Late Tang

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Under the scarlet battle flag, Li Jing sat astride his horse, looking at the defeat of the Shatuo people.It's time to close, Li Jing smiled lightly, turned his head just in time to see the excited and expectant expressions of Liu Xun and the six under the swaying and jumping firelight.

"Where is the Jiedu Pioneer!" Li Jing shouted.

Liu Xun, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji, Li Cunxiao, Fu Cun, and Yang Shihou all rolled off their saddles and knelt down on one knee in front of Li Jing. Zhou Dewei was stunned for a moment, remembering that he was also a pioneer of Jiedu, and hurried forward to kneel too Down.

"Not coming!"

"I will give you seven generals a hundred horses each, and I will capture Li Guochang alive."

"Decree!" The seven generals were extremely excited, got on their horses, each shouted an order, and galloped away with a hundred cavalrymen.

The horn blew and the iron whistle blasted, and countless Tang Qi in the darkness roared into the broken Shatuo team, slashing and killing recklessly, and did not give the Shatuo people any chance to try to gather again.Surrounded by female sword guards and a group of young and strong recruits, Mrs. Liu broke through the siege, but tonight the clouds were low and the stars were dim, and Tang Qi chased them like a lost dog.All that can be seen on the vast and infinite grasslands are the overwhelming cavalry, who lit torches everywhere to chase and drive away the Shatuo people.

Hundreds of them didn't dare to fight, and they didn't care about the southeast, north, south, and only ran towards places with few people.Running all the way, hiding all the way, hiding all the way, killing all the way, the soldiers around him fought less and less, but the surrounding Tang Qi seemed to fight more and more.Finally, when it was almost dawn, there were only less than a hundred cavalry around, and they were finally blocked on a river bank by a Tang cavalry chaser.

Seeing this river, an experienced soldier said that this river is the Golden River.They ran wildly all night, unexpectedly crossed Shanyu Duhu's mansion, and ran to Jinhe.After crossing the Jinhe River, it is only fifty miles away from Baidao. Passing through Baidao, you can cross Yinshan Mountain and reach the grassland outside the Great Wall to the north of Yinshan Mountain.

But it was only fifty miles away, and they couldn't make it any more.

In front is the Jinhe, which is turbulent and icy but unable to cross the ice, and behind is Tang Qi, who is chasing after him, getting closer and closer.More than a hundred people knew that they must die at this time, but no one was willing to put down their weapons.Liu Yunniang was holding a precious sword in her hand, and blood was still dripping on the sword. Although she was a woman, this sword drank the blood of several Tang soldiers today.Turning the horse's head, she held the sword and looked calmly at the approaching Tang Qi, making a final fight.

At this time, she sat on the horse with a calm expression, and turned a deaf ear to the surrender of a group of Tang cavalry more than a hundred steps away.He had the corner of a handkerchief in his mouth, and his left hand wrapped the handkerchief around his injured right hand.Her phoenix-winged douhou was shot down by a Tang Qi's feather arrow halfway, and now she is tied with black silk with a cloth.There was a deep bony wound on her left forehead. If the helmet hadn't blocked it, she would have died from the arrow.Because there was no time to bandage, the bright red blood flowed across half of her face, and she wiped it with her own hands, and now her face is covered with dried blood scabs.In addition to the wound on her forehead, her left arm was also wrapped in a blood-soaked silk cloth.She quickly wrapped up the wound on her right hand, and using her teeth and dexterous fingers, she tied the handkerchief into a very delicate bow, and then took a handful from the sword guard Shisanniang and seized it from the corpse of a Tang cavalry officer. The three-edged thorn danced lightly twice, and inserted into the skirt binding the hem of the skirt.There was a little smile on the corner of her mouth, the wound was well wrapped, and she could still be moved.

Thirteen Niang opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, she just tightly clenched the hilt of the sword in her hand, and the other sword guards didn't say anything either.One hundred female sword guards, there are less than 30 left at this time. Women, after all, suffer a lot more than men on the battlefield.

After Tang Qi shouted for a long time, seeing that they didn't respond, he slowly pressed up.Tang Qi only had less than forty cavalry. This was originally a team with seventy cavalry, but now, there are only a little more than half of them left.The Forty Tang Cavalry lighted torches and slowly urged their horses to come up little by little.

There was a flutter of the bowstring, followed by the whizzing sound of feathered arrows tearing the air.In the darkness, the two sides shot arrows back and forth, and some people groaned from time to time, and some even fell off their horses.There were casualties between the two sides, but no one paid attention to this at this time, they just kept firing bows and arrows with red eyes.

One hundred steps, fifty steps, twenty steps, ten steps, five steps.

Liu Shihuo raised the long sword in his hand and shouted: "Kill!" Then more than 60 female sword guards and more than [-] recruits also roared together: "Kill!" Jump out immediately.

At this moment, there was a sudden thunderous sound of horseshoes, and a cavalry galloped in the dark night with torches.

"kill!"

There was a loud killing sound, and the more than forty Tang Qi riders changed suddenly, and those who did not care about fighting immediately turned their horses' heads and rushed to one side.Tang Qi's reaction was very quick, and the cavalry who rushed over only stopped the last few people.

Instead of chasing the fleeing cavalry, the visitors rode their horses directly to the river beach.

Still holding the sword in her hand, Mrs. Liu was a little dazed.

A war horse galloped towards her, and a person rolled off the saddle and knelt directly in front of her horse: "The successor came late, and frightened the madam, he deserves death."

Only then did Liu see that the person who came was actually Li Siyuan.Li Siyuan was covered in blood, and half of the armor on his left shoulder was gone. There was a shocking wound on it, which was still bleeding continuously.

Looking at Li Siyuan, who was seriously injured, and the three hundred horsemen behind him, Liu already understood that the Shanyu Duhu Mansion must also be an ambush by the Tang army.

"Siyuan, your wound is still bleeding." As he said that, he took out the three-edged thorn and cut off the hem of a petticoat to bandage Li Siyuan.

Li Siyuan was taken aback by her actions, and wanted to escape, but he couldn't give up in his heart, so he could only stand there stiffly, with a flushed face, allowing Mrs. Liu to help him bandage the wound.He stared at Mrs. Liu's hands, seeing those slender jade-like hands bandaging his wound, and couldn't help feeling excited in his heart.He mustered up the courage to raise his head, and secretly looked at Liu's face. Under the dim light of the fire, her goose-length face was a little pale, her hair was tied up with a piece of cloth, and a few strands of black hair were hanging down. He couldn't help but be fascinated by it. .

Mrs. Liu wrapped the cloth around Li Siyuan's wound a few times, and then tied a bow. When she looked up, she happened to see Li Siyuan staring at her blankly.With a sudden heart attack, he couldn't help but immediately turned his head away.Looking back, seeing the ashamed expression on Li Siyuan's face, he couldn't help pretending to know nothing and calmly asked: "Did Jing Niang bring you my letter? How about the soldiers and horses? Where is Si Zhao now? Have you rescued the old patriarch?"

Li Siyuan thought that Mrs. Liu hadn't noticed his impolite gaze just now, so he felt better at this moment, and replied: "There are Tang troops ambushing in Shanyu Duhu's mansion, at least 3000 people, and they were seriously injured on Jingniang Road, but we still send the letter. It was delivered. When the letter was delivered, we had already discovered that it was a trap, but it was too late. In the end, it was all thanks to Si Zhao who defended the south gate desperately, and the three thousand soldiers and horses escaped from the thousand horses. When we rushed back to the camp, the camp was already deserted. It's confusing. We didn't find the old patriarch. I heard that I saw my wife retreating this way, so I searched all the way, and Si Zhao took five hundred horses to find the old patriarch in another direction. I don't know the situation now. how."

After explaining the situation before him, Li Sizhao asked Mrs. Liu: "Madam, what should we do now, please show me, Madam."

When Liu Shi heard the situation in front of her, she was also in a state of confusion.After thinking for a while, he said, "Now we have less than [-] riders, and it is useless to go back at this time. Now that we have arrived at Jinhe, there should be a pontoon bridge near here. Let's find a way to take the pontoon first, and then send some The men and horses sent the people who fled here across the river. After crossing the river, within fifty miles is the Baidao, and by passing the Baidao, you can cross the Yin Mountain."

After Li Siyuan thought about it, he and Mrs. Liu led more than [-] riders to search along the river. Sure enough, there was a pontoon bridge five miles downstream, and there was a guardhouse guarding the bridge.There were not many people in the fort, Li Siyuan directly led people into the fort, and easily occupied the small fort.

"Madam, you cross the river immediately and wait on the other side. I will leave 100 people here to support other troops. If the Tang army arrives, Madam will immediately burn the pontoon bridge and lead everyone to cross the Yinshan Mountain via the White Road."

After speaking, Li Siyuan didn't wait for Liu's consent, turned his horse's head, and returned east with four hundred horsemen roaring.

In the meadow on the left side of Shanyu Duhu's mansion, Li Guochang escaped on horseback with more than a thousand soldiers and horses guarding him.It's a pity that Li Guochang's team has too many people, it's as obvious as a bunch of bonfires in a firefly on a summer night.Li Jing's seven Jiedu vanguards had already locked on to them, chasing and attacking them all the way, rushing forward and biting them.After such a night, Li Guochang's team had less than [-] riders left at this time, and the rest were swallowed up by the Seven Pioneers when they fled.

There was no escape, and Li Guochang's body was so weak that he couldn't support him at all.And even if he could escape, he couldn't escape, and he didn't want to escape.Seven soldiers and horses surrounded them from all directions.

"Give me a sword!" Li Guochang said at the end of his life, with a tragic expression on his face.Even if he died, he didn't want to be a prisoner.

But no one gave him a sword, "Commander, even if the brothers die, we must protect the commander to break through!"

The Seven Pioneers didn't give them a chance to break through, and launched an attack directly.Arrows gallop, lances swing, sabers slash!

The Shatuo people fell one by one. In front of Tang Qi, who had several times the advantage, they broke out to seek death.

Li Guochang had just picked up a horizontal knife and was about to kill himself, but Zhou Dewei had already shot the knife in his hand with an arrow. Li Cunxiao galloped up on his horse, picked him up like a chicken, and galloped back to the front, then threw him on the horse. Next, several Tang soldiers rushed forward, punched and kicked him, and then tied him like a rice dumpling with a cowhide rope.

In the end, Li Guochang was tied to the saddle by a rope, and was dragged by the horses all the way back to Shanyu Duhufu. When Li Jing heard the news and saw him, Li Guochang had only half his life left. up. (To be continued.)