"What?"

Hearing the news from the falcon, Liu Kui grabbed the note directly, and when he saw the content on it, the whole person was terrified.

"The order went down, and the whole army immediately moved and rushed to Pingyao."

"Liu Yuma, what's wrong?" Li Hong was a little puzzled.

Liu Kui directly handed the note to Li Hong, and when the latter saw the content of the note, his fists clenched, "This Li Keyong, he dares to play with us and others, it's really hateful." I'll go and gather my troops right away and come back immediately. ”

"General Li, I'll just go. It will take at least two days for the army to assemble and rush to Pingyao, and the Shatuo army on the front will not let us return to help so easily.

I rushed back with 10,000 cavalry of the Right Shence Army to reinforce it, and with the army around His Majesty and the Left Shence Army, the siege should be relieved.

Moreover, His Majesty had expected that Li Keyong had a conspiracy before, and he thought that he would have a countermeasure. Don't forget that the Shenji Battalion is by His Majesty's side, and it is not so easy for Li Keyong to break through the defense of the Shenji Battalion. ”

Li Hong hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Then it's troublesome for Liu to take the horse, and I'll transfer another 5,000 cavalry to you." Since the main cavalry force used by Li Ke is in Pingyao, I don't need so many cavalry here, and His Majesty's safety is important. ”

"Understood."

Liu Kui nodded, "General Li, don't spread the news that Your Majesty has been besieged, for fear of affecting morale." ”

"I know!"

Li Hong nodded.

After receiving the 5,000 cavalry allocated by Li Hong, Liu Kui left from Jinyang with 15,000 cavalry.

Looking at Liu Kui and the army he led in the vast night, Li Hong's mood was a little heavy.

Unexpectedly, he actually fell for Li Ke's tricks, causing His Majesty to be in danger.

Liu Kui is right, it's useless for him to rush back now, and when he leads the army back, it will take at least two days, and the cavalry should be able to rush back to Pingyao tomorrow.

Just when Li Ke surrounded Pingyao with troops, the Zuo Shence army in the south also knew.

Just when Li Maozhen was about to lead the army to rescue him, two thousand Shatuo cavalry captured Lengquan Pass at night.

"What? Cold Spring Pass was captured by the Shatuo people? What do the defenders eat? What about people? I'm going to kill him myself!" ”

Hearing that Lengquan Pass was occupied, Li Maozhen was immediately furious.

"Back to the general, Wu Du has already died in battle."

Li Maozhen suddenly raised his eyebrows, and his expression eased slightly, but when he thought that His Majesty was trapped in Pingyao, he was anxious.

"Pass the order, gather troops, attack Lengquan Pass overnight, and recapture Lengquan Pass before dawn."

"Yes!"

Don't look at Lengquan Pass being attacked and occupied by the Shatuo people, but Li Maozhen is not very worried.

Cold Spring Pass was destroyed by Zuo Yulin's military Tiance cannon before, and the wall to the south had already collapsed.

Without the city wall, the two thousand Shatuo troops were in no danger to defend, although it was not suitable for attacking the city at night, but the situation was extremely urgent, and Li Maozhen couldn't take care of it.

Even if it was a life for a life, he would have to replace the two thousand Shatuo soldiers.

And in order to take Lengquan Pass as soon as possible, Li Maozhen personally rushed to supervise the battle outside the pass.

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Lengquan Pass, "the royal palace of Yan and Ji, the classic of Qin and Shu", has been a place where soldiers and businessmen gather since ancient times.

At the head of the cold spring pass, by the light of the torches, Li Sizhao looked at the tattered cold spring pass, and his brows were a little furrowed.

Before, he had heard that Lengquan Pass had been destroyed by the forbidden army, but he didn't know how badly it was destroyed, but after seeing the appearance in front of him, his heart sank to the bottom.

The reason why Lengquan Pass is dangerous is because it is located on the east bank of Fenshui, on a higher hillside, and the west side is a river valley.

And the official road is to cross the cold spring pass, surrounded by high mountains, is the real 'one husband is the pass, ten thousand people do not open'.

Most of the city walls of Lengquan Pass are also made of rammed earth, and only the castle tower is a brick and stone structure, but at this time, there is no shadow of the castle tower, and only the ruins of the wall are left.

Because Lengquan Pass lost its defensive value, there were not many troops defending, only a few hundred people, and it was successfully attacked by Li Sizhao.

At this time, the two thousand Shatuo cavalry had already abandoned their war horses and scattered throughout the city, and more than 1,000 people were arranged in the south, which would be the focus of the attack of the Zuo Shence army in the south.

Moreover, Li Sizhao asked his subordinates to block the city gate with huge stones and all kinds of wood and bricks.

Of course, Lengquan Pass actually doesn't have any city gates, even if Li Sizhao asks people to do this, it doesn't mean much for defense.

Located at the head of the city, with a condescending posture, Li Sizhao saw that torches appeared on the official road in the distance, and finally assembled not far from the city, thinking that the imperial army should have come.

At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported, "General Qiyu, the weapons in the city have been cleared, with more than 700 horizontal knives, 400 infantry bows, and 20,000 arrows.

However, the city wall is seriously damaged, I'm afraid... ”

Li Sizhao thought for a while and ordered, "Let people demolish the houses and gather the bricks, stones, and wood!" ”

Although this effect may not be great, Li Sizhao at this time can only use local materials.

He was ordered to hold here for two days, so that Li Ke could defeat the army around the little emperor with the remaining main force.

When Li Sizhao ordered the people below to rest, a dull drum beat came from outside the city.

Li Sizhao immediately picked up his arms, but he didn't expect the forbidden army to attack at night.

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Li Ke used to besiege Pingyao the next day.

The offensive and defensive battle of Pingyao was very tragic, and in the siege battle of half a day yesterday, the Shatuo army paid the price of 3,000 dead and wounded and could not get within 50 steps of the city wall, while the defenders suffered less than 1,000 dead and wounded, not even 500 to be precise.

Under the city of Pingyao, the corpses of the Shatuo army were poured over, and the wilderness outside the city was stained red with blood.

Don't look at the city wall of Pingyao City, which is less than a foot high, but it is not something that war horses can easily cross, so the Shatuo army had to give up the cavalry combat that they are good at and dismount as infantry.

But at the beginning of their attack, they were bombarded by divine cannons, and solid iron bullets and shotguns ruthlessly harvested the lives of Shatuo's soldiers.

When they came close to a hundred paces at a heavy price, they were attacked by rockets and assault guns. In particular, the distance of fifty paces seemed to have become a dividing line, and outside this distance, there were many corpses of the Shatuo army, but they just couldn't rush into this distance.

Even last night's night attack was declared a failure in the end, losing hundreds of elites in vain.

At this time, the upper echelons of the Shatuo Army knew why Xue Zhiqin and Li Chengsi had been defeated so badly before, and the kind of weapons that shot out in all directions were simply killers of infantry and cavalry.

Originally, in their opinion, Pingyao, which was like something in a bag, became an impregnable fortress.

It's like a hedgehog full of thorns, no matter where you start, you have to prick your hands.