At night, boundless thick ink smeared heavily on the sky. Under the shadow, the mountains are dark and the earth is so gloomy that you can't even see your fingers.
"The entire army lights torches and marches faster!"
Li Xiuning's screams suddenly came out in the dark night, and thousands of torches were erected on the mountain road. From a distance, they looked like a winding and circling fire dragon.
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Boom boom boom boom boom
After the Tang army lit torches and marched hastily for forty or fifty miles, there was sudden lightning and thunder in the sky, and heavy raindrops fell like a shuttle, quickly extinguishing all the torches lit by the Tang army soldiers.
Chen Xuanli, who was originally walking behind, turned his horse and walked up to Li Xiuning. He cupped his hands and persuaded: "Your Highness, we have marched for hundreds of miles and the soldiers are tired. Now the heavy rain has extinguished the torches of our brothers. , It is not convenient to continue on the road in the dark, so I will see that it is better to find a place to take shelter from the rain for the time being, so that the soldiers can rest for a while."
Li Xiuning shook his head decisively and said: "The Sui army got the news last night to withdraw. If we want to catch up with them, we must seize all the time and tell the soldiers to bite the bullet and persist. As long as the head of Long Zhi and Li Mi can be taken off in this battle, I, Li Xiu, would rather take out all the treasures of the princess’s palace to reward the army!”
Chen Xuanli's brows twitched. Of course he knew why Li Xiuning was so eager to catch up with the Sui army, but the battle really couldn't be fought like this. He could only continue to persuade Li Xiuning earnestly: "Your Highness, didn't General Li Shiji say in his letter, He has sent General Tian Zaibiao and his troops to set up an ambush in the front to stop them, so we really don’t have to rush at this moment!”
"Li Shiji only had more than 20,000 troops, and the most Tian Zaibiao could bring was only seven or eight thousand. Moreover, they had just returned from the defeat of Bashu. One or two small victories could not change their originally low morale. And the Sui Dynasty The soldiers and horses are strong, and if they find that the road ahead is blocked, they will definitely break out with all their strength. General Pingtian Zaibiao's few soldiers and horses cannot resist for long!"
Li Xiuning had no intention of being persuaded by Chen Xuanli, and rushed forward with a wave of his riding whip.
Chen Xuanli sighed helplessly and could only ride on his horse to follow.
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Although Tian Zaibiao had fallen out with Li Shiji due to the deaths of Guan Ling and Xu Ning in the previous battle at Jianmen Pass, and even the most basic disagreement could not be achieved, Tian Zaibiao was unambiguous on major matters. This time Li Shiji asked him to lead his troops to encircle the Sui army, and he set off with his troops without saying a word.
"call!"
Tian Zaibiao, fully armored, stood upright on the hillside, looking at the pouring rain in front of him, and suddenly sighed, feeling melancholy.
After several battles in Jianmen Pass and Nanzheng City, it can be said that Li Shiji single-handedly restored the decline of the Tang Army in Hanchuan and made great military exploits. With Li Shiji having such great military exploits, even if Li Yuan knew that Li Shiji abandoned Li Xiaogong and escaped alone, he would not be able to hold him accountable for the overall situation.
What's more, judging from the current situation, it is a question whether the Tang Army generals who escaped from Bashu are willing to stand on the same line with him and correct Li Shiji. Tian Zaibiao also admitted that Li Shiji was extremely capable. If it weren't for him, the current situation of the Tang army would have been even more corrupt. However, Tian Zaibiao felt disgusted when he thought of Li Xiaogong, who was still fighting bloody battles on the front line without hesitation.
"Report, General Tian, there is a large group of troops arriving not far ahead." At this moment, Tian Zaibiao's deputy general hurried over and reported the military information to Tian Zaibiao.
"Is it the Sui army?" Tian Zaibiao immediately became energetic when he heard this, and reached out to lift the Zhangba spear stuck upside down on the ground.
The deputy general shook his head in embarrassment, "General, you have also seen that the rain was so heavy that the army did not have any torches at all. It was pitch black and only human figures could be seen. It was impossible to tell whether it was the Sui army or the Sui army. Tang Jun. But it looks like they are in a hurry."
"Are you in a hurry?"
Tian Zaibiao lowered his head and pondered for a while, and suddenly realized, "It's the Sui Army. This must be the Sui Army. After the attack on Nanzheng, their back road was cut off. In order to prevent us from being attacked from both sides, they rushed back to Xicheng in such a hurry. Li Shiji had already sent people. Go and inform His Highness King Changguang that the pursuing Tang army should know that we have set up an ambush to block them ahead, so there is no need for them to pursue in the rain."
Tian Zaibiao swung his cloak, strode forward, and said in a deep voice: "Send the order immediately, and the troops will attack immediately. The two thieves Long Zhi and Li Mi must be captured alive!"
"Yes!" The deputy general immediately resigned.
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"Quick, speed up." Down the hillside, Li Xiuning took the lead and kept yelling at his subordinates to speed up.
"Fire the arrow!"
Just as tens of thousands of Tang troops were gritting their teeth and following Li Xiuning, a sharp cold shout suddenly came from the hillside next to them, and then arrows were fired down from two high slopes like a blanket of heaven and earth. Li Xiuning, who was at the forefront, was caught off guard and was hit in the shoulder by an arrow. He screamed and fell off his horse.
"your Highness!"
Chen Xuanli, who was not far behind Li Xiuning, did not see Li Xiuning hit by an arrow due to the darkness of night, but he could guess what happened to Li Xiuning just by the woman's scream. He couldn't help but feel anxious, and immediately clapped his horse and danced. Rushed forward.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Chen Xuanli has entered a fighting state, his force is +4, his base force is 92, and his current force has increased to 96."
"Ding dong, Chen Xuanli's four-dimensional ability has been detected. Commander is 87, force is 92, intelligence is 84, and politics is 80."
"kill!"
On the hillside, Tian Zaibiao roared and rushed down first. Thousands of Tang troops behind him swept down like a flash flood.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Tian Zaibiao has entered the heroic state. The force is +6. The base force is 101. The current force has increased to 107."
"Tian Zaibiao is here, Sui Gou will die!"
Tian Zaibiao rushed down the hillside with his horse and bumped into Chen Xuanli. He roared and thrust out the spear in his hand like lightning.
Chen Xuanli was shocked and hurriedly stood in front of him. However, Tian Zaibiao's gun was so fast that Chen Xuanli's eyes blurred as the tip of the gun had already pierced Chen Xuanli's chest.
Chen Xuanli screamed and immediately fell off his horse and died.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Tian Zaibiao killed Chen Xuanli. Chen Xuanli's data has disappeared from the library of living generals."
