Li Zhun had suffered the loss of Shi Ziling, and he was extremely jealous of Shi Ziling, he asked cautiously: "Big brother, if Yan Zhao Pass is lost, we should ...... it"

Li Yuan's face suddenly changed color, and the light in his eyes stabbed straight at Li Zhun like a sharp sword, so frightened that Li Zhun hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Big brother, I'm ...... I'm just saying that in case, Yan Zhao Pass is guarded by 50,000 elite soldiers led by Xiaoyao, it should be foolproof.......

Li Yuan snorted coldly, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Actually, I have also thought about this possibility, but Xiaoyao has always been quite cautious, and it should not be so easy to be won by Shi Ziling." Shi Ziling's first expedition should not be so fast, right?"

"But just in case, I have decided to make a move against Xiahou Yuan in advance, and launch a general attack on the Xiahou family tomorrow, and it is expected to take five days to sweep the Xiahou family and unify the north. ”

Li Zhun said in surprise: "But the eldest brother said a few days ago that he would first wear off the spirit of the Xiahou family's desperate decisive battle, and now it has only been three days of confrontation, and the other party should still be on the momentum, and we will fight them head-on, although we will win, but we will also pay a lot of price." If we can wait another five or six days, the desperate morale of the Xiahou family will gradually decline, and maybe we will be able to succeed in the first battle, at least we can consume a little less troops. ”

Li Yuan sighed lightly and said, "This is also a helpless thing. Thinking about it carefully, this kid Shiziling is indeed elusive, so let's be careful. Xiahou Yuan's two major armies only had 50,000 or 60,000 men left, less than half of our troops, and although they had the determination to fight against the odds, they were not our opponents after all. It's inevitable that there will be a lot of dreams at night, so let's do it tomorrow. ”

"In addition, I want you to lead 30,000 elite soldiers to set up an ambush ten miles behind the barracks, in case Shi Ziling leads the troops to sneak attack, be sure to let him go and never return. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, Li Yuan ordered this, clearly saying that there was indeed a possibility that Yan Zhao Pass had been lost.

Xue Zhengyang was puzzled: "Sect Master, since we are going to have a head-on battle with the Xiahou family tomorrow, then the more troops we have, the better, so that we can win as soon as possible with an overwhelming advantage." Why do you want the deputy sect leader to send 30,000 elite soldiers to set up an ambush behind the barracks? Could it be that there is really something going on over there at Yan Zhao Pass?"

Li Yuan's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Shi Ziling's successful sneak attack on Mijing City on this detour expedition is indeed a clever move, and if Xiaoyao is unprepared, it is not impossible to be hit again." The most troublesome thing now is that Shi Ziling's movements are unpredictable, and no one knows how fast this kid is, so I made such an arrangement for the sake of safety. ”

"In addition, I want you to immediately send a letter to the city guards of various small and medium-sized towns in the Western Regions, tell them about the attack on Mijing City, and order them to unite to besiege Mijing City, and be sure to take Mijing City back for me. ”

Li Zhun asked: "These small towns can only mobilize three or five thousand military horses at most, even if they are all combined, they will only be thirty or fifty thousand people, can these horses take Mijing City from Shi Ziling?"

Li Yuandao: "Shiziling's lone army is deep, if you want to pose a threat to our army, you will inevitably pour the strength of the whole army to the north, and there will not be many people left in Mijing City." Even if there is, it is estimated that most of them are only Nangong Xia's people, and the total number must not be too much. ”

"I think the city guards of those small cities still have a chance to recapture Mijing City, at least they can besiege Mijing City and drag Shi Ziling and Nangong Xia back. If you pass on the order, whether it is the city guard of that town who takes the lead in attacking Mijing City, and immediately promotes him to the third rank and is crowned as the protector of the Tongtian Sect, I will never break my word. ”

Although the news of Shiziling's successful sneak attack on Mijing City cast a shadow on everyone's hearts, Li Yuan made a foolproof response in time, which greatly increased the confidence of the legion. Everyone believed that under the leadership of the sect leader Li Yuan, not only could they successfully sweep the north, but they would also be able to put the lone army deep into Shiziling to death.

When everyone was ordered to disperse, Li Yuan sat alone in the tent of the Chinese army and fell into deep thought.

Although Shi Ziling's sneak attack shocked him deeply, Li Yuan was confident that his response was perfect, he took out a square seal with a strange texture and simple style from his arms, gently rubbed it in his hand, and muttered in his mouth: "Shi Ziling, although you are a martial arts wizard, but the battle for domination of the world does not only rely on martial arts strength, but also on strategy and commander's talent, I don't believe that you, a kid, can compete with me if you lead troops to fight!"

With Li Yuan's words, the non-stone and non-jade ancient seal in his hand suddenly swelled a lot, and bursts of strange red light shone out, instantly turning the entire Chinese military tent red......

Early the next morning, Li Yuan's two armies of blue wolves and grizzlies launched a comprehensive attack on the Xiahou family, hoping to defeat the other party in one fell swoop with the advantage of troops. The two major legions of the Xiahou family's Yanyun and Black Dragon also showed no weakness, and with the courage to fight against the water, they did not flinch and set up a position to face it head-on. The two sides engaged in a fierce confrontation, and the battle was extremely tragic.

Li Yuan's two major armies originally had more than 200,000 horses, but after many fierce battles, especially after taking Yanzhao Pass, there were only 180,000 people left, of which 50,000 were handed over to Li Xiaoyao to stay in Yanzhao Pass, and a total of 130,000 horses were gathered in front of Black Dragon City at this time.

Worried about Shi Ziling's sudden surprise attack from behind, Li Yuan sent 30,000 elite soldiers to Li Zhun to ambush in the rear camp, and directly threw 70,000 of the remaining 100,000 troops into this battle, leaving only 30,000 soldiers and horses for emergency use.

The two major armies on the side of the Xiahou family had only 50,000 horses left after repeated defeats, but this battle was poured out without reservation, and under the condition that the troops were at a disadvantage, they resisted the opponent's frontal attack with a desperate decisive courage.

After five consecutive days of fighting, although the two major armies of the Xiahou family suffered heavy losses and retreated, they only retreated less than ten miles, and Li Yuan's two major armies also suffered heavy casualties and did not achieve the expected offensive goal.

Li Yuan was greatly annoyed by this, he originally planned to use three days to completely defeat the camp of the Xiahou Legion outside the city, and then use two days to break through the Black Dragon City, but he did not expect the desperate counterattack of the Xiahou Legion to be more fierce than he expected, after five consecutive days of hard fighting, although the strength of Li Yuan's Legion was superior, but the results were not ideal, only the Xiahou Legion was repelled for ten miles.

At the same time, most of the flying pigeon messages sent by Li Yuan to various parts of the Western Regions have responded, and small and medium-sized towns around the country have said that they will jointly send troops to besiege Mijing City, but Yan Zhao Pass has not heard back for a long time, which makes Li Yuan further affirm that Li Xiaoyao's Yan Zhao Pass is likely to have been taken by Shi Ziling.

Although Li Yuan had already made all the arrangements to deal with it early, he couldn't help but be surprised by the speed of Shi Ziling's action and the strength of his means, so he was even more anxious to sweep away the Xiahou family first.

Under normal circumstances, Li Yuan knew that the Xiahou army had reached the point of fighting a last battle, and he would definitely use delaying tactics to slowly drag it down, and would never rush to attack it head-on, because this would also cause great damage to his own army.

But now that Yanzhao Pass is very likely to have been lost, Shiziling's Songhu Army will appear behind him at any time, Li Yuan never wants to be attacked by the enemy, and as a last resort, he has all the 30,000 elite soldiers in his hands to attack frontally.

Although the Xiahou Legion tried its best to retreat, it was inferior in strength and strength after all, and two days later, the formation of the Xiahou Legion in front of the Black Dragon City was finally completely defeated, and most of the 50,000 military horses were killed on the spot. Xiahou and his son fled into Black Dragon City with the remaining 10,000 remnants, and closed the city gate to make the last stubborn resistance.

Li Yuan's army also suffered heavy casualties, and the 100,000 troops that invested in the frontal attack lost more than 30,000 people. Li Yuan was furious and personally supervised his subordinates to attack the city day and night, in order to break through the city in the shortest possible time.

Since Black Dragon City was far less dangerous than Yanzhao Pass, and the Xiahou Legion had already fought to the end of the crossbow, the remaining 10,000 remnants were already in a difficult situation. Xiahou Yuan knew that the general trend had gone, and the city would be destroyed in less than a day, so he immediately convened the children of the family to discuss the matter of fleeing.

Xiahou Yuan said to his eldest son Xiahou Feiyang: "Feiyang, you are the eldest son in the family, and you are also the most outstanding one among the younger generation of my Xiahou family, and the responsibility of inheriting the mantle of our Xiahou family depends on you." Now that Black Dragon City is surrounded on three sides, only the east gate can escape, so you can quickly lead a thousand soldiers and the female dependents of the family to leave from the east gate. Your uncles and brothers and I will try our best to delay Li Yuan's siege and buy time for your escape. ”

Xiahou Feiyang was filled with grief and indignation, and said in a deep voice: "Father, this time it was the child's unfavorable command and failed to hold Yanzhao Pass, so that he was defeated in the end. The child is willing to live and die with Black Dragon City, in order to comfort all the fallen soldiers of our Xiahou Legion, please leave quickly with a few younger brothers!"

Xiahou Yuan said: "Confused! Now is the time for the life and death of our Xiahou family, as the eldest son in the family, you shoulder the heavy responsibility of guarding the family inheritance and continuing the family bloodline, how can you be brave! If your brothers can also have martial arts cultivation and military command talent like yours, I will not hesitate to let them go first." ”

Xiahou Feiyang's younger brothers persuaded in unison: "Big brother, you are the most outstanding talent in the family, and it depends on you to inherit the bloodline of our Xiahou family, and we will definitely assist our father to fight to the end to buy time for you! Don't hesitate, hurry up! As long as you can pass on the bloodline of our family, the Xiahou family will always have a comeback, and we will die without regrets!"

The clansmen of the Xiahou family persuaded Xiahou Feiyang to flee quickly, Xiahou Feiyang had tears in his eyes, shook his head again and again, and said: "The foundation of our Xiahou family for hundreds of years is in this northern area, and now the Black Dragon City is in danger, how can I leave as soon as I go?