When the guards heard the sound, they surrounded Cao Tian's war horses. Cao Tian kicked the horse's belly hard, and the war horse was in pain. He neighed wildly and ran away. He directly knocked the guards in front of him and ran towards the gate.

Li Yuanzhong saw Cao Tian and shouted: "Where are the evil thiefs running away!" While speaking, he rode his horse toward Cao Tian, ​​holding an iron mace and swept across Cao Tian's abdomen.

Cao Tian had no weapons in his hand, so how could he resist the iron mace? He was knocked off the horse and fell to the ground and vomited blood. He could no longer get up. The two soldiers of the palace immediately stepped forward to take Cao Tian and tied him from head to toe with a rope.

A thousand cavalry rushed left and right in the military camp, killing people everywhere and setting fire, causing the enemy camp to turn the earth. Even the head coach Zhang Lan was shot by Peng Hai and cut off his head and held it at the tip of the gun. The generals of Gaochang were even more panicked when they learned that the head coach was dead, and they only wanted to escape and forgot to resist. Li Yuanzhong and Peng Hai fought hard to chase him, lying fifty miles away, blood flowing through the wild.

However, there were too many Gaochang troops and fled in scattered areas. The Tang army was too few and had no clones. In the end, more than 8,000 enemy troops were killed. The others were missing. There was only one prisoner, namely Cao Tian. Li Hao had instructed them to kill only people and not take prisoners because they had no food to raise prisoners.

Back at the empty Gaochang camp, he found that it was almost ruins. Peng Hai and Li Yuanzhong and others were cleaning the battlefield in the camp. They found more than 500 stones of surviving food. The rest were burned away by the fire. Peng Hai was extremely upset and blamed himself, saying that he should not set fire. But he also knew that there was no one who robbed the camp and did not set fire. Only setting fire can create panic and make chaos widen. It is difficult to be effective with just one thousand people to kill. It is useless to blame himself. Li Yuanzhong comforted him for a long time, continued to clean the battlefield, harvested a lot of weapons, and rushed back with a large amount of weapons and grain.

自从彭海和李元忠出城后,李浩一直在城楼上用望远镜观察着,将所有过程尽数看在眼中,当看到他们劫营成功返回的那一刻,李浩的脸上露出了微笑,转头面朝王元泰,道:“准备迎接英雄们归来吧.”

Wang Yuantai was happy when he heard this and asked excitedly: "Did they... succeed?"

Li Hao smiled and nodded.

Wang Yuantai was so excited that he trembled all over and ran around the city wall and shouted: "It's successful! The camp was successful! The camp was successful..."

The soldiers guarding the city walls shouted excitedly when they heard the sound. The screams woke up the people in the city. The people walked out of their houses one after another. After a while, everyone in the city knew that they had won the battle, and everyone cheered and cheered, which was even more lively than the New Year.

More than an hour later, a thousand cavalry brought countless weapons and food to the gate of Tingzhou City. Peng Hai and Li Yuanzhong turned over and dismounted, saluted Li Hao on the city tower, and said excitedly: "Last general Peng Hai, Li Yuanzhong is lucky to have fulfilled his orders, defeated the enemy, and brought back the treason-Cao Tian!"

"Thank you for your hard work, two generals!" Li Hao endured his excitement and shouted, "Transfer my order! Open the city gate!"

The gate of Tingzhou City slowly opened, and a thousand soldiers slowly entered the city. Li Hao was already waiting in the street below. When Li Yuanzhong and Peng Hai saw Li Hao, they were about to salute again, but were stopped by Li Hao.

Li Hao looked at the two of them happily and said with a gaze: "The two generals did a beautiful job, and they won a complete victory for one thousand to ten thousand. It was simply the rebirth of Li Guang."

Peng Hai hurriedly said modestly: "My lord is a mistake. This great victory is due to the great lord. He is extremely brave and proposed a plan to rob the camp. If it were us, we would never dare to think about it!"

"General Peng said very well." Li Yuanzhong also said, "This move by Master is not surprising and attacking him is actually the best way."

"Don't praise me anymore, I will be proud." Li Hao enjoyed the praise with a smile. He was very humble. He was so happy that he even forgot to take the airs of an official, and then asked, "How is the loss of this battle?"

Peng Hai said excitedly: "What kind of damage can there be? When we robbed the camp, the monkeys in Gaochang were sleeping. When they ran out, they didn't even wear clothes, so they knew they could run away."

When Li Hao saw that Peng Hai, who had always been calm, said such arrogant words, he was really happy, so he nodded with relief: "It would be good if there was no casualties."

Li Yuanzhong said, "The soldiers of the palace encountered the enemy marshal's personal guards, and five were injured, but none of them were serious."

"It's okay to be injured." Li Hao waved his hand and said, "Go back and ask the military doctor to treat it. We have prepared a lot of medicinal materials, enough!"

Peng Hai then came to Li Hao and whispered: "Sir, how should Cao Tian deal with it?"

"Cao Tian!" When Li Hao heard Cao Tian's name, his smile disappeared instantly, his eyebrows stood up, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Bring this evil thief up!"

Two right guards escorted Cao Tian to the crowd, and Cao Tian and Li Hao looked at each other again, but this time the situation was very different from last time, and even their eyes were no longer the same. Both of them took off their hypocritical cover-up and looked at them with glaring.

"Dog official!" Cao Tian stared at Li Hao, gritted his teeth and cursed.

"Hmph! You evil dog!" Li Hao scolded sternly, "What qualifications does a traitorous rebel dog have to stand in front of me! Kneel down!"

When the two right guards swung their scabbards and hit Cao Tian hard on his joints. Cao Tian screamed in pain, bent his knees and knelt on the ground, gritted his teeth and continued to curse: "Dog official! If you have sex, you will kill me!"

"Kill you? Haha..." Li Hao sneered fiercely, "How can I relieve my hatred if I kill you? How can I relieve my hatred from the 20,000 people in Tingzhou? Don't worry, you will never die so easily."

Li Hao's face was covered with coldness, and Cao Tian had a cold war for no reason. Although he was prepared to die when he was captured, he still couldn't help but tremble a little at this moment.

"Come here!" Li Hao said loudly, "Get out the prison car!"

With the order, two soldiers immediately took the order and left. After a long time, the two soldiers rushed towards this side with a prison cart.

Li Hao pointed to the prison cart, faced Cao Tian, ​​and said in a sequel: "From the day you sent someone to burn the food, I have figured out how to deal with you. This prison cart has been prepared for you for a long time. Don't you like to burn food? It's a good habit. Then I will let you be a starving ghost." After saying that, he waved his hand and signaled the two right guards next to him to lock him in the prison cart.

Two right guards carried Cao Tian into the prison car and locked the wooden shackles. Cao Tian struggled and shouted: "Dog official! Kill me! If you have the guts, you will kill me!"

Li Hao took out his ears and said coldly: "The dog barking is a bit harsh, Peng Hai, you go and solve it."

"Yes!" Peng Hai strode forward, got into the prison car, waved his iron-like fist, and punched Cao Tian's mouth. When he lifted his fist, he saw that Cao Tian's mouth was covered in blood, his lips were ruptured into several petals, and he could see that a few teeth had fallen. Cao Tian suddenly whined, but he could no longer scream.

Li Hao walked to the prison car with his hands behind his back and said coldly: "Let him be placed on the street for the people of the whole city to curse. Peng Hai, you take people to guard day and night, and no one is allowed to approach. He likes to burn food, so the official deprives him of the right to eat, and only feeds water, not feeding. I will starve him to death!"

"Yes!" Peng Hai was excited to take the order when he heard that he was going to starve Cao Tian to death. Such a villain should torture him in such a cruel way.

After punishing Cao Tian, ​​Li Hao ordered people to put the seized weapons and 500 stones of grain into the warehouse separately, and then returned to the governor's mansion, and began to discuss the next plan with Li Yuanzhong and Lu Yun.

According to Li Hao's speculation, if they defeated Gaochang this time, Gaochang would never give up and would definitely send another army to attack. After all, Gaochang has broken up and there is no need to pretend to be a child. In fact, if Gaochang sent a large army to come again, Li Hao would not be very worried. He knew Gaochang's troops and had seen their combat effectiveness. He could still fight to defend the city. The only problem of food was the problem.

In addition to the food issue, Li Hao also had another worry in his heart, that is, the Western Turks. If Gaochang could not help Tingzhou and asked for help from the Western Turks, then Tingzhou would be really over.

When Li Hao expressed his concerns, everyone was silent. Indeed, the Western Turks were too powerful. At least for Tingzhou, the Western Turks were extremely powerful. If the Western Turks came in and got involved, Tingzhou would be destroyed.

The atmosphere in the yamen hall was very depressing. After a long time, Lu Yun suddenly said, "Young Master, let's abandon the city."

Li Hao was shocked when he heard this, and the others' eyes lit up, thinking that Lu Yun's proposal was good. At this moment, he could only abandon the city.

Without waiting for the others to speak, Li Hao raised his hand to intercept them and said coldly: "It is impossible, how could there be so many people in Tingzhou leave?"

Li Yuanzhong was moved when he heard this. It was now, and Li Hao was still thinking about the people of Tingzhou, and he admired Li Hao more and more.

Seeing that Li Hao denied the proposal of abandoning the city, everyone stopped talking. Li Hao frowned and pondered for a moment, and suddenly said slowly: "I have a killing weapon. If it is used well, it can reverse the situation of the battle, but three materials are needed to create this killing weapon."

Everyone asked, "What three materials?"

Li Hao said: "Saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Charcoal was common, and there was no doubt about it. They had also heard of saltpeter. As for sulfur, they had never heard of it. Lu Yun asked in confusion: "What is sulfur? Where can I find it?"

Li Hao thought for a while and said, "Sulphur is hard to deal with, so it's okay to use realgar instead."

As soon as everyone understood the realgar, Li Yuanzhong hurriedly asked, "How many of these things are needed?"

Li Hao said: "The more the better."

Li Yuanzhong nodded: "Okay, I'll take people to look for it after dawn."

Li Hao waved his hand and said, "You haven't been sleeping all night and have led the army to fight a war. You should not be overworked. Let Wang Yuantai go there."

Li Yuanzhong shook his head and insisted: "I am not tired. Why don't I look for it separately from Wang Yuantai? Anyway, there are three materials. I will look for the same subordinates, and Wang Yuantai will look for two."

Seeing that he was determined, Li Hao couldn't bear to refuse and nodded, "Yes, you can bring more people at that time, and the more people you have, the more power you have, remember, the better."

"yes!"

After half an hour, it was already dawning. Li Yuanzhong and Wang Yuantai each led more than 200 people to find materials.
Chapter completed!