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On the banks of the Sanggan River, a fast horse galloped over.

"Report to the Grand Marshal, Zheng has led an army of 50,000 to attack Shanyang City!" The scout reported.

In the tent of the army camp on the riverside camp, the generals were very excited. Qi Bizhang smiled and said, "It seems that the Shatuo people are about to perish, and we must also prepare for reinforcements." When he said the word reinforcement, he bit it very heavily. Mi Haiwan and Shi Jingcun and other generals understood what he meant by reinforcements. At present, 50,000 troops were attacking Shuozhou City, and Li Keyong would definitely not be able to stop them. Their 14,000 jingling cavalry were far away on the banks of the Sanggan River a hundred miles away. At this time, you have to set off early, otherwise, when they rushed over, Zheng Congxian and the others would not only eat up all the meat, but probably even the soup would be finished.

Sag Governor Mi Haiwan said excitedly: "General Qibi is right. We should prepare for it and set off the camp."

Lin Wu chuckled and said, "You don't have to be anxious, there are still some generals to fight this battle." He saw that Li Jing had not spoken, so he guessed that Li Jing must have other arrangements. At this time, Shi Jingcun felt a cold look coming from the side, and when he turned around, he saw Liu Xun, one of Li Jing's six disciples.

He couldn't help but smile and asked, "Why, do you have any different opinions on this?"

Since the last battle at Taixiguan, Liu Xun has changed a lot during this period. In the past, Liu Xun was both wise and brave, but he always showed on the surface, and he always seemed a little dry and not calm enough, making people feel a little clever. But during this period, he calmed down and followed Li Jing, standing by Li Jing every day to see how he dealt with things. At night and in his spare time, Li Jing often gave them lectures, and this growth was changing day by day.

Li Jing turned around and said to Liu Xun with encouraging eyes: "You can just say anything if you have any opinions."

Liu Xun looked at the three tribe chiefs with a relaxed and excited expression and sneered: "If you think Li Keyong is really bad and think that this battle can be easily won immediately, then I am willing to lose my head to you."

"How do you say this?" Mi Haiwan had a deep expression. If it weren't for Liu Xun being Li Jing's disciple, such a little guard would not be qualified to talk to him.

"Master General, the Tang army under Shuozhou City is indeed a large number of troops, but these troops are a coalition force composed of seven towns of soldiers and horses. Shanyang City is the capital of Shuozhou. Although it is not as strong as Jincheng, the old nest of Shatuo people, it is also a big city. In my judgment, the soldiers and horses in Shatuo people must have no less than 10,000 troops. Fifty thousand people attack a big city with 10,000 people defending, which seems to have an advantage, but don't forget that the strongest part of Shatuo people is not defending the city, but cavalry attack. I am sure that Li Keyong had already gathered a sharp cavalry at this time, and was paying attention to the battle situation under Shuozhou City as we were."

"Once our army cannot take down Shuozhou City in one go, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable to our army. If the defenders in the city can hold on for a longer time, then when the siege soldiers are exhausted, Li Keyong will definitely attack in one fell swoop. At that time, Shuozhou City was a big chopping board, and the soldiers and horses of the seven towns that were siege, would be allowed to be the sledge hammer of the Shatuo cavalry led by Li Keyong to continue to attack. Once the coalition forces are in chaos in command or poor logistics, the soldiers and horses of the seven towns will inevitably be defeated."

Mi Haiwan, who was irritated, changed his face, "You are strengthening others' ambitions and destroying your own prestige!"

Li Jing chuckled and said, "The governor doesn't have to be as knowledgeable as a child. However, although what he said was a bit alarmist, there is no such possibility. I don't think so, so the three governors led their headquarters to the city of Shuozhou to reinforce, just in case what if?"

The three tribes of Sage, Anqing, and Qibi were already a little impatient to wait here, and they immediately nodded in agreement. After receiving Li Jing's military order, they said goodbye one after another, returned to the battalions, and greeted their subordinates. They were not willing to stay for a moment, for fear that Shuozhou would have been captured and left roaring.

Seeing the cavalry of the three tribes leave, Liu Xun was a little puzzled: "Teacher, what I just told the truth is that Shuozhou City is just a meat grinder, a trap set by Li Keyong. The seven towns lacked food and grass for the logistics of the troops, and it all depends on the little food and grass we pulled out to them before. Moreover, their equipment was insufficient, and various coalition forces were even more impossible to cooperate too well. If Li Keyong defended Shuozhou and sent a group of surprise troops to burn the food and grass supplies of the coalition forces, the coalition forces would be defeated without fighting."

"I believe Li Keyong must be the same as you think now." Li Jing nodded and was very satisfied with Liu Xun's analysis calmly.

"But the teacher just now..." Halfway through his words, he suddenly understood that Li Jing had known all this for a long time, but Li Jing had previously stationed troops on the banks of the Sanggan River, only sent 10,000 infantrymen, and now he sent 9,000 cavalry from three tribes. Is the teacher going to let them die? "Teacher, are you sending three tribes to die?"

Li Jing said seriously: "Wrong, the three tribes are loyal, I am fulfilling their sincerity. If they can help take Shuozhou or even defeat Li Keyong, that would be a great achievement."

"But, Master should know that these three tribes will not take Master's jing to heart at all. They will never have any good results when they go."

Li Jing said lightly: "Wars will always kill people, either you die or I die. Now, the three tribes are our allies, but not our race, and their hearts will be different. Why didn't the Shatu people be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and make great contributions? For these Hu people, the so-called loyalty is just that they have not betrayed enough chips. When they finally have a ri and have strong strength, the first one to bite the master of Xiri. These Hu people are always a group of ungrateful wolves who are not well-fried. No matter how cute he was when he was young, when he grew up, he will inevitably reveal his fangs. If the Shatu people were destroyed in Daibei, they were actually just replaced by Shatu people to Tuyuhun people or Dangxiang people, and even the Uighurs, Tiel and other tribes."

He patted Liu Xun on the shoulder: "Your enlightenment is something that other junior brothers cannot compare with. However, if you want to become a handsome talent rather than just a general who charges, there are still many things you need to learn. Not only war, but what you need to consider outside war is more important."

Liu Xun fully understood what Li Jing was thinking at this time, and couldn't help but feel shocked. He was a little stunned. In front of him, it seemed as if another door had been opened.

Under Shuozhou City, 50,000 coalition forces directly surrounded the three gates in the east and south to attack, leaving only the north gate.

The battle lasted for a day, and within a hundred steps of the Sanmian City, it had already become a hell on earth.

Countless crossbows and bows on the city tower were launched without interruption, and groups of arrows and crossbow nails swept across the board, and arrows were covered with sky, and there were flesh and blood flying everywhere. Under this terrible attack, the flesh and blood seemed as fragile as paper, and countless soldiers fell under the city without even enough time to shout.

Screaming, moaning, blood, death, panicked people and horses trampling on each other, arrows and rains fly over like locusts, and the sharp sound of wind breaking through the sky fills the space.

Arrows flew everywhere, and rolling stones fell down densely like hail. The Tang army did not dare to look up or take steps. Someone lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead. They were immediately followed by the follow-up troops and stepped into meat paste.

The soldiers screamed and cried, and they rushed into a ball to push the ground and trampled on each other; some people lie down and dodge, but they stomped on the back of the panicked war horses, and a miserable scream came back from afar, unlike the battlefield, but like the sound from a slaughterhouse.

Zheng Congyi's smile on the cloud car had already frozen to his mouth, and his face was dark.

However, the battle was not over yet. After risking huge damage and paying a huge price, the army had paved the road with its bodies and reached the city. Countless ladders were built on the top of the city, and teams of soldiers climbed the ladders one after another to attack the city.

The catapults and crossbows behind also began to exert their power. Countless catapults and crossbow arrows roared onto the city, smashing the guard Shatuo archer to death.

"Cat the stone to attack the arrow tower, and the slow chariot attack the enemy's crossbow chariot!" Zheng Congyi did not expect that the opponent had so many crossbows, catapults and crossbow chariots. The small city was covered with arrow towers and crossbow chariots. Although the opponent's catapult was arranged under the inner walls of the city and could not be seen, the stones they threw could tell that the opponent had a large number of catapult chariots.

Continue to attack, but under the fierce counterattack of the seven towns of troops, although they continued to kill the defenders on the city and destroy the arrow towers and crossbows at the top of the city, the opponent's attack intensity did not decrease. Zheng Congyi had already seen that the number of defenders in the city was large, and the number of deaths could be replenished immediately. Even their bows and crossbows were many, which could maintain their current strength. As the sunset was about to set, but after fighting for a day, there were no progress, and there were huge casualties.

Zheng Cong-sei waved his hand and issued a military order to withdraw his troops.

The sound of gold sounded, and a cavalry sent orders everywhere, "The general has an order, and the whole army will withdraw the troops!"

Wang Jian had already taken dozens of brothers to the city for the third time, but he could not occupy his foothold every time, but he would be driven down from the city in a moment. Hearing the sound of withdrawing the troops, Wang Jian was stunned for a moment, and was immediately chopped in front of him by a Shatuo officer's battle axe. Wang Jian, who was stepping on the battlements, flashed back, and he was unstable and fell off the city immediately. Falling in the air, Wang Jian reacted very quickly and grabbed a cloud ladder on the city. Although there were bursts of scorching pain from his palm, he finally saved his life without any danger.

After fighting for a day, hundreds of brothers in the Eighth Capital were killed or injured. Although they were unwilling to give up, Wang Jian had to lead his troops to retreat slowly and leave the battlefield.
Chapter completed!