The lord of Gaochang Kingdom, Lu Wentai, had a total of three sons: Ji Zhisheng, Ji Zhiwen and Ji Zhiyong. The eldest son, Koji Zhisheng, is the prince of the king, and Koji Zhiwen and Koji Zhiyong are the princes of the country, and they are stationed in the two large counties of Jiaohe and Tiandi respectively.

The personalities of Koji Zhiwen and Koji Zhiyong are just like their names, one is good and the other is martial.

Koji Zhiyong is this year, tall and mighty, and has learned a good martial arts. When he was 13 years old, he went out hunting with a few retinues and encountered large wolves on the way. With the bows and arrows and scimitars in their hands, they killed 83 wolves and dispersed the wolves.

In this battle, he left a mark of a wolf's claw on his forehead, which not only did not make people think that he was broken, but added a bit of heroic look to him.

Later, he led his troops to participate in the wars of the Western Turks attacking Yanqi and Qiuzi many times, and made many military exploits, and was called Oril by the Western Turkic Khan, which means hero in Turkic language. The lord of Gaochang country, Lu Wentai, also called him Huzi.

Koji Ji-yong has been stationed in Tianji County since he was 18 years old. Yesterday, he learned that the coalition army had entered Gaochang Kingdom and had already driven to Gaochang City, he inquired about the size of the coalition army, and did not dare to rescue Gaochang City. also knew that once Gaochang City fell, Tiandi County would inevitably be unprotected.

He knew that the Gaochang Kingdom was over, and the road to the Western Turks had been blocked. He planned to cross the Tien Shan Mountains to the north and join the Uighurs. Ningrong City is the place where he must pass.

So, he took more than 700 soldiers and horses from Tiandi County and more than 2,500 people who were willing to leave Gaochang with him, and came to Ningrong City, preparing to take the people here with him after dawn tomorrow to defect to the Uighurs.

In this way, the number of people in Ningrong City has reached more than 5,000, and the strength that can be organized has also reached more than 2,000 people.

Ash Naqing drew lots to draw lots from Ningrong City. Moreover, the army of her own clan she brought was 1,000 people, and according to Li You's request, she should bring another 500 Tuyuhun cavalry.

But Murong Ling and Ash Naqing tacitly agreed, one was unwilling to give, and the other was unwilling to ask for it. So, Ashina Qing just took the 1,000 cavalry of his clan to Ningrong City.

The army brought by Ashina Qing has two generals, one is Ashina Hongliang's son Ashina Kuncang, and the other is Ashina Hongliang's cousin Ashina He Gan.

Ningrong City is built on the mountain, the west is the cliff that towers into the clouds, the northeast and south sides are flat, and there is a city gate in the north and south.

According to the battle plan formulated in advance, in order to prevent the soldiers and civilians in the city from escaping, Ashina He Gan took 300 cavalry and made a detour to the east of the city to block the north gate of Ningrong City.

Ashina Qing and Ashina Kuncang set up a position at the south gate of Ningrong City, and then sent people forward to persuade them to surrender.

After learning the news, Koji Zhiyong came to the castle tower at the south gate, and after careful observation, he found that the enemy did not come much, and he did not bring any large siege equipment.

At this time, someone below shouted, "Listen to the people of the city......" They were trying to persuade them to surrender.

Koji Zhiyong pretended to be a city commander and shouted: "We heard clearly, we are willing to open the city and surrender." But I don't have to say it alone, I have to discuss it with other officials in the city. Please allow us a moment. ”

The people under the city shouted, "All right, you guys hurry." Give you an hour to discuss, when the time comes, if you don't open the city and surrender, we will attack the city immediately, and then there will be no chickens and dogs. ”

Ashina Qing agreed to give them an hour to discuss, because his men and horses had been marching for a night and needed to rest and recover their strength.

Koji Jiyong said, "Got it. I'll discuss it right now. ”

Koji Zhiyong went down the castle tower and consulted with the officials who were already waiting under the castle. "I didn't expect the enemy to come so quickly," he said. It's too late for us to go. What do you say to do? ”

Everyone was talking, and in addition to panicking, everyone couldn't come up with any good ideas. So everyone said together. "Your Highness, it's better for you to make up your mind. How do you say? We'll do what we do. ”

Ko Zhiyong said: "There are so many people in the city, men, women and children, who are dragging their families and carrying a lot of supplies, so they can't go fast at all." The enemy is all cavalry, and if we go out, we will be sent to death.

Therefore, in order to get out of this place safely, it is necessary to defeat these enemies in front of you.

Not many enemies came. I can conclude that the enemy is dividing his forces to occupy the various cities of our Gaochang Kingdom. They didn't know that there were so many people here, and they didn't have too much defense against us.

My opinion is to destroy them, or drive them away. We still have time to get out of here before enemy reinforcements arrive. ”

They said, "Your Highness, do as you say." ”

Koji Zhiyong said: "You go and inform all those who are willing to follow us, pack up your things immediately, and when you have defeated the enemy, you will leave the city immediately." ”

Everyone answered in unison, and then began to prepare.

With only 600 cavalry, Koji decided to attack the enemy at the North Gate first.

In order to cut off the communication between the enemy forces in the north and south, he first hung 30 cavalrymen with ropes from the eastern city wall, and they were responsible for intercepting the heralds of the enemy forces in the north and south. With the main force of cavalry and 500 archers, he quietly came to the north gate.

Ashina He Gan and others were guarding outside the north gate. Suddenly, I found that the city gate opened, and more than 100 people dressed as ordinary people came out of it. He led his troops to intercept him, and thus approached the wall.

As they approached the people, a large number of archers suddenly appeared from the walls and shot at them. The people also took up their bows and arrows and shot at them.

Ashina He Gan and the others were a little underestimated by the enemy, and they didn't guard against the enemy's coming, and they suddenly became a little flustered.

Fortunately, for the sake of his wife, Li You equipped them with the most advanced armor weapons of the Tang Army, and the armor protection was extremely strong, and the casualties were not large.

At this moment, the city gate was opened, and the Gaochang cavalry of the brigade rushed out.

Ashina Hogan was attacked by the enemy and was in chaos. Seeing that the enemy cavalry was rushing over, it was too late to line up, so he rushed forward to meet the enemy.

The battlefield was chaotic, the sound of weapons clashing, the neighing of war horses, and the shouts of soldiers became one.

Koji Zhiyong is also a little underestimated. He did not expect that the enemy army would be so tenacious despite its small numbers and hasty response. The enemy relied on the solidity of the armor and the sharpness of the weapon, and there was no rout. The enemy even stabilized the formation, and the more they fought, the stronger they became.

Koji Zhiyong decided to capture the thief and capture the king. So he rushed towards Ashina Hogan. Ashina He Gan also noticed Koji Zhiyong and came to meet Koji Zhiyong with a horse lance.

Koji Ji-yong wields a spear, and the two fight fiercely. Ashina He Gan is very brave, but his martial arts are not strong. After a few rounds, he couldn't resist. He swung his spear with his horse's lance, turned his horse's head and ran.

Koji Zhiyong caught up with him and stabbed him off his horse with one shot, and then made up another shot, killing Ashina Hogan.

Ashina He was dead, and Xue Yantuo's men and horses under him finally broke up.

Koji Zhiyong led the army in a chase, 300 Xue Yantuo cavalry, and less than 100 escaped.

Koji Zhiyong stopped the pursuit, gathered his troops and returned to the city, and hurried towards the south gate.

Ningrong City is not big, and the shouting and killing sound at the north gate can still be heard. Ashina Qing knew that something had happened at the north gate, so she sent scouts to check it out. The scouts were intercepted by enemy troops on the road, and Ashinaqing didn't know what was going on at the North Gate.

She and Ashina Kuncang reorganized their troops and prepared to attack the city.

Soon, the city gates opened, and hundreds of cavalry and more than a thousand infantry from the Gaochang Kingdom came out.

One of the generals at the head is Koji Zhiyong, he is holding a spear high, and the head of the spear is the head of Ashina He Gan! 8)