Liu Heita arrived at the rear camp surrounded by a group of guards, full of doubts.
There was a stable in the rear camp, which was filled with carefully selected good horses, which Liu Heita specially left behind for his escape.
After Fan Yuan and other ministers of Liu Heita arrived at the stable, they went to their favorite horses without Liu Heita's instructions.
Liu Heita, with the help of his guards, prepared to mount his horse.
"Liu Heita, don't run away!"
A loud shout rang in the ears of Liu Heita and others. Liu Heita and others looked in the direction of the sound and saw Su Dingfang leading a hundred cavalry rushing towards them quickly.
Su Dingfang was leading his troops in battle just now when he heard the sharp-eyed soldiers from the Zuo Ertong Military Office remind him that Liu Heita seemed to be trying to escape.
Su Dingfang immediately handed over the battlefield to the two captains of the Zuo Er Military Office, and led a hundred cavalry to chase after them .
This time, the army launched a surprise attack on Liu Heita, and victory was already decided.
However, whether they can expand the results of the battle and achieve military exploits that will attract everyone's attention depends on whether they can capture Liu Heita.
If Liu Heita ran away, the merit of this raid on Liu Heita's temporary camp would be greatly reduced.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Liu Heita's head is taken, the military achievement this time can be exchanged for a prince.
If we can't take Liu Heita's head, then this military achievement can only be exchanged for a baron.
There is a world of difference between a duke and a bo.
Gong was the backbone of the Tang Dynasty, while Bo had just stepped into the threshold of power.
So Su Dingfang could not let Liu Heita go no matter what.
In order to help him take the throne as soon as possible, Li Yuanji did not hesitate to go to war with Yuchi Gong and even offend Li Shimin who was behind Yuchi Gong.
Then he must show Li Yuanji some brilliant military achievements so that he can deserve Li Yuanji's appreciation and trust.
He also had to show some brilliant military achievements to tell everyone in the Tang Dynasty that he, Su Dingfang, was no less capable than anyone else.
The fact that Li Yuanji appreciated, trusted and used him when he was unknown was not because Li Yuanji was acting recklessly or looking for an opportunity to show off , but because Li Yuanji had a keen eye for talent and could see that he was a talented person worth recruiting.
Su Dingfang was determined to capture Liu Heita, and in the blink of an eye he rushed to Liu Heita.
“Swoosh…”
Su Dingfang handed over the horse lance in his hand when he was more than three feet away from Liu Heita.
In the blink of an eye, the warhorse brought his lance right in front of Liu Heita.
A group of guards immediately gathered in front of Liu Heita and helped him resist the charge of Su Dingfang and his group.
Even so, Liu Heita still fell into panic. He suddenly took three steps back and subconsciously hid behind a guard.
Su Dingfang, holding a horse lance, killed all of Liu Heita's guards.
Some guards who were highly skilled in martial arts and had high hopes by Liu Heita were killed by Su Dingfang's spear before they could last more than two moves.
Liu Heita was frightened and panicked when he saw that Su Dingfang was getting more and more courageous in the battle and was almost overwhelming all his guards.
He shouted at the top of his lungs to those in Liu Jun's army who were preparing to escape with him.
"Quick! Stop him!"
The Liu army seemed a little panicked. Only after a general under Liu Heita stepped forward did they manage to maintain a certain formation and surrounded Su Dingfang.
Liu Heita took advantage of this opportunity to quickly turn over and climb onto the back of a horse, called out to Fan Yuan and others, and rode away on his horse.
"Retreat quickly!"
Fan Yuan and others watched Su Dingfang slaughtering the guards in an incredible ferocity, so they dared not hesitate.
He immediately rode his horse and followed Liu Heita's footsteps.
On one side of the stable, there was a door that Liu Heita had reserved in advance for escape.
Liu Heita broke through the gate on horseback and fled madly with Fan Yuan and his group.
Seeing this, Su Dingfang had no intention of fighting any longer.
After knocking down a Liu Jun captain who was blocking his way with a spear, he decisively ordered, "Fifty men from the first battalion stay here to wipe out the remaining enemies, and fifty men from the second battalion follow me."
As soon as Su Dingfang finished speaking, he swept his lance across like an iron whip, sweeping away all the Liu troops blocking his way, and rode out first.
The fifty soldiers from the Zuo Ertong Military Office who chose to stay held back Liu Jun who was about to stop Su Dingfang.
The fifty soldiers of the Zuo Ertongjun Mansion who chose to pursue Su Dingfang had no desire to fight. After repelling the enemy in front of them, they followed Su Dingfang's footsteps and chased out.
Li Yuanji looked through the monocular telescope and saw a group of people in a chaotic formation riding horses out of Liu Heita's temporary camp first, and another group of people in a relatively orderly formation chased out of Liu Heita's temporary camp not long after.
Li Yuanji roughly guessed the extent of the raid on Liu Heita's temporary camp.
Li Yuanji put down the telescope and told the guard beside him, "This raid on Liu Heita is basically over. You lead three teams to help them."
The guard was slightly stunned, then bowed and said, "Yes!"
The guards didn't have a monocular telescope, so they couldn't see the battle situation farther away.
All he could see was Liu Heita's makeshift camp in chaos.
After Li Yuanji ordered his guards to lead the troops to provide assistance, he raised his monocular telescope and continued to watch the battle.
The reason why Li Yuanji sent the guards to help was not to let the guards take credit.
Instead, he saw the troops that rushed to the rear camp of Liu Heita's temporary camp. After a part of them were sent out to pursue Liu Heita, the remaining troops seemed to be suppressed by Liu Heita's men, so he sent out the guards to help.
Li Yuanji didn't know that Liu Heita had been fighting Su Dingfang from the beginning to the end using vagrant soldiers and bandits recruited from the road. The elite soldiers under Liu Heita had been staying in the camp and had not gone to the battlefield.
The fifty men left behind by Su Dingfang now have to deal with the elite troops under Liu Heita.
The number of elite soldiers under Liu Heita's command far exceeded theirs, so they were suppressed and beaten.
However, they are not doomed.
Not long after Su Dingfang chased out, the soldiers of the Zuo Sanjun Mansion led a group of surrendered soldiers and rushed into Liu Heita's temporary camp.
They were a little panicked when they were under the attack of Liu Heita's large-scale weapons.
But after Su Dingfang led his men to break into Liu Heita's temporary camp, they immediately became excited and aggressive.
After they broke into the temporary camp, the brutality they displayed even exceeded that of all the soldiers in the General Military Office.
All the soldiers in the General Military Office would bypass those who knelt down and asked for surrender without hesitation.
However, they showed no mercy to those who knelt down and asked for surrender.
As long as the soldiers of Zuo Er Tongjun Mansion who are resisting Liu Heita's elite troops can hold out until they reach the rear camp, the war in the camp will be completely over.
Li Yuanji was slightly stunned when he found that the surrendered soldiers changed from being timid at the beginning to being full of vigor and attacking fiercely.
But I didn't think much about it.
Li Yuanji put down the telescope in his hand again, and said to another guard beside him with a thoughtful look: "Liu Heita should have escaped, and Su Dingfang should have led people to chase him.
Send someone to tell Su Dingfang to stop chasing him if he can’t catch up.”
Although Liu Heita's head is very valuable, worth the title of a duke, if Su Dingfang dies while pursuing Liu Heita, it would be a loss.
Moreover, now the 200,000-strong Turkic army is attacking Weize Pass.
The safety of Weize Pass is obviously more important.
If Su Dingfang spent too much time pursuing Liu Heita, it would be better for him to retreat back to the interior and fight against the Turks together with him and Xie Shufang.
The Turks are now our biggest concern.
The moment Liu Heita's temporary camp was breached by Su Dingfang and his troops were beaten to pieces by Su Dingfang, he had become a lost dog and could not pose any threat to Weize Pass in a short period of time.
The guard agreed without hesitation, "Yes!"
Li Yuanji paused for a moment and continued, "Immediately send people to Shizhou and Mingzhou to ask for help, saying that the Turks have gathered 200,000 troops to attack Weize Pass, and Weize Pass is in danger."
The military force at Weize Pass is very limited. No one can say how long they can hold out against an enemy that is ten times their size. Therefore, they have to ask for help from Li Xiuning of Shizhou and Li Shimin of Mingzhou.
As for using less than 20,000 soldiers to defeat the 200,000-strong Turkic army, there is no need to even think about it.
“Yes!”
The guard agreed again.
Li Yuanji did not stay at the pass any longer and led the remaining guards to the city wall of Weize Pass.
Although the war inside the pass has ended, the war on the city wall has just begun.
Standing at the pass, Li Yuanji could clearly hear the shouts, screams, bowstring sounds, and muffled sounds coming from all over the city.
"call……"
“Bang!”
As soon as Li Yuanji got off the pass, he saw a huge rock falling from the sky and hitting not far from him.
The huge rock hit the ground and the rubble flew out in all directions at a high speed.
A few pieces of gravel brushed past Li Yuanji's feet, leaving a mark on the ground.
"Raise your shield!!"
Before Li Yuanji could speak, the guard beside Li Yuanji suddenly exclaimed.
All of a sudden, seven or eight shields were stacked on top of each other and placed in front of Li Yuanji.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
next moment.
Huge rocks fell like rain, whistling.
Three huge rocks hit the shields held up by the guards.
The guards lowered their bodies one by one and almost fell to their knees.
In order to prevent the shield from hitting Li Yuanji, the guards simply used their shoulders to hold up the shield and used their bodies for support at the moment the second boulder fell.
Li Yuanji clearly heard several crackling sounds.
One guard had a broken shoulder.
But even so, the guards still held on to their shields tightly.
Don't let the shield scratch Li Yuanji, and don't let the huge rocks above his head hurt Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji's face was gloomy. He slowly took a step forward and raised his hands to support the intersection of the shields.
The guards felt that the shield seemed to have become lighter, and looked around hurriedly. They saw Li Yuanji also holding a shield, and a trace of panic flashed across the guards' faces.
One of the guards hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I can hold on..."