Anxiang is located in the southeast of the city of more than 80 miles, is located in the Huangshui River, the terrain is flat, the land is fertile, one of the few grain producing areas in Hexi, just because it is located in the border, the population is not much, although the yield per mu is high, the total output is not too large, and because there is no danger to defend, the strategic position is not prominent, ** there is no heavy garrison in this county, only the local county government has prepared a small militia to maintain law and order, with such strength, against the sudden attack of the Tibetan army, It is not surprising that it was captured, but if you calculate the time, the strange thing will come out.

More than 80 miles for the Tubo cavalry galloping wildly, it is indeed not a big deal, the left and right are only less than two hours of foot, the problem is that the Tubo cavalry attacked Anxiang at night, must be guarded against the attack of the defenders of Caohan City, naturally did not dare to go blatantly, can only take advantage of the dead of night to sneak out of the camp, and wait to rush to Anxiang, the sky is bound to be bright, Anxiang County can not find the trace of the enemy, even if it is caught off guard, it is not difficult to resist for one or two hours, In this way, the Tubo cavalry will escort the people in the city to rush back, and I am afraid that they will not be able to reach the city of Caohan before the sun sets, but at the end of the day, the Tubo army actually appeared, which only means one thing - Anxiang surrendered without a fight!

Anxiang County is so down, the problem is serious, not only many people fall into the hands of the enemy, but more troublesome is that the grain in the city of Anxiang is afraid that it has fallen into the hands of the enemy - according to the regulations, although Anxiang produces grain, but can not store grain, all surplus grain must be concentrated in the state governance, in order to be called, but the history of Hezhou Thorn is Yao Wangshu such a lazy insect who ignores the right things, it is already late autumn, this year's summer and autumn grain has not yet been transferred to the state grain depot, still in Anxiang County, More than 2,800 stone of grain is so cheap for the Tubo people, and counting the income of the Tubo army to scrape the people, the amount of grain will only have to be doubled several times, and the Tusa coalition army with so much baggage will no longer have to worry about the future, not only that, but such a grain is enough to besiege the Tubo army in Shanzhou City for a month, there is no doubt that under such circumstances, it is obviously not feasible to force the Tubo army to withdraw by delaying the war, and the situation is far less than half of the Tubo army in Hexi** It's a critical juncture!

Zhang Mingwu is a standard soldier, commanding the war is okay, but it is limited to the level, and he can't see the strategic things so clearly, he is just worried about the fall of Anxiang, and the city of Caohan has become a lonely city, but he didn't think much about the importance of grain and straw to the Tubo army, but Li Yaodong is different, although he is also from the bottom, but this time when he came to Hezhou, he had received clear instructions from Li Xianfei's pigeon message, and he saw the importance of grain much more thoroughly than Zhang Mingwu. The reason why he didn't say anything at this time was that he was thinking about the possibility of reversing the crisis, but after all, he was not a wise man like Zhuge Liang, he frowned and thought for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a safe way, so he had no choice but to nod at Zhang Mingwu and said: "Lord Zhang doesn't need to show up, if he can be trusted, Li will deal with it." ”

"That's good, Brother Li, please!"

Zhang Mingwu himself is not good at socializing, and Li Yaodong has the status of a special envoy of the British king, so he is happy to let him come forward to deal with Yao Wangshu, the old boss, so he waved his hand without hesitation and said yes.

"Hmm." Li Yaodong didn't say anything more, and after saying a word, he gave Zhang Mingwu a look, stood with his palm, and made a downward splitting motion, and then, without waiting for Zhang Mingwu to respond, he strode to the edge of the wall dish.

"Where is Captain Zhang? Why did he avoid seeing this official here? ”

Li Yaodong thought about it for a little longer, and Yao Wangshu, who was waiting under the city, was already very impatient, and when he saw Li Yaodong, who was dressed in civilian clothes, leaned out of the city, and immediately held the shelf of the assassin history, and scolded angrily.

"Where's the mad dog? Do you dare to bark here and seek death? ”

Li Yaodong is a heroic man in the rivers and lakes, and he has always looked down on the soft-boned people, but now that he knows that Yao Wangshu surrendered to Tibet, how can he be very polite to him, and this opening humiliated Yao Wangshu fiercely.

"You ......, bastard, who are you? An dare to rebel like this, go, tell Zhang Mingwu to come out, this official has his own instructions! Yao Wangshu was so angry by Li Yaodong's words that his face turned blue, pointed at Li Yaodong, and roared in shame.

"Lord Zhang doesn't have time to see a betrayal villain like you, let it go if you have a fart, and then you have to be brutal, be careful with the bow and crossbow!"

Li Yaodong peeked at the crossbowmen on the left and right who were sneaking forward against the city wall, and he deliberately delayed a little more time to create a good opportunity for the crossbowmen to kill with one blow, so he scolded Yao Wangshu in a big stabbing voice.

"Bastard, this official is the assassin of Hezhou, Er An dares to insult me like this, he will be punished, get out of the way, and call Zhang Mingwu to come to listen to the training!"

Yao Wangshu was stimulated by Li Yaodong's words and became furious, clamped the horse's belly with his feet, rode the horse a few steps forward, pointed at Li Yaodong, and scolded.

"A certain is the special envoy of His Royal Highness the King of England, everyone has listened to it, Yao Wangshu betrayed my Tang Dynasty, and should destroy the nine clans, such a dog thief, dare to call himself a stabbing history, come to someone, kill!"

Seeing that several crossbowmen had moved into place, Li Yaodong didn't want to waste more words with Yao Wangshu, so he raised his voice, broke his throat, and immediately saw several crossbowmen poking their heads out from behind the city saucer in unison, either opening their bows and arrows, or aiming at Yao Wangshu with crossbow machines, ready to shoot him with a random arrow on the spot.

"Oops!"

Yao Wangshu's reaction was astute, this time he saw the crossbowmen at the head of the city aiming at it, he didn't care much, he jumped off the horse with an exclamation, and fell down behind the horse's hips, but when he heard a string sound, several arrows shot straight down, but unfortunately most of them shot on the horse, only one arrow shot on Yao Wangshu's shoulder, although it was shot to the sky and fell to the ground, but unfortunately it was not a fatal injury, and before the crossbowmen opened the bow again, the Tubo round shield cavalry who had reacted had already swarmed up, and dragged Yao Wangshu away regardless of it.

"Hahaha...... the army listens to the order: if there is someone who can kill the traitor Yao Wangshu, he will make a great merit, be promoted to the third level, and be rewarded with a thousand dollars!"

Looking at the figure of the Tubo cavalry fleeing in embarrassment, although Li Yaodong secretly regretted that he could not kill Yao Wangshu in one fell swoop, he would not forget to take the opportunity to boost morale, so he laughed loudly and gave a very heavy reward, and when the officers and soldiers defending the city heard it, they couldn't help but be speechless, and they talked excitedly about each other.

"Hmph, rubbish! Lift it down! ”

Hertzzan, who was riding a horse and standing in this formation, originally expected Yao Wangshu to be able to use the identity of the assassin to come to a soldier who surrendered without a fight, but he didn't expect that the defenders in the city didn't give this so-called assassin history a little face, seeing Yao Wangshu's half-dead embarrassment, Hertzzan's heart was on fire, and he didn't even bother to look at it, and waved his hand impatiently, so that Yao Wangshu was escorted back to the camp, but he took out the big knife on his waist, pointed to the head of the city, and was about to order a forcible siege.

"The general is slow, there are so many Han dogs here, why don't you go as planned!"

Seeing that Hertzzan was about to attack again, Ningustu was in a hurry, and he didn't want to send his own warriors to die for nothing, so he hurriedly snatched it out from the side and proposed it in a loud voice.

"Huh? Hum! ”

Hertzan was obviously extremely annoyed by Ningustu's behavior of interrupting his order, but he also knew that this was not a good opportunity to attack again, and he would not oppose Ningusto's proposal, but he didn't give him a good look, so he snorted coldly twice, and didn't say much, just waved his hand, signaling Ninggusi to act according to the predetermined plan, but he rode forward a few steps, and looked at the low head of the city of Caohan, his eyes were full of undisguised coldness.

"Sons, give a big show to the Han dogs in the city!"

Seeing that Hertszan had agreed to his suggestion, he did not dare to delay a little, so he ran to his own formation, waved his hand, and shouted excitedly.

"It's a big show!"

"Woo, brethren, come on!"

"Have a good time!"

……

A group of Salar tribesmen soldiers have obviously been waiting for this order for a long time, this hearing that their own head Chrysostom has been opened, how can there be anything polite to speak of, ghosts crying wolves howling, straight to the crowded group of Anxiang people, or pull or drag out more than 100 young men and women, push and escort to less than a mile away from the city, without shame to strip off the women's clothes, on the spot to commit adultery/adultery, not only that, but also a group of Salar tribe soldiers with knives, horse whips and other objects to torture those captured Han family young people, Take torture and killing for fun, and do everything you can to be cruel!

"Damn it, dog thief!"

"Bastard thing, it's kind of rushing at Lao Tzu, killing prisoners is a good thing!"

"Lord Zhang, you can't be humiliated when you can kill, fight with the thieves!"

"Yes, fight, brothers, go out of the city!"

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The men of the Tang Dynasty are all iron-clad men, and when they saw that the Tusa coalition army was openly doing such evil things under the city, how could they swallow the evil breath in their chests, and they all stared at each other, and let out a roar like a burst.

Zhang Mingwu is also a hot-blooded man, this time when he saw that the children of the Han family were suffering such humiliation, he was so angry that he trembled, a pair of fists clenched white, his arms were full of green tendons, his eyes were red like blood, and his body was full of terrifying blood, and he couldn't wait to immediately lead his troops to rush down to the city and tear the evil Tusa coalition army to pieces, but unfortunately he couldn't, as the commander of the first army, Zhang Mingwu knew very well that in terms of the current troops, as soon as he got out of the city, it meant one thing - the whole army was annihilated! But if you don't attack, it is difficult to suppress the anger of the whole army, and while you are angry, you can't help but have a headache for it......