First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 400 Raozhou Inspector Zhuge Dewei
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After breaking through the encirclement, Liu Heikai looked around and found that there were less than [-] remnants of the army. The general Fan Yuan was killed, Cao Zhan was missing, and the only general beside him was his younger brother Liu Shishan.

Beside a small river, seeing that there were no pursuers, Liu Heita was exhausted, and finally got off his horse and lay down on the ground panting.

"Brother, what should we do now?" Liu Shishan asked worriedly as he stepped forward to hand over the water bag.

Liu Heikai sat up and gulped down a bag of water before he regained his energy. After thinking for a while, he said directly: "Go to Shandong and go to Xu Yuanlang."

Liu Shishan was a little hesitant when he heard the words, "Why don't you go north and join the Turks? That man Xu Yuanlang was only a running dog under King Xia's command. It would make us look good if we went to him."

Hearing this, Liu Heikai sneered, looking dejected, "Do we have any other choice now? All the Turkic thousand elite cavalry were lost. Seeing that I was defeated again, Jieli was useless, so how could he help me again."

Liu Shishan couldn't help feeling sad when he heard the words.

Zhaozhou, Pingthorn City, in the governor's mansion.

As the king of the county, Li Daoxuan is the chief officer of the marching army, so he sits at the top, and next to him on the left and right are Li Jing and Guo Xiaoke.

"Relying on his strong horse and familiarity with the terrain, Liu thief has already escaped our army's pursuit." Li Daoxuan said in a deep voice: "Li Changshi, Guo Shijun, what do you think, please tell me quickly, and you must never let that fellow attack again." get away".

Li Jing was full of regret. Originally, according to his deployment, it was very possible to keep Liu Heitai, but he didn't expect that Fan Yuan and others desperately covered Liu Heitai. There were many loopholes in the siege, which made Liu Heita escape.

Although Li Jing immediately dispatched cavalry troops to chase after him, Liu Heitai was full of Turkic horses. Li Daoxuan led his army from Dingzhou to the south. After a fierce battle, the horses were exhausted, and he could only watch Liu Heitai disappear .

Guo Xiaoke also yelled that it was a pity, and yelled: "There are too few cavalry here in a certain family, otherwise the guy will come and go."

Seeing that Li Daoxuan was extremely depressed, Li Jing had no choice but to comfort him and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Liu Heitai only has a thousand remnants of the army, and it is difficult to become a hero. He is at the end of his rope."

Hearing this, Li Daoxuan continued to ask: "Dingzhou is still in the hands of the bandits, will Liu Heita go to Dingzhou?"

Li Jing shook his head with certainty, "Dingzhou is an isolated city, Liu Heita has no soldiers or generals, going to Dingzhou is like entering a cage."

Guo Xiaoke also echoed, "A certain family would like Liu Heita to enter Dingzhou."

Only the young Li Daoxuan didn't see this clearly. Even Liu Shishan knew that it was impossible to go to Dingzhou now. Dingzhou had few soldiers.

"There are two paths, one is to go north to join the Turks, and the other is to go east to join Xu Yuanlang." Li Jing thought for a while and then said directly: "With Liu Heita's temperament, he will never be trapped in Hebei."

Hearing this, Li Daoxuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "Then I will immediately send an order to pursue with all my strength along the way."

When the order was sent from Zhaozhou, Liu Heitai had already gone straight to Shandong.

Liu Heikai sneaked cautiously all the way, and was about to enter the boundary of Yingzhou. At this time, the scouts reported: tens of thousands of Tang troops ahead, coming from east to west.

Liu Heitai was shocked, thinking it was the Tang army encircling and suppressing, he hurriedly asked, "Who is leading the army?"

"Fight under Qi and Li's banner," the scout replied.

Liu Heitai paused when he heard the words, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that Li Tang is the useless king of Qi, Li Yuanji."

"Brother, no matter how useless he is, he still has tens of thousands of soldiers, you, you don't have to force it," Liu Shishan reminded in fear, swallowing his saliva.

He was really afraid that his brother's thousand remnants would fight against tens of thousands of Tang troops.

Liu Heikai glanced at him, "I'm not confused yet", pondered for a moment, and made a decisive detour around Zhiraozhou, sneaking from Raozhou to Shandong.

Liu Shishan's eyes lit up, "Brother, Zhuge Dewei in Raozhou is still one of our people, even if he doesn't stay in Raozhou for a long time, he can take a rest."

Hearing this, Liu Heitai hesitated, he had decided in his heart not to enter any city, firstly, he would be a shackle after entering the city, and secondly, he was a little worried that the generals in the city would have two hearts when they saw his defeat.

After all, these generals were originally Li Tang's people. Seeing that he had made a comeback and made a strong comeback, they joined him.

But what Liu Shishan said was also reasonable, they had no food and grass, and if they didn't take a rest, it would be difficult for these more than a thousand people to reach Yanzhou, Shandong.

"It depends on the situation," Liu Heikai sighed, he was extremely vigilant now, lest his subordinates tie him up and offer him to Datang.

Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, he sneaked all the way, and when he came to Raoyang City, the government of Raozhou, he saw the Handong flag on the top of the city, and Liu Heita's heart relaxed, and he was already a little shaken.

"Brother, we don't have any food anymore." Liu Shishan rubbed his shriveled belly and persuaded in a low voice, "Why don't you let me try it first?"

Liu Heitai hesitated for a while and then responded, "Beyond the shooting range, don't come close."

Liu Shishan responded, and only led dozens of horses to go straight to the city.

"This general Liu Shishan, Zhuge Dewei came out to answer." Liu Shishan came to the city and shouted loudly.

The people at the top of the city panicked when they heard the words.

Not long after, a scribe came to the top of the city. Seeing Liu Shishan's embarrassing situation, he couldn't help asking in horror: "Why does General Liu look like this?"

"Zhuge Dewei!" Liu Shishan gritted his teeth and reprimanded angrily, "How dare you betray the King of Handong?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard these words, Zhuge Dewei was stunned, "Why did General Liu say that? Why are you here? Where is King Dong of Han now?"

Raoyang City is not tall, Liu Shishan saw it clearly, seeing that Zhuge Dewei's expression did not seem to be fake, he felt relieved immediately, and said bluntly: "The King of Eastern Han will arrive soon, open the city quickly."

Zhuge Dewei hurriedly ordered to open the city to welcome the King of Handong.

Liu Shishan returned to the formation, "Brother, I tricked Zhuge Dewei, he has no second thoughts, he can enter the city."

Liu Heikai nodded slightly, pondered for a while and then said: "You enter the city first, and bluntly say that the army was defeated, and we will see how he reacts."

Liu Shishan responded when he heard the words, and immediately led his troops into the city.

"General Liu, why do you look like this?" Zhuge Dewei asked in panic.

Liu Shishan sighed, and directly told about Zhaozhou's defeat, secretly staring carefully at Zhuge Dewei's expression.

Seeing that Zhuge Dewei heard the news of the defeat, his face immediately changed, "Liu, General Liu, don't joke, you said the whole army was wiped out?"

Liu Shishan's expression darkened, "This general wouldn't make fun of it."

Seeing this, Zhuge Dewei staggered a few steps and almost fell to the ground.

This is not because of how loyal he is to Liu Heita. Zhuge Dewei was originally Li Tang's governor of Raozhou. After Liu Heita made a comeback, Zhuge Dewei saw Liu Heita's power. To save speculation, he dedicated the city to Liu Heita.

(End of this chapter)