Chapter 1970: Tough to retreat


    Chapter 1968: Retreat the enemy with difficulty


    Seeing that Zhuang Zhou, Cihang Zhenren, Yuan Tiangang, and Ma Shanwei all escaped from the city, Li Shimin was stunned.


    "King Tang, something is not good. We were beaten by Jia Xu''s plan. The old thief pretended to die and deceived the senior leaders of the Imperial Party and ambushed ten great master-level combat powers in the city..."


    Zhuang Zhou explained to Li Shimin what happened in the city with a sad face.


    Li Shimin''s eyes were full of gloom. He never expected that when the Qin army was in trouble and exhausted, thousands of elite troops entered the city, they were still closed by the Qin army''s people.


    Unexpectedly, after joining forces with the Imperial Party, a total of seven great masters were dispatched, but in the end only three of them came back alive, and the other four great masters remained in the city forever.


    The main gate of the north gate, which was now opened by Hu Hai, was locked up again by three great masters.


    Once the city gate is closed, the troops outside the city are lost to be replenished. No matter how brave the Tang army in the city is, it will sooner or later be consumed by the Qin army bit by bit.


    Once all the Tang troops in the city are killed in battle, the Tang army can only forcibly capture Luoyang by siege, but it is undoubtedly more difficult to do so.


    It is better to take advantage of the fact that the soldiers in the city are not dead yet, which can pose a certain threat to the Qin army and take this opportunity to attack the city tower with all their might.


    Thinking of this, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in Li Shimin''s eyes and he thought to himself: "Send the order and attack the whole army..."


    "I would like to advise the King of Tang that it is better to be calm."


    Before Li Shimin finished speaking, he was interrupted by a young man, and he was Sima Yi rescued from Luoyang by Zhuang Zhou.


    Li Shimin had a supreme position in Li Tang, and no one dared to interrupt when he spoke. Seeing that Sima Yi dared to interrupt Li Shimin, the ministers of Li Tang couldn''t help but frown, giving Sima Yi an arrogant and rude label in their hearts.


    Li Shimin didn''t care about being interrupted. After looking at Sima Yi curiously, he asked Zhuang Zhou, "Master, who is this young master?"


    Seeing this, Zhuang Zhou quickly explained the matter between Liu Ping and Sima Yi to Li Shimin, which was also what Sima Yi told him not long ago.


    Li Shimin looked surprised, and while amazement, he thought it was a pity, and then he immediately gave up the thought that had just arisen in his heart.


    Although Liu Ping is Liu Xie''s twin brother, with Liu Xie''s fall, no one can prove his identity. Even Yang Jun, who adopted him, cannot prove his identity. Therefore, even if he can rescue him alive, it will not be of much use to Li Tang.


    Although Li Shimin admired Sima Yi, he was extremely disagreeing with his behavior of disregarding the entire family for the sake of loyalty.


    "I wonder what Mr. Sima has to say?" Li Shimin asked.


    Sima Yi said, "The city gate has been closed. If you want to enter the city, you can only force the city tower. However, now Mu Guiying and Qin Jian are both at the north gate, and the price of forcing the north gate is definitely unbearable for the Tang army."


    "What does Master Sima think I should do?" Li Shimin asked again.


    Sima Yi took a deep breath and said unwillingly: "Retreat troops, withdraw from Sizhou, preserve his strength, and wait for the Qin army to change, and unite the major princes in the south to launch an army to attack Qin."


    Li Shimin''s face suddenly became cold and he said lightly: "What Mr. Sima said is reasonable, but it is too pessimistic."


    Sima Yi wanted to say something else when he saw this, but Li Shimin no longer wanted to listen and waved, "Come on, send Mr. Sima down to heal his wounds."


    After Sima Yi was forcibly taken away, Li Kui said, "Lord, Sima Yi has great talent and has a mortal hatred with the Qin army. Since he has been dispatched to offer advice, it proves that he already has the intention to surrender, why did the lord deliberately neglect him?"


    Li Shimin looked at Sima Yi''s departure back and said lightly: "This Sima Yi is not simple. He has a huge hatred in his heart, but he is still so rational, which shows that this person is extraordinary." "Then lord, why are you still..."


    "Although Sima Yi was willing to act, his purpose was to use the power of the Tang army to help him avenge the Qin army. He himself did not have much recognition of our Tang Dynasty and this king."


    Sima Yi thought he had hidden it well enough, but he didn''t know that in front of a hero like Li Shimin, his little thoughts could not be hidden at all.


    Sima Yi believed that Li Tang and the Qin army were mortal enemies and were excellent objects to be used. However, he did not know that since the idea of ??birth, he had already embraced Li Shimin''s taboos. Only when Li Shimin would like him would have a ghost.


    In addition, can Sima Yi see the situation in the authorities, but can Li Shimin not see it?


    Does Li Shimin don’t know that even if he attacks strongly, he may not be able to break through the North Gate, but will only increase casualties? Of course he knew.


    But even if he knows that he cannot do it, he still has to do it. This is called selflessness.


    After rejecting Sima Yi''s proposal, Li Shimin personally commanded the army to attack the city. As Sima Yi expected, Mu Guiying sent Qin Ji to sit in the city tower and replaced Qin Lu, the defender who was heavy with a stray arrow.


    Under Qin Ji''s command, the North Gate defense was taken to a higher level, and even Li Shimin could not find any flaws for a while.


    By the time Li Shimin discovered the flaw, the thousands of elite Tang army soldiers left in the city were wiped out completely with the joint strangulation of the Flying Tiger Army, the Women''s Army, and tens of thousands of Qin troops, and the participation of many masters.


    Hearing the shouts of killing in the city stopping, Li Shimin, who knew that things could not be done, had no choice but to retreat.


    "General, the Tang army at the North Gate, has been killed."


    After hearing the report, Mu Guiying asked, "How many people were killed in the Tang army? How many people have we lost?"


    "Kill more than 3,000 elite Tang army soldiers, as for our army..."


    Seeing that his subordinates were a little hesitant, Mu Guiying suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart and asked quickly, "How many people have they lost?"


    "The total number of soldiers killed in each battalion is nearly 8,000."


    Mu Guiying suddenly felt dizzy.


    You should know that the Qin army suffered less than a thousand casualties when suppressing the imperial rebellion in the city.


    As a result, Hu Hai opened the north gate because of a mistake, but in order to defend the north gate, eight thousand casualties were injured and killed, which was three times that of the Tang army.


    There are still new Seven Swords, and the premise for these seven masters to help. Without the Seven Swords participating, most of them will be nearly a thousand casualties.


    As for the three great masters, Fuxi, Zhang Sanfeng, Bodhidharma, they were unwilling to attack ordinary soldiers, so after closing the city gate, they returned to deal with Yun Zhongzi.


    "Qin Hai, you deserve to die." Mu Guiying gritted her teeth and cursed.


    If Hu Hai had not opened the city gate and the Tang army could not enter the city, the Qin army would naturally not have to pay the eight thousand casualties, and the Detachment of Women would not have killed two female generals in battle.


    At this moment, Mu Guiying''s hatred for Hu Hai reached its peak, and he wanted to crush him to ashes.


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    (This chapter ends)