In the south of Shouzhou City, with the sudden sound of three short horns from the rear of the rebels, countless sun, moon and star flags suddenly turned around, and the most conspicuous "Li" handsome flag, under the cover of the rebels' only remaining cavalry team, took the lead in retreating north. Immediately after that, the scattered rebel infantry, as if they had been pardoned at this time, did not hesitate to turn around and run.

The situation was turned around so suddenly, but the soldiers of the Tang Army who had experienced a brutal battle had already been killed, especially the soldiers under Liu Renzhan, who were full of anger and were about to erupt, how could they let the enemy army leave the battlefield at this time? Seeing this, everyone became more vigorous, and continued to swing their blades vigorously, sticking behind the enemy's buttocks to chase and kill, and many rebel soldiers did not even dare to turn around, but just fled with the large army.

Li Yuan rode his horse a few steps forward with a sweaty head, staring at the rebels retreating in the direction of Shouzhou City like a leaking flood, desperately retreating, and his heart suddenly reacted, and he hurriedly jumped on his horse and shouted: "The rebels have retreated, the whole army obeys the order, and the poor Kou Mo chases!" ”

Not far away, an adjutant general was wielding a long knife to cut the heads of two rebel soldiers into the sky, and when he heard Li Yuan's order, he hurriedly pulled the reins and rushed over and asked, "Big handsome!" Why not chase? The rebels are fleeing and the formation is in chaos, and this is a good time to chase and kill! ”

Seeing that the general's eyes were red, it was obvious that he was already killing happily, Li Yuan just raised his hand and pointed to the distance, and said in a deep voice: "The number of rebels is still no less than 20,000, and they have taken the initiative to withdraw to the city, and they are not defeated at this moment!" Now that most of our soldiers have been exhausted, how many can we kill? Do you want to chase into Shouzhou City? Don't be reckless! ”

Xu was emotional, Liu Renzhan on the side coughed violently a few times, stabbed the long sword to the ground, and reluctantly supported it with his hand and said, "Don't act impulsively!" Li Dashuai said very ......"

Seeing Liu Renzhan's cloudy gaze towards him, as if his words were not finished, Li Yuan hurriedly took the initiative to say: "Liu Dashuai, this is not the place to speak!" It's getting dark, and we need to evacuate the battlefield as soon as possible! Hearing this, Liu Renzhan naturally understood, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Immediately after the two commanders gave the order at the same time, then all the officers and men of the Tang Army quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and burned the dead in battle, regardless of whether they were enemies or enemies, along with the corpses of men and horses, and the sky was already dark, and countless corpses in the camp rose black pillars of smoke into the sky, and soon the whole wilderness was filled with a pungent smell of burning.

The fire was raging, and the officers and men of the Tang Army had no time to watch, so they had already begun to form a formation, and each battalion immediately counted the casualties, quickly inspected the weapons and armor, and then gathered some captured horses and booty.

A moment later, several generals trotted to Li Yuan's side and reported in a respectful whisper.

Today's casualties of the Tang army in this battle can be described as heavy! Liu Renzhan alone, the 20,000 Wuchang army now cut out the seriously and lightly wounded, and there are less than 3,000 people left, and these Qinghuai troops who are newly surrendered to Cheng are worthy of serving as Li Jinquan's cannon fodder, and the entire 30,000 horses have been cut in half. As for the 4,000 cavalry brought by Li Yuan, they also lost more than 800 cavalry, half of which were all soldiers and horses from Langzhou, and Li Yuan suddenly felt a little painful when he heard it.

Li Yuan sighed deeply, and then added: "Some of the remaining grain and straw in the camp, bring as much as you can with you, and burn it on the spot if you can't take it away!" At this moment, it was getting late, and the herald ordered the whole army to set off immediately, open the way for the infantry army, and after the cavalry palace, go to the camp of Bagong Mountain from the dense forest path! ”

The generals obeyed in unison.

Soon the Southern Tang army was drawn out, retreating south into the dense forest, and then speeding northeast.

Due to the experience of the big battle and the night march, the soldiers were physically tired, but fortunately, they were in a good mental state. No matter how heavy the casualties were today, at least the rebels were repulsed, which still greatly boosted the morale of the army.

And most of the soldiers, including Liu Renzhan and the Qinghuai army, have been deeply impressed by Li Yuantian's feat of descending from heaven and that set of exquisite and brave marksmanship, and this awe will be difficult to erase after today's battle.

Two hours later, the army finally arrived at the camp of Bagong Mountain, and Zhou Tinggou and Lin Sichang had already led the army to wait anxiously at the mountain pass, at this time, they saw Li Yuan and Liu Renzhan walking side by side tiredly, and looking at the long line of Tang army soldiers behind them, the number of such people was far more than the four thousand before going down the mountain, and everyone was even more excited than words.

After all the troops entered the camp to rest, in addition to the soldiers on guard and patrol, there was a boiling cheerful sound everywhere, and all the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army rested around the bonfires in twos and threes.

When Liu Renzhan and the generals came to Li Yuan's tent, Li Yuan was drinking hot tea in his cup, and his mouth kept smacking his tongue, looking very satisfied. In the end, after the fierce battle, you can drink another cup of hot tea, bitter and sweet, how not to be happy!

It's just that Li Yuan was a little helpless in his heart, these good tea leaves were specially carried by himself, and he was going to drink them with Emperor Zhou E on the way to welcome his relatives, who would have thought that it would be in the barracks? Obviously, he rushed to greet his relatives, but he inexplicably started a war again, I just hope that the war will end as soon as possible and I can see Emperor Zhou E as soon as possible, after all, this is my life's event......

After the generals sat down, they first cared about Li Yuan's injuries, and after Li Yuan thanked them one by one, he just smiled naturally. At this time, all the wounds on Li Yuan's body have been bandaged, although the injuries are not serious, but he can still clearly feel the faint stinging sensation, but there are no eyes on the battlefield at all times, and now that he has saved his life and returned safely, what is there to complain about? Just thinking of this, Li Yuan didn't care at all.

Immediately, Liu Renzhan, the main target of today's rescue, hurriedly led the generals under his command and expressed his gratitude to Li Yuan very sincerely, and the words of gratitude and praise continued to be expressed.

I saw that Liu Renzhan became more and more excited the more he spoke, and kept sighing: "...... His Majesty once said that Li Dashuai should be the world's guardian Huo! The old man thinks that Li Dashuai deserves it! Today's battle is enough to prove its name! This great grace of thousands of miles to help, the old man will never forget! ”

Seeing that Liu Renzhan, who had the most seniority, bowed down to him as he spoke, Li Yuan hurriedly got up and hugged him, and said with a wry smile: "Liu Dashuai has a good reputation!" You are the pillar of the country, highly respected, and you are still young in the next year, but you can't afford such a big gift! Now that the country is in trouble, Liu Dashuai lives up to His Majesty's kindness and takes the lead in leading the army to quell the rebellion, regardless of life and death, loyal and brave! How can he stand by and watch as a man who eats kings and leads troops? ”

These extremely humble and loyal and patriotic words made Liu Renzhan unable to stop his tears, and all the generals present were moved, but in fact, they probably understood in their hearts that this Li Dashuai deserved such praise! If it weren't for Li Yuan's decision to turn north to help that day, and then set up clever plans one after another, and took the lead in breaking the enemy army, Liu Renzhan's troops would have been wiped out at this moment!

And Zhou Tinggou, who was sitting on the side, was depressed at this time, and wanted to confide in him several times, but he was afraid of ruining the scenery here, so he had to hold back.

His heart is really aggrieved, from the scene of Ezhou City that day to now it can be said to be vivid, Liu Chongzhi is so arrogant and ruthless as Liu Renzhan's parent, but Li Yuan would rather delay the matter of welcoming his relatives and resolutely go north to rescue, and the two instantly formed a huge and strong contrast.

And the most ironic thing is that today Liu Renzhan saw Zhou Tinggou leading the army here, and obviously mistook them for being sent by his good son Liu Chongji, and even praised them constantly. And Li Yuan knew it, but he also cooperated tacitly and did not expose the facts.

Secretly sighed, Zhou Tinggou was very worried, everyone in Ezhou City knew that Liu Renzhan had always doted on his young son, and he would inevitably entrust all his military power and family business in the future. But this man is self-righteous and ruthless, fearing that greater calamity is yet to come......

"General Zhou, today the rebels took the initiative to withdraw their troops back to the city, you are a great achievement! Can you tell me about the situation in Shouzhou City today? ”

Looking up to meet Li Yuan's earnest gaze, Zhou Tinggou hurriedly straightened out his mind and began to tell the story.