Datang: Starting from Li Jiancheng

Chapter 85
Yu Chigong's lips were tightly pressed together, and he didn't say a word.

In his heart, he is very shameless for his behavior of fleeing without fighting, but now he can only use Zhang Liang's words to comfort himself.

I don't know how long I ran, and finally met reinforcements in Hetao District.

"General Yuchi." Tang Jian dismounted immediately, his brows furrowed.

Yu Chigong was slightly relieved after seeing Tang Jian, and then fell off his horse as soon as his eyelids sank.

For so many days, they have been almost non-stop. As long as the Turkic army keeps chasing them, they will keep running, and they have not closed their eyes for several days and nights.

Many soldiers were even killed by Turkic soldiers because they fell behind.

"General Tang, there are [-] Turkic troops behind us, how many reinforcements do we have?" Yu Chigong's voice was dry, his eyes were tight and he refused to close them.

Even though his physical strength has reached the limit, he still cares about the war.

Tang Jian pursed his lips when he heard the words, and then said in a deep voice, "Only [-]."

Yu Chigong's lips trembled slightly after hearing Tang Jian's words. After a long time, he patted Tang Jian's hand vigorously and said, "The Hetao is an important place. Don't hold it."

"Hold on!"

After saying that, Yu Chigong closed his eyes and passed out.

Tang Jian was shocked when he saw this, and immediately said: "Come here, take General Yuchi back to the barracks, so that he can take care of him."

As soon as the words fell, the Turkic army on the opposite side rushed over.

Jieli looked at Tang Jun coldly, then sneered, "Is there no one in your Tang Dynasty? Send an old man to fight us."

"In the end, he was chased by us and fled, hahahahahaha!"

Jieli's laughter was full of sarcasm, and then he raised his eyebrows and continued: "You can even faint yourself by running away. How can you fight with our weak body against our Turkic army?"

"Tang Jun! I advise you to obediently put down your weapons and surrender, and honestly give us the city, or I will kill them all, leaving no one alive!" Jie Li looked at Li Xuangong and Tang Jian disdainfully .

Li Xuangong gritted his teeth when he heard the words, and then said: "My Tang Dynasty's man is strong, he would rather die than surrender!"

"Even if we fight to the last person, we will defend our country to the death!"

Jieli laughed out loud when he heard the words, and mocked, "What a joke."

"Don't you Central Plains people often say that those who know current affairs are the best?"

"Look at the Turkic army behind me, and then look at your shrimp soldiers and crab generals. The victory or defeat is already clear, so why bother to increase the number of injuries?"

Tang Jian pursed his lips, and his already round facial features were tightly wrinkled together due to anger, "Stop talking nonsense, are you going to fight or not?"

After hearing Tang Jian's words, Jie Li snorted coldly, "Toast is not a fine wine."

"Turkic army, kill me!"

"Take the Hetao area of ​​their Datang!"

Following Jieli's order, the Turkic army rushed towards the Tang army like a wild horse that had run wild.

And Tang Jian and Li Xuangong were also quickly commanding the Tang army to fight, and at the same time sent people to write letters to Chang'an immediately, asking for support.

The strength of the two sides was too disparate, and the battle lasted for a day and a night, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

Tang Jian stood on the city wall and looked down at the corpses all over the ground, feeling his heart was bleeding.

Li Xuangong on the side also pursed his lips into a straight line, and he sighed softly after a long time: "Tomorrow, if the Turks still attack fiercely, this place will definitely fall."

"Is there a reply from Chang'an?" Tang Jian asked with a frown.

Li Xuangong shook his head when he heard this, with a look of helplessness on his face, "Time is too urgent, even if Chang'an has a reply, we won't receive it."

After hearing Li Xuangong's words, Tang Jian squatted on the ground a little helplessly, "How is Old General Yuchi?"

Before Li Xuangong could speak, a soldier suddenly ran out and said, "General Li, General Tang, and General Yuchi are looking for you."

"Okay." Tang Jian stood up and responded, and then entered the door together with Li Xuangong.

Yu Chigong sat on the bed, frowned and looked at the two, "How are the casualties today?"

"Our side lost about [-] people, and the Turks lost about [-] people."

According to the numbers, Tang Jun counted as a small victory.

After all, after receiving training from Luo Bin, the Tang army's progress was very obvious. In addition, the Hetao area was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the casualties of the Tang army were not as heavy as those of the Turkic army.

But if it is stacking corpses, the Tang army will definitely not be able to stack the Turkic army, after all, the number of the two sides is too different.

Yuchi Gong's face darkened when he heard this, and then said: "The Turks are determined to occupy the territory of the Tang Dynasty this time. They will continue to attack tomorrow. By then..."

Speaking of this, Yu Chigong didn't even have the courage to continue speaking.

"Get out."

Li Xuangong's lips trembled, then he knelt down and said to Yuchi Gong: "General Yuchi, we won't be able to defend this city tomorrow."

"If it continues to be consumed here, the loss will only be even greater."

"The last general is not afraid of death, but the last general is afraid that after we all die in battle, no one will be able to defend the Tang Dynasty!"

These words were said by Li Xuangong biting his lips tightly, with blood and tears.

As a general of the Tang Dynasty, everyone is ashamed to be a deserter, but today, they really have nothing to do.

When Yuchi Gong heard this, he also clenched his fists and refused to cut his hair. After all, he had already deserted once.

But looking at the piles of corpses outside the window, Yu Chigong finally gritted his teeth, "If the Turks still attack fiercely tomorrow, we will retreat to the next city."

"Yes." Li Xuangong, Tang Jian, Zhang Liang and others responded in unison.

But everyone's face is very sad.

After a long time, Yu Chigong continued: "Is there a reply from Chang'an?"

"Not yet." Tang Jian shook his head, also looking helpless.

Yuchi Gong nodded when he heard the words, and stopped talking, but his eyes were extremely complicated.

Two hours later, before dawn, the sound of fighting was heard outside.

Yu Chigong immediately went out to command the battle, even though he tried his best, the Tang army still suffered heavy losses.

Seeing the Tang troops fall one after another, and seeing the Turkic soldiers pouring in on the city wall, Yuchi Gong's heart felt as if a knife had been twisted.

"Old General Yuchi, I can't hold on anymore!"

Zhang Liang killed a Turk soldier who was trying to climb up the city wall, turned around and said respectfully to Yuchi.

But Yu Chigong turned a deaf ear, waved the weapon in his hand, and harvested the heads of Turkic soldiers one after another.

His eyes were scarlet, full of hatred.

Li Xuangong on the side was also beaten back again and again by the Turkic soldiers, "General Yuchi!"

Even Tang Jian, who has always been persistent, frowned slightly, "General Yuchi..."

Finally, Yu Chigong sighed deeply, and then shouted as if exhausting all his strength, "Abandon the city, withdraw!"

The words "abandon the city" hit the hearts of every Tang army like a heavy hammer. They were unwilling to give in, but they also understood the generals' last resort. They could only grit their teeth and look at the Turkic soldiers with swords on their faces, then turned around and retreated crazily. .

(End of this chapter)