"Where are the cavalry?" Zhang Zuo's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly asked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The Tang cavalry, about 300 people, is coming quickly along the official road!"

"Tang cavalry?" After hearing this, Zhang Zuo couldn't help but be surprised, as far as he knew, there were no border guards on the west side of Jingcheng, even Lu Longjun, who came to exterminate the thieves, was still hundreds of miles northeast of Jingcheng at the moment, and there was also Qiri Ridge away, and the people he sent to ask for help were afraid that they had not crossed Qiri Ridge at this moment.

So, where did these three hundred Tang cavalry come from?

Although Zhang Zuo was puzzled, these 300 cavalry were undoubtedly his lifesaver.

"Fifty miles away, there must be a few hours to arrive, God help me!"

"Oh no, the Hui people are attacking the city!"

But as soon as Zhang Zuo's words fell, he only heard the people on his side suddenly exclaim, and then immediately made a mess.

"Don't panic, bow shooters prepare, and start firing arrows as soon as the enemy enters range! Prepare boulders and oil and listen to my orders......"

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At the same time, Li Zhen and his entourage had to temporarily stop their progress, because the closer they got to the county seat of Jingcheng, the more destroyed villages became, but at the same time, everyone's hearts also became heavy and nervous, because in these destroyed villages, there were villagers who had been killed everywhere, and there was no life anywhere they passed, the blood on their bodies was not cold, and the tears on their faces were not dry.

"Guys, what do you think?" Li Zhen gathered Gao Yu, Zheng Zhen, Yan Heng and Gu Duoda together, and asked with a solemn face.

"If my guess is correct, I'm afraid that Jingcheng County is in danger now!" Gao Yu thought for a while and said.

"You mean someone wants to attack Jingcheng? If that's the case, I don't think it will be a soldier of the Tang Dynasty! Zheng Jin then said.

"Why?" Li Zhen asked.

"In fact, the reason is very simple, if it is the Tang Army, this is tantamount to a rebellion, but if it is a rebellion, it is useless for them to slaughter these unarmed villagers, so there are only two possibilities, bandits and aliens!" Zheng Jin said slowly.

"It's impossible for bandits, but if it's a foreign race, how can they break through the border defense line and break into the territory of Datang?" Yan Heng asked suspiciously.

"Hehe, it's not difficult, since Gu Duoda can come in, others can naturally come in, but I don't know how many people there are on the other side!" Li Zhen sneered.

"First send someone to investigate around Jingcheng, and we will rest on the spot!" Gao Biao then said.

"Well, that's all there is to it now!" Li Zhen nodded in agreement.

After everything was arranged, Li Zhen got up and walked slowly around, behind him were the five veterans who had accompanied him in Henan before, at this time, I saw that they all looked solemn, two in front of one behind, one left and one right to protect Li Zhen in the center, and the horizontal knife in his hand was unsheathed to deal with sudden changes at any time.

Since returning from Henan, these five veterans have become Li Zhen's personal guards, and with their presence, Li Zhen's heart also feels at peace.

Li Zhen lowered his head and frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

"Zeyuan! The people who sent out are back! ”

At this moment, I saw Gao Yu walking over quickly with a nervous face.

"How?" Li Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"It's a Hui man! At this time, the county seat of Jingcheng is being attacked! Gao Biao replied.

"Hui people?! How did they end up here? How many people are there? Li Zhen asked again.

"It is estimated that there are at least 3,000 men, 1,000 cavalry, and 2,000 foot soldiers!"

"So much?!" After hearing this, Li Zhen was shocked.

You must know that since the first year of Wenzong Taihe and the capture of the Hui Mobei Khanate, the Hui people have been divided into three major branches, one fled to Xizhou, called the Xizhou Hui; One moved to the Hexi Corridor, called the Hexi Hui Hui, of which the main force defected to the Turkic Qarluq in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and there was still a small part of the remnants of the Hui gathered in the Mobei Khan Court and the Tang Dynasty border, Huichang three years Wuzong ordered Zhang Zhongwu to lead the army north to break the Hui Hui, the remnants of the Hui were then forced to flee east to seek the protection of Xi and Murwei.

From this point of view, it is unlikely that the army besieging Jingcheng is the one in the Xiren Murwei, after all, the border troops there are all the elite of the Lu Long Army, so there is only one possibility, that is, some of the remnants of the remnants of the Hui people who fled east to the Mobei Khanting were defeated, and it was very likely that they were hiding somewhere and escaped the encirclement and suppression of the Tang Army and the Huangjiasi, but they never expected that after a few years, these remnants of the defeated army would dare to make a comeback.

"It's not good to come, they have chosen this place to take into account that the reinforcements will not be able to arrive for a while, just one of the ridges, it will take a while for the army to turn over, and by that time, Jingcheng City has already ......."

Li Zhen didn't continue, because he knew in his heart, and the intention of these Hui soldiers was also obvious, it was impossible to hold this small county town in the hinterland of Hebei with such a small number of troops, but if it was just to kill people, it was enough, so from this point of view, what they had to do was to kill people, and kill people for the sake of killing!

Maybe it was to avenge Zhang Zhongwu's revenge in Huichang for three years, or maybe they knew that they had nowhere to escape, and they slaughtered in the Tang Dynasty before they died, no matter which one it was, for Li Zhen, they all faced a difficult choice.

To help or not to help?

If he went to Jingcheng City at this time, then his three hundred elite cavalry would be tantamount to death, and this was the only personal cavalry that Li Zhen could rely on in the future, and Li Zhen couldn't bear to throw them into this mortal war.

If you don't help, then you can only watch Jingcheng being humiliated and trampled on and slaughtered by the Hui people, and watch the people of the Tang Dynasty wail in pain under the iron hooves of the Hui people, and then die of despair.

No matter which choice is what Li Zhen doesn't want to see, the purpose of coming to Youzhou this time is to keep the border of Youzhou peaceful for a hundred years, but now he hasn't done anything, and he has to watch the people in the jurisdiction face death.

Li Zhen frowned, his eyes were closed, his face became extremely heavy, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Seeing this, Gao Biao then glanced at the five veterans, and the five of them immediately withdrew a hundred steps away when they saw this, and then Gao Biao said softly: "Zeyuan, let me call you Your Highness at this time!" ”

Li Zhen slowly opened his eyes, looked at Gao Biao, and said, "Brother Qianli, you say, how should I decide?" ”

Gao Biao thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, maybe I shouldn't say these words, but since you and I are brothers, then I can't help but say it, you are the prince, to say a word of disobedience, you are the most promising person to inherit the unification, so some things are to be done even if you die, and some things cannot be done even if you die, this world is the world of the Li royal family, and you are also the blood of the Li royal family, in this case, how can you watch your subjects being slaughtered by foreign races?" And as soldiers, it is our duty to protect the country and the people, and dying on the battlefield is the supreme glory for our soldiers, in the past, the enemy we faced was our own soldiers, and now, our enemies are foreign bandits, we have experienced too many civil wars over the years, and now, in the face of external humiliation, how can we cower? ! ”

After listening to Gao Biao's words, Li Zhen couldn't help but take a deep breath, looked at Gao Biao quietly, and then slowly said, "Gao Biao, listen to the order!" ”