On the vast grassland outside the plug, the cavalry was chaotic and disorderly, and they slowly walked south with a tired look.

From time to time, someone falls off the horse, but at this time, no one is willing to go down to help them, even if this person is a good friend of his, no one is willing to lend a hand at this time.

The team is made up of Turks and Don troops, but at the moment the Turks are not like Turks, and the Don army is not like the Don army.

It's been a few days since they've been hungry, and they can only eat one meal a day, and even this meal, it's hard for them to be full.

Desperate thoughts, always hanging over their hearts, powerless, looking at their friends, and then watching themselves starve to death and freeze to death day by day.

"How's it going? Did you hear any news? Jieli Khan is no longer the high-spirited steppe man he was at the beginning, I don't know how much fatigue has appeared in the whole person, and the whole person has aged a lot, his wife has been lost, everything has been lost, and now he can only look at the subordinates sent to the south to inquire about the news, with hope and worry in his eyes.

"I heard it, the King of Qi has personally led 10,000 troops to the north, and Su Dingfang is holding on, this seems to be their entire strength, as for Fengzhou, there is no news for the time being!" The scout said in a hurried tone, the cold piercing his entire body, and now he was only left with his mind to support him.

"All over here?" Jieli Khan was stunned, and his mentality exploded instantly: "Damn, Lao Tzu shouldn't believe that bullshit emperor, he wants Ben Khan to fight for him." ”

"We have no choice but to fight this battle no matter what." Liang Shidu also had a sad face.

Since coming to the grassland, he has lost everything.

In the past, he was attached to the protection of Jieli Khan to survive, but now he can only rely on him to survive, lost Shuozhou, lost all logistics, and only took these 50,000 soldiers to the north to the grassland, food, and shelter, all of which were supported by Jieli Khan.

There was not much grain and grass in the hands of Kejieli Khan, and even his own people could not guarantee it.

The living environment of the grassland is so bad that it is unimaginable, and the soldiers under his command died in battle and ran away, and now there are less than 30,000 left, and grassland warfare is not their strong point, so at this time, Liang Shidu can only regard himself as a servant of Jieli Khan.

"Speed up, we will attack Su Dingfang tomorrow, we have a lot of people, we must take him." Jieli Khan waved his hand, immediately looked at Liang Shidu, and said: "Ben Khan's soldiers and horses are not suitable for attacking the city, this battle will be fought by your people, Ben Khan personally led his soldiers around to block Li Yuanji." ”

"Nuo......" Liang Shidu snorted, and he couldn't say that he had bitterness in his heart, but he had to do it.

……

Turkic camps.

The camp was so simple that dozens of people could barely squeeze into a tent, so simple that a few people could only share a bedding, so simple that they couldn't even find firewood to burn the fire, so they could only throw wet horse manure into the fire and fill the tent with smoke.

People stay inside and cough constantly, but they don't dare to leave, for fear that others will steal their place.

They would rather stay in their tents and choke to death than go outside and freeze to death.

Hungry, cold, and thirsty, if they had a choice, they would rather surrender to the Tang Dynasty than follow Liang Shidu to the north, look at the life they are living now, if they don't want to die, they really want to die.

It's not just these ordinary soldiers who have this idea, but also the top brass of the Liang army.

"What? Let's go siege? Liang Luoren was taken aback and became furious: "Big brother, his brain is not broken, right?" Why let us go? He has more soldiers than we do, and he eats better than we do, so why don't they go? ”

"Because they have more soldiers than we do, and they eat better than us, that's why we are going to attack the city." Liang Shidu glanced at his cousin and sighed helplessly.

"Big brother, you can't go, we have seen King Qi's methods, besides, King Qi has been operating there for a few months, the city wall alone is several zhang high, we don't have anything, how can we attack? The brothers rushed forward and could only be sent to death. Liang Luoren couldn't bear it, and continued: "50,000 people are already 20,000 less, big brother, are you really willing to let the brothers become lonely ghosts?" ”

"So what do you say? Where can we go without attacking the city? For now, only by capturing the territory of King Qi, and then using it can we breathe a sigh of relief for a while, if we don't attack the city, we will all die! Liang Shidu was also a little annoyed, recently his cousin has become more and more disobedient, which makes him feel very disappointed and weak.

"Big brother, isn't Jieli going around the back to block King Qi? Otherwise, we surrendered to King Qi, right? Liang Luoren's mind lit up, and he suddenly saw hope, thinking carefully about some of the details, the more he thought about it, the more he felt hopeful, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and continued: "Big brother, the king of Qi has always been at odds with the imperial court, this time the imperial court contacted us and waited for the north and south to attack, the younger brother can conclude that the imperial court will never be at ease with any good intentions, which can be seen from their slow refusal to send troops, if the younger brother is not wrong, the imperial court wants us to fight to the death with the king of Qi, and then they can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

If it's just that, we will lose the power in our hands at most, if the court is kind, we don't have no hope of survival, but what the younger brother is worried about is that they will take this opportunity to kill us and the King of Qi? ”

"No matter what their plans are, listen to the eldest brother, if our two brothers surrender, there is absolutely no way to live, think about Xiao Xian's fate, you and my brothers have done more evil than Xiao Xian, and Xiao Xian is just hindering the unification of Tang, then King Qi is also a ruthless person, our two brothers have military power, he will never rest assured, only when we die, he can completely control our army." Liang Shidu persuaded his cousin Liang Luoren with a little headache, I don't know how many times this is the first time.

In the past, he persuaded himself to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and now he has asked himself to surrender to the King of Qi, but in his own opinion, the end of surrender will not be good, as for now, there is really no way.

"Big brother, once you miss this opportunity, you may never have this opportunity again in the future......"

Liang Luoren wanted to persuade again, but Liang Shidu burst into applause and interrupted Liang Luoren's words: "Enough, what should be said and what should not be said, I have already said everything, and if you dare to say those words, don't blame the eldest brother for not talking about brotherhood." ”

Faintly, Liang Luoren had some secret hatred, clenched his fists tightly and left the big tent, persuaded to surrender again and again, was rejected again and again, and was roared again, such days, he has had enough......

……

"Hmph, look for death!" With a cold snort, Su Dingfang looked at the vast grassland in the north.

This is the pass of the canyon, hold here, the two cities behind it will be safe, if you can't hold it, everything will be doomed.

Although the enemy and us have not been in direct contact, the scouts between the two sides have come and gone no less than a hundred times, and the answer is naturally that their side has won more, not to mention the strength of the soldiers and horses, at least there is no shortage of anything, not that the Turkic man is thin and weak.

"Since you want to die, let him die!" Ma Liu smiled, faintly looking forward to the next war.

"Since you're here, if you let them leave like this, won't others say that my Great Qi Kingdom doesn't know how to entertain?" Su Dingfang smiled, he didn't plan to let the other party go. The soldiers are strong and strong, and they have divine weapons in their hands, and those who dare to come to attack the city dare not say much else, at least they will die one by one.

Really, these days, Su Dingfang is idle and has nothing to do, and is only responsible for building the city? The army is also not lacking in training, and it is not easy to fight these thieves who lack soldiers and clothes?

"I don't know what the other side thinks? There's still some way to get together, now? Hehe! Ma Liu couldn't help but taunt again, and his mood was unusually relaxed.

Su Dingfang also did not have a trace of nervousness, he also deeply agreed with Ma Liu's opinion, nodded lightly, and said with a hint of a general's style: "Yes, it seems that your kid has made a lot of progress by staying by His Royal Highness's side, and even the strategic problems of the big war can be seen?" ”

"Hey, hey! What am I? In His Highness's words, I call it a piece of paper, and His Highness also said that even if a pig is put in that environment for a while, it can do that. Ma Liu's mouth was full of modesty, but his expression was a little proud, he was a guard, and it was also an honor to be recognized by Su Dingfang, maybe he would have the opportunity to lead the troops out in the future and show his skills.

'Poof......'

Su Dingfang couldn't hold back his laughter, interrupting Ma Liu's beautiful fantasy.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing...... Your Highness is really right! Su Dingfang didn't point through, just smiled vigorously.

This Ma Liu is also a talent, and he can't hear such a simple sentence, so he is still proud outside? In other words, do you want to point him out?

"Your Highness is saying that you are not as smart as a pig!"

"What? Do you say it again? If I don't die today, you will have your surname! ”

"I'm telling the truth, it's useless for you to kill me......"

Okay, you don't have to point it out yourself, even the pro-soldiers around you can hear the meaning of the words, but there is a gap between this person and people after all, and the momentum shown by Ma Liu's body is not comparable to his own pro-soldiers.

Ma Liu shouted that he wanted to compare, but his own soldiers refused to accept it.

The sky gradually darkened, and there was no trace of the Turks, so it must be impossible to come over today, so Su Ding conveniently stopped the two of them from bickering, and went down the city wall to warm up together.

Until late at night, after inspecting the defense, Su Dingfang was about to go back to the house to sleep, but received a report from the city gate.

"General, there is a Liang army who mistakenly broke into the scout's camp at night and was captured......"