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As night fell, the sky and the earth fell into darkness. The southeast wind from the Great Wall blew slowly, carrying the remaining heat left by the white sun on the ground blew across the armor of Li Siyuan, the governor of the Yanmen Army, and made a series of fine and sharp sounds. Although the sun had set for a long time, Li Siyuan was still wrapped in the air-retaining iron armor like a prawn in a steamer. He couldn't help but pull the iron armor on his body and reached out to wipe the sweat between his neck.

The fierce attack and defense of a day and night caused many damages in the village walls, and the sand and soil collapsed to form gaps. The Yanmen Army started to build wooden fences to block the gaps, then filled the soil and tamp it after the wooden fence, nailed long wooden stakes on it, and then cut out the tips of the wooden stakes pointed in front of the slant.

Everyone knows that if the village wall is stronger, they will have more hope of survival. Therefore, no one slacked off in this work, and they were exhausted, but they all tried their best to strengthen it.

The Hu people naturally refused to let them strengthen the village easily, and constantly sent elite small troops to raid and destroy the efforts of the Yanmen Army, and even tried to break into the village through these gaps.

The two sides fought back and forth until midnight.

Just now, Li Siyuan finally led the soldiers to block the last collapsed entrance of the village with a wooden fence. During this period, he repelled two waves of Hu people's harassment, leaving more than a hundred corpses inside and outside the wall, and finally became part of the wall.

At this moment, he once again patrolled the walls and was wary of any possible omissions.

Yidu Yass soldiers followed Li Siyuan and searched the newly added corpses on the wall along the way. Whenever they found that it was a Hu man, they would immediately cut the throat, cut the heads directly, and then throw it under the front wall. There were already a pile of tall heads, and there were also a slightly injured Yanmen soldiers using these heads and mud, piled up a wall of heads that was constantly increasing. The Hu people outside the border were fierce. Even if they were seriously injured and fainted, they would still go into battle once they woke up. A violent Hu people jumped out of the pile of dead people and slashed randomly. This has happened more than once. However, when they met Shatu people who were not inferior to these Hu people on the grassland, their countermeasures were very simple. After the battle, they would finish the knife, cut off their heads and earn the merits, and then use these heads to pile the second wall to prepare for the need for battle.

Sure enough, this time I encountered such a thing again. A bald Khitan warrior suddenly jumped out of the pile of corpses under the wall, waved a steel bone and rushed towards Li Siyuan who was facing his back. As the prince of Yanmen and the governor of Yanmen, Li Siyuan's armor was unique and very conspicuous. The Khitan warrior had undoubtedly planned for a long time, had clear goals, and acted rapidly.

Hearing the sound of wind behind him, Li Siyuan did not turn around, but instead rushed forward, rushed out a few steps away, then rolled on the spot, then turned around. The Khitan warrior did not expect that the Shatuo general's reaction was so outstanding, and a heavy hammer that concentrated all his strength hit the air and pounced in the air. He was led by his pounce force and staggered forward for several steps, and stood unsteadily.

At this time, Li Siyuan rushed over like a leopard. He kicked the Khitan warrior directly on the wrist and kicked the steel bones. Then, the sharp long sword in his hand mercilessly penetrated into the Khitan warrior's chest from the second rib under his left chest.

Li Siyuan's expression remained unchanged. He held the sword in his hand, and his five fingers forcefully, holding the hilt of the knife and turning it. The Khitan warrior let out a desperate howl, his face twisted and distorted. Finally, he knelt on the ground unwillingly, his eyes gradually dissipated until he had no breath and stopped moving.

Li Siyuan pushed the huge body of the Khitan warrior away with some disgust, stood up and pulled out the sword, wiped the Khitan warrior's leather robe a few times, put the knife into the sheath. The fang soldiers reacted and rushed over. They cursed and chopped off several more times on the throat of the already extinct Hu man, and finally chopped off a bare head.

After killing a powerful Khitan warrior, Li Siyuan didn't care at all, as if it was as ordinary as an ant just ranting to death. He ignored the apology and admiration of the soldiers, stared at the distant mountains, and looked at the dark night sky and the rolling mountains merged together and were difficult to distinguish.

But he knew that under the seemingly calm night, there must be countless wolves and tigers hiding in the opposite direction, staring at this little castle.

Maybe I really want to die in battle!

Li Siyuan smiled bitterly, and he reached out to his chest with a soft touch and touched an envelope wrapped in silk cloth with body temperature and sweat.

He doesn't want to die! At least, he wants to see her again. At least, he wants to see the adoptive father Li Keyong who wants his surname to be. He wants him to work hard for Li Keyong's family for several generations and die in the battlefield. What is the exchange for? It is Li Keyong's unreasonable suspicion and murderous intention towards him.

Alas, what have you done in the past twenty years?

If you recall carefully, there seems to be nothing worth remembering, but you just keep following others as the waves of fate rise and fall.

Well, what if this meaningless day reaches the end here?

The only regret he regretted was that he never confessed to her.

Li Siyuan sighed and walked down the village wall.

This is an unknown ancient village. The village is built along the mountain. The steep cliffs are used as barriers in the rear. It is very steep. The village wall is built with fine loess. It may have been the stronghold of a horse thief across the border.

However, the village has been abandoned for a long time. There is no resident in the village, and thorns and weeds are everywhere. Most of the houses have collapsed and destroyed, and only some crooked stone walls can barely cover the wind and rain.

Li Siyuan wiped a few more sweat from his face. Although he was so stuffy with iron armor, he would never take off his armor for a little coolness and ignore his fate. In a broken wall that was originally a courtyard, there were a few trees that were long but lush. There were bonfires under the trees that were squatting or sitting next to the fire, and several people were cooking meat with their helmets. The smell of meat came, but the people squatting next to him did not look happy.

When everyone saw Li Siyuan approaching, they stood up one after another.

Li Siyuan rushed forward and helped the middle-aged scholar who was about to stand up back to his original place, and found a stone to move it there. The middle-aged scholar had a clear face and elegant eyebrows and eyes, but at this moment, half of his body was wrapped in white cloth, and his robe was stained with many blood stains. The sword that had broken a few gaps was inserted diagonally on his waist, looking like he was fighting after a bloody battle.

"Prince Li, I didn't expect that we would have fallen to this point." The middle-aged scholar looked at Li Siyuan in a daze for a while, and sighed with extreme heartache.

Li Siyuan just silently took off his helmet, put it on two stones beside the fire, poured some water, then walked aside, took out a short knife, cut a piece of meat from a bone that had been cut that could not be seen, threw it into the helmet, poured some water in, and started cooking today's midnight snack.

A captain next to him who had an eye wrapped around him spoke, "Master, my piece of meat is ready. You can eat this piece. This piece is the best meat on the thighs, all of which are thin. Your piece is from the chest and is not delicious."

The middle-aged scholar sighed and looked at the calm people with some disgust. "You are still picky about human flesh, you are so picky about your choices."

The middle-aged scholar was named Yang Lin, but he was the contact staff sent by Zhang Zimian to Li Siyuan's office. Although he was only a staff officer and did not bring the word marching, he was at least a staff officer in the staff officer of the staff officer, and he was appointed as a sixth-rank official. Originally, he was sent to Li Siyuan's headquarters in Niupaiguan as a contact staff officer. Who would have thought that Li Siyuan came out of the pass to pursue the Hu people and followed him all the way, and he was ambushed on all sides of the Hu people. The army was defeated and even now everyone was in a desperate situation, and even reached the point of cutting down the bodies and human flesh to death of enemy troops. Yang Lin was a scholar, and although his family was not a wealthy family, he was also a local landlord. He joined the military staff as a civil servant. He originally wanted to be easily named the military. However, he expected that he would have to survive by eating human flesh.

He thought he was a person who read the books of sages and would never eat human flesh with these Shatuo barbarians.

This time, tens of thousands of people were defeated. In fact, Li Siyuan and many Shatu soldiers had no intention of venting their anger on the Qin people. If Li Jing had not known Li Keyong's life and death, Li Siyuan would not have come out to take on the important task of Shatu. If he had not come out to serve as the commander of Shatu, he would not have been suspicious of Li Keyong, and he would not have been betrayed Li Keyong and surrendered to Li Jing. Then he was betrayed by his subordinates, so he had to retreat to Yunzhou to defend the Hu people. If Li Siyuan had not wanted to perform well, he would not have pursued the Hu people so hard, which led to his current predicament.

If he was the anger in Li Siyuan's heart, he would always scold him before he could be happy. However, the ups and downs of life over the years have made Li Siyuan particularly good at covering up his true thoughts and restraining his emotions. Scolding Yang Lin at this time would be useless, but he would offend the envoy. If he could escape, he would definitely have to rely on him to say a few good things in the future. Maybe he would have to rely on him to say a few good things at that time.

Under the flames, his eyebrows and eyes were polite and respectful, and there was no sign of any expression.

He also smiled and refused with a smile. Yang Lin said something very reasonable. Although he also ate human flesh, he had no choice when the food was exhausted. If he didn't eat human flesh, he had to eat horse meat. War horses were their only hope for escape. Li Siyuan could not eat his own war horses, so he could only eat human flesh from the enemy's corpse. However, even if he was forced to eat human flesh, he was still picky about his choice, which was a bit too much.

"This place is not far from Niupi Pass. We still have 20,000 troops in Niupi Pass, and there are 20,000 Qin soldiers in Yunzhou. Maybe reinforcements will come to rescue us tomorrow..." Li Siyuan took out the meat and started eating it. After eating the piece of sternum that was two pounds in a few times, he wiped the corner of his mouth and raised his head and said.

No one talked about these cheerful words. They did leave 20,000 people at Niupi Pass, but these were all auxiliary soldiers. And even if the 20,000 Qin troops in Yunzhou were willing to send troops to support, what would this number of troops be like? The Hu people who went south this time had almost lost all their troops, and they only killed less than 20,000 Hu people. More than 100,000 elite Hu people were intact. Faced with this Hu army, Li Jing from Youzhou was also shocked and had to think about how to defend.

Although Li Siyuan encouraged everyone, they sighed and fell completely into pessimism and despair.

"It is unlikely that we will almost explain reinforcements. This time we almost told them that there are only 10,000 wounded people here. Yunzhou also has 20,000 combat soldiers and 20,000 auxiliary soldiers of the Qin army, and 20,000 auxiliary soldiers of the Qin army. The total of them is only 90,000, but they are scattered everywhere. The Hu army goes south, and Feihuzi's Yanmen soldiers and horses will definitely take the opportunity to go north. I am afraid that the Qin army's general Zhang will be surrounded by Daibei. How many soldiers and horses can the Qin King have to go east of Taihang? If he intends to respond, he will have been dispatched long ago. The Qin King cannot rashly take the few remaining troops in Hebei to Hedong to fight against the Hu people. The biggest possibility is that the Qin King will immediately recall the Western Expedition Army of Daibei to withdraw to Weizhou, or even Hebei to avoid the Hu people's edge."

When Yang Lin heard this, he immediately retorted loudly: "The King of Qin never abandoned the Qin army soldiers or gave up. Tens of thousands of troops were in Hedong. The King of Qin would never give up on us just because the Hu thief was powerful."

"The King of Qin may not give up on the Qin army soldiers!" Another burly man with barbecue beside the fire choked: "But in the eyes of the King of Qin, we are afraid that we can't be considered the Qin army soldiers? The King of Qin will really send troops to the North, but will he send troops to the Hu enemy to rescue us?"

This burly man was the military envoy who was rushing to the capital by Li Siyuan. His name was Li Biao. He was much taller than ordinary people, and his arms were wide and round waists were as powerful as a door god. His armor was covered with blood and looked extremely ferocious.

Three days ago, there were bloody battles in Baishui. There were ambushes outside and rebellions inside. Li Siyuan's Yanmen Army collapsed layer by layer, like ice and snow melting. Only a very small number of troops maintained a strict team and were loyal to Li Siyuan. Among them, the Hengzhang led by Li Biao was the most loyal to Li Siyuan. None of them turned against each other. Thanks to Hengzhang as the mainstay, they saved the situation at the critical moment, gathered many soldiers loyal to Li Siyuan and finally broke through the tail chase and blocked several Hu troops in succession, breaking through the siege all the way.

Unfortunately, the Hu people's army was like mountains and seas, with a large number far exceeding the Yanmen Army. Moreover, the Hu people were waiting for their leisure. Since the Yanmen Army was running around the frontier without sleep, they could not completely throw the pursuers away. They fought and fled along the way, and in the end they had to retreat into this dangerous abandoned village. The Hu people's pursuers then surrounded the village and attacked from all directions. The fierce offensive and defensive battle had been going on for a whole day. The Yanmen Army in the village reduced from more than 10,000 to 10,000, and most of the rest were injured. The food and grass in the village did not continue, and they could only cut flesh from the enemy's corpses to eat.

"Do we have to sit and wait for death?" Another Yanmen general Kang Yanzhang asked Li Siyuan loudly, "What kind of tricks does the Grand Marshal have to take us out of danger?"
Chapter completed!