Chapter 234: Yellow Sand Stained with Blood (2)

The desert march has always been a chore, even for the people of Qiuzi who have long been accustomed to walking in the desert, although the weather is still good at this time, the temperature is not too high, but after walking through the desert for several days, fatigue spreads like an infectious disease in the army, and the whole team of more than 15,000 people, except for the dull sound of horses' hooves stepping on the soft sand and the clattering sound of armor, they did not hear the rest of the noise, from the general to the soldiers, they all blindly moved forward in silence, It wasn't until a sentry came galloping from a distance that it caused a ripple in the queue.

"Report, general, ten miles ahead is Gaochang City, the city gate has been closed, and only a small number of Tang troops have been found in the city!" The sentry rushed all the way to the mount of Bai Suxin, the general of the National University in Qiuzi Town, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and reported loudly.

"Okay, let's explore again!" A hint of excitement flashed in Bai Suxin's eagle eyes, a smile appeared on his face, he waved his hand, and ordered in a loud voice: "Pass the order, the whole army will speed up, and camp in Gaochang City tonight!" ”

"The general is wise, our army will win this battle!"

"The general will make another great contribution this time."

"The general is prestigious, and if you don't surrender, our army has a chance of victory."

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As soon as the sentinel left, seeing that Bai Suxin was in a very good mood, the generals who gathered around Bai Suxin immediately patted their ass, and immediately slapped Bai Suxin with high interest, and laughed so much that his mouth couldn't close, of course, he had his own proud capital - only six days after the expedition, even under Puchang and Yanqi two cities, all of which were won without a fight, and had never been resisted by the Tang army, and the soldiers won the two cities without blood, Bai Suxin was extraordinarily proud, although he heard that there were Tang troops guarding Gaochang City, Bai Suxin didn't take it very seriously, without him, The spies arranged by Qiuzi in Daxi Prefecture have already received news that the Tang army has fully attacked the grassland, and the remaining troops are only 1,000 people, even if the whole army is in Gaochang, it will not be able to stop the advance of more than 10,000 Qiuzi iron cavalry.

"Hahaha......" Bai Suxin grinned and laughed loudly, waved his hand excitedly: "Let's go, enter Gaochang, and the whole army will carnival for three days!" "The so-called carnival is just a synonym for arson robbery, the generals know it in their hearts, at this time, they heard Bai Suxin make such a promise, they are all happy, they are busy showing their loyalty, and they are all rushing towards Gaochang City with Bai Suxin in their arms.

Gaochang, a pearl on the Silk Road, is located at the foot of the Flame Mountain, covers an extremely wide area, divided into three parts of the outer city, the inner city and the palace city, the population of the whole city is more than 50,000, it is one of the largest cities in the Western Regions, because it is the traffic artery on the Silk Road, business travel is endless, but the Gaochang City at this time is in a stormy situation, since yesterday received a tip, learned that the Qiuzi army is coming, the whole city has entered a state of combat readiness, twelve city gates are closed, and pedestrians on the street are cut off, The outer city is full of Tang officers and soldiers who are nervously preparing for war and the young people in the city who are in the city to assist in the defense, all kinds of city defense equipment, such as sassal wood, big stones, etc., are all ready, and the oil and gas wafting out of the boiling oil in several mouthfuls of Dading are spread around the city, a tense atmosphere of preparation for war, of course, not everyone is busy, at least Mo Li, who is sitting in the gate tower of the West City, is very leisurely, and has not been at any loss for the slightest because of the approaching war, so he sits upright and plays the piano easily, A calm bearing.

"Mo Changshi, Mo Changshi." He Dacai, the captain of the Buyi Battalion, hurriedly ran into the city gate tower and reported loudly: "The thief army is so big, it is less than three miles away. ”

"Oh." Mo Li didn't stop stroking the qin, didn't even raise his head, just responded indifferently, closed his eyes, as if he was still immersed in the artistic conception of the music.

He Dacai has been mixed in the Western Regions Military Academy run by Li Zhen for several months, and he has also listened to Mo Li's strategy class, and he knows a little bit about Mo Li's ability, but he knows better that Mo Li is Li Zhen's absolute confidant, therefore, although He Dacai is in an impatient mood at this time, he still doesn't dare to make any mistakes in his words, but when he saw Mo Li's appearance of an old god, he didn't fight angrily, stomped his foot angrily, and said again: "Mo Changshi, the enemy army is so big, you still have the heart to play the piano, the last general really convinced you, how to fight this battle, you said." ”

Mo Li waved his hand, stroked on the strings, and with a bang, it was the end of the song, raised his head, looked at He Dacai with a smile and said: "General He, don't be impatient, didn't you say it, hold on for three days, reinforcements will arrive, could it be that General He can't even hold it for three days?" ”

He Dacai was originally the town guard of Gaochang City, and he had fought some small friction battles with Qiuci in the past, and he knew a lot about the armament of Qiuci Kingdom, and he had never looked down on the soldiers of Qiuci State, but at this time, Gaochang's defense was empty, and he was facing more than ten times the enemy, and it was not easy to hold it for three days, but he looked at Mo Li's ridiculous tone, but he didn't want to say what he couldn't do, staring, but he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva vigorously, and said with a wry smile: "Mo Changshi, Your Highness is far away in the grassland, even if you put on your wings, It will not take three days to arrive here, so where does the talk of reinforcements begin? You have given you a thorough understanding, and the end of the general is always in his heart that he can't live in peace. ”

It's not the first time He Dacai has asked about reinforcements, but Mo Li has always been very tight-lipped, just saying that there will be reinforcements, but never explaining where the reinforcements come from, it is the same at this time, just smiled and said: "General He is in a hurry, the reinforcements will be there, and everything will be known in three days." ”

"But ......" He Dacai was about to ask again, but when he heard a terrible horn sound outside, his face immediately changed, and he said with a slight trembling: "The enemy army has arrived, and the last general will go to meet the enemy!" ”

"I'm not busy, I'll go with the general." Mo Li chuckled, got up, straightened his clothes, flicked his sleeves, and calmly stepped out of the city gate.

"Hey." He Dacai saw that Mo Li was still a scribe above the battle array, so he sighed helplessly, shrugged his shoulders, turned around, and followed Mo Li to the city.

Maybe it's the excitement of the promise of burning and killing in three days, or maybe it's the expectation of making meritorious contributions, the army of the country of Qiuzi came very fast, and the journey of ten miles took less than an hour to complete, and even never set up camp, as soon as it arrived in Gaochang, it was discharged under the city to attack the city, and the ladders and rushing cars were all ready, and there was a momentum to kill into Gaochang in one fell swoop.

"Listen to the people in the city, at the request of His Royal Highness the King of Yue, my Qiuzi country sent troops to help your country resist the Western Turkic thief army. A high-pitched soldier rushed out of the array, went straight to the city, and shouted loudly.

"you/fart! If you wait for the small country of Qiuzi to dare to offend my Datang Tianwei, it is really self-defeating, and if you don't retreat, don't blame me for destroying the small country of Ersumeru! He Dacai was very short-tempered, how could he tolerate the Qiuzi people's words, and immediately scolded at the top of his throat.

"The one in the city is the guard of He Town, the old man Bai Suxin." Hearing He Dacai's wild words, there was a commotion in the Qiuzi army, and a group of generals rode out, led by Bai Suxin, the general of Qiuci Town.

"It's Lao Tzu, Bai Lao'er, did you kid eat the leopard's gall, damn it, even if you wait for such bullshit soldiers to dare to come to attack my Datang, do you want to die?" He Dacai has been in Gaochang for a long time, and he has dealt with Bai Suxin a lot, he can be regarded as an acquaintance, and he also knows that Bai Suxin has some real skills, not mediocre talents, but in order to boost his morale, he laughed at Bai Suxin recklessly, and sure enough, as soon as He Dacai's voice fell, the Tang army at the head of the city immediately laughed, and scolded Bai Suxin pointingly.

"He Dacai, the old man thought of his past friendships, and wanted to give you a way to live, but you don't know how to lift, so don't blame the old man for not being emotional!" Bai Suxin originally planned to persuade He Dacai to surrender, but as soon as he heard He Dacai say such ugly words, his heart immediately became angry, Tie Qing raised his right hand with a blue face, waved it suddenly, and coldly ordered: "Siege the city!" Suddenly, the horn sounded in the middle of the Qiuzi army's formation, and the vanguard army rushed towards the moat with a rushing cart and a shout against the ladder, and a fierce siege battle began......

The horse rushed very fast, and the wind blew on his face and there was a slight pain, but Li Zhen didn't have the heart to pay attention to the discomfort at this time, and there was only the Western Turkic cavalry that was getting closer and closer in his eyes, especially the brave young general who was sprinting at the forefront - although the plan to excite the Western Turkic army out of the camp has been realized, it is still difficult to say whether it can be successfully broken down, after all, Li Zhen's men only have more than 7,000 people, which is still far from the total strength of more than 13,000 Western Turks. In order to defeat the spiritual pillar of the Western Turks in the death war, they can have a chance of victory, and this is exactly what Li Zhen wants to do.

The wind is roaring, the blood is burning, Ashina Kanning's eyes have already been congested/bloodshot and turned red, although he already knew that the queue behind him was attacked, but he did not turn back to rescue, in his opinion, just defeat Li Zhen, everything will be solved, this is something to think of with Li Zhen, seeing Li Zhen lead his troops back, Ashina Kanning's heartstrings immediately tightened - he has not heard of Li Zhen's brave name, in fact, as Li Zhen's peers, Ashina Kanning has always regarded Li Zhen as his goal to surpass, for this reason, Ashina Kanning has worked martial arts, and now, if he has a chance to defeat Li Zhen, how can he let it go, looking at Li Zhen's sprinting figure, Ashina Kanning tightly held the big iron gun in his hand, took a deep breath, opened his eyes angrily, and rushed towards Li Zhen.

Closer, closer, ten, five, three, the speed of the horses on both sides has reached the extreme, the distance between each other is getting closer and closer, one silver and one black two steel guns have been leveled, the eyes of both sides are also intertwined, tentative, entangled, colliding.

"Kill!"

"Look at the guns!"

Just as the two horses were about to intersect, Li Zhen and Ashina Kanning burst out with the strongest roar almost at the same time, and the two steel spears stabbed out at the same time, and the murderous aura immediately rose into the sky.

Good boy, good gun! Li Zhen is a big expert in using guns, as soon as he saw Ashina Kanning's shot, he knew that the other party was not easy to match, his heart was cold, the gun that shot was immediately three points faster, seeing that the two guns were about to cross over, Li Zhen pressed his wrists suddenly, and the bright silver spear that was originally straight stabbed out immediately sank, and hit Ashina Kanning's big iron spear, the two guns were handed over, and a loud bang broke out, sparks splashed, Li Zhen felt that his wrists were shocked, and the bright silver spear, which had always been invincible, was shocked and bounced, of course, Ashina Kanning was even more unbearable, The tiger's mouth of the hands was numb for a while, and it immediately cracked, and the big iron spear that had been straight forward was shocked and sank down, and the whole person could not sit on the back of the horse, and was shocked to stand up.

"Good!" Since Li Zhen fought on the battlefield, in addition to meeting Xue Rengui to compete with him, Ashina Kanning is the second strong man Li Zhen has encountered, although he is in a hostile state, he can't help but have a trace of love, he shouted hello in his mouth, his subordinates slowed down a little, and when he staggered with the two horses, he changed the gun momentum, and did not hurt Ashina Kanning's life, but just used the handle of the gun to whip it on the belly of Ashina Kanning's horse. At this time, Ashina Kanning Shangren was standing on horseback, unable to control the reins of the horse at all, so he could only let the galloping war horse rush away from the battlefield with him.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Li Zhen was willing to spare Ashinakanning's life, out of a heart of pity, but he was not so merciful to other Western Turkic cavalry, but seeing Li Zhen rushing into the Western Turkic front army, the bright silver spear in his hand danced fast, the spear was like the wind, and the blocker was invincible, and in an instant, he killed more than a dozen Turkic cavalry who came forward, like the god of war descending to earth.

"Kill the thief!" Seeing that their main general was so brave, the already high morale of the Tang army soldiers immediately rushed into the Western Turkic forward cavalry with a shout, and slashed and killed, but in a moment, more than 1,000 Western Turk forwards were killed and fled, revealing the battlefield that was being strangled in front of them - the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses led by Lin Ting were real Tang officers and soldiers, but they had changed into the clothes of slave soldiers, and the uniform color of the Western Turkic cavalry was actually not much different, but there was a white scarf on the right arm as a secret mark. At this time, after being strangled with the Western Turkic cavalry, it was really not easy to distinguish, so after Li Zhen defeated the Western Turkic forward cavalry, he did not immediately rush forward to support Lin Ting's department, but divided the troops into three ways - one route was led by Li Zhen to lead 4,000 slave soldiers (including the 1,000 slave soldiers wearing Tang army armor) to bypass the central battlefield and rush towards Ashina Bexi, who was rushing out of the camp to meet his own cavalry, while Liu Whirlwind and Sha Feiluo each led their headquarters to outflank the Western Turkic cavalry at the core of the battlefield.

Ashina Bexi has always been an irritable person, seeing the core of the battlefield into a scuffle, his heart was in a hurry, eager to rush to the battlefield immediately, defeat Li Zhen's department, has long forgotten the words of Sogsos, desperately hit the horse forward, but before he arrived at the battlefield, he found that the west side of the battlefield rushed out of a Biao army, the number is not much, it seems that it is those small tribe soldiers who have surrendered to the Tang army, the leader is Li Zhen, immediately overjoyed, he can't care about killing the core of the battlefield, and waved the scimitar in his hand, shouted loudly: "Sons, capture Li Zhen alive and kill him!" ”

In the Turkic army, the combat effectiveness of those small tribesmen is the worst, often used as cannon fodder, this is the consensus in the Western Turkic army, in the eyes of the two major tribes of Wucrossbow Lost and Suog Mohe, these small tribes are synonymous with vulnerability, at this time to see Li Zhen actually led these slave soldiers to meet the battle, each was overjoyed, and when he heard Ashina Bexi's order, he fought bravely to be the first, followed by Ashina Bexi to change the direction of the march, and roared to kill Li Zhen's department.

"Damn! Damn it! Don't mistake me! Standing on the wall of the old camp, Sogersos saw that Ashina Bexi did not go to the rescue of his own army at the core of the battlefield, but went to meet Li Zhen's department, and immediately stomped his feet and scolded, but it was a pity that Ashina Bexi had already launched at this time, even if Sogeros was in a hurry, seeing that the situation on the battlefield had changed, Sogeros gritted his teeth, rushed down the wall, and ordered loudly to the more than 1,000 Suo Ge Mohe cavalry still remaining in the old camp: "Close the camp gate, the whole army dismounts, and go to the wall to defend!" Quick, go! The cavalry, who were dissatisfied with the stay, did not know why Sogosus gave this order, but when they saw that Sogosus was so anxious that his white beard trembled, they did not dare to slack off, and they got off their horses in a disorderly manner, closed the camp gate, and busily went to the city wall to defend without mentioning it.

The war has fallen into the most crazy state at this time, the grassland within a radius of five miles is full of shouts and killings, everywhere is the roar of men and horses, the sound of the impact of weapons, in this bloody scene, all the people have fallen into madness, in addition to killing, or killing, this is a life-and-death contest, is a contest of courage and courage, either kill or be killed, madness is synonymous with this time, and the god of death sings to harvest human lives!

"Kill!" Gao Heng, who followed closely behind Captain Liu Whirlwind, stabbed out a shot, picked off a Turkic cavalry who came over, and then abandoned the gun and took out the knife, followed the momentum of drawing the knife, a short body, lying on the back of the horse, dodging the oncoming knife, and then taking advantage of the momentum of the knife to slash the knife horizontally, with the momentum of the horse, the enemy's arm was cut in two, with a strange roar in his mouth, rushed forward, and Liu Whirlwind ran side by side, the scimitar in his hand slashed left and right, and crashed into the enemy formation, was also taken aback by the bravery of the cavalryman under his command.

"Kill, kill!" Gao Heng had already fallen into madness at this time, he didn't care about the scimitars that were chopping around him, he just cared about rampage, killing where there were many people, covered in blood, like a killing god who rushed out of hell, that fierce appearance immediately attracted the attention of several Western Turkic generals, and they all outflanked Gao Heng, but Gao Heng, who was swinging the knife and slashing, never noticed the approach of danger, and shouted and fought there.

"Kill!"

"Take your life!"

"Look at the knife!"

The three Western Turkic generals surrounded Gao Heng from three sides, and almost at the same time exhaled, and three snow-bright scimitars greeted Gao Heng with the speed of the horse.

Not good! Gao Heng, who had just killed a Turkic cavalry with a knife, suddenly woke up, and the corner of his eye sensed the approach of the enemy horseman, and he couldn't care about pulling the scimitar in his hand back from the corpse of the enemy horseman, and rolled off the horse in a panic, trying to use the cover of the war horse to avoid the arrival of death, but it was a pity that he was fast, the enemy was faster, and before Gao Heng landed, the enemy horse that had been killed from the west had already rushed to him, and the snowy knife light slashed between Gao Heng's neck like a chain......

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