On April 26, the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, the heavy rain stopped, the clouds opened and the fog dispersed, the afternoon sun quietly poked out of the thick clouds, the mist transpired, a gorgeous rainbow proudly hung in the sky, the water droplets that reflected the tip of the grass leaves were also shining with colorful light, the fresh air with a faint earthy smell, the birds shuttled and flew between the branches, a few fat hares stopped and jumped between the bushes, everything on the grassland of Yizhou seemed to be so harmonious and beautiful, then, A flying horse galloping from a distance broke this quiet and peaceful, but seeing the anxious look on the horse's face, he didn't care about the ** war horse at all, and desperately rushed towards Yiwu City in the distance.

In the study room of the Yizhou Thorn Mansion, Chai Zhewei, who was dressed in a blue single coat, sat behind the desk with an expressionless face, holding a copy of "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" in his right hand, and his left hand lightly stroked the long beard on his chest, as if he was in a trance, but his eyes did not fall on the book at all, his eyes were very scattered, and it was obvious that his heart was by no means as calm as it appeared on the surface.

It's been seven months, and it's been seven months since I came to Anxi in a blink of an eye, although a lot of things have been done, although the decrees issued are unimpeded, and although the officials below are also respectful of themselves, Chai Zhewei always has a feeling that it is not too good, that is, he seems to be an outsider, and he can't fit into the circle of Anxi, which makes Chai Zhewei, who has always taken his father as an example and always wants to make a career, feel uncomfortable.

Resentment of Li Zhen? Chai Zhewei will not and does not dare, to be honest, in the past six months or so, although Chai Zhewei has not had much contact with Li Zhen, but he admires Li Zhen's clever skills in both military and political affairs, in his opinion, the Tang Dynasty can have such a pillar of Li Zhen, and the great governance of the frontier is inevitable, and this is difficult for him Chai Zhewei to pat the horse, if possible, Chai Zhewei is very willing to follow Li Zhen to dominate the world and live happily, but unfortunately he can't, not to have any old grudges with Li Zhen, let alone out of jealousy, But because of the status, the reason is very simple, Li Shimin sent him Chai Zhewei to Anxi, although he never had a special explanation, but his real intention was to mix some sand into the iron-clad camp of Anxi, which Chai Zhewei knew in his heart, just ask in this situation, how could Chai Zhewei, who existed as sand, really join Li Zhen's camp, even if Chai Zhewei wanted it in his heart, he would never dare to do it, but the taste of being suspicious and even putting it aside made Chai Zhewei feel uncomfortable in his heart- As the deputy governor of Anxi Daduhufu, when the Dadu Governor Li Zhen went to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, he could only sit in the rear and watch, not only could not support the overall situation of the rear, but could only manage Yizhou, and even the military of Yizhou could not be easily intervened, and the taste of being ignored was so depressed, but what bothered Chai Zhewei even more was that there was no one to talk about the depression in his heart, so he could only taste it alone, which was really unbearable.

"Master, the envoy of Liu Zhen is here, saying that he has urgent military affairs to see you." Just when Chai Zhewei was full of thoughts, the housekeeper walked in and reported in a low voice.

"Oh?" Chai Zhewei put down the book in his hand, raised his head, frowned slightly, and said in a calm voice: "Please General Liu come to the study." ”

"Yes, sir." The housekeeper replied respectfully, exited the study, and after a few moments, led Liu Qi, the envoy of Yizhou Town, into the study.

"The last general will see the governor of Chadu." Liu Qi, dressed in bright light armor, strode into the study and saluted respectfully.

Chai Zhewei was stunned when he saw Liu Qi wearing heavy armor, but he didn't rush to ask, but waved his hand and motioned for the housekeeper to withdraw, and then asked with a smile: "General Liu doesn't have to be polite, but there is military affairs here?" ”

Liu Qi was born in a commoner, and he had no good impression of those children of the family, however, he partnered with Chai Zhewei for more than half a year, and they cooperated happily with each other. It is expected to arrive at the foot of Igo Castle in three days. ”

"Huh?" When Chai Zhewei heard this, he was shocked, although his face did not change, but his heart was neutral, he frowned, and did not ask more details, but strode to the large sand table in the corner of the study and squatted down, staring at the sand table with a pair of eyes, and after being silent for a while, he asked without raising his head: "What is General Liu's plan?" ”

"The governor of Chai Dudu, the enemy is outnumbered, it is really difficult to hold on, the last general thinks that he should win with surprise, and the last general is willing to lead three thousand cavalry to attack the camp at night." Liu Qi did not hide his thoughts and reported loudly.

"Raiding the camp?" Chai Zhewei Huoran stood up, turned back suddenly, his brows were tightly locked, his face was full of solemnity, without him, after Li Zhen led the main force to the expedition, there were only more than 17,000 troops left in the entire Anxi, of which more than 11,000 were deployed on the front line of Hezhou, in case of Tibet, and could not be mobilized at all, and most of the remaining more than 6,000 troops were deployed in Yizhou, it seems that the number of troops is not small, but first, the recruits in it account for more than half, and secondly, the five counties and six cities in Yizhou, such a few soldiers and horses will go down, it is really stretched, Although Chai Zhewei has tried his best to strengthen the city defense of each city, and has also organized the young and strong of each city to prepare for the defense, however, in the face of the fifteen thousand cavalry of Xue Yantuo's Wuyanda Division, the pressure of defense is too great, can you hold on to Li Zhenhui's division Chai Zhewei has no bottom in his heart, and furthermore, now that the Qingshui River has not yet started a war, Wuyanda's department has actually moved first, what is wrong here Chai Zhewei can't figure it out, at this time, he has to take out half of his troops to attack the camp, how dare Chai Zhewei make such a determination- If you can succeed, it's just that, in case of defeat, these 3,000 soldiers and horses will be broken, what will they take to defend the city?

Chai Zhewei does not approve of taking risks in his heart, but what he knows clearly is that Liu Qi is just a Yizhou town guard, but he is the absolute confidant of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and the actual controller of the army of Yizhou, not a figure that he Chai Zhewei can suppress, so although Chai Zhewei does not agree with Liu Qi's proposition, he will not directly oppose it, but asked calmly: "Why did General Liu say this?" ”

"Governor of Chai Du, according to the front-line battle report, the battle of Qingshuihe is imminent, once there is a police in Yizhou, the front-line army will have a fluctuating heart, therefore, the last general thinks that the reason why the enemy is dispatched at this time, its intention is self-evident, our army is really not suitable to hold on, we should break the enemy as soon as possible, and the enemy has many soldiers, deceive our soldiers, will be unprepared, night attack can be broken!" Liu Qi and Chai Zhewei have been getting along for a while, and they already know the way to express different opinions about them, and as soon as Chai Zhewei's voice fell, Liu Qi explained unhurriedly.

"Hmm." Chai Zhewei raised his eyebrows, and a glint flashed in his eyes - Chai Zhewei, as the deputy governor of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, is extremely concerned about the war on the front line of the Qingshui River, although he can also get various military reports from the front, but he can't see the confidential military information in the hands of the "Rising Sun", and can't make an accurate judgment. The rear is even more inmissible, rather than sending half of the troops to do a very risky night attack, it is better to hold on with all their might, and after Qingshuihe is defeated, the enemy army will naturally retreat, there is no need to take unnecessary risks, but I think so, but after all, the military power is in the hands of Liu Qi, Chai Zhewei does not want to completely fall out with Liu Qi, so he muttered for a while: "How sure is General Liu there?" ”

This question is not easy to answer, but since Liu Qi dared to put forward the proposal of attacking the camp, he naturally had done his homework, as soon as Chai Zhewei's voice fell, Liu Qi walked to the sand table, squatted down, pointed on the sand table and calmly analyzed: "Yu Du Du, according to Xue Yantuo's practice of marching, the day is only eighty miles, according to the sentry news, the enemy set up camp this morning, and today should be overnight in the area of Sidaowan, more than 150 miles away from my Yiwu City, it may not prevent our army from robbing the camp, this is one of them; Second, it will rain heavily at noon today, and tomorrow morning will be a foggy day, if our army sends troops at this time, by the early morning just in time for the fog, the enemy will not be able to determine the reality of our army, and in a hasty engagement, it will not be defeated; Third, the enemy is open and we are secret, and every move of the enemy is under the supervision of our army's sentinels, although our army is outnumbered, it is defenseless to be prepared to attack, and there is no obstacle to breaking the enemy, so the final will have a fifty percent chance of winning this battle. ”

Fifty percent of the odds of winning are already quite high, not to mention fifty percent of the odds, that is, thirty percent of the odds of winning are already considerable, this is a weak attack on the strong, it is worth gambling, Chai Zhewei, who inherited his parents' martial arts, is not a timid person, if he and Liu Qi change positions, he also dares to bet on such a time, but he is not Liu Qi after all, what he has to consider is the safety of the entire Yizhou, before the last resort, Chai Zhewei actually does not want to take too many risks, but in the face of a possible big victory, Chai Zhewei is also quite excited, and how to choose has become a difficult problem.

Time passed minute by minute, Chai Zhewei's brows were always locked, silently pondering, and Liu Qi was not in a hurry, and did not say anything to urge, just stood quietly aside, waiting for Chai Zhewei's decision - Liu Qi was not in a hurry, that was because he had the bottom in his heart, whether Chai Zhewei agreed or not, with the military power of the camera given by Li Zhen before leaving, Liu Qi could also lead his troops to attack, the reason why Chai Zhewei agreed, in addition to a kind of respect from his subordinates for the nominal chief, the main thing is that this is from Li Zhen's confession, As for why Li Zhen had this explanation, it is not something that Liu Qi can guess in vain.

"Okay, in that case, the Governor will go with General Liu!" After a long time, Chai Zhewei raised his eyebrows and said with a resolute face.

"This ......" Liu Qi didn't expect that Chai Zhewei, a child of a family, would dare to play the night raid of licking blood with a knife, and he was stunned.

"General Liu, without further ado, you and I will immediately lead the army to set off." Chai Zhewei saw that Liu Qi didn't react for a long time, frowned unhappily, and urged.

"Governor Chai Du, the last general can go to the camp robbery, and the rear still depends on the governor to preside over the overall situation, please think twice." How dare Liu Qi really let Chai Zhewei risk life and death, and hurriedly spoke out to persuade him.

"I have made up my mind, if this battle is won, the overall situation will be decided, if it is defeated, there is no overall situation to preside, General Liu does not need to persuade again, come to someone, change clothes and armor for the governor!" Chai Zhewei no longer gave Liu Qi a chance to persuade him, walked out of the study, and walked towards the front hall, Liu Qi had no choice but to smile bitterly and shake his head, and went to arrange the relevant matters of the expedition without mentioning it.

Sidao Bay, the ancient place name, taken from a small stream flowing out of Santang Lake - Caozi Creek in this place around a low hill turned four big bends, so it is named Sidao Bay, located in the oasis where Yizhou is located and the edge of the desert Gobi, the terrain is flat and open, because of the water source, the grass and trees are still lush and deep, in the past it was also one of the pastures for herdsmen to graze, however, since the beginning of April Xue Yantuo Wuyanda Department stationed in Santang Lake, Yizhou has moved the nearby small tribes to the depths of the oasis, the implementation of the strong wall clearing, The huge grassland is already uninhabited, and the army of Xue Yantuo who set off from Santang Lake camped here.

At four o'clock, it was about to dawn, the waning moon on the horizon was dim and cold, the fog on the grassland began to rise, first it was as thin as a light veil, floating in the grass and bushes, and soon, the fog became thicker and thicker, rising higher and higher, and gradually completely blocked the already lightless moon, although it was not yet to reach the point of reaching out and not seeing the five fingers, but even by the light of the torch, I didn't want to see the scene three feet away, the sky and the earth were a chaotic haze, and in the silence, The footsteps of the patrolmen coming and going from Xue Yantuo's camp were particularly dull.

On a small hill about a mile and a half away from Xue Yantuo's camp, Liu Qi, who was dressed in armor, lay on the grass and watched the Xue Yantuo military camp, which was still clearly visible, gradually disappear into the thick fog, took a deep breath, quietly retreated to the back of the mountain, and gestured silently to the dozen or so black-clothed men who had been waiting for a long time.

Waiting is undoubtedly the most anxious thing, especially after galloping for several hours, but can only wait quietly in the dark night for the signal of action, or the signal that I don't know how to wait, it is even more worrying, but even if I am impatient, I have to wait, without him, in order to achieve the suddenness of the attack, it is necessary to make Xue Yantuo's army bomb the camp before we can have a certain success, and in order to achieve this goal, the only hope is pinned on those "Rising Sun" masters who take the lead in attacking, As for whether they can successfully infiltrate Xue Yantuo's camp and create chaos, no one dares to guarantee the ticket.

Waited and waited, and finally waited for the signal to succeed - the fire in the Xue Yantuo camp rose, first in the northeast corner, then in the west, and then in the rear army grain and heavy position, Xue Yantuo's camp was already in flames for a few breaths, and the entire camp was immediately chaotic, and the sound of people roaring and neighing became one, that is, the Tang officers and soldiers who were far away a mile and a half away could hear clearly, and the time to attack had come!

"Assault of the whole army!" Chai Zhewei, who had been waiting for the signal of the fire, issued an assault order, and in an instant, more than 3,000 Tang officers and soldiers roared and rushed towards the Xue Yantuo camp, in order to create the illusion that the army was coming, the Tang army also rushed to the Xue Yantuo camp with more than 3,000 horses that had been left vacant by one person and two horses, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder suddenly sounded in the dark night, and the momentum was extremely huge.

Closer, closer, Chai Zhewei, who rushed to the front of the queue, felt that the blood of his whole body was about to boil - as the eldest son of Chai Shao and Princess Pingyang, Chai Zhewei's veins flowed with the blood of a general, since he was a child, Chai Zhewei grew up in the military camp**, and followed his parents to practice his skills, however, as a general, Chai Zhewei never got the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, which made him feel ashamed every time he thought of it, and now, the opportunity has finally come, Chai Zhewei, who was eager to kill the enemy camp immediately, was already holding the gun, his eyes were wide, and his voice became hoarse and dry due to the roar, but at this time, Chai Zhewei couldn't even care about it, and only the enemy camp was getting closer and closer.

Chaos, chaos! As soon as the officers and men of Xue Yantuo, who were already in chaos due to the fire in the barracks, heard the sound of rolling horses' hooves and the shouts of killing that suddenly exploded in the dense fog, they immediately fell into complete chaos, the officers could not find the soldiers, the soldiers could not find the officers, and the camp was full of routs scurrying around like headless flies, not to mention organizing effective resistance, there were not many people with knives and guns in the barracks, how could they stop the Tang officers and soldiers who had killed into the camp like wolves and tigers, and the collapse of the whole army was inevitable.

"Don't retreat, there are those who dare to run around and kill without mercy, follow the old man, kill the thief!" As the chief general of Xue Yantuo, Wu Yanda did not expect the Tang army's attack to come so violently, seeing that his officers and soldiers were all in chaos, he was so angry that he was naked, and led more than 30 of his guards to rush into the chaos, killing several defeated soldiers one after another, and finally gathered nearly a thousand frightened rebels, and drove the rebels to rush towards the Tang officers and soldiers who were wantonly slashing in their own camp, trying to block the Tang army's attack momentum first, and then make a calculation.

Wuyanda's idea is good, but unfortunately it can't be realized - just when Wuyanda was gathering the rout with a shout, Chai Zhewei, who was rushing to kill, took advantage of the light of the fire in the camp to suddenly find that a lot of Xue Yantuo officers and soldiers had gathered near the big tent of the enemy army, and immediately judged that there was a general Xue Yantuo in that place, and immediately led more than 300 cavalry around him without hesitation to rush towards the Xue Yantuo rout soldiers who had just gathered and did not even pose in a formation. Rushed into the chaos like a killing god, the poor group of Xue Yantuo rebels were frightened, how could they withstand such a brave impact of the Tang army, and they could no longer care about the orders of their own commanders, they all shouted and fled in all directions.

Chai Zhewei's eyes were sharp, and when he saw that Wuyanda was naked, there were many brightly armored soldiers around him, and he immediately knew that this must be a big fish, and he was overjoyed in his heart.

Wuyanda was really brave, as soon as he saw Chai Zhewei wearing bright light armor, he immediately knew that it was the general of the Tang Army, not only did not retreat, but held up the knife, and met him on foot, and dozens of guards on his side saw this, shouting in unison "Protect the marshal" and rushed towards the galloping Tang army.

How can the mantis arm block the car, how can the general of the defeated army be brave, and the result of the dying counterattack can only be to die faster - seeing that Wuyanda rushed over violently, Chai Zhewei roared violently: "Kill!" With a halt in his hand, he stabbed Uyanda in the chest.

"Tide!" Wuyanda saw that Chai Zhewei's shot came very quickly, it was too late to dodge, he turned his heart sideways, roared violently, and the scimitar in his hand went up with all his strength, trying to block the horse lance that came from the assassination with great strength, but he didn't expect Chai Zhewei's shot to be fierce, but it was a false move, as soon as the scimitar in Wuyanda's hand moved, Chai Zhewei had already changed his move, but seeing Chai Zhewei's hands closed, the already castrated spear suddenly slowed down, and he was caught off guard, and Uyanda's knife fell into the air, and before he could stop the knife, I heard Chai Zhewei roar violently: "Take your life!" The body of the gun, which had already stopped, suddenly accelerated, and accurately stabbed Uyanda in the chest, and with the momentum of the horse, he pierced Uyanda's body alive, and the unfortunate Uyanda only had time to scream, and then whined.

"Dashuai, Dashuai!" Seeing that Wuyanda was killed on the spot, his subordinates and guards were all red-eyed, not retreating but advancing, taking advantage of Chai Zhewei's lack of time to collect his gun, they pounced on Chai Zhewei from three sides, regardless of the fact that the Tang officers and soldiers behind Chai Zhewei had already been killed, they all desperately slashed at Chai Zhewei, and there was a great posture of dying with Chai Zhewei.

Oops! Chai Zhewei had a Wuyanda hanging on the gun at this time, and it was impossible to collect the gun and return to defense, even if he abandoned the gun and drew the knife, he was on horseback again, and there was nowhere to hide, his heart suddenly sank, and his face turned pale, just thinking about "my life is over" but suddenly heard two shouts: "The thief dares!" "Be careful!" Accompanied by these two roars, two extremely swift figures flew out of the horse team behind Chai Zhewei, one left and one right, the people were still in the air, and the two horse lances had already danced into flowers, blocking all the knives that cut at Chai Zhewei, it was such a buffer, and the Tang army brigade that rushed up behind had already arrived, stabbing down with guns, and slaughtering all the desperate Xue Yantuo soldiers.

Chai Zhewei, who was a little frightened, took advantage of the fire in the camp to look at the two soldiers with surprisingly high martial arts, but suddenly found that these two people were very raw, and they were both small soldiers, so he couldn't help blurting out: "The two strong men have great names?" ”

The two soldiers didn't say much, but each saluted Chai Zhewei and said: "A certain person was ordered by His Highness to protect the governor, and the escort was late, so the governor was frightened." ”

"Oh?" Chai Zhewei didn't ask any more, just nodded, waved the horse lance in his hand, and ordered loudly: "Kill, don't let go of the thieves!" He led the army to ride his horse again and slaughtered in the chaotic camp of Xue Yantuo......

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