Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1996 Withdrawal from Sizhou
Chapter 1994: Withdraw from Sizhou
After Jia Xu inquired cryptically, she realized that Li Shimin had set up the Longmen Formation, and Zhang Liao had broken the Longmen Formation.

Jia Xu gave Zhang Liao a thumbs up in his heart, and said to himself: As expected of the master's favorite general, even such a complicated formation as the Dragon Gate Formation has been broken.

Jia Xu thought it was Zhang Liao who broke the formation, but Zhang Liao said: "Thank you, the military master, for teaching me how to break the formation, otherwise Zhang Liao would not be able to break the Longmen formation."

Jia Xu again: "??"

When did I teach you the method of breaking the formation?I don't know why?
Jia Xu didn't even know that Li Shimin would be in the Longmen Formation, so how could it be possible to give Zhang Liao a way to break the formation in advance?

Seeing Jia Xu's expression, Xu Huang couldn't help muttering: "Could it be that military division doesn't have a second meaning, and Wen Yuan is thinking too much?"

"impossible."

Zhang Liao categorically denied it, then looked at Jia Xu, and said with a smile: "Military commanders don't need to test the last general, the 'soldiers are precious and fast' in your kit, in addition to reminding the last general to fight quickly, you also told the last general how to break the formation.

As long as the army is dispatched fast enough, so fast that Li Shimin can't react, they will be able to crack the Longmen Formation.

Wen Yuan used this method to break the Longmen Formation, and the military master is really a god. "

"??"

The way Jia Xu looked at Zhang Liao became a little complicated.

Can this break the Dragon Gate Formation?This kid's luck is too good.

Although Jia Xu was shocked by Zhang Liao's crooked attack, on the surface he looked like a child who could be taught, and said with a light smile: "It's General Zhang Liao, you have a good understanding, and you can understand the deep meaning of the old man. If it's someone else, it may not be so." gone."

Hearing this, Zhang Liao respected Jia Xu even more in his heart.

It is obvious that he has meritorious service but does not take credit for it. The ideological realm of a military advisor is so high, and his moral character is noble, it is simply beyond the reach of mere mortals.

It's ridiculous that those literati and inkmen often criticize the military adviser verbally, but they don't know that the military adviser doesn't care at all.

After thinking up to this point, Zhang Liao immediately said: "No, no, it's all thanks to the military advisor..."

"No, it's the general's credit..."

"No no no..."

Looking at the two people who were giving in to each other, Xu Huang felt awkward, but he couldn't say what it was.

After exchanging pleasantries with Jia Xu for a while, Zhang Liao led the army into the city to rest, but then he was stunned by what he saw.

There are collapsed houses everywhere in Luoyang City, many people are mournful, and the once prosperous Xuanwu Street is now reduced to ruins...

Is this really Luoyang City, the imperial capital?

It wasn't like this before he left Luoyang. What kind of battle did he go through to make Luoyang, the most powerful city in the world, into the dilapidated state it is now?
It seems that the third battle of Luoyang is far from easy as he imagined!
It took only three days for Zhang Liao to enter the city to rest and recuperate, but the vanguard of Li Jing's Hebei army had already arrived in Luoyang, and the main force was only a day's journey away from Luoyang.

After discussing with Jia Xu, Zhang Liao and Jia Xu decided to lead the cavalry and infantry out of the city and march west again.

Now that the main army has arrived, and Zhao Yun's [-] cavalry are rapidly approaching in the north, it is time to deal with the remaining Tang army.

Zhang Liao had just entered Hongnong County as the leader of the army, when he received a piece of news that shocked him.

The Tang army voluntarily gave up the results of the battle, [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, a total of [-] troops, all withdrew towards Tongguan.

The news of the complete withdrawal of the Tang army from Sizhou not only shocked Zhang Liao and other generals, but also Li Jing and Han Xin, who were shocked by Li Shimin's courage to seek perfection.

You know, the Tang army dispatched 15 troops, divided into two groups, attacking Nanyang all the way, and attacking Hangu Pass all the way, in order to enter Sizhou, and after several months of war, only [-] troops were left.

Now that he managed to break through Hangu Pass, entered Sizhou, and established a large territory in Hongnong and Hanoi counties, if he voluntarily gave up now, wouldn't all the previous efforts and sacrifices be in vain?The [-] troops also died in vain.

After several months of exhausting fighting, so many people were killed and injured, and in the end they had nothing left. Can Li Shimin really accept this result?

"The king of Tang, Li Shimin, must be one of the biggest obstacles to my lord's unification of the world." Li Jing said with a serious face.

Han Xin and Guo Jia also nodded in agreement. Compared with Li Shimin's performance, the other princes are indeed much inferior.

Naturally, Li Jing didn't want Li Shimin to retreat to Guanzhong. After all, there was Tongguan, a great pass, even if he had 20 troops in his hands, he might not be able to break through it, not to mention it was impossible for him to attack Tongguan.

The decisive battle in Jingbei was imminent, and it was impossible for Li Jing to spend his limited troops on endless siege battles.

In addition, although Li Shimin withdrew from Sizhou, he still had an army of [-], and he might come back at any time.

Li Tang sits on Tongguan, can advance, attack and retreat.

Qin Jun lost Hangu Pass, and Sizhou's perfect line of defense was broken. Facing Li Tang in the west, he was doomed to be passively beaten.

Fortunately, Qin State's national strength far surpassed Tang State's. Even if the Tang army came to fight, they would not have the appetite to swallow Sizhou in one bite, but this would definitely restrain Qin State's many troops.

To guard against the sudden attack of the Tang State, at least 15 troops must be left behind to keep Sizhou from falling into danger again.

But if this is the case, the troops supporting Jingbei will be greatly reduced.

Based on this consideration, Li Jing decided to hold back Li Shimin and prevent him from returning to Guanzhong, no matter what the cost.

Li Jing adopted Guo Jia's strategy and first ordered Zhang Liao to lead all the cavalry to attack, and must catch up with the Tang army as quickly as possible.

Hou Feige sent a letter to Gongsun Yan and Tan Daoji on the front line, ordering them to lead Ye Wang and the defenders of the second city of Yiyang to attack, trying to hold back the Tang army as much as possible.

Finally, Flying Pigeon passed a letter to Zhao Yun in the north, ordering him to speed up his march and arrive before the Tang army retreated to Tongguan, so as to block the Tang army's return.

Under Li Jing's three methods, he tried his best to prevent Tang Jun from escaping from Sizhou, but what he didn't expect was that he had Guo Jia's plan, and Li Shimin also had a wall ladder.

Both Gongsun Yan and Tan Daoji were infantry. Li Shimin first repelled them with cavalry, but instead of taking advantage of the victory to pursue them, he set fire to the forest to block the way of the Qin army's pursuit.

Zhang Liao, who was catching up, was blocked by the fire, and he didn't know when the fire would go out, so he could only take a detour, which gave the Tang army time to retreat.

The fire lasted for seven consecutive days. Zhang Liao finally arrived at the former site of Hangu Pass after detour for five days, and Zhao Yun's [-] Hetao Iron Cavalry arrived a day ago. Unfortunately, it was still a step late after all. The Tang army's infantry had all withdrawn. Tongguan.

Zhao Yun's [-] iron cavalry chased them in the starry night, and when they were under Tongguan, all the cavalry of the Tang army had retreated to Tongguan.

Zhao Yun had no choice but to lead the army back to Sizhou, just in time to bump into Zhang Liao who was chasing him.

The two iron cavalry generals looked at each other speechlessly, so they could only lead the army back and report to Li Jing.

Li Jing who received the news looked up to the sky and sighed, "Heaven will not perish, Li Tang."

　In the second change, the monthly ticket breaks 400, and one chapter is added, and one chapter is still owed.

　　
　
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