Chapter 1821 Gongsun Yan burns Hangu Pass (Part 2)
Chapter 1819: Gongsun Yan burns Hangu Pass (Part 2)
"Lord, the bodies of the two military advisors and the generals have been buryed." Hou Junji said to Li Shimin with a sad face.
Hearing this, Li Shimin turned around tremblingly and glanced over the rows of stretchers behind him.
The familiar faces that used to be seen, but now they have turned into cold corpses.
Li Shimin walked to the stretcher where Li Ru and Du Ruhui''s bodies were released, his eyes full of self-blame and pain, and tears kept flowing downwards.
A generation of kings actually started to cry silently.
In the Nanxiang War, the Nanxiang County that Li Shimin fought was only Nanxiang City, and there was no general killed or injured from beginning to end. Although the troops were greatly damaged, they were also supplemented by the Qin army''s surrender. Overall, the casualties were not large.
But I didn’t expect that the battle at Hangu Pass would be a battle with Li Cunxiao, which would have suffered such heavy losses.
Li Ru and Du Ruhui fell one after another, and half of the four military advisors were killed in battle.
The personal guards were almost crippled, and the personal guards generals: Chai Shao and Hu Cheer died in battle.
Clan General: Li Hu died in battle.
In addition, there are generals such as Zuo Tiancheng, Guo Si, Niu Fu, Zhang Ji, Hu Chier, Zhao Gui and other generals.
After statistics, a total of 64 generals in the army died at the hands of Li Cunxiao, which accounted for one-quarter of the total number of generals in Li Tang.
In addition to the generals who died in battle, countless injured people were injured.
Twenty-one generals including Zhang Xiu, Kang Anyu, Li Jue, Hua Xiong, Li Keyong, Yang Jian were seriously injured, while Li Yuanba, the first fierce general of Li Tang, was even cut off his left arm.
Let’s put it this way, after this battle with Li Cunxiao, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army’s senior management has been reduced by more than half.
Li Cunxiao defeated more than half of the Tang army''s combat power with his own strength alone. This record is simply a bunker, and it is no exaggeration to say that one person is against one country.
"Lord, our army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties in this battle, of which nearly 2,000 were from Li Cunxiao alone, and a total of 64 generals died in battle, and 21 generals were seriously injured and unable to go to the battlefield again."
Li Keishun reported that he knew very well how big the battle would be to his lord and the entire army.
Regardless of the death of so many generals in the battle, it is said that the Tang King was forced to abandon the army and escape by only one person, which is a fatal blow to the army''s morale.
At this time, the Tang army still had nearly 140,000, and the total strength was still strong, but the morale was very low and it was no longer suitable for continuing the battle.
But what if you just retreat?
Looking at Li Shimin''s hatred eyes, Li Kui knew that after such a big loss, it would be impossible for the lord who had suffered such a great loss, and it would be impossible to give up.
Regardless of the morale of the entire army, Luoyang is already on the string, and how can there be a turning back when the bow is drawn?
At this time, although Li Kui knew that the Tang army''s front army was in a difficult situation, he could only grit his teeth and continue to move forward under the general trend.
"Transport the bodies of all the generals who died in battle back to Chang''an for a grand funeral, give the best treatment for all the injured generals, and then send troops to protect them back to Chang''an to recuperate." Li Shimin said, enduring his grief.
"No."
At this time, Taoist Cihang came over and said, "King of Tang, I have treated his junior brother Yang Jian''s injury. Although it is not fatal, I am afraid I will have to cultivate for half a year.
As for General Yuanba’s trauma, he has been bandaged by poverty, but he has been connected to the broken arm? Please forgive me for being powerless. ”
Hearing this, Li Shimin suddenly became anxious: "Master, if you can''t even save Yuanba, I''m afraid no one in this world can save Yuanba."
Taoist Cihang smiled bitterly. She was indeed a dual practice of medicine, but as far as she knew, even if she was a doctor, few people could do it. "If General Yuanba''s left hand is cut off by the conventional method and healed immediately, I am sure to connect it, but it will definitely not be restored before being cut, and it will be even more impossible to pick up the drumbeat golden hammer.
"This is always better than being disabled," said Li Shimin.
Seeing that Li Shimin didn''t hear what he meant, Cihang Zhenren quickly explained: "The King of Tang didn''t know that the broken arm injury suffered by General Yuanba was not a conventional slash."
Li Shimin was stunned and puzzled: "What''s the difference?"
"The biggest difference is that the person who cut off General Yuanba''s arm was Li Cunxiao who burned his internal force.
The burning qi was too violent. When General Yuanba''s left arm was cut off, the meridians of his arms and arms were already damaged by the qi.
The biggest difficulty of connecting the broken arm is to connect the meridians. If the meridians are not open, even if the arm is connected, it will be just a piece of dead flesh. ”
As soon as Cihang said this, Li Shimin''s face turned pale.
"Master Taoist, is there really no other way? He is Li Yuanba, the once invincible general of Shenwei Tian. He cannot be a useless person."
Li Shimin begged to grab Taoist Cihang''s hand: "Master, as long as you can cure Yuanba, I will pay any cost, even if I cut off my left arm and connect it to Yuanba."
"If it''s not your own arm, it''s even more impossible to connect. The King of Tang is eager to protect his brother, and I can understand it, but this requirement really goes beyond the scope of my ability. Please don''t make things difficult for me." Ci Hang said with a wry smile.
Hearing this, Li Shimin was completely desperate and covered his face and cried, "Yuanba, it was the second brother who harmed you...
"Report to the lord, Gongsun Yan led his troops to withdraw from Hangu Pass. Now Hangu Pass is an empty city."
Hearing this, Li Shimin''s eyes were full of hatred and said hatefully: "Yuanba, my second brother will definitely avenge you.
After passing the order, he immediately entered Hangu Pass, and then sent cavalry to pursue Gongsun Yan. I want to see how he would escape back to Yewang City. ”
"No."
With Li Shimin''s order, the Li Tang army began to enter Hangu Pass and smashed the already sealed East Gate to prepare to send troops to pursue the Qin army.
After the Qin army withdrew from Hangu Pass, in addition to burning all the weapons, they also completely sealed the East Gate with stones. The Tang army moved for two hours but failed to completely clear the road.
Just as the stones were about to be emptied, a fire suddenly ignited inside the pass, and the fire was big and fierce and could not be extinguished at all.
In the end, the fire burned for three days and three nights, and Hangu Pass was burned by the fire.
The Tang army discovered that the fire was still timely, but due to the large number of soldiers entering the pass, most of the soldiers finally escaped from Hangu Pass, but nearly 5,000 were still burned to death.
Hangu Kanto, ten miles away.
Gongsun Yan looked at the red night sky behind the fire, gritted his teeth and said, "General Li Cunxiao, your sacrifice will never be in vain. Even if the last general dies, he must guard the Yewang City."
"Report to the general, Luoyang sent a letter to Feige to pass on."
Gongsun Yan took it and smiled bitterly after seeing it. If the Feige''s letter had been sent one day earlier, General Li Cunxiao would not have to sacrifice.
Yesterday''s second update was very late after writing it, so I posted it in the morning. I still owe 13 chapters in total.
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(This chapter ends)