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Li Chengqian was even more flustered.

He looked at Yang Gan and said in a deep voice, "Sir, what should we do?"

At this time, Li Chengqian looked at Lu Deming as if he was looking at straws.Because Li Chengqian was already in a predicament at this moment, even if there was no army of the Xia Kingdom outside the pass, problems would easily arise under his command.

Lu Deming gritted his teeth and said: "His Royal Highness, no matter what, you must not lose your footing first. The granary is burned down, which is very bad for us. Even so, you must not panic. If His Royal Highness has no masters, the morale of the army will be even more uncontrollable."

Li Chengqian said: "I know there can be no chaos, but the current situation is really bad. Without food, it will be very difficult to stay at Jianmen Pass. And we will definitely not be able to survive staying at Jianmen Pass. If we give up Jianmen Pass, Xia Guo's army will go straight in and directly enter Jiannan Road. In short, the situation is quite unfavorable to us at the moment. Master Lu, what do you think we should do?"

Lu Deming said: "The only choice right now is to choose to guard. His Royal Highness called all the soldiers, and His Royal Highness announced that it was Du Qi's people who secretly attacked the granary and caused the granary to catch fire. Then, we will continue to hold on, and how much we can defend." Keep it for as long as you want. At least, it’s not too late to retreat when you can’t hold it.”

Li Chengqian felt bitter in his heart.

He had to admit that he had no choice but to follow Lu Deming's suggestion.Li Chengqian immediately conveyed the order to gather the soldiers under his command.All the soldiers assembled in the pass, and Li Chengqian stood on the gate tower of the pass. He looked at the soldiers under his command and shouted: "Soldiers, I believe you all know that our granary was burned by fire."

"The matter of the burning of the granary, the Crown Prince has already investigated clearly, it was done by people from the Xia Kingdom."

"People from Xia State sneaked into the pass and burned the granary."

"The Xia people are shameful, and they are extremely treacherous. They intend to take this opportunity to seize Jianmen Pass. But what the crown prince wants to say is that even if there is no food, we can still guard the pass and hold Jianmen Pass."

Li Chengqian's voice was up and down, and he hoped to take this opportunity to stabilize the current situation.Li Chengqian looked around at the soldiers gathered in the checkpoint. Seeing that the fighting spirit of the soldiers was quite low, he said again: "Soldiers, your responsibility is to guard the checkpoint. And the responsibility of the prince is to raise money for you."

Food, to raise military pay for you, to ensure that you can stick to it. "

"So you don't have to worry about food."

"The prince will raise funds."

"However, in the next two days, I will have to work hard for you. Please believe me, I will definitely raise enough food."

Li Chengqian shouted: "Stay at the Jianmen Pass."

he shouted.

A group of generals under his command began to shout to defend Jianmen Pass, and even some soldiers echoed.It's just that the fighting spirit of the soldiers was affected, the morale was quite low, and the voices of shouting were scattered and chaotic.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian sighed in his heart, he wanted to cheer up the soldiers, but the actual effect was minimal at present.Because after the news about the food came out, the soldiers in the army talked a lot, and the morale of the army plummeted.Li Chengqian finally said to stick to it. Many soldiers didn't say anything on the surface, but in fact they despised it in their hearts.

It is difficult to resist Xia Guo.

Li Chengqian didn't say any more, and asked the soldiers to retreat, and each went back to the camp to rest.Li Chengqian walked around the gate of Jianmen and watched the defense of the tower on the checkpoint.Although the current Li Chengqian had never been attacked, Li Chengqian felt silent when he saw the listless soldiers.

The situation is not good!

The fighting spirit of the soldiers guarding the city has been greatly affected. At this time, it is already difficult to continue guarding the Jianmen Pass.

Li Chengqian went back to the tent after turning around.Although everything has been arranged, under the current situation, Li Chengqian really doesn't know how long he can hold on.

He can be sure that people in Xia Kingdom can also know about it.

The people of Xia Kingdom must have responded.

After pondering for a while, Li Chengqian arranged for someone to invite Lu Deming.When Lu Deming entered, Li Chengqian said: "Master Lu, although I said to raise food in front of the soldiers, but right now, where are we going to raise food!"

Lu Deming said: "Let Wang Yuan go to Pu'an County again."

Li Chengqian sighed, "That's the only way."

Li Chengqian immediately called Wang Yuan and asked him to go to Pu'an County to raise food.Although Wang Yuan agreed, he still looked embarrassed, but in the end he went reluctantly.

After Wang Yuan left, Li Chengqian said: "Master Lu, the crown prince thinks that it is very likely that we can't stop it now. So I want to retreat and leave Jianmen Pass. It’s not a good thing, but it can give us a chance to breathe. Only after our troops withdraw can we replenish food along the way, so we won’t be short of food all the time.”

When Lu Deming heard this, his expression suddenly became serious.

There was a serious look on his face.

Lu Deming said: "His Royal Highness, I do not agree with the evacuation strategy. Once we evacuate from Jianmen Pass, we will lose this grand pass. As long as we master this grand pass, we can keep Xia's soldiers and horses out. On the contrary "If our soldiers and horses evacuate, then Xia Guo's soldiers and horses will go straight to the south. At that time, what will we use to resist Xia Guo? Your Royal Highness, although the current situation is difficult, no matter how difficult it is, as long as we get through it, we will be able to overcome it." It’s just that the rain passes and the sky clears. If you can’t get through it, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

Li Chengqian frowned.

Lu Deming disagreed, and Lu Deming's suggestion also made some sense.

Li Chengqian said: "At present, the morale of the army is unstable, and it is not easy to stick to it! You have also seen the situation when I summoned all the soldiers to encourage them. The current situation is quite bad."

Lu Deming sighed and said: "His Royal Highness, I suggest that you can defend as long as you can. In short, stick to it first. If you can't hold it, it's not too late to evacuate. What do you think? After all, Wang Yuan has already gone to raise food .”

Seeing Lu Deming's sincere eyes, Li Chengqian finally nodded and said, "No problem, just follow Master Lu's arrangement. Master Lu, you can arrange it directly."

"Yes!"

Lu Deming heaved a sigh of relief.

He immediately made arrangements to stabilize the army and stabilize the morale of the army for the time being.

While Lu Deming and Li Chengqian were working on stabilizing the internal situation, the spies outside Jianmen Pass also immediately discovered the billowing gunpowder smoke inside the pass.The sentry sent back the news quickly, and when Xiao Yuanqi heard the news, he immediately became excited.

After waiting for such a long time, it finally arrived.

Li Chengqian's food was destroyed.

Xiao Yuanqi had no choice but to take the Jianmen Pass, but now Tang Jun in the pass had his own problems, so it would be easy for Xiao Yuanqi to break through the Jianmen Pass.Xiao Yuanqi immediately called all the generals under his command to gather in the camp.

He looked around the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Our army has been stationed here for a while. During this time, there has been no attack, and many people have complaints in their hearts. They all think that this will be avoiding and not fighting. This will Let me tell you, the reason for not attacking is not because I was afraid, let alone because I was cowardly, but because I had planned before."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yuanqi said again: "Mr. Ma has sneaked into Jianmen Pass now, instigated the people of Jiannan Road, and arranged for people to attack Li Chengqian's granary. Now, there is thick smoke billowing in the pass. His granary has been burned. Give Lao Tzu cheer up, we two days

After that, they officially stormed Jianmen Pass.Get your soldiers ready for battle. "

"Yes!"

All the soldiers responded together.

It is not difficult for all the soldiers to start the war two days later.

There is plenty of preparation time.

However, some people also suggested that since Datang's granary was burned down and Datang's people's hearts were unstable, why not attack immediately and take down Datang's Jianmen Pass in one go.As long as the sword gate is conquered, defeating Li Chengqian will be easy.

After Xiao Yuanqi agreed, he shook his head and refused, and then said: "Attacking the Tang army now will only make the terrified Tang army gather together with the help of our pressure, and fight us to the death. If we delay for two more days, we can make the panicked army come together. Emotions are fermenting. When everyone in the Tang army panics and even deserts, then the Jianmen Pass will be broken. You don't have to worry about Li Chengqian's food supplies. Right now, Li Chengqian's supplies have been cut off, and there will be no more supplies. supply."

After the general listened, he stopped talking.

All nodded in agreement.

Xiao Yuanqi didn't say much anymore, and with a big wave of his hand, he ordered everyone under his command to get busy and take charge of the affairs in hand.

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