Di Renjie did not participate in the defense of the city, after all, Dali Temple is best at investigating and arresting, not fighting, the profession is not right, and Li Hao knows that Di Renjie is a rare talent, and he doesn't want Di Renjie to take risks, so he sent Di Renjie to take everyone in Dali Temple to the city to do logistics work, and at the same time inspect the whole city, in case there are enemy spies hidden in the city, only when the rear is stable, the soldiers can kill the enemy on the city wall with confidence.

So Di Renjie didn't know the news of the attack of the Goguryeo army, he looked at Li Hao, and asked puzzledly: "Lord Wang, why are you so worried, haven't we fought very well recently?" ”

"Yes, it's okay." Li Hao sighed, "It's a pity, our reinforcements didn't arrive, but the enemy's reinforcements did, and Goguryeo's Da Mo Lizhi Gai Suwen came with an army of 30,000, which is a relief in the snow for Li Tai, but for us, it is even worse." ”

"Ahh Di Renjie was stunned when he heard this, they had been defending very hard before, and now nearly half of the Tang army on the head of the city were temporarily recruited people, and their combat strength was low, and with another 30,000 enemy troops, Youzhou was really dangerous.

Di Renjie was stunned for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Lord Wang, when you were trapped in Tingzhou, there were only thousands of men and horses, but the enemy army had 70,000, how did you defend it?" ”

"This time and that time." Li Hao sighed softly, he knew in his heart that in the battle of Tingzhou, although the enemy army added up to 70,000, but there was no scene of 70,000 troops attacking the city, otherwise he would not be able to defend it, that time, the internal conflict of the enemy army was one of the reasons why he held Tingzhou, and there was another important reason, that is, he used the plug-in there, the magic sword and thunder true trick, which is one of the plug-ins, and the plague caused by the golden soup, which was also a plug-in, but now, he had no plug-ins, and could only fight the enemy with a knife and a gun.

"That'...... Now what do we do? Di Renjie frowned and asked urgently, he didn't know much about fighting, he could only be in a hurry.

Li Hao was silent for a long time, and said: "You take my waist card, go to Sun Bowang, and let him go to move the people, and then levy the young and strong, how many levies there are, and the moment of life and death, I believe the people will understand." ”

As he spoke, he handed his white jade waist card to Di Renjie, Di Renjie stretched out his hands and took it, as if holding the world's treasure, and nodded solemnly: "Yes!" Then he turned and hurried away.

Looking at Di Renjie's departing back, Li Hao's eyes flickered coldly, and he gritted his teeth and said to himself: "I am the land of China, how can I allow Hu Lu to trample on it, even if I fight to the last soldier, I will not let these barbarians step into Youzhou half a step!" ”

After Li Hao finished speaking, he strode towards the head of the city, met many generals along the way, and came to report to him the enemy situation and the combat readiness of the city, Li Hao walked all the way quickly, while giving orders: "Ship all the fire oil to the city, and if the stone and wood are not enough, go to the demolition house to replenish, and the three city walls in the east, west and north are deployed to defend three thousand, and the south city wall is left with one thousand soldiers, in case the enemy army sneaks in, if the enemy army is attacking the city, shoot its archers first!" ”

Soon, he walked to the north city wall, just as Li Zhen came down from the city wall with a team of guards, and when he saw Li Hao, Li Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to make an urgent report: "Lord Wang, the enemy army is out of the camp, and all the troops are coming towards the north gate." ”

"Oh?" Li Hao took the telescope from his hand, quickly climbed the city tower, and observed with the telescope, sure enough, the sixty or seventy thousand troops gathered in one place, heading towards the north gate, dense, and it made people's hearts chill.

Li Hao pondered for a moment and said: "The enemy army is planning to concentrate forces to break through the north gate of my Youzhou and pass on my military order, the other three gates will each leave five hundred people, and the rest will all come to the north gate to defend against the enemy!" ”

"Yes!" The three heralds took the banner, ran up the city wall, and hurried to deliver the order.

"Drums! Combat readiness! Meet the enemy! ”

"Knock knock ......" so hurriedly that the drum sound seemed to beat on everyone's hearts, and the entire Youzhou City once again entered a tense state of combat readiness, and the soldiers and horses were frequently mobilized above and below the city.

The 70,000 army marched to a stop two miles outside the north gate of Youzhou, and then saw a busy work in the military formation, and ten small catapults were pushed to the front of the formation, Li Hao frowned suddenly, no wonder the enemy army would gather forces to attack the north gate, it turned out that they had projection vehicles.

This catapult was plundered by Gai Suwen from the other two states and counties, and now it is used to attack the Tang City, not to mention how happy he is in his heart.

After setting up the catapult, Gai Suwen just wanted to give the order to attack the city, but Li Hao suddenly shouted at the head of the city: "Who is the commander in front of the battle?" ”

Gai Suwen was stunned when he heard this, and then glanced at his own guard captain, who stepped forward and replied loudly: "Goguryeo Da Mo is away from Zhiyuan Gai Suwen is also!" ”

Li Hao's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he shouted coldly: "This king is Li Hao, the king of Qiongnan of the Tang Dynasty, and he has long heard that Goguryeo Gaisu Wen is brave and martial, and he dares to fight alone with this king in front of the battle!" ”

Li Hao is going to fight with Gai Suwen alone, in ancient times, some generals considered themselves heroic, liked to fight against generals, and fought plainly, thinking that only by defeating the enemy on the battlefield could they be regarded as heroes. This kind of behavior has also been very popular on some battlefields.

However, in the eyes of soldiers, this kind of heroic behavior is nothing more than the courage of a horseman, and the real art of war lies in strangeness, in the surprise victory of the sword, and in the unintentional use of the many to bully the weak with the strong. In the midst of thousands of troops, no matter how strong an individual's force is, it is only self-preservation, and it is difficult to play a big role.

On the contrary, this kind of behavior is very popular in barbarians and other foreign races, when the enemy challenges, for the honor of the warriors, they will generally respond, Li Hao is interested in this, so he wants to ask Gai Suwen to fight alone, capture the thief and capture the king first, if they can kill Gai Suwen, the Goguryeo army has no leader, they have a chance of life.

Gai Suwen just wanted to fight, and a stout general behind him suddenly stepped forward and said: "The marshal should not be in danger in person, I will go to the battle, and give the marshal a try of this Li Hao's depth first." ”

Gai Suwen hesitated when he heard this, then nodded and said, "Okay, let General Gao go and meet this Li Hao for a while." ”

The general surnamed Gao was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately brought his horse, galloped out with an iron halberd in his hand, and came to a hundred zhang in front of the north gate of Youzhou, raised the halberd and pointed to Li Hao at the head of the city, and said loudly: "You and other juniors, you are also worthy of challenging my family's handsome, first come and fight with grandpa for a hundred rounds!" ”

Li Hao frowned when he saw this, the bait he threw failed to catch the big fish of Gai Suwen, but it attracted this small shrimp, he was naturally unhappy, but the words had been spoken, and he couldn't go back, otherwise he would be too demoralized by the army, so he said: "Nameless, Hugh is rampant, wait for this king to go down and take your head!" ”

As soon as he said that, he shouted: "Prepare the horses!" He turned around and prepared to go down the tower.

Li Zhen grabbed his arm on the side and said, "Lord Wang, you can't take risks in person, I'll go for you!" ”

Li Hao glanced at Li Zhen, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Uncle is reluctant to let you take risks, don't worry, uncle's martial arts, they can't stop it." So he said that, and walked down the tower.

There was already a guard waiting in front of the road with a lion skull, and some newly recruited people shouted on the side: "The prince is brave, he will definitely be able to kill the head of the enemy general!" ”

Li Hao smiled at them, suddenly, his gaze froze, he saw a strong man holding a very large Guan knife in his hand, yes, it was like the kind of big knife used by Guan Yu, he walked quickly to the strong man, glanced at the big Guan knife, and asked: "Can the knife be borrowed from this king?" ”

The strong man decisively handed the knife to Li Hao and said: "This is my ancestral treasure, originally it would never be borrowed, but the prince is used to kill barbarians, I am willing to give this knife to the prince!" ”

Li Hao took the Guan knife and checked it in his hand, it was so heavy, at least more than seventy catties, it felt no lighter than the legendary Qinglong Yanyue Knife, Li Hao suddenly looked at the strong man curiously, and asked, "Your surname?" ”

"Don't get your surname!" The strong man replied in a loud voice.

"Oh?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Could it be that you are a descendant of Guan Sheng, what is your name?" ”

The strong man arched his hand and said: "The villain Guan Hong is not a descendant of Guan Sheng, the ancestor has a flat character." ”

"I see." Li Hao laughed when he heard this, and said, "I can't ask for this knife, and after I use it, I'll return it to you." ”

So he turned and left, got on his horse, and came to the city gate.

Above the city tower, Li Zhen shouted loudly: "Open the city gate!" A dozen soldiers stepped forward and pushed the latch together.

The city gate slowly opened, and I saw Li Hao, who was wearing a silver armor and red cloak, slowly walked out of the city gate on horseback, and came to a place ten zhang in front of the Goguryeo general, and said loudly: "This king will not kill the unknown people under the sword, report the name!" ”

The general surnamed Gao said loudly: "I am Gao Yanqing, the general of Goguryeo Pingxi!" ”

"Okay, Gao Yanqing." Li Hao said coldly, "Today is the last day you live in this world, if you have anything to say, just finish it as soon as possible, otherwise you won't have a chance in the future." ”

"Don't be ashamed! Death! Gao Yanqing twisted his eyebrows and shouted towards Li Hao.

Li Hao's eyes narrowed, kicked the horse's belly violently, the lion skulled in pain, hissed, spread his four hooves and rushed towards Gao Yanqing, Li Hao dragged the ground with a big knife in his hand, and raised dust all the way behind him, like smoke from an aircraft engine.

The war horses of the two sides approached quickly, and finally clashed, Gao Yanqing stabbed Li Hao in the chest with a halberd, Li Hao snorted coldly, and the last came first, and the Guan knife was picked up from the bottom to the top, Gao Yanqing suddenly screamed miserably, and the Goguryeo army in the rear also exclaimed, only to see that Gao Yanqing's arm had been cut off by the Guan knife, and the halberd was still held on the severed hand.

Gao Yanqing screamed in pain, covering the wound on his broken arm, he couldn't control the horse, Li Hao turned the horse's head and rushed back, head-on with a knife, Gao Yanqing screamed in despair, kicked the horse's belly and wanted to escape, but his horse was as fast as a lion, Li Hao chased after him and cut it down, Gao Yanqing's head flew high, and blood flew all over the sky, like a blowout.

Li Hao's big knife slapped at the flying head, like playing a table tennis ball, and slapped Gao Yanqing's head to the top of the city tower, Li Zhen just reached out to catch it, Li Hao said loudly: "Hang on the city tower!" Ward off evil! ”

"Yes!" Li Zhen shouted excitedly, and immediately tied his head with a rope and hung it on the city tower, dripping blood drop by drop.

Li Hao turned his head and pointed directly at the Goguryeo army with a big knife, and shouted coldly: "My Li Hao's good head is here!" Who has the ability! Come and take! ”