Chapter 1996 Withdrawal from Sizhou


    Chapter 1994: Withdrawal from Sizhou


    After Jia Xu asked in a vague question, he learned that Li Shimin had set up a dragon gate formation, and Zhang Liao actually broke the dragon gate formation.


    Jia Xu gave Zhang Liao a thumbs up in his heart and said to himself: I am worthy of being the beloved general that the lord likes. Even the complex formation of the Dragon Gate Formation was broken.


    Jia Xu thought it was Zhang Liao''s formation that was broken, but Zhang Liao said, "Thank you, the military advisor, for telling me how to break the formation, otherwise Zhang Liao would not be able to break the Dragon Gate formation."


    Jia Xu again: "??"


    When did I pass on your method to break the formation? Why don’t I know it myself?


    Jia Xu didn''t know that Li Shimin had the Longmen Formation, so how could he predict the method of breaking the formation for Zhang Liao in advance?


    Seeing Jia Xu''s expression, Xu Huang couldn''t help but wonder: "Would the military advisor have no second meaning? Is it Wen Yuan, you think too much?"


    "impossible."


    Zhang Liao denied it completely, then looked at Jia Xu and said with a smile: "The military advisor does not need to test the last general. The ''storm'' in your credit card is the most important thing to speed up the battle. In addition to reminding the last general to fight quickly, he also told the last general how to break the formation.


    As long as the army is dispatched quickly enough, even Li Shimin can''t react, he will definitely be able to break the Dragon Gate Formation.


    It was precisely because Wen Yuan used this method to break the Dragon Gate Formation, and the military advisor was really a god. ”


    “??”


    Jia Xu''s eyes when he looked at Zhang Liao became a little complicated.


    Can this break the dragon gate formation? This kid is lucky.


    Although Jia Xu was shocked by Zhang Liao''s misfortune, he looked like a childish and smiled faintly: "It''s General Zhang Liao, you have a good understanding and can understand my profound meaning. If you change to someone else, it may not be possible."


    When Zhang Liao heard this, he felt even more respect for Jia Xu.


    It is obvious that he has made merits but he does not make merits. The military advisor’s ideological level is so high that he is noble after his moral character. It is beyond the reach of us mortals.


    It’s ridiculous that those literati and poets often criticize military advisors, but they don’t know that the military advisors don’t care at all.


    As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Liao immediately said, "No, no, no, it''s all the contribution of the military advisor..."


    "No, it''s the general''s credit..."


    “No, no…”


    Looking at the two of them who were humble to each other, Xu Huang felt awkward, but he couldn''t say what it was.


    After a while of greeting with Jia Xu, Zhang Liao led his troops into the city to rest, but then he was shocked by the scene he saw.


    There are collapsed houses everywhere in Luoyang City, and many people are showing sad expressions. The once prosperous Xuanwu Street has now turned into ruins...


    Is this really the imperial capital Luoyang City?


    This was not the case before he left Luoyang. What kind of war did he experience that made Luoyang, the world''s largest city, become like this dilapidated one?


    It seems that the third battle in Luoyang is far from as easy as he imagined!


    Only three days after Zhang Liao led his army into the city to rest, Li Jing''s vanguard of Hebei Army had arrived in Luoyang, and the main force was only one day away from Luoyang.


    After discussing it, Zhang Liao and Jia Xu decided to lead the cavalry and infantry out of the city and march west again.


    Now that the main army has arrived, Zhao Yun''s 30,000 cavalry are approaching quickly in the north, it is time to solve the remaining Tang army.


    Zhang Liao''s leadership had just entered Hongnong County and received a shocking news.


    The Tang army actually gave up the results of the battle. The 30,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry, and a total of 80,000 troops retreated to the direction of Tongguan.


    The news that the Tang army''s full withdrawal from Sizhou not only shocked Zhang Liao and other generals, but also Li Jing and Han Xin, were shocked by Li Shimin''s courage to cut off his tail and seek completeness. You should know that the Tang army dispatched 150,000 troops, divided into two groups, attacking Nanyang and Hangu Pass, all the way to take over Sizhou, and after several months of war, there were only 80,000 troops left.


    Now I finally broke the Hangu Pass, entered Sizhou, and established a large area of ??territory in Hongnong and Hanoi counties. If I give up voluntarily now, wouldn’t all my previous efforts and sacrifices be wasted? The seventy thousand army was also in vain.


    The battle was exhausted for several months, and so many people were killed and injured, but in the end they had nothing. Can Li Shimin really accept this result?


    "The Tang King Li Shimin must be one of the biggest obstacles to the lord''s unification of the world." Li Jing said with a serious face.


    Han Xin and Guo Jia also nodded in agreement. Compared with Li Shimin''s performance, other princes are indeed much inferior.


    Li Jing naturally didn''t want Li Shimin to withdraw back to Guanzhong. After all, with Tongguan, the heroic pass is here, even if he has 200,000 troops in his hands, he may not be able to defeat him, let alone he cannot attack Tongguan.


    The decisive battle in Jingbei is imminent, and Li Jing cannot consume his limited troops in an infinite siege.


    In addition, although Li Shimin withdrew from Sizhou, he still has an army of 80,000 and he may be able to kill him at any time.


    Li Tang is in Tongguan, and can attack and retreat or defend.


    However, the Qin army lost Hangu Pass, and the perfect defense line of Sizhou was broken. Facing Li Tang in the west, he was destined to be in a passive state of being beaten.


    Fortunately, Qin''s national strength is far greater than that of Tang. Even if the Tang army fought, it would not have the appetite to swallow Sizhou in one bite, but this would definitely restrain Qin''s many troops.


    To guard against the sudden attack of Tang State, at least 150,000 troops must be left behind in order to protect Sizhou from falling into danger again.


    But in this case, the troops supporting Jingbei will be greatly reduced.


    Based on this consideration, Li Jing decided to hold Li Shimin back at all costs and prevent him from returning to Guanzhong.


    Li Jing adopted Guo Jia''s strategy and ordered Zhang Liao to lead all the cavalry to attack, and must catch up with the Tang army as quickly as possible.


    Later, Fei Ge sent a letter to Gongsun Yan and Tan Daoji on the front line, and ordered him to lead the Ye Wang and Yiyang defenders to attack and delay the Tang army as much as possible.


    Finally, Fei Ge sent a letter to Zhao Yun in the north, ordering him to speed up the marching and must arrive before the Tang army withdraws from Tongguan to block the Tang army''s way back.


    Li Jing''s three laws were carried out in parallel, and he used all means to prevent the Tang army from escaping from Sizhou. But what he didn''t expect was that he had Guo Jia''s plan and Li Shimin also had a ladder.


    Gongsun Yan and Tan Daoji were both infantrymen. Li Shimin first defeated them with cavalry, but did not pursue them, but set fire to the forest to block the Qin army''s pursuit.


    Zhang Liao, who was catching up, was blocked by the fire, and he didn''t know when the fire would be extinguished, so he could only take a detour, which gave the Tang army infantry time to withdraw.


    The fire lasted for more than seven days. Zhang Liao finally arrived at the former site of Hangu Pass after five days of detour. Zhao Yun''s 30,000 Hetao Iron Cavalry also arrived a day ago. Unfortunately, it was still one step late. All the Tang infantrymen had retreated into Tongguan.


    Zhao Yun''s 30,000 cavalry chased after him at night. When he was chasing him below Tongguan, all the Tang cavalry had retreated back to Tongguan.


    Zhao Yun had no choice but to lead the army back to Sizhou, and just happened to run into Zhang Liao who was chasing him.


    The two Iron Cavalry generals looked at each other speechlessly, so they could only lead the troops to retreat and report to Li Jing.


    Li Jing, who received the news, sighed to the sky and said, "Heaven will not destroy Li Tang."


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    (This chapter ends)