In the eighth year of Tianbao, on the morning of May 23, outside the city of Tuozhi, the capital of Shiguo, the camp tent is like a mountain, and the banner hunts and hunts the forest.

In the flag forest, the war horses are slamming, the golden gee is ringing, the horns are crying like complaints, and the war drums are thundering and roaring.

The four towns of Anxi made Gao Xianzhi command tens of thousands of Tang Xiong Zhen and besieged Tuozhi City within a radius of dozens of miles.

In the north of Tuozhi City, in the array of the Tang Army of Anxi, there is a high platform majestically. The platform is five or six feet high, and it is built by skilled craftsmen in the army with the strongest cloud shirt wood in the northern mountain forest of Tuozhi City.

The summer sun is smoky, the south wind is blowing, and on the high platform, Gao Xianzhi's big silk and various colors of Lingqi are waving in the wind in the transparent sunshine, which is particularly eye-catching.

Gao Xianzhi is like a tall and beautiful green pine, standing majestically on the high platform. Anxi supervised the army Bian Lingcheng and the judge Feng Changqing followed. On Bian Lingcheng's side, stood Ye Hu, the prince of Hui, and Mou Rasihan, the prince of Gelulu. On Feng Changqing's side, it was Cen Shen, the secretary in charge. Behind Cen Shen and the others, there is a platoon of Anxi soldiers, who will be responsible for shaking the order flag and passing the military order.

Around the high platform, more than 10,000 Anxi athletes formed a huge phalanx. Like a silent beast, it is not angry and self-threatening.

At the forefront of the phalanx were two thousand calmly eyed and ready to shoot crossbowmen. A thousand archers held bows in their left hands, dozens of feathered arrows stuck in the mud in front of them, and four or five quivers stuffed with arrows lay diagonally at their sides. A thousand crossbowmen held the crossbow in their left hand and placed their right index finger on their teeth, aiming their cold arrows in front of them, ready to shoot at their targets.

In the sparse queue of crossbowmen, there are dozens of eight-bow crossbows. The special crossbow arrows, thick as the spokes of a car and as sharp as the blade of an axe, point to the head of Takuzhi Castle.

Six hundred pikemen were divided into two parts, on the left and right, holding spears nearly a foot long, and stood on either side of the crossbowmen. Dense spears provide solid protection for crossbowmen with weak wings.

After the array of crossbowmen and pikemen, 1,400 sword and shield soldiers were divided into seven small formations of arrows according to the formation of the regiment, and they were ready to fight.

In front of the central blade and shield array, a chariot specially designed to attack the city gate and transport soldiers pointed directly at the gate of Takuzhi Castle. In front of the other six fronts, there are either siege towers taller than the walls of Takuzhi Castle, or ladder carts with grappling hooks in the front.

Once the siege begins, the sword and shield soldiers will be the main force to attack the gates and jump first. They will either push their carts and crash into the gates, or climb the siege towers to the top of the city, or climb the walls by ladder carts.

Behind the sword and shield formation, it was the high platform that Gao Xianzhi used to watch the enemy and command the army. Around the high platform, there are nearly 1,000 elite Anxi soldiers, who are responsible for guarding the military and political dignitaries of the Anxi capital.

After the high platform, a thousand burly Mo sword soldiers led by Anxi Zhonglang General Li Siye, tall and arm-length, like silent stone statues, holding knives in both hands, Yue Zhi Yuanyu.

As a weapon for attacking and restraining cavalry, the heavily armored Mo sword soldiers were the elite of the Tang army in Anxi and Beiting, and they would not be used easily. And once dispatched, the Xue Liang Mo knife that enters like a wall can definitely crush all the enemies in front of you!

After the Mo sword soldiers, 2,000 heavy cavalry with armor all over their bodies, under the leadership of Zhonglang General Xi Yuanqing, were leading mounts wearing horse armor, ready to charge with the help of auxiliary soldiers. Gao Xianzhi placed the heavy cavalry at the back of the array, obviously to use them as a thunderous blow that would determine the outcome of the battle.

At the end of the phalanx, there were more than 30 cannons, each of which was tightly tied with nearly 100 ropes woven from twine and cowhide. At the end of each rope, there is an auxiliary attached to it. Once the auxiliaries exert their strength at the same time, the stone bullets in the cowhide net pocket at the back of the artillery cart will soar into the sky and fly towards the head of Tuozhi City.

Around the phalanx, scattered were two thousand Anxi light cavalry wandering with bows. Under the command of Duan Xiushi, the general of Anxi, they were responsible for alerting the enemy, harassing the enemy, and outflanking the invading enemy.

Cen Shen, the secretary in charge of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, stood on the high platform, looking at the murderous and angry bullfighting army formation up close, and overlooking the head of the Tuozhi City with many defenders in the distance.

Cen Shen really wanted to write a poem immediately, but in the middle of the army and before the battle, it was really not suitable to write a poem. He had no choice but to silently choose words and sentences and carve words in his heart.

Since the tenth day of the first month of May, he went to the Beiting military camp to visit Wang Zhengjian and Ashina Yang, and talked about poetry with Du Huan, Cen Shen's mood was very entangled.

Wang Zhengjian's graceful atmosphere of the children of the family, Ashina Yang's elegant temperament and Du Huan's status as a jinshi all made Cen Shen feel cordial and familiar.

In them, Cen Shen felt the grace and bearing of Chang'an. In Qiuzi City, Cen Shen really couldn't find such a suitable bosom friend. Although Feng Changqing admired him, Cen Shen could not regard Feng Changqing as a fellow practitioner.

In the Beiting military camp, Cen Shen finally met the long-heard "Fei Langjun". When those black and bright eyes like jewels appeared in front of him, Cen Shen immediately realized that the words of the day he plotted to conquer Montenegro were full of lies! How could such a clear-eyed and polite little gentleman do evil things that bully people.

In a trance, Cen Shen felt that Fei Langjun seemed to be particularly interested in himself. His attitude is as if he has met an old friend who has been friends for many years.

Fei Langjun surrounded Cen Shen and asked curiously. For a while, I asked Gu Shi and the lawyer about the relationship, and for a while, I asked Cen Shen's friend Wang Changling about the recent situation.

Cen Shen also likes the diligent and inquisitive Fei Langjun. He also took the trouble to tell Xiao Langjun about his experience in reciting poetry and the anecdotes of well-known poets in the Tang Dynasty......

Since leaving Chang'an to travel west, Cen Shen has received such warm hospitality and sincere attention for the first time, and his mood is particularly comfortable.

In the Beiting military camp, for a moment, a ridiculous thought suddenly flashed in Cen Shen's mind: "If only it was the staff of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate!" He thought that if he was under Wang Zhengjian, with Du Huan and others as colleagues, he should be able to give full play to his talents.

When he returned to the Anxi military camp from the harmonious atmosphere of the Beiting military camp, he saw Gao Xianzhi's handsome but cold face again, and Cen Shen's heart was full of turmoil. Recalling all the grievances he has suffered since he came to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, the idea of "why don't you go back" has become stronger and stronger.

However, when Cen Shen found that Feng Changqing reminded him not to lose his temper with meaningful eyes. Cen Shencai woke up and understood that he was still under the roof of others at the moment, and he couldn't do whatever he wanted......

Cen Shen was looking for chapters and sentences in the battle array with a complicated and tangled mood, and when he sighed in his life, Feng Changqing, who was standing beside him, had no time to care about the thousands of waves in Cen Shen's heart at this moment.

Feng Changqing looked at the head of Tuozhi City from afar, one black and one white, with an ugly face and a blue face, and sneered again and again.

"Jie Shuai, that Juche Nose Shi is very loyal to the Great Food Rebels!" Feng Changqing sighed.

Gao Xianzhi sneered: "Even the black crescent moon flag of the Great Food Rebels has been hung out, and the dog that has betrayed the Lord can indeed be killed!" I just wondered, ten days ago, Ashi Burai City and Julan City were both attacked by our army with a devastating force; Two days ago, it only took half a day for the Beiting army to conquer the important town of Talas. Now that the fall of the stone country is imminent, what is the reliance in the hands of the Juche Nose Shi, who still chooses to resist stubbornly? ”

"Jie Shuai, could it be that the main force of the Great Food Rebels is lurking in Tuozhi City, so that Juche Nose Shi has no fear and is unwilling to surrender?" Hui Prince Ye Hu interjected respectfully.

Gao Xianzhi glanced at Ye Hu and smiled without saying a word.

Seeing this, Feng Changqing hurriedly explained: "Prince Ye Hu, a soldier, a treacherous way, strange and positive, the combination of virtual and real. If the main force of the Great Food Rebels has already arrived in Tuozhi City, it can completely stop the banner and suddenly kill it when our army's foothold was unstable and the defense was empty yesterday, why did it take so much fanfare to raise the crescent moon flag today? Such a well-known style in the world just shows that the main force of the Great Food Rebels should not be in Tuozhi City. ”

"I've been taught, thank you Judge!" Prince Ye Hu thanked.

"Prince Ye Hu, although it is speculated according to common sense that the main force of the Great Food Rebels should not be in the city, they will lie in ambush near Tuozhi City, trying to sneak attack our army while our army is attacking the city. Therefore, all departments must send more scouts, day and night patrols, and must not be negligent. Your army is responsible for guarding the east of Tuozhi City, please be careful. Gao Xianzhi commanded.

"Rest assured, General Lero is the most effective general under his father's khan, and he is meticulous and will never make any mistakes." Prince Ye Hu replied with confidence.

"That's good! Although he had only seen General Pulloro a few times, he also felt that he was steady and reassuring. Gao Xianzhi nodded yes.

"Commander, the west and south of the city are under the responsibility of our Qarlu department. Please also rest assured, our department will definitely keep their eyes open, keep an eye on every move around them, and carefully look for the traces of the Great Food Army. Mou Ra Sihan, who was standing beside Ye Hu, took the initiative to say.

"In the western expedition to Shiguo, your ministry has contributed a lot, and it is worthy of praise! The west of the city should be kept an eye on, and the south of the city can be appropriately relaxed, surrounded by three ques, and a little gap should be left for the nose of the club. Gao Xianzhi said with a smile.

"Jie Shuai, if that Juche Nose Shi chooses to break through to the south, it will be just convenient for our army to follow and cover up!" Mou Ra Sihan immediately understood what Gao Xianzhi meant.

"Prince Sihan is really smart, and he can understand it at all. I heard that the protector of Mou Raye gave you a team of 1,000 people, I wonder how Prince Sihan's soldiers are going? Gao Xianzhi asked.

"I have only learned a lot of things, and I have never led soldiers, although it is only a thousand people, and I am already overstretched and tired of coping. The elder brother was able to easily command a team of 10,000 people a few years ago, which is far from it. Mou Rasihan said modestly.

"Prince Luodo's way of commanding the army, presumably will not be recognized by the Beiting King's capital protection." Gao Xianzhi said lightly.