Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 614 613. Riding Alone
"Report!! Outside Sangquan City, the Xianfeng Army is assembled!!"

"Report!!! Roughly, the number of people exceeds five thousand! The whole army is armored!"

"Report!!! There is a prison van in front of the battle! Inside are two lieutenants, Tang Jian and Lawyer Pei!"

There were still five or six miles away from Sangquan, and the scouts sent by Li Shimin came back one after another, passing on the news of the assembly of the vanguard outside Sangquan City.

Li Shimin raised his hand instinctively, and more than 2000 cavalry reined in at the same time, slowing down their pace.

"Explore again!"

Hearing his order, Tanshao nodded and rode out.

"Second son..."

Du Ruhui rode on Tachuan, frowning:

"Looks like we've been spotted."

"Ok!"

At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly calmed down.

He was no longer as angry as before.

Nod:
"Since I found it but didn't choose to fight it... I want to see what they want to do! Everyone, the formation of fish and dragons!"

Following his voice, the flag representing Li Yuan was raised directly.

The cavalry on the official road went straight down the road, spread out horizontally, and the horses were intertwined and scattered. At first glance, they looked like a group of fish and dragons swimming non-stop.

Once something goes wrong, the pawns who bear the brunt will give an early warning to avoid it, and because of the loose space, they will not bump into their companions, causing a chain reaction.

Obviously, he knows exactly how to use cavalry.

After going forward for about two miles, the detection sentry applauded and returned:

"Report!!! General, there is a general who broke away from the army over there and came a hundred paces away from the army alone. He claimed to be the leader of the Xianfeng Army, Sun Hua, and said he was waiting for the general!"

"……Um?"

Li Shimin's eyebrows jumped:
"Waiting for me?"

"Exactly."

"What else did you say?"

"The last general didn't dare to get too close, but he also approached him fifty steps, mainly to see if the captain in the prison car is still alive... It has been confirmed that the captain is still alive! Gongcao is also alive, but Both of them are restrained by iron chains, and it seems that their acupoints are closed, unable to move!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin instinctively felt at ease.

Then there was a sneer:
"Heh, it seems... this battle can't be fought for the time being."

"Second Young Master, be careful of fraud."

Du Ruhui reminded me.

Li Shimin nodded:

"Well! Let's go! Speed ​​up!"

Following his order, the military formation sped up again.

Soon, the outline of Sangquan City came into view.

Sure enough, as the scouts said, a large number of vanguard troops gathered under the city, forming three phalanxes.It seems that there are no fewer than 2000 people in each square.

Before the phalanx, there was a lone prison car.

A hundred steps ahead of the prison car, a middle-aged general wearing armor, a long knife on his waist, and no helmet was waiting on his horse.

It seems to be waiting for their arrival.

Li Shimin raised his hand silently.

Two thousand seven hundred soldiers stopped advancing.

He rode on the horse, squinted his eyes, and suddenly said:

"Everyone, stay put and stand by."

After speaking, he rode his horse and stepped forward.

"Second son can't!"

"Brother Keming."

Hearing Du Ruhui's obstruction, Li Shimin waved his hands without any timidity or killing intent on his face.

just have a...

It's not appropriate to say it's confidence, it's courage... and it's an expression that is more heroic than courage.

"Sun Hua is waiting for me, why am I still afraid of him! No problem! I want to see what he is up to!"

"..."

Du Ruhui's eyes were full of confusion.

I said in my heart that at this time, what are you still playing?
But seeing him rushing out, after thinking about it... he simply gritted his teeth:

"drive!"

"I'm with the second son!"

"..."

Li Shimin glanced at him in great surprise, and suddenly laughed heartily:
"Ha ha ha ha ~ good! Let's win this battle, let's drink together!"

……

"Da da da."

The sound of hooves.

Sun Hua rode on the horse, neither urging him nor making any movements.

He just watched the two riders arrive with a calm expression.

He came to a place ten steps away from him.

He didn't speak.

Let the young general on the horse look through him at the prison cart behind him.

At this time, it was the scholar who pretended to be a man at the side who spoke:

"My official is Du Keming, the head of Hedong, but Feng Yi and Sun Hua are here?"

Originally, this scholar was not in his eyes.

But after hearing the name, Sun Hua's eyes instantly locked on him.

From top to bottom.

from head to foot.

After carefully looking at it bit by bit, he suddenly said:

"My two hundred and four brothers died at the hands of you and that monk and Taoist priest?"

"... Exactly."

There was no timidity on Du Ruhui's face, he just nodded and admitted.

And Sun Hua didn't see any anger, just continued to ask:
"Then are the monks and Taoist priests here?"

"..."

Du Ruhui narrowed his eyes:
"No."

"What is your relationship?"

"What do you mean?"

"Your relationship should be good, right?"

Without answering his question, Sun Hua just said as if talking to himself:
"Before you came, I didn't hear that anyone took care of the mess left by Wu Duaner in the river east. And when you came, the Taoist priest and monk also came. Since the three of you can follow the old man Going far away to Sanliang Mountain La refugees, since the two monks are willing to help you, it means that your relationship is very good, right?"

"So what?"

Hearing this, Du Ruhui simply didn't hide anything.

But Sun Hua nodded:
"Okay, I see...have you finished reading it?"

Turning his head to look at Li Shimin, he said flatly:

"Your two comrades are still alive. Although I hang them, their lives are very hard and they cannot die for the time being. And I respect their loyalty, so I didn't use any means to torture them. The blood on their bodies is mine. left behind by his brothers."

"..."

Li Shimin pursed his lips.

A rejoicing anger began to surge in his eyes:
"So, should I thank you?"

"no need to thank me."

Sun Hua shook his head:
"I didn't torture them, I left them alive just to attract you. Now, my goal has been achieved."

"You think you can keep me?"

From the words, one can feel that Li Shimin's mood has returned to calmness.

But Sun Hua still shook his head and said:
"The people under your command are all tough. But I still know that you came to Hedong this time, and there were only 3000 people. And I killed 700 people, so now you only have [-] people left under your command, right? "

"..."

Li Shimin didn't speak, because Sun Hua had already pointed behind him:

"My brothers, each square has 700 people. After a while, including me, a total of [-] people will come to fight you. You win, whether I live or die If you die, they will not come to chase you. They will also send the two people in the prison car out and send you away. My fifty brothers are out on missions, and they met you for the purpose of attacking and killing. You won’t win Glory, I feel gutted for their deaths."

Looking at Li Shimin, Sun Hua said word by word:

"You didn't keep any of those 50 people alive."

"..."

"So, I attacked your food delivery team. Salt, if you want it, I will give it back to you. But you attacked my 50 brothers, and I will kill 500 of you, otherwise it will not be enough to comfort their spirits in heaven. And In this battle, I dispatched five hundred brothers to surprise your subordinates as well. This time, we are evenly matched."

There was no emotion in his voice.

It seems that the whole person is like a kind of puppet, giving people a very weird...a sense of dullness.

If it weren't for this moment, whenever he changed places, I'm afraid he would leave Du Ruhui and Li Shimin with that rigid and serious temperament.

"If you want to save their lives, then choose a phalanx. If you win, you take them away. My brothers died on the battlefield, and they deserved to die. But if you lose...your people , including you, everyone will die. Except him..."

Suddenly, he pointed at Du Ruhui.

"...?"

Du Ruhui was shocked.

As the other party stared at him, he said word by word:

"I will not kill you, but I will also hang you on the city gate until the monk and Taoist priest appear. So, you can leave a letter now. I will personally send someone to escort you to the place you designated, And you better pray that they will come to your rescue."

"..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)