At the end of the three quarters, the sky suddenly overcast, the sun that was originally hot in the sky as if it could not bear to witness the cruel fight on the head of the city quickly hid among the thick clouds, the dark clouds gathered more and more, the sky became darker and darker, gradually, the light was dim as if dusk was approaching, the storm was coming, and the two sides of the fierce battle at the head of the city did not have the slightest intention of stopping, still fighting selflessly, every moment there were people wailing and rushing to the Yellow Spring, the city head was already a river of blood, But the stalemate scene still has not changed in the slightest - although the Tang army is unable to link the three breakthroughs into a line, and the three alliances are also unable to drive the Tang army off the city, this is no longer a contest of strategy and tactics, but a contest of willpower, which side can not withstand the pressure of heavy losses first, which side will completely collapse.

Madness is synonymous with this, blood is the annotation at this moment, from the official siege of the city at noon to now, has been fierce for more than an hour, the Tang Army Infantry Battalion, Infantry Battalion has been engaged in the battle - Infantry Battalion Captain Eagle was seriously injured, Zuo Guoyi Captain Yang Tian was killed, Right Guoyi Captain Cheng Kui was killed, the 1,200 people of the Infantry Battalion were lost by more than half, and they had to retreat from the city, and the Infantry Battalion, which rushed to the city to replace the Infantry Battalion, lost Zuo Guoyi's Captain Li Shenglong as soon as they went up, and the fierce battle was only a quarter of an hour. There are more than 200 officers and soldiers sleeping in the head of Hotan City, the losses of the Tang army are not heavy, of course, as the defense of the city side of the Three Kingdoms coalition army is not strong, in fact, under the strong impact of the Tang army, the three countries alliance army just rely on the geographical advantage and the absolute superiority of the army in the struggle to support - since the start of the war, the three countries alliance army has lost more than 2,700 soldiers, almost more than three times the Tang army, however, there is no way to escape the three kingdom alliance army but under the command of Fu Yanxiong desperately persisted, Constantly transferring the new force to the head of the city and playing with the Tang army who rushed to the city, the waves of people hit the section of the city wall that the Tang army was defending in waves, but they were never able to help the Tang army.

It's not okay to go on like this, damn it, if you fight a little longer, the old Ben will be folded, damn it! Seeing that the fierce battle at the head of the city was in full swing, Li Zhen, who was standing in this formation, had a flat face, but his heart was very heavy, but at this time, Li Zhen could not retreat, without him, the anger could not be vented, at this time, if the general retreated, the morale of the whole army would be affected or a trivial matter, once Fu Yanxiong relieved his breath and decided that he could rely on his own strength to hold the city, then he would not urge the Shule King Taganda to enter the army, so that all the previous plans and sacrifices would be in vain, but if he continued to fight like this, The heavy loss is not something that Li Zhen is happy to see, this kind of situation where she can't advance or retreat is really a headache for Li Zhen, and she has no choice but to grit her teeth and hold on.

Li Zhen is holding on, and the same is true of Fu Yanxiong, in order to suppress the impact of the Eagle Four Divisions, Fu Yanxiong personally led the pro-guard army to launch a counterattack, although it temporarily suppressed the trend of the Tang army to expand the breakthrough, but the most elite pro-guard team around Fu Jaxiong was also completely damaged, and his own right arm was also stabbed because of this, although because of the thick armor, the injury was not serious, but he also lost the strength to fight again, at this time he could only retreat to the broken city gate tower, watching his brother Fu Jayong lead the army to fight, Seeing that a team of fresh troops on his side was transferred up, and in an instant, he was smashed in front of the Tang army, in addition to leaving corpses all over the ground, he could not shake the rock-solid Tang army at all, Fu Yanxiong's heart was dripping blood, his eyes were red, and he was angry and hateful in his heart, but what he hated now was not the Tang army who was fighting desperately with him, but the Shule King Taganda, who was a hundred miles away-the messenger had already been sent out, and since the Tang army launched the first wave of offensive in the early morning, Fu Yanxiong had sent no less than ten waves of messengers. But he never waited for Taganda's reply, in his opinion, it was precisely because of Taganda's delay in attacking that the Tang army was able to launch a decisive siege without distraction, if possible, Fu Jiaxiong wanted to kill Taganda with a knife, but unfortunately he could only think about it at this time.

Both sides are suffering, with the passage of time, the blood is flowing more and more, the corpses of the war dead are layered all over the city, the soldiers on both sides are strangled in this mountain of corpses and blood, pounced, rolled, knives have long been cut dull, spears have been broken, people have long been tired, but no side is willing to retreat, the fierce battle is still in full swing, such a tragic scene is God can't stand it, but listen to a burst of lightning in the sky, muffled thunder, a heavy rain from the sky, The soybean-sized raindrops are about to fall densely, and between the vast rain curtains, the world and the earth have become a world of water, and you can't see your fingers.

As soon as it rained, this battle could no longer be fought - the officers and soldiers of the Tang army rushing to the head of the city were already in a state of siege, and they relied on the full support of the cavalry archers under the city to withstand the impact of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but as soon as the rain fell, the cavalry brigade under the city could no longer provide cover for the Tang army at the head of the city because of the obstruction of the line of sight, so that the pressure on the Tang army fighting in the rain suddenly increased several times, if it were not for the heavy rain also had a huge impact on the dispatch of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, I am afraid that the Tang army that rushed to the head of the city is no longer able to support it, and when he sees that the time and place are not on his side, Lin Chenghe, who commanded the battle, has no choice but to order the withdrawal of the troops, and the Tang army infantry battalion that attacked the city head is withdrawn, and the whole army slowly withdrew to the main position under the cover of the cavalry.

"Your Highness, the last general failed to conquer the enemy city, but lost his troops and lost his generals, all of which were caused by the improper command of the last general, please punish Your Highness!" After returning to the main formation, as soon as Lin Chenghe saw Li Zhen, he immediately knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty with shame on his face.

Although the loss is more heavy than Li Zhen originally expected, it is not unbearable, although Li Zhen's heart hurts, but he will not blame Lin Chenghe's head, at this time, seeing Lin Chenghe kneeling on the ground, he raised his hand indifferently and said: "This heavy rain has passed my ears, what does it have to do with Zifeng?" Today's time is not right, and tomorrow's battle is to withdraw the troops! ”

Under this order, the horn sound of the Tang army in the formation was loud, and the officers and soldiers slowly retreated in the rain curtain, and withdrew straight to the barracks.

"Your Majesty, the Tang army was repelled by our army, and more than 900 enemies were killed in this battle, a great victory." Before Fu Jiaxiong could catch his breath, a head of ten thousand households broke into the half-collapsed city gate tower and shouted excitedly.

"Yes, a great victory, thanks to Your Majesty's blessing."

"This great victory is the work of His Majesty's command!"

"Your Majesty's courage is invincible in the world, even God also helps our country, and the Tang army should be defeated here!"

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A group of civil and military officials who didn't know where to go during the war all came out at this moment, and sang praises around Fu Yanxiong, as if they had really won a big battle.

Whether this battle is won or lost, how can Fu Ya Ambition, who has never left the city, have countless in his heart, but at this moment when he urgently needs to boost morale, he will not break the blind talk of a group of subordinates, at this time he is more concerned about his own casualties, and he doesn't care about the nonsense of the guys with stinky feet there, and glanced at Fu Jayong, who walked up to the city gate tower with a tired face, and asked seemingly casually: "Second brother, how are the casualties of our army?" ”

Fu Yanyong first led his troops out of the city to attack the prisoner of war brigade, and then went to the city to fight a fierce battle, at this time just settled down to defend the city, he had not yet breathed, his face was very tired, he heard Fu Yanxiong's question, and he was stunned for a moment before he spoke: "Our army killed three people in the battle, thirteen people in the head of a hundred households, more than 2,300 officers and soldiers killed in the battle, and more than 600 wounded. ”

"Sss When Fu Yanxiong heard this, he immediately gasped - since ancient times, the losses of the besieging side have always been much higher than those of the defending side, even if the number of defenders is much lower than that of the attacking side, but now the number of defenders is several times that of the attackers, but the casualties are twice as many as those of the attackers.

"How so?" Fu Yanxiong stayed for a while, and then he muttered with disbelief on his face.

"Your Majesty, the Tang Army's ballistas and trebuchets are too sharp, and our army has lost more than 1,000 people before the war started, and this is not a crime of war." Fu Yanyong understood what Fu Yanxiong was worried about, and hurriedly explained.

It's good that Fu Yanyong doesn't explain, this explanation makes Fu Yanxiong even more distressed, and then thinks of the three strange-looking turtle car knives can't be broken, arrows can't be pierced, and the fire can't burn, God knows how many sharp weapons in the Tang army like this siege haven't appeared, and there are only more than 21,000 troops in this city, and nearly 3,000 were lost in half a day, and this is still because the Tang army took the initiative to retreat, if it wasn't for the sudden arrival of heavy rain, the battle damage would only be a lot more, and then it would go on like this, How many days will the city's troops be able to withstand attrition? As soon as he thought of this, Fu Jayong's ambition was half cold, and in a hurry, the sweat on his forehead gushed out like a waterfall, and after being stunned for a while, he suddenly seemed to remember something, jumped up, called Fu Jayong to his side, and commanded in a low voice, hearing Fu Jayong nodding his head......

The rain came extremely violently, it took more than half an hour to stop, the city was full of mud and mess after the rain, the puddles under the city were full of the corpses of the two armies who died in battle, the rain flowing around was shocking light red, and the bones piled up on the city head had already been soaked and swollen by the rain, all of this was as terrifying as a ghost in the world, and the officers and soldiers defending the city after a bitter battle appeared sporadically on the city head at this time, As usual, he was ready to clean up the dead in battle, but at this moment, a cavalryman of the Tang Army holding a white flag galloped to the city from a distance, ignoring the threat of the archers emerging from the city, and shouted: "Listen, the people of the city, my prince has a letter to be forwarded to the king of your country." As soon as the words fell, he tied a letter to the feathered arrow of the arrow, and with a shot of the bow, the letter was shot at the head of the city, and several Khotanese defenders hurriedly picked up the letter, and hurriedly ran down the city, and went to Ming Fu Jiaxiong without mentioning it.

Fu Jiaxiong had just returned to his residence at this time, and was summoning Hersa and the others to prepare for the discussion, when he suddenly heard that Li Zhen had sent someone to deliver a letter, he hurriedly took it, opened it and looked at it, first frowned, and then suddenly laughed out loud, laughing so that the generals were full of confusion, and while looking at each other, their curiosity was all hooked.

"Your Majesty, why are you laughing?" Others didn't dare to ask, but Hersa was not very afraid of Fu Jiaxiong's authority, and at this time, seeing Fu Jiaxiong smiling strangely, he took the lead in asking.

"Your Royal Highness, please take a look at yourself." Fu Jachon did not say anything to explain, but smiled and handed the letter to Hersa.

The letter was not long, and there were only a few sentences, and there was only one thing that was said, that is, to ask Fu Yanxiong to agree to the Tang army's collection of the dead in battle, and in exchange for the Tang army's suspension of the siege for one day tomorrow. Hersa looked at it over and over for a long time, but he didn't understand what Fu Yanxiong was laughing at, frowned and thought about it, but he still couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, this matter is just a wartime thing, what's so funny?" ”

Seeing that Hersa couldn't understand the hidden meaning of the letter, Fu Yanxiong explained with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Your Royal Highness, it's not that there is anything ridiculous in this letter, but the widow is really laughing at the cowardice of the Tang Army!" ”

"Oh? What does this mean? "Although Hersa was angry soon after the war, his subordinates were extraordinary participants, and he knew the tragedy of today's battle, and he also knew that although the defenders claimed to have repelled the Tang army, in fact, the number of casualties was far higher than that of the Tang army, and he did not have much hope in his heart for whether he could hold the city of Hotan, and he had already made up his mind to open up, and before coming to this military meeting, he had secretly ordered his officers and soldiers to pack up and prepare to withdraw from the south gate of Hotan overnight, and go to his father. Coming here to discuss the matter is just to deal with Fu Jiaxiong, but at this time, I heard Fu Jiaxiong say that Tang Jun was timid, and I couldn't help but be curious while not believing it, and immediately hurried to ask.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, listen to the widow, today's bloody battle, our army is a lot of losses, but the Tang army has not been able to take much advantage, if the Tang army is sure that tomorrow's battle will take my Hetian, why bother to ask for the corpse, why do it after the war? Now that this proposal has been proposed, it means that Li Zhen'er has a weak heart, and he does not have the confidence to take my Hetian in a short period of time, and this is to prepare for the withdrawal of the army. Fu Yanxiong said in a firm tone.

"Huh?" Hersa was not convinced by Fu Yanxiong's analysis, but he couldn't say anything wrong, just frowned and snorted lightly, and did not mean to continue to ask.

Although Hersa's small actions in private were hidden, they couldn't hide Fu Jiaxiong's surveillance, and he understood that this self-proclaimed and brave prince had already prepared to abandon the city and flee, if he really let Hersa escape, the city's garrison strength would be greatly reduced or a trivial matter, and the reinforcements at the end of the Shule King Taganda could not be counted on but it would be a fatal thing, once the Tang army had no worries and attacked the city again, Fu Jiaxiong was not at all sure to hold Hotan City, and what he discussed with his brother before was how to drag the Shule army into the battle circle. At this time, seeing that Hersa was not very convinced, he no longer opened his mouth to explain, but quietly glanced at Fu Jayong.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are also the general who leads the army, you should know that the siege army must be a foot soldier, if you attack the city with a cavalry army, how its combat strength is, His Royal Highness the Prince should have a number in his heart." Fu Yanyong received his brother's gaze and immediately interjected.

Hersa is barely a general of the army, and has always pretended to be brave, although his battle formation skills are actually not very good, but the difference between foot and cavalry is still known, at this time, listening to Fu Yanyong say this, he understands, nodded with a smile and said: "I see, hehe, the Tang army has only more than 4,000 foot soldiers, and it has lost hundreds in the previous battle, and it has broken more than 1,000 today, and the remaining remnants are afraid that it will not be enough to fight again, hehe, a certain reason can be obtained." ”

As soon as he saw that Hersa had taken the bait, Fu Jayong immediately continued: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, our army has frustrated Li Zhen'er's fighting spirit in today's battle, and now he has no fighting spirit, I am afraid that he is going to escape, if he is allowed to flee, it will be a tiger returning to the mountain, and the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

As soon as Fu Yanyong finished saying this, his son Fu Kui jumped up and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, father, you must not let Li Zhen'er escape, the child is willing to lead the troops out of the city and fight to the death!" ”

"I'm willing to fight to the death!"

"Your Majesty, you can give the order, open the city and kill the enemy!"

"Fight! War! War! ”

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As soon as they heard that Li Zhen was going to escape, the generals who had been languishing for days were all in high spirits at this moment, and they all spoke out to ask for battle, and they had the courage to beat the water dogs to the end.

Being able to stir up the sluggish morale, Fu Yanxiong was very satisfied, but he was not so confused that he really thought that Li Zhen was a water dog, how could he really open the city gate so casually to meet Li Zhen, of course, he would not do the stupid thing of extinguishing the fighting spirit that the generals had so hard to muster, until the generals shouted a little later, Fu Yanxiong said with a smile: "The generals dare to fight and can fight, and the widows are very happy, however, although the Tang army's foot soldiers are damaged, but the cavalry is especially there, it is not to be ignored, only the way to win is the right way." ”

As soon as the name of the Tang Army cavalry was mentioned, the generals' faces immediately darkened a lot, and they no longer shouted slogans, and they all sat down, waiting for Fu Yanxiong to say what kind of plan. After glancing at the generals, Fu Jiaxiong fell on Hersa's body, and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the Tang Army has to be busy for a day to collect the bodies of the war dead, it is too late today, and it will definitely not fight tomorrow, and because it is busy sacrificing the dead, the army's heart will inevitably be unstable, tomorrow is the key to our army's victory, once missed, there will be no such opportunity, the key to this matter is still on His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. After listening to the analysis of the Fu Jaxiong brothers, Hersa's heart to escape was completely dissipated, after all, no one wanted to carry the name of the deserter on his back, but if he wanted to lead his troops out of the city to fight with the Tang army again, he would not do it if he was killed.

"His Royal Highness the prince is not in a hurry, and listen to the words of the widow, although the Tang army is declining, it is not something that can be shaken by the strength of my city alone, only the inside and the outside should be combined, and the camp can be robbed at night, and your majesty's army is the key to victory, if you can get the help of your father, this victory will be overcome, and the widow is willing to have three cities as a thank you!"

Shule and Khotan are neighbors, but Khotan is rich and Shule is poor, the relationship between them is only average, not to talk about how harmonious, there are a lot of small frictions on weekdays, but the big face is still friendly, for the rich Shule people in Khotan are salivating, not that they don't want to send troops to annex it, but because the power of Tibet stands behind Khotan, the Shule people dare not act rashly, at this time the war is a common thing between the two countries, not to mention that there are three cities of thanks, how can Hersa not be tempted, under the listen, Suddenly overjoyed, Huo Ran got up and said: "Okay, Xiao Wang will send someone to ask his father to send troops to wipe out Li Zhen'er in one fell swoop!" ”

"Hahaha......" Seeing that Hersa was finally relieved, Fu Jiaxiong immediately laughed happily and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't worry, this matter has to be carefully planned, and it must be careful to ensure that it is safe, and let the widow talk carefully......"

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