The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 223
The sun hangs on the top of the mountain, and the winter night comes quickly. In the dark sky, the scouts running on the official road are returning to camp. Around, traders from south to north are rushing to Chang'an. The sudden battle makes them stand still After a few days, after a long delay, they made less money. At this moment, the Longyou rebels retreated and the road was cleared. They greeted the staff, pulled the cart and hurried forward, and waited for the passage when they met the place where the truck was set up for interrogation.

The villages and fields along the way have already been destroyed and trampled on. Before the war came, the people here had already left, and it took about half a month before some people gradually returned to continue farming here.

Fortunately, it's winter, and the grain that should be harvested has already been harvested, and the destroyed farmland will be ditched again during the spring plowing season.

The destroyed villages, canals, and fields stretched about a hundred miles away from Chang'an before they entered the capital. The Tianxing, Shenwu, Longxiang, Longhu, and Yulin armies stationed in the west of the city had already shown signs of pulling out their camps. General Li Shunjie of the Second Guard ordered all the troops in the army to rectify and rest, and only arranged for scouts to go outside, waiting for the news from the scouts who were monitoring the retreat of the Longyou army.

At the same time, a small group of soldiers and horses were also sent to set up checkpoints on the main roads to prevent secret agents from sneaking into Chang'an.

This afternoon, Hu Caijin, the commander of the Dragon and Tiger Army, was sitting in a tent set up on the side of the official road, watching the "long queue" lined up on the official road waiting to pass the customs. Shang Hu Caijin was quite satisfied, and waved to let him go.

After a hard trip, many brothers died, and it was hard to survive, so you have to make some money, right?

He stuffed the purse in his hand, and laughed after thinking about it, "Wait for those who have been plagued by the plague to go back to Longyou, and after they get out of camp, go to the brothel to play for a couple of days."

The words caused several confidants around him to laugh, and someone echoed twice, and then walked out of the tent to look at the sky outside, with some doubts in their voices.

"It's been an hour, why hasn't the brother who went out to receive the news come back?"

Ok?
Hu Caijin stopped smiling, frowned, put down his purse, and followed outside. In the direction he looked, except for the business travelers waiting for inspection along the way, under the dim sky, there was no sign of a half-horse at all.

"It's a little strange, you go back to the camp immediately and report this to the general!"

Just as the words fell, a voice suddenly shouted among the business travelers lined up on the official road, "What's going on over there?!"

The voice came suddenly, and Hu Caijin turned his head.

On the side of the field ten feet away from the official road, a figure on a horse rushed out of the woods, and the half-stained body was lying on the horse's back and galloping in panic.

"Let me know soon."

The man straightened up on his horseback, and yelled at the soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Army who had set up a barrier on the official road. He tossed and fell on his back, and fell heavily on the muddy field.

"Huh-"

The next moment, barbaric shouts resounded.

The woods rattled, countless iron hooves stepped down, flipped up, and the grass leaves whirled up, one, two, four, ten, and hundreds of roads. The black shadows rushed out of the forest with guns and knives roaring, the torrent Like rushing to the field, swirling mud and rushing straight to the Shence Army who set up a card on the official road.

On the official road, the business caravan ran chaotically, and even gave up on the shaft car, turned around and ran away with Xirou, and the roads and checkpoints were chaotic for a while.

"Longyou, the rebel army?"

Seeing this scene, Hu Caijin's eyes widened, and he shouted: "Jie Zhen—"

Arrows flew from a distance, passed over his head, and nailed a soldier who was running behind. At this time, the dragon and tiger soldiers guarding the card rushed over in a panic. For the cavalry who rushed, they had the shadow of their previous defeat. Among them, they didn't care about the formation, and they huddled together in a panic with the comrades beside them.

The five soldiers farther away had no time to run back, and were stabbed to the ground by the cavalry rushing over while they were still on the side of the road. In the sound of rumbling horseshoes, another Longyou cavalry spread across the official road. He will carry eight short spears on his back, and point the long knife in his hand at the hundreds of Shence troops who hastily assembled.

"Bump over—"

Behind him, the light cavalry separated, and dozens of heavy armored knights were getting faster and faster. Amid the sound of rumbling horseshoes, spears protruded in front of the horses. People piled up, spears pierced flesh and blood, and human bodies jumped on it, or were overturned by the charging horses, and rolled under the iron hooves.

Fu Daozhao rushed to the front. When the horse under his seat neighed and roared, he jumped over a corpse. With his left hand, he pulled out a short spear from his back and threw it, nailing a man to death. With his right hand dragging a long knife, he continued to gallop the horse at high speed. , the surrounding Shence soldiers turned their backs on their backs, and rushed towards the figure that looked like a general in front of the camp.

"Go to hell—"

Two short spears flew out, stabbing the two guards to death, and at the same time, he swung the long knife in his hand without hesitation, and slashed the neck, neck and shoulders of the general of the Shence Army who was coming up with the knife.

Blood spurted and splashed on his face. The blood-stained face was hideous and terrifying, and he yelled at the cavalry under his command who kept rushing up.

"Keep going, don't worry about those who are alone, go forward and kill—"

The swarming cavalry pushed away the crowd like chopping melons and vegetables. Surrounding the mutilated corpses, the soldiers of Shence Army scrambled and scrambled, routed and fled. However, this cavalry did not pursue and regrouped. Soon, the sound of rumbling horseshoes continued to roll forward.

The sudden fight, the sentry arrows shot into the sky, alerted the sentry camps stationed around the soldiers.

Hundreds of soldiers and horses are gathering, while they lined up, while slowly moving outward, not long after, the sound of thunderous iron hooves spread.

"General here, don't rob me!!" Someone shouted.

The next moment, the [-] Longyou cavalry who came first, and the [-] heavy cavalry who opened the way, pushed past at high speed.

Boom boom boom.
The sound of slapping like a sea wave continued, and within fifteen breaths, hundreds of soldiers in the outpost collapsed instantly, and the soldiers fled in all directions, and the general was killed by the heavy cavalry at the moment of contact.

woo-

The desolate sound of the horn reverberated for a long time, bloodshot eyes appeared in Fu Daozhao's eyes, his whole body was trembling with excitement, the long knife slapped on the blood-stained armor, and he ordered Ling Qi: "The horn has sounded over there, let's blow it to tell the brothers behind It can be killed!"

In an instant, the second horn blew in Naling's rider.

Woo! !

On the official road, broken corpses stretched out one after another. The surviving Shence Army and the fleeing merchants subconsciously stopped. Amid the sound of desolate horns, the figures of countless cavalry spread across the roads, fields, and forests. For a while, they ignored them at all, and roared in groups, then circled, formed a formation, and dispersed to different directions.

To the east, upon hearing the horn and the returning soldiers, the Dragon and Tiger Army camp exploded. Du Rangneng shouted with a sad face, and at the same time sent someone to notify Li Shunjie, and at the same time called the soldiers who were about to leave the camp to gather in the school grounds. However, When they came out of the camp to meet the invading enemy, the entire frontier camp was smashed through, and various warning arrows flew in the sky.

There were calls for help in every direction.

It was half an hour after Li Shunjie heard the news. The Dragon Army was still within five miles of Tianxing and the Dragon and Tiger Army. When he arrived with the Dragon Army cavalry, it was Dragon and Tiger The scattered soldiers of the army swept towards him like a wave, Long Youqing, a group of more than a thousand men, charged behind a hundred heavy cavalry, the front of the army spread, and the fleeing crowd was like the soil turned over by the ox plow, madly rushing to both sides It tossed over, leaving behind a long blanket of blood.

Not long after, the rout troops rushed over, and the cavalry of the Longxiang Army had to dodge, and then they were killed by Longyou Qingqi, and then they scattered away.

It was dark.

After finally gaining respite and reorganizing his troops, Li Shunjie found Du Rangneng, and the two of them temporarily hid on a hillside, listening to the news from outside, unable to speak for a long time.

The outposts garrisoned outside were destroyed, and Tianxing, Shenwu, and Habayashi, including Longxiang and Longhu, were dispersed by cavalry in the field, reorganized, and dispersed again.

Soon, they heard the sound of war drums in the distance. In the darkness, there was a sea of ​​torches in the distance, and countless footsteps stepped on the ground. Between people, there was a horizontal ladder, running fast towards Chang'an.

"This." Li Shunjie thought of a possibility, squeezed Du Rangneng's arm tightly, and squeezed out words that even he himself doubted.

"Madman. Are they going to attack the city at night?!"

Thinking of that smiling dark face, Li Shunjie gritted his teeth and roared, but a chill came over his heart.

To the west of Chang'an, [-] Longyou infantry stretched past non-stop, while in the surrounding area, more than [-] cavalry gathered, dispersed, and kept driving away the soldiers and horses of the Shence Army, clearing a safe road.

It was night, Geng Qing rode on the horse and raised his hand.

"Three drums, take down the city wall, break the city tonight!"

boom!
It was the sound of countless weapons beating and rattling, and the advancing figures raised their faces one after another, looking at the towering city wall standing in the distance in the distance, and the murderous aura spread.

　Tonight is still a chapter. I was outside, and I didn’t have time to go back. The computer I used was not convenient, and there was no information. Some parts were difficult to write.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)