Suppressed for too long, always have to break out, these horse thieves have been surrounded and suppressed by officers and soldiers many times, although the main force has not suffered losses, but the outing activities are no longer as free as before, every time they rob the caravan they have to take a great risk, which will naturally make them very uncomfortable, and the anger in their hearts is getting bigger and bigger, and even when the robbery is successful, they will beat and scold the people in the caravan for no reason, in order to vent their inner anger.

Now that Li An and his party have come to the door, they naturally can't miss this good opportunity to vent their anger, and they are all riveting, planning to annihilate Li An and his party all in order to relieve the hatred in their hearts, even if they can no longer gain a foothold in Qiwu Mountain, they will not hesitate, they are already crazy, driven crazy by the continuous encirclement and suppression of the imperial court's soldiers and horses.

The leader of the horse thieves is very uncomfortable, he finally has the opportunity to be the emperor of the soil for a few years, not to mention how comfortable this little life is, he has been depressed for decades since he was a child, and in recent years he has finally raised his eyebrows, although he does not own the whole country, but he feels that he is no different from the emperor, and he has lived a free life, the old nest in the Qiwu Mountain, which has also been managed by him, in addition to a main nest, there are three or five temporary nests, each nest has enough food and houses, It can meet the living and living needs of hundreds of people, and with these residences, they can change their places of residence at any time, and they can better evade the pursuit of officers and soldiers.

It is precisely because the recent years have been too comfortable, the leader of the horse thieves has been a little blessed, and he has long lost the decisiveness and ambition when he just fell into the grass, and the life he wants to live most now is to guard his group of brothers and live happily in the area of Qiwu Mountain, and at this moment, it is obviously difficult for him to live such a life again, which makes him very painful.

The encirclement and suppression of officers and men and patrolling everywhere have lasted for more than three months, and although they have not been able to hurt his main force, and even the officers and men have lost a lot, their lives have not been easy, and now there are even bigger officials, which seems to show that the court has said that they regard them as a thorn in the flesh, and in this way, their life will become more and more difficult in the future.

He understood very well the feelings of his brothers, and understood why these brothers had to take a desperate gamble, they had no way out, they could either surrender, relocate, or die together, and it was difficult to achieve the well water that the leader wanted did not interfere with the river water.

"Second brother, third brother, you have to think about it, once such a big official of the imperial court is killed, we will no longer be able to gain a foothold in Qiwu Mountain, and even ......"

The leader of the horse thieves did not dare to continue to think, maybe they would be hunted down by the imperial court all the way, and all of them would be executed in the end.

"Big brother, even if we don't kill the big officials of the imperial court, I'm afraid we won't be able to gain a foothold, thousands of soldiers and horses of the imperial court patrol all day long on all major roads, and it is becoming more and more difficult for us to catch fat sheep."

"Yes! Big brother, the soldiers and horses of the court have no intention of leaving, if it is consumed for a long time, we are afraid that we will not be able to catch a fat sheep in the future, hundreds of brothers have to eat and drink every day, and if they can't grab the fat sheep, the brothers will disperse sooner or later. ”

"Big brother, it's a big deal that the fish die and the net is broken, and I fight with the court."

These little leaders are already emotional, when they speak, they are quite courageous, as if they can do anything, but when they really fight, they may not be so arrogant, although the horse thieves are brave, but they are not on the right track, small fights are okay, once they enter the team of dozens or hundreds of people to fight, they are not as powerful as the regular army, and it is common to turn around and run away.

Seeing that the leader was still a little undecided, a small leader said: "Big brother, there is wind and sand in the north of Qiwu Mountain, after we wipe out all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, as long as we dispose of all the corpses, who can prove that we did it, can't it be buried by wind and sand." ”

When the leader heard this, he said happily: "That's right! They are buried in the sand, and this cannot be relied on on us! This is a good idea, when the time comes, we only need to spread rumors in Xiazhou, let our people pretend to be businessmen, and say that we saw a Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses swept away by the yellow sand, so that the imperial court can not believe it, and in this way, we can have another rumor, that is, we are blessed by God, and it is against the will of heaven for the imperial court to send troops to encircle and suppress us. ”

"Big brother, just do it, let these officers and soldiers come and go, and let them die without knowing how they died."

"Big brother, time is running out, so Baicheng is in our territory, and we are most familiar with the terrain, as long as they really dare to enter Gubaicheng, we will definitely be able to let them come and go."

"It's a pity that they came too quickly, and it was too late to deploy in advance, so they could only sneak attack at night."

"I hope the news is reliable, they will camp in the ruins of the old White City, and if they come and leave, the brothers will have to lose at least a few dozen men before they can take it."

"As long as you can vent this evil breath, no matter how much you lose your brothers, it is worth it, and the brothers are not afraid of death, and they must be killed."

The little leaders were very emotional, they were too depressed, and they wanted to vent well.

The leader of the horse thieves finally made up his mind and ordered: "Okay, then we will do this vote, immediately gather men and horses, and serve the officers and soldiers in one pot." ”

The horse thieves are basically scattered all over the Qiwu Mountain, but there are also hundreds of horse thieves in the core area, these people are the main force of the horse thieves, and it is easy not to move, because once these main forces are lost, the power of the horse thieves will be completely finished.

And this time, because they want to annihilate Li An and his party, they plan to come out of the nest, and at the same time, they also send a message to the horse thieves in each lair, so that they can also come over to help in the war, these horse thieves are also responsible for blocking the roads leading to all directions in the old Baicheng, in order to prevent the fish from escaping the net, and they can also find the reinforcements in time, if there are a large number of officers and soldiers to reinforce, they can also report in time, so that the main force of the horse thieves can escape quickly.

The horse thieves can exist in the area of Qiwu Mountain for so long, there are definitely two brushes, their action this time seems to be a little reckless, but when they decided to start the operation, they also made sufficient preparations, for example, first of all, they gathered several times the number of soldiers and horses to ensure that they could annihilate the officers and soldiers with minimal losses, and secondly, they sent horse thieves who investigated from multiple directions to watch every move of the old Baicheng from multiple directions to determine whether the information was true and effective, in addition, they also let the horse thieves stationed elsewhere have appropriate reinforcements, and blocked the surrounding roads, Prevent reinforcements from officers and soldiers, or plug the fish that slip through the net.

The key to their battle is to surprise the attack, when the officers and soldiers are asleep, suddenly attack, in this way, five or six hundred people suddenly rushed up, can be very small losses, more than 100 Tang officers and soldiers are wiped out, this is not an exaggeration, after all, horse thieves have horses, the speed of the assault is very fast, almost in an instant can rush to the front, and if most of the officers and soldiers are resting, a small number of officers and soldiers will soon be eliminated, and the rest just opened their eyes, it is estimated that the head of the person will fall to the ground.

Of course, these horse thieves would never have dreamed that Li An had already learned the news in advance, and also sent the news back to Xiazhou City, so that after more than 100 officers and soldiers arrived in the old Baicheng, they would definitely prepare secretly, and they would definitely not sleep in the middle of the night, and even prepare heavy weapons for attack in the tent, just waiting for the horse thieves to come and die.

In addition, Lao Guo, who got the news, will definitely send soldiers and horses to Qiwu Mountain for reinforcements, and when the time comes, he will be able to deal a bigger blow to the horse thief.

When Li An shot the pigeon, it was less than fifty miles away from the ancient Baicheng, and that place was more than a hundred miles away from Xiazhou City, so naturally, Li An arrived at the ancient Baicheng first, and the escort who delivered the letter was still halfway there, and it would take a little later to send the news to Lao Guo's hands, and the reinforced soldiers and horses would definitely set off later, however, Li An would not be afraid of the horse thieves in the Qiwu Mountain, since he had learned the news in advance, the danger was almost non-existent.

"Therefore Baicheng, there is the old Baicheng ahead."

Li Hanlu opened his mouth and said.

"Beautiful! Near Guangze and with a clear stream, I have a lot of land, from the north of Maling, south of the big river, there is no also. ”

Li An opened his mouth to talk about the ancient text, and this was obviously something that Li Hanlu didn't understand.

"Husband, what do you say? What does it mean to sound crepe? ”

Li Hanlu asked suspiciously.

Li An smiled and replied: "It means that the scenery here is too beautiful, there are mountains and rivers, I have traveled all over the world, and I have never seen a more beautiful place than here." ”

These words were naturally not said by Li An, but by Emperor Huxia Helian Bobo, this cruel emperor also has a heart for beauty, he also likes beautiful places, and when he sees the environment of good mountains and rivers, he will also sigh with praise.

The Maling in this sentence is naturally the Maling Mountain of the Tang Dynasty, and the Dahe refers to the Yellow River, the mother river of China, from the Yellow River to Maling Mountain, there is no better environment than the Qiwu Mountain area.

It may sound like an exaggeration, but when Helian Bobo came here, it was so beautiful that Helian Bobo would not have built a city here.

Of course, Helian Bobo chose to build a city here, not only because of the beautiful environment here, but also because of the Suji Mountains and Rivers here, the Nalin River, not only the magnificent beauty of the mountains and rivers, but also the main reason is that the mountains and rivers are an important barrier in the north of Tongwan City, which can play a good role in protecting the capital from enemy attacks.

The city built in the north of Qiwu Mountain, just can echo with the south of Tongwan City, the enemy attacks Tongwan City, so the soldiers and horses of Baicheng can sneak attack the enemy from behind, if the enemy attacks the ancient Baicheng, the soldiers and horses of Tongwan City will also attack the rear of the enemy, the two cities relying on mountains and rivers, take care of each other, can greatly avoid being captured by the enemy.

Of course, what can really hold a city is definitely not only the mountains and tall walls, but a strong army and a wise monarch, if the monarch and the ministers are dim, no matter how strong the city is, no matter how sinister the mountains and rivers are, it is impossible to hold the country, and the fall of the Huxia Dynasty is a good illustration of this problem.

The city of Tongwan is not unfortunate, and the Qiwu Mountain and the Yellow River are not without steepness, but Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Tao is not easy to break through the city of Tongwan and destroy the Huxia Dynasty.

"I've never seen a more beautiful place in the whole world, and it seems that Helian Bobo hasn't been to many places! At least, the area around Yingzhou is much more beautiful than here, isn't it? ”

Li Hanlu said with a smile.

In her eyes, the scenery around the old white city in front of her is just average, and there is nothing too attractive, and this is obviously the truth, at this time, the scenery around the old white city is really not very good, there are broken walls everywhere, and the surrounding scenery is also a little lost, the vegetation is much sparser than when Helian was there, and there are even many dead trees, and after there are more dead trees, the scenery of a place will seem a little dilapidated.

It is said that small bridges and flowing water, green trees are the standard configuration of good scenery, such a comparison, sand and dust, dead trees everywhere, naturally it has become the standard configuration of desolate scenery.

Although the ruins of the old Baicheng are not bad, but compared to when Helian was there, the difference is more than a star and a half, after all, two or three hundred years have passed, the environment here has undergone earth-shaking changes, the water source is not as sufficient as before, and the trees are becoming more and more scarce, after the city is abandoned, it is full of devastation everywhere, and there are broken walls and ruins everywhere, and it is impossible to see what it was like when it was prosperous.

Li An nodded and said: "What Madam said is that Yingzhou is much more beautiful than here, but this can't be blamed on Helian Bobo, he has been wandering around the Hetao area all his life, and he has never been to Yingzhou, so he naturally doesn't know the beauty of Yingzhou." ”

Historically, Helian Bobo has been active in the Lingbei area of the Later Qin, that is, the area of the Yellow River Hetao, and has not set foot in other regions, which is considered a regional hero, and Yingzhou should be the territory of Northern Yan at that time, between Huaxia and Northern Yan, there is also an extremely powerful Northern Wei Empire, that is, the Northern Wei Empire that destroyed Hu Xia, the strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so that Helian Bo Hu Xia has never been able to develop to the East, and was limited to a limited range until the moment of death, Helian Bobo also failed to realize his ambition when he first started the army, not only did he fail to unify the world, on the contrary, he had just returned to the west, and the Huxia Empire he created was destroyed by the powerful Northern Wei Dynasty.

"Husband, I patronized the scenery, I almost forgot about it, the horse thief already knew that we were coming to the old White City, and we had to prepare the soldiers to deal with it."

Li Hanlu suddenly thought of the matter of the horse thief, and hurriedly spoke.

Li An smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Madame, don't be anxious, it takes time for horse thieves to gather enough soldiers and horses from receiving the news, let's enjoy the scenery first, and it's not too late to arrange it later." ”