Outside the west gate, the war horse neighed, and the iron blade Sino Roth grabbed the reins, and kept stroking the horse's mane, soothing the frightened war horse, he was terrified and furious at this time.

The shouts of killing, screams, and noise in the city gradually thinned out, until it was completely quiet, and the iron blade Sinoro knew that the Mo Deli and the three thousand elite cavalry who rushed in had all been annihilated, the muscles on his face kept trembling, beads of sweat faintly appeared on his forehead, and his back was soaked with cold sweat.

He knew that if it weren't for the main general in the city, he wouldn't know that he was here, and if it weren't for the fact that there were no more people in the urn city, his iron blade would have broken in it, which was really lucky, very lucky.

The two thousand cavalry behind him were already frightened at this time, and they could not do anything about watching the three thousand comrades fall into the city, if they hadn't stopped in time and did not rush into the city, they were only afraid of the same fate as the three thousand men and horses.

It's scary to think about it, the two thousand surviving cavalry at this time had a palpitation in their hearts, and their morale suddenly fell to the bottom, and none of them had the courage to continue fighting.

As the main general, Iron Blade Sinoro quickly noticed the low morale of the two thousand cavalry behind him, he sighed secretly, waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Collect the troops and return to the camp!" ”

The fourth thousand-man commander shouted unwillingly: "General, no, is it possible that these three thousand sons were sent to death in vain?" We want to take revenge, we want to go into the city, and kill all the Tang soldiers and civilians in the city."

Iron Blade Sinoro sighed, "General Ben thinks, but what can you do to break the city?" ”

"This ······" The commander was speechless.

Iron Blade Sinoro waved his hand and said, "Forget it, go back to the camp and think about it in the long run."

"Hey······ Yes, sir! ”

Iron Blade Sinoro led the army back to the camp, the second prince Lang Zhidu had already received the news, he stood at the gate of the camp with a cold face with a wolf lord and a general, waiting for Iron Blade Sinoro to lead the army back.

When Iron Blade Sinoro saw Lang Zhidu's expression, he knew that he was about to lose control of the army, and according to what he had said before, if he could not break the city within three days, Lang Zhidu would take back command. This is what all the big and small wolf masters in the army know, and now they are ready to use the method of combining the inside and the outside to break the city and declare it a failure, which means that he has lost the command of the army.

Sighing secretly, Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo dismounted and came to Lang Zhidu to salute: "Second Prince, the last general is incompetent, the plan to cooperate with the inside and outside has failed, the last general not only failed to break the city, but also lost three thousand fine horses, please punish His Royal Highness the Second Prince!" ”

Lang Zhidu snorted coldly: "Hmph, of course you have to be punished." However, this is the time to employ people, so I will not hold you accountable for the time being, and this prince will leave you by your side to listen to it, and let you make meritorious contributions! ”

Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo was a little depressed, he looked decadent, and said: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, for giving the last general the opportunity to make meritorious contributions!" ”

Lang Zhidu nodded, and said to the other big and small wolf lords: "Rest early tonight, make a fire early tomorrow morning to make food, and after eating, all available soldiers and horses will follow this prince to the south gate of Panhe City to call for battle." Iron Blade General, you find some soldiers who have a mouthful and can curse, and the prince of Japan will be useful."

Ironblade Sinoro saluted, "Yes, Second Prince!" ”

However, it was said that at this time, Fanhe City was also quite unpeaceful. After annihilating the 3,000 Tubo cavalry trapped in the Ximen Urn City, after Zhao Ziliang handed over the task of cleaning the battlefield to Zhang Shouyu and Wang Yuan, he took a cadre to inspect the other three gates, and waited for him to return to the county government after his inspection. Zheng San came over to report to him with a tired face.

Zheng San sat on the stool next to Zhao Ziliang like a dead dog, picked up the kettle on the table, poured a glass of water, and poured it down. After drinking three glasses of water in a row, he took a breath and said: "Boss, this battle is a ruthless one, a total of two thousand two hundred and fifty-four war horses have been captured, all of them are high-grade war horses, and there are a few sweaty horses, the younger brother has already asked Wang to inquire about them, and the cavalry in the heyday of the Great Dou Army was less than a thousand, and now we have captured so many war horses, and although those veterans of the Great Dou Army only have six hundred real cavalry, most of the others can be used as cavalry, So we can form more than 2,000 cavalry in the blink of an eye, and as long as it goes through a period of training, more than 2,000 cavalry can become elite! In addition, a large number of leather armor, leather helmets, fur clothing, and three thousand weapons were seized, and the damaged leather armor could be reused as long as it was repaired, and the fur clothes could also be used by the soldiers, and if the soldiers did not like to wear them from the dead, we could sell them to the leather merchants, and obtain a sum of money for military expenses."

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, it is rare for the king to command on the city wall and control it very well, so that more than 2,000 Tubo troops obediently surrendered, and retained so many war horses, if we shoot them all, I am afraid that we can capture not many living war horses."

Zheng San said: "Yes, by the way, I don't know what happened to Ma Lan!" ”

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At this time, Ma Luan arrived at the door of Zhou Zhuchen's house with a team of soldiers and horses, and the soldiers were all holding torches, and the torches illuminated the streets around Zhou Zhuchen's house, and the pine resin on the torches was crackling.

The people on both sides of the street heard that there was such a big commotion on the street, and they all came to the window or opened the door to observe, and they were very surprised to see that the large army of soldiers and horses was blocking the water around the minister's mansion.

The fat shopkeeper of the opposite shop could see clearly from the crack in the door behind the door, and muttered: "I don't know what happened to the Zhou family this time, it was surrounded by the soldiers, it seems that the Zhou family is going to be unlucky this week!" ”

The old woman who was wiping the table behind her wiped the table and said, "Old man, don't look at it, be careful of being seen by the soldiers, what do you care so much for?" This week's family is not a good thing, usually collect cattle, sheep and horses are hard to bargain, but they make a lot of money, and they deserve to be unlucky! ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help but turn around and scolded: "You dead old woman, don't say a word." Woe comes from the mouth, don't you know? ”

The old woman was scolded, closed her mouth and said no more.

At this time, there was a shout outside, and I saw Ma Lu riding on horseback and said loudly: "Listen to the people in the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Zhuchen is a spy installed by the Tubo people, he colluded with the Tubo army to attack the city gate with the intention of attacking the city gate from inside and outside, and now it has been captured by our army on the spot, and the people inside quickly open the gate and let the officials and soldiers enter to search, otherwise we will not leave the chicken and dog when we break through the gate!" ”

Zhou Zhuchen's wife and children definitely didn't want to open the door, but none of the family members and maids below wanted to die, so someone opened the door within a few seconds of Ma Lan's words, Ma Lu waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him rushed into the Zhou Mansion in two formations.

After a third of the soldiers rushed into the Zhou Mansion, Ma Xuan jumped off his horse and walked into the Zhou Mansion with the hilt of his sword, followed by several lieutenants.

After checking around the Zhou Mansion, the soldiers were searching everywhere for things related to the fine work, and the men, women, and children in the Zhou Mansion were all gathered in the courtyard to take care of them, and most of them were untidy.

After turning around, Ma Lu summoned a lieutenant and ordered: "The Zhou Mansion will be handed over to you here, except for the children, interrogate all adult men and women, and see if they know about Zhou Zhuchen's affairs, Zhou Zhuchen has smuggled contraband materials and sold cattle, sheep and horses over the years, and must have a lot of family wealth, turn over all this money and property, and register it all in a centralized manner, after doing a good job in this matter, the general will definitely have a reward, but if someone is found to be hiding private property and stolen goods, even if General Zhao does not pursue it, the deputy lieutenant will definitely not spare him, Got it? ”

"Yes, yes, Deputy Lieutenant Ma rest assured, there are subordinates staring here, and no one dares to stretch out their hands!" The lieutenant hurriedly patted his chest and reassured.

Ma Ling patted him on the shoulder, walked out of the Zhou Mansion with a few other captains, and quickly rushed to Ma Yukun's mansion in the county seat with the remaining two-thirds of the soldiers outside.

Ma Yukun's mansion is not far from the county government, Ma Luan made a lot of noise when he arrived with soldiers and horses, compared to Zhou's mansion, Ma Yukun's mansion is smaller, but Ma Luan knows that you can't look at things on the surface, don't look at Ma Yukun's mansion is much smaller than Zhou Zhuchen's mansion, and the gate is also inconspicuous, but the luxury and money collected inside are only afraid that they are not less than Zhou Zhuchen's house.

Jumping off the war horse, Ma Lan strode to the door of the horse mansion with the handle of the knife, raised his leg and kicked on the gate, heard a loud bang, a gate was kicked down, Ma Lan waved his hand, and half of the soldiers outside the door rushed into the horse house in two teams with knives and guns.

Ma Yukun's mansion soon came from the continuous screams of women and the screams of the maids, and for a while, the entire Ma Mansion was jumping.

In a short time, boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, copper coins, and other valuable belongings were carried out and placed in the courtyard, and the Ma family members were all concentrated on the left side of the courtyard, and there were special soldiers to watch over them.

Du Shanming, the county commander of the county government, heard the movement, and immediately rushed over with some officials, and the officials were blocked out by the soldiers, as long as the county ordered Du Shanming to come in.

Du Shanming saw that the family members of the county Cheng Ma Yukun were surrounded by soldiers on the left side of the courtyard, and some soldiers were still carrying out wooden boxes containing belongings from various rooms.

Du Shanming found Ma Lan and asked loudly: "Deputy Lieutenant Ma, what are you doing here?" Why did you raid Ma County's house? What did you do to Ma Xiancheng? You do this, does General Zhao know? Tell the soldiers to stop, otherwise this officer will have to reason with General Zhao."

Ma Lan has been in the market since he was a child, and he has long seen that Du Shanming's corrupt officials are very unpleasant, he squinted at Du Shanming, and reluctantly arched his hand and said: "A certain person came to copy Ma Yukun's house on the order of General Zhao!" Lord Du, Ma Yukun, the county Cheng Ma Yukun, together with the wealthy businessmen Zhou Zhuchen, Liu Chongyang and others, gathered hundreds of private soldiers with the intention of seizing the West City Gate with the Tubo army outside the city, and Zhou Zhuchen was a spying placed by the Tubo people in Panhe County, Ma Yukun and Liu Chongyang and others are his accomplices, there is no doubt about this, they have been captured by our army on the spot when they snatched the West City Gate, and their subordinates have also been killed by our army, now do you have any questions? Lord Du stopped a certain person, could it be that Lord Du is also an accomplice with Zhou and Ma? ”

Du Shanming was taken aback, stepped back again and again, waved his hand and said: "Captain Ma, don't talk nonsense, Du admits that he is not a good person, but he will never be able to do such a rebellious thing as selling the country." Since Captain Ma is busy with official business, the lower officials will not bother and take their leave! ”

Ma Ling looked at Du Shanming's distant back, and snorted coldly: "Hmph, dog officer!" Don't let someone grab you! (To be continued.) )