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The city of Mayi, in the northwestern part of the river, is the junction of the east of the river, the Hetao and the grassland. It is also the largest city within a radius of eight miles. Today, the northern valley of the city, after being occupied by the Liang division and the Turkic army, has become the command center of the coalition army and the storage of grain and grass.

In the camp of the Liang army outside the city of Mayi, the Liang division invited the general Ashinake and his party under the Turkic Khan Jieli to discuss how to deal with the large-scale reinforcements of the Zhou army.

Liang Shidu sent someone to inform the Turks early, but at the appointed time, the generals of the Liang army sat for a long time, but they did not see half of the Turks arrive, which made Liang Shidu also a little dissatisfied.

To be honest, the Liang army and the Turkic army were not in harmony, on the contrary, they had a poor image of each other.

Since the Turkic army moved south, it has been burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil, and the surnames along the way are miserable. However, Liang Jun was mostly a local, and when he saw his hometown parents being humiliated like this, he was naturally angry.

However, the great enemy they faced was too strong, and if they did not bring in the Turkic army to help the war, the Liang division would have only one way to be destroyed.

Therefore, Liang Shidu only had to give a hard order to his subordinates to avoid conflict with the Turkic army, and Liang Shidu also relied on the Turkic cavalry to fight against Yuming, and even dreamed of letting him enter the Central Plains with the help of the Turkic army, of course, he did not dare to offend the Turks easily. Therefore, although he was a prince, he sat down, and the position reserved for Ashnake, the Turkic general, was the most honorable.

After a long while, Ashina Ke and his younger brother Ashina Jin arrived late. And the two of them also hugged a captive Han girl with one hand, hugged their slender waists, and salted their hands up and down.

"Hehe, Lord Liang, my two brothers have been entangled with this Han girl for a long time, so I have caused you to wait for a long time, please forgive me!" Ashinake said with a smile. But there was no apology in his tone.

All the generals of the Liang army dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and they all hung their heads and remained silent after hearing about it.

Liang Shidu had to laugh twice to hide the embarrassment on his face. Although he is half Turkic blood, he grew up in the Central Plains since he was a child, and he has long regarded himself as a Han Chinese. Ashinake was so rude, which also made him angry. It's just that now is the time to rely on the Turks, and he doesn't dare to make mistakes.

Liang Shidu made a gesture of invitation and said: "Of course, this matter is not enough to worry about, now I also invite the two generals to take a seat, and we are about to discuss how to deal with the attack of the Zhou army's reinforcements......"

"Do you still need to discuss? As long as we send troops to attack, the enemy will be crushed! Ashinakin said with a big grin.

The Turkic generals did not believe that the army of the Central Plains could be more brave than them. Although they also experienced the defeat of Yanmen Pass a few years ago. But most of the Turkic cavalry now heading south had never participated in the battle, and they didn't know the horror of the Zhou army at all.

In their opinion, the cavalry of the Central Plains was really incompetent, just an ornament. Only the infantry could barely hold on to the walls.

Ashinake and Ashinajin are both rising stars in the Turkic army, and Jieli's cronies and generals. They are all eager to make meritorious contributions and want to be pioneers in the face of the Liang army. If you can defeat the Zhou army in one battle, you will be able to grab more gold, silver, jewelry and property women in the future, and after returning to the desert, you can also show off.

They also looked down on the self-proclaimed King of Liang at all, believing that he had always been humble and careful with him, because he was incompetent.

Because they looked down on Liang Shidu and his army, they also despised the Zhou army by the way, and in their opinion, it was not the Zhou army that was strong, but the Northern Liang army that was weak.

This sentiment spread among the Turkic army, and quickly turned into a kind of pride in the bones, which also made Ashinakin disdain Liang Shidu's cautiousness.

Carrying a saber and knocking on the ground, Ashina Jin said in a somewhat rusty Chinese dialect: "King of Beiliang, it's not okay for you to be so cowardly. ”

He had heard of the two Liang kings in the Central Plains before, Xiao Miao, the Liang king, was called the Southern Liang King, and Liang Shidu, the Liang King, was called the Northern Liang King. But he didn't know that whether it was Southern Liang or Northern Liang, they both thought that they were orthodox, and the other party was a pseudo-king, how could they add a north and south position to their title of King Liang?

When the generals of Northern Liang heard about it, they were all furious, and they all wanted to scold him when they heard that he despised Liang Shidu so much.

Seeing this, Liang Shidu hurriedly stopped his generals and said in a deep voice: "Two Ashina generals, now that the reinforcements of the Zhou army have arrived, the strength is on par with our army, if you don't defend carefully, you are only afraid of ......."

"Defense? Why defend? Ashinakin immediately objected.

"My brother is right! Now we should attack! Offense is the best defense! Ashinake also helped on the side.

After Liang Shidu heard this, he couldn't help frowning secretly, wondering how could this king not know this truth. But the enemy he faces now is Yuming himself. This person can be known as the Great Sui Shuangbi, when the battle of Yanmen Pass was a battle, nearly 400,000 Turkic troops were defeated in his hands, and even Shibi Khan died in Huangquan, do you heal so quickly to forget the scar and forget the pain?

Moreover, now that the Zhou army is all cowering in the city, how to attack? Although the Turkic soldiers were good at horse archery, they were not good at siege. I'm afraid that even the Northern Liang army is not as good, and I led the Turkic army south, because I also fancy their large number of people, not how strong their ability to attack fortifications is.

"I don't know what Jieli Khan thinks, how could he send these two stunned young men who don't know the power of the Zhou army to be the main general. In this way, even with the help of these 200,000 Turkic troops, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat Yuming. Liang Shidu said secretly in his heart.

When he was thinking about how to persuade tactfully, Ashinake was already very arrogant and said, "King of Northern Liang, now I find that the most urgent thing is to let you see what a real warrior is. ”

"I wonder what the general thinks is a real warrior?" Liang Shidu's subordinate general Zhang Ju asked with some amusement.

"Humph! Tomorrow I will show you that the Turks are true warriors...... I want to challenge the Zhou army that you fear! Ashinake said very arrogantly: "I want to fight the Zhou army and be embarrassed." We want to show you, whether it is the Zhou army, the Tang army, or the Liang army, they are all vulnerable in front of our Turkic army! ”

Ashinake's previous words, although arrogant, the Liang generals can still not worry about him. But what is said later, it seems that all the armies of the Central Plains are vulnerable in front of the Turks, but they are furious. Even Master Liang was very angry in his heart.

The more hatred he felt in his heart, his face was still impassive: "Okay! This king can immediately send someone to give the Zhou army a war letter. It's just that although we can issue a war letter, whether Yuming will agree to fight is another matter. We can't guarantee that they'll come out of town. ”

However, Ashina Ke and Ashina Jin, the two stunned warriors, still had their brains like a string and said: "If Yuming is really as you say, what is the Great Sui Shuangbi, then he will cherish his reputation and will not disagree with the battle!" Early tomorrow morning, we Turks will let you Central Plains people see what a real wolf ride is! ”

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This arrogant and provocative war letter was soon delivered to the Zhou army camp in the city of Mayi.

At this time, Yu Ming had just come to the city, and before he could inspect the situation in the city, he received a challenge from Liang Shidu.

He picked up the challenge book, and after reading it for a while, Fang threw it on the table, frowned, and said, "What does Liang Shidu think?" Why would such a move be made? ”

Wei Chi Jingde and a cadre of generals picked up the battle book and read it, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The content of this war book is written simply, it is nothing more than hearing that Yuming's ironclad cavalry is powerful in the world, and even the Youzhou cavalry, known as the first cavalry of the Great Sui, was defeated by his subordinates. But Liang Shidu always felt that the rumors were untrue. Tomorrow, the Turkic general Ashinajin will send out 50,000 cavalry and a decisive battle with the ironclad cavalry of the Zhou army to divide the victory and defeat!

Song Jingang immediately laughed at this time: "I have seen this person in Shuofang before, although I dare not say that he is a wise and wise person, but at least he is very shrewd. Why has it become so childish now? Think it's a duel? ”

Everyone can see that this challenge letter is more like a duel between the heroes of the rivers and lakes, rather than a method of decisive battle between the two armies.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji muttered: "Liang Shidu should not make such a childish mistake. However, the Turks who are allied with them are not necessarily. Judging from what is said in this challenge book, it is the Turkic general Ashinagin who leads the battle, and I am afraid that it is the Turks who want to win the battle with us. ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded. If you are a Turkic people, you may be guilty of this infantile disease.

However, Cheng Yanjin shook his head and said, "We can't just agree!" He asked us to send troops, and we sent troops, isn't it very faceless? And judging by what is said in the challenge book, it should be a horse battle. The Turks grew up on horseback from an early age, and if they really wanted to compete with them in cavalry and archery, even the ironclad cavalry would inevitably be able to win. ”

At this time, Yu Ming said disapprovingly: "What I said before biting Jin is indeed reasonable. It stands to reason that we cannot be led by the nose by the enemy. It's just that the Turkic army is menacing, arrogant, and has committed heinous crimes against our northern border Cypriots. It's better to give them a slap in the face, and killing the Turks' spirit is also a good choice. ”

"What does the king of Zhou mean, or will he face tomorrow?" Yu Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong asked tentatively at the same time.

Yu Ming thought for a moment and then said: "If the Turks really send 50,000 cavalry to fight a decisive battle with our army, we must beware of Liang Shidu taking the opportunity to sneak attack, and the decisive battle with the Turkic army will be met by me, and the heavy responsibility of guarding against Liang Shidu will be handed over to Jingde and Shubao." ”

These two are the door gods revered by later generations, and it is up to them to defend their flanks, and Yuming is a reassuring one.

Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong hurriedly clasped their fists together and saluted: "Please rest assured, King Zhou!" The last will do his best! ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly asked: "King Zhou, then now we will reply to Liang Shidu and say that we will fight tomorrow?" ”

Yu Ming listened, but shook his head and said, "I can't promise to be happy!" He replied to them that they agreed to fight, but that they would postpone it for five days to see how they would react. ”

"Good!" The eldest grandson Wuji nodded, and immediately ordered his relatives to present the four treasures of the room, and then wrote a reply with a pen, and then ordered the envoy of the Liang army who wrote the war letter to enter the room and asked him to bring it back and present it to Liang Shidu.

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