Li Guangbi's words fell, and the soldiers of the Zhaoyi Army under his command threw their swords and guns on the river beach, and Li Chongbao's Flying Tiger Cavalry also stopped attacking.

Wang Sili held a torch and stood next to the Yellow River Iron Bull, and wriggled his lips angrily and said: "If you want to surrender, you will surrender, I, Wang Sili, will never surrender to the enemy." He turned and stepped onto the pontoon plank, which had not yet burned, and asked the people behind him, "None of you want to cross the river with me?" ”

He was accompanied by hundreds of personal soldiers, and some soldiers who were willing to cross the river, who also turned around and followed him onto the pontoon bridge.

Li Chongbao and the Flying Tiger Rider didn't stop them, but just watched them make their own choices with an ambiguous attitude. The men walked along the bridge to the middle of the Yellow River, where the fire cut off their way home. Wang Sili was the first to jump into the water, floating and sinking in the turbid water of the Yellow River, and the rest of the soldiers also jumped into the water in the scorching fire, splashing on the water like dumplings.

Li Chongbao lined up everyone and was about to go to Li Guangbi alone, but the guards around him were just about to stop him, but he turned his head and said arrogantly: "We just ambushed a fierce tiger, are we afraid that he won't be able to eat it." ”

He rode out of the formation alone, slowly came to the front of the enemy phalanx that threw away his weapons, and looked down at Li Guangbi condescendingly, then turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and crossed his hands in front of Li Guangbi and said: "Boy Li Chongbao meets Li Sikong, I often hear my father mention you, and I also have infinite admiration for you in my heart." ”

Li Guangbi didn't go to support him, his self-esteem made him unable to put down his body immediately, and only said coldly: "General Li's gift is a bit heavy, he is just a defeated general, and he dares to be bowed by the general." ”

Li Chongbao stood up and smiled with a smile: "Sikong used to be my father's old ministry and old friend, and it is natural for the younger generation to bow to the elders. Please also ask Sikong to move to Puzhou City first, and wait for my father to arrive, and then catch up with you. ”

He left most of the 2,000 Flying Tiger Cavalry under his command on the river beach, and only sent some people to escort Li Guangbi and the Tang soldiers into Puzhou City.

Four days after the fierce battle at the beachhead of Pujindu, Li Siye's vanguard troops arrived at Pujindu and exchanged guards with the elite Flying Tiger Cavalry stationed there.

This whole four days is the fighter plane for the imperial court to recapture Puzhou, and there will be no more if it is indulged. But the Tang army on the other side did nothing, but simply set up wooden row walls and camps along both sides of Pujindu.

Such a passive means of defense is actually very unwise, Pujindu became a ferry because this section of the Yellow River flows gently, the riverbed is wide and shallow, and the line from the downstream Fengling Crossing to this dozens of miles long is suitable for crossing the river, but the terrain of these two banks is more conducive to serving as a ferry.

Li Siye led his army into the city of Puzhou, and half of the people in the city had fled to the Guanzhong Plain dozens of days earlier because they heard the rumors of the war, and the city that had been prosperous in commerce and trade became depressed.

He walked into a mansion left by a large local family, ordered the soldiers around him to guard the door and not to follow, and after entering the main courtyard, he saw Li Guangbi sitting in front of the stone slab in the courtyard to study black and white.

He walked up to the other party and sat down cross-legged, and said calmly: "I have never heard that Li Sikong likes this." ”

Li Guangbi didn't raise his head: "Playing chess was taught to me by Guo Ziyi, I am just a Khitan with the surname of Tiele, where can I be proficient in the things left by your ancestors." ”

Li Siye stretched out his hand and pointed to the chessboard and said, "There is a tiger's mouth here, and if you put it in it, it will be eaten." Brother Guangbi, you and I have worked together in Hexi for nearly ten years, how well we got along at that time, I was in Liangzhou Mansion, and you led the army to fight in Tibet. Now that the court is decaying, the emperor does not care about the livelihood of the people, and there are eunuchs in charge. I didn't intend to replace Tang, but I just wanted the court to be what I imagined. And these brothers under my command, they just want to go back to Hexi. ”

"If you and I are needed to pacify it today, as long as you are willing, I can continue to put you in charge of the Flying Tiger Cavalry, and we will fight back to the Hexi Corridor together and recapture the stone castle and Baiting Shou that Tubo took away."

Li Guangbi threw a chess piece in his hand on the table, leaned back and said calmly: "My ancestors have been obedient to the Tang Dynasty since the Wu Zhou period, and were given the surname Li to settle in Liucheng. Now that he has surrendered on the Yellow River beach, he has been ashamed of his ancestors. Now I just want to be an idle layman, and I ask Mrs. Li for permission. ”

Li Siye stared at him for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, who made you and I an old friend?" I can keep all the honors that the imperial court has given you, and I hope you will be able to figure it out one day. ”

He stood up, laughing, and walked out of the courtyard.

……

Yu Chaoen reported the news of Li Siye's full occupation of Puzhou to Chang'an, and Li Heng finally panicked and hurriedly convened a court meeting to discuss how to deal with this situation.

But above the court, the ministers were silent, no one dared to speak out, and no one had good countermeasures. The emperor asked the people in a loud voice: "How can we retreat from the enemy, but you have a word for me?" Usually one has more ideas than the other, but now why can't even a fart collapse! ”

Li Fuguo, who was standing below, lowered his head and coughed, took the initiative to take a half step forward and said: "Your Majesty, Li Siye was able to enter and occupy Shangdang and Jiangzhou Puzhou, which means that his main force is indeed gathered on the front line of Puzhou, and the army stationed in front of Tongguan is just a bluff. ”

"Nonsense, I know this too!"

"Therefore, the minister's suggestion is to mobilize most of the forces stationed in Tongguan to concentrate in front of Pujin to prevent the Hexi army from crossing the river."

Li Heng rubbed his knees with his hands and said, "Guarding the river is much more difficult than guarding the pass, who can guarantee that it will be able to defend it?" ”

Li Fuguo was also silent now, the most capable of fighting in the Tang army had already surrendered to Li Siye, and the rest even Guo Ziyi did not dare to guarantee that he could hold the coast of Jinpudu for dozens of miles, and the Longmendu in Hejin upstream was also occupied by Li Siye, so the defensive force along the Yellow River was much weaker. As long as the enemy forces concentrate on assaulting one point, the **10,000 army can only run back and forth.

Li Heng waved his hand weakly at the ministers: "Retreat, retreat." ”

He returned to the apse, and hurriedly instructed the attendants around him to invite Li Mi, and the first thing after the attendants left the hall was to report to his godfather Li Fuguo, Li Fuguo also nodded gloomily after learning about it: "If he wants to invite Li Mi, you can invite him, I dare to say that in the current situation, there is no good way for this cultivator." What can he come up with! ”

Li Mi obediently responded to the summons to enter the court, and now that the court was really in danger, he had no reason to resign and retire again.

Li Heng had mixed feelings after seeing him, in general, I have no one to rely on, and the one who can rely on you is a master who has escaped from the world.

He asked sincerely: "Changyuan, now that I want to be able to keep Guanzhong, I also ask you, a strategist, to plan for me." “

Li Mi put the dust in his hand on his right arm, and said with half-squinted eyes: "Your Majesty still remembers the good advice that the minister offered you before, Li Mi is willing to cross the river by a small boat alone, and persuade Li Siye to detour from Shuofang to Longyou into Hexi, provided that Your Majesty must appoint him as the envoy of Shuofang and Longyoujie, and send down the festival." and withdraw all the troops stationed in Shuofang to Guanzhong as a sign of His Majesty's sincerity. “

Li Heng said gloomily: "When he hadn't occupied Jiangpu before, he might have agreed to such a condition, but now that he has stationed the army on the bank of the Yellow River, Guanzhong is at his fingertips, how can he agree again?" ”

Li Mi sighed: "Success or failure must always try first, now that our army is stationed on the bank of the Yellow River, the two sides will inevitably have a big war, no matter who wins or loses is the loss of the world, if the minister can persuade Li Siye not to enter the pass, even if His Majesty lets him control Longyou, what about Hexi?" ”