As the King of Yan openly refused to mediate with the Persian state, the atmosphere of war in the Western Regions became more and more intense, especially in Gaochang, where coalition rangers gradually appeared. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Captain Deng Yue stood on the north city wall, accompanied by the chief bookkeeper Li Bai, the two of them held a clairvoyant mirror while looking at the north from afar, while exchanging views with each other.

"There is still no trace of the enemy." Deng Yue was a little disappointed, it seemed that he had expected it wrong, and the enemy did not attack from the north.

The wind and sand in the Western Regions were originally very large, but now standing on the head of the city, the cold wind in early spring blew his face like a knife cut, and Li Bai only stood for a while to understand the pain.

He rubbed his somewhat numb cheeks, and said with a white breath: "No, there is no it, it's better, at least we don't have to worry about Gao Chang's safety." ”

Deng Yue frowned, and the disappointment on his face could not be concealed. He is different from Li Bai, as a subordinate who has just taken refuge, he urgently needs to prove his worth with his military exploits.

At this time, there were nearly 8,000 garrisons in Gaochang City, in addition to the 6,000 Yan troops, there were still more than 1,000 young people in front of the Cheshi. With such a force to hold Gaochang, coupled with the tall city wall, Deng Yue is still somewhat sure. He thought that as long as there was no accident, he should be able to force the enemy to trap the city, but who knew that after waiting for a long time, the two enemy shadows did not appear.

Although there was still no sign of the enemy's invasion of Gaochang everywhere, Deng Yue and Li Bai still did not dare to slack off, they sent scouts far away, and at the same time 3,000 cavalry took turns to go out of the city to patrol, and once they found any abnormality, they quickly reported to them.

After observing for a long time, even with the clairvoyant mirror, there was still no movement in the field of vision, and there was no movement in the enemy's forward.

Li Bai put down the clairvoyant mirror, rubbed his sour eyes and said, "Captain Deng, it seems that the enemy army will not appear today. ”

Deng Yue didn't want to give up a little and said: "That's just that it was okay before, and it's okay now, it doesn't mean that it's still okay next!" We still have to cheer up and not relax for a moment! ”

Perhaps even Deng Yue felt that this was a bit lacking in confidence, so he emphasized: "This time is different from the past, it is a critical moment when the war broke out, and I am worried that the enemy army in front is just paralyzing us, so no matter how hard it is, we can't relax our vigilance." ”

Just as Deng Yue and Li Bai were talking, an exclamation suddenly came from the western city wall. The two of them changed their faces drastically, and they hurried to the western city wall, just in time to meet the scouts who had come to report to them.

Deng Yue asked in surprise: "What's wrong with the west?" ”

"Captain, southwest, there is a large force of enemy troops in the southwest!"

Deng Yue and Li Bai quickly raised the clairvoyant mirror, and found that the southwest direction was covered with smoke and dust, and their faces suddenly changed greatly, and it seemed that at least tens of thousands of troops were rapidly approaching Gaochang.

At this time, a scout knight galloped along the avenue at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to approach the west gate of Gaochang. The guards at the gate saw the small red flag on the knight's back, which symbolized the urgency of eight hundred miles, and hurriedly drove the people gathered at the gate to both sides, and then watched the knight rush into Gaochang City in the rolling yellow dust.

"Quick, report to the captain, there's an urgent report! Urgent! The knight shouted before he could dismount.

After Deng Yue and Li Bai got the report, they immediately asked people to bring the scout to their eyes, and they wanted to ask in person.

"Don't rush, say slowly, what's wrong?"

"Gift...... Lord Lieutenant, the 30,000-strong army of Long Xitong, the king of Yanqi, is coming to Gaochang and is expected to arrive in half a day. ”

Deng Yue and Li Bai suddenly realized that the situation was not good, although the two of them had realized that Gaochang would become the key target of the Western Regions Alliance, and they had always thought that the first to attack would be the Cheshi Houguo or Gaoche tribe in the northwest or northeast, but they didn't expect that it would be the southwest Yanqi who attacked first.

At that moment, Deng Yue and Li Bai forcibly stabilized their minds, and asked carefully to the scout who came to report the military situation: "What exactly is going on?" Wasn't Yanqi still transferring materials and troops to Qiuzi in the west some time ago, why did he choose to invade Gaochang in the east in the blink of an eye? ”

At this time, the scout, who had already recovered his senses, replied with a clear thought: "Captain Hui, according to the news from the inquiry, since the king openly refused the mediation of the Persian state, there have been people within the Western Regions Alliance clamoring to teach my Yan army a lesson, especially the Yanqi King Longxi is the most arrogant. ”

However, this is contrary to the original plan of the Western Regions Alliance to clear the wilderness and lure the enemy into depth, so it has not been agreed by the Alliance. But later, Long Xi proposed that a feint attack on Gaochang could induce the main force of the Yan army to move westward, which made the Western Regions Alliance agree to Long Xi's proposal to attack Gaochang. ”

"I see! Dispatch the order to go down and immediately prepare for battle. Deng Yue and Li Bai suddenly realized.

Originally, after learning that King Yan refused to withdraw from the Western Regions without hesitation, the Western Regions Alliance quickly took action, and the coalition army planned to launch a tentative attack on Gaochang while the main force of the Yan army had not yet arrived.

The alliance dispatched 30,000 troops, commanded by the king of Yanqi, Longxi, who was in the southwest of the Cheshi country and was another Western Regions power on the middle road of the Silk Road (formerly the northern route) in addition to Qiuzi.

With the appearance of the enemy, the entire Gaochang was suddenly closed by the gate, and the defenders took up their weapons and walked up to the city wall, and at the same time, the bed crossbows and other large equipment that assisted the defense of the city were ready to shoot.

In the afternoon, 30,000 Western Regions coalition troops really appeared in the southwest of Gaochang, and the former king of the Cheshi stood on the head of the city and looked at the black pressure of the enemy army under the city, and couldn't help but show timidity, turned to Deng Yue and Li Bai and said: "Xiao Wang has entrusted the safety of Gaochang to the two of you, I hope you will not let the widow down." ”

Deng Yue clenched his fists and said categorically: "Please rest assured, as long as the last general is there, he will never let a coalition soldier enter Gaochang." ”

After sending off the former queen of the Cheshi, Deng Yue and Li Bai began to command their subordinates to deploy defenses. Ordinary Yan sergeants can say that although they know that they have been surrounded by heavy enemy troops, they are emotionally stable. But the soldiers and young men composed of the original car division were different, and they looked at the enemy army that stretched for several miles, and many of them trembled with fear.

Deng Yue looked at the Che Shi soldiers and Qingzhuang who were almost collapsed to the ground, although he was full of contempt in his heart, but considering that the other party still needed to contribute after the battle, he had no choice but to frown, and suggested to Li Bai to use cavalry to attack the enemy to boost his morale.

"The chariot division is demoralized, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the young and strong training is insufficient, the big war has not yet begun, just seeing the enemy is timid, I think I must go out of the city and rush for a while to reverse the disadvantage."

Li Bai was cautious by nature, he did not agree with Deng Yue to lead the cavalry out of the city, "No, if the enemy army outside the city has a trap, the only cavalry in our hands is very likely to fall into the formation." This will not only fail to deter the enemy and boost your morale, but may also cause irreparable losses. ”

"What if there is a trap, with the combat power of the Yan Army's iron cavalry, are you still afraid of the rabble in front of you? Now those chariot soldiers and young men are unstable, and I am afraid that if I don't give them a little encouragement, they will be defeated without a fight. ”

Li Bai thought about it for a while, but still rejected Deng Yue's suggestion, "I understand Captain Deng's intentions, but we can't risk the only killer weapon - cavalry, this is the key to our future counterattack against the enemy." If you want to boost the morale of the enemy army by defeating the enemy, you don't need to use cavalry, you can consider using crossbowmen."

"Crossbowmen?"

After listening to Li Bai's explanation, Deng Yue's face looked better.

Just now he had been worried that Li Bai was preventing him from taking credit, but now it seems that people are worried about the safety of the three thousand cavalry.

"That's right, my Yan Army has always been famous for its sharp armor! In order to strengthen the defense of Gaochang, Fu Hong Changshi mobilized dozens of bed crossbows to Gaochang. When the coalition attacks, give the enemy a taste of the power of the crossbow arrows. ”

"Well, it's a certain thoughtlessness, so it's according to the master's opinion."

Just when Deng Yue and Li Bai were discussing the plan to defend the city, they saw 30,000 coalition troops outside the city galloping back and forth, and soon surrounded Gaochang City outside the range of bows and arrows.

Yanqi King Longxi was in the middle of the formation, looking at Gaochang Chengzhi like a bag, he had already had the intention of annexing the former country of the Cheshi, but he was forced by the pressure of the Cheshi Houguo to take action. This time, he personally led a large army to come, although it was only a tentative attack on the surface, but he had already secretly made up his mind to capture Gaochang in one fell swoop and plunder all the wealth in the city back to Yanqi. (To be continued.) )