A snorting wail woke Zhang Tao from his obsession, and the fast horse Xiao Hei under his seat was sweating profusely, and his wheezing voice was gradually heavy, and he had reached the limit state of exhaustion. Since he entered the city of Hengzhou at night that day, he discussed with the city guard Changsun Yue, Liu Xiongyi and Zhi Xianzi many times, and finally decided to let him return to Chang'an and the military department Shangshu informed the situation of Mantuo's death in battle and the increase of troops in Hengzhou, hoping that Chang'an would respond in a timely manner according to the current situation, send envoys and repair with all ethnic groups in the city, isolate the ** Turk, and hope to relieve the siege of Hengzhou.

Seeing the enemy troops all over the mountains outside Hengzhou City, Zhang Tao also understood in his heart that it was really difficult for the defenders of Hengzhou to hold on for ten days, and I am afraid that it would be very difficult to even defend for one day. And his most admired hero, Peng Wuwang, and his group of dart brothers and sisters are still trapped in the city, how can it not make him anxious.

He went out of the city overnight, rode a horse and went straight to Chang'an, originally a trip of seven or eight days, he galloped regardless of life and death, and came to Chang'an in less than five days. He disguised himself as an enemy camp, and was finally discovered by enemy scouts, and five enemy horsemen surrounded him in all directions, and all he could do was desperately destroy the tired little black and speed up his run.

However, the enemy's cavalry still pursued him closer, and three black-feathered arrows flew past his neck, taking away a few strands of flesh from him. "Appeal to --!" Zhang Tao slammed his mount: "Since you can't escape, why don't you learn from Peng Daxia and see the real chapter with them!" Thinking of this, his tiredness over the past few days was swept away. He shook his hand and drew the saber at his waist, and turned his horse's head and threw himself at the five scouts. Those Turkic scouts were all good at martial arts, and when they saw the enemy returning to kill them, they were all overjoyed and roared wildly. The first scout and Zhang Tao only killed a few knives, and then one raised the knife to fly the saber in his hand into the air, the scout was secretly proud, but saw Zhang Tao flying from the horse and pounced, he was caught off guard, was thrown off the horse, fell on the ground, and before he could get up, he was punched by Zhang Tao in the throat, killed on the spot. The rest of the scouts shouted angrily, got off their horses, and rushed towards Zhang Tao. That Zhang Tao snatched the single knife next to the scout's corpse, roared wildly, and rushed towards the remaining four. The fierce knife light shone like a spring in the empty killing field, Zhang Tao's clothes were cut into rags by the enemy's blade, and more than ten blood marks were left on his body in an instant, but his hand holding the knife became more and more firm, and his moves became more and more fierce, and the four scouts were killed by him and fell backwards again and again, and two of them were cut to the ground by him, and they died of anger.

There was a loud "dang", and Zhang Tao's single knife and another scout's knife were twisted together. The scout shouted loudly, as if calling for his companions, but the scout began to hesitate. Zhang Tao glared fiercely at the knife scout with his red eyes, suddenly raised his knees, and slammed them hard into his chest and abdomen. The scout spurted a mouthful of blood and fell limply to his knees. Zhang Tao shouted, swung his knife and slashed, and a huge human head flew up in the air.

The chaotic footsteps echoed in Zhang Tao's ears, and the only remaining scout ran away. A proud smile appeared on Zhang Tao's face, and he dragged his heavy steps towards Xiao Hei, who was resting not far away.

"Your Majesty, it's a great joy!" Hou Junji, the squire of the military department, walked quickly into the imperial study and bowed his head in front of Li Shimin's bookcase.

"Oh," Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was worried about the siege of the city in the past few days, and he was looking forward to Li Jing's battle report from the front line of Dingxiang day and night, but the bad news that had made no progress for several days made him even more troubled.

"The soldiers and horses of Hengzhou Hebei attacked the Mantuo company camp at night in the heavy rain, killing and injuring nearly 10,000 people, and the ** Turkic prince Mantuo died on the spot." Hou Junji's always gloomy face was full of smiles at this time as if the sky had passed after a rain.

And Li Shimin's frowning brows for the past few days were stretched for the first time: "Okay, very good!" He said excitedly.

"What's even better is that those Hebei soldiers and horses were completely wiped out in that battle, which saved us the effort of exterminating and pacifying." Hou Junji lowered his voice and said in a deep voice.

"In the face of the survival of the country, those Hebei people finally know how to make trade-offs, although we are friends and enemies, but their spirit I still admire very much." Li Shimin sighed and said abruptly. Hou Junji lowered his head and was silent, and there was a silence in the study.

"Well, then did the Saiwai coalition forces in Hebei Province retreat?" Li Shimin suddenly came back to his senses and asked excitedly.

"Tell Your Majesty, the Turkic Princess Jinxiu seems to have anticipated the night attack on Hengzhou, and as soon as Prince Mantuo died in battle, she secretly mobilized tens of thousands of troops besieging Chang'an to besiege Hengzhou again, and it seems that there is a tendency not to give up if Hengzhou is not taken." Hou Jun Jidao.

"Is she going to avenge Mantuo, or is there another reason? Although Hengzhou is located at the throat of the main road, it is not impossible to make a detour with soldiers and horses, avoid Hengzhou, and directly besiege Chang'an." Li Shimin pondered.

"Weichen thinks that Hengzhou has been in danger since all the soldiers and horses in Hebei were killed, and it can be captured in two days at most, and then the soldiers and horses can be plugged into Chang'an directly through Hengzhou, without a detour, and it is quite cost-effective in time. Moreover, the slaughter of Hengzhou can avenge Mantuo and increase morale, and this section is extremely important for the siege of Chang'an by the coalition forces." Hou Junji said in a deep voice.

"Yes, in other words, Mantu's death has caused the ** to lose his prestige in the coalition forces. If I immediately send an envoy from Chang'an to the coalition camp to lobby for Hengzhou, as long as Hengzhou is defended for ten days, no, only four or five days, then the unity of the coalition forces will be dissolved. And my Datang can win a big victory without Li Jing's return to the teacher's aid." Li Shimin thought about it and said.

Hearing Li Jing's name, Hou Junji's eyes showed a trace of strong jealousy, and he said casually and softly: "In fact, all Li Jing's six-way men can do is to sweep away the remnants of the ** Turk, and the ** Turk's main army was completely disintegrated under the auspices of the emperor."

Li Shimin smiled slightly and said, "You can't say that. Who is leading the defenders of Hengzhou City now?"

Hou Junji bowed his head and said, "It is led by Sun Yue, the eldest who defeated Hengzhou, and Liu Xiongyi, the commander of the Hengzhou recruit battalion. However, I heard that the darts of the Tiger Dart Bureau are also helping to defend the city, and they have played a great role."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I heard that the head of the Flying Tiger Dart Bureau is an amazing figure, I didn't expect him to help in Hengzhou, I hope he will create a miracle."

Hou Junji said in a low voice: "It is said that the Hebei rebel general Jiang Wang's real name is Peng Wuji, and he is the cousin of Peng Wuwang, the head of the Flying Tiger Dart Bureau, and the relationship between the two is extremely deep. The reputation of the Flying Tiger Dart Bureau in the rivers and lakes is very high, and Peng Wuwang is the head of the dart game, with a strong influence, if he wants to avenge his brother, there will be a group of masters in the rivers and lakes to respond, which is extremely unfavorable to the emperor's safety. After this battle, no matter whether it is successful or lost, Peng has no hope of eradication."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Hey, Jiang Forget died in front of the two armies, and it was the Turkic generals who killed him, and he had nothing to do with me. Listening to General Li Jing's words, the head of the Flying Tiger Dart Bureau is a wonder man in the world, how can he be such an unreasonable person, we don't need to pay attention to him."

Hou Junji's eyes narrowed, revealing a hideous light: "Your Majesty, it is rumored that Peng Wuwang once obtained a strange knife, which can move and change, and kill people invisibly, it is a divine weapon of heaven and earth. Peng Wuwang, who has this divine weapon, is an extremely dangerous person, just imagine that if he suddenly wants to kill into the palace, it will not be difficult to have this divine soldier to help. If this person stays, it will be a misfortune in the end, and it will be good to kill him."

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "I'll talk about this later, taking advantage of the sharp decrease in the number of troops outside the city, I will immediately gather the black armor guards and escort the envoys out of the city, I want them to be in the big tent of the coalition army in seven days."

"Yes!" Hou Junji bowed and said.

The shouting and killing on the city of Hengzhou has been going on for two days and one night, and the blood-soaked city wall has become a cemetery for the elite generals of the allied forces. The Han masters at the head of the city led the death squad to rush out of the city countless times, killing the camp of the army in the city, sniping the generals of the coalition army, which was terrifying, and the leader of these Han masters was the Qingzhou Flying Tiger Peng Wuwang who killed the mantuowei shock plug.

"Newspaper--! The deputy leader of the Golden Feather and Silver Feather Team was killed!" A small colonel came from the field and told Princess Splendid in a panic.

Princess Splendid stood in the main tent like a javelin, and waved him back silently.

All the generals in the tent were speechless, they were used to this bad news.

"The left guard can be seriously injured!"

"The right guard Bashanhe is seriously injured with a broken arm!"

"The Wild Goose King Zhuo is ruthlessly killed!"

"Lightning Banglun killed!"

"Dark Cloud Lu Fang is dead!"

"Feifeng Tujiao is dead!"

"The leader of the Tunan team, Pua Man, is dead!"

"Captain of the Left Battalion is killed!"

"The vanguard of the right battalion will die!"

"The captain of the Chinese Guards is dead!"

"The Deputy Commander of the Iron Cavalry Feather Team is dead!"

For two days and one night, the entire ** main tent kept echoing with this kind of sad and panicked battle report. Hengzhou City is like a hideous and terrifying monster, swallowing countless of the best generals into their stomachs and chewing them. Now, none of the remaining generals of the three armies dared to go to the city to command the battle, but they just kept letting ordinary soldiers rush to the front to attack the city. Because the masters in Hengzhou City have made them bow and snake, and they are all frightened.

The most sensational time was that the Qingzhou hero, known as the immortal flying tiger, flew down from the cloud ladder erected by the Turks, and fought a bloody way under the siege of hundreds of elite soldiers, and cut Lu Jie, the commander of the left battalion, and the war horse into two sections with a knife, and then killed the city as if he had entered a no-man's land, so that the original good offensive of the Turkic soldiers and horses at that time was disintegrated and in vain.

"We were defeated, and we were still unable to storm this strong city." Looking at the smoke of gunpowder billowing into the sky on the city of Hengzhou, Princess Jinxiu only felt a sense of weakness, "There must be a wise man in the city who sees through the mystery, first let Hopeless and his masters attack and kill the main generals of the Murowei, Ya, Khitan, and Uighurs to make them lose confidence in attacking the city, and hold a wait-and-see attitude, exacerbating the contradictions between our tribe and all ethnic groups, and then concentrate all our efforts to snipe the elite generals of the Turkic tribe, which greatly reduces our prestige. The situation is exhausted and embarrassed, and it is no longer sharp. However, if it weren't for the unparalleled bravery and tenacity in the world and the death battle of those soldiers who defended the city, the city of Hengzhou would have been difficult to preserve."

Princess Splendid slowly sat back on her handsome chair and sighed softly. The strange thing is that at this time, not only did she not feel the slightest regret, but she felt relaxed for a moment, "That's fine!" This strange thought popped into her mind, startling her personally.

"Isn't it?" A voice sounded quietly in my heart, "Everything that should be done has been done, everything that should be paid has been paid, in this war, you have no regrets, and what can you not let go."

"What's not to put down? It's too much, the motherland, relatives, the prairie, and his ......" At this moment, Princess Jinxiu's heart shook and trembled slightly, and she couldn't help herself.

At this moment, Luo Puhan, the awl, rushed into the tent covered in blood, knelt down on one knee, and said urgently: "Tell the princess, the siege soldiers and horses in the southeast and west cities are not moving, only my Turkic people and horses are left to storm at the north gate, and the casualties are heavy, the soldiers and horses are all tired, and the generals of several 10,000 people and centurion are all killed, and the establishment is chaotic. Princess, the brothers can't hold on!"

"What?" Princess Splendid stood up and said angrily, "Even your awl can't hold on?"

"Princess Qiyu, that Hengzhou City is an iron plate, even if it is really an awl, it is difficult to dig a hole, if it is a hard attack, it can only fall into a head and break the blood. Even the warriors who were on the top of the plug have already folded on the city of Hengzhou, and I really can't bear to sacrifice my soldiers in vain. Princess, please use another clever plan to seize Hengzhou, and don't attack again." When Luo Puhan said this, he couldn't help but cry when he thought of the countless comrades who had died in the past few days.

"You were the one who wanted to storm the city, and now it's you who have given up the siege. As the main general, how can you repeat it so repeatedly? Let me do a trick, huh, you come out with me!" Princess Jinxiu stood up, grabbed Luo Puhan, rushed out of the tent, and walked towards Hengzhou City.

"Do you see those people?" Princess Splendid pointed to several towering figures on the head of the city and asked loudly.

"I see." Luo Puhan bowed his head.

"How do you see them different from ordinary people?" Princess Splendid asked sharply.

Luo Puhan looked up for a long time, shook his head wastefully, and said, "The last general doesn't know."

"The difference between them and ordinary people is that they are already dead." Princess Splendid shouted.

Luo Puhan looked up in amazement and watched carefully, and finally gradually saw that the bodies of those Tang defenders were already covered with fatal blood marks.

"Do you see it, this is the nation we are going to fight against, and we are going to fight for the future with this nation that is killed in battle and will fight with corpses. Do you think that the victory over such a nation can be relied upon by one or two whimsical tricks?" Princess Splendid shouted in a deep voice.

In an instant, Luo Puhan only felt ashamed, turned over and knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "The last general will immediately organize the elite to fight in the city again, not to break Hengzhou, and to swear not to be a man." After saying that, he turned around and got on his horse, and rode towards the front.

"Whew!" Princess Jinxiu raised her head, looked at the towering Hengzhou, and sighed, "Hopeless, maybe we will be able to meet again soon."

"Have you heard, the battle flood of the Golden Feather and Silver Feather Team was also killed." Tie Fu, the leader of the Black Water Lord, came to the side of the Uighur prince Bodhisattva from his horse and whispered.

"You know, it's the one Peng has no hope of killing." The Bodhisattva touched the top of his head and said with palpitations. He once led the Uighur elite to rush to the city, only to be intercepted by a bloody sword-wielding man and a group of Tang soldiers. The man was covered in blood, his head and face were covered with blood scabs, and he looked terrifying. The Bodhisattva prince fought with him for a few moves, and was slashed at the top door with a knife, and a palm-sized scalp flew away with the knife. He was only frightened, and all his usual courage flew to the country of Jawwa, and he slid down the ladder to the bottom of the city with a rolling belt before he picked up a life. After that, he decided that the man covered in blood was the famous Peng Wuhope, and when he saw people, he bragged about how he saved his life under Peng Wuhope, as if he had great brilliance. But if he were to lead his troops to attack the city wall again, he would not be happy with eleven thousand.

Tie Fuyou's situation is not much different from him, the elite soldiers of the Black Water Piercing are lined up, bright swords and guns, and it is more than enough to scare the army of the small tribe, but when it comes to the hard bridge and hard horse on the city of Hengzhou, the whole army is frightened by the Tang officers and soldiers who are desperately defending the city, and they only insist on the offensive for two hours, and they begin to slack off, no matter how the commander urges, they dare not attack the city. Tie Fuyou has never been to the front line in person, so he has no experience of the Bodhisattva to brag about, so he has to talk to him about the dilemma of **. The two of them tacitly waited for the Turks to capture the city of Hengzhou for them.

The elite generals of the Khitan tribe were carried down from the city one by one, and Abaojia was still unwilling, until a white feather arrow in the city pierced his cheek, and he came back to his senses, so that all the generals of the Khitan tribe would be buried in Hengzhou. His interest in burning, killing and looting was immediately gone, and a small Hengzhou was so difficult to suffer, how could he attack Chang'an, which was as strong as iron. As soon as he changed his mind, he began to think about how much gold and silver he could ask for when negotiating with Datang. The Khitan troops also began to grind foreign workers.

The eldest of the two heroes of Murowei, Fengdao Zaljie, returned from the city with blood, and left one arm at the head of Hengzhou City. When asked who had wounded him, he closed his lips and did not say what he was doing. It wasn't until the eldest brother Bogutai was forced to force him that he revealed that he was injured by a weak-crowned girl in a red robe. A heroic man in the prairie, one of the best heroes in the Ergun River, was seriously injured by a red-clothed girl in the Central Plains Tang Dynasty, it is indeed an ugly thing, no wonder he kept silent. But from that moment on, the army of the Murowei tribe began to stagnate, and they finally understood that in addition to the wolf army on the prairie, there was a stronger and more fierce army in this world, and in this army, even a woman was so powerful.