When the people of the Tang Dynasty were indulging in the singing and dancing of the capital, the southwest border far away from the Central Plains territory was experiencing a bloody storm. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The daughter country, which has been friends with the Tang Dynasty for many years and pays tribute to the empire every year, hangs by a thread due to the crazy attack of the neighboring tribe Tubo. Her Majesty was ordered to send Xia Ruxue, the brocade guard beside her, to move rescue troops to the allies. After Xia Ruxue received the order, she rode the fast horse "Whirlwind" and escaped from the back mountain, whipped all the way, hurried in the starry night, and finally arrived at Chang'an, the capital of the empire, ten days later.

Xia Ruxue came to the gate of the palace, and before she got off the horse, the "whirlwind" fell to the ground with a thud and died immediately. Xia Ruxue fell off the horse, this fall, but the fall was not light, five rib bones were broken, her left calf was fractured, and there were many abrasions on her face and body. In addition, after ten days of patronizing and traveling, she did not eat any nutritious food, and only relied on the naan bread she carried with her to satisfy her hunger, so after handing over the queen's handwritten letter, this heroine did not say the first half of the sentence, and also died.

On the one hand, Tang Wang Shimin was grateful for Xia Ruxue's loyalty and bravery, and on the other hand, he also remembered the friendship with the allies, so he decided to send troops south to relieve the danger of his daughter's country. In the early dynasty, Shimin told his ministers his thoughts, and most of the Chinese military ministers of the dynasty were loyal and brave men who fought the world with the Tang king, and they were chivalrous and righteous one by one, willing to give, and when they saw that their friends were in trouble, they all said that they should help, which was a great good. Saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, let alone saving a country? Only a very small number of conservatives are not very happy with the empire sending troops, saying that it will damage the national strength and increase the financial expenditure of the national treasury. However, their opinions were eventually rejected by the Tang king. The reason is: the Central Plains is vast, the land is vast, the resources are abundant, and since the fall of the Sui Dynasty, the country's comprehensive strength has been steadily improving, and there is no shortage of this bit of silver in the treasury.

Conservatives shut up. The king of Tang then issued an order to order Cheng Yanjin to lead 5,000 elite cavalry and 50,000 infantry to support. Mrs. Cheng hurriedly packed some change of clothes for her husband, because the military situation was urgent, and she couldn't be delayed for half a minute, and the two didn't have time to talk more, Cheng Yanjin led the troops to the battle.

Mrs. Cheng looked at her husband's back, and felt a little relieved, so she summoned the head guard of the house and explained like this. The chief guard knew that only a few people stayed at home, and the rest of the people changed their night clothes and secretly followed behind the large army to secretly protect Cheng Yanjin's safety. Among the guards who traveled this trip included Qing Xuan. Just because this trip is a secret operation, and the matter came suddenly, he still has to tell the lady urgently, so he went south with the guards, and the misunderstanding between them has just been resolved, this time, I am afraid that she will misunderstand herself and say goodbye. Qingxuan walked, this is not a taste in his heart.

In other words, since the king of the daughter country invited Yuan Tiangang to calculate the life of her daughter country, Her Majesty the Queen has always been worried. But it was useless to worry alone, and she had to do something to relieve it. Therefore, she ordered her ministers to build fortifications and strengthen the city walls, and also ordered the conscription of soldiers, recruited all the young men in her daughter's country to the military headquarters, intensified training, and ordered the arsenal to produce crossbow arrows, ballistas and other weapons day and night in case of emergency.

As a result of the large-scale construction project, the people complained and the power of the main peace faction in the DPRK and China continued to expand. The Queen's dominance also became precarious.

It was during this critical period that the rich and beautiful Tubo Kingdom, which had always coveted the daughter country, finally launched an attack on the daughter country after a long period of preparation.

The invasion of foreign tribes finally sobered up the people of the daughter country, and they finally knew that the queen's hard work in building the fortifications was not for a moment, but for the arrival of this day. The complaints turned into a unanimous outcry, and the people unexpectedly united, bringing their own weapons from home, even the burning sticks for cooking. The power of the unity of the army and the people should not be underestimated, and those powerful enemies outside the city gates have been resisted again and again.

But the enemies were determined to take the daughter country. They set up camp under the city and studied the strategy of attacking the city. The queen stood on the city wall, looking at the black and oppressive enemy camp, and her heart was full of anxiety. Xia Ruxue has been gone for nearly a month, and there is still no news, if the rescuers don't come again, I'm afraid the supply in this city won't last long.

Her Majesty has urgently summoned the Minister to discuss a strategy to withdraw from the enemy.

Minister A: I don't think we can abandon the city and run away, anyway, they want our place, so let's find another place to play the drum and open it again.

Minister B: I think the only way to do this is to attack with fire. You see, the enemy camps are so close to each other that if they were burned with fire, the barracks would be reduced to ashes in an instant. Then we took advantage of the chaos to attack the enemy camp and kill them by surprise.

MINISTER C: I would like to add B's opinion. It's best to attack in the early hours of the morning, when the enemy is sleeping soundly and can't imagine that we will attack them. Another one, which I think is very important, is that it is best to choose a windy day to start, and the wind direction is southwesterly, so that the fire spreads and the enemy will not have time to run.

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Queen: Running away is a good idea, and this can be saved for the last use. I think the strategies of B and C can be considered. In this way, we will wait for three more days, and if God helps us in these three days, we will carry out the plan of fire attack. A few of you go down and get ready. Tell the soldiers that no matter what the enemy calls for battle, we will not go out to fight. Keep our strength and prepare for a tough battle. These three days allowed the soldiers to rest well and maintain their strength. Let the guy make something delicious and bring it to them. How many sheep can you find in the city?

Minister A: The soldiers have basically eaten all the sheep in the city, and the people are now living a very hard life, and many families can only eat two meals a day.

The queen sighed deeply. She didn't dare to imagine that if the war continued, the people would have nothing to eat, and eventually they would have to fall into the phenomenon of cannibalism. Although the daughter country has never faced such a dilemma, the queen, who loves to read, knows how cruel and dehumanizing war is. She loves her people and doesn't want this to happen in her country one day. So, she wants to end this war as soon as possible.

On the first day, the weather was clear and windless. The enemy soldiers shouted under the city gate for the daughter country to send people out to fight, and the daughter country remained silent.

The next day, the weather was still sunny and breezy. The enemy troops began to climb the city walls with siege ladders. The soldiers of the city used rolling stones, logs, and crossbow arrows to fight back against enemy attacks.

On the third day, the weather was cloudy and breezy. The enemy attacked with greater momentum, and some had already climbed the wall to engage the defending sergeants in hand-to-hand combat. Dozens of dead and wounded fighters. Because everyone held the attitude of survival with the city, strictly defended to the death, and insisted on fighting until the evening, before Mingjin withdrew his troops in the loss of troops on both sides. The night gradually darkened. Candles were lit in the enemy camp, the military doctor treated the wounded soldiers, those who were burned, shot by crossbow arrows, and slashed by swords ****, trembling all over, cursing in their hearts, the pain seemed to be devouring them in the next second, they felt that it was better to be alive than dead at this moment, because only death could relieve them of the pain.

The night is getting deeper. The wounded warriors could not sleep, listening to the snoring in the barracks next door, and they struggled to move their bodies, when they heard a small sound outside. Is it a beast that has come to sneak attack? They want to. But the beasts were afraid of fire, and they thought those guys wouldn't dare come closer. I closed my eyes slightly, looking forward to sleeping even for a short time in the painful ****.

簌簌簌......

At midnight when the enemy army was sleeping soundly, twelve dead soldiers from the daughter country sneaked out of the city gate and infiltrated the enemy camp. They killed the patrolling soldiers while they were napping, and then set fire to the surrounding tents with firearms. After a while, the fire burst into flames. Before the sleeping soldier knew what was happening, he squeaked and screamed, and chaos erupted in the camp.

At this time, the city gate was opened, and the soldiers rushed into the enemy camp with weapons in hand, and the enemy patronized and saved their lives. Most of the dead and wounded.

When the enemy broke and fled for dozens of miles, seeing that the other party had not caught up, he stopped and set up camp to repair the army. In this night attack, they lost nearly five thousand sergeants. However, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, not to mention that it is a well-trained, brave and good fighting army. After a few days of repair, the troops regained their strength and prepared to attack the daughter country again in two days.

On this day, the soldiers of the defenders of the daughter country were patrolling the city wall, and found that the dust was flying in the distance, and a group of enemy troops was sweeping towards this side in the dark. The defenders immediately reported to the queen, who wore her armor and climbed the city wall, and when the defenders saw the queen herself in the city, their hearts were greatly boosted, and they were determined to fight the enemy to the death.

When the enemy army reached the city, they first shouted and cursed, then set up a ladder, and the enemy soldiers began to climb frantically to the city wall under the cover of a rain of arrows. The defenders used crossbow arrows, torches, rolling stones, and logs to knock down the besieging enemy soldiers down the ladder, and as countless enemy corpses fell, more enemies rushed up the ladder. The rolling stones and logs were all gone, and there were not many torches left. The city defenders and enemy arrows rained down the city and saw that the city walls were about to be undefended.

The soldiers advised the queen to retreat to the city, and once the city was broken, the queen still had time to escape, but the queen insisted on staying on the walls to strengthen her army. The soldiers swallowed tears mixed with blood, and supported their bodies that had not eaten for a day and continued to fight. It's just because of their loyalty to the queen and their love for the country that it doesn't matter if they give their lives. Everyone knew that it was possible to sacrifice their lives for the country in the next second, but no one flinched. They did everything they could to cover the queen and fight the enemy with the last of their strength. More and more people used the city walls, and the soldiers defending the city fell one by one in a pool of blood, and the queen watched this scene with sorrow, and her heart was like a knife. She drew her sword, ready to fight her enemies to the death.

Suddenly, the enemy's offensive weakened, and apart from a few enemy soldiers who had killed the walls, no new enemy soldiers rushed up. After the queen and the soldiers who climbed the wall behind them killed the enemy soldiers who had rushed up earlier, they looked into the distance and saw that the shouts of killing were shaking the sky behind the enemy, and a group of sergeants of unknown origin were fighting with the enemy soldiers.

"Your Majesty, you see, in the rear of the enemy, there is a group of people who have pinned them down, and the two sides are fighting. Are our reinforcements arriving? A defender asked the queen.

The queen took the binoculars from the soldier's hand, looked at it for a while, and said, "You are right, they are here." ”

In the queen's gaze, the word "Tang" appeared in her eyes, and in addition, there was also the word "Cheng". She knew that there was a member of the Celestial Empire named "Cheng Biting Jin", and it seemed that this person must have come to her aid in person. The soft stalk in the queen's heart was gently plucked, and her eyes instantly moistened.