The capital of Daizhou is located in the north of Bingzhou, and is close to the land of Youzhou, and further north is the land of grassland. In other words, this is the border line between Han Xinjiang and the grassland.

Qiangyang County, the capital of Daizhou, is the northeasternmost part of the capital of Daizhou. This place may seem inconspicuous, but it is located on the flank of the Han Xinjiang and grasslands and the northeast Youzhou, so the population here is still relatively large. Without him, interests. It was a place where merchants gathered, and many merchants gathered here in order to trade with the steppe tribes. In addition, Cao Gang hooked up with the Turks, and there were no restrictions on what could be traded. Therefore, it is still not called thriving.

In addition, the Turks also needed these merchants to provide them with grain, iron tools, salt and tea, so there was not too much looting for this important border trading city. Because of this, there are many refugees here. In it, you can see not only the Han people, but also those Turkic people who are arrogant and superior. These Turks are almost the emperor in the city. Because of the fear of the Turkic army and Cao Gang's orders, the 2,000 defenders of this city were waiting for the Turks like gods.

However, this is the case not only here, but also in the northern prefectures and counties of Bingzhou, and in the land under Cao Gang's jurisdiction. Although the people hated it to the core, no one dared to fight against it.

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......" A thunderous sound came from outside the West Gate, waking up the guards of the West Gate.

"Be wary of me, it's the voice of the cavalry." An officer's face tightened slightly, and he shouted sharply, and immediately alerted the defenders on the city walls.

"My lord, who else can gallop at night, but the Turks? It's useless for us to be careful. These bastards, apart from harming our Han people, can't do good things at all. Damn, I heard that in the northeast, the Turks and the Xiaoguo army are fighting, and I really hope that the Xiaoguo army will win a big victory and drive the Turks out. A soldier said angrily.

"Little Liuzi, you have too many words, these things are not what we should say." The officer's face turned cold, and he yelled, "Don't make trouble for yourself, if you have fire in your heart, you have to hold back for me." ”

Xiao Liuzi was just a new pawn under twenty years old, not only did not stop talking, but said angrily: "My lord, this Turk people are wantonly in the northern provinces of Bingzhou, killing my brothers, robbing my people's property, it is said that two days ago, they have escorted these more than 200,000 Han people from Yunzhou Mansion to the north. ”

"My lord, more than 200,000 people, I don't know how many places have been ruined! What a fucking shit! ”

"Okay, don't say it, just know it in your heart, what else can you and I do? Well, this cavalry approached, and sure enough, it was really the cavalry of the Turks! Damn it! The city gate order cursed secretly.

Outside the gates of the western city were more than 2,000 cavalry, of course, they were Turkic cavalry. Under the torches at the front, the officers and non-commissioned officers defending the city had seen clearly that the other side was indeed a Turkic cavalry. At this point, the soldiers defending the city breathed a sigh of relief, but many of them secretly clenched the blades in their hands, and finally sent them away weakly.

The Turkic cavalry outside the city arrived under the city gates, making no unnecessary movements, and did not wait for the defenders above the city gates to speak. Directly holding his head high, he shouted to the defenders at the head of the city quite majesticly, "Open the door quickly, I have an urgent matter to enter the city!" ”

The city gate commander smiled and said: "This lord, when was he in such a hurry, and in the middle of the night, he still galloped here?" As he spoke, he reluctantly asked the soldiers to open the city gate. For the Turks, they don't care about the rules of closing the gates of the city regularly. Besides, will they follow the rules of the Han Chinese? Even the officer guarding the city did not dare to ask the other party at will, let alone ask the other party for a warrant to enter the city or something.

The Turkic cavalry officer's face immediately turned cold, and he shouted: "What? Just because you want to check on the general's business? Is this what the garrison officer said, or did your commander Cao Gang say? Rather, the general will go back and speak to our great khan. When did it start, this Cao Gang's courage became bigger and bigger. ”

An adjutant next to him also shouted: "The little city guard officer also dares to inquire about our general's affairs, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead." Don't open the city gate yet, be careful grandpa, I beheaded your dog when I entered the city. ”

"This general forgives his sins, the little one is just talking casually, and the little one has already let people open the city gate." Chengmen Ling's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly smiled. He didn't want to lead these Turkic bastards to do some tricks in the city because of this trivial matter.

Immediately, in the dark night, as the guards of the city ran and were busy, the suspension bridge that was hoisted high was finally slowly lowered through the guò winch. And the closed west gate of Qiangyang County also made a creaking sound, opening little by little.

Outside the city gate, several cavalrymen who were not far behind the main general of the Turkic cavalry breathed a sigh of relief. There were happy smiles on their faces.

"According to the plan, after we enter the city, we will take over the west gate first. Remember, be careful. This operation can only succeed, not fail. I don't want to be ridiculed by the people of the Third Battalion. One of them, a knight in Turkic leather armor with a slight scar on his face, whispered.

They were none other than the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army. After deciding to act, Li Chenfeng asked the cavalry to disperse and move towards their own goals. Thousands of people carried out a raid on the northern parts of Bingzhou overnight. And for better action, the captured Turkic cavalry of more than 50,000 is the best pioneer. Under the choice of life and death, many Turks succumbed to the sword of the Xiaoguo army and served the Xiaoguo army.

The operation of Qiangyang County was composed of a battalion of cavalry and hundreds of Turkic cavalry, with the Turkic cavalry in the front as an introduction to open the city gate, and the cavalry team pretending to be Xiaoguo Army below. Because this Qiangyang County is far from the battlefield, and hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers in the rear are slowly moving towards this place, the cavalry team here did not send too much because this city is a commercial city. As long as they take the gates, there will be no difficulty in the city.

In addition, there are not many defenders here, only more than 2,000 people. The most important reason for this is that the Xiaoguo army did not advance from the east to the west, so Cao Gang in the north of Bingzhou did not send too many defenders here. Of course, this is also related to the presence of the Turkic army in the territory of the annexed state. After all, the Turkic army is here, and he, Cao Gang, is not very afraid of the westward advance of this Xiaoguo army.

In charge of the operation here is the second battalion of the first town and the second capital, that is, the cavalry capital and the second capital, and the main general is Li Fu. Although it seemed that nothing was wrong, Li Fu was still nervous. After all, it's about taking the city.

Seeing that the city gate was opened, Li Fucai exhaled a slightly turbid breath. Then he glanced at the officers around him and told them to be careful. The officers around them all nodded, the gate of the new city has been opened, so they should cheer up even more, and not fail in the end.

In the dark night, only the pine oil torches burned, and the sound of beeping and peeling from time to time. Under the "leadership" of the Turkic general, the Turkic cavalry outside the city crossed the drawbridge and entered the city through the city gate to the sound of rumbling horses' hooves. During the whole process, Li Fu's heart was in his throat, and he was on guard, for fear that something would go wrong and something unexpected in the end.

Although it was found that the defenders here were only 2,000 people, Li Fu did not dare to be careless. In addition to the guards and soldiers, there are also 3,000 young and strong people, and in addition, those big gentry who rely on Cao Gang to make some transactions with the Turks, they are also likely to bring great trouble. These great gentry, like Cao Gang, hooked up with the Turks, regardless of the death of the people in the northern part of the state. Dealing with the Turks for grain, ironware, salt tea, population, etc., these people naturally did not welcome the entry of the Xiaoguo army. Among these big clans, each of them has hundreds or even hundreds of guards in their homes, and if they really fight, it will be detrimental to their own side.

However, it is not known whether the reputation of the Turks is too loud, or because it is a dark night. Until the six hundred or so people all passed through the city gate, the soldiers guarding the gate on the other side did not realize that the Turkic cavalry behind them was not Turkic at all.

"You're the Gate Order here? On duty tonight? At Li Fu's signal, the Turkic general sat on his horse and condescendingly asked the officers defending the city.

"It's the little one, I don't know what else this general commands?" Chengmen Ling's face tightened slightly, and he thought that the Turkic general was finding fault with the previous matter.

"How many guards are there at the gates? Where is your barracks? ”

"Back to the general, we have 200 defenders on duty here. In addition, not far from here is our Xicheng camp, where the army is stationed. The gate commander whispered.

"Two hundred? So little? The Turkic general said casually, "You, just say you, all come here, this general has entered the city this time, and there is a very important military situation to be sent to your general." However, since we have already come in from here, there is no need for your general to convey military orders to you for a while, and this general himself will give you new orders. From now on, we will take over the western gates, and everyone will have to assemble, and until a new military order is given, the gates will be taken over by my men. You guys, come with me to the barracks at once, right away! ”

The city gate guarding the city was stunned and didn't know why. But then he saw that the other party's face was gloomy, and the scimitar in the hands of the soldiers behind him involuntarily pulled out. I was horrified, and I didn't know what the Turkic cavalry wanted to do. However, after his eyes scanned the hole in the city gate, the afterglow of the torches on the city wall shone on the Turkic cavalry who were entering the city, and the face of the city gate changed dramatically.

"Not good!" Li Fu, who was in the shadow land behind the disguised Turkic general, knew from the other party's face as soon as he saw the other party's face. Immediately, he was ready to let his men and soldiers go into action.

"Little leader, from now on, this West Gate of Qiangyang County is yours." The city gate commander then said with a smile.

Li Fu was puzzled when he saw the other party say this, but he still asked his subordinates to take over the West City Gate according to the predetermined plan. As for the garrison, except for some officers who were to accompany them to the barracks, the rest were waiting above the tower. Of course, their weapons were all asked to be put aside. To the surprise of the soldiers, their gate orders did not object to the insulting orders of the other party, but allowed their men to do as they were ordered.

"You see who we are?" During the march, Li Fu rode his horse to the side of the city gate commander and asked in a deep voice.

The city gate commander looked at Li Fu and said, "You are the Xiaoguo Army?" In the evening, the Turkic cavalry entered the city, and I heard rumors from inside that the Xiaoguo army had defeated the Turkic army that had more than 200,000 people and countless money and food. ”

"Yes, it's us! Why do you want to cooperate with us? ”

"I am Han and I don't want to be a lackey of the Turks anymore. Here, Xiaoguo Jun is more suitable to be the master than Cao Gang. The city gate commander said with a smile, saying what was in his heart. Perhaps the identity of the other party had been confirmed, and a smile appeared on the face of the city gate commander.

"Good man! In the future, I will join the Xiaoguo Army. Li Fu said with a smile.

"This is exactly what I hope to get, join the Xiaoguo Army, go and fight against the Turkic bastards, let them know that my Han people are powerful, and this land is the territory of my Han people......"

When Li Fu and the others arrived at the barracks, the county commanders and the garrison generals who were resting in their respective prefectures arrived at the barracks one after another. Of course, this is also Li Fu's military order from the Turkic cavalry, so that the original west gate of the city will be conveyed to Luo Yu.

"The small Qiangyang County Commander Mi Lai, the Qiangyang County Garrison General Fang Zhi has seen the general!" Among the commanders of the military camp, the two main persons in charge of Qiangyang County came together to meet the Turkic generals. Li Fu, who was not far away, shook his head secretly, and looked at Cao Gang's subordinates with contempt.

"This general, Agoura, is the commander of the Khan, and this time I am here to let you do another important thing. As you have received, our army that was escorting slaves a few days ago was caught off guard by a shameless surprise attack by the Xiaoguo Army. ”

"Now, on the orders of the Khan, we are going to fight back. But before we can do that, we need to oversee the enemy spies in this frontier and raise food and grass here in preparation for the assembly of the army. Therefore, General Ben is the commander of this Qiangyang County for a certain period of time, and you will obey General Ben's military orders. As long as the Xiaoguo army is repulsed, you should be safe. Now, what do you have to wonder? ”

The county commander Milai was slightly stunned, and said: "This general and warrior, we naturally follow your military orders, and we are on the same front with your warriors, so there is naturally no problem with these." However, whether it is to take over the city or to collect grain on the spot, we all need the military order of General Zhenbei. This ......"

"Chirp ......" Before Millai could finish his words, a scimitar was across his neck, the work of an officer of the Xiaoguo Army who was pretending to be Agoura's guard.

"You just need to obey the military orders of my general, you don't need to question it, and you can't question it. Cao Gang? Your Zhenbei general will then send a military order. Now the Xiaoguo army is very likely to be two or three hundred miles away in the north, and I, the Turkic warriors, must take over here first. If you don't obey, then don't blame me for being ruthless. I don't think your Zhenbei general Cao Gang will argue with us for the sake of you two shit, what do you think? Well? ”

Milley didn't really want to check the other party's military orders, but was worried about the damage to his own interests. You know, in addition to taking over the city, the other party also has to collect grain on the spot. And this object is naturally indispensable to a big family like himself. His Mi family is a big clan in Qiangyang County, and he trades with the Turks, which makes a lot of profits. If this Turkic really collects money and grain here for the purpose of fighting, then his rice family will not be able to escape. Therefore, he had a corresponding response to the question.

But when he asked, he regretted it a little. He knew that this Turk was not easy to mess with, but it turned out that there was no surprise, and the other party directly used the knife.

Seeing this, Fang Zhi on the side said hurriedly: "The general is angry, the warrior is angry, and Master Mi is just asking casually, since this is the case, we should obey it and have no objections." I hope that the warriors will look at General Cao's face and spare Master Mi this time. As he spoke, he apologized again and again, and asked Milley to apologize. Milian dare not obey? At this moment, he almost failed to lose his head, and when he saw this, of course, he apologized urgently. Li Fu in the corner of the side couldn't help but sigh again and again, how can such a garrison general of the county order guard guard the border of Dayan?

The sword-wielding officer of Agoura's personal guard snorted coldly, put the scimitar back into its scabbard, and said coldly: "Looking at General Cao's face, I don't care about this problem with you. Once there is a next time, there will be no forgiveness! ”

"Yes! Be! Be! Definitely not next time......" Milai and Fang Zhi both nodded their heads again and again, this time, they could be regarded as seeing the barbarism of the Turks. If you don't agree with each other, you can't have a good exchange and communication with the other party. Therefore, the two did not dare to think about it any more, and directly agreed to each other's military orders.

"Alright, now that is the case, let's move on to the rest of our operations. Fang Zhi immediately sent someone to inform the remaining three defender officers except for the West Gate, and asked them to immediately hand over the defense of the city gate to our army. Subsequently, let them wait on the spot for the orders of our officers. Remember, sue them, those who dare to have dissent, will be killed! At the signal of Xu Ling, an officer of the Xiaoguo Army, who was pretending to be the captain of the personal guards, General Agoura issued a military order in a deep voice.

Fang Zhi hurriedly responded, and then assigned his personal guards to take the so-called Turkic cavalry to Sanmen to take over the city defense. At this point, Li Fu was completely relieved, at least, this strong county defense fell into his own hands. Next, if any accident occurs, as long as you hold the city gate and wait for the infantry to arrive, then this Qiangyang County will not be a problem.

"Yes, very well done, my general will tell General Cao about your cousin." Xu Ling said proudly.