Chapter 215: Killing depends on your mood

Luo Shixin looked at Chen Ying's four-wheeled carriage from time to time, but it was not Chen Ying who was sitting in the four-wheeled carriage at this time, but Li Xiuning and Cui Yingying.

Cui Yingying left Xingyang and followed the army. She was riding in a two-wheeled carriage with a pale face. Luo Shixin felt distressed and borrowed his carriage from Chen Ying with shame. Of course, Chen Ying did not refuse. For the sake of Luo Shixin and Zheng's fray, Chen Ying was not afraid. How could he care about a mere carriage?

What's more, Li Xiuding's menstruation was not convenient for cavalry to march, so the carriage became a special car for Cui Yingying's master and servant, Li Xiuning and He Yueer.

It is always easier for women to get along with each other. In just two days, Li Xiuning and Cui Yingying became close friends who could speak everything. When they are close, they are easy to say anything. Li Xiuning pulled Cui Yingying's hand like a close sister and sat on the couch and said, "We sisters don't have to be so accomplice in the future. You can call me Sanniang, and I call you Qi Niang, but my sister is not talking. You can understand some things..."

Cui Yingying still had a strong fear of Li Xiuning, and she was thinking about Li Xiuning's fierceness in her head. When she thought of her as a lord who was not afraid of blood before, she felt a little worried in her heart. She didn't dare to disobey her and pretended to be pitiful and said, "I'm not afraid of my sister's jokes. I won't see people like General Luo in front of others. In my heart, my husband must be noble, gentle and elegant. You have seen that the more gentle a person is, the more unreliable it is..."

Cui Yingying's words also aroused Li Xiuning's sadness. Cui Yingying's words happened to express her heart. Isn't Chai Shao young and rich, and has a good background, but he just abandoned himself at a critical moment and ran away alone. This kind of betrayal is something that Li Xiuning can never let go. At the beginning, without knowing that Chen Ying's origin, she had actually made a secret promise.

"Do you really want to be with him?" Li Xiuning looked at Cui Yingying with her eyes, wanting to see the truth in her eyes.

For some reason, Li Xiuning always felt that Cui Yingying was not simple. Although Luo Shixin was good, he could be said to be a good man. However, as a woman, although Luo Shixin felt safe, she lacked interest when she stayed together forever.

Cui Yingying looked at Li Xiuning's gaze and found that her eyes were sharp. At this time, she only dared to follow Li Xiuning's words and didn't care about shamelessness: "Sister is also a woman, and it's not unaware that it is a blessing for us women to meet someone who is willing to pity ourselves. What else can my sister have to ask for when she meets Luo Lang? At this time, I really envy you, sister..."

Li Xiuning looked at Cui Yingying and showed a playful smile.

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Since Chen Ying's Henan Pacifier Headquarters, Xin'an, was occupied by Wang Shichong, it has been slightly rectified and has become Wang Shichong's temporary palace and the front-line command of the Zheng army. Taking advantage of the surround of Li Shimin and Changsun Shunde in Cijian, Wang Shizhu also dispatched troops to Tian Zan, Yang Qing and others. Wang Shichong did not give Tian Zan the opportunity to observe the wind direction, and directly issued an ultimatum to Tian Zan, that if he did not come to Xin'an, he would be the enemy.

Wang Shichong's ultimatum, Tian Zan, Yang Qing and others did not take it seriously. The key was that Dou Jiande's more than 200,000 troops rushed to Hedong, occupying more than 20 counties in the four southern prefectures and 20 counties in the south of Jinzhou, especially the Xiangzhou line and Yecheng, which were connected together. The most fatal thing was that he had sent general Liu Heita to send troops from Yunzhou. A discerning person could see at a glance that Liu Heita was trying to encircle the northern line and attack Hedong with Dou Jiande from north to south. The Tang Dynasty had not had many troops in Hedong, so could it withstand the attack of more than 250,000 troops from Dou Jiande from north to south?

What's more, Li Shimin and Changsun Shunde were surrounded by Wang Shichong in Cijian, Li Yuanji and Qu Tutong were blocked by Wang Renze in Beim Mountain, and Tian Zan had no choice but to do anything. In the battle of the Tang Dynasty, there was no hope of victory. The cavalry could not watch the wind. If Li Shimin was destroyed by Wang Shichong, then Wang Shichong would definitely not let him go if he was freed.

In this way, Tian Zan hurriedly brought his generals Zhang Lishan, Yuan Ximin, Yang Wenchang and others to Xin'an. The more than 40,000 soldiers and horses under Tian Zan were accompanied by Tian Zan, plus Yang Qing's more than 10,000 soldiers, and Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses suddenly expanded to more than 50,000 soldiers.

Wang Shichong valued the position of generals such as Tian Zan, Yang Qing, Zhang Lishan, Yuan Ximin, Yang Wenchang and other generals to be lower. Wang Shichong stared at Liu Jibin and asked Liu Jibin in a low voice: "Shi Derui still refuses to surrender?"

Liu Jibin shook his head slightly, saying that he could not compete for the time being.

Wang Xingben smacked his lips with a pity and said, "Shi Derui's brain was kicked by the donkey, and he was determined to go dark with Li Yuan!"

King of Chu, Wang Shiwei, said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops to destroy this old boy Shi Derui!"

Wang Shiwei is Wang Shichong's third brother. His fourth brother Wang Shiyun defeated Qu Tutong at the city of Luoyang and won countless results, which made Wang Shiwei, the third brother, very jealous. He attacked Li Shimin's army for several consecutive days, with thousands of casualties, but no results were achieved. Wang Shiwei dared to let Wang Shiwei attack Li Shimin alone, this hard walnut, but Shi Derui did not have many troops, so he was definitely a persimmon. Who would he pinch if he didn't pinch him?

In Wang Shichong's palace, Yang Qing, Tian Zan and others pretended to be deaf and dumb. The generals watched coldly and watched Wang Shichong's brothers perform.

However, Wang Shichong waved his hand and said, "No hurry. Beat Li Shimin first and then destroy Li Yuanji. He will clean up Li Yuan's two sons, and it will not be too late to clean up Shi Derui."

Wang Shichong has received news that Xingyang City has been captured by Chen Ying, and the 20,000 troops under Dou Jiande's general Liu Jintang have been wiped out. Under this circumstance, Dou Jiande's entire army retreated to Hedong. Although Hedong was defeated step by step under Dou Jiande's attack, there was no more Xia army in Henan.

This also means that Wang Shichong is not only responsible for encircling and annihilation of more than 50,000 troops from Li Shimin's headquarters, but also Li Yuanji and Qu Tutong's remaining troops, and these more than 80,000 Tang army remnants are also hard walnuts and are not easy to chew.

In this case, how could Wang Shichong still feel like Derui in the attack? He needs all his strength to resist the threat from Chen Ying.

Relatively speaking, King of Qi, Wang Shiyun, understood Wang Shichong's concerns more, and he said, "Your Majesty, I will go to Yanshi!"

Wang Shichong nodded and said, "It's so good!"

Wang Shichong walked up to Wang Shiyun, patted Wang Shiyun on the shoulder and said, "Fourth brother, Luoyang and Yanshi will ask you. At this time, our brothers are still reliable!"

Hearing this, whether it was Yang Qing or Tian Zan, they felt bad, as if they were as disgusting as if they were swallowing a fly. Tian Zan thought to himself: "You don't believe us in special code, and you will save face for us!"

Wang Shiyun walked out of the palace, Wang Shichong looked at Wang Shiyun's back and said, "Immediately build a stone cannon and smash the Tang camp to pieces!"

In addition to the camp at this time, a complete defense system has been built, including earthen trenches, trenches, horse-resisting horses, deer forts and whistle towers. Although it is simple but very practical.

Often, when the Zheng army soldiers just crossed the earthen tower, they would be subjected to dense rain of arrows shot out of the Tang army camp. Before they could rush to the trench, they were already seriously injured. When they were filling the trench, they were ravaged by arrow rain on the arrow tower. In fact, after the attacks in the past few days, the Zheng army soldiers, even the camps of the Tang army camp, were shot out and had to retreat with hatred.

However, Li Shimin, who had successively repelled the Zheng army's attack, was not easy. As the offensive and defensive battle continued, the Tang army's reserve arrows were also quickly consumed. Especially as Yang Qing and Tian Zan's army arrived, Li Shimin's brows frowned even tighter.

Especially when he saw the Zheng army soldiers rushing in like a tide, he did not attack immediately. Instead, he began to slowly assemble the catapult outside the ground with an arrow in front of the camp. At this time, Li Shimin's face was about to twist out.

Under such circumstances, Li Shimin hurriedly discussed countermeasures among the generals.

Changsun Shunde said with little thought: "Your Highness of the King of Qin, there are three roads in front of us now. The first road is to break through the siege regardless of everything, breaking eastward, and joining General Chen. With the combat power of the elite cavalry under General Chen, it should not be difficult to defeat Wang Shichong again!"

The old-fashioned faction among the confidant generals under Li Shimin thought this method was good, so Hou Junji asked: "But is it easy to break out to the east and meet General Chen?"

"It's not easy, but it's not impossible." Changsun Shunde smiled bitterly: "This time, I brought more than 30,000 war horses from Chang'an, and five thousand cavalry, using five thousand elite cavalry as the leader to break through. All the soldiers and horses brought enough dry food for three days to avoid the sharp and break through the weak brigade. According to my calculations, it should be no problem for us to escort His Highness the King of Qin and General Chen to join. This is the least risky way for us."

At this time, Cheng Zhijie, who was originally silent, said: "Five thousand cavalry, 30,000 war horses, the baggage and infantry..."

"They are afraid that most of them will not be able to meet with General Chen." Changsun Shunde said: "Now our correspondence with General Chen has been cut off and we cannot contact General Chen directly. I only know that he had been guarding Hulao Pass before, and no soldier from Dou Jiande's army broke through Hulao Pass and advanced westward. His Highness King Qi and General Qu Tu did not understand the situation on our side, so they could not respond effectively. So if we choose this path, we must give up..."

Li Shimin understood that at this time, Wang Shichong's catapult was bombarded with the defense line of the camp, and it was still unknown whether this camp could defend it. In the Cijian camp, more than 50,000 soldiers, including the minor and serious wounded soldiers and infantrymen who did not have cavalry, could not keep up with the speed of the breakout cavalry. Once this breakthrough strategy was chosen, it meant that almost all the minor and serious wounded soldiers could only be left to Wang Shichong. To kill or scrape, it could only depend on Wang Shichong's mood.
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