Wei Shuyu said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, we only have ten thousand soldiers. If we defend Anrong Pass, we will definitely suffer huge losses. However, if we don't defend Anrong Pass, we will also lose a lot of people. Therefore, I don't think we should defend Anrong Pass because we cannot defend it. Let's retreat! "
Wei Zheng said, "Your Majesty, what we need to do now is to stay near Anrong Pass and fight Du Qi. As long as we don't retreat and fight within the pass, Du Qi's army can only stay near Anrong Pass and cannot leave. Therefore, we should retreat and preserve our strength. This is the most important thing. "
The rest of the people started to voice their opinions.
They all suggested that they should retreat.
After all, if they left Anrong Pass, they would not be able to defend it. Therefore, the best way was to retreat.
After Li Shimin heard this, he looked at Xia Xia's soldiers. Less than an hour had passed, and Du Qi's soldiers had already started to climb up the city gate tower. The soldiers guarding the city gate tower were bitterly defending. If Li Shimin insisted on defending, he should be able to do so for a short period of time.
However, this kind of defense would definitely consume a lot of soldiers and deplete what little strength they had. Therefore, Li Shimin could not continue to expend his strength. Otherwise, once his strength was depleted, he would not be able to fight even if he wanted to.
"Retreat!"
Li Shimin decisively gave the order.
After the order was passed down, Li Shimin immediately led the army to retreat. Following the retreat of the army, Xia Xia's army quickly seized control of Anrong Pass and opened the city gate.
At this time, Xue Rengui took a step forward and headed straight for the city. However, when Xue Rengui walked forward, Du Qi stopped Xue Rengui and said in a low voice, "Xue Rengui, Li Shimin has never defended a city before. Now that he has retreated, be careful of an ambush within the pass. In short, be careful. Send the auxiliary soldiers to check the situation within the pass first. "
"Yes!"
Xue Rengui immediately agreed.
This time, when he walked forward, he arranged for the auxiliary soldiers to enter the pass and search carefully.
As for Xue Rengui himself, he went up the city gate tower first.
When Xue Rengui ordered the soldiers to take control of Anrong Pass, an auxiliary soldier went up the city gate tower and reported to Xue Rengui, "General, we found something on the two sides of Anrong Pass's official road. New soil had appeared on the ground around the pass. After carefully digging it up, they discovered that there was gunpowder in the soil. There is gunpowder all around the pass.. "
Xue Rengui said, "Xue Rengui's plan," Xue Rengui said said,'s Xue Rengui's's troops't, Xue Rengui's. Unfortunately, I miscalculated. "
Immediately, Xue Rengui arranged for the auxiliary troops to clear out the hidden gunpowder within the pass. Apart from that, he arranged for the auxiliary soldiers to search the area and clear out any potential ambushes.
After everything was arranged, Xue Rengui went down Anrong Pass and personally invited Du Qi into the pass.
Xue Rengui also reported the situation within the pass.
He explained the situation in detail.
When Du Qi heard everything, he instructed, "Since Li Shimin placed gunpowder on the two sides of the official road, then be careful. As long as it is in the cement road area, it will be hard for the gunpowder to be hidden. Xue Rengui, arrange for people to watch where Li Shimin goes. This is the key. "
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Xue Rengui immediately ordered.
A line of troops entered the city, and then all the troops entered the pass. However, they did not set up camp near the pass. Instead, they entered Anrong Pass and continued for ten miles before setting up camp in a spacious area.
After the army set up camp, Xue Rengui came to the main tent and reported to Du Qi, "Your Majesty, we just received news from the scouts. Li Shimin's army did not directly retreat to Longzhou. Instead, they went to the west of Anrong Pass. West of Anrong Pass is a forest, and it is not easy to search. It is very obvious that Li Shimin is doing this because he has given up on stopping our advance troops, and has turned to roaming around nearby. If we do not do anything, then our grain route will be attacked by Li Shimin. Furthermore, Li Shimin might even sneak behind us and cause a huge impact on us. In short, if we do not completely wipe him out, there will be a huge problem. "
Du Qi said solemnly, "Li Shimin's situation indeed needs to be dealt with. If we do not take him down, the consequences will be unimaginable. However, if Li Shimin wants to escape and hide, it will not be easy. Send down the order that Li Shimin is hiding in Longzhou. If the news is true, any citizen who provides his whereabouts will be rewarded with ten thousand strings of coins. If anyone can kill him, as long as their identity is verified, they will be rewarded with a thousand strings of coins. "
Xue Rengui said excitedly, "Your Majesty is wise. As long as we follow your orders, we will definitely win this battle. Even if Li Shimin escapes with ten thousand people, in the end, he will have nowhere to run. We're definitely going to win this battle. "
Du Qi said, "Go and execute the Dao."
"Yes!"
Xue Rengui replied and turned to leave.
Du Qi was temporarily idle, and since he had nothing to do, he took out a book to read.
After Du Qi's army set up camp in the pass, Li Shimin's army quickly retreated, leaving Anrong Pass and heading west. Because Li Shimin had already made preparations to evacuate, Li Shimin's provisions, equipment, and so on were all moved.
Only in this way would he not lack grain.
The army retreated some distance, but Li Shimin's heart was still worried about Anrong Pass. He had arranged for people to plant gunpowder near Anrong Pass. Once Du Qi's army entered Anrong Pass and spread out to set up camp, Li Shimin's men could ignite the gunpowder and blow up Du Qi's camp, killing a portion of Xia Xia's soldiers.
Li Shimin led the army to retreat. After retreating some distance, the army stopped to rest.
Li Shimin was looking forward to it.
After waiting for around 15 minutes, a scout flew back and came to Li Shimin's side, reporting, "Your majesty, the army led by Du Qi has already entered the territory of An Rong Pass. However, Du Qi's army discovered our gunpowder. All the gunpowder we hid underground was discovered, and they began to dig it out one by one. "
The scout had a helpless expression and said somewhat dejectedly, "Not only that, when Du Qi's army set up camp, they did not set up camp in the pass. They continued to advance for more than ten li before Xia Xia's army set up camp."
Li Shimin was incomparably disappointed.
Failed again!
He wanted to blow up Xia Xia's soldiers, and even if Du Qi was standing on top of the gunpowder, as long as the gunpowder exploded, it might even kill Du Qi.
Unfortunately, his hopes were dashed.
Li Shimin waved his hand and ordered the scout to continue watching Du Qi, and then ordered them to continue on their way. At this point, it was impossible for him to use gunpowder to blow up Du Qi's soldiers. At this point, he could only continue to retreat. First, he had to avoid Du Qi's sharp edge, and then restrain Du Qi's army so that Du Qi could not continue to advance.
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