Shi Zhuang's identity has always been a mystery.

But at the top leaders of Wuyi, everyone knows that Shi Zhuang's origin must be extraordinary. Because he himself is too outstanding in both civil and military disciplines. It is not uncommon for outstanding martial arts to be in such a chaotic world, but his literary talent is far beyond ordinary people, which is too unusual.

You should know that before Li Ze truly took power, reading was a very luxurious thing for most people, let alone any profound knowledge. Without the guidance of famous teachers and the vast number of books, it is considered to be literate at most, and it is not considered to be knowledgeable.

Shi Zhuang has always been very low-key, but even if he occasionally shows his sharpness in his cone, it is enough to make people look at him, not to mention that in Wuyi, there are also people like Gongsun Changming and Zhang Hui.

After getting along for a long time, we can't hide it at all.

And Shi Zhuang did not deliberately hide anything.

Gongsun Changming wanted to investigate Shi Zhuang more than once, but Li Ze stopped him.

In fact, over the years, everyone has long regarded Shi Zhuang as their partner. Even if Gongsun Changming wants to find something, it is just his personal curiosity.

Since Shi Zhuang had sent his son to explain this to Li Ze, You Yong stopped talking.

Shi Zhuang has married Li Ze's mother's personal maid Xia Zhu, and Xia Zhu is now pregnant. In You Yong's opinion, everyone has long been one. Shi Zhuang has become one of the top people in this system, and there is really nothing worth exploring too much.

Except for Li Ze, no one could give Shi Zhuang such great trust and authority.

"Cao Xuan is going to run away!" You Yong said.

"Of course, Zhu Youzhen has already run away. Cao Xuan just wants to buy more time for Zhu Youzhen. Now that Jindu Pass has broken, Tongguan is in danger, Cao Xuan will run away, of course." Shi Zhuang nodded and said, "According to my estimate, this guy will run away within three days."

"But he didn't know there was something wrong with Chang'an." You Yong bent down and dug out a ball of snow from the snow, rolled it in his hand, waved his arms hard, and threw it into the distance.

"So, Cao Xuan is finished." Shi Zhuang smiled and said, "But we can't rely too much on Zhao Xigourong and others. As long as they can steal Cao Xuan's food and grass, it will be a great achievement."

"Where is Gao Xiangsheng, he knows what to do!" You Yong said: "We must be ready to attack at any time. Do you think Cao Xuan will stop our pursuit if he wants to run? It is impossible for him to hide it from us if he wants to run."

"If it were me, it would naturally be a fire to burn Tongguan!" Shi Zhuang stopped and looked at the majestic and magnificent Tongguan city wall in the distance. "In Tongguan, there is enough turbulent oil and other fire-induced objects. Once it is burned, we have no other way except to sigh at the fire. And this is the only way to get Cao Xuan to escape."

"If this is true, it would be a pity that such a majestic pass!" You Yong shook his head.

The two stood side by side, looking at Tongguan in the distance, or, this is what it means to take a look at and take a look.

In Tongguan, Cao Xuan was busy arranging the retreat. Cao Zhen had already escorted a large amount of food and supplies, and retreated from Tongguan first and headed towards Chang'an.

Cao Xuan's plan was very clear. Zhu Youzhen left, but in Chang'an, he still left 40,000 to 50,000 Shen Ce troops. He has suffered huge losses over the past few days. After retreating to Chang'an, he had already merged these Shen Ce troops at the first time, and selected a group of pretty elites from them to fill his team.

Now these Shen Ce troops in Chang'an have no food supply, so they should be easily won over. As long as they have food, can they come up with other ways besides relying on themselves?

After annexing these people, he followed Zhu Youzhen's footsteps, crossed the Qinling Mountains, and entered Hanzhong.

With Zhu Youzhen's men leading the way in front, it would be less difficult for him to walk on the Qinling Mountains.

Although this departure is equivalent to abandoning the entire north and abandoning the entire foundation, as long as you maintain a certain military strength, there will be some hope in the future and not be completely desperate.

I remember when Li Ze started his business, he didn’t have the power they have now.

Li Zexing, why can't they do it?

In Yizhou and Tianfu, whether it is military or people's livelihood, it is better than Chengde, the four battles of the land of Chengde. If it really doesn't work, can you defend Jianmen Pass and cut off the passage into Yizhou?

There was a rumbling sound of cannons outside again, and it was the Tang army bombarding Tongguan again.

Cao Xuan sighed, and a feeling of powerlessness appeared in his heart.

Tang Jun can always produce weapons that make people feel desperate.

At the earliest, it was a hot oil bomb. This thing was originally made by Zhang Zhongwu's command, and it almost destroyed Liu Chenglin's entire army, but after it fell into Li Ze's hands, its power was better than that of a day. On the banks of the Yishui River, it even used its own way to cure the person, causing Zhang Zhongwu's 20,000 iron cavalry to disperse.

After everyone figured out some ways to deal with hot oil bombs, they came up with something new.

As an experienced general, although he immediately found out the weakness of this powerful weapon, he was just avoiding risks and was far from being able to deal with it.

When the enemy's artillery sounded, all soldiers hid in the Tibetan soldiers' caves and various dead corners. When the enemy launched a charge, they rushed to the city to fight with the enemy in person. The firing speed of this weapon was also extremely slow. As long as it was properly handled, it was not as great as the losses caused by the opponent's catapult.

Of course, this is a completely passive way of fighting, but he really couldn't think of any other way. The long-range weapons such as catapults and crossbows arranged in the city have been destroyed one by one by one by the opponent in two days. So whenever the Tang army attacked, he only had the last method left, hand-to-hand combat.

The only gratifying thing is that from the beginning there were ten such artillery guns, only half of them are still ringing.

This shows that the loss rate of this weapon is extremely high.

This made him a little relieved.

If this is the case, it would not be the winner on the battlefield. The loss of Jindu Pass is, firstly, because he is unprepared, and secondly, because the entire level of Jindu Pass is too small and there is no room for maneuver.

"Master, as you ordered, all the key points in the city have been arranged to attract fire. When we leave, Tongguan will become a sea of ​​fire, completely blocking the Tang army from chasing us. We have plenty of time to retreat to Chang'an." A general walked in and bowed to Cao Xuan and said.

"How are the morale of the soldiers?"

"I heard that I was going to retreat, but my morale has improved a lot!" The officer said: "Master, everyone is already afraid of head-on confrontation with the Tang army."

"This is a problem." Cao Xuan sighed: "Who made us lose in a row? In addition, the Tang army's new weapons are endless. When we win two victories in the future, this mentality will naturally be reversed."

"From today on, the army will withdraw one after another!" Cao Xuan said.

"When will you leave, Dasang?"

"I'm the last one to leave!" Cao Xuan said: "If I leave, the soldiers who cut off the rear will inevitably be disintegrated and unable to resist the attack of the Tang army. As long as I still stand on the top of the city, I can boost morale. Where did Cao Zhen go?"

"At this moment, they have arrived in Xinfeng. According to your instructions, Cao Zhen's troops will directly station troops in Bashang, and then contact Zhao Xi, Gou Rong and others to reorganize them. By the time you arrive there, everything should be ready, and we can head directly to the Qinling Mountains."

"You go and arrange for the troops to withdraw in batches." Cao Xuan waved his hand.

Cao Xuan is buying some time for his son Cao Zhen to reorganize the broken fish and shrimps in Chang'an. If it were usual, Cao Xuan would not look down on these rotten soldiers at all, but now there is nothing he can do. No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they can still pick up a little bit of meat. There should be no problem with 40,000 to 50,000 people and 10,000 people! Even if they don't need to fight, just act as a coolie, transport some supplies, and explore the way in the Qinling Mountains!

Of course, Cao Xuan knew the dangers he faced when entering the Qinling Mountains at this time.

He had to do his best to preserve the little bit of his remaining family fortune. Therefore, using money and food to seduce the generals of the Shence Army who were short-sighted but limited in talent became his first choice.

But what he never expected was that there was a Gao Xiangsheng in Chang'an.

Cao Zhen's army stationed in Xinfeng and sent people to contact the three generals of the Shence Army, Gou Rong, Zhao Xi and Wu Hou. As Cao Xuan expected, the three generals of the Shence Army had already panicked. When they heard that Cao Zhen had money and food, they immediately agreed to Cao Zhen's proposal, with the prerequisite that the troops and horses after the rectification would still be led by the three of them.

Of course, Cao Zhen agreed immediately.

When the rectification is completed, after passing Qinling Mountains and Hanzhong, how can we deal with these three people? Isn’t that the one holding it in hand?

Cao Zhen slowly marched from Xinfeng to Bashang.

However, what awaited him was not the welcome of these three generals of the Shence Army, but a deliberate ambush.

After all, it is 40,000 to 50,000 Shen Ce Army. No matter how trashed he is, he is still a guy holding a weapon! What's more, the large amount of food and grass that Cao Zhen carries makes these guys who are almost out of food even red.

After a fierce battle overnight, Cao Zhen's entire army was destroyed. All the food, grass and supplies he brought fell into Gao Xiangsheng's hands. Gao Xiangsheng also did not have any idea of ​​making any more contributions based on the current situation. He made a quick decision and ordered the army to carry the food, retreat to Chang'an City.

Cao Xuan will definitely work hard after knowing this.

Once this Shence Army and Cao Xuan's troops are heading, it is inevitable that they will fail.
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