It was clear that victory was in sight, but Li Qinzai felt a strong uneasiness.

Just like Lao Wei's itchy ears when he encounters danger, Li Qinzai's uneasy feeling is also unreasonable, but Li Qinzai trusts his instincts.

There must be some kind of crisis, quietly lurking somewhere in the near future, giving him a fatal blow.

That's why Li Qinzai unexpectedly sent his troops to explore the four directions when the Tang army won a great victory and pursued the defeated army.

He was not carried away by the victory, once the smug mood on the battlefield meant that a greater defeat awaited him, and at this time he and the robes were still surrounded by the enemy army, and he was not the last one to laugh at the victory.

"The order is to collect the troops, there is no need to chase the defeated army," Li Qinzai said with a solemn expression: "Let's change direction, don't go east, change the route to the south." ”

More than 100 miles south of Shanzhou are Hezhou and Taozhou, which are also border cities, which are said to be two cities, but in fact they are smaller than the county seats, so the garrison of the Tang Dynasty in the two states is less than 1,000 people.

Lee Chin Jae chose to change his route because he sensed that Lu Dongzan could not have left a loophole so rashly and let him escape the encirclement.

To the east to Lanzhou, it is a place where he must pass, and more than 10,000 people alone cannot stop him, that is to say, if he continues to the east, there will be more ambushes ahead.

Therefore, it is the most sensible thing to do by diverting to the south.

Lu Dongzan is resourceful, but Li Qinzai is not stupid, the old fox and the little fox fight each other, calculate each other's hearts, and it is still unknown who wins and who loses.

Sun Congdong and Song Jintu's men and horses quickly withdrew, and the Tubo army fled north after being defeated, but Li Qinzai decided to ignore them.

The Tubo army fled for their lives, and Li Qinzai wanted to flee for his life.

It is advisable to chase after the poor bravely, which is not what should be done now.

The soldiers and horses were regrouped, Li Qinzai ordered to count the losses, this battle was still an encounter battle, because the battle was rapid, and the enemy general was beheaded, the enemy army was defeated quickly, this battle was not much loss, only more than 200 casualties.

After cleaning up the aftermath, cleaning up the battlefield, and burying the body of Paoze, Li Qinzai ordered to march south immediately.

The horses' hooves rumble, and they look south and north.

There are only more than 3,000 soldiers left, and every encounter is a life-and-death parting with Paoze.

Li Qinzai's heart was heavy, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, for fear of affecting the morale of the army.

The bitter cold wind whistled through his cheeks, and only the whistling of the cold wind could be heard in his ears, and the whole world seemed to stand still in the wind, with only one soldier and horse, running lonely on the vast and desolate plain.

Dozens of miles ahead, Li Qin's speed on his horse did not decrease, and he suddenly shouted: "After five miles, the whole army changed its course again and marched to the southeast. ”

Sun Congdong and Song Jintu received the order, and they did not understand why Li Qinzai's face was so solemn, nor did they understand why he temporarily changed his route during the march.

But since Li Qinzai entered Tuguhun, he has no last resort, and his decision has his own reason, and Sun Congdong and Song Jintu unconditionally choose to obey.

Five miles later, the whole army was diverted to the southeast, and the soldiers had no leisure time to rest and eat, so they hurriedly took out dry food to pad their hunger on the way to gallop on their horses.

As for the war horses, they were even more tired, many of the war horses had already run to the point of foaming at the mouth, and the wheezing sound intensified, Li Qinzai became more and more anxious, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

responded to the song of later generations, "It's Not That Simple".

Yes, Li Qinzai is almost sure, Lu Dongzan is not that simple.

After running a few more miles to the southeast, a scout hurried towards him, and Li Qinzai could see the anxious look on his face from afar.

"Report! Li Xianbo, there are traces of enemy troops in front, about 20,000 soldiers and horses under black pressure, lined up twenty miles away. ”

Li Qinzai's heart sank, and he was about to give the order to change the route again, when another scout rushed from behind.

"Report! Li Xianbo, there are enemy troops chasing in the northwest direction, about 10,000 soldiers and horses, all of them are cavalry, the enemy army is very fierce, only more than ten miles away from our army. ”

Li Qinzai sighed, in order to annihilate his troops and horses, Lu Dongzan really didn't care about anything, and estimated that all the Tubo troops in Tuguhun were transferred by him, and used Shanzhou City as a conspiracy to lay a net for him.

I'm angry, but I understand.

The existence of Li Qinzai's troops and horses is the biggest variable in this war, comparing his heart to his heart, if he is Lu Dongzan, he will be annihilated at all costs.

Su Dingfang's frontal battlefield is not terrible, what is terrible is that his unpredictable guerrilla army, once a little flaw is revealed and caught by Li Qinzai, it will change the outcome of the war.

Riding on the horse, Li Qinzai looked around the wasteland, sighed bitterly, and said, "If nothing else, there should be Tubo troops in all four directions." ”

Sun Congdong clenched his fists and said sharply: "Uncle Li County, the last general is willing to lead a team of soldiers and horses to fight to the death to cover Uncle Li County's outstanding encirclement!" ”

The taciturn Song Jintu also said: "The cavalry led by the last general is more suitable for covering Li Xianbo's breakthrough and fighting to the death." ”

Li Qinzai sneered: "You are so great, sacrificing yourself and perfecting others, I have become a green leaf that sets off your fierceness and strength, right?" You are all heroic heroes, but I have become a deserter with a head in my arms, heh! ”

His expression gradually became cold, and Li Qinzai accentuated his tone, saying: "Although I, Li Qinzai, am a little greedy for life and afraid of death, but if I want to throw down my robe and run away alone, I can't do such a degrading thing, and I don't have the face to see the Son of Heaven when I flee back to Chang'an, and I don't have the face to see my grandfather, wife and children." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, if you want to fight to the death, you will fight to the death!"

Li Qinzai looked left and right, and saw that there was a rather high mountain a few miles away, so he pointed to the direction of the mountain and said: "Let's not run, stand on this mountain and guard, if the fate is good, maybe we can wait for reinforcements, if the fate is not good, the Pao Ze brothers are all there, and they are not alone on the Huangquan Road!" ”

Liu Asi's eyes were red next to him, and Lao Wei also showed a resolute look, and laughed heroically: "Fifth Young Lang, whether he can survive this time, the old man is not sure, I can only guarantee that before the old man's head was cut off by the enemy, the fifth young man was still intact and did not hurt a single cold hair." ”

Sun Congdong drew his sword and pointed to the top of the mountain, and said sadly: "Occupy that mountain, and fight with all your arms,...... Fight to the death! ”

The soldiers raised their fists one after another and shouted in unison: "Fight to the death!" Fight to the death! ”

The morale of the army, which should have collapsed in a desperate situation, was unexpectedly high at this moment, as if a spark was splashed into a powder keg and exploded in an instant.

The blazing heat wave that was coming on, Li Qinzai clearly felt it.

His eyes couldn't help but redden, and he sighed: "They are all Tang athletes, they are all good children, I'm really sorry for your parents, wives and children......"

When Li Qinzai led the soldiers to occupy the mountain, the scouts sent out from all directions also returned.

When Sun Congdong saw the scouts returning, he was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked it, kicking them one by one, and after kicking, he pointed at the scouts' noses and scolded.

The others may not be able to escape, but the scouts have a clear chance of escaping, but they stupidly run back.

A kicked scout staggered with his neck tilted and looked directly at Sun Congdong, this time he was not afraid of the generals.

"The Pao Ze brothers live and die together, why do they leave the villain alone?"