Although Pule County is not the northernmost city of the Great Zhou, it is definitely the most important city at the northern end, here is the place where the capital of the Western Xia Dynasty was established in the later generations, the Yellow River flows from the south to the north, flows from the border of Pule County, relying on the benefits of the Yellow River, the grass is fertile and the water is beautiful, the cattle and sheep are flocked, and there are tens of thousands of Xianbei people, Han people, and 2,000 soldiers on the border of Zhou.

Although Pule County relied on the Yellow River, and tens of thousands of residents and troops in the city could not worry about food and clothing, the changes in the government of the Great Zhou Dynasty still had an impact on Pule County.

Since Emperor Tianyuan ascended the throne, there have been many excesses in military salaries, and Pule County is not exempt, which will hit the morale of the army somewhat, but fortunately, the county lord here Daxi Changru is a very capable person, and he can get the love of the sergeants, and the sergeants of Pule County still have full enthusiasm and guard this city.

On this day, as soon as the day dawned, the soldiers on duty slowly opened the gates of the city, as usual, and the county of Pule had become the largest trading place in the area around the Hetao, and countless horses and furs were traded in the city every day, and countless people came and went in the city.

The city gate was opened for about an hour, and it was the most lively moment in the city, when a soldier on the Liaowang Tower suddenly saw an endless black line in the distance rapidly approaching in the direction of Pule County, and he pushed his companion: "Look, what is in the distance?" ”

The companion looked at it, and suddenly opened his mouth in surprise, this black line slowly turned into a black face, overwhelming, whether it was a herd of horses or a herd of cattle, it was impossible for it to be so big near Pule County, so there was only one answer, the sentinel's mournful voice shouted: "The Turks are coming, the Turks are coming." ”

"Bell, bell." The alarm bell in the city rang in time, and Pule County had not rekindled the war for three years, and when they heard the sound of the alarm bell, many people were stunned, and only came back to their senses after half ringing, and suddenly the whole door was in chaos.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, the Turks are still at least thirty miles away, what are you afraid of?" Seeing that the chaotic crowd at the gate squeezed the city gate instead, the sergeants in the city hurriedly maintained order.

Hearing the bell, the people who were grazing outside the city were also surprised, and hurriedly drove their cattle and sheep and horses to the city, and the whole grassland suddenly became commotion, and the people and cattle and sheep in the distance were like black dots, gathering in the city.

As soon as the bell rang, Xi Changru, the county guard of this city, hurriedly dropped the affairs in his hand, hurried to the city wall with the soldiers, and looked at the dark clouds dozens of miles away, Da Xi Changru suddenly took a breath of cool air, he is experienced, and after a little estimate, he knows that there are not 100,000 Turks who have 80,000

This is by no means something that the 2,000 people of Pule County can resist, Da Xi Changru shouted to one of his own soldiers beside him: "Quick, light the beacon fire, and urgently ask for help in the rear." At the same time, his eyes closed and several tears flowed: "It's over, Yongfeng, Wuhai and these places are all finished." ”

Yongfeng, Wuhai is a military town at the northern end of Pule County, and now the Turks have come to a place not far from the city of Pule County, and those military towns have neither sent anyone to report the news, nor have they lit the front fire, I am afraid that they will be overwhelmed by the Turks because they have no time to move.

The dark clouds formed by the Turks are getting closer and closer, and from the city you can see that many black spots are submerged by this dark cloud, which are herdsmen or merchants who have not had time to escape, and they encounter the Turkic brigade, and there is only a dead end.

There were still many people running desperately between the city of Pule and the Turks, and the wiser ones had abandoned their cattle and sheep, and only galloped on fast horses, and refused to abandon their livestock, and there was no doubt that there was little hope of escaping, and from time to time a small black cloud left the brigade to collect the cattle that the herdsmen had left behind.

There were only 2,000 people in the city, and it was impossible to go to the rescue, so the Zhou soldiers of Pule County could only silently encourage those herdsmen to enter the city quickly.

"Close the gates." When the Turks were still a few miles away from the city, Da Xi Changru suddenly gave a cold order.

His lieutenant was shocked and begged: "Duke Le'an, you can't close it, there are many herdsmen outside, they are all the people of my Great Zhou, once the city gate is closed, they will only have a dead end." ”

Several of the pro-soldiers beside Da Xi Changru also showed unbearable looks, and the horn on the side of his mouth hesitated, and Da Xi Changru said categorically: "If you don't close the city gate, it's too late, listen to my order, close the door!" ”

"Yes." Several pro-soldiers blew the horn to close the door.

Da Xi Changru turned to the deputy general who had pleaded just now and said, "General Karasuma, you immediately bring a team of elite soldiers to the city gate to meet you, beware of any changes." ”

The adjutant general was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted to a group of soldiers behind him: "You follow me to the gate of the city." ”

Zhou Jun at the gate of the city heard the sound of the horn, his face changed, and he was about to run into the people in the city without worrying, and the gate began to creak and close.

Many of the herdsmen who had already entered the city stayed not far from the city gate, and when they saw the soldiers closing the door, they hurriedly came up to stop them: "You can't close it, wait a minute, someone will enter the city soon." ”

The sergeant ignored it, since the military order was handed down, then even if the person arrived, he could not open the door, the door continued to close slowly, and the dissuaded herdsman's face suddenly changed, and he took out the sharp knife hidden in his arms and stabbed it at the sergeant beside him, and more than a dozen sergeants opened their eyes at the same time, looking at the herdsmen who were dissuaded, which of them were Xianbei people, and they were clearly Turkic people dressed up.

"Despicable." The stabbed sergeant only had time to curse before he fell to the ground.

It's just that the Turks didn't be happy for long, and this scene happened to be seen by the deputy general who came down: "There are spies, kill!" ”

Several groups of Zhou troops slaughtered the Turks who had captured the city gate, these Turks only had short blades hidden in their arms, and they were in such a narrow position at the city gate, how could they dodge the spears of the Zhou army, one by one they were pierced on the spears, screaming and dying.

Looking at the dozens of corpses that fell at the door, the adjutant general wiped a cold sweat, if he waited until the Turkic brigade arrived and then closed the city gate, as long as these Turks made a little trouble, Pule County would be lost today.

The rumbling sound of iron hooves made the whole earth shake, and the Zhou army in the city could already see the faces of the Turks clearly, everyone held their breath, only feeling out of breath, there were too many Turks under the city, as if they wanted to cover the entire grassland.

Looking at the closed gate and the corpse of the Turks hanging on the city gate, when there were still more than a thousand steps away from the city, a leader-like person in front of the Turkic team raised his hand, and the whole team suddenly slowed down, and finally stopped, but the soldier kept raising the scimitar in his hand, making a sound of "ho, ho".