"Let them come right here."

Nan Jiyun was a little surprised, he didn't know what was going on, Yan Zhuang smiled and said, "Could it be that Du Mozhi is not willing to be lonely, so he wants to strike first?" ”

At this time, the scouts Qin Haiyang and Feng Shilang were brought in, and the two of them half-knelt and saluted: "See the general!" ”

"What information did you two find?"

"We found a Turgish army of about 3,000 men going north, and we thought they were going to attack North Hanseong, but we found that they had passed through the defense line of the five cities at night and went north, and we had been with them for more than 200 miles, and we rushed back when we saw them enter the territory of Qarluq."

Nan Jiyun couldn't think of the intention of the Tuqi Shi people to go north for a long time, so Yan Zhuang asked: "You must repeat the details again, and you are not allowed to omit it at all." ”

Qin Haiyang told the details of the discovery of the enemy's situation, and finally said: "We found that the Tuqi Shi people actually carried a long ladder, so we thought that they were coming to attack the five cities, but it turned out that it was wrong, they went north. ”

Yan Zhuang couldn't help but fall into deep thought, Nan Jiyun waved his hand, asked the two of them to go down, signaled for them to be rewarded, and the two gave a salute and went down.

"I'm worried that they're going to attack Jinman County."

After a moment of silence, Yan Zhuang finally spoke, "Sneak attack on Jinman County and disrupt the deployment of the envoy to recover the broken leaves." ”

"What then?" Nanji Yunyu Road.

"Now you immediately send someone to inform the envoy, and ask him to be well defended, but not to fall for the enemy."

"I know, I'll send someone to deliver the letter!"

．．．．．． From Jinman County to Gongyue City between the long deep valley grassland distributed large and small eight guard castles, the Tang army stationed in these guard castles there are 3,000 people, they are connected to form a defensive line, jointly maintain the security of the northern line of the Silk Road, in the east of a desert, there is a saltwater lake covering an area of 10,000 hectares, called Huangcaobo, that is, today's Abbey Lake, after the merchants pass through the difficult desert, they will immediately see this endless blue lake, and immediately feel full of vitality, so the business travelers also call it the lake of life.

In the northwest of Huangcaobo, there is a wide about fifty miles, across the open mountain pass of Jinshan, there is no human population a hundred miles away, this night, a group of black cavalry crossed the mountain pass, appeared on the side of Huangcao Lake, this is a cavalry team dressed in the robes of the Hui people, about 3,000 people, murderous, they swept over the Yellow Caobo, and pounced on the Xilin guard 100 miles away. Xilin Guarding is the smaller of the eight castles, there are more than 100 Tang troops, led by a guard, the castle is built against the mountain, can accommodate more than 300 people, built very strongly, there is a beacon tower on the top of the mountain three miles away, early in the morning, the Tang army in the castle as usual, sent more than a dozen sentries to patrol around, the camel bell rang, a team of itinerant traders composed of dozens of camels came from afar, the soldiers immediately cheered, the arrival of the itinerant traders, means that they will make a small fortune, Signifying the arrival of women and much-needed goods, the soldiers rushed back to their lodgings to fetch the pelts and argali's heads they had hunted.

Soon, the itinerant traders arrived, set up tents on the edge of the castle, and put all kinds of goods on the ground, and several fat Hu Niang Ji girls stood beside a tent and scratched their heads, seducing the soldiers, who came forward to trade, and some of the soldiers got the money impatiently into the bookkeeping.

The guard envoy's surname is Hu, a forty-year-old veteran, the day before yesterday, the main force of the Tang army had just passed, they finally relaxed, it was rare to be so relaxed, he carried a few handfuls in his pocket, grinned and walked quickly towards the account, at this moment, there was a sudden piercing bell alarm sound from the castle, 'Dang! While! When 1'

Someone was shouting: "Beacon fire, three-pot beacon fire!" ”

Hu Shou was taken aback, looked up at the beacon tower on the top of the mountain, only to see three black smoke rushing into the sky, this is the alarm that a large group of enemy troops is coming, the soldiers panicked, desperately ran to the castle, several Hu Niang also screamed and ran with the Tang army, they were barefoot, untidy clothes, at this moment, there was a sudden thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the distance, only to see a large group of cavalry turn over the mountain pass, the sword light flashed, and killed this side!

"It's the Hui people, the Hui people are here!"

Hu Shou's eyes were red, he grabbed a soldier and shouted: "Go and ask for help from the Jiedu envoy, go quickly!" ”

The soldiers turned over their horses and galloped westward, and in an instant, the overwhelming Hui cavalry killed, engulfing more than a dozen Tang soldiers and traders who had no time to escape back, the Tang army castles were closed, and the castle was raining arrows, but these Hui people seemed to have been prepared, and a long ladder was quickly assembled, and they held their shields high and faced the rain of arrows of the Tang army, and rushed to the castle like crazy wolves.

．．．．．． At noon the next day, Li Qingan led 5,000 cavalry to rush back, the battle had already ended, the castle had collapsed, the burning fire had been extinguished, the charred wood and corpses were still smoking green smoke, Li Qingan entered the castle with a blue face, the castle was in a mess, the ground was full of headless Tang army corpses, there were no enemy corpses, dozens of women captured along the road and Hu Niang hiding in the castle were all killed, ** hanging high on the city wall, all the military supplies and soldiers' money and belongings in the castle were looted, Even the armor of the soldiers was stripped of them.

"Report to the general, only five soldiers who were patrolling outside survived, and the remaining 144 brothers were all killed by the Uighurs!"

Li Qing'an's face was gloomy to the extreme, and he slowly clenched his fists, Nan Jiyun's timely report let him know about Du Mozhi's conspiracy, and disguised himself as a Hui to attack Beiting, in an attempt to disrupt his plan to attack Broken Leaves.

"Bring the people sent by Nan Jiyun up!"

After a while, Qin Haiyang and Feng Shilang, who were about to deliver the letter, were brought up, and the two hurriedly gave Li Qingan a half-kneeling salute.

"Let me ask you, do you remember the route they took when they came?"

"Remember, we're all marked!"

"Good!" Li Qingan turned around and ordered: "Pass my order, intercept this army from the front, kill me completely, and do not accept any surrender!" ”

The Tang army of the brigade immediately turned its horse and galloped westward.

．．．．．． The mountain pass northwest of Huangcaobo is today's Alashan Pass, more than a dozen Tang army scouts chased along the fresh horseshoe prints, out of the mountain pass, the traces of the cavalry of the brigade went all the way to the south, obviously the purpose of the Tuqi Shi people was achieved, and they returned to the broken leaves.

The joy and pride of success made him want to return to Broken Leaf immediately, and before leaving, his father-in-law Du Mozhi had told him that if he could complete the task beautifully, he would inherit the position of the Grand Chief of the Turgish.

In order to make this sneak attack a success, Upei Modagan began to prepare a month ago, he sent people disguised as merchants and herdsmen, and went deep into the vicinity of Huangcaobo and Xilin to inspect the terrain and the garrison of the Tang army, and obtained a large amount of information, and it was thanks to this meticulous information that he was able to succeed in one blow.

At the same time, he also had to admire his father-in-law's strategy, the Tirqi Shi and the Hui people are both branches of the Turkic people, similar in appearance, and in the same language, if they change into the clothes of the Hui people, they can indeed confuse the real with the false, plus they are attacking from the north, and it will make the Tang army mistakenly think that the Hui people launched an attack on the North Court, so that the Tang army's plan to attack the broken leaves will be disrupted, and if it drags on for a month or two, the reinforcements of Dashi can arrive.

The more he thought about it, the more proud he became, and he actually laughed, but it was a pity that he couldn't meet a few Han women this time, which made him regret.

At this time, the front cavalry team suddenly had a burst of confusion, here is the Huoyun Valley Pass, the Huoyun Valley is about ten miles long, the north is wide and the south is narrow, the south valley is about one mile wide, five miles in front of the valley mouth is the Yili River, here is located between the Tang Army's Fengming City and Gongyue City, about 30 miles away from Fengming City, the Yili River in this area is shallow, and you can directly ride a horse and wade through the water.

It was dusk, the sky was still red, and flocks of gray birds flew over their heads, making terrible cries, and flying towards the nests on the cliffs, but they could not get out of the valley, and were congested in the valley.

"What happened?" Upei Moda asked sharply as soon as he stepped forward.

"The road ahead is blocked!" Someone shouted: "Blocked by dozens of boulders." ”

Upei Modagan was taken aback, this area is deserted, and there has been no rainstorm recently, how can there be a big rock blocking the road.

A feeling of unease rose in Upemodagan's heart, and he looked up at both sides of the valley, which were flanked by towering cliffs, with towering trees, and the cliffs dragged down huge shadows, which looked particularly eerie.

"Move the boulder quickly, and pass it immediately!"

At this moment, only to hear the sound of a bang, suddenly ten thousand arrows were fired in the woods on both sides, and the dense rain of arrows was overwhelmingly shot at the Tushi army gathered at the mouth of the valley, and the Tuqi Shi cavalry was not on guard, and suddenly there was a wail, and a large number of soldiers fell from their horses with arrows, and the strong armor shot through their leather armor and shot through their heads, and Upei Modagan was shot in the thigh by an arrow, turned over and fell off the horse.

He endured the pain and shouted, "Retreat! Go back! ”

The Thirish cavalry was so frightened that they turned their horses' heads, used their shields to resist the rain of arrows, and fled desperately northward, only running less than two miles, when a human wall appeared in front of them, blocking their retreat.

This is a thousand heavily armored Mo knife soldiers, all of them are burly, infinitely powerful, holding a two-zhang long Mo knife, wearing heavy armor with flashing blue light, and only a pair of unusually indifferent eyes are revealed on their faces, like a group of hunters, staring coldly at the prey that has fallen into the trap.

Behind the 1,000 Mo Sword Army, there were 3,000 cavalry archers, he held a crossbow in his hand, blocking the empty space on both sides, their commander had already ordered to kill them all, leaving no one alive, today's Huoyun Valley is the cemetery of the Tuqi Shi people.

"Boom!" The drum beats, slowly but forcefully, "Boom! Boom! Accompanied by the heavy sound of drums, the Modao army approached the cavalry of the Raiders who broke through step by step, every step was so shocking, and every step was so imposing.

At this moment, I don't know if one of the Turgishes shouted, "Rush out!" ”

The Tuqi Shi cavalry was launched, they knew that only by rushing out could they have any hope of life, and the instinct to escape made them desperate, they raised their long knives high, danced their spears, and frantically charged at the Tang army, rushing like a storm, but the Mo Dao army was like a mountain standing still.

Upei Modagan took the lead, he waved his spear, roared, and stabbed at the leader of the Tang army when he was distracted, the leader of the Modao Army was the general Tian Zhen, he shouted, and the fierce big knife slashed head-on, and the knife was fierce, and immediately split the Upei Modagan who rushed in front of him and the people and horses into half, blood splashed, and internal organs flowed.

The long knife of the Mo Knife Army waved, advancing step by step, the sword light and blood shadow, or splitting or stabbing, invincible, the broken head and body of the Turk Cavalry rolled to the ground, the screams and wails resounded through the valley, behind them and on both sides, the Tang Army's arrows were like flying locusts, so that they suffered heavy casualties, the injured Turquoise Cavalry Shi people knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, but they were still split into pieces by the Mo Knife Army in the array, the blood flowed like a river, the corpses were piled up, and the Huoyun Valley became a slaughterhouse on earth.

On the top of the mountain, Li Qing'an rode on a horse and watched the slaughter in the valley expressionlessly, the remnant sun was like blood, the afterglow dyed the top of the mountain red, the desperate screams and miserable cries in the valley sounded, Li Qing'an was unmoved, Duan Xiushi beside him was a little unbearable, and persuaded in a low voice: "General, it's better to accept their surrender!" ”

Li Qingan glanced at him coldly, Duan Xiushi was silent and didn't dare to speak.

"Pass my orders, leave no one alive, and kill me completely!"

(To be continued)