Seeing Li Yuanji say this, Li Zhiwan could only agree and said, "Fourth brother, although I am the commander, you are the supervisor and have the right to do so. Then you lead three thousand light cavalry to pursue, and governor Guo leads three thousand men to support you. You two must not be more than three miles apart. I will lead the army to follow closely. Remember not to go deeper, just pursue it closely."

When Li Yuanji heard Li Zhiwan's order, he was happy and clasped his fists and said, "No."

The snow in Luzhou was getting worse, and the snow on the ground was full of feet, and the accumulation was already overwhelming. The horse's hooves were stepping down to an ice pit.

It was snowing heavily, and the world was vast. The wind blew snowflakes and drilled into the soldiers' necks, which made the cold air penetrate the bones. From a distance, people and horses were filled with snow soon.

The bright and unwarming sun hangs in the sky, and the sun shines on the snow, making people unable to open their eyes.

Lushui is gradually moving away from behind, and now the Youzhou army is already trekking among the mountains of Huoshan.

Li Chongjiu pressed his horse and asked immediately: "What's wrong with the rear army?"

Xue Wanche said on the side: "I have fought with the Tang army three times. I have been entrusted to command the army and retreat. The Tang army is just a small group of cavalry, which is not to be afraid. But the other party has been closely behind our army, and our defenders are often less than one mile away from their vanguards."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "It seems that the Tang army is determined to pursue our army and refuses to let our army return to Jinyang smoothly. By the way, who is the general pursued by the Tang army?"

"It's King Li Yuanji of Qi."

"Duke Shanggu, Jinyang's illness is reported!"

"read."

"General Yuchi reported that Li Shimin and Li Chen, the general manager of Xizhou, Zhang Lun, the deputy general manager of Taiyuan Road marching, Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an, Dugu Huaien, the minister of the Ministry of Works, Yu Yun, the chief manager of Shaanxi Province, Tang Jian, the minister of the inner-class minister, and Qin Wutong and Sang Xianhe, led the main force of the Tang army, 50,000 troops from Baibi along the dangerous road of Queshi Valley, and headed straight to Taiyuan County."

Li Chongjiu said, "What is Ying Hefu doing?"

"Ying Hefu commanded the army, and had gathered his cavalry to block the enemy along the way. However, the Tang army was extremely powerful, so Ying Hefu commanded the army could only fight and retreat to block the speed of his marching. General Yuchi asked Gong Shanggu to return to Jinyang quickly."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "I understand. If I pass the order, the soldiers will only carry dry food for five days. All the rest will be discarded and move forward with light clothes."

"promise."

General Li Chongjiu ordered him to order him, and the Youzhou infantry immediately threw away the excess food and grass towards Lushui, such as flint, untied cones, iron horse bowls, cloth troughs, etc., all of them were discarded along the way.

The Youzhou infantry accelerated toward Jinyang.

On the afternoon of that day, Etuo, Wugunai and Xue Wanjun were ambushing Li Yuanji and Guo Ziwu's pursuers in a valley in Luzhou. The two sides fought fiercely. Hundreds of people were killed and killed.

After Li Zhiwan's main force arrived, the three generals immediately led their troops to retreat.

Li Chongjiu took advantage of the fierce battle between the two armies and ordered infantry to camp in the mountains.

As the saying goes, a man who walks is an army, and a man who stops is a camp.

Li Chongjiu set up seven camps in the mountains, and the six camps surrounded the central army, like six flowers. He shot another camp on the high ground next to the road, and used a strong bow and crossbow to control the origin. This was the method of later generations of the Martial Classic General's Central Army, but it was already widely used at this time.

The camps were separated by rifles and caltrops. The chariots were surrounded by a circle at the Central Military Office and formed a circular formation.

After the camp was brought down, except for one-quarter of the people guarding the guard, the rest rested.

The Tang army, who were chasing 30,000 late at night, rushed to the edge of the mountain.

On the mountain road, the Tang army was crowded with each other, and on the hill ahead, the war horses squirted out thick air, biting the horses, and light armored cavalry gathered under the flag of Princess Pingyang, looking at the crowd of people. From the sunset, the yellow flags of the Tang army garrison reflected on the snow, the armor was shining, and there was a murderous momentum.

Opposite the hill, the Youzhou army camp was fully visible. Thirty thousand Tang troops were eyeing each other.

Li Zhiwan looked up from the hills and saw the Youzhou military camps stacked with each other, the tents were as heavy as the mountains, and her brows frowned slightly.

Li Yuanji also looked like a blood-stained battle robe and said, "San Sister, our main forces have arrived. Do you see if the enemy has just arrived in the camp and attacked at night?"

Li Zhiwan pointed with the scabbard and said, "The enemy's formation is orderly and has no flaws. If it is a night attack, we will suffer a loss."

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Sister Three, you are too worried. You see, the enemy's food and grass are thrown away along the way, and they are abandoned, like a dog that is stranded. It just happened to take the opportunity to attack at night and achieve great success."

Li Zhi said politely: "This may be a plan for the enemy to show weakness and lure the enemy. Yin Kaishan was defeated by Yu Lushui. He really hit Li Chongjiu withdrew his troops and reduced his stoves. Although his men and horses retreated through Lushui, they were all elite soldiers left by the river bank. You need to take it as a warning."

Li Yuanji was quite dissatisfied and said, "Yin Kaishan is just a mediocre person. Sister, you are different from him."

Li Zhi said politely: "Yin Kaishan is not a mediocre person, not to mention that in such bad weather, it is not suitable for pursuing and using troops. Soldiers are impatient for long battles. Once injured in the wild, ordinary wounds are prone to death."

Li Yuanji said, "Several farmer died, but nothing... It's the third sister, you don't want to fight Li Chongjiu."

Li Zhiwan took a deep breath and said, "The military strategy is full of virtues and wisdom, trustworthiness, benevolence, courage and strictness. If you don't cherish your soldiers, how can you ask the soldiers to die for you?"

Li Yuanji wanted to make a quibble, but Guo Ziwu said, "Your Highness Princess, the King of Qi is also eager to fight. I think His Highness Princess is hesitant when he marched, and it is not as decisive as he attacked Chang'an."

Li Zhiwan frowned and scolded, "My actions are not something you can teach me. However, Lushui was defeated by General Yin and General Wang, all the troops were destroyed, while Guo Guo's 10,000 county soldiers were injured. Do you believe it or not, I will go back to Chang'an and participate in your crime of fighting in front of your father!"

When Guo Ziwu heard Li Zhiwan's harsh expression, he knew that he angered the other party. The other party was a woman who was in charge of the entire army and was decisive in killing. This was not to intimidate, but to do what he said.

Guo Ziwu dared not give in at this moment. He immediately lowered his head in panic, clasped his fists and said, "Princess, I will forgive you, I will make a mistake."

Seeing Guo Ziwu say this, Li Yuanji didn't dare to say anything anymore, saying, "Everything that goes to my sister."

When Li Zhiwan saw Li Yuanji's appearance with his head down and his feet down, he used to be scolded by himself when he was a child in Cheng Ji's hometown. This was the same expression. Li Zhiwan said this and no longer asked questions.

Because Li Zhiwan rejected the order for a night attack, the army retreated and set up camp three miles, but even so, the two armies were safe overnight.

After a day, the weather was about to be cold. Although the sun was rising, it was even less warm. The weather was extremely cold and the temperature dropped sharply. The soldiers rubbed their hands together, otherwise they would not be able to hold the weapons.

"Why is the front army not advancing?" Li Chongjiu asked.

Xue Wanche replied: "I reported to Mr. Shanggu that there was a light snowfall last night. Although it was not heavy, the snow on the road ahead was buried, which suppressed the path. Although people and horses could pass through, the marching vehicles and horses were not easy to pass."

Li Chongjiu frowned and accompanied the army with hundreds of chariots and horses, loaded with soldiers' armor and food and fodder. For example, the set of equipment of Mariner Hsing-Knight was loaded into the car on weekdays. During the march, who was still wearing iron armor, the soldiers and war horses were walking in their arms?

But because of this preciousness, it is easy to throw away, so if you lose your battle, you will say that you will throw away your armor and armor. You will not abandon your defeated soldiers. If a soldier abandons his armor and spear without any military law, he will be beheaded according to military law.

Not long ago, after Yu Wen and the lord killed the king, when the troops arrived in Pengcheng County, they took different water and land routes. They directly ordered the plunder of 2,000 local ox carts and put all the treasures of the palace maids on the cart. The weapons of the armor were also carried by the soldiers, which caused a mutiny.

The generals of the Xiaoguo Army, Sima Dekan, Zhao Xingshu, and Chen Botu conspired to kill Yu Wenji, but the news was exposed and Yu Wenji was pacified.

However, for Li Chongjiu, making snow on the road and moving cars and horses has become a big problem.

When Li Chongjiu came to the front, he saw the ruts in the snow and the ruts were crushed in a row. Several soldiers were trying hard to lift a carriage that was trapped in a deep pit from the snow mud, looking sad.

The road is blocked with heavy snow, and the soldiers cannot move forward and retreat.

Li Chongjiu asked: "What are the tricks that all the generals have?"

Generals such as Wen Yanbo, Wang Mahan all looked helpless.

At this time, he suddenly said, "The last general has a way."

Li Chongjiu's eyes lit up and said, "Speak quickly."

He suddenly said, "It often snows heavily in Liaodong, so when we travel, the wheels are very tall. Now we can ask people to shovel the snow in front, and then ask soldiers to cut down trees from the mountain roadside and cushion under the car. This is enough."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "This method is great."

He suddenly said, "My warriors are not afraid of the cold. They can hand over the shoveling of snow and logging to us for disposal, and pave the way and bridge the army!"

"Good!" Li Chongjiu agreed.

At that moment, Diji suddenly led three thousand warriors to pave the road in turn. The road ahead was really unobstructed. The sound of soldiers and vehicles streaked on the road, and the difficult road was suddenly unobstructed.

Seeing this, the Han soldiers on the side couldn't help but shouted for gratitude in unison, and their morale was immediately regained.

Li Chongjiu ordered the rear army to demolish all the wooden boards after the army marched, and then piled up snow to destroy the road.

However, the 30,000 Tang troops who were chasing behind him had no sudden tricks. They walked along the road that was scattered by Li Chongjiu, and were suffering. Even the Tang cavalry had to get off their horses and lead them to march.

After two more days of this, Li Chongjiu's army arrived at Taigu County, the junction of Shangdang County, Taiyuan County. After entering Taigu County, the mountain gradually slowed down and he was about to enter the plain.

The front army explored the horse and reported that Tang army infantry was found on the hill ahead, and there were so many people intercepting the way.

The ones intercepted the Tang army generals Li Zhongwen and Pan Heren. Both of them were generals of Li Zhiwan when he captured Guanzhong. They must have led 10,000 Tang troops left behind in Hengshan County to arrive under the order of Li Zhiwan.

When they heard that there was a Tang army on the way, the generals took a breath. They chased Li Sanniang for 30,000 Tang troops in recent years, and the army was exhausted. If they encountered this new force, they would be in a desperate situation of pursuing soldiers.

Li Chongjiu was not worried at all when he heard this, because he knew that Yuchi Gong and Yan had 20,000 troops to support the army, and he must have been close by at this time.
Chapter completed!