The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 378
The bright sunshine converges among the mountains, and the gray rain clouds are extremely low, as if they are gathered on the top of the mountains. Among the lush mountains, the birds and animals gradually quiet down and return to the forest.

On the road at the foot of the mountain below, the rumbling 'Long Dragon' came to a stop with a low cry of 'Woo'.

"Everyone dismounts and goes into the forest to hide from the rain—"

The voice of passing orders was passed on layer by layer, and the black cavalry turned over in the chorus of "boom", led the horses into the left and right forests, and the scouts walked a little farther away as secret sentries.

The [-] Longyou cavalry, as a long-distance cavalry raid to the west of Youzhou, has reached the point where the horses are exhausted. They don't know how the war in the east will be, but according to the early news, the three prefectures of Gui, Ji, and Tan have been captured by Khitan. Grain, people, and livestock are being captured.

"Presumably Zhou Dewei has already fought with the Khitans."

The commanders and envoys at all levels in the army gathered a total of 130 people and sat in a circle on the ground and stones, looking solemnly at Li Cunxiao, the Northwest Governor who turned his back on them.

".Ten years ago, a certain man heard his elder brother talking about Khitan and praised their cavalry, so he had long thought of a rivalry."

Li Cunxiao has reached middle age, and there are some gray spots in his hair, but it is also the time when the generals are at their peak, energy and martial arts are at their peak, at this time it is like a mountain facing away from everyone, looking at the gloomy sky outside the forest.

Gradually there was the rustling sound of rainwater hitting the leaves outside and overhead.

"In this world, there are very few opponents that make me interested. During the time I was on the road, I was hoping that the Khitan people would be as strong as my brother said."

In the voice full of expectation and interest, Li Cunxiao turned around, faced the generals, and asked the guards to unfold the map stitched with sheepskin, looking at the mountains, rivers, and city passes above, and stretched it with his hands.

"The 20 Khitan army, apart from assisting in the defense and looting of the three prefectures, should only have [-] to attack Youzhou. There will also be [-] troops to guard against reinforcements from the west. If we want to rush to Youzhou, either Kill the soldiers and horses in one go, or go further and stay away from their sight."

Looking at the markings on the map, Li Cunxiao looked serious, pondered for a while, and raised his palms up, "The cavalry is to attack quickly and kill the opponent by surprise. With Yelu Abaoji on guard, our team will hardly be able to achieve miraculous results. I decided to bypass the [-] Khitans stationed in the west of Youzhou, continue northward along the mountain, and wait for the best opportunity!"

The order that could affect the whole situation of the battle just fell lightly in the wild woods on a rainy day. Soon, the generals of each army left with the order. Li Cunxiao put his hands on his shoulders, walked a few steps, and came back to the place where he stood just now, a little dazed. Looking outside even the rain line.

Amidst the sound of the rain, a burly figure came over with a big gun, and when he stomped on the fallen leaves on the ground, Li Cunxiao looked at him sideways, then turned back.

Sha Luqi stuck his big gun into the soil and walked aside, put his cloak on and sat down on the stone: "The governor is so fascinated by the rain, what is he thinking? My humble guess, guessing that King Yong has already led the army at this time Where have you been?"

Li Cunxiao nodded, shook his head again, blinked his eyes, did not tilt his head: "Such a big event, how could brother slack off, at this moment he should still be walking through the Taihang, and it will take some time to get here."

"What is the governor thinking?"

Over there, Li Cunxiao smiled slightly: "The commander of the first army naturally thinks about how to fight this battle. He is also thinking about how powerful the Khitan people are, how is it compared to Tuyuhun? How about Dangxiang?"

Hearing this, Shaluqi also laughed and couldn't help but patted his knee.

"It must be stronger than the two. How can you say that it is a soldier of the country. According to the news, Yelu Abaoji is the emperor on horseback. He fought everywhere to conquer today's Khitan. How can Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and Uighur compare. "

Hahaha! !

Laughter suddenly came from the figure looking at the rain outside, Li Cunxiao turned his face slightly, as if affirming the other party's words, and his expression was more like hoping that what the other party said was true.

"It's good like this. A certain man has killed beasts with his bare hands since he was more than ten years old, and he has traveled across the north for many years. The cavalry he brought is rarely rivaled, whether it is the Tuyuhun governor He Lianyi, or the later Dangxiang two, or Hexi Tubo, Uyghur People, watching them fall under my iron hoof, I feel more and more boring. Sometimes, I think, if I was born in the era of famous generals, such as the end of Han Dynasty and the beginning of Tang Dynasty, how wonderful it would be to be able to confront such heroes. It's a blessing for me to wait for the warriors. Unfortunately, I can't go back. I can only watch the front step by step, grow old, lie on the bed, be guarded by my children and grandchildren, and then close my eyes forever, but Well now, there is a Khitan in front of us, I hope they can do what my brother said."

In a low voice, Li Cunxiao spoke with emotion, as if the rain curtain in front of his vision had seen the image of Khitan's bravery and toughness, which made him tremble slightly with excitement, it was a mentality longing for the enemy.

"With opponents, life is fun." He repeated.

After all, in the past few decades, most of the enemies and dangerous situations have been eliminated by the elder brother in a clever way, making it difficult for him to use his skills.

Now, finally something is different.

Outside the forest, Youzhou in the east, where the lead-green rain curtain had receded, gradually stopped, and the sun was still shining brightly on the earth among the clouds.

Wandering clouds blocked a corner of the sun, and shadows immediately enveloped the city wall that was screaming and killing. Half of the city tower was burned, and black rocks swept across the sky.

The mighty front of the soldiers climbed up the ladders one by one, and then fell down with a knife and a gun. There were also Khitans standing on the city wall and their comrades fighting with the stabbing spears, inch by inch. scramble.

In the noisy and noisy fighting, hysterical shouts came out of Zhou Guangfu's mouth. Bright liquid flowed out from under the iron helmet, blurring the vision of the right eye, and the ears were full of buzzing noises. The soldiers came to help , were all pushed away by him, brandishing his saber and frantically pushing towards the assembled Khitans.

"Push—"

With a hissing roar, he stabbed the knife into the Khitan soldier's chest, kicking his feet on the ground and pushing forward. The latter was holding the blade stuck in his chest, with blood gushing from his mouth, and he was also pushing forward desperately until the handle of the knife touched the ground. Only then did the wound stare.

"There are Khitan people standing up here, and the comrades behind, come and fill in the vacancy!"

"Jinzhi, go down and lift Jinzhi up, hurry up!"

"My family lost its head and was killed by Zhiniang's Khitan barbarians. Who will take over this paragraph!"

Countless buzzing words came from all directions, Zhou Guangfu kicked away the Khitan soldier wearing the knife, turned his head, and in his vision, the Khitan people who had broken through the right city section had formed an formation, and a Khitan general who was brave and unstoppable also Looking over here, soldiers on both sides collided with each other, countless blades and spears hacked and stabbed.

"Bump them back—"

Grabbing a shield and putting it in front of him, Zhou Guangfu hissed and shouted, and the shield pawns in his row protected the rear spear array and pushed forward vigorously against the blade cut from the front.

The Khitan people who came up were only dozens of people, barely able to stand still, and they fought suddenly, and were pushed against the wall by hundreds of people, fighting and pushing, the four or five zhang high city wall, people fell down like dumplings.

When the Khitan general was strong and strong, he swung a big knife to cut off the spears that had been stabbed at him. The two shield soldiers roared "Ah—" and took the opportunity to sandwich him with the shield. Zhou Guangfu flipped the shield over. He bowed down and bumped into the opponent's burly figure, hugged his hands firmly and threw it to the wall.

"Get down!"

While roaring, the Khitan general climbed over the wall, and the moment he fell, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhou Guangfu's arm. With his fingertips, he snapped off the wrist armor and tore the fabric. He pulled Zhou Guangfu over the edge with inertia, and leaned half of his body to the wall. outside.

The guards on the side rushed forward and chopped off the Khitan general's arm with a knife. The other two soldiers grabbed Zhou Guangfu's legs and pulled him back. The strength was not restrained. Zhou Guangfu who was pulled back fell directly to the ground, hitting his head heavily on the ground , the sky in the field of vision, the sky is dark and the earth is dark, in a daze, people and things are unknown.

The fighting continued on the stretching walls.

boom--

Clouds blew in from the west, covering the sky, and the thunder brought the prelude to the heavy rain.

(End of this chapter)