The moon is in the sky, and the stars are dense.

A cool night breeze blew through the wilderness and into the camp.

Qin Huaidao sat silently in the camp, his eyes staring at the map spread on the ground, his heart was full of worry, the herald had already passed on Pu Tao's situation, Qin Huaidao was worried that Pu Tao in his hand would be in trouble again, and he was even more worried that Luo Tong was in danger, so he quickly sent Cheng Chumo to go straight to Pu Tao to assist in the collection, and let Luo Zhang rush to Dianhe.

If Pu Tao really rebelled, or Luo Tong had an accident, it would be difficult to end.

Luo Tong has the ability, but he is too bold, he said that he would deter, and as a result, he would take down the entire tribe and take risks, even if he came back, he would have to beat and knock well, if everyone followed suit, did not obey the military order, and started out of chaos?

I sat down until dawn.

There was a noise and dense sound of horses' hooves outside, Qin Huaidao knew that Luo Zhang was back, and quickly got up and walked out of the big tent, and saw Luo Zhang coming excitedly, not like something was wrong, and his heart finally fell.

"Uncle!"

Luo Zhang rushed up, and after Le Ma stopped, he continued: "Uncle, the shaman of the Putao tribe was shot by Dianhe Chaojian, and the others were recruited and taken away by the young patriarch of Putao, my father is fine." ”

"The Dianhe tribe has helped?" Qin Huaidao thought for a moment.

"Yes!"

"Okay, let's continue to train the troops." Qin Huaidao waved his hand and went into the yurt to rest.

Shiro worried about it all night, and it was finally good news.

The Dianhe tribe handed over 5,000 slaves free of charge yesterday afternoon to show their sincerity, and these 5,000 people were distributed to Luo Zhang, Cheng Chumo, Li Yixie, Fang Yiai, and Cheng Chuliang, and 1,000 each, so as to increase the proportion of Tang people in their respective ranks, so as not to cause too much chaos among the Turks.

Pu Tao won, and the situation is settled.

Qin Huaidao slept with peace of mind, and after waking up, he threw himself into the training of the troops.

There are more and more teams, and the hidden dangers are also increasing, Qin Huaidao rewarded meritorious deeds, and exempted more than half of the Turks who killed the enemy from slavery, restored their freedom, and enjoyed the same treatment as soldiers, that is, they had military salaries, they could be promoted to become officers, and their children could go to school for free.

For the Turkic army, this is like injecting chicken blood and seeing hope.

Two days later, Luo Tong came over with Totoye, Qin Huaidao warmly received him, and he encouraged him, the Putao tribe was surrendered, not surrendered, and could not be beaten into slaves, and it was not easy to break people apart.

A Loulan City, plus a Qitun City, even if there are two strongholds.

But building a city is not a child's play, Putao people are okay with grazing, Jiancheng doesn't understand at all, Qin Huaidao has to personally go out to instruct, burning bricks is too slow, and it is not realistic, directly mix clay with dry grass, plus glutinous rice boiled into a pulp mixed together, build a city into an earthen wall, and build an earthen house.

The armed forces have also seized the opportunity to reorganize training and enhance their combat effectiveness.

Five days passed unconsciously, after Qin Huaidao saw that everyone had basically mastered the method of building a city with earthen walls and building houses, his focus was once again on the battle, if it weren't for the fear that the army would be unstable and the Turks would rebel, Qin Huaidao didn't want to delay for a moment, and he couldn't rescue He'er immediately.

There was no way, Ruth had to go step by step.

Inside the big tent, Qin Huaidao's gaze staring at the map slowly moved south, staying on the end of the city.

Li Dejian and the other brothers came over one after another after receiving the order, everyone sat in a group, talking in a whisper, the atmosphere was harmonious, but their eyes glanced at Qin Huaidao who was thinking from time to time, and they were very excited when they made a big move.

After a while, Qin Huaidao suddenly raised his head and said, "Brothers, I am ready to lead my troops south and end up in the city." ”

"Okay, finally wait until this moment, I'll take the lead." Cheng Chumo said excitedly.

"The pioneer has to be me." Luo Tong said dissatisfied.

Fang Yiai took over unconvinced: "You are the commander of the army, and you are also the commander of the garrison of Qitun City, you have to stay to guard Qitun safely, let me have the opportunity to us." ”

"That's it!" Others chimed in.

Luo Tong was not happy when he heard it: "Then I will change with any of you, anyway, the vanguard must be me." ”

"Okay, don't fight, listen to Brother Qin." Li Dejian interrupted.

Everyone stopped arguing and looked at Qin Huaidao one after another.

Internal competition of conscience is a good thing, Qin Huaidao looked around and said with a smile: "Once the army goes south, Dianhe is worried that our food will not be sold for the time being, and the crossbow branch may not be, we must leave an army to garrison Qitun, staring at the crossbow tribe, as long as the crossbow infantry, attack the tribe, if there are fewer people, Brother Luo is the most suitable." ”

"Ah......h

Luo Tong was depressed when he heard it, he knew that he shouldn't be a military commander like this, and then he thought about it, wouldn't it be more pleasant if he found an opportunity to win the crossbow branch? With the help of a local named Totoye, there is no chance to create opportunities.

Thinking of this, Luo Tong smiled evilly and agreed: "Okay, listen to you." ”

Qin Huaidao instinctively sensed that something was wrong with Luo Tong, and agreed too quickly, but there was no one around him who was more suitable than Luo Tong, so he didn't think about it, and continued: "The others will follow me south, and we will set off early tomorrow morning to do it."

Get ready. ”

"Obey!" Everyone agreed and left.

"Li Dejian!" Qin Huaidao shouted.

Li Dejian stopped and looked at Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao continued: "Bring enough food and grass, and the female army will stay for training and will not participate in the operation. ”

"Obey!" Li Dejian agreed and hurriedly went.

The 5,000 people of the Dianhe Department, plus the Putao tribe also had 5,000 slaves, an increase of 10,000 Tang people, plus the previous troops, except for Luo Tong, each department had nearly 6,000 soldiers, a total of more than 30,000 people, and everyone was also promoted to division commander in advance, which was convenient for commander and command.

After five days of reorganization and strict training, the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.

The next morning, the army left and headed south.

Cheng Chumo got the vanguard and led the army first, Fang Yiai was on the left, Luo Zhang was on the right, Li Yixie and Luo Ying led the army in the center, and Cheng Chuliang took the baggage behind the palace.

An army of 30,000 rolled down, and 10,000 horses galloped like a torrent.

The nearest Dianhe Department got the news, and quickly withdrew the scouts scattered around, so as not to cause misunderstandings, the army continued to move south, and found many scouts when passing through the crossbow tribe, and the crossbow branch did not distinguish between friends and enemies, Qin Huaidao did not want to take the initiative to provoke a war, and ordered the Cheng Department to open the road to make a silent move, and let the scouts investigate.

Successfully passed through the sphere of influence of the crossbow tribe, and the army continued south along the Jimo River.

Three days later, the army came to the outside of the city, and scouts came up to investigate, and Cheng Chumo personally led people to intercept, kill, and block the news to cover up the army's whereabouts.

At dusk, the army came five miles outside the city, found a higher hillside and stationed, scouted everywhere, and detected all sides.

On a commanding height on the hillside.

Qin Huaidao stopped and looked into the distance, in front of him is an earthen city, holding the end of the river, the outside of the city is flat, there is no danger to defend, but the city earthen wall is tall and strong, as long as the city gate is blocked, it is impregnable, and there is no cloud ladder to attack.

All around is a desert, weeds and wives, and there are no trees to cut down to make ladders.

"This city is not easy to fight!"

A thought flashed through his mind, Qin Huaidao had some fire in his heart, he lacked siege equipment, and there were only 30,000 soldiers and horses around him, and there were more than 50,000 defenders in the last city, if necessary, he could recruit young and strong, and temporarily increase his troops by 10,000, that is, 60,000, or even more, this battle was too difficult.

"Brother Qin, this city is not easy to fight, unless we fill it with our lives, but we are short of soldiers." Next to him, Li Dejian frowned, and suddenly spoke, his words full of worry.

"Not necessarily, I will lead people to rush up, just take down the city wall, open the city gate, the rest is not to worry, the city is not suitable for horse running, foot combat, our army's three-three system is more advantageous." Cheng Chumo raised objections.

Fang Yiai agreed: "You and I will attack the two city gates at the same time, disperse their forces, and have a greater grasp. ”

Both were warmongers, and they were happy when they heard the war.

Qin Huaidao didn't answer, looking at the city and thinking to himself, it is not possible to storm strongly, the lack of crossbows, feather arrows and siege equipment, the loss is too great, it is not advisable to attack until the last moment, the fire attack is not good, there is no grass and trees flammable, but it is possible to dig tunnels, but it is too time-consuming.

"Is it water attack?"

Qin Huaidao couldn't help but look at the end of the river, the river surface is open, the water flow is not large, and the end of the city is high, even if the dam is intercepted upstream to store water, and when the dam is dug up, the water will flow wildly, and it will not hurt the city, unless the canal is dug manually to divert the river and lead water into the city.

The method is feasible, but it is more difficult, and the last defender is not a soft persimmon, and will attack to block it.

"How?"

For a while, Qin Huaidao was also a little embarrassed, but unfortunately he didn't bring an explosive package, otherwise he would easily blow up the earthen city wall.

"Newspaper—"

A scout horseback galloped in.