Shazhou.

The yellow sand dances vigorously, and the vast expanse is thousands of miles.

At this time, it was not yet March, and the northwest was still cold, and the cold wind mixed with flying sand and ice particles was rampant between heaven and earth.

A group of Great Zhou soldiers stretched for several miles, passing by the ruined Shazhou City.

This is the 30,000 Zhou soldiers who withdrew from Yangguan and prepared to join forces with the defenders of Yumen Pass.

It stands to reason that this kind of ghost weather with wind and sand everywhere, this place is also more than 50 miles away from Yumen Pass, and the Yangguan defenders are not good for continuing to march, but should temporarily rest in Shazhou City, and then start tomorrow.

However, the 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yangguan had no intention of stopping.

Because, Shazhou is already an abandoned city, and since eight or nine years ago, even the court no longer considers Shazhou. There is nothing in the city now except for some of the sinners of many years ago.

Through the collapsed city wall, you can see the ruins of the city, dilapidated and depressed.

In the eyes of the Yangguan defenders, instead of entering this kind of ghost town to be polluted with bad luck, it is better to travel a little longer against the wind in order to get to Yumen Pass as soon as possible.

At this time, Cai Guogong Li Qian was dressed in a military uniform and straddled the horse, raised his eyes to look at the head of Shazhou City, and across the wind and sand, a white-haired veteran could be faintly seen standing upright on the city, looking at them.

Li Qian recognized this person, it was Lin Yutang, the former general of Zuo Weiwei, who had been demoted to Shazhou for more than 30 years because he was involved in Li Zhong's rebellion case.

"Alas!"

Li Qian couldn't help sighing, when Lin Yutang became famous in the court, he Li Qian was still a doll. When he wandered in the army with his father Li Qianli, he saw Lin Yutang's demeanor.

It can only be said that he is a good general, but he fell because of the battle for the storage position and was abandoned in this Shazhou city.

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The deputy general on the side saw the boss looking at Shazhou City in a daze, and thought that Li Qian was sighing at Shazhou City, so he couldn't help but say: "This Shazhou City is so ruined, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop the Tubo King for a moment, Li Shuai still has to make plans early!" ”

Now that Yangguan has been closed, the Tubo army can enter in an instant, and the next thing is Shazhou.

In the eyes of the adjutant general, only the few remaining criminal generals in Shazhou City could not stop the offensive of the Tubo army in any way.

In less than a few days, the Tibetan army will attack the Yumen Pass. When the time comes, what awaits them will be a tough battle.

Li Qian retracted his thoughts, listened to the adjutant general's words, and nodded.

"That's right, within five days, the Tubo army will come to the Yumen Pass, and we can't slack off!"

Li Qian is so serious, because the imperial court has misjudged.

Originally, it was thought that the Tubo royal division would not be able to come to the city until April at the earliest.

However, according to the report of the sentinel at the front, the 100,000-strong army of the king of Tubo had already crossed the Great Snow Mountain at this time, and it was less than 200 miles away from Yangguan. In three days at most, you can reach the city of Yangguan.

Thinking of this, Li Qian didn't look at the white-haired veteran in the city anymore, and pinched the horse's belly, "Order the three armies, the starry night, and before the time tonight, make a meal in Yumen Pass!" ”

To be honest, Li Qian felt a little pity for Lin Yutang, who was a model in the army back then, the epitome of an iron-blooded soldier in the Tang Dynasty.

And now, he is dying and old, and he can only wait for death in this abandoned city.

But what can be done?

Although the Great Wednesday Army still has combat strength, it has long since lost the iron-blooded courage of the past, and Lin Yutang is old!

The wild nature of the Han people has gradually aged with more and more court battles and more and more interests.

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On the other side, while Li Qian was looking at Lin Yutang, Lin Yutang was also looking at the Yangguan guards under the city.

The old general's beard was white, and his weather-beaten face was full of furrows. Although he is old, his eyes are still deep and bright, and his eyes are as sharp as they were back then.

"As soon as Yangguan was withdrawn, Shazhou bore the brunt." Lin Yutang muttered to himself, with grief on his face.

Shazhou is an abandoned city, and those of them who live in the city may have died long ago in the eyes of those outside the city.

Suddenly, there was a voice behind him: "It's also a good thing, I can finally be free!" ”

Lin Yutang turned around and saw that it was Wei Dalang with gray hair.

"Relief?" Lin Yutang smiled bitterly, "Is it a relief to die in the hands of a barbarian?" ”

When Wei Dalang heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This Jinghu man is nearly fifty years old, and in the past ten years in Shazhou, he has already exhausted the trace of loyalty and courage in his heart.

"What else can I do? This hellish place, it's better to live than to die quickly. ”

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Lin Yutang shook his head silently, "Then you can't just die like this!" ”

Turning his gaze to the brigade of the troops under the city again, he squinted for a long time, and Lin Yutang muttered: "Li Qiang's soldiers don't bring heavy ordnance!" ”

"What?"

Wei Dalang frowned, Lin Yutang's sentence was a bit clueless, so Wei Dalang didn't understand it at all.

At this time, Lin Yutang's eyes had already regained their brightness, and he didn't explain to Wei Dalang, "Go, ask Hou Xingliang to gather people, I have something to say!" ”

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By the time Lin Yutang came down from the ruined Shazhou City, the eight hundred and forty white-haired soldiers in the city had gathered in one place.

"I've just seen it, Li Qiang's soldiers are all advancing lightly, and they have not seen heavy weapons such as heavy crossbows and oil stones, and they have not even seen heavy grain and grass taken away."

"This shows that Li Qian withdrew in a hurry and didn't have time to take anything away."

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Hou Xingliang and Wei Dalang looked at each other, and they didn't understand what the use of Lin Yutang saying this at this time.

"Lin Shuai...."Hou Xingliang couldn't help but speak, "What does Lin Shuai mean?" ”

Lin Yutang said: "The Tubo army is right in front of you, of course, it is to discuss defense matters with you. ”

"Defense...."

When Hou and Wei heard this, they were speechless.

As for the leaky city of Shazhou, there are less than 1,000 old and weak soldiers in the city, and they are still discussing defense?

When death is over, what are you tossing?

"Lin Shuai!" Hou Xingliang smiled bitterly.

He knew that Lin Yutang was an extremely serious person, but this time he was too serious, right?

Pointing to the four sides of Shazhou City, "Just this broken city, what defense can we talk about?" ”

"No!" Lin Yutang waved his hand, still serious, "The old man is not talking about Shazhou, but Yangguan!" ”

"Yangguan? What do you mean? ”

"The Yangguan wall is high and the city is solid, and the ordnance, grain and grass that Li Qian did not take away, we abandon Shazhou and enter Yangguan, and hold on to it according to the geographical advantage, and we can fight with Tubo!"

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This time, everyone was shocked, Lin Yutang was worthy of being a Tang Dynasty general more than thirty years ago, and what he planned was really meaningful.

It's just that the old man may have forgotten, right? He is nearly eighty years old, and he is surrounded by white-haired old men, no matter how strong Yangguan is, what can he do? Li Qian abandoned him, why could they hold it?

Besides, the city of Shazhou is full of criminals, people who were abandoned by the Great Zhou Dynasty, why should we go to guard the pass for the Great Zhou Dynasty to resist the enemy!?

"Lin Shuai...."Wei Dalang lowered his head, "Forget it, so be it!" ”

Hou Xingliang said with a sullen head: "Old brothers... Don't want to toss anymore. ”

They are all forgotten sinners in this abandoned city, and when they look up from this Shazhou city, all they can see is thousands of miles of yellow sand, and the thoughts in their hearts have long been gone.

To be alive or dead, it seems that it makes no difference to them.

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