Xingxing Gorge is named because of its mountain - the mountain rocks on both sides of the canyon are more quartz, whenever the moon is in the sky, the mountain rock flashes like the stars are bright, so it is called Xingxing Mountain, and the canyon between the mountains is therefore called Xingxing Gorge, since ancient times it is the watershed between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, and it is also an important pass on the Silk Road, the two ends of Xingxing Gorge belong to Guazhou and Anxi, because of the traffic pass, there was originally a military camp in Guazhou and a small village here, but after the rise of the sand bandits, the military camp here was captured by the sand thieves and destroyed for many years. The small village is long gone, and only the howling wind whipped up the yellow sand in the narrow S-shaped valley.

Xingxing Gorge is undoubtedly extremely desolate - there are no people within a radius of 100 miles, but desolation does not mean ugly, on the contrary, the night view of Xingxing Gorge is a beautiful scene in the desert, and if you are lucky enough to be able to see the situation of the stars and the "stars" in the mountains, you will definitely be lost in the dream-like scenery, intoxicated and difficult to extricate yourself, the taste is really indescribable, only with your own eyes, you can understand the wonder.

September 15, when the moon is full, the bright moon like a disc generously swayes with silver light, illuminating the entire Star Gorge brightly, the sky full of stars and the flickering of quartz stones in the mountain rock echo each other, heaven and earth are connected, making people have a sense of confusion in the unity of heaven and earth, it is difficult for anyone to stay awake in front of such beautiful scenery, but Qin Wenhua, who is standing on the top of a small hill, has no intention of nostalgia for it, a pair of eyes that are always bright on weekdays are confused at this time, but not because of the beautiful scenery, but concerned about the whole battle situation.

Qin Wenhua was originally a Jianghuai family, although he was not a wealthy family, but he also had little wealth, he was a businessman, he had read poetry and books since he was a child, only because he was born in a poor family, although he passed the Ming classics, but he failed to be elected to the official, and he went out with the caravan in a fit of anger, planning to travel all over the world, and inadvertently got acquainted with He Chengye, who was the son of the town guard of Yumen Pass at that time, and Liu Whirlwind, who had not yet made a career, and had similar feelings for each other, and followed the Taoyuan to worship, wanting to break out of a new world in the desert. He Chengye's military training skills are really invincible, but in just three or five years, this desert has been the plaything in the hands of the three brothers.

Who is Li Zhen? That's not a good Lord! Qin Wenhua, who had stayed in Beijing for a period of time, knew this very well, and also understood that His Royal Highness, who was both civil and military, had ulterior motives in inviting him to send the frontier, and he also knew that Li Zhen would definitely fight in all directions when he came here, and the Hami region in the hinterland of Anxi was destined to be Li Zhen's primary appeasement target, and it was precisely because of this that Qin Wenhua strongly advocated taking advantage of Li Zhen's unstable foothold to start first, one of which gave Li Zhen a profound lesson, so that he understood that the sand thieves were the real masters of the desert. Second, he also planned to take this opportunity to force Li Zhen to sign an alliance under the city to prevent the main force of the Tang army from coming to sweep and retaliate, but it was a pity that Qin Wenhua calculated everything, but he didn't expect Li Zhen's calculation to be so high.

The Liuyuan ambush was defeated again, this Qin Wenhua already knew from the report of the rout, Li Zhen's department is now marching towards Xingxing Gorge Qin Wenhua also got relevant information from Tanma, but Qin Wenhua still didn't dare to conclude whether Li Zhen really planned to return to Yumen Pass on this trip, let alone that Li Zhen would walk into his ambush circle so swaggeringly, there was an ominous premonition always entangled in his heart, which made Qin Wenhua feel very breathless, so no matter how beautiful the scenery in front of him was, Qin Wenhua had no intention of paying attention, His eyes were full of doubts - after the first battle of Liu Yuan of the Tang Army, he stopped moving, neither moved towards Xingxing Gorge, nor turned around and went to Jiaohe, just stopped in the middle of the road, so that Qin Wenhua couldn't guess where Li Zhen's thoughts were, and besides, the main force of the defeated sand thieves has not yet been traced, and it has been almost a day, not to mention returning to Xingxing Gorge, even a messenger has not been sent, Qin Wenhua can't understand whether there is a problem between Sha Feiluo and Liu Whirlwind, And then there is whether the ambush in this Star Gorge will definitely be able to trap Li Zhen in it, all of this is a mystery at the moment, and Qin Wenhua still has the heart to appreciate those beautiful scenery.

"Second master, the messenger of Yumen Pass has arrived." Just as Qin Wenhua was thinking about it, a sand thief climbed to the top of the hill and reported breathlessly.

"Oh?" Qin Wenhua came to his senses, his slightly emaciated body trembled suddenly, and he didn't care to ask more, and hurried to the campsite on the mountainside along the mountain path full of strange rocks.

The messenger was a tall and thin man, his face was covered with sweat, and the exhaustion of his face was clearly visible even under the moonlight, which was obviously caused by the road for several days, and he was squatting on a big stone worriedly at this time, ignoring the greetings of several sand thieves around him, and when he saw Qin Wenhua who arrived in a hurry, the man didn't care about the sand thieves on the side, jumped up, hurriedly stepped forward, and said with an anxious face: "Second master, something happened in the pass!" ”

"What? What's going on? Say it! Qin Wenhua recognized that the messenger was He San's second son He Houye by the bright moonlight, and when he heard him say that something had happened in the city, this surprise was not trivial, his face turned white with a "brush", and he hurriedly asked, but he never thought that He Houye was complacent and anxious, but he just looked around, and never said anything, such a strange move fell into Qin Wenhua's eyes, but Qin Wenhua woke up, shook his head, and said with a long sigh: "Okay, this is not the place to talk, Houye, and come with so-and-so." As soon as the words fell, regardless of whether He Houye followed behind or not, Qin Wenhua walked straight to the top of the hill where he had stayed before, He Houye was stunned at first, then stomped his feet, and chased Qin Wenhua to the top of the hill tightly.

He San is the most important eyes and ears of the "whirlwind thief", don't look at it as just the identity of a domestic servant, but he has been with He Wanglong, the history of Guazhou's assassination, the information is far more comparable, the "whirlwind thief" can avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Guazhou government several times, and can also repeatedly play the Tang army in Guazhou, all relying on He San's ventilation report, now the desert war situation is in chaos, suddenly heard that Guazhou has changed, Rao is Qin Wenhua is calm, at this time he is already in turmoil, looking at the night sky of the stars flashing, his heart is at a loss, When he heard the footsteps behind him, he said without looking back: "There is no one here, you can just say it." There was a clear sense of exhaustion in his voice.

"Qin Er is in charge, here's the thing: my father found out that the two thousand soldiers and horses sent to escort His Royal Highness King Yue never returned to Guanzhong, so he became suspicious, thinking about going to find out, and after several twists and turns, he found out that something was wrong, but unfortunately he was accidentally recognized by the master for a while, and his father had been put in prison, and the little one ran out to report the news......" He Houye babbled endlessly, but never said the whereabouts of the two thousand soldiers and horses, and Qin Wenhua's already annoying heart suddenly became a little more annoyed, although he didn't look back, But his brows tightened, and he raised his hand and said, "Enough, let's say, where are the two thousand soldiers and horses now?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, the little one said." He Houye raised his sleeves, as if to wipe the sweat on his head, but when the sleeves danced, there was a silver light, which was a narrow and thin dagger, but seeing He Houye quickly grabbed half a step forward, the person was already attached to Qin Wenhua's back, and the short dagger in his hand was tightly pressed against Qin Wenhua's back, and he said in a trembling voice: "The soldiers and horses are here!" ”

"You ......" Qin Wenhua was originally a scholar who did not rhyme with martial arts, and at this time, when he was in turmoil, how could he prevent He Houye's sneak attack, he was immediately restrained, the whole person froze, and he couldn't speak for a while, and after a long time, he sighed and said: "In this way, all this should be the idea of His Royal Highness King Yue, once the Tang army has arrived, it seems that this battle will not have to be fought anymore, a certain admitting defeat, alas, ......"

"Mr. Qin, I'm sorry, I am also acting on orders, Your Highness has an explanation, you must not hurt Mr., Mr. should have no worries, please forgive me for being rude!" He Houye said sorry, but the knife in his right hand never left Qin Wenhua's vest, and he freed up a left hand to hold a fire medium, but it lit up in a flash, and after three circles in the air, he pressed the fire medium out on the big stone beside him, and then cautiously put it into his arms.

A moment later, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the canyon, a Biao army horse galloped in the night, and in an instant it had rushed to the foot of the mountain where Qin Wenhua was standing, in the smoke and dust, a group of people roared and horses, not counting, the Tang army in a hurry surrounded the hill, lined up at the foot of the mountain, but did not start the mountain attack, but a fierce and murderous atmosphere rose to the sky, startling the sand thieves on the hill bag screaming and screaming in all directions.

"Mr. Qin, the army has arrived, could you please order everyone to lay down their weapons? Even if you can still unleash the Rolling Stones, it won't last a while at most, but why bother to kill more? Seeing that the reinforcements had arrived, He Houye immediately spoke neatly, and even coaxed and persuaded Qin Wenhua to die of resistance.

"That's it, now that a certain person has admitted defeat, he won't think about it anymore, so you don't need to say more nonsense, just go." Qin Wenhua had calmed down at this time, turned his head to look at He Houye, shook his head with a wry smile, and didn't care that he was still holding a short knife behind him, straightened his sleeves, and walked towards the mountainside......

The night is very deep, in fact, the day has already passed the ugly time at this time, and it should be early in the morning, but Liu Whirlwind did not have a trace of sleep, just stood quietly in front of his Chinese army tent and looked at the starry sky in a daze, his face was full of fall, of course, whoever suffered such a fiasco he experienced, I am afraid that it will be like this - I think that he had more than 3,400 sons and daughters, how high-spirited he was, but it was only less than half a month, and he was defeated again and again, and there are only more than 1,000 of the 3,400 brave men who are still alive. Even Sha Feihu's department is not as good, in the face of such a tragic ending, Liu Whirlwind has a feeling of wanting to cry without tears, I don't know who blew the Qiang flute in the distance, and the suffocating tune floated into his ears, which made Liu Whirlwind feel a sense of heroic end, but more of it was unwilling.

Unwilling, Liu Whirlwind is not reconciled, he is unwilling to be so completely defeated, a kind of desire to turn over the book is constantly brewing and expanding in his heart, Liu Whirlwind can't wait to immediately raise the army to kill Li Zhen's camp, to have a final blood fight, but it's a pity that he can't-it's been a day, it's been a day, and the remnants of the collected soldiers are only so little in their early thousands, even if you add more than 1,300 people and horses under Sha Feihuo's department, it is only two thousand, four or five, just such a few people, if you really fight head-on with the Tang Army, I'm afraid it's not enough to even stuff people's teeth, so he can only wait, in addition to waiting for the scattered sons to return to the team, more importantly, waiting for Li Zhen's department to leave, Liu Whirlwind knows very well in his heart, only Li Zhen's department has moved, and his own side can have a chance to win, without him, after the battle the day before yesterday, Liu Whirlwind has found that Li Zhen's supplies are not enough to support the needs of his army's journey across the desert, all he can do is to return to the army Yumen Pass, wait for the snow to melt in the coming year, and then go to Jiaohe, As long as Li Zhen dared to step into the Star Gorge, Liu Whirlwind was completely sure that he would be able to leave Li Zhen behind - the messenger sent by Qin Wenhua had arrived, and everything in the Star Star Gorge was ready, just waiting for Li Zhen to enter the Gorge.

"Brother Liu, what's the matter? Can't sleep? Just when Liu Whirlwind was looking at the sky that was gradually brightening up in a daze, Sha Feiluo quietly appeared beside him at some point, and asked as if concerned and sarcastic.

Damn old slippery head! As soon as Liu Whirlwind heard Sha Feihuo's ridiculous tone, he didn't get angry - in the battle the day before yesterday, although the Sha family brothers also lost the battle, they didn't lose too many men and horses, obviously they didn't try their best at all, if he could attack fiercely, even if he delayed Li Zhen for another quarter of an hour, everything would not be the result it is now, maybe the princess had already been captured, even if he couldn't, how could the "whirlwind thief" easily withdraw from it, so as not to fall into such a hurtful fate now, If it weren't for the fact that Sha Feiluo's third brother Sha Ao also fell into the hands of Li Zhen in the first battle the day before yesterday, Liu Whirlwind suspected that Sha Feiluo was planning to kill people with a knife, but it was clear that Liu Whirlwind was still annoyed that Sha Feiluo didn't do his best in battle, if it weren't for the fact that the Xingxing Gorge War was inseparable from Sha Feiluo's assistance, Liu Whirlwind really didn't want to be verbose with Sha Feihuo, and when he heard Sha Feihu's words, Liu Whirlwind just replied lightly: "Didn't Brother Sha also sleep all night?" ”

"Yes, I can't sleep, alas, there is no vanity under the fame, the ancients were honest and did not deceive me, who would have thought that the young His Royal Highness King Yue would be so capable of fighting, a certain person has never been convinced in his life, this time he is really convinced." Facing Liu Whirlwind's rhetorical question, Sha Feiluo shrugged his shoulders, with a weird wry smile on his face, shaking his head and sighing.

"What? Brother Sha, is this afraid? Liu Xuanfeng was upright, although he knew that Sha Feiluo's words were true, but he couldn't swallow it in one breath, he turned his head suddenly, looked at Sha Feiluo coldly, gritted his teeth and asked.

"Afraid? Hey, I'm afraid, but it's a pity that I have to fight this battle no matter how afraid I am, Sha is a man at the top of the desert, how can he surrender to others, how? If you're afraid, Li Zhen'er will be able to let me go? Sha Feiluo spread his hands and said with a helpless look: "Brother Liu, it's not that Sha is saying frustrating words, whether Brother Qin's calculation of setting up Fuxing Xingxia can succeed or not, I really can't rest assured!" ”

Obedient and listening, Liu Whirlwind is a awake person, how can he not hear Sha Feiluo's words Although it is beautiful, Keneri is full of retreat, and under the urgency, he is a little anxious, he stares at Sha Feiluo hatefully, forcibly suppresses the anger in his heart, and says as calmly as possible: "Brother Sha, according to the predetermined plan, if there is no movement in the canyon, we don't have to start it, but once Li Zhen's department is trapped in the valley, we only need to hold the mouth of the valley with a bow and crossbow, and there is no need to fight to the death with it, so why be afraid, even if things are not harmonious, It's very easy to withdraw, it's really dangerous to be the second brother of a certain one, Brother Sha can't help but worry too much! ”

Seeing that Liu Whirlwind had revealed his own thoughts, Sha Fei Camel was full of thick skin, and he couldn't help but have a fever on his face, just thinking about explaining one or two, but he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and couldn't help but stop talking, and looked at the simple camp gate, and immediately saw a flying horse rolling in the morning light, and the person on the horse was one of the scouts sent to monitor Li Zhen's department last night, and he hurriedly pulled Liu Whirlwind's arm and said: "Brother Liu, there is news, Li Zhen'er should leave!" ”

It was really called Sha Feiluo to guess correctly, but I saw that the sand thief scout rushed into the camp gate non-stop, and it was not until the big tent of the Chinese army that he rolled the saddle and dismounted, pointed to the ground on one knee, clenched his fists with both hands, and reported loudly: "Report, the army of the king of Yue has pulled out the camp at the end of the day, and is rushing to Xingxing Gorge, and the army is marching very fast!" ”

"Oh?" Liu Whirlwind and Sha Feiluo each snorted and glanced at each other, each of them showed the essence of Xiyi's eyes, but they didn't say anything immediately.

"Brother Sha, can you start?" After being silent for a while, Liu Whirlwind took the lead in asking.

Sha Feiluo frowned, rolled his eyes, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Okay, then let's start!" ”

"Good!" Liu Whirlwind didn't say anything more, and ordered loudly: "Come on, blow the assembly horn, and the whole army will be pulled!" ”

Suddenly, the mournful sound of the horn sounded loudly in the morning light, and the dead sand pirate camp was in chaos for a while, and thousands of troops hurriedly gathered, and even the tents for lodging were not even packed before they let their horses gallop away into the distance......

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