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The Tang army did not retreat to the north of the Fen River, but retreated to the foot of Jishan in the east.

Standing on a small hill in Jishan and looking at his gray-brown defeated army below, Li Yuan couldn't help but think of Taiyuan again.

At the beginning, 600,000 troops gathered in Taiyuan City, but in the end they were all defeated by themselves.

At that time, Yang Hung had an army of more than 200,000, and his troops were stronger than today, but he didn't have to work hard for him, so he let Yang Hung lose his troops and lose his generals. In the end, less than 100,000 people left behind, and retreated from Hedong in a panic and followed Jianghan all the way.

Thirty years in Hedong and Thirty years in Hexi, Fengshui took turns. Today, he attacked Yang Hing with an army of 80,000, but instead suffered a great loss.

Li Jiancheng, Li Xiaogong, Li Xiaoan, Li Daoxuan, Pei Ji, Tang Jian and other civil and military officials behind Li Yuan were frowning at this time.

During the battle last night, Yang Hung's soldiers and horses were beyond their imagination. When they were in Taiyuan, everyone was not sure how powerful Yang Hung's soldiers were. I even thought that Yang Hung, who had traveled far away from Jianghan, would definitely not be as good as the Tang army in Taiyuan's large-scale storage.

But only after real fighting can we truly realize the power of Yang Hung’s soldiers.

Especially Li Xiaogong, although his vanguard army was the worst combat force among the Tang army, the 20,000 troops last night collapsed on the whole line without long resistance, which still fully demonstrated the weakness of the Tang army to the Jianghan army. When he thought that if his vanguard army had not been able to withstand the collapse yesterday, they might have defeated Yang Hing last night.

Li Yuan seemed to have been a few years older, as if the battle last night had drained most of his energy.

He felt a little regretful. Maybe he should have heard Shimin's words yesterday and asked him to stay and defeat Yang Ming first and then go south together. If he had Shimin's 20,000 cavalry, especially Shimin's Xuanjia Army, maybe the battle last night would have won him.

Yu Juluo, Tu Wanxu, Yang Yichen, and Pei Renji are indeed famous generals of the Sui Dynasty. Yesterday's battle has made him unforgettable for his life. These four people are famous generals of the Sui Dynasty who have been through battles for a long time, fighting in the south and north, and are invincible. His Li Tang is still too short of such talents.

However, if he looks at the world, he depends on each other, and Yu Juluo and others are not the strongest. At least, he deeply believes that in this world, such as Luo Yi, Qu Tutong, Chen Len, Yang Shanhui, Li Mi, Li Jing, Li Benlei, Wang Rengong, Yu Qinming, Luo Zhong, etc., they are not inferior to them. Unfortunately, none of these people are loyal to Li Tang and loyal to him.

When Li Yuan thought of Chen Pojun, who had never been defeated since then, his heart became even heavier.

When Li Tang reigned, he was not just trying to dominate the other side, but dreaming of unifying the Central Plains.

But Li Tang wanted to win the world, but he could not avoid the level of Chen Pojun. Yang Ming defeated his ambitions and faced Chen Pojun. He faced his heavy cavalry in the Pojun camp that was in the epicenter of the Central Plains, as well as the heavy infantry Modao camp, Yulin guard, Jinwu guard, and even the Hailong guard naval... He could not imagine what the situation would be if there was really one day.

If Li Tang wanted to win the world, his future would be full of too many thorns, and this road would be extremely difficult.

The generals and schoolmen who commanded the war last night came from the army one by one. There were too many things to do after the war, including the post-war comfort, statistics, etc., which made these generals exhausted.

The generals and schools didn't even have time to change their armor. Under the red sun at the beginning of the first rank, each of them was stained with blood, covered in scars and exhausted, and could not hide the grief on everyone's face.

"How are the casualties?" Li Yuan said calmly.

The generals and schoolmen reported the casualties of their respective troops. The worst was the 20,000 soldiers who went south to reinforce. Last night, they were the vanguards, but they were ambushed. Later, Li Yuan waited for a long time to come to reinforce, causing a large number of casualties in the troops. 20,000 soldiers and horses fought overnight last night. After counting this morning, less than 8,000 were able to go to the battlefield. More than 6,000 were killed in battle, and more than 5,000 were seriously injured and disabled.

This super high number also announced that half of this 20,000 troops had to be revoked and merged and reorganized.

On the small hillside under the red sun, the generals sat casually on the snow, listening to the casualties reports and their faces turned pale. Many people secretly felt that maybe Li Shimin's 20,000 troops were left to join the battlefield yesterday, and the results might change.

Especially Li Xiaogong, he was particularly good at Li Shimin. The 20,000 people recruited this time were also discussed with Shimin. But now, the 20,000 people were recruited hard and half of the battle went south.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng. If Li Yuan had come to support earlier last night, his vanguard army would not have suffered such heavy casualties. Especially in the end, if Li Jiancheng had not attacked Yu Ju Luo, and Yu Ju Luo and Tu Wanxu who were forced to attack his vanguard fiercely, how could he be defeated at the last moment? However, as the King of Tang, Li Yuan could not blame him, so he had to remember all his anger on Li Jiancheng.

Eighty thousand soldiers and horses. The vanguard army lost 10,000 troops last night, and the rest of Li Jiancheng's left army and Li Yuan's central army were not much better. Finally, the casualties were counted. The Tang army lost more than 23,000 troops last night, although there were more than 12,000 wounded people. However, these wounded people were seriously injured and disabled, and minor injuries were not included. Even if these wounded soldiers survived, they would basically not be able to continue to fight in the army.

After the battle, the casualties reached nearly 30%, and this number actually scared all the generals.

"King of Tang, we cannot continue to fight with Yang Ming. Our goal is Guanzhong. Fighting with Yang Ming here is purely unnecessary consumption of troops and has no practical effect. At present, the Duke of Qin has already gone south to capture Puyang City first. Therefore, we should also avoid Yang Ming and immediately lead troops to Puyang to Puyang. It is best to enter Guanzhong early." Pei Ji said.

"It's too late." Li Yuan frowned and looked at the casualties report, and tried his best to say calmly, "Yang Hsing went north this time, the purpose of this is to defeat us, and then fight for the southeast of the Hedong region, and then fight for Guanzhong. Although Yang Hsing was incompetent, Yang Hsing's civil and military surrounding him were powerful. Do you really think that Yang Hsing would want to avenge Taiyuan and go north to Hedong? You are wrong. Yang Hsing is not a fool, let alone, even if Yang Hsing is a fool, he has so many ministers around him to assist him."

"What does the Tang King mean?"

Li Yuan sighed, "Yang Yang's intention is actually very obvious. He now occupies Jianghan and belongs to the four sides and four battles. If he wants to compete for the world, there are east and south Chen, and Yang Hao in Shu. There are Limi, Wang Shichong, and Guanzhong in the north. He lives in his position, just like when we were in Hedong, he was surrounded by all sides. If he is not careful, he may be attacked by groups and eat them. Xiao Yu, Yang Yichen and others are not ordinary people. How can they not see what we can see?"

"As long as you occupy Guanzhong, you can take control of one side, Xutu develops, advances can attack, retreats can defend. We also think of Guanzhong, and Yang Ming also thinks of Guanzhong. Now Guanzhong is under the control of Yuwen family. Although there are dangers of the four barriers, we are afraid that Yang Ming is not afraid. Instead, we have become the biggest enemy they want to fight for Guanzhong. Yang Ming entered Hedong. First, to seize Hedong County and control the safety of Pujin to the north of Tongguan. Second, we also want to take advantage of our critical moments to take advantage of the situation, and to remove our Li Tang first and then quickly, so as to eliminate the great enemy in Guanzhong."

"Yang Hing just won our battle last night, so we won't miss the great opportunity to defeat us. As long as we defeat us, they can calmly send troops to attack Guanzhong. By then, whether Yang Hing is going to attack Wuguan from Shangluo County, Henan, or attack Tongguan, or enter Guanzhong from Puyang like we do, it will be very sure. How could they miss such a great opportunity?"

"I can't beat it, can we always run away?" Li Xiaoan said loudly. Li Yuan was delaying reinforcements last night, which made him a little dissatisfied with the sect leader.

Li Yuan shook his head. "Now, there is no possibility of escaping. Our army has been newly defeated and the morale of the army is low. If we retreat at this time, Yang Ming will definitely pursue it with his own strength. Our army must be destroyed."

"We can't beat them, but we can't run away. Should we just sit there and wait for death?"

"You can beat me, but I can't beat me, so we have to fight now." Li Yuan's face darkened and he gritted his teeth.

Pei Ji thought aside, "The Tang King's intention is that our army general Yang Xiao's troops are restrained here, and then let Shimin seize Puyang City with all his strength?"

Li Yuan nodded, "There is only this way now. As long as Shimin seizes Puyang City, we will open the passage in Guanzhong. As long as the news from Shimin arrives, we will retreat south immediately. Although we will definitely be chased by the tail and suffer a lot of losses, as long as Puyang is in our hands, we will not be afraid of Yang Hing. If Yang Hing enters Puyang Guanzhong, what can Yang Hing do to me no matter how strong Yang Hing is?"

When the generals heard that this was not a solution, they had to smile bitterly. It was a pity to fight this war.

"Can the generals have any objections?"

"The last general is the only one who is the leader of the Tang King!"

On that day, Li Yuan reorganized his troops, removed all the battalions with heavy casualties, and reorganized them with other battalions. By the evening, the Tang army had more than 50,000 troops left and had been re-divided into three armies. Li Jiancheng led 15,000 left troops, Li Xiaogong led 15,000 right troops, and Li Yuan led more than 20,000 middle troops.

In order to prevent the fierce attack of Yang Qing's cavalry, Li Yuan simply ordered to use the grain chariot as the camp, and then erect the shield and spear formations, and then lay archers and crossbowmen behind them, and finally cover all the cavalry in the chariot formations.

This array of turtle iron barrels is indeed extremely solid. That night, Yang Ming took the initiative to attack, but facing the formation of carriages that were combined like hedgehogs, he attacked for more than two hours in vain, but still did not achieve any results and had to withdraw his troops.

By dawn, Li Yuan ordered the inspection of the losses of the troops, but the reward was only hundreds of casualties.

Li Yuan was overjoyed and immediately ordered the entire army to move forward slowly with this chariot formation. After dark, he camped and rested, and after dawn, he continued to move.

The next day, Yang Wei's troops were facing Li Yuan's iron barrel car array and felt powerless.

Pei Renji led his troops to challenge him, and his subordinates and soldiers were scolded for their insults. However, Li Yuan was unmoved at all and ordered that each formation not be allowed to leave the formation and go to fight without authorization. However, those who violated the order shall be executed immediately.

On the third day, Yu Juluo came to challenge again. Yu Juluo had a very loud voice, and a loud roar could be heard for more than ten miles. Moreover, Yu Juluo had two eyes, which made him good at sword skills. Yu Juluo rode alone to Li Yuan's chariot formation, holding a big knife in his hand, and the sound was like thunder.

"Whoever is a mother-in-law in Li Yuan will come out and fight to the death if you have sex. Hiding in the turtle formation, what is the real hero and man?"

Li Yuan stood behind a chariot and was not concerned, "Yu Juluo, I think you are also a capable minister, but why did the pearls secretly turn against you and don't know people? You are such a hero, don't you hear that heroes choose their masters and serve them? I respect you as a hero. As long as General Yu is willing to submit to my court, I, Li Yuan, will definitely report to Your Majesty to add you to King Jing. How about it?"

Yu Juluo turned his head and spitted on the ground, and said angrily, "The tyrants who kill the lords will kill them. How can I, a loyal minister of the Great Sui Dynasty, surrender to you? No need to talk to you anymore, come out and fight with me. If you defeat me, you will take the head of your neck with you. If I defeat you, you will immediately tie up your troops and horses to your emperor. If you dare not, grandpa will give you a set of women's clothes, and you will wear women's clothes and hide in the turtle formation to see if you can hide for the rest of your life." As he said that, he picked out a colorful woman's dress with a big knife and ran around the formation.

Li Yuan smiled and asked someone to take the woman's clothing, put it in public, and laughed, "Yuluo, is the skill that stops here?"

Tang Jun laughed, Yu Juluo was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that Li Yuan would rather wear women's clothes in public than leave the solid car formation to fight. He couldn't help but slap back.

Facing this chariot array as strong as a turtle shell and the hedgehog-like gun array, these two combinations immediately made the four generals, such as Yu Jiluo, Tu Wanxu, Pei Renji, and Yang Yichen, have no choice but to do anything about it.

In the end, he had to mobilize troops every day, keep shooting swords and attack in turn, and prevent Li Yuan from having a chance to breathe.

On the other hand, Yang Yichen had mobilized craftsmen in the army to cut down trees from the surrounding area and make catapults. Although Li Yuan's chariot array is powerful, it can block bows, arrows, swords and guns, it can definitely not stop the shooting of a huge rock weighing dozens of kilograms. As long as the catapult car reaches a certain number, tens of thousands of stones will be launched at the same time, and even if Li Yuan's chariot array is in a copper wall and iron arm, it will definitely not be able to resist it.
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