Shen Zhixi and Yao Xi played a game of chess until dawn, and the victory was not scored.

Yao Xi trembled and got up, and Shen Zhixi hurriedly helped him.

The old lady waved her hand, and there was a hint of desolation in her eyes.

It's dawn.

But he's old, too.

The red sun is rising, and its path is bright.

The scarlet-clothed girl in front of her is the hope of Jokhang.

She is still young, in her prime, and has infinite possibilities.

There are talented people from generation to generation.

Thinking of this, the old man's lips twitched, and his voice trembled: "Go back, little girl." ”

Shen Zhixi looked at him blankly.

"It's dawn, do what you're supposed to do."

Shen Zhixi returned to Hanzhang Palace, a sand table of the land of Liangliao had already been placed in the hall, Shen Heng sat on the dragon chair expressionlessly, very anxious, and felt a little relieved to see his sister come back.

Next to the sand table sat an old man with a white beard, who looked a little older than the other day.

It is Yang Yi, the secretary of the military department.

Shen Zhixi stared at the formation of troops on the sand table, and only said slowly after a long time: "Attacking Shenyang is too risky, not like the path that Yelu Chucai is used to. ”

"It's not him." Yang Yi grabbed a chess piece from the chess box next to him, as if he was considering where to put it on the sand table, "This battle is a big gamble, Li Xuanyi is betting that the defenders of Tieling will not take the opportunity to sneak attack his rear, and we are betting that Li Xuanyi will take the enemy lightly." ”

"We won the bet?" Shen Zhixi raised her eyes to look at the old man, her eyes full of expectation.

"It can only be said that it is a preemptive strike, and it is too early to say that it will win or lose." The ink-black chess pieces in Yang Yi's hand slowly fell, "The cavalry on the left wing of the Longxiang Army attacked the north gate, and our army sent out Hongyi artillery to resist. ”

Outside the city of Shenyang, the cavalry on the left flank of the Long Xiang army began to storm the north gate, and Gu Yuan ordered people to carry the Hongyi cannon up.

"Ignition!"

With Gu Yuan's order, the lead began to burn.

This was followed by a deafening loud bang.

When Gu Yuan moved out the big killer weapon of the Hongyi Cannon, Li Xuanyi was personally supervising the battle on the front line.

Uncle Murong Yanjin was a little nervous when he saw Gu Yuan using the Hongyi cannon they had never seen before: "Your Majesty, it's dangerous!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the Hongyi cannon bombarded indiscriminately and almost sent Li Xuanyi, who personally supervised the battle, to the sky.

Li Xuanyi was choked by the smoke and coughed, and hurriedly ordered a pause in the attack on the north gate, preparing to bypass the fierce artillery attack and break through Shenyang City from Sanqiling in the west of the city.

Murong Yanjin, who has always been timid and afraid, stood up very abnormally: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you can't make a detour to attack Shenyang City through Sanqiling!" ”

Li Xuanyi didn't expect his uncle to come forward to oppose at this time: "Why not?" ”

Murong Yanjin took the moon staff for playing polo, and nodded at the position of Sanqiling on the sand table: "Your Majesty, please see, the terrain of Sanqiling is steep and narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if Gu Yuan sets up an ambush here to catch us off guard, it will be difficult to get out even if you want to retreat at that time, please think twice, Your Majesty!" ”

Li Xuanyi was silent.

He realized that there was some truth in what Murong Yanjin said, but his pride as the Heavenly Khan, the communist ruler of Mobei, made him not allow others to question his authority, even if the advice of others was right and desirable.

With the blessing of countless elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, Li Xuanyi decided to take a gamble.

He did not listen to Murong Yanjin's advice, but handed over the command of the cavalry on the left and right flanks to his uncle.

Murong Yanjin had no choice but to attack the north gate, and sent a light cavalry to the west of the city to make a feint attack, and met Li Xuanyi by the way.

At the same time, Gu Yuan, who was under the personal command of the Governor Yamen, received a secret report from Tan Daochang.

Just four short words.

The wolf is in the mouth of the tiger.

In the Hanzhang Palace, Yang Yi and Shen Zhixi also received this codeword.

"It's done?" Shen Zhixi said happily.

Shen Heng, who had been leaning on the dragon chair and squinting, also sat up when he heard his sister's exclamation.

"Do more with less." The old man put the chess pieces in his hand on the sand table in the west of Shenyang.

Twenty-one miles west of Shenyang, Sanqiling.

The Beili army stepped into Sanqiling unsuspectingly, and they would not have thought that waiting for them in front were 6,000 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion armed with bows and crossbows.

Seeing that the 10,000 northern troops had completely entered the encirclement, Tan Daochang, who had already led people to ambush on the top of the mountain and waited for the wolves to take the trap, ordered: "Release the arrows!" ”

In an instant, ten thousand arrows were fired at once, covering the sky and the sun.

Li Xuanyi didn't expect Gu Yuan to set up an ambush here, and many people were shot to death by random arrows before they could react.

Everyone knows that this is an all-or-nothing gamble.

But some people want to use the lives of countless people to make a bet to verify the authenticity of this gamble.

Just like Wei Yan, the general of the Shu Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the rebel army who rose up in Shaanxi in the previous dynasty.

and Li Xuanyi, who is now trapped in Sanqiling.

Li Xuanyi in the chaotic army quickly reacted: "There is an ambush!" Evacuate! ”

But it was too late, the Beili Iron Cavalry trapped in the valley could not exert their strong mobility advantage, and the 10,000-strong army was equivalent to the live target of the Shenji Battalion, and under the fierce fire of the Shenji Battalion's bow and crossbow, the Beili Army suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Tan Dao often ordered: "Light the fire!" ”

The use of firearms to attack itself is the old business of the Shenji Battalion, and with Tan Daochang's order, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion took out another big killing weapon that Gu Yuan had prepared in advance.

10,000 enemies.

Master Gu didn't know where to find a pile of old quilts, spread straw, evenly smeared gunpowder, lit the fire and threw it at the Beili army in the valley.

The effect of this improvised 10,000-strong enemy was remarkable, and in a matter of moments, the valley was in flames.

The Shenji Battalion has set the whole mountain on fire.

The flames consumed the embers of dusk and melted the twilight ray.

A sea of fireworks.

Li Xuanyi paid a heavy price for his gamble.

An hour later, Li Xuanyi, who had been hit by several arrows and was almost killed by the 10,000 enemies who were blown up and blown up, withdrew under the light cavalry escort that Murong Yanjin had deployed in advance.

In the first battle of Sanqiling, almost all the 10,000 troops in the north were wiped out, and the Shenji battalion suffered a total of 100 casualties.

Which is better or worse, the superior and the inferior.

At the same time, Murong Yanjin got two pieces of news here.

Two pieces of bad news, to be exact.

The first thing was that the defenders of Tieling outflanked them in a roundabout way and cut off their rear routes.

But that's not all.

The most fatal problem in front of us now is that the army under the little emperor has been beaten to pieces, and it is already difficult to launch a counteroffensive.

Murong Yanjin was stunned, he had a good start, how could a good hand play like this?

Just when he didn't know what to do, there was a commotion outside the tent.

As soon as Uncle Guo wanted to rush out and scold them loudly, a handsome young man walked in slowly: "Your Majesty's injury has been seen by a military doctor, and it is fine, just need to be healthy for a few days." ”

Murong Yanjin was stunned for a moment, and his tongue was knotted: "Deputy Envoy Zhao? You...... Didn't you go to Beiliang? How did it end up here? ”

Zhao Rongyun, a scholar in Tsing Yi, smiled lightly: "Uncle Guo, that is for the secret spy of Dazhao, how can you take it seriously?" ”

Murong Yanjin frowned: "The Privy Council's methods are really good. Did the right minister ask you to come? ”

Zhao Rong bowed, "The deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Zhao Ei, is late to save the car, and I hope Your Majesty and Uncle Guo will forgive your sins." ”

Murong Yanjin waved his hand: "You can tell Your Majesty this." What is the command of the Right Prime Minister when he sent you? ”

"Naturally...... Come to the rescue. Zhao Rong smiled and said, "Didn't Zhao say anything?" ”

Murong Yanjin: "......"