Chapter 160: The back road is cut off, and the army is broken

Li Shimin immediately discovered that the problem was very serious. Although Longmen Canyon is not as severe as Hangu Road, it is precisely because of this that he is in trouble. To add insult to injury, the Xuanjia cavalry ran from the northern camp to Longmen, and the distance between the north and south was sixty or seventy miles.

If it is to deal with a rout army that is frightened and flees in embarrassment, it is naturally invincible. However, after discovering that they had fallen into the enemy's heavy encirclement, Li Shimin obviously noticed that the morale of the Xuanjia cavalry around him had been frustrated, and many people had a look of fear on their faces.

The east and west are Daqing Mountain and Longmen Mountain respectively, and the war horses cannot be moved at all, so they can only move south or north. However, the formation of the Zheng army that appeared in the south was very thick, although the night was thick and the vision was limited, but listening to the footsteps, Li Shimin also knew that the other party had at least twenty or thirty thousand horses, and it was also a long phalanx of soldiers who specialized in restraining the Xuanjia cavalry.

Swapping the Xuanjia cavalry and the ogre army for his life, Li Shimin can calculate this account, not to mention one for one, even if it is one for ten, Li Shimin feels a loss. Speaking of the time, in fact, Li Shimin only considered the time of ten breaths (ten seconds) before making a decision. He quietly said to the generals around him, such as Zhai Changsun, Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan, Qin Qiong, and Cheng Zhijie: "This king is going to drag Wang Shichong, and you are waiting for the opportunity to retreat!" ”

At this time, reflecting Li Shimin's prestige, Zhai Changsun, Hou Junji, and Duan Zhixuan did not say a word, and whispered orders to the Xuanjia cavalry beside them.

At this time, Cheng Zhijie said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, don't look down on me, my old Cheng is also a person who has fought hundreds of battles in large and small places, and I have seen a lot of small scenes...... "Saying, Cheng Zhijie turned to look at Qin Qiong: "Shubao, how can you say that we are also monarchs and ministers with their Wang family, so we can get together and disperse, and see each other?" ”

Qin Qiong had a good relationship with Cheng Zhijie, and instantly understood what Cheng Zhijie meant. Li Shimin is their new master, if Li Shimin really can't run away this time, even if they go back, I'm afraid they will be killed by finding a crime, after all, if Li Yuan really dies another son, I'm afraid there will be no more living people in Luoyang City.

It's better to follow Li Shimin and live and die together, if they really die, then it will be a hundred, but once they can escape, they can squeeze into the decision-making level of the Qin Wangfu and become the core figures. This deal is small and big, and it's worth doing!

Qin Shubao said: "A certain person also has this intention, there are men who pee three feet in the wind, yes will be afraid of him?" ”

Li Shimin rode out of the ranks, but Cheng Zhijie and Qin Qiong were like two generals, protecting Li Shimin.

As the so-called enemies are very red when they meet, Wang Shichong saw Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie under the firelight, and his eyes were so angry that his eyes were about to burst into flames, he suppressed his anger and roared: "Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao, I am not thin on your Wagang Army, how did you treat me?" ”

Qin Qiong is the one who wants face, in fact, Wang Shichong is right. Although it is a bit too little to let Qin Qiong command a thousand soldiers and horses, Wang Shichong did not deduct them at all from the treatment of the third-rank officials. Qin, Cheng, Niu, Xie, Zhang and other generals surrendered to Wang Shichong, and each of them was given a set of houses of no less than ten acres. How many ten acres can there be? Qin Qiong abandoned Wang Shichong and surrendered to Li Shimin, this thing was really not authentic.

However, just when Qin Qiong was ashamed and wanted to retreat, Cheng Zhijie said with a smile: "Wang Shichong, my old Cheng is a rough person, I have to say a word about you, you are really not kind, when my old Cheng was in Wagang, he was on an equal footing with Xu Shiji, Qin Shubao, Shan Xiongxin, and Luo Shixin, but what about them, now Lao Shan is dead (Cheng Zhijie doesn't know this secret), Lao Xu and Lao Luo have taken refuge in the Tang Dynasty, especially Lao Xu, who is now the pillar of the Tang Dynasty, Jiang Guogong, General Zuo Wuhou, But I and Lao Qin are in charge of a thousand soldiers and horses, that is, the former Sui Eagle Strike Lang General, and call a few of our old brothers as Eagle Strike Lang Generals, and also said that they are not thin to us, I have seen shameless, I have never seen you so brazen, open your eyes and say ...... blind"

didn't speak, but saw Zhu Cang pick up an iron-tired bow and aim it at Cheng Zhijie is an arrow.

With a bang, the sound of breaking the air sounded, breaking the abrupt silence.

However, due to the distance, when this arrow flew in front of Cheng Zhijie, its strength was already weak. Cheng Zhijie raised the horse lance and flicked it gently, and the arrow didn't know where it flew.

"Dark arrows hurt people, it's despicable!" Li Shimin saw that the Xuanjia cavalry was slowly turning around, but it seemed that it would take a pillar of incense to complete the collective turn. Li Shimin scolded: "Wang Shichong, what can you do with this? You still have Zhu Cang, don't make mistakes, what will happen to you if you follow Wang Shichong? Abandoning the darkness and turning to the light is the right way! ”

Wang Shichong said: "Although your Tang army is strong, but in this Longmen Canyon, you Li Shimin are outnumbered, you have no hope of winning, surrender!" ”

As he spoke, Wang Shichong pointed to the left and right, and a strong self-confidence burst out of his body. "Now that I have made all the preparations, and my strength is ten times that of yours, if you continue to fight, you will definitely be annihilated by the whole army, and you will not be able to escape!"

In fact, as Wang Shichong said, for this decisive battle. In Luoyang City, he organized more than 15,000 young and strong people in the eastern and western cities, and in order to let them sell their lives, he grabbed these more than 15,000 young and strong family members, and used the lives of these family members to threaten them to attack the Tang army camp.

Looking at all the nations in the whole world, only the Chinese people attach the most importance to their families and relatives, and are willing to sacrifice themselves for the lives of their relatives. Under the attraction of more than 15,000 cannon fodder, Li Shimin did not see through Wang Shichong's true intention at all, and when Li Shimin understood, he had already taken more than 30,000 soldiers of the core Jianghuai Army to complete the arrangement in Longmen Canyon.

At this time, Wang Shichong had more than 60,000 men and horses in Longmen Canyon, and under Li Shimin's command, there were less than 5,000 Xuanjia cavalry (the historical army only had 3,000 men and horses), which was 12 times that of Li Shimin.

Li Shimin said disapprenously: "So what? ”

Zhu Cang said: "Your Majesty, Li Shimin will not surrender!" ”

was rejected by Li Shimin, in fact, it was not expected by Wang Shichong, although Wang Shichong had a smile on his face, but he couldn't hide his murderous aura: "Li Shimin, do you really think you can change the destiny of heaven?" ”

Li Shimin shook his head: "I haven't been arrogant to this point. However, since I have come, it is to annihilate your ogre army, the army of beasts, and I will never let you break into our homeland as before, unscrupulously, burn, kill, plunder, and slaughter my compatriots, maybe I will be defeated, maybe I will die in battle, as long as we still have a breath, there will always be someone who will stand up and stand in front of you, and carry this fallen sky on their shoulders! I'm not the first and won't be the last! ”

The soldiers of the Xuanjia cavalry pursed their lips, still silent, but the hands holding their weapons became harder and harder. Just when Li Shimin was in a hurry, he suddenly let out a wild roar: "The rear team becomes the front team, withdraw!" ”

The Xuanjia cavalry, which had already completed preparations, turned their horses and galloped towards the rear.

Wang Xuanying was dumbfounded: "Li Shimin will also run away?" ”

"He's a human being, and if you slash it, you'll be hurt, and if you lose your head, you'll die!" Zhu Cang chattered and said, "But it's a pity, they can't run away!" ”

Wang Shichong didn't even move, quietly looked at the Xuanjia cavalry, and said with a regretful face: "It's a pity for those good horses!" ”

Zhu Cang said: "There will be good horses, as long as we enter the Guanzhong, Li Tang's hundreds of thousands of horses in Longyou and Hehuang Horse Farms are ours, and more than 2 million people are involved......

Saying that, Zhu Cang's eyes showed a wolf-like green light, he stretched out his blood-red tongue and licked his lips: "Your Majesty, hand over Li Shimin to me, I will eat him and see how he is different from others!" ”

The Xuanjia cavalry followed the mountain road of Longmen Canyon and headed all the way to the north wind. Li Shimin galloped north, and at the same time looked at Wang Shichong with a provocative gaze.

At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly felt something was wrong in his heart, Wang Shichong's reaction was too calm, calm and outrageous, could it be that he had already expected that he would run away without a fight?

Li Shimin's doubts are very reasonable, and Wang Shichong is indeed prepared.

Just when the cavalry of the brigade was about to leave the mouth of the Longmen Canyon, suddenly dozens of Xuanjia cavalry in front of them pounced and fell like dumplings on their horses, and these dozens of cavalry launched a terrible scream, but their screams had just started for more than ten breaths.

"Poof......

"Poof......

Like the sound of a big watermelon falling to the ground, the Xuanjia cavalry who were charging rapidly behind couldn't contain their momentum at all, as long as they watched the war horse, relying on their own inertia, they knocked the robe of their fallen horse away, or the sound of horses' hooves with a big bowl mouth, and stepped on their heads.

As soon as Zhai Changsun saw this situation, he realized that something was wrong, and shouted: "Attention, there is a barricade ahead!" ”

However, it is useless to shout at this time.

Not to mention that the hooves of those war horses stepped on the ground and made a thunderous sound, which had already suppressed Zhai Changsun's voice, even if they could hear it, they didn't have time to react. At this time, the speed of the cavalry was even more than forty kilometers, or fifty.

"Plop ......"

"Plop ......"

Like dumplings, the Xuanjia cavalry, falling war horses. In just a few breaths, six or seven hundred Xuanjia cavalry fell from their horses, and they fell into a rolling gourd.

Looking at the Xuanjia cavalry who fell from the horse on such a large scale, Hou Junji behind controlled the speed of the horse and barely controlled the momentum of the war horse.

Although Zhai Changsun's equestrian skills were good, because the war horse behind him couldn't be cleaned up, he knocked his war horse to the ground all of a sudden, so Zhai Changsun fell to the ground very tragically, and what was even more tragic was that his face hit the ground first.

Zhai Changsun lost consciousness in an instant on half of his face, but when he was about to get up, he found that there was actually a large pool of slimy things on the ground, although these six or seven hundred cavalry fell to the ground, and a lot of blood would be shed, but Zhai Changsun knew very well that this was not blood, but fierce fire oil.

Zhai Changsun roared with all his might: "It's not good, retreat!" ”

At this moment, dense torches sounded from the cliff of Longmen Mountain, and dozens of large fireballs burning with flames roared and flew towards the bottom of the canyon.

At this time, Li Shimin had already arrived first, rushed to the halfway point of the canyon, and was looking at dozens of fireballs about three feet long, flying towards the bottom of the canyon.

It turned out that as early as when all the Xuanjia cavalry entered the Longmen Canyon, the Zheng soldiers who were secretly ambushed on Longmen Mountain and Daqing Mountain had more than 1,000 barrels and more than 50,000 catties of stone grease water (that is, crude oil) poured at the exit of the canyon.

More than 50,000 catties is actually not much, but it is equivalent to more than 25 tons. When Yang Guang was in the eastern capital of Luoyang, he built a workshop to produce ink in the East Palace. At that time, this kind of stone lipid water became the main raw material for ink making due to the large smoke, if at the peak of the time, Luoyang City actually had no less than 20,000 barrels of stone lipid water, but now these stone grease water is less than one-twentieth of the original inventory.

However, just one-twentieth of the stone grease water was poured into the Longmen Canyon, and it quickly formed a wall of fire that was the same width as the canyon and more than 100 steps long.

Twenty-five tons of crude oil burned, setting off a fire more than ten feet high, which could be clearly seen for more than ten miles.

Almost thousands of Xuanjia cavalry were engulfed by this ruthless fire, and these Xuanjia cavalry let out a terrible scream, and Li Shimin secretly said that something was wrong when he saw the fire in front of him. But when Li Shimin came to the front of the valley, he was still shocked by this ruthless wall of fire, and the soldiers who fell into the sea of fire had no way to save them.

The flames were as high as more than ten zhang, and there was an obvious burning sensation two hundred steps away, and within a hundred steps, there was no way to get close at all, and as time passed, the screams of the Xuanjia cavalry in the sea of fire became weaker and weaker.

The grizzled Hou Junji came to Li Shimin dejectedly.

Li Shimin looked at the surrounding generals and found that Duan Zhixuan, Hou Junji, and Lei Yongji were all there. But only Zhai Changsun is missing.

Li Shimin realized the seriousness of the problem, and shouted with a frightened face: "What about Zhai Changsun? ”

Hou Junji and Duan Zhixuan were silent.

Lei Yongji said timidly: "General Zhai is unfortunately ......"

Li Shimin felt a little difficult to breathe, and at this moment, a rumbling sound came.

Li Shimin looked back and saw that the soldiers of the Zheng army were slowly oppressing.

However, it was not the soldiers of the Zheng army who walked in the front, but two or three hundred chariots.

Li Shimin roared with all his might: "Soldiers, my brothers, we are cut off now, and Zheng Jun intends to kill us all, what should we do now?" ”

Cheng Zhijie almost subconsciously shouted: "It's a fight with the son of a bitch!" ”

Li Shimin turned the horse's head again, raised the horizontal knife, slashed forward into the void, and shouted: "Fight!" ”

"Fight!"

The surviving Xuanjia cavalry turned their grief into strength, and galloped towards the Zheng army's chariot array.

PS: I went out for a day today, and I came back a little late, and there will be more later!