Chapter 93 ninety two

Li Shimin didn't bring many guards, only 30 to 50 guards, but all of them were skilled in martial arts, and the horses they rode were all well-selected steeds. After meeting up with Dugu Mou and others, they arrived at the North Gate.Dugu Mou falsely claimed that he was ordered by the general to go out of the city to inquire about the enemy's situation. The gate guards all knew him and knew his relationship with the guard Yuan Zhongwen, so naturally they did not dare to be negligent and quickly removed the gate bolt.The city gate creaked open, revealing the boundless and dark wilderness, hiding unknown dangers.Li Shimin took a deep breath and waved his long spear, as if he had returned to the years when he was fighting for the Tang Dynasty.He squeezed the horse's belly with both legs, and was the first to rush out of the city gate.

There was chaos in the enemy camp outside the city, and the soldiers were shouting: "Someone is out of the city! Stop them." Then, a burst of arrows shot like locusts, and people fell down behind Li Shimin, but they still came from the enemy's camp gate. Gone by.After the Tang army team that broke through the siege had passed several miles, a Hu general rushed to the camp gate and said cursingly: "Damn it, someone dares to go out of the city from here. It's really a leopard's guts. Copy it for me." Guy, chase!" Then he led hundreds of soldiers to get on their horses in a disorderly manner with torches, opened the door and chased in the direction Tang Jun fled.

Li Shimin and others rode fast in the night, when suddenly there was a dense sound of horseshoes behind them.Changsun Wuji showed panic on his face, and said uncomfortably: "They are coming!" Li Shimin waved his long spear and shouted: "Don't panic!" A long string of torches approached quickly, and the Hu general and hundreds of cavalrymen appeared in the field of vision. There was a burst of shouting, and the team of Hu soldiers rushed forward.Dugu Mou looked back, and ordered to his subordinates: "Light the torches." Then he said straight to Fang Yi: "Brother Fang, take Mr. Huang to the north, and I will lure the pursuers away!"

Li Shimin stopped him and said: "Dugumou—there are so many enemies, it's too dangerous!" Dugumou responded loudly: "I have to do this because there are too many enemies, otherwise everyone can't leave! Mr. Huang, if there is a successful Northern Expedition One day, please don’t forget to tell those of us who are staying behind!” Then, he lifted the heavily bound Shirodie from another horse’s back to his own saddle, and shouted with a swing of his long lance He shouted: "Brothers, come back with me!" The small group of cavalry followed behind him, holding up their torches and shouting, and turned back to kill him.

Under the light of the fire, Dugumou yelled for his subordinates to kill the enemy. Soldiers kept falling down with arrows, but they rushed forward fearlessly. Everyone was deeply moved by this majestic scene. The team led by Dugu Mou fought with hundreds of pursuers for a while, then threw off their opponents and turned to the east. The enemy chased desperately, and at the same time fired feather arrows continuously. Hu soldiers are all good archers on horseback , Dugumou has fewer and fewer people around him.Finally, he himself was shot by an arrow in the shoulder, and he tried his best to hand Shirodie to a soldier, and he rolled off his horse.

The figures of Jieli and Zhishi Sili appeared in the pursuit, and Zhishi Sili drew out an arrow to aim at the few remaining cavalrymen of the Tang army.However, Jieli shouted to his subordinates: "Don't shoot the arrows!" Holding the arrow and thinking vigorously, he said anxiously: "Khan, the front is the camp of Yuchi Jingde's army! If you don't shoot again, it will be too late!" Jie pointed to the front with his horsewhip and shouted: "Look who that is!" Zhi Shili took a closer look and was startled. One of the cavalrymen of the Tang Army with a man tied up across the saddle was Shi Luodie.

The shadows of the Tang army brigade have already appeared in front of them.Xieli ordered to stop the pursuit, turned his face to General Hu, the leader of the army, and said coldly: "You let them out of the city?" General Hu rolled down from the saddle, and said to the ground: "I-I really didn't expect They will come out from the north gate!" Jieli raised his horsewhip and shouted in an almost crazy voice: "Tie him up, and drag him along the road the Tang army escaped to the north gate." Several soldiers came over Tie that Hu Jiang with a rope, and Hu Jiang cried desperately: "Khan, spare me!" But no one paid attention, a horse dragged him and ran quickly, and the mournful howling pierced through the four fields, making people's hair stand on end , The soldiers were so frightened that they dared not even breathe out.

The wailing gradually ceased to be heard, and Jieli, who was still angry, glanced at the direction where Dugumou and the others were fleeing, then suddenly turned his head and shouted at Zhishi Sili behind him: "Send me an order, step down Mayi!" Two hours later, Mayi was captured. Jieli learned from the captured Tang army prisoners that the "Prince of Hu'er Khan" was indeed led out of the city gate. For the safety of his son, he blocked Shiluo According to the news of his capture, he announced to the outside world that he had gone to visit his relatives in the Tianshan Mountains, and he would not be able to return until some time later.Then he asked Botie to send people to secretly inquire about his son's whereabouts in Yunzhong. Tang Jun had tens of thousands of troops stationed in Yunzhong.

Li Shimin and others led the horse and galloped through the woods, and came to a river.Changsun Wuji walked over and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do now? There are killing sounds all over the south, and the situation is unknown. You have to send someone to find out before you can turn back." Li Shimin looked to the south, and there was a sudden and intense killing sound. , He spat out a few words: "Let's not go south." Changsun Wuji was taken aback, and asked: "Where are we going if we don't go south?" Li Shimin replied: "North." "North? On the northern grassland There are barbarians everywhere!" Changsun Wuji said.

Li Shimin said calmly: "Everyone thinks that the most dangerous place on the battlefield is often the safest place. Tuli camped by the river to the north of the Hun River. Let's go along the river to find him." Wuji looked at Li Shimin and said, "It's come to this point, Your Majesty still plans to make an alliance with Tuli and the others?" Li Shimin looked at the wilderness in the north and said generously: "I have walked ninety-nine steps, and this is the only step left. Why don't you take it?" After finishing speaking, he turned his horse's head and was the first to go north. Wuji knew Li Shimin's temperament, seeing that he had made up his mind, he had no choice but to ride his horse and follow.

Fang Yizhi is very familiar with the situation in this area. Seven days ago, he heard Dugu Mou talk about the location of the Tuli camp. With him leading the way, Li Shimin arrived at a place five miles away from the Tuli camp without much trouble. Mu Yikuan volunteered to approach him. He told Li Shimin that in order to increase his financial resources to compete with Jieli, Tuli had been doing business in Chang'an secretly. See you wide.Li Shimin agreed to Mu Yikuan's request, and sent two capable guards to go with him, and took the rest of them to hide in a forest to wait for news. Before Mu Yikuan came to Tuliying, he declared his family name and asked to meet Hualier to discuss the food business.This severe drought caused every department in the grassland to worry about food. Hearing that a big grain merchant had come, Zuozi, the gatekeeper, did not dare to neglect, so he immediately reported to Hualier, who hurriedly greeted him outside the door. When they met, Mu Yikuan told him that he had brought a bigger business, and asked him to retreat, and Hualier asked all the idlers to retreat, so Mu Yikuan realized that Li Shimin had already arrived outside the Tuli camp. The news came out.