The guard general and the more than 1,000 soldiers under him all knew in their hearts that what they were doing would be lost if they were caught by the government. Then they put on their armor and went into battle to fight the trapped beasts. Li Fu was frightened at this time, but he took off his gorgeous clothes, put on a random craftsman's clothes, and hid in the crowd of craftsmen, not daring to raise his head.

The general of the Sui army, who was surrounding the ordnance office, stepped forward and shouted: "The general manager has an order, and the craftsmen are all innocent people, but they were deceived and threatened to build weapons for the rebels here." Now I give you a chance to mend your ways, and when you return to your respective houses, you will be considered innocent, and if you are still with the rebels for a minute, you will be considered to be in the same party and correct the law on the spot. ”

When the craftsmen heard this, they left the group and went back to their homes or workshops, and closed their doors. Suddenly, there were only a dozen overseers left in the originally dense team of craftsmen, and Li Fu, who was pretending to be a craftsman.

The general of the Sui army saw that the shouting effect was good, so he said to the rebel soldiers: "Although you are a rebel soldier, if you are willing to lay down your arms and surrender." After five years of service in the barracks, you can regain your freedom. At that time, if you want to give up your military life and return to your hometown, the government will also provide you with the money to return to your hometown. ”

As he said this, the original rebel formation was a little scattered, and after a while, more than a dozen soldiers threw down their weapons and ran towards the Sui army. At this time, the defenders of the rebel army saw that the army was unstable, so he and several henchmen shot the dozen deserters together, and said:

"We were originally forced by the government to have no food, so we were forced to fall into the grass. Later, he was rescued by General Li and arranged for us to get a bite to eat here. Now he has to abandon his benefactor, General Lee. Wouldn't it be foolish to believe in the empty promises of the government instead? ”

It was early autumn, and in the middle of the desert, the sun was still roasting. The blood shed by the dozen or so deserters was quickly absorbed by the sand beneath them, and there was no blood flowing all over the ground, but the dozen or so corpses still shocked those who had the idea of surrendering.

Seeing that the shouting did not achieve the desired effect, the Sui army general stopped talking nonsense at the moment, and directly asked his heralds to give the order to attack. Three thousand cavalry formed a formation among each other, and rushed towards the more than 1,000 infantry like a wave. Those infantry, under the command of the defenders, barely formed a rudimentary formation to defend against the onslaught of the cavalry, but. How could an untrained infantry withstand a cavalry charge three times its own?

The scene in the guard's mind of the cavalry shattering into patches like waves crashing into a reef did not appear, but instead shattered the formation of the infantry as if it were devastated and decayed. Seeing that they could not do anything, the soldiers threw down their weapons and fled in all directions. The rebel defenders were also killed in front of the two armies, and several surviving henchmen and overseers threw down their weapons and jumped into the Moon Lake to escape from the water, but were shot by the Sui cavalry on their horses.

In this battle, more than 200 rebel soldiers were captured to clean up the battlefield and bury the dead to help the wounded. The general of the Sui army pressed the bow and arrow of the person next to him and aimed at Li Fu in the distance, and said, "The chief manager said, I need to leave a living mouth to go back and tell Li Liang about the matter here." Then arrange for people to count the ordnance materials in the ordnance department and count the number of craftsmen, after all, these craftsmen are also named by Li Wenyuan to keep.

Li Fu escaped from the battlefield by luck, relying on the extraordinary strength of his horse's feet, and finally escaped back to Li Liang's military camp.

Seeing that he was covered in blood, Li Liang couldn't help frowning and asked, "Li Fu, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Master, it's not good. Li Wenyuan has already sent people to surround our ordnance department. The defenders were all killed, the craftsmen and all the supplies were detained, and thanks to the fast speed of the villain's horses, he escaped from his pursuers and returned here. Li Fu said with some prostration.

"Big brother, what's wrong? Why did we just give up our possessions in the city? At this time, Li Mao was also forcibly taken to the barracks from his home by the people sent by Li Liang, and said with a little displeasure in his heart. But as he walked into the camp and saw Li Fu covered in blood, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Li Fu, what's wrong with you?" Then he realized what the man sent by his brother said:

"Li Wenyuan is going to do it, and if he doesn't leave, it'll be too late."

At this time, the scout came to report that Wuwei County had closed all four gates and entered a state of martial law. Li Liang and Li Mao glanced at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he escaped in time, otherwise Li Mao would have been trapped in the city and captured by Li Wenyuan again.

"Are all the people on Li Rail's side gathered in the military camp west of the city?" Li Wenyuan tilted his head and asked Gai Suzhen next to him.

Gai Suzhen, like Ellie, joined the night owls created by Qiu Niang. This time, Qiu Niang also sent Gai Suzhen to Li Wenyuan's side to be responsible for the contact with Li Wenyuan, after all, some encrypted messages are not people in the night owl, even Li Wenyuan can't understand it.

"Yes, that's what the news came out of our people in the Li Rail Army said." Gai Suzhen nodded and replied.

"That's good. Inform Zhang Juntai and let him attack the rebels. Keep pressure on the rebels to flee westward, and don't break them up. Once these rebels are dispersed and let them escape into the mountains and forests, we will have to spend more effort to suppress the bandits in the future. Let them slowly retreat to Igo County, and we will finally annihilate them all in one fell swoop. Li Wenyuan said to the officers on the side.

Zhang Juntai received Li Wenyuan's order and commanded his men to attack the military camp in the west of Wuwei County. After all, it is still somewhat difficult to mobilize the coordination and cooperation between the armies in this era, and instead of suffering heavy casualties in front of the Turks in the future because of improper coordination, it is better to take this opportunity to use Li Rail's army as a whetstone to sharpen this sharp blade a little brighter.

"Report to the general, Li Wenyuan's army has come towards us." The scouts sent out came back to report to Li Liang.

"How many people did he mobilize?" Li Liang asked in a deep voice.

"I don't know the specific position, but the army from the north side of the city alone has nearly 20,000 people."

"And how fast is it?"

"It's not going fast. They are just working together step by step, and they work very closely with each other. Humble and clumsy, no flaws were found. ”

"Herald. Recall all the scouts who are outside, and the army can retreat to Igo County. Li Liang said in a deep voice.