Li Chongbao ordered his generals to pursue them for thirty miles, and finally converged at Baipogou on the border of Wuxiang County.

He used the strategy of luring the enemy to go deeper, and won two battles and two victories, so that the nearly 40,000 elite forces of the Yan army were completely lost, and Tian Chengsi only had troops to attack Taiyuan available, and he could not spare his strength to prevent the enemy from the Shangdang side.

What's more critical is that he didn't know that Shi Chaoyi led the fiasco of Jinzhong along the way, and after the defeated and fleeing prince Shi Chaoyi fled to the county seat of Qixian County, he took a moment to take a breather and write to him.

They hadn't been sitting on their hot butts in Qi County for two days, and Li Chongbao had already attacked with the Flying Tiger Cavalry, and the high level was not even supported by decent resistance, so he fled to Taigu like a fly.

Gao Zhi chose to retreat and flee at night, but he didn't even notify His Royal Highness the Prince, which shows how much he can't get used to Shi Chaoyi. By the time the remnants of Tongluo had fled thirty miles away. Only then did the prince's soldiers find out that they had been abandoned, and hurriedly rushed into the private house to set up Shi Chaoyi in their sleep, and fled out of the city with sleepy eyes without even having time to put on their robes.

There is a way that people can choke when they drink cold water when they walk and memorize words, and the soldiers led by the right inner leader have just carried him out of the city and traveled three miles, and the fierce banner on the horizon has galloped in the dust, so they have to turn around and flee.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, go quickly!"

Li Chongbao's soldiers recaptured Qi County bloodlessly, and attacked Taigu non-stop, almost chasing Taigu City behind Shi Chaoyi's ass.

Shi Chaoyi entered the county town in embarrassment, and Gao Zhi hurriedly came to greet him, pretending to be unaware and hugged him and laughed: "Great, His Royal Highness the Prince!" You're alive! I sent people everywhere to look for you, but who knew that you had already gone out of the city first, why did you go out of the city first and come now? It's hard to get lost. ”

Shi Chaoyi had no intention of bothering with him, so he only said expressionlessly: "Li Chongbao is five or six miles outside the city, what to do is up to the general to decide." ”

"What!?" Gao Zhi was shocked: "The enemy army actually chased after His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

That's a bit ugly. There is no need for translation at all, it is just saying that Shi Chaoyi led the enemy army to Taigu City.

Shi Chaoyi jumped like thunder and said angrily: "Taigu City is here, do they need me to get it!" As a subordinate, you did not obey the orders of the commander, retreated without permission and did not inform the commander, what should you be guilty of? ”

"What am I guilty of?" Gao Zhi smiled angrily: "Prince, have you ever won a battle during your leadership of the army, and have you ever made a small contribution?" You don't use your fucking shit, you just come over as a prison guard, and you're chirping. Your grandfather only lost some money by spending money to hire us, and we fucking lost the entire clan! ”

While the two were arguing, the general hurriedly came over and shouted: "Quick, stop arguing with the prince and the chief, if we quarrel again, we will be fucking surrounded in the county seat." ”

Shi Chaoyi had been running for three days and three nights in a row, so tired that he couldn't even get on the horse, he climbed on the horse's back with the support of his own soldiers, and dozed off with sleepy eyelids. The Tongluo cavalry pulled their horses and fled out of the south gate, complaining one by one, sighing.

They retreated all the way to Qingxu, south of Taiyuan, and counted the number of people, including the prince's right internal rate, and only more than 500 people remained.

Tian Chenghe, the chief general in charge of the Taiyuan Campaign, set up the Yuanmen in Qingxu County, and after the prince and Gao Zhi fled back, they hurriedly went to the Chinese army camp to meet him.

The rebel veteran was in good health, his hands were on the belly of his robe that was raised high, but his mouth and eyes were very cold, so that people could not see joy and anger. Even a grassland leader like Gao Zhi, when he saw him, restrained his free and casual attitude, and obediently stood on the ground waiting for the instructions.

Shi Chaoyi is the crown prince, and he can't commit the crime of suing the wicked first in order to vent his anger, he just told all the battles as they were.

Gao Zhi did not refute the prince's story, he thought that he was not a subordinate of the Yan army, and Tian Chenghei did not dare to do anything to him.

After Shi Chaoyi finished speaking, Tian Chengsi came to Gao Zhi with a smile and asked, "Leader Gao, there are only more than 300 Tongluo soldiers left under your command?" ”

"Well, our department suffered heavy losses and was almost wiped out, so you should think that for the sake of us who have traveled thousands of miles from the grassland to help you, give us more silk food, gold and silver, and it can be regarded as a pension for the men of my tribe."

Tian Chengsi finally laughed angrily: "Come on, pull this fang out of the city for me to ask for beheading, so as to deter the three armies." ”

Gao Zhi was shocked and asked, "What am I guilty of!" Why did you kill me? ”

"You didn't listen to the orders of the commander, you lightly advanced the enemy, and you didn't take the initiative to follow up and break through after the retreat route was blocked by the Luoluo River, resulting in the two armies being eaten by the Hexi Army respectively. Your entire army was defeated and retreated, exposing all the defenses of our army to the enemy! Is it a capital offense? I have sent people to infiltrate Taiyuan City to put pressure on Huang Baojie, as long as it is surrounded for a period of time, Taiyuan City will inevitably be dedicated to our hands intact, and your plan has been ruined miserably! Is it a capital offense? ”

He puffed up his chest and argued with a red face: "So what? I am the reinforcement that your emperor paid for, where did you come from to kill me? ”

Tian Chengsi sneered: "After you retreated, there were a few thousand people left under your command, I really didn't dare to kill you, but now that you only have two or three hundred people left, what's the use of keeping you?" ”

Two people had already stepped forward to drag Gao Zhi, and he was still struggling to plead: "Lao Tzu is the Tiele Department on the grassland, and he is not subject to the control of your Emperor Shi, if you kill me, it will make other grassland tribes feel cold and resentful, won't Shi Siming condemn you when the time comes?" ”

"Just the leader of the Tongluo tribe, Lao Tzu crushes you as easily as crushing an ant. I still want to ask our majesty for money, I think you want money and don't want to die! Push it out and cut it! “

Gao Zhi, the leader of the Tongluo tribe, was like a rooster that had been dragged down to be slaughtered, and he couldn't make a sound anymore, which made Shi Chaoyi stunned from the side. He thought that these grassland tribal leaders were unruly and no one could take care of them, but they could be pulled out by Tian Chengsi and cut off their heads.

This made him feel chilled in his heart, as the crown prince of the dignified Emperor Dayan, the future emperor, the deterrent power was far inferior to that of a courtier. A hundred years after his father's death, how can he fight for his future surrounded by these wolves?

Tian Chengsi saw Shi Chaoyi's face pale, thinking that he was frightened during the journey, and said worriedly: "The prince is frightened, this is the sin of His Majesty, this person who ignores you I have already killed him, please Your Highness go down and rest in peace." ”

Shi Chaoyi nodded in confusion and followed his entourage to the camp to rest.

Tian Chengsi glanced at Shi Chaoyi's back with disgust, and then said to the adjutant general behind him: "Order all battalions to start preparing dry food for half a month, and retreat to the Yunzhong area in advance with heavy grain and grass." ”

"Is the doctor going to withdraw his troops?" The lieutenant asked curiously.

"The defeat in the battle of Taiyuan has been decided, if we do not prepare for retreat in advance, it is easy to be caught between Li Chongbao and the Hedong army, and our losses will be even heavier at that time." He took a few steps forward, then turned around and said, "When we go back, the emperor will definitely hold us accountable, and the responsibility for the defeat of Taiyuan can be borne by me alone, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

"Doctor!" Several generals knelt down in the camp tent, Tian Chengsi stepped forward to help them up one by one, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty and An Lushan are called the two saints, naturally they are wise and martial, how can they be angry because of the temporary mistakes of their subordinates." ”

The generals were a little aggrieved and said: "The reason for today's defeat in Taiyuan is that the two teams led by the crown prince are rash and rash to advance, how can Your Majesty blame you." ”

"Hey," Tian Chengsi waved his hand and said with a smile: "The prince is the prince, you are you, how can you mix it up, retreat as soon as possible, I'm afraid the enemy army is already approaching Qingxu." ”