Several more people with lofty ideals fell under the Turks' scimitars.
The situation at the scene took a turn for the worse. Except for Xu Yunyan's old soldiers who were still fighting with more than a dozen Turkic soldiers, those people with lofty ideals had no fighting power. They fell to the ground and looked up at the sky unwillingly, complaining. Apart from the cold corpses bearing the violence of the Turks, only a few were still there wailing.
But soon, the Turkic cavalry had their hands free and stepped forward to deal with the wailing ones one by one.
The situation at the scene looked like this. The remaining fifty or sixty Turkic soldiers and horses surrounded a dozen old soldiers who were shouting Xu Yunyan, and in the middle were Xu Guangren and Xu Guangyi who were desperately saved by these dozen old soldiers. .
At this moment, Xu Guangren and Xu Guangyi looked at each other and spoke to the veterans next to them.
"It's us who have dragged you down this time. You could have been safe and sound, but we dragged you too far. We actually dared to come so frantically to chase the Turks. It's our fault. When we go to the underworld, we will give it to you brothers. apologize."
Xu Guanglinren and Xu Guangyi recognized their mistake and looked at each other with a look of absolute certainty in their eyes.
But the old soldiers next to them laughed when the two lowered their heads and admitted their mistake.
"Why are the two young masters like this? We feel very lucky to be able to accompany these two young masters in fighting against the Turks. When we go to the underworld, let's drink and talk together."
Looking at the Tang soldiers who were laughing and joking here, not afraid of death at all, Manila took a step forward and spoke loudly.
"As long as you surrender now, I can spare you a way to live."
After Manila finished speaking, everyone looked at him like he was an idiot, which made Manila quite angry.
"Don't think that because you have status, I won't deal with you. As long as you are against our Great Turks, no matter who you are, whoever's confidants or nephews you are, as long as you are in front of us, I will never let you have an easy time."
Villains die because they talk too much, they have always been like this.
Just as Manila kept asking Xu Guangren and Xu Guangyi to surrender, Xu Guangren and Xu Guangyi looked at each other again and spoke to the soldiers next to them.
"It seems that now is our last moment. We can only drink and talk together in the next life. You guys should go first."
After Xu Guangyi finished speaking, he immediately rushed towards Manila. Although his hand was injured and was simply bandaged, he gritted his teeth and rushed over, but Manila ignored it and raised his hand.
"Prepare!"
But before Manila could say what he said about firing the arrow, the sound of galloping horses could be heard in the distance. Manila looked into the distance, and saw a magnificent Tang army rushing past them.
Although Manila didn't know much about the history of the Tang Dynasty, he still knew clearly what happened when the Tang Dynasty was defeated and fled for his life.
"The wind is so tight!"
As Manila yelled, the remaining Turkic cavalry were stunned, but they immediately knew what was going on, turned their horses' heads and fled towards the distance again.
The Xu family brothers and Xu Yunyan's old soldiers who were surviving the disaster behind them were stunned.
"Is this okay?"
But before they could complain much, Manila was already far away and the Tang army arrived.
"What do you do?"
A young man who looked like a general but was relatively young asked, but as soon as he finished asking, a slightly older man standing next to him immediately took a step forward.
"Master!"
But as soon as he was called young master, the man immediately lost his enthusiasm.
"Young master, call me general."
"Okay general, I remember they are the nephews of the champion."
"Um?"
The young man was stunned and turned to look at the Xu brothers.
"You are?"
Soon the Xu brothers explained their identities and intentions, which made the general very happy.
"Yes, you are very good. In this case, let's chase Manila together. When Manila is solved, we will gather together. Our final destination on the way north is to meet up with the champion and fight against Zhi Shi Si Li together."
The Xu brothers were even more happy after receiving the permission.
"Thank you, General. Let's go and pursue the pursuit together. But you still don't know the General's name?"
The young general raised his head proudly, "Li Daoyan, a certain family's genius guard and bandit general, and his father, Li Shentong."
"It turns out to be General Li and his son, disrespectful and disrespectful!"
Another polite exchange, but nothing came of it.
But just when Li Daoyan took the Xu brothers and the remaining veterans to pursue Manila, Xu Guangyi stopped.
"Brother, take them with you. So many brothers have died here, and I have to let them rest in peace no matter what."
Xu Guangren looked at Xu Guangyi and nodded.
"It's all thanks to you brother."
"Okay, brother, just don't worry."
In this way, a team once again pursued forward magnificently, chasing Manila like a bereaved dog.
The pain in Manila’s heart!
"How could this happen? Didn't I just come to fight the Tang army once? Why was I beaten like a rat crossing the street? I was hiding blindly.
From east to west, from west to east, and then continue to turn north, just north, now what? Who can say clearly? "
No one knows what is going on in the north, let alone what the situation is, but in the south Li Jing is worthy of being General Li. He braved the wind and waves and led the warship to the territory controlled by Botang where Li Yuan was located.
Although Jinling was the place where Li Yuan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, some important towns outside Jinling were nominally controlled by Li Yuan, although the actual people stationed there had nothing to do with Li Yuan.
However, just when Li Jing led the army to march directly into Jinling from the shore with great momentum, Cheng Yaojin and Zhang Liang looked at the order given to them by Li Jing and Monk Zhang Er was confused.
The two of them gathered together and muttered.
"I said……"
Before Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Zhang Liang was already looking at him and trying to persuade him.
"General Cheng, there's no need to say anything else. Since General Li has arranged the mission, let's follow General Li's instructions and send out surprise troops to attack Jinling."
Cheng Yaojin scratched his head, a little unwillingly.
"But let us lead 3,000 troops and 6,000 cavalry in total to attack Jinling. If General Li wants our lives, just say so. Why bother? I don't think we can succeed. This will cost lives." It’s a toy.”
Cheng Yaojin actually complained about the task assigned to him by Li Jing, which was suspected of sending him to death. Zhang Liang looked at Cheng Yaojin and felt a little embarrassed.
"How should I put this? After all, General Li is our general and the highest commander of the march. Can't we still execute the orders he gave us?"
Although Cheng Yaojin was confused here, Zhang Liang suddenly clapped his hands as if he thought of something.
"By the way, didn't General Li attract the attention of Jinling with his large-scale march, and then let us attack Jinling on a large scale? He has already provided us with convenience, how can we give General Li more Cause trouble?"
As soon as Zhang Liang finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin suddenly realized.
"So that's the case, then we should think carefully about what kind of method we should use to prevent everyone from discovering it, so that we can appear under Jinling City as soon as possible."
"That's how it should be."
Zhang Liang and Cheng Yaojin said this, and then led their men to break away from Li Jing's team and quietly traveled day and night.
He rushed towards Jinling in the dark.
After the two men left secretly, Li Jing led many soldiers and horses to rush toward Yangzhou, an important town to the west of Li Jing.
In Yangzhou, some local officials have begun to worry about how to find a way out. Although the emperor to whom they are loyal has arranged for troops to be stationed in Yangzhou, it seems that nothing has changed.
But just when they thought they could hold on for a few days, exchange the resources in their hands for some great achievements and status, and let Chang'an use them again, some people came to report.
"Report! Something bad has happened, sir. Tang troops have appeared outside the city."
"Huh? Tang Jun, where did Tang Jun come from? What's going on?"
There are Tang troops everywhere, whether it's Li Jing or their side, it's the Tang troops. Is this the Tang troops, their Tang troops, or the Tang troops on the opposite side?
These officials were confused for a moment and could only look at their people, waiting for their people to explain to them where the Tang army came from.
Just when these officials were wondering here, these people who came to report the news hurriedly said.
"My lord, it's the Tang Army led by General Niu Jinda Niu."
"General Niu Jinda Niu? Is this our Tang Army or the Tang Army opposite?"
Everyone was a little stunned at this moment.
But some officials are talking here.
"It must be the Tang army on the opposite side. This Niu Jinda didn't receive a reward from His Majesty. Maybe he has a grudge, so he came to show off his power to us."
But when it came to not giving him a reward, an idea flashed in the minds of the officials in Yangzhou.
"Since His Majesty has not given a reward to General Niu Jinda, and since General Niu listens to Li Shimin, we will send people out to discuss with General Niu to see if we can give General Niu a bigger reward. Then let General Niu support us? The worst thing we can do is give him the surname Li Fengwang. Will this cause much loss to us? "
Just when Yangzhou officials were thinking about this, the same scene happened in Zhenjiang between Yangzhou and Jinling.
Only this time it was Changsun Shunde's troops who appeared.
This time, Zhenjiang officials were also surprised.
"What...what's going on here? Where did Changsun Shunde come from? Where did he lead his troops? Why did he come to Zhenjiang?"
Yangzhou and Zhenjiang were important gateways to Jinling and were garrisoned by a large number of soldiers and horses mobilized by the Xie family. However, they were suddenly besieged by two Tang troops that appeared out of nowhere. This made the head of the Xie family in Jinling very confused.
But just when he was anxiously thinking about how to get rid of these two soldiers, Queen Xie, who was pregnant with Li Yuan's son or daughter, suddenly appeared next to him.
"Why are you so worried, father? Don't we have two trump cards in our hands? Arrange one trump card in one place to let them retreat. No matter whether Li Yuan admits it or not, but don't they still admit Li Shimin's son?
As long as they dare not recognize these two His Highnesses, this person will be useless. If they kill them, they will be forced to death in front of them.
Even if Li Shimin trusted them, could he ignore the death of his child? Although Li Shimin reduced their titles, but if he didn't kill them for disrespectful acts, wouldn't it mean that he still cared about them? "
After Queen Xie said a word, the situation took a turn for the worse.
"Yes, yes, you are indeed my good daughter. I will do as you said, let the two aces go to Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, and let Niu Jinda and Changsun Shunde retreat no matter what.
Even if they don't join our side, we can't make them stand on the opposite side. I believe that as long as we defeat Li Jing, they will make the choice they should. "
