In a valley north of Nanzheng City, the seat of Hanchuan County, 30,000 Tang troops led by Chai Shao and Li Zicheng were stationed here.
It was already late at night, and most of the soldiers had fallen asleep, recuperating and preparing to continue their journey tomorrow. Only the tent of the general of the Tang Army was still brightly lit. Chai Shao was wearing armor and standing in front of the tent with a solemn expression.
Although it is already late autumn, the breeze blowing from a distance at this time is still warm and gentle. But when the warm breeze blew over Chai Shao's face, it didn't make Chai Shao feel relaxed and happy at all. In other words, he simply wasn't in the mood to feel it.
Chai Shao had been in a bad mood during this period. He remembered that when his father-in-law Li Yuan raised an army, he was the third-ranking figure in the Tang army, second only to Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. However, over the years, the status of Li Xiaogong, Li Jilong, Qu Tutong, Li Keyong, Li Guangbi and others has soared, surpassing themselves one after another. What's even more irritating is that his younger brother Chai Rong, who was just following him, suddenly became a high-ranking official in the governorship of Bingzhou.
Although he entered Shu this time in the name of a general manager, he still had an army of 30,000 under his command. But Chai Shao knew in his heart that Li Yuan had no hope that he could win the battle. Letting him lead the army into Shu was just to give an explanation to the powerful officials of Bashu and Li Xiaogong, proving that Li Yuan had no intention of giving up Bashu. Otherwise, he would not have given himself 30,000 new troops, nor would he have sent just one Li Zicheng to help, nor would he have stopped his wife Li Xiuning from accompanying the army.
Chai Shao also knew the reason for all this, because when he sent troops to Jingxiang, he was unfortunately defeated and captured. Therefore, Chai Shao held his breath when he entered Shu this time. He must win a few battles to wash away his shame and make his father-in-law look at him differently.
But what Chai Shao never expected was that in a dense forest not far away, a burly general and scribe were looking coldly at his camp. These two people were none other than the same people who had The instigators of his humiliation were Sui general Long Zhi and military advisor Li Mi who were stationed in Xicheng.
After the Battle of Bashu broke out, Long Zhi and Li Mi received instructions from Li Jing, ordering them to look for opportunities to capture Hanchuan and cut off the connection between Shuzhong and Guanzhong.
After receiving the order, Long Zhi prepared to assemble his army and set off, but military advisor Li Mi stopped his action. Li Mi believes that once the war between Bashu and Bashu begins, Li Yuan will send troops into Shu no matter what. If there are many troops and horses, he can only wait until the Tang army enters Shu. But if the Tang army does not have many reinforcements, then they can make good use of this support. Army.
Long Zhi felt that what Li Mi said was reasonable and readily accepted his suggestion. Guan Sheng was left to guard Xicheng, and he secretly led the main force to the junction of Hanchuan and Xicheng. He waited until the scouts heard about the arrival of reinforcements from the Tang army, and then quietly led the army into the boundary of Hanchuan.
Deep in the dense forest, Long Zhi looked at the Tang Army's camp for a long time, and suddenly grinned and said: "Chai Shao's life is really bad. He was redeemed from Jiangdu by Li Yuan with great difficulty, and he is going to fall into my hands again so soon." It’s in hand!”
Li Mi also smiled slightly: "Although the Tang army has 30,000 people, according to our observations and the intelligence from the scouts, this army must be a new army. Moreover, they should think that it is very safe here, and the camp is not stable. , the defense is also very lax. Our army should have a 90% chance of winning this battle tonight."
Long Zhi laughed: "Ninety percent is too little, military advisor, you are still too cautious. I will go and catch Chai Shao's kid now!" After saying that, he took his own from the hands of the soldiers behind him. With a golden-backed sword, his legs stared into the stirrups, and he rode off the horse's strings.
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The rumbling drums soon broke the tranquility of the night. Chai Shao, who was standing outside the big tent thinking, was suddenly startled and secretly thought something was wrong. But before he could make the next reaction, the surrounding Tang Army camp collapsed.
"Come on, capture Chai Shao'er alive!"
Long Zhi took the lead with his horse, and the sword in his hand flew up and down, like chopping waves. Everything the horse's hooves passed was invincible. In just a moment, more than twenty Tang soldiers were killed by his sword.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Long Zhi has entered a brave state, his force is +4, his base force is 95, and his current force has increased to 99."
The mount under Long Zhi's crotch was a gift from Yang Gao many years ago, and it sprinted very fast. Guan Ling lost because of his mount and was already lagging behind Long Zhi.
But Guan Ling's young mind always likes to compete with others. How could he allow himself to fall behind others at this moment? He desperately urged the war horse to charge forward, dancing with the green dragon Yanyue knife to the wind, and there was no enemy in front of the horse.
"Young man with a yellow mouth, please don't be so arrogant. Do you know Li Zicheng, the general of the Tang army?" Li Zicheng, who had just come out of the tent wearing armor, deceived Guan Ling, shouted, slapped his horse and went straight to kill him with his sword.
Guan Ling couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "I really don't know anyone else in the Tang army, but I have heard of your name Li Zicheng. Back then you invaded Jingxiang with Li Jiancheng, and after being defeated and escaping back to Guanzhong in embarrassment, you still used your subordinates. Li Yan will be your scapegoat. It’s hard for a young man with such great achievements to even think about it!"
"I'm looking for death!"
Suddenly his scar was uncovered. Li Zicheng was so angry that his eyes were split open. He roared and slashed at Guan Ling's neck with the big knife in his hand.
"Ding dong, it is detected that Li Zicheng is in a state of rage. His force is +5, his base force is 87, and his current force has risen to 92. His intelligence is -6, his base intelligence is 85, and his current intelligence has dropped to 79."
(PS: Two days ago, a book friend told me that Li Zicheng’s strength was too low. At first, I didn’t want to adjust it because he was going to die soon. But then I looked at Li Zicheng’s four dimensions and found that the four dimensions given to King Li Chuang were indeed It’s a bit low, so I raised it a little bit, let’s just regard it as a benefit for King Li Chuang before he died)
The corner of Guan Ling's mouth curled up slightly, and she snorted disdainfully, then she attacked Li Zicheng with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in her hand.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Guan Ling has entered the brave state, the force is +4, the base force is 100, and the current force has increased to 104."
There was a sound of "dang", and the two horses had already missed it. Li Zicheng felt a numbness in the tiger's mouth, and he couldn't help but turned pale with fright. He dared not confront Guan Ling, so he rode away elsewhere.
"Li Zicheng, the old thief, please leave and leave your head to me!"
The Sui army had always counted their merits based on heads and prisoners of war, and if they just killed Li Zicheng, it would be as if nothing happened to Guan Ling, so when she saw Li Zicheng trying to escape, Guan Ling immediately chased after him.
Li Zicheng was chased by Guan Ling in a hurry. In panic, he lost his sense of measure and did not realize that he had inadvertently run in front of Long Zhi.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect that a certain family would be so lucky that they would get credit for having it delivered to their doorstep!"
Long Zhi laughed loudly when he saw this, and the golden-backed knife in his hand struck out as fast as lightning. Li Zicheng only focused on guarding against Guan Ling behind him, but did not pay attention to the front at all. He was caught off guard and was chopped off his horse by Long Zhi.
"Ding dong, it was detected that Li Zicheng was killed by Long Zhi. The host received 9 soul points. The current soul points have increased to 172."
