Regarding the Tang army's full retreat westward, Yang Yuanqing always led 20,000 cavalry to follow and monitor. The 20,000 Sui army cavalry was like a team of wolves following their prey, waiting for the opportunity to start. However, the 80,000 Tang army also realized the Sui army's follower. They adopted a group marching, deploying heavy troops in front and back, and slowly withdrew to the northwest, without giving the Sui army any chance.

At noon that day, in a pine forest south of Hongnong County, 20,000 Sui cavalry gathered in the forest to rest, while Yang Yuanqing sat on a big rock and listened to Luo Shixin's report. Luo Shixin and Cheng Yaojin led more than 1,000 people from Yingchuan County to Hongnong County overnight.

Although they participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Tang Army in Xiangyang under Li Jing, they initially accepted orders alone to attack Hulao Pass. In terms of the Sui army's system process, he had to come back and hand over the order.

They handed over the order from Hulao Pass, but Yang Yuanqing was more interested in the battle between Luo Shixin and Li Xuanba. He also knew the ranking of the top ten fierce generals in the world. This ranking has been interesting since childhood. Although he is not the eighteen heroes in the world, the ten fierce generals are not much different. However, Yuwen Chengdu and Xue Ju are dead, and now there are actually only eight fierce generals.

"I heard that Li Xuanba was extremely powerful, and a pair of sledgehammers had the courage of ten thousand men. He had never had a three-hammer general under him. Is he that powerful?"

Luo Shixin rushed to Yang Yuanqing to report the gains and losses of Hulao Pass and some details of the battle in Yingchuan County. Unexpectedly, Yang Yuanqing seemed not interested in these things, but was interested in the battle between him and Li Xuanba. This made Luo Shixin smile bitterly in his heart and said, "Report to the general manager, Li Xuanba is indeed very powerful. Although he was defeated by the war last time, he really competed. Bei Zhi thought he could not defeat him for five rounds."

"Then if I face him, how many rounds do you think I can compete with?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile again.

Luo Shixin sighed. "The general manager is in charge of the Great Sui army and dominates the world, which is not something that Li Xuanba can compare with. Isn't the general manager humiliating himself by comparing himself with him?"

Yang Yuanqing laughed and said, "It's okay. Let's just talk about it, just treat it as a joke."

Cheng Yaojin next to him grinned and said, "How could Lei Gong'er be the opponent of the general manager? The general manager's Tianbiao spear can end his life within three moves. How can the Tang people's ranking be counted?"

"Not!"

Luo Shixin was a serious man. He pondered for a while and said, "Li Xuanba was not only powerful but also had a very clever trick. He clamped the subtle points very exquisitely. I shook out seven spear heads, and he could accurately judge the real spear head. He was definitely not a brave man. If the general manager had a duel with him, I would probably be able to support ten rounds. But if the general manager was able to use arrows, it would be hard to say."

Yang Wei bit his lips and asked, "General Luo, I heard that you got a Li Xuanba sledgehammer. Are you still there?"

Yang Wei was also a hammer. He had longed for Li Xuanba's martial arts for a long time, but he was more or less dissatisfied. Luo Shixin nodded and turned around and ordered a soldier, "Get that hammer!"

After a moment, two soldiers came over with a big thunder hammer and placed it in front of everyone. Yang Wei walked up to look at the hammer carefully. He immediately took a breath of air conditioning, which was more than two circles larger than his hammer. His pair of hammers combined was only eighty kilograms, but this hammer weighed 120 kilograms.

Yang Wei had both arms and slowly lifted the hammer. Although he could lift the hammer, it was absolutely impossible for him to dance the hammer. He had to shake his head and put it down, and sighed, "I am worthy of being the number one general in the world. I am too far away."

Yang Yuanqing knew that Yang Wei's strength was because of his fatness. His strength was born, not acquired. Yang Wei's martial arts had no breakthrough at all. If he broke through, his use of power would be different. Yang Yuanqing was also quite interested in this. He walked forward, held the hammer handle with his right hand, shook it slightly, and had a bottom in his heart. With a single arm, he picked up the hammer lightly. He swung two hammer techniques with one arm, and suddenly hit a small tree next to him. With a sound of "crack!", the small tree was broken into two pieces.

"Good hammering method!"

Cheng Yaojin applauded loudly on the side, and Yang Wei's eyes widened. Only then did he realize that his martial arts skills were not a little different from Yang Yuanqing. Even Luo Shixin was shocked. He had tried this big sleep more than once, and he could lift it up, but he wanted Yang Yuanqing to lift it lightly and freely, but he thought he could not do it. Could it be that he was so different from his senior brother's martial arts skills?

Yang Yuanqing put the sledgehammer in front of Luo Shixin. Seeing him surprised, he smiled and said, "What, didn't you expect?"

Luo Shixin shook his head, "It's unbelievable, I can't do it at all."

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "So the master said, your understanding of power is not as good as mine. In fact, I am just as struggling to wield this sledgehammer, but I danced it with the power of the hammer itself, but I didn't let it get out of control. My power is not to wield this sledgehammer, but to control its trend and let it fight by itself according to my command. The key is to grasp this 'degree', so that you can achieve a tremendous amount of force. Do you understand?"

Luo Shixin and Yang Yuanqing's martial arts originated from the same lineage. Yang Yuanqing made this point and finally realized it suddenly and felt enlightened. He already knew how to use his power.

Seeing his surprised expression, Yang Yuanqing knew that he had already understood it, but this was just a comprehension. To completely control the power, it still requires a lot of hard work to practice.

Yang Yuanqing patted his shoulder and said, "Actually, you are not weaker than Li Xuanba. He just puts human potential to the limit. As long as you can control the power of this hammer, you can defeat him on the battlefield. At that time, the number one general in the world was Luo Shixin, not Li Xuanba."

Luo Shi's confidence fluctuated and he slowly shook his head, "If I can defeat him, I will be the second in the world."

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about how to deal with Li Yuanji."

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Li Yuanji's 30,000 new troops were stationed west of Shan County. When he first sent troops, he was Li Jiancheng's confidant general and commander Chang He, the head general of Linjin Pass. However, in the military-national meeting that decided to withdraw the troops, Li Jiancheng assumed the responsibility for his father Li Yuan's mistake in strategic decision-making.

In return, Li Yuan agreed to Li Jiancheng's second request and changed his order to be the chief general of the reinforcements on the West Road, leading 30,000 new troops to send troops to Shaanxi County, and restrain the Sui army from the North Road.

Although Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were in discord, strategically, he still implemented the order of his father Li Yuan, ordering General Chang He to advance the place where the troops stationed garrisons 100 miles east from Yuxiang County and arrive in the area of ​​Hangu Pass in Shan County.

In this way, Li Shimin's 80,000 army was in the west and Chang He's 30,000 army was in the north, forming a strategic horn, directly posing a threat to the Sui army, suppressing Yang Yuanqing in Yiyang County, and unable to launch an offensive against the Tang army.

However, with the arrival of King Li Yuanji of Qi, the Tang army stationed in Shan County began to slowly retreat westward. Li Yuanji did not reach a tacit understanding with Li Shimin. They each carried out the imperial decree to withdraw troops.

Even Li Yuanji did not cooperate with Li Shimin's idea of ​​fighting with the Sui army at all. He firmly opposed sending troops to support Li Shimin, but he agreed to lend him the new army under pressure from his brother.

If Li Jiancheng would hypocritically and politely say something when he met Li Shimin out of his face and identity, then Li Yuanji was frivolous to Li Shimin, and he was not rude.

Li Yuanji has been an introverted person since childhood. He has a cruel personality and likes to do things on his own. He does not listen to advice. However, since experiencing the Tongguan incident, Li Yuanji has also been much more low-key and has learned to be silent and forbear.

But this does not mean that he has become rational and mature from then on. On the contrary, his heart becomes more and more cruel. His cruelty and tyranny are brought from the bones. When he can no longer use rough methods to vent his inner anxiety and cruelty, he will show it from the other side, and he becomes more sinister and cold.

He was as low-key and silent as a snake, and rarely spoke. No one knew what he was thinking. Even his most confidant soldiers could not understand his thoughts. They spent every day tremblingly, and were glad that they had lived another day when they went to bed at night.

Li Yuanji's army also carried a large amount of baggage and marched slowly. When it was dark, the team arrived at Chousang Town.

Li Yuanji immediately ordered the army to be stationed on the spot. His personal soldiers had the spiritual meeting. The King of Qi had his own deep meaning in garrisoning in the town. Without giving instructions, more than 20 personal soldiers immediately left the camp to find mature and beautiful women.

Since childhood, Queen Dou, the mother of Li Yuanji, has not liked him very much. She threw him to her wet nurse for raising her. It is precisely this congenital psychological lack. He especially has a special liking for mature young women. This is his inner desire for maternal love.

Perhaps because of the excessive hormone secretion in the body, Li Yuanji was extremely proud of women. He had the first woman at the age of twelve, and then he became out of control, always like a beast in heat.

His lust made his father Li Yuan dislike him a little. Although Li Yuan was also extremely lustful, he hoped that his sons could be clean.

Under the persuasion of his elder brother Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji was relatively tolerant in Chang'an and tried not to reveal his bad deeds. However, as he left Chang'an, especially during the war, his desire for women was revealed without any concealment.

Chousang Town is a large town with about 300 families and there are several large families in the town. One of them is a famous family in Chousang Town. The head of the family Wu Zhenqing was once the Minister of Rites of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He had a wealthy family and had a dozen acres of mansions. He lived with his five sons.

During this period, the army was in frequent exchanges in the west of Luoyang, and Wu Zhenqing was used to it. He didn't care about the exchanges of the army and still lived his life calmly.

But the forest wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop. At night, a great humiliation came to the Wu family, and dozens of soldiers of the King of Qi Li Yuanji rushed into the Wu house.

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Chapter completed!