After Xiang Yu, Li Shimin personally helped Li Cunxiao break through to the Grand Master. This was naturally a huge blow to him, so he began to comfort himself. Only in this way could he get out of it.
However, Li Shimin seems to have forgotten one thing, that is, when he first dealt with Xiang Yu, even if the allied forces of the princes deployed their best troops, they still paid an extremely heavy price.
Li Cunxiao is no inferior to Xiang Yu. Both of them are great masters of the dual martial arts method, and his external martial arts is stronger than Xiang Yu. Now that he breaks through and becomes a grand master, he will naturally not be weaker than the original Xiang Yu.
Therefore, if you look at the price paid when besieging Xiang Yu, you will know that the current Li Tang may not be able to bear the price he has to pay to get rid of Li Cunxiao, who has become a great master.
On the other side of the battlefield, after Li Cunxiao broke through and became the Grand Master, the battle situation changed again.
When Li Cunxiao had not broken through the Grand Master, he was at an absolute disadvantage when faced with the combined forces of Li Yuanba and Yang Jian. Only by risking his life in fighting could he have a chance of survival.
However, after breaking through the Grand Master, although Li Cunxiao was not completely transformed, the improvement in his strength was still very large. Facing the flanking attack of Li Yuanba and Yang Jian, he was not at a disadvantage at all with one against two.
Of course, if he wants to defeat Yang Jian and Li Yuanba, even if Li Cunxiao breaks through the Grand Master, he still can't do it.
Li Yuanba and Yang Jian are not ordinary generals. They both have the ability to kill a grand master alone. Compared with Li Cunxiao before he broke through, they are only on a par with each other.
After the breakthrough, Li Cunxiao was able to draw with the two of them on his own. This was already very rare. It was basically impossible to win.
At first, Yang Jian was a little reluctant to join forces with Li Yuanba and kill Li Cunxiao with the strength of the two of them. He felt that Li Cunxiao was a hero, and he should be dealt with openly and honestly, and should not use such unreasonable means to win.
Under Li Kui's persuasion, although Yang Jian accepted the plan, he still felt ashamed in his heart.
But what Yang Jian never expected was that his cooperation with Li Yuanba not only failed to kill Li Cunxiao, but actually forced Li Cunxiao to break through before the battle.
At this time, Yang Jian's heart was complicated. He admired Li Cunxiao for being able to withstand strong pressure and break through, but at the same time, he was unwilling to accept the growing gap between him and Li Cunxiao.
Yang Jian represents not only himself, but also the Yuqing lineage of Taoism, while Li Cunxiao represents the Shangqing lineage.
The two factions of Yuqing and Shangqing are in conflict with each other. Yuqing has never lost to Shangqing before, but in the confrontation between this generation of young disciples, the Shangqing lineage with Li Cunxiao has obviously completely defeated the Yuqing lineage.
"This disciple has brought shame to our master."
As soon as he thought of this, Yang Jian's eyes were full of determination, and he mobilized his whole body's strength in his hands, and actually formed a partial Gangqi posture.
This is the rhythm of breaking through to a half-step grandmaster in the face of battle!
[Ding dong, Yang Jian teamed up with Li Yuanba to tie with the world's most powerful general Li Cunxiao, and broke through the limit before the battle. The basic force is always 1. The current five dimensions: Commander 97, Force 109 (1), Intelligence 87, Politics 78, Charisma 99; ]
Li Cunxiao, who had broken through to Grand Master, was immersed in joy when he discovered that Yang Jian had also broken through to half-step Grand Master before the battle, and his fear of Yang Jian suddenly reached its peak, even surpassing Li Yuanba.
In Li Cunxiao's view, after Li Yuanba's brain was cured, although he could break through to the grand master level, he could hardly break through the grand master level. However, Yang Jian could break through in his own duel, and with this potential, breaking through the grand master level was just a matter of time.
It's just a matter of time.
"Yang Jian is worthy of being the contemporary successor of Yuqing. His threat is even greater than that of Li Yuanba. If he is not eliminated early, he will surely become a great master sooner or later in the future."
Although Li Cunxiao wanted to get rid of Yang Jian, he obviously couldn't do it now.
Even if Li Cunxiao had broken through the Grand Master, and his combat power had skyrocketed with the blessing of the protective aura, he would still be unable to win against the combined efforts of the second and third most powerful generals in the world.
After realizing that he could not win, Li Cunxiao planned to run away.
Li Cunxiao tried to run away before but couldn't, but now if Li Cunxiao wants to run away, even if Li Yuanba and Yang Jian join forces, they can't stop him.
"I'll take your lives next time."
After saying harsh words, Li Cunxiao fought back the two men with all his strength, then urged his horse to turn around and run away. The direction he ran in was exactly where Gongsun Yan was.
"Li Cunxiao is leaving."
Seeing this emergency, Yang Jian and Li Yuanba quickly rode their horses to pursue them, but before they could pursue them a few steps, Li Cunxiao in front suddenly turned around, swung Yu Wangshan and sent out two Gangqi air blades, slashing at Yang Jian and Li Yuanba behind them respectively.
It's impossible to hurt them, but it's still possible to slow them down.
Gongsun Yan originally came to rush into the formation to rescue Li Cunxiao, but the phalanx arranged by Li Shimin himself was obviously not that easy to break through. Even if the Flying Tiger Army with extraordinary combat power took action, it would not be able to break into Li Cunxiao's position in a short time.
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Gongsun Yan was just thinking about changing his tactics, but he didn't expect that Li Cunxiao would break through and become a great master before the battle. He later got rid of Li Yuanba and Yang Jian, and was breaking out of the siege of the Tang army alone. Obviously, he didn't need to save himself.
After seeing this scene, Gongsun Yan was overjoyed and decisively ordered: "Retreat, quickly retreat to Hangu Pass."
After the breakthrough, Li Cunxiao was able to fight his way out on his own. Naturally, the Flying Tiger Army no longer needed to rush to the rescue, so they all retreated towards the city gate.
Seeing that the generals and soldiers who had gone out were about to return to the city, the garrison in Hangu Pass immediately opened the city gate. As soon as the city gate was opened, Yu Juluo, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, immediately led the Tang army to attack the city.
However, Gongsun Yan was also prepared and deployed a heavy army at the city gate in advance to prevent the Tang army from taking advantage of this opportunity to seize Hangu Pass.
As soon as Yujuluo led the cavalry into the city gate, extremely dense arrows were fired from him, and most of the hundreds of Tang army cavalry were killed in an instant.
The Qin army's arrow rain was too powerful, and the city gate was small and crowded. Yu Juluo's cavalry squadron could not catch the target in time, and it was impossible to rush through.
After Yuguluo knocked off the arrow with his sword, he led the remaining cavalry out of the city gate, and then shouted: "Put up the shield, put up the shield."
The Tang army marched forward with steel shields in hand, and then advanced steadily. No matter how hard the Qin army's crossbows fired, they could not penetrate the steel shield.
Soon, under the command of Yu Juluo, the Tang army invaded Hangu Pass and started a melee with the Qin army at the gate of the city.
For a while, neither side could do anything to make up for the other. It was not until the Flying Tiger Army came back that the Tang Army fell below again.
Li Shimin sent an army to intercept the Flying Tiger Army, but was unable to stop it. In the end, he let Gongsun Yan lead the Flying Tiger Army to fight back.