Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 483
Chapter [-]: The Unknown General Under the Mo Dao
The soldiers of the Zheng army in the brigade marched towards Hulao Pass in a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry.Looking down from the sky, Xia Jun's army is like a torrent, occupying the official road, advancing mightily.

The flags are flying and the drums are loud.Sitting on the chariot, Dou Jiande was condescending, looked at Li Shiji and Li Shentong, smiled slightly and said, "Guess who Li Shimin will send to guard Hulao Pass?"

Li Shentong shook his head, and said in a condescending way: "Foreign ministers...Foreign ministers...unknown..."

"Hmph, it's not that you don't know, but you dare not say it!" Dou Jiande said vigorously, "King Yongkang, if you say I won't kill you, will Li Yuan kill you?"

Li Shentong was stunned, and smiled slightly: "The prince's crime is the same as that of the common people. Li Shou (Li Shentong's real name) lost the city and land, lost his teacher and humiliated the country. The crime should be executed."

Dou Jiande showed a sneer: "Is it interesting to say insincere words in front of me? If you really want to die, no one will stop you..."

Li Shentong's face turned red from holding back.

Dou Jiande ignored Li Shentong, turned to look at Li Shiji and said, "General Li, don't you want to say something?"

"A good minister does not serve the second lord, and a strong woman does not serve the second husband!" Li Shiji sighed and said, "Shiji asks the Lord Xia to help him!"

When Li Shentong said that he should be executed for his crimes and would rather die, Dou Jiande didn't believe it at all.But Li Shiji's words convinced Dou Jiande.As an old opponent who competes in the world, it would be a lie to say that Dou Jiande knew nothing about his opponent.

The person who knows you best in this world is not necessarily your friend, but may be your opponent.Li Yuan was suspicious by nature, and Dou Jiande knew this very well. If Li Shentong died and Li Shiji lived, then Li Shiji would inevitably end up on the sidelines. Not to mention getting promoted and getting rich, whether he could have a good death would be a problem.

Standing on the chariot, Dou Jiande overlooked the wall of the Hulao Pass. On the wall, the flag of the Tang army fluttered in the wind. On one side was a big Tao, which was very eye-catching "Chen", and the door was closed tightly.

Dou Jiande seemed to be talking to himself: "How many defenders do you think there are at Hulao Pass?"

Li Shentong murmured: "Weizhou Governor Shi Derui has more than [-] troops under his command..."

"That old fox Shi Derui has already run away. This battle is indistinguishable. He won't show up!" Li Shiji said, "Now His Royal Highness King Qin has only a few major generals under his command, Lord Xia has a large number of troops, Luoyang is empty, and the Hulao is empty." Close here, at most [-] soldiers and horses."

Dou Jiande smiled coldly: "How many days can 8000 men and horses last?"

Li Shiji cupped his hands calmly and said, "Then who will be the guard?"

Dou Jiande nodded and said: "Who can go against the sky?"

"This is not entirely true. If General Chen is here, he...is a ruthless character. If he is in charge, it's hard to say." Li Shiji thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid Lord Xia's luck is very bad. He, Lord Xia must have heard of him a long time ago, he broke through Yanmen Pass in one day and Hangu Pass in one hour, and now he is in Hulao Pass, I wonder how long it will take for Xia to conquer Hulao Pass?"

"A doll that doesn't even have full hair, who has won two victories by chance, dares to underestimate the heroes of the world!" Dou Jiande rubbed his hands and said: "Send the order, go to Hulaoguan for lunch!"

General Liu Jintang, who had just captured Li Shentong and captured Li Shiji and seized Liyang City, rode his horse in front of Dou Jiande's chariot, got off his horse, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, the last general invites you to fight. Lock it up!"

Dou Jiande thought for a while, then said slowly: "Yes!"

Although Liu Jintang's family background was not noble, he and Dou Jiande both belonged to Beizhou people. Although Liu Jintang's family background was unknown, his elder brother was well-known.In the early years, he and his clan elder brother Liu Heita defected to Hao Xiaode and lived in the mountains and forests. Later, he surrendered to Li Mi and became a partial general.When Li Mi merged with Zhai Rang, Liu Jintang was dissatisfied with Li Mi. He said to Liu Heitai: "When Li Mi was at his worst, Zhai Rang took him in and entrusted him with important tasks. There is no greater kindness than this, but Li Mi killed Zhai Rang. Rang, repay your kindness with revenge, and in time, we will also become outcasts!"

It just so happened that Liu Heita was also dissatisfied with Li Mi, so he cheated and swept away more than [-] cavalry from Li Mi's Xiaoqi battalion.It is precisely because of these cavalry that Dou Jiande established his Xia Guo cavalry.Of course, Liu Heikai was cunning and domineering when he was young, he was addicted to alcohol and gambling, died of property, and his family was poor and lacked food and clothing. Thanks to Dou Jiande for helping him.Liu Jintang is also very loyal.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there will be struggles.In fact, Xia Guo is no exception. Dou Jiande’s generals Fan Yuan, Dong Kangmai, Cao Zhan, Gao Yaxian, Wang Xiaohu, etc. all have tens of thousands of soldiers and form their own system. , They all claim to be Dou Jiande's direct descendants.

With the capture of Li Shentong and Li Shiji, Liu Jintang's trilogy also increased to more than [-] with more than [-] people.Liu Jintang returned to the headquarters, raised his knife and slashed forward, shouting loudly: "Let's go!"

On the top of the Hulao Pass, Wei Wenzhong and other generals hid behind the crenels of the pass without showing their faces. Only Li Xiuning stood on the top of the city in a green suit, looking at the Xia army horses outside the pass.

Beside Li Xiuning was a large banner of the Tang army, with the word "Chen" inscribed on it, waving in the wind.

Although the distance was too far to see clearly, Li Xiuning also felt the shock brought by Dou Jiande's army.In this day and age, where there is food, armor and blades, there are soldiers.When Dou Jiande attacked Xiangzhou, he had only 10 horses, but as Xiangzhou was breached, more than 3 Tang troops under Li Shentong surrendered, and Dou Jiande used Xiangzhou's treasury to pull up [-] horses.

After breaking Liyang City, the total number of Dou Jiande's army has exceeded 15 horses. If you count the soldiers and civilians who accompanied the army, it is a proper 20 people.

Outside Hulao Pass, Paomaling.In the place called Paomaling in China, there are eight hundred if not one thousand. Without exception, Paomaling is a gentle slope where you can run horses.

However, on this gentle slope, there is a military camp stationed at this time.The area of ​​the barracks is small, about five hundred paces square, but it is not appropriate to say that it is a barracks, because this so-called barracks has no trenches, no gates, and even a line of defense right in front of the barracks. The camp walls of wild beasts have none.

At this time, hundreds of large stoves were lined up near the back camp wall, and the water in the pots was already boiling, exuding a tangy smell of meat.

The officers and soldiers of the Xia Army were stunned looking at this scene. They really couldn't understand how a mere army of thousands of people had the courage to have a picnic here?

There was no smile on Liu Jintang's face, and he resisted the urge to scold.One of Liu Jintang's men opened his mouth wide open, and his throat could not stop wriggling.

Liu Jintang rubbed his eyes desperately, and murmured: "I... I... I read that right... That's... too arrogant. It's too presumptuous!"

All the officers and soldiers of the Xia Army also shouted and cursed angrily: "Thief, the Guanxi guy is crazy!"

"Damn, look down on our Yanzhao boy?"

"General Liu, give the order. I'm angry when I see them being so presumptuous!"

Indeed, at this moment, the generals of the Tang Army needed a lot of beatings, and Chen Ying was even more in need of a beating. He was lying upright on a fox fur, sleeping with his eyes closed.

Liu Jintang laughed angrily at this scene of Chen Ying: "What are they doing? Just this few people, want to guard Hulao Pass? If they want to guard Hulao Pass, they should hide inside the pass, right?"

Ling Jing, who followed Liu Jintang, muttered to himself: "It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be!"

"What shouldn't?"

Liu Jintang respected Ling Jing very much, and said humbly: "Master Ling, do you know this person?"

Ling Jing nodded and said: "Let's just say we know each other. He was Chen Ying, the number one general under the Eastern Palace sect, but he...why did he come to Paomaling?"

"Chen Ying?" Liu Jintang grinned, but said nothing.In his head, it was like a movie was playing, flashing Chen Ying's dazzling achievements. In states such as Shuo, Sheng and Shuo, light divisions entered Hedong, defeated Fan Junzhang, broke Yanmen, and killed Hedong blood into rivers.In this raid on Guandong, Chen Ying was the vanguard again, defeating Wang Renze, defeating Hangu Pass, flying cavalry to save Li Shimin, defeating Wang Shiyun, and capturing Zhu Can.

Counting with fingers, the 36th road against the king, Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, Zhu Can, and Wang Shichong have already been defeated by Chen Ying.

Liu Jintang believes that a person will have shit luck, but no one is the real son of heaven, and luck will not always be on his side.Once or twice, it can be said that Chen Ying's luck is good, but with so many victories, Chen Ying can't be explained by luck.

Liu Jintang murmured in a low voice: "Master Ling, you see that Chen Ying is... what is he going to do? Could it be that he wants to scare our army away?"

"Will General Liu retreat?" Ling Jing smiled and said, "General Liu, it's not that Chen Ying is not good at military affairs...there is only one explanation, he is using schemes!"

Liu Jintang and Ling Jing said in unison: "It's weird!"

"Send the order to retreat ten miles, set up camp, and bury the pot to make food!" Liu Jintang shouted loudly.

A herald was a little taken aback: General, are you not going to attack the city today?

Liu Jintang lashed his helmet with a whip: "Execute the military order!"

Looking at the slowly retreating Xia army brigade, Chen Ying couldn't help smiling wryly.

Just as Ling Jing guessed, Chen Ying was indeed using tricks, and of course this was also the method Chen Ying hated to use the most.If he had the strength, he would rather line up a cavalry wall with hooked and sickle cavalry, charging towards the enemy again and again, crushing the enemy into minced meat.If he is strong enough, he is also willing to let the Mo Dao soldiers form a dense Mo Dao army, causing a storm in the enemy's formation.

However, now that Chen Ying is actually very weak, the sharpest knife in his hand, the Hook and Sickle Cavalry, has actually been broken. Although the Hook and Sickle Lancer without horses can still fight, their combat effectiveness has been crippled by half.Chen Ying also didn't know if Li Shimin could invite war horses from Li Yuan. As long as he had war horses in his hands, Chen Ying would definitely have the strength to perform Li Shimin's myth with the help of sixteen regiments of hooked and sickle cavalry in his hands.

It's just a pity that now Chen Ying has no horses, only cavalry soldiers.Therefore, in this case, Chen Ying could only use ingenuity and be suspicious to win Li Shimin a precious opportunity.

"Junior Xia has retreated, Jun Xia has retreated!" All the generals of the Tang Army cheered loudly. Li Xiuning, who was standing on the Hulaoguan Pass, did not speak when he heard the cheers of the Tang Army, but silently considered.

"Your Highness, great joy, Xia Jun has retreated!" Feng Li and Wei Wenzhong excitedly said to Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning shook his head and said: "This is really not a good thing. It is a good thing that Xia Jun doesn't rest and fights as soon as he comes up."

The disadvantage of the Modao army is that the equipment is too heavy, and none of the soldiers can fight for a long time, and the Xia army is also exhausted because of the continuous march, so as long as they are frustrated during the first attack, they will definitely not be able to organize a decent second attack. attack.Now that the Xia army is retreating and the whole army has been rested, it is not a good thing for the Tang army.Li Xiuning was silent for a while, and said: "It's easy not to fight today, but I'm afraid it will be a hard fight tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)