Not only the Turkic commanders, but all the Iron Pigeon Army who had experienced the horse and company camp outside Metasequoia City were all filled with chills in their hearts at this time, and no matter who they were, they couldn't erase the terrifying memories of the ghost-faced white-robed army in their minds.

Although everyone later attacked Metasequoia for many days in a row, and repeatedly clashed with the defenders in the city, after all, they had never encountered the group of fierce gods known as the "Ghost-faced White-robed Army" again, and they naturally felt a little comforted and fortunate in their hearts.

However, I never expected that the so-called narrow road of the enemy, just outside the crescent moon city of Shanshanguo, the Turks would encounter the nightmare again!

Looking at Li Jiangyao, whose face was like frost, the two commanders had no idea for a while.

Carefully speaking, the two or three hundred Saint Tang people in front of them were not the army that suffered a crushing defeat in Crescent Bay, let alone the soldiers of the Western Regions who had low combat power and were about to collapse at the touch of a button, but with only a mere 400 troops, they dared to face the white-robed knights of the 40,000 coalition army!

Since the last evacuation of Metasequoia City, there has been a song among the Turkic Iron Pigeon Army: "Fierce generals and elite soldiers do not prison themselves, and thousands of troops avoid white robes." ”

For a time, this became a sign of ridicule for the other Turkic armies.

"Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back!" The pigeon army warrior was indignant about this: "You bastards have never seen the ghost-faced white-robed army, so you don't know how terrible they are!" It's you guys there, playing balls the same! ”

And this situation is like a fight between two people, if one party is beaten hard by the other party, and there is no power to fight back, then it will inevitably leave a deep shadow in his heart, so that he will have to avoid the other party when they meet again in the future.

Therefore, although Li Jiangyao and the others only have about 200 people now, as long as they compare the battle of Metasequoia and do a simple arithmetic problem, it is not difficult to deduce a conclusion: 400 against 40,000 is about equal to 200,000, so if you want to defeat the reasonable combat power of these ghost-faced white-robed troops in front of you, it should be at least more than 20,000 people!

Fortunately, the commander studied seriously when he was a child and had solid arithmetic skills. The two leaders glanced at each other, and immediately understood that the other party's mind was the same as their own, so they turned their horses' heads very tacitly, and they didn't even have the courage to rush forward and give it a try, so they led more than 2,000 of their men to evacuate quickly.

No matter what, it's better to get as far away from this group of white-robed devils as possible.

This strange scene also completely confused Li Jiangyao.

The two hundred ironclad warriors, including him, all fell into deep confusion: Hm...... What about the brave who meets on the narrow road wins?

Shanshanjun, who was hiding behind the city wall, also rushed over in a swarm at this time, looking up at this group of heroes who scared back the enemy army without saying a word with extremely reverent eyes.

The old officer Shanshan stepped forward to give Li Jiangyao a deep salute and said with admiration: "My lord, today I have opened my eyes and seen what it means to be a soldier who surrenders without a fight!" ”

Li Jiangyao was a little confused, and replied embarrassedly: "Don't flatter me, I don't understand what happened until now, why those Turks turned around and left without saying a word." ”

"My lord, I know a little Turkic dialect," the old officer said, "When they saw you just now, someone called out the name of the ghost-faced white-robed army, may I ask, are you from the side of Metasequoia City in Chechi Kingdom?" ”

Li Jiangyao was slightly stunned, and then nodded yes.

The young female general on the side heard this, her eyes lit up, and she asked excitedly, "May I ask your name?" Is it the surname Lee? Li Jiangyao, Captain Li? ”

Li Jiangyao was even more puzzled: "Yes, you ...... You know me? ”

The old officer was equally excited: "Is it really you?" Master Li of Metasequoia City! Don't you know, some of the merchants who evacuated from Metasequoia City before spread the word about your heroic deeds, but now most of the ghosts and deserts know about it! ”

Although the old officer's words were a bit exaggerated, there were indeed many people who left Metasequoia City, and the story of Li Jiangyao leading the Metasequoia garrison to resist the Turkic horse bandits spread to all parts of Western Xinjiang. In the process of word of mouth, people gave full play to their imagination, rendering layer by layer, superimposing everywhere, and depicting the offensive and defensive battles that were originally full of drama, which were particularly exciting.

In times of turmoil and turmoil, such stories are often more easily accepted and disseminated.

Unconsciously, Li Jiangyao and his ghost-faced white-robed army have gradually begun to leave a very deep impression in the minds of the people of the ghost desert in Western Xinjiang, which also laid the initial foundation of popular support for the later epic counteroffensive war.

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After learning of Li Jiangyao's identity, Shanshan soldiers relaxed and carefully explained their origins.

The girl general turned out to be the youngest daughter of King Niz of Shanshan, the lord of Nanhua County, Horia.

Don't look at the age, it's a girl's family, but in fact, this heroic little lord of Horia has been fond of bow and horse martial arts since he was a child, and he has apprenticed everywhere and practiced a good kung fu.

Carefully calculated, in the entire Shanshan Kingdom, there are really few people who can be her opponents.

On the day that the royal court of Shanshan Kingdom was broken by the Loulan army, Huo Liya had been commanding the soldiers and horses to fight on the front line of the East City Gate. When she heard that the palace behind her was occupied by the Loulan army that had rushed in from other city gates, she immediately decided to lead her troops back to protect her father. And the deputy captain of the Wang Tingwei and the veteran Paletahun, who was with her at that time, knew that the general situation was gone, and tried his best to dissuade Horiya, and dragged her to break through and escape while she was in chaos.

After that, while evading the pursuit of the enemy, the remnants of their army collected the defeated Shanshan warriors from all over the country, and finally settled down temporarily with Bogda Mountain as a foothold.

Fortunately, the Loulan army did not stay in Shanshan for a long time after breaking through the city, they ransacked the royal court of the capital, and hurried to join the Turkic iron pigeons, which gave Horia and them a chance to breathe, and then gathered four or five thousand old troops near Bogda Mountain one after another, and gained a firm foothold.

Huo Liya was worried that the enemy would kill him at any time, so she didn't dare to easily return to the royal court with her troops, but sent spies to inquire everywhere about the location of the army of the Zhenjiang Protectorate, planning to find an opportunity to avenge her father and relatives after meeting with the main force of the Holy Tang.

But no one expected that a shocking battle in Crescent Bay, as strong as Shengtang, would also suffer a ruthless defeat.

Horia, who came to find the capital protection mansion, learned the final result, and had no choice but to decide to return to Bogda Mountain first, continue to gather the strength of the clansmen, and wait for the opportunity for revenge.

It was such a coincidental detour that allowed her to meet the legendary metasequoia hero - Li Jiangyao.

Horia and Paletahon discussed a little, and decided to lead the army to Metasequoia City on the spot, and fight side by side with Captain Li. Li Jiangyao was also employing people at this time, and there was really no reason to refuse Huo Liya and her four or five thousand loyal guards, so he readily agreed, and everyone went on the road together.

From Crescent Moon City to Metasequoia City, the middle just passes through Bogda Mountain. On the order of the county lord, Paleta Hong rushed over one step in advance, brought out all the troops and supplies hidden in the mountains, and joined Li Jiangyao, who came later, and Lian Shanshan Army led the wounded soldiers of Crescent Bay, and nearly 10,000 horses and horses continued to march towards Metasequoia.

The army returned and gradually moved away from the main battlefield of the Crescent Bay War, so it could encounter fewer and fewer Turkic and rebel troops, and the more it went, the more calm it became. A few days later, Li Jiangyao's army finally returned to the base camp of Metasequoia City.

As soon as he arrived at Metasequoia, the scene in front of him suddenly made Li Jiangyao feel stunned.

Looking from a distance on the Silk Road outside the city, I saw a dense tent camp, surrounded by Metasequoia City, arranged in three layers and three layers outside.

Coming and going between the camps, there were people fleeing from the western Xinjiang, merchants of various ethnic groups who took refuge from disasters, and soldiers wearing all kinds of military uniforms. As far as the eye can see, there are no less than tens of thousands of people.

Faced with the surprised expressions of Huo Liya and other Shanshan soldiers, Li Jiangyao smiled embarrassedly, saying that he didn't know what was going on.

"When I left, it was still bare, but I didn't expect that in a month, it would be like a crop field, and so many things would grow."

Just when everyone was puzzled, a team of horses suddenly ran out of the gate of Metasequoia City and galloped towards them. The three leaders are Lin Feng, Du Jian and Ma Mu.

When the horse team approached, Li Jiangyao was surprised to find that Lin Du and the others were still wearing white filial piety robes outside their armor.

"You all already know about Crescent Bay, huh?" Li Jiangyao said lightly: "The Holy Tang Dynasty was defeated, and dozens of generals including Zhang Sanpi and Deputy Duhu were unfortunately martyred. However, although everyone is sad in their hearts, according to the military system, when the commander of the army is not killed, you do not have to show filial piety. ”

Lin Feng and Du Jian glanced at each other and said sadly: "My lord, my lordship is like this, not because of Crescent Bay, but because of ...... He Dadu protects ......"

Hearing Lin Feng say the words "He Dadu protect", Li Jiangyao was stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds of stopping, he asked in amazement: "He ...... Teacher Ho? What happened to him? ”

"According to the Liangzhou Mansion and the Fierce Blade Army, He Dadu ...... He Daduhu was ambushed by the Xuanjia Army and was unfortunately killed! ”

Du Jian added: "The day before yesterday, the Feixin cavalry of Zijin Pass broke through the blockade of the Turkic horse thieves along the road, found here, and sent a report from the Liangzhou Mansion, spreading the bad news that He Jingming was killed in the capital. Xu Youchang, the commander of the vanguard battalion of the Xuanjia Army and the general of Qianniu Zhonglang, led his troops to set up an ambush in the mountains of Liangzhou, attacking and killing Lord He who was preparing to go to the western Xinjiang to sit in the town. The imperial court clearly instructed that after Xu Youchang committed the crime, he absconded to Western Xinjiang in fear of crime, and specially ordered all the troops and horses of the Zhenjiang Prefecture to arrest and arrest him immediately once his traces were discovered! ”

Lin Feng carefully observed Li Jiangyao's reaction, and saw that his brows furrowed when he heard Xu Youchang's name, and hurriedly said: "My lord, on that order letter, in addition to the seal letter of the Liangzhou Mansion and the Fierce Blade Legion, there is also Lord Shen Lie's personal signature, and there should be no mistake in the matter." ”

Li Jiangyao couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Shen Lie to be involved, so he asked casually: "They said that Xu Youchang came to Western Xinjiang, do you have any news of him?" Where will this guy go? ”

"My lord, God has eyes!" Du Jiandao: "God really has eyes! When he received the report from Liangzhou, Xu Youchang and his men happened to be hiding here. Kobayashi and I have taken them all. If it weren't for the fact that you would have come back to dispose of them, the soldiers would have eaten them alive at that time! ”

"Xu Youchang is actually here with us?" Li Jiangyao pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "Go, go back and bring him to see me." I'm sure that Mr. He's thing is definitely not done by that fool. ”