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Chapter 531 Unfixed River

The drums of war resounded through the sky!

Zhao Jun's soldiers came out continuously from the city gate, and immediately formed an array around Song Jingang's [-] infantry.

And the three hundred infantry were like a tough rock, in front of the city gate, withstood the waves of the Jiehu cavalry.

Jiehu Jun's Tumen reined in their horses and stopped. Tumen means ten thousand husbands in Turkic. Only Zhejie, Fulizhong has this organization. Pai set up, as the commander in chief of the army.

Seeing his soldiers on all sides in a hard fight, Tumen couldn't help frowning. A commander of the Jiehu army who had retreated from the front came forward and said: "Tumen, we rushed to the Zhao army several times and were beaten back. We discounted it in half, do you want to fight again!"

Tumen's eyes froze, but he saw the sound of killing ahead. At first glance, the Jiehu cavalry was now on an equal footing with the Zhao army who came out of the city, but Zhao's army is still going out of the city to fight. If things go on like this, the situation will be reversed. .

Tutun, a Turkic man beside the Tumen, taunted him, saying, "Khan's wolf-toothed Sogdian warrior, is that all he has?"

Tumen was furious when he heard this, and Tutun was Chuluo Khan's cronies, all from the Ashina tribe, and Chuluo sent him to various ministries and armies as supervisors, and his power was even greater than that of all ministries.

Tumen said loudly: "Yiluohe, you dare to insult the face of our Sogdian warriors. If you are afraid of death, go back to Yaoshashui, and never step into the fortress for the rest of your life."

"Yuluohe" means "strong man" in Turkic language. The man screamed, reined in his horse, and charged into the battle again.

Tumen's face was gloomy. He thought that Zhao Jun was afraid of the momentum of the Turkic army and only dared to defend the city, instead of going out of the city to fight.

At present, the two armies are fighting in front of the city gate, and there are many casualties, which makes Tumen very upset.

Although the Jiehu army is the elite of the Turkic army, the Zhao army is also a master of hundreds of battles, and they fight against the strong city and defend the soil, with high morale.The Jiehu cavalry of the Tumen attacked several times, not only failed to break through the Zhao army's formation, but lost a lot of troops.

At this moment, the horn of retreating troops sounded behind him. Chuluo Khan, who had come to watch the battle by the Wuding River, realized that the Jiehu army in front was not fighting well, and immediately ordered the front army to retreat.

Jiehu Jun Tumen gritted his teeth immediately and issued an order to his subordinates to retreat.The Jiehu cavalry, who were attacking Zhao Jun's formation, withdrew to the place where the attack was initiated like an ebb tide.A pile of corpses and unowned horses were left in front of the city gates of the two armies, wandering on the grass.

Song Jingang's [-] heavy armored infantry fought for a while, and when the pressure was relieved at this moment, they were surprised to see the Jiehu cavalry who had been attacking all the time retreated.

"Captain Song, do you want to pursue him?"

Zhao Jun's infantry were all red-eyed. They wanted to kill this group of brutal Jiehu cavalry with their own hands.

Song Jingang stuck the blood-stained sword on the ground, watched it from a distance, and said: "The Jiehu cavalry are not defeated, they just retreated on their own initiative, and the main force of our army has not yet left the city, so don't chase them lightly, lest you kill them." Return the carbine."

"promise!"

The soldiers agreed together, and at the same time they packed up the body of Pao Ze and bandaged the wound of Pao Ze, out of the three hundred soldiers, only one hundred still stood upright in front of the city gate.But the soldiers' bodies were as straight as guns, and they were covered in blood. Three hundred soldiers guarded the gate of the city.

The Zhao troops who came out of the city gate all looked at them with admiration. Only [-] of them could leave the city and set up formations outside the city.

Seeing that there was nothing to take advantage of, the cavalry of the Jiehu Army, who had suffered more than 2000 casualties, immediately retreated from the pontoon bridge across the Wuding River.

The Wuding River was murmuring, and several pontoon bridges were floating on the river alone.

And Zhao Jun regrouped under the city.The [-] Zhao troops all went out of the city, and along the length of more than two miles, the west wall of Youjing City was spread out, standing behind the city.

Countless knives, guns, swords and halberds stood erect, and on the other side of the Wuding River, there was a mass of Turkic cavalry.

It was almost noon, but the sun overhead was cold and had no warmth.The ground is full of dry grass, a scene after being trampled by war horses.

Thirty thousand Zhao troops and nearly one hundred thousand Turkic cavalry confronted each other on both sides of the Wuding River.

The horses chirped and chirped, the big flags were hunting and moving, and the 10,000+ troops on both sides were completely silent and silent.

Li Chongjiu put on the rein and stood on the horse, looking at the opponent's golden wolf banner, but saw a man with fur and brown velvet hair under the banner, pointing the whip slightly forward.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded together.

The Turkic cavalry on the horses all walked slowly, thousands of troops and horses moved slowly, pressing towards the Wuding River.And the big golden wolf banner also started to move, approaching the river bank.Zhao Jun's soldiers looked dignified, watching the Turkic cavalry slowly approaching. Only those who faced the situation in the field could truly understand the oppression.

The wind seemed to have stopped, and the soldiers of Zhao Jun, who were facing each other quietly, were sweating from their backs in the cold winter of Shuojiu.
The Turkic army stopped dozens of steps before the river bank. At this time, the golden wolf was walking slowly forward. The man with brown and vellus hair under the big banner suddenly stepped forward on his horse and said loudly to the other side of the river: "On the other side! Is it King Zhao?"

The other party's voice was very loud, and it was still very clear through the thousands of troops.

Surrounded by Zhao Jun, Li Chongjiu was very calm, but when he saw the other party sitting on the horse, his valiant and proud demeanor was like a proud and mighty wolf king.

"Your Majesty, Turkic Khan is calling for you!"

Li Chongjiu smiled, and immediately pressed his horse forward, and the Zhao army in front of him separated like a wave.

Li Chongjiu commanded his horse to walk slowly, and calmly came to the bank of Wuding River. The distance between him and the other party was only a few tens of feet. He reined in his horse and stopped, and said loudly: "Yes, I am the Lord of Zhao Kingdom, but I am Chu Luo Khan. ?”

After hearing Li Chongjiu's promise, the Turkic cavalry on the opposite side couldn't help being in an uproar.

Li Chongjiu didn't understand what he meant, but he heard a Turkic dignitary coming up behind Chuluo, holding a scimitar and gesticulating: "I heard that Li Chongjiu is the number one hero among the Sui people. He is one foot tall and his waist is also one foot. It will be as thin as a sheep like you!"

Hearing the words that the height was one foot, and the waist circumference was also one foot, Zhao Jun on the river bank laughed loudly, and the tense atmosphere was swept away.

Upon seeing the scene, the Turkic dignitary said: "Han people, you are so rude. It's fine if you, King Zhao, don't dare to come out. Why send a substitute here to deceive us. We Turkic people are not easy to deceive."

Li Chongjiu smiled and replied: "Li Chongjiu is not a famous person, there is nothing to pretend, but since you don't believe it..."

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu snorted softly, drew a bow from the side of the saddle, nocked the arrow as fast as lightning, and shot the arrow towards the other side of the river with a whoosh.

As the arrow shot out, hundreds of Turkic cavalrymen in front of them were in commotion, but with a bang, a purple feather on the top of the man's head was shot down by Li Chongjiu with an arrow across the Wuding River!
As soon as the purple feathers fell, the three armies on Zhao Jun's side cheered and applauded in unison.

The provocative person fell heavily off his horse, but instead supported his head with both hands, asking the left and right if the head was still on the neck.

Chu Luo was taken aback, and immediately reined in his horse, if the opponent's arrow just now was not aimed at the feathers on the top of the man's head, but a little lower, how could this man be alive now?Only then did he realize that this person was able to assassinate Father Khan a hundred steps away in the midst of the rebellious army, and his reputation was really well-deserved.

Not only Chu Luo, but even the Turkic cavalry who witnessed the arrow were in awe.The Turkic people admire the warrior the most, no matter whether he is an opponent or not, but seeing Li Chongjiu's arrow crossing the river bank, even the most outstanding soldier in the army might not be able to do it. Now they are all convinced and worshiped from the bottom of their hearts. Thinking of eight years ago, Yanmen Pass The power of an arrow from outside is believed to be no legend.

Xue Wanche, the general next to Li Chongjiu, said, "Your words are meaningless. The King of Zhao should have killed you with one arrow, but I will spare your life right now. Go back quickly, so as not to embarrass yourself here."

The provocative Turkic nobleman was ashamed when he heard this, and he knelt down in front of Rome and said, "Khan, I am ashamed of you."

Chu Luo glanced at this person, but the other person didn't speak, and immediately killed himself with the knife.

Zhao Jun by the river bank couldn't help but look sideways when he saw that the Turkic people were so ruthless.

Chu Luo immediately said: "King Zhao, do you know what is my purpose in leading 20 cavalry from Tieshan to Youjing?"

Li Chongjiu snorted, his eyes were serious.

Chu Luo pointed his horsewhip to the south, and said: "I, Chu Luo, left Yudujin Mountain, where the Turks lived for generations, and led the bravest warriors on the grasslands, and moved the royal court to Dujin Mountain, just to conquer the people in the Central Plains. !"

"Now soldiers from Mobei, Monan, Western Regions, and Liaodong Grasslands are all gathered under my golden wolf banner. Han emperors Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, and Liang Shi all pay tribute to me. I only ask you Zhao Wang Yiyi, would you like to give me a hand in hand?"

Li Chongjiu said across the river: "Chu Luo, I know that your Turkic cavalry is brave and good at fighting, but we Han people have a saying, is it the land of the king in the whole world, and the land of the king who leads the land? When the four parties returned in the Sui Dynasty, you The Turks are just a mere Beidi, and together with the barbarians they paid tribute to the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, how can we Han people pay tribute to you now?"

Chu Luo laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said: "King Zhao, I guessed well, you are really a man, you are different from Li Yuan, Li Yuan can bear it for a while, in order to defeat me in the future, but you, even forbear Not at all, you have aroused my anger so quickly, don’t you see the iron cavalry behind me? As long as I give an order, 20 iron cavalry will drown you all like a tide.”

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "So what if there are less than [-] stragglers, Chu Luo, you haven't seen this servant of Youjing, my army and civilians, Dazhao, are you ready to fight? If you want to fight, we will accompany you to the end!"

Chu Luo said angrily: "Li Chongjiu, if you want to fight, then fight!"

Hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry moved slowly. Judging from this posture, they really wanted to fight across the river.

Chu Luo Khan was not very confident either. Turkic Qingqi was good at running for thousands of miles, but he was not sure about attacking the infantry waiting for the fortified wall.

Chu Luo's complexion changed, and he whispered: "You say you can pierce her..."

The cavalryman nodded.

Chu Luo looked at Li Chongjiu again, whipped his horsewhip fiercely into the open space, and said, "Okay, the future will last forever, King Zhao, let's wait and see!"

After finishing speaking, he gathered a group of war horses and galloped to where the golden wolf banner was.

(End of this chapter)