Yan Wu suddenly made a move, and everyone on the handsome stage couldn't react for a while, and they were all in a daze.

However, a guard who was not far behind Yan Wu was standing not far behind Yan Wu, standing on tiptoe and walking over quietly.

"Move the flag forward!"

Yan Wu was still shouting, not noticing the changes behind him.

The guard had walked two paces away from him, put his hand on the hilt, and drew his sword.

"Don't do it!" Xian Yu Shuming glanced at him and yelled to stop.

However, it was too late.

"Poof."

The knife swung down, and blood splashed half of Xian Yu Zhongtong's body.

Yan Wu glanced back, only to see that it was Cui Guangyuan who snatched a knife and slashed the guard who wanted to sneak attack him to the ground.

Cui Guangyuan, a high-ranking official, made this step is a gamble on the future, gasped after the killing, held a knife behind Yan Wu, and looked around vigilantly. But when Yan Wu saw this situation, his eyes still did not change, and he was terrifyingly calm, he pressed the dagger in his hand harder, and the pain was so painful that Yu Zhongtong snorted.

"Don't think I'm afraid to do it." Yan Wudao, "If you can't win today, you will die, and I don't have anything that I can't get out." ”

"Yes, there is something to say, no need to do it." Xian Yu Shuming said, "They are all in the army, and there are differences of opinion, so they will not go to the point of using a knife." ”

"Order, let your pro-military battalion charge and attack Duan Jianwei."

Xian Yu Shuming's face changed, and he refused: "The army's heart is in chaos, what's the use of this?" ”

"Listen to him, and give orders." Xian Yu Zhongtong opened his mouth, he tilted his head, and said, "Yan Jiying, I know your grandfather." ”

"The military situation is urgent, and Hugh says it's useless." Yan Wu said coldly.

Xian Yu Zhong channel: "Let you arrange it, hide the knife in my cloak and resist it, so I can show up and give orders...... Don't worry, I'm too old to play tricks under your young man. ”

He smiled a little bitterly, and then said, "If I can win, how can I be willing to flee in defeat?" I have led my army here thousands of miles away to win! ”

Only then did Yan Wu push Xian Yu Zhongtong to the height of the Shuai platform and wait and see the formation.

The soldiers surrounded them so much that the soldiers could not see the commander and were flustered, but at last they saw the big red cloak again, and settled down a little.

Yan Wu licked his lips and began to dispatch troops and horses.

With Xian Yu Zhongtong's cooperation, his orders were passed on smoothly. The phalanxes formed by tens of thousands of soldiers became chess pieces in his eyes, and he mobilized these chess pieces one by one, gradually without distractions, and only the chess game in front of him.

After another hour of fighting, the Tubo army had entered the rear flank of the Tang army, but the Tang army had not yet been defeated and maintained its combat strength.

Xian Yu Zhongtong was a little surprised, glanced at Yan Wu's cold side face, and gradually had hope in his heart.

~~

Li Hui had already discovered that Wang Zhongsi had gone out of the city to rescue him, and immediately felt excited, and led his troops to kill the Tubo army led by Gong Jiezan, hoping to join forces with Wang Zhongsi as soon as possible.

When Duan Jianwei saw this, he frowned, didn't say a word, personally raised his knife, and galloped towards Li Hui's banner.

Two teams of personal guards cavalry stood on his left and right, shouting, wah-wah, waving long axes to split the Tang army that dared to stand in the way.

The 1,000 Tang Army cavalry was encircled and there were only more than 500 people left, and the formation was completely chaotic.

"Kill!"

Duan Jianwei roared, provocatively raising his long knife and waving it.

When Li Hui saw it, not only did he not retreat, but instead pulled the reins and rushed towards him.

Killing Duan Jianwei would save the army from an unfavorable situation, and of course he would dare to step forward and fight.

"Come on!"

"Die!"

With a roar, the two horses crashed into each other.

Li Hui clenched the Mo knife and stared at Duan Jianwei's neck, determined to cut off Duan Jianwei's head even if he was stabbed.

He had faith.

No matter how brave the other party is, his strength may not be comparable to him. And the Mo knife in his hand was extremely sharp, and it could directly cut Duan Jianwei's weapon.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, Li Hui stepped off the war horse and screamed, and blood spurted out from the horse's legs.

But it was two Nanzhao soldiers who rolled from the ground and cut off his horse's legs.

The war horse fell to the ground, and Li Hui fell heavily to the ground.

He raised his head and saw that Duan Jianwei had already ridden his horse in front of him and slashed it mercilessly.

"Poof."

Li Hui's head was raised high, Duan Jian and Wei Yaowu raised their might, and the morale of the Nanzhao army was greatly boosted.

However, even so, he still couldn't stop Wang Zhonghe's momentum from breaking the formation.

"Boom!"

Another spear with explosives was thrown above the Tubo army in the west, and the flesh and blood exploded, and the Tubo soldiers who saw this thunder for the first time were in chaos.

Gong Jie Zan saw the Tang army crashing into him, but he didn't have the courage of Li Hui to face the enemy, and unlike Duan Jianwei, who needed to fight to the death to defend his homeland, he quickly ordered a retreat.

The Tibetan army retreated, and Wang Zhongsi finally joined up with Li Hui's Tang army.

It's a pity that Li Hui has only been dead for a long time, and his blood has not yet cooled.

Wang Zhongsi glanced up, the long pole with Li Hui's head on it, didn't say anything, just slapped his horse and rushed towards Duan Jianwei's banner.

"Come on."

Duan Jianwei was not afraid of Wang Zhonghe, who was famous all over the world, his eyes were full of excitement, and he was very happy to fight with Wang Zhonghe.

But before he could step forward, someone under his command had already rushed over and reminded him to look at the battlefield in the east. There, instead of being defeated, the Tang army was still storming the Nanzhao soldiers.

There is a very serious problem in front of us, the fact is that the main force of Nanzhao has regained the flanking attack of the Tang army, and if it continues to fight like this, even if it can win, the main force of Nanzhao will suffer heavy damage.

After all, Tubo is only an ally, if Nanzhao's own strength is too lost, the Tubo army that came to help today is likely to change its face and become an enemy who came to annex Nanzhao.

Duan Jianwei had to calm down, observe the situation, and make the most calm decision.

~~

Longwei Pass.

There were pools of blood everywhere on the city, and a southern soldier climbed up from the battlements on the north side.

Tian Shenyu was still slashing the enemy not far away, turned his head to see it, and hurriedly waved his knife to cut the hand of this Nanzhao soldier, however, the other party was as nimble as a monkey, and he quickly jumped up and knocked him down.

"Supplemental defense!"

Tian Shenyu shouted, then took the opportunity to bite the enemy's ear, tilted his head and tore it off.

Xue Bai strode past him, slashed with a knife in his hand, cut off a hand that was holding the battlements, and then turned around neatly, and overturned the Nanzhao soldier who was fighting with Tian Shenyu with a knife.

This section is close to Cangshan, and the surrounding terrain is treacherous, but it has become a sneak attack place for the Nanzhao army, but it is good to hold it.

An arrow flew past Xue Bai's face, and Diao Geng hurriedly came over and pulled him back.

The next moment, Xue Bai looked up at Cangshan, but his movements were stagnant.

"Lang Jun, it's dangerous."

"Shh

Diao Geng didn't speak again, but he still stood in front of Xue Bai and pushed him until he retreated to the vicinity of the city tower.

Xue Bai still maintained the movement of raising his head, looking at Cangshan.

It was daytime, cloudy, and the snow on the top of Cangshan Mountain blended with the gray clouds, but after waiting for a while, he did see a long firework flying in the sky.

"It's finished?"

Xue Bai ran straight to the city tower, and went up the stairs all the way, and saw a soldier lying on the west side of the air window, which was the soldier who was ordered to watch the signal of Cangshan.

"Did you see that?" Xue Bai asked.

The soldier did not answer.

Xue Bai rushed forward and helped the soldier to see that there was an arrow stuck obliquely in his eye socket, and he was already out of breath.

At this moment, a short horn sounded under the dragon's tail.

Turning to the south, I saw Duan Jianwei's soldiers and horses slowly withdrawing, making way for the pass, allowing Wang Zhongsi to merge with Xian Yu Zhongtong's army.

It can be seen that Duan Jianwei deliberately let them enter Longwei Pass, the Tang army has no food and grass, and they are trapped in a lonely city, and it is better to put them in the city than to die at this time.

The Nanzhao army then joined forces with the Tubo army, and pursued the Tang army, trying to follow into Longwei Pass.

After Wang Zhongsi led the army to break off, he let the Jiannan army enter the city first.

In this battle under the Dragon Tail Pass, it is impossible to say who wins and who loses. In terms of casualties, the Tang army is even larger, and strategically, the Tang army has lost a good opportunity to surprise attack Taihe City.

"Open the gates!"

The city gate slowly opened, and a group of Tang troops quickly entered the city.

The soldiers under the command of Xian Yu Zhongtong looked up at the city cave of Longwei Pass, and their hearts palpitated. Of course, they knew that they were almost about to die in Erhai under the sneak attack of the Tubo army, and it was Wang Zhonghei who went out of the city to meet them and saved them.

Even Xue Bai, who was standing at the city gate to place them, was also grateful to them.

"Who's that?"

In the Jiannan Army, a tooth general named Cui Yan asked.

"The famous Xue Bai." The answer was Sima Cui of the Jiannan Army's march.

Cui said as he let go of the reins with one hand, reached into his sleeve and touched it, as if he was sure that something was still there.

So, when Cui Yang walked through the city cave, he smiled at Xue Bai.

Xue Bai nodded.

But in fact, Xue Bai didn't notice Cui Yang at all, just because there were too many people in the army who greeted him, so he nodded to everyone.

He was wondering that Xian Yu Zhongtong hadn't entered the city yet.

Until Cui Guangyuan came over and whispered a few words to him.

"Yan Wu held Xian Yu Zhongtong hostage......"

Xue Bai then asked Lifei Yuanli to transfer a team of Longyou soldiers to come over and welcome Yu Zhongtong with Cui Guangyuan.

Not long after, Xian Yu Zhongtong and Yan Wu rode together, and what was surprising was that he had a smile on his face, and occasionally turned his head to chat with Yan Wu. He was quite open-minded, and he didn't worry about being held hostage, after all, he won the battle.

"I've seen the freshness of the festival." Xue Bai stepped forward and saluted, "Please enter the city in Xian Yujiedu." ”

Yan Wu saw the soldiers behind Xue Bai, turned over and dismounted, stood behind Li Fei Yuanli, and hugged his fist to Xian Yu Zhongtong with a faint expression.

"It's rude."

"Hahaha." Xian Yu Zhongtong stroked his beard and laughed, "Thank you Yan Xian nephew today." ”

With that, he kicked the horse's belly and walked into the Dragon Tail Pass.

……

Wang Zhongsi led a group of people to stand across the suspension bridge and confronted the Tibetan soldiers a hundred paces away.

After a while, the bell rang, and Yi Xiang Yele rode a camel forward.

A little farther away than a stone's throw away, Yixiang Yele looked up at Wang Zhonghe's fluttering flag, and said in an old and hoarse voice: "I didn't expect to meet an old friend again in Erhai." ”

The soldier shouted out his words.

Wang Zhongsi replied loudly: "Those who dare to offend the power of the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away, whether it is in Helong or Yunnan." ”

He didn't need anyone to speak, and his voice fell into Yi Xiangye Le's ears.

Yixiang Yele smiled "hehe" and said, "Give my old friend a face today and let him hide in Longwei Pass." ”

There was another sound of horses' hooves, and a horse carrying two men came over.

Yixiang Yele was stunned, squinted a pair of old eyes, drove the camel to catch up a few steps, and saw that the horseback was a young and handsome Han man, and sitting in front of him was Princess Nalan Zhen.

The young man whispered a few words to Wang Zhongsi, and the Tang soldiers who had broken off then glanced at the Tubo banner defiantly, turned around, and retreated to Longwei Pass.

The drawbridge slowly lifts up.

A general wanted to lead his troops to kill him, but Yixiang Yele raised his hand and stopped.

"Don't worry, the beast is in the cage, and the hunt is half the battle."

~~

The gates of Longwei Pass slowly closed.

Wang Zhongsi looked at the dense number of soldiers at the city gate and shook his head.

The Jiannan army was beaten like this, leaving behind its baggage and rushing into the city, and it had lost the opportunity to storm Taihe City, and the battle after that was even more difficult to fight.

Then, Xue Bai avoided others and whispered to him.

"Wang Tianyun has climbed Cangshan."

Wang Zhongsi's eyes lit up, he reached out and patted Xue Bai's back, and said, "Say it here." ”

The two men walked past the city and stopped at the battlements on the west side.

Under the setting sun, Duan Quangebu could be seen to collect troops and rest, leaving a red sunset all over the ground.

"Did he give the signal?"

"I saw it with my own eyes."

Wang Zhongsi groaned: "I have to tell him that Longwei Pass has been conquered, and the next step is to take Taihe City." ”

"He should be able to see it." Xue Bai said: "He has a clairvoyant mirror in his hand. ”

"Good!"

Wang Zhongsi shouted hello, paced, and said, "According to the agreement, he should surprise Taihe City tomorrow night." ”

This is what Wang Tianyun said before he set off, the message transmission on Cangshan remains unchanged, and he will attack the next night after the signal is issued. In addition, it was freezing on the top of Cangshan Mountain, and it was impossible for the Tang sergeant to stay on it for longer.

In other words, tonight and tomorrow, they must defeat Duan Quange.

……

After discussing the military situation with Wang Zhonghe, Xue Bai walked through the city tower, but an official came in front of him.

"Xue Lang, I'm Sima Cui of the Jiannan Army, here are a few letters to bring to you."

"Cui Sima is polite, dare to ask who asked Cui Sima to help bring the letter."

Xue Bai thought about it, and didn't remember that there was Cui Yan in the delivery channel he arranged.

"It's Uncle Yang's Langjun, Yang Xuan." Cui Lang's answer was quite surprising, "Yang Langjun said that he was the same classmate and the same year as Xue Lang. ”

As he spoke, he took out a rather thick envelope from his sleeve and handed it to Xue Bai.

"Thank you, Tsima."

"It's me who should thank Xue Lang for saving his life today."

Xue Bai returned to the city tower, unfolded the envelope, and found that there were several letters, one of which was written by Du Wulang, saying that he had heard from Yang Xuan that he had a Zheng Hui who was captured by Nanzhao in the same year as the commander of Xilu County, and they ransomed Zheng Hui's small family.

With this letter, there is another letter written by Zheng Hui's aunt to Zheng Hui, Xue Bai also read it, it is nothing more than to talk about the situation, tell Zheng Hui that everything is okay with them, and at the end of the letter, he also told Zheng Hui not to forget the national grace and lose his temper.

Xue Bai carefully put the letter away, with some thoughtfulness in his eyes.

After a while, he continued to read the letter, and saw that one of them was written by Yang Xuan, and the handwriting was ghostwritten by someone else.

Yang Xuan said in the letter that he was a friend, and now that Xue Bai has been demoted to Jiaozhi as an official, he will definitely try his best to help...... Only the crooked word "Yang Xuan" in the back is his own handwriting.

Xue Bai shook his head, and finally looked at Du Yan's letter, which said something about Chang'an, and at the end, he used a few simple secret words. Xue Baiti deciphered this secret language and found that it was written "Li Linfu is seriously ill and may die soon."

The brush was put down there, Xue Bai thought about the situation in Nanzhao, but he was afraid that he would not be able to see Li Linfu for the last time.

~~

Night.

Duan Quange, who had been besieging the city all day, slept in the big tent.

Before falling asleep, he had arranged patrols to prevent the Tang army from breaking through at night. The Tang army only escaped into Longwei Pass under the siege today, and when its morale and physical strength were at its lowest, the possibility of breaking through that night was of course very small. It was because he Duan Quange was very thoughtful in fighting that he made such an arrangement.

With this arrangement in place, his mood also relaxed, and after a while, he made a loud noise.

"Whew-p-h

I had a strange dream at night, and I dreamed that the Tang army had attacked the camp.

"General! Checkmate! ”

It wasn't until he was pushed to wake up that Duan Quange realized that it wasn't a dream, the Tang Army actually attacked the camp, why? If you break through, you should also go out of Longwei Pass from the south.

"What's the panic? This is a plan to attack the east and the west, send someone who is good at swimming in the water, swim across the Erhai Lake, and inform my brother that the Tang army is likely to break through the camp tonight......"

Duan Quange was very confident every time he made a judgment, and this was the case when he killed Yang Luoding.

He put on his armor and hurried to command, however, unexpectedly, the Tang army, despite exhaustion, attacked almost the whole army, completely overtook him in strength and surrounded him.

If Jian Wei could quickly support at this time, he would indeed have a chance to defeat the Tang army. However, he had just sent someone to inform Duan Jianwei that the Tang army was going to attack the east and west, and there must be no hope for support.

What Duan Quange didn't expect was that although the Tang army was tired and defeated, the morale of the army tonight was exceptionally high.

He was finally defeated in disbelief, and then he remembered that Mingjin had withdrawn his troops and was about to withdraw to Taihe City, but it was too late, and the back road was broken. A Tang army ambushed him on his way to withdraw his troops......

"Damn it!"

Duan Quange was taken to Wang Zhongsi by the Five Flowers and scolded: "Wang Zhonghe, under the fame, you are nothing more than that!" Trapped in the Dragon Tail Pass by me like a shrunken turtle! ”

Wang Zhongji was too lazy to deal with him, and ordered him to be killed at dawn, and after resting, he would attack Taihe City again.

In the morning, the Tang army swore an oath on the shore of Erhai Lake and put Duan Quange under the banner.

"Wang Zhonghei, you coward!"

Duan Quange refused to kneel, and the Tang sergeant simply broke his knee, and he fell to the ground, still scolding.

"It's useless for you to break through to the north, you're at the end of the road! Sooner or later, you will become the soul of my brother's sword......"

"Poof."

Tang Jun's wrestler cut off his head with a knife.

The head rolled twice on the ground, and its mouth was still open and closed, as if it was still talking, which made people suspicious. Unfortunately, it was all wrong.

After sacrificing the flag like this, the morale of the Tang army recovered a lot, and Wang Zhongsi gave an order and rushed to Taihe City.

~~

Xian Yu Zhongtong actually wanted to lead the army to attack Taihe City, but Wang Zhongji asked him to stay at Longwei Pass on the grounds that he was not suitable to cooperate with Wang Tianyun. Instead, he borrowed all the strong troops in his army, leaving only the wounded soldiers to help him defend the city.

When he learned that Wang Zhongsi had killed Duan Quange, Xian Yu Zhongtong couldn't help but complain.

"The capture of such generals can be used to besiege the city, and the second can be used to sacrifice prisoners to His Majesty to please the saints. Wang Zhonghei has a brutal temperament, and kills prisoners indiscriminately for his own murderous desires. ”

To put it bluntly, he still cares about the merit of the prisoner, thinking that Wang Zhongji is afraid of him competing for merit, so he excludes him like this, and the killing of the prisoner is also to repay the merit and "kill", not leaving the prisoner to him, and not giving him the opportunity to compete for merit.

Now is not the time to talk about this, not long after dawn, Duan Jianwei has gathered a large army and began to attack Longwei Pass.

Xian Yu Zhongtong's troops were insufficient, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly cheered up and responded.

~~

Taihe City.

In the sound of the horn, Ge Luofeng climbed to the top of the city, looked condescendingly at the steady stream of Tang soldiers and soldiers under the mountain, and sighed.

"The monarch and the ministers are fighting again, why did the saint force me to come here?"

"Don't worry, King." Mu Tho, the chief general guarding Taihe City, said: "The Tang army has no baggage, no siege equipment. It is impossible to break through Taihe City, this is just a counterattack before death. ”

Ge Luofeng glanced back at the courtiers, as if waiting for different opinions.

In addition to a few big chiefs standing behind him, there are also ministers, Zheng Hui is also impressively listed, he has recently taken care of money, food and military affairs for Ge Luofeng, made suggestions, and made a lot of contributions, in just one month, he has become a pivotal courtier of Nanzhao.

The reason why this is so is that the Nanzhao Kingdom was established at the beginning, and there are not many talents who are good at cultural governance.

Zheng Hui saw that no one answered, and Ge Luofeng's gaze fell on him again, so he stepped out of the column and responded: "Your Majesty, don't take it lightly. The Tang Army has repeatedly surprised us. If Wang Zhongsi dares to attack, he will have a follow-up move. ”

"Sir, what other siege methods does he have?"

"General Duan and the Tubo reinforcements are just outside Longwei Pass, plus the reinforcements from Longshou Pass, they will arrive within two days. The Tang army only attacked the city for two days, so it would not have been a strong attack, or there was an internal response, or there were side means. ”

Ge Luofeng nodded repeatedly.

At this time, a group of Tang troops went up the mountain and walked to the foot of Taihe City.

"Mengshe edict was originally a small barbarian tribe outside the country, and he was honored by the Tang Dynasty and was named the king of Yunnan, and he dared to be treacherous?! If you don't tie yourself up and surrender, please blame Your Majesty?! ”

Ge Luofeng was very surprised when he saw that this group of Tang troops seemed to be coming to recruit him.

He and the Tang court clearly knew that if he rebelled, he rebelled, and asked Xian Yu Zhongtong to surrender, but he was just pretending. How did Tang Jun start pretending today?

Ge Luofeng's eyes flashed, and he ordered someone to respond, complaining bitterly, saying how he was bullied by Zhang Qiantuo. In the end, he also used the sentence in the book written by Zheng Hui for him.

"I am faithful, and God can see from me. The Ninefold Son of Heaven, it is difficult to bear the face of being close at hand, and the loyal ministers of thousands of miles, how can he suffer from treachery? ! ”

"Ge Luofeng! Hugh is pretending to be a loyal minister here, if he is really victimized by treachery, go to Chang'an to make it clear! ”

It was impossible for Ge Luofeng to go, but he did not refuse on the spot, but expressed his fear of being victimized by treachery again, and asked the envoy of the Tang army if he could enter the city to make it clear first.

He was sure that the other party would not dare, but he didn't expect them to agree immediately.

"The King." Mu Tho said: "The Tang army wants to send Neiying into the city, or there are already their Neiying in the city, and this is here to contact." ”

"This is bullying me as a barbarian, not a plan." Ge Luofeng said: "Calculate the plan and let them in." ”

The head of the city put down the hanging basket and put the two Tang army messengers into the city.

Ge Luofeng still showed his heart for the Tang Dynasty, and politely welcomed them into the royal city and gave them fine wine.

However, the rude chieftains were not so polite, and forced the two Tang envoys to drink, and let them hold them, and forced them to open their mouths and pour wine into them endlessly, until they were drunk, and began to search them.

"King, I found it."

A wax pill was pulled out of the hair, pinched and crushed, and there were indeed two letters inside.

Ge Luofeng took a look, his face condensed slightly, but he looked at Zheng Hui.

Zheng Hui noticed his gaze and was a little surprised, but he still restrained himself from speaking.

"Sir, take a look."

"Yes."

Zheng Hui stepped forward, took the letter, and when he saw his mother's handwriting, he was stunned for a long time.

Then, realizing from a trance that he was still in plain sight, he put away his emotions and looked at another text message, which contained only one sentence.

"Lingtang is safe, and I am willing to follow the old story of Anrong City with Brother Zheng."

Zheng Hui's heart trembled, and he saluted to Ge Luofeng in a panic, and said, "Your Majesty, this is not ......"

"It's just a divisive ploy."

Ge Luofeng didn't wait for him to finish, he stepped forward to hold his hand and said, "I won't fall for the trick, Mr. Zheng forgot?" The Tang army had to slaughter Taihe City in order to dispel the anger in the saint's heart, how could I be deceived by such a little trick. ”

"Yes." Zheng Hui hurriedly replied: "I am also ...... Never be deceived. ”

He thought about it and tore the letter from his mother to shreds.

Ge Luofeng patted Zheng Hui's hand, if he stays in Nanzhao Kingdom, Zheng Hui will be the founder of the country, and maybe the prime minister, I hope he will not lose a big deal because of a small thing.

~~

The sunset came to the side of Cangshan again, and it fell little by little from the snow-covered mountaintop.

Under the walls of Taihe City, the Tang army attacked the city for half a day and gained nothing, so they could only retreat unwillingly.

After that, the last bit of afterglow dissipated.

On the silent Cangshan Mountain, there was a sudden movement. The birds were startled, and the wild beasts of the mountains and forests fled with agility.

A bearded man stood up and looked at the summit of the Buddha in front of him with a lookout.

Under the moonlight, you can see the outline of a city on the peak of the Buddha, called King Kong City, which is connected to Taihe City.

As long as you enter King Kong City, you can enter Taihe City......

(End of chapter)