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Chapter 356 Letter (first update)
A fast and heavy snowfall suddenly fell on the banks of the Lushui River.

The originally gray-yellow hills were all dyed the color of snow.The battlefield these few days ago was filled with a murderous atmosphere, and the heavy snow covered the fallen corpses on the battlefield with a layer of snow powder.

The wind whistled, and the snowflakes blown like goose feathers hit the soldiers' faces extremely painfully.

When Li Chongjiu stepped out of Daying by the river, the heavy snow had stopped, and the surface of the Lushui River on the side had already initially frozen.

The Tang army will stand tall and stand up against the Youzhou army on the Lushui River.

Li Chongjiu looked at Li Sanniang's banner, and couldn't help but think of the tragic battle a few days ago.

After the Youzhou Army defeated Wang Xingmin and Yin Kaishan's army after the initial disadvantage, and killed the enemy's general, after Yin Kaishan, the head of the Taiyuan Road Marching Army, it was already a victory.But at this time Li Sanniang led three thousand Niangzi cavalry to the battlefield, braved the heavy snow to launch an assault on the Youzhou army.

In this bad weather, field battles on both sides were extremely risky, but Li Sanniang's risky move was successful.

Li Chongjiu saw that among the rebellious army, Li Zhiwan was wearing a snow-colored fox fur and riding a white horse, personally leading the soldiers to make an assault through the snow.

Youzhou's army was exhausted after a day of fighting. Seeing Li Zhiwan's arrival, they were defeated immediately. Tanzong, Xue Wanche, and Wang Mahan's troops were all repelled.

Under Li Sanniang's attack, not only Li Yuanji and Guo Ziwu's men were rescued, but also Tang Jun's defeat was saved.

Li Chongjiu personally commanded the army to stand firm. At this time, Ji Chuan also braved the heavy snow and commanded the army to cross the river by the river to keep the traffic going.After the continuous arrival of reinforcements, Li Chongjiu barely stabilized his position under the offensive of the Tang army. Finally, at night, the snow was too heavy and it was impossible to fight again, so the two sides stopped fighting.

In this battle, the Youzhou Army saw the power of the Women's Army, and they knew that the Li family was able to capture Guanzhong, and it was really not a fluke.The victory in this battle was taken away by Li Sanniang, and his soldiers and horses also suffered a lot of casualties under the assault of the Women's Army.

After returning to the camp, Li Chongjiu counted the troops. Although he suffered a small setback, he did not suffer major losses. However, this battle was extremely tragic. More than 1 Youzhou soldiers crossed the river, and more than 700 soldiers suffered from frostbite.The Tang army was also severely damaged, and it is estimated that there were more than 5000 casualties.

From the perspective of the battle situation, it is hard to say who wins and who loses.

But after the heavy snow slowed down, Li Sanniang's 2 troops arrived and gathered Yin Kaishan and Wang Xingmin's defeated army. Together with Guo Ziwu and Li Yuanji, they confronted Li Chongjiu's [-] troops across the river at the Lushui River.

Meanwhile, Ji Chuan led nearly [-] troops and stationed at the camp on the north bank of Lushui.

Now after the heavy snow, the sky is freezing and the temperature is dropping suddenly,

"In this snowy day, the Tang army neither fought nor retreated, and confronted our army by the river. What is the meaning of this?" Xue Wanshu asked.

Wen Yanbo said: "Tang Jun's meaning is very clear. It is to fight with our army and wait for Li Shimin's main force to defeat Lu Chongmao and Yao Junsu."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Wen Changshi is right."

Wang Mahan, Xue Wanche, Xue Wanjun and other generals have a correct understanding of the strength of the Tang army after the battle a few days ago. Now that Li Shimin's strength has arrived, all the generals know that this army is invincible.

After finishing the words, Eituo stepped into the tent and reported, "Khan, on the small slope to the east of our army, we found that the enemy general seems to be spying on our army's formation."

"How many enemy generals are there?"
"It's less than a few dozen riders," Eituo said immediately, "let the last general Khan capture him alive."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Okay, I will go with you."

Er Tuo said with a smile: "Khan just sits in the camp, and the matter will be at the end of the day."

Li Chongjiu was silent for a while, and said: "Okay, but don't hurt the enemy general."

Er Tuo was taken aback when he heard the words, as if he didn't understand why, but he still said: "Khan, I understand."

Immediately Eto strode out of the camp.

Li Chongjiu was handling military affairs in the tent, and soon after, Ertuo strode back to the camp and said, "Really, the thief is smearing oil on the soles of his feet. He walked very fast and injured more than a dozen of my clansmen."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Let's go."

Er Tuo said: "However, I still grabbed a few tongues, and one of them is actually a female general, haha."

Li Chongjiu heard the words and immediately said: "Bring this person to see me!"

Er Tuo heard the words and asked, "Why did Khan want to interrogate himself?"

"Needless to say, go quickly."

"Okay." Forehead cupped his fists and stepped back immediately.

Not long after, one person was escorted into a large tent. The other person's hands were tied, but her long hair reached her waist. She was indeed a woman.

After Li Chongjiu saw the opposite face clearly, he immediately said to the left and right: "You step back for now."

In the big tent, only Li Chongjiu and the other two are left.

Li Chongjiu stood up, said with a wry smile, "Why is it you?"

"Little thief, why isn't it me?"

Hearing this familiar address, Li Chongjiu couldn't help laughing in surprise, and said: "Jianxue, we are old friends after a long absence, so we don't need to be so merciless."

This woman is of course Li Zhiwan's personal maid Jian Xue.

"What reunion after a long absence, bah, is the rule of your reunion after a long absence just to throw people off their horses and tie them up again?"

When Li Chongjiu heard this, he drew his sword and wiped Jianxue's clothes with one knife, cutting off his rope.

Jian Xue was taken aback, but seeing that the clothes were not torn, she thought that this little thief's martial arts had improved a lot.

Li Chongjiu said: "It was you who were accidentally caught by my subordinates. Well, did your young lady stay with you just now?"

"Hmph! You think of our young lady." Jianxue was full of anger, rushed forward and took a few steps closer, and said with a posture of cursing a shrew, "You little thief, do you know that in the past few years, you have killed How amazing is my young lady... you are still qualified to mention her in front of me."

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu kept silent. Regarding the previous choice, if he made the choice today, he would still not change and would not regret it, but he still felt indebted to Li Zhiwan himself.

Li Chongjiu sat down and took a sip of the buttermilk in front of him, and said: "Go back, don't get caught by me next time, and tell your lady for me, please take care of it."

After hearing this, Jian Xue said loudly: "Just go, I don't like to stay in your bloody place."

Jianxue walked to the door of the big tent, saw Li Chongjiu was still sitting on the desk, stomped heavily, turned around, and asked, "Little thief, there is nothing else I want to say to my lady."

Li Chongjiu laughed and said, "What do you want me to say?"

"You...you" Jian Xue pointed at Li Chongjiu's nose, but her eyes were red.

Seeing Jianxue's appearance, Li Chongjiu couldn't help thinking that if there is a master, there must be a servant.

Li Chongjiu took a deep breath, and immediately took a letter from the case, and sealed the envelope after writing.

Li Chongjiu took off the three-foot-long star-catching bow from the wall again, and said: "I am a warrior, and I have no personal possessions. Only this bow has been with me for many years. I will give it to your lady as a souvenir."

After Jianxue heard this, she took the letter and said: "Okay, I will pass it on for you, young lady, little thief, if you are unlucky, I will not let you go."

After speaking, Jian Xue strode out of the room and left the camp gate.

Li Chongjiu looked at Jianxue's back and was speechless for a long time.

Bobi, the camp of the Tang army.

The gate of the Chinese army was wide open, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and other generals of the Tang army knelt down in front of a royal chariot.

Li Yuan, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, slowly descended from the imperial chariot, and thousands of Tang soldiers shouted long live together.

"My son sees my father."

Li Yuan smiled, helped Li Shimin up, and said with a smile: "My son has worked hard. It is really a great achievement to defeat Lu Chongmao, Yao Junsu, and regain the Hedong."

Li Shimin said: "Reporting to my father, Jinyang has not yet recovered, and I dare not say great achievements. After conquering Jinyang, my father will add more merits to my son and minister."

Li Yuan laughed loudly, patted Li Shimin on the shoulder and said, "You really deserve to be the thousand-mile horse of my Li family."

At that moment, Li Yuan put his arm into the tent of the Chinese army together with Li Shimin.Li Yuan took the main seat, and the rest of the generals took their seats one by one.

Li Yuan asked Li Shimin, "How are the Youzhou thieves doing?"

Li Shimin clasped his fists in reply and said: "Five days ago, Li Chongjiu led an army of [-] to cross Lushui. The third sister and Manager Yin made a plan to subdue him halfway through..."

After listening to Li Shimin's narration, Li Yuan patted his knees and said, "Good plan! Li Chongjiu has lost a lot."

Li Shimin said ashamedly: "Li Chongjiu's army was good at fighting, and Yin Kaishan, the commander of the Taiyuan Road Marching Army, was killed. Right now, Sanmei and Youzhou Army are confronting each other by the Lushui River, but fortunately, Luzhou is not lost."

"It's a pity that Yin Shilang was killed in battle. It's a pity that he gave him a shot from the right servant of Daxingtai, Shandong Road, to comfort his family." Li Yuan pinched his beard, hearing that Yin Kaishan was killed in battle, he couldn't help but feel a little sad, and folded in front of him before he was injured. Li Chongjiu's eldest grandson, Shunde, had already killed two of his generals.

"No." Li Shimin said.

Li Yuan said: "Although Li Chongjiu cannot be defeated, his main force is in Luzhou. Shimin, what is your plan for the next step?"

Li Shimin said: "Reporting to my father, my son thinks that when the main force of this thief is fighting with Luzhou, let the third sister trap him in Luzhou and prevent him from returning to Jinyang. Our army can first recover Jinyang and merge the state. , Shizhou and other places, so the Youzhou bandits had no choice but to retreat from Luzhou."

"In addition, the Youzhou army has a heavy army outside. My son thought that my father could send a man of good words to the place of Dou Jiande in Hebei. Dou Jiande has been plotting Youzhou for a long time, so he can tell the benefits and disadvantages. I ask him to send troops to Youzhou and let the thieves in Youzhou go. Enemy from belly to back."

"Good!" Li Yuan said happily, "Since I have already annexed, all the soldiers and horses of the fifteen prefectures of Jiang will be handed over to you, so you can do it. As for Dou Jiande, I will send someone there. How dare this thief Li Chongjiu be here? When I ascended the throne, I attacked Bingzhou. I vowed not to let him go. I want him not only for Jinyang, but also for Youzhou to protect itself. Set him up as an example, let the world know, and offend me, Li Tang. as a result of"

Li Shimin knew in his heart that Li Yuan had always had a character of vengeance. Li Chongjiu's attack on Jinyang once made Li Tang almost plan to give up the land of Hedong. Since the Li family raised troops in Jinyang, when will there be such a setback.

Li Shimin clasped his fists and said: "Please rest assured, Father, I will leave this matter to my son."

(End of this chapter)