In the vast border of the Tang Dynasty, the bitter cold land of the northwest. After September, there has already been heavy snow outside the Saiwai, Shuofang City, the first Xiongguan in the northwest of the empire, at this moment the city gate is open, countless soldiers in iron clothes are standing in the cold wind and waiting, because today is the day when the newly appointed supreme military commander of Shuofang City is going to take office, under the leadership of Lu Yue, the garrison of Shuofang City, all the generals above the generals are gathered together, ready for all kinds of welcome matters, just today's protagonist.

Far away, a horse in the lead, behind is dozens of guards and soldiers, a group of troops rushed towards Shuofang City, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves can be faintly heard, Lu Yue stood in front, raised his hand, and then waved it down, the drum music remembered, and he himself took those generals to ride forward on horseback. As a garrison here, he is still a little dissatisfied with Hou Junji's arrival, but this etiquette still has to be in place.

"The last general, Lu Yue, greetings General Hou!" Lu Yue led people to Hou Junji, then turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee and saluted. The rest of the generals behind him also rolled over and dismounted, their armor clashing with the ground in unison. But Hou Junji was overjoyed to see it, such skillful movements proved that the army stationed in Shuofang City was definitely an elite division, and leading such an army was every general's dream.

"Everyone, please get up, Hou is a newcomer, if there is something missing, I hope you will bear with me!" Hou Junji also dismounted and stepped forward to help Lu Yue up. Haha said with a smile, and then didn't get on the horse, and walked towards Shuofang City on foot. The rest of the men followed him, leading their horses. Stepping on the squeaky snow, Yuguan entered the Shuofang City Gate.

Hou Junji was stationed in Shuofang City, and Li Er's heart was a little calmer. Although this man is a little proud and exaggerated, his military talent is the best in the entire Tang Dynasty, and he just defends the city, so there is no way to give him 200,000 or even 300,000 people who control the strings. As long as Hou Junji blocks it for a while, Datang will have time to deploy troops.

Li Er can't be blamed here for his negative thinking and only thinking about passive defense, but the national strength of the Tang Dynasty is not able to support a foreign war for the time being. As a last resort, as soon as the army moves, it is a bottomless pit. No amount of food is enough. In the words of later generations, 'When the cannon goes off, the gold is ten thousand taels!' So that's the only way, if the message is wrong, it's nothing, if it's accurate. There is also a buffer time.

Time passed. In the blink of an eye, it was already half a month, and Li Kuan used the money from Jiuxianju to buy lamp oil, fire oil and other things everywhere during this time. Finally, the body is completely repaired, and then I can practice riding and archery to a certain depth. With the horseshoe, chasing clouds can finally run unscrupulously, so I go to the eastern suburbs horse farm every day to run a few laps, and then take the little gray ash to chase a few pheasants and hares. Grab another one and bring it back to the palace, and live a good life.

It's winter. Snowflakes also began to fall in Chang'an City, and Li Er stood at the door of the Lizheng Palace, looking at the bustling snowflakes, and lost his mind. Last night, I received an urgent report from the Hundred Cavalry Division, the Turks have gathered 200,000 people who control the strings, under the leadership of Jieli Khan, ready to go south, this report walked on the road for nearly five days, and ran dead three war horses before it was sent to Chang'an, but this time is probably enough for Jieli to attack Shuofang City, Li Er has summoned the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Sun Wuji last night, the military department of Shangshu Du Ruhui, the right Wuwei general Wei Chi Gong, and the left Wuwei general Qin Qiong into the palace to discuss this matter, the situation is not optimistic.

Thinking of the order issued last night, Li Er sighed again, and was full of helplessness in his heart, why are there so many disasters in this world? Why did the people of the Tang Dynasty suffer from such war?

Turning around, I saw the eldest grandson coming from the corridor on the side, she was pregnant with Liujia, she looked bloated at this time, but she was full of maternal brilliance. At this moment, Qiao's face was full of worry, although she didn't know the specific things in the Xinghuo emergency report last night, but she also knew that her husband had discussed with several ministers all night, and sent several messengers, she couldn't sleep all night, and he hurried over at dawn to see if Li Er was troubled again. Although she never interferes in political affairs, she knows the bitterness and tiredness in Li Er's heart best.

"Guanyin, you are pregnant, why don't you take care of yourself like this?" Li Er blamed distressedly, looking at his wife's reddish eyes, he knew that she should have not slept all night, this is not good.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is just worried!" The eldest grandson was speechless, just looked at Li Er with those cut eyes like autumn water.

"It's okay, we have been prepared for this matter for a long time, rest assured!" Li Er said, hearing Li Er say this, the eldest grandson breathed a sigh of relief. It's better to be prepared, and it's better to be prepared than to be caught off guard.

Shuofang City, Hou Junji stood at the head of the city, and behind him were 30,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. This city was under the city two days ago, Hou Junji has been fighting with this group of people, the Turks are not good at attacking the city, otherwise the 200,000 people will not be blocked here by the 30,000 people of the Tang Dynasty in these two days.

Jieli set up a royal tent outside the city of Shuofang, on which the high golden wolf flag fluttered, surrounded by the tents of the rest of the Turkic nobles, and beyond were the tents of the soldiers of the major tribes. Looking over from the castle tower, I could just see the largest royal tent and the fluttering flag.

"Someone, bring a bow!" Hou Junji ordered.

"No, General!" A personal guard untied a five-stone strong bow from his body, and this bow was only able to be pulled by Hou Junji in this Shuofang City, and the rest of the generals were powerless against it. The bow body of this bow is made of Zhe wood, the so-called ten Zhe nine bends, this naturally curved Zhe wood is the best material for making zuò bow body. The bowstring is made of the tendons of unknown animals, and according to legend, the strings of this bow are made of dragon tendons, and I don't know if it's true or not. In short, this bow is the strongest in the entire Shuofang City, and it is powerful enough to pierce the golden cracked stone from a hundred zhang away.

Hou Junji took the bow, put on the feather arrow, aimed at the flagpole on the side of the king's tent and shot it over, here is one hundred and twenty zhang away from the king's tent, so far away Hou Junji's arrow feathers are actually undiminished, straight to the flagpole, with a creak, the flagpole was broken into two, and the golden wolf flag fluttering in the wind also fell into the dust.

"Good...... The general's archery skills are unparalleled, and this arrow is nothing more than Huang Hansheng of the Three Kingdoms! Lu Yue applauded first, Hou Junji's arrow really boosted the morale of the Tang soldiers.

And the Turkic side is not unmanned, in terms of horse archery, the Tang soldiers are really not the opponents of the Turks, not only because they grew up on horseback, but because they are nomads, bows and arrows are the talisman that they have passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years, and because the Tang Dynasty is a farming nation, they are used to knives and guns, not bows and arrows.

I saw a few arrows coming towards the city tower, as fast as a meteor, and they were all towards Hou Junji, who was standing in the middle of the generals, Hou Junji was still proudly accepting the compliments of the generals around him, but who would have thought that these arrows would run straight towards him like this, and the whistling sound of the arrows cutting through the air let him know that the strength of these arrows was no worse than the arrow he shot before.

"Damn, there are so many archery masters there, are the Turks so good at shooting?" Hou Junji has never fought with the Turks, these two days because he only wants to defend the city without a fault, but he has not understood the power of the Turkic arrow rain, you must know that the overwhelming arrows are like locusts crossing the border to harvest a qiē life in front of them, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks usually fight with shield arrays, block arrows, and then handover in short arms. Because war horses had always been a scarce resource before, the Tang Dynasty could not form so many cavalry to compete with the Turks.

"General, get down to the castle!" Lu Yue roared, then pulled Hou Junji by the hand, blocked himself in front of him, and rolled with the momentum, the two disappeared from the city tower like this, and the rest of the generals were not so lucky, several were cut in two by the golden cracking stone arrows, and the blood flowed like this, and the internal organs sprayed Hou Junji with blood.

"Damn, kill these Turkic! It is said that all those who can shoot arrows will be shot by this general and shoot to death these Turkic cubs! Hou Junji wiped a handful of blood from his face and said hatefully.

So a rain of arrows shot down from the city walls, and blood flowers appeared in the Turkic camp. And then the Turks also returned to color, and after several days, the two armies were still at a standstill. In Shuofang City, Hou Junji didn't go to the city much, because he had to prepare to meet the support team behind, and the battle in the city was temporarily handed over to Lu Yue, who saved his life that day.

This night, the night was deep, in this moonless night, the whole Shuofang City was like a dead city, except for the soldiers on the city tower were still patrolling, and the sound of armor grinding was still there, the whole city fell into dead silence.

At the city gate, a small group of Turks quietly came here. The people were silent, but the city gate opened a gap at this time.

The sound of the opening of the city gate ...... 'squeak' woke up the Tang soldiers at the head of the city: "The enemy is attacking ......"

But it was too late, the city gate was slammed open, and the Turkic soldiers, who had already been prepared, rushed into the city gate at the first time, and guarded the city gate to the death, behind them, countless Turkic soldiers swarmed in, and the tide generally poured towards the Shuofang City, which had been opened up.

Hou Junji was still writing a recital for Li Er in the study of the City Lord's Mansion at this time, and his temperament was not the kind of person who did not show his merits, so he wrote his expression during this period of time as a cluster of flowers, especially the incident when he shot off the Turkic Golden Wolf Banner. But the sudden shouting of killing and the sound of shouting for enemy attack made him a little blinded all of a sudden. (To be continued......)