Most of the 30,000 Tang troops led by Chai Shao were soldiers recruited in the past two years. In addition, they thought that there was no war in the Hanchuan area and it should be a very safe place. After nightfall, he fell asleep early, without much precaution at all.
When the Sui army launched a large-scale attack on the camp, many people woke up from their sleep in a daze. They were stabbed to death by the Sui soldiers who broke in without even putting on their armor.
Looking at the camp that was already in chaos, Chai Shao couldn't help but feel grief-stricken and fell to his knees, two lines of tears falling from his face.
Anger, unwillingness, pain and other mixed emotions all came to my mind.
Chai Shao knew in his heart that after this disastrous defeat, Li Yuan, who was already dissatisfied with him, would not give him any more opportunities, which also meant that his official career was over.
"General, go quickly, the Sui army is coming!"
Chai Shiji, his confidant who had been following him for many years, saw that the situation was critical. He couldn't help but become anxious and hurriedly persuaded Chai Shao to run away.
"Chai Shao, please leave, but do you still remember me, Long Zhi?"
With a roar, Long Zhi galloped over on his horse, waving the sword in his hand like the wind. No one knew how many dead souls had died under his golden-backed sword.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, Chai Shao's head belongs to me, no one can take it from me!"
There were only two generals in the Tang army. Li Zicheng's head had already been snatched by Long Zhi. Naturally, Guan Ling could not let Chai Shao fall into Long Zhi's hands again. He galloped straight towards Chai Shao with his horse.
Two generals of the Sui army led the charge, killing the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty until they howled like ghosts and wolves, with dead and wounded everywhere. No one could stop their progress.
Chai Shiji, who loyally protected the Lord, saw the menacing attack of Long Zhi and Guan Ling, and regardless of etiquette and dignity, he picked up Chai Shao who was kneeling on the ground and cried bitterly, got on his horse and fled away.
"Stop for me!"
Guan Ling roared when he saw this, hung the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in front of the saddle, took out a big bow from the back of the saddle, strung the arrow, and aimed at the master and servant who were running away.
Whoosh!
The bowstring sounded, and the arrow flew out from the bowstring, hitting the two men's mounts in the crotch. The horse neighed in pain and immediately knocked the master and servant off their horses.
"General, leave quickly. I humbly serve you as my queen!"
After falling off his horse, Chai Shiji knew something was wrong and had no time to think about it. He pushed Chai Shao out, picked up a spear on the ground with his backhand, and with a roar, he rushed towards Guan Ling.
"Don't overestimate your capabilities!"
Guan Ling roared angrily, and the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand slashed Huashan Mountain with an ax and flew down in the air. Chai Shiji felt a cold light appear in front of his eyes. When the spear in his hand was still in the air, the Qinglong Yanyue Sword had already struck his forehead. With just a "puff" sound, Chai Shiji instantly turned into a headless corpse.
On the other side, Chai Shao had already realized that if he was defeated, his official career would be cut off at most, but if he was defeated and captured again, with Li Yuan's face-saving personality, then he might not even be able to be a prince-in-law.
However, although Chai Shao came to his senses, he still could not escape the clutches of the Sui army. He ran out no more than a dozen steps before he was blocked by Long Zhi who was coming from the other side.
Long Zhi looked at Chai Shao in front of the horse and grinned: "Chai Shao, we haven't seen you for a long time!"
Chai Shao hurriedly turned around to escape, but Guan Ling from behind had already urged his horse to catch up. He raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand, pointed at Chai Shao and said coldly: "Chai Shao, you have no way to escape, just be bound!"
Chai Shao laughed miserably and said sternly: "I, Chai Shao, a prince consort of the Tang Dynasty, how can I be humiliated by you villagers one after another and discredit the Tang Dynasty!"
As he spoke, he pulled out his sword and swiped it on his neck, tearing his throat immediately and causing blood to spurt out. He slowly fell backwards and gradually stopped breathing.
"Ding dong, it was detected that Chai Shao committed suicide. The host received 9 soul points. The current total number of soul points has increased to 188."
"Dingdong, Chai Shao's four-dimensional ability has been detected. Command is 90, force is 86, intelligence is 88, and politics is 86."
Chai Shao died, and Long Zhi was about to dismount and take his head to surrender to the Tang army. However, he saw military advisor Li Mi galloping from a distance, escorted by dozens of soldiers, and stopped Long Zhi's move: "General Long , don’t worry about these Tang army’s rout. You immediately select a group of elite soldiers and strong generals to mix among the Tang army’s rout and rush to Nanzheng, and seize the opportunity to deceive the city and capture the city!”
"What does this mean, military advisor?"
Long Zhi asked in confusion: "Chai Shao is dead, and the Tang army is leaderless. At this time, we can use his head to recruit at least ten thousand surrendered soldiers. Why does the military advisor want me to leave these soldiers alone?"
Li Mi shook his head and explained: "These Tang soldiers are all from Guanzhong, and their parents, wives, and children are all in Guanzhong. It would be fine on ordinary days, but now that Chai Shao, the prince-in-law of the Tang Dynasty, is dead, Li Yuan has great face, and Hanchuan The county is adjacent to Guanzhong and is a strategic location. I am afraid that Li Yuan will send troops to counterattack soon. These soldiers are very likely to defect before the battle and must not be used!"
Long Zhi suddenly realized: "What the military advisor said makes sense, I understand! I will lead a group of troops to mix with the defeated Tang army, and capture Nanzheng City first."
Guan Ling on the side said displeasedly: "General Long, you have already accomplished a great feat by beheading Li Zicheng, a member of the Tang Dynasty clan. The general has not yet accomplished anything, so leave the task of attacking Nanzheng to me!"
Long Zhi was free and easy, thinking that he just snatched Li Zicheng's head from Guan Ling, so he laughed, nodded and said: "Okay, then I will lead the army to escort back, and Nanzheng City will be handed over to General Xiaoguan." ”
Guan Ling was overjoyed, bowed her hands in thanks and then rode away.
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The guard general of Nanzheng City was Li Xiaocha, the second son of Li Yuan's cousin Li Shentong. His talents were extremely mediocre, and his ability to become the prefect of Hanchuan was entirely due to the credit of his father, Li Shentong.
Guan Ling led two thousand elites who put on Tang army uniforms and mingled with the defeated Tang army, and easily sneaked into Nanzheng City. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the defending Tang army, he suddenly launched an attack and captured the city gate in one fell swoop.
When Li Xiaocha learned that the city gate had been lost, he immediately panicked. He didn't know how to organize the sergeants to resist. Instead, he was greedy for life and feared death. He fled out of the city under the protection of a group of soldiers and left everything to the deputy general.
The deputy general of Nanzheng City was Sheng Yanshi who had accompanied Chai Shao to attack Jingxiang. Unfortunately, he was captured when the army was defeated. In prison, he resolutely refused the Sui army's solicitation, and later returned to the Tang Dynasty with Chai Shao.
However, his loyalty was not rewarded by Li Yuan. Instead, Li Yuan deprived him of his title on the grounds that he was defeated and captured. He was dismissed from the general position, demoted to Lang Jiang, and demoted to Hanchuan County to serve as Li Xiaocha's deputy general.
Li Yuan's behavior deeply chilled Master Sheng Yan's heart, and now that Li Xiaocha abandoned the city and fled, Master Sheng Yan finally despaired of the Tang Dynasty. He changed his mind and removed several generals from Guanlong who were resolutely resisting the Sui army, and led the entire army to surrender to the Sui army.
