It had been more than half a month since Luo Shixin attacked the Han Dong Army camp alone at night and caused the Han Dong Army to fall and cry for their parents.
In the past half a month, Liu Heita had gathered all of his troops in Ming Zhou, wanting to fight Li Shi Min to the death.
Just like how he faced Li Shentong's 30,000 troops with 10,000 troops, he hoped that he could defeat Li Shiming's allied forces like how he defeated Li Shentong.
However, how could Li Shiming be compared to a mere Li Shentong?
In this half a month, Li Shi Min's alliance army had not come out, not giving Liu Heita a chance to fight to the death.
Seeing the rations dwindling, Liu Heita became more and more anxious.
Especially now, there was still a piece of news spreading wildly in his Handong Army camp: Li Shimin blocked the river and built a dike to flood the Handong Army.
For a moment, the entire Handong Army was in a state of panic.
Liu Heita was very anxious. Li Shiming didn't want to retreat and didn't want to fight. They were going to run out of food soon. Once they ran out of food, with the news in the camp, it would be strange if the soldiers didn't mutiny.
During this time, Liu Heita also considered another route, which was to escape to the Turks and use the Jie Li army to make a comeback.
But in the end, he gave up.
He really couldn't bear to part with the tens of thousands of troops he had painstakingly pulled together.
And if he abandoned these thirty thousand soldiers and fled to the Turks with his trusted aides, what would Jie Li think of him?
He had tens of thousands of soldiers but did not dare to fight a single battle?
If that was the case, would Jie Li still lend him troops?
There was only one path in front of Liu Heita, and that was to fight to the death!
Even if he lost this battle, he could escape to the Tu Jue and make a comeback with the help of the Jie soldiers.
After figuring this out, Liu Heita immediately called all the generals under him to the Mingzhou Council Chamber for a meeting.
Because of the night raid, many of Liu Heita's famous generals had been killed by Luo Shixin. Only his brother Liu Shishan and Gao Yaxian were left. Fortunately, he had promoted some people with military merits from below, so the meeting hall did not seem so empty.
With the current situation so dangerous, these generals naturally knew why Liu Heita had called them over.
However, none of them could do anything at this moment. Their expressions were extremely ugly.
"Have you received any replies from the people you sent to Yuyang and Yanzhou?”Liu Heita asked.
Liu Shishan shook his head and gritted his teeth.""Gao Zhandao and Xu Yuanlang, those two bastards, they call us brothers on a daily basis, but when it comes to danger, they immediately turn hostile.”
Liu Heita nodded. He had expected this.
"We can only rely on ourselves now.”Liu Heita said.
Gao Yaxian also nodded." Our rations are running out, and Li Shimin has cut off our supply. We can only cross the river and fight him to the death."”
"No, you can't! What if Li Shi Min stops us halfway across the river?”Liu Shishan was already scared of being beaten up. When he heard Li Shiming's name, his legs went weak.
Gao Yaxian shook his head and said," Li Shiming will never intercept us halfway. If he did, he wouldn't have waited so long. Besides, Li Shiming is most afraid that His Majesty will flee to the Turks. If he intercepted us halfway, he would force us to flee to the Turks. He will never do that."”
Liu Heita nodded.
"Your Majesty, give the order," Gao Yaxian said."We have no other choice."”
Liu Heita nodded and slammed the table.""Pass down my order, cross the river tomorrow and fight to the death with Li Shi Min to avenge Emperor Xia.”
"Avenge Emperor Xia!"
"Kill Li Shi Min!"
Almost all of them were old generals of Xia Emperor Dou Jiande. All along, Liu Heita had used the excuse of avenging Dou Jiande to win over people.
For a moment, the crowd in the meeting hall was in high spirits, sweeping away the haze of the past.
Liu Heita couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
On March 26, the fifth year of Wude, Liu Heita personally led 30,000 infantry cavalry south across Mingshui, approaching the Tang camp array, ready to fight to the death with the Tang army.
A great battle was about to break out.
Liu Heita and the other generals sat on their horses and looked at the Tang army in the distance.
"Han Dongwang, tell me, how should we fight this war? I'll listen to you.”
The person who spoke was dressed as a Hu and spoke in Central Plains Chinese, which was not very fluent.
This person was none other than the commander of the Turkic cavalry that Jie Li had sent to assist Liu Heita.
Because he was sent by Jie Li, even though Nuo Zhi was usually arrogant and despotic, Liu Heita still greeted him with a smile.
"General Zhina, your Turkic cavalry is invincible. Why don't we split our forces into three groups, with the cavalry on the left and right and the infantry in the middle charging forward?”Liu Heita laughed.
Nuozhina waved his hand." It's just 50,000 Tang soldiers. Our mighty Turkic cavalry will be able to disperse them in three rounds. Leave the right side to me."”
With that, Nuo Zhina rode away, leading his 3,000 cavalrymen to attack the Tang army from the right.
……
On the opposite slope, Li Shiming watched Liu Heita set up the formation from afar, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes.
It had to be said that Liu Heita had gathered Dou Jiande's forces and turned the entire Hebei upside down. He really had some ability.
"As a general, who is willing to take the lead for our Tang army and kill that Turkic?”
Li Shi Min said as he looked at the generals around him.
"Your Highness, I, Old Cheng, am willing to go."
"Your Highness, Qin Qiong is willing to go."
All the generals pleaded.
However, before Li Shimin could call out the order, he heard a long neigh and a figure charging out from the Tang army, charging towards the Turkic cavalry.
This person was none other than Luo Shixin.
Looking at Luo Shixin's figure, Li Shiming shook his head with a bitter smile.
"Sigh, I just said that General Luo is brave and resourceful. How did he rush out so quickly? What an impatient person."
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