In September, Huai'an King Li Shentong led an elite army to meet with Yan King Li Yi in Jizhou, and recruited more than 50,000 soldiers from Xing, Ming, Prime Minister, Wei, Heng, Zhao and other states.

On this day, Li Shentong and Li Yi's coalition forces met Liu Heita's army in the south of Raoyang City.

The Tang army lined up with a formation of more than ten miles, with strong troops and excellent weapons.

Liu Heita's army was equipped with simple equipment. At first glance, it was a real peasant militia. The number of people was not as large as that of the Tang army, and they could only form a single formation along the river bank.

Li Shentong once fought with the Xia army, but was defeated in a mess. Whenever he thought of this, he felt extremely humiliated.

But at this moment, Li Shentong looked at Liu Heita's army and couldn't help but smile.

With such a huge gap in troops, he will definitely be able to avenge his previous shame and defeat the Xia army in this battle.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, making people fascinated.

Li Shentong stretched out his hand, felt the coldness of the strong wind blowing on his hands, and the corners of his mouth raised.

The wind was heading towards the enemy, but I didn't expect that even God was helping him.

Li Shentong immediately ordered: "Attack."

He took the lead, holding a big knife in his hand, and attacking the enemy with the wind.

The enemy soldiers were unable to open their eyes because of the strong wind, so they could only raise the weapons in their hands and shoot them randomly.

However, just after Li Shentong excitedly killed several people, the wind direction suddenly changed and he blew towards the Tang army.

"kill!"

Seeing this, Liu Heita led the army to attack the entire line.

The situation reversed instantly. After a fierce battle, Li Shentong, who was sure to win, was defeated again, and more than half of the troops and military supplies were lost.

At that time, on the west side of the battlefield, Li Yi attacked the troops led by Gao Yaxian, and broke through in one fell swoop, and pursued the victory.

Just after chasing for two miles, Xue Wanjun rushed over from the rear: "General Manager, the King of Huai'an was defeated, and our army suffered heavy losses."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi immediately gave up pursuing Gao Yaxian and led his troops to retreat to Gaocheng.

Liu Heita took advantage of the victory and pursued Gaocheng without stopping.

Although these Tang troops defeated Gao Yaxian's troops, their morale has become depressed since they learned that the main force of the army was defeated. Now they are running all the way and are tired, so they are forced to fight against Liu Heita's army.

It can be imagined that under the dual fatigue of both mental and physical strength, the Tang army was defeated again.

"Master, you go first, our palace behind."

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche fought side by side, fighting hard to kill the enemy and covering Li Yi's breakthrough.

After Li Yi rushed out of the siege, he ran towards Youzhou under the protection of his personal guards.

He looked back and saw that the two brothers Xue Wanjun were surrounded by Liu Heita's army again.

Li Yi seemed to feel something, and a sad look appeared in his eyes. Then he turned his head and looked forward and accelerated.

"ah......"

Accompanied by screams, Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche both fell off the horse, and the sharp spear immediately surrounded him.

But in a moment, the two of them were stolen and their hands were tied up.

"I know these two boys." Cao Zhan pushed away the crowd and walked over.

He stood in front of Xue Wanjun: "You two have fought with me with Li Yi and killed many of my brothers.

"Now that it is in my hands, I will avenge my brothers and make you live worse than death."

After the words came, he held a sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, quickly raised his sword and stabbed it.

"Don't kill my brother."

Xue Wanche's voice came from his ears. Xue Wanjun felt relieved, but his eyes subconsciously closed.

However, he did not feel the expected severe pain, so he opened his eyes and saw a strand of hair falling under his feet.

"Swish..."

Cao Zhan waved the sword in his hand again. After a few breaths, the ground was covered with dense hair.

Xue Wanjun looked at the ground and suddenly became angry: "Scholars can be killed but not humiliated. If you are a hero, kill me with one knife and don't touch my hair."

"I don't want your life. I just want to humiliate you and avenge my dead brothers." Cao Zhan was very arrogant and his eyes were full of sarcasm: "I not only want to humiliate you, but also your brothers."

After saying that, he raised the sword in his hand and walked towards Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche's hair was cut off in two "swish" moves.

"Ahhh..." The two brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche roared wildly, and sprayed their anger at Cao Zhan.

Cao Zhan didn't care at all, and even laughed very proudly: "Hahaha, please feel free, please feel free..."

"Take them away."

Cao Zhan turned over his horse and ordered the soldiers to bring prisoners with him to join the army.

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche walked at the end of the team with their hair loose, and there were two soldiers behind them.

The soldiers held horse whips in their hands, treated them like slaves, and drove them with whips.

The two brothers looked at each other silently, and both saw the shame in each other's eyes.

This will be the greatest shame in their lives.

After walking for a while, Xue Wanjun calmly observed the surrounding terrain and saw a small path ahead of the left. He winked at Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche followed his gaze and saw Xiaolu, then nodded at Xue Wanjun.

Just as they walked to the side of the road, Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche suddenly raised their feet, kicked one back, and kicked the two soldiers to the ground.

And quickly dodged their swords and cut the ropes on their wrists for the other party.

"Someone escaped."

The soldiers behind heard the movement and rushed over.

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche quickly rushed up the path next to them, and in the blink of an eye, there was no one.

The soldiers chased after a long journey, lost their traces, and went back to report to Cao Zhan.

Cao Zhan was so angry that he gritted his teeth. If he had known this would have happened, he would have killed them just now.

......

Two days later, Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche caught up with Li Yi's army.

"I feel relieved when I see you two are fine."

Li Yi expressed his gratitude to them and then led the remnants of troops to withdraw back to Youzhou.

In this battle, the Tang army suffered heavy losses and Liu Heita's army was greatly boosted.

When military information was transmitted back to Chang'an, Li Yuan was shocked. He thought that Liu Heita was just a grasshopper in the autumn and could not cause any storm.

However, he did not expect that he sent 50,000 troops but failed to defeat Liu Heita and lost most of his soldiers and supplies.

Li Shimin couldn't bear to see the fruit of victory he had just won into the hands of the enemy, so he asked Li Yuan for battle: "Aye, in order to pacify Henan and Hebei, the treasury has consumed a huge amount and sacrificed many soldiers. We must never let Henan and Hebei fall into the hands of others.

"I ask for a fight and I am willing to lead my troops to attack the rebel Liu Heita and recover the lost city."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan frowned slightly, and he looked at Li Jiancheng beside him.

Unfortunately, Li Jiancheng was lowering his head and thinking something, but he didn't see Li Yuan's eyes at all.

A trace of disappointment flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, and then he withdrew his gaze and said, "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. This time it is just a small defeat, so there is no need to panic.

"I believe that Li Shentong and Li Yi will definitely win back the defeat. Let's wait and see."

Li Shimin lowered his eyelids and did not speak anymore.

My father would rather put his hopes on Li Shentong and Li Yi who had lost the battle than let him go.

It was obvious that he could easily pacify Liu Heita, but his father chose a more difficult path. Of course he understood the obvious meaning.

My father began to suspect him and began to suppress him...
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