Outside Luoyang City, Wang Shichong retreated back to the city after two battles without victory, refusing to face the battle, this morning, Li Shimin inspected the outer city of Luoyang under the escort of dozens of cavalry, the tall and strong city wall made Li Shimin's eyes show a look of worry, he turned back to Qiu Xing and sighed: "Even if Luoyang is captured, my son will be killed and wounded." ”

Qiu Xinggong is the son of Qiu He, the former general of the Sui Dynasty, about 30 years old, 6 feet 4 tall, big shoulders and round waist, superb martial arts, brave and peerless, archery skills are 100 shots, holding an elephant trunk knife, ranking tenth among the top ten fierce generals in the world, hearing Li Shimin sigh, he said proudly: "If His Royal Highness attacks the city, I am willing to be the vanguard, kill a bloody road, and take Luoyang without killing a hundred people!" ”

Qiu Xinggong's bold words made Li Shimin smile bitterly, how can a person not die in a hundred battles without an iron body, but he still encouraged: "General Qiu's courage is commendable, if it is time to attack the city, I am looking forward to General Qiu's miraculous achievements!" ”

After speaking, he turned his horse's head and went to the Tang army camp, the main camp of the Tang army marshal is located in the north of the city, it is a slab wall camp covering an area of hundreds of acres, with hard walls and tight defense, Li Shimin returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and met Fang Xuanling at the door of the big tent, Fang Xuanling saw that he was depressed, so he smiled and said: "Your Highness feels that Luoyang is difficult to attack, and he is not in a good mood?" ”

Li Shimin sighed, "Yang Yuanqing's army is about to cross the river, if I don't take Luoyang as soon as possible, I'm afraid that in the end, it will be fulfilled by him, but Luoyang City is strong and the defenders are elite, I am bored!" ”

Li Shimin walked into the big tent, walked to the sand table and stopped, and said after a while: "Actually, in the first two battles, I should have a slight loss, so that Wang Shichong can go out of the city to fight with me, but now it's good, he can't shrink out..... but I will take ten times as hard to storm the city. ”

He sighed again, looking remorseful. He knew that Wang Shichong still had at least 50,000 elite troops. There is plenty of grain and grass in the city, and the materials are sufficient, so it is not easy to capture Luoyang.

If there is no Yang Yuanqing on the periphery, he is eyeing it. He simply spent some time, but Yang Yuanqing squatted on the periphery like a tiger, waiting for him to appear tired.

Then. Fang Xuanling walked over and said with a smile: "If His Highness wants Wang Shichong to fight, I have a plan to let him lead his troops to attack." ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed, "Military advisor, please speak!" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "Wang Shichong should also know that Yang Yuanqing is about to cross the river to fight, we might as well plan and pretend to be the main force to the northeast to meet the battle, leaving only a few troops outside the city, and then the army moves north, Wang Shichong will definitely take advantage of the instability of our camp." went out of the city to attack, and the remaining garrison at that time only needed to contain Wang Shichong, and the main force would be killed. will definitely defeat Wang Shichong. ”

Li Shimin's eyes gradually lit up. He immediately turned around and ordered, "General Qu Tu and General Changsun are invited to come!" ”

In a moment, the veteran Qu Tutong and the eldest grandson Wuji both rushed to the Chinese army's tent. Li Shimin told them Fang Xuanling's strategy, and the eldest grandson Wuji said happily: "This plan is very good, the last general is willing to lead the army to stay behind and attract Wang Shichong out of the city!" ”

Li Shimin shook his head, "Your attraction is not big enough, or I stay, you can lead the army to feign a retreat, wait for the beacon fire of Beibi Mountain to rise, and then you can lead the army to kill back." ”

At this time, Li Shimin saw that Qu Tutong was silent in thought, so he asked, "Does the old general have any ideas?" ”

Since the successful evacuation from Hedong last year, Li Shimin attaches great importance to Qu Tutong, and his advice is almost obedient, Qu Tutong also reciprocates Li, as the secretary of the military department, fully supports Li Shimin, so that Li Shimin's military power is increasingly consolidated, this time the eastward crusade, Li Shimin invited him to be a deputy general, he gladly agreed, and the veteran went out again.

Qu Tutong has been silent in thought, listening to Li Shimin ask him, he picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the Tiger Prison Pass on the sand table, "Actually, what I'm worried about is the Tiger Prison Pass, the Tiger Prison Pass is occupied by the Sui army, which will cut off our connection with the Eastern Central Plains, since General Li Xiaogong has led the army to Yingchuan, Yang Yuanqing can not know that if he sends troops to Xingyang and cooperates with Li Mi's army, Li Xiaogong will be in danger." ”

As soon as his words fell, Fang Xuanling next to him said: "What the old general said is extremely important, the Tiger Prison Pass is extremely important, and if the Tiger Prison Pass is recaptured, our army will be able to echo the north and south of the Tang Army in Yingchuan County, and we should take advantage of the opportunity that there are only 1,000 Sui troops in the Tiger Prison Pass, and we will send heavy troops to recapture the Tiger Prison Pass." ”

Li Shimin nodded, "What you say is a golden and jade strategy, how can I not obey!" ”

He said to Qu Tu again: "I heard that the Tiger Prison Pass was occupied by the Sui general Luo Shixin, this person is brave and brave in the three armies, wise and brave, and the non-old general can't deal with it, I give the old general 10,000 elite soldiers, and I hope the old general can recapture the Tiger Pass as soon as possible." ”

Qu Tutong said proudly: "With 10,000 to 1,000, if I can't take the Tiger Prison Pass, I am willing to come and see you!" ”……

Half an hour later, Qu Tutong led 10,000 light cavalry to leave the camp and galloped towards the direction of Tiger Pass, and after a while, the eldest grandson Wuji led 60,000 troops to leave the camp and drive to the northeast, so that there were only 20,000 troops left in the main camp, and Li Shimin immediately ordered the army to retreat north and retreat in the direction of Beibi Mountain.

At the head of the city, Wang Shichong was puzzled, watching the movement in Li Shimin's camp in the distance, and secretly thought in his heart, "Could it be that Yang Yuanqing's army has crossed the river?" ’

At this time, Yang Gongqing, the general next to him, said: "Your Majesty, this must be that the Sui army has crossed the river, and the Tang army has been attacked by the inside and outside in order to prevent it, so the main force went to meet the Sui army, this is a golden opportunity, and I am willing to lead a strong force to attack and stay in the Tang army!" ”

Wang Shichong pondered for a moment and shook his head, "Don't worry, wait a little longer, and then talk about it later." ”……

Qu Tutong led 10,000 cavalry to march south, and Li Xuanba, who was traveling with him, was extremely excited, Li Xuanba heard that Luo Shixin was in the Tiger Prison Pass, he was very excited, this was something he had been looking forward to for a long time.

Li Xuanba is slightly weaker than ordinary people, he has no interest in strategy and attack, what he thinks in his heart is to find an opponent to compete, how can he fight all over Guanlong, but still can't find a general, which makes him quite frustrated.

He had already heard that the Sui Dynasty was like a cloud, which made him extremely eager in his heart, Yang Yuanqing He was not qualified to fight, so he locked the target Luo Shixin, this time he finally waited for the opportunity, how could he not be excited in his heart, along the way, he kept admonishing Qu Tutong, "I must deal with Luo Shixin, whoever dares to rob me, I don't care who it is, I will be killed with a hammer!" ”

Qu Tutong smiled bitterly in his heart, this King Zhao acted as he pleased, and it was really a troublesome thing to bring him here, but no one dared to provoke him, annoyed him, he didn't recognize the enemy, I was afraid that even he would be smashed with a hammer.

"Your Highness, rest assured! I will definitely leave him to you. ”

At noon the next day, 10,000 cavalry arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, the east of the Tiger Prison Pass is the cliff of the fortified city, the attack is extremely difficult, but the west is an ordinary city wall, only more than two zhang high, the attack is slightly easier, Wang Shichong built more than a dozen warehouses in the city, storing tens of thousands of stone grain, but the grain has been transported back to Luoyang by the crown prince Wang Xuanying, and the city has become empty.

At this time, Luo Shixin had already received information from Heyang, Li Jingqin led 30,000 troops to cross the river east into Xingyang County, he only had to hold on for another three or four days, reinforcements were coming, but at the same time, Luo Shixin also got another information, Qu Tutong led 10,000 Tang cavalry to arrive, already twenty miles away.

This made Luo Shixin extremely worried, he heard his master Zhang Xutuo say that Qu Tutong is a famous general who can be ranked with Li Jing and Yang Yichen, with rich experience and great strategy, this time he led 10,000 troops to come, ten times more than himself, can he hold the Tiger Prison Pass?

"Fuck it, the soldiers will block it, the water will cover it, if we can't beat it, we will run, will the living still be suffocated to death by urine?"

Cheng Yanjin disdained Luo Shixin's worries, and asked him to defend the Tiger Prison Pass, and he would never do it until the last person died, for him, the pass could be recaptured if it was lost, and if a person died, there would be nothing.

He saw that Luo Shixin was quite determined to defend the fortified city, so he pouted and said: "Lao Luo, I will first say ugly things in front, my family has been born less than two months ago, and if you want me to be loyal to the country, I will not do it, if you want to fight to the death, I will not accompany you." ”

Luo Shixin had no choice but to sigh and say, "Let's talk about it depending on the situation!" If I really can't hold it, I will save the lives of my brothers and will not let them fight to the death. ”

At this moment, there was a message from the bell tower of the pass, 'Dang! While! While! The sound of the bell, this is the alarm of discovering the enemy's situation, Luo Shixin was stunned, how could it come so quickly, he rushed to the city, looked to the west, and saw a black cavalry team rushing towards this side.

"Order all soldiers to go up to the city for defense!"

The Tiger Prison Pass immediately became nervous, a group of Sui soldiers rushed to the city, brought up bundles of arrows, they cut trees and quarryed stones outside in the past two days, and also prepared a lot of rolling wood and stones, all piled up at the head of the city, the gate under the city has also been closed, with a huge wood to resist, there are two hundred soldiers to defend the city gate.

There is no moat in the Tiger Prison Pass, but a dry ditch is dug under the front and rear city walls, the canal is covered with sharp spears, and a drawbridge is pulled up.

The dust was flying in the distance, and the yellow dust stirred up by 10,000 cavalry covered the sky and the sun, and the dust banner was flying, and behind the banner was the cavalry that was overwhelming with black pressure, and in a moment, 10,000 cavalry galloped to the ground and stopped four hundred paces away from the city.

In this attack on Tiger Pass, Li Shimin ordered the hussar general Duan Zhixuan to be the deputy general to assist Qu Tutong, Duan Zhixuan is also a fierce general, although he is not ranked in the top ten fierce generals in the world, but he is qualified for the top 20.

He also made an iron spear, weighing eighty pounds, he also tried with Li Xuanba, was smashed by a hammer to break the iron spear, his arm was injured, and it took half a month to recover, and since then he has been afraid of Li Xuanba.

Duan Zhixuan hugged his fists and said: "Old general, if you are lowly, you will take people to cut down trees and make siege ladders!" ”

The king of Qin asked them to take the Tiger Prison Pass within two days, the pressure was extremely great, and they didn't even carry the camp tent stationed in the camp, Qu Tutong had been stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass for three years when he was young, and he knew the situation of the Tiger Prison Pass well, he smiled slightly: "Don't do any ladders, I will use a little trick, within two days, the Sui army will inevitably evacuate." ”……

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