At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 845 Battle of Hangu Pass ([-])
"General, it's not good, Her Royal Highness is really leaving." An old servant rushed into the study to report.

Chai Shao, who was lying in a daze on the bed, jumped up and rushed out of the door. However, when he ran to the yard, the words of the two old women's discussions sounded in his mind, and his pace gradually slowed down. There were bouts of restlessness.

The old servant had already caught up at this time, seeing Chai Shao stop, he couldn't help but said anxiously: "Don't you hurry up to catch up, General? If you don't chase, you won't be able to catch up."

Chai Shao's complexion changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Since she wants to leave, she clearly doesn't have me in her heart. A twisted melon is not sweet, so why should I force others to make things difficult for me? Let her go."

Hearing this, the old servant said anxiously: "General, you are so confused. Don't you know how Her Royal Highness treats you? If she doesn't have you in her heart, why did she accompany you to guard Hangu Pass this time? Why not stay in the prosperous capital of the capital?" The old slave watched you two grow up together as childhood sweethearts, the old slave knows exactly how the princess treats you, the general, how can the general doubt the princess's feelings for you because of the enemy's clumsy provocation?"

Chai Shao was blushed by the old servant's words, and slapped his forehead in annoyance, "Uncle Jing, I was wrong, I was confused, I'm going to chase Xiuning back." After speaking, he ran quickly Go to the front yard.

As a result, when Chai Shao ran to the front yard, he found that Li Xiuning had left the General's Mansion with the Detachment Army for a while, and although the number of Li Xiuning's Detachment Army was not many, they were all cavalry.

Chai Shao couldn't help being anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and said loudly: "Hurry up, prepare the horse."

At that moment, the horses were brought in, but a city defender galloped to the front of the mansion and reported anxiously: "General, the Qi army has attacked the city, please hurry to preside over it."

boom……

As soon as the soldiers spoke, a shell fell into the city, blowing up the roof of a building near the general's mansion, and the smoke and dust filled the air for a moment, and then there was a faint sound of shouting and killing.

Chai Shao couldn't help but yelled. Although the Qi army had shelled violently for the past few days, it was limited to shelling. Now hearing the shouts of killing, it seemed that the soldiers had really launched an attack.

At the moment, Chai Shao didn't care about chasing Princess Pingyang anymore, he hurriedly rode his horse and rushed to Dongguan Gate, dressed neatly at the temporary command office under the city, and then hurriedly climbed to the top of the city.

Chai Shao stood on the top of the city and took a closer look, he couldn't help taking a breath, and saw the Qi army on the opposite side of the Hongnong River pouring out of the camp like a tide, with banners covering the sky and the sun, and under the cover of fierce artillery, An infantry of the Qi army was rapidly approaching the Hongnong River, and the forward had already boarded the stone bridge.

"Fire the arrows!" Chai Shao yelled sharply, and the archers of the Tang Army on the top of the city immediately opened their bows and shot, but the arrows were like locusts, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth.

The soldiers of the Qi army have fought in the north and the south over the years, and they have fought countless battles, so they are veterans with rich combat experience. Even in the face of the rain of arrows, they are still calm and unhurried. Push forward step by step, slowly cross the stone bridge, spread the shield formation to both sides, and cover more comrades to cross the bridge.

Boom boom boom...

Dozens of cannons of the Qi army bombarded with full firepower, but the city was filled with gunpowder smoke, broken stones flew across, and sometimes broken corpses were blown into the air, and fell to the bottom of the city more than ten meters high.

Hey yo hey yo, hey yo hey yo...

The soldiers of the Qi army chanted and slowly pushed up large equipment such as trebuchets, bed crossbows, siege vehicles, and archery towers.

Seeing Chai Shao on the top of the city, his complexion became serious in vain. It seemed that the Qi army had been bombarding for many days, and today they were planning to launch a general offensive. He dared not neglect now, and immediately mobilized a third of the forces in the Guancheng to board the Every city is ready for defense, while the other two-thirds of the forces are recharging their energy and ready to rotate at any time. Chai Shao believes that once the Qi army launches a general attack, the next battle will be bloody and brutal, and it will be high-intensity of.

Sure enough, the Qi army's next offensive was extremely fierce, wave after wave, closing the door no less than ten times, but each time was successfully repelled by the Tang army. Chai Shao also calmed down from the nervousness at the beginning, thinking: "The artillery of the Qi army is indeed powerful, but the combat power of the soldiers does not seem to be strong. Compared with the Tang army, it seems to be worse."

It was already noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the hot air was filled with a strong smell of blood. Finally, the sound of gold sounded in the Qi army camp. The Qi army who was attacking the city immediately retreated like a tide, and returned to the camp to bury the pot for cooking. And those siege equipment remained in place carelessly, as if they were not at all worried that they would be destroyed by the Tang army in the city.

Chai Shao stood on the top of the city, looking at all kinds of siege equipment scattered on the battlefield outside the city, he couldn't help frowning, the Qi army's discipline is too loose, right?Or is it because of self-reliance that Tang Jun is not in his eyes at all, and he is sure that Tang Jun will not dare to go out of the city to destroy their equipment?

At this time, a general of the Tang army walked up to Chai Shao and said angrily: "Look, general, the Qi army is too arrogant. They didn't take away the siege equipment when they returned to the camp. They didn't take us seriously. Otherwise, the subordinates took the opportunity to take a cavalry out and destroy their archery towers, catapults, siege vehicles, and the two newly erected wooden bridges, and let them work in vain."

After a morning's battle, although the Qi army could not shake Guancheng at all, they built two large and wide wooden bridges on the Hongnong River for horses to gallop across.

Chai Shaolue pondered for a while and said: "Don't worry, let's observe again, Gao Changqing is extremely cunning, this may be just a bait, we have to guard against it."

The general of the Tang army was shocked when he heard the words, nodded and said: "The general's words are reasonable, but his subordinates were careless."

"Let the brothers take the time to rest, the Qi army will attack more fiercely in the afternoon." Chai Shao ordered.

The general of the Tang army was about to retreat, but saw a general running out of the camp of the Qi army in the distance.I saw this military general wearing bright silver armor and holding a horse lance in his hand. He was majestic and murderous. He actually rode his horse all the way across the Hongnong River and came directly to the Guancheng without raising his shield. This is really courageous. Convincing.

Chai Shao's gaze was fixed, and his complexion suddenly became gloomy. The Yin Jiaqi under the city naturally recognized him, because this person was Pei Xingyan who had worked with him before.

Pei Xingyan reined in his horse at the foot of the city, looked up at Chai Shao on the top of the wall proudly, clasped his hands together and said, "Brother Chai Sichang, are you here all right?"

Chai Shao said coldly: "Pei Xingyan, you and I are now enemies but not friends, so stop talking nonsense, what are you doing here?"

Pei Xingyan smiled and said: "Li Shimin perverted, killed his brothers and brothers, forced his father to usurp the throne, and occupied his brothers, sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law. Why do you still want to be loyal to such a miserable person?"

Chai Shao scolded and said: "Fart, it was the false prince and Li Yuanji who wanted to murder the King of Qin first, and the King of Qin was forced to fight back. As for forcing his father to usurp the throne, it is even more nonsense. The daughter-in-law is slandering the rumors, but you, Gao Qi, tore up the peace treaty and brazenly sent troops to attack me, Li Tang. This is really an act of a villain without faith, and the people of the world are not ashamed, I am! "

Pei Xingyan smiled and said, "Li Yuan voluntarily abdicated for the virtuous? Chai Sichang, do you believe it yourself?"

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Chai Shao's face, and he shouted: "Pei Xingyan, you don't have to talk about it here, trying to spread rumors to shake our army's morale. If you want to fight, you will fight in an upright manner. It's really disgusting to use some dirty tricks."

Pei Xingyan shook his head and said: "Chai Sichang, since you are stubborn, let's see the real chapter under our hands. Do you dare to go out of the city and fight with me? What kind of ability is it to hide in the city and be a coward?"

Chai Shao's complexion was gloomy, and he sneered, "Pei Xingyan, with your knowledge, I, Chai Shao, don't know you yet, so don't try to provoke me with aggressive methods. I don't like this."

Pei Xingyan laughed and said: "You are just afraid, you dare not fight this general, you are a cowardly waste, compared with our emperor, you are not even worthy of lifting shoes, and you are still small-minded, no wonder Miss Xiuning will twitch You deserve a slap in the face!"

Chai Shao was furious, his face swelled into an eggplant color instantly, his eyes seemed to burst out with flames, and he roared sharply: "You dog thief surnamed Pei, don't dare to insult me, don't run away if you have the guts, I, Chai Shao! Just go out of the city and take my dog's life." After speaking, he turned around and went down to the city.

"General must not!"

"General, don't be impulsive!"

"The general must not fall for the opponent's trick."

All the generals dissuaded him one after another. Pei Xingyan was known as the enemy of ten thousand people, so it goes without saying that he was strong. If the general went out to fight in the city, if there was any good or bad, it would be dangerous to pass the defense.

Chai Shao woke up suddenly, and said coldly: "Pei Xingyan, I almost fell for your provocative method, get out of here, or I will shoot you with an arrow."

Pei Xingyan curled his lips and said: "Chai Sichang, you are becoming more and more useless, so let me give you this." After speaking, he untied a bundle from the horse's back, threw it on the top of the city, and turned the horse's head to leave.

Chai Shao picked up the bundle and opened it, only to find that it was a woman's dress, and his complexion suddenly turned red and then pale.

Pei Xingyan laughed loudly and said: "Chai Sichang, Grandma Chai, if you don't have the face to wear this set of women's clothes, you can pass them on to Princess Pingyang. This is a dress bestowed by our Lord of Qi, and it should be regarded as a betrothal gift for Princess Pingyang."

Chai Shao was so angry that his lips were trembling, he bent his bow and shot an arrow at Pei Xingyan's back, but he was so angry that he missed his aim, and he could only watch Pei Xingyan ride his horse past Hongnong River.

"Oh, Pei Xingyan, a thief, I, Chai Sichang, will kill you!" Chai Shao roared with anger.

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Let’s talk about Li Xiuning, the Princess of Pingyang, who left Hangu Pass with her women’s army and walked along the narrow valley road for a while, but she still didn’t see Chai Shao chasing her. , This time he would be so decisive and ruthless.

At this time, there was a faint sound of cannons coming from the direction of Guancheng, Li Xiuning reined in his horse and listened carefully.Ma Sanbao, the general next to him, took the opportunity and said: "The Qi army is shelling again. The son-in-law probably won't be able to get away, so he didn't come after him. Why don't we turn around? After all, the son-in-law is a man, and he has to take care of his face in front of his subordinates."

Li Xiuning gritted her teeth and continued to ride forward. Is his face more important than his wife?

(End of this chapter)