At the head of Suizhou City, Fan Xinggang, who was confused, put down his bow and arrows, feeling hungry. An old man who supported the defense of the city hurriedly brought a bowl of noodle soup, and Fan Xing excused himself. The old man forced it into his hand and said, "You are the heaven of our Suizhou, and you have to be full, so as not to attack the Turks again." ”

"Thank you, thank you. Fan Xing couldn't refuse, so he took it.

After taking a sip of a bowl of noodle soup, I saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and experienced subordinates were already listening closely. Hearing this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly shouted at Fan Xing: "General, general, I'm afraid that thousands of troops and horses are rushing towards Weizhou." ”

"Reinforcements have arrived?" Fan Xing swallowed a mouthful of noodles and hurriedly asked.

"I'm afraid not, it's not the right direction. The man hurriedly reported.

Fan Xingleng paused, quickly took another bite of noodles, and then asked, "You mean to say that it may be Turkic?"

"Well, most likely. The man nodded firmly.

Fan Xing put the noodle soup next to him and shouted, "Be on guard, be on alert, be on alert." ”

As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, the soldiers, who had not eaten a comfortable meal, hurriedly entered a state of combat readiness.

In the sky, the sun is shining, and there is a forest outside Suizhou City, but it is not like the trees in the south that cover the sky and the sun one after another, and those woods are sparsely distributed. Therefore, Fan Xing stood on the city tower and saw that a black army was coming to Suizhou City in a neat phalanx.

"Are these people crazy? Do we have anything in Suizhou? Is it necessary for them to make such a big move?" Fan Xingwu muttered to himself, he himself couldn't figure out what the enemy's purpose was.

However, it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand the enemy's purpose, his only belief is to hold Suizhou City, take the lead, fight an old bone, and block the enemy's iron hooves.

"Prepare for war. Fan Xing said, picking up the spear.

On the border south of Suizhou City, there is a mountain forest. Stationed in the mountains and forests were the vanguard troops of the Wang Division led by Li Jing. Led by Li Ke, Wei Fangzheng, Qin Ming, and Wang Xie. Camouflaged tents were added, dry food was uniformly distributed, and no wildfires were built. This mountain forest hides the army of 50,000 very well.

The man standing guard heard the sound of horses' hooves coming quickly, but gradually slowed down. A young soldier was very suspicious, so he said to his comrade next to him, "There seems to be something wrong with the sound of horses' hooves?"

"Hmm. Previously hurried, now slowed down, but walked very casually, as if no one was driving. Beware of deception. Another soldier said.

"Well, let's go check it out. The young soldier said.

"Good. ”

Two soldiers clad in green branches moved slowly and intercepted the red horse on the mountain road.

"This is a war horse, a specialty of this city. One of the soldiers said.

The other soldier frowned and looked at the man on horseback, clutching the reins, blood dripping. The heavy smell of blood diffused in the wind.

"This dress is my Tang Dynasty soldier. The soldier, who watched closely, had a voice full of grief, and then he carefully examined the man on horseback, and was still breathing, and an arrow wounded him in the back, and he didn't know how to do it, and the arrow broke off in his back, and the arrow was left in his back. He also had stab wounds to his arms and thighs.

"Hmm. I'll go and tell the general. Another soldier ran.

The rest of the soldiers reined in their horses, gently picked up the wounded man, and placed them under the trees on the side.

The seriously wounded man slowly opened his eyes, pinched the soldier, and shouted: "The Turks are coming, attack, fight, Suizhou." ”

"Not Xiazhou?" the soldier was puzzled.

Previously, starting from Chang'an, as the vanguard force, the rapid march all the way to the territory of Suizhou actually slowed down. The King of Shu found such a secret place and hid. The soldiers were puzzled, thinking that this was still far away from Xiazhou and Shuofang, so why were they hiding here?

In the eyes of the soldiers, Xiazhou and Shuofang are of strategic significance, and they are border cities, and if the Turks want to fight, they will definitely take Xiazhou and Shuofang. Otherwise, the elite of Chai Shao and Hou Junji were stationed in the cities of Xiazhou and Shuofang, and if the Turks bypassed Xiazhou and attacked other cities directly, they would undoubtedly take the initiative to become the turtles in the urn.

Now, the Turks are really attacking Suizhou.

The soldier was shocked. The wounded man was so angry that he only nodded solemnly at his doubts, and then fell into a coma again. Soldiers rushed to treat his wounds.

After a while, the King of Shu, Deputy General Wang, and General Cheng all came to the tree, and while ordering the military doctor to treat the wounded, they searched for a letter from the person.

The letter was written by Fan Xing, reporting on the armament situation in Suizhou, the preliminary situation of the enemy, and to what extent it could be held to the death. Finally, he asked the imperial court to rush to Suizhou's aid. Suizhou is in danger.

After reading the letter, Li Ke thought silently for a moment, and then said: "Pass the order, the army is ready to pull out the camp." Two quarters of an hour later, the pioneer battalion followed me, and the army behind was divided into three echelons, and the camp was pulled out at an interval of half an hour before and after, galloping to aid Suizhou. The first echelon was commanded by General Wei, and the second echelon was commanded by General Qin Mingwang. The third echelon is made up of Wang Xie His Royal Highness. ”

All the people received the order, and each returned to the camp to prepare to pull out the camp.

A quarter of an hour later, the reconnaissance team sent out earlier returned, and the leader was none other than Shu Min.

"Is there any news?" asked Li Ke.

"Previously, the Tuli army of 50,000 besieged Suizhou and never attacked the city. Later, he prepared to attack the city, but he did not stop for some reason, and the army was scattered. Shu Min said.

Li Ke frowned, unable to think of a reason, but only asked: "According to the route, the ninth girl should be here, right?"

"According to the speed of the Nine Girls' march, at this time, it should have arrived in Suizhou, but for some reason, they didn't contact us. Shu Min was also very puzzled.

"She always had her own opinions. Li Ke was a little unhappy, but this was not the time to care about that guy. So, he continued to inquire about the situation in Suizhou.

Shu Min sighed and said, "Your Highness, Suizhou City is in danger. Previously, the Tuli army was scattered. In about a stick of incense, the Turks gathered 100,000 horses and horses, and they made a comeback, estimating that they would attack Suizhou without waiting for sunset. ”

"100,000? is the number exact?" Li Ke was also a little uncertain.

In his previous life, he also participated in the Battle of Suizhou. At that time, only 50,000 soldiers and horses were besieged by Tuli, Fan Xing saw through the Jieli conspiracy, opened the city gate and let Suizhou fall, and would rather suffer his own scolding than let the Tang army fall into Jieli's conspiracy.

Later, Xue Yantuo rebelled, and the Turks were in civil strife. Li Ke, as Li Jing's vanguard officer, participated in this battle, and finally swept all the way and captured Jieli alive.

It was also after that battle that he returned triumphantly, and he saw Ah Zi in the crowd.

But in this life, everything has changed.

The army of 50,000 that I originally thought turned into 100,000 in an instant.

"The exact number is just who commands it, and I can't tell at the moment. Shu Min replied.

"Are there any ambushes and formations along the way?" Li Ke asked.

Shu Min nodded and said, "As Gongzi expected, the Turks set up ambushes along the way. If we rush forward, we will not even be able to retreat. Moreover, the terrain will drag our army too narrow. ””

Li Ke let out a "hmm", and then led the pioneer battalion to Suizhou first.