In the offensive and defensive battles of the city, some unexpected situations often occur, which affects the situation and causes the entire city to change hands. This situation can also be called the "black swan event" of the city defense battle.

For example, in history, Liu Wuzhou captured Taiyuan City because the powerful people in the city accidentally offered the city, which led to Liu Wuzhou, who was unable to attack the city, occupied Taiyuan City, and thus his strength soared.

Today, the 'Black Swan Incident' also occurred in Hulao Pass, and Li Xuanba became the protagonist of this incident.

The difference is that this incident was completely planned by Li Jing, who used Li Xuanba's noble identity and his martial arts personality to lure Li Xuanba out of the city to fight.

It doesn’t matter what method is used, what is important is the final result. As it turns out, Li Jing’s plan was completely successful.

Qu Tutong was the first time he encountered such a headache in more than 30 years. Li Xuanba seemed to live in a place isolated from the world. What he thought was his own will, and he never considered the impact on the situation.

No wonder when he went to war, the King of Qin apologized and told him, "My brother is arbitrary and has no mind. I hope the old general will be more tolerant."

Now Qu Tutong understands the meaning of Qin King's words. Li Xuanba is indeed acting recklessly. How can he let him out of seclusion and fight at this time? Qu Tutong shouted loudly, "Don't turn on and off, take him down for me!"

At the gate of the city, Li Xuanba was so angry that he was almost crazy. Luo Shixin's provocation made him completely lose his mind. He swung his hammer and smashed it at the city gate. With a loud bang, the city gate swayed and the dust fell down. There was no one around. There were more than a dozen soldiers who were killed by him on the ground.

At this time, hundreds of soldiers approached him timidly, and someone shouted: "Your Highness, King Zhao, go back! Don't make things difficult for us."

"Li Xuanba, are you scared by me?" Luo Shixin's shout came from outside the city.

Li Xuanba's eyes were blood red. He suddenly turned around, roared, rushed into the group of soldiers, swinged the hammer, smashed it wildly, his brain burst, blood and blood, making the soldiers scream and corpses everywhere. Hundreds of soldiers were beaten to flee.

More than twenty soldiers were blocked in the city cave by him. They were so scared that they knelt down and kowtowed, begging, "Your Highness, please spare me! Please spare me!"

Li Xuanba roared angrily. "Open the city gate for me, otherwise I will kill you!"

The soldiers were so scared that they rushed forward. They pulled off the iron door bolt and pushed the door hard. The city gate of Hulaoguan opened, but the suspension bridge was still pulled and could not go out directly.

Li Xuanba ignored it. He rushed out of the city gate, ran close to the city wall, and ran to the southmost point, with a trench that was one meter wide in front of him. He leaped on his horse, and the horse crossed the trench, turned his head and killed Luo Shixin, shouting loudly: "Little Luo, fight me to the death!"

Luo Shixin laughed and said, "Crazy, let's go to the old place to fight to the decisive battle!"

He turned his horse's head and ran towards Sishui Town. Li Xuanba shouted like thunder and chased him closely behind.

As soon as Li Xuanba rushed out of the city, Qu Tutong rode down on horseback. Several soldiers shouted anxiously: "Elder General, King Zhao is out!"

Qu Tutong was extremely anxious. He had already seen 30,000 Sui troops peeking at the other side like a pack of wolves, and Li Xuanba turned a blind eye. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "I'm really a fool!"

"Put down the suspension bridge!"

Qu Tutong shouted loudly, and he turned around and waved to the thousands of cavalry behind him, "You go with me to save King Zhao!"

Duan Zhixuan rushed up from the side, grabbed Qu Tutong's reins and said anxiously: "Old General, if you go out to save him now, you will hit the Sui army's trick!"

Qu Tutong said helplessly: "He is the third son of the priest. If we don't save him, how can we explain to the priest and how can we explain to the queen?"

"The old general is the chief general, let Bei Yi save him!"

Qu Tutong shook his head, "I must save him before I can explain to the emperor that if you can't defend the city gate, I won't blame you, but you don't need to save me, just withdraw your troops back to Luoyang, and I will go to find the Tang army in Xiangyang!"

After saying that, he shouted and led three thousand troops out of the city.

Li Jing led an army of 30,000 and had been waiting two miles away from the northeast for a long time. He used open conspiracy. He had also guided Li Xuanba for two days of martial arts and knew Li Xuanba very well. This person has been a fool since childhood and became a fool of martial arts. As long as he is angry, he will definitely break out of the city and no one can stop him.

Li Xuanba is King Zhao and Li Yuan's third son. Veteran Qu Tutong will save him no matter what. Li Jing narrowed his eyes, stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word, waiting for Li Xuanba to leave the city, and waiting for Qu Tutong, the old turtle to join the net.

At this time, a soldier shouted: "General, the city gate is open!"

The gate of Hulao Pass opened wide, and an enemy general rushed out of the city and ran along the wall. It was Li Xuanba. Li Jing was overjoyed and turned around and ordered: "Three Army men, prepare to kill!"

Just as Li Xuanba rushed out of the city, the suspension bridge was put down, and a Tang cavalry rushed out of the city. The leader was the veteran Qu Tutong. He shouted anxiously: "Your Highness, please take a step slowly!"

"kill!"

Li Jing roared and urged his horse to rush forward. The 30,000 Sui troops behind him burst into earth-shaking shouts, rushing towards the city gate.

Qu Tutong was in a state of extreme distress. On the one hand, the Sui army launched a large-scale attack and went up, while on the other hand, Li Xuanba was gradually running away. Should he save him or not? If he saves him, it is very likely that Hulao Pass will be lost. If he does not save him, it is still too late to close the city gate, but Li Xuanba will definitely die.

Qu Tutong seemed to have seen the tragic phenomenon of Li Xuanba being shot to death by the Sui army's ambush, and he made up his mind in the end. For nothing, those who are ministers have no loyalty to the king, and lose their duty as ministers first. What's the use of defending the city?

He shouted, "Run with me!"

He accelerated his horse and led a thousand cavalry to intercept the Sui army and chased after Li Xuanba. However, the army behind was intercepted by the Sui army, and the two armies fought fiercely at the city gate.

Qu Tutong ran for several miles and had gradually caught up with Li Xuanba. When he turned around, he saw that the Sui army had entered the city, which made him sigh.

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Li Xuanba rushed to Sishui Town, and Luo Shixin was gone. He was so angry that he shouted. At this moment, a clapper sound came from a distance, and hundreds of Sui army bows and crossbows hiding in the dark were fired at Li Xuanba. The dense arrows shot towards Li Xuanba.

Li Xuanba was shocked, waved his hammer and called the arrow, and then urged the horse to run fast, but just took a few steps. An arrow shot the horse's neck first. The war horse was incredibly painful, and its front hooves were raised high, and a scream was roaring.

The opportunity to escape was lost at this moment. Seven or eight arrows shot the war horse at the same time. Even Li Xuanba was hitting two arrows in a row. The war horse fell down with a bang, crushing Li Xuanba under him. He also took off a sledgehammer. He had to use a sledgehammer to protect his head and struggled to get up.

Hundreds of ambushers rushed up from both sides shouting, and countless spears poked at him. Li Xuanba's legs were pressed down by the war horses, half sitting on the ground, swinging a hammer with one hand to fight with the Sui soldiers. At this moment, Qu Tutong led his army to kill, and Qu Tutong shouted in an anxious voice, "Don't hurt my master!"

He waved his horse spear to kill him and stabbed several Sui soldiers in a row. Seeing that the Tang reinforcements had arrived, the generals of the Sui army had no hope of assassinating Li Xuanba, so they had to shout, "Retreat!"

Hundreds of Sui troops retreated from both sides to the forest behind. They ran clean in an instant. At this time, Li Xuanba was protected by more than a hundred Tang troops. He was shot three arrows, wearing dozens of guns, and was already bloody. He was in a semi-coma state. Qu Tutong knew that this place should not be kept for a long time. He ordered people to carry Li Xuanba on his horse, wrap it with a cloak, and lead the army to run eastward.

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Hulao Pass has fallen, and the Sui army once again occupied the Central Plains Pass. At this time, Duan Zhixuan led the Tang army to retreat. More than a thousand people were killed or injured.

In the pass, Li Jing walked to a well. There was water in the well. Cheng Yaojin led more than a hundred soldiers to draw water and store it. After the last painful lesson, he regarded the storage of water as particularly important. Li Jing smiled and said, "No need to store water anymore. Qu Tutong has stored enough water. If you hit the water, there is no place to store it."

"I will let my brothers fill all the water bags first!"

The weather was too hot, and Li Jing found a big rock in the shade to sit down. Cheng Yaojin also sat down beside him, fanned with his helmet, and whispered: "The weather for this bitch is too hot. It was not so hot last year and the previous year. When will it go?"

Li Jing smiled slightly, "Warring in such hot weather is actually a test of the willpower of the army. Li Xiaogong's Jingxiang army is mostly from Bashu. They may not be able to adapt to this hot weather. However, our army is more heat-resistant than them, and the weather is beneficial to us. Moreover, the northern army is tall and sharp, with fewer cavalry, and less cavalry, and fighting on the plains, and the advantage of the geographical advantage gives us an advantage. As for morale, fighting power and combat experience, we are definitely stronger than them, so although our troops are relatively small, I am very confident..."

"You guys, be careful not to get the dirty things into the well!" Cheng Yaojin's roar came from next to him.

Li Jing stopped talking all of a sudden. He glanced at Cheng Yaojin. Seeing that he was absent-minded, he didn't listen to him at all. He had to smile bitterly and turn the topic away, "Old Cheng, what lesson did you learn this time when the Hulao was shut down?"

"He has learned a deep lesson!"

Cheng Yaojin sighed with lingering fear and said to Li Jing: "Now I understand what it means to have no surplus food at home and it is difficult to celebrate the New Year. In the future, the family should save more money and food. If any disaster occurs, it will cause death."

Li Jing was stunned and shook his head for a while and said with a smile: "Your ideas are always unique. Other generals remember the importance of defending the city's water source through this cutoff. Pay attention to the water source terrain. You are better. The lesson you learned is that your family needs to have money and food."

When Li Jing said this, he finally couldn't help laughing. Cheng Yaojin scratched his head and laughed dryly.

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Dou Xianniang stood in a corner of the city and looked into the distance anxiously. Her eyes were filled with worry. She knew that Luo Shixin's internal injuries had not healed, and if he competed with Li Xuanba again, it would be very dangerous.

At this time, she saw a large group of soldiers running out of the mountain road in the distance. The leader held a big hammer in his hand. She was shocked and waited for the person to approach, but the leader was Luo Shixin, holding a hammer from Li Xuanba in his hand and smiling.

Dou Xianniang immediately smiled and her face seemed to be blowing through the spring breeze. She patted her chest gently, turned around and ran down the city, and quietly headed towards the back camp.

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Chapter completed!