"Retreat! Retreat!"
Liu Heita agreed with Zhu Zhou's analysis and immediately gave the order to retreat.
He took the soldiers and retreated quickly.
However, the retreat of the army gave the Black Armor Elite Cavalry a chance to pursue.
Furthermore, under such circumstances, the Black Armor Elite Cavalry's pursuit was extremely fast, and their killing power was even greater. Almost all those who were caught up died under the blades of the Black Armor Elite Cavalry.
As a result, many soldiers who fell behind began to choose to surrender directly.
They stopped resisting.
To avoid being killed.
Even if Liu Heita found that there were soldiers who surrendered, he couldn't care so much. What he could do now was to protect himself first. As long as he could escape the pursuit of the Tang army, he could make a comeback.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Liu Heita kept giving orders.
The group of people retreated for about a mile and suddenly saw a group of people killing on the official road behind them. These were the infantry under Duan Zhixuan's command. There were nearly two thousand soldiers and all of them were on the official road.
"Kill!"
The leading general gave the order to attack.
Two thousand soldiers rushed forward and kept approaching Liu Heita's fleeing army. When the two sides came into contact, the Tang soldiers who were fleeing in panic were completely panicked and couldn't withstand a single blow.
There were countless of them who were killed.
There were also countless of them who surrendered.
Liu Heita led his personal guards and kept breaking out of the encirclement. Even so, he was still surrounded by the soldiers and even Duan Zhixuan had come up to kill him.
Duan Zhixuan came to Liu Heita's side and looked at Liu Heita who was struggling to resist. Duan Zhixuan's eyes were cold and he rushed forward with his blade. Under Duan Zhixuan's charge, the personal guards around Liu Heita were killed in a few charges.
The warhorse sprinted rapidly. With a bang, it crashed into Liu Heita's body.
Liu Heita screamed out.
He only felt that there was no part of his body that didn't hurt and was uncomfortable. When he fell to the ground, he could hear the sound of his ribs breaking.
Duan Zhixuan didn't care about Liu Heita's situation. He rode forward and stopped beside Liu Heita. He waved his hand and ordered, "Come, take Liu Heita down."
The soldiers came forward and directly detained Liu Heita.
As the news of Liu Heita's capture spread, the soldiers under Liu Heita's command kept surrendering.
Apart from those who were killed, the rest had all surrendered. Duan Zhixuan led the soldiers to clean up the battlefield. In a short period of time, they finished cleaning up the battlefield and counting the losses.
In this battle, Duan Zhixuan's Dark Armored Elite Cavalry lost sixty-eight men, and the loss of ordinary soldiers was no more than three hundred. However, more than two thousand of Liu Heita's soldiers were killed, and more than eight thousand were captured.
Duan Zhixuan did not have time to pursue and attack the rest of the people who escaped. He first arranged for the sentries to return at top speed to report the news, and then escorted Liu Heita, Zhu Zhou, and the others back to the county seat of Quzhou County.
Quzhou County, inside the city.
Li Shimin had been waiting for news in the city.
After taking down the county seat, Li Shimin did not leave the city. He swept away the enemies in the city and took control of the county seat. After doing all this, Li Shimin went straight to the county yamen and waited for news.
Li Shimin sat in the main seat.
Below them were Du Qi, Li Xiaogong, and the others.
Li Shimin, Du Qi, Li Xiaogong, and the others were chatting, but they were also waiting for Duan Zhixuan's battle report. When Duan Zhixuan sent the report back to Li Shimin, a bright smile appeared on Li Shimin's face after he finished reading it.
It was done!
Liu Heita was captured!
The situation in Hebei was stabilized.
Li Shimin put down the letter and said, "Just now Duan Zhixuan sent back the news that Liu Heita has been captured. Now that Liu Heita has been captured, our battle in Hebei can be considered over. This battle relied on Erlang's plan. Without Erlang, to capture Liu Heita in this battle was almost impossible. "
"Your Highness is overpraising," Du Qi said, "We were able to win this battle because the officers and soldiers gave their lives for us. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to win this battle. "
Li Shimin said, "No matter what, you are the one who formulated the plan, so you deserve the most credit."
Du Qi did not say anything more.
"Your Highness," Li Xiaogong said, "Liu Heita has been captured alive. In my opinion, this Liu Heita is extremely cunning, he knows when to yield and when to stand tall, he is not someone easy to deal with. We might as well directly behead this man, to end all troubles, so as to avoid any trouble. By killing Liu Heita, no matter whether Li Jiancheng snatched the merit or not, this merit is already yours. The most credit belongs to Qin Wang, Li Jiancheng is only the overall commander. "
Du Qi echoed, "What Junwang Zhao said is very true, lowly officer agrees. Liu Heita will only cause a lot of trouble if we leave him alive. Let's just kill him directly and end all troubles. "
The rest of the people also agreed.
Because under the current situation, this was the best solution.
"Alright, let's do it that way," Li Shimin said.
"Reporting!"
Right this moment, a soldier entered and reported, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince sent someone to summon you, he said it's about the Quzhou County matter."
"I know," Li Shimin said, "Benwang will be there soon."
The soldier withdrew. Li Shimin said, "Now that the Crown Prince summoned me, it must be to ask about the battle. Because the Crown Prince still does not know that Liu Heita has been captured. After I see him, I will report this matter. But when Benwang reports, I will say that Liu Heita has been beheaded by Duan Zhixuan. Erlang, you immediately arrange someone to contact Duan Zhixuan at top speed, let Duan Zhixuan kill Liu Heita directly. When Duan Zhixuan returns, Liu Heita will be dead, the Crown Prince cannot say anything. "
Du Qi said, "Your Highness is wise!"
To Du Qi, Li Shimin's arrangement was extremely appropriate. Only by doing this could he ensure that Liu Heita would not rise from the ashes, and that Liu Heita would not lean toward Li Jiancheng's side.
Li Shimin stood up, put on his armor, and left the tent. After leaving the city, he went toward the Crown Prince's tent, where Li Jiancheng was. He rushed all the way, his speed was neither fast nor slow, so he spent some time.
When Li Shimin entered the tent and saw Li Jiancheng, he cupped his fist and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Jiancheng said, "Qin Wang is here. Benwang summoned you because of Liu Heita's escape. Benwang really did not expect that Liu Heita would escape by water. "
"Qin Wang, you must take some responsibility for this matter."
"If you killed Liu Heita in the city, then Liu Heita would not have escaped, and he would not have caused trouble again. But now, Liu Heita has escaped. If we want to win, if we want to recover everything, it will be extremely difficult. "
"You have meritorious service in breaking the city, but you did not destroy Liu Heita, which also caused some trouble in the future."
"In view of this, Benwang orders you to temporarily stay in Quzhou County to stabilize the situation there. Next, Benwang will lead the army to pursue and encircle Liu Heita, so that he will have no way to escape. "
Li Jiancheng directly talked about the next arrangement.
His words were extremely tough.
This was a direct order, not a discussion.
Li Shimin said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, there is no need to pursue Liu Heita anymore."
"Why?"
Li Jiancheng asked.
Suddenly, a trace of doubt arose in his heart, because Liu Heita had clearly retreated. How could he say that there was no need to pursue? Could it be that Li Shimin killed Liu Heita?
Li Shimin said, "Liu Heita escaped by water. Benwang arranged an ambush on the shore of Mingshui River and defeated Liu Heita who landed on the shore. Liu Heita, this traitor, has been beheaded. We've already won this battle. "
"Really?"
Li Jiancheng's face showed a doubtful expression.
He thought it was inconceivable.
Liu Heita had clearly escaped, how could he be killed by Li Shimin?
Li Shimin said, "It's true, because there are reports of the battle. Soon, the army escorting Liu Heita's army will return to the county. We have won this battle. "
Li Jiancheng was stunned.
He could not personally kill Liu Heita, but instead, Li Shimin got a lot of benefits.
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