Take the drum as an order, the drum sounds, and the people gather. Weapons were distributed last night, and everyone had a bow, two bags of arrows, and a knife in their hands.

The Turkic cavalry stopped a stone's throw from the city walls and lined up. Li Mu looked over from a distance and saw that there were about 1,230 Turks in this group. Don't think that there are few people, think back to the playground in high school, the average high school is about 1,500 people, standing on a high place and looking down, the playground with an 800-meter track can almost be full. At this time, there were only sixty or seventy people on the city wall, and when they saw the neighing of horses on the opposite side, many of them had their legs and stomachs turning.

Li Siwen was also very nervous, standing next to Li Mu, clutching the bow in his hand tightly, maybe he grabbed it too hard, and his knuckles were white. But he still tried to calm down, raised his hand and waved forward, thinking back to the heroic posture of his father Li Ji, like a model, and shouted: "Full strings!" ”

Hearing Li Siwen's shout, the young men who had temporarily organized all exerted their strength to eat milk and pulled the bowstring as much as possible. Regardless of whether you can shoot accurately, the posture seems to be there. As long as Li Siwen gave an order, two hundred arrows would be shot together.

"Moo......" The sound of the horn sounded with a long whimper, and dozens of horsemen rushed out of the enemy's formation, raising the scimitar in their hands, and galloping outside the city wall, grunting and shouting in their mouths. Li Siwen frowned, leaned over to Li Mu and whispered: "Don't the Turks on the border all speak a few words of Guanzhong, what's the matter with these guys, what are they calling in a whisper, they can't understand a word, could it be that they are pure-blooded and can only speak Turkic dialect?" ”

Li Mu had been in the Turkic camp for a long time, but he had never seen what the Turks were like to attack the city. But he could understand what these Turks shouted, and explained to Li Siwen: "They are provoking, saying that we are as cowardly as rats, and we will only rely on the protection of the city wall and dare not go out of the city to fight." If they dare to go out of the city, their army will not move, and they will be able to kill us all with dozens of horses! ”

"These barbarians dare to despise me!" Li Siwen was furious and said: "You tell them for me, they also rely on a lot of people, if they dare to fight one-on-one, I dare to go out and do it with them." There are 100 people on each side, and if you win or lose, you will fight, and whoever regrets it will not be the son of man! ”

Li Mu glanced at him and said, "Do you think they will agree?" ”

Li Siwen thought for a moment and shook his head.

Li Mu was so angry that his nostrils were steaming: "That's it!" This is a war, a family? Now that there are a lot of people, will they be stupid enough to go head-to-head with you? ”

"Then they still say that we, I'm not a fool, I know that I can't beat them, but I still go out of the city to fight them?"

Li Mu didn't bother to pay attention to him, thinking that maybe the other party really took you for a fool.

Li Mu took a deep breath and shouted: "I am Li Siwen, the commander of Xiangcheng County in the Tang Dynasty, who is coming, come forward to answer!" ”

"Why are you pretending to be me!"

"Shut up for me!"

Before the words were spoken, a white horse stepped out of the enemy's formation. On top of the white horse, there was a man wearing a silver mask and a blood-colored mantle, the mask was like a ghost, and the shape was terrifying, which was terrifying. As she came out, dozens of horsemen who had just come out returned to their formation.

"I am Princess Yicheng of the Great Sui, Li Siwen...... Li County Order, I am not here to plunder the city, but for two people, one thing, you hand it over to me, and I will withdraw immediately. ”

The voice is a little hoarse, so it sounds somewhat neutral and does not distinguish between men and women. Li Mu glanced at Li Siwen and whispered: "The two people and one thing she said must be Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao, as well as the jade seal of the country." Have you searched for Empress Xiao's body, is the jade seal of the country on her? ”

Li Siwen shook his head and said, "Before getting into the carriage, I ordered someone to send fragrant soup to bathe. I deliberately searched all the clothes, but there was nothing except a few pieces of jewelry. ”

"Since this is the case, it means that the jade seal of the country is still in Dingxiang City."

Li Mulang said: "It turned out to be Princess Yicheng in person, I don't know which two people, which thing?" ”

"An old woman with a sixtieth birthday, a ten-year-old child, as for that object, I have to go and get it myself."

Li Mu rolled his eyes and said: "This matter is easy to say, the princess can come forward, I will use the hanging basket to take the princess into the city, and then call the people of the whole city over, and the princess will identify it on the spot, not to mention two people, even ten or eight, and all of them will be brought by the princess." As for the objects, it is easier to do it, and the princess can take whatever she likes. ”

"Haha......" Princess Yicheng suddenly laughed, her tone was quite playful, and said: "I don't think it's as good as this, you open the city gate, I find the person I want, and after I find what I want, I promise that Qiu will not commit any crimes, and I will withdraw immediately, what do you think?" ”

"I don't think it's good."

"I don't think it's good either!" Princess Yicheng said coldly: "Huangkou Xiaoer, you dare to pretend to be stupid in front of me, clever words, since you know my intentions, you should know the consequences." I advise you to hand it over quickly, otherwise the lives of Dingxiang City will be ruined today, and it will all be because of you! ”

Having said this, Li Mu didn't bother to go around the corner, and said bluntly: "Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao have been sent to Chang'an yesterday, as for the objects you said, they were also taken away by them, if you want to, you might as well try to chase it, maybe you can catch up." ”

"Humph!" Princess Yicheng snorted coldly, turned the horse's head, and with her movements, a longer horn sounded, and then, the rumbling drum sounded, and the rhythm became faster and faster, hearing this drum, people's blood seemed to boil.

As soon as the sound of the horn stopped, the enemy army rushed to the city wall one after another, and the battle was about to break out!

"The enemy is attacking the city! Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

"Fly and catch! Cut the ropes! ”

"Someone has been hit by an arrow, carry it down! Make up for the gap over there! Fast! ”

Further east of Mayi City is Shuo County, and two more hours' road will allow you to reach Shuo County. After a half-day journey, it was almost noon, and the convoy temporarily stopped to distribute dry food. Wang Hu was at the end of the convoy, looking at the west, in a daze. As soon as Li Mu left yesterday, Wang Hu couldn't stop him, and when he wanted to chase him, there was no shadow of Li Mu. He wanted to go, but he couldn't. Just like Li Mu said, he can't leave the convoy alone. There are Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao, as well as Li Mu's family, and more importantly, the news about the jade seal in Empress Xiao's mouth, he must send Empress Xiao to Chang'an safely.

"Brother Wang."

Suddenly there was Bai Qiaoqiao's voice behind him, Wang Hu was excited, hurriedly got up from the ground, choked the nest in his mouth, and said, "Qiaoqiao girl, what's wrong?" ”

"I don't have anything else, I just want to ask, my family Langjun, why hasn't he caught up yet, didn't you say yesterday that he went back to get something, and he will be able to catch up soon? It's been almost a day, is he going to a fork in the road? ”

He ...... "Wang Hu was originally a person who couldn't lie, when Bai Qiaoqiao asked yesterday, he was upset, so he said a reason randomly, and when Bai Qiaoqiao asked again, he didn't know how to deal with it."

Bai Qiaoqiao observed his words and looks, and saw that Wang Hu was so flustered, knowing that things might not be as simple as he said, so he hurriedly asked: "Brother Wang, are you hiding something from me, what did my family Langjun do!" ”