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When Cheng Yaojin saw the Tang army coming, he was so shocked that he couldn't help but feel secretly shocked.

In his opinion, the Tang army was in a hurry to turn around and there was inevitably a weak point to take advantage of it. But looking at the current soldiers, they were definitely prepared.

The troops were urgent and the distance was clear. When these Tang troops left, they were as powerful as Xiao Sha. Their troops were far superior to those of the Western Liang army. Seeing this, Cheng Yao knew that he could not be able to fight the enemy. He ordered his cavalry to retreat slightly.

Although he was leading the most sharp iron-armored cavalry under Xiao Buyi, he was also considered the cavalry of the Western Liang Army. The horses were revolving, and the Tang army could not catch up.

Tang Bujie immediately retracted and did not seek success.

Seeing this, Cheng Yaojin felt so angry that he retreated again. He led his army forward. The Western Liang army pressed forward and forced his opponent. The Tang army rushed out immediately and showed off the showdown. Cheng Yaojin was afraid of ambushing. He did not seek merit. He wanted no mistakes first and retreated again. Seeing this, the Tang army slowly retracted its troops. Such a thing three. Cheng Yaojin was not anxious and happy because he had already involved the opponent's troops. And he had support.

As long as the Xiliang infantry arrived later, he was confident that he would kill his opponent and lose his armor.

When the two armies were in a stalemate, Cheng Yaojin knew who the Tang army was. Suddenly, the opponent obviously knew that he was delaying. Why did he come up with this? They were not in a hurry to withdraw, but they were in a stalemate with him. Why did they come? Thinking of this, I felt at ease. A flying cavalry suddenly reported from behind. "General Cheng, something is not good."

Yao Jin's heart trembled. He knew that it was the infantry ranger. He asked. "Things?"

"The Tang army suddenly broke out from the north. After me, our army was suddenly prevented and killed. They struggled to support it, but they could not stop their opponents. Please make a decision quickly."

Cheng Yaojin was so anxious that he knew something was wrong. He immediately led his troops to come back north to meet him. The Tang army took the initiative to attack and followed the Xiliang army. He was not far from Cheng Yaojin's troops. Cheng Yaojin was secretly frightened. After walking for more than ten miles, he knew that the Western Liang army had retreated in the south. He was only a few miles away from here. He was still struggling to support him. Cheng Yaojin was anxious and angry. He knew that he had fallen into the army's plan.

Hunting the horse to travel for several miles, Cheng Jin finally saw Liang's infantry.

The more than 10,000 soldiers who followed Cheng Yaojin to the present, only more than 2,000 remained. The remaining soldiers were either dead or scattered. Only these more than 2,000 people still resisted tenaciously. They did not give up the idea of ​​blocking the Tang army. Some people retreated to the narrow side of the situation. Both sides were high slopes and big rocks. Seeing that the road was rugged, the Xiliang army no longer retreated and laid defense lines based on the situation.

The Tang army came to rush three times, but was actually repelled by the Western Liang army three times, Li Shimin was already a little anxious.

The leader this time is Li Shimin.

Shimin had to turn around. He had no intention of Youzhou. But after all, he could not turn back to Hedong without authorization. This time he was in power. However, Li Yuan had already realized that the situation was not good. He did not know that Li Jing was going to attack Jue's tent at that time, but he knew that the Turkic soldiers retreated from Taiyuan. The Tang army in Youzhou had become an isolated army.

Now the two armies are in duel. The Xiliang army penetrates a diagonal sword. From southeast to northwest, they pass through the towering Taihang Mountains and invisibly divide the Tang army into two parts. The army originally took advantage of the battle between the Western Liang army and the Hebei army. This move was very good to seize Hebei. However, the Western Liang army flooded the Tang army and took down Jingxing. After the Tang army took all the advantages they had taken before. On the contrary, nearly 100,000 troops were trapped in Youzhou.

From the perspective of power, Youzhou was like a chicken rib to Li Tang. It was tasteless to eat and it was even more abandoned.

Li Yuan used the Turkic troops and Liaodong Army to go south in one breath, hoping to use the forces of these two sides to suppress the Western Liang army. Then open up the passage between Xi and Hebei and realize the idea of ​​besieging the Eastern Capital of Xiliang. But from Li Zhongwen's mouth, he knew that the Turkic troops were withdrawn. Li Yuan immediately realized that the plan failed! Youzhou was in danger!

Of course, Li Yuan could think of the overall situation that Xiao Buyi and Li Jing could also think of.

As soon as the Turks left, the battlefield immediately turned east. Many Tang army in Youzhou were in Hedong. How could they not be anxious when they heard something was wrong in Hedong? The morale of the army was in chaos and irreversible. At that time, Zhang Xutuo's Qi County son and Yang Guang's Xiaoguo army were all big and elite. But they were defeated due to homesickness. Of course, the Tang army was no exception.

Li Yuan thought of this. Ma made the decision to abandon his son and gave up Youzhou.

This was a painful decision, but it was undoubtedly the right decision in Li Yuan's mind!

Just as both sides are beating and giving up is a move. He asked Li Shi to lead the elite troops to help Hedong. Li Shimin ordered him to discuss countermeasures immediately with Shaofang Xuanling and others. After all, it is not easy to withdraw safely. Youzhou people don’t have to give up immediately.

Shao's heart, Li Yuan, took the initiative to ask for the staying in Youzhou to resist the Xiliang Army. Li Shimin learned from him. He was happy and worried. Youzhou needed to be left behind. Otherwise, he would collapse soon. Shao was undoubtedly an excellent candidate to defend Youzhou. But staying in Youzhou was obviously an extremely dangerous thing. He always felt a little ashamed of Chai Shao. Shao was not dissatisfied with it. He only said that he stayed in Youzhou and could resist the last period. Li Shimin had no choice. So he agreed to Shao's request. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he also kept Li Daozong and continued to stay in Jumahe. Relying on the county, he watched the battle trends of the Liaodong Army and the Xiliang Army.

Fang Xuanling came up with a plan to arrange for the Tang army to withdraw. He said that if he went to Jingguan, he would definitely suffer heavy losses. Perhaps there would be danger of annihilation of the entire army. If this is the case, it would be better to take risks and go to Kouguan to turn back to Shangdang. He could be in harmony with Li Shentong. But if he wanted to go to Kouguan, he would have to break through Qin Shubao's defense line. If he went south rashly, he would definitely be besieged and intercepted by the Xiliang army. Therefore, he must use attack as a defense and attack the east and west. Qin Shubao is experienced and can most likely see the Tang army's intentions. Since this is the case, Liu Hongji can retreat on the night before yesterday and wait in Boling. The next day, Li Shimin led the army and retreated again. Shao attacked the Xiliang army's camp and involved the opponent's forces. If Qin Shubao saw through the intentions of the Tang army, he would definitely send people to pursue Liu Hongji's troops. At that time, Li Shimin and Liu Hongji attacked the pursuers at both ends. They could break the pursuers and ensure the Tang army retreat safely.

The people adopted Fang Xuanling's plan and withdrew troops in two times. The results proved that Fang Xuanling's judgment was very accurate. Liu Hongji withdrew troops. Cheng Yaojin pursued Tianming. Li Shimin

Chai Shao attacked the Xiliang Army with all his strength and forced the Xiliang Army to retreat on all sides. His own army led Duan Zhixuan, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Hengan and others to go south and attack Cheng Yaojin's back.

Cheng Yaojin's 10,000 infantry was the palace queen. Unexpectedly, when he was chasing the Tang army, he was killed from behind by the Tang army. He was shocked.

At this time, the Xiliang Army showed excellent combat qualities. They did not retreat, but divided their troops to resist. When Yangweilang general Rejifeng resisted, they could only fight for more than two thousand.

Rejifeng was originally the leader of the army. When he was attacking Huainan, he led the way and was brave in combat and promoted to military merits. He was promoted to Yangweilang General by Xiao Buyi. Now he has rich combat experience and is the leader of the remaining Western Liang.

It was the generals who came from the civilian family who led the remaining 2,000 people from the Xiliang Army to resist the Tang Army's pace.

Shimin knew that this would not be delayed. Maybe the Western Liang army came from behind again. It was really a chaotic battle. However, the cavalry could not operate and could only come forward in person to boost morale. Duan Zhixuan also knew that it could not be delayed. The tiger roared and led hundreds of suicide squads to rush forward.

Duan Zhixuan was also a civilian. He was originally a cavalry general who was promoted from military merit to today. The fierce fighting of this man also made people look at him. In recent years, Yin Kaishan Xing Gong, Chai Shao, Duan Zhixuan and others were all highly valued by Li Shimin. However, Kaishan died of illness. Qiu Gong was beheaded by Xiao Buyi. Shao was guarding Youzhou again. When he looked at Duan Zhixuan rushing up, Li Shimin felt his heart beat sharply.

Duan Zhixuan was the first to lead the army, with a fierce aura, holding a machete, and having a strong martial arts skills. He actually fought out from the Xiliang defenders: -Luhe.

When the army saw it, its morale was greatly boosted and it surged up. It was just a concise figure. There were too many people to use it. However, the Tang army's offensive was fierce. The Xiliang army, which had already been forced to retreat successively.

When Reggie saw it, he also inspired a strong aura. In such occasions, the formation has been used: not big. Everyone is tragic and thrilling. He has made a fortune by killing one or two. The Western Liang army used up all their bows and arrows. Many people broke the swords alone, and even smashed them with just a stone. Reggie drew his sword and stepped forward, slashing and slashing. He opened and closed the Tang army. He forced him to stop the momentum.

The sword that Lei Jifeng was matched was due to attack and was rewarded. Xiao Buyi gave it. Xiao Buyi's sword was always made without tuning. It was extremely profitable. Lei Jifeng was afraid of death. The sword was fierce. He saw the broken gun and the broken limbs flew up. He forced the Tang army who was forced to retreat.

Duan Zhixuan was furious when he saw this. He pointed his toes and rushed up the slope, flew down from high, and cut down with one knife. He took the top of Ji Feng's head.

Reggin only noticed that the wind was coming first. He saw the sword light shining. With a loud shout, he swung the knife frame. At this time, two shots stabbed him. He instantly twisted his waist and did everything he could. He was stabbed in his shoulder armor with one shot. Another shot stabbed under his ribs.

The sound of "crack" was cut off. Duan Xuan was shocked. He turned around in the air and hit Reggie Feng's chest with a palm. Reggie was hit by a palm. He swung his head quickly. Duan Zhixuan leaned back and turned it over. He felt that his chest was cold. It turned out that Reggie cut his armor and almost opened his stomach. He couldn't help but feel his heart trembling.

Duan Zhixuan is because of his aggressiveness. Rejifeng is because of his sharpness. But Duan Zhixuan flew backwards and fell on the shoulders of the other Tang army. It was safe and sound. Rejifeng fell down and was about to be trampled to death. Tang army was very angry. Six spears were aimed at Lei Jifeng.

Seeing that Rejifeng was about to die, the Xiliang army rushed over and blocked the spear with their backs. They raised up and pulled Reji and said, "Brother Lei, go quickly."

The man had not finished shouting, and blood spurted out. | Five or six spears stabbed into the man's body. The tip of the spear was bloody and cold.

Rejifeng shouted loudly, waved his sword and killed another person. He was in a flash in his eyes. Ai Dai, who led the army, rescued him and fled to death. Looking back, he saw less than a thousand remaining Xiliang Army. The Tang army was still crowded with people. It was hard to count them all. He knew that he could no longer resist. He thought in his heart that General Cheng was not right?

He led his soldiers to fight and retreat. After a while, he turned his head and looked around. He suddenly felt joy in Rejifeng's eyes and shouted, "Come with me." He stopped resisting. He retreated east first. Seeing this, the Western Liang army followed closely. The Tang army suddenly lost resistance and came out of the narrow path.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came out of the narrow path. The face of Tang Jun changed drastically. He saw the black clouds rolling wildly. The iron armored light Han. Cheng Yaojin held the giant axe to open the mountain and led the iron cavalry to come here.

Cheng Yaojin finally arrived.

The Iron Cavalry of the West Liang held a bow and arrow and shot randomly. He forced all the Tang troops who had just come out to go back. Li Shimin was furious and ordered his subordinates to rush out of here and fight with his opponents. Cheng Yaojin ordered the Iron Cavalry to bring infantry on the horse, no longer delayed, and went east.

Shimin led the people with great might and realized why Cheng Yaojin retreated and saw dust flying in the distance. Liu Hongji had also led his troops to kill him. Cheng Yaojin knew that he could not resist it, so he retreated.

After a fight, the Tang army finally repelled the pursuit of Xiliang. The troops were united and the momentum was even stronger. They no longer had a fight. They went straight south to prepare to pass through Boling, go to Zhaojun, and pass Xiangguo andkou Pass.

Their purpose was clear and they repelled the pursuers and returned home with a heart of arrows. They were sharp and unblocked.

Cheng Yaojin looked at the Tang army away, but he had no choice but to send the Tang army's tens of thousands of people to him. What can he do?

Shimin was eager to lead the team to move quickly. He passed the city without caring about it. The Tang army was so powerful that the soldiers guarding the city saw this. They all closed the city gates. The Tang army rushed forward one day. When it was almost dusk, snowflakes floated up in the sky. When the north wind blew, snowflakes fell like goose feathers.

In a short while, the distant mountains and nearby trees were covered with silver. It was a beautiful scenery in the country.

Shimin was a little depressed. He thought that if a person was unlucky, even if he drank cold water, he would have his teeth stuck. Heavy snow would make the road even more difficult. Could it be that God was also dissatisfied with him?

I dared not delay. I rushed out of the tomb in one breath and reached the foot of Lingshan in the northwest of Zhaojun before I was slightly carved.

Although they are not chased by the Western Liang Army at present, they are in the territory of the Western Liang Army. How dare they take it lightly?

Shimin saw that the Tang soldiers were trapped and had no horses. He knew that the people needed to rest. He ordered him to find a temporary rest under the mountains. They returned south and walked in simplicity. However, they still brought the necessary items to a fire and bury the pot to cook. The wilderness was very desolate.

The soldier general came over. Li Shimin looked around, but he was reluctant to swallow it. For some reason, he remembered the situation of pursuing Song Jingang. He became famous in the battle of Baibi. He pursued Song Jingang's tribe for hundreds of miles along the Queshi Valley. It was the same as today. He rested for a while late at night and then set off again.

At that time, the entire army had no food. He did not eat for two days and had not removed his armor for three days. There was only one sheep left in the entire army. At that time, he asked the soldiers to slaughter the sheep. The whole army shared it.

There was not enough sheep to eat. The whole army could feel the excitement. Later, he fought against Song Jingang again and defeated Song Jingang's troops in one breath. Then he ate the turbid wine and rice sent by the defenders in Zhangnanbao. The wine and rice were sweet. But when the soldiers held the rice, Shimin only felt bitter.

My mind was flying. Looking at the mountain in the middle of the night, Li Shimin had no appetite at all. He was hesitating whether to take a few hours to rest before coming to the road. However, the distant mountains trembled, and the sound of hooves rumbled. The Tang army was shocked.

The sound of hoof came so quickly. When I first smelled it, it looked like a thunder in the sky. The depression exploded like a nightmare that was still awake. But after only a moment, the sound of hoof was as excited as a silver bottle and water slurry burst out.

Hongji had already gotten on his horse and ran and said, "The enemy's situation is unknown. Please bring the iron cavalry first. I'll cut off the rear!"

Shimin couldn't help but feel shocked. He thought to himself that the pursuers who had retreated to the Western Liang Army had no large army in the other counties in Hebei. Seeing the Li Tang army marched, he would not dare to send troops. He could hear the fierce sound of hooves and showed his determination. Could it be that the Western Liang Army would not let them turn around easily and gather people to chase them?

Who is chasing him?

Is the person who came to chase Xiao Yi?

Li Shimin didn't know that the pursuers were coming. But when he heard the sound of hooves, he was already frightened. If he wanted to fight, he was dragged by them. Will the Xiliang army surge in?

The soldiers are so fast. The Tang army is running so fast that it is just taking advantage of the fact that the Western Liang army is not enough to rectify the army and reduce losses. If the troops from Li Yang come up and attack them later, the Tang army will enter alone. Then they will die without a burial.

He no longer hesitated and stood up and said, "Okay. General Liu. You bring five thousand soldiers and horses to the palace. I'll come first..." He wanted to explore the way forward. After all, he smiled bitterly, "General Liu. Take care of him." At this time, the culprit was like going to die. Li Shimin certainly understood this.

Liu Hongji immediately bowed and said, "I will do my best."

The Tang army was anxious but not chaotic. The enemy was refused, and the life was fleeing. Li Shimin got on the horse and took the Xuanjiao Tianshang Army first. The remaining infantry followed and followed. Liu Hongji had led the team to set up a formation. Only the sound of hooves was heard like a sea of ​​anger. A tragic feeling was already flowing out in his heart.

Shimin dared not delay. The horses rushed. This time the Tang army had 50,000 revolving. They chose elite soldiers and generals. They were all quick to run. However, there were slight damage. But Liu Hongji led 5,000 palace rear guards. He was afraid that it would be difficult to turn around. When Li Shimin thought of this, he couldn't help but feel sad. He passed Lingshan and passed Confucius Ridge. The place was where Li Daozong and the Xiliang Army fought fiercely. The broken gun and the tragic flag were covered by snow. It was still vaguely visible.

The dawn appeared. The heavy snow stopped. The Tang army ran for a day and a night. They were exhausted. Just as they were about to rest, they heard the sound of hooves behind them.

Li Shimin was shocked. I wonder why the Western Liang Army came so quickly. Could it be that Hongji had been wiped out? Otherwise, how could the Iron Cavalry break through Liu Hongji's resistance and fight behind the Tang Army?

Looking at Fang Xuanling beside him, Li Shimin was full of doubts. Fang Ling also frowned and said, "The Western Liang army cannot defeat the troops led by General Liu so quickly. There may be frauds in this."

Shimin asked, "I don't know what their plan?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head. "Please bring a soldier to resist the Western Liang cavalry."

Shimin vetoed: "Okay. How can you easily take risks when you think tank? Where is Qin Wutong?"

Qin Wutong stepped forward and said, "The last one is here."

"I ordered five thousand soldiers to resist the soldiers of Xiliang. If they can win, they will go to the gate as soon as possible." Li Shimin ordered. Qin Wutong felt a little confused. But when he saw Li Shi, his sharp eyes knew that this order must be accepted, and even if he turned around, he would have no place to live. He simply said generously: "I should do my best."

The Tang army continued to run north to Qin Tong led his troops to resist the pursuers behind him. The iron cavalry came so quickly. In a blink of an eye, they were fighting and roaring behind him. It was shocking.

Shimin led his troops to run far away. He could still hear the sound of fighting behind him. At this time, the Tang army was exhausted. The Xuanjia Tianshang soldiers had been through a long battle and could still hold on. The infantry had already had legs like lead and were struggling. Li Shimin saw it and was anxious in his heart. He didn't expect that the Western Liang army would be so fierce and brave after being repelled once.

At this time, the pursuers were behind him. Even if the Tang army was tired, they dared not rest. However, the cavalry and infantry could not be synchronized. Tens of thousands of infantry became a burden to the Tang army.

The people of the people cannot abandon this infantry. They only let the generals urge the soldiers to move forward. The soldiers are eager to return home. They all stimulate potential and abandon all the burdens. They only leave two days of food and move forward lightly.

As a result, the Tang army's speed increased sharply. It took a day's journey. At dusk, it rushed into Xiangguo territory. It was not far from An. In other words, the gate was already in sight. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves in the northeast sounded again. As anxious as a secret, the Tang army's face changed drastically. They all thought that Qin Wutong's soldiers and horses were all lost?
To be continued...