Guo Xiaocai led the cavalry army into the city, and the streets were empty, and there was no trace of the people, let alone the Turks who withdrew into the city.

In the depression, lonely streets, the breeze picks up fine sand, which is very unsettling.

The cavalry marched along the street, the shield soldiers held shields to protect everyone, and the crossbowmen looked like eagles, searching back and forth in all directions, but whenever there was any wind and grass in the four directions, they quickly pulled the crossbows, and a rapid rain of arrows shot out.

In an instant, there will be a cry of pain and the sound of footsteps running away.

As the leader was marching forward, suddenly, there was a loud cheer from the side of the street.

"Shoot, shoot quickly, annihilate the Xiao cavalry, and kill Guo Xiao cavalry!"

"Annihilate the Xiao cavalry and kill Guo Xiaocai!"

Temur's lieutenant was hiding on a roof, staring at Guo Xiaoqi condescendingly, his face was hideous and cold, and he raised his sword and shouted.

At the south gate, they were attacked by the cavalry, and they fled in embarrassment like lost dogs.

Today, Guo Xiao rode into the city and was seeking his own death!

Suddenly hearing the sound of killing, the shield soldiers who had been on guard for a long time quickly formed a shield wall on both sides of the army to protect the crossbowmen in the center, and all the crossbowmen also raised their crossbows and shot in the direction where the sound came.

Guo Xiao's riding face does not change, he sits on horseback, and is not afraid of danger.

In the streets and alleys, there were traces of Turks in the huts, and a faint smile could not help but appear on his cheeks.

Lin Kaiyue's guess was right, the old horseman of Timur really wanted to fight in the streets of the city and delay the pace of the Tang army chasing and killing Yiran.

However, with more than a thousand Turks, blocking the well-trained cavalry, is he too confident.

Suddenly, Guo Xiaocai's smile dissipated, and he commanded in a cold voice: "The whole army cheers up, and the forward 1,000 people will be divided into 100 people as a team, and they will disperse to the four directions to explore the way for the army and hunt down the hidden Turks."

At this moment, Guo Xiaoqi felt that he had vaguely guessed Temur's scheme, and even though he was vigilant in all directions, he did not take Temur and the remnants of his command into account.

A group of rabble, too, dare to block the edge of the cavalry, and the mantis arm blocks the car!

The forward lieutenant, led a thousand elite horsemen, armed with shields and crossbows, broken into pieces, and scattered to the alleys and houses to search for the traces of the remnants of the Turkic army.

As the army slowly moved forward, Guo Xiao turned his head and instructed the messenger: "Get out of the city as soon as possible, pass on the general's order, and order the cavalry outside the city to enter the city in a big way, level the city as soon as possible, and kill all the remnants of the Turkic army."

Probably guessed Temur's trick, Guo Xiaoqi didn't want to waste extra time on him, Temur wanted to fight in the streets of the city and block the pace of the Tang army, but he didn't let the other party be satisfied.

The messenger ordered, bowed slightly, and hurriedly turned his horse and headed out of the city.

Guo Xiao cavalry led the troops to continue to move forward, Xiao cavalry forward to explore the way, forced out a lot of hidden ambushes, victory seemed to be in sight, and the surrendered city in the recovery was almost ironclad.

In the middle of the march, suddenly a soldier from the rear of the cavalry rushed up on horseback, panting and said: "General, there is a fire at the south gate, as if you want to cut off our retreat."

A fire at the south gate?

Guo Xiao rode when he heard the sound, turned his horse's head and raised his eyes to look in the direction of the south gate.

At this moment, there is billowing smoke floating near the south gate, although there is no violent fire yet, but after the smoke dissipates, there will be flames that swallow the sky.

This old horseman.

Dare to calculate General Ben, it's too despicable.

Looking at the billowing smoke, Guo Xiao scolded in displeasure.

The cavalry entered the city smoothly, and the south gate suddenly caught fire, which was clearly deliberately done by the Timur faction.

At this moment, he was faintly uneasy, afraid that the fierce flames would swallow the way out of the city, and they had to move to other city gates.

Flames can be burned at the south gate, and flames are likely to burn at the east gate, west gate, and north gate.

He was afraid that Temur would attack him with fire, so he led the king into the urn, closed the door and beat the dogs, and even set fire to the entire city of Zhongshou in order to destroy the cavalry.

Even though his idea was absurd, it was not impossible for Temur to do whatever it took to achieve victory, setting fire to half of the city, or even the entire city.

For a while, Guo Xiaoqi felt remorseful, and he should have sent spies to investigate in detail before, and after making sure that it was correct, he would lead the army into the city.

After thinking for a moment, Guo Xiao was not afraid of danger and exhaled secretly.

If you have led an army into the city, how can you be afraid of the flames that have been kindled and withdraw easily?

What's more, the fire in the city poses a threat not only to the cavalry, but also to the Turks in the city.

Guo Xiaoqi looked serious and ordered: "The Chinese army scattered forward, find the Turks hidden in various parts of the city as soon as possible, annihilate them, and destroy all the defenses built by the Turks in the city."

"Whoa!"

Several lieutenants of the Chinese army received the order and led the Chinese army to leave.

In the blink of an eye, there were only 500 pro-troops left beside Guo Xiaocai, and more than 1,000 rear soldiers.

The front army, the middle army, and the rear army each performed their duties, especially going to the streets and alleys, houses and huts, and the front army and the middle army, according to the military order to look for traces of the Turks.

Soon, there was the sound of soldiers colliding one after another on both sides of the street, and the sound of soldiers fighting bravely.

Some Turkic remnants rushed out of the street and were shot with crossbows, and some soldiers bravely fell from the roofs of their houses and fell to their deaths on the spot.

Gradually, the number of casualties among the remnants of the Turkic army increased, and the offensive slowed down.

There are also cavalry troops who are searching, encountered an ambush by the Turks, are shot by a longbow and cold arrows, or are killed by a pre-deployed mechanism.

The two armies clashed, albeit in small numbers. The scene of the fight is more tragic and crazy than when it was at the South Gate.

Hand-to-hand combat, but also life-threatening.

If you are not careful, the Tang army will encounter a rain of arrows, boulders, and rolling wood attacks, and the hidden Turkic remnants will also encounter the crossbow shots of the Tang army.

Guo Xiao led the rear army to be vigilant and slowly pushed forward, searching for the traces of Temur.

During the battle between the two sides, Temur's lieutenant paid attention to the retreat of the cavalry army step by step, and eliminated the hidden ambush soldiers in a steady and orderly manner.

Vaguely, it can't stop the pace of the cavalry.

In his anger, he sent hidden defenders to set fire to dry firewood and oil arranged in various parts of the city, intending to burn the southern city, severely damage the Xiao cavalry, and take advantage of the chaos to shoot Guo Xiao Cai.

The defeated defenders hated the cavalry army to the core, and received the military order to shuttle through the southern city, and soon, the houses, restaurants, and huts in the city from south to north gradually burned with raging fire.

The southern part of the city gradually seemed to fall into a sea of fire.

A large number of defenders evacuated to the north in an orderly manner, and many of them were intercepted and killed by the cavalry.

At the same time, the Xiao cavalry scattered all over the southern city, as the fire spread into the city, or after killing the Turks hiding nearby, they gathered around Guo Xiaocai from all sides.

Looking at the flames that swallowed the sky, they were faintly uneasy.

Under the light of the fire, a lieutenant anxiously suggested to Guo Xiaoqi: "General, it seems that Temur has sent the defenders to deploy fire oil and fire materials in the city in advance, and the fire at the south gate is spreading very quickly, and it is approaching the center of the city, and the number of Turks in the south of the city is getting smaller and smaller, and it seems that Temur intends to lead the army to evacuate to the north."

(End of chapter)