"I once gave birth to a lotus flower in my heart under Chang'an City, and suddenly gave birth to a flower."

- "The Book of the White Horse"

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At the end of January in the Chang'an calendar.

Chang'an Mansion, Suzhou.

The fields are vast, the ravines are undulating, and the mountain roads are winding, turning a thousand times.

Suzhou, which is a place that inherits Ganzhou and connects the neck of the Western Regions, Suzhou has always been a springboard for the Central Plains to go out of the Western Regions, and it is also the rear of the four towns of Anxi, which can be said to be an important place.

Recently, Menghu Xianrong frequently invaded the border, almost all the northern part of Suzhou fell into the scimitar slaughter, blood and light everywhere, the beacon fire soared to the sky, the tragedy of Tingzhou was staged again, there were dry bones on the road, there were starvation in the ditch, and the walls were broken and ruined everywhere......

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The defenders of Suzhou are already weak, and now they are dealing with it everywhere, tired of running around, they are already sleepy and tired, and the letter for help has been sent out for a long time, and the soldiers are looking forward to the letter from Chang'an City every day!

However, the fact is that because of the bad weather, the road is difficult, which asks for help...... It's like a bird with broken wings, not knowing where to struggle.

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South of Suzhou, Luling.

The remnants of the Suzhou garrison camp, the smoke curling, the barracks are burying pots to make rice.

At the gate, a young general was looking eastward, with a sad face, his face was delicate, but his face was full of dust, and there were still scars on his cheeks, one hand pressed the sword at his waist, and the other hand was lowered.

Looking at the mountains and ravines from afar, innumerable, and the smoke in the north, he knew that the Luling under his feet was the last line to block the enemy's attack, and if the reinforcements did not arrive, it would be the last battle of the Suzhou battalion.

"General, the rice is cooked." The soldier looked tired, wiped the black ash from his face, and whispered.

"Eat quickly." The young general was relieved, even if the retreat was extinct, even if he was isolated and helpless, fortunately, there were still brothers in this battalion, and they would never give up!

"General, will reinforcements come?" The soldier turned around for a moment, then turned his head and asked, very quietly.

"There are no deer in Luling, and I hunt here." The general smiled and said softly.

The soldier nodded, not afraid, very calmly, and walked towards the camp.

The general looked at his barracks and the backs of the soldiers, and suddenly his heart was happy, and he couldn't help laughing, and strode towards the camp to prepare for dinner.

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Luling is a central axis of Suzhou, and it is also a barren ridge, which is not as beautiful as its name, but if you want to attack the south of Suzhou, there is only one road!

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Northern part of Suzhou.

One hundred and fifty miles away from Luling, in a village, Menghu's cavalry was looting everywhere, and the whole village was full of chickens and dogs, wailing everywhere.

A group of well-armed horsemen followed five or six men in splendid costumes on tall horses along the village paths.

"Khan, are we going to move on?" A young attendant asked.

"Look at it, where our Menghu cavalry goes, the Han people are holding their heads and running around, even the soldiers of Shangguo are unstoppable, you say, should we advance?" The man at the head said that he was none other than Monhu Khan, Mongo, a man who aspired to become the king of the steppe.

"Khan is right, now there are only Xianrong and I Menghu left in the grassland, with the protection of the Holy Eagle, and if we join forces, there will be no one to stop them." One of the attendants said confidently.

"That's right, where the Khan's whip points, we will hit it, the kingdom is no longer as glorious as it used to be, it is our opportunity, how can we miss it?" An older retinue was quite knowledgeable, and p.amp; sist.

Meng Ge listened to the entourage you and I said one by one, and his heart was also happy, after all, he is now, standing on the land of the kingdom, this is the lifelong dream of several generations of Menghu Khan kings, but how inviolable the kingdom was in the past, thinking that back then, the two generals of the kingdom led an army of 100,000 to drive the desert, and the Menghu Xianrong was torn apart and fled in all directions...... Nearly wiped out.

Now, he, Mongo, stands as a victor on the land of the kingdom of God, really, making people.

"Tell the warriors of all departments, continue to move forward, occupy the whole of Suzhou, and the day of shame is coming!" Meng Ge was suddenly full of passion, said loudly, and whipped a finger, and at the end, Luling was faintly visible.

"Oh oh oh~!"

The soldiers behind him suddenly became high-pitched, raising their shiny scimitars and shouting.

Mongo clamped his legs and galloped his horse.

In the distance, the cavalry of the Menghu Brigade was burning down the village......

Meng Ge looked at the open front, the corners of his mouth rose, the blood in his heart rose from time to time, and he secretly said in his heart: Central Plains, I'm here!

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Just when the Menghu cavalry went south, Xian Rong's men and horses did not stop, they made a mess in Yizhou on the east side of Tingzhou, chasing and intercepting the fleeing people, and the whole Yizhou seemed to have become their horse farm, and they were presumptuous in it, and they regarded chasing the panicked people as a game.

And the Great Food Army, which captured Tingzhou, was repairing in Tingzhou due to supplies, weather, battle damage, etc., and was unable to move for a while.

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On the 25th day of the first month of the Chang'an calendar, 50,000 cavalry from Menghu arrived in front of Luling.

On Luling, there are many military flags, armor soldiers are arrayed, and on the high ground, the young general with the guards is looking down on the Menghu army formation.

Mongoce walked back and forth on the snow, looked at the ordinary deer ridge in front of him, smiled contemptuously, hum, just with such a broken mountain, I also want to stop my Menghu iron horse, dream of it. With a wave of his hand, several groups of cavalry flew out and galloped towards both sides of Luling.

High places.

"General, look!" The general pointed to the flying Menghu cavalry and said.

"Horse exploration! Send someone to kill them. "The young general reacted very quickly, it is impossible to attack Luling with cavalry, only from both sides of the detour, it is wise, it seems that he wants to find a breakthrough, there is only one mountain road across the ridge, which is very unfavorable to the cavalry, so he can only find a place with a gentle slope and flat and wide terrain to force an attack, where the impact of the terrain on the cavalry will be greatly reduced.

The general has followed the general for many years and has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he naturally understood it quickly and hurried to arrange manpower.

After a while, two groups of cavalry from the Suzhou battalion came out of the back slope and ran separately along the edge of the mountain ridge to both sides.

Menggo's army is like a tide, as if it can drown the entire Luling at any time, he looked at the Luling, the brand-new military flag, and the young man who looked down on everything, he couldn't help but stare at it, this is the first time since they invaded Suzhou, encountering the resistance of the Shangguo army, he was a little puzzled, obviously the entire Suzhou was already in a bag, why did they still send them to death here? If it were him Menggo, he would definitely withdraw from Suzhou, save his strength, and wait for the opportunity, instead of dying here in vain knowing that he could not be defeated......

Mungo looked up...... The figure stood on a high place, fearless.

The young general was also looking at the man in a fleece coat on horseback in front of the Menghu army.

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Boom! Boom! Boom~

On the ridge, the drums of war gradually sounded......