On June 30, the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, it was sunny, the sky was very hot, the hot sun hung high in the sky, and the heat was mercilessly sprinkled to the earth, even the poplar tree, which was known as the most heat-resistant, was also baked by the heat wave to the branches drooping low, and the leaves were curled, no matter who, as long as he did not cover his head with a thick cloth, only showed his face a little under the scorching sun, he would definitely be blistered, in this scorching heat, it was not a good time to fight, whether it was the Tang army outside the city or the Three Kingdoms alliance army in the city, they had no intention of rekindling the war in the scorching heat, The city and the city are at peace with each other.

The scorching heat is unbearable, but in the heart of the Khotanese king Fu Jaxiong, he wishes that the weather will be a little hotter, it is best to be such a hot method every day, not that Fu Jaxiong is not afraid of heat, to be honest, it is difficult for Fu Jaxiong, who is accustomed to the scorching heat to cool down with a soldier's basin, to be more difficult than ordinary people to endure the torture of the scorching heat - Hotan City is a small city, and it is not on the main road of the Silk Road, most of the population in the city is mainly mining workers, there are not many rich households, and there is no one who can afford such luxury things as ice basins. And when the army was defeated at Tawakule Lake, Fu Jiaxiong didn't calculate that his side would be defeated so badly, let alone expect that his lair would be copied by the Tang army, since it was impossible to prepare for the heat in Hotan City in advance, the heat in the past few days has really tortured Fu Yanxiong to some sleepiness, plus he is worried about the war, and he can't eat and sleep, however, if he can rely on the help of the scorching heat, suspend the time of the Tang army's siege, even if it is a few more hot, Fu Yanxiong is also very welcome, in his opinion, The heat would best last until mid-July, when the Hotan River is completely cut off, at which point everything will be different.

Frontal defeat of the Don army? Obviously, he also doesn't expect the surrounding countries to send reinforcements to relieve the danger of Hotan, and it is impossible to pin his hopes on the fluttering promise of King Qiuci, he just hopes to continue the war until the Hotan River is completely cut off - in Fu Jiaxiong's opinion, King Qiuci's class is an old fox, and he will never fail to see that the next target of the Tang Army is his Qiuci country, and it is impossible to be stupid enough to think that Li Zhen will let Qiuci go for the sake of Princess Mingyue this time. The reason why it has not made a big move to the rear of the Tang army is just to wait a little longer, and what is waiting is that the Hotan River is completely cut off - only the Hotan River is cut off, and the main force of the Tang Army in Anxi will not be able to take the Hotan Road to return to the river, and whether it is changed to the end, around the Yumen Pass, or around Shule, it will not be possible to rush to the country of Qiuci without more than half a year's march, once this is the case, without the threat of the main force of the Tang army in Anxi, the king of Qiuci will be able to free up his hands and make waves in Anxi, at that time, if the Tang army has not captured Hetian, Fu Jiaxiong may be able to have a glimmer of life, it is not impossible to say that it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory when the Tang Army is flustered, therefore, Fu Yanxiong does not mind the war delaying, although he does not have much hope for this matter, however, he is already desperate, in addition to such a slim hope, can there be any other hope?

The time is approaching, the sun slowly sinks to the low flat line, the last afterglow will be a few white clouds in the sky to render extraordinarily enchanting, the scorching temperature gradually drops, the difficult day is finally going to pass, I didn't see the Tang army launched the siege of the city The defenders were all secretly relieved, Fu Yanxiong was no exception, just thinking about ordering the next person to prepare dinner, but suddenly heard a loud noise outside the city guard's mansion, and suddenly became annoyed, and shouted: "Come on, go and see who is so noisy outside?" ”

Fu Yanxiong is in a bad mood these days, but he has not taken the people around him to attack, at this time, seeing that Fu Yanxiong has signs of anger again, a group of relatives around him did not dare to slack off, and after a few breaths, an attendant hurriedly walked into the study, and reported with a nervous face: "Your Majesty, it is the Shule people who are clamoring outside to take back His Royal Highness Prince Hersa." ”

"Hmph." Fu Yanxiong snorted coldly, and with a straight face, he just wanted to order all the future to be dispersed, but when the words came to his mouth, they changed: "How many people are here?" ”

"Your Majesty, the head of the ten thousand households, Cosaqi, led a dozen guards and clamored to see Your Majesty." Seeing that Fu Yanxiong's voice was not good, the chamberlain was so frightened that he trembled, but he still hurriedly answered.

"Oh?" Fu Yanxiong's eyes rolled, and he raised his eyebrows: "Go, spread the word that Cosaac has come to see the widow." Seeing that Fu Jiaxiong did not have a seizure, the chamberlain immediately breathed a sigh of relief, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly trotted all the way to the outside of the palace gate, and after a while, the angry Kirsacchi strode into the hall where Fu Jiaxiong was under the supervision of several Khotanese warriors, but saw that Ke Saqi arched his hand at Fu Jiaxiong with an angry face and said: "The last general has seen Your Majesty, dare to ask where His Royal Highness is my prince?" ”

"General Ke came just in time, His Royal Highness the Prince drank too much yesterday, and today it was so hot that he discussed with the widow for a day, but he was suffering from heat stroke, and now he is lying in the backyard room, and the widow is planning to send someone to inform the general, and the general himself came, is it really a coincidence." Fu Jiaxiong didn't care about Cossackie's faux pas, and explained with a smile.

"Oh?" Although there was still doubt in Kessac's eyes, the injustice on his face was lightened, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "My Royal Highness the Prince is sick?" How can this be born? The last general wants to visit, I wonder if Your Majesty can be accommodating? ”

"Hahaha......, where did General Ke go, His Royal Highness Prince Hersa is a widow's guest, how can a widow lose His Highness, if General Ke doesn't believe it, just go and see it......" Fu Yanxiong said this, but had to stop, without him, a tight horn suddenly sounded, listening to the movement as if the Tang army had left the camp, Fu Yanxiong just wanted to send someone to find out, but saw a thousand household chiefs hurriedly running in from outside, kneeling on the ground, panting and reporting: "Your Majesty, Tang Jun, The Tang army is out of the camp, and it seems that they are going to attack the city at night! ”

Fu Yanxiong was suddenly taken aback, and couldn't help but blurt out, "What?" How is this possible? "His face is full of disbelief, without him, although the sky is still bright at this time, there will be another half an hour at most, and the day will be completely dark, and the night fighters, the soldiers are taboo, not to mention that they are on the disadvantageous siege side, unless they are planning to sneak attack, no general will launch an attack in the dark night, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is obviously not the first brother of the battlefield, how can he make such a low-level mistake? This means that Li Zhen must have some secret weapon in his hand to send out the general, and when he remembered the endless new siege equipment when the Tang army attacked the city a few days ago, Fu Yanxiong suddenly had a headache. "Back to Your Majesty, it was Li Zhenxiao'er who personally led the troops, and the Tang Army was out of the camp." Seeing that Fu Yanxiong's expression was wrong, the head of the thousand households did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied.

As soon as he heard that the whole Tang army was dispatched, Fu Yanxiong's heart sank for no reason, and an ominous premonition came to his heart, pacing back and forth in the hall for a few steps, suddenly stopped, glanced at Ke Saqi, who also had a changing face, and frowned and said: "General Ke, if the Tang thief doesn't come, I'm afraid I'm going to fight hard, Your Royal Highness the prince is now sick in bed, and I'm afraid that there is no unified command in your army. ”

"This ......" Cosage hesitated, stomped his foot and said: "Okay, the military situation is urgent, and the last general will just follow orders, but there is no one to take care of His Royal Highness the prince of my family, and the last general will leave a few guards to take care of it, and he can help somewhat, Your Majesty, you see......"

Fu Yanxiong's mind was all on the movement of the Tang army outside the city at the moment, how could he have the kung fu to talk nonsense with Ke Saqi, seeing that Ke Saqi said that he would leave a few personal guards down, he didn't pay much attention to it, and waved his hand impatiently and said: "Yes, that's it, General Ke will go and prepare first, and the war will be urgent for a while, maybe the general will have to go out." ”

Although Cosage was a little dissatisfied with not being able to see his prince in person, it was obvious that Fu Jiaxiong had already given the order to expel the guests, but he did not dare to delay more, and hurriedly answered the "obey" and left the lobby.

Fu Yanxiong looked at the back of Kesage who had withdrawn with a blushing face, and with a wave of his hand, he called Steward Ye, who was waiting in the corner of the hall, to his side, whispered a few words, and then hurriedly changed into soft armor, and led a group of guards to hurriedly walk out of the gate of the city guard's mansion, and rushed to the head of the city.

In addition to the defenders at the head of the city, all the departments in the city are preparing for dinner at this time, and when the horn sounds, it is chaotic, and for a while, chickens and dogs are jumping and busy, and finally they are all assembled in their respective barracks to stand by, ready to meet the arrival of the evil battle, however, to everyone's surprise, the Tang army did not take advantage of the chaos in the city to launch an attack, but quietly lined up under the city, It was as if waiting for something.

Something is wrong, there's definitely something wrong with this! Fu Yanxiong, who hurried to the north gate, saw that the Tang army had discharged a strong attack posture, but never launched an attack, and his suspicion suddenly rose, but he couldn't guess where the Tang army's hole cards were, but in the face of the Tang army's strict array, Fu Yanxiong did not dare to have a trace of carelessness, so he could only rush to the various departments near the north gate to strengthen their vigilance and beware of the Tang army's strong attack.

At the gate of the city guard's mansion, two strong men dressed in Shule cavalry costumes were wandering around the gate anxiously, with a look of anger on their faces, but in the face of more than a dozen Khotanese warriors guarding the door who also looked bad, they didn't dare to be more presumptuous, without him, the two sides had a very unpleasant quarrel before, and they pushed each other and played a lot of black hands, but it was under the leadership of Cosaqi, at this time Cosaqi had already left, and the two Shule cavalry who had no leader and were at an absolute disadvantage did not dare to lean forward again, but they did not dare to turn around and slip away, After all, the two of them were ordered to enter the city to guard the palace to take care of His Royal Highness the prince, and at this time, in the face of the cynicism of a group of Khotanese warriors, they were full of anger, but they didn't dare to come forward to theorize, so they could only hide aside.

"What's the noise? Is it the other way around? Just when a group of Khotanese warriors were scolding endlessly, Steward Ye led a few small servants out of the mansion gate, frowning and reprimanding.

Not to mention, although Steward Ye didn't say it loudly, it worked very well, and the Khotanese warriors who were scolding non-stop with foul words together immediately all quieted down, and each pretended to be loyal to their duties, and Wang Shichang, who was at the head, trotted all the way forward, saluted respectfully, and asked flatteringly: "Steward Ye, you are old, what's wrong?" Got official business? ”

"Hmm." Steward Ye lengthened his voice, snorted from his nose, and replied, frowned and looked at Wang Shichang, and then at the two Shule cavalrymen who were cowering aside, and was silent for a while, shaking his majesty, and then said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty has an order, let those two Shule people enter the mansion to serve His Royal Highness Prince Hersa, and Wang Shichang will trouble you to bring a few brothers to accompany the two of them to enter the mansion with a certain family." ”

Steward Ye is one of the celebrities in front of Fu Yanxiong, don't look at the official now, but the power is not small, Wang Shichang did not dare to slack off, as soon as he heard Steward Ye's order, he nodded his head hurriedly and said yes, ordered four subordinates, and searched the two Shule cavalrymen up and down, and then escorted the two Shule cavalry into the mansion after Steward Ye like escorting prisoners.

Hotan City is not big, the city guard house covers an area is not small, there are 100 acres of square area, although the houses inside are simple, but also dilapidated, but the courtyard is a lot, it is the largest house in Hotan City, at this time, because the vast majority of the guards in the house have been with Fu Yanxiong on the city, the house seems extremely deserted, plus the sky has become dark, walking in the middle, quite a bit of a gloomy feeling, fortunately, the group of people are big men, but there are not many scruples.

"Steward Ye, where am I going to wait for this?" Seeing that his party was getting more and more deviated, Wang Shichang seemed to be walking towards the deserted right courtyard, and suddenly he was a little puzzled, hurriedly walked a few steps, and asked with a flattering smile.

"Is this what you should ask? Well? Steward Ye glanced at Wang Shichang and asked with a sneer.

Seeing that Steward Ye's expression was wrong, Wang Shichang hurriedly accompanied the smiling face, and hurriedly explained: "Ah, hehe, Steward Ye is angry, angry, the small one is just asking, it's just, hehe, it's just that the small one still has a burden to guard the door, if you leave for a long time, I'm afraid that it will violate the military order, you see ......"

"Well, since Wang Shichang must know, then a certain family will tell you." Steward Ye leaned down and leaned close to Wang Shichang's ear, looking like he was about to whisper, Wang Shichang hurriedly stretched his neck knowingly, so that he could understand, but he could no longer tell others - what Steward Ye said was "Send you to hell!" Before Wang Shichang could react, but seeing the cold light flashing in Steward Ye's hand, a sharp dagger had quietly cut Wang Shichang's throat, and the blood immediately gushed out, and Wang Shichang, who was in pain, hurriedly covered it with his hand, trying to stop the blood gushing out, but it was just useless work, his throat made a "chirp" gasping sound, staring, with a look of disbelief on his face, he slowly fell to the ground softly, twitched a few times, and immediately dispersed.

Steward Ye's shot was a signal, and he didn't wait for the other four Khotanese warriors to figure out what was going on, but when he saw the two Shule cavalrymen shoot at the same time, they were divided left and right with lightning speed, and in a flash, under the flying of their fists, the blades in the hands of the four Khotanese warriors had already been transferred to the hands of the two, and after the sword flashed, the four unlucky eggs had become the souls of the swords, and they didn't even have time to shout.

These few changes were extremely fast, and the scene was immediately a bloody mess, but Steward Ye's face was unfazed and steady, and he didn't even look back, he just raised his hand and made a gesture, but he saw several small servants rushing up, taking off all the leather armor and boots on Wang Shichang and others, and each of them changed clothes in place, and then threw the bodies of the five unlucky people into the empty house, and the group immediately changed direction and swaggered towards the back garden.

"Who? Stop! As soon as Steward Ye and the others walked to the gate of the back garden, several sturdy sergeants turned out from the gate of the garden and asked loudly.

Steward Ye's footsteps did not slow down, but he waved it, signaling a small tear who followed him to raise the lantern higher, and said impatiently: "A certain family is here." ”

"Oh, it's Steward Ye, why do you have time to come here?" The sturdy soldiers saw the comer clearly by the light of the lantern, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but they did not get out of the way, and the first big man asked calmly.

"A certain family has been ordered to send the two newly captured Shule Guys to be with Hersa, what's the problem?" Steward Ye didn't stop at all, and still walked unhurriedly towards the door of the back garden.

"Wait, Steward Ye, you know the rules, if you want to enter the park, please show the king's command card." The soldier who was the leader didn't buy much of Steward Ye's account, and as soon as he stretched out his hand to block Steward Ye's way, he said coldly.

"Hmph." Steward Ye snorted disdainfully, stretched out his hand into his arms, as if taking a token, and said as he walked: "Isn't it just a face token, nervous fart, villain!" ”

The military man didn't take Steward Ye in his eyes, but at this time, he listened to Steward Ye's swearing words in his mouth, how could he be willing, strode over, and scolded in his mouth: "You are a bird, do you want to die?" As soon as he stretched out his hand and tried to push Steward Ye a big head, he never thought that Steward Ye would sink his shoulders, dodge it, and unceremoniously slap the big slap, and give the soldier a big slap, the crisp slap was about to rise, the soldier only felt a pain on his face, and was stunned for a moment, and then he was furious, and suddenly roared violently: "Dog thing, even Lao Tzu dares to fight, brothers, copy the guy, split this guy!" As soon as the words fell, he took the lead in pulling out the scimitar on his waist and threw himself at Steward Ye, and there was a big chaos in the backyard......

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