Chapter 516: Thrilling (5)
Li Xun was commanding the defense of the city on the city wall, a very young officer, strode to the front, because the city wall was very noisy, the officer shouted Li Xun several times in a row, Li Xun didn't hear it, the matter was urgent, and the officer couldn't take care of it so much, so he stepped forward and pulled Li Xun hard.
Li Xun stumbled, almost fell, saw the person clearly, and immediately became furious, raised his sword and pointed at him, and scolded sharply: "You eight lambs, you don't stay in Xicheng, what are you doing here?" Labor and management gave a death order, without my order, Li Cunxiao ......."
This young officer Li Xun knows, named Li Chong, is Li Cunxiao's younger brother, only 17 years old this year, half a year ago, he ignored the opposition of Li Cunxiao and his family, abandoned the literature and followed the martial arts, rushed to Wuzhou from his hometown, and took refuge in the eldest brother Li Cunxiao, Li Chong's martial arts are trained by Li Cunxiao, although he is only 17 years old this year, but he is already better than the blue, in terms of martial arts, he is more powerful than Li Cunxiao, and is only slightly inferior to Shan Qiu, Zhao Wei and other generals, but he is still young, and there is still a very huge room for improvement in the future.
Sima Zhen felt that Li Chong was a talent, and asked him to be a personal soldier by his side, but Li Chong refused, saying that he would prefer to be in the army, which would be more free and could learn more things, therefore, Sima Zhao appreciated him better, after Li Xun returned, Sima Zhao strongly recommended this person, but because of the urgency of the war, Li Xun has not taken care of promoting Li Chong, but he has this person in mind, after all, Sima Zhao's kind of more rigid person can make him value and appreciate, how to say that Li Chong is a good person.
Without waiting for Li Xun to finish scolding, Li Chong shouted loudly: "Dashuai, the Tubo people crossed the Mulang River and rushed to attack Xicheng, our side is almost unbearable, the situation is critical, and we ask Dashuai to send troops to rescue immediately." ”
Li Xun was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "How many people are there?" ”
"At least 10,000, and all of them are elite, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, Li Cunxiao and Li Zhaodi, two generals, I'm afraid they won't be able to resist for long."
Hearing this, Li Xun gasped, Fan Zhongyun said at the beginning, Wu'an City defense is very perfect, there are 50,000 soldiers, food is also sufficient, as long as there is no accident, Tubo with 200,000 troops to attack, it is impossible to break through the city in a short time, to say that there is only one shortcoming, that is, Xicheng, if Tubo attacks from there, Wu'an City will be dangerous, of course, this is just a hypothesis, Tubo wants to appear behind Wu'an City, it is to borrow the Western Regions, Tubo and the Jin Dynasty are mortal enemies, and the same is true of the Western Regions, It is impossible for the people of the Western Regions to lend to them, now, although the war between the Western Regions and the Dashi Empire has ended, but the Dashi Empire has not yet perished, and the newly rising Persian Empire is even more ambitious and aggressive, so the main enemies in the Western Regions are the Dashi Empire and the Persian Empire, before the problem in the west is solved, it is impossible for the Western Regions to launch an attack on Wu'an City and provoke the Jin Dynasty, and the garrison of Xizhou is only 3,000, which can not pose any threat to Wu'an City at all, Li Xun also dispatched a large number of fine works over there, once there is any trouble, he will immediately know, so, although Fan Zhongyun thought of the shortcomings and flaws of Wu'an City, but he just said, even he felt that the west city of Wu'an City would not be attacked by any kind, it was very safe, of course, not afraid of 10,000 in case, out of caution, Li Xun listened to Fan Zhongyun's warning, or sent Li Cunxiao and Li Zhaodi to lead 3,000 troops to garrison Xicheng, now it seems that this is really a life-saving decision.
Shan Qiu came over at this time and asked loudly, and Li Xun told him about the changes in Xicheng.
Hearing that the 10,000 Tubo soldiers raided Xicheng, Shan Qiu's eyes shrank suddenly, but his expression did not change much, Li Chong is Li Cunxiao's younger brother, and was ordered to garrison Xicheng, he suddenly arrived at this time, Shan Qiu had already guessed that something might have happened in Xicheng, but he also did not expect that the Tubo people could appear in the direction of Xicheng and attack from behind.
Li Xun's face was dark, and he said to Shan Qiu: "I should immediately lead the troops to Xicheng to rescue." ”
Shan Qiu said in a deep voice: "Don't publicize this matter, now the Tubo siege is very fierce, once the news leaks, the morale of the army will be weakened, it will be extremely unfavorable to us." ”
Li Xun nodded, what Shan Qiu said made sense.
"I will lead 5,000 people to rescue Li Cunxiao, and I will hand it over to you here."
"It's better for me to go, you are the main general, how can you easily leave the command scene."
Li Xun shook his head: "Don't fight, I'm here, and I'm also commanded by you, you are the actual commander, and you can't do without you here." ”
After that, Li Xun patted Shan Qiu's shoulder, and then gathered the soldiers and horses of Hu Xian and Huang Liangyi together, and borrowed a thousand cavalry from Gao, a total of more than 5,300 people, and immediately rushed to Xicheng.
"Boss Li, what's wrong?"
The thousand cavalry lent by Gao was commanded by Li Xiao, and in the face of his inquiry, Li Xun's face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word.
On the way, he happened to meet Sima Zhen, he saw Li Xun, and said very angrily: "The Tubo army is attacking the city, why don't you send someone to inform me?" ”
Li Xun smiled bitterly and said: "Senior Sima Zhen, you are old, rest at home." ”
"Fart."
Sima Zhen was furious, pointed at Li Xun and shouted: "If the old man doesn't take his three or five Tibetan heads, he will be looked down upon by your kid." ”
After that, Sima led dozens of personal soldiers in a rage, rode horses, and hurried towards the city wall.
Li Xiao smiled and said, "Boss Li, you are usually very respectful and polite to Sima Zhen, how can you say those words?" ”
Li Xun shrugged his shoulders: "Who doesn't know Sima Zhen's temper, if I don't speak, I can't stop it, since that's the case, it's better to say something exciting to inspire the murderous aura in his heart." ”
After that, Li Xun shouted to the left and right: "Rush to Xicheng as fast as possible." ”
Li Cunxiao's side, the situation is already very critical, these 10,000 Tibetan soldiers, if it is ordinary, although Li Cunxiao only has 3,000 people, he can hold it, but this 10,000 Tibetan soldiers, not ordinary, but the elite of the Tibetan Guards, among the 100,000 guards, there are 20,000 yellow-shirted soldiers, all wearing yellow armor, which was selected from the whole country by the previous generation of Zampuni Songmagon and took several years to set up, and the combat effectiveness is extremely strong. It wasn't until he entered the western part of Longyou that he moved his mind, and in order to capture Wu'an City, he finally mobilized this army.
Li Cunxiao's 3,000 troops, only half an hour smaller, has suffered most of the casualties, was forced to retreat to a 200 meters wide passage, here is the last line of defense, once this is broken through by Tubo, the Tubo army will drive straight in, attack the city of Wu'an, at that time, the Tubo army inside and outside, Wu'an City will be dangerous.