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The golden crow fell deep in the grassland, and the infinite grassland on the bridge was shrouded under the bloody sunset in the west. The golden and red clouds in the sky were still emitting the last afterglow. Under the increasingly dim sky, a cavalry was approaching the Great City of the Battle.

The north wind is flying, the blocks in the first month are unblocked, and the northwest wind blows by, as if someone is crying in the wilderness. When water turns into ice, the frozen people's faces are numb. The spear rod must be tightly covered in their arms, otherwise when it is time to use it, they will stick to it if they hold it in their hands.

Streams of white cooking smoke rose, adding a little bit of vitality to the dim dusk.

The Shanyu Protectorate was very large, and this land was always the battlefield for the Central Plains dynasty and the grasslands. When the Central Plains were strong, it belonged to the Central Plains. When the grasslands were strong, it belonged to the grasslands. In the Sui Dynasty, it belonged to Dingxiang County in Dasui Bingzhou, and once served as the defeated Turkic tribes in the Great Sui Dynasty. After the defeat of Qimin Khan of the Eastern Turks, Emperor Wen of Sui successively married two royal princesses and was given a large area of ​​land at the foot of Yinshan Mountain for him. After resurrection, by the time of his son Shibi Khan, he had risen again here and went south from here to Yanmen. 400,000 grassland troops surrounded Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui city.

After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, the Turks also allocated the land of Dingxiang to Yang Guang's grandson as the fief of the King of Sui. Later, Li Jing destroyed the Turks and established the Dingxiang Governor's Office in this area. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, it was changed to the Shanyu Protectorate. The territory was north of the desert and south of the Yellow River. In the late years of Emperor Gaozong, the Turks rose and once seized the old land of the Eastern Turks. Later, the Turks were destroyed and the Tang Dynasty recaptured it. To the south of the desert and north of the Yellow River, the Sanshoucheng City and the Shanyu Protectorate were always the center of this southern desert.

Since the division of the Shuofang Jiedushi, the Zhenwu Army has always regarded the Shanyu Protectorate as the commander's mansion. Li Guochang was once the governor of the Zhenwu Army. However, at present, the Shanyu Protectorate, the majestic city on the frontier, does not have many defenders.

According to the information Li Siyuan's possession, the Zhenwu Army was not a strong town, and the Zhenwu Army had only about 20,000 people. When Li Guochang rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, he cleaned up a group of people. Later, he went south. More than a thousand Zhenwu Army died in battle, and then turned against him. He was ambushed and annihilated by Li Keyong. The rest were either surrendered or defeated by Yu Yan. Yu Yan captured the Shanyu Protectorate's Mansion and cooperated inside and outside, and easily captured the strong city.

However, Li Siyuan has no introvert now, and the Shatuo people have almost become dogs who fall into the water. Everyone shouts and beats them.

To retreat to Yinshan, the only way to go is the Baidao to the west. But this easy way is only compared to the Zhenguo Army stationed in Yunzhou and Weizhou. If you want to pass through Baidao, the Shatu army must take the Shanyu Protectorate.

Fortunately, there are not many soldiers in the Shanyu Protectorate's Mansion. According to the information found by Shatuo Scout, Zhenwu's army was dead, and the prisoners and captives were not left. In the end, Yu Wen took them all to Hedong. At present, there should be no more than a thousand defenders in the city.

Li Siyuan has three thousand elite cavalrymen on his hands. If he is careful and launches a raid, he should be able to sneak into the city.

In the afterglow of the sunset, Li Siyuan was hiding in the withered meadows high in Qi people, quietly watching Li Sizhao take dozens of brothers to walk to the city gate of the Shanyu Protectorate Mansion with dozens of brothers disguised as a horse dealer. Under his firm face, there was a maturity that surpassed his age at this time. His outstanding performance in many consecutive battles made Li Keyong more satisfied with this adopted son, especially when the Shatuo people were defeated continuously and needed a general, he had become an outstanding commander of the Shatuo Army at an age of only a teenager. Now he is even more alone and leads the army alone.

Staring at his pair of red blood-filled eyes, he watched Li Sizhao's back without blinking. Although his expression was calm, his heart was extremely nervous and his heart was beating. If it were just a war or just a sneak attack on a city, he could have been able to keep his face unchanged. But he couldn't help but be nervous. Behind him were the families of more than 30,000 Shatu soldiers, and there was even a figure that always appeared in his dreams. Although he had warned himself again and again that Liu was his adopted mother, on countless nights, he would always think of Liu's smile and her figure.

The footsteps of a Shatu cavalry interrupted his meditation. He woke up from his fantasy, as if he was naked and was being looked at by countless people, and he couldn't help but lower his head with guilt. Why do he always have these thoughts? It's really a sin.

"Report to the general, all three thousand cavalrymen are ready to take their seats."

Li Siyuan lowered his head and said quickly: "Stay on the spot!"

Before the officer left, a personal soldier was already around him shouting excitedly: "Fight, general, the city gate is fighting!"

Li Siyuan quickly looked up and said, sure enough, the brothers led by Li Sizhao at the city gate had already picked up the guys and fought with the guards at the city gate. While attacking the defenders, they drove the war horses they brought into the city, and the city gate was in chaos.

"Blow the horns, beat the drums, and the whole army attacked!" Li Siyuan's eyes twitched a few times, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. This plan to seize the door was proposed by him, and it was inspired by the time he saw Li Jing's four disciples passing by at Taixi Pass. When this request was made, Li Sizhao also agreed. They went to ask Liu. After Liu saw it, they asked them some details of their preparations for response, and smiled gently at him. The smile made him unforgettable now.

The continuous trumpet sounds suddenly sounded in Cao Xunzi, not far from the city gate, followed by a rumbling sound of war drums, like a thunder rolling across the grassland, alarming countless tired birds returning to their nests, flapping their wings and flying in panic, and chirping under the dim sky.

With the intense sound of war drums and horns, the three thousand Shatuo cavalry hidden in Caoxunzi were divided into three strands, and ten thousand horses galloped out, flying straight to the city like a sharp arrow. The three thousand cavalrymen were so fast that they had already reached the city gate in a blink of an eye.

At this time, the tall Shanyu Protectorate was getting closer and closer. But the Shatu people were not afraid at all, because the heroic city had already built a gate for them at this time. Li Sizhao and the others guarded the gate tightly.

"Shoot the arrows.Shoot the arrows!"

The sound of shouting in front of the city gate, the sound of weapons and swords, the neighing of war horses, the screams of wounded soldiers, and even the whistling sound of countless sharp arrows passing by, gathered together and played a song of war sympathy.

The defenders in the city were constantly rushing, but more people of Shatu rushed up.

"Roll.Roll, rush into the city!"

"kill!"

The Shatuo army with high fighting spirit under the city shouted together and rolled in like a water breaking through the dam.

"Report to the general that the South Gate has been taken away."

"Major General, the top of the South Gate and the city gate tower have been captured."

"General, the enemy soldiers in the East Gate are quite fierce. The left camp Zuoyi Tokami will be killed in battle! Please reinforcements!"

Li Siyuan was carrying a spear. Ce immediately asked loudly: "How many enemy troops are there in the East Gate?"

"At least thousands, the brothers were beaten out in a constant stream."

Li Siyuan didn't think about it and immediately shouted, "Where is Tie Linjun!"

Several generals answered their orders loudly.

"Tielin Army. Come with me to reinforce the East Gate." Li Siyuan roared and directly led the elite Tiellin Army of the thousand cavalry handed over to him by Li Keyong to kill directly to the East Gate. Li Siyuan judged that there were not many defenders in the Shanyu Protectorate's Mansion, but now thousands of people suddenly appeared. There were only two possibilities. One was that the soldiers who reported the news lied, and there were not so many enemy troops at all. Or it was the second. The enemy did have thousands of defenders, and most of the enemy defenders might be concentrated in the East City.

But no matter what the reason is, he must now kill the enemy. Capturing this city is the first priority. If he cannot take this city, he will not be able to open the passage to Baidao. If the Tang army catches up, they will be surrounded here.

Riding on the horse, Li Siyuan looked up at the sky. At this time, the sunset had already disappeared. The night had not yet completely covered the earth. Several bright stars were hanging on the sky.

As soon as he arrived at the East Gate, he immediately understood that the soldiers who reported the news did not lie. There were no less than a thousand soldiers at the East Gate, and they all caught their eyes. It was the color of the Tang army officers and soldiers. Just look at the number, there would definitely be no less than a thousand. One hundred cavalry who rushed to the left of the East Gate had almost died at this time.

As soon as the Tie Lin army arrived, they immediately entered the fierce battle. As soon as Li Siyuan fought, he exclaimed in his heart that the Tang army on the opposite side was beyond his expectations. This strength was not as good as the situation where the scout reported only had more than a thousand reorganized troops.

In the melee, a cavalry arrived and shouted to him: "Report to the general, there were thousands of elite defenders in the north gate, and all the two Zuoying masters were killed in battle. General Sizhao led his troops to rush there."

Li Siyuan frowned tightly and looked towards the north gate. He saw the fires soaring into the sky from the north gate, and the sound of killing continued. It seemed that that day was not as relaxed as here.

Things have gone in the direction of leaving control. Li Siyuan's face turned pale. The number of soldiers and horses in the city is completely different from what the scouts reported. At present, the soldiers and horses in the city have at least more than two thousand, and the elite level is not as good as that of Shatuo Army.

Suddenly, he was shocked and thought of an extremely bad possibility.

"How is the situation in Ximen?"

The messenger didn't know what was going on in the South Gate, so he had to whisper: "I'll go right away."

The messenger quickly returned and said with a panic look on his face: "Report to the general, the situation is not good, and there are also a large number of enemy troops in Ximen, with no less than a thousand."

Li Siyuan's face changed drastically and suddenly became pale.

"This is a trap, it was the pit that Tang Jun dug!"

The more Li Siyuan thought about it, the more frightened he became. The scouts in the city reported that there were only a thousand people, but now there were more and more soldiers in the city, as if these Tang soldiers had emerged from the underground rat hole.

Things were too wrong. Even if Yu Ju left more troops, there would never be so many, and it would not be so powerful. These soldiers were not weaker than the soldiers they encountered in Hedong.

These soldiers could not be the Zhenwu Army, nor could they be the Tiande Army. Where did they come from?

Thinking that the east and west were already in chaos, Li Siyuan suddenly felt a cold sweat all over. How could he forget the South Gate? He came in from the South Gate, so he never thought about it.

If this is a trap, then the South Gate is the bait. Now that they have been lured into the city, the enemy should immediately close the South Gate, catch turtles in the jar, and close the door and beat dogs.

Thinking of this, he was already sweating all over his body, and his clothes were wet.

He held back the horses, shouted loudly, and shouted: "Transfer my military orders, and the entire army immediately retreated to the south gate, immediately retreated to the south gate. This is the enemy's trap. We were fooled, there was an ambush in the city!" After saying that, he reached out to the cavalry who had just run back and shouted: "You, go back to the camp outside the city immediately and tell the old patriarch and his wife, and said there was an ambush in the city. The Tang army came around to us. Let them be prepared for defense and be careful of the enemy's sneak attack!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several cavalry rushed to the scene. He ran and shouted, "Where is General Siyuan? Where is General Siyuan?"

Li Siyuan recognized that the person in the leader was Jing Niang, the commander of the sword guard beside his wife, and was shocked. He knew that something must have happened, otherwise Mrs. Liu would not have sent Jing Niang to come. However, at this moment, he still held the trace of luck in his heart and shouted: "Commander Jing, I am here."

Jing Niang rushed over, and at this time Shang Chengcai saw the female guard who usually wore a pair of silver masks. The mask was gone at this time, half of her body was dyed red. There was a bright white feather arrow inserted on her back. As she ran on the horse, the arrow kept shaking, and blood couldn't stop flowing.

"Mrs. I have an order to ask General Siyuan to lead his troops back to the camp immediately." Jing Niang looked pale and obviously lost too much, but she was anxious and did not care about dealing with the injuries. "It was the Tang army, the Tang army suddenly appeared and was attacking the camp. My wife asked you to go back."

When Li Siyuan and the Shatuo soldiers around him heard this, they were immediately struck by lightning and stood there on the spot. Li Siyuan was shocked and trembled all over, and his face suddenly disappeared. His mind was filled with Liu's voice, appearance and smile, and he hurriedly asked, "Where did the Tang army come from? Which town's soldiers are from? What's the situation in the camp now? Is she okay, Madam?"

Jing Niang shook her body and fell off the horse, and she fainted. Li Siyuan quickly pinched her, but it took a while before Jing Niang woke up.

"Where did the Tang army come from, and what flag is it for?"

Jingniang said weakly: "It is Zhenguo Army. He is under the banner of Li Jing. He has not many soldiers, but they are extremely powerful. Although there are thousands of young and strong camps in the camp, they are not the opponents of Zhenguo Army. The wife also said that there must be Zhenguo Army ambush in the Shanyu Protectorate Mansion, and you will be asked to go back and meet up quickly." After saying this, she fainted again.

Li Siyuan was worried now, and he was as if he was returning home. He ordered a personal soldier to take Jingniang on a horse and lead his army to the south gate. When he arrived in front of the south gate, he happened to see a large group of Tang soldiers wearing red battle robes coming. At the city gate, Li Sizhao and more than a hundred cavalry were still trying hard to defend the city gate. When he saw him coming, he hurriedly shouted: "Siyuan Go quickly!"

Li Siyuan rushed out of the city gate with horses. Li Sizhao held on for a while and finally stopped supporting himself. He rode his horse out of the city. As soon as Li Sizhao left the city, he was already flooded with a fiery red color behind him, and the city gate slowly closed.
Chapter completed!