In the city of Xizhou, Tang Xiujing took a team of subordinate officials to patrol along the street, both sides of the street have lost the prosperity of people coming and going in the past, every house is closed, the road is sitting or lying, and the people who have fled the army from outside the city and entered the city of Xizhou, there are Han people, there are also people from the Western Regions, and some are Turks, all of them are yellow and thin, and their clothes are ragged.

Tang Xiujing struggled to move his legs in the crowd, the hungry cries of children, the painful moans of adults injured and sick, the sound of stretching out his hands begging for food, mixed with the sound of selling his children, endlessly, he had no extra food to help these refugees, so he could only be patient and appeased, "Don't be anxious, the army of General Hou Sizhi in the rear is coming, the siege of Xizhou City is lifted, everything will be fine."

A thin, curly-haired man stood up tremblingly, "We are from the Turkic Turkish tribe, can the officials contain us and others?" ”

Tang Xiujing stretched out his hand to hold his hand, "You are all the people of the Great Zhou, although you fell into the hands of thieves for a while, you will eventually regain your light and return to the right path, the court loves the people like children, and the official has the responsibility to guard the pastoral, and will never leave any of the people, although rest assured"

"Thank you, official"

"Thank you, official"

"Woo woo woo ......"

The sound of thanksgiving and crying resounded throughout the street, Tang Xiujing struggled to stand up straight, looking around, his white-haired face was full of perseverance and determination, trying to pass on his confidence to these people in distress, but between his eyebrows and eyes, occasionally a few clouds of sorrow floated by.

Outside the city of Xizhou, the sound of horses' hooves shouted like thunder.

Zhao Liu's card was set up at the Dieling Pass on the south side of Xizhou, and the combined forces of Tubo and the Western Turks engaged in battle, trying to block the enemy army outside the city of Xizhou, leaving a buffer and breathing space, but was attacked by the heavy troops of the Western Turks, held on for more than ten days, suffered heavy losses, and pretended to kill the whole army, to fight a decisive battle in the field, and at the moment when the enemy army was in strict formation, he shook a shot, took advantage of the terrain along the way, retreated step by step, and withdrew to Xizhou City in embarrassment.

The Tibetan and Western Turkic armies took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the troops approached the city of Xizhou, and Zhao Liu mobilized all his troops to defend the city, which was able to keep the enemy out of the city gate.

The Tibetan army retreated and was stationed to rest, and the Western Turkic army was pushed to the front line, and successively attacked the city defense of Xizhou, but they were grassland peoples, coming and going like the wind, cavalry-based, and the siege of the city was not professional.

However, Zhao Liu couldn't be happy, Xizhou City was surrounded on all sides, and the grain road was cut off, how long could he hold it?

Tang Xiujing inspected the homeless people on the street, came to the city wall, looked at the black and oppressive enemy army below, and frowned, "Duhu, is there anything abnormal?" ”

"There is nothing abnormal, it's still the three-plate axe, shooting arrows to cover, driving horses to hit the city gate, throwing torches at the city wall" Zhao Liu said lightly, on the city wall behind him, the auxiliaries carrying stretchers kept shuttling, carrying the wounded soldiers who were blurred and screaming in flesh and blood down the line of fire, and the casualties were as many as hundreds.

Tang Xiujing retracted his gaze, and finally asked, "How many soldiers are available?" ”

"In addition to the 10,000 Yulin and thousands of heavy cavalry that the general manager refuses to use, there are only more than 10,000 left" Zhao Liu's decision to Wang Xiaojie was not dissatisfied, the feather forest was useless, although the number of people was large, it was just a field chicken on the board, and going into battle would only mess up the morale of the army, and the heavy cavalry was a façade that showed its face in front of the foreign domain, if there was a mistake in the war, the impact was too wide.

Tang Xiujing raised his head, closed his eyes, and said, "It's been three days since the military report was issued, but I don't know when General Hou Sizhi can come?" ”

Zhao Liu's listen, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, his eyes couldn't get a trace of brilliance, he reached out and stroked the cold wall tiles, his cheeks jumped, he retreated from the garrison of Qiuzi Town to Mengchi, and then from Mengchi to Dieling Pass, and now he is embarrassed and shrinks into Xizhou City, and the shame of the soldiers has been exhausted, and he does not plan to retreat again.

"Protector, governor, the big thing is not good, under the city, under the city......" A captain rushed over, pointing at the city, his teeth trembling.

Zhao Liu and Tang Xiujing hurriedly looked at it, their faces changed suddenly, and Tang Xiujing squeezed out two words between his teeth, "beast"

Under the city, the Western Turkic army drove the black oppressive border people, about thousands of people, swarming towards the city gate, sometimes turning back, or stopping, head-on is a volley of random arrows, shot alive into hedgehogs, frightened the people even crying and howling, desperately running towards the Xizhou city gate.

On the city wall, Zhao Liu's fierce order, "Strictly guard, do not allow these border people to destroy the city gate, if there is a reckless move, shoot on the spot"

Tang Xiujing was shocked when he heard this, and immediately objected, "Du Hu, the border people of the Western Regions are the people of the Great Zhou, and we all have the responsibility of sheltering, how can we kill at every turn, what is the difference between such an act and the Western Turkic thief army?" ”

Zhao Liu was furious, grabbed Tang Xiujing's collar and threw it aside, "Governor Tang, shut up, this is wartime, and the benevolence of women is a taboo for soldiers, how can you guarantee that there are no Western Turkic thieves among these border people?" If the city gate is destroyed and lost by the border people, the soldiers and civilians of the city will be buried for your kindness? ”

Tang Xiujing was thrown to the ground, the masonry of the city wall was cold, his lips opened and closed a few times, but he couldn't speak, Zhao Liu's words were right, the soldiers were not tired of deceit, and they couldn't tolerate a moment of relaxation, the promise he made just now was as light as a feather, and his heart gradually hardened, and now defending the city is the top priority, and the life and death of the people can't care about it.

The people who rushed to the city gate began to push the city gate, and the defenders of the city were unceremonious, arrows rained down, and they died again.

Unable to advance or retreat, the people who noticed that they were in a desperate situation blew up their nests and went crazy, some ran back frantically, some fled to both sides, and people were constantly killed by arrows, and the crying and screaming shook the sky.

When the Western Turkic army saw that their ploy did not work, they treated these people as live targets for two-legged sheep, whether they fled or honestly stayed and resigned themselves to fate, shooting indiscriminately.

Under the city of Xizhou, there is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and hell on earth.

"Woo woo ......" "Knock knock ......"

The desolate sound of drums and horns sounded, and on the sand dunes in the distance, two teams galloped, first small dots, then long lines, and then overwhelming, sweeping in all directions.

As we approached, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and the silhouette was gradually discerning, and one of the larger teams was blue, and the other was smaller, all black.

There are five horsemen in the middle of the front, and the four people on both sides are dressed as marchers, wearing helmets and armor, but there is only one person in the middle, a brocade hat and a mink fur, and the whole body is snow-white.

The battle formation was like a cloud, and the white-clothed Quan Ce waved his hand slightly, and the two teams accelerated again, without stopping, while the black-clothed army was faster, two miles away from the main blue-clothed army.

"The Han people have been pretending to be cowardly for so long, but they are all holding back to surprise us, and there is an egg to use" The Western Turkic general laughed, not stunned at all, and beckoned his subordinates to play a sharp basket, and the whole army moved and rushed towards the other party.

In front of the huge Western Turk formation, the black-clothed army of only five hundred people looked thin, and the two sides were about to collide first, and the black-clothed army turned around and ran to the side, and immediately the knight twisted his body, took out the black square iron object, pulled the lead, and threw it into the Western Turkic army formation.

The Western Turkic lord took the lead, and when he saw a stone coming at him, an upside-down golden bell, which was churned on the horse, his body was like a bow, and he dodged without saying a word, and hooked his feet to the ground, hooking the stone to the ground.

The main general laughed loudly, "Wowhaha, don't the Han people have no bows and arrows?" Hit people with stones, his old uncle, I haven't played since I was six years old."

Just after the laughter, an explosion rang out.

"Boom ......"

The stone fell to the ground heavily, sparks, broken iron and stone splashed everywhere, piercing the flesh and bones, and in the space within a radius of one zhang, the war horses and people were not spared.

"Wow, yes......" The man shouted and neighed, five hundred stones, except for the one near the Western Turk lord, which was redirected, and the rest smashed into the middle of the most dense number of men and horses, killing countless people, and carving a depression in the Western Turkic array.

As soon as the men and horses in the middle fell to the ground, the horses that came rapidly in the rear could not be stopped, and they stepped on them vigorously, some of them trampled to death and their comrades were able to continue to move forward, while some of the horses lost their front hooves and fell to the ground.

The Western Turkic army was in chaos.

The speed of Quan Ce and the others remained unchanged, and he took out the long-handled Mo knife under the horse's belly and bit a strand of long hair.

"Kill" shouted and entered the Western Turkic army first.

Xie Yaohuan and Rui Lai followed closely to urge the horses up, but they fell behind the Jedi and the others, dozens of people occupied the two wings of the power strategy, faintly protecting, and the two of them were surrounded by Sha Zha's men, like artificial hedgehogs.

Hou Sizhi and Zhao Hehuan were concerned about the safety of Quan Ce, and the angry horse rushed into the enemy formation.

The main generals are all in the lead, and the 20,000 old soldiers of the right jade guard are full of blood and are not afraid of death.

"Right Jade Guard, the guilty army, killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, bloodbathing the shame"

The roar resounded in all directions, accompanied by explosions from time to time, which shook the earth.

(End of chapter)