General Pei City.

As one of the most trusted generals of the Fire Spitting Fairy, Vali was sent to garrison here as early as last year, just because General Pei City is the eastern gateway of Broken Leaf City, and it is strategically important.

In the face of the siege of the Tang army, Vali was a little worried, none of the messengers sent to deliver a letter to Broken Leaf City returned, and no one entered here from Broken Leaf City, which showed that the Tang Army had cut off all contact between General Pei City and the outside world.

In fact, the strength of General Pei's city is not less than that of the Tang army outside the city, and it may be more, but Vali does not dare to lead the army out of the city to fight with the Tang army, because since General Pei City is one of the eastern gateways of Broken Leaf City, it has always been garrisoned here with infantry, and there are very few cavalry. Let the infantry fight the cavalry, either looking for death or doing useless work. Moreover, Vali didn't know that Zhao Ziliang's actual number of troops was less than 3,000, so how could he dare to venture out of the city?

Vali, with a mighty face, sat on a wolfskin chair with a deep brow, and on the left and right stood centurions and thousands, and next to him sat a young shaman with a headband.

Vali looked at these centurions and thousand-suckers and said: "You should all know, the Tang army has been besieging the city for two days, outsiders can't come in, we don't go out, none of the messengers sent out have come back, judging from the number of Tang army camps and stoves outside the city, the number of Tang troops will not be less than 15,000 people, according to our detailed work in Anxi, the number of troops of the Tang Army's Southern Route Army is about 15,000 people, that is to say, outside the city is the entire strength of the Tang Army's Southern Route Army, but why do they only besiege the city and attack the city?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, but no one stood up to speak, and obviously these people didn't know what Tang Jun's purpose was.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Vali was a little disappointed, looked at the young shaman next to him and asked, "Shaman, does the god have any revelations?" ”

By the time of the current Charizard Khan, there were very few people who still believed in shamanism. The Turgish people originally believed in shamanism to worship the gods of heaven and earth, mountains, sun, moon and stars, plants and trees, especially the supreme god with infinite power. When Xuanzang traveled west, the Tuqi Shi people had already shown their reverence for Buddhism, and today, Buddhism has been very prosperous among the Tuqi Shi people, from the nobles to the general public.

The young shaman closed his eyes and kept muttering something in his mouth before he said, "The gods hint." The Tang army did not dare to attack the city rashly because it did not find our flaws, once we found our flaws, the Tang army's attack will be surging, it is better to be careful, do not give the Tang army a chance, General Pei will be as stable as Kadan Mountain! ”

Twenty miles north of the city of Broken Leaves, the Turgish have to hold a ceremony to inherit the throne of the Khan every time the Khan changes, so its status is very important.

Vali felt that the young shaman's words made sense. Just as he was about to express his praise, a soldier walked in quickly outside, bowed down and said, "Mrs. Wan, the Tang Army barracks outside the north and south gates have moved. They were very careful, and if it weren't for the soldiers on the city walls, they wouldn't have seen it if they looked closely."

Vali and the young shaman glanced at each other, and he immediately got up and walked outside, saying as he went, "Go." Take a look at the city walls! ”

Wali and the others first came to the east gate and tower, and found that there were many torches lit up in the Tang army camp outside the city, and the figures in the camp flickered non-stop.

Observed for a while. Vali frowned and said, "What does Tang Jun want to do?" ”

"I can't see clearly, if only the Ranger could get up close and check it out!" The young shaman said.

"There are Tang Army sentry posts and patrol cavalry around, and our rangers can't get close at all!" Wali turned and walked away, and the group followed.

Soon, everyone came to the West City Gate Tower, and the situation of the Tang Army barracks seen here was the same as that seen at the East City Gate.

"Are they going to attack the city overnight?" This idea suddenly appeared in Wali's mind, but he quickly denied it, if the generals of the Tang Army were not fools, they would not attack the city overnight, the light was dim at night, and the siege overnight was absolutely unfavorable for the attacker, and it could only increase casualties, and General Pei City was a military fortress, which would be more difficult and the casualties would be greater.

Wali and the others didn't dare to leave, so they kept guarding the tower of the West City Gate and took turns on duty.

Soon, Vali was resting under the city tower when a centurion came over and reported: "Master Wanfu, the movement in the Tang army camp has stopped!" ”

"Stopped? Quick, go check it out! Vali grabbed the hilt of his sword and quickly climbed up to the tower, stopping to observe.

The Tang army camp really stopped the noise, and the lights in the camp were also much dimmer, it should have reduced the number of torches, and the situation in the camp could no longer be seen from the city tower.

Vali said to the young shaman, "Shaman, what the hell is the Tang Army doing? Now they've almost all the lights out, and even if they want to sleep, they shouldn't have to put them all out! ”

The young shaman couldn't figure it out, this Tang army was too strange, too weird! The young shaman suddenly felt a chill.

Suddenly, he thought of something, and hurriedly asked: "Commander Wan, I remember that you told me the day before yesterday that there were two Tang Army, one was the Southern Route Army and the other was the Northern Route Army?" ”

Wali didn't understand how the shaman could ask this question, and said, "Yes, both armies have fifteen thousand men, half on foot!" ”

The young shaman asked, "If the cavalry of the Tang Army's Northern Route Army marches at full speed, can they rush to the city of Broken Leaves now?" ”

Vali's face turned pale when he heard this, and he also understood what the young shaman was worried about, from Qiuzi Town to the west to Broken Leaf Town, although the road was farther than from Sule Town to Broken Leaf Town, but the road was much easier to walk, if it was a cavalry, as long as it was elite enough, it would be possible to reach Broken Leaf Town within ten days, but this had a premise, that is, there was no enemy army on the way, and there was no town of Turkish on this road taken by the Northern Route Army, except for the Tianshan Mountain Range, it was an endless grassland, and there was also the water source of the Ili River along the way, As long as you prepare enough food and grass, you can march 400 miles a day.

"Shaman, do you mean to say that the cavalry of the Tang Army's Northern Route Army went north of the Sea of Rehai and bypassed General Pei City and arrived at the Broken Leaf City, and this Tang Army gave up the siege, we just want to rush to the Broken Leaf City to join the Tang Army on the North Road, and then attack the Broken Leaf City together? They were making a fuss in the camp just now, and they were on their way? ”

The young shaman nodded and said, "This shaman has been thinking about it for a long time, but apart from this possibility, I can't think of any other possibility!" ”

Vali frowned and said, "But isn't this Tang army afraid that we will go out of the city and attack their backs?" You must know that this is very dangerous for the Tang Army! ”

The young shaman said: "The Tang army on the north road is in a hurry, there are not many cavalry, and there must be a large number of infantry to attack the city, so this Tang army will rush to join them." Moreover, in Shattered Leaf City, there were still nearly 40,000 troops under the command of the Fire Immortal Khan, and the strength of the Tang army was not superior, which was also the reason why they were in a hurry to set off. The leading general of this Tang army is obviously in danger, and he has made all kinds of cover-ups, just to create signs that they are still in the camp outside the city, in fact, the two large camps in the east and west outside the city have become empty camps, and he wants to use the two empty camps to trap our army in the city, so that his back will not be attacked! If the captain doesn't believe me, he can send a ranger to get closer to the camp and see the truth, and soon he will know the truth."

Wali thought about it for a while, and thought that what the young shaman said was very reasonable, even if the Tang army did not leave, it would be better to send someone to take a look, in case the shaman guessed correctly, it would be a great opportunity to defeat the Tang army!

"Come on, send rangers to the Tang Army camp outside the East and West Cities to investigate, be sure to investigate in detail, and come back as soon as possible to report!"

A centurion immediately stroked his chest and promised: "Yes, Master Wanfu!" ”

Half an hour later, a ranger captain ran up to the city tower out of breath and bowed down to Wali: "Master Wanfu, the Tang army barracks outside the city and the city are empty, the east and west barracks are empty, and there is no one!" ”

Wali was a little disbelieving, and pointed to the watchtower on the Tang army camp in the distance: "No one? That's impossible! Aren't there people on the watchtower of the camp? ”

The Ranger Commander shook his head and said: "My lord, that's not a person, those are the grass men who use wild grass to tie the city, the Tang Army put armor on those grass men, let them hold spears and spears, it is to confuse us!" At first, the villains thought it was a real person, and they were too scared to approach, but then the villains saw that they didn't move, and found that something was wrong, so they tried to get closer, but they didn't seem to see a look, the villains kept riding horses to the camp, and they still didn't move, so the villains knew that there was a problem, and they dared to enter the camp, only to find that those were straw people, and after searching, the villains found that there was not even a figure in the entire camp, and it was all empty! ”

Vali gasped and scolded, "The Tang people are cunning, too cunning!" And they are so bold that they don't leave anyone behind! ”

At this time, the young shaman recovered from his shock and asked, "Captain Wan, how many war horses are there in the city?" ”

Vali said: "There are not many war horses, less than two hundred, shaman, why are you asking this?" ”

The young shaman thought for a while, and immediately said: "Captain Wanfu, quickly, collect the horses of all the residents in the city, you should be able to collect two thousand horses, leave a thousand people to defend the city, let all the two thousand soldiers ride over and pursue with all their might, rush to kill the tail of the Tang army, and kill until the foot of the Broken Leaf City, the Great Khan of the Fire Immortal sees that the back of the Tang army outside the city is attacked, and he will definitely open the city gate to attack, and then the Tang army will be defeated by attacking from both sides!" ”

Although the soldiers in the city were all infantry, the Turgish people grew up on horseback, and as long as they had horses, they could get on them and fight.

Wali was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said, "Okay, I'll go and prepare immediately!" (To be continued.) )