Shanzhou City, Xinghai County, when it was slanting westward, on the head of Xinghai County, I saw the spread of soldiers retreating from the field of vision.

Far and near, there was black smoke rising into the sky, and the flames were still burning at the top of the city, and people pushed the corpses down the city, hung the wolf fangs and other objects on the wall again, and piled sandbags inside the female wall.

In the distance, the corpses of war horses and soldiers were superimposed, and the combined team of the Tang and Turkic people continued to slowly look around the field, the dead and the undead were mixed together, the painful moans continued, but most of the moans had become weak, and the Tang people occasionally took out their knives, looked over the people who were hidden in them, and then stabbed them in the chest and stabbed them in the heart.

Li Chengqian stood at the head of the wall, looking at the wildness on that side, at the time of the war, he also participated in the battle on the city wall as the commander, and personally killed the book name Tuguhun Guard, at this time the mottled blood stains on his body, on the armor, were full of criss-cross traces.

After a day and a night of fierce battles, when they saw the countless tragic scenes above and below the city wall, people's emotions were no longer compassion.

The numbness in the heart brought about an extra sensitivity to the environment, the cold air with a hint of fishy smell permeated this wilderness, accompanied by a somewhat dim sunset, and the fear of death and darkness gradually permeated the hearts of the army at the head of the city.

A small city with a population of less than 10,000, this kind of feat seemed nothing to Li Chengqian, climbed up to the top of the city, sat on the concave and convex female wall, put his feet outside the city, and looked at the more than 3,000 guards who had surrendered, but he didn't know what it was like in his heart.

Everyone's eyes had already turned to Li Chengqian, and the noisy shouting under the city had stopped at this time.

"After all, you still have to have an understanding, give the order, remember, you can only cut off your hands." Looking at the enemy who had been tied into zongzi on the ground, Li Chengqian muttered in a hoarse voice, but his words were not recognized by the generals behind him.

It's just that when he said this, no one echoed it, everyone just looked into the distance intently, as if they hadn't even heard the sound, some things, they were numb, not like Li Chengqian, he had just come into contact with these, and he still needed to adapt, he naturally understood, after a while, he smiled bitterly, waved his hand downward, and then got up and returned to the city wall.

Because of such a mood, Li Chengqian did not say anything to boost morale, and several generals in the rear only smiled slightly after seeing it, but did not say anything.

Of course, this also proves that the 200,000 soldiers and horses from Tuyuhun did not bring any substantial pressure to everyone. For them, this is just a relatively difficult war to win, as for defeat? They didn't think much of it.

And they returned to the tower. Li Chengqian was still in a daze at the map of Dafeichuan, and only after a while did he point to a few arrows on the map and whispered: "Tanmalai report, the Tuyuhun people have crossed the big river dam, this kind of marching speed, hehe, compared to being desperately prepared." ”

"Now that the whole world is the enemy, if Fu Yun can still be calm, it will be a miracle." Niu Jinda nodded, "By now, we have also known the other party's strategic direction. I'm afraid I'm going to have to fight it here. As he spoke, he clicked on the location of the warm spring, and laughed, "The enemy will be in the future, what will you do?" Ladies and gentlemen, the lives of nearly 100,000 soldiers of our Datang Dynasty have been handed over to us...... Go for it. ”

He arched his hand, and the rest of the generals arched their hands heavily. Li Chengqian said with a smile: "With 100,000 soldiers and horses against 200,000, you can still have such leisure and elegance, I don't have to worry about it!" As he said this, he patted the map vigorously and laughed: "Don't fight him!" Let's go to Wuhai City! Tell his soldiers to take away all the grain and grass in the city, not a single one is allowed to remain, and the rest of the livestock, cattle and sheep are slaughtered and made into jerky! ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, looked at the map and thought for a long time, and then smiled helplessly.

"The general who led the army is also a strange man, how can he catch up with the weight of grain and grass with such a fast march? If we were to take it step by step, we would definitely not dare to compete with it, but now, ......"

Li Chengqian laughed: "I'm afraid that I will be regarded as a second-rate and third-rate who is vulnerable~"

He walked down the city wall, and not far away, a man as strong as an iron tower gradually walked in from a distance, although he was neatly dressed and meticulous, but the blood still flowing from his face and steaming revealed what kind of abnormal battle Fang had just experienced. When he walked in front of him, Er Han waved his hand: "Your Highness, since the war has ended, the prisoners outside the city have also been dealt with." As he spoke, he looked at the city, and a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes: "Do you need to ...... it?"

Li Chengqian shook his head: "I ordered the whole army and told my brothers that it would be hard at night, and that they would retreat to Nuanquan overnight, and after three days, they must rush to Wuhai City." Turning his head to look at Tuli on the side, he sighed and said: "The khan has been working hard recently, and has robbed all the cattle, sheep, grain, and grass that can be robbed in the nearby villages and towns, and as for the people, no one will be killed...... If you run into a defender, you don't have to fight......"

After babbling for a while, and then feeling that it seemed to be too verbose, Li Chengqian's expression froze, and then he smiled bitterly and patted Cheng Tu Li's shoulder. The two have been together for so long, and if you talk about combat quality, these generals definitely don't have to be much weaker than Li Chengqian.

Smiling slightly, Tuli only replied, "Yes." Then he looked at the pro-army around him, and the two walked away together.

Looking at the city wall, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, as far as his eyes could see, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were constantly busy in the city, running back and forth, and farther away, the city gradually began to have some fierce resistance.

In the field outside the city, a cold spring breeze blew through the field full of blood and smoke, and the corpses, the wounded and the assembled and restless army stretched all the way, and what awaited them was the same unknown fate.

And this is just the beginning of this war......

Soon, Hou Junji and Yu Nan's army quietly crossed the Yellow River and headed towards the end of the distance, where was the grain storage place of the 200,000 Tuyuhun army of Quarlu, under the leadership of Murong Shun's envoy, quietly among the mountains, gradually approaching.

Li Chengqian still walked all the way, robbing all the way, and the places he passed were clear and clear, and he divided his team into five teams of nearly 10,000 people, taking advantage of the geographical advantage to make them circulate around the warm springs and the winding Anhe, and always put on a posture of feint attack, but he only set up a formation during the day, and retreated at night at night.

In this kind of back-and-forth battle, Tuyuhun chose a relatively conservative advance to determine the state of affairs.