Chapter 344 Pursuit
At noon the next day, Qu Tutong and his general Sang Xianhe led their troops outside Qin Hu's camp.
Because they had shown their faces after winning the battle yesterday, Li Jun's face showed an arrogant look. Qu Tutong asked them to shout and ask Qin Hu to come out and see him.
Qin Hu heard that Qu Tutong was coming and knew that he was here to persuade him to surrender. He thought to himself that Li Xuanguo had fallen into the trap and thought that he had already won.
He hurriedly tidied up, not that he was very energetic, but on the contrary, he tidied up so that he looked a little embarrassed and absent-minded, as if he was really forced to hang himself by Li Yuanba.
When Qu Tutong saw Qin Hu climbing up the wall of the village, a look of shame suddenly appeared on his face. He lowered his head and sighed: "Mr. Yan, it's been a long time."
Qin Hu also sighed repeatedly: "Old General, it's been a long time."
Sang Xianhe had always been Qu Tutong's general, so he was an old acquaintance with Qin Hu. He sat on horseback and handed over to Qin Hu: "See Duke Yan."
Qin Hu returned the courtesy and said calmly: "Old General, I wonder why you came to see me today?"
Qu Tutong's face turned red and he was so sad that he burst into tears: "Qin Hu, I am defeated and my army is finished. I came here to persuade him to surrender. I saw with my own eyes the arrival of King Tang's army.
Qiu has done nothing wrong, and the people have supported him. Now that things have reached this point, it is inevitable for the king of Tang to seize the world, so you should surrender quickly."
Qin Hu's face darkened, and he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Old general, you are a senior general of the Yu Dynasty. The emperor has entrusted you with the heavy responsibility of guarding Guanzhong, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince relies deeply on you. How could you surrender secretly? Instead,
Acting as a lobbyist for the rebels? The war horse under your crotch was given to you by the emperor, why do you have the nerve to ride it?"
Qu Tutong was ashamed and cried in grief: "Qin Hu, I, I really fell into this situation because my strength was exhausted. Please understand!"
Qin Hu said sternly: "Your power has been exhausted, but my power has not yet been exhausted. Instead, it is regenerated with new power continuously. It seems that there is nothing more to say between us. Old General, please come back!" After saying that, Qin Hu walked down directly.
The village wall.
Qu Tutong felt ashamed and Sang Xianhe felt disgraced, so they could only retreat sadly.
When they returned to the city, they told Li Xuancheng about the situation. Li Xuancheng suddenly sneered: "You really don't know how to praise me. You are at the end of your rope. You think you are so great. God wants to destroy a person. No one can save him. Send the order.
, the fourth young master goes to battle."
Li Yuanba was impatient with waiting. After receiving the order, he immediately went to the camp gate to start a fight, but Qin Hu ignored him at all, forcing him to have no choice but to order an attack on the camp.
However, Qin Hu's camp was very tightly guarded, with many archers stationed there. With a downpour of arrows, the Shanshan Army was pushed back.
Li Yuanba did not want to consume too much of the Shanshan Army, and was only thinking about challenging Qin Hu to a duel and finishing him off in one fell swoop, so he ordered the troops to be withdrawn.
In this way, the Shanshan Army challenged him every day, but Qin Hu just couldn't hold on. He remained a coward for ten days, as if he was really frightened by Li Yuanba.
And Li Yuanba was also very worried. He couldn't find Qin Hu to challenge him to a duel, and he couldn't attack the camp. He just repeated the three things of criticizing the formation, attacking the camp, and retreating every day. He was so anxious that he scratched his head and scratched his head.
Li Xuancheng persuaded him that it was okay, and they would launch a general attack when reinforcements from Chang'an arrived. By then, Qin Hu would have no way to escape.
In the evening, the scouts came to report that they had discovered something strange in Qin Hu's camp. The specific situation is still unclear.
Xue Wanche immediately said: "Is he going to run away?"
Chai Shao pondered for a moment: "It is very possible that he has only one way now, which is to withdraw from Tongguan and protect Hedong, but we cannot let him go easily."
Li Xuancheng immediately stood up: "If we send scouts out to investigate, it would be best to capture a few enemy soldiers and come back for interrogation. Order the entire army to assemble and stand by, without making any mistakes."
Li Xuancheng and his men didn't sleep much that night. Scouts kept coming back to report the situation. Finally, they found out clearly that most of Qin Hu's troops had withdrawn.
In order to keep it secret, only 5,000 troops and the Chinese army camp have not retreated yet, which means Qin Hu stayed behind to personally cut off the rear.
"After Qin Hu personally broke up, things are not easy to handle." Chai Shao said: "I think he will definitely evacuate before dawn. We still have time to leave the city."
"Send out all the soldiers and horses, chase me, and be sure to kill Qin Hu to avoid future troubles." Li Xuancheng seemed to see an unparalleled achievement placed in front of his eyes.
"As commanded."
Li Yuanba climbed out of bed sleepily. When he heard that Qin Hu was about to run, he immediately became energetic. He ran to the door and peed, quickly put on his armor, mounted his horse and ran to the military camp.
Because the team had been assembled long ago, when the vanguard arrived, they immediately marched out of the city. All the generals took their own troops, a total of more than 10,000 people, and rushed towards Qin Hu's camp thirty miles away.
"He ran away as expected."
When they arrived at the camp, they saw that the place had long been deserted. However, Chai Shao concluded that Qin Hu had not escaped for less than ten miles, so it was definitely too late to chase him now.
Li Yuanba said: "I will lead a team of light cavalry and I can catch up with Qin Hu in just one stick of incense. You must catch up quickly behind me without making any mistakes."
Everyone knew that Li Yuanba was born invincible and no one was worried about him, so he was allowed to gallop away with two thousand light cavalry.
"Qin Hu wants to cover the retreat of the large army and the baggage. He can't go too fast. One stick of incense is enough time." Chai Shao's lips turned up with a sinister smile.
Li Yuanba's two thousand elite Shanshan Army cavalry galloped on the road, and soon discovered traces of the enemy. No matter what, they went up and beat them. After the fight, they found that it was not Qin Hu's main force.
They captured a few prisoners, and after asking, they found out that Qin Hu was resting in the valley not far ahead.
"Come for me and kill Qin Hu."
Li Yuanba became more and more courageous as he fought. He swung his hammer along the way and smashed all the soldiers of the Qin Hu Army walking on the road into meat paste. In a short time, he had already entered the valley.
"Fell into a trap!"
Taking advantage of the moonlight, Qin Hu saw Li Yuanba's Wanli Yun entering the valley, and he laughed suddenly: "Tell General Li Jing to block the entrance of the valley, block the reinforcements, and all the archers, stone machines, and crossbows, aim at Li Yuanba."
Launch an attack, and we will never withdraw our troops until we bury him today."
Li Yuanba was on the rise, completely unaware of the complex terrain of this generation in the dark night, until he heard a whining horn sound.
"Damn, is there an ambush?"
At this moment, countless enemy troops appeared on the hillsides above their heads, and bows, crossbows, and boulders rained down on Li Yuanba's two thousand soldiers.
"Retreat, retreat quickly." Li Yuanba shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!