In the early morning of June 13.

Wu Pingtian bowed to the king of the north.

Beiwang didn't respond, half loud, and smashed out a sentence that made Wu Pingtian breathless: "Do you think it's wrong for me to let you go martial arts?"

Wu Pingtian was silent and rarely agreed with his words: "Wrong is not wrong, if the world is uneven, martial arts will be prosperous." ”

"Get up. King Bei sighed, turned to a pair of eagle eyes to stare at the "rebel" he had always had high hopes for, and said, "What about the second half of the sentence?"

Wu Pingtian stood there, not stunned: "It's just the method, the road is wrong!"

"What's wrong?" Beiwang was expressionless.

"It is one mistake to bend my nature and love more, it is a mistake to blindly imitate and let me hone and put me in danger without any effect, this is a second mistake; it is a mistake to be strict with my father and not to love. ”

After listening quietly, Beiwang nodded: "You're right." He looked around at the generals around him, his face was a little tired, and after many years of life on horseback, he sent away the old faces from time to time and ushered in new ones. Especially Cheng Tu's death, he felt even more cold, and said: "I will not interfere in your life in the future." ”

Wu Pingtian's whole body suddenly loosened, as if an exiled prisoner had suddenly gone to the shackles.

No matter where he was, Wu Pingtian had the feeling of being watched—and it wasn't an illusion. This lack of privacy can sometimes drive people crazy.

"However, the soldier Wu Pingtian obeys the order!" said the Northern King coldly.

Wu Pingtian subconsciously stood up straight, waiting for the order.

"You lead your colleagues into a squad, the number of which is self-determined, and you are assigned to the scout guards. ”

What a cautious eye!

This was the only thought on Wu Pingtian's march as he marched.

The Scout Guard is the most advanced and important unit in the first echelon, and requires a high level of personal strength and experience.

At first, when it was said that he would join the special team, many people were interested, but as soon as they heard that it was the scout guards of the first echelon, they almost dispersed.

Only Xu Yunshen, Yu Zhongge, Zhao Aotian, Lu Sheng, and Cheng Fei are still enthusiastic, and they happen to be the three groups during training, and it seems that people will influence each other.

Soon the march reached the first battle point, Qulun City, and the scout guards sent a small team to reconnoiter as usual.

Because it was the first time to fight, it was not the turn of Wu Pingtian's inexperienced rookies to play - despite their high strength and a period of training.

Through the scouts, it was learned that the barbarians were attacking the city.

Qulun City is the second barbarian city after the outermost secret city, which was occupied by the Chinese army not long ago, and then the surrounding barbarians quickly came to the aid and blocked a part of the resting army in the city.

This is also the disadvantage of the Chinese army's rapid advance, and the left and right flanks have no time to clear up. It was only because of Yang Shi's fierce and radical command style that he was fierce by Cheng Tu, but not his calmness. And at this moment, the Chinese army turned its grief and indignation into strength, broke through two cities in a row, and had already hit the deepest part of the first layer of defense of the barbarians! The left and right wings are still in the middle of the first layer of defense at this moment!

The barbarians have one king, three cities, and twelve small cities.

There was no doubt about him, and the king of the north directly gave the order to attack.

The pikemen opened the way in formation, followed by the infantry, followed by the archers.

It didn't take long for them to arrive at the battlefield.

The archers pulled up their hardwood bows, their strings taut, sending out a rain of steel arrows.

If it is replaced by the Chinese army, it is necessary to sound the drum to signal that the Tang army has arrived, but if the king of the north does not do this, no one dares to criticize!

The arc of the arrow is not large, but it is enough to bypass the front row and hit the barbarians!

The barbarians who were shot either had bloody holes in their bodies, or arrows stuck deep into them.

"Kill!" the pikemen and infantry charged, and the archers put away their bows and arrows, drew out the shining lady, and followed closely behind the large army.

The earth-shattering shouts lifted the spirits of the defenders in the city.

Due to the difficulty and courage of the barbarians, it is difficult to carry out the tactics of echelon attacks in turns, and the Tang army has always been a tactic of piling up troops and pushing them flat and adding fuel.

The battlefield has turned from stalemate to boiling!

Everyone was swept forward by the crowd, no matter what lay ahead. The survival or death of an individual depends on a slim fortune. It doesn't matter why the war machine is started, once it starts, it greedily sucks flesh and blood, and only when it is half-full does it lie dormant.

Although the barbarian army was flanked from front to back, it was still not defeated and resisted stubbornly.

After a quarter of an hour, the defenders of the city and the reinforcements finally wiped out the barbarian army.

The barbarians still don't have a single deserter!

Everyone who looked at this sighed.

Although over the years, the Tang army has fought against the barbarians, and has also sharpened the military style of iron-blooded tough guys, and its strength far exceeds that of the local self-defense forces in the south. However, when ten adults are gone, the general army will be dispersed, and the elite soldiers will not be cared for.

But in the middle of the battlefield, a large mass of corpses appeared - the remnants of the battle between the two sides.

Under the leadership of many Qu lieutenants, small units began to clean up the battlefield and recover supplies.

The Tang army was a commander of 100 people, a captain of 300 people, a captain of 600 people, a guard of 1,200 people, and an army of 15,000 people.

The military ranks include centurion, lieutenant, lieutenant, general, marshal, etc., and there are some classifications that are independent of these systems and are no longer described.

"Thank you for the rescue of King Bei!" At the highest tower in the city, Qin Zheng hugged his fists and thanked King Bei.

Qin Zheng belonged to the Second Army of the Chinese Army, led two guards, led the rank of general, and this time was ordered to garrison one of the checkpoints of the baggage transportation line - Qulun City.

Originally, Qin Zheng was full of complaints when he got this order, complaining that there was no fight to fight, but he didn't know that the barbarian siege notice would be ushered in in an instant. Immediately as if facing a great enemy, he was ready for battle, and at the same time he was a little happy in his heart.

Sitting at home and picking up money?

That's how he first felt.

However, as time went by and his subordinates died, he felt more and more that this battle was a little hot, and he began to look forward to the arrival of reinforcements.

It's okay to share the work, just come to the rescue quickly!

This is how he felt afterwards.

At present, most of the high-level leaders are concentrated in the tallest stone tower of Qulun City to discuss the next march and strategy.

Stone towers are built in the middle of each of the barbarian cities, and they reach the height of overlooking the whole city, which is a more sacred place.

The decision was made very quickly, and the army left a single army to defend it, still led by Qin Zheng, and the rest of the troops continued to move forward to support the Chinese army in front.

In wartime, the Tang people put the overall situation first. It will not have a negative impact on military operations on the grounds of harming one's own forces. This is also one of the reasons why the king of the north directly left the strong soldiers of the first army, handed them over to the command of the Chinese army, and continued to move forward. This is mainly due to the importance of baggage transport lines.

Noon on June 5th.

At this moment, Cheng Tu had already led his army to wander into the second line of defense of the barbarians - it could be said that it was the hinterland of the barbarians.

As the guerrilla warfare progressed, Cheng Tu captured more and more Western Barbarian "tourists", and he also learned more information about the Western Barbarians.

The Western Barbarians not only have the grassland as their territory, but also have a vast plain cultivated land to the south, but this large plain is blocked by the Tianduan Mountain Range, and the Tang people do not know. Moreover, the Western Barbarians broke with the Eastern Barbarians very early, and it has been hundreds of years since then. The Western Barbarians, who have both the strengths of the Tang Barbarians, are very terrifying.

"Marshal, when are we returning?" some of the soldiers had already retreated.

During this period of treacherous marching, the results were still quite rich, and more important information was obtained, so it stands to reason that they can also return.

Cheng Tu closed his eyes and thought.

"Marshal, according to the latest news, the Barbarian Holy Son will go to the Primordial City for a parade. ”

Cheng Tu opened his eyes and ordered, "Bring up the map." ”

A rolled-up paper map was quickly spread out for Cheng Tu to see.

This map was captured from a Western Barbarian caravan.

The Tang army's map of the barbarian territory reached the second line of defense at most, and it could be touched to the edge of the big city, far less detailed than the capture. The manpower and material resources required for mapping are far less than the return on drawing after drawing, so they have been put on hold.

The Primordial City is one of the three major cities of the barbarians, and it is said that it can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.

Hundreds of thousands of people were just a state capital population, but this was a barbarian.

Hundreds of thousands can make the Tang army suffer heavy losses, and the casualties reach 1 to 1 is a barbarian army that is extravagant!

The army led by Cheng Tu, 10,000 people, even if the surprise attack is unprepared, throwing it in it should only make a splash.

It's still quite a distance from the Primordial City, about two places to cross.

Suddenly, Cheng Tu had a bold idea.

"The order is to go out, and immediately set off and return according to the route of Ding. ”

Quite a few breathed a sigh of relief.

"The army was commanded by Liu Jian and assisted by Qin Ming. He ordered.

"Here!" The two generals who were ordered subconsciously stood up straight and obeyed, and then subconsciously asked, "What about you?"

"Me?" Cheng Tu smiled, his smile was a little dazzling in the sun, and said in a low voice, "I'm going to meet the rumored Holy Son." ”

If you bring 10,000 elite soldiers and use them unexpectedly (to destroy the enemy's lifeline in a roundabout way), it will be enough. This time, he had to lose touch with the army again and rode away by himself.

However, Cheng Tu has made up his mind, and he has always been the same image in the army, and everyone can't keep him, and they don't dare to force him to stay.

He waved his hand to leave this army, and changed into a Western barbarian costume, bringing only the previous soldier who knew barbarian - Guo Qiu.

Regarding the common knowledge of the barbarian locality, they tortured the previous Western barbarian captives, and many of them were interrogated separately, and only adopted them after making sure that they were correct, and forged the identity of a merchant.

Guo Qiu is a merchant, and Cheng Tu is a foreigner outside the Western Barbarians, and this trip is for pleasure, and he heard that the Holy Son was born to admire the glory. If it was the Eastern Barbarians who had been unified and had no outsiders before, it was unlikely that there would be such an opportunity.

It turned out that after the Western Barbarians occupied the vast grasslands and plains, there were still some countries in the west and south, but their strength was not as good as that of the Western Barbarians, and there was a faint implication of worshipping the Western Barbarians as the upper state. At the same time, the Western Barbarians did not call themselves barbarians - but Han.

This Han is not another Han, knock on the blackboard to draw the key points.

Time was tight, and the two of them hurried to the primitive city.

Unlike the previous group field operations, the two also had the opportunity to rest in the barbarian city.

They carried some sword coins that were common to the Eastern Barbarians, and occasionally rested in the official hotels in the city, and spent more time on the road. Quickly, on the evening of June 6, they arrived at the gates of the great barbarian city, the Primordial City.

At first, Cheng Tu was still wondering if Guo Qiu could keep up with his progress, but he never thought that Guo Qiu had also shown speed and endurance that were not inferior to him!

"If I can go back on this trip, I will reuse you!" Under the dusk of the grassland, Cheng Tu laughed at Guo Qiu, never thinking that this trip would be able to dig up a treasure - perhaps Guo Qiu had been hiding his head for a long time and seized the opportunity to brush his face in front of Cheng Tu.

If there is no suitable means of transportation, the most suitable thing is the two legs of the practitioner...... Therefore, it is often possible to see people running wild in open places or on the road, which is still a slightly peculiar sight.

But people in this world have long been accustomed to it.

Under the slanting sun, the primitive city is quietly prostrate on the ground, and many barbarians form a torrent in and out (now is the peak of entering and leaving the city), which is terrifying.

"Let's go. Cheng Tu squinted and looked at it, strode forward, and asked Guo Qiu to follow without looking back.

The two of them turned their backs to the dusk and walked step by step into the darkness.