The orange-red sun rises in the east, but without the slightest warmth. The cold wind is steep, and the battle flags on the roof of the enemy tower are hunting. The chief manager of Datang Jinshan Road stood in the middle of the enemy building, holding the fence and looking east. The moisture exhaled from the nostrils condenses into a layer of hoarfrost on the edges of the scarf.

"Dashuai, go down and drink some hot soup!" The secretary Xun Yingda was dressed in a thick mink fur and walked slowly up the steps. With his hands clenched into fists, he suggested distressedly, "The brothers we sent to take over Lonely Rock Mountain, Qishan Mountain, and the Confessor Pavilion are all clever enough. Once there is the latest news of the young marshal, it will definitely be sent back as soon as possible! ”

"I know!" Guo Yuanzhen sighed and shook his head slightly, "I'm just not sure in my heart." Standing here and blowing the wind makes you feel better. ”

"Young Eunuch Zhang didn't treat the young marshal harshly, and he himself is not like a person who doesn't care about the life and death of his brothers." Knowing that comfort was useless, Xun Yingda still added in a whisper.

Guo Yuanzhen didn't respond, smiled at him, sighed again, turned his head, and continued to look at the eastern wilderness in a daze. The snowstorm that fell a few days ago has not melted, and the sky and the earth are snow-white. But to the east of Shule City, there was a very clear road that stretched out of his sight.

It was the road that the horse's hooves had trodden on. For half a month, the daredevil, surnamed Zhang, usually sent messengers to deliver good news to him. At the same time, he was invited to send follow-up troops to take over the fortresses and cities occupied by the Turgish, such as Gushi Mountain, Qishan, and the Confession Hall some time ago. At first, every good news and invitation came to him, and he felt humiliated. And since three days before the fight, the messenger sent the good news of recovering the Jiturity Pavilion, but did not bring Zhang Qian's invitation to send troops to station, and all the humiliation and hatred in his heart became anxious.

To tell the truth, when Zhang Qian forcibly borrowed 3,000 soldiers and horses at the beginning, he was not optimistic about the other party at all. Although the ruthlessness and treachery of the daredevil, they were far beyond his expectations. But the outcome of the war is determined by the overall strength of the army, and the main general, ruthless and treacherous, can play a very little role!

In Guo Yuanzhen's prediction, even if there were no brothers arranged by Xun Yingda to make trouble, it would be difficult for Zhang Qian, with 3,000 demoralized soldiers, to take the fortress on Lonely Rock Mountain. And once the army and horses stopped at the foot of the lonely stone mountain and could not advance an inch for a long time, he could make another move with the daredevil, surnamed Zhang.

Whether it is coerced by force, or from the side of the court, he will definitely be able to gain the upper hand. As for the Hongmen banquet and the delivery of news to the sha, it can be completely interpreted as a daredevil's suspicious surname Zhang. Anyway, Princess Taiping covered the sky with one hand, and the daredevil, surnamed Zhang, did not complete the task of containing Suo Ge and rescuing Qiuzi, but also threatened him, the only person who could clean up the mess, in public, and was deeply guilty.

What Guo Yuanzhen couldn't even imagine was that the daredevil, surnamed Zhang, was like a bamboo all the way. The 3,000 brothers of the Jinshan Army who were forcibly borrowed by him, instead of having low morale and disintegrating the morale of the army, were reborn in the hands of a daredevil, surnamed Zhang, and even directly defeated a Turkic cavalry with a similar number of them in the field battle!

How is this possible?! When he first received the battle report, Guo Yuanzhen always thought that Zhang Qian was bragging, and he also hoped that Zhang Qian was bragging. And as the brothers he sent out took over Gushi Mountain and Qishan one after another, and sent back the latest battle report in the form of an eight-hundred-mile relay, he had to accept this series of hot realities.

"It's okay to take the Confessor's Pavilion, you should accept it when you see it!"

"There are only three hundred miles left in the Pavilion of the Confessor, and there are only three hundred miles left in Gumo, the important place where Suo Ge hoards grain and grass, which is enough for Suo Ge to feel the pressure and divide his troops to return to defense!"

"I can't go on, I really should accept it when I see it! As long as Suo Ge divides his troops and returns to defense, the threat to Qiuzi will be greatly reduced. With the sophistication of the Niu Shi Award, there are already more than eighty percent chances to ensure that Qiuzi City is not lost! ”

……

Every time he received good news, Guo Yuanzhen tried to consider the overall situation and plan for Zhang Qian. However, taking into account his own face and the other party's attitude, he let these plans all rot in his stomach. And the next facts proved that he completely underestimated Zhang Qian's ambition and madness. On the day he took the Confessor Pavilion, the latter actually led his troops directly to the Jiturity Pavilion.

Three days ago, the last good news from the messenger. Zhang Qian's Jinshan Army was a partial division, forced to land the Turk Cavalry Shi Ba Xi Division, and took the Jitur Pavilion. Then, there was no news of the detachment.

Since then, Guo Yuanzhen has been completely unable to sleep peacefully. Every day before dawn, they would stand in the middle of the enemy tower, waiting for the messenger or the brothers they had sent out to bring the latest news, but every day from morning to night, they only hoped for a colder and colder wind.

His only son, in that team. Although it is believed that the envoy and the detailed report made it, the major general Guo Hong did not suffer the slightest mistreatment, and got along with Zhang Qianxiang very well. However, he believed that since Zhang Qian had already taken the Jiturbidity Pavilion, he would never stand still as he thought.

Zhang Qian, whose eyes had been burned red by victory, would definitely pounce on Gumo City. Guo Yuanzhen doesn't need to think about this to know. And Gumo City is one of the few important towns in the Western Regions, with sufficient grain, grass and equipment, and the troops are not thin!

"Will Zhang Qian take Gumo City as well? If his attack is thwarted, what chance does he have of withdrawing to the Jitur Pavilion? If Ba Xi's subordinates surrender and rebel, wouldn't Zhang Qian have to suffer from the enemy on his back? If he can't stand in the Jiturity Pavilion, where will he retreat next? If he is defeated and dies, Hong'er ......"

Guo Yuanzhen didn't dare to continue to think about it, every time he thought of this, there was a bloody light in front of him! In order to make himself feel relieved, he tried to guess the best result, Zhang Qian was lucky, and before Suo Ge sent troops to help, he defeated Ye Hu's photo map and took Gumo! In that case, the danger of the turtle will be completely solved, and the destruction of Suo Ge will be just around the corner. However, Zhang Qian and Hong'er, as well as the 3,000 brothers they brought, I am afraid that they will all have to go and never return!

Suo Ge, who has gone crazy, will definitely fight back against Gumo desperately. And in order to ensure that the grain and grass in the city do not fall into the hands of Suo Ge again, Zhang Qian will definitely choose to defend it. In order to avoid being surrounded and sent to help, the Niu Shi Award may not be able to lead his troops to rescue him in time. Zhou Yiyi and A Shi Na Zhongjie are both defeated under Suo Ge, and they definitely have no strength to save them. As for his side, from Shule to Gumo, it is more than 800 miles away, and even if he sends troops now, he may not have time to ......

"Great, handsome, horse, horse! It's the messenger, it's our scout! Our scout and Zhang Qian's messenger are back together! Just when he was feeling uncomfortable, suddenly, Guo Yuanzhen felt that his shoulder was slapped hard, and then the voice of Xun Yingda, the secretary of the palm, came to his ears.

"Where?" Guo Yuanzhen shivered, rubbing his eyes with his hands while trying to look out.

Sure enough, it was his own scout and Zhang Qian's messenger, and he could distinguish it clearly from the recognition flag raised high on his back. The Courier had apparently run out of strength and needed to tie himself to his horse with a rope so that he would not fall to the ground. And his scouts are tightly guarded by the side of the messenger, like a rare treasure!

"Open the door, let them go, no! Pick them in! The old man went to pick it up in person! In the next moment, a sharp shout came out of Guo Yuanzhen's mouth. Turning around suddenly, regardless of his age and physical condition, he galloped along the horse path, and in the blink of an eye, he came to the city gate cave.

The gates of the city were pushed open by the excited brethren. Several guards were worried about Guo Yuanzhen's safety, and hurried out of the city, blocking the scouts' way. Then, together with the scouts, he lifted the messenger off his horse.

"Great victory, great victory, on the evening of the 17th of this month, the commander of my army, Shi captured Gumo Prefecture, killed the Gumo guard general and more than 1,300 people under his command, and the rest of the cavalry troops were scattered!" The messenger was too tired to stand, but he still insisted on taking out a document bag with fire paint from the bamboo tube behind his back and holding it up in front of Guo Yuanzhen with his own hands.

"Which day?" Guo Yuanzhen's body shook and almost fell headlong.

This is the best outcome of his prediction, and at the same time the worst outcome. At this point, Zhang Qian and Guo Hong almost stepped into the ghost gate with one foot.

"Seventeenth, evening!" The messenger gasped and repeated, saliva and blood dripping uncontrollably down the corners of his mouth.

That was three days ago, no, three days and three nights ago! Guo Yuanzhen forcibly suppressed the nervousness in his heart and calculated silently. It's too late, and now it's too late for him to really do anything, so he can only resign himself to fate.

With a trembling hand, he pulled out a horizontal knife and cut open the document bag sealed with fire paint, and he took out the good news inside and quickly browsed it. I hope that I can see a glimmer of life for my son and the 3,000 brothers from the good news sent by Zhang Qian.

The good news has a distinctly Chang style, composed entirely of numbers and facts, without half flowery rhetoric. But every sentence in the good news made Guo Yuanzhen's heart pump tighter.

In Gumo City, there are indeed a large number of grains and grasses, and there are even very precious fierce fire oils! And Zhang Qian really refused to let this batch of materials return to Suo Ge's hands. He certainly didn't have the ability to organize the manpower to transport the supplies away before Suo Ge swooped back. However, what he planned to do next, he did not say a word in the good news.

With the last expectation, Guo Yuanzhen's gaze quickly fell to the end of the good news, and a line of domineering handwriting quickly entered his eyes. "The grain and grass are unsustainable, and the Suo Ge army will be in turmoil. This is a rare opportunity, Mr. Guo should not miss it! ”

Guo Yuanzhen's heart twitched again, his eyes turned black for a while, and then, his whole body was relaxed.

Quickly put the document into the envelope, he gritted his teeth and ordered in a deep voice: "Yingda, repair the book for the old man to Suo Ge." Tell him that if he disbands his subordinates now and goes to Chang'an with the old man to plead guilty, the old man can still keep his wife, children and clansmen. If he continues to be obsessed, the old man will definitely do his best to plow his own clan and sweep the holes, hoping that he will do it himself! ”

Immediately, he swung the knife hard, and his domineering spirit appeared all over his body. "Beat the drums, gather the generals, and enter the lonely stone mountain. The old man wants to compete with Suo Ge! ”

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Under the cover of night, in Axiyan City, which is less than fifty miles away from Gumo City, the mournful roar of war horses is endless.

In the tent of the Chinese army, the lights are bright. The white-haired Sogdian interpreter, on the orders of Suo Ge, unfolded a war book that the Tang army scouts had shot into the city and read it aloud.

"Er is a barbarian, there is no more than one village with land, and there are no more than 100 households. There is no size for the country, and there is no talent for the public. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not think you despicable, and made you a high-ranking official and a lord, and gave you seeds and tools. It's a horse bone in the gold market! The Sogdian interpreter's face turned pale, and his voice became lower and lower. If you want to compete with the sun and the moon with fireflies, jackals, jackals and dragons are in the same row......"

"Don't read it, it's too much of a deception!"

"Damn, the sin surnamed Zhang deserves death. Sooner or later, Lao Tzu will catch him and crush his bones and scatter ashes! ”

"Catch him, take him to Qiuzi City, and cut him with a thousand cuts!"

"Catch him and take him to Qiuzi City to light the sky lantern!"

………

In all directions, scolding came and went. The special services, Ye Hu, Si, Ai Jin, and Dagan under the Suo Ge tent were so angry that their eyes were red, and the corners of their mouths were splashing with white foam.

Seeing that Qiuzi City was about to be breached, the army had to turn around and pounce back because Gumo City, which stored grain and grass, and they were originally full of nameless karmic fire. And now, the surnamed Zhang is actually bold and shoots the war book directly into Axiyan City, which makes them unbearable.

Axiyan City is less than fifty miles away from Gumo Prefecture, if it weren't for the hard work of the long-distance march of the brothers of Suo Ge Nian, worried about being attacked by the halfway of the surname Zhang, the army of Tuqi Shi has now killed the city of Gumo, surrounded the dog thieves surnamed Zhang, and hacked to death with knives. How is it possible to let this son send someone to the door to provoke, and take advantage of the darkness to shoot the war books full of words everywhere?!

"Keep reading!" The only one who remained calm was the self-proclaimed Khan of the Turgish Shi, Suo Ge himself. As if he liked to be scolded, he put down the teacup in his hand and calmly ordered.

"Yes!" The Sogdian interpreter did not dare to disobey it, and continued to read it carefully in front of the war letter, "In the spring, I read your first offense, and the Tang Dynasty did not want to punish you without teaching, giving you the opportunity to get lost and return." But thou hast not been grateful, but thou hast thought that I was a coward. At the end of summer, you poured into the nest again, first to take Gumo, and then to commit Qiuzi. Kill my people, destroy my farmland, burn my house, defile my school. Is it tolerable, which is unbearable?! ”

"Zhang was ordered by the imperial court to raise 3,000 iron armor, and within half a month, he repeated several cities and cut off your back road. The looting gains from the years of Ru Ji, as well as the weight of grain and grass, all fell into Zhang's hands at this moment. If thou hast not lost thy mind, thou shalt know that thy great power is gone. Tie your arms as soon as possible to descend, Zhang Mounian has the virtue of a good life in heaven, and promises to only punish the evil, and never ask! If you are obsessed, Zhang Mou will carry a three-foot sword, cut you under the horse, and then swing the master to smash you, your lair. ”

The Sogdian interpreter's voice stopped again, his face turned paler, and he looked up in a cold sweat.

"Keep reading, why don't you read it?!" Suo Ge glared at him fiercely, urging sharply.

"The little one, the little one doesn't dare!" The Sogdian interpreter trembled, constantly raising his hands to wipe his sweat.

"If you are told to read it, you will read it. Otherwise...... "Suo Ge waited impatiently, and quickly grabbed the handle of the knife at his waist.

The Sogdian interpreter had no choice but to bite the bullet and stammered and continued to read aloud, "After seeing this book, if the head of the Tuqi Shi is mentioned to see it, the previous sins will be forgiven, and the Tang Dynasty will seal it with the lord of Suage." If the Turks do not cut their heads with Suog as soon as possible, the day of Suog's destruction will also be the time for you to die! At that time, the warriors under your command, those who kill the special service are the special service, the one who kills the Ye Protector is the Ye Protector, and the one who kills the Ai Jin and Tutun will all be ......"

"Stop, don't read it!" Suo Ge suddenly lost his composure, stood up, and kicked the interpreter half a foot away.

The Sogdian interpreter vomited blood, but he did not dare to cry out for injustice, so he lay on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed and begged for mercy. The self-proclaimed Khan of the Turkey Cavalry Shi Ten Surnames, Suo Ge, forgetting that he had insisted on reading the war letter to the interpreter, waved his hand, and ordered the warriors to drag the interpreter down to be executed. Then he gritted his teeth and asked around sharply: "Wait until you hear clearly?" ”

"Hear me clearly!"

"No, no, I didn't hear you!"

"I heard the front clearly, no, I didn't hear the last few words clearly!"

……

In all directions, the responses were varied. His descendants are generals, and they dare to tell the truth. And those servants of the tribe, Ai Jin and Tutun, were afraid that the answers they said would not satisfy him, and they were immediately attacked by the pond fish!

"I don't care how much you hear clearly, but I must tell you that in the eyes of the Tang Emperor, we are all a bunch of barbarians! It is well said in this battle book, he used to be good to us, and he did it for others to see, without the slightest sincerity! "It is worthy of being a generation of heroes, even if he was scolded to the blood, Suo Ge still did not forget to find the most beneficial part for himself from the war book, and instigated the servants of the various departments, "How he scolds me today, he will scold you tomorrow." No matter how loyal you are to the Tang Emperor, in the end, you will only be a horse or a watchdog raised by him! ”

"Damn it!"

"It's too much of a deception! The Tang Emperor deceived people too much! ”

"Kill back Gumo and grab the food back!"

"Kill the one surnamed Zhang, light the sky lantern!"

……

Zhong Aijin and Tutun, no matter what they thought in their hearts at this time, they all waved their arms with red eyes and made a state of anger.

"He's right!" I know what kind of goods these people under my command are. Suo Ge gritted his teeth and continued to add loudly, "What he said is actually right, my own tribe does only have more than a thousand accounts. The ranch I originally owned was indeed no bigger than a village in the Central Plains! But I, Khan of Turgish, swear to heaven today. I'd rather die, no longer for the Tang Eagle Dog! I, the Tuqi Shi Nan'er, would rather fight to the last breath than be a slave! ”

"Never a slave!"

"Riding Shi Nan'er, I'd rather die than give in!"

"The Turgish man is never a slave!"

……

In the council hall, the shouts rang out. The special services, Ye Hu, Ai Jin, Si, Dagan, and Tutun under Suo Ge's command, whether they were his own clan or not, all had tears in their eyes and swore to the sky.

Knowing that incitement alone was not enough, Suo Ge suddenly pressed his hand down and motioned for everyone to silence. After the shouting subsided, he asked proudly, "Mullen Special Service, you tell everyone, after we evacuate from Qiuzi City, will the Tang Army have the courage to chase after us?" ”

"Nope!" Suo Ge's brother of the same clan, Ma Lun, who was appointed by him as a special agent, immediately understood, stood up, and proudly announced, "The Niu Shi Award was frightened and only sent a dozen scouts out of the city. When they found the broken soldiers and horses we left, they immediately fled back in fright, and the four doors were closed, and they didn't dare to show their heads again! ”

"Hahahaha......" Suoge's descendants laughed arrogantly, extremely disdainful of the reaction of the Qiuzi defenders.

"Let's talk to Ye Hu, you come and tell everyone, what are Zhou Yiyi and Ah Shi Na Zhongjie doing at the mouth of the three rivers?" Suo Ge pursed his lips and continued to ask in a loud voice.

Ye Hu, who was named by him, also understood. Stand up and proudly arch your hand, "Great Khan, I ran, I ran the day before yesterday!" Finding that we were evacuating from Qiuzi, Zhou Yiyi and Ah Shi Na Zhongjie were worried that we would turn around and beat him, so they fled into the desert in fright. In this cold weather, when they walk out from the other side through the desert, at least thirty percent of the soldiers under their command will die! ”

"Hahaha, hahaha, haha......" Not only the soldiers of Suoge's headquarters were laughing wildly, but the rest of the servant tribes' Aijin and Tutun also shook their heads while laughing.

Zhou Yiyi and A Shi Na Zhongjie have long been killed by Suo Ge. This time he pretended to come to the rescue of Qiuzi, but the striker never crossed the Chi River. There are tens of thousands of troops in the air, and except for giving courage to the Niu Master in Qiuzi City, it has not played any role at all.

If the Tang army is all this kind of combat effectiveness, if it is said to be 10,000 or 20,000, it will increase by five times, and the Tuqi Shi people can kill them!

"Aslan Yehu, what about you, you have been stationed here, tell everyone, how many Tang troops are there in Gumo City?" After a quick glance around and taking everyone's reactions into account, Suo Ge continued to point.

Ye Hu Aslan, who was named by name, stood up with a smile, seven disagreed and eight dissatisfied, "Great Khan, there are only three thousand people." If it weren't for the dog thief Ba Sid colluding with him, leading his people into Gumo City, and murdering Xue Tu and Qu Li, they would not have been able to take Gumo at all. ”

"Just 3,000 Tang troops, dare to rob Gumo City and not escape, and dare to take the initiative to give me a war letter. You say, 'What should I do?' It was enough to see the heat, and Suo Ge once again scanned the audience with his gaze, and asked in a loud voice.

"Hit it!"

"Hit him and kill him!"

"Take back Gumo, take back the grain and grass, and then turn around and attack Qiuzi again!"

……

The morale of the Turkic generals was greatly boosted, completely forgetting all the disadvantages of their side at this moment, and they raised their arms and shouted in unison.

"Since he is looking for his own death, Ben Khan has fulfilled him!" Suo Ge himself, his blood was also surging, his face was red, and he ordered loudly, "All the soldiers, go back to the camp immediately to clean up the troops." An hour later, the soldiers sent out of the army. Tomorrow for breakfast, I'm going to drink with the heart and liver of a dog thief!"

"Order!" The secret service and Ye Hu of the descendants took the lead in agreeing, and the generals of the other departments also hugged their fists. I am full of expectations for tomorrow's battle.

"Mullen Secret Service and Aslan Yehu stay." Suo Ge nodded his hand and called the two henchmen who were about to go with everyone to rectify the soldiers and horses.

The two men whose names were called hesitated and turned around and walked quickly to his approach. Suo Ge lowered his voice and instructed the two of them face-to-face, "Maren, you lead five thousand soldiers and horses and quietly return to Kubiro City. Niu Shi Award will definitely not watch us kill Zhang Qian, as long as he leads troops to help, you will be caught off guard! ”

"Yes!" Agent Mullen arched his hand and took the order.

Quickly turning his gaze to another henchman, Suo Ge continued to arrange the task, "Aslan, you set off in advance, bypass Gumo, and take the Jiturity Pavilion." Ba Xide has made great contributions to the surname Zhang, and the surname Zhang will definitely give him a lot of grain and grass. Gumo City may not be able to take it in one day, let's take the Jiturity Pavilion first, slaughter all the Baxi Ministry, and take the grain and grass of the Baxi Department in case of emergency! ”

"Yes!" Aslan also bowed his hands solemnly, and was about to step out of the door. At the door of the council hall, Ye Hu was clumsy but rushed in, "Great Khan, it's not good, it's not good, it's burned, all the military rations are burned!" ”

"What are you burning? Where did the military rations burn? Su Ge was stunned, and grabbed Ye Hu's clumsy neck. Shaking and asking, "Make it clear, if you dare to mess with my army's heart, I will dismantle you!" ”

"Gumo, Gumo City! Military rations in Gumo City! Ye Hu's face turned pale, and he gasped and pointed to the window, "Look, God, the sky is burning red!" ”

"Ahh

Outside the window, the firelight has lit up the western sky.

It's night, the waning moon is bloody, and the western sky is red!