When the demon army from the Arctic land, after the long-distance pursuit of the Tang Dynasty West Expeditionary Army to the ancient city of Loulan, did not launch an attack at the first time, but chose to stop and rest ten arrows away from the city.

Li Jing ordered the troops to defend every inch of the city wall with all their might, and those who retreated from the battle would be killed.

As evening approached, the Demon Legion still showed no signs of preparing to attack the city. Pei Baohu came to the side of the commander and offered advice: "General, the demon clan has the habit of sleepiness at night, and the last general is willing to take 10,000 elite soldiers to attack the demon camp at night." After Li Jing heard this, he was overjoyed.

Li Jing said: "General Pei, I didn't mistake you, you are really useful and strategic, once this plan succeeds, you will be a great achievement, I will give you 20,000 elite soldiers to help you succeed." ”

At noon, 20,000 elite soldiers set off, tied their horses, and Pei Baohu was in the middle of the team. When the team was three arrows away from the demon camp, Pei Baohu ordered the troops to unsheath their knives, guns in hand, and rush to kill the demons with all their might.

When the team was only a stone's throw away from the demons, Pei Baohu suddenly heard a series of roars, pounced on him, pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized that the demons were not sleepy at all, but had already noticed their actions.

However, it was too late, and the team had already come into contact with the demons and fought directly. Pei Baohu never expected that the demon clan was not only not sleepy, but also had a combat power as strong as the sun at night.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the 20,000 elite soldiers were killed and wounded, while the demons were only 1,000 killed and wounded. Pei Baohu finally couldn't hold back the panic in his heart, and urgently ordered the rest of the army to withdraw quickly, what is unbelievable is that the demon clan did not take the opportunity to pursue, but chose to stay put, and began to clean up the corpses of the same clan.

The next day, the demon legion was still stationed in the same place, and did not launch any harassment, temptation and attack on the ancient city of Loulan.

The Tang army became more and more unable to fathom the demon army in front of them, they had neither the desire to attack, nor even the desire to eat.

This lasted for six days, and the hostile Shuangfei did not take the initiative. Because Loulan City is relatively abundant in grain and grass, and the surrounding area outside the city is relatively barren, the demons have no food source, so Tang Jun firmly believes that the demons will withdraw in a few days.

And when the sunrise on the seventh day rose as usual, the Tang army sentries suddenly found that the sky was extremely dark, and it was gradually drifting in the direction of Loulan City.

The sentry immediately reported this special phenomenon to Li Jing. Li Jing hurriedly led the sentinels, climbed the city tower, and looked into the distance, Li Jing was also shocked by this phenomenon that he had never seen.

But as a soldier and a commander, he also has the keenest insight, "This strange phenomenon may be related to the demon race." So he gave the order that his troops should be assembled and ready for any eventuality that might arise.

Above the sky, this strange dark cloud is getting closer and closer. When the dark clouds flew into people's sight, Tang Jun clearly saw that this strange dark cloud was actually equipped with the legendary trap wings, and the flying demons gathered.

When they flew over the camp, they slowly landed. The latecomers carried a large amount of food and distributed it to the originally stationed legions, and when the Tang army saw them feasting, it suddenly dawned on them that the demons stationed here were actually waiting for the arrival of those flying demon reinforcements.

The Tang army felt that something was wrong at this time, and after they had a full meal and recovered their strength, it was the best time for them to attack. At this time, it is impossible to break out of the demon army. Many of the soldiers had their faces changed in fear or their legs trembled.

After the demons ate, it didn't take long for them to attack, and each flying demon took another demon race, and in the sky, it flew towards the sky above Loulan City.

Li Jing hurriedly ordered his troops to fire arrows and crossbow spears at approaching enemies. When the flying demons flew over the Loulan city wall, they quickly landed, put down the demons on board, and then went to the place where the demons were stationed to continue to carry the remaining demon legions.

In this way, the five thousand demon legions easily attacked the ancient city of Loulan almost at a very small price. Suddenly, on and within the city wall, the Tang soldiers and the demon army began to fight.

The people of the city, for fear of war, closed the windows of every house, and the sound of barking dogs became unusually silent.

This is the most fierce and tragic war that Datang has experienced since its founding. The corpses of the Terrans and the Demons were piled up, red blood mixed with green blood flowing in every place where fierce battles had taken place.

After three days and three nights of bloody fighting, the Tang army finally won the final victory of the war at a huge sacrifice, but less than 1,000 soldiers survived. The 100,000 expeditionary army set out from Chang'an City, leaving less than 1,000 people so far. It is not so much a victory as a lose-lose, and Datang's national strength will inevitably be reduced because of this.

Li Jing stood in the heart of the remaining soldiers, and the people around him could not describe the expression on his face, whether it was the pity for the heroic martyrs, or the joy of winning the war by luck, or both.

After a long silence, the main general Li Jing finally spoke: "I think that at the beginning, I led 100,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to conquer the demons in the west, but I never thought that there were less than 1,000 people living alone today, so teach me how to keep my face and meet Her Majesty the Empress." After finishing speaking, Li Jing sighed deeply.

Forward Hua Mulan comforted: "These demons are far from being matched by the demons outside the Great Wall in the past, and the battle in the future will be very difficult, the main general must not be so sluggish, we should return to China as soon as possible, regroup our troops and horses, and wait for the time to come." ”

Pei Baohu, who was standing on the side, also stepped forward to comfort: "General, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's hurry back to Chang'an, if the demon reinforcements arrive again, we will be outnumbered, and it will be more difficult to break through, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Many people around him joined the ranks of consolation, Li Jing finally agreed to return to Chang'an quickly, and on the occasion of leaving, Li Jing took off his armor and stayed in the place where the Tang army suffered the most casualties, in order to show his deep respect and remembrance for the fallen soldiers.

Pei Baohu took the initiative to ask for a break, and led 300 people from the headquarters to accompany him at the back of the team, while the main general Li Jing rode in the middle of the team. Hua Mulan led the headquarters to the front of the team.

When the team trekked through the long desert of the Western Regions and arrived at a bamboo forest on the border of the Tang Dynasty, a cold arrow suddenly shot out from the direction of the dense branches and leaves in the forest, which pierced directly into Li Jing's temple like lightning, and Li Jing fell to death on the spot.

And when Li Jing's guards went to search for the place where the cold arrow was shot, the shooter had already fled and disappeared.