Kill the tiger's mouth, known as Shenhekou in ancient times, also known as the white wolf pass, the terrain is dangerous, between the east and west mountains form a narrow corridor of more than 3,000 meters long, it becomes a natural pass, out of the pass is the endless prairie, choke three passes and control the five plains, it has always been a place where soldiers must fight, of course, it is also one of the strategic points of the Tang army's encirclement and annihilation of Xue Yantuo's army.

A day ago, although Hou Guozhong's 1,000 cavalry was taken by a sneak attack, but there were more than 100 casualties, at this time there were only more than 800 troops in the pass, in the face of nearly 10,000 Baye ancient tribesmen, it is not easy to hold the city, Hou Guozhong did not dare to be careless, without him, the significance of guarding this pass is too great, and it must not be overlooked, and besides, the so-called "high priest" who can speak fluent official dialect just now also reminded Hou Guozhong - the ancient department of Baye will never be an ordinary grassland liukou, This can be seen from the fact that the ancient department of Baye was able to capture Kaiyang City alone.

In a terrible sound of horns, more than 1,000 Baye ancient cavalry lined up in the open space far away outside the city, and slowly came towards the Guancheng, the speed was not fast, neither did the infantry cooperate, nor did they see any siege equipment in the queue, not to mention the rush to the car, even the ladder did not see a one, this situation suddenly made the Tang officers and soldiers on the pass all dumbfounded, stunned to understand which play the Baye Ancient Department wanted to sing - the cavalry rode a war horse, not a flying horse, Is it possible to rush up to the top of the city along the wall more than ten meters high?

"General Hou, what are you doing here?" Liu Tietao couldn't see the motive for doing this after watching it for a long time, so he had no choice but to look sideways at Hou Guozhong and asked suspiciously.

Hou Guozhong shook his head gently, and said with some uncertainty: "I don't know very well, order all departments to remain vigilant, and don't move without the order of the general." ”

Said that it was too late, that time was fast, just when the Tang army was puzzled, the ancient cavalry of the Baye began to accelerate, more than a thousand cavalry rushed towards the city, just arrived at more than two hundred steps in front of the pass, I saw a horn sounded sadly, more than a thousand cavalry all put down their weapons, everyone opened their bows and arrows, and there was a burst of arrows at the head of the city, Rao is the Tang army has a city dish as a backing, in the case of being caught off guard, there are still more than a dozen people screaming and falling under the arrow, and the more than 1,000 cavalry did not stay in front of the pass, but saw the head of the Baye Tuo whistle, More than a thousand cavalry circled back like a snake in front of the pass, and the chaotic feathered arrows continued to fly out of the cavalry ranks, covering the city like raindrops.

Passive, extremely passive! The Tang army guarding the pass is all cavalry, and the range of the standard bow in the hand is only about 200 steps, which is shorter than the range of the bow and arrow of more than 250 steps of the cavalry of the ancient tribe of Baye, but it is such a small gap, which leads to the situation that the Tang army guarding the pass has always been passively beaten, even if there are some marksmen in the Tang army, how can they take the slightest advantage in this large-scale shooting, they can only hold a round shield of cavalry that is not too big, and hide behind the city plate to be beaten passively, but it is the ancient department of Baye who is attacking the city and keep circling in front of the pass. Unscrupulously rain down the arrows of death on the city.

"The barbarian's ladder is up!" Just when there was chaos in the city, the lookout post that was on guard duty on the high watchtower suddenly shouted, but when he saw the billowing smoke and dust stirred up by the Baye ancient cavalry under the pass, more than a thousand infantry carrying cloud ladders suddenly appeared, and they were rushing towards the city with a shout, and the Baye ancient cavalry who took the lead in the attack had been divided into two teams at some point, inserted from both wings, and the bows and arrows in their hands never stopped, desperately covering the infantry's landing action.

Dangerous! Hou Guozhong had already guessed that the Baye Ancient Department was not simple, but he still didn't expect that the Baye Ancient Department would launch a siege operation like this, if the Baye Ancient Department was allowed to climb the city, then the Tang Army would be in danger, and he couldn't help but feel anxious, pulled out the horizontal knife on his waist, Huo Ran got up, and roared loudly: "Sons, beat the barbarians down, kill!" ”

Suddenly, the Tang Dynasty soldiers who got the order no longer cared about the rain of arrows of the ancient cavalry of the Baye, and stood up from behind the city saucer, bows and arrows, sasswood, and rolling stones fell one after another, and smashed fiercely at the siege troops of the Baye Ancient Department who were erecting a ladder under the city......

At noon, at the head of Shenwu City, Li Zhen stood under the banner of hunting and fluttering like a sculpture, quietly looked at the enemy camp not far away, silently did not say a word, since the time of the fight, the enemy camp outside the city was lively endlessly, there were constantly large groups of enemy troops to arrive, one after another the camp rose from the ground, the sound of repairing siege ladders, catapults and other siege equipment was non-stop, people roared and neighed, how noisy, but never saw the enemy army out of the camp to attack the city.

Good guy, it's really fast, grandma's, to say the least, there are 100,000 horses, and I really look up to Lao Tzu, fuck, this time it's too big! Li Zhen roughly estimated the number of enemy troops who came to reinforce Shenwu, although he had already prepared in his heart, he couldn't help but make a sudden mistake and cursed secretly, but he was not worried that Xue Yantuo's department would immediately launch a fierce attack, without him, Shenwu was just a bait, both Tang Jun and Xue Yantuo were very aware of this, and now both sides wanted to use Shenwu as a bait to fish each other, as long as the battle on the periphery had not started, Li Zhen's bait would be safe for the time being, as for who could catch whom, it would depend on their own abilities.

"Your Highness, the enemy army is strong, Shenwu is in danger, while the enemy's foothold is not stable, His Highness should hurry up and break through the siege, and the last general is willing to defend the city to the death and live and die with Shenwu." Qiao Shengtai, who was standing beside Li Zhen, stared at the enemy camp outside the city with a pair of bloodshot and red leopard eyes for a long time, and suddenly fell to his knees and exhorted loudly.

"Yes, Your Highness, it's still too late to leave at this time, the lower officials and others swear to defend the city to the death, please rest assured, Your Highness." Shenwu County ordered Liu Chen to see the enemy army so big, and he was also a little frightened in his heart, although he was not afraid of death, but he didn't dare to let Li Zhen take this risk, and hurriedly persuaded him.

Walk? Hehe, it's too late to leave now! Li Zhen knew in his heart that it was absolutely impossible for Xue Yantuo to send 100,000 troops to take the posture of Shenwu, and it was absolutely impossible to let himself get out calmly, besides, if Li Zhen left, this battle would have to be blown up, once this was the case, Xue Yantuo's army would inevitably turn around and rush towards the tiger's mouth, how could Hou Guozhong's 1,000 troops be able to resist, and all the relevant deployments before were afraid that they would all be lost. For the sake of secrecy, Li Zhen did not disclose the overall strategy to Liu and Qiao, not to mention the two of them, even Qin Huaiyu did not know all the relevant details, at this time, seeing that the two were restless, and the Tang defenders on the side were worried, Li Zhen laughed loudly and said: "Zeng Yun, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: Those who commit crimes against me will be punished even if they are far away, could it be that my Tang Dynasty is not as good as the former Hanhu?" This king is not going anywhere, just at the head of this Shenwu City, the barbarian dares to come, and the big guy will kill his mother! Sons, do you dare to fight to the death with this king? ”

"Fight! War! War! The Tang soldiers at the head of the city were all infected by Li Zhen's arrogance, everyone let go of their throats, shouted loudly, and the heroic voice resounded in the sky, even the magnanimity of the camp sitting in the distance could be heard clearly.

"War? Hmph, what a breath! Dadu, who was holding a military meeting, was suddenly interrupted by the roar of the city, and with his knowledge, he could naturally guess that this move was the Tang Army doing pre-war mobilization, so he couldn't help but sneer, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Which commander dares to go back?" Let Tang Jun take a look at the majesty of my prairie man! ”

In addition to the more than 60,000 men and horses of Xue Yantuo's headquarters, the rest is the 30,000 troops of Hui Hui, and the rest of the soldiers and horses have been dispersed in Shuozhou according to the secret order set by Dadu. Tudu, the commander of the Hui Ministry, didn't want to start a war with the Tang Army in his heart, and naturally he wouldn't be able to come out at this time, but the generals of the Xue Yantuo Department were winning the battle because of the succession, and the momentum was booming at this time.

"Excellent! The generals were brave, and the governor was very pleased. Dadu set waved his hand very satisfied: "I heard that Li Zhennai, the king of Yue, is a brave general, and he is very good at winning the three armies, and this governor is worried that you are not his opponent." ”

"Governor, let the last general cut off Li Zhen's dog's head."

"Governor, the last general will go and capture that thief."

"Dadu Governor, see that the end will be leveled by Shenwu in one fell swoop!"

…… Dadu's method of setting up this trick really worked, and the commanders and commanders of the thousands and thousands of commanders who rushed forward were immediately provoked to scream, and the crowd was enraged, and they couldn't wait to immediately send troops to attack Shenwu City.

"Good!" Dadu Shi Huo suddenly stood up, and said with excitement on his face: "Chahar, listen to the order." ”

A red-faced man squeezed out of the generals with a happy face, nodded to the ground on one knee, and said in a loud voice: "The last general, please order the capital." ”

Dadu's face twitched and said: "Chahar, you usually boast of your martial arts, and the Japanese governor has ordered you to go to the city to invite you to fight, be sure to provoke Li Zhen'er out of the city, this governor will live!" ”

"Yes!" Chahar jumped up excitedly, ignoring the jealous eyes of the surrounding generals, and strode out of the Chinese army's tent.

"It's time to be quick, Chida, Birondo, Ersu, come forward and listen to the order." As soon as Chahar came out of the Chinese army's tent, Dadu set up four thousand commanders in a row.

"The end will be waiting!" The four commanders, who had just been a little frustrated by not being able to fight for the lead, hurriedly stood up.

"It should be speedy and Chida, you two will lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to line up behind the battle, once Li Zhenxiaoer goes out of the city to face the battle, you and others will immediately divide the troops to outflank the two wings, and be sure to cut off Li Zhenxiaoer's way back to the city; Birondo, Ersu, you two are the marksmen in our army, this governor orders you two to hide in the army, as long as Li Zhenxiaoer and Chahar move, shoot them off the horse immediately, remember to shoot the horse, do not hurt this person's life. Da Du Shi glanced at the generals coldly, and said with a cruel smile.

In the melee of the grassland tribes, there are no young and old heads-up, but they are all fighting with real skills, and there are very few people who put cold arrows when they are heads-up, and they are all grassland braves, and they have always considered themselves brave, at this time, when they heard that they had set up such a sinister strategy, they did not look at each other from the ground, and they did not react for a while, and they hesitated and did not dare to step forward to receive the order.

Dadu smiled and said, "What? Do you want to disobey? ”

The generals have all seen the means set up by magnanimity, and at this time, seeing that the expression of magnanimity is not right, how dare they say anything, and they are busy answering the promise, and they are going out of the account to prepare not to mention it.

Tudu glanced at Dadu, stroked his beard, and asked with a little hesitation: "Governor, will this Li Zhen go out of the city to fight?" ”

Dadu Sheha laughed and said: "It doesn't matter if he can't get out, as long as he dares to go out of the city, then don't think about going back, if he doesn't go out of the city, I'm afraid that the morale of the Shenwu defenders will be gone, and the left and right are sure to make money and not lose money, why don't you gamble?" Haha......"

Tudu Fan and Tong Jin Yeda glanced at each other, and there was an indescribable emotion in their eyes, but they didn't dare to say anything, they could only praise each other, and the sycophants who didn't want money, ecstasy soup and the like could be sent vigorously, and they couldn't close their mouths when they heard the generous smile......