The whole army of the Tang army attacked, pushing forward in three directions, and the heroes in the middle... No, the leading general in the middle was none other than the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty, the general manager of Bingzhou, and the general of Zhenbei, Li Yuanji!
Seeing the overwhelming Tang army rushing towards him, Xue Ju looked up to the sky and laughed. God helped him. Originally, he was annoyed by Li Shimin's shrinking tactics. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin returned to Chang'an due to illness, and God helped him defeat the Tang army!
"Send an order and order Zong Luohu to lead 3,000 cavalry troops to bypass Zhecheng City and attack the right flank of the Tang army."
"yes!"
"Order Zhai Changsun to lead the sword and shield soldiers to attack head on!"
"As you command!"
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses of the Western Qin Dynasty rushed towards the Tang army. The sword and shield soldiers were the first line of attack. They faced the Tang army's elite cavalry. Under the leadership of Zhai Changsun, they bravely faced the enemy and forcibly blocked the torrent of Tang army's cavalry.
Yin Kaishan curled his lips as he looked at Zhai Changsun, who was sweeping across the battle formation, and shouted: "The enemy is not afraid of death, and we will not lag behind. Let's kill him!"
He brandished a broadsword and rushed towards Zhai Changsun.
Zhai Changsun had discovered Yin Kaishan a long time ago and was waiting for him to take the initiative to kill him.
"Bitch thief, well done!"
Although Zhai Changsun was appointed as the internal history order by Xue Ju, he was not a civil official. He was a martial artist and had good martial arts skills, so naturally he would not coward Yin Kaishan.
The two of them fought together, their horses were in a cold light, and they were inextricably killed.
Yin Kaishan was slightly surprised. These Western Qin natives were actually not weak in skill. No wonder the King of Qin did not allow them to attack without authorization. Good guy, Western Qin is indeed not a scoundrel opponent and cannot be underestimated!
"kill!"
Ma Shan struck horizontally, Zhai Changsun and Yin Kaishan exchanged dozens of moves, but neither could do anything to the other.
"Please tell me your name if you come!"
"Why don't you dare? This is Yin Kaishan!"
"Yin Kaishan, I remember it." Zhai Changsun Ma Shu pointed, "Come again!"
Yin Kaishan slapped his horse and rushed forward.
At this time, Li Yuanji had led the troops in the middle to rush towards the Western Qin army's main formation. His opponent was none other than Xue Ju's eldest son, Xue Rengao, the crown prince of the Western Qin Dynasty!
Xue Rengao fought invincibly throughout the Western Qin Dynasty and was known as the enemy of ten thousand people.
Although Li Yuanji is not very smart, his martial arts skills are definitely not weak among the four Li brothers.
However, this time he met his opponent. Xue Rengao also had trouble with his brain. Why do I say that? Because this idiot often killed innocent people indiscriminately. When he caught his enemies, he would either cut them into pieces or burn them. Vicious and ruthless is the best way to describe him.
In comparison, Li Yuanji is actually a good person.
The two fought in the formation. Li Yuanji fought with him for more than ten moves, and his arms were sore and numb from the shock of Xue Rengao.
"Haha, little thief Li, come again!"
Xue Rengao was a lunatic, a fighting maniac, and he didn't care about anything during the war. Anyone who dared to stop him would be killed with a horse. He rushed towards Li Yuanji with his horse, and Xue Rengao vowed to beat Li Yuanji to death to vent his hatred for Chang'an being occupied by Li Yuan.
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At this time, Li Yuanji knew that he could not beat Xue Rengao no matter how stupid he was. He wanted to recruit someone to gank Xue Rengao.
However, Qu Tutong suddenly charged into the formation diagonally.
"Your Majesty, the traitor general Zong Luohu led the cavalry to attack the right wing, causing chaos in the rear!"
"What did you say!" Li Yuanji was furious, "What are you doing to eat? Why didn't you stop it?"
Qu Tutong really wanted to stab Li Yuanji to death, Ma De, it was obviously you who arranged the troops yourself, but your right wing was attacked by Zong Luohu, how can this make me take the blame?
"Your Majesty, retreat quickly!" Although Qu Tutong wanted to kill this idiot, he was the son of a big boss and could only endure his anger and persuade him.
Li Yuanji glared at him fiercely, "Useless thing!"
His cheeks turned purple, his white beard was trembling, and he did not dare to refute a word.
Under the protection of Qu Tutong, Yin Kaishan, Dou Gui and others, Li Yuanji escaped from Zhecheng City, but the 40,000 Tang army suffered heavy casualties, even one of the generals was killed. Liu Hongji and Li Anyuan were captured by the Western Qin Dynasty.
In mid-August of the first year of Takeori, the Tang army was defeated in Zhecheng City. All 40,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded, and the losses were extremely heavy.
Xue Ju took the opportunity to occupy Jingzhou in one fell swoop, and directed his troops towards Jingzhao!
The news spread back to Chang'an, and the capital was shocked!
This was Li Yuan's first real defeat since he raised his army, and it was also the first war after the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
"You're in the Gods and Demons of Gan!" In the Lizheng Hall, Li Yuan blushed, frowned, and looked at the kneeling fourth child Li Yuanji below, "Didn't King Qin tell you not to attack without permission! Why didn't you listen! Why didn't you
listen!"
The hysterical roar made Li Jiancheng's scalp numb. He was worried that Lao Li would get angry and slap Li Yuanji twice.
Li Shimin's face was slightly pale, his head lowered, looking sick.
Li Yuanji said aggrievedly: "Father, this is all Yin Kaishan and Liu Wenjing's idea, and I don't even want to do it!"
Nani?
Li Shimin raised his head slightly and looked at Lao Si in astonishment. This was something wrong with his plan. Why was it Yin Kaishan's idea?
Hearing this, Li Yuan decided to give Li Yuanji a chance to make excuses.
"Go on."
Li Yuanji cried sadly, "I didn't want to attack Xue Ju, but Yin Kaishan said that we could deliberately leak the news about King Qin's illness, lead Xue Ju to attack, and then counterattack. Liu Wenjing also agreed to this plan, so I reluctantly agreed to march."
Grass!
Li Shimin was dumbfounded. Fang Qiao calculated over and over again, but the only thing he missed was the shamelessness of the fourth child. But then he thought about it, was it the fourth child who was shameless, or was Yin Kaishan's hint too direct?
He couldn't help but said: "Yuanji, you are the commander-in-chief of the first army, how can you listen to others without your own judgment!"
"King Qin, please don't forget that when you leave, let Liu Wenjing and this king be in charge of the military affairs together, and Liu Wenjing can also make the decision!" Li Yuanji was submissive to Old Li, but extremely tough to Li Shimin.
"You!" Li Shimin said angrily: "As the commander-in-chief of an army, you underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, resulting in a disastrous defeat for the army, and you dare to speak arrogantly!"
"It was Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan's idea!" Li Yuanji retorted.
No matter what Li Shimin said, Yin Kaishan and Liu Wenjing tricked Li Yuanji into killing Li Yuanji. Anyway, he was right.
Li Jiancheng heard him pulling Liu Wenjing and couldn't help but said: "Fourth brother, Liu Xiangguo has always been steady, how could he be so careless."
The implication is that Lao Si and Lao Liu are our own, so your AOE attack range is too wide.
"What the prince means is that I have slandered Liu Wenjing?" Li Yuanji asked unhappily.
Li Jiancheng frowned and was about to speak, but Lao Li interrupted sharply: "That's enough, what's the use of arguing!"
He has been in a bad mood recently. Originally, Shannan Road was progressing rapidly and the King of Chu opened up territory for him, so he should be very happy. But there was a fly in the ointment. The little actions of Dugu Huai'en and Dugu Xiude made Li Yuan feel as disgusted as eating shit.
Wang Defa mentioned in the secret report given to him by Li Zhiyun turned into a dead corpse when he returned to Chang'an. The reason given by Dugu Xiude was that he "died of worry and fear".
Lao Li wanted to have an attack, but he couldn't. Pei Ji was right, a little impatience would mess up a big plan. At this time, he couldn't fall out with the Dugu family.
So, he endured it.
But now, the first war after the founding of the Tang Dynasty was a disastrous defeat, which left him nowhere to vent his anger.
Li Yuanji had tears in his eyes and knelt on the ground.
"Father, as the commander-in-chief, my son cannot shirk his responsibilities. Please punish my father as a show of respect to all the officials."
Lao Li's previous rant was, firstly, to vent his anger, and secondly, because there was no one to take the blame.
But Li Yuanji's sophistry just now found him the one to take the blame.
This is exactly what he needs. With a scapegoat, he can explain everything to the officials. This is the main purpose.