The sudden attack caused chaos in the Tang army. In the grass fifty steps away, a large group of black shadows suddenly appeared, with thousands of people. They arranged in dense arrangements, holding hard crossbows, and life-taking crossbow arrows shot out from their hands.

A shrill scream resounded throughout the river. In the first round of arrows, nearly a thousand people of the Tang army fell into the river. Blood stained the river water. Soon, thousands of arrows shot in the second round. The Tang army was so scared that they were scattered and rushed to flee. Shi Dana was shot on his left shoulder with an arrow and fell from his horse.

He was a general himself, and the injury to his left shoulder did not affect the speed of his leg. Shi Danai roared like thunder and tried to rush forward, but several soldiers forced him to escape back to the west of the bridge.

At this moment, the ground under their feet began to shake, and the sound of horse hooves like thunder came from a distance, and soldiers shouted: "The Sui cavalry are coming!"

Shi Dana looked back and saw a vast cavalry coming to the southwest, with as many as ten thousand people, less than a hundred steps away from them. The fierce murderous intent made the moonlight shine. There were ambushing the crossbow army in front and cavalry coming from behind. The force was several times higher than that, and thousands of Tang troops completely collapsed.

Shi Dana hissed: "Line!Line!"

But no one listened to his shouts, fear enveloped every soldier's heart. They threw away their armor and ran north along the river with no chance. A hundred-step distance for the cavalry was just a moment, tens of thousands of cavalry swept over, wielding their swords and killing, extremely fierce. Some soldiers who escaped slowly were killed by the cavalry and screamed.

Shi Dana jumped into the river, holding a one-legged bronze spear in his hand, and lies behind a pillar behind the bridge. The bodies of his tribe soldiers were piled up all around. His three thousand tribes were the most casualties under the dense arrows in front of the team.

His eyes were fiercely staring at the cavalry on the shore, and his teeth were clattering loudly. At this time, the squad of cavalry had already chased far away, and only hundreds of people were left on the shore.

Shi Dana suddenly discovered that dozens of cavalry surrounded a Sui army general and slowly approached. It seemed that he was going to cross the bridge to the other side, so he must be the chief general of the Sui army.

The unique courage of the Turks made it difficult for him to calm down. A fire of revenge burned in Shi Dana's heart. He tightened the one-legged bronze spear and crawled towards the shore little by little.

This Sui army general was Xu Shiji. He divided his troops into two groups. One was Gao Zikai, who led 3,000 people to attack the camp and attracted Shi Dana from the city to rescue him. Another team led by him personally led more than 17,000 people to set up ambush on the way to the camp.

Tens of thousands of people ambushed 5,000 people. He would win even if he couldn't win this battle. Xu Shiji led hundreds of people to inspect the battlefield. At this time, he slowly came to the bridge and prepared to go to the other side. This area was where the enemy was killed and injured the most. Most of them were killed by arrows.

As soon as he arrived at the bridge, he suddenly heard a thunderous roar, and a black shadow jumped up from the edge of the bridge, "General Sui, come with your life!"

A one-legged bronze spear suddenly hit Xu Shiji. In the dark night, this person appeared too suddenly, which caught the surrounding soldiers off guard. It was too late to rescue them. The soldiers exclaimed in surprise, but Xu Shiji reacted, waved the long spear in his hand and swung the weapons that were smashing towards him.

Xu Shiji was both civil and military, and a horse spear made him elusive, but he could not rank among the top twenty of the powerful generals in the world, mainly because his strength was slightly weak. He heard a loud "Dang!", and the one-legged bronze spear was hitting Xu Shiji's spear. The one-legged spear flew out along the spear.

The huge force made Xu Shiji's arms numb. The horse spear almost broke out, but Shi Dana was injured even more severely. There was an arrow wound on his shoulder, and the violent impact caused his wound to burst.

The severe pain made him unable to hold the one-legged bronze spear, and his weapon was taken off his hand. His body fell to the ground and curled up in pain.

Xu Shiji's personal soldiers then reacted, rushed forward, waved their swords and slashed. Xu Shiji shouted: "Don't hurt his life!"

The soldiers held him down and tied him up tightly. The severe pain had already made Shi Dana faint. Several torches ignited him. This was a yellow-haired Turkic man. Xu Shiji saw the one-legged bronze spear next to him. He suddenly knew who this person was.

"This person is Shi Danai, known as the most powerful general of the Western Turks, and asked the military doctor to treat him with his injuries!"

It was a small gain to be able to capture Shi Danai. At this moment, a cavalry rushed over and said, "Report to General Xu, General Gao asked for instructions on whether the Tang army camp should continue to attack."

Xu Shiji pondered for a moment. His purpose had been achieved. Li Shimin should soon learn about the news of an accident in Changyuan County, so there was no need to stay.

Thinking of this, Xu Shiji immediately ordered: "You can stop the attack, let him take the bodies of his fallen brothers, and immediately retreat to Hongnong County!"

After passing the orders, the Sui cavalry pursuing the enemy retreated one after another and prepared to retreat westward. Seeing that the Zhang father and son had come over, Xu Shiji stepped forward and bowed to Zhang Hongbang and thanked him: "This time thanks to the strong assistance of the envoy Zhang, the Sui army was able to win a great victory, and Shiji was very grateful."

Zhang Hongbang also returned the gift and smiled and said, "I am a Sui minister, and it is also my duty to assist the Sui army. I don't want to do this humble official anymore. I plan to return to Professor Yang Xue's children. I have something to do, can I ask General Xu for help?"

"Encourt said that the world will do the same."

Zhang Hongbang pulled his son over and said, "The dog son is a little familiar with writing and strong. I want him to follow General Xu to help organize documents and write family letters for soldiers. I wonder if the general can accept him?"

Zhang Hongbang saw that Xu Shiji was both civil and military, and was young and promising. He would be a pillar of the Sui Dynasty in the future. His son could also find a future even if he followed him. His eyes were full of expectations.

Xu Shiji smiled slightly, stepped forward and patted Zhang An on the shoulder, "Our army is going to retreat, are you willing to follow us?"

Zhang An was excited and bowed deeply, "I am willing to serve the general!"

"It's not for me, it's for His Highness the King of Chu."

Xu Shiji immediately ordered his personal soldiers to "change him in a military uniform!"

Soon Zhang An changed into a civilian military uniform. He pulled his clothes from left to right, feeling quite excited. He stepped forward and knelt down for his father, "Father, the child is leaving now. He will definitely come back to visit his father if he has time. I hope his father will take care of his health!"

Zhang Hongbang felt a little sad, and went up to help his son up, "Child, get up! My father is happy for you."

He helped his son up and said with a smile: "Go on the horse! May you make a contribution soon."

He bowed to Xu Shiji again, "General Xu, I will hand it over to you."

Xu Shiji nodded, "Don't worry, I will regard him as my brother."

Seeing that all the soldiers had returned, he waved his hand and said, "Go!"

The Sui army brigade left Changyuan County and headed northwest. Zhang An waved to his father from afar, and his figure gradually disappeared into the darkness. Zhang Hongbang looked at the direction where his son's figure disappeared and sighed deeply, "My son has grown up."

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After the Sui army launched a lightning attack on the Tang army's logistics camp located in Changyuan County, it quickly evacuated Changyuan County and quickly evacuated towards Xihongnong County. The Tang army suffered heavy losses. The news of the capture of the chief general Shi Dana was quickly spread to Luoyang as if it had wings.

At this time, Li Shimin led the main force of the Tang army to retreat to Sanyuan City, which was a transit station for the Tang army's logistics supplies, and also stored a small part of the food and grass supplies.

In the room, Li Shimin was in a heavy mood and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. In fact, he had already seen the strategy of the Sui army, attacking the logistics camp of Changyuan County and forcing him to return to Hongnong County, but in this way, his and Li Xiaogong's army became further and further away.

The Sui army obviously wanted to divide the door into two and not allow them to join forces. Although the Sui army's intentions were obvious, he was powerless and could only be led by the Sui army.

Li Shimin looked at the sand table and couldn't help but sigh. At this time, Fang Xuanling appeared at the door, "Your Highness, can I come in?"

"Sir, please come in!"

Fang Xuanling walked into the room and smiled, "Elder General Qu Tu and King Zhao both arrived in Yingchuan County safely. Your Highness should be happy, why are you still worried?"

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, "Yang Yuanqing took every step and forced us to follow his arrangements, but I was powerless. How could I be happy?"

"Did Your Highness refer to the Sui army's attack on the camp of Changyuan County at night?"

"Yes! Shi Danai was captured, and he didn't know his life or death. I knew that the Sui army led me back to the rescue, but I had no choice but to do anything. It was really frustrating."

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I have a word for humble duty. I don't know whether to say it or not?"

"Sir, just say it!"

Li Shimin waved his hand, "Please sit down and talk!"

Fang Xuanling sat down and said worriedly: "Actually, I am not worried about Yang Yuanqing's plan. Although his strategy is powerful, it is not impossible to crack. At worst, I will withdraw it back to Guanzhong. I am worried that the relationship between Your Highness and the Crown Prince has been mastered by Yang Yuanqing and he has already started to use it."

Li Shimin was stunned, "What does this mean by sir?"

"Have you ever wondered why Yang Yuanqing was not afraid of the Tang army in Tongguan sending troops to the east to aid, and directly ordered Xu Shiji to attack the Changyuan camp."

"Mr. I mean, Yang Yuanqing is very clear that the army in Tongguan will not come to aid. Is this what it means?"

Fang Xuanling nodded, "The army of Tongguan is the power of the prince. The chief general of Tongguan Luo Yi only listens to the prince's dispatch. If Luo Yi is willing to send troops to make a gesture, even if only thousands of soldiers are sent out to Tongguan to create momentum, Xu Shiji would not dare to go south easily, but Tongguan did not make any noise at all, and Yang Yuanqing did not take Tongguan seriously. If Luo Yi and Yang Yuanqing had not colluded with each other, then Yang Yuanqing knew that Tongguan would definitely not send troops. In this way, wouldn't this prove that Yang Yuanqing was using His Highness to get into evil with the prince?"

Li Shimin was silent and said for a while: "But this can be improved easily. I don't want to do this. Is there any way sir?"

Fang Xuanling smiled faintly and said, "This is what I said to you. In any case, Your Highness must take all the military power in your hands. If the prince is allowed to take part of the military power, your highness's career will inevitably be destroyed in this part of the military power that he has not mastered in the future."
Chapter completed!