As soon as the order was issued, the Turkic soldiers who had just removed their armor hurriedly put on their helmets and armor, straddled their horses and swords, and opened the camp gate to set up a formation.

The entire coalition army is a unified command system, so once the Turkic side gathers, the horse bandit side naturally cannot be idle. The horse bandits kept cursing and cursed, crawled out of the warm and comfortable bed, and stood up in a loose formation in the wilderness outside the camp.

Nearly 40,000 troops were separated by less than half an hour, and once again lined up in formation, poking in a daze in the wind and snow.

Gerhan rode over from the north camp and asked curiously, "General, what's wrong?" It's not like our ghost alliance is in trouble this time, is it? ”

Duolun glanced at him angrily: "Metasequoia City suddenly moved just now, didn't you see it?" I suspected that they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to sneak up on the attack, so I immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert. ”

"Sneak attack?" Gerhan was stunned for a moment, and then pointed to the fireworks in the air in a little surprise: "Eh, is there such a blatant sneak attack?" ”

Seeing that he was teased by Gelhan in public, Duolun became even more angry: "The Holy Tang barbarian is cunning and cunning, you must not guard against it!" ”

Seeing that Duolun was angry, Gelhan naturally didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to silently accompany the coalition commander and watch the fireworks show together.

The brilliant fireworks on the head of Metasequoia City suddenly stopped without warning after being set off for half an hour.

Tens of thousands of troops looked at the night sky overhead, which had turned back to a pitch-black state, and waited for a long time, but still did not wait for the so-called night attack.

Gerhan's face tightened, trying to hold back a smile, not daring to look at Duolun next to him.

Duolun scolded angrily in his heart, and in the end, he could only wave his hand helplessly, signaling his subordinates to give an order, and all the troops were withdrawn.

As the horn sounded, the Turkic warriors and the ghost league bandits turned around one after another, drove back to the camp one after another, and continued to sleep.

However, when they were less than halfway there, there was another change in Metasequoia City!

Knock-knock!

Dozens of giant war drums the size of a round table were beaten vigorously at the same time. The rousing beat of the drum rang out for miles in the wilderness.

The beat of the drum is faster and more intensive.

At first, people could still hear the numbers, but later, the drums were so fast that they mixed into a dense patch, as if they were desperately urging something.

Doron and Gelhan were both a little flustered by the stirring drums of war.

They have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they know very well that the drumbeat of the Holy Tang Army, which has changed from slow to fast and dense like rain, has only one meaning-

Charge! Charge the whole army! Reckless charge!

Duolun's heart tightened, and he hurriedly roared hoarsely: "Change formation!" Change formations! The back team becomes the front team! The enemy is attacking! ”

Gerhan also became nervous, pulling out the long knife at his waist, on high alert.

The soldiers of the coalition army, who were returning to the camp one after another, immediately adjusted their formation when they heard the order, and the soldiers and horses of each team were crowded together in a blink of an eye, and the people shouted and neighed, and the confusion was unbearable.

Li Jiangyao, who was at the head of the city, saw this scene in his eyes and couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, if there were five thousand iron horses in his hand at this time, how good it would be!" ”

Lin Feng agreed: "Boss, don't say five thousand, even if there are only two thousand Pegasus scouts, we can take advantage of the other party's chaos and rush out to kill it!" ”

Li Jiangyao shook his head helplessly: "Come on, let's not patronize fantasies." Go tell everyone to prepare, there will be a good show next. ”

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It took about a meal, and the coalition formed by the Turkic horse bandits finally completed the formation in four directions outside Metasequoia City.

At this time, the war drums on the head of the city also stopped very coincidentally, and everything returned to tranquility again.

Except for the large clusters of snowflakes falling in the night sky, it was as if nothing had happened. The deafening drum beat stopped abruptly, so neat that one couldn't help but think that it was just a hallucination.

Faced with such a scene, Duolun was almost so angry that he smoked. He knew that he had been teased by the other party again, and he couldn't help but point at Metasequoia City and scold.

Gerhan also felt quite embarrassed, he waited for Duolun to finish his frenzy, and asked cautiously, "General, what should we do next?" Is it withdrawn? Or continue to wait here? ”

"Wait a fart!" Duolun was annoyed and yelled, "Since they don't want Lao Tzu to sleep, then everyone should not sleep!" Anyway, now that the formation has been lined up, why don't you attack the city directly overnight and teach them a hard lesson! ”

Gerham saw that Duolun was on the verge of losing his mind at this time because he had been teased repeatedly, and he didn't want to touch Duolun's bad head at this time, so he had to agree.

The horn of battle sounded again, and the coalition forces in the four directions advanced forward at the same time according to the order. The troops in charge of ascending the city dismounted, holding shields and carrying ladders, and approached Metasequoia City.

However, what they never expected was that the four armies had only walked forward less than three hundred paces each, and suddenly, the head of the originally brightly lit Metasequoia City on the opposite side suddenly extinguished all the torches at the same time, and there was not a single one left.

The city, which had been clearly outlined, was immediately plunged into darkness.

This sudden change was really surprising, and it also frightened the soldiers of the attacking side. Without waiting for the order of his superiors, the battle formations on all sides were extremely tacit, and at the same time, he stopped his progress and carefully paid attention to the situation of the defenders.

Tonight, strange things are happening one after another, and the Turkic horse bandit coalition has been led by the nose by Metasequoia City. After several tosses, they had already lost their minds at the moment, and in the face of a strange scene again, they naturally did not dare to act rashly.

Everyone looked at the place where the banner of the coalition army was, waiting for the main general, Lord Doron, to make a decision.

And at this time, Duolun also felt extremely embarrassed.

What's next?

In fact, among the princes and generals of the Turkic tribes, Duolun can be regarded as a wise and resourceful person. It is not difficult to see this from the troops he leads.

The Iron Dove Legion is not the Golden Clan's assault force. On the contrary, they fought by means of varied tactics and flexible tactics, using rushing and harassing to defeat their opponents.

This requires commanders to have relatively strong adaptability and resourceful operational characteristics.

However, now, Duolun, who has always called himself a "wise general", deeply feels that his IQ needs to be recharged.

Compared with the Saint Tang people opposite, he may still have a lot of room for improvement.

Take the current situation as an example, what is the trap of Metasequoia City, which suddenly became black? Or is it a trap?

Just like the usual game of "guess the truth", the first few rounds of the opponent said all the lies, and you didn't catch them once, then it may be even more difficult to make an accurate judgment in the future.

If you guess the "true", the other party has come to fake it every time before, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be repeated again this time; Guess "fake", who knows if he will happen to do the opposite in this game.

So whether it's true or not, it's hard to predict.

For Duolun, the choice is no longer a question of victory or defeat, but of personal dignity.

It's not terrible to lose a battle once in a while. The scary thing is that I have been teased repeatedly by my opponents, but I always can't see through it.

It's humiliating.

When General Duolun immediately came down to the city, silently fighting between heaven and man, thinking about how to react, Lin Feng, who was standing at the head of the city, was also nervous.

At this time, Metasequoia City was as fragile as a baby, and it had almost no ability to resist attack.

According to Li Jiangyao's order, all the elite combat forces in the city have withdrawn from their positions two hours ago for rest. Now those who remain in the city are all the metasequoia people who were improvised by Mamu.

In the past, whether it was setting off fireworks, beating war drums, including each person being responsible for extinguishing a torch just now, all the scenes were written by them.

If the Turks were not intimidated by the current strategy and chose to attack freely, then Metasequoia City would really be finished in a blink of an eye.

"Brother, there is no way, we can only gamble. Otherwise, sooner or later, it will also be a doomed ending. When Li Jiangyao said these words to him just now, his eyes flashed with a cold light.

The Captain is right! Lin Feng thought silently: If you don't dare to go out, how can you defeat an enemy who is several times your own?

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A Turkic general finally got impatient and shouted at Duolun: "General, let's fight, don't care what kind of conspiracy those Tang barbarians are doing!" ”

Duolun ignored him, just stared silently at the pitch-black Metasequoia City. The whole city is like a huge monster hidden in the dark, quietly waiting for the prey to be sent to the door.

He suddenly turned his head to look at Gerhan beside him, and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Gerhan couldn't help but chuckle in his heart: damn it, it's going to be bad!

Today's Metasequoia City is extremely treacherous, and eighty percent of them are waiting for some traps over there. This cunning fellow is worried about the scheme, and most likely intends to let our ghost alliance take the lead in them.

This kind of money-losing business is absolutely impossible!

Thinking of this, Gerhan rolled his eyes and spoke first: "General Duolun, the Holy Tang people are scheming, we really don't need to take risks easily, and fall into their trap in vain." In my opinion, it's better to respond to all changes with the same, and wait until dawn, and then it's not too late to fight them with open swords and guns! ”

Duolun did have the idea of letting the horse bandits explore the way just now, but listening to what Gerhan said at this time, it also felt very reasonable.

Tonight, the defenders of Metasequoia City tossed and turned, just to provoke themselves and cause the entire coalition army to advance and retreat. As the attacking side, their forces far exceeded that of the opposite side, and it was originally a situation of sure victory, so there was no need to choose blind night battles because of a moment of anger.

Duolun looked up, and the eastern sky was already a little cloudy at this time. I couldn't help but secretly say in my heart, no matter what conspiracy he had, as long as I was as steady as a rock, I would occupy the active side, and what could Metasequoia City do to me? When the sky is bright, any tricks will be invalid immediately!

Well, Gelhan is right, don't be impulsive, treat it calmly.

After pondering like this, Duolun suddenly felt that he was very wise and lived up to the title of "No. 1 Wise General" of the Golden Clan. If it were for other Turkic generals to be here, I am afraid that they would have rushed forward to die with a hot head.

The more Duolun thought about it, the more proud he became, so he ordered his subordinates to leave only a small part of the troops to continue to monitor Metasequoia, and the others returned to the camp with peace of mind and slept well. Wait for the spirit to be nourished, and you are beating the Holy Tang Army!

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Watching the enemy army gradually retreat like a tide, Lin Feng's hanging heart finally fell back into his stomach. He sighed lightly and smiled at Li Jiangyao, who was observing the enemy formation: "It was so dangerous just now, the Turks almost ......."

Before he finished speaking, Li Jiangyao excitedly ordered: "Lin Feng, immediately order all the people!" The enemy is exhausted, and I will launch a surprise attack in half an hour to catch them by surprise! ”

With the order given, it was not enough to have a hot cup of tea, and four hundred elite Pegasus scout battalion soldiers lined up neatly on the street inside the south gate.

Three hours ago, that is, when Li Jiangyao had just returned to the city, these people were ordered to start the stove and start the meal, eat the flatbread and beef half full, and then rest and sleep, even if the sky fell, they didn't have to pay attention.

At this time, the soldiers who had eaten and slept enough were full of energy and high morale.

They wore the dark blue military uniforms of the Zhenjiang Protectorate, covered with black armor made of fine iron, with dragon-patterned goggles on their chests and snow-white cloaks on their backs.

On their battle helmets, the royal blue helmet tassels fluttered in the wind, and the fang-swallowing divine beast mask was all put down, leaving only their eyes, mouth and nose exposed.

At first glance, it looks like a group of demon god generals.

The soldiers' horses were also covered with armor and were fully able to resist the attacks of arrows.

These Pegasus scouts are extremely well-armed and come from the best blacksmiths in Metasequoia City.

Each warrior is armed with a spear, an iron shield, and a waist knife. One hundred of them carried hard crossbows, and four quivers on either side of the horses, each containing thirty white-feathered arrows, which were extremely sharp.

Li Jiangyao looked at the subordinates in front of him who were eager to try, and couldn't help but bow slightly. Now the morale does not need to be motivated anymore, and everyone is in the peak state.

He took out the Starfall Knife and pointed to the sky and shouted, "Where is the power of the Holy Tang Army? ”

"Look at me—Pegasus Scout Camp!"