Chapter 33: The Jiuquan Crisis

In the meeting hall of the Liangwang Mansion in Jiuquan City, the civil and military officials were shocked when they heard that Song Miao had recommended the crown prince Li Xin to lead the soldiers and horses of the Lejun battalion.

"Lord, don't do it! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a body of ten thousand gold, and now the Hun thieves have formed a flanking attack on the Lechuan camp, and His Royal Highness must not be in danger. In the meeting hall, a silver-haired old man came out and saluted Li Wei.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been fighting with the prince everywhere in his early years, and he is familiar with military affairs and has made great achievements. Now Da Liang, in addition to General Tang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the ability to turn the tide. When Yin Jianxing saw Li Xin's words, he immediately understood his intentions, so he refuted them.

"You~. Lord Song, Lord Yin, how can you ignore the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? The old man surnamed Wang pointed at Yin Jianxing and said in a trembling voice.

"Lord Wang, the situation is urgent now. Please also ask the prince to make a decision as soon as possible! Song Miao bowed down again and said to Li Wei.

"Lord Qiqi, the minister thinks that Lord Song's words are reasonable, and he should let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lead the 10,000 soldiers and horses in the north camp of the city to rescue the Lejun camp and rectify the soldiers and horses." Changshi Suoxian also spoke persuasively.

"Xin'er, I ordered you to go to lead the Lechuan camp as the governor of Pingliang, and lead the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the northern camp of the city to gallop to the aid of the Lechuan camp overnight." Li Wei looked at Li Xin's longing eyes, and then thought that now Da Liang was in danger, once the Lejuan camp was breached, the Huns and thieves would wave their troops to take Jiuquan City, and at this time they could only hope that Li Xin could turn the tide.

Now there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses left in Da Liang and some soldiers in Jiuquan City who defend the city, and Da Liang has no soldiers to adjust.

Now that there is an attack by the Rouran people in the West Sea, the Zhenbei army is a little difficult to deal with, and the soldiers and horses guarding Gaochang are far away from quenching their thirst.

"Yes! Father, rest assured! The child must live up to the trust of his father. Li Xin saluted Li Wei.

"Go ahead! Don't take the enemy lightly, this is the soldier talisman of the camp in the north of the city, time is pressing, let's start immediately. Li Wei walked to Li Xin's side and handed a piece of tiger talisman to Li Xin and admonished.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about this tonight! Song Changshi stayed, and the rest of the people went back first! After Li Xin left, Li Wei said to everyone in the court.

Li Xin took the talisman and led hundreds of guards straight to the camp in the north of the city, and the commander of the camp in the north of the city, General Zuo Li saw Li Xin holding the tiger talisman and handed over the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the camp in the north of the city to Li Xin.

"The last general, Zhu Yuanhu, visited His Royal Highness the Prince." Zhu Yuanhu knelt down on one knee towards Li Xin and said.

"Yuanhu doesn't have to be polite. Hurry up! The opportunity to kill the enemy is in front of me, and now my father has ordered me to be the governor of Pingliang and lead the camp of Lejuan. More than half of Da Liang's soldiers and horses are already in my hands. Li Xin picked up Zhu Yuanhu and said with a smile.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." When Zhu Yuanhu heard this, he was also extremely happy.

"Let's go! Come with me to the Le Juan camp, I want to see if there has been any progress over the years. Hum! Li Xin was dressed in black armor, holding a sword, and said on his horse.

Li Xin led the mighty army to march towards Lechuan overnight, and the army stretched for several miles with torches, like a fire dragon.

The next day, when it was almost noon, Li Xin led the army to a stop in front of the valley ten miles away from the camp of Leyun.

According to the scout's report, after the Huns broke through Lejuan's Suoxun camp, except for a few thousand remnants who fled back to Lejuan's camp, the rest were all slaughtered by the Huns.

Now the entire Lechuan camp has been surrounded by the Huns, if it weren't for the Lejun camp being solid under Tang Yao's management in the past few years, the Huns' iron cavalry would have broken through it a long time ago.

"Your Highness, what should we do?" Zhu Yuanhu held a big knife in his hand, rode his horse to Li Xin's side and asked.

"At present, the Xiongnu forces in the west of the Lechuan camp are relatively scattered, and we will kill from the west of the city to join the 60,000 troops of the Lejun camp. At that time, I had an army of 60,000 or 70,000 in Daliang, which was on par with the Huns and thieves, and I also had a strong battalion to resist. Li Xin looked at the Lejun camp in the distance, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

"Quick! Don't worry about anything else, just rush to the past. Li Xin shouted and ordered.

"Kill! Kill! Li Xin led the Xiliang army to rush towards the Lejun camp.

Just when Li Xin rushed towards the camp of Lejuan, in the camp of the Huns, Fuqu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that reinforcements from the Xiliang Army were coming.

"Centennial general, you quickly lead 5,000 elite soldiers, and kill them towards the west of the Lechuan camp, don't get close to the Lechuan camp, Tang Yao's arrow array is not vegetarian. Scatter those Xiliang's reinforcements, you can't put them all in, how many can you kill! Frustrated Qu commanded to the side of Frustrated Qu Bainian.

"Yes, please rest assured." Fuqu Bainian led the army to kill Li Xin's Xiliang army.

Suddenly, the terracotta warriors and horses were everywhere near the entire Lejuan camp, and there were sounds of fighting and screaming.

The long sword in Li Xin's hand was already stained with blood, and several Hun cavalry had become dead souls under Li Xin's sword.

"Don't worry about anything else, just rush in!" Li Xin shouted.

There were still two miles to go to the camp of Lejuan, and the Huns in the distance were pouring in like a tide, and Li Xin's forehead began to sweat.

"Your Highness, go quickly, I'll stop him!" Zhu Yuanhu shouted and stopped an enemy general who was killing Li Xin.

Zhu Yuanhu's big knife was about to slash at him, and the scimitar in the enemy's hand blocked Zhu Yuanhu's big knife. The two fought together.

Some of the Xiliang troops were scattered by the Huns, and they were cut down by the Huns in an instant.

"Look, there's someone coming to pick us up! Don't fall in love with the war, fast forward to the camp. Li Xin took the lead and rushed towards the Lejun camp.

"The last general Suo Xun, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." At this time, the one who came to meet Li Xin in the Le Yun camp was Suo Xun, who had just been demoted to a former lieutenant.

"Good! General Suo really helped a lot. Yuanhu doesn't want to fight. Go back to the camp first! Li Xin turned back to Zhu Yuanhu and said.

Li Xin and Suo Xun led the soldiers and horses towards the Lejun camp, and Zhu Yuanhu forced the enemy general to retreat with a single sword, and then rode his horse to the camp.

Under Suo Xun's response, Li Xin finally brought the army into the Lejun camp, and there were only more than 8,000 people left of the 10,000 soldiers and horses.

"The last general will order the fox to move and meet His Royal Highness the Prince." General Wuwei ordered Hu Qian to see Li Xin personally lead his troops to the camp and saluted Li Xin.

"Excuse me! Take me to see General Tang. Li Xin glanced at Ling Huqian, handed the sword in his hand to Zhu Yuanhu, and strode towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Xin came to the big tent of the Chinese army, took a look at Tang Yao, who was still unconscious, and then came out of the big tent.

The entire Lejun camp was boiling, just now the crown prince Li Xin took over as the commander of the Lejun camp, and was named the governor of Pingliang by the prince, Suo Xun was demoted to the former captain of the army, and still led the thousands of remnants of the soldiers under his command who fled back from the north of the Lejun camp.

Li Xin ordered General Wuwei to order Hu Qian to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to defend the south of the camp and confront the Xiongnu army, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were under his command.

In the face of the strong Lechuan camp, the Hun cavalry could only adopt the method of besiegement, because they could not attack at all, and if they did not pull out the Lechuan camp, they could not kill Jiuquan City at all.

In the Hun camp, Frustrated Qu looked at the generals in the big tent and walked back and forth.

"Generals, now that Xiliang has sent the crown prince Li Xin to take over the Lejun camp, what countermeasures do you have?" Frustrated Qu stopped and asked worriedly.

"It is said that the military rations of the Xiliang army are less than a month, and now that the Lejun camp is surrounded by my Daliang, why should the governor be in a hurry?" A Hun general in the tent said.

"That being said, it's not a way to go on like this! Centennial General, do you have a clever plan? Frustrated Qu sighed deeply, turned back to Frustrated Qu Hundred Years and asked.

"Governor, there will be a plan in the end, and Li Xin will definitely be able to fight!" After Fuqu said for a hundred years, he leaned into Fuqu's ear and told Fuqu his thoughts.

"Hahaha! The hundred-year-old general's plan is very good! If he can win this time, he will personally ask the king for credit for the century-old general! After listening to Fuqu's hundred-year-old strategy, he immediately burst into laughter.

"Since the governor agrees, then the general will go." Fuqu Bainian was excited to see Fuqu agreeing with his plan, and then gave a salute to Fuqu and left the big tent.

In Xihai County, the Rouran army has been subjected to small-scale raids by the Zhenbei Army in the past few days, losing hundreds of people, and Hu Lu was furious in the camp.

"Rubbish, all rubbish!" There was chaos everywhere in the camp, and the commanders in the big tent didn't say a word, allowing Hu Lu to scold loudly.

"Second Khan, the northern army of this town has never confronted us head-on, and quickly retreated after a sneak attack. Moreover, they had captured a large number of war horses from Beiliang a few months earlier, and the cavalry of these Zhenbei armies also reacted quickly. A commander spoke.

Hu Lu has gradually calmed down, originally before the expedition has boasted in front of the leaders of the various departments, he led 20,000 troops to break through the Wusun country, but never expected that he fell into the trap of the Wusun people, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses died in the desert under the first battle, only led more than 6,000 soldiers and horses to retreat.

Shelun Khan did not pursue his faults, and let him capture the West Sea by the way, and pocket the entire Juyan Sea, and cede the rest of the land to the Huns.

I thought that I could easily take down Xihai by relying on the Zhenbei Army, but now the grain and grass are all destroyed, and those sergeants who went out to Wusun together already want to return home.

In Xihai City, Li Yan led the thundering cavalry to raid the Rouran people after a few nights, and he already knew the details of the Rouran people.

Now that the army of the Rouran people is about to run out of food, Li Yan will lead the blood wolf guard to the Hulu camp tonight.

Under the cover of night, Li Yan led the blood wolf guard out of Xihai City and went straight to the Rouran camp.

"Erhan, it's not good! The Zhenbei Army is here to attack again! Hu Lu hadn't slept in the big tent yet, and the guards walked in straight in.

"What do you say? How many of them are there? Hu Lu stood up with an angry face.

"Erhan, it's pitch black outside, but it is estimated that there are less than 300 people." The guard hesitated and said.

"Go get my knife! Kill me out! Hu Lu walked out of the big tent and shouted.