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The golden crow fell in the depths of the grassland, infinitely plugged into the grassland, and the entire grassland was shrouded in the blood-like sunset of the western sky, and the golden red broken clouds in the sky still exuded the most gloomy afterglow. Under the darkening sky, a cavalry was quietly approaching the Shan Yu Protectorate in the big city.

The wind was blowing, and the plug in the first month was unstoppable, and the northwest wind was whistling, like someone crying in the wilderness. When the dripping water turns into ice, the frozen person's mouth and face are numb, and the spear shaft must be tightly held in his arms to advance, otherwise when it is time to use it, his hand will stick to it.

Plumes of white smoke rose from the stove, enlivening the dim twilight.

Shan Yu Duhufu is very large, this territory has always been the Central Plains Dynasty and the grassland tribe to fight for the battlefield, when the Central Plains was strong, this place belonged to the Central Plains. When the grassland is strong, it belongs to the grassland. In the Sui Dynasty, it belonged to Dingxiang County of the Great Sui Prefecture, and was once used as the Great Sui to house the defeated Turkic internal tribes. After the defeat of the Eastern Turkic Qimin Khan, Emperor Wen of Sui married two royal princesses and gave him a large piece of land at the foot of Yin Mountain. After life, by the time of his son Shibi Khan, he had risen again here, and from here to the south, all the way to Yanmen, 400,000 grassland troops surrounded the Sui Emperor Yang Guang in Yanmen City.

After the death of the Sui, the Turks also assigned the territory of Dingxiang to Yang Guang's grandson as a fief of the Sui king. Later, Li Jing exterminated the Turks and set up the Dingxiang Governor's Mansion in this area. When Gaozong changed to single in the capital of the palace, the jurisdiction of the north distance from the desert. South to the Yellow River. The last years of Gojong. Post-Turkic rise. At one time, the old land of the Eastern Turks was taken away. After that, the Turks were destroyed, and the Tang Dynasty recaptured. In the south of the desert and north of the Yellow River, the three surrendered cities and the Shan Yu Duhufu have always been the center of this desert south land.

Since the division of Shuofang Jiedu, the Zhenwu army has always been to take Shan Yu Duhu Mansion as the marshal's mansion. Li Guochang was once the envoy of the Zhenwu Army, but now. In the fortress alone, there are not many defenders.

According to the information that Li Siyuan had, the Zhenwu Army was not a strong town in the first place, and the Zhenwu Army was only about 20,000 people. Later, when they went south, the 7,000 Zhenwu army first killed more than 1,000 in battle, and then rebelled and was completely annihilated by Li Ke in an ambush, and the rest either surrendered or were defeated and captured by Yu Xuan. Yu Xuan captured the order of Yu Duhufu, which should be combined with the outside. Easily took this fortified city.

However, Li Siyuan has no internal response now, and the Shatuo people are now almost a water dog. Everyone shouted and fought.

If you want to retreat into Yinshan Mountain, the only way to go is the white road in the west. But this easy walk is only relative to the fact that Yunzhou and Ulzhou are garrisoned by Zhenguo Army. In order to pass through the White Road, the Shatuo army must take the order to the Duhu Mansion.

Fortunately, there are not many soldiers in the Shan Yu Duhu Mansion now, according to the news of Shatuo's scouts, the death of the Zhenwu army, the captives of the captives, and the surrender of the surrender, there are not a few thousand left, and the most Lu was taken to Hedong by Yu Xuan. At present, the defenders of the city should not exceed 1,000 men.

Li Siyuan has 3,000 elite cavalry in his hands, and if he is careful and makes a surprise attack, he should be able to sneak into the city.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Li Siyuan lurked in the withered yellow meadow of Qi people, quietly watching Li Sizhao take dozens of brothers disguised as a horse dealer to walk towards the city gate of Shan Yu Duhufu. Beneath his resolute face, there was a maturity beyond his age. The excellent performance in many consecutive battles made Li Keyong more and more satisfied with this adopted son, especially when the Shatuo people were defeated in successive battles and were in great need of generals, he was only a teenager, and he had already become an excellent commander of the Shatuo army. Now it is even more alone, leading an army alone.

Staring at a pair of bloodshot eyes, he looked at Li Sizhao's back without blinking. Although his expression was calm, his heart was very nervous, and his heart was pounding. If it was just a war, just a sneak attack on a city, he could have made it possible for Mount Tai to collapse without changing his face. But he couldn't help but be nervous, behind him were the families of more than 30,000 Shatuo soldiers, and among them, there was even the figure that always appeared in his dreams. Although he has warned himself again and again that Liu is his stepmother, countless nights, he always can't help but think of Liu's smile and her figure.

The footsteps of a Shatuo cavalryman interrupted his contemplation, and he woke up from his fantasy, as if he was naked and being looked at by countless people, and he couldn't help but bow his head guiltily. It's a sin to think about what you always have these thoughts.

"General, the three thousand cavalry are all ready to take place."

Li Siyuan lowered his head and said quickly: "Stand by now!" ”

Before the officer left, a soldier beside him was already excitedly shouting: "The fight has started, general, the city gate has started!" ”

Li Siyuan hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, the team of brothers led by Li Sizhao at the city gate had already picked up the guys and fought with the city gate guards, they attacked the defenders while driving the war horses they brought into the city, and the city gate was in chaos in an instant.

"Blow the trumpet, beat the drums, and the whole army will attack!" The corners of Li Siyuan's eyes twitched a few times, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly. This plan to seize the door was proposed by him, and it was inspired by the four disciples who saw Li Jing pass through the pass in Taixi Pass with his own eyes. When this request was made, Li Sizhao also agreed. They went to ask Liu, and after Liu's saw it, he asked them some details of how to prepare and deal with it, and smiled at him very gently, and that smile made him unforgettable now.

Not far from the city gate, a continuous trumpet suddenly sounded in the grass, followed by a earth-shattering rumbling of war drums, like a thunderbolt rolling across the grassland, startling countless tired birds returning to their nests, flapping their wings and flying in fear, and chirping in the dim sky.

With the sound of fierce war drums and horns, the three thousand Shatuo cavalry hidden in the grass were divided into three groups, and ten thousand horses galloped out, like a sharp arrow, flying straight to the city. The three thousand cavalry were fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had already killed under the city gate.

At this time, the tall Shan Yu Protectorate was getting closer and closer, and it was getting taller and taller. But the Shatuo people were not afraid at all. Because this majestic city has already opened a gate for them at this time. Li Sizhao and the others tightly guarded the city gate.

"Shoot the arrows. Shoot the arrows! ”

There was a shout in front of the city gates. The sound of the clashing of blades, the neighing of war horses, the screams of wounded soldiers, and even the whistling of countless sharp arrows passing through the air all converged to play a war symphony.

The defenders of the city were constantly arriving, but the Shatuo people rushed up more.

"Rush, rush. Rush into the city! ”

"Kill!"

The high-spirited Shatuo army under the city shouted in unison, and rolled forward like the water that broke the embankment.

"Report to the general, the south gate has been taken."

"Major General, the head of the South Gate and the City Gate Tower have been captured."

"General, the enemy soldiers at the east gate are quite fierce, and the left battalion and the left one will be killed! Request reinforcements! ”

Li Siyuan held a spear in his hand, stepped on, and asked loudly: "How many enemy troops are there at the East Gate?" ”

"At least thousands, a steady stream of killings, the brothers were caught off guard."

Li Siyuan didn't think about it. Immediately shouted, "Where is the Iron Forest Army!" ”

Several generals answered loudly.

"Iron Forest Army. Come with me up to the east gate for reinforcements. Li Siyuan roared, and directly led Li Ke to kill the elite Tielin army of the elite of the thousand horsemen handed over to him directly to the east gate. Li Siyuan judged that there were not many defenders in the Duhu Mansion alone, but now thousands of people suddenly appeared, and there were only two possibilities. One is that the soldier who reported the news lied, and there were not so many enemy troops at all. Either or second, the enemy army does have thousands of defenders, and it is possible that most of the enemy defenders are concentrated in the eastern city.

But whatever the reason, he must now go and kill the enemy army. Taking this city is the first priority. If they can't take this city, they won't be able to open a passage to Baidao, and if the Tang army catches up, they will be surrounded here.

At the gallop of the horse, Li Siyuan looked up at the sky, at this time the sunset had already disappeared, the night had not completely covered the earth, and there were a few bright stars hanging on the canopy.

As soon as he arrived at the east gate, he immediately understood that the soldiers who reported the news were not lying, and there were no less than 1,000 soldiers at the east gate, and all of them were fiery red, which was the color of the Tang officers and soldiers. Just looking at the number, it will definitely not be less than 1,000 people. The left one who had rushed to the east gate before was almost dead by this time.

As soon as the Tielin Army arrived, they immediately plunged into a fierce battle. As soon as Li Siyuan fought, he already exclaimed in his heart that the Tang army on the opposite side was unexpectedly strong. This strength is not at all like the situation where the defenders reported by the scouts only have more than a thousand integrated troops.

In the middle of the scuffle, a cavalryman arrived and shouted to him: "Report to the general, there are also thousands of elite defenders at the north gate, and the two battalions of the left battalion are all killed, and General Sizhao leads his troops to rush away." ”

Li Siyuan's brows furrowed tightly, and he looked in the direction of the north gate, and saw that the north gate was full of fire, and the sound of killing continued, it seemed that it was not easier than this day.

Things have gone in the direction of getting out of control, Li Siyuan's face is pale, the number of soldiers and horses in the city is completely different from what the scouts reported, and the soldiers and horses in the city are at least more than two thousand people and horses, and the elite level is not inferior to the Shatuo army.

Suddenly, he was shocked in his heart and thought of a very bad possibility.

"How's Simon doing?"

The herald didn't know what was going on at the south gate of the road, so he had to whisper, "I'll go right away." ”

The herald quickly went and returned, and said with a frightened face: "Report to the general, the situation is not good, and there are a large number of enemy troops in Ximen, no less than a thousand. ”

Li Siyuan's face changed greatly, and he suddenly turned pale.

"This is a trap, a pit dug by the Tang Army!"

The more Li Siyuan thought about it, the more frightened he became, the scouts in the city reported that there were only about 1,000 people, but now there were more and more soldiers and horses in the city, as if these Tang troops were drilled out of the underground rat holes.

Things are so wrong, even if Yu Xuan has more soldiers and horses left, there will never be so many, let alone such combat effectiveness. These soldiers were no weaker than those encountered in Hedong.

These soldiers can't be the Zhenwu Army, let alone the Tiande Army, where did they come from?

Thinking that the east, west and north were already in chaos, Li Siyuan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat all over his body, what about the south gate, how could he forget the south gate. He came in through the south gate, so he didn't think about it this way.

If this is a trap, then the south gate is the bait, and now that they have been lured into the city, the enemy should immediately close the south gate, catch them in the urn, and close the door and beat the dogs.

Thinking of this, he was already in a cold sweat all over his body, wetting his middle coat.

He reined in his horse, shouted loudly, and shouted: "Pass my military order, the whole army immediately withdraw to the south gate, immediately withdraw to the south gate, this is the enemy's trap, we have been fooled, there is an ambush in the city!" After speaking, he stretched out his hand and shouted to the cavalryman who had just run back: "You, immediately go back to the camp outside the city, tell the old patriarch and his wife, and say that there is an ambush in the city, and the Tang army has come around to us." Get them ready to defend and watch out for enemy sneak attacks! ”

No sooner had he said than several horses had already galloped towards him. Lian ran and shouted: "Where is General Siyuan?" Where is General Siyuan? ”

Li Siyuan recognized that the person who was the leader turned out to be Jing Niang, the sword guard commander beside his wife, and couldn't help but be shocked. knew that something must have happened, otherwise Mrs. Liu would not have sent Jingniang here. It's just that at this time, he still had that trace of luck in his heart, and shouted: "Commander Jing, I'm here." ”

Jing Niang rode her horse and rushed over, and then Shang Cheng saw the female guard who usually wore a silver mask, the mask was also gone, half of her body was dyed red, and there was a bright white feather arrow on her back, as she galloped on the horse, the arrow kept shaking, and the blood couldn't stop flowing.

"Madame has an order, let General Siyuan immediately lead his troops back to the camp." Jing Niang's face was pale, obviously losing too much color, but she looked anxious and couldn't deal with her injuries, "It's Tang Jun, Tang Jun suddenly appeared and is attacking the camp, Madame let you go back." ”

When Li Siyuan and the group of Shatuo soldiers around him heard this, they were immediately struck by lightning, and the whole person stood on the spot. Li Siyuan was also shocked at this time, and his whole body trembled, and his face suddenly lost blood. His mind was suddenly full of Liu's voice and smile, and he hurriedly asked, "Where did the Tang army come from, and which town's soldiers are they?" How is the situation in the camp now, is she okay, ma'am? ”

Jing Niang's body shook, fell off the horse, and the whole person fainted. Li Siyuan hurriedly pinched her people, and it took a while for Jing Niang to wake up.

"Commander Jing, where did the Tang Army come from, and what banner did it fly?"

Jing Niang said weakly: "It's the Zhenguo Army, under the banner of Li Jing, there are not many soldiers and horses, but they are extremely powerful, although there are thousands of young people in the camp, they are not the opponents of the Zhenguo Army." Madame also said that there must be an ambush of the Zhenguo army in the Shan Du Hu Mansion, so let you go back and join as soon as possible. After saying this, he fainted again.

Li Siyuan was now worried, and his heart was like an arrow, so he ordered a personal soldier to ride a horse and take Jingniang and lead the army to the south gate to kill. In front of the south gate, I happened to see a large group of Tang troops wearing red robes. At the city gate, Li Sizhao with more than 100 horsemen was still desperately holding the city gate, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly shouted: "Siyuan, go quickly!" ”

Li Siyuan rushed out of the city gate on horseback, Li Sizhao held on for a moment and finally lost his support, and rushed out of the city on horseback. As soon as Li Sizhao left the city, his back was already flooded with fiery red, and the city gate slowly closed.

Seeing that there were less than a thousand cavalry horses left around him, Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao, the two godbrothers, were heavy, clamped the horse's belly, shouted, and ran towards the camp without looking back. (To be continued......)