At the third update, Li Jiancheng, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by the guards, "Your Highness, there is an emergency!"

Li Jiancheng sat up and asked with some sleepy eyes: "What's the matter?"

"General Wang asked for a visit outside the tent, as if something was abnormal in Loufan Pass,"

"ah!"

Li Jiancheng suddenly woke up. He quickly put on his coat and walked out of the tent. There was a general with a back and waist standing outside the tent. It was Wang Junkuo, the powerful general under Li Jiancheng.

After Li Jiancheng took over the 50,000 Bingzhou Army at the beginning of the year, he cleaned up the army and reused all his old subordinates, allowing Li Jiancheng to firmly control the army, greatly enhancing the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the army. Among them, Wang Bodang, Wang Jungu, Xie Yingdeng, Xue Wanjun, and Xue Wanche became the most famous Five Tiger Generals under Li Jiancheng. It was their invincible courage that enabled Li Jiancheng to wipe out Liu Wuzhou's 100,000 army with a 50,000 army in Jingle County.

Wang Junguo was named General Yunhui, and he was responsible for attacking the left side of Loufan Pass. When he saw Li Jiancheng coming out, he hurried forward and knelt down on one knee, "I am not good at ease, please see Your Highness!"

"General Wang, what happened to Loufan Pass?"

"Your Highness, Liu Wuzhou has sent someone to come."

"What?"

Li Jiancheng was surprised, "Where are the people?"

Wang Junguo turned around and waved his hand, "Bring it up!"

Several soldiers escorted Liu Wuzhou's subordinates up, and the person who came knelt down and said, "Greetings to the Crown Prince!"

"Who are you?" Li Jiancheng asked with a look at him.

"The villain is General Liu's personal soldier, his surname is Yang, this is General Liu's gold medal!"

The visitor presented Liu Wuzhou's gold medal. Li Jiancheng looked at the gold medal and became even more confused. What does Liu Wuzhou mean?

He put down the gold medal and stared at the sender, "Tell me! What did Liu Wuzhou ask you to do?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, my king has retreated north, and there is no one in Loufan Pass now."

Li Jiancheng asked without hesitation: "Why retreat north?"

"Your Highness, Song Jingang betrayed my king and fled through his property. The morale of the army has dispersed. My king had to abandon the pass and retreat north."

Li Jiancheng gave Wang Junguo a wink. Wang Junguo understood and immediately turned around and left. He wanted to lead the army to Loufanguan to see if Liu Wuzhou left?

"Continue to talk!" Li Jiancheng stared at the person who reported the news with a sharp look. It was strange here, and there must be another reason.

The sender said again: "My king asked me to tell Your Highness that the Sui army had entered Yanmen Pass."

"Nonsense!" Li Jiancheng angrily scolded the soldiers who sent the letter.

"The villain didn't say anything nonsense. Fuqibo's Turkic army had been completely wiped out by the Sui army. It was because of the arrival of the Sui army that our king abandoned the pass and retreated north."

At this time, the army chief Wei Zheng and Chai Shao also rushed over after hearing the news, "What happened to your highness?" Wei Zheng asked.

Li Jiancheng said slowly: "Liu Wuzhou sent someone to tell me that the Sui army had entered Yanmen Pass."

"ah!"

Wei Zheng and Chai Shao exclaimed at the same time

In the big tent, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back, staring at the Bingzhou map for a long time, with a very serious expression. Wei Zheng and Chai Shao stood aside, and they did not disturb Li Jiancheng's contemplation.

At this time, a guard reported outside the tent, "Your Highness, General Wang sent someone to report that there was indeed no soldier in Loufan Pass, and the Tang army had occupied Loufan Pass."

"I see!"

Li Jiancheng sighed softly and turned around and asked, "Do you think the Sui army really entered Yanmen Pass? Or is it Liu Wuzhou's plan to lure troops?"

Chai Shao said: "It is indeed possible to lure troops, but I personally prefer the former. I think the Sui army should have entered, which is in line with Zhang Xuan's usual style. Find the best time to enter."

"What about Wei Changshi's opinion?" Li Jiancheng turned to Wei Zheng again.

Wei Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "Liu Wuzhou's only hope was to rely on the Turkish army to turn defeat into victory. But so far, the Turkish army has not fought head-on with us. Several times they have forced us to retreat as a mediator. I think the Turks should use this method instead of directly confronting us. Besides, there are not many Turkic troops in Fuqibo. Even if they fight directly with us, they may not be our opponents. I think it is better to defend Loufan Pass than to lure troops."

"What Wei Changshi meant is the Sui army coming?"

Wei Zheng nodded, "I also think that the Sui army entered Yanmen Pass and came to pick our fruits."

Chai Shao frowned and asked in confusion: "I'm very surprised, why did Liu Wuzhou tell us? Is it because he hopes that we will fight with the Sui army and he will reap the benefits of the fisherman?"

"Maybe there is a possibility. There is a greater crisis in it. Have you thought of it?" Li Jiancheng looked at the map and said.

"Taiyuan!" Wei Zheng blurted out.

Li Jiancheng sneered, "This is Zhang Xuan's linked vicious plan. If we don't know that the Sui army is coming, we lead our army into Mayi County, but the Sui army cut off our retreat and trapped us in Mayi County, Yuchi Gong from Shangdang County will launch a large-scale attack on Taiyuan. Zhang Xuan is indeed powerful!"

Chai Shao was so shocked that his face was pale. There were only 8,000 defenders in Taiyuan, and many of them were injured. The Sui army launched a large-scale attack. How could Taiyuan defend? Once Taiyuan was lost, Bingzhou would probably be over.

"Your Highness, will the Sui army have launched an offensive?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "It shouldn't be. Now we can quickly withdraw to Taiyuan. The Sui army will not launch an offensive for the time being. They will only send troops when our retreat is cut off."

"What should you do with Your Highness? Will you just hand over Mayi County and Yanmen County to the Sui Army?" Wei Zheng asked in a low voice.

There was anger in Li Jiancheng's eyes. How much national strength they had lost and how many soldiers they had killed were killed. They were about to win the final victory, but the fruit of victory was picked by Zhang Xuan, which made him not angry and how could he be willing to do so.

But Li Jiancheng is the crown prince of a country after all, and he cannot let his anger burn his reason. He knows that Taiyuan is in danger and still has to go north. This is not what the superiors should do, but if he gives up, how can he explain to his father?

At this time, Wei Zheng said: "Your Highness, we might as well divide our troops into two groups. One army will first garrison Loufan Pass and confront the Sui army. The other army will immediately go south to support the Taiyuan defense. What does your Highness think?"

Li Jiancheng nodded. Although it was not an ideal solution, it was also the only way to take at present.

He immediately said to Chai Shao: "Sichang can lead 30,000 troops to quickly go south to support Taiyuan defense. I will personally lead 30,000 troops to confront the Sui army at Loufan Pass. They can't easily pick our victory fruits."

Liu Wuzhou ran north under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers. On the way, they received news that the Sui army had occupied Shanyang County. In panic, they had to bypass Shanyang County and go north quickly along Mayi Road.

Liu Wuzhou had only 500 personal soldiers left, all of whom were cavalry, and they were very familiar with the road to the north. Two days later, they gradually arrived at Zihe, and after crossing Zihe, they were the sphere of influence of the Turks. This was also the consensus reached between Liu Wuzhou and the Turks. The Turkic army would not easily go south to Zihe, and Liu Wuzhou's army would not cross Zihe one step. To a certain extent, Zihe became the national border between the Turks and the Central Plains dynasty.

After running for two days, there were only two short rests. Both the soldiers and the war horses were exhausted. Liu Wuzhou ordered the rest, and the soldiers rolled down from the war horses and lay on the grass and couldn't move. Hundreds of war horses went to the river to drink water by themselves.

Liu Wuzhou was lying on the grass, his mind was blank. He didn't know what Loufan Pass was like now, and whether the Sui and Tang armies had a war breaking out for Loufan Pass. It would be better that they would lose both sides and give themselves a chance to fight back.

In fact, Liu Wuzhou did not want to go to the Turks. He knew that once he went to the Turks, he would completely become a puppet of the Turks. Even if the Turks army came back in the future and allowed him to take power again, he would be just a marionette of the Turks. What's the point?

But if he didn't go to the Turks, he had no way out. Liu Wuzhou couldn't help but sighed secretly, "Life is a day of one day!" Even if he couldn't control the power, it would be good to spend the rest of his life enjoying it."

At this moment, the soldiers under his command suddenly heard from a distance, terrifying shouts from the distance: "Sui Army! The Sui Army is here!"

Liu Wuzhou was so scared that he sat up, and saw countless Sui cavalrymen coming out of the forest to the east, including thousands of people. They suddenly accelerated and swung their swords to fight toward this side!

All the soldiers lying on the grass were so scared that they got up and ran towards the war horses by the river.

Several personal soldiers pulled Liu Wuzhou up, "King, run away!"

Liu Wuzhou's legs became weak and stumbled towards the riverside. Before they could reach the riverside, more than a thousand Sui army crossbowmen suddenly appeared on the other side of the river, shooting arrows at the soldiers coming. The dense arrows rushed towards Liu Wuzhou's personal soldiers. The soldiers could not dodge and fell to the ground one after another.

In order to reduce the load on the war horses, they abandoned their heavy armor and weapons. Each of them only wore a waist knife. The thin clothes could not withstand sharp arrows. Hundreds of personal soldiers were killed and injured. More than 300 people were shot to death on the spot. The other soldiers gave up the war horses, shouted, and ran to the west.

Liu Wuzhou could not escape, and the two personal soldiers who helped him were unfortunately killed. Liu Wuzhou also shot two arrows on his shoulders and thighs, and he was bleeding and lost consciousness. He shouted in a hurry: "Help me! Help me!"

At the critical moment of life and death, no one cares about him anymore. Each soldier just fled his own life. He saw hundreds of cavalrymen who had already arrived in front of him. The leader general, silver helmet, silver armor, black robe, and a sharp horse spear. It was the general Pei Xingyan. He killed more than a dozen soldiers in a row. He rushed to Liu Wuzhou in an instant and stabbed him with his spear. Liu Wuzhou shouted in despair, "I am Liu Wuzhou!"

Pei Xingyan was stunned and stopped the horse spear in front of his throat. Liu Wuzhou saw a glimmer of hope and shouted: "I am Liu Wuzhou, I am willing to surrender to the King of Qi and spare my life!"

Pei Xingyan sneered, and he actually wanted to survive, but his way of death was different. He waved his hand and said, "Bandrn his wounds and put him in the prison van!"
Chapter completed!