The sunset is like fire, and the mountain breeze is blowing.

The pungent smell of blood filled the canyon, wailing, screaming, accompanied by the sound of weeping, the desolate valley was like purgatory at this moment, full of corpses, stumps and broken flesh, scattered weapons, and the surviving captives sat on the ground, their eyes glazed and motionless.

Even the usually bold thorns looked nervously at the Hanzhou army that rushed down the mountain, worried about the fate of the next, and was obviously killed.

On a hillside, Qin Huaidao's attention was in the north, in Moon Bow City.

Luo Wu hurriedly came and said in a deep voice: "Uncle, the captives confessed that they were Shule people, and they rushed to learn that our army was attacking Shuangqu, and when they withdrew their troops, Yuegong City was still fighting, saying that the casualties on both sides were very heavy, and they don't know what the situation is now, the 10,000 people behind are thunderless tribes, and they also received an order from the Turkic Golden Account to go over, and they became cannon fodder, 20,000 people died in battle, 10,000 were killed, and the remaining 10,000 were wounded, which was regarded as a remnant soldier, and they returned." ”

"Thunderless tribes?" Qin Huaidao was a little surprised.

Luo Wu hurriedly explained: "Wulei was also one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, and later perished, only one tribe remained, and 20,000 people were all the strength of the tribe, once all of them died in battle, the tribe would face the risk of being annexed, but they deserved it." ”

"How dare a tribe support 20,000 people? What do you think? Qin Huaidao was a little surprised.

"Little tribe, where do you dare to resist? They can only obey, maybe they also want to take the opportunity to make a great contribution, gain the approval of the Turkic Golden Horde, and it is unknown whether they will be restored. Luo Wu said with a smile.

Qin Huaidao took out the map to check, the thunderless tribe is located in the southwest corner of Shule, the distance is not very far, since he dares to send troops, no matter what the reason, he should be punished, and immediately shouted: "Since it is a remnant army, it does not have much combat effectiveness, and the herald Niu Shi praised them and avenged the soldiers of Moon Bow City." ”

"Understood." Luo Wu quickly sent someone to deliver the order.

……

Minzhou, the head of the city.

Xue Zhi looked at the black and oppressive imperial army in front of him, his face was cold, and his eyes were solemn.

Two days ago, a family caravan entered Qinzhou, but in the middle of the night opened the city gate, to welcome the imperial army into the city, Qinzhou changed hands again, the garrison of the Hanzhou army was all killed, no one remained, and then killed Ben Minzhou.

Xue Zhi never expected that the imperial court would suddenly make a move, and he did it so desperately, this is a complete tear of the face with the King of Han, so he is not afraid of being uprooted and destroying the Tang Dynasty?

A young general hurriedly came over, Xue Zhi turned his head to look over, and asked in a low voice, "Do you find out which caravan it is?" ”

"Uncle, find it clear, it is the Tang family in Hanzhong, the Han King was responsible for providing food when he built the road, and the cooperation lasted for a long time, so the food in Qinzhou was also handed over to them to provide, I didn't expect to betray, I heard that the people who fled back said that there was a banquet that night to invite the guards to eat, and the guards were in the way, and they didn't refuse because of a certain amount of trust, and then they didn't appear, and the army was leaderless, so the city was broken."

"Hanzhong Tang? Aren't you afraid of extermination? Xue Zhi's tone was a little colder, and his eyes looked at the imperial army outside the city again, the total strength was definitely not less than 100,000, and the defenders in the city were only more than 10,000.

This battle is very difficult to fight!

The young general hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, the King of Han is fighting against the Turks, will he withdraw his troops and kill him when he learns that Qinzhou has been lost?" If you miss the great opportunity to recover the Western Regions, the imperial court obviously sees this, so send troops, it's really damned, what does the Chang'an one think? Aren't you afraid to dig your own grave? ”

"It's too late to know, it's too far, but don't worry, there is still the British Duke in Tuyuhun, and we will definitely not sit idly by when we receive the news, what we have to do is to defend the city and wait for the British Duke army to arrive."

"I'm afraid that the British Duke will receive the news too late and miss the time."

Xue Zhi comforted: "Don't worry, although King Han didn't say it, I'm sure King Han has his own intelligence network, maybe reinforcements are already on the way." ”

"Dongdong, Dongdong!"

Suddenly, there was a roar of war drums ahead.

Xue Zhi shouted in a deep voice: "It's time to do it, quickly transfer the pro-army to the city wall, bring all the crossbows, and the momentum of the imperial army must be defeated, otherwise the army's morale will be unstable." ”

"Understood!" The young general hurried away.

Not long after, a man and a horse rushed over in front of him, stopped at the foot of the city wall, and shouted: "This official came over by the order of the Holy Lord, let Xue Zhi come out to answer." ”

Xue Zhi was a little surprised, the royal driver in Chang'an set out for the expedition? Does he have the guts? Drink asked: "This general is Xue Zhi, if you have anything to say, say it quickly." ”

The other party shouted: "There is an order from the saint, as long as you open the city gate and crown you as the general of Guide, and the knight will be promoted to the next level, and the Xue family will have a reward for each door, otherwise you will bear the consequences." ”

Xue Zhi was originally a Zhonglang general, from the fourth grade, the Guide general was from the third grade, and the fourth grade to the third grade was a hurdle, not to mention that the title could be advanced to one level, and this reward was also sincere.

But the sincerity is not great, not to mention that a declining and empty court is not worth following, Xue Zhi sneered: "What consequences? Let's hear it, do you want to kill me Xue Manmen? Then you have to go to Hanzhou. ”

The other party shouted coldly: "General Xue, don't worry, in addition to the reward, the court also rewarded 100,000 yuan of silver, 10,000 acres of fertile land, a Chang'an mansion, ten beauties, and Minzhou is also handed over to you to guard, how about it?" ”

"If you want to fight, you will fight, don't use your family's set to humiliate Lao Tzu." Xue Zhi shouted angrily.

"There is nothing in this world that cannot be discussed, it is just that there are not enough chips, what do you want? As long as it is reasonable, the old man agrees on behalf of the saint, otherwise, if the army of 100,000 is pressed, you will definitely die. ”

Xue Zhi sneered: "What's the matter, the grace is not changed and intimidated?" Lao Tzu joined the army at the age of fifteen, led people into the territory of Tubo at the age of sixteen, and personally killed more than ten Tubo scouts. The congregation will listen to orders. ”

"Yes!"

"Whoever shoots him will be rewarded with a penny!"

"Hahaha, come some!"

One of the archers laughed, stretching his bow and arrows.

"You dare to humiliate the old man?"

The other party was furious, and he only rewarded one article, how much does this look down on people? But when he saw someone holding his bow and aiming at him, he was afraid of being killed, so he quickly pulled his horse and turned around.

"Don't run!"

"Hahaha!"

At the head of the city, the soldiers laughed, the border pass of Minzhou, the border army is stationed, the border army is not a government soldier, and Tubo has been dealing with it all the year round, and he has long been accustomed to life and death, and his combat effectiveness is very strong.

The people hurriedly took back the main formation, and not long after, a large army pressed forward, and many people carried the ladder and put on a posture of preparing to attack the city.

"Boom, boom!"

Suddenly, there was a deafening roar of horses' hooves on the other side.

Xue Zhi turned his head in surprise and saw a huge cavalry roaring over, waving the "Xu" flag, and some people holding the "Hanzhou Army" flag.

The sudden appearance of cavalry frightened the imperial army to retreat, and the cavalry also stopped, threatening the flank of the imperial army.

A warlord rode to the city wall and shouted, "But General Xue? ”

"Who are you?" Xue Zhi asked in surprise.

"Dong Wu, commander of the cavalry division under the command of Commander Xu in the Eastern Theater of the Lower Hanzhou Army, was ordered to lead the army to support first, and Commander Xu personally led the army to arrive later, and he will arrive tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

Xue Zhi shouted in surprise: "So fast? I thought it would take a few days. ”

"As soon as the imperial army was dispatched, Commander Xu received the news and sent his subordinates to rush over, but unfortunately it was still a step too late, so Qinzhou was lost, but it was good to catch up with you."

Xue Zhida sighed, although he guessed that there was an intelligence network, he didn't expect the intelligence network to be so efficient, no wonder the reinforcements could arrive in time, he was relieved, and shouted: "Thank you for me, with your support, you are more sure to defend until tomorrow, and your army needs food and grass supplements?" ”

"The grain and grass should be complete, thank you for your concern." Dong Wu said as he pulled his war horse and headed towards his main formation.

The cavalry that suddenly appeared was eyeing each other, and the imperial army was dumbfounded.