Yang Siqi disguised himself as a guard and stood behind Tu Zhiqiang. Su Man, the envoy of Rong Miguo, strode into the lobby, squinted at Tu Zhiqiang, who was standing in the room to greet him, and said, "You are the city lord of Yuantong City?" ”

Tu Zhiqiang bowed his hand and said: "Tu has seen the envoy of the country. ”

Su Man snorted, walked to the main seat and sat down, and said, "I came to write the book on the order of the lord of the country, and you accepted it." ”

Yang Siqi looked at Rong Miguo's national letter from the side, and the tone of the national letter was extremely arrogant, asking Yuan Tongcheng to prepare the food needed for the army of 50,000 for three days, 1,000 cattle and sheep, and 260 camels.

Su Man bit the pear and said vaguely: "These things must be prepared today, the lord of the country will come to Yuantong City tomorrow, if there is something missing, don't blame me for not saying it in advance." ”

Tu Zhiqiang got Yang Siqi's hint and said with a smile: "Please invite the envoy of the upper country to rest at the pavilion, and the lower official will send someone to raise supplies." ”

After reading Rong Miguo's national letter, Ren Qiang said angrily: "Does Rong Miguo treat us as vassals? Xiang Shuai, if you want me to say just tear your face and fight. The Rong Mi people retreated to Yuantong City, and it is estimated that they suffered a big loss from Jiang Anyi. ”

Yang Siqi muttered: "The key is to know how many soldiers and horses the Rong Mi people have lost, especially how many heavy horses they have hidden are left. Tiangang, you take a few brothers to explore the truth of the Rong Mi people. ”

As soon as Zhang Tian got up to leave, Yang Siqi said again: "Qiangzi, Feiyu, the two of you will be ordered to return to the barracks to prepare for battle, and wait for my order." ”

There were 3,000 guards in Yuantong City, and the 8,000 soldiers and horses brought by Yang Siqi did not enter the city, but were stationed ten miles west of the city, and Ren Qiang and Jiang Feiyu were ordered to leave.

Tu Zhiqiang was a little nervous, and said: "Xiangshuai, the Rong Mi people want 50,000 people of food, it seems that there are a lot of people, we only have more than 10,000 people, I am afraid that we are not the opponent of the Rong Mi army, it is better to be cautious and not to do it easily." ”

Yang Siqi said with a smile: "Zhiqiang, don't worry, I will not be reckless and act when I see the opportunity." We can't deal with Rong Mi people alone, isn't there still Zheng Jun? I will write a letter to Jiang Anyi and ask him to lead the army to flank the attack. Zhiqiang, you and send people to make a gesture of raising food to paralyze the Rong people. ”

The merchants in Yuantong City learned that the Rong Mi army was coming, and they set off one after another, and the lively city quickly became deserted. In front of Hu Feng Restaurant, the spy Rong Mi watched the vehicles full of food on the street pass by, returned to the store and found his subordinates dressed as men and said: "When you go to see the lord of the country, you will say that Yuan Tongcheng is raising supplies according to the order of the lord of the country, so that the army can come with confidence." ”

Within an hour, there were several fast horses out of the east gate successively, galloping into the distance with different purposes, and at the beginning of Shen, a fast horse galloped to the town of Xiao, which was a hundred miles away. Soon, the messenger met with Jiang Anyi, the commander of Zheng Jun, and presented Yang Siqi's handwritten letter.

After reading the letter, Jiang Anyi said lightly, "I know, you go down to rest first, and wait for me to reply." The letter informed the news that the Rong Mi army was preparing to return to Rong Mi through the Great Qi State, and invited Jiang Anyi to attack and kill the Rong Mi army together.

Jiang Anyong smiled: "Brother, don't you often say that you beat the water dogs, you can't let go of these Rong Mijun." ”

Zhang Keji also nodded and said: "The main purpose of the lord's western expedition this time is to defeat the remnants of the Rong and Mi countries, since the Great Qi Kingdom invites us to fight together, the opportunity should not be missed." Xiaozhen is a hundred miles away from Yuantong City, so you can only go by light horse, and the 10,000 light horse lords may wish to bring them all. The 100 Engineering Branch has recently deployed another 400 fire bombs, which can be used for emergencies. ”

Jiang Anyi came to the sand table to check the terrain and said, "The light rider needs to rest, and he will set off tomorrow and camp here." ”

Pointing to a sandy place in the north of Yuantong City, Jiang Anyi said: "This place is more than thirty miles away from Yuantong City, and the reconnaissance cavalry of the Rong Mi Army will not arrive." I am going to launch an attack at the time of tomorrow, so that Yang Siqi can hold off Rong Mi's army for a day. ”

Zhang Keji said with a smile: "If the light cavalry sets off tomorrow morning, it can still produce 200 fire bombs tonight." ”

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The 10,000 Rong Mi troops who went first came to the outside of Yuantong City at the right time, and Tu Zhiqiang, the city lord of Yuantong City, led his subordinates to welcome him out of Shili, and respectfully invited Hu Rui, the lord of Rong Mi, to enter the city to rest.

Hu Rui said with a smile: "This king wants to share weal and woe with the soldiers, and there is no need to enter the city to rest, and the army will camp ten miles outside the city." Tu City Lord, the food and grass materials can be prepared. He received a spy report from Yuantong City that the Great Qi State was raising food, cattle and sheep and other materials, and there were only 3,000 people in the city, so he was more relieved.

"The king's order, the ministers dare not disobey", Tu Zhiqiang smiled humbly: "The grain has been raised, but the cattle and sheep cannot be mobilized for a while, and there are camels that need to be collected elsewhere. ”

Hu Rui's face sank, and he shouted: "This king doesn't have so much time to wait, tomorrow morning, these things will be sent to the camp, otherwise don't blame this king for slaughtering Yuan Tongcheng." ”

Tu Zhiqiang replied with a bitter face, and said: "The ministers have prepared some banquets to catch the wind for the king, and please appreciate the king's face." ”

These days in the barracks frightened, not eating well and sleeping well, Hu Rui is really a little greedy, said with a smile: "It's hard for you to have a heart, then send it up." ”

More than ten tables of banquets were sent to the barracks, the lords and generals had food and drink, and Hu Rui was afraid that the soldiers would be separated, so he ordered to kill cattle and sheep to reward the three armies. Tu Zhiqiang also asked people to send 500 jars of fine wine, and Hu Rui was afraid that the soldiers would drink and make mistakes, so he stipulated that only one bag of alcohol was allowed for every ten people. In the Rong Mi barracks, the wine and meat were fragrant, laughter and laughter, and the low morale was reinvigorated. At the end of Shen, Perry withdrew with the remaining 26,000 people, and Hu Rui ordered to tighten the guard and not let up.

In Yuantong City, Ren Qiang quietly entered the City Lord's Mansion and reported to Yang Siqi that the eight thousand men and horses were ready to attack at any time.

Yang Siqi said: "I just received a letter from Jiang Anyi, his 10,000 light horsemen have arrived in the Sola Desert, thirty miles away from the camp of the Rong Mi people, he is going to attack from the north tonight, when we attack from the east, we must leave tens of thousands of Rong Mi troops behind." ”

In the camp of the Rong army, the soldiers went to bed early after a day of fatigue and full food, and there was a lot of snoring in the camp. Perry rode a war horse to inspect the camp, and found that the soldiers on patrol were yawning and looking sleepless, and looked at the soldiers on the tower leaning against the pillars and dozing off, and the whole camp was full of loopholes.

Perry hurried to see the lord of the country, but was stopped and told that the lord had fallen asleep, and Perry asked the person next to him what time it was, and learned that it was past the time of the child. Perry came late, and the defense of the battalion and the dispatch of the scouts were all in charge of Chikouzhe, and Perry brought people to find Chikouzhe.

Chikouzhe was woken up from his dream and learned that Perry was looking for him, so he got up angry, and in the middle of the night, Perry was clearly tossing himself.

Coming to see Perry with a straight face, Perry said anxiously: "General Chikouzhe, I just found that the guard was loose when I patrolled the camp, and if there is an enemy attack, I hope that the general will order to strengthen the patrol." ”

Chikouzhe yawned and said: "General Perry is too worried, this place is next to Yuantong City, the Zheng army is really coming, we can enter the city to take refuge temporarily, and then lead the army to attack, and the Zheng army will go and never return." General Perry rest assured, Zheng people don't dare to come, tired after a day's work, rest early, ha......"

Walking out of Chikouzhe's big tent, Perry's uneasiness became more and more intense, as the main general, he was so light on the enemy, no wonder the soldiers were slack. Returning to his residence, Perry instructed: "There are still three hours before dawn, let the sons and daughters divide into three groups, strengthen patrols, and prevent the Zheng army from attacking." ”

Perry had 3,000 men under his command, and his orders were obeyed, and 1,000 men were divided into twenty groups and patrolled back and forth in the camp. Chikouzhe sneered when he learned the news, and said, "It's a lot of trouble, let him go." ”

At the end of the child, in the Sola Desert, 10,000 Zheng Jun light horsemen were ready to go. Thinking of making a break with the century-old enemy, Jiang Anyi's heart was surging, if he won tonight, the overall situation of the Western Regions was initially decided, and Rong Miguo was unable to organize an eastward invasion, so he only needed to deter Xiu Li again, and Zheng Jun would have no trouble in the west within 20 years, and he would also use this battle to become a contemporary famous general, even Zhu Yifeng and other generals could not reach it.

Brothers are of the same heart, Jiang Anyong obviously thinks the same way, brandishing a machete on the horse and smiling: "Brothers, if anyone can cut off the head of the lord of Rongmi, he will be able to make a miracle, I estimate that he will be able to make a marquis at once." ”

The soldiers of the Zheng army were so agitated that their blood boiled, and Jiang Anyi pointed forward with a long knife and said, "Break the enemy." ”

Perry was lying in his clothes, and when he heard the sound of hooves like thunder, he hurriedly got up and said, "Horn, Zheng Jun is coming." ”

The horn broke the silence of midnight, and the sleeping Rong Mi army was awakened, and the Zheng army attacked for two consecutive nights, and the shadow left by the fire bomb was too great, and the Rong Mi army panicked. Chikouzhe was awakened by the horn, and then heard the sound of approaching hooves, and the secret saying was not good, Zheng Jun actually dared to attack.

"Archers scatter, form a defense, don't let the Zheng army rush into the camp." The shouts came and went, and when Jiang Anyi led the army to rush to the camp, the Rong Mi army had already hastily set up a defensive line in the barracks. The arrow only fell on the armor piece on his body like rain, making a crisp sound of "dangdang", Jiang Anyi took the feather arrow with his hand, and heard a muffled snort behind him, and a soldier was hit by an arrow. The Rong Mi army must not be allowed to organize an effective defense, and from a distance of five or six zhang, Jiang Anyi gave a loud order to "drop bombs."

The fire bomb drew a trajectory of death in the air, and those Rong Mi soldiers dodged in horror, whether it was a "fire bomb" that set fire to it or a "poison bomb" that emitted poisonous gas, it made Rong Mi army talk about the color of the bullet, and the fire bomb fell on the wall, setting the wall on fire; fell on the shield, which caught fire; Sticking to the soldiers, their armor was on fire, and the soldiers who were on fire shouted "help" in horror, but the colleagues next to them dodged one after another, lest they let the devil's cursed ghost fire get on it. The generals shouted loudly and tried their best to maintain the formation, but the frightened soldiers fled in all directions and did not listen to orders at all.

Jiang Anyi led 10,000 light horsemen to easily kill into the barracks, Jiang Anyong waved his knife and cut down a gun-wielding Rong Mi soldier, and sighed: "The west wind tonight is not small, but unfortunately, the poison bomb is gone, otherwise these Rong Mi people don't need to fight at all, just cut along the road." ”

The horn sounded in front, and a group of soldiers and horses blocked the way of Zheng's army, and Perry arrived with his three thousand soldiers and horses. Afraid of a poison bomb attack, Perry ordered his subordinates to wrap their mouths and noses with a clothcloth, and ordered people to gather the rout troops and line them on both wings, and when Jiang Anyi led his troops to rush, Perry had already organized a defensive front.

The light cavalry slammed into the shield wall, bows and arrows intertwined back and forth, and the shouts of killing were deafening, and Perry found that Zheng's army seemed to be running out of firebombs, and ordered the camp tent to be used to entangle Zheng's army. Hu Rui had been awakened, and was about to ask Chou Keduo to inquire about the battle situation, when Chikouzhe rushed over and said, "King, more than 10,000 Zheng army light horsemen have opened the way with fire bombs and have entered the camp. The minister asked General Perry to block the enemy, and asked the king to leave quickly and go to Yuantong City for temporary refuge. ”

The fire bombs and poison bombs made Hu Rui's heart tremble, and he didn't think about organizing a counterattack at all, and when he heard that Chi Kouzhe asked him to avoid Yuan Tongcheng temporarily, he said in a loud voice: "Thick can be more, protect this king and go to Yuan Tongcheng." Chikouzhe, you go with you. ”

On the east wall of Yuantong City, Yang Siqi looked at the little firelight ten miles away, and said with a smile: "Jiang Anyi has already done it, we can't just watch." Ren Qiang, let the brethren set out with me. ”

The city gate opened, and the 8,000 soldiers of the Great Qi State under the leadership of Yang Siqi rushed towards the Rong Mi military camp, and collided with the 5,000 Rong Mi army protecting Hu Rui halfway. Yang Siqi couldn't say anything, and went forward to kill with the soldiers, but when he saw that things were not good, he took the personal guards to protect the lord of the country, Hu Rui, and retreated south.