First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 101 Xue Ju Runs Away

99. Xue Ju Runs Away

Changsun Wuji wrote brilliantly about the plight of the Western Qin army, focusing on the lack of food and grass, and the lack of retreat, and then handed it over to a group of scribes to copy thousands of copies. Chai Shaoxing led the Qingqi and shot them all to the Western Qin In the big camp.

In the Western Qin camp, in the Chinese army's large tent, Xue Ju was lying on the couch, his face was pale and bloodless, and his eyes were closed. If his chest was not heaving violently, he might have thought that this Zongheng The Overlord of Western Qin in Longxi has died.

"Chang, Chang Zhongxing, you deserve to die," Xue Ju said tremblingly, pointing at the roof of the tent, gnashing his teeth, as if Chang Zhongxing was in front of his eyes. If Chang Zhongxing was really here, Xue Ju would definitely kill him with all his might.

Xue Rengao also had a ferocious expression on his resolute face, "It's fine to let Tang Jun take the back road, but Ju Er's bastard lost the Great Earthquake Pass, blocking my food road and the back road, if it wasn't for A Niang On the surface, I want to crush it to ashes."

Xue Ju was panting with anger when he heard the words, and almost fainted. After a long time, after he calmed down a little, he asked, "Can the news be concealed?"

Xue Rengao nodded, "No one knows."

As soon as the words were finished, Hao Yuan hurriedly entered the account, and handed a piece of rag to Xue Ju, "Your Majesty, look."

With Xue Rengao's support, Xue Juqiang supported his sick body and sat up straight. After taking a look at the rag, a mouthful of blood spewed out immediately, "Quickly, collect all these things, and those who dare to hide them will be killed without mercy."

After being in a hurry for a while, taking medicine and feeding water, after comforting Xue Ju, Hao Yuan's face was heavy.

"It's too late, the Tang army doesn't know how many copies have been shot, and it has already spread. Your Majesty, let's retreat quickly. We will go north to Anding County, and then return to Longxi via Xiaoguan, and then search for famous doctors to raise the dragon body and consolidate Longxi. , in order to advance eastward in the future."

Xue Ju didn't reprimand him when he heard the words, firstly his body wouldn't allow it, and secondly he knew very well that what Hao Yuan said was extremely correct.Immediately ordered: "The whole army is ready, and it will be withdrawn to Anding early tomorrow morning."

"Aye, that Yong County..." Xue Rengao was still very unconvinced. If this Yong County hadn't stopped him firmly, perhaps the situation of the battle would have been different.

As soon as Xue Ju heard it, he glared and said "withdraw", Xue Rengao had no choice but to agree.

As for the tens of thousands of people in the Western Qin camp, the movement was so great that Tang Jun got the news immediately. Li Shimin led his people to check it, and it was easy to judge that Xue Ju was about to run away.

On the high slope, Li Shimin led a dozen people, looking at the Xiqin camp running back and forth, packing their bags, followed by his eldest grandson Fang Du and others.

"It seems that the letter from the auxiliary machine is very powerful." Li Shimin smiled, and then a scene flashed in his mind, he was quite curious, and asked, "How did you write it?"

Changsun Wuji was quite embarrassed when he heard the words, he waved his hands and said: "It's not worth mentioning".

Chai Shao on the side was merciless, and jokingly said: "He slightly changed the persuading letter from Youzhi to surrender Xicheng, Xihe County, and kept a few classic lines, that is, 'You are already here. Surrounded... Please don't make unnecessary resistance...', I have to say, it is indeed very provocative".

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the words, he burst out laughing, pointed at Changsun Wuji and said: "Be careful and I will sue you for plagiarism later."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, there was no tense atmosphere before the battle, everyone with a discerning eye could see that Xue Ju's defeat was already set, no matter what, their defense of Fufeng ended with Xue Ju's defeat.

"The soldiers and horses of the Western Qin Dynasty are indeed surrounded. I hope that Lin Xingcan will arrive at Dazhen Pass sooner. I believe you will not let me down." Where to withdraw troops?"

"Stability", the voice fell, and several people behind him said in unison.

Li Shimin frowned, it seemed that this question was too simple, and asked again: "Where is it?"

"Xiao Guan", who knows that the eldest grandson and the others still said in unison.

Li Shimin also smiled, "Then do you think Youzhi wants this?"

Zhangsun Wuji and the others looked at each other, this question is very simple, Gao Chong should have no reason to be less than ideal.

The Great Earthquake Pass in the west has been occupied. If Li Shimin has no enmity with Gao Chong, he will definitely send troops to reinforce it. In this way, the Great Earthquake Pass is behind the high wall of the city, and there are sufficient troops, food and grass. Xue Ju will be chasing after him Under such circumstances, it is impossible to forcibly break through the Great Earthquake Pass and enter Tianshui westward, not to mention that Tianshui still has Liu Wenjing's troops. At this time, neither party knows that Liu Wenjing has been defeated.

To the southwest is Hechi County. It is well known that Xiao Yu, the governor of Hechi County, is close to Tang and dislikes Qin. Once the Tang army arrives in Hechi, Xiao Yu will definitely greet him in Kaesong. If Xue Ju returns to Longxi from the southwest, he will definitely be blocked by Xiao Yu desperately.

Only Anding County in the north is still under the control of Western Qin. The name of the governor of Anding County is Hungan. For heavy lifting, the important places of Anding County and Xiaoguan were handed over to Hungan, so if Xue Ju wanted to retreat, he must enter Anding County from the north.

However, even if he knew Xue Ju's retreat route, Li Shimin had more than [-] soldiers, most of them infantry, and it was difficult for him to do anything about Xue Ju.

In the early morning of the next day, the Western Qin army retreated in an orderly manner after eating the court food, with Qi Wang Xue Rengao at the rear, fighting and retreating all the way.

Under the leadership of Li Shimin, the Tang army pursued and killed them. The troops of Yong County also led out of the city to pursue them under the leadership of Pang Qingyun. , The formation is not chaotic, the loss is not too big, and the foundation has not been hurt.

Gao Chong naturally lived up to Li Shimin's expectations at the Great Earthquake Pass. Looking at the map, he understood Xue Ju's retreat direction.

It's just that after recruiting the soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty, Gao Chong had only more than 5000 people in his hands, of which there were only more than [-] people in the headquarters of the Tang Army.

If strict control is imposed in Dazhen Pass, Gao Chong can still control it with confidence. If he goes out to intercept Xue Ju, it will be extremely difficult to ensure that the soldiers will not mutiny and flee with just such a small number of people, let alone whether it will be effective.

Fortunately, the scouts sent by Gao Chong sent back good news in time, ten thousand reinforcements are on the way and will arrive tomorrow.

At the same time, another bad news was received. As expected, Liu Wenjing's troops were defeated and captured alive. Gao Chong was expressionless when he heard the news, and immediately sent someone to report to Li Shimin.

The next day, when Lin Xingcan led [-] reinforcements to Dazhen Pass, Gao Chong respected him a lot, and immediately ordered the whole army to eat extra meals and reward the soldiers.

But Lin Xingcan was used to suffering in the Tang army camp, and wanted to dissuade him, but when he saw the mountain of grain and grass in the treasury, he immediately chose to shut up.

"There are few generals in Dazhenguan, and most of them are soldiers. I am afraid that Xue Ju will attack, so morale is extremely low. General Lin, your visit is very exciting, so it is necessary to add this meal as a reward." Gao Chong also explained very sincerely.

When Lin Xingcan heard the words, he also agreed with them very much, and was very moved, "It is really not easy for Gao Canjun to capture this great pass with only a thousand people, and to hold on to the pass after the grain team was wiped out."

(End of this chapter)