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In Li Yuanji's camp, Li Yuanji has put on his armor and all the troops are in combat readiness.

Li Yuanji was still sending battle reports to various units and deploying final preparations for the battle.

When everything was arranged, Li Yuanji came outside the camp. Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang each led a large army to ambush outside and inside the camp. The bonfire inside the camp was already burning.

The artillery positions began to move back one after another, all ready for shelling and waiting for military orders.

As the night deepened, time slowly came to the second watch (the hour of Hai). Li Yuanji looked at the camp, and it was still calm, with no signs of anyone attacking.

When the time came to three o'clock in the morning (midnight), there was still no movement. At this time, Li Yuanji was a little relaxed. He was wondering if he was overthinking.

Various departments also called to ask whether to cancel the preparations. After all, everyone had been outside feeding mosquitoes for several hours.

Li Yuanji ordered all units to remain on alert until it was completely light and no enemy troops were approaching.

Li Yuanji was extremely cautious. It would have been fine if he had not been prepared, but now that all the troops were ready, for the sake of safety, Li Yuanji had to remain vigilant through the night.

During this long wait, time slowly came to the fourth watch (Chou time). At this time, most people had gradually become impatient, thinking that Li Yuanji was too steady, and gradually began to lower their guard.

At this moment, in everyone's eyes, time seemed to pass very slowly. They were all waiting for dawn so that they could return to the camp and rest.

Another long hour passed, and Li Yuanji had fallen into self-doubt and was gradually beginning to feel sleepy. However, at this moment, something strange happened.

Li Yuanji's pupils shrank as he saw a large army rushing directly into the camp. The sounds of shouting and killing reached his ears.

Li Yuanji's face was full of sneers. He originally thought that he was overthinking, but he didn't expect that Li Er would actually send troops.

At this moment, not only Li Yuanji, but everyone was shocked. They looked at everything that happened in the camp in disbelief, listened to the deafening shouts and screams, and admired Li Yuanji very much.

Li Er's army really came, and they really launched a night attack.

After a while, as more and more troops rushed into the camp, Li Ji felt something was wrong when he saw that the camp was empty. He knew that Li Yuanji was prepared for this night attack.

Li Ji was extremely panicked at this moment. He was about to order the army to retreat when a roar was heard. Li Ji's pupils shrank and his eyes were filled with fear. He knew very well that it was the sound of artillery.

In the blink of an eye, countless artillery shells fell within the range of his army. The army was already densely packed, and the artillery shells caused heavy casualties among the army.

"Retreat! The entire army retreats!"

Li Ji didn't care about so many things. He just hoped that the living people could withdraw. Although he knew it was a bit far-fetched, he could only think so.

Just as Li Ji was preparing to retreat, the second round of artillery shells attacked again, and this time a shell also fell and exploded next to Li Ji.

"General!"

The personal guards around Li Ji all protected Li Ji. Fortunately, the caliber of this shell was not large and it was not a heavy artillery. Li Jing fell off his horse and was covered in dust. Seeing that two personal guards were injured in the explosion, Li Ji did not give up, but took the two of them to evacuate again.

At this moment, Su Dingfang and Xie Shufang led their troops to attack Li Ji's army at the same time.

The last round of shells fell again, and this time a heavy artillery shell landed several meters away from Li Ji. Even though the guards around him tried their best to block Li Ji, Li Ji's thigh was still scratched by shrapnel, and his ears were accompanied by tinnitus.

At this moment, Li Ji could not hear anything. He looked at Li Yuanji's army coming from all directions. The powerful general of his generation had confused eyes and kept looking around with panic on his face.

When Li Ji's hearing gradually recovered, he heard the continuous gunfire coming from all around him and Li Yuanji's army was getting closer and closer to him, so Li Ji drew out his sword.

"Kill! Kill the enemy!"

Li Ji did not surrender, but rushed out with the only remaining guards around him, even though he knew he would die.

In the other military camps, when the battle broke out with Li Yuanji, the rest of the people saw that they were not attacked and began to act according to Li Yuanji's previous deployment.

Liu Rengui and Feng Li led the army to support Li Yuanji, while paying attention to what Li Yuanji said that Li Er was very likely to send troops to stop their army.

When Cheng Yaojin's position was locked, the cannons fired directly. After two rounds of bombardment, Liu Rengui commanded the army, and Feng Li led the army in the front to launch a strong attack on Cheng Yaojin's army.

Cheng Yaojin also suffered heavy losses at this moment. Looking at Feng Li's army attacking, he still rushed towards the enemy regardless of everything.

At this moment, Cheng Yaojin had only one belief, and that was to never let any enemy pass by him.

Cheng Yaojin led his personal guards in the front to set an example for the entire army, and everyone was fighting desperately to stop them.

However, as the Shenwu Army's rifles began firing, countless people fell in a pool of blood.

Cheng Yaojin was still ordering the army to charge forward. He knew very well that they had to get close to the enemy, only then would they have a chance.

Suddenly, a bullet hit Cheng Yaojin's left shoulder. Cheng Yaojin felt a pain, but endured it and continued to rush forward.

Finally, after suffering heavy casualties, Cheng Yaojin, with the help of the night, managed to get closer. However, he saw the Shenwu Army throwing out something smoking, and soon bursts of explosions were heard in front of him.

At this moment, rockets were also flying all over the world, falling towards the army behind him.

Cheng Yaojin smiled bitterly. He knew that he had lost tonight, but his mission was not yet completed and he still had to delay these people.

Cheng Yaojin led the remaining soldiers to continue charging forward. Perhaps it was because a general like Cheng Yaojin took the lead personally, or perhaps it was because the others were already red-eyed and rushed towards the Shenwu Army.

Finally, at the cost of being shot again, Cheng Yaojin came into close contact with the Shenwu Army for the first time after fighting for such a long time and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Holding a long spear, Cheng Yaojin charged into the army and killed seven or eight people in succession. All the frustration in his body was finally released. However, just as he continued to move forward, another burst of gunfire rang out. He was shot in the chest and abdomen, and blood kept flowing out.

Cheng Yaojin spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes turned bloodshot and glared.

"Kill the enemy!"

Despite being shot all over his body, Cheng Yaojin endured all the pain, rushed forward again, and killed another person. However, after being shot again, all of Cheng Yaojin's potential was exhausted, and his right hand tightly held the long spear stuck in the ground.

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent and can only accompany you to this point. I will leave first."

The voice fell intermittently, Cheng Yaojin slowly loosened his right hand, and the whole person fell in a pool of blood.

On the other side, Wei Ting and Li Xiang also led their troops towards the camps of Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang. After detecting Dugu Yanyun's army, they launched the same artillery bombardment and began to charge.

Dugu Yanyun led his troops in a desperate fight, personally standing at the forefront, but was ultimately powerless to reverse the situation and was shot eight times to death.

Feng Ang, who was at the outermost, led the army straight to where Li Er was and killed Li Er.

On the other side, Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche led 10,000 cavalrymen and also charged straight towards the direction where Li Er was.

In Li Er's simple camp, Li Er was not sleepy at all at this moment. He was waiting in the tent for his general to return with the army in triumph.

At this moment, a sergeant suddenly ran in.

"Your Majesty! The enemy cavalry is attacking the camp. Your Majesty, please leave quickly!"

Li Er stood up and looked at the soldier in disbelief. Enemy cavalry attacked the camp? Li Yuanji actually sent troops to attack him?
Li Er came out of the tent with an increasingly panicked look on his face. Hearing the faint shouting and the flames in the camp, Li Er lost his balance. Fortunately, Li Junxian beside him supported him and he did not fall.

At this moment, Li Er could no longer understand that he had failed completely. His night attack was predicted by Li Yuanji, who directly sent cavalry to attack him. The people he sent out were probably in danger.

Under all the blows, Li Er spat out a mouthful of blood.

"His Majesty!"

Li Junxian on the side was also panicked. Looking at Li Er who was vomiting blood, his panic was visibly evident.

“Haha. Haha. Haha.”

Li Er didn't pay any attention to Li Junxian, but laughed miserably.

However, at this time, the cavalry of Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche continued to advance forward, getting closer and closer to Li Er. Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong, who were recuperating in the camp, came to Li Er one after another.

"Your Majesty, please leave quickly. I will be your rear guard!" Li Er looked at Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong, still laughing, his laughter full of sadness.

"Leave? Where can I go? I have already been defeated, completely defeated.

I will not leave. I will wait here for Li Yuanji to come.

You guys should surrender. With your abilities, Li Yuanji will make use of you."

At this moment, Li Er had completely lost his energy and spirit. He seemed to have aged and entered his twilight years.

Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong knelt on one knee and looked at Li Er with firm eyes.

"I swear to never surrender! I am your Majesty's subject today and I will be your Majesty's subject for the rest of my life!"

Yuchi Gong's eyes were sharp, and he immediately stood up and looked at Li Junxian.

"Take your Majesty with you! Go back to Chang'an! If Chang'an cannot be defended, then we can leave! Li Yuanji was able to rise with the Lingnan area in the past. As long as your Majesty is still here, he will surely rise as well! Go quickly!"

Li Junxian nodded, picked up Li Er and walked to the back.

"Put me down! Put me down!"

No matter what Li Er said, Li Junxian still did not let go. He led the people from the Hundred Cavalry Division to protect Li Er and began to retreat.

Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong looked at each other, and they organized their remaining troops and attacked Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche.

Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche led their troops to attack, and when they saw that Li Er was not there, they knew that Li Er must have escaped. They were about to continue chasing him, when Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong came to attack.

"Yuchi Jingde is here, the enemy will die!"

"Qin Shubao is here, the enemy will die!"

Upon seeing this, Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche immediately rushed towards the two men.

Xi Junmai directly faced Yuchi Gong. After a fight between the two, even though Yuchi Gong was seriously injured, Xi Junmai could only fight Yuchi Gong to a draw for a while.

Xi Junmai looked solemn and rushed towards Yuchi Gong again. For a while, he and Yuchi Gong fought back and forth.

But Yuchi Gong felt more and more bitter. His wounds gradually began to open up and his armor was full of blood, but he still endured the pain and fought with Xi Junmai, holding Xi Junmai tightly.

On the other side, Qin Qiong and Xue Wanche were facing each other. Qin Qiong was suppressed by Xue Wanche. At this moment, Qin Qiong, with hidden injuries and new injuries from the day, gritted his teeth and persisted in resisting, even though the wounds in his armor were constantly bleeding, not allowing Xue Wanche to chase Li Er.

The four fought for a long time, and finally Xi Junmai and Yuchi Gong were the first to decide the winner. Xi Junmai stabbed Yuchi Gong's chest with his spear and knocked him off his horse.

Xi Junmai did not move forward to finish off the enemy, but instead watched Yuchi Gong struggle to get up, still standing in front of him, his eyes full of admiration.

Although he and Yuchi Gong were enemies, he truly admired Yuchi Gong's integrity.

"General Yuchi, now that Li Er has escaped, surrender and I will have a doctor treat your injuries."

"Haha, a loyal minister does not serve two masters. I, Yuchi Gong, am only loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible for me to surrender to that ugly Li Yuanji!
I should have killed him directly instead of injuring him!"

What Yuchi Gong was talking about was that Li Yuanji, who was so proud of his martial arts skills, challenged the generals of the Qin Palace, but was defeated by Yuchi Gong.

When Xi Junmai heard this, he was immediately furious. Yuchi Gong insulted Li Yuanji. In Xi Junmai's eyes, Yuchi Gong deserved to die.

"court death!"

Xi Junmai was furious and rushed straight towards Yuchi Gong. He swung his spear and knocked Yuchi Gong away again, then plunged the spear into him fiercely, killing him.

On the other side, Xue Wanche and Qin Qiong also decided the winner. As Qin Qiong's injuries continued to worsen, he was increasingly defeated by Xue Wanche and was eventually killed by Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche did not look at Qin Qiong. In his eyes, these people deserved to die. Killing Qin Qiong would make him feel refreshed.

Xue Wanche came to Xi Junmai's side and felt more comfortable when he saw the dead Yuchi Gong.

"Jun Mai, do we still want to go after Li Er?"

Xi Junmai shook his head and moved his eyes away from Yuchi Gong.

“No need, it’s dark at night and we won’t be able to catch up even if we chase after him, there’s no need.

Now we go to the king, and then follow the king to attack Chang'an directly.

Even if Li Er escapes, he can only escape back to Chang'an in the end. He can't escape!"

Xi Junmai immediately ordered his men to capture Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong and took them to Li Yuanji's camp.

On the way, they met Feng Ang's army, who then changed their route and went to Li Yuanji together.

As the sky brightened, Li Yuanji's army was clearing the battlefield.

All the generals gathered inside Li Yuanji's tent, talking to each other with excited smiles on their faces.

It was not until Li Yuanji arrived that these people stopped talking.

"See you, Your Majesty."

"You all worked hard last night. Now that we have won a great victory, go down and prepare. We will unite our forces and attack Chang'an directly."

Now that Li Er’s army is basically gone, Li Yuanji is not going to delay any longer and goes straight to Chang’an.

All the generals responded excitedly. After all, they were preparing to attack Chang'an directly, who wouldn't be excited?

Then Li Yuanji looked at Xie Shufang.

"Take me to see it."

Xie Shufang knew what Li Yuanji was talking about and took Li Yuanji to a tent.

Li Yuanji entered and looked around. Inside the tent were people he once knew, including Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin and others.

Li Yuanji sighed in his heart. Although they were enemies and had made some preparations, when he really saw it, he couldn't feel happy for a moment.

These people were all famous generals who once shone brightly, but now they have all become cold and indifferent. However, he really has no way to deal with it.

These people are Li Er's confidants and are absolutely loyal to Li Er. He can't just let himself be killed by Li Er in order to help these people.

After a moment, Li Yuanji turned and walked out.

"Give them a proper burial."

This was the only thing Li Yuanji could do, to give them a grand burial.

Li Yuanji then came to another tent, where a man was lying on the bed. This man was Li Ji.

Li Ji did not die, but his injuries were too severe. Even after treatment by a military doctor, he is still in a coma. It is still unclear whether he can survive.

Li Yuanji looked for a while and then left.

Li Yuanji felt somewhat regretful about these generals, but that was all he could do.

In Li Yuanji's mind, he actually had no intention of persuading these people to surrender, because they were too loyal to Li Er, and it would be useless to persuade them to surrender.

If he was not dead, after killing Li Er, perhaps he could slowly get a small number of them to surrender, but it was just a thought.

Now he has no other options for Cheng Yaojin and the others, he just hopes that Li Ji can survive. (End of this chapter)