Prairie Alliance 17
Xie Tong put away the parchment roll, handed it to Lao Lai's hand, and said with a smile, "With this sheepskin, the day of breaking Longquan is just around the corner, Lao Lai, you have to take a good look at it, and this big task will be handed over to you to deal with."
Lao Lai opened the parchment scroll in the eyes of everyone, and as Huo Zixin and the others read it together, they were also very excited, seeing this map, as if they saw the hope of victory, and similarly, they also saw the sincerity and sincerity of the nightingale.
Li Zheng asked, "General Xie, can you start the attack on Longquan?"
Xie Tong smiled, "Of course, the order will go down, and the army will set off tomorrow morning and go straight to Longquan." ”
The crowd let out an earth-shattering roar, as if to vent the depression of this period.
Li Zheng said: "Can you explain the deployment in detail?"
Xie Tong looked around, the room was full of his good partners and brothers, and he smiled and said, "After arriving in Longquan, don't rush to attack the city first, Huo Zixin, you lead a thousand men and horses, twenty miles west of the city, together with the prince and the princess, meet Shi Jingjiao, try not to do anything, just drag him down!"
He paused and said, "Brother Murong, you lead two thousand men and horses to feign attacking the city from the plains south of the city, remember not to be reckless, lest you be attacked by tens of thousands of enemies." ”
Then Xie Tong turned his gaze at Lao Lai again, he showed a weird smile, and said, "Brother Lai, you lead the remaining two thousand men and horses to enter the city through the secret passage, join forces with your nightingale, capture the city lord's mansion in one fell swoop, and control all the big chiefs and patriarchs of the grassland alliance, in this way, Shi Jingjiaojiang is fighting alone, and there is no need to worry! Princess Jia Ning, you will not have other opinions on dealing with your brother like this!"
Shi Jianing smiled and said, "This is purely his own fault, as long as he is spared, Jia Ning will not have any opinions, ha, if the eldest brother knows that there are so many people dealing with him, I am afraid it will be too late to be happy!"
Li Zheng frowned and said, "Is it not considered to disperse the troops in this way, Shi Jingjiao knows the number of our troops very well, if he can't see the soldiers hidden in the secret passage, I'm afraid he will make more preparations! In this way, the plan will not be bright, it is better to withdraw the soldiers who protect this king, and enrich the siege army of General Murong, leaving only more than 100 people to secretly protect, and play an empty city plan with him, so it seems that it is not understandable."
Xie Tong smiled bitterly, the lack of troops was their weakest link, and it was still difficult to hide from the world in front of Shi Jingjiao, but he didn't dare to let Li Zheng take the risk alone, if Li Zheng was captured, it would be declared a failure. He looked at Li Zheng indifferently, couldn't say a word, and the tent suddenly fell silent!
Suddenly, the herald suddenly walked into the camp, he knelt down on one knee, and said, "Lord Qiqi, thousands of men and horses have come from the east, rushing towards our army!"
Everyone closed their mouths in surprise, could it be that Shi Jingjiao actually called over presciently.
Murong Longcheng stepped forward and said, "You don't need to panic, it's my clan who is here, and they are here to help." It's just enough to make up for the lack of troops!"
Everyone hurriedly walked out of the camp, Xie Tong looked fixedly, and sure enough, it was the clansmen of Murong Dragon City, they rode high-headed horses and rushed over from a distance.
Xie Tong looked at Murong Longcheng gratefully, and said, "Brother Murong, why bother."
Murong Longcheng interrupted him coldly and said, "Don't talk to me about useless things, if you treat me as a brother, accept this big gift!"
Hong Shan happily walked to the two of them, and said with a smile, "If you want to break your head, you can't guess that there will be this strange army, if Brother Murong orders the clansmen to change into the clothes of the Tang Army and hide in the Tang Army as a number, Bao Bao Shi Jingjiao will be fooled."
The two of them were moved at the same time, isn't this Hong Shan a female Zhuge in the world, and every time she thinks of something, it is a feeling that makes people's eyes shine.
Two days later, in the early morning, the army arrived in the south of Longquan City.
Before the army arrived at Longquan, it had already divided into four routes, two of which went to the west of Longquan City, one to set up a camp in the Jingqiu Plain in the south of Longquan City, and one to find a secret passage in the east of Longquan City.
Shi Jingjiao had expected that Xie Tong would lead the army to come, with his understanding of Xie Tong and his analysis of the situation, capturing Longquan was the most reasonable choice, although it was very risky, but Xie Tong was never the kind of person who retreated in the face of difficulties.
Shi Jingjiao stood on the city wall, squinting at the army stationed outside the city, and he faintly had a desire to laugh.
Gu Yuan stood beside him and said, "Little Khan, the five thousand men and horses in the Tang Military Region are less than one-sixth of our coalition army, if the old man sends an army to attack, it won't take an hour to wipe out their entire army!"
Shi Jingjiao smiled faintly, and said, "Why should the ancient alliance masters be like this, they are attacking, we are defending, and it is interesting to abide by the rules of the game! If they do the opposite, they will be left in the wilderness and flee!"
Gu Yuan was even more puzzled, and said, "Little Khan, if you blindly defend it, I am afraid that the coalition army will be dissatisfied, Li Zheng is just a prince, how can he be our army's opponent when he marches and fights outside the Saiwai!"
Shi Jingjiao turned around, looked at Gu Yuan, and said word by word, "Gu Alliance Lord, Li Zheng is not terrible, what is terrible is Xie Tong, I have fought with him in Jiangnan, 20,000 troops faced him with 1,000 light horses, and he was simply played with by him, and finally let him break through several cities in a row and burn the military rations of Huangchao, so that the rebel army in good form suddenly failed, and finally ended up in a situation."
Gu Yuan sneered and said, "Little Khan, don't want to grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige, how can the miscellaneous army of Huangchao be compared with our coalition army, don't say that the five thousand Tang army is 120,000, and it is not in the eyes of the old man."
Shi Jingjiao smiled and said, "Gu Alliance Master, in terms of bravery alone, the Tang army is indeed a big cut behind us, but marching and fighting does not rely on bravery to win, otherwise the 40,000 wolf army of Chongli will not end up hateful."
Gu Yuan's attitude took a 180-degree turn, and he flattered, "The old man knows that Xie Tong is a tricky person, and he can't be guarded against, it's always good to be careful!"
Shi Jingjiao nodded, and said, "Our army avoids but does not fight, see what he Xie Tong can do with me! If you want to break through Longquan City, which is guarded by 30,000 people, with 5,000 Tang troops, it is simply a fool's dream, Xie Tong, since you have the courage to come here, I have the courage to let you stay here forever!"
With that, he laughed maniacally.
Xie Tong ordered a letter of resignation, and in the name of Shi Jianing, he asked Shi Jingjiao to meet twenty miles west of the city after dusk.
Xie Tong took the letter, rode out of the Tang army camp, went to Longquan City alone, and stopped fifty zhang away from the city wall.
This position is the limit of the enemy's archers, and ordinary soldiers cannot shoot here.
Xie Tong threw the moon-chasing bow and tied the letter to the arrow, he leaned back slightly, and pulled the moon-chasing bow full, and with a whoosh, the bamboo arrow slashed towards the head of Longquan City like a trend, and arrived in front of Shi Jingjiao in the blink of an eye.
Xie Tong's hand was extremely beautiful, and Tang Junzhong suddenly burst into applause.
Shi Jingjiao narrowed his eyes, as if he had seen through the castration of the bamboo arrow, his body was motionless, and the bamboo arrow slashed against the top of his head, and with a bang, it landed on the tall wooden pillar behind him.
Shi Jingjiao was also bold and bold, and his actions also made the people of the Grassland Alliance excited.
Xie Tong looked at Shi Jingjiao on the city wall, he smiled, turned around and returned to the camp.
Someone had already taken down the bamboo arrow and handed the letter to Shi Jingjiao's hand.
Shi Jingjiao opened the letter, he read it three times, threw it out of the wall, and the letter swayed in the air and slid to the ground.
Shi Jingjiao slapped his backhand, his true anger was stirred, and he slapped the letter, and the letter was blown to pieces.
Gu Yuan said with a solemn face, "Little Khan, what happened to make you so unhappy!"
Shi Jingjiao sneered and said, "Xie Tong, this kid, is really cunning enough, he actually made an appointment with me in the name of Princess Jia Ning, and he wanted to play the family card! It's just a fool's dream!" He paused and continued, "Gu Alliance Master, Xie Tong will definitely attack Longquan tonight, everything will be handed over to you here, remember not to go out of the city to pursue, if there is an emergency, communicate with me as soon as possible, so as not to fall for Xie Tong!"
Gu Yuan laughed and said, "Little Khan, don't worry, the old man will definitely do his best." Strive to ensure that Longquan is not lost".
Shi Jingjiao said, "At that time, I will bring 5,000 warriors to meet with my sister, and I will also send 5,000 coalition troops to suppress the formation, the lord of the ancient alliance, don't close the west gate of Longquan, I may return to Longquan at any time." ”
Gu Yuan was busy claiming to be.
Shi Jingjiao smiled weirdly, he turned around and left the city wall, and rode straight to the city lord's mansion, Xie Tong Fangcai's letter, he actually asked Shizun to fight a decisive battle in the Moon Moon Pavilion in the north of the city, this is really arrogant, but since Xie Tong dared to come, he dared to leave Xie Tong here, this great news must be shared with Shizun and his old man, Shizun is very interested in Xie Tong!
Thinking of this, Shi Jingjiao sped up the speed of raising his whip and entered the City Lord's Mansion at a gallop.
Xie Tong's army officially entered the battle state at this moment.
After Xie Tong returned to the camp, he said goodbye to Murong Dragon City, he no longer needed to stay in the Chinese army in Murong Dragon City, what he needed to do at this moment was to find a place and wait for the Ghost Venerable to come to him for a duel, with his understanding of the Ghost Venerable, the Ghost Venerable would definitely not stop, and he was bound to die.
It was still early, and Xie Tong wandered aimlessly alone, pacing from the south of the city to the west of the city.
When we arrived in the west of the city, it happened to be 10 o'clock in the evening.
Xie Tong raised his eyes and looked, and Shi Jingjiao's men and horses rushed from afar, rolling up a cloud of dust.
Xie Tong roughly estimated that the number of people was more than five thousand, and it seemed that Shi Jingjiao was very careful.
And Li Zheng and the others were fully prepared and waiting for Shi Jingjiao's arrival.
It was early winter, and the night in the northeast was coming quickly, and at dusk, the sky was gradually darkening.
Li Zheng took great care to arrange a simple negotiation tent, with a lone pestle in front of the army.
Bonfires were lit around the tent, and the tents were brightly lit.
Shi Jingjiao's army came to an abrupt halt a mile in front of the negotiation camp, and the two sides surrounded the negotiation camp, naturally forming a circle, and there was no intention of crossing the chasm.
Xie Tong did not appear in a hurry, but hid in the camp of the Tang Army.
Shi Jingjiao took advantage of the firelight to look at Tang Jun, and the corners of his mouth revealed a faint smile, as if he was laughing at Xie Tong's ignorance.
Li Zheng, accompanied by Shi Jianing and Huo Zixin, slowly walked into the camp.
Shi Jingjiao walked towards the camp isolated between the two armies.
Murong Kui came up to Shi Jingjiao's side, pointed towards the tent, and said in a low voice, "Little Khan, beware of Xie Tong's tricks, let your subordinates accompany you!"
Ke Wen also joined in, and offered to go with him.
Shi Jingjiao smiled and said, "Senior Brother Ke Weng will stay here and command the overall situation! Although Xie Tong is extremely treacherous, he is not a villain who hurts people with hidden arrows after all, and I still understand this!"
With that, he took Murong Kui and strode forward.
Shi Jingjiao lifted the curtain of the camp tent and saw Li Zheng sitting opposite the negotiation table, he smiled and said, "Lord Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, I've been fine lately!"
Li Zheng had a strange feeling in his heart, the two sides were enemies rather than friends, but they wanted to be so cordial. But he is used to seeing big scenes, and it is more than enough to deal with this situation, and he also said with a smile, "Little Khan, don't come unharmed."
Shi Jianing really couldn't stand the fake appearance of the two, she frowned, and pointed at Shi Jingjiao and said, "Brother, what do you mean by this? Lord Wang, he came all the way to Mobei to greet his relatives, why did you use us to do such a despicable thing, and even put us to death, did you even ignore family affection? When I see my father Khan, I will definitely ask him to clean you up!"
Li Zheng said, "Little Khan, I asked you to come today, not to meet each other, but to sit down and talk peacefully to avoid more casualties!"
Shi Jingjiao said fearlessly, "Since the prince said so, how can I give this face, my requirements are very low, the grassland alliance has been formed, and I will send troops to the customs to challenge the authority of the Tang Empire, and the prince as an important figure in the military of the Tang Empire, I will definitely not let the prince return to the Central Plains, for the sake of Jia Ning's face, I will spare your life, the prince may as well stay in Longquan for ten years and eight years, and when the war is over, I will let the prince return freely, of course, this time can protect your personal safety!" ”
After that, he and Murong Kui laughed at the same time, as if Li Zheng was already his prisoner.
Li Zheng said with a displeased face, "Is the little khan overconfident, wanting this king to stay in Longquan for ten or eight years, it's just a fool's dream! Shi Jingjiao, as long as you hand over Longquan and retire from the army, this king can guarantee your safety!"
Shi Jingjiao said, "Li Zheng, don't toast and don't eat and drink, I only spare your life for the sake of my sister's face, don't get an inch!"
Shi Jianing interjected, "Brother, the bitter sea is endless, and the shore is back, this is what you often tell Jianing, why are you obsessed now!"
Shi Jingjiao listened to this, laughed uncontrollably, and after a while, he said, "Jia Ning, you have to recognize your position, you are a Murwei person, no matter what, you have to consider your own clan, standing in front of you is your brother, a Murwei person who has unified the Northeast Grassland and created a miracle, what you have to do is to cooperate with your brother, kill this person in front of you, and contribute to the grandeur of our clan for hundreds of years!"
With that, he took out a gold dagger on his body and threw it in front of Shi Jianing. (To be continued.) )