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"Why don't you dare?"

The two immediately rode their horses back.

Zhao Junsheng had no choice but to order the troops to withdraw and fight again in the afternoon.

After noon, the two armies confronted each other again, Li Bao and Gao Jinzhi fought again, from noon to you, when it was getting dark, Gao Jinzhi shouted: "It's getting late, do you have the guts to fight again tomorrow? "

"Why don't you dare? Whoever doesn't come is the grandson!"

Zhao Junsheng always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell, so he had to order the troops to withdraw to the camp.

Back at the camp, Zhao Junsheng was thinking about this matter during dinner, and he called Li Bao: "What do you think of Gao Jinzhi's martial arts?"

Li Bao replied truthfully: "Very strong, the martial arts of the general is strong, but it can't last long. Gao Jinzhi's martial arts has almost reached the point of combining strength and softness! When the general fights against him, I always feel that he is showing mercy to the general!"

Zhao Junsheng narrowed his eyes, "He's not showing mercy to you, but just delaying time!"

"Delaying time? Why did he do that?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Before you, he has killed two generals of this king. If he kills you again, this king will rush forward with his troops in a rage. How can he resist my tens of thousands of cavalry with only five thousand infantry?" This king suspects that this matter is not simple, tonight you take three thousand cavalry to sneak over there, and see what the hell Gao Jinzhi is doing!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After dinner, Li Bao led [-] cavalry to the Liu Song Army camp quietly, and found that the Liu Song Army camp was still brightly lit,

There are many whistles, but there is no sound.

Li Bao asked the lieutenant general, "Do you see anything wrong?"

The lieutenant general frowned and observed, "How could the camp with tens of thousands of horses be silent? Also, the sentries and archers on the archery tower and wall were motionless, and there were no patrols, which is very strange." Ah! Ah, I see!"

"Understand what?" Li Bao asked.

The lieutenant said: "It's a straw man. Those sentries and archers must be straw men. They are used to confuse our army. There is no one in the camp!"

Li Bao doubted: "Impossible!"

"General, if you really send a few people over there to investigate!" the deputy general suggested.

"Okay then, send some people over there on horseback to investigate!"

Not long after, Shi Chang, who was sent to investigate, sent someone back to report: "General, there are scarecrows on the wall and watchtower, and the camp is empty. Liu Songjun has already run away!"

Li Bao and the lieutenant-general looked at each other after hearing this, and the lieutenant-general immediately said: "General, it's been less than an hour and a half since the troops from both sides returned to the camp. It will take time for them to eat and prepare for the retreat. If the general's expectations are not bad, they should We haven't gone far, if our army pursues at this time, we will catch up soon!"

Li Bao thought for a while, and said to the deputy general: "Send someone to report to the king, and the others will light torches with this general to chase Liu Songjun!"

"Yes, General!"

As the deputy general said, Gao Jinzhi did not go far with 5000 troops. It took less than half an hour for them to set off, and they hadn't walked ten miles. arrive.

When Li Bao brought 1000 cavalry to chase and kill him, he knew that he had not been able to deceive the army, so he had to stay behind with 4000 people and let his lieutenant quickly leave with the remaining [-] people.

After Li Bao led 3000 troops and was stopped by Gao Jinzhi, there was a fight immediately. Gao Jinzhi led [-] infantry to form a circular defensive formation, resisting Li Bao's cavalry for two hours.

Gao Jinzhi broke through with dozens of people seriously injured. Li Bao wanted to pursue him, but Zhao Junsheng sent someone to tell him to stop the pursuit and wait until dawn to make a fuss.

Chapter 649

Although Zhao Junsheng told Li Bao to stop chasing, he did not let him lead his troops back. Li Bao ordered to camp on the spot.

Early the next morning, Li Bao left 100 men to clean up the battlefield, and led the remaining 2000 cavalry to continue chasing and killing Gao Jin's troops.

Gao Jinzhi's men were full of infantry, and they couldn't walk fast at all. After breaking through with dozens of soldiers, Gao Jinzhi overtook the group at dawn.

At Shenshi that afternoon, Gao Jin's troops, who had marched overnight and morning, were overtaken by troops led by Li Bao while they were resting in a village.

After Gao Jinzhi got the news, he and the 4000 men under his command could not leave, so he could only stand in front of the village to meet the enemy. Li Bao used cavalry to outflank and harass him non-stop. In the confusion, Li Bao led a team of cavalry to charge directly, and Liu Song's army was defeated and fled into the village.

Li Bao wanted to lead cavalry directly into the village to wipe out the remaining Liu Song army, but Gao Jinzhi led people to block the entrance of the village. After charging twice in a row, he was beaten back.

Gao Jinzhi used the farmland, ditches, ponds and house walls around the village to deploy defenses on the spot to prevent Li Bao from leading troops into the village from other positions.

Gao Jinzhi knew very well that staying in this village was just a cheap solution. Even if the main force of the army did not come, Li Bao's more than 2000 cavalry could trap them here, so the only way to survive was to Can be scattered breakout.

That night, Gao Jinzhi convened the lieutenant general and a dozen generals to discuss in the largest house in the village, and decided to disperse the encirclement.

In order to ensure the success rate of escape, Gao Jinzhi divided everyone into four teams, with 700 people in each team. He and the deputy general led one team each, and the other two teams were led by two generals.

At midnight, the four teams set out from the village to break through in four directions, but Li Bao seemed to have expected it, and sent people to block them. After a burst of fighting, the four teams had to retreat to the village For this breakout, Gao Jinzhi paid the price of another hundred people. There were only 5000 people left from the original 2000 when they evacuated.

Li Bao called the deputy general and said: "These Liu Song troops hid in the village and guarded several entrances and exits. They used houses, fish ponds, ditches and fences to set up defenses. Our army is all cavalry. We want to rush in and defeat them. There are some difficulties in a short period of time, and this matter is quite tricky, I wonder what you can do?"

The lieutenant thought for a while and said, "General, the general thinks it is possible to persuade them to surrender. These people are infantry and cannot run away at all. If they don't want to die, surrender is the only option! Even if Gao Jinzhi doesn't surrender, how can his subordinates Don't you want to live? We can stir up their internal strife, so that their defense will be destroyed!"

Li Bao said: "What you said seems to make sense, so let's try it first, if it really doesn't work, let's think of other ways!"

"Yes, I will make arrangements at the end!"

The lieutenant came to the entrance of the village on horseback. In order not to be shot by the archers arranged by Gao Jinzhi at the entrance of the village, he reined in his horse and stopped from a distance. Listen, Song Jun, you are already under siege, and it is as difficult as the sky to escape, even if you escape, it is difficult to escape from our army's cavalry! After all, it is not a long-term solution for you to stay in the village and resist. Involve the villagers in the village, how innocent the villagers are, how can you bear it?"

"Brothers Liu Songjun, everyone has parents, wives and children. We don't want to kill them all. As long as you are willing to put down your weapons and surrender, my general can guarantee the safety of all of you. The generals and soldiers of the Southern Dynasty who surrendered to the Northern Dynasty all these years There are also many, they also lived very well in the Northern Dynasty, many of them married wives and had children in the Northern Dynasty, set up a family business, and many became officials, and some served in the army as before!"

"In the past, many captive generals and soldiers from the Southern Dynasty refused to surrender to the Northern Dynasty because they thought they could not serve the barbarians. This is also understandable, but now my great king is a serious Han Chinese. You all serve my great king. Why not?"

"Brothers Liu Songjun, if you refuse to surrender, there will be no other result than being buried here.

, In this way, your parents, wives and children will never see you again; if you are willing to surrender and serve my king, you will still have the opportunity to meet your parents, wives and children in the future. This is hope. As long as there is hope, anything It can happen, I hope you guys think about it clearly, don't do things that you will regret for life! "

The generals of the Liu Song army in the village heard it clearly. Everyone had an idea in their hearts. If they could live, who would want to die?

After all, there are only a few loyal ministers and righteous men who have the courage to sacrifice their lives for righteousness. The vast majority of soldiers and generals are just mortals. But they are all afraid of death, and they also want to live and live better.

The deputy general walked into the main room with the torches on and reported to Gao Jinzhi, "General, the general just counted and lost another hundred people. Now we only have 2000 people left, and the soldiers didn't bring much rations, so we ran for our lives." Many people lost their food bags during the panic, and now we only have two days left of food!"

Gao Jinzhi was very silent and calm. He asked, "Just now, the army shouted outside, how did the soldiers react?"

"Morale is somewhat low!" the lieutenant replied.

Gao Jinzhi nodded, and ordered: "Be careful, if anyone tries to surrender to the enemy, kill them immediately!"

"...Yes, the general rests, the last general goes out to patrol!" The deputy general agreed with clasped fists, turned and walked outside.

Gao Jinzhi raised his head and shouted: "Wait, is there any wine?"

The deputy general hesitated for a moment, cupped his fists and said, "The last general asked someone to look for it!"

Not long after, the deputy general ordered someone to bring a jar of wine. I don't know which villager's house this jar of wine was dug out from. It seemed to be quite old.