Li Ye's car was not fast, after all, he didn't have to pursue the Shatuo army in person, so he was followed by the two thousand cavalry left behind by the Zuo Jian guard, the Shenji battalion and the Zuo Tiance army, as well as a part of the rear of the Zuo Tiance army, about 13,000 people, slowly advancing towards Taiyuan.

Suddenly, dozens of cavalry rushed from the north, and the cavalry of the Zuo Tiance Army, who was in charge of patrolling on the periphery, directly stopped this cavalry.

"Stop coming!"

The junior general at the head said loudly, "I am a scout of the Zuo Shence Army, and I need to report to Your Majesty on an urgent military situation. ”

"Left God Army?" Hearing this, the soldiers on patrol obviously didn't believe it, after all, what kind of military information could the scout range of the Zuo Shence Army scouts have?

"What's the matter?"

"At least fifteen thousand Shatuo cavalry are heading towards His Majesty's holy chariot, I hope Your Majesty will find a place to take refuge as soon as possible."

Hearing this news, the patrolling soldiers dared to stop it, and hurriedly took the person who came to deliver the letter to report in person in front of the holy car.

It didn't take long for Li Ye to learn the news of the killing of the Shatuo army.

"Your Majesty, quickly withdraw, the Shatuo people are here." Liu Jurong said with a panicked expression.

"What's the panic?"

Seeing that Liu Jurong's old problem had been made again, Li Ye looked a little displeased.

Looking at the information sent by the scout troops of the Zuo Shence Army, the doubts in Li Ye's heart were swept away.

Before, he was a little puzzled as to why the Shatuo army retreated without a fight, which was not in line with Li Keyong's usual style.

You must know that when there were only 10,000 or 20,000 people in Shatuo, they dared to rebel, and now there are so many troops, there is no reason to retreat without fighting.

In particular, Li Keyong's core Shatuo cavalry is still the main force, and most of the previous losses were the Han army, not the Shatuo army composed of Shatuo, Tatar and other tribal warriors.

However, Li Ye didn't know what Li Keyong was selling before, and Li Zhen and Li Yingxu were not around, so he didn't see Li Keyong's intentions.

But there is one thing that Li Ye can confirm.

That is, Li Keyong deliberately attracted the forbidden army to pursue, and Li Ye did so, among which the Zuo Yulin Army and the Zuo Tiance Army really pursued again, while the 10,000 cavalry of the Right Shence Army was under the leadership of Liu Kui, falling behind the army, and it was not as ruthless as the other troops chased it.

"It turns out that Li Keyong's purpose has always been me? Why does he think that the soldiers around me are easy to deal with? ”

Looking at the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in front of him, Li Ye couldn't help laughing.

Unexpectedly, Li Keyong thought he was a soft persimmon, so he had this plan, transferred the tiger away from the mountain, and then found a way to eat himself.

The plan is good, but Li Keyong doesn't look at whether his teeth are good or not, and he is not afraid of breaking his teeth.

"Your Majesty, what now? If the minister is Li Keyong, he will definitely concentrate the elite to raid the holy car, and there must be more than 10,000 people.

Now it's the field, and if we face tens of thousands of Shatuo cavalry, we will be very passive. Link hurriedly asked.

Long Zhi, the commander of the Shenji Battalion on the side, also arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, it is best to find a place where you can hold on, so that you can maximize the combat effectiveness of the Shenji Battalion and hold on until reinforcements arrive." ”

"What's the nearest town?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it is Pingyao County, but the city wall of Pingyao is not high, just rammed earth, less than a zhang." Link hesitated.

Because of the flat terrain in Pingyao and the geographical location is not very important, it does not pay much attention to the construction of the city wall.

"Just go to Pingyao. Ordered the whole army to retreat to Pingyao quickly, since Li Keyong was in my bag, I made him break a few teeth in Pingyao. ”

"Also, release the eagle and send a message to Liu Kui, so that he can lead the cavalry back to Pingyao. Wait, send a few more teams of cavalry, just in case. ”

Although the falcon is very fast, Li Ye can't pin all his hopes on the falcon at this time, what if there is an accident?

What he wanted was not to repel the Shatuo army, since Li Keyong was directly coming for him, he simply used himself as bait to play a big game of chess.

According to the scouts, the Shatuo cavalry was less than 50 miles away from his chariot, which meant that at most an hour, the Shatuo cavalry would appear in their field of vision.

But with the speed of their march, they would definitely not be able to catch up with Pingyao in an hour, so Li Ye directly ordered the 2,000 cavalry of the Zuo Tiance Army to intercept the Shatuo cavalry to buy time for the large army to withdraw to Pingyao.

Li Ye is not nervous, it is fake, if he is really surrounded by Shatuo cavalry, it will be miserable, he doesn't want to be killed or captured in battle after being emperor for a few years.

Knowing that the Shatuo cavalry was coming, the whole team was also in chaos, and at this time, those who could not be transported away but were not important were abandoned, and even the Tiance cannon was also abandoned.

However, in order to prevent the abandoned Tiance cannon from becoming a sharp weapon for the Shatuo army, Long Zhi had people blow it up directly with gunpowder.

More than 10,000 troops rushed all the way and finally arrived at Pingyao County at noon.

Seeing the low rammed earth city wall, the ministers accompanying him were a little unconfident.

However, Ryuji soon ordered the Shenji Battalion to build fortifications with the rammed earth walls.

Since the army pursued the Shatuo army, the Shenji Battalion naturally couldn't keep up, so they followed the Holy Driver's action.

So all 3 Divine Machine Cannons and 1 Divine General Cannon are all there.

In addition to the malfunctioning artillery, there are a total of 86 Divine Cannons and 16 Divine Commander's Cannons, in addition to a large number of Skyquake Thunder, Rockets, and Assault Guns.

It can be said that in the forbidden army, the Shenji Battalion can be said to be armed to the teeth.

This is also where Li Ye's confidence lies in being willing to use himself as a bait, and he wants to see if Li Ke's Shatuo army can break through the defense of the Shenji Battalion.

"Pass on my order, both Shenji 1 and Shenji 2 will not fire for the time being, as a backup.

Both muskets and rockets were responsible for keeping the artillery safe, and the Shatuo cavalry could not be allowed to approach the walls. ”

However, relying on the Shenji Battalion alone may not be able to hold the nine-mile-long city wall, so it is necessary to arm those logistics troops and take their shields and spears as the last line of defense for artillery.

And the people of the Divine Machine Camp have to teach them how to use the Heaven-Shaking Thunder.

Just when Longzhi was arranging the defense, a loud horn sound came from outside the city, and when he heard this sound, the faces of everyone in Pingyao County turned pale instantly.

Li Ye didn't expect the Shatuo people to come so quickly, it seems that the 2,000 cavalry should not have held back the Shatuo army for long.

At this time, Long Zhi, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, ran in, "Your Majesty, the Shatuo cavalry has surrounded Pingyao County. ”

Li Ye's expression froze, sweat was low on his forehead, and he said in a deep voice, "Link, I order you to defend Pingyao with full authority. Ryuji, you're in charge of following Link's command. ”

Link and Ryuji got down on one knee one after another.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, unless it is the Shatuo people who pass over the corpse of the minister, the minister will definitely keep the Shatuo people out of the city!"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the Shenji Battalion will fight to the last soldier!"

After the two went down, Li Ye found that the three-story Confucian Temple not far away was relatively tall, so he quickly came to the top floor and took out his binoculars to look in the direction of the north gate.

Near the north gate wall, the nearby houses were demolished and used as a position for the artillery capital.

The rammed earth wall was about seven feet high, which was a little taller than an adult man, and it was not at the same level as the masonry wall.

Fortunately, this is still a city wall, the width of the city wall is more than a zhang, and there are simple battlements, so it must be no problem to put down the Shenji cannon, but the Shence General Cannon will not work.

Through the telescope, on the rammed earth city wall of the north gate, twenty-four divine machine cannons have been fixed in the rammed earth on the city wall, and the dense soldiers fought on the city wall, silently watching the Shatuo army outside the city.

There was excitement, nervousness, and fear on the faces of these people.

The 20,000 Shatuo cavalry were arrayed outside the city, as far as the eye could see, like a black cloud pressing the city, making people's hearts feel like pressing a stone, and they couldn't breathe for a long time.

In a moment, the horn of "Woo~Woo~" sounded, and five thousand Shatuo cavalry appeared in front of the formation, and then the earth began to tremble.

The Shatuo cavalry began to charge!