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Sun Hengan was worried all night and couldn't fall asleep, but he couldn't wait until the King of Qin and Wei were secretly shocked. [-] Finally, he couldn't hold back and wanted to get up and go out of the cave to search. The footsteps came, and Changsun Hengan's heart trembled and watched the changes.

At this time, the sky was already clear, and the outline was clearly visible. The person who came in first was King Qin Li Shimin. Changsun Hengan felt relieved after seeing Li Shimin turn around. Li Xuanba came back from behind Li Shimin, silent. The two of them slowly sat down, like zombies. Changsun Hengan felt furious in his heart, pretended to wake up, and after stretching his waist, he showed an apology, "King Qin, King Wei has woken up, look at me sleeping... like a pig."

Li Shimin was speechless for a long time, and Li Xuan said: "Heng'an, you wake up, then let's go." He got up and walked out of the cave. Changsun Heng'an followed behind. When he passed by Li Shimin, he saw him looking dull. He didn't know what the two talked about that night, and whispered: "King Qin, let's go."

Li Shimin came to his senses, said 'Ah' and asked, "Where is Xuanba?"

When Changsun Hengan saw that he was restless, he became worried, "He is waiting for us outside the cave."

Li Shimin's face was shaky, "Heng'an, are you and I brothers?"

"Of course," Changsun Hengan said without hesitation: "We will marry Wugui to you, is it necessary to say what you are important in our minds?"

"Okay. After you go back, don't tell others that we have seen Xuanba. We... ran back by ourselves." Li Shimin whispered.

"But Xuanba him?" Changsun Hengan asked hesitantly.

"He probably won't say it. I just need you to promise me!" Li Shi insisted.

Changsun Hengan sighed. Although he didn't understand Li Shidi's intention, he still said, "I will do what you ordered."

Li Shiru was relieved and murmured, "That's good." The two of them walked out of the cave side by side and found a row of footprints down the mountain. Li Xuanba did not wait for the two. Changsun Hengan was a little strange. Li Shimin turned over and asked, "Heng'an. Are you seriously injured? Let's go together."

Changsun Hengan nodded. Li Shimin rode a horse together on Li Shimin, but chose another road to leave. Changsun Hengan was a little strange and could only speak silently. The two of them walked west and rushed to the horse. The horse was quite handsome. Although they took them with them and crossed the slopes and jumped into the ditch on the rugged mountain roads, they were still walking on flat ground. When it was near dusk, they were close to Shangdang.

There was no danger along the way, Changsun Hengan finally let go of his worries. Seeing Li Shimin's expression was depressed, he thought he was moved by the 50,000 troops. He didn't know how to comfort him for a while. When he was close to Shangdang, Li Shimin slowed down his horse's hooves. Changsun Hengan said: "Shimin. If we hurry up, we can see King Yongkang in the middle of the night." After he said this, Li Shimin stopped moving forward. He was silent for a long time before saying: "Then let's rest here for a night before talking." He jumped off the horse and walked with his horse. He was worried.

Changsun Hengan also dismounted and followed. He felt that his lower abdomen was still hurting and he was hitting the ground with a sharp pain. I wonder which subordinate of Xiao Buyi was so skillful.

The two walked silently. Li Shimin slowly stopped in front of a deep ditch. Changsun Hengan was puzzled and confused. He couldn't understand what Li Shimin was going to do. Suddenly, Li Shimin drew out his long sword and shone coldly. Changsun Hengan shouted in horror: "Shimin. What are you doing?" He suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Li Shimin's wrist and said anxiously: "Shimin. The defeat in a moment will not be so." Seeing that Li Shimin had no intention of decisiveness, Changsun Hengan knew that he had made a mistake in his judgment. He let go of his hand and smiled bitterly.

"Do you think I'm going to commit suicide?" Li Shimin asked.

Seeing Changsun Hengan nodding, Li Shimin said word by word: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

Changsun Hengan was stunned and said in surprise: "Why do you want to kill me? Shimin, you and me... Wuji, Wugui are all on the same boat. Do you need to kill me?"

Li Shimin nodded and apologized: "Heng'an, I encountered a problem that was extremely difficult to solve in my life. I need your help."

"You said!" Changsun Hengan said immediately.

After thinking for a long time, Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Now is not the time, I will tell you naturally." He waved his sword, hitting the horse's neck, bringing out a bunch of blood, which made the two of them look one by one. The horse was neighing and was about to struggle, but Li Shimin roared over and knocked the horse into a deep groove.

With a loud bang, the horse fell into a deep ditch and its muscles and bones broke. After Li Shimin's collision, he had sweat on his forehead and gasped sharply.

"Shimin!" Changsun Hengan screamed in surprise and rushed to the ditch. Seeing that the horse was not dead for a while, he felt sad. He thought that the horse was so handsome and led the two to turn around again. How could Shimin do such a fierce attack? Seeing that Li Shimin was uneasy and did not understand what was going on, he thought that he would definitely discuss it with Wuji after turning around. His uncle didn't know where he was now. If he was still there, there would be a solution. He still thought that Changsun Shunde was missing, but he did not dare to guess that his uncle was dead. After Li Shimin pushed the horse into the ditch, he breathed for a while, and finally returned to his calmness and said calmly: "Let's rest for one night and go to see King Yongkang tomorrow."

The two found a place to rest, and they dealt with each other for one night. They waited until dawn and walked to Shangdang. {-}

Along the way, Li Shimin was worried, and there were hundreds of cavalry reversing on the road. The soldiers were all very happy to see the King of Qin safe and sound. The retreat suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, the King of Qin was safe, otherwise these people would not know how to face the emperor. When they arrived at Shangdang, Li Shentong saw Li Shimin, they were both surprised and happy, saying that they had sent troops to pick up the Tang army early, but the mountain road was difficult to go on, and there were many forks, saying that the Tang army in Youzhou... Then they sighed. Li Shimin was defeated so much that he was silent. Instead, Li Shentong comforted him, saying that victory and defeat were common in military affairs. Li Shimin heard too much, but he was always comforting others. Li Shentong was used by him, and he was inevitably embarrassed.

When Li Shentong was comforting Li Shimin, a soldier suddenly came to report that the prince was coming. Li Shentong hurried out to meet him with respect. When Li Shimin saw him, his face turned gloomy. Changsun Hengan kept paying attention to Li Shimin's expression. Seeing him like this, he was secretly worried.

When Li Jiancheng saw Li Shimin, his joy was uncontrollable. He grabbed his brother's hand and said, "Shimin, just come back. I have always been worried. Don't take this failure to heart."

Li Shimin's arm was a little stiff and he smiled and said, "What's the face of defeating this way to meet his father?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "You have tried your best, how can there be a general who will win on the battlefield?"

Li Shimin slowly put down his hand. Li Jiancheng felt that Li Shimin's attitude was a bit abnormal. He only thought that his defeat caused his bad mood. He thought that this situation could only make him calm down first. He turned to Li Shentong: "King Yongkang, I came this time, but I have something to discuss with you."

Li Shentong said respectfully: "If you have something to do, please give me instructions."

Li Jiancheng said: "Uncle, don't be polite,

This time, my father asked you to lead the troops, so we will deal with the Hedong Army."

Li Shimin sat down slowly, looking a little tired. The military situation was urgent, and Li Jiancheng said straight: "The Western Liang army has broken through the Turkic tent, and Li Khan's whereabouts are unknown, so we can only rely on ourselves."

Li Shentong said in a lost voice: "Did they break through the Turkic tooth tent? How could they have such supernatural powers?" It turned out that the news that Xu Shiji directly attacked the Turkic tooth tent was only now spread to Hedong. After receiving the news, Li Jiancheng immediately came from Jiangjun to Shangdang to discuss countermeasures.

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Shimin and said, "Fortunately, my father asked you to turn around in time, otherwise they would attack Youzhou from the grassland, and you would really be attacked from both sides."

Li Shimin's face changed slightly and he said in a lost voice: "Although I turn around, Chai Shao, Daozong and others may be attacked by the Xiliang Army in the north and south."

Li Jiancheng sighed, "That's helpless." He changed the topic and said, "King Yongkang felt that Taiyuan was already an isolated city, and it was probably difficult to support it. The latest news is that although Xiao Buyi had not yet captured Taiyuan, he conquered Qingyuan, Pingyao, Wenshui and other counties in the south of Taiyuan in a row."

Li Shentong was secretly frightened and said forcefully: "So what if you are aggressive? Didn't Liu Wuzhou pass through Queshi Valley and fight to Jiangjun in one breath, but wasn't he beaten by the King of Qin and fled in panic?"

Li Jiancheng was in a while, and at that time, Liu Wuzhou was in a difficult situation and the Turks attacked the retreat. Because Liu Wuzhou was unpopular, this was the only way for Shimin to succeed. But his opponent is Xiao Buyi. He not only fought against the Turks, but also had a lot of people's hearts. Xiao Buyi did not have the shortcomings of Liu Wuzhou. Xiao Buyi included all the advantages of Liu Wuzhou, and he had more advantages than Liu Wuzhou. Now it is a hard battle. If he is careless, he can be said to be a loss.

Li Tang can no longer afford to lose.

This time, Li Tang had already fought against the enemy and wanted to lose Hedong. He might also export Guanzhong together, so he should not be careless. But at this time, he should be inspiring. Li Jiancheng smiled and said, "What my uncle said makes sense, but we should not be careless. At present, Liu Zhenghui, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is preparing countermeasures, and his father also began to send additional reinforcements to Huoyi and Jiahu Fort, preparing to rely on the terrain to resist the southward advance of the Xiliang Army."

Li Shentong nodded and said, "What the emperor thinks is very much..." He said something else, and a soldier arrived in a hurry, "Report to the prince, King Yongkang, there is an emergency military service."

Li Shijian that the soldiers who Chuanxin did not take him seriously, and his eyebrows were raised.

Li Jiancheng also felt that it was not easy to scold him. He took the military article and opened it. His face changed slightly. He handed it to Li Shimin and said, "Shimin, the situation is a bit bad." His inadvertent actions were just to relieve his brother's dissatisfaction and do things properly. Li Shentong asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

"The Xiliang Army divided its troops into two groups, attacking Jiexiu and reaching Taigu Pass." Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "Can you say... Xiao Buyi is preparing to attack Hedong in a large scale this winter?"

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While Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Li Shentong were discussing the war in Hedong, Xiao Buyi was running towards the direction of the well and pass with hundreds of personal guards.

In fact, after the news of Xu Shiji's big break, Xiao Buyi was preparing to take all the land of Taiyuan.

The Tang army gave up Taiyuan to allow Turkic soldiers to fight, which also made the troops near Taiyuan extremely empty. After the 300,000 Turkic soldiers collapsed, Xiao Buyi wanted to take these places, which was easy to capture. First, the people of Taiyuan were no longer satisfied with the Tang army's tolerance for the Turkics, and second, even if there were Tang troops in these places, they could no longer form a real confrontation.

However, the incident of going south in large numbers was delayed because Qin Shubao's condition was delayed.

When Qin Shubao was ill, the battle of Hebei lacked the people to take charge of the overall situation. Xiao Buyi could only send Yuchi Gong to the camp. In addition, it was cold winter and it was inconvenient to march. Xiao Buyi ordered the generals to temporarily besiege Taiyuan, and then divide the counties around Taiyuan to isolate Taiyuan City. Fang Xuanling used a plan to doubt the soldiers to help Li Shimin turn around and defeat Cheng Yaojin's tribe. Unexpectedly, Qin Shubao asked Yunshui to hold the camp at the cost of stimulating human potential and reducing life. Chi Gong temporarily led the army to attack and defeated Chai Shao's tribe. He ignored the Tang army in Youzhou and attacked the Tang army in Nangui with military strategy.

Although Cheng Yaojin was defeated, Yuchi Gong was not discouraged. He immediately adjusted his strategy and rushed straight to the direction of the Tang army's retreat in three directions.

This method was extremely effective. In order to seek a quick retreat, Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling sent Liu Hongji, Qin Wutong and Duan Zhixuan to lead the troops to intercept the opponent. However, the Tang army was dispersed by Yuchi Gong's military plan. After the Tang army was restrained by the Western Liang cavalry, the Western Liang infantry arrived immediately and defeated the three Tang troops. Liu Hongji, Qin Wutong and Duan Zhixuan were all separated in the chaos and the escape was unknown.

Although most of the Tang army were killed and injured, Yuchi Gong no longer had time to seize the gate, so he was not aware of what happened in the Taihang Mountains.

Xiao Buyi didn't know about Taihang Mountain and had been in Taiyuan all the time. He rushed to the well and was only for one reason. Qin Shubao was critically ill! After Xiao Buyi received the news, he immediately suspended all his affairs and rushed to Yishui at night.

The wind is whistling and the water is cold!

Is the hero really no longer returning this time?

Xiao Buyi felt uncomfortable when he thought of this. He respected Qin Shubao's character but could not save his life. He had done his best.

When they arrived at the Xiliang Army Camp in Yishui, Xiao Buyi received another news that the Tang army next to Yishui had temporarily withdrawn from Shanggu and gave up the strategy of confronting the Xiliang Army in Yishui.

Li Shimin took the elite troops to revolve and drew most of the Youzhou defenders. Such troops could not be able to confront the Xiliang army on the whole line. In order to defend the land of Youzhou, Chai Shao retreated from Yishui to Shanggu Li Daozong retreated from Jumahebei to Gu'an, and his defense forces were completely retracted.

Xiao Buyi was not concerned about this news and the Turks were in a slump and could not interfere with his unification of the world. At present, the troops and terrain of Youzhou were as strong as the Jiangdu of Wang Shichong at that time. If Hedong was defeated, Youzhou would be defeated. Since this is the case, the attack was not in a hurry.

What made Xiao Buyi a little concerned about was Xu Shiji's victory or defeat against the Liaodong Army. Yuan Gai Suwen led 30,000 elite troops from Liaodong to the south, Shu Zhan Wei, Guan Chuchen and other generals struggled to support him, but they were a little unsupported. At that time, Yang Guang's hundreds of thousands of troops conquered Liaodong, but only a few thousand people left to turn around. This shadow could not be eliminated for a long time, and even made all officials of the Sui Dynasty think that Liaodong cannot be attacked for a long time. Shu Zhan Wei, Guan Chuchen was born as a general, and he followed Xiao Buyi for many years to conquer Xiao Buyi, and he had rich combat experience. He was still worried about the Liaodong Army. Xu Shiji wanted to break this concern of the world. This battle must be won, and he must be beautiful. If this battle wins, it will even be related to the success of the conquest of Liaodong in the future.

When he entered the military camp, he saw A Rue coming up, Xiao Buyi was not surprised.

The news of great news came out, and Xiao Buyi was definitely not the only one who cares about his safety.

The Western Liang Army knew about Qin Shubao's condition, and they were very sad, and they silently hoped that he would improve.

The gratitude and concern of the four brothers Ah Ru and Bat to Qin Shubao is self-evident.

You should know that although Qin Shubao was sad, the fatal reason was that he was hit by the Seven Emotions Gu. He was hit by the Seven Emotions Gu to save A Su and the Fourth Lao. How could A Su and the Fourth Lao not feel guilty and apologized?

Asu's eyes were a little red and swollen. When he saw Xiao Buyi coming, he said sadly: "King of Xiliang, General Qin... he really can't do it. You... you have to think of a way to save him, whatever you want!"

Xiao Buyi patted A Rue's shoulder and said helplessly: "A Rue, who doesn't want to go in the world? General Qin asked for benevolence and gain benevolence, which makes people sad, but after all..." He sighed and stopped talking and walked into the tent. When A Ruyi heard what Xiao Buyi said, he knew that there was no turning point and was inexplicably sad. Xiao Buyi arrived in the military tent and saw Cheng Yaojin, Lu Laosan, Fourth Laos, and Shi Dana were all there. Except for Cheng Yaojin, these people were all from Bashu that year. Bat and Laoswu had also been to Bashu together, but they were currently rescuing Pei Mingcui on the grassland and could not turn around.

Everyone saw Xiao Buyi entering the tent, and they all waved their hands, "No need to be polite." Yunshui, the only person sitting in the tent, was not moving. Hearing that Xiao Buyi entered the tent, he didn't look back and just looked at Qin Shubao.

That look was like an ancient stare.

Xiao Buyi never thought that this woman was like a deep affectionate moment.

Shi Danai said: "King of Xiliang, the war in Changping is urgent, Pei Jun cannot come in person, just ask me to greet him. I...I..."

"It's okay." Xiao Buyi knew that Shi Dana was in a dilemma, and was worried about Qin Shubao's safety, and was concerned about the battle situation in Hedong. He comforted him: "It should be okay to have General Pei in Changping."

He approached Qin Shubao's couch and glanced sideways until Yunshui looked dim and tears fell. Xiao Buyi felt a little anxious. The only thing he was looking for now was Yunshui, but when he saw her expression, he knew that there was no hope.

Sit down slowly and holding Uncle Qin's skinny hand with his scarred arm, Xiao Buyi felt sad and speechless for a long time.

Qin Shubao was in a semi-coma and felt someone coming over. He slowly opened his eyes. When he saw that it was Xiao Buyi, he smiled at the corner of his mouth, "King of Xiliang, Shu Mo is... I am sick, I can't..."

Xiao Buyi's palm tightened and she said, "Brother Qin, you don't have to bow! Only General Zhang is worthy of your bow in this world. I am not worthy of it! I am very apologized to you!"

Qin Shubao smiled and said, "Brother Xiao, you said, "You were so embarrassed, and woke me up, so that I could live for a few more years... I was grateful." His eyes swept around and saw the people around him, and slowly said, "I have been wondering... if anyone remembers me after death, today... I have no regrets."

Xiao Buyi held Qin Shubao's hand tightly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

The fourth brother stepped forward and said in tears: "General Qin, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been like this. I just hate... powerlessness."

Qin Shubao smiled and said, "Fourth brother, don't be stupid. I have chosen the road myself... I'm wrong... I have to leave. If I used to complain, I always complained, and complained that God made it difficult for me to make a decision between loyalty and filial piety. But now I think about it, I feel relieved. I can be loyal and filial piety now. Isn't it God gave me the opportunity to make up for it? When I was caught in the Gu, I already knew the result. If I did it again, I would do it. Wouldn't it be the same if it were you?"

The fourth brother choked in his throat and could no longer speak.

Shi Dana stepped forward and said, "Brother Qin, it's actually... it should be me..." He said vaguely, but everyone knew what he meant. When Yunshui selected people to give the Seven Emotional Gu, Shi Dana, and Qin Shubao all tried to be the medicine guide, but Qin Shubao was the medicine guide. After all, Shi Dana was the medicine guide when he saw Qin Shubao like this, and remembered the situation back then, he didn't know what it felt.

Qin Shubao said: "If it were you, then isn't I the one who is sad now? Now I'm happy, you are sad... After all, I'm still... I took advantage of it." He was still joking at this time, but no one laughed. Shi Danai clenched his fists, looked at Yunshui, and begged: "Princess, I know that you have the most witchcraft in the world. I only ask you... to lead the Seven Emotions Gu to me. Can I replace Brother Qin?"
To be continued...