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Jing reached out to General Wen and handed it to Xu Shiji, whispering: "General Qin... is dead."

"General Qin is brave and good at fighting, has a lot of experience, and does not seek urgent attacks. What else can I do if I stick to this winter?" Xu Shiji took the military article in confusion, glanced at it, and his face changed slightly.

The letter reads, "The two generals of Li and Xu. Recently, the Tang army showed signs of counterattack. Liaodong has taken advantage of the cold winter to attack Hejian, crossing the Giant Horse River to attack Hejian, and Shudian Wei led his troops to support him. Li Shimin crossed the Yishui River and set up suspected soldiers to harass Shanggu in many places, and he did not know his intention. It was not a big deal, but the generals were not in charge and were embarrassed by the great task. At present, the generals should ask for all their hearts to stop the enemy from going to the well | Pass. He also asked the two generals to make a decision quickly and then choose a good general to block the enemy."

After reading the letter, Xu Shiji took a cold breath and said, "In order to fulfill General Zhang's long-cherished wish, Qin Shubao forced his illness to fight in Hebei. His perseverance is commendable. He is a tough guy. If he hadn't really been able to hold on, he would never have written this letter!"

Li Jing said: "Li Shimin and Yuan Gai Suwen are both capable of fighting. If General Qin suddenly fails to support him, I am afraid that General Cheng will be unable to hold on."

"It's winter now, and I'm not ready to start a military force. Li Shimin suddenly attacked Hebei. Where did he come from?" Xu Shiji pondered and thought while asking.

Li Jing said: "Although it is not suitable to send troops in winter, it is definitely not impossible to send troops. Li Shimin and Yuan Gai Suwen took advantage of this time to attack us. However, there are few people in Liaodong, and it is difficult to resist consumption. It is difficult to achieve much development in the end. Although the Liaodong soldiers have a much better foundation than Dou Jiande, they will only look at the situation and make a vote."

Xu Ji agreed: "Liaodong wolf ambitions, but unfortunately the ants cannot swallow the elephant. They want to seize Hebei, but they are incapable of defending. I heard that Liaodong and the Tang army had made a private agreement that if they could defeat us, Li Tang would give Youzhou to Liaodong, so that only Liaodong people would send troops."

Li Jing snorted coldly: "He wants to let him go, and he always asks us for his opinion. Yuan Gaisuwen is young and energetic, and does not understand that the Central Plains is big. He wants to fight. He will take him thousands of miles away to fight, which will be enough to drag down Liaodong."

"I'm afraid that the people of the Central Plains will suffer again." Xu Shiji sighed.

Li Jing said: "Actually, the most important place to be guarded against is not Yuan Gai Suwen, but Li Shimin. Youzhou has been in a stalemate for a long time. The county has always been sufficient for food and fodder. Although for the Tang army, there is no need to worry about food and grass. But the soldiers and generals are probably thinking about returning home. The Turks have been defeated in a row and are in a slump. Now the Tang army is in a tight position in Taiyuan. Our army will soon attack Hedong.

You should know that many families in Youzhou are in Hedong. If you hear the chaos in Hedong, wouldn’t it collapse?”

Xu Shiji said: "Yes. We have always been this kind of countermeasure. Therefore, Li Shimin suddenly attacked, which was a bit beyond our expectations."

Li Jing pondered: "According to my speculation, there are obviously people in the Tang army who know that they can't wait for spring. Therefore, they start first. The overall situation is like chess. If General Qin is fine, there is no need to attack. Just block them from going south to pass the well. Unfortunately, General Qin is seriously ill and incompetent. I am afraid that the Tang army will really make the big dragon in Youzhou rush to the heaven of birth."

Xu Ji frowned. He had already sent several orders to this skill. "General Li. I am ready to set off immediately. I will lead 30,000 cavalry to Hebei to help. As for the rest of the troops, you will mobilize. The Turks need to be appeased. Hedong needs you to control the overall situation. How about Hebei let me fight?"

Li Jing thought for a while and finally nodded, "Shiji. If the Tang army is really as I said, feint attacking Hebei and secretly return to Guanzhong's words, I'm afraid that ten thousand men will fight to the death. Our army will be unable to resist. You and General Su join forces to Hebei to wait for an opportunity. If you have the opportunity to encircle and suppress it, of course, don't let it go. If there is too much casualties, don't force them. It's okay to let them go. On the contrary, Gai Suwen, Diyuan, Liaodong, is arrogant. If there is a chance, you might as well give him a blow. Remember to act according to the opportunity. Don't stick to it."

Xu Shiji nodded repeatedly and immediately divided his troops with Li Jing.

Li Jing stayed in the grassland, temporarily cleaned up the tragedy of the grassland, and then prepared to go south to fight Hedong. Xu Shiji and Su Dingfang had prepared their troops that day, and set off before dusk, leading the army to kill Yanmen like chasing the wind and the moon. But when he set out on the way back, he couldn't help but look northeast again. Until now, Pei Mingcui is still unknown in life and death. It is not an easy thing to break the mountain. He can't do anything more, just hope that Pei Mingcui can persevere.

But Pei Mingcui... can still come out alive? Qin Shubao... can still persevere?

*

Qin Shubao has sent the news for several days.

His news was sent to three places, one was to Li Jing and Xu Shiji of the grassland, the other was to Dongdu, and the third place was to Xiao Buyi who was attacking Taiyuan in Shanxi.

He didn't know how long he could last, but he made himself insist on until the day the reinforcements arrived. He originally thought he could hold on, but he found that he still overestimated his endurance.

The seven-emotional Gu attacks one after another, which is definitely not something that the human body can resist.

When Qin Shubao remembered a few words of Bashu and Yunshui's conversation before leaving, he knew that something was wrong. At the beginning, he only talked about the past of Bashu with Xiao Buyi, but buried the conversation he had with Yunshui in his heart.

The memory is very deep, and he almost forgets it all.

**

"You must leave?"

"must."

"You will die a few years after you leave. The Seven Emotions Gu is really helpless and can only cultivate your mind and nature. If you leave Bashu with such a temperament, you will soon die..." Yunshui's voice was already choked and anxious. She had never cared so much about someone in her life.

"But if I don't leave, life is worse than death." Qin Shubao remembered answering himself. Although his heart was twitching now, he never regretted it.

"If you want to die, then you can die." Yunshui said something before leaving.

However, Qin Shubao knew that this woman was not as happy as she appeared, nor was she as cold as before leaving.

But everything has passed. When Qin Shubao thinks about it now, he is still a little lucky. Since he will die sooner or later, dying here will be considered a place to die.

When General Zhang died, countless people were sad for him. Who would remember when he died? When Qin Shubao thought of this, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the sky. The sky was as beautiful as the hair on his mother's temples.

These days, Qin Shubao has been vomiting blood. He doesn't know how much blood he has to vomit. If he vomits a mouthful of blood, he will feel more comfortable, but his physique will become weaker.

The snow flies in winter, and the ground is indescribable. He is wearing armor and feels cold for the first time that the wind is cold. This is not a normal phenomenon. People like him who practice martial arts, the severe cold winter is nothing to him. But he has some signs that he can't stand it, which is definitely not a good phenomenon.

The Tang army attacked the camp again.

Qin Shubao personally directed the Western Liang army to resist.

The fierce attack of the Tang army during this period is simply unimaginable. Qin Shubao was not afraid at first, but he rode on the horse and looked into the distance. He felt blood surge and his vision was blurred. How could he lead the army? Qin Shubao was anxious, but when he was anxious, he blew blood into his throat. He forced himself to suppress himself, reached out to pull out the short knife, rolled up his sleeves, looked at his arms, and was a little stunned.

The arm was already covered with scars and could not find good meat. Finally, it still scratched, bringing out a cold pain, but not much blood was flowing out. After another stab, the heart-wrenching pain was transferred. Qin Shubao personally commanded the high slope and repelled Li Tang's attack again!

But this time he resisted the opponent, what about the next time? Qin Shubao was worried that if it were normal, this kind of situation was nothing, but in this situation, he was afraid that he would fall.

Heart.[-]

When will Xiao Buyi send troops? Li Jing chased the enemy thousands of miles away, how are you now? Xu Shiji left the well and broke through the Turkic tent now?

Qin Shubao was a little confused and used this idea to divert his attention.

The seven-emotion Gu will only occur when he is emotional. His random thoughts can relieve the pain.

The curtain tent was slightly picked up, and Cheng Yaojin came in sideways and gently lowered the curtain tent.

This subtle action made Qin Shubao grateful. When anyone first met Cheng Yaojin, he thought he was a reckless man. Only Qin Shubao knew that Cheng Yaojin was a careful person. Cheng Yaojin didn't want the wind to blow in. He was very concerned about Qin Shubao's condition, but he didn't have to say anything, because he knew it was useless. Perhaps all he could do was insignificant, but he had deep feelings.

If General Zhang saw the situation today, he would have been very happy. Qin Shubao suddenly thought of it, and then he felt a big pain in his chest.

Cheng Yaojin stepped forward and punched him a few times behind him, extremely heavy! Qin Shubao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you." Cheng Yaojin's eyes were already pity, but it was instantly destroyed. He broke up with Qin Shubao because of different ways, but finally fought side by side again. The two of them had no grudges and focused on fighting against the bandits and pacifying the world, as if they were back in the past.

But Cheng Yaojin knew that those days were gone forever! He cherished this friendship, but he already knew it was difficult to keep it. Seeing Qin Shubao's face twitching, he changed the topic and said: "Shubao, I just received news from Haidongqing and there was news on the grassland. General Xu broke the Turkic tent, General Li defeated his opponent's 100,000 cavalry with three thousand iron cavalry, and the Turkic is over."

Qin Shubao was overjoyed. Although he was in pain, he held back all the time, "What a General Li, what a Xu Shiji!"

Cheng Yaojin said: "There is news from the King of Xiliang, saying that you should hold on for another day. Yuchi Gong will be able to lead troops to support you soon."

Qin Shubao sighed again, and Cheng Yaojin said in confusion: "Shubao, there are soldiers coming to help, why are you sighing?"

"General Yuchi came to help, of course I like it, but these troops were originally besieging Taiyuan and preparing to go south to Hedong. Because of my reasons, the King of Xiliang was worried, and I didn't want it." Qin Shubao said.

Cheng Yaojin said: "It cannot be said that the Tang army in Youzhou still has nearly 100,000, and the county's original troops are already a force that cannot be underestimated. If all the Tang army in Youzhou can be wiped out, it will undoubtedly cause severe damage to Li Tang."

Qin Shubao said: "Although that said, there are difficulties and eases in the battle. We originally launched heavy troops to cut off the relationship between Youzhou and Hedong. We only need to restrain ourselves and win. If we suddenly become the main battlefield, we will inevitably destroy the original plan."

Cheng Yaojin said: "Shubao, you are in poor health recently and are mostly tired of illness, so you didn't find their intentions."

Qin Shubao said in surprise: "What are their intentions?" He smiled bitterly and thought to himself that Cheng Yaojin was right. The battle is like a chess game. He was tired of being a seven-emotional Gu, so he couldn't concentrate and cheered up, "Yaojin, let's talk about it."

"I'm just afraid that their attack is weak, and it's true that they want to withdraw." Cheng Yaojin said: "Now in winter, Hebei is deserted and there are few people. Even if they temporarily occupy some counties, it doesn't matter. But if they fight to the death, Youzhou will definitely be greatly reduced. If we fight back, it will really be impossible to steal a chicken! Most of them understand this. In addition, the Tang army has been fighting for a long time, unlike our army, which is definitely eager to go home. Since that's the case, it's better to turn around earlier than waiting for the collapse."

Qin Shubao listened carefully and nodded, "Actually, I have already thought of this, so not only Yishui, but also heavy troops guarding even at the Jingguan. Besides, our army is stationed to the west of the Jing|, unless the Tang army can break through the Well and then go south to Shangdang quickly, how can we escape the heavy troops encirclement and suppression of the Xiliang King?"

Cheng Yaojin said: "If you want to go to Shangdang, it is not just the way to Jing|Guanyi."

Qin Shubao frowned and said, "Taihang is towering, and the mountain road is rugged. If you don't walk on the well, you can only walk on the Dangdong Dikou Pass. The other roads are covered with heavy snow, which is not suitable for large troops to advance. However,... the gate Pass has been desolate for a long time and is difficult to move forward."

Cheng Yaojin said: "It doesn't mean it can't be done. I have been thinking, if I were Li Shimin, how should I do it?"

Qin Shubao frowned, "You said that when Li Shimin used heavy troops to attack us, he had to lead his troops to make a detour, and it was very likely that he would go to the gate?"

Cheng Yaojin focused his attention, "I meant this, so I wanted to invite a soldier to ambush there..."

Qin Shubao smiled bitterly and said, "Yaojin, your plan is good, but I have done my best. You can't leave now..."

Cheng Yaojin looked at Qin Shubao for a while, and finally nodded and said, "Okay! You...you must be careful."

Qin Shubao was about to speak, but suddenly punched heavily on the table, reaching out to get the teacup, but one hand kept shaking.

Cheng Yaojin hurriedly took the teacup and handed it to Qin Shubao's hand. Qin Shubao finally put the teacup to his mouth before he suppressed the hot blood in his chest. He suddenly blew up, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the tea was red.

The blood mist was filled with a lot of blood dripping on Cheng Yaojin's body. Cheng Yaojin did not dodge, but reached out to hold Qin Shubao and shouted: "Shubao, you..." He felt sad, and Cheng Yaojin choked and said: "Shubao, you... you have to persevere." He knew that such empty words were meaningless, but at this moment, what else could he say?

The past is like smoke, the past is like tide, and the past flashes one by one. Qin Shubao thought too much at that moment and said weakly: "Yaojin... It's okay, I'm fine." He opened his eyes hard, but looked over but it was a little misty, his legs were weak, he sat down and murmured: "Yaojin, I'm afraid... I'm really not able to do it." This was his first time to admit defeat, and he could no longer hide it.

Cheng Yaojin's eyes were filled with tears, and he grabbed Qin Shubao's arm and said in a whisper: "Shubao, you said you would pacify Hebei side by side with me. You said you would fulfill General Zhang's last wishes and return peace in the world. You said that after peace in the world, you would go to General Zhang's tomb every day and tell him about peace in the world. What you said must be done!"

Qin Shubao didn't expect that the poison attacks were so fierce these days, and his heart was empty. He knew that the sky was not a good person, and the deadline might be approaching. He laughed at himself: "What I... said... can be ignored."

"No!" Cheng Yaojin shouted: "You must stick to it! You can't say anything but it doesn't count."

Qin Shubao was weak and whispered: "Yao Jin... I'm sorry. I'm going to break my promise this time..."

Cheng Yaojin could no longer hold on, and tears burst out from his eyes, "Shubao, it's me that I'm sorry for you, it's me that I'm sorry for General Zhang. If I hadn't left back then, everything wouldn't have happened, and you wouldn't have happened. You treat me like a brother, but I..."

Qin Shubao held Cheng Yaojin's hand and shook his head and said, "The situation was hopeless back then. Even if you don't leave, the result will be the same. Besides, we did these things to make up for the mistakes. Although it was not enough, General Zhang is a generous person... I believe he will forgive us, right?"

"He will definitely forgive you!" Cheng Yaojin said word by word.

Qin Shubao sighed lightly: "He would have forgiven me if he didn't kill me at that time. How could we achieve his mind? Over the years... what I have done is nothing more than asking for peace of mind."

Cheng Yaojin didn't know what to say to comfort him, but nodded repeatedly. At this time, the sound of drums suddenly sounded loudly outside the camp, and a soldier hurried in and said, "General Cheng... Qin... General..." Seeing Qin Shubao's appearance, the soldier was also shocked and sad, and could not speak for a moment.

"The Tang army is attacking again?" Qin

.

The soldier nodded repeatedly, Cheng Yaojin was worried and could not vent his anger, and shouted, "Just hold on!" The soldier was about to retreat, and Qin Shubao shook his head and said, "Yaojin, go and see, I'm not relieved."

"But..." Cheng Yaojin wanted to speak but stopped.

Qin Shubao said: "I'm fine, you go and have a look."

Cheng Yaojin finally stood up, nodded and was about to leave, and when he arrived at the curtain tent, Qin Shubao said again: "Yaojin... don't act rashly. The enemy's situation in the dark night is unclear, don't take the initiative to attack. Even if they leave at night, we have nothing to do. Sometimes, you can't do everything."
To be continued...