The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 424 The Distressed City
To have a Chollima, you must have Bole. In addition, Bole must be in a good mood, otherwise, the Chollima will hardly have a bright future.

Li Xiaogong advised Li Xiuning to give up Linyi and lead her people to retreat to Cangzhou overnight.Li Xiuning didn't adopt it, it wasn't that Li Xiaogong's strategy was bad, nor was it that Li Xiuning was ignorant, if Li Xiuning followed the plan, Yang Yong and Li Jing would have miscalculated this time.

Li Xiuning also knew that this was a good strategy, first to preserve strength, and then to make progress, as the saying goes, victory or defeat is a common thing in military strategists.For a commander of the three armies like Li Xiuning, losing a few cities and losing some soldiers is nothing. As long as the strength is still there and the vitality is not damaged, there is a possibility of a comeback.But why didn't Li Xiuning accept it this time?
It turned out that Li Xiaogong didn't guess Li Xiuning's psychology, that is to say, he didn't know Li Xiuning very well.

This is a typical strong woman. Li Xiuning is competitive and always dissatisfied. Not only does she dissatisfy her elder brother Li Jiancheng, but she also dissatisfies her second brother Li Shimin. In her eyes, women are no worse than men. What men can do, women can still do.

She thought what Li Xiaogong said was very reasonable. Li Shimin joined the army at a young age and showed outstanding military talent as soon as he entered the barracks.It can be said that he has never lost a battle. As soon as he was born, he retreated from Bingzhou, then surrendered Yu Chigong, then defeated Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, and later forced back the Turkic cavalry, making great contributions to the birth of the Tang Dynasty .At this time, Li Shimin must have settled Liu Heita, even if he hadn't settled, Liu Heita had no time to take care of Cangzhou affairs.If they abandon Linyi and go to Cangzhou, they will really have no worries.

But in this way, I will undoubtedly have to meet with this second brother, join forces, and then join forces to deal with Yang Yong.

This is good, but it proves that she is incompetent, and in the end she has to borrow the hands of her second brother. Even if Yang Yong is defeated and avenged, she will not be happy in her heart.Needless to say, in the eyes of the world and my father, I am not as good as this second brother Li Shimin.This is something she cannot accept in her heart. She wants to use her own ability to defeat Yang Yong. She wants to prove that without the help of her second brother Li Shimin, she can defeat Yang Yong and take revenge.

The reason why she has this kind of mentality is because when she was about to leave for the battle, her second brother Li Shimin accidentally said a word. At that time, she had good intentions and tried to persuade him to be vigilant against Liu Heitai's capriciousness, but the second brother didn't appreciate it. I remember what he said, "... Shimin also wants to ask my sister to pay attention. Yang Yong is not an idle person. He has no opponent with a gun, and his men are as strong as a cloud. With the help of Li Jing, Wei Zheng, Su Dingfang and others, it is a difficult piece. It’s a hard nut to crack. When you arrive in Shandong, sister, don’t fall into the trap of treachery because of your personal grievances a few years ago. It’s better to join forces with the second brother and attack from the north and the south to win.”

These few words aroused her strong rebellious psychology, and for some reason, she thought that the second brother was somewhat contemptuous and hostile to his sister. Whenever she thought of Li Shimin's unfathomable eyes, she felt that the second brother Shimin Unlike her elder brother Jian Jiancheng, this time she asked to go to Shandong to attack Yang Yong, mainly to avenge her shame, but it also meant to compete with her second brother for merit, and she wanted to fight for herself.

Therefore, now that Li Xiaogong asked him to abandon Linyi and retreat to Cangzhou, that was to approach Li Shimin for help, so she directly refused.

When Li Xiaogong saw that he had been rejected, he thought for a while and said: "Commander, if you don't want to leave Linyi and retreat, there is one last way, that is to shrink your troops, defend Linyi to the death, and then send someone to attack His Highness King Qin. Ask for help. We only need to stand firm in Linyi for a few days, as soon as His Royal Highness King Qin's troops arrive, Yang Yong and Li Jing will undoubtedly lose, but this is undoubtedly a dangerous move."

"Well, it's getting late, let Marshal Rong think carefully before making a conclusion." Li Xiuning saw that Li Xiaogong didn't know what was going on in his mind, and of course he couldn't explain it to him, so he sent Li Xiaogong away.Then, let the commander-in-chief fly overnight to Ma Sanbao and He Panren to send orders to return to Linyi with the troops. .

A few days later, the bad news really came. Yang Yuling captured Hengshui, the defender Xiang Shanzhi was killed, and the entire army of five thousand soldiers was wiped out.Under the joint siege of Luo Shiying and Li Wan'er, the defender of Binzhou, Qian Donkey, had no skills, and finally led more than 4000 defeated soldiers in the city to surrender and became Yang Yong's prisoner.In this way, in terms of strategy, Yang Yong formed an iron-armed encirclement of Linyi, and more than 5 soldiers including Li Xiuning have become the turtles of the Wengzhong.

"Commander, before Yang Yong's troops are besieged, it is still too late to send someone to Youzhou to seek help from His Highness King Qin." Li Xiaogong suggested to Li Xiuning again.

Li Xiuning still didn't accept it. On the second day, the four armies of Yang Yuling, Luo Shiying, Li Wan'er, and Princess Yujing marched to the foot of Linyi City from four directions, and joined forces with Yang Yong's soldiers and horses. The [-] troops surrounded Linyi City tightly.

Only then did Li Xiuning feel the seriousness of the problem, and sent an order to beat the drums to raise the account. After all the generals arrived, Li Xiuning asked the generals about their plans.Now, no one has a good plan anymore, and saluted together at the end, and said in unison: "Commander, the last general is willing to follow the lead of the commander and vow to live and die with Linyi. You just give the order!"

Seeing this, Li Xiuning was deeply comforted. She knew that she had caused such a passive situation today, but luckily the morale of the army was still there.

She looked at the generals with satisfaction and said: "In this case, the commander-in-chief will pass the order. Yang Yong's army is besieged in the city. There are only more than 5 horses in the city, and there is not much food and grass. Linyi's isolated city is difficult to defend. Shuai decided to lead the crowd to break through the encirclement the day after tomorrow. During the preparation time tomorrow, everyone must pack lightly and bring three days of dry food. The rest of the grain, grass and luggage are all gone, but Yang Yong can't be cheap. When the time comes, all the coal will be burned. The commander-in-chief will announce the breakout plan before departure, remember, it must be kept secret."

"No." The generals agreed.Li Xiaogong secretly said in his heart, Commander, the final general has long expected that today will come, I suggest you to break through as soon as possible, but you don't listen, you have to adopt the general's suggestion early, how can you have today's difficulty?Now that Yang Yong's [-] troops are besieging the city, it will be difficult for us to break through again!
The next day, the city of Linyi was busy.After a whole day of busy work, when it was time to set watch in the evening, Li Xiuning ordered the second watch to cook and the third watch to set off.To the surprise of the generals, they guessed that this kind of military operation would be at night, but it was a day earlier than the original plan. Moreover, none of the generals, including Li Xiaogong, knew the specific plan to break out of the siege. People dare to ask more questions.

At the middle of the night, Li Xiuning's men and horses were full of food, and all of them lined up, and then Li Xiuning proposed a breakout plan. She decided to divide her troops into two ways to break out: the first route was Li Xiaogong as the main general, and the general Ma Sanbao led [-] elite soldiers out The east gate went to the northeast to kill, and the ultimate goal was Cangzhou in the north; the second route was Li Xiuning, who personally took He Panren and other soldiers, and they went out the west gate to kill in the northwest, sparing Dezhou, and the final goal was Dingzhou.The time of the two groups of people is also different, the first group is half an hour earlier than the second group.

Li Xiuning's intention of assigning such assignments is obvious, and she has the meaning of attacking east and west, and she assigned her most trusted general, Ma Sanbao, to Li Xiaogong, just to give Yang Yong's team the illusion that this team is the main force, and Li Xiuning must be there. Inside, this can attract Yang Yong's men and horses, and then his men and horses can easily break through.To put it bluntly, Li Xiaogong's team is actually the team that involved Yang Yong, to cover her safe breakout.

Of course Li Xiaogong is aware of this, but he has no complaints, as a general, he should give up his life to protect the general, not to mention that they are brothers and sisters of the same family, and Li Xiuning is a princess, no matter how you look at it, he has to obey his orders , I will die without hesitation.

After the order was issued, Li Xiaogong led 3 people to open the east gate with the general Ma Sanbao, and suddenly rushed out, but before they could cross the moat, countless torches appeared on the opposite side, illuminating the sky. In the light of the fire, countless Soldiers will come overwhelmingly...

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