a while, Li Er said murderously: "Tubo fought out of the encirclement, the art of war in Yuanzhou, but he killed a horse pistol, so calculating, I remember that its commander is about Qinling, right?" Known as the god of war in Tibet, the second son of Lu Dongzan, the king of Han reminded me at the beginning, saying that Lu Dongzan was extraordinary, and I didn't take it to heart, but now it seems that I was careless. ”

"Holy?"

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly shouted, it's all this time, what are you talking about? Asked: "Shengshang, the Tubo army can rush to Hezhou at most at dusk, and Tuyuhun has almost 300,000 troops in one place, and we only have less than 100,000, moreover, the Turks are frantically attacking the front line of the Great Wall, once it is broken, Chang'an is in danger, let's withdraw first, the top priority is to sit in the center and dispatch the world's soldiers and horses to Qinwang." ”

"I believe General Xu can stop it." Li Er said solemnly.

Eldest Sun Wuji's eyes flashed with an unknown gleam, and he continued: "Holy Lord, the minister heard that the crown prince ordered General Xu to be recalled, but General Xu did not obey the order. ”

This sentence seems to be a simple statement, but it hides a murderous motive.

Li Er's face turned blue instantly, what does it mean not to obey orders, he is still there? If he is no longer there, won't these fierce generals all have to jump up, and how will the prince rule the world in the future?

Also, why did the prince order a recall without his permission, isn't this abandoning the Great Wall defense line and looking for a way to die? Who's got the bad idea?

It seems that in his absence, the demons and monsters in the court began to jump out and make trouble again, or did the prince want to imitate Li Chengqian and couldn't wait to take his position?

Why?

Why?

Again and again, again and again, can I really be bullied?

The more I thought about it, the more the evil fire in my heart became stronger, rushing to the top of my head.

"Poof—"

Suddenly, Li Er spurted out another mouthful of blood.

"Holy." The eldest grandson Wuji was shocked and hurriedly rushed up to check.

"Retreat!"

Li Er spit out two words with difficulty, could no longer stand steadily, and fainted to the ground.

"Holy? Come on—"

The eldest grandson Wuji yelled, anxious.

Soon, a large number of people rushed in, and the imperial doctor of the army hurriedly checked the pulse, checked the situation, and quickly administered the medicine.

After a lot of tossing, Li Er finally woke up.

However, after waking up, Li Erzhi looked at the void in a daze, didn't say a word, and didn't answer anything, and after careful diagnosis by the imperial doctor, he motioned to several ministers to step aside and said a shocking result - madness.

To put it bluntly, this disease is due to the distortion of psychology, action, will, etc., which is caused by the psychological bearing capacity is less than the pressure of the outside world.

Several ministers were horrified in their hearts, the sky was falling.

After a while, the eldest grandson Wuji said solemnly: "When the Holy Lord heard about the military situation, he was in a hurry for a while, but before fainting, he said that he would withdraw the troops, what do you colleagues think?" ”

Everyone nodded one after another, the saint was crazy, no one was in charge of the overall situation, what could he do if he didn't retreat, could he stay and wait for death?

Several ministers have made decisions, and the rest is easy to do.

The eldest grandson Wuji is in a high position and has become the backbone, and immediately let people call Li Chongyi and Yin Qiao, with Li Chongyi as the main and Yin Qiao as the auxiciar, leaving 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Hezhou, Li Chongyi is the son of Li Xiaogong, and he has won the true inheritance of his father, and he also has a set of leading troops to fight.

Half an hour later, a large army went out of the city, mighty, worried about encountering Tibet, can avoid the north, go south to Taozhou, Qinzhou, Qizhou, along the Wei River straight to Chang'an.

The news spread.

……

Huaiyuan.

On a section of the ruined city wall, Xu Shiji stood proudly, covered in blood, and his battle armor exuded a cold and unyielding momentum in the sun.

Under the city walls were the Turkic soldiers who had been repulsed again, fleeing in a hurry, leaving behind the soldiers all over the ground, and the ground was dyed red, and all kinds of weapons were everywhere.

The soldiers couldn't cheer, they fought continuously, they were all tired and numb, and they all looked at Xu Shiji, who was tall, and felt a little more comforted in their hearts.

A captain of the personal guard battalion hurriedly came over and whispered, "General, something is wrong. ”

"Which section of the wall was breached by the Turks? Say it. Xu Shiji's mind was full of fighting.

"No, something happened in Hezhou."

"Hezhou, Saint?"

The captain looked around vigilantly, lowered his voice and said: "Yes, the Holy Lord Chai Zhewei and Qu Tushou went to delay the speed of the Tubo army attacking Chang'an, but they didn't know that they were attacked at night when they were camping in Mount Meru, and the 20,000 army was not the opponent of the 100,000 Tubo army, and the whole army was annihilated, the two generals were killed, the Tubo army turned around and killed back to Hezhou, the saint didn't know why, he lost his mind, and the court left Li Chongyi and Yin Qiao, as well as 50,000 troops, and the others withdrew to Chang'an from the south. ””

"What?"

Xu Shiji was taken aback, looked around vigilantly, and advised: "The news must be blocked, even if the sky falls, we can't withdraw, we must block the Turks, otherwise you and I will become sinners through the ages." ”

"Understood, the message has been blocked." The other party said solemnly.

"Heavenly ...... It's going to collapse. Xu Shiji said and looked in the direction of Chang'an, with a complicated expression.

"What shall we do?"

"What should I do?" Xu Shiji was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted that what the other party asked was not the battle in front of him, but what was behind everyone, and he couldn't help but ponder.

The other party continued: "My lord, we have disobeyed the order, the prince will definitely hold a grudge, and now the saint is ...... Presumably, the crown prince will ascend the throne soon, and when the time comes, we will not be able to escape the involvement, in order to defend the Great Wall, it doesn't matter if the brothers die in battle, but the family ......"

"Yes, we can die, but we can't ignore the aftermath."

Xu Shiji said and looked to the west, and after a moment of silence, he added: "You take some trustworthy brothers to return to Chang'an secretly, send the families of several generals to Qinjiazhuang secretly, and then ask for a token from several generals to avoid distrust by family members. ”

"Understood, please rest assured, it's just that Qinjiazhuang will take over?" The other party looked worried.

"After going back, go to Qinjiazhuang first, find Steward Jia, he can't be the master and will contact the King of Han, the old man and the King of Han have a life and death friendship, in addition, you tell Steward Jia, just say that if the old man does not die, he is willing to lead the surviving army to join the King of Han."

"Obey!" The other party solemnly clenched his fists and hurried away.

"King Han, please!"

Xu Shiji looked to the west, his eyes solemn.

Suddenly, a trumpet sounded, long, low.

"The Turkic dogs are attacking again."

"Brothers, kill the Turks!"

"Quick, get up and get ready to fight."

One after another shouts rang out, through eagerness.

Xu Shiji looked over, surrounded by tired soldiers, all with solemn faces, and he didn't know how many survivors there were after this battle, but behind him were thousands of people, and they couldn't retreat.

The next moment, Xu Shiji took a deep breath, put aside his distracting thoughts, stared at the Turks who rushed up and shouted: "Brothers, behind us is our family, think about it, once the Turks enter the customs, our mother-in-law and sisters will be defiled, our parents will be brutally killed, our children will be taken away and reduced to slavery, do you promise?" ”

"No, no!"

"Fuck it!"

"Kill all these Turkic dogs."

When the soldiers heard this, they became angry, screamed, and their morale exploded.

Xu Shiji saw that the success of stimulating everyone's blood and fighting spirit was not happy in his heart, but he was very heavy, and there were not many soldiers around him, how many attacks could he block?