The shallow water plain is flat and endless. More than 100,000 horses of the Tang Army were arrayed there, and they looked like Wuyang and Wuyang from a distance. Liu Wenjing may be complacent with her many soldiers and horses, and she is defenseless around her.

When Xue Ju saw such a situation, he was naturally overjoyed: God really helped me! Li Shimin was sick at this time, and let these two fools lead the army, can Tang Junyan be undefeated? Xue Ju has been on the battlefield for a long time, shrewd and decisive, and immediately said to Luo Zonghu: "General Luo, you immediately lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to secretly go around the back of the Tang army, and let's use the horns as the horn to attack the Tang army back and forth!" ”

"Yes!"

After Luo Zonghu left, Xue Ju turned to his son again and said, "Prince, you lead your men and horses to challenge in front of the Tang army, one is to delay time, and the other is to attract their attention. ”

"Yes!"

High Jaw City, inside the house. Li Zhiyun was standing on the edge of the bed and watching the soldiers feeding the second brother decoction, when he suddenly heard Zhang Zheng calling him outside the door, and hurriedly walked out and said, "Zhang Zheng, is there something wrong?" ”

"Lord Wang, just now I met an old acquaintance in the army on the street, and he told me that Liu Wenjing led the army to line up in the shallow water plain to fight Xue Ju in a decisive battle."

"What? They didn't listen to my second brother's orders to stick to the camp? ”

Maybe the two of them spoke louder, and the conversation between the two was all heard by the second brother. The second brother pushed away the spoon handed over by the soldiers, and said in a weak voice: "Fifth brother, fifth brother, ...... the fifth brother" Seeing that the second brother was no longer drinking the medicine, the soldiers had to put the spoon back in the medicine bowl, stood up and said loudly: "King Chu, King Qin called you!" ”

Li Zhiyun walked back into the house when he heard the sound, and Zhang Zheng also walked in. Li Zhiyun walked to the side of the bed and said, "Second brother, what's the matter?" The second brother coughed a few times, then gasped and said, "Fifth brother, did you just say that Liu Wenjing took the army out of the camp?" ”

"Second brother, Zhang Zheng has only heard about it, not necessarily exactly." Li Zhiyun was afraid that the second brother would be in a hurry, so he said it lightly.

The second brother cast his eyes on Zhang Zheng's face and said, "Sima Zhang, is the news you got accurate?" Zhang Zheng hesitated, nodded, and said, "It should be accurate." "Military affairs, he didn't dare to hide it. The second brother was silent for a moment, and suddenly coughed violently. Then he threw up on the edge of the bed and vomited, vomiting all the potion he had drunk.

When Li Zhiyun saw it, he hurriedly walked over to help his second brother, and while helping him beat his back, he said anxiously: "Second brother, what's wrong with you?" You must not be angry, your body is important......"

After the second brother vomited, Li Zhiyun took the towel handed over by his own soldiers and wiped his mouth for him. The second brother leaned there and gasped for a while, and then said, "Fifth brother, quickly, go get pen, ink and paper." Li Zhiyun agreed, and asked Zhang Zheng to quickly find pen, ink and paper.

Zhang Zheng left for a while and found pen, ink and paper. The soldiers found a wooden board and put it in front of the second brother. Li Zhiyun spread the white paper on the wooden board, and then handed the brush to the second brother. The second brother held a brush in his hand and trembled and fell on the wooden board to write a letter.

After the second brother wrote the letter, he handed it to Li Zhiyun and said, "Fifth brother, quickly, send someone to Liu Wenjing." ”

Li Zhiyun took it and took a look, only to see that it was written:

Liu Wenjing, Yin Kaishan:

Quickly scatter the army back to the camp, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!

Shimin

Li Zhiyun handed the letter to Zhang Zhengdao: "Zhang Zheng, you immediately ride out of the city and personally hand over this letter to Liu Wenjing!" Zhang Zhengkou said that he obeyed, took the letter and folded it, put it in his underwear pocket, turned around and walked out.

In the shallow water plain, Cheng bit Jin Lingma and the two armies in front of the formation, so angry that the leopard's eyes were wide open, and he had to be angry. Xue Ju's army is really a fierce general, the eight commanders of the Tang army went out to fight, and they were all defeated one by one, and now, he is the only one left. It's a pity that Qin Qiong is sick and is recuperating in Chang'an, otherwise how could she lose so badly today? Now, only he Cheng Biting Jin alone can save the last face of Datang.

Just now, after Qin Wutong was injured and fled back to the array of his own army, Cheng Yanjin did not wait for Liu Wenjing's order, and immediately drove forward and galloped to the middle ground of the two armies. The jade unicorn that stepped down was as irritable as him, constantly spinning in circles in the clearing. Cheng Biting Jin pulled the reins, stopped the war horse, and roared with a big knife with one hand: "Which thief has the courage to come up quickly, I Cheng Biting Jin will fight him for three hundred rounds!" ……”

Cheng Yanjin was scolding, when he suddenly heard a long horn behind him. He turned his head to look around, and saw that the back of his array was in chaos. Huh, what's going on?

In the array of the Qin army, Xue Ju rode a horse and stood under the banner of the commander of the Chinese army, surrounded by personal guards. With the sound of the bull's horn, he saw chaos in the rear of the Tang army. Xue Ju knew that Luo Zonghu had launched an attack behind the Tang army, so he immediately drew his sword, held it high and said loudly: "Spread the imperial decree, the whole army will attack!" The drummer next to him got the order and immediately beat dozens of war drums. The soldiers of Xue Ju's army shouted and rushed towards the Tang army on the opposite side like a sea of mountains......

Cheng Yanjin immediately stepped in front of the two armies, waiting for someone to come up and fight him for 300 rounds, but found that the other party's soldiers poured up like a tide. Huh, what's going on? Didn't you say that it was good to be one-on-one? How do you rush to it? Fighting in a group? Do you still talk about martial arts? When Cheng Yanjin was stunned, the enemy soldiers had already rushed to him. Cheng Yanjin had no choice but to wave the big knife in his hand and fight and retreat.

Xue Ju's army rushed to the front of the Tang army, and the soldiers on both sides met each other in close quarters and started a desperate fight. Due to the fact that the Tang army was attacked by the enemy on its belly and back, the array was in chaos, and in less than a meal of tea, the whole line had collapsed. Many soldiers lay in pools of blood, and the living soldiers no longer had the heart to fight, but scattered and fled for their lives.

Zhang Zheng went out of Gaoqi City, rode his horse and galloped for several miles, and met a large number of Tang troops who had fled. The further he went, the more routs he encountered. Since the rout blocked the road, he could no longer ride his horse, so he had to turn over and dismount and lead the horse forward.

Zhang Zheng stopped an escaped soldier, grabbed the other party's collar, and said loudly: "Tell me, why are you running back?" The soldier gasped and shouted: "Defeated! The Don army was defeated! With that, he broke open his fingers with both hands and fled in a panic.

Defeated? Was the Don Army really defeated? Zhang Zheng didn't seem convinced. However, the further he went, the more deserters he encountered. Zhang Zheng walked opposite them, like a boat against the current, and finally was so squeezed that he couldn't go any further and had to stop. Zhang Zheng looked at the endless stream of routs beside him, they threw away their armor one by one, panicked, and looked embarrassed, which made him sigh secretly in his heart.

Although there is no way to go further, if you don't see it with your own eyes, Zhang Zheng will be unwilling after all. As soon as he looked up, he saw a small hill a hundred paces away on his right, so he led his horse and walked diagonally through the torrent of rout.

Zhang Zheng came to the bottom of the hill, tied his horse to a large tree, and then climbed to the top of the hill along the sheep's intestine path. The hill is not too high, but it is a small hill that is unique within a radius of several miles. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can see everything in the distance.

Zhang Zheng looked in the direction of the shallow water plain, and saw that the area was dusty, covering the sky and the sun. Due to the distance, the situation on the battlefield could not be seen clearly, but countless Tang soldiers could be seen scattering and fleeing. They are like locusts, densely packed, and I am afraid that there are no less than twenty or thirty thousand people. This terrible scene made Zhang Zheng's heart cool all of a sudden: so many soldiers were scattering and fleeing for their lives, it seemed that the Tang army was really defeated.

Zhang Zheng walked down the mountain in a depressed mood, only to find that the red horse tied to the tree was missing. Needless to say, it must be someone who is in a hurry to escape for his life.

Zhang Zheng had no choice but to walk back to Gaoshu City. After he saw Li Zhiyun, he told Li Zhiyun about the situation. After Li Zhiyun listened, he couldn't help frowning. Although he didn't have much confidence in Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan, he didn't expect them to be defeated so quickly. Since Xue Ju's army won the battle, the next step would be to attack Gaojaw City, and the defenders in the city were less than a thousand people, so they would definitely not be able to hold it. So, they have to get out of here quickly. Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun said: "Zhang Zheng, you immediately gather everyone and arrange for someone to carry my second brother on a stretcher, let's leave here immediately!" ”

As soon as Zhang Zheng went out, Li Zhiyun heard someone shouting outside: "Zhiyun, Zhiyun......" He hurriedly walked out of the house, only to see Liu Shuyi standing in the courtyard with the support of two personal soldiers.

Li Zhiyun hurriedly greeted him and said, "Shuyi, why are you here?" Liu Shuyi stood there, put his arms on the shoulders of the two pro-soldiers, looked at him and said, "Zhiyun, I heard people on the street say that our Tang Army lost the battle, is it true?" ”

Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "Your father didn't obey my second brother's orders and led the army to line up in the shallow water plain, but he was calculated by Xue Ju and suffered a defeat. When Liu Shuyi heard this, he was surprised: "How can this be? Li Zhiyun sighed and said, "Let's not talk about this for now." Xue Ju's army will soon enter the city, and we are ready to leave here. What do you do? Why don't you come with us? Liu Shuyi listened, nodded, and said, "Okay then." ”

"Can you walk on your legs?"

"With them by their side, it should be fine."

At this time, Zhang Zheng had already gathered the people, and the second brother was also carried to the stretcher. The second brother was very sick and fell asleep all the time. Li Zhiyun did not wake him up, let alone tell him the news of the defeat of the Tang army.

Before leaving, Li Zhiyun asked one of the guards to give up his horse to Liu Shuyi, and the two personal soldiers took care of him. When everything was ready, he led the people out of the house and down the street toward the south gate.

Li Zhiyun was riding on his horse, and saw a number of carriages coming up from behind, and then driving past them, most of which were loaded with belongings. Li Zhiyun estimated that it must be the big families in the city who heard that Xue Di's father and son were coming, and they were so frightened that they fled out of the city with their belongings. After everyone left Gaoqi City from the south gate, they turned around and headed east and stepped on the official road to Chang'an.