Western Xinjiang.

The second prince took a sip of the tea in front of him, and looked like an adult.

But he himself knew, his father also knew, Han Zhaozhi knew, and Shen Leng also knew, he was really just a child, so the choice given by the emperor was not to choose the first assistant scholar of the cabinet or the general of the forbidden army, but the person he trusted.

Who else could this person be, of course Shen Leng.

On the wooden wall of the walled city, Shen Leng and Chen Ran sat there and watched the army of resting people coming from the ground in the distance, but Chen Ran didn't see any worry on Shen Leng's face, he didn't know what Shen Leng was planning, but as long as Shen Leng didn't have any worries on his face, he was at ease.

More than 80,000 elites of the Rest Left Guard Army stopped about fifteen miles away from the Ning Army camp, Zuo Xian Wang Leita really didn't plan to attack directly, he carefully asked how the defeated soldiers who fled back were defeated, he didn't believe that his son abandoned Nie Di was a wine bag and rice bag, and he didn't believe that the tens of thousands of rest troops couldn't help fighting, after asking carefully, he understood, attack? The Ning people wish they would attack, as long as they attacked, the power of the Ning people's firearms, bed crossbows, stone throwers, and other weapons would be brought into full play, but if the plains were in a field melee, these weapons of the Ning people would become meaningless.

Why should he fight.

His Majesty the Emperor's order to him was to prevent Shen Leng's Ning army from approaching Wang Ting City, so it was enough for him to lead a large army to block in front of Shen Leng, and since the Ning people wanted a decisive battle, then let the Ning people attack.

After the arrival of the rest of the left guards, they began to build fortifications, they followed the example of the Ning army to dig trenches outside the camp, not to let the soldiers in but to block the Ning cavalry, these trenches and horse traps can make the Ning army's iron cavalry unable to run, and also arranged at least three layers of horses outside the camp, making their camp like an iron bucket.

In addition to the arrangement of trenches and pits to reject horses, Retta also ordered the rangers to parade around the left and right flanks for twelve hours, day and night.

More than 80,000 rest elites who are known for killing began to become craftsmen after arriving, cutting trees and digging pits, and they also built very high arrow towers around the camp, as long as the Ning army has any movement, they will not avoid the eyes of the lookout on the arrow tower.

For three days in a row, the people of Anxi were doing these things, they were not here to fight, but only to block the road, such a strong camp fortification was built, and their number was more than that of Shen Leng's Ning army, and it looked like an iron wall.

Three days passed, and Chen Ran couldn't help but ask Shen Leng again: "Still waiting?" ”

"We'll have to wait."

"Even if we wait for the wind, we won't have a chance to get close to Wangting City."

"Don't just wait for the wind."

Shen sneered and said, "If you line up, the second class is the wind." ”

"First?"

"Wind, gale."

Chen Ran paused for a moment, looked at Shen Leng and felt that he was sick.

Three days ago, Shen Leng speculated that Tang Baobao's army should be less than a hundred miles away from the capital of the Tubo Royal Court, and three days should be almost enough, he was waiting for one person, waiting for one thing.

When it was dark, Shen Leng waited for what he wanted to wait for, but instead of what he said to Chen Ran, what he was waiting for was a letter, a handwritten letter from the rest of the Left Guard Army Reta.

Shen Leng opened the letter and looked at it, he had no problem recognizing the words of the Sabbatarians, although it was one of the most difficult words he had ever learned, and all the words looked like earthworms.

Reta means:

I wanted to ask Shen Leng if Shen Leng would let go of the way blocking him if he wanted to leave.

Chen Ran paused for a moment after listening to Shen Leng's words: "What are you kidding, Leita built fortifications in front of him and dug so many trenches to trap horses, and now we are saying that we are blocking his way?" ”

"Because he has no way out."

Shen Leng opened the map and pointed: "If Reta really wants to withdraw, then the only way to go is for us to go southeast, enter the Great Branch, bypass Galoloklu's army, and return to their rest from the Great Branch." ”

"I suspect there's a problem."

Chen Ran said: "Just that letter of yours can change the heart of Retta, who is loyal to Caloclius?" ”

Shen sneered: "I doubt it too. ”

Chen Ran said: "Then what should I do?" ”

"Look at his sincerity."

Shen Leng looked at the map and said to himself: "If Reta is really worried that he will die in the hands of Galokliu, it is not impossible to escape, his son has just been killed by Galokliu, and he doesn't want to fight with us to annihilate the army, then escaping seems to be the most reasonable choice, but if he wants to leave, it is not so easy, he has to promise me a condition." ”

Shen Leng ordered: "Take a pen and paper." ”

It's not that Shen Leng is confident in his words, the main thing is that there is really no one in the army who can write the text of rest smoothly except him, and the main thing is that his words are like anti-counterfeiting, as long as he sees this letter, Lei Ta knows that it must be written by Shen Leng himself.

Three hours later, Reta, the king of the sage of the rest, received this handwritten letter from Shen Leng, and he did not dare to read it with those strategists, so he could only speculate by himself, and if he wanted to read it smoothly, about one-fifth of the words had to be relied on Chong and Meng.

"Disarmed?"

A chill flashed in Retta's eyes.

"If I disarm, how can I protect myself?"

He threw the letter into the brazier next to him, his face a little ugly.

Shen Leng's reply to him agreed to his request, but he asked his army to throw away all weapons and armor before they could pass through the Ning army's defense line, and if they didn't agree, the Ning army would never let them go.

If there was someone else to discuss, Leita would not be so depressed alone, but no one dared to look for him, the Left Guard was his man, he trained him, and he led the southern expedition to the north and the south, but he was not sure who was installed by the emperor around him, and he didn't dare to talk to anyone casually at this time, especially those strategists.

All he can believe in is his personal guard battalion, these people are all children of his family, each of them is, in order to have a personal soldier who can be absolutely trusted, he selected a group of children who are only teenagers from the family to start training and training, and now ten years have passed, and his personal guard battalion of 600 people is his last life-saving straw.

"Lord Wang."

At this moment, Buku, the general of his personal guard battalion, came in from outside and took out a letter from his arms: "Ning Ren has sent a second letter. ”

"A second letter so soon?"

Lei Ta was stunned for a moment, and he had only finished reading the letter that Shen Leng had given him, and the second letter had arrived again, which seemed to be a little unreasonable.

"Who else knows?"

"No one else, only me."

Buku handed the letter to Reta: "Lord, think twice, once your majesty knows, the prince will be in danger." ”

"I know."

Leta opened the letter, the letter was very short, and it probably meant that if Leita was unwilling to disarm the whole army, then there was another option, Shen Leng could release Leita and him

The pro-battalion left, and the 80,000 Left Guards remained here.

"What does that mean?"

Reta looked at Buku, who was also suspicious.

"It's not credible, Shen Leng said that only the prince and the personal guard camp were allowed to pass, and there were not a thousand people even if they were counted, so they couldn't guarantee the safety of the prince at all."

Leta snorted, thought for a while, and then walked to the desk and sat down: "He seems to be willing to talk to me about two letters so quickly, and I will reply to him with one more letter." ”

The letter came back quickly, and it arrived in Shen Leng's hands more than an hour later, Shen Leng opened the letter and looked at it and smiled: "He really didn't agree, his request was that everyone must go, and they can't disarm." ”

Chen Ran: "That's a fart." ”

Shen sneered: "That's the talk, if he wanted to design an attack on us, he wouldn't insist so much, the Left Guard Army is something he can't live without, I gave him two choices, the first is to only take the pro-barracks away, and the second is to take all the people away but can't take away the weapons, he didn't agree, if he has a problem, he will bargain with me." ”

Chen Ran: "Then really let them go?" ”

"Don't let go."

Shen Leng said: "He doesn't like to confront this one, so it's better to confront each other." ”

What is Shen Leng afraid of, this decisive battle is not for him to fight, but the main thing is Tang Baobao's hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is enough for Shen Leng to drag the Left Guard Army here.

At the same time, about thirty miles northeast of the capital of the Tubo royal court, the army of the Daning Western Expedition came like a flood, the team was mighty, the red battle flag fluttered in the wind, and the soldiers wearing black sè battle armor stepped on the earth, and the footsteps were like muffled thunder.

The army of hundreds of thousands of troops of the Western Expedition arrived.

Directly opposite the Ning army, nearly 100,000 people have been waiting for the rest of the army, they are the right guard of the rest of the country, the leader is the right sage king of the rest of the country, Ma Ge, when the black pressure of the Daning soldiers appeared in their line of sight, every rest of the people involuntarily nervous, this is an unprecedented thing, when have they been nervous in the past.

The Sabbatarians had always thought that they were the masters of wars, and all wars were started by them, so they were in charge, and they were the masters of every place of fighting, holding life and death in their hands, but this time it was different, the Ning people seemed to have already broken their rules.

"Lord Wang."

Ma Ge's subordinate general said with a somewhat ugly face: "The news sent back by the scout said that the Ning army is no less than 450,000, maybe more, among which there are nearly 100,000 grassland elite cavalry, not to mention the infantry of the Ning army who are good at fighting, even if it is 100,000 elite cavalry directly attacking our camp, it is difficult for us to resist, the people of the Western Regions have fled and surrendered, we can't count on them, let our soldiers face the charge of 100,000 cavalry, we can't afford such a loss." ”

"Then hold on."

Ma Ge said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty said that you already have a strategy to defend against the enemy, and Your Majesty is an invincible Majesty. ”

Having said that, Ma Ge felt in his heart that His Majesty the Emperor was angry, this was an expedition that should have ended a long time ago, and the reason why His Majesty had not withdrawn his troops was just because he was not convinced by the Ning people.

"Are all the wooden guns I ordered to prepare?"

"We don't have a gun head, so we can only sharpen the wooden stick, according to the prince's instructions, each wooden gun must be more than a zhang long, and at least tens of thousands of them have been prepared."

"Hmm."

Ma Ge took a deep breath: "Learn the method of the Ning people to beat the Ning people, so that their cavalry can't get close." ”

Ma Ge let out a long breath: "I hope Your Majesty really has a strategy to defend against the enemy." ”