I'm a marquis in Datang

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Near this area, there are food and troops placed by Li Ji.

Li Ji ordered the army to stop and rest.

Also count the losses.

After some people under Li Ji's command lightly tapped, they finally came to Li Ji's side and reported: "Mr. Li, the strength of our side is now less than 5. Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and other generals have already led back to the In the army formation. However, General Liu Hongji and General Qu Tutong did not return, and their lives and deaths are uncertain.”

brush!

Li Ji's complexion changed abruptly.

Liu Hongji and Qu Tutong are two powerful generals.

This is the chief of the army.

Li Ji's expression changed again and again.Because at the moment, he didn't know what to do for a while.

That's horrible!

Out of an army of more than 20 people, less than 5 people have returned.Even if many soldiers will withdraw in the follow-up, the final loss is already doomed, and it must be countless losses.

Li Ji looked at Changsun Wuji, and said in a deep voice, "Duke Qi, what can we do now?"

Changsun Wuji looked at the miserable soldiers around him and sighed.At this moment, he was really a bit decadent, because this battle was fought too heartily and he lost too badly.

Especially when Du Qi invited Jun into the urn this time, they took the initiative to get in.

Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "Director Li, this is the end of the matter, and Shazhou will definitely not be able to defend it. My suggestion is that we withdraw our troops directly and leave Shazhou, and return to Suzhou to guard. The city of Suzhou has been repaired and reinforced, and even There is an urn city. The city is built with blue stones. Even if Du Qi's weapon is powerful, it may not be able to blow up the city. When we hold the city firmly, we can still resist Du Qi's army."

Li Ji was a little silent, and after a long while he said: "We are now

Even if they retreat to Suzhou, facing Du Qi's overwhelming attack, it may not be easy. "

Wei Zheng said: "No matter what, there is always a glimmer of hope."

Qin Qiong was still on the sidelines, and he said: "Director Li, Duke Qi, and Minister Wei, if we evacuate now, it is tantamount to surrendering Shazhou. Although Shazhou City fell, the counties in Shazhou still belonged to Datang and never belonged to it. Du Qi. If we defend these places, we still have a good chance."

Li Ji shook his head and said: "I can't defend it. The county towns in the counties are worse than Shazhou City. Du Qi fired a few shots, and the cities in the counties collapsed. Our current military strength is no longer comparable to Du Qi's. We can't defend. Whether it's defense or head-to-head confrontation, we can't win now."

Changsun Wuji said: "Such persistence can only give Du Qi a chance to wipe us out."

Qin Qiong stopped talking immediately.

It's so bad these days.

At this moment, Cheng Yaojin said: "Mr. Li, my old Cheng doesn't know much about the layout. But now that we have arrived in the area of ​​​​Sishilize, why not use this area to roam and communicate with us?" Du Qi's army is entangled."

"Next, we will break it up into pieces, disperse the army, arrange them to hide in various places, and fight against Du Qi's army everywhere. Because they are all scattered, Du Qi's army will not be able to annihilate us."

"Once Du Qi divides his troops to encircle and suppress each other, we can fight with each other and wipe out Du Qi's army little by little. Moreover, Du Qi has occupied Shazhou and Guazhou, and we can also arrange part of our forces to Guazhou so that they can fight against each other. Guazhou attacked government offices and towns under Du Qi's rule. In this way, we have a chance to counter."

"Du Qi's army is going to Suzhou, so let him go. We will destroy Du Qi's rear. Even, we can go one step further and go directly to Du Qi's Yizhou."

Cheng Yaojin said: "In this way, we can mobilize

Du Qi's army can gain the advantage in this battle.If we go head-to-head, we will definitely lose. "

Li Ji's eyes lit up when he heard it.

Cheng Yaojin's method is feasible to a certain extent.

Dividing troops is the best strategy.

Because under the current defeat, Li Ji was unwilling to retreat in despair, so he could only divide his troops and continue fighting.Anyway, now he doesn't care about the defense of the city, and goes all out to fight Du Qiyou.

Li Ji looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "Duke Qi, what do you think?"

Changsun Wuji said: "I agree!"

Li Ji looked at Wei Zheng again, and Wei Zheng agreed immediately, and the rest of the generals who came back with him all held the same opinion.Because right now, it's the only option.Otherwise, they can only evacuate in despair.

This is what everyone does not want.

Li Ji immediately said: "Since that's the case, let's divide our troops next."

.But at the moment, there will definitely be a certain amount of troops coming to the forty miles, so let's wait another night.Tomorrow morning, separate troops and leave.At that time, each will bring weapons and food and leave, and then fight on their own. "

After a pause, Li Ji gathered all the generals under his command together again, quickly made arrangements, and arranged everyone under his command separately. Whether it was Qin Qiong, or Cheng Yaojin and others, they all got part of the force, and they all had to They are fighting on their own in Shazhou.

After Li Ji made arrangements, he also began to rest.

for refreshment.

Chapter 1120 Toughness

staunch

Outside the city of Shazhou, Xiaguo Camp.

The entire camp was in a mess.Previously, due to the explosion of gunpowder, the camp was covered with mud and corpses everywhere.Even though all the corpses have been picked up and burned, the splashed soil is still there, and there are potholes everywhere.

Du Qi's army camped nearby.

He never went directly to Shazhou City.

After the troops under his command were killed, they still returned to station here.

Du Qi is now waiting for news, waiting for the final results of this battle.It was almost early morning, but Du Qi couldn't sleep, because for Du Qi, this battle was very important.

If this battle is won, Datang's strength will be greatly weakened.If Li Shimin still had the strength to organize a counterattack before, but now that Li Ji has lost this battle, Li Shimin's side has turned from offense to defense, becoming the defensive side, because the strength has been weakened too much.On the contrary, Du Qi really started to attack here.

Even if Li Shimin can still organize troops to attack, the offensive and defensive momentum has changed.

"call!!"

The curtain of the camp tent was raised, Xue Rengui, Xiao Yuanqi, Ma Yuan and Su Dingfang entered together.

Four people are in charge of this battle.

All four troops went out to fight.

Xue Rengui looked excited, and reported: "Your Majesty, the four of us have counted the final results of this battle. In this battle, we killed more than [-] soldiers of the Tang Army with the help of gunpowder explosions, and nearly [-] soldiers. The people were killed on the spot. When we counted later, some of the Tang soldiers were injured, but they were beyond treatment. There were about [-] people in this group, and they were killed directly. Now these more than [-] people have all been burned. "

Du Qi nodded.

Burning the corpses is the right thing to do. If all the corpses are not disposed of, problems will easily occur after they rot. Only by disposing of all the corpses can we cut off all dangers.