Chapter 838: Er Li's World War II (Part 1)
Chapter 838 The Second World War between Li and Li (Part 1)
Chapter 836: The Second World War between Li and Li (Part 1)
Although Li Shimin likes Xue Rengui's talent, Xue Rengui is Qin Hao's subordinate after all, and he almost killed him just now, so Li Shimin certainly doesn't want to let him go.
But at this time, both wings of the Liang army had been completely defeated. If they were unable to break out, it would be difficult for Li Shimin to leave once the three coalition forces encircled him.
Breaking through the encirclement and killing Xue Rengui, Li Shimin decisively chose the former.
Seeing that the enemy general was not chasing after him, Xue Rengui was relieved.
Xue Rengui was actually frightened by the formation just now. More than a dozen generals joined forces to attack him. If it weren't for his life-threatening fighting style, he would have died under the siege of the enemy generals.
If the Liang army generals are really determined to kill him, ordinary soldiers alone may not be able to stop him. Of course, the final outcome will definitely be a lose-lose situation.
Generals Qin Yong and Pei Yuanqing also looked happy, but then they looked embarrassed.
The two of them originally wanted to save Xue Rengui, but they didn't expect that they only received a blow from Li Yuanba and suffered internal injuries. Instead, they relied on Xue Rengui's protection to escape from the siege of more than a dozen Liang generals. .
Anyone would feel embarrassed if he saved someone but was saved instead, right?
“I’m really embarrassed this time.”
Qin Yong smiled bitterly and said, he was considered a veteran general, but who expected that he was seriously injured by Li Yuanba's hammer.
“I didn’t expect Li Yuanba to be so strong.”
Pei Yuanqing's face was also full of bitterness, and he said bitterly: "General Cunxiao once said that I could fight him for ten rounds, but now it seems that he is just encouraging me."
Pei Yuanqing knew that he was not Li Yuanba's opponent, but he didn't expect that the gap would be so big. He and Qin Yong combined their efforts to block Li Yuanba's flying hammer, and they were both shocked and suffered internal injuries at the same time. If they were one-on-one, he could last five years. It was overwhelming in just one round.
"I originally wanted to save the general, but I didn't expect that he was saved by the general instead. I'm really ashamed." Pei Yuanqing said with a face of shame.
"No, if you two hadn't arrived in time, Xue Li would have died."
Xue Rengui's eyes were full of gratitude, and he said in a deep voice: "I can't stop Li Yuanba's flying hammer. Xue Li would like to thank the two generals for saving their lives."
Qin Yong and Pei Yuanqing looked at each other, and Qin Yong smiled bitterly and said: "No, Rengui, didn't you also save us?"
When he finally escaped, Xue Rengui was almost single-handedly fighting against more than a dozen generals of the Liang Army. Only then did Qin Yong and Pei Yuanqing discover that Xue Rengui was not only a good leader and a bow and arrow, but also his own strength.
It’s a pity that another strong general was delayed by the art of war. Qin Yong and Pei Yuanqing thought this in their hearts.
Xue Rengui's performance just now has impressed the two of them, so in their opinion, if Xue Rengui specializes in martial arts, he may not be able to reach the top ten on the martial arts list.
If he knew what the two of them were thinking, Xue Rengui would definitely shake his head, smile bitterly, and tell them that for generals, the art of war is the kingly way!
“Report... General Qi, the two generals Qin Jian and Gongsun Zan have defeated both wings of the enemy and are encircling Li Shimin’s troops.”
"So fast?"
Xue Rengui's eyes showed a look of surprise and he said in a deep voice: "Great, the end of the Liang Army has come. Quickly spread the word to the whole army. If you continue to persist, the Liang Army will be finished."
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After Qin Jian and Gongsun Zan completed the encirclement, the coalition forces attacked the Liang army from three directions at the same time. Even if Li Shimin could break out, he would probably have to lead his generals to break out. It would be really difficult for ordinary soldiers to escape. .
However, Xue Rengui also knew that the more critical the situation was, the greater the Liang army's counterattack, and they had to survive this last round of counterattack. It turns out that Li Shimin wanted to break through the encirclement head-on and take away as many cavalry as he could. However, now that the coalition forces have encircled the enemy, Li Shimin had to abandon his troops to protect his troops.
From this assault battle till now, the defense line set up by Xue Rengui has been diluted by the Xuanjia Army.
Now that Li Shimin has abandoned his large forces and concentrated his elite troops to personally lead the breakout, the protective film that Xue Rengui worked hard to maintain was finally broken by Li Shimin.
"Report...to General Qi, Li Shimin's offensive is too fierce, the brothers really can't hold on, and the Liang army is about to break through."
Xue Rengui's brows furrowed tightly. He also knew that this was not because the soldiers were not using their strength, but because the enemy's offensive was indeed too fierce. After all, there were so many strong generals, and it was really difficult for the soldiers alone to resist them, even the ace battalion. Soldiers too.
Xue Rengui pondered for a moment and then said in a deep voice: "Since we can't stop Li Shimin and the Xuanjia Army, we might as well stop them and start intercepting the Xiliang cavalry with all our strength."
“General, wouldn’t this allow Li Shimin to run away?”
Xue Rengui glanced at the general and said calmly: "With Li Yuanba and Yu Wencheng here, who can keep Li Shimin? Instead of wasting efforts on Li Shimin, it is better to work hard to cause greater casualties to the Liang army."
The generals couldn't help but nodded. Xue Rengui was right. It was indeed difficult to capture or even kill Li Shimin under the protection of so many generals.
“In addition, the Hubao Cavalry and Baijie soldiers were ordered to withdraw from the battle immediately and go to pursue Li Shimin.”
The reason why Xue Rengui did not send Pojunying to pursue them was naturally because Pojunying was a heavy cavalry and could not catch up with Xuanjia Army based on its speed.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the White Guards are still light cavalry, so they can naturally catch up and follow them to kill them, inflicting another round of damage to the part of the Liang army that escaped.
“Kill, rush out.”
With the joint efforts of Li Yuanba and other five war gods, as well as more than a dozen Liangzhou fierce generals, Li Shimin finally broke through the siege of the three aces including Po Junying, and then ordered his men to flee towards Hulao Pass while counting the number of people.
“How many people from the Xuanjia Army rushed out?”
"Report to the general that there are only more than three thousand people."
“Where are the rest of the teams?”
“There are only more than two thousand people.”
“Is General Yugulu surrounded by conflict?”
“It’s out, but there are only a few dozen riders left around General Yuguluo.”
Li Shimin had known that this battle would result in heavy casualties, but after hearing the report from his subordinates, he still couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
There were a total of 50,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, including 8,000 Xuanjia fine cavalry, but only more than 5,000 people broke out, not even one out of ten!
Li Shimin suppressed the grief in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Quickly withdraw..."
Before he finished speaking, another bad news came.
"Report to the general that the coalition forces are catching up, and they are also coming with tiger and leopard cavalry and white soldiers."
Li Shimin’s expression suddenly changed and he shouted: “Escape quickly.”
Under the pursuit of the Hubao Cavalry and the Baijie soldiers, the Liang army that broke out suffered nearly a thousand casualties, while the damage to the pursuing coalition forces was minimal, but Li Shimin couldn't care less.
Li Shimin led the Liang army to flee for ten miles. When they arrived at an intersection, they found that the road ahead was already covered with enemy soldiers, and the leader was Li Cunxiao, the most powerful general of the Qin army.
(End of this chapter)