The soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion reorganized their troops overnight, and with the most elite vanguard troops of the Xirong army, they carried a tough battle and were able to hold Lucheng.

Li Shuang did not go to the battlefield in person, she was busy in the barracks all night, arranging troops, understanding the situation, discussing countermeasures with other generals, and sending people to report the military situation back to Beijing.

From the moment he learned about the military situation, Li Shuang began to be busy.

In the barracks, the doctor was taking care of a steady stream of wounded soldiers, each personal guard was on duty to guard Li Shuang's side, and even the horses were a little more restless than before, and the matter between the mysterious black-armored man who had become a disciple and Jin An became trivial in an instant. In times of chaos, no one pays attention to what a child is doing, no matter how special he is.

Early in the morning, after a night of fighting, the front-line soldiers temporarily repelled the Xirong vanguard troops, and the Xirong troops retreated ten miles outside Lucheng. Li Shuang entered Lucheng on horseback, planning to negotiate with the city guards, and wanted to move the Changfeng camp into the city to facilitate the defense of the city behind.

Li Zhangyi, the city guard of Lucheng, ate a stomach full of fat, and when he hurried from the house to the hall to see Li Shuang, he was already panting and sweating profusely.

Li Shuang didn't say much to him, and said bluntly: "Li Chengshou, there was a chaotic battle outside the city last night, I believe that the city guard knows, the Xirong army is pressing, and the military situation is urgent. ”

Hearing this, Li Zhangyi's mung bean's big eyes rolled.

He is the city guard promoted by the prime minister to Lucheng, and the prime minister and the general belong to two factions above the court all the year round, and the position is opposite, Li Shuang was sent to guard the Changfeng camp outside the Saiwai, but the Changfeng camp is not stationed in Lucheng, which is a contest between the general and the prime minister outside the court.

Now, although the enemy situation is current, but the battle between the general and the prime minister is also-for-tat, if the Changfeng battalion enters Lucheng, it will not be beneficial to his position as the city guard or the power of the prime minister.

Of course, he wouldn't agree.

So he narrowed his eyes, smiled with a cheeky smile and said to Li Shuang: "General, the Xirong army is strong and strong, and the broken hand is extremely fierce. This year, I have a bumper harvest in the south of the Yangtze River, and the food in Lucheng is abundant, so there is absolutely no problem in spending this winter, why not give them some grain and send them away. ”

Li Shuang's expression was cold, and there seemed to be a cold knife in his eyes piercing the city guard: "You want to take my Dajin grain and grass to feed this group of jackals?" ”

The city guard touched Li Shuang's gaze, trembled, took a step back, he wiped the sweat on his head, and said in his heart This jade-faced rakshasa is really not called by the people in the court.

He steadied his feelings and said haha: "This ...... It's just a stopgap measure. I forgot to glance at the head of the city yesterday, if it was just the vanguard troops, and now that the Xirong army has arrived, there are many soldiers and horses, our soldiers defending the city plus the soldiers of the Changfeng battalion, I'm afraid it's less than half of the people, we might as well send them a little first......"

"You want to send it?" Li Shuang sneered, "You should ask the army of Na Xirong if you want to send it!" ”

Li Zhangyi still smiled gently: "General, what do you mean by this?" Could it be that you want to take my Lucheng soldiers and send them to death with your Changfeng Battalion soldiers? ”

"Whether or not to send you to death is not your business as a civil official." Li Shuang interrupted him forcefully, "This winter's lack of grain in Saibei is just the beginning of its emergence, and the dispute over the outside of Saibei will only intensify after that, whoever masters a large amount of grain and grass first will be the overlord of Saibei this winter." Xirong raised a large army to invade Lucheng, knowing that Lucheng was rich in food, and planned to rob it, store food, and then take down other tribes in one fell swoop in this evil winter. Li Shuang's fingers tapped on the table.

"Tell me, how much grain can you take to support their entire army in Xijon and fight this winter's battle?"

Li Zhangyi was silent.

"This first battle must be fought, and I have to win the beauty and beat the dog's head in order to keep the peace of Lucheng from now on." Li Shuang got up, and a sonorous voice slammed into a suit of armor, "At three o'clock, open the city gate to welcome my Changfeng camp." I don't care in peacetime, but in wartime, I have the final say in this deer city. ”

She got up to leave, her hair tied up high and swept over Li Zhangyi's fat face.

When Li Shuang's footsteps disappeared, Li Zhangyi stared at Li Shuang's back gloomily and clenched his fists: "Hmph, little girl." ”

It was dark early in the winter in Saibei, and when it came to You, the sky was already half dark, Li Shuang rode next to the army, watching the entire Changfeng battalion soldiers pack up their own clothes, put the necessary items into a burden, and put them on their backs when the sky was dark, and then set off for Lucheng.

All the guards followed behind Li Shuang, and at this time, watching the people marching in front of him, Li Shuang was a little free, looked behind him, and then was stunned, and asked Qin Lan, who was guarding beside him: "Where is Jin An?" ”

Qin Lan was also stunned, and glanced at it: "It seems to be ...... I haven't seen it in some cases. He asked, and one of the guards had seen him before it was dark.

Receiving this answer, Li Shuang frowned. Luo Teng reprimanded on the side: "Lao Tzu, there are a lot of things to do with this little fart, Lao Tzu went back to find it." As soon as he lifted the horse's head, he was about to go back, but suddenly paused, looked at the place where Xijon was camped and frowned: "General, there is movement." ”

Li Shuang immediately tightened her mind, and listened attentively, only to feel a faint rumbling sound from the earth, after years of fighting, she knew what it meant - it was Xirong's large army that moved.

"Pick up the pace!" Li Shuang shouted loudly, "Enter Deer City!" Go up to the castle tower! Defend against Sijon! ”

The soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion immediately took action, and Li Shuang no longer had the heart to take care of Jin'an, so he went straight to Lucheng, but before arriving at the gate of Lucheng, Li Shuang saw that the gate of Lucheng was closed, and the soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion were shouting with the guards on the city wall.

Li Shuang grabbed the reins of the horse under the city, stared at the guards on the city tower, and scolded sharply: "Zhenbei General Li Shuang is here, and he ordered you to open the city gate as soon as possible!" ”

The soldiers defending the city glanced to the side, and finally one of them couldn't help but shout: "General, the city guard told us to guard the city gate, and we can't open the door today." ”

Li Shuang was furious: "Bastard! At the moment of the great enemy, he Li Zhangyi issued this poisonous order, but he wants to commit treason? You obey his foolish order, and after this battle, do you want to be beheaded and thrown away? ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers defending the city were shocked. Everyone looked at each other for a while, and at this moment, a person came up on the top of the city tower, and his round body squeezed away a soldier guarding the city: "General Li, what you say, Weichen can't afford it." He pointed to the distance, "Look back, the army of Xirong is behind you, pressing step by step, you want me to open the city gate at this time, in case I let the enemy army enter the city and harm the people of Lucheng, this is a negligent duty!" ”

The roaring horses' hooves approached in the distance, although this Li Zhangyi's actions were hateful, but he had already delayed the best time to enter the city, and at this time, it was indeed very likely that when the soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion did not fully enter Lucheng, the Xirong army was already approaching. At that time, the city was broken, and it was even more embarrassing.

Li Shuang gritted his teeth, turned his horse's head again, and faced the vast land, the Xirong army that was surging like a tsunami in the sea, was about to fight to the death, when Li Zhangyi's panicked cry suddenly came from above the city tower: "Ah! Daring! Who are you? ”

Li Shuang looked up.

I saw that on the top of the high city tower, I don't know when a person fell next to Li Zhangyi, he grabbed his neck, and a cold light iron knife drawn from the waist of the soldier guarding the city next to him was coldly slashing at Li Zhangyi's neck, he was very heavy, and he had cut Li Zhangyi's neck out of blood.

With black face armor and red eyes, this person is actually ......

That Ascending Disciple!

Unlike the previous two times, this time he was out of □□ chest......

"Open the gates." He said coldly in Li Zhangyi's ear. The sound is not loud, but it seems to be a horn that can be transmitted throughout thousands of troops, shocking people's hearts.

This man ......

Li Zhangyi didn't speak for a long time, but the man didn't give up the blade and pressed the blade into his fat a little bit, Xu was finally in pain and couldn't stand it, and the fear in his heart forced Li Zhangyi to scream in a broken voice: "Open!" Open! I'm open! Let you open the gates of the city. Did you hear me? ”

"Don't open it!" Li Shuang scolded under the city tower.

The man who reprimanded Li Zhangyi was also a little stunned. Li Shuang didn't explain the reason, only stared coldly at the Xirong enemy army in front of him, and the long sword at his waist was drawn out of its sheath.

"Soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion, unload the accompanying items, place the city gate, wait for the enemy to return, and then enter Lucheng."

As soon as she gave the order, the soldiers were all promised, and immediately lined up in front of the gate of Lucheng. Li Shuang looked back: "Li Zhangyi, you have a reason not to let me in Lucheng today, but if you dare not defend Lucheng, not only me, but the saint also has to ask for your head." ”

As soon as she said this, Li Zhangyi, who was above the city tower, was stunned, and regardless of whether the person behind him still had a knife across his neck, he hurriedly ordered: "Archer, archer!" Quickly cover my Changfeng Battalion soldiers! ”

Li Shuang's long sword shook, and the hooves of the Xirong army approached in the distance, she raised her sword and shouted: "Kill!" ”

The soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion faced the battle head-on, but what Li Shuang didn't see was that when she said this, the figure on the city tower was like a ghost, and he also fell into the wilderness together.

The two armies fought, and arrows rained down from the walls. The fire burned above the city walls, and the smell of iron and blood filled the pitch-black wilderness of Saibei in a short time.

Although the soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion have been on the battlefield for a long time, they have always been at a disadvantage in numbers, and they were torn apart in the onslaught of the Xirong army in a short time. Li Shuang was deeply trapped in the enemy's army, his sword fell, and blood was splashed all over his face, but the enemy seemed to be unable to kill him, and more and more people surrounded him.

Xirong's soldiers are nomadic all the year round, very fierce, Li Shuang's guards and Qin Lan Luo Teng were all scattered, she dealt with the encirclement alone, but Rao is no matter how high her martial arts are, at this time the slashing also made her hands weak, it was when she held the big knife of a Xirong soldier next to her, a sharp spear suddenly stabbed in the oblique, and pierced her waist fiercely, Li Shuang could not avoid it.

And at this time! A big knife next to him slashed down, and it actually cut off the iron spear violently, and the soldier holding the spear seemed to be opened by an invisible force.

Li Shuang only felt that her shoulders were tight, but she was unreasonably hugged into her arms.