The biggest frustration in the world is that you know what the other party is going to do, but you can't stop it.

Just like now, Shi Zhuang and You Yong stood side by side in Tongguan no more than a thousand meters away, looking at the clouds of smoke rising from Tongguan, except for a relatively bitter smile, there was no way at all.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and Cao Xuan chose to withdraw at this time, which can be said to be the last stubbornness.

Zhu Yi, who was standing beside the two of them, looked at the smoke in Tongguan with great puzzlement, and then looked at the densely packed army behind the two.

"Why not give the order to attack? At this time, the Kannai must have been in chaos, even if you don't fight with the enemy, but you can also put out the fire, such a majestic ancient city, it is a pity to burn down like this. ”

Shi Zhuang shook his head: "It's not that we don't want to, but we can't." No one knows what Cao Xuan is doing in the city, in case our large army enters the city and something goes wrong, it will be a big deal. ”

You Yong continued: "Deputy Supervisor Zhu, don't forget, there are also a large number of fierce fire oil bombs in Tongguan City, even if they are not as good as ours, but compared with our first generation of fierce fire oil bombs, the power is also similar, we would rather this Xiongguan be destroyed in a moment, and we must not risk the lives of soldiers." ”

Zhu Yi suddenly realized and shook his head with regret.

The smoke became denser and denser, gradually obscuring the sky and the sun, and tongues of fire burst out from all over the pass, and after a while, one after another deafening explosions came, and countless debris was shaken into the air, and many of the debris even crossed the wall and fell in front of the position of the Tang army.

Looking at the places where those explosions occurred, You Yong said to Shi Zhuang: "Cao Xuan of the dog day, sure enough, he still wants to pull us to pad our backs when he is dying, these explosion points are specially designed, if our army really goes in to fight the fire, this explosion, all roads will inevitably be blocked, and there will be no way to run when the time comes." ”

"It's his inevitable choice." Shi Zhuang smiled: "If it were me, I would do the same." Forget it, that's all for now. This kind of fire can be regarded as completely isolating our two armies, and we don't have to guard against him Cao Xuan's drunkard's intention not to sneak attack us before drinking, and he Cao Xuan is not afraid that we will grow wings and fly over to give him a falling stone. He hurried to run for his life, what about us, what should we do when we go back to the camp, wait until the fire is weakened, and then go in to put out the fire and clear the road. ”

"That's all there is to it." You Yong smiled: "Look at this fire, I'm afraid it will burn for a day, I still have a few bottles of good wine there, do you want to go and taste it together?" ”

"Aren't you afraid that the military judge will trouble you?" Shi Zhuang said with a smile.

"Today is also a big victory, celebrate it on a small scale, he won't be so uninteresting." You Yong said with a smile.

"Military judges have never been interesting." Shi Zhuang shook his head and sighed: "I haven't seen them laugh, sometimes I wonder if they are also this wooden face when they are with their wife Dunlun!" ”

You Yong and Zhu Yi were stunned for a moment, and then laughed in unison.

"Let's go, go have a drink, even if the military judge pulls the pigtails." Shi Zhuang rode away.

Behind him, Zhu Yi and You Yong followed closely, and Zhu Yi asked with some puzzlement: "Why, at your level, the military judge will also find trouble with you?" ”

"Each level has a corresponding level of military judges." You Yong explained to the technical man: "Shi Zhuang and I naturally have someone to oversee. Of course, we are still not afraid of him looking for trouble for something as trivial as drinking some wine, but it is annoying to buzz like a fly. ”

"General Shi seems to be a little different from before!" Zhu Yi looked thoughtfully at the back of Shi Zhuang who was galloping wildly.

"What's the difference?" You Yong asked.

"It seems that all of a sudden the whole person has changed, what a solemn person before, today he actually made a joke." Zhu Yiyi.

You Yong smiled slightly.

Zhu Yi didn't have much contact with Shi Zhuang, and they both felt this way, let alone himself.

Shi Ping returned from Luoyang.

You Yong didn't go to find out, but judging from Shi Zhuang's performance, the ending should be very good.

Shi Zhuang was really happy.

Shi Ping told him about the process of going to Luoyang.

He met Li Ze and handed Shi Zhuang's handwritten letter to Li Ze, and said that it was all about their father and son, and he wanted to confess it to Li Ze one by one before Li Ze entered Chang'an.

But Li Ze's reaction was beyond Shi Ping's expectations.

Li Ze didn't read the letter at all.

He picked up the letter, threw it directly into the brazier in front of him, and twisted Shi Ping's face with his hand.

"I don't care who this guy is or where he comes from!" Li Ze said with a smile: "I only know Shi Zhuang, the pig killer in Wuyi City. ”

Shi Ping, who was stuffed with a large bag of candied candies by Li Ze, blushed with shame, if only Li Ze was here, it would be fine, the key is that there are still Liu Ruyan in the house now, as well as Gongsun Changming, Chen Wenliang and others, which makes his face a little unbearable.

"Li Xiang, I'm fifteen years old, and I'm a soldier now!" He thrust into his chest.

"Bullshit!" Li Ze laughed and twisted his face vigorously again, "In my eyes, you are still the stinky kid rolling in the mud, go back and tell your Lao Tzu, don't think about it, fight for me honestly, people like him, don't think about it in this life." After the fight of the pseudo-beam, I will go to sweep the south, and after sweeping the south, I will go on an expedition outside the territory. ”

Shi Ping was ashamed and annoyed and hurriedly returned to the Tongguan camp with a large bag of candied fruits, and complained to his father about it with annoyance, but Shi Zhuang laughed happily and actually solved half of the big bag of candied fruits.

The Tang army waited for the fire to be extinguished before marching towards Chang'an, and Cao Xuan, after waiting for a long time, also left Tongguan without disappointment.

Although he also knew that the other party would not be so reckless, he always had some thoughts that should not have existed, and it would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed.

The other party didn't give him a chance at all.

He now has a day to get rid of each other.

Even so, Cao Xuan still ordered the rear army, while walking, while destroying the road.

But what he never expected was that the fatal threat did not come from the Tang Army in the rear, but from Chang'an, from the garbage Shence army in the three large battalions outside Chang'an that he had never looked down on.

In the evening, he received a report of the remnants of the army who had fled from Xinfeng.

Cao Zhen, who set off early, died.

Thousands of vanguard armies were wiped out.

Eighty percent of the money and grain stored in Tongguan were all taken away by the other party.

Shocked and angry, he didn't even have time to grieve the death of his son, so he immediately ordered all the cavalry under his command and marched towards Chang'an quickly.

He also had nearly 20,000 subordinates, whose lives and deaths were on his side. Without food and grass, how can they survive in the ice and snow? Without grain and grass, how could they wear the snow-covered Qinling Mountains and completely get rid of the Tang army?

He was greeted by the cold city walls of Chang'an.

Zhao Xi honored them and retreated directly to Chang'an City, posing as if he wanted to guard Chang'an City.

Cao Xuan was desperate.

If he really wants to fight, he believes that he can take Chang'an City. But how much time it will take, he can't tell.

He and the Tang Army behind him were only a day's journey.

Even if he defeated Chang'an City, but was blocked by the Tang army, what was the point of all the battles?

Under the city of Chang'an, Cao Xuan spent a long night.

At dawn, he finally gave an order that made all his subordinates despair.

He ordered his men to be stationed in Xinfeng, and the grain and grass they carried with them could support them for a day or two, and then wait for the arrival of the Tang army in Xinfeng and surrender to the Tang army.

"Even if we surrender, we will surrender to the opponent who deserves my surrender, not these pickled goods in Chang'an City." Cao Xuan said sadly to his lieutenant: "Many of these soldiers are my fellow countrymen, and this is the last thing I can do for them." Without grain and grass, I took them into the Qinling Mountains, which was a dead end. If you surrender to the Tang army, you can at least have one life. ”

"Where's you?"

"How could I surrender!" Cao Xuan shook his head and said: "I will enter the Qinling Mountains, whether I live or die, let God decide my fate!" ”

In Chang'an City, Gao Xiangsheng witnessed Cao Xuan's division of troops, Cao Xuan only left with hundreds of his own soldiers on horseback, while the rest of the army turned around and headed in the direction of Xinfeng.

"General Gao, Cao Xuan must have run away, at this time, if we send troops, wouldn't we be able to annihilate the troops he abandoned?" Zhao Xi flatteringly followed Gao Xiangsheng and suggested: "In this way, isn't General Gao's credit going to be greatly credited?" ”

Gao Xiangsheng glanced at him indifferently and said: "Cao Xuan's subordinates are mostly his township soldiers, at this moment, I am afraid that it has become a mourning army, with our current strength, it is okay to defend the city or it, if you really want to go out to fight, are you sure?" What if someone is dying and looking for a few backs? Don't forget that in the last battle, we occupied the right time and place, surrounded on all sides, and suddenly attacked, how many casualties did Cao Zhen and his subordinates inflict on you? If Lao Tzu hadn't led people to rush into battle and killed Cao Zhen in the chaos, what would have been the result of the battle? ”

Zhao Xi smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to mention this topic again.

Gao Xiangsheng really didn't dare to pull this army out to fight. The battle on the bashang really scared him. If it weren't for the fact that he and his subordinates had brought a lot of grenades that had just been developed by the general battalion specially equipped with internal guards, and killed Cao Zhen in a scuffle, I am afraid that he would have escaped with his tail between his legs by now.

This Divine Army, as an army, has basically completely lost its function.

Let's wait for You Yong Shizhuang and them to come, and then disband them on the spot. It's not okay to fight, it's always okay to go back to farming!