Li Keyong, the king of Shatuo, rode a horse and stood on a high slope covered in dust, looking at the north with one eye, and the five fingers of his right hand tightly held the hilt of the golden tiger's head sword.

At dusk, the foot of Heng Mountain is dark and quiet. The last rays of the sunset shone down obliquely from the top of the tall trees, casting a red glow over the icy snow. The white smoke of the sergeants' cooking fires rose and swayed in the air under the setting sun, and a flock of homing birds croaked and swept by in the sky, making the moment even more desolate.

When the last bit of sunlight also disappeared into the mountains to the west, the cold wind gradually rose.

Cheng Huaiyi, the commander of the left and right vanguards, came up with hot soup, "The king will drink some hot soup first." He persuaded hard, "We rushed all the way back from Mozhou to help, and we haven't had a good rest since we left Yanmen." When was the last time you rested, King? ”

"When my father was still alive, Yun Niang was still by my side." Li Keyong said.

"Anyway, let's drink some hot soup and eat a few pieces of barbecue to replenish our energy." Cheng Huaiyi pleaded.

"Do you also think we should turn around and return to Yanmen, leaving Yun Niang and them behind?" Li Ke said hoarsely in his voice, in the afternoon, they were no more than fifty miles away from Naoya Pass, but at this time, a rider came from behind, bringing news that made him feel like thunder. Shi Yan, who was guarding the Black Stone Castle, chased after him from behind, embarrassed, and had more than ten large and small wounds on his body. As soon as I saw him, I immediately told him about a bad news intermittently.

Shi Yan reported before he fell into a coma that the Black Stone Fort had been lost, and the 3,000 defenders of the Black Stone Fort were in front of the 5,000 Qin troops and only defended for half a night before they were lost. Immediately after, the thousand defenders of Flying Fox City were also lost on the same night. They didn't even hold on to the daybreak. Overnight. The two gates of Blackstone Fort and Flying Fox City were lost. And Shi Yan also brought a piece of news that after the Qin army captured Flying Fox City, it had divided its troops into two routes, all the way to the east and all the way to the west.

To the east, needless to say, it must be to go to capture the Bauhinia Pass and intercept the follow-up reinforcements led by Wang Jingchong. And to the west. It was for their back road, Lingqiu City.

If the Bauhinia Pass is lost, the reinforcements from the north direction of the river cannot enter the east of the river. If Lingqiu City is lost, the retreat between Zhigu Pass and Yanmen will be cut off, and their reinforcements rushing to Zhigu Pass will be besieged by the Qin army.

This is indeed a bolt from the blue, Li Jing suddenly sent troops to outflank their back road at this time, which has already revealed an extremely bad taste. Not long after Shi Yan arrived, another fast horse came from Yanmen to report, and the three Datong troops led 60,000 troops to attack Yanmen.

The house leak happened to rain overnight!

Now the situation in front of Li Keyong is extremely bad, and the Naoya Pass may have been lost. It is also possible that the Bauhinia Pass has been lost, and even their back road, Lingqiu City, may also be lost.

Bauhinia Pass was lost. There will be no reinforcements from Hebei, Lingqiu City will be lost, the retreat will be broken, and the most important thing is whether Yanmen can block the attack of the three Datong Divisions. If Yanmen is also lost, then Shatuo will really be finished.

"Great King, the Qin army may capture Lingqiu City at any time, and we still don't know what the situation is on the side of Zhigu Pass now. Maybe the Naoya Pass has been lost, even if the Naoya Pass has not been lost, but if we reinforce the Naoya Pass, then Lingqiu City may be lost. Yanmen is still waiting for the king to return to preside, that is the foundation of our Shatuo, and there must be no loss. Cheng Huaiyi said in a low voice, although he knew very well that the leader of the army on the side of Zhigu Pass was Mrs. Liu and Li Kening, the brother of King Jin. But in this current situation, there is really no way to take risks.

"Madame is still waiting for us, and I can't leave her alone." Lick whispered. During this time, he spent almost all of his time on horseback, the armor did not leave his body, the heavy armor made his back sore, and his legs were almost numb, at this time his body was extremely tired, but he could not relax.

Holding the sword, Li Ke gritted his teeth, and he fell into Li Jing's trap again, and fell for Li Jing.

"King, let me lead three hundred horsemen to Zhigu Pass to inform Madame, and let Madame abandon Zhigu Pass and withdraw to Flying Fox City. The king immediately rushed back to Flying Fox City and returned to Yanmen! Cheng Huaiyi proposed.

"I'm worried that the situation in Naoya Pass is very dangerous now!" Li Ke sighed, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally made up his mind. Turning his head and staring at Cheng Huaiyi, "I'm giving you an important task now, can you complete it?" ”

"Never give up!"

"Okay." Li Ke slapped Cheng Huaiyi on the shoulder with a heavy blow, his left and right vanguard envoy was Cheng Huaixin's brother, and Cheng Huaixin was one of the seven generals in his henchman. Cheng Huaiyi is not as brave as Cheng Huaiyi, but he is more stable. "Now you listen to the order of this king, this king now leads three thousand light horsemen to Zhigu Pass to reinforce Mrs., and specially orders you to lead the remaining seven thousand people to rush back to Flying Fox City immediately, no matter what, you must defend Flying Fox City, in addition, send people to investigate the movements of Yanmen and Yiding. Defend Flying Fox City and wait for the king and his wife to return. ”

"Even if you want to go to Zhigu Pass, you should go by humble duty, your plan is too risky."

"There is a lady in Naoya Seki, and it is worth my risk. Besides, this king is not going to fight, if the situation is not good, I will immediately return to Flying Fox City with my wife. ”

"Maybe things won't be so bad, the lady is a heroine among the women, a heroine, don't let the eyebrows, even if you face Li Jing, I believe you can keep it." Cheng Huaiyi comforted, although he didn't believe much in his heart, although Mrs. was not comparable to ordinary women, but what she was facing now was even more unusual than ordinary men, that was Li Jing.

"We'd better get out now, time is pressing, brother!" Li Ke took the broth and drank it all in a few gulps!

The three thousand of the most elite cavalry will soon be separated, and they will follow Li Keyong to Zhigu Pass, which is fifty miles away, although Cheng Huaiyi has always proposed to wait for the scouts sent to come back to report the news before making the most difficult decision, but here is fifty miles away from Zhigu Pass, and the scouts will have to travel more than 100 miles back and forth, and it will take at least half a day to rush back. And time is what they lack the most now. Li Keyong couldn't wait, and he couldn't wait a quarter of an hour.

Although Cheng Huaiyi and the other lieutenants suggested that Li Keyong should bring more soldiers and horses to Zhigu Pass, at least half of them were on one side. However, Li Keyong still rejected the proposal, although he insisted on going to Zhigu Pass, he also knew what Lingqiu City meant to them now. If Lingqiu City is lost again. Then they will be cut off from the Yanmen on both sides. At all costs. This is the last retreat that must be saved.

"The King. We are waiting for you and your wife to come back in Lingqiu City. Cheng Huaiyi turned over and waved to Li Ke.

Li Keyong nodded to him, "If we haven't come back in two days, then you said that you would retreat to Taixi Pass, and Lingqiu City would be in no danger." If the Black Stone Castle, Flying Fox City, and Zhigu Pass are lost, Lingqiu City will not be able to hold it at all, so retreat to the Thai Opera Pass and guard the Thai Opera Pass. It is the most rearmost gateway in the northeast of Yanmen. ”

"Let's go!" Li Keyong shouted, and Cheng Huaiyi repeated on the other side with a majestic voice, "Let's go!" ”

At the beginning, Li Keyong returned to the Central Plains, and also led the army from here, all the way to the north, and successively captured the four states of Xinru Wufei. Soon after, he led his army to pass through here again, but this time he returned to the south from here, and captured the three states of Wei Dynasty Xin in a row, laying the foundation of Yanmen Town.

Today is very different. When Li Ke's soldiers and horses set off, his subordinates' soldiers and horses were exhausted. Covered in mud and wet, with a weak banner and untidy armor, it was like a defeated army. "The Shatuo warriors are invincible, and we will never give in!" Li Kehe immediately cheered for his soldiers, "Maybe Madame has captured Li Jing alive, and now she is waiting for us to go and watch Li Jing dance for us!" However, the lieutenants around him did not respond with laughter, and no one could relax and be happy when they learned that Blackstone Fort and Flying Fox City had been lost, and that Yanmen's hometown might be surrounded by 60,000 Datong troops, and most of Hebei's reinforcements might be blocked in Taihang Shandong.

The 3,000 men and horses marched in the rain, snow and mud for days, and they had just rested for more than an hour. At this time, they went on the road again, and they still couldn't hide their exhaustion.

The dark clouds on the horizon are low, and after the sun sets, the last bit of light gradually fades.

The 3,000 Shatuo army lit torches, braved the whistling north wind, and marched north against the rain and snow that was blowing in the air.

The night was dark and the wind was tight.

In Naoya Pass, during dinner, Li Jing invited Liu to attend a dinner, although this dinner was only a very simple dinner during the war. For this dinner, Li Jing was the host, accompanied by several high-ranking officials of the Qin Domain, and several captured generals such as Liu, Jing Sanniang, and Li Kening were guests. At dinner, Liu and Jing Sanniang both changed into palace clothes, Jing Shisanniang has always been in aqua blue palace clothes, but Liu is plain white. Maybe she wants to be clean, but these plain white clothes on her body make her more temperamental.

Li Jing had seen this woman look like she was wearing a military uniform before, and she was so heroic. When she put on this simple and plain skirt, she didn't draw her eyebrows and grease, but simply pulled a high bun with a simple golden hairpin inserted on it, but it looked more and more different.

He couldn't help but look at it a few more times for a while, but Gongsun Lan took the opportunity to pour wine for Li Jing, and reached out and pinched him on his thigh, which made him a little embarrassed.

When he returned to the room after dinner, he passed by the mansion of the Liu family and several female generals, and Gongsun Lan had to pull him in. However, Li Jing pushed it away seriously, no matter what, these women here are all thorny roses, and the Liu family is even more extraordinary, Li Jing has no intention of completely destroying the entire Shatuo clan. He thought of Li Keyong, the tall, burly, stout man with one one eye and a black blindfold on one side of his face. Li Keyong is indeed a very powerful character, if it weren't for this, Li Jing would not have launched this somewhat risky war under such circumstances this time.

This time, he laid a net and waited for Li Keyong, but whether he could really catch Li Keyong and never suffer from future troubles, once and for all, Li Jing did not have much confidence in his heart. If he could have an extra 350,000 horses in his hands, he would not have to rely on the Datong Army to send troops to Yanmen, and he could completely take advantage of Li Keyong's trap in Hebei before he had time to rush back, and copy Li Keyong's Yanmen nest in one fell swoop. In the final analysis, Li Keyong is in Hedong, and the core of his current contention is still in Hebei. Before Hebei really took it, even if he knew that Li Keyong would be a troublesome opponent, sometimes, it was impossible for him to attack Li Keyong desperately.

Li Jing opened the window, the night was getting colder and colder, a new moon was half in the clouds, and the moonlight was sprinkled in the courtyard, reflecting the snow on the ground whiter.

It's really cold this year, Ruixue Mega Year, maybe the next year will be a good year.

Zhao Jiang and Zhang Tieqiang stood at the door with horizontal knives in their hands, like javelins.

"He's coming!" Gongsun Lan didn't know when she had changed into a suit of armor and walked into the courtyard. She creaked in through the snow in the courtyard and raised a letter box in her hand. "Li Ke is here, there are still thirty miles away from us, he only brought three thousand light horsemen to come, and he still doesn't know that the Zhigu Pass has been lost, and the Liu family has surrendered."

"What about his other seven thousand?" Li Jing got up and walked to the armory rack, where there was almost a small arsenal with more than a dozen sets of armor weapons, all of which belonged to Li Jing's private collection. He removed an iron-tired strongbow from a shelf, and took an oversized two-handed heavy sword that was seven feet long. Zhao Tieqiang and two other guards came in and helped Li Jing put on the dark cyan full-body armor he had chosen.

"Li Keyong has received the news that Blackstone Fort and Flying Fox City have been lost, and he asked Cheng Huaiyi to return to Lingqiu City with another seven thousand people." Gongsun Lan replied.

"Li Keyong is an admirable opponent, Alain." Li Jing shouted, "But only the dead Li Ke is the best Li Kehe." Let's meet this old friend! (To be continued......)