The Tang army's central camp beside Lushui.

A huge sand table, Li Yuanji and Guo Ziwu were discussing how to use troops against the Youzhou army.

The two chatted and laughed happily. It was obvious that the two of them had established a good relationship yesterday.

The two had more than 10,000 men and Li Chongjiu had less than 5,000 men. After half a day of fighting, they could not distinguish between the winner and the defeat. They watched Wang Xingmin one after another. Yin Kaishan's entire army was defeated, and Yin Kaishan was killed in battle, but the two were at peace.

Guo Ziwu was nervous, afraid that Li Yuan would be angry, so he tried to please Li Yuanji, hoping to climb the big tree of King Qi to avoid this crime.

Li Yuanji was also satisfied to be able to accept Guo Ziwu, a magistrate in the border area. Moreover, Yin Kaishan was dead, and the annoying person was eliminated by Li Chongjiu, which made him feel even more happy.

Li Zhiwan sat in a chair, untied her head pocket and placed it on the desk, her hair was like a waterfall.

Guo Ziwu secretly thought to himself, why is this King of Qi so easy to fool? Compared to His Highness, King of Qin and his sister, there is a big difference. Guo Ziwu glanced at Li Zhiwan, quickly restrained his eyes and continued to flatter Li Yuanji.

At this time, the former general led his troops into the house and reported, "The imperial edict has arrived!"

The incense table was immediately placed in the tent, and the eunuch passed the imperial eunuch laughed and said to Li Zhi politely: "Your Majesty has a destiny. Your Highness is bound to be tired, so you don't have to kneel down and listen to the Xuan."

Li Zhi said politely: "Thank you, Father."

After saying that, the eunuch said seriously: "Your Majesty has an order. Princess Pingyang, King Qi, and Governor Guo listen to Xuan together!"

"...Chaer is equal to defeating the Li bandits on the banks of the Luzhou River, and is very pleased... However, the bandits in Youzhou jumped out and I will kill them... Let Princess Pingyang lead the troops and the King of Qi serve as the supervisor. On the banks of the Lushui River, intercept Li Chongjiu of Youzhou and return to the north, and cooperate with His Highness the King of Qin to advance, so there must be no mistakes."

Li Zhiwan shook her wrist slightly and said calmly: "My son will receive the order."

The eunuch placed the imperial edict in Li Zhiwan's hand. He whispered to Li Zhiwan with a smile on his face, saying, "Your Highness, the emperor has a few words of kindness to tell him, this is to make Li Tang fight for a great battle. I also ask the princess to pay attention to the fate of Li Tang in everything."

Li Zhiwan heard this and said lightly: "I understand, does my father-in-law still have something to do?"

When the eunuch saw Li Zhiwan's cold expression, he hurriedly said with a wise man and greeted King Qi and Guo Ziwu.

Not long after, several guards entered, looking embarrassed, and they said, "Your Highness, Jianxue, is having an affair."

When the attendants saw Li Zhiwan's face darkened, they all knew that they were not good, but they could only report truthfully. Everyone insiders knew that Li Zhiwan and Jian Xue were like sisters. Now that Jian Xue has been captured, they will be severely punished as Jian Xue's followers.

Li Zhiwan's lips were pursed tightly, and just as she was thinking about countermeasures, a guard ran in excitedly and said, "Report to Princess Princess, Jianxue is back."

A smile appeared on Li Zhiwan's face, as if the ice and snow had just melted.

Then Jian Xue ran into the tent and said, "Miss, I thought I almost couldn't see you."

Li Zhi said politely: "Why are you injured?"

Jianxue shook her head, but seeing Li Yuanji and Guo Ziwu on the side, they would not be worried about their maid.

Jianxue immediately said to Li Zhiwan, "Miss, I have something to say to you."

Li Zhiwan nodded, and the two of them came to her private account.

Jian Xueyan said, "Miss. After I was captured in the middle of the slum, I was taken to the central army to see the thief named Li."

Li Zhiwan looked at Jianxue and said with a smile: "I know, he will not make things difficult for you."

Jian Xue snorted and said, "Miss. How do you talk for him?"

Li Zhiwan walked to the table, stroked the sword on the table, and said, "Tell the truth. Even if you two don't know each other, he has always been arrogant and will not make things difficult for a woman. Otherwise, he would not let you go when he was in Qiqian Village."

Hearing Li Zhiwan say this, Jian Xue was about to take out Li Chongjiu's letter, but Li Zhiwan raised her head and said, "This time my father issued an order to let me fight Li Chongjiu to the death. It is necessary to drag him to Lushui and prevent him from returning to Jinyang. But my father ordered his fourth brother to be the military supervisor, which obviously had doubts about me."

Seeing Li Zhiwan's eyes clear, Jian Xue was obviously saddened by Li Yuan's suspicion of her.

Jianxue asked, "What are you going to do, Miss?"

Li Zhiwan pulled her right hand, and the sword was half out of the scabbard, the sword light was slightly cold, and the bright blade was reflecting Li Zhiwan's pair of autumn water.

After Li Zhiwan held her hands, she did not answer at the moment.

Jianxue gritted her teeth, wondering if she took out the letter Li Chongjiu to Li Zhiwan. She didn't know what Li Zhiwan and Li Chongjiu would do in the future after taking it out. Now, the 30,000 Tang troops beside Lushui were all decided by Li Zhiwan. At this moment, Li Chongjiu wrote a letter to Li Zhiwan, and whether she had any bad intentions.

"Jianxue, then...will that person ask you to bring me something?" Li Zhiwan asked.

Jianxue was speechless for a moment and said, "No...no."

"Really not?" Li Zhiwan turned her head, and her clear gaze made Jianxue feel nervous.

Jianxue breathed in his breath and said, "He only said to ask the lady to take care of her."

"That's it." Jian Xue obviously heard that Li Zhiwan felt a little disappointed in her tone.

Jianxue felt sad again. Jianxue comforted herself, "I am doing this for the good of a lady, a woman, no matter how determined she is on weekdays, she will become indecisive when encountering love."

Miss must not be confused when the war is imminent. Just wait for this battle before sending him this letter.

In the Youzhou Army Central Army, Li Chongjiu stared at the Tang Army camp. He didn't know what Li Zhiwan would expect to see his request.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help laughing at himself. He wrote in the letter that he was willing to make peace with Li Tang on the condition of giving up Taiyuan County, including the captured Jinyang, the important place he captured. Both sides stopped their troops and married Li Zhiwan as his official wife.

The exchange of a county is exactly the same as the saying that the country is fascinating. Any beautiful woman in this world can be exchanged for a country and a city. No hero who ignores his relatives and is determined by the world will make such a decision.

But Li Chongjiu understood that only this is the only way, and only in this way can he impress such a utilitarian and realistic person like Li Yuan.

Of course, if Li Chongjiu unified Hebei in the future, he would inevitably fight Li Tang, and this would be helpless.

Li Chongjiu kept showing deep thoughts on his face, and the generals around him thought he was worried about the war.

Today, Wei Zheng, who stayed in Zhuo County, ordered people to send a message of 400 miles to quickly and quickly, saying that Dou Jiande of Hejian County had gathered heavy troops in Hejian County and ordered Luo Cheng to recruit troops, which vaguely meant to invade Youzhou in the north.

Wei Zheng asked Li Chongjiu to withdraw his troops from Jinyang immediately and return to Youzhou to take charge. Otherwise, if Dou Jiande's army went north to attack Youzhou, it would be impossible to resist with the more than 100,000 troops in Youzhou.

In addition, King Silla wrote a letter saying that Goguryeo launched a large-scale invasion of Silla in the south, asking Youzhou to support one or two.

As for the generals, the strategy of leading the army south to drink the Yellow River is no longer realistic.

And Luzhou was unable to capture it, and the 20,000 soldiers stationed in Luzhou were strong enemies. In the battle a few days ago, Li Sanniang led his army to kill many generals of the Youzhou army. If it were not for the wind and snow, what would be the result of continuing to fight? No one dared to speculate.

Now the army is unable to advance and retreat by the Lushui River, and the weather is bitter and cold again. Luzhou has become a waste of money. Everyone has long wanted to withdraw their troops, but they are worried that Li Sanniang will lead the army to follow and pursue.

Li Chongjiu understood the thoughts of the generals. It would be meaningless to continue the war in Bingzhou. Therefore, even if Li Chongjiu did not write that letter, he now had plans to retreat to Youzhou to resist Dou Jiande, who had always had an affair with Youzhou.

However, even if Li Yuan refused to make peace, Li Chongjiu firmly believed that even if he retreated to Youzhou, Taiyuan County would not lose.

The audience said this, and Li Chongjiu took a look at the Tang army camp on the mountain. At this moment, he had already made a decision and stopped waiting for news from Li Sanniang. He asked immediately: "How has Lushui been freezing these days?"

"Report to Khan, I have tried it. The river water is frozen and the war horses can run across the river!" Etu replied.

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Send the order, and the army will cross the river on the ice tomorrow and return to Jinyang!"

After hearing what Li Chongjiu said, all the generals were filled with joy.

Xue Wanche asked on the side: "Duke Shanggu, why not retreat at night?"

Li Chongjiu said, "Since you are retreating, you are just upright. If you walk at night, you will be asked to underestimate our army."

The next morning.

Li Chongjiu's 20,000 troops began to set up camps from the banks of the Luzhou River, and the front camps and back camps were launched one by one, Etuo, Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun led the foreign cavalry, the Wansheng Army, and the rear cavalry.

As for Wang Mahan and Tanzong, the infantry led the troops to cross the river from the ice without panic.

Ji Chuan, who was on the bank of the river, also led the camp in Hebei, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were out of the camp, but the Tang army pursued it.

Now Lu Fruit is really frozen. Not only is it easy for people to move without any obstacles, but even riding a horse by horse, it is also worrying. However, the soldiers under Li Chongjiu's command still lead the horse by horse to be careful.

When the three armies saw that Lushui, which was still dangerous a few days ago, was unobstructed and were very happy, and they accelerated their march.

Of course, for Tang Jun, the freezing of Lushui allowed Li Chongjiu to retreat calmly, which was of course bad news.

Li Zhiwan, Li Yuanji, Guo Ziwu and other Tang army generals were watching Li Chongjiu pull out his camp and retreat from the Tang army camp.

Li Zhiwan looked at it for a long time and said, "If you move forward, you are not impatient, and if you are the latter, you are not afraid. The Youzhou army is truly an elite soldier."

Li Yuanji said, "Yes, such a strong enemy, if you let the tiger return to the mountain, there will be endless troubles. My father asked us to cut off Li Chongjiu's way back. Now Li Chongjiu retreats in front of us, and it is the time when we lead our army to cover up the killing and pursue."

"Slowly," Li Zhi said politely, "Look at Li Chongjiu's courage to retreat in broad daylight and will definitely hold on to his side. Maybe he is going to wait for me to pursue him?"

Guo Ziwu smiled and said, "Your Highness the Princess is too careful. You can see what tricks you have in the sun."

Li Yuanji was secretly happy when he saw Guo Ziwu's approval.
Chapter completed!