In the night, several fast horses rushed out of the city of Tuozhi, galloped north, the next day the city was boiling, stationed in the city of more than 2,000 Doulu army and a thousand Dawan army (that is, the original slave army) began to pack up, in the evening, the large group of men and horses began to set off, a group of infantry and cavalry to the direction of North Rus, and at the same time, the city gate was crowded with a carriage full of parcels, things, and the carriage also sat the family members of the Dawan army, they also set off, but their destination was the broken city, Whitewater City is about to become a front-line battlefield, it is not suitable for people to live anymore, all the people must be moved, the entire city is almost overwhelming, and after two hours, Whitewater City will become an empty city.

On the second day of the Doulu army and the Dawan army entering Rus's north, the Grolu people had just arrived at Tuozhi City, and in the bloody massacre of Tuozhi City, the Grolu people were the absolute main force, as if the wolf had eaten the meat, they were quiet for several months, until the flesh and blood were slowly digested, they slowly stood up, and their eyes reverted to the next new city, but at this moment, a great change occurred within the Anxi army, and Gao Xianzhi, who indulged their plunder, returned to Beijing, and the original Anxi Changshi served as the new Anxi Festival envoy.

The large camp of the Groro was stationed thirty miles east of the city of Tuozhi, and the leader Shakya was sitting in the big tent in distraught, he was leaning on the blanket, holding his cheeks, his eyes were looking straight at the top of the tent, his thick knuckles were pounding on the table with force and rhythm, and a dozen Turkic maidens who had been snatched to serve him were terrified, and his posture was a precursor to the attack of animal nature, and there were no less than twenty sisters who had been raped and killed by him in the past few months, and I don't know who was going to suffer this time.

Sure enough, Sha Jia slowly turned his head, with a ** smile on his face, his eyes scanning the dozen or so trembling girls, he was going to pick a fat lamb for today's lunch, and the girls saw him with a fierce gaze. They were all huddled together in fright.

Then. A personal soldier came quickly and stood outside the tent and reported loudly: "The envoy of the new festival has sent an urgent order!" ”

"What's the matter?" Shakya stood up impatiently, walked to the tent door, and whispered, "What bullshit order? ”

A herald of Li Qing stepped forward and handed over a military order, and said solemnly: "The general ordered you to immediately turn around and go north to participate in the siege of Rus. ”

"What? We, the Grolos, have just arrived, and when what are we? Whether it's a horse or a sheep, if you say drive away, drive away. Shaga was so angry that he grabbed the military order and didn't open it. He threw the piece of paper in the herald's face and scolded: "We want food, money, and women, and tell him to send it immediately, and we will not do anything less, otherwise we will not do it!" ”

The herald silently picked up the fragments of his face, turned and walked away. But before he could take two steps, Sha Jia stopped him again, and said with a cruel smile: "You go and tell Li Qing that it doesn't matter if he has no money." I had a tacit understanding with Gao Xianzhi, and the country of Bakhana belonged to me after the war, as long as he nodded again. ”

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Li Qing suddenly turned around, stared at the herald with his eyes tightly and asked, "Did he say that he wanted to Bakhanate country?" ”

"General, this is the last thing he told me."

"The country of Bakhana!" Li Qing pondered for a moment, then he walked to the sand table and compared the distance between the Grolu garrison and the capital of Bahanna. If it is a cavalry, it only takes one day to arrive, Li Qing couldn't help but say to himself: "Time is a little tight!" ”

He walked to the wall with his hands behind his back, staring at a precious Persian carpet hanging on it, but his mind was quickly thinking about countermeasures, the Grolu people are jackals, Gao Xianzhi was trying to entrap them at that time, and let them sack the city.

And now they're on the idea of Bakhanna. The appetite can never be satisfied, this kind of jackal army with no integrity. If the Tang army is as powerful as a bamboo, it will be okay to defeat the Great Eclipse Army, once the war is stalemate, or the Great Cannibal will give them a higher price, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not betray, the betrayal of the Grolu people in history is no accident, this should be some kind of political agreement between the Grolu and the Great Cannibal, which has nothing to do with Gao Xianzhi or he Li Qing who will be the envoy of the festival.

"Tigers must not be raised, jackals must be eliminated as soon as possible!"

Li Qing finally made up his mind, but how to kill them at the lowest cost, this needs to be thought through, Li Qing lowered his head, his hand touched his chin and paced back and forth in the room, if there was a head-on conflict, he would inevitably be used by Budu and stabbed him from behind, what is the difference between this and the betrayal of the Grolu people back then? Soldiers don't get tired of deceit, you have to think of a cunning plan!

Li Qing suddenly seemed to think of something, he walked quickly to the sand table, carefully checked the route that the Grolu people were going to take in the north, and then raised his head and counted the time, 'Baishui City', these three words popped up in his mind, and he couldn't help but smile proudly.

Li Qing picked up two agate fruit plates from the table, this was a gift from Gao Xianzhi in the Fire Throwing Country, it was very valuable, he put the plate into the two boxes, sealed it and handed it to the herald with a smile: "Give this to him, just say that it is my little heart, as for Bahanna, I can also agree, but I have one condition." ”

Li Qing took two steps, and a cruel smile flashed in his eyes, "You tell Sha Jia, I can only verbally agree to this matter, I can't do it, and I must take Ross City before I can count, that's all, go!" ”

After the herald left, Li Qing relaxed slightly, he returned to the table, and prepared to write a letter to Pero, the king of Bakhana, but as soon as he picked up the pen, he felt something, and when he turned around, he saw Princess Luo Yan leaning weakly on the door, her face pale, and her eyes full of sadness.

"Aren't you sick? Don't lie down yet! Li Qing put down the pen, stepped forward quickly and touched her forehead, it was still very hot, Princess Luo Yan was after entering Tuoba City, facing the empty city, she was overwhelmed by the condemnation in her heart, and finally fell ill.

"Obedient! Lie down. ”

Princess Luo Yan laughed miserably, tears suddenly surging out of her beautiful eyes, "I thought that you and Gao Xianzhi would be different, so regardless of the misfortune of my father and compatriots, I still followed you, but I was wrong, I was really stupid, I was the number one fool in the world!" ”

Li Qingyi grabbed her arm and said in a deep voice, "Do you really think that I promised the Grolo people?" No! That's just a ploy of pride, and I'm going to kill it and stop it. ”

Princess Luo Yan's body was shocked, she stood for a long time, and finally gently pushed Li Qing's hand away, and said sadly: "No matter how much the fox's sweet words are said, it is still a fox, Li Qing." I don't want to hear anything more from you. If you want to gain my trust, bring me the head of Shakya. ”

After that, she didn't look at Li Qing anymore and slowly walked into the room.

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A round of blood-red remnant sun quickly fell below the horizon, a thin layer of white mist floated on the vast grassland, the cold began to hit, and in the twilight a Tang army was marching north at a rapid pace, this was an Anxi army of nearly 10,000 people, infantry, archers, and cavalry were arranged in turn. No one spoke, the horse was also put on a mask, only the rustling sound from the feet was heard, and occasionally someone wanted to run out for convenience, but was immediately stopped by the commander's stern gaze, this is the Anxi military land, although they are heading north. But the goal is not Ross, but the place where you must go to Rose, Whitewater.

The night gradually deepened, and the white fog gradually turned a dark gray. Floating on the land like a ghost, and the distant city of Whitewater has been swallowed up by the night, like a large forest, there is only a faint outline left in the late autumn night.

At this time, an army also came from the southwest of Whitewater City, and the line was very long. The front part was cavalry, about thirty thousand people, and they

Spirited, many yawned and tired, and the silence of the field was broken by the cacophony of discussions, and this army was none other than the Grohs bound for Rus.

Shaga walked lazily, swaying with the jolting of the horse. They set out in the morning and arrived at Whitewater before dark to provide supplies, as planned, but the slow and lazy march of the soldiers was delayed for an hour.

The Grolu people themselves are able to fight the people, most of their men live by grazing and hunting, they were an important branch of the Turks, in the late Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Grolu was broken by the Hui and became its eleventh tribe, whenever the Hui people fight, they take the Grolu people as the vanguard, and every time they die to die, so that their males are greatly reduced, which also makes the Grolu people want to find another land to get rid of the rule of the Hui people.

Historically, the Grolu people defected to the Rus' battlefield, and it was precisely because the Great Eclipse promised Glolu to develop westward, and after the Rus' War, the Great Eclipse retreated, and Grolu took the opportunity to expand westward and southward, occupying the vast land between Lake Balkhash and Issyk-Kul Lake, including the broken city, and getting rid of the Uighur rule.

Due to their strong utilitarian nature, the Grolu people were not enthusiastic about helping the Tang army in war, what they wanted was to loot the city and plunder the population, the land of Bahanna was fertile, there were a lot of horses, and the soldiers were weak in battle, and they were always coveted by the Grolu, but Gao Xianzhi did not allow it to touch it first, once the jackal was fed, it had no intention of selling its life.

But Li Qing agreed, and Sha Jia was overjoyed, he had already calculated, as soon as he took the city of Rus, his army immediately waved south, and swallowed Bahanna in one gulp.

"Governor, I always feel that Li Qing agreed so quickly, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate." It was Shajia's lieutenant who spoke, and when he saw that the soldiers were careless, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and said, "It's better to be safe, Baishui City won't go for the time being, and we'll camp now."

Sha Jia glanced at him, sneered, and said, "You think it's inappropriate, but you can't say it, anyone can feel inappropriate if you're suspicious."

"But the Governor—"

Shakya stopped him with a wave of his hand, "Are you thinking of me as a fool?" Can't understand Li Qing's intentions? This person is no different from Gao Xianzhi, they all want to use us to sweep away the Turks for him, and first send me a pair of agate plates, so that I think he is currying favor, but his last sentence reveals his purpose."

Sha Jia sneered several times, "Only verbally agreed? When we sweep away the Turks of the country of Bakhana for him, he will inevitably ask us to fight for him in the country of Kang, and as soon as we leave, he will take Bahana in a grand manner, just like the country of Shi now."

The lieutenant was shocked and hurriedly asked, "How is this good?" ”

Shagahaha laughed and said, "Since I have already guessed his intentions, will I still be led by his nose?" When he takes Bakhanna, he won't want to drive me away again!" It's just that now it's all about saving me some energy, and Ross will let them take it themselves."

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The Glolu army walked a little further, and the shadow of Whitewater City was already faintly visible in the dark night, when the scout who advanced to the city to explore the way came to report: "Whitewater City is already an empty city, and no one lives there, but there is still a lot of food in the city."

Sha Jia was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that Li Qing was afraid that he would sack Baishui City by the way, so he moved the residents inside first, he looked up to the sky and smiled, and immediately ordered: "The army enters Baishui City to rest!" ”

Hearing that they could rest, the Grolu army immediately quickened their pace, and rushed to the city one by one, while the cavalry took the lead and rushed into the city gate, and the city was indeed empty, and the soldiers did not wait for Shakya's orders, so they each grabbed their houses, some of them raised fires to cook, and some fell asleep, and they were noisy and busy, until the middle of the night gradually quieted down.

At the third watch, Wan Lai was silent, and the whole Baishui City fell asleep, only a few sentries patrolled back and forth on the city wall, and suddenly, a corner of the city wall loosened, and dozens of figures came out of the city wall, all dressed like the Grolu army, they quickly lined up the team, swaggered towards a sentry, as if they were patrolling soldiers.

Sure enough, the sentry glanced at them, and paced back and forth without paying attention to them, but as soon as the patrol passed by the sentry, the sentry suddenly snorted and fell to the ground and died, and then the patrol stepped out and immediately took his place.

And so it was concocted, and when they walked around the city, all the sentries were replaced.

In the night, I saw that there was a fire flashing twice at the head of Baishui City, and a large group of people immediately poured out of the forest three miles away, which was the 10,000 Anxi army that arrived an hour earlier.

The cavalry did not move, a group of infantry and archers quickly rushed to Baishui City, and came to the city, more than 100 people with strong martial arts climbed the rope on the wall, while the other part carried boulders and wood, and firmly blocked the four city gates from the outside.

At this time, it was almost the fourth watch, and it was just when the Grolu people were sleeping soundly, and Shaga was suddenly awakened by a violent knock on the door, "Dudu! Big things are not good, hurry up! Before he could ask a question, he noticed that there was already a red light outside.

"Bang!" The door was smashed open by the soldiers, and a dozen soldiers swept into the house like a whirlwind, and without saying a word, they picked him up and left, "Where is the fire?" ”

Sha Jia asked loudly, but when he rushed out of the gate, he was immediately stunned, only to see that the entire Baishui City was full of flames, most of the houses here were temporarily built by the families of the Dawan army, and the materials were mainly grass and trees, plus there seemed to be something that helped the fire in the city, the fire borrowed the wind, and the entire city was engulfed, and hundreds of people rushed around Sha Jia on the street, and all those who stood in the way were killed.

The whole Baishui City is full of war horses neighing, soldiers shouting wildly, surging red flames flying on the roof, all the windows are spitting out terrible tongues of fire, suddenly thunderclap, dozens of houses have collapsed together, the soldiers no longer have a sense of hierarchy, scrambling to flee to the city gate, some people who react quickly want to escape to the city wall, but only run halfway, but find that the road to the city has been demolished, and have no choice but to turn around and run to the city gate, but a terrible thing happened, just opened the city gate, I saw that the escape road was blocked by boulders and giant trees, and the war horses couldn't pass at all.

"Dismount and flip out!" Sha Jia shouted as hard as he could, at this time he had already understood, he had calculated himself, Li Qing's real purpose was to kill all the Grolu people, Bahan was just a bait, he hated it so much that his heart was going crazy, "Li Qing! You're so ruthless, I'm going to break you to pieces! ”

He yelled, kicked away the soldiers, and was the first to climb the obstacle, but when he just jumped over the obstacle, he suddenly found that just opposite him, in the dark, nearly a thousand crossbowmen were half-crouching, and the cold crossbow arrows were aimed at him, Sha Jia was so frightened that his heart almost stopped beating, he wanted to turn back, but it was too late, a thousand crossbow arrows with the wild laughter of death, roaring, Sha Jia was shot like a porcupine, shook for a while, and fell down.

At the beginning of November in the year of Tianbao, Li Qing burned Baishui City, 30,000 Grolu mercenaries were all burned to death, and some of the soldiers who desperately escaped were shot or killed by the Tang army.