Ye Hu fled in the direction of Julan City with his cavalry, and the slow-running infantry became pawns that could block the Tang army's offensive.

Duan Xiushi originally guarded a few and led the cavalry to protect Li Siye's rear, but at this moment, the enemy army was defeated, and he led the light cavalry to abandon the rear formation to pursue. Most of the people were chasing after the Chinese army of Que Si's special service, but he noticed that this detachment of troops had fled to Kulan City.

"Cavalry, chase the enemy with me, chase south! Don't let him into the city! ”

But the speed of the enemy's escape was fast after all, and the horses that Duan Xiushi and the others were riding were horses that had traveled a long way to transport goods, where could they catch up with the war horses of the Tuqi Shi people, and they could only watch the other party about to rush into the city cave.

He rolled over and jumped off his horse, and asked in a loud voice, "Who brought the crossbow?" ”

"I have!"

A soldier rushed over, untied his bow and arrows from his back and handed them to Duan Xiushi. Duan Xiu used the tip of the knife to push out the tenon, adjusted the crossbow machine back two squares, removed Wangshan, and pressed the crossbow with both legs, almost exhausting the strength to eat milk and wind it with waist force.

At this moment, the sky was dark, there was only a trace of dim light left in the sky, and the stars here began to appear, he half-crouched on the ground, raised the bow and crossbow in front of his eyes slightly, and then lifted it up again, and then raised it again, his pupils shrunk into small dots aimed at the crossbow arm, and burst into a snap.

Feathered arrows were thrown high into the air from his crossbow as if they had been shot into the stars, but a moment later the back of the wolf-fur cloak in the distance suddenly tilted and lay on the horse's back. The pro-convoys screamed and hugged them.

"Ye Hu! Ye Hu! ”

Ye Hu should have been helped off the horse and entered the city cave surrounded by the crowd. Duan Xiushi was quite regretful, at the current level of visibility, he couldn't wear the other party's neck, and he didn't know if he could kill him. This should be an important person, but at the moment, it is almost impossible for the Tang army, which is less than 2,000 people, to attack the city.

……

Under the star-dotted night, the Qianquan Mountains are undulating and undulating, and the snow-capped peaks stand straight and straight, even if they are obscured by dense fog, they still can't change their majesty when they look up. From the perspective of Xue Feng, human beings are like mediocre and tireless ants.

These dense villains are chasing after me at the foot of its mountain, like a group of people chasing another group of people, and at this moment there is no order between those who run away and those who chase and kill, but they are more like ants.

The pursuing ants finally stopped, while the fleeing ants were still on the run, and they kept abandoning the unusable wounded soldiers in the ranks, and the stragglers were scattered like garbage, falling all along the route.

One side won and the other side lost miserably, and all wars for thousands of years have been the result of these two results.

Li Siye used the knife as a crutch, and on the way back, the muscles of his whole body felt tearing pain, and he didn't know how many arrows he had been hit in his back, and he was stabbed a few times in the process of charging.

Two personal soldiers came up to help him go, but Li Siye stretched out his hand and refused: "You go by yourself, I can still withstand it." ”

They went all the way back to the place where Yan Xiaosi was staying, and saw a group of people standing in the cold wind of the meadow, with two corpses on the ground, lying on them and crying bitterly.

Li Siye walked over with a knife, looked at the two people on the ground and widened his eyes: "It's actually dead." ”

Yan Xiaosi bowed to the side and crossed his hands and said: "Shi Xin and his wife were both hit by arrows, we can't stop the bleeding and heal in this barren mountain and wild land, the princess was shot in the heart and lungs by an arrow, and Shi Xin was shot in the internal organs." ”

Li Siye threw down the Mo knife in his hand and sat on the ground, and suddenly felt the absurdity and ridiculousness of life, the five hundred people led by Fuji Mu were killed and wounded, most of the four regiments of the city that served as rescuers were lost, and more than 100 people were killed in his Qiuzi Jumping Battalion and the battle front team, but the final result was that the target to be escorted by the Tang Army died on the last 200 miles.

I knew that this would be the result, why did I use so many people's lives to protect his life, is the essence of human beings to do useless work?

He can only comfort himself in this way, most people in the world are doing useless work, the palace built will eventually be burned and collapsed, the books compiled by the predecessors will be burned by the descendants, and the later people will find the remaining chapters under the embers, and supplement the whole book with the deeds and imagination of the predecessors, but the later generations continue to trample and burn.

But their death guards are not only for merit, but also for something else.

A silver-armored warrior who had just tied his hair with a wooden stick squatted on the ground and persuaded Li Siye in a low voice: "The general doesn't have to blame himself, the whole army is trying their best to kill the enemy, although they failed to keep Shi Xin Khan, but they defeated more than 20,000 Turks, which is indispensable." Even if His Majesty is angry, he will be able to offset the merits. ”

Li Siye heard this person's voice familiar, turned his head and glanced at him coldly: "Who are you?" ”

This person lifted the half strand of black hair in front of his forehead and threw it behind his head, so that Li Siye could see his face clearly, and he humbly bowed and crossed his hands: "Oh, the humble position is a small lieutenant in the Longwu Army, Fan Shao, the general should remember me." ”

"Oh," Li Siye said coldly, "You're still alive." ”

Fan Shao retreated in shame and stood aside with a few Long Wujun, their faces looking left and right with a stupid expression.

Li Siye didn't know what happened during the escort of the Tang Army, and the few remaining soldiers carried Fujimu's corpse and looked at the Long Wujun with resentment in their eyes. At this time, he didn't need to ask, and he knew what role the Long Wu Army played in this battle.

Some strange thought welled up in his mind, what was the use of keeping these people? It's better to kill them.

Si Ye was thinking like this, Zhao Chonghuan had already strode over with a knife, standing in front of everyone with a gloomy face, looking around at the soldiers, and then looking down to see the bodies of Fuji Mu and Shi Xin and his wife on the ground. The corners of his mouth flashed with a hint of a smile, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I have already heard just now that someone was greedy for comfort during the march, and actually led Shi Xin Khan and his escort to Kulan City, where the enemy army was ambushed. Who did it, took the initiative to stand up, and grandpa rewarded him with a whole corpse. ”

He pulled out his horizontal knife with a thud and threw the scabbard to the ground, holding the bright blade diagonally in one hand, two inches above the ground.

"Who is it? Stand out! Don't dare to admit it! ”

Several dragon martial artists looked at the ground with a weak heart, and Fan Shao lowered his head deeply.

"Come out, or Lao Tzu will cut you all!"

This roar made the shoulders of the dragon warriors tremble, and at the same time, they tacitly pushed Fan Shao out.

"You ......" Fan Shao glared at the subordinates who betrayed him, turned his head to see Zhao Chonghuan's fierce appearance, and suddenly knelt on the ground and bowed with both hands: "It's not me, it's not me!" We all have a part in the Longwu Army, the general spared my life, I was just greedy for pleasure. ”

Tears poured out of Fan Shao's cheeks, and he kowtowed to Zhao Chonghuan again and again: "The general spares his life!" The general spares his life! ”

As soon as Zhao Chonghuan stepped forward, Yuan Tao hurriedly came out to stop him: "General, don't do it!" ”

"No matter who is right and wrong, no matter how much they derelict their duties and cause us heavy casualties, we have no right to deal with it, we should hand it over to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Metropolitan Protectorate will hand it over to the saints and Chen Xuanli to deal with it."

He didn't need Zhao Yuantao to remind him that the other party was the Sage's Long Wu Army, and it was not their turn to deal with it by the Anxi Army. But if you have to kill them, you should kill all these people and report them back to the envoy of Fumeng Jiedu that the escort team has been wiped out. It's just that his identity makes it impossible for him to do such a thing, and it's not worth disobeying the laws of the court because of such a few people.

The knife that Zhao Chonghuan held in his hand was raised very high, and he had to put it down slowly.

Fan Shao happily kowtowed again and again: "General Xie's grace not to kill!" ”

Li Siye pressed his hand on his waist and was about to stand up, but Duan Xiushi hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "General Li, don't be impulsive, Fujimu's matter is indeed sad and angry, but the general must not kill people to vent his anger because of this, and ignore the law." ”