Late Tang

On the north bank of the Yanghe River, Duanyunling Army Stronghold.

Gongsun Lan in red military uniform pointed to the sheepskin military map and said to Li Jing, "If King Qin insists on going out of the Great Wall to rescue Li Siyuan, there are three routes to choose from right now. One is to go out from the northwest side of Heishibao, and go out of the Great Wall along Aiyangchuan." , arrived at Swallow City on the Fortress, which is our northernmost stronghold military city. Maybe after Li Siyuan breaks out, he will move closer to it. After breaking out of the siege, he fled all the way there, it was too far away from the place where he was defeated."

"In addition to this route in the north, we can also go directly to the west along the Yanghe River. That section is the Dongyang River. We first go south from Duanyunling to Huai'an, from here to the Great Wall, and then follow the Dongyang River from the fork of the river. He went westward and finally arrived at Xinghe, which was the closest to the place where Li Siyuan was defeated, but it was only the farthest range our rangers could reach before, and we didn't even have a stronghold outside the Great Wall. Moreover, there are a large number of people in that area now Hu Bing, rushing out of the fortress, this is directly breaking into the heart of the Hu people, it is very dangerous."

Li Jing pinched his chin thoughtfully and said: "Needless to say, the third route you want to talk about must be to advance along the Yanghe River and Sanggan River, advance steadily all the way, capture Tiancheng, Qingzhai, Changqing, and then enter Yunzhou, right?"

Jingxiang reminded Li Jing: "This is the safest plan. First open up the channel with Yunzhou, break the siege of Yunzhou, and then block the barbarians under the city of Yunzhou. After General Liu Xun stabilizes Jincheng and guards the Shuozhou channel, At that time, we will be able to fully stabilize the situation in Daibei, and when our follow-up troops arrive, then we can take advantage of the momentum and launch an uprising to drive the barbarians out of the Great Wall and across the Yin Mountain."

"Zizhen!" Li Jing pondered for a long time, then opened his mouth again to break the silence, and sighed, "Now that Li Siyuan's matter is happening, I'm going to ride a tiger alone."

"The solitary strategy turned against Li Siyuan. If he sees death and refuses to save him now, who will dare to defect to Li Jing in the future?" Li Jing said helplessly, "Li Siyuan's surrender can be said to make Gu see that the entire Shatuo and even Peking University can be solved in one fell swoop. Troublesome hope. If Li Siyuan dies, even if we can repel the Hu people this time, it will be extremely difficult to take Dai Bei under the rule of the Qin feudal clan. And Madam Liu's prestige, supplemented by a benevolent government, benevolent and powerful, I believe they can be included in our Qin Fan in the end. Li Siyuan is very important. If someone else is replaced, I am afraid it will be difficult to gain their trust. Therefore, Li Siyuan is really important, he really cannot die."

"Using Shatuo people to deal with Shatuo people and using Daibei people to govern Daibei is Gu's long-term plan, and Li Siyuan is the key figure in this plan."

"In my opinion, Li Siyuan may not really be able to have such a great effect. This Li Siyuan is courageous and resourceful. What he lacks compared to Li Keyong is his prestige. Now he opposes Li Keyong, although Li Keyong persecutes him But it doesn’t necessarily mean that he doesn’t have any thoughts in his heart. Look at Li Sizhao, can’t he see anything unusual? But he still didn’t do anything in the end. Only people like Li Sizhao are truly loyal. Li Siyuan, wolf cub Sooner or later, the blue is better than the blue. If the king of Qin trusts him too much, he will inevitably backlash against him in the future. The people in the land of Daibei are indeed tough, but is it because the king of Qin can't beat him that Li Keyong can live to this day? No, the real reason is that we had no energy to deal with him before. But now it is different. There are only Chengde and Weibo feudal clans left in Hebei, and their strength has been greatly damaged. Wang Jingchong has been beheaded by us. Now Even the new coach has not been selected, and Han Jian in Chengde Town was killed by our CIA assassins just now? I heard that the generals in Weibo Town are gearing up for the post right now."

"His Royal Highness, today is different. The former feudal clans in Hebei are no longer to be feared. Yiwu and Lulong have been wiped out by us, Chengde and Weibo have also been greatly weakened, and their power is not as good as before. We have already killed the head coach, and now there is even less threat. A mere Li Keyong, do you really think he can fly to the sky? Look at him, he has been self-willed, domineering and proud in the past few years, but in the end he cut his own wings and became powerful. The more you get mixed up, the more you go backwards. Now you are trapped in the river after a few letters from His Highness, and you can't even come back. Although it is said that there are Hu people going south in Daibei, causing some troubles. But in the end, Hu people can't stay here forever , Daibei, or between us and Li Keyong. But now Li Keyong, what qualifications does he have to fight us?"

Jingxiang continued: "If you want someone to say that in troubled times, heavy codes are used. For a place like Daibei, we should simply break it and then establish it. Your Highness admired the methods after the Daibei War. We can continue. Put all The Fan and Han border residents in Daibei were all forcibly moved to the provinces, prefectures and counties of the Qin Dynasty, disrupted resettlement, and handed over to the local government for custody. Then they re-immigrated to Daibei, stationed troops, transferred officials, and built roads. In just a few years, here will be The world has changed completely. Daibei, after all, has always been Tang soil. Is it more difficult to govern than Liaodong, which was occupied by the Goguryeo people? In the end, King Qin was too kind, and passing it on is a good thing, but sometimes, it should be broken. The Bodhisattva lowers his eyebrows, and the Vajra glares."

Li Jing said: "What do you mean, sir?"

"If Li Siyuan can break through the encirclement, we are naturally happy. But if he unfortunately fails to break through and dies outside the Great Wall, we can only regret it. King Qin should return to the current situation in Datong. Li Keyong We have already been trapped in the river and cannot return once. Although Datong has 20 people going south, it is only an astonishing number. In fact, we all know that there are not many elite soldiers, most of them are mobs. And the soldiers we can use now , combined, we were able to invest 30 people on the battlefield of Datong. In terms of numbers alone, we far surpassed the barbarians. What's more, this time we are defending and attacking, so what is there to be afraid of? Without Li Keyong , without Wang Jingchong, without Han Jian, a mere 20 mob soldiers are here to die. Just in time, we will eat them in one fell swoop this time, so that they will never come back."

Qin Fan has achieved a lot of results in Xu Wo's work during this period.

It is said that those who are good at using soldiers can already have a chance of winning before the battle begins.

But now, the situation of the Qin army is indeed like this. On the surface, it seems that the Hu people are aggressive, but in fact, the Qin army has quietly changed the balance of power between the two sides outside the battlefield.The Hu people became a lone army and went deep, but the Qin army fought at home, and invited a lot of thugs.

However, Li Jing shook his head and sighed: "If it is not a last resort, Gu is still unwilling to implement a high-pressure policy. Such a suppression strategy is not a good strategy. I don't want to. While still fighting externally, one day my own internal affairs will also A rebellion broke out..."

"The king of Qin will definitely not abandon us. The brothers of the friendly army must be near the Great Wall now! Please work harder, Sha Tuo's future depends on us. Before Sha Tuo's revival, I don't want to die so early! " Li Siyuan loudly boosted morale on the horse.

"Yes!"

"Cheer up, don't take it lightly!"

"Yes!"

Li Siyuan nodded in satisfaction, reined in his horse and turned around. The moment he turned around, he heard the sound of horns all over the mountains and plains!

The earth was trembling, the mountains were trembling, and countless black horsemen, like ghosts, rushed out from all directions, shouting loudly.

Li Siyuan held the back of Chang's hand, his veins bulging.

Just out of the tiger's den, and into the wolf's den!

"To the east, to the east, to the east!" This was the only thought left in my mind. Three thousand brothers covered them to break through, and when they broke through on the way, thousands of brothers fought to the death before fleeing to this place. They must not be submerged here, they cannot Live up to those brothers.

"Sha Tuo is not dead!" Li Siyuan roared loudly, galloping across the horse, and rushed towards the east where he looked weak.The Shatuo knights behind him followed closely, shouting "Shatuo is not dead!" and they left the string like a huge crossbow.

Li Siyuan's intuition on the battlefield was astonishing. When the Tatar cavalry launched an attack, there was a problem with the coordination between the two divisions of Tiemu Spike and Chiguier. There is an obvious gap between them.However, Li Siyuan was leading his troops straight to this weak joint. Under the desperate impact, this weak joint was unexpectedly rushed out of a huge passage by the Sha Tuo army who regarded death as if they were going forward.

Li Siyuan didn't dare to fight, he didn't dare to turn his head, he just rushed forward all the way, towards the east.

When Tiemu Ci and Chi Gui'er mobilized their troops and horses to encircle them, it was already too late. In the end, more than [-] cavalry rushed out, leaving only a few hundred dead soldiers.

An ambush turned into a pursuit of endurance in the blink of an eye!

Night becomes day.

Li Siyuan led the remnant troops to run outside the boundless fortress for one night, they were exhausted, they fought and retreated, alternately covering their retreat.

The retreat route was completely composed of a bloody road covered with the corpses and blood of Shatuo warriors.

However, the Tatars were persistent and persistent, and chased after them.

During the last battle in the rear, Li Siyuan even saw the Khitan flag flying in the distance.

Seeing the Khitan flag, Li Siyuan knew in his heart that the thousands of brothers who broke through in another direction to attract attention had all died in battle.

The Hu Qi who stayed there also joined in the pursuit. They took turns resting and chasing in turn, not giving the Shatuo people a chance to breathe.

The situation is getting more and more hopeless!

Persisting until the middle of the day, Li Siyuan and the others heard the sound of waves in the distance, and followed the sound to discover Dongyang River.

"The whole army dismounts, drink the horses and water, and rest for a while!" Li Siyuan estimated the distance between Hu Qi and them, and gave the order.Even though they knew that the chase was imminent, they couldn't keep running without rest. People couldn't bear it, and neither could war horses.

The Shatuo soldiers cheered and rushed to the Dongyang River leading their horses.While drinking the horses, the Shatuo soldiers finally had time to take out the jerky Huren meat they had prepared before breaking out and devoured it hungrily.

Looking at this scene, Li Siyuan sighed in his heart.He called Yang Lin to his side, and said in a low voice: "Staff Yang, we have reached the Dongyang River now. If we go down the river, we will be able to cross the Great Wall and enter the front of the mountain. There is Qin Fan's territory. I need you to bring a team of brothers to rescue soldiers!"

Yang Lin was a little surprised, and looked up at the young Shatuo man, "Your Majesty, we have reached the Dongyang River, as long as we go along the river, we will be able to break through the siege immediately."

"But our horses are dying!" Li Siyuan shook his head.

Yang Lin looked back, even if he was the liaison staff officer, he could tell at this moment that the horses were almost useless, and even if they drank water and rested, they couldn't last long.

"Take a hundred riders, each with two horses, and go to Blackstone Fort as fast as possible, and let the Qin army send troops to rescue. From here, half the distance to Blackstone Fort is the entrance of the Great Wall, which is a dangerous place. We will Try to get there and stand there for help!" From here to Black Rock Fort, it is 150 miles, even if the entrance of the Great Wall is halfway, it is still seventy or eighty miles away.Li Siyuan didn't know if they could persist there, but he didn't say it.

Whether it's Li Siyuan or Yang Lin, they all know that it's too far away. With the current tired army, under the pursuit of the barbarians, it is impossible to reach the entrance of the Great Wall. Even if they arrive, they will not be able to wait for reinforcements up.But they knew better that the Shatuo army had no other way to go. Li Siyuan's arrangement was not so much a glimmer of hope, but rather a result of his admirable performance in Yang Lin during this period. Let him be buried here in vain as a Qin man.

"I am willing to fight endlessly with the Hulu, please ask the county king to appoint someone else to ask for help." Although Yang Lin is a scholar, the friendship formed on the battlefield made him absolutely unwilling to run away.

"This is what you owe me. Brother Sanqian is surnamed, and you owe me." Li Siyuan said coldly.

"The king of the county!"

"Call me Miao Jilie, Lao Yang. Although you are a scholar, you are also a good man of the iron race. If there is an afterlife, I will definitely be your brother!" Li Siyuan sighed, patted Yang Lin on the shoulder, and turned around. Stride to the side.

"Wait for me, I will definitely bring back reinforcements." Yang Lin gritted his teeth, his eyes were moist.The man did not flick his tears lightly, but at this moment he couldn't stop crying.

The voice of the whole team coming from the Dongyang River.

Li Siyuan was looking at the injured soldier, until Yang Lin left, he didn't look back.It wasn't until the sound of horseshoes went away that he took a long breath and gave the order: "The whole army goes up the mountain and stands here for help."

Li Siyuan did not go to the entrance of the Great Wall as he told Yang Lin, there was still eighty miles to go there, and the horses could not run that far.Instead of being overtaken by Hu Qi on the way, it is better to retreat to the mountain next to it, rest all your strength, get ready, and fight Hu Qi to the end.

Not long after the Shatuo army withdrew into the mountain, the hill by the Dongyang River was surrounded by Hu people like an iron bucket. (To be continued.)