Chapter 431: Taking on the Task in a Time of Crisis
At this time, the soldiers who were responsible for observing the battlefield situation reported the battle situation of the left army and the attack of a large group of cavalry of the Yan army.

Li Yuan was shocked when he heard this, "What did you say?"

"Your Majesty, the left army has been defeated, and a large cavalry unit of the Yan army is heading towards our central army."

Li Yuan can't think of any words to describe it now. How can he fight this battle?
"Shiro."

Following Li Yuan's call, everyone on the field turned their eyes to Li Yuanhui.

This put Li Yuanhui in a very passive position. Why are you looking at me? What else can I do?
"The minister is here."

"Now."

Li Yuanhui thought for a moment, rode his horse to Li Yuan and whispered:

"For now, please leave the emperor's ceremonial guards and flags to me for now."

Li Yuanhui didn't waste any words and directly asked for the highest symbol that could represent the emperor's presence on the battlefield, the ceremonial guards and flags.

The meaning is very clear, just put your things down and run away. Don't worry about how I operate.

Li Yuan also understood that it was time to stop worrying about these things. He was actually a little timid now.

The rout will spread.

The central army has nearly 60,000 people, and the more than 20,000 infantry and cavalry commanded by Duan Xiong in the front are suppressing the infantry formation of the Yan army in all directions.

A few miles to the left front of the main camp, Li Sixing and Pei Xingyan were commanding more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry, who were besieging a thousand cavalrymen of the Yan army. It would take time to annihilate them all.

In other words, the 60,000 people in the central army did not actually form a unified whole. If the Yan army's cavalry rushed over at this time, it was hard to say what would happen.

Therefore, Li Yuan quickly made a choice, "Okay, Silang, if things can't be done, we should leave quickly."

After finishing his words, Li Yuan walked into the military tent that was originally prepared for him to rest. He took off his battle robe and armor and left them to a guard who looked like him. Then he put on a cloak and quietly left the central army with a group of his confidants.

Of course, before entering the tent, Li Yuan also publicly granted Li Yuanhui the highest command authority, which also included the power of life and death.

After Li Yuan escaped secretly, Li Yuanhui first asked how long the Yan cavalry would have to travel from here. When he learned that it was only a few miles, he did not make any adjustments immediately. After all, any adjustments now might give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage.

He directly ordered the infantry to form a defensive formation and prepare to engage the enemy. At the same time, he ordered the Right Guard General Zhai Sixun and the Right Guard General Yuwen Gui to lead the cavalry to meet the Yan cavalry.

Liu Xuanji of the Yan army was among the thousands of cavalrymen, galloping on his horse and shouting loudly: "My men, the Tang army is ahead. Do you see that side? That's where the Tang emperor is."

"Huolü Mingyue, Zhang Shiwu, the two of you clear the way for me. If there are any Tang cavalry, please provide cover for me! Kuai En, Liu Zhi, follow me to charge into the battle!"

"Zhu Chaoshi, the enemy ahead is surrounded by General Yang, you go and rescue him!"

"The fate of the world depends on this battle!"

"Army attack!"

All the generals of the Yan army responded to Liu Xuanji's military orders with loud shouts, and then tens of thousands of cavalry began to divide into teams, and each unit began to disperse following the flags of their respective commanders.

Liu Xuanji and his personal troops stopped and the Youzhou cavalry under his command also replaced the pack horses and running horses they had just used for the journey with war horses.

The rest of the cavalry units rushed forward according to his orders.

The first to engage in battle were the Yan army led by Hulu Mingyue and Zhang Shiwu and the Tang army led by Zhai Sixun and Yuwen Gui. The two cavalry forces met head-on, and although they were both light cavalry, they both used themselves as heavy cavalry, embedded themselves into each other's formations, and a melee broke out.

Afterwards, the fierce general of the Yan army, Zhu Chaoshi, led more than a thousand cavalrymen to rush in and tear a big hole in the Tang army formation that was besieging Yang Kan.

Yang Kan still had 700 cavalrymen at this time. When he saw the friendly army coming to help, his first reaction was not to charge out through the opening where his support was coming, but to charge in another direction. "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty's central army is ahead, follow me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Kan mounted his horse and held his spear in his hand, taking the lead. After killing dozens of people, he broke through the encirclement. The personal soldiers behind him also paid the price of more than a hundred casualties and broke through the infantry formation of the Tang army.

After breaking out of the encirclement, Yang Kan looked back and laughed, "Hahahaha, kill!"

"kill!"

The Yang family soldiers behind him all responded to the head of the family's call, charging forward on their horses without hesitation.

They are all subordinates who have been raised by several generations of the Yang family, and it is their duty to share life and death with their master.

This cavalry of hundreds of people shot towards the emperor's flag in the central army of the Tang Dynasty like an arrow.

When Li Yuanhui saw this scene, his brows twisted into a river, thinking to himself, what kind of Yuancong Imperial Guards are these? They are all fucking useless!

The Yuan Dynasty's imperial guards refer to the Left and Right Beishenfu and the Left and Right Jianmen Guards. These troops were brought out by Li Yuan from Shuzhong. They had been following him for a long time. After entering Guanzhong, they became Li Yuan's imperial guards, with the best treatment and equipment.

However, these people had only fought a few battles in total, let alone whether they were elite or not. They only fought a few symbolic battles with Li Yuan when they entered Guanzhong.

Why is it symbolic? Because the tough battles in Guanzhong were fought by Li Er and Li San.

Later, they stayed in Chang'an as imperial guards, or followed Li Yuan as guards and guards, and had not been on the battlefield for nearly ten years. They lived a life of luxury and had long forgotten how to fight hard.

Therefore, seeing Yang Kan's hundreds of cavalrymen so brave, they immediately panicked. When the enemy charged, they collapsed at the first blow.

Yang Kan did not expect that the Tang army's central army formation was as fragile as paper, and neither did Li Yuanhui. But at this time, Yang Kan was less than two miles away from Li Yuanhui's central army banner.

Li Yuanhui quickly ordered General Jianwei Yang Xianguo to maintain military discipline.
Yang Xianguo drew his sword and killed several fleeing soldiers in succession, barely stopping the rout. But even so, Yang Kan was getting closer and closer to the central army.

On the other side, after the siege was broken, the teams led by Pei Xingyan and Li Sixing hurriedly reorganized their troops, intending to surround Zhu Chaoshi and Yang Kan's teams from behind and join forces with the central army to strangle them.

But unfortunately, the main force in the center could not play any intercepting role at all, so they were just anxiously waiting in the back and could do nothing.

Zhu Chaoshi and Yang Kan rode one in front and one behind, without any verbal exchange or communication, but they played with extremely tacit cooperation.

Yang Kan charged in the front, looking for weak points to attack, while Zhu Chaoshi followed behind to kill the defeated soldiers and constantly drove them away to make way for his side.

Li Yuanhui saw that the situation was not good and it was time for him to prepare to escape.

But because he was accompanying the emperor in the central army, he only had a few personal guards, and the remaining hundreds of personal guards were left in the main camp.
So he couldn't believe what role these guards in front of him could play.

And the final blow that broke the camel's back finally came.

After changing horses, Liu Xuanji led his personal troops, the Youzhou cavalry, into battle again.

Liu Xuanji was armed with sharp weapons and led the way, with thousands of cavalrymen behind him moving like thunder.

The Tang army's formation was already in disarray, and they could not withstand the attack of this iron cavalry.

Li Yuanhui immediately sent out his personal guard who had followed him for a long time, and asked him to go to the Right Army to inform his brother-in-law Chai Rong that the battle could not be fought and that saving his life was the most important thing.

Then he turned his horse around and shouted, "Your Majesty, please follow me and take shelter for a while."

At this time, "Li Yuan", who was in the tent, came out, wearing the same clothes and armor as before, and immediately mounted his horse and followed Li Si to escape.

(End of this chapter)