: The critical moment

There is no way out at the end of the road

Facing a group of Turkic cavalry like bloody wolves, Li Shimin was desperate. If it were just these Turks in front of him, he was confident that if they fled to death, they would still be able to escape a few in order to make a comeback. But listening to the tight horn sound behind him, he was completely desperate. What he left was to kill a few more Turks here to die in battle, or turn around and escape a few more steps, and then be killed by the Turks as if they were chasing their prey.

The steady and powerful hands trembled uncontrollably at this moment. The hands slowly raised up as if they were not my own. Looking down at the hemoptysis Modao in his hand who followed him to fight against Liaodong and now fought against Hedong again, I felt all kinds of feelings in my heart. For the first time, he felt that he might have done something wrong. When he made a choice, he was so determined, but now, he felt a little regretful in his heart. Maybe he might have a different choice. Forget it, let himself settle himself. He is a hero, so how can he die under the hands of those unknown Turkic savages?

With both hands, the huge Mo sword was churned hard by him. With a clang, the horizontal knife on his waist was unsheathed, and the knife was held on his neck with both hands. The cold blade touched the skin, which made him feel a moment of trance. The bright horizontal knife light could tell people. Li Shimin looked at the embarrassing appearance of the bright sword at this time, throwing away his armor, disguising his hair, his eyes were dull, his mouth was broken, and his face was covered with blood from unknown to know whether it was himself or others.

At the last moment of his life, Li Shimin murmured to himself in the sword light, "Farewell, Chen Pojun. If there is still a chance in the next life, maybe I will not have these ambitions in my heart again, maybe we can be a real brother in the next life."

Close your eyes, your heart becomes ruthless, and your hands are pressed. Li Shimin only feels the sharp blade slashing his neck.

At the critical moment, Chai Shao, who was already desperate and was about to make himself with Li Shimin, suddenly reached out and grabbed Li Shimin's hand tightly.

Li Shimin opened his eyes, saw Chai Shao, and smiled, "Did we have arrived at the underworld so soon?"

"Erlang, we don't have to die, we are saved. Look, the Turks' back formation has already been luàn, and the Turks in front are back."

Hearing Chai Shao's moving voice, Li Shimin looked at the North Street in the morning light in disbelief. Sure enough, the Turks who were chasing them had turned around, and the Turks' back formation had already been húnluàn, and even the roars of the Turks and the sounds of the weapons were heard there.

Flashes of iron hoof sounds came, and a cavalry had emerged from the rear formation of the Turks. In the cavalry array with black light armor, a black battle flag was flying high, and there was no word on the black battle flag, but only a black flying eagle.

When Li Shimin saw the eagle for the first time, a surprise flashed in his eyes. With a chorus, the horizontal knife in Li Shimin's hand fell to the ground from his hand.

"It's his own people, General Sima's black-clothed iron guards, and their black eagle flag." After speaking, Li Shimin was already roaring at the top of his lungs.

When Chai Shao saw that there was blood flowing out of Li Shimin's neck, he hurriedly pulled a piece of cloth from his clothes to wrap it around him. If Li Shimin did not die in the hands of the Turks for a while, but died on this wound, it would be really unfair.

He reached out and pulled up the sword on the ground, and Li Shimin yelled, "I will not perish if the heavens do not destroy me, brothers, kill me."

With the support of this new force, the Xuanjia Army, which had been killed and retreating, shouted in unison, and finally turned the fear and anger that was held in his heart into combat power. With heavy steps, he rushed to fight to fight the back of the revolving Turks.

The Turks had always relied on their blood to kill the Xuanjia Army and retreated continuously, but after fighting for several hours, most of the casualties had already been killed. The black-clothed iron guards suddenly came from behind. The Turks were immediately in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides and could no longer hold on. They rode their horses and fled in all directions.

In less than half an hour, the Sui army had completely taken control of Shenwu City. The Turks in the city were all killed by the Xuanjia Army and the black-clothed iron guards, leaving no captives. The Turks who escaped from the city were probably no more than a thousand people at most.

The soldiers of the Xuanjia Army who were surviving in desperate situations shouted loudly. After this battle, the Xuanjia Army was finally no longer just a new army, but a powerful army that fought for one day and annihilated more than 10,000 Turkic cavalry.

On the street full of plasma, a team of black-clothed iron guards came with the Black Hawk battle flag.

A general in the lead immediately lifted his helmet and said to Li Shimin in front of the horse tiredly, "General Li, it's really gratifying to see you."

Li Shimin also lifted off his heavy helmet and smiled bitterly at Sima Dekan, "I will never thank you for your great kindness. Today's kindness will be remembered in Shimin's heart."

Sima Dekan had no smile on his face, "General Li, call your subordinates immediately, we have to run away all the way."

"Shibi really went south?"

"Yes." Shibi looked back at the north and said in a low voice, "I have already found out that Shibi Khan's 300,000 troops had already left the grassland ten days ago and entered Dingxiang County, Hedong. Three days ago, the Turks had already Turked at the entrance of the Mayi Great Wall. It rained heavily yesterday. The Turks were stopped by heavy rain and were stationed in Bailang Village fifty miles away. It is estimated that they had already known our whereabouts at this time."

"Three hundred thousand?" Li Shimin exclaimed in his heart. The 15,000 Turkic cavalry in Shenwu City was ambushed by him, but the Xuanjia Army was almost wiped out. Now the army is 300,000, and the result can be imagined. Fifty miles away, for the cavalry, it is just a flash. When he thought about it, Emperor Yang Guang had no idea about the Turkic situation at this time, and was still in Sanggan Town by the Sanggan River not far away.

Li Shimin's face has changed drastically. If the emperor is caught by Shibi Khan, the 150,000 imperial guards will definitely not be able to stop the 300,000 Turks' army. When Yang Guang was in trouble, he was still preparing in various places. The other 300,000 troops that did not gather because he was afraid of alarming the snakes may be defeated. Taiyuan, located in the center of Hedong, will inevitably fall into the hands of the Turks. If Taiyuan is lost, the Li family will not be able to stay out of trouble, and this will be a disaster of collapse.

"Assemble, assemble the whole army and gather, go south immediately"

Teams of commanders, carrying the flags, did not dare to stay for a moment, yelled at the commanders who had just experienced a great battle and were resting on the ground. Sima Dekan's black-clothed iron guards had already gathered again at this time and started to complete the team outside the city.

The team gathered quickly, and the generals and schoolmen of various departments quickly reported the war. In this battle, the Xuanjia Army had only more than 3,000 people left. Even Sima's black-clothed iron guards and 5,000 troops were only 3,000. Among these 6,000 people, there were at least 1,000 wounded soldiers, so they could not march quickly.

"General Li, we cannot take them with us. The Turks are only a few dozen miles away from us. We can catch up with us at any time. If we take them with us, it is a small burden to be dragged down. The most important thing is to delay reporting the message to Your Majesty. We have to keep them behind," Sima Dekan said coldly.

Li Shimin opened his mouth and finally fell silent again. Of course he knew that keeping them at this time would be equivalent to sending them into the hands of the Turks. But Sima was right. If he brought them with him, none of the more than 6,000 people would be able to escape the pursuit of the 300,000 Turks.

After each of the soldiers who were not seriously injured selected two strong war horses, Li Shimin pointed to the remaining war horses and said to Chai Shao, "General Chai, we cannot take away those wounded soldiers. Leave these war horses for them, tell them, let them escape everywhere. The Turks are eager to go south, and they still have a chance. Let them go to the mountains first and wait until we defeat the Turks, and I will pick up all the brothers again."

Chai Shao was silent for a while before turning around and leaving. Facing those brothers who had fought side by side at the moment before and to abandon them the next moment, Chai Shao's heart was filled with confusion and pain.

After deciding to abandon the injured soldiers, Sima Dekan opened another map, "General Li, we can't go to Mayi City anymore. In order to reach Sanggan Town in the shortest time, we must go south along the Huangshui River. It is a trail. Although the road is small, it is a shortcut. If we take this road, we can save three hours and reach Sanggan Town as soon as tomorrow at dusk."

"Okay, everything is subject to General Sima's arrangement." Li Shimin nodded in agreement with this decision.

I don’t know who leaked the news. The people and business travelers in the city had already known about the Turks’ massive move south at this time. The county magistrate took the lead, and the rich officials and households in the city, the caravan leaders rushed to the southern city and surrounded Li Shimin.

"Sir Prefect, Shenwu County is also under the rule of the Prefect, and the people in the city are also your patriarch's people. Please take us with you." The county magistrate begged.

Li Shimin said to everyone, "I am not only the prefect of Mayi, but also the general of Zuotun Guard. Now that the Turkic army is heading south, Your Majesty does not know about this, and is in danger. Now I want to fly cavalry south and guard Your Majesty back to the Central Plains. As for everyone and the people in the city, I have already considered it and arranged a thousand jingle soldiers to protect you from leaving. Now, you go to the northern city, where a thousand soldiers have gathered there, and they will protect you from leaving."
Chapter completed!