Duolun had just blasted the generals out of the tent who had been scolding all morning, and sat alone on the felt mat sulking, when suddenly a guard came to report that Mr. Lao Jianhua Lao was coming.

Hearing this, Duolun hurriedly got up and welcomed the dusty Lao Jianhua into his tent.

"Mr. Lao, why are you here? Did Princess Eagle Yang get it back? ”

Lao Jianhua took the hot goat's milk presented by the guards, first poured it with a sip, and then shook his head: "General, don't mention it, it's hard to explain this matter." The Holy Tang people played tricks and got a fake princess named Inas to deceive us, but fortunately, General Kunli Mingtai saw through it on the spot, otherwise they would have succeeded. ”

Duolun frowned and said, "Inas? Is it her? ”

"What? Generals know? Lao Jianhua put down the goat's milk and asked curiously.

Duolun nodded: "Not only do I know him, but I know him very well." Inas and I grew up together, not only from a noble background, but also an apprentice of the old man of the Martial Saint. ”

Lao Jianhua: "So, she is the junior sister of General Yun Qianxue?" ”

"That's right. Yun Qianxue, Ge Shuxuan, and Kun Zhe are all Inas's brothers and sisters," Duolun replied absentmindedly: "Say so...... Her Royal Highness the princess is still in the hands of Saint Tang? ”

Lao Jianhua heard the worry in Duolun's tone, for fear that he would ask why he didn't continue to be with Kunli Mingtai, so he hurriedly said: "Lao thinks it's not necessarily. Since the person Sheng Tang wants is me, there is no need to make extraneous branches on the princess. Therefore, they used Inas to pretend to be a princess, perhaps because Her Highness was not in their hands at all. ”

Duolun hesitated for a while, and he didn't have any idea about exchanging princesses, so he simply changed his words: "Then forget it, let's beg the fire god to bless His Highness." Mr. Lao, you came just in time, hurry up and plan for General Ben, I have suffered a secret loss at the hands of the Shengtang people this time! ”

Lao Jianhua was most afraid that the other party would be entangled in the exchange of hostages, and when he heard this, he immediately put his mind at ease: "The general doesn't have to worry, Lao has his own clever plan." ”

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In the midst of the Turkic tent, more than 30 generals and colonels stood and stuffed the tents to the brim. Duolun sat in the center, Gelhan, the leader of the Ghost Alliance, to his right, and on his left sat a scribe dressed as Lao Jianhua.

At this moment, everyone is listening to Mr. Lao's talk.

I only listened to Lao Jianhua calmly speak: "This defeat is really a small defeat, and the generals don't have to take it to heart at all." It was only because of the repeated deception of the Zhenjiang army, harassing us all night, and launching a despicable sneak attack at dawn, that we were able to succeed. If they are fighting in an open array, how can they be the opponents of the coalition forces?! ”

Most of the officers present were wounded and slightly embarrassed. Hearing Lao Jianhua's words, they all nodded again and again, and said that they were heroes and heroes, and they looked down on those who used intrigues and tricks the most.

Lao Jianhua smiled and continued: "Although we have suffered nearly eight thousand casualties, we still have an absolute advantage in terms of strength compared to the defenders of Metasequoia City. After that, as long as we can play steadily, the victory will definitely belong to us! ”

"Mr. Lao is reasonable," Duolun couldn't help but feel confident when he heard this: "I just don't know if there is any good way to defeat the enemy and break the city?" ”

Lao Jianhua bowed slightly: "There are two general strategies. First, re-besiege Metasequoia City, encircle it on three sides, attack it on one side, and concentrate on attacking one of it. Although we have a strong army, our weakness is the lack of siege equipment. Instead of dividing up the forces to attack, it is better to focus on one point. Lao has already found out that the person currently presiding over the overall situation in Metasequoia City is a lieutenant named Li Jiangyao in the Zhenjiang Metropolitan Protectorate. Please think about it, general, how many troops can a small lieutenant command? There are only one or two thousand people when they are full. Let's set up a posture outside the east city gate and give him a wheel battle, and the soldiers of each battalion will take turns to attack and rest, and they will not be at peace for a moment. With such a tiring strategy, three or four days' work was enough to drag the defenders down! ”

Gerhan, who was sitting opposite, slapped his thigh: "That's right, they made deception disrupt the position of the coalition army, and Lao Tzu also wants to let them taste the taste of not being able to sleep!" ”

Lao Jianhua nodded: "The second is to give the people of Metasequoia a way out." We told the merchants and people of the city to give them three days to leave the city as quickly as possible, and not to hinder them during this time. But after three days, the coalition army will attack in a big way, and after breaking the city, it will definitely slaughter the city, and kill him without leaving a chicken or dog. ”

"Why didn't I think of this before?" Duolun was excited: "Let's do this, the people of the whole city will not be able to run away immediately, and the morale of the defenders will also be greatly weakened. ”

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In Metasequoia's City Guard Mansion, Li Jiangyao and his subordinates were all worried about the situation in front of them.

Not long ago, an envoy from the Turkic horse bandit coalition came to deliver a document stating that the two sides were fighting and would not hurt the people, so the commander of the coalition army was gracious and decided to let the people in the city flee for their lives as soon as possible, otherwise they would miss the time limit and bear the consequences.

At the same time, hundreds of long arrows wrapped around the same notice were shot all over the city, so that the news immediately spread throughout Metasequoia.

The Turks' trick of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle was really too extreme, and Li Jiangyao used all his strength to build up the confidence and morale of the whole city, and he was in danger of being disintegrated by the enemy.

Ma Mu hurriedly walked into the main hall and said hurriedly: "My lord, you have to think of a way quickly!" At present, five or six hundred merchants of various ethnic groups have gathered on the West Gate, and they are all clamoring to leave the city, and Du Jian and them are almost unable to suppress it. ”

"If you want to go, let them go." Li Jiangyao was slightly distressed: "It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, I can't force the people to die with us, right?" ”

When Ma Mu, Lin Feng and the others heard this, they immediately looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, Shen Lie, who was sitting on the side, coughed lightly twice: "Brother, can you allow Shen to say a few words?" ”

Lord Shi, the director of the Reverse Scale Division, wanted to express his opinion, but Li Jiangyao couldn't help but pay attention to it, and nodded hurriedly when he heard the words.

Shen Lie smiled unhurriedly: "My lords, Captain Li is kind and upright, and he doesn't want to drag down the innocent people in the city, there is nothing wrong with this. But...... I don't know if you have thought about it, once this opening is released, the consequences will be unimaginable. The desire to survive is human instinct, as long as there is a glimmer of life, no one is willing to fight with their lives to do useless struggle. Therefore, if the people are allowed to leave, within three days, most of the population of the entire Metasequoia City will run out. ”

He paused slightly, and seeing that everyone was listening carefully, he continued: "Don't think that only merchants who do business will leave. As long as they can save their lives, the local residents will flee as well. You know, this time is different from your previous resistance to the horse bandits. Horse bandits are the cancer of the ghost desert in Western Xinjiang, and everyone hates them, so in the face of horse bandits, the whole city can achieve the same hatred and hatred of the enemy, and work together. However, now there is not only the ghost alliance Gelhan, but also the Turkic Iron Pigeon Army, so it has become a war between Shengtang and the Turks, between countries and countries. For the people, whoever occupies Metasequoia is nothing more than a change of owner, and does not necessarily become a victim. And when the people are running for their lives, will the local defenders still fight for their lives? I'm afraid that even the soldiers of the Imperial Protectorate will be shaken by the morale of the army. ”

Li Jiangyao said helplessly: "Lord Shen, I understand what you said, but I can't block the city gate and prevent them from leaving." Doesn't this mean that the people are directly cut off from their way of life, and they will immediately fall for the enemy's discordant scheme. ”

"You're right, this is a divisive plan." Shen Lie bowed slightly: "Because of this, we can't even mess up before fighting." ”

Lin Feng was a little curious: "This can't be released, it can't be released, so what should I do?" ”

Shen Lie: "Colonel Lin, you should know what I'm doing, right?" ”

Lin Feng had already learned Shen Lie's true identity at this time, and was slightly stunned: "I have heard of the humble position, and my lord is to protect the emperor. ”

"Haha, that's a tact." There was a murderous aura in Shen Lie's eyes: "What I am best at is the technique of infiltrating the room. If the Turks and Lao Jianhua were allowed to succeed easily, wouldn't they lose the prestige of the scales? He can play discord, won't Shen be reversed? ”

Li Jiangyao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly approached to ask for details, wanting to see what good ideas this great expert in conspiracy and trickery had.

-

More than a dozen heralds, carrying swords and flags and banging gongs, shouted everywhere in the streets and alleys of Metasequoia City:

In order to protect the safety of the people, the Metasequoia City Guardian Mansion and the Zhenjiang Metropolitan Protectorate decided to allow everyone to leave the city for refuge. However, in order to prevent the Turkic horse bandits from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, the people who left the city had to obey the command and leave the city in batches. At the same time, the Zhenjiang Army reminded everyone that the Turks were cruel and cunning, and this time they joined forces with the notorious ghost alliance horse bandits, and once the business travelers escaped the protection of Metasequoia City, they must be careful of their own safety.

Hearing the news, everyone in the city cheered and thanked Captain Li for showing compassion for the people and loving the people like a son.

Some local residents who were still hesitant to leave the city and flee for their lives were moved by the defenders' righteous deeds, but decided not to leave for the time being, but stayed to support the Zhenjiang army.

However, even so, there were still a large number of merchants and people, who successively flocked to the designated place to leave the city - Metasequoia West Gate.

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight thousand people gathered here, and a large area of black pressure was pressed. In accordance with the command of the officers and soldiers of the defenders, everyone lined up in an orderly manner to verify their identities and was released out of the city in batches.

From noon to evening, six groups of people left smoothly.

However, just as the seventh group of nearly 300 people was about to set off, there was a sudden noise outside the city gate ahead.

People couldn't help but stop, tiptoeing and looking ahead, while also talking about what was going on.

"What's wrong? What do you mean over there? ”

"I heard that someone has escaped!"

"Escape? Why? ”

"I don't know, I heard someone shouting just now, saying that I was in an ambush, a dead man!"

When they heard that they had been killed, the fleeing people who were waiting inside the city gate couldn't help but panic and rushed forward in a hurry, hoping to find out the situation as soon as possible.

It didn't take much effort, and the crowded crowd suddenly flashed out of its own way, and I saw five or six people being carried into the city with racks.

Those people were all injured a lot, and at this time, they were covered in blood, and they looked very terrible.

One of the first ones, recognized by many merchants, was Samor, a famous old merchant in Metasequoia City.

Samol was now wearing a bandage of blood oozing out of his head, and cried, "All dead, all dead!" Oh my God! Open your eyes! After that, he didn't take a breath and passed out on the spot.

The crowd of onlookers was startled and hurriedly asked each other what was going on. A young man next to Samol was slightly less injured, sobbing as he told the group what had happened.

It turned out that their team was the third group to leave the city this afternoon.

Unexpectedly, less than thirty miles to the west, everyone suddenly encountered a large number of Turkic troops and ghost league horse bandits.

As soon as those guys appeared, they killed people without saying a word.

He and Daddy Samore were walking at the back of the line, and when they saw that the situation was not right, they quickly turned and fled. Not only were all the goods and money lost on the road, but they were also desperately chased by horse bandits, killing several of their companions.

Fortunately, Samour was familiar with the surrounding terrain, and even though he was seriously injured, he still escaped with his group and escaped back from the trail.

As soon as these words came out, the entire Ximen suddenly exploded.

The people who had planned to leave the city were furious and greeted all the ancestors of the Turks and horse bandits. At the same time, I couldn't help but secretly rejoice that I was ranked behind, otherwise I would have been equally lucky.

Samor and the other seriously wounded were carried by the soldiers of the Zhenjiang Army and rushed to the city guard mansion for treatment of their injuries, while the other caravans and civilians dispersed in a blink of an eye, without saying more.

Away from town? And a hammer away! Is it long?