Chapter 30: The Siege of Longnan

Seeing that Xue Li was injured and fell to the ground, the masked people around hurriedly rushed forward to rescue, and all kinds of blades beckoned to Xuan Qi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Xuan Qi was the closest to Xue Li, but he no longer hesitated at the moment, took two steps forward, and slapped Xue Li's head with one palm. Xue Li let out a rapid scream and fell to the ground, already dripping to death.

The masked people who had just come up saw that their deputy sect leader had died at the hands of Xuan Qi, and they all hurriedly retreated. Xuan Qi was like a tiger entering the flock, and in an instant, he had already crushed the throats of the two masked people. Amid the screams, the masked men left behind a dozen corpses and fled in all directions. Xuan Qi was worried about the safety of Zhan Dashan's father and son, so he stopped pursuing and turned around to look for Zhan Dashan's father and son.

When he joined Zhan Dashan's father and son, Xuan Qi no longer concealed it and made his identity clear. Zhan Dashan couldn't help but be a little in awe when he heard that Xuan Qi was actually the little prince of the Zhenwang Mansion and the deputy marshal of Zhenbei. But seeing that Xuan Qi looked plain and not condescending, he was relieved at the moment. Xiaolong was still young, and when he saw that Xuan Qi's martial arts were so strong, he pestered Xuan Qi and wanted Xuan Qi to teach him martial arts, but Xuan Qi agreed without hesitation.

The three of them drove the ox cart to the town, but found that the town was a little chaotic, and the passers-by were in a hurry. Xuan Qi grabbed a passer-by and inquired about the situation, but it turned out that there was a rebel army going south from Longzhong, and it was almost to Longnan, but the people in the town were packing up their belongings and preparing to flee. Xuan Qi saw that the passer-by was in a hurry, and he didn't want to say more, so he had to let the passer-by go in a hurry.

Xuan Qi took Zhan Dashan's father and son directly to the town's guard house and revealed his identity. However, the officers and soldiers of the guard station did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported in. The guard officer of the guard station heard that Xuan Qi came to ask for a meeting, but he quickly rushed out of the guard station, and saw that Xuan Qi looked the same as the portrait he received, and immediately welcomed Xuan Qi into the guard with enthusiasm. After Xuan Qi sat down, the guard officer stood aside respectfully, ready to listen to Xuan Qi's orders at any time. Xuan Qi asked about the rebels, but the guard officer didn't dare to hide it, so he told Xuan Qi everything he knew.

But it turned out that Li Sheng confronted the rebels in Longzhong, and the two sides occasionally fought, but the scale was not large. There was a famine in the northwest, and the rebels had almost exhausted the grain and grass for several months, so they sent 30,000 horses and horses all the way to the south to plunder, but they had already reached the north of Longnan, and it was only more than 200 miles away from here.

Xuan Qi didn't expect that in the past half a year since he lost his memory, so many things have happened. In a hurry, he personally repaired a book, and asked the guard officer to send someone to escort Zhan Dashan and his son to the king's mansion in Jingcheng Town, while he led a fast horse in the guard and went all the way to the north.

When I entered Longnan City, I saw that the city was still in order, and the people were not panicked. However, it turned out that Liu Jingnan, the assassin of Longnan, had always loved the people like a son, and was deeply loved by the people of Longnan, and also received strong support from the garrison general Hao Yun. Liu Jingnan discussed with Hao Yun and thought that although there were less than 5,000 defenders in Longnan City, if he only held the city, it would not be impossible. The two agreed to stick to Longnan, Liu Jingnan asked for help from the capital and Li Sheng's army on the one hand, and on the other hand, he announced that the whole city knew, but the people of Longnan trusted Liu Jingnan very much, and most of them voluntarily stayed to help defend the city.

Xuan Qi asked the direction of the garrison general's mansion, and he quickly whipped his horse and headed towards the garrison general's mansion. Liu Jingnan and Hao Yun were discussing in the mansion, and when they heard the report from the soldiers, they hurriedly welcomed them out of the mansion. Xuanqi has been missing for more than half a year, and now he suddenly appeared and came to Longnan, and the two knew that Xuanqi had repeatedly performed miraculous feats in Yanmen Pass, which was equivalent to one more general in Longnan.

Overjoyed, the two expressed their willingness to hand over the power of city defense to Xuan Qi on the spot. Xuan Qi thought that he was not familiar with Longnan and insisted on not accepting it, but he was willing to contribute his own strength to relieve the siege of Longnan. Seeing that Xuan Qi was resolute not to accept, the two of them didn't say more, but they both admired Xuan Qi even more.

After the three of them discussed, they all felt that the Qinzhou Fangjing, which was closest to Longnan, had rebelled, and the garrison was also very empty, so they would definitely not be able to support Longnan. Fortunately, there are high mountains on both sides of Longnan, if you just can't hold on, with a rabble of 30,000 rebels, it is also very difficult to capture Longnan City.

Xuan Qi looked at the topographic map between Longnan and Qinzhou, but he proposed a dangerous move, if Qinzhou could send troops to cut off the back road of the 30,000 rebels, maybe he could completely annihilate the rebels. But the premise is that Qinzhou City must be guaranteed to be foolproof, if Qinzhou is lost again, I am afraid that Li Sheng's army will fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy. The three of them are all lamenting that there are no usable soldiers, and it seems that they can only hold on to the city.

Xuanqi asked about the situation of the Lizhou garrison in northern Sichuan, and Liu Jingnan said that Qian Chaoxian, the general of Lizhou, had 50,000 troops, but he was strictly guarding against the 150,000 Tubo troops in the northwest and west of Sichuan. Although Sanji, the national teacher of Tubo, promised not to take the initiative to attack Chuanlong, he had to be on guard.

Xuan Qi could hear Liu Jingnan say it, but he was overjoyed, and explained the relationship with Sanji to the two, expecting that Sanji would definitely sell his face, and Liu Jingnan and Hao Yunzi were also overjoyed. After the three of them discussed, they decided that Xuan Qi would repair a letter and send it to Sanji's army, and at the same time, Xuan Qi personally went to Lizhou and asked Qian Chao to lead troops to relieve the siege of Longnan.

Liu Jingnan and Hao Yun knew that Qian Chaoxian was a fierce general under Li Hu, the prince of Laozhenbei, and they thought that they would obey Xuan Qi's dispatch, but they didn't expect that Xuan Qi and Qian Chaoxian had known each other for a long time, and Xuan Qi and the Qian family had cooperated for many years. Xuan Qi didn't explain these relationships with the two, but at the moment, he was speeding up and galloping all the way south.

Xuanqi hurried overnight, and arrived in Lizhou City the next morning. Qian Chao was overjoyed when he saw Xuan Qi coming. After the two discussed, it was decided that Qian Chaoxian would lead an army of 30,000 to aid Longnan. Xuan Qi saw that the purpose of this trip was achieved, so he no longer stayed, and after having breakfast in a hurry, he hurried back to Longnan again.

At this time, the 30,000 rebel army, led by Fan Yi, the younger brother of Fan Xiong, the former Qinzhou garrison general, burned and looted all the way, but the march was extremely slow, and it was still more than 50 miles away from Longnan. Seeing that the sky was about to darken, with the speed and dissipation of the rebels, they would definitely not rush to Longnan overnight. After discussing with Liu Jingnan and Hao Yun, Xuan Qi believed that the rebels would not be able to reach the city of Longnan until the early morning of the second day at the earliest. And the Qian Dynasty's army, according to the previous agreement, should be able to reach Longnan before midnight under the rapid march.

The three of them made a plan on the spot, wanting to slaughter all the 30,000 rebels under Longnan City. At the moment, they each went out of the garrison general's mansion and began to arrange everything.

Before midnight, Qian Chaoxian really led an army of 30,000 and arrived in Longnan. Xuan Qi and the three of them told Qian Chaoxian about the planned plan.