In Qingshui City, Lou Shide was also wearing armor, checking the armor of the soldiers over and over again, but he did not wait for the right time to attack.

"Alas, miscalculated! Silent and cunning, almost inhumane. ”

After retreating to the city, the stabbing Shi Feng Jingyu's disappointment was beyond words, and he slammed his fist with one hand into the palm of the other hand.

Although Lou Shide was also quite disappointed in his heart, he still cheered up and said: "It is not fortunate that the Bu Lu brothers can gather the remnants of the Turkic dead and cause trouble. Zhuhu was bewitched by it, and it was difficult to do so. But the silent rejection of his followers is not completely harmless. At present, the Huhu people and horses are flooding the river valley, and the Turkic thieves are also difficult to enter. ”

Although the current situation in the river valley is very different from the prediction, Lou Shide is still optimistic, he looked around Feng Jingyu and the soldiers who went out of the city to fight back, and said with a smile: "This attack can force Mo Si to abandon his henchmen, and it cannot be called useless." If they are cunning and unwilling to do their best in danger, their army will not have a tenacious heart, and they will not be able to fight bravely in the enemy country, and once they are weak, they will be in danger! ”

A resourceful person is actually not suitable to be the commander of the army, or as the commander of the army, he must be good at self-obscurity, and the soldiers should not rely too much on the wisdom of the commander.

There is no shortage of smart people in the world, but there are very few who are qualified to be generals. Smart people are accustomed to choosing a more labor-saving way to achieve their goals, and doing things may be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

However, the army and war are the most complicated things in the world, and the real elite division needs to have a certain degree of stupidity, and the pros and cons should not be weighed too clearly. Those who are good at using soldiers are rarely known for their treachery.

Silently used this tactic to abandon the allies on the battlefield and give the soldiers the idea of avoiding the war, but they were not fighting at home, which was tantamount to abandoning external help, and at the same time disintegrating their own fighting spirit.

Even if it can be effective in a short time, the long distance of withdrawal will not allow the war to end at a fast pace, as long as the Tang army can maintain the pressure on its army, its army will have the fear of defeat.

Lou Shide felt this, and it was not just to comfort the soldiers, but to really feel it.

During the Yifeng period, he responded to the call of Emperor Gaozong and joined the affairs of the ministry with a Wenchen, and followed the then prime minister Li Jingxuan to conquer the Turks. At that time, Li Jingxuan's war ideas were quite similar to the current silent sip, the army was arrogant and light in the early stage, and after encountering a small setback, he led his troops not to fight, resulting in low morale and defeat after defeat.

Mo Si led his troops around Helan Mountain, directly attacking Yuanzhou, unexpected and brave and abnormal, it is indeed extraordinary, almost effortlessly conquered the city of Yuanzhou, this is the embodiment of the strength of the army.

But the next action lost such a fast pace, and was trapped by the river valley for more than half a month, and it seemed that gathering and luring the Zhuhu tribe made the army stronger, but the original spirit was no longer there.

Knowing that the Tang army would launch a night attack, but not making accurate precautions, this will make the soldiers slow to perceive the crisis, which is a fatal omission for the army that is alone in the enemy's territory.

No matter how resourceful he is, if he wants to extend his perception and prediction to the whole army, it will take a certain amount of time to convey his intentions, and once he encounters an equally elite enemy, this is a fighter that can be captured.

But even so, the Tang defenders in the current river valley obviously do not have the ability to capture and use this fighter. Now that the land of the river valley has become chaotic, there are Hu people fleeing and wandering everywhere, dividing the Zhuzi cities that the Tang army is still defending into isolated islands, and it is even more difficult to gather troops to launch a counterattack.

Although these chaotic Hu people are just a rabble and their combat effectiveness is not high, because they are trapped in the narrow area of the river valley, when their desire to survive bursts out, the destructive power that erupts should not be underestimated.

Several sub-cities that were breached yesterday have been hollowed out into an empty shell, and with the precedent of the Turks setting fire to the city, the Hu people did not dare to enter the city again to avoid trouble. Therefore, those sub-cities that were still under the control of the Tang army became the choice of some Hu people.

Although the order has collapsed at the moment, some of the Hu chieftains are still sensible, they have just been abandoned by the Turks, and they no longer dare to continue to fight against the Tang army.

Therefore, some of the Hu chieftains tried to restrain their troops, avoiding the exit of the valley where the Hu people were most rapidly attacking, and tried to move under the Tang army's sub-city, shouting loudly that they were willing to surrender and cooperate with the Tang army in the city to defend and resist the Turkic offensive together.

However, when the Tang army organized the defense line in the river valley, in order to prevent the Hu people from being cowardly and chaotic, they did not recruit too many tribes near the Hu people.

Among the Zhuzi City, the Hu people gathered around Qingshui City are the most, one is that Qingshui City is the center of the defense line of Zhuzi City, and the castle is the largest, and the other is that this city is guarding the river valley pass, and if you want to enter the south side of the river valley, you must pass through it.

Therefore, a large number of Hu people gathered under Qingshui City, constantly shouting and begging, and even cutting their faces and knocking, hoping that the Tang army would contain them or let them flee south for their lives.

However, the defenders of the city were resentful that they could not do what they had planned, and they hated these Hu tribes even more for aiding and abetting the wolves, and in the face of such pleas, they only responded with vigor. As the central castle of the river valley, Qingshui City has no shortage of weapons and weapons, and the soldiers fought back with hatred, and soon there were corpses all over the city.

Seeing that the Tang army had no mercy and tolerance for them, the Hu people also gave up such attempts and continued to attack the castle.

Just as Qingshui City repelled the Hu people's attacks again and again, a rapid drum and horn suddenly sounded in the back road of the south city, listening to its rhythm, there was an urgent military situation that needed to be conveyed.

Feng Jingyu and Lou Shide at the head of the city glanced at each other, and saw a trace of suspicion and faint surprise flashing in each other's eyes, obviously they were all guessing or having news of reinforcements. After all, there was a fierce battle going on in the valley, and if it wasn't for this important turnaround, it wasn't worth using such a level of drumming.

"I'll guard the city, Brother Zongren, please bring everyone in and check it out."

Feng Jingyu said quickly after a little silence, and at the same time approached Lou Shide and whispered: "If it is not for the turning point, Brother Zongren will go by himself, this city will be the place where Feng Mou died!" ”

Lou Shide opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything, patted Feng Jingyu's arm and quickly got off the city, lit up two hundred men and horses in the city, rushed out from the south gate of Qingshui City, killed some Hu people who had crossed the ditches on both sides and wandered here, and went straight to the sub-city where the drum order was issued.

"The last general, Li Ge, was ordered by the general manager of Qibi to enter the river valley first to announce the news. Sent by His Royal Highness King Yong, the governor of Qibi, he led 6,000 elite horsemen to aid Yuanzhou, and he could arrive in the river valley tomorrow afternoon! ”

At the gate of Zicheng, Li Ge and the guards waited here, and as soon as Lou Shide arrived, he stepped forward and said.

When Lou Shide heard this, his face suddenly showed joy, and he couldn't help but say: "His Royal Highness King Yong is a benevolent king, who is not only in the pass, but also cares deeply about the people of Yuanzhou. We are really ashamed that the generals of Yuanzhou failed to fulfill our responsibilities to guard the border......"

He didn't have time to blame himself, and then said, "Reinforcements won't arrive until tomorrow afternoon?" However, the situation in the river valley may not be able to be extended...... When His Royal Highness King Yong sent troops, did he have any other instructions? ”

"Your Highness personally said that the only thing to do is to kill the enemy, and you must not condone the Turkic jackals to come and go without danger and are accustomed to going in and out!"

After Li Ge heard this, he hurriedly said.

When Lou Shide heard this, he high-fived and praised: "Your Highness is a great ambition!" That being the case, then I understand, please ask General Li to return to the head of the Qibi that this situation in the river valley is already difficult to support, and it is necessary to make a new plan to destroy the enemy......"

He quickly explained his strategy, and after Li Ge repeated it correctly, he asked Li Ge and the others to replace the war horses and the city guards to go out of the city together to announce the news.

Knowing that reinforcements could be expected, Lou Shide was in a state of mind, and immediately ordered the soldiers in the city to beat the drum and send a message, and gathered the people and horses of several sub-cities behind Qingshui City to kill out of the city and clear the passage between Qingshui City.

"Reinforcements arrived? This—This is so good! ”

In Qingshui City, Feng Jingyu, the assassin who supervised the battle at the head of the city, heard the drum news, and a joyful smile suddenly bloomed on his face, but soon he looked suspicious: "Abandon the city and retreat?" This, this ......"

The drum order sounded three times in succession, Feng Jingyu was sure that it was correct, although there was still a lot of confusion in his heart, but he knew that Lou Shide would definitely not act in vain, so he ordered the head of the city to close the guards and convey the order to the teams in the city.

Outside the river valley, the morning sun completely jumped out of the horizon, the rising sun sprinkled on the earth, and many things in the field of vision were covered with a layer of golden light.

Mo Si'an sat in his khan's tent, bowing his head to eat, while listening to the noise of fighting coming from the direction of the river valley, a smug and cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and ordered: "The exit to the north of the river valley continues to be strictly guarded. The camp made meals, so that the warriors of our tribe fed and nourished, and after noon, they went into the river valley to pick the sweetest fruits of the trip! ”

However, not long after, the armor soldier who came out of the valley to supervise the battle hurriedly entered the account and said: "Khan, the warriors outside the valley have successfully entered the valley and are continuing to hunt down those miscellaneous hus!" ”

"Who allowed them to go into the valley?"

After hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and then frowned and shouted in displeasure.

"Yes, it's Luo Teqin, the secret service said that the Khan's clever plan was to use the lives of those miscellaneous people to successfully force the Tang army to abandon the city and flee......"

"The Tang army abandoned the city?"

After hearing this, he became suspicious in his heart, and directly pushed the case, put on his armor and went out of the tent, stood on the high ground and looked down, only to see that the tribal soldiers who were originally guarding the exit of the river valley had indeed rushed into the river valley, and were wantonly chasing and killing those chaotic pawns.

Although the battle situation in the river valley is very good, but Mo Si has a bad feeling in his heart, the Tang army has been holding on to the river valley for more than half a month, not moving at all, so he wants to borrow the lives of those miscellaneous people to impact the Tang army's city defense, but now the Tang army obviously still has combat strength, why did he give up the city so easily?

Of course, what he was even more dissatisfied with was that Luo Teqin, who dared to make a decision without asking for his own instructions, and after this battle, he must be severely punished and no longer connived.