Under the west gate of Taozhou, Li Xuan's eyes calmly looked at the Tubo cavalry rushing in front of him.

Although they have no green faces and fangs, their dry and dark skin, as well as their cold and thin faces, coupled with the long knives in their hands, make people feel stunned.

It wasn't until the rain of arrows flew on both sides that Li Xuan turned around and looked at the sides.

Beyond the west gate, there is already a wharf.

On both sides of the gate, there is a row of tiles for storing goods, and there are empty courtyards inside.

At this moment, the doors of this row of Washe courtyards were closed, but countless crossbow arrows flew up from the courtyards on both sides, falling directly towards the Tubo cavalry in front of them.

The experienced cavalry, as soon as he counts it, he can immediately count it, and there are at least a thousand of these crossbow arrows.

That is, in the vashes on both sides, a thousand crossbowmen were hidden.

A wave of crossbow arrows has not yet fallen, and another wave of crossbow arrows has already flown up again, and it has fallen on the Tubo cavalry who rushed forward at great speed.

The crisp sound of "bang bang bang", in an instant, the charging Tibetan cavalry has been reduced by half.

At this time, another wave of crossbow arrows flew up, but this wave of crossbow arrows also fell on the cavalry further behind.

The walls of the courtyard completely blocked the crossbowmen, no one knew that they were hiding inside, and likewise, completely obscured their sight.

The crossbow arrows they fired could only kill and injure the Tibetan cavalry in a fixed area.

As soon as the cavalry rushed out of this area, they immediately rushed towards the city gate even more fiercely.

The earth shook violently, and the ground kicked up countless dusts.

Li Xuan's gaze fell directly on the Brunzan blade on the other side of the river in the rear, and his sharp gaze saw a trace of regret in the eyes of the Brenzan blade.

The Tibetan light cavalry crossed the mountains and mountains, and directly descended from the plateau, and the armor and shield that should have been carried were not carried, only bows and arrows and long knives.

However, although the range of the bows and arrows of the Tubo people is not shorter than that of the Tang army, their strength is insufficient, and such a long distance is not enough to pierce armor, and they cannot hurt Li Xuan at all.

Not to mention, when Qianniuwei traveled today, he deliberately brought a shield.

Fifteen hundred Tibetan light horsemen, still in a steady stream of rushing across the stone bridge, up to now, a third has crossed the stone bridge, hundreds of cavalry with crossbow arrows to the city wall to kill, although paid a heavy price, there are still many people rushed through the crossbow array, rushing forward at great speed.

Li Xuan stood under the city gate, holding the eight-sided Han sword in his hand, listening to the roaring sound of horses' hooves, with a look of satisfaction on his face, but his mouth was gently counting: "Five, four, three, two, one......"

A loud "boom" sounded at the feet of the Tibetan cavalry in the distance, and the next moment, a famous cavalryman suddenly disappeared on the ground.

Countless clouds of dust and smoke flew up, and huge trap pits suddenly appeared on the ground.

Batches of Tibetan war horses rushed out, and they fell directly into the pit without the slightest reaction.

The Tubo cavalry that had just rushed out was still speeding up vigorously, but it was this acceleration that directly sent them into the hell trap.

Sharp wooden stakes inserted upside down appeared at the bottom of the pit, and the cavalry and war horses that fell into it were directly penetrated in an instant, and blood immediately flowed all over the bottom of the pit.

"Bang Bang Bang" a row of seven pits suddenly appeared in front of the cavalry, and most of the cavalry who had just rushed out of the crossbow position died in an instant.

The tragic appearance made the people who saw it can't help but jump for a while.

On the opposite riverbank, Brunzan looked at the deaths and injuries of his subordinates with a calm face, even if they didn't even touch Li Xuan's hair until now, he didn't care much.

Crossing the river and the crowd, Brenzan looked at Li Xuan, who was standing in red and gold armor under the city gate, and Li Xuan was also looking at him from afar.

Blunzan knew that all of this today was a trap, a trap arranged by Li Xuan.

From the beginning of the Rouge River, the plan to introduce the Brenzan blade into the death trap step by step.

In other words, the king of Nanchang already knew about his arrival, and even knew about it very early.

There were crossbowmen ambushed on both sides of the city gate, not to mention, and trap pits were dug to kill them to the greatest extent, but the corners of Brenzan's mouth slightly sneered, what is the use of such a small trick.

Although there were already more than three hundred light horsemen killed and wounded in front of them, on the other side of the river, there were still the same number of light horsemen charging, charging towards the death trap without the slightest hesitation.

On the stone bridge, there were still the same number of cavalry rushing across the stone bridge and rushing into the ranks of their predecessors.

Boren Zanjian glanced at Li Xuan with a sneer, and then waved his hand, and more Tubo cavalry had already rushed to the Lianshi Bridge.

"It's naïve to want to drown an elephant in a small puddle." With a cold snort, Brenzan turned his head to look south.

The sound of horses' hooves appeared at the end of the line of sight, and countless cavalry rushed towards the position of the Brenzan blade like a black tide.

Fifteen hundred cavalry, fifteen hundred cavalry.

The Tibetans came with 3,000 cavalry, half of whom were personally commanded by Brenzan Blade, while the other half were arranged by him to attack the south gate of Taozhou directly from the upper reaches of the Tao River.

However, now Taozhou has obviously taken precautions in advance, and the suspension bridge on the moat at the south gate of Taozhou has been hoisted, and the Tubo cavalry cannot rush across the Tao River at all, so they can only rush over and join the Brenzan blade.

Li Xuan also saw the Tubo cavalry coming in the distance, took a deep breath, turned around and said, "Armor the war horse and put on the lance." ”

Li Xuan gave an order, and the cart blocking the city gate behind him was immediately opened, and the vests with one collar after another were placed flat on the cart, which was as much as fifty, and on the other side of the cart, there were fifty long lances eight feet long.

The people around him, no, the auxiliaries, immediately began to help Qianniu Wei put on his vest.

They themselves were dressed in sturdy Mingguang armor, and now with horse armor and lances, they immediately became heavily armored heavy cavalry.

At this time, in the city gate, the same team of heavily armed heavy cavalry escorted King Li Xian directly to the south gate.

Li Xian obviously didn't know anything about all this, and he looked dazed, until he saw Li Xuan, he came back to his senses a little.

"Your Highness dismount!" Dou Xiao directly pulled Li Xian's war horse aside, and then supported Li Xian, who was fully dressed in battle armor, and stood firm on the ground.

"Eighteen Lang, what the hell is going on?" Li Xian immediately grabbed Dou Xiao's arm, and when he was in the mansion just now, the sudden attack of the Tubo cavalry made Li Xian look confused, but before he could react, he was put on a golden armor by Dou Xiao, and then killed with the heavily armored Qianniuwei who had also been prepared to the West Gate, and when he arrived at the West Gate, Li Xian saw Li Xuan at a glance, as well as the Tubo cavalry fighting outside.

Li Xuan knows all this, and has already made arrangements.

Li Xian was relieved at once, but when he turned around, he was going to ask Dou Xiao for clarification.

"Your Highness, the minister is just acting on orders, once something happens, he will take His Highness to the city wall of Xicheng, and in addition, when Zhang Zhijun comes, control him." When Dou Xiao mentioned Zhang Yungong, Li Xian was stunned for a moment, and immediately sobered up, by the way, there is also Zhang Yungong.

Li Xian is not stupid, how can he not know that Zhang Yungong has a problem, but there has been no actual evidence against him.

The only thing that can implicate him is the only case of losing the grain in the treasury this time, but now that all the grain has been recovered, the imperial court will not blame such a assassin, especially the situation in the nearby states, which is more serious than Taozhou.

It is impossible to say that this Zhang Yungong is not only innocent, but also meritorious.

But what kind of person Zhang Yungong is, Li Xian knows in his heart, especially now, the Tubo cavalry has been killed, who knows what his attitude is now.

Li Xian was soon surrounded by the city wall, and at this time, the city wall was already full of guards from the British Royal Palace and soldiers from the Li family's ancestral land.

Li Xian had just stood at the head of the city and looked up to see the situation under the city, when at this moment, a black dragon flag was raised all of a sudden.

Inside and outside the city, the crowd that saw this scene, whether it was soldiers or ordinary people, suddenly became solemn and clenched the swords in their hands.

"Datang Wansheng, Datang Wansheng!" I don't know where I started to shout in a low voice, and then the sound quickly spread throughout Taozhou.

The roaring voice suddenly resounded throughout the city: "Datang Wansheng, Datang Wansheng!" ”

Just arrived at the Marshal's Mansion on the street, and heard that Li Xian had left the Marshal's Mansion for the West Gate, Zhang Yungong, whose face changed slightly, heard this voice, and finally understood completely that the King of England had been prepared for everything in front of him, and he had long known that the Tubo cavalry was coming.

"Father!" Zhang Qiniang was wearing a silver fish-scale armor, holding a long knife in her hand, and said with a worried face: "Father, what should we do next?" ”

Zhang Yungong shook his head slightly, and said: "Where else can I go, of course, to see His Royal Highness the King of England, although things have changed now, but the three thousand Tubo cavalry are coming, there is still a chance for us to make meritorious contributions, but there is no chance to take all the credit." ”

In Zhang Yungong's original plan, he wanted to take advantage of the attack of the Tubo cavalry, and then coerce Li Xian to escape, so that even if he lost Taozhou, he could still show his face in front of the emperor with the help of saving the driver.

Although Li Xian is only the emperor's son, the prince's rescue work is still a lot, and next, there is also the merit of recovering Taozhou.

Of course, there is also the responsibility of losing Taozhou, but the problem is that after the king of Nanchang arrived in Taozhou, he received all the soldiers of the entire Taozhou, and it is also the responsibility of the king of Nanchang to protect Taozhou.

But now, everything has changed.

The British king is secretly plotting everything, and now it is likely that the Tibetans are in danger, and they have the opportunity to exterminate the Tibetans and regain their military exploits.

Zhang Yungong figured everything out in a blink of an eye.

Especially when he took his subordinates and went up to the city wall of the West Gate to see Li Xian, who was fully armored, he believed so in his heart.

His eyes swept over and saw Dou Xiao quietly separating him from his subordinates, Zhang Yungong's expression was calm, without the slightest abnormality, he just stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, dare to ask what kind of situation is there now, and what do you need to do from your ministers." ”

"What the situation is now, this king doesn't know very well." Li Xian turned around, looked at Zhang Yungong, and said softly: "The envoy should know better than this king." ”

"Minister, minister......" Zhang Yungong couldn't help but get nervous.

Li Xian waved his hand lightly and said, "Now please give the envoy an order to transfer all the people under him." ”

Zhang Yungong looked out of the city, the two teams of Qianniu guards under the city gate were all armored, and in the dock barn courtyard on both sides of the city gate, a whole thousand crossbowmen were hidden in it, and the open space on one side was full of crossbow arrows and crossbow bows that were all stacked.

In the distance, the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded, and reinforcements from the Tibetan cavalry had arrived.

But Zhang Yungong knew in his heart that in this battle, the Tubo people had no chance.

The king of Nanchang brought from Chang'an, and there were still 1,500 cavalry who did not show up, not to mention, Zhang Yungong's own men still had 600 cavalry.

He glanced sideways at Dou Xiao, one of Dou Xiao's hands had already pressed on the handle of the knife, as long as Zhang Yungong dared to say a word, the blade would be cut off immediately.

With a light sigh in his heart, Zhang Yungong nodded slightly and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

(End of chapter)