In the tent of the king of Shatuo in Yizhou, Zhu Xie Jinhai rushed from Tingzhou and asked for more troops from Zhu Xie Jinding, the Khan of Shatuo.

Zhu Xie Jinhai is the brother of Shatuo Khan, but he is fifteen years younger than his brother, and after Zhu Xie Weiming's death a few years ago, Zhu Xie Jinhai became the biggest favorite to inherit the Khan's throne.

Although he was hit by an arrow in the left shoulder, it did not hurt his muscles and bones, and he hated it in his heart, and vowed to wipe out this Tang army and leave no one behind.

Zhu Xie Jinding was about forty-five or sixteen years old, but he was in poor health due to excessive drinking, and he was often sick, and everyone said that he only had three or five years left at most.

Zhu Xiejin looked at his anxious brother and said slowly: "I don't quite understand, why do you take this Tang army so seriously?" ”

"Khan, this is the Tang army is the envoy team of the Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven, once they return to the capital safely, they will inevitably instigate the Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven to attack the Hexi Corridor, which will form a huge pressure on us, which is not conducive to us to deal with the Qarluqs, we must wipe them all out, so that the Tang Dynasty can die of this heart, which is related to the pattern of the next ten years, we must go all out."

Zhu Xie Jinding nodded, "I understand your concerns, but Ge Lulu is under a lot of pressure in the north, and I'm afraid I won't be able to draw too many troops for you to deal with this Tang army." ”

"How many troops can that brother give me?"

"Up to three thousand!"

Zhu Xie Jinhai thought about it, he could still transfer troops from Xizhou, and said: "Three thousand people are enough, but my brother must ensure that he hoards heavy troops in Yizhou and cannot let them break through from Yizhou." ”

Zhu Xie Jinding laughed, "Yizhou is the king's tent of Shatuo, if the Tang army can pass from Yizhou, it will be a joke." ”

"I'm afraid that the soldiers will be careless!"

"Don't worry! Since you have reminded me, I will give orders, no one will dare to neglect my orders, but you should be careful, I don't want to hear any more news of your injury. ”

"Brother Chen won't be careless anymore!"

Zhu Xie Jinding took out a gold wolf tooth and handed it to Zhu Xie Jinhai, "Three thousand cavalry in the fifth account, you take it!" ”

"Thank you, brother!"

Zhu Xie Jinhai said goodbye and returned to his big tent, he ordered his deputy general Mo Du to lead 5,000 troops to block the road to the north of Tingzhou, and ordered to transfer 2,000 cavalry from Xizhou to Tingzhou to join him, he led 5,000 cavalry to block the road to the east of the Tang army, so that the Tang army could only go south, which was the only way left for the Tang army.

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Guo Song and his entourage returned to Jinman County to rest for more than three months, and they never waited for the news of the withdrawal of the Hui troops from Wusun Dao.

The idea of returning to Anzai from Osundo was completely cut off.

In the afternoon of this day, Guo Song came to the Duhu Mansion and found Li Yuanzhong, who happened to be the deputy Duhu Yang Zhengu.

"Did Guo Yuanjun still decide to leave?"

"There's no way to wait like this, I've thought it through, and I've decided to leave."

Li Yuanzhong and Yang Zhengu glanced at each other, Li Yuanzhong nodded and said, "Since you have made up your mind, I will no longer stop you, how are you going to go?" ”

Guo Song groaned for a while and said: "I'm afraid it's unrealistic to go to the east, I plan to either go north or south, I want to hear the opinions of the two generals?" ”

Li Yuanzhong said lightly: "Judging from the information I have, I am afraid it is unlikely that you will go north, Zhu Xie Jinhai's 10,000 troops have blocked the north and east roads, in fact, you have no choice but to go south." ”

Yang Zhenggu said on the side: "To the south is to take the silver mountain road, there is only one mountain road in the silver mountain to walk the horse, the most dangerous place to build a pass, called the silver pass, both sides are thousands of cliffs, it can be said that a husband is a pass ten thousand people can not be opened, there are five hundred Shatuo defenders on the mountain, but as long as you pass the silver pass, the other side is Yanji Town." ”

Guo Song nodded, "My subordinates also tend to go south. ”

Li Yuanzhong said again: "Actually, General Yang and I are also inclined to you to go south, we all have experience, you still have a glimmer of hope to go south, but if you choose to go north, it is almost a hopeless road, you can't break through the triple blockade of the Shatuo people, Gelulu people and Xue Yantuo people, and there is also the threat of the great desert quicksand." ”

"Thanks for the reminder, I decided to go south!"

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It was another windy and dark night, and the Tang army set off again.

Yinshan Road is located in the territory of Xizhou, about 600 people from Jinman County, and it takes the army four days to arrive.

Although Guo Song waited in Jinman County for three and a half months in order to slack off the Shatuo people, he still underestimated Zhu Xie Jinhai's will, and was able to become the heir of Shatuo Khan.

For several months, he had been sending secret sentinels to monitor Jinman County day and night, and when Tang Jun and his party came out of Jinman County at night, they were immediately discovered by the Shatuo secret sentinel lurking outside the city.

At the time of the third watch, Zhu Xie Jinhai received the news, and he was immediately overjoyed and immediately ordered the whole army to assemble.

This time, he also learned the lesson of the last time the Tang army escaped, and no longer acted in a hurry, but followed the Tang army from afar.

Three days later, the Tang army entered the territory of Xizhou, and they had a guide, a Tang soldier under Li Yuanzhong, who was very familiar with this side.

"Guo Yuanjun, do you want to prepare a little, it is not so easy to attack Yinguan."

The guide's name is Li Shuang, a Han from Gaochang County, Xizhou, a very clever young man.

"What do I need to prepare?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

"I don't know, the main thing is to guard against the rolling wood and gravel above, which is a narrow passage, with cliffs on both sides, and the rolling wood and gravel fall down, there is no place to hide, hey! How good it is to take Wusun Road, but I chose Yinshan Road. ”

Guo Song smiled and asked, "How far is it from Yinshan here?" ”

"It's the snowy mountain ahead!"

Li Shuangyi pointed ahead, "Yinshan Road is a mountain col in the middle. ”

Guo Song put up the curtain and looked south, and sure enough, he saw a snow-capped mountain peak in the distance, which didn't seem too far, but he knew that there were at least a hundred miles to go to the foot of the mountain.

"Are there many Shatuo troops here in Xizhou?" Li Ji asked on the side.

Li Shuang scratched his head, "There are thousands of Shatuo troops, not as many as Tingzhou, mainly concentrated in Gaochang County, and also under the command of Zhu Xie Jinman." ”

Li Shuang's last sentence suddenly made Guo Song feel ominous, and after dealing with him twice, he knew that Zhu Xie Jinman was a very persistent person, and he would let himself go and leave safely?

Guo Song looked around vigilantly, this area was hilly and meadow, and it was easy for the army to ambush around.

Guo Song blew the bone flute, and not long after, Mengzi flew from the east, and Guo Song hurriedly blew a few times, which was to tell Mengzi to check the surrounding situation.

Mengzi circled around, and suddenly screamed sharply, now even Li Ji understood, his face changed, and asked, "Is there an ambush?" ”

Guo Song's face was very grim, and he nodded slowly, "Mengzi has discovered the enemy!" ”

He immediately ordered: "Stop moving forward and prepare for battle!" ”

"Whew-"

There was a muffled sound of trumpets all around, and a dense crowd of cavalry appeared on the low hills in all directions, and they were already surrounded.

The number of enemy troops will not be less than 8,000, Guo Song took a deep breath and shouted: "We must break through, everyone follow me!" ”

Guo Chongqing shouted: "I am in charge of the queen of the palace!" ”

Guo Song nodded, "Give you fifty brothers!" ”

He said to Li Ji again: "You take the soldiers and follow me closely!" ”

"Brothers, life and death are here to fight, follow me and kill them!"

Guo Song roared, his legs clamped the war horse, the war horse galloped out, the Tang soldiers roared one after another, followed closely by Guo Song, Guo Chongqing led fifty soldiers to follow behind as a rear army.

More than 200 Tang soldiers stabbed at the enemy army in the south like a sharp sword.......

Zhu Xie Jinhai waited for three whole months, and finally waited for this moment, he learned the lesson of the last time, fully deployed 8,000 Shatuo cavalry, and took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to lay a net in front of the Tang army.

Zhu Xiejin took out the sword at an altitude and shouted with a hideous face: "Kill a Tang army, reward 100 sheep, kill a Tang general, reward 1,000 sheep, kill the main general, reward 10,000 sheep!" ”

Under the heavy reward, the Shatuo cavalry went even more frantically to kill the Tang army.