Sure enough, I heard Zheng Qiushan burst out laughing and said, "You are here to surrender and confess?" This is strange, the camp is in the south of the city, but you are leaving from the north of the city, this is the opposite of the south, the farther and farther. Lord Yi, do I look stupid? Will you be deceived by lies like this? ”

Li Pu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, how dare you deceive the Zheng family master." The reason why you go out of the city from the north gate is because ...... It's because ...... Yes, it's because Nancheng is not easy to get out of the city, if King Feng Li Heng knew that we had the heart to surrender, the two of us would have lost their lives. So we left through the north gate because we didn't want him to know. After leaving the city, we will naturally go around the city to the south, to the imperial court camp. It's great to meet the Zheng family master here now, and we don't have to worry about Li Heng sending someone to intercept us. ”

It's easy to lie, Li Pu breathed a long sigh of relief, and he was still quite proud of his wit. I'm afraid this reason can be fooled.

Zheng Qiushan laughed again, his face turned cold: "Lord Yi, until now, you still say these words to deceive, it can be seen that you don't take me seriously." This place is almost ten miles away from the city, and if Zheng's soldiers and horses don't stop you here, you will have to walk through the valley and disappear forever. But he also said some inconsistency reasons to prevaricate. Back then, you were arrogant to me Zheng, and you are still like this today, which shows that your nature is difficult to change. ”

Li Pu changed color and said: "No, no, no, you have misunderstood, Master Zheng, we are indeed ......"

"Brother Twelve, don't say it. Now that the matter is now, why bother to prevaricate? Li Ji coldly interrupted Li Pu's defense.

"Master Zheng, real people don't tell lies. My two brothers escaped from Pizhou overnight, because we knew that Pizhou couldn't hold it, and we didn't want to die in Pizhou, so we secretly escaped, that's the case. I didn't expect to be ambushed by you, so that's nothing. If it falls into your hands, if you want to kill it, you don't need to say anything. ”

"That's right, it's still Prince Ying who is quick to talk and dare to act, so as not to disgrace the blood of the royal family flowing in the two of them. The two of them are really confused, they actually followed Li Heng to rebel, hey, such a big crime is really unforgivable. Although I, Zheng Qiushan, have the heart to save me, but unfortunately I am also powerless. This sin is too great. Zheng Qiushan sighed.

"Master Zheng, no, no...... Marshal Zheng, please let us live, and my brothers will always be grateful for your kindness. You just waved your hand and let us go, and this kindness will be remembered by our brother for the rest of our lives...... I beg Marshal Zheng to ...... The net is open on one side. Li Pu rolled the saddle and dismounted, prostrate on the ground and suddenly kowtowed.

Li Jian shouted: "Brother Twelve, what are you doing? I, the royal nobles, how can I kneel down and beg for mercy for him? It's just a death. Didn't you already know that this would be the result when you and I started the army? ”

"But...... Thirteenth brother, I ...... I don't want to die, I really don't want to die. Li Pu turned his head, and tears were already streaming down his face.

"Brother Twelve, the matter has come to this, let's accept our fate. If you are afraid of death, you will die, and if you are not afraid of death, you will also die, so why do you have to grovel? Who are we? Who is he Zheng Qiushan? But bow down to him? Even if we die, we are still the Tang royal family, and he is just the dog of my Li family. Even if it is not wagging its tail and begging for mercy in front of us, it is also waging its tail and begging for mercy for the eighteenth brother. It's still my Li family's dog, how can you surrender your identity. Li Jian sighed.

Li Pu burst into tears, but he also knew that what Li Pu said was true. Zheng Qiushan will not let him go, and he doesn't have the right and guts. I was really scared, I had lost the dignity and majesty of the royal family, and I actually kowtowed to this person. In a whimper, Li Pu slowly stood up.

Zheng Qiushan looked at all this coldly, he was actually already interested. When Li Pu kowtowed to himself just now and begged for permission, he was still happy in his heart. But after listening to Li Zhen's words, he was both angry and depressed in his heart. Yes, at best, he is just a dog of the Li family, although this is vulgar, but it is the truth.

"Come, take them. If there is resistance, it will not be counted. Zheng Qiushan ordered in a deep voice.

His soldiers and horses rushed forward, and the two hundred guards were disarmed and captured without any resistance, and Li Pu and Li Ji's family members in more than a dozen carriages were also quickly controlled.

Li Pu and Li Pu stood there side by side without moving, allowing several soldiers to come forward and tie their hands and feet, and carry them onto a large cart.

A young general gathered beside Zheng Qiushan, Zheng Qiushan's second son, Zheng Chongzhi, who was riding a horse. Zheng Chongzhi said in a low voice: "Daddy, how to deal with these two people?" Didn't Li Guangbi say that if anyone who catches the rebel leader, he will correct the law on the spot? How did you save their lives? ”

Zheng Qiushan glanced at Zheng Chong coldly and said, "Stupid, kill them?" One day in the future, the crime of killing the royal family will be one of the crimes of the destruction of my Zheng family. Li Guangbi's intentions are insidious, he should have calculated that there will be civil strife tonight, and some of the princes will be shaken and escape from the city, so he asked me to come here to intercept me, just to make me bear the charge of murder, how could Lao Tzu do what he wanted? ”

Zheng Chong was stunned, only then did he understand the key to this, and couldn't help but cast an admiring look at his father.

"It turns out that Li Guangbi actually harbors such evil intentions, this person is really vicious."

"Hmph, do you need to talk about it? Isn't he just worried that my Zheng family will ruin his dictatorship? My Zheng family is now a relative of the emperor, and your sister has become a concubine again, and I will enter Beijing sooner or later. In the future, the one who can compete with him Li Guangbi in the court is my Zheng family, of course he is not happy. Don't you see his face? When His Majesty received me that day, he was displeased and worried. Hehe, I know exactly what these people are thinking. ”

"Daddy is far-sighted and insightful, he wants to go against my Zheng family, but he doesn't want to think about it. In the future, my father will be able to make him gray and teach him to know whose world this court is. Zheng Chongzhi said with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense, he has the skill of following the dragon, His Majesty still trusts him, at least for now, my Zheng family has nothing to do with him. But he wanted to make a trick to fool me, but he didn't think about it. He wanted me to kill these two royal princes, and he thought it was too simple. ”

"That's it, Daddy, my son has a plan. Why don't we give back to others the way we do? Let's send these two guys back to the camp in Nancheng and hand them over to Li Guangbi, and let him kill them, and this basin will be deducted from his head in the future. Zheng Chongzhi said proudly.

"Stupid, you just don't grow. The people we arrested, and send them to Li Guangbi? How could he have killed these two men? must be to send the two princes to the capital to ask for merit. Aren't we doing his job for him? Zheng Qiushan said dissatisfiedly.

Zheng Chongzhi scratched his head and was very embarrassed, he thought he had offered a clever plan, but it turned out to be a stupid comment.

"Chongzhi, you immediately lead five hundred soldiers and horses to escort these two people and their families to Chang'an, and present them to Your Majesty. This is the work of my Zheng family, how can I let others benefit. Zheng Qiushan said again in a deep voice.

"But Li Guangbi is there, shouldn't Daddy ask for his consent?"

"Of course I have to tell him, but I don't ask for his consent, and I will do it if he doesn't agree, so I don't dare to do anything. Don't say it, pack up and set off, hurry up. After a while, the news reached Nanying, and Li Guangbi was afraid that he was going to intervene. ”

"Yes, and the child will depart."

……

In the south of Toyosu City, fierce fighting is in full swing. After the hundreds of elephant cavalry of the Shence Army appeared, the fierceness on the battlefield escalated again. The elephant cavalry roared and rushed into the dense cavalry of the Uighurs, bringing with them indescribable bloody trampling and slaughter.

The elephant cavalry was truly armed to the teeth, and in addition to the armor they wore on their bodies, their specially treated skin was so tough that ordinary swords and arrows could not penetrate it. The tip of the ivory is tied with a sharp blade, and the weevil armor on either side of the abdomen is mounted with thin, spiked blades that extend to the sides. Plus a dozen shooters armed with repeaters on the most terrifying elephant seats. All of this has armed every elephant cavalry into a moving turret and a killing machine.

Especially when they rushed into the enemy's line, each elephant cavalry felt as if they were in a small porcelain shop. After each movement, there was a bloody stump like a porcelain shatter. The archers on the elephant seat mercilessly shot the soldiers and horses on the left, and around each elephant, the Hui cavalry was cut like a stubble of pasture, and fell one by one.

The charge and trampling of more than 100 elephants on each of the two passages left behind a series of flesh and blood passages, forcing the Hui cavalry to retreat in horror. Because they didn't have any way to deal with the cavalry. Or maybe they didn't think of a way for the time being.

But soon, the elephant cavalry, which was rampaging among the Uighur soldiers and horses, and slaughtered to their heart's content, was counterattacked by the Uighurs. And this time the counterattack was their weak point for the cavalry. After the Uighur cavalry had no success in slashing and arrowing, they instinctively remembered their method of dealing with the violent cattle on the grassland, that is, the rope hook and pull method. These tactics are effective against fierce horses and bulls, and obviously they should also be effective against these behemoths, because many people can see that although these elephants are fierce, once they fall, they will never get up again. So, after a brief discussion, dozens of Uighur cavalry removed the ropes that were always on their saddles and began a verification attack on one of the elephant horsemen.

The ropes fluttered and fluttered, one by one, hanging from the tusks, some on the saddle, and some on the protruding part of the elephant seat. Dozens of horses galloped together, and the elephant staggered in one direction. Finally, because the lateral pull of dozens of horses was too strong, the elephant rider could not help but stumble and scream although he broke free from a few ropes.

The crossbowmen in the constellation fired a volley of shots of the knights on horseback, and the crisis was resolved. But in this way, the Hui people saw that this method was effective, but there were too few people to pull it over. Next, hundreds of horsemen rushed to the elephant horse, hundreds of ropes were attached to the elephants, and hundreds of horses whistled together. A shocking scene finally happened, and with a roar that shook the sky, an elephant cavalry was pulled to the ground like a landslide. In the dust, the elephant rider and a dozen crossbowmen in the elephant seat tumbled out, and the next moment, they were all slashed by the scimitars of the Uighurs. After the elephants fell, the only flaw they showed was their belly. It was no different from an ordinary elephant because of its various needs, and the Hui people fired a volley of arrows, and the small white part of the elephant's belly was less than a few feet in a radius and hundreds of feathered arrows were shot densely. The elephant raised its head to the sky and wailed, and then roared to its knees, never moving again.

The Hui people let out a cry of surprise, and this method quickly began to be promoted. In just one meal, more than a dozen elephants were overturned to the ground in this way and shot on the spot. Although the fierce and powerful elephant cavalry is powerful, its slow movement and large size have become their Achilles' heel. Once overturned, it has no power and can only wait for death.

Faced with this situation, the soldiers and horses of the Shence army, who had already advanced dozens of paces with the charge of the elephant cavalry, were greatly worried. The elephant cavalry is extremely valuable. Each elephant cavalry can only be cultivated for more than ten years, these elephant cavalry were originally trained by Nanzhaoguo, and they are all treasures in the Shence army.

Of course, Liu Jun on the hillside saw all this, and the elephant cavalry was overturned and shot one by one, and of course Liu Jun was unwilling. The elephant cavalry is the giant of the heavy cavalry, and Liu Jun doesn't want to bury these elephant cavalry. Moreover, the appearance of the elephant cavalry has achieved the effect they should have, not only recapturing the distance of dozens of paces of passage, but also inflicting great damage on the enemy, they have completed their mission.

"Order, the elephant cavalry withdraws, and implements the third set of plans." Liu Jun gave the order in a deep voice.

Several flares swept through the dark sky, and the elephant cavalry began to turn around at the command of the elephant rider. The Uighurs, aware of their intention to evacuate, rushed up desperately to attack the cavalry, and the crossbowmen on the elephant cavalry shot the opposing cavalry frantically, preventing them from coming forward to hunt the elephant cavalry. Even after shooting countless Hui cavalry, in just a few tens of paces, eight elephant horsemen were still overturned to the ground. In the scream, he was shot on the battlefield. But the remaining 200 elephant horsemen were finally able to withdraw from the battlefield under the cover of the cavalry of the Shence Army.

When the earth stopped trembling after the sound of loud footsteps disappeared into the opposing formation, all the Hui cavalry felt as if they were having a nightmare. They witnessed first-hand the appearance of these behemoths and the frenzied killing they caused. It had only been half an hour since the elephants appeared, but they had caused seven or eight thousand casualties on their own. They would not have believed that none of this was true if it weren't for the corpses and severed arms that littered the ground, and the dozens of huge elephant carcasses still lying there on the ground.

The first time, and the first time after the start of the war. The Hui soldiers had a sense of awe in their hearts for the strength of the Shence Army. It was also the first time that they had a trace of doubt and worry about whether they could win this battle.

The elephant rode back, and with it the tremendous pressure. Although the Uighur cavalry still had lingering fears, the forced retreat of the opposing elephant cavalry was also a temporary victory to some extent. After the elephant cavalry retreated, it meant that you could once again take the initiative and charge the opponent's defenses.

There was no need for the Beggar Zanali to give an order, and the next moment the cavalry retreated, the Hui cavalry had already organized the next round of charge. The Uighur cavalry, which had been stimulated by death and blood, rushed forward like a tide. They wanted to take advantage of the loose timing of the opponent's formation when the elephant cavalry retreated, because it was clear that the opponent's formation was weak. In order to mobilize the elephant cavalry out of battle and retreat, there must be a huge gap behind the opposing cavalry for maneuvering, and the seemingly dense enemy cavalry in front of it is actually just a weak defensive line. Once it is broken, it can be driven straight in.

The hooves of the horses rise and fall, and the horses gallop. Dust, blood, and flesh flew in the air. The moonlight has passed, and when the east is not clear, everything is shrouded in chaos, and everyone can hardly see anything, they only charge to the opposite side with blood and instinct, and there is no concept of life and death in their hearts.

However, just a moment after the opposing elephant cavalry disappeared into the formation, it passed by the elephant cavalry and rushed out from the rear of the Shence army. The Hui cavalry who were charging in front suddenly found that the cavalry that was coming up in front of them was very different from the ordinary cavalry of the Shence Army, and it was also different from the heavy cavalry in full armor that they had fought before. They are taller, more burly, and almost all of them are unarmoured, ** on tops. These people were dark-skinned, and in the dim light, only the white teeth in their open mouths could be seen, but their bodies were all black, hidden in the gloom.

That's not all, what's even more terrifying is the blades in the hands of these people. They didn't wield swords like the other cavalrymen, nor did they wield huge spears like the heavy cavalry, nor did they want their own people to wield sharp short blades in their hands. In their hands were some strange shapes, long and short, with different blades. But from the outlines of which blades, it can be seen that they are all huge and heavy weapons. Some of them are holding maces full of nails, and they look like street vendors selling rock sugar gourds in their hands. Some are holding a nine-ring Daguan knife with a blade of two or three feet long, some are simply holding a thick stick, and some are holding a golden gourd hammer the size of a watermelon in one hand.