Shaya City, not big, but very beautiful, is located at the confluence of the Hotan River and the Tarim River, from the north to the south of the Hotan River and from the west to the east of the Tarim River intersect here, forming an almost perfect cross structure, and the small city of Shaya is located in the center of this cross, because of the abundant water source, the grass and trees are extremely lush, birds and beasts can be seen everywhere, at first glance, it is really as beautiful as the small city of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, then, just climb the city, look into the distance, the boundless desert will appear in front of you without shelter, And because the city is not on the Silk Road, there are not many people in the city, only about five or six hundred, and the hunter families account for more than half, and there are few merchants who come and go, and most of them are those who buy animal skins. The people in the city live and work in peace and contentment, indifferent and elegant, it can really be regarded as a pearl in the desert, however, since the Tang army borrowed this city from Qiuzi as a baggage transit center, the tranquility of this city was broken, not that the Tang army's military discipline was corrupted to the point of disturbing the people, but the soldiers and horses, the convoy suddenly increased, and the businessmen who came to this city to seek the opportunity to make a fortune also flocked to the city, and the original quiet atmosphere of the city was washed away, and suddenly this quiet town became a bustling downtown When the army of King Qiuzi surrounded the city at the beginning of June, everything changed again, and a tense pre-war atmosphere hung over the city, and the long closure of the city made the unrest in the city accumulate to the brink of an explosion, and in the panic, anxiety began to creep in.

"Lao Wang, have you found it, the water of the Hotan River has become much shallower these days, and it looks like it is about to be cut off." At the head of Shaya City, a young Tang Army foot soldier stretched his head out of the city plate, and by the light of the moonlight, he looked at the river like a jade belt outside the city, and said in a hoarse voice.

"Yes, it's going to be broken, and the left and right are just a few days." A veteran sat against the city plate, fiddled with the horizontal knife in his hand in a bored manner, and replied without hesitation.

"Alas, as soon as the river is broken, I am afraid that His Highness's army will not be able to return down the river, I really don't know how this battle was fought?" The young soldier looked up at the Qiuzi military camp not far from the city, kicked the city dish hatefully, and said a word full of worry, the young man's face full of anger.

"Little cow, don't be nonsense, when His Highness led the army to fight, your kid was still playing with mud, and His Highness's wisdom is not something that your kid can guess, be careful to let the leader hear it, a military stick is enough for your kid." Lao Wang is an old soldier, and he can't hear anyone dare to doubt the wisdom of His Royal Highness King Yue, and when he heard the tone of the soldiers around him, he immediately reprimanded him unceremoniously.

The young soldier was reprimanded by Lao Wang like this, his face suddenly turned red, and he said with a smile: "Hehe, that's, that's, Brother Wang, you said that once the river is cut off, if His Highness's army really can't come back, what should I do, I can't just sit and wait, look at the little appearance of those turtles who show off their power all day long, they are not angry, right?" ”

The city has been besieged for more than a month, although the Qiuzi army has never attacked the city, but it has not been less in the city to show off their strength to invite battle, scolding the battle, the Tang officers and soldiers in the city have long been holding a fire in their hearts, Lao Wang Zi is no exception, at this time when I heard the young soldier say this, the mood is not much better, hateful voice: "Those group of dogs and things will have to be cleaned up sooner or later, damn, dare to put on a score in front of my Tang strong army, looking for death!" ”

Perhaps in order to confirm Lao Wang's statement, the voice of "looking for death" had just fallen, and a sharp sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the night, and then, a burst of "Tang mighty" battle horns also sounded in the dark night.

"Your Highness, it's Your Highness, Your Highness's army has arrived!" When the young soldier heard this, he jumped up with excitement and let go of his voice and shouted loudly.

Lao Wang was excited, turned over, looked at the Qiuzi army camp that was in chaos not far away, didn't care about the gaffe of the young soldiers, hurriedly untied the horn from his waist, and blew the horn of the emergency military situation, and suddenly the terrible horn sounded one after another in Shaya City, and the originally quiet night was shattered, and all the Tang officers and soldiers in the barracks rushed to the city from the station, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Although the night was very deep, He Dacai, the general of Shaya, who was worried about the war, couldn't really sleep, just lay on the couch in a single coat and thought about it - he knew Li Zhen's overall strategy, but seeing that the Hetian River was shallow day by day, He Dacai's heart became heavier and heavier day by day, he didn't know how the battle was going in front of him, and he didn't know when the army would be able to turn around, and he didn't even know how his troops should deal with the besieged situation if the army could not come back in time. Faced with the dilemma of less than one day of food in the city, He Dacai couldn't wait to raise troops out of the city and break the net with Bai Suyahe, but unfortunately he couldn't, not that he didn't have the courage, but he was afraid that this move would ruin Li Zhen's overall battle deployment, so he could only watch Bai Suyahe toss around blindly outside the city, and the boredom in his heart can be imagined. He led a group of guards to rush to the city, and at this time, the city was already crowded with a large group of energetic Tang officers and soldiers, and the cheers were loud and loud.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" He Dacai was anxious, and he couldn't care about his identity as a general, so he stretched out his hand to push the crowd in front of him, and poked his head out of the city saucer.

"General He, the last general asks to go out of the city to kill the enemy!"

"General, let's attack Kaejo!"

"General, kill those dogs/mothers!"

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The generals who rushed to the head of the city saw the chaos in the Qiuzi camp outside the city, and suddenly all of them came to their senses, swept away the sullenness of being besieged, and asked for battle one after another, and for a time the city was full of excited shouts.

He Dacai has always acted steadily, which is why Li Zhen has repeatedly handed over the heavy responsibility of defending the city to him, at this time, in the face of the soldiers who are eager to fight, He Dacai quickly calmed down, frowned and thought about it, and pressed his hand and said: "The whole army listens to the order, sticks to the city, without the order of the general, no one is allowed to open the city to attack, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

"General......" As soon as an officer in a formal suit heard He Dacai's order, seeing that the opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious service was gone, he suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly spoke out and tried to make a statement.

"Huh? Do you want to disobey? He Dacai knows the meritorious heart of his generals, however, in his opinion, the Tang cavalry outside the city is enough to wipe out the enemy camp, and there is no need for the foot soldiers in the city to go out of the city to help, and if the Qiuzi army is mixed into the city in the chaos and causes unnecessary losses, it is a fatal thing, it is better to wait and see what happens, and if he can hold Shaya City without loss, he He Dacai has completed the task assigned by Li Zhen, a great achievement is a sure thing, there is no need to give birth to other incidents.

"Yes, subordinates obey orders." Although the generals of the Zibu Army were eager to make meritorious contributions, it can be seen that their own generals said this, and they didn't dare to say anything more, so they could only take their own orders, take their subordinates away, deploy defenses along the city, and sit and watch the battle under the city without mentioning it.

"Kill, kill them all!" Chen Wu led his troops to rush and kill frantically in the Qiuci camp, the steel spear in his hand was wiped left and right, and the Qiuci defeated soldiers he encountered were killed one by one, the mood was extremely agitated, and he couldn't help but roar, contrary to the calm appearance of the past, of course, he had reason to be excited - although Chen Wu had been experienced in a hundred battles since he followed Li Zhen, but it was the first time to lead the troops alone, seeing that Liu Whirlwind, Liu Qi and other former generals had now led their own troops, Chen Wu also had a sense of urgency, It's not that I'm worried that I'll fall out of favor with Li Zhen, but as a general, I can't always hover under Li Zhen's wings.

Chen Wu's desperate efforts are not tight, Bai Suyahe's department has fallen into bad luck - since the order of the king of Qiuzi, led 4,500 soldiers and horses to besiege Shaya, Bai Suyahe has always been wary of the return of the main force of the Tang army, and sent sentinels to investigate the battle on the front line of Hetian, until a few days ago, the lower reaches of the Hotan River were completely cut off, and it was concluded that the main force of the Tang army could not return against the river, and then relaxed, in his opinion, since the main force of the Tang army could not go back by the Hetian road, even if the Tang army was at war with the Qiuzi country, The war can only start from the front line of Puchang, as the rear of Shaya City should not have much war, as for the city of He Dacai, who is a little more than a thousand, Bai Suyahe doesn't care much at all, without him, Bai Suyahe and He Dacai have had a lot of dealings, knowing that He Dacai is a general, not a general, he is not afraid of fighting with He Dacai, moreover, Shaya is in the territory of Qiuzi country, even if He Dacai abandons the city and leaves, he can't escape the encirclement and suppression of the Qiuzi army, therefore, Bai Suyahe has been very lax these days, The subordinates are not very restrained, and the guard of the camp is much more sloppy, but I never thought that the main force of the Tang army would be killed in the dark night, and was caught off guard, and was killed by the Tang army. But it was still not the opponent of the Tang army, and was soon rushed into the camp by the Tang cavalry, except for the more than 1,000 Chinese cavalry gathered around Bai Suyahe, who were still able to hold on desperately, the rest of the troops had been defeated one after another.

"Withdraw, withdraw!" Seeing that the defeat of Party B was decided, Bai Suyahe did not dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly issued a retreat order, but Chen Wu, who had never thought of rushing to kill, had already discovered the difference of a large pile of Qiuzi cavalry in the northwest corner of the camp, and led hundreds of cavalry under his command to roar and scatter the rout.

"Resist, resist!" Seeing that Chen Wu was menacing, Bai Suyahe, who knew that if he fled at this time, he must be killed by the Tang army from behind and the whole army was defeated, so he had to lead his personal guards to meet the past, hoping to repel Chen Wu's attack first, and then try to retreat with his whole body.

"Kill, kill, kill!" Chen Wu was the second strongest man in the Anxi Tang Army after Li Zhen, and his marksmanship was taught by Li Zhen, which was comparable to ordinary generals.

"Yike...... Ha! Seeing Chen Wu so fierce, Bai Su Yahe couldn't help but feel a little frightened in his heart, but he still mustered up the courage to rush forward, trying to block Chen Wu's charge, and roared violently, and the horse lance in his hand stabbed Chen Wu's chest like lightning.

Chen Wugang picked up a Qiuzi cavalryman in the air, and before he had time to put away his gun, he suddenly felt that the wind on the right side was wrong, so he didn't care about putting away his gun, and slammed an iron bridge, his waist folded, and the whole person lay on the back of the horse with his back on his back, and narrowly let go of the horse lance stabbed by Bai Suahe.

"Kill!" Bai Suyahe saw that the gun was empty, but he did not panic, he roared, shook his wrist violently, and the horse lance, which was originally straight forward, trembled suddenly, and the body of the gun struck down like a whip, hitting Chen Wu's chest.

"Good time!" At this time, Chen Wuren was lying on his back to the sky, the steel gun in his hand was straight to the sky, and he didn't have time to defend himself, seeing that Bai Suyahe's volley was fierce, he suddenly felt a pang in his heart, and he couldn't care about much, let go of the hand holding the gun, roared violently, and held Bai Suyahe's horse lance in his hand.

Not good! Although Bai Suyahe also has the strength, but compared with Chen Wu, it is a cut behind the boss, how can he block Chen Wu's drag, the palm of his hand was dragged by the handle of the gun and the blood flowed, seeing that he was about to be dragged off the horse, he was so frightened that he hurriedly let go of the horse lance in his hand, and flashed the horse into the oblique spur, and planned to flee desperately, at this time Bai Suyahe no longer considered the whole army and retreated, just thinking about fleeing the battlefield quickly and saving his own life.

Chen Wu obviously didn't expect Bai Suyahe to abandon his gun and run away, using too much force, and in a flash, he was almost shaken off his horse by his own strength, and several of Bai Suyahe's personal guards saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and each rode towards Chen Wu to kill him, and several snow-bright scimitars flashed with the light of death under the reflection of the fire in the camp. "Dog thief dares!" Chen Wu saw that several pawns dared to besiege and kill him so rampantly, and he was suddenly so angry that his face turned blue, and he didn't get up, and the person was lying on the back of the horse, roared, and rounded the horse lance in his hand, and the head and face were swept away, but when he heard the sound of "click", the Qiuzi cavalry who rushed forward did not understand what was going on, and they were all swept off their horses.

"Want to escape? Take your life! Chen Wu has not been so embarrassed since the battle, and when he turned over, he saw that Bai Suyahe had fled into the distance in the chaos of the army, and suddenly became angry, scolded secretly, abandoned the horse lance in his hand, took the big iron bow from his waist, and took the arrow on the string, aiming at Bai Suyahe's back is an arrow.

Chen Wu's archery is definitely the number one person in the Anxi Tang Army, even Li Zhen can't be compared with him in archery, but seeing the feather arrow roaring through the space like a meteor across the sky, it has been shot to Bai Suahe's vest in an instant, Bai Suyahe felt a pain in the vest, and before he could understand what was going on, a burst of darkness struck, and the person had turned over and fallen off the horse, and was trampled on by the chaotic horse that broke up behind him, and he was pitiful for a general of the Guizi country who died tragically under the trampling of the horse's hooves.

Bai Suyahe died, the Qiuzi army, which had been killed by the Tang army, was no longer able to resist, the dead died, the fleeing, and the people who couldn't escape knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, except for sporadic resistance on the entire battlefield, it soon calmed down, and the 4,000 Tang cavalry that attacked from afar defeated the 4,500 cavalry of Bai Suyahe's department with less than 200 casualties, and achieved a great victory in killing Bai Suyahe, the general of the Qiuzi Kingdom, killing more than 1,000 enemies, and capturing nearly 2,000 alive, which can be regarded as a great victory.

Victory is a great joy, even if the Anxi Tang army has long been accustomed to all kinds of victories, but it can defeat Bai Suyahe's department so cleanly, but it is also very exciting, no, the entire city guard mansion is full of joy, whether it is officials or soldiers, they are all talking and cheering with great interest, but as the general of Shaya City, He Dacai's face is not only not very happy, but it shows a strong worry, without him, Chen Wugang announced Li Zhen's secret order to him - the two armies are one, with Chen Wu as the main general, He Dacai is the deputy general, with a time limit of one month, and he will take the entire territory of Qiuzi.

He Dacai listened to the general's order and was silent for a while, then said with a wry smile: "Commander Chen, Your Highness has not returned, how can you break through the Qiuci King City with your two departments and these 5,000 people?" Can General Liu send troops to help? He Dacai's words were full of doubts, without him, there were originally more than 30,000 soldiers in the country of Qiuzi, after the previous battle of Toxa, more than 10,000 people and horses were lost, although it was supplemented several times, but it only reached 25,000 soldiers and horses, today's battle, and 4,500 troops, however, how to calculate that there are still more than 20,000, although its soldiers and horses are scattered in the cities, but its royal city has at least 10,000 defenders, although the combat effectiveness is poor, but with Chen, He two more than 5,000 troops to take its royal city, the difficulty is too high, What's more, along the way, you have to pass through the two small cities of Qicheng and Weicheng City, and with the current troops, it is already very reluctant to defeat these two small cities, so it is no wonder that He Dacai is not confident.

"General He doesn't need to say much, His Royal Highness has his own arrangements, and the limited department is ready to send troops immediately, and early tomorrow morning, the whole army will march out and take the enemy's royal city directly!" Chen Wu didn't explain much, but gave the order coldly.

At this point, although He Dacai had many doubts in his heart, he didn't dare to ask more, so he could only bow down and receive the order, but his heart was full of worry and uneasiness......

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