When Song Jingang learned that Li Zhiyun had arrived with troops and horses, he made a little calculation in his mind and found that he was on the weaker side. Even though he had Ao Shezhu to help him, Huang Ziying's troops were defeated, and Yuchi Gong's support of Taipingguan was unknown. At the moment, he only
They could barely maintain the Tang army's attack by relying on the soldiers and horses of Ao Sheshe.
Li Zhiyun did not respond, and the army was always on guard. He ordered the three armies to build camps, as if he wanted to force Song Jingang to death.
Song Jingang naturally knew that once the Tang military camp was built, it would be as solid as a rock, so he decisively negotiated with Ao Sheshe to send troops, and took advantage of the fact that the Tang military camp had not yet been successfully built, in an attempt to break Li Zhiyun's deployment.
However, Li Zhiyun was well prepared and sent Xie Shufang, Li Junxian and others to resist tenaciously. He defended and refused to attack, and repelled several sudden attacks by Turkic troops.
By late December, the two sides had fought several fierce battles in the Jishan area.
However, the more Song Jingang thought about it, the more frightened he became, because there was still no response from Yu Chigong at Taiping Pass.
Finally, Yuchi Gong sent back the news that Taiping Pass had been lost!
When he saw Yu Chigong, Song Jinjiang couldn't believe that the frail man in front of him was the strong and brave Yuchi Gong. Now Yuchigong was no longer full of energy and blood as before, but was very weak.
"Jingde!"
Song Jingang supported Yuchi Gong and checked his injuries, and found that they were very serious.
After questioning, Song Jingang learned that Yuchi Gong had three bloody battles with Tang general Qin Qiong at Taiping Pass, without winning any of them. He was seriously injured and managed to escape by chance.
"Jingde!" Song Jinjiang hugged Yuchi Gong and felt very uncomfortable. He liked this brave and loyal black-faced man very much and regarded him as a confidant. Now seeing that he was so seriously injured, he naturally felt very uncomfortable.
Yuchi said respectfully: "King Song, please run away quickly. Taiping Pass has been lost. We have no food and grass to survive, and we can't use up the Tang army."
"I know, I know, you have a good rest, don't worry, leave everything to me."
After Yu Chi Gong was settled, Song Jinjiang gathered his men to discuss countermeasures.
Now the initiative is in the hands of the Tang army. If he wants to attack and fight decisively, Li Zhiyun will definitely not let him do so. The worst result is that Li Zhiyun will defend without attacking, consume all his food, and then take advantage of the fire to rob him.
Therefore, Song Jingang believed that it was unwise to attack by force and he needed a retreat.
But now that Taiping Pass has been lost and the king is fighting against Li Shimin in Taiyuan, no one will come to support him, so this road to the north will definitely not work.
As a result, the only way to cross the river through the dragon gate is to have a chance of survival.
"Damn Li Zhiyun, damn Li Shimin!"
Originally, he had the overall situation under control, but as Li Shimin rushed into Taiyuan to contain the king, Li Zhiyun pressed hard in Puzhou until December. Now the only food route was cut off by Li Zhiyun again, and he knew that his move south this time had failed.
, and it was a disastrous failure!
After everyone decided on their retreat, Song Jingang found Ao Sheshe and told him to prepare to withdraw his troops.
Ao Sheshe first angrily scolded Song Jingang as trash, and then said that he wanted the Turkic troops to cross the river first.
"Okay." Song Jingang suppressed his anger: "You can cross the river first." Now the army has suffered heavy losses. Whoever crosses the river first will survive. The remaining one will have to lure and contain the Tang army. The Turks almost let them
He went to die, but he couldn't refuse because the troops he had on hand were completely insufficient to support him against Austrian Archer.
Ao Sheshe's face was so gloomy that he could wet his face. He wished he could stab Song Jingang to death with a knife. When he went south, more than half of his 30,000 troops and horses had been lost in the battle with the Tang army. Now that he had no food and grass, he was in a desperate situation.
If he had known earlier, he should have stayed in Taiyuan, robbed once and ran away.
Ao Sheshe walked up to Song Jingang, grabbed the lapel of his clothes, and said through gritted teeth: "You'd better handle this matter properly, otherwise I will ask Father Khan to stop helping Liu Wuzhou."
Subconsciously, he warned Song Jingang to be honest and act as bait to cover his evacuation.
Hearing this, Song Jingang held back his anger and said, "I understand."
The next day, in order to cover the retreat of the Turkic troops and horses, Song Jingang personally led his army to attack Zhengping to contain the Tang army's troops.
To be honest, Song Jingang's routine seemed childish and stupid in front of Li Zhiyun. Li Zhiyun saw through Song Jingang's plan at a glance.
Not long ago, he learned that Qin Qiong had captured Taiping Pass. At that time, he immediately summoned Xue Shou, Du Ruhui, Chu Suiliang, Xue Yuanjing and others to discuss countermeasures.
With the fall of Taiping Pass, Song Jingang's troops were cut off from food and grass. He had only two options left. One was to counterattack Taiping Pass and withdraw from Jiangzhou. The other was to cross the river from Longmen and return to the north.
But now, Song Jingang abnormally attacked Zhengping, almost telling Li Zhiyun openly: I want to cross the river from Longmen.
Naturally, Li Zhiyun would not let him get what he wanted. When Song Jingang attacked Zhengping, he ordered Chai Shao, Ma Sanbao, and Li Shenfu to lead seven thousand troops to Longmen to intercept them.
As for Song Jingang's tribe, Li Zhiyun did not send anyone to pursue him. Instead, he ordered Duan Zhixuan to capture Jishan, leaving Song Jingang with no way to retreat. In this way, he divided the battlefield and cut off the connection between Song Jingang and Ao Sheshe, and then sent Li Junxian.
, Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin and others followed and attacked Song Jingang, tortured him until he ran out of soldiers and food, and then captured him in one fell swoop.
Song Jingang's attack on Zhengping was of course fake, but he did not underestimate Li Zhiyun this time because he knew very well that Li Zhiyun would probably see through his strategy.
So, he gave up on the Turks!
He did not fight with the Tang army, nor did he attack Zhengping. Song Jingang led his elite troops and horses, brought enough dry food, directly crossed Zhengping and fled towards Quwo.
Tang army camp.
After receiving the news of Song Jingang's whereabouts, Li Zhiyun was immediately confused, "What does Song Jingang want to do? Jishan doesn't want it anymore?"
Du Ruhui stared at the map and suddenly said: "Your Highness, we were deceived by Song Jingang. He had no intention of crossing the river via Longmen. He wanted to enter the Taihang Mountains!"
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun's pupils shrank sharply, he walked to the map in a few steps and looked at Qu Wo's location.
"Zhi Guanxing!" Li Zhiyun laughed angrily, "Song Jingang actually used the Turks to contain us, what a guy!"
At first, they all thought that Song Jingang was covering for the Turks, but now it was Song Jingang who used the Turks to cover for him.
Sure enough, cunning!
Li Zhiyun sneered: "Do you think you can escape?"
"Thank you, Uncle Fang!"
"The end is here!"
"I order you to lead three thousand people to Quwo and force Song Jingang back to me!"
"As you command!"
Another day passed, and news came back from Longmen first. Chai Shao had set up an interceptor for Ao She, and it was currently blocked at the foot of Longmen Mountain.
Li Zhiyun immediately sent someone to tell Chai Shao that he did not need to attack and could only slowly encircle them. The longer they were wasted, the weaker the Turkic troops and horses would become. If necessary, the ships in Longmen could be destroyed and the Ao She would be completely cut off from crossing the river.
Chai Shao received the order and executed it immediately.
In Quwo, Xie Shufang caught up with Song Jingang. The two sides fought two bloody battles, each suffering injuries. However, at this time, Cheng Yaojin, Li Junxian, Luo Shixin and others from the Tang army arrived one after another. Song Jingang did not dare to fight and quickly led his army.
Escape south.
At this time of freezing weather, the crimson water froze, which actually helped Song Jingang temporarily escape.