At half past midnight, at the main palace of Xichun City, Yeluqi received a distress message from Hai Dongqing in Xiaguan.
Looking at Jamukha and his younger sister Yeluyan beside him, he said, "It's true that you should pay homage first and then attack the enemy. How long has it passed before we raised our troops and marched down the pass?"
After taking the letter and reading it, Jamuka frowned: "The troops in southern Xinjiang are too courageous. It's freezing cold, so they dare to start a war?"
"What are they afraid of? Didn't they come here with a large group of troops?" Yeluqi looked at him and said calmly.
Yeluyan took the letter and read it carefully twice, then raised her head and looked at Yeluqi and said, "My father is not here, so my brother has to make the decision!"
Yeluqi looked at Jamukha and asked, "General, in your opinion, how should we deal with it?"
Jamuka frowned and thought for a moment before replying: "The three towns are all soldiers from various tribes, and their respective Khan kings have returned to their tribes to hold the ceremony of worshiping heaven in the first month. If we don't come to help, we will wait until the next pass to break the city." Later, Xichun could not protect herself."
Yeluqi smiled bitterly and said: "That's what the general said. Since the order continues like this, the Yelu tribe and the Lan tribe will each send 10,000 horses to support Xiaguan. They must arrive before Shenshi and save Xiaguan city at any cost. "
"Who will our team leader send?" Jamuhe asked in a solemn voice.
Yelu Qi lowered his head and thought for a while, then replied: "Just send Lieutenant General Yelu Fengyun. At this time, you have to use your own talents to rest assured."
Jamuka nodded and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will make arrangements now and strive to send troops to the pass within half an hour!"
Yeluqi waved his hand and said, "Go quickly!"
Jamuka was ordered to go out.
"Brother, can it be said that the young monks of Prajna Temple are so courageous? Dare to attack our three towns on the winter solstice? Aren't they afraid of death?"
Yeluyan frowned, unable to understand.
"Perhaps we all underestimated that guy. How could someone who dared to come alone to talk to King Khan to discuss business be an unknown young monk?"
Yeluqi said coldly: "If I am not mistaken, I will come to Xichun to see me in two days."
"I don't believe he is so courageous. Brother, do you overestimate him?" Yeluyan looked at him and smiled. She still had confidence in her brother.
Yeluqi looked at her and smiled bitterly: "You can't tell. Maybe he wants to give me an unexpected surprise?"
"There are 100,000 Xichun cavalry, that guy doesn't want his life?" Yeluyan opened her mouth.
Yeluqi shook his head, looked at the sky outside the hall and said, "Who knows?"
...
Just when Xichun was dispatching troops for reinforcements, Nalanyu had already led five hundred soldiers and piled countless dry firewood and pine branches on the official road of Wushiling, which was ten miles long.
According to Li Ye's plan, since it was a blockade, there had to be a certain appearance.
Don't let the prairie cavalry pass through this natural barrier too smoothly.
It took nearly two hours for the soldiers to pile up flame barriers on the ten-mile-long official road, just waiting for Nalanyu's order to ignite the flames of war.
After finishing the work at hand, Nalanyu ordered the five hundred soldiers to mount their horses and go to the entrance of Wushiling to wait for the Xichun cavalry who came for reinforcements.
"Everyone eat your fill first, and later we will pretend to run for our lives to show to Xichun's cavalry!" Nalan Yu shouted loudly.
"Don't worry, general. We are only allowed to escape for a while, and are not allowed to fight back. We must complete the mission resolutely!" The five hundred soldiers laughed in unison.
Looking up at the sky over Wushi Ridge, Nalan Yu said coldly: "This Shili Canyon is their burial place."
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Outside Xiaguan City.
The soldiers of Southern Xinjiang fired three rounds of fire again. Thirty heavy arrows flew out and rushed towards the troops and horses of the grassland tribes who had gathered to charge. Thousands of arrows were like a rain of arrows from the sky, and they flew three times towards the charging grassland cavalry!
This time, the damage caused to the prairie cavalry was even greater. More than two thousand cavalry faced the rain of arrows flying from the opposite direction, and they shot at the bodies and horses of the prairie tribesmen at all angles.
In less than a quarter of an hour, more than 2,000 cavalrymen suffered heavy casualties. Under the fire of dozens of heavy rifles and thousands of arrows, less than 400 soldiers turned their horses and ran towards the city.
Standing on the city tower, Yue Tianlang had no choice but to order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops!
"All the soldiers on the city tower, aim at the soldiers in southern Xinjiang. I will fire a volley of thousands of arrows. I want them to die in front of my eyes!" the blinded Yue Tianlang roared fiercely.
"Go down with the order and shoot thousands of arrows!"
"Go down with the order and shoot thousands of arrows!"
"Go down with the order and shoot thousands of arrows!"
Suddenly, orders were heard, and the soldiers who retreated into the city also climbed up the tower, took up their bows and arrows, and aimed at the rows of soldiers from the southern border. This was the first time that they were red-eyed.
I thought that when I attacked Xiaguan City, I encountered no resistance, but I didn't expect that this time the opponent would be so powerful.
Looking at the soldiers from the grassland tribes who retreated to Xiaguan City, Li Ye grinned, looked at Mu Mu and said, "Sister, how many enemies did you shoot just now?"
Mu Mu looked at him and smiled: "Let me count, fifteen...thirty...at least thirty-five to forty. Who told them to run so fast? I haven’t had enough yet?”
"I also shot a lot. This time the soldiers were happy and finally let out a breath of bad breath! Brothers, are you happy?" Zhu Tianhu shouted loudly!
"happy happy!!"
"happy happy!!"
"Since you are happy, let's beat the war drum louder and roar louder, scaring those grandsons to death!"
"Brothers, beat the war drum louder and drink some water. Let's keep roaring and scare them to death!"
While he was talking, a shower of arrows flew from the Xiaguan city tower, like the heavy rain after summer, flying towards the positions of the soldiers in southern Xinjiang.
Li Ye pointed at the flying arrows and said with a smile, "Look, Mu Mu, they are sending me arrows!"
Before he finished speaking, a hail of arrows hit the straw man's body, making a harsh sound.
"This voice is so beautiful. I, the National Master, Ma Tianyun, am really convinced by you! I will tell the Grand Marshal later that I will give you the greatest credit!"
Zhu Tianhu roared. "Brothers, beat the war drum louder and louder, and the grassland soldiers on the city wall will be pissed off."
On top of the city tower, behind the arrow stack, Yue Tianlang listened to the earth-shattering drums and roars of the soldiers in southern Xinjiang.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Give me the order again and fire three times. Don't let them show off in front of our prairie warriors!"
Yue Meng and Yue La shouted together: "Send the order, shoot thousands of arrows three times, and shoot the boy from southern Xinjiang outside the city!"
"Send the order, shoot ten thousand arrows three times!"
"Send the order, shoot ten thousand arrows three times!"
Just a moment ago, the sky in Xiaguan was filled with rain of arrows again, and at this time Li Ye had already pulled Mu Mu to set up a few chairs behind the army and lay on them.
Looking at the gloomy sky, Li Ye smiled and said, "Mumu, do you think the rain looks better in this snowy day, or the heavy rain in the summer?"
Mu Mu tilted her head and glanced at him, then looked up at the sky.
He said seriously: "These are tens of thousands of arrows flying out of Xiaguan City. If you shoot them, you will die, brother!"
Li Ye glanced at her and said with a smile, "Oh, it's so boring to chat with you!"
"Master, your strategy is good, even the wild wolves on the grassland will be fooled!" Zhu Tianhu, who was setting up his tent, said with a smile, these tens of thousands of iron arrows are worth a lot of money.
"General Zhu, pass the order, let the soldiers rest for a while, rest where they are, and send people to keep an eye on Xiaguan City. As long as they dare to come out, we will shoot them.
Also, let the soldiers put away the iron arrows from the grassland tribes and continue to use the bamboo arrows in our hands. "
"Aren't you going to fight? Brother?" Mu Mu, who was not satisfied, clapped her little hands, took out a box of cakes, and opened it.
"We can't push them too hastily. Let's take a rest and play with them again in the afternoon. We'll retreat as soon as it gets dark!" Li Ye sat up.
He asked Zhu Tianhu to pick up some branches and light the water to boil. On this windy and snowy day, he made hot tea and looked at the wind and clouds in Xiaguan with a smile.
"Tell the soldiers to hold on for two days. After returning to Nanyun City, in addition to asking them for merit, I will give them another five days' leave to let them have a good rest!"
Li Ye raised his head and glanced at the top of Xiaguan City and said to Zhu Tianhu.
"Brothers, the National Master told us to hold on for two more days. After we win the battle and return to Nanyun, we will ask for credit. We will take another five days off and let you go crazy!" Zhu Tianhu shouted loudly!
"The national teacher is mighty, the general is mighty!"
"The national teacher is mighty, the general is mighty!"
The already quiet position suddenly erupted with thundering roars. This battle boosted everyone's military morale and made a thousand soldiers feel proud.
...
On the city tower, Yue Meng and Yue Tian looked at the Southern Xinjiang position, looked at Yue Tianlang and said: "General, why are these Southern Xinjiang boys not moving? Could it be that they are scared of us? Do you want us to go out of the city to clean them up?" them?"
Yue Tianlang thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know if this is their plan, or we should wait until Xichun's reinforcements arrive. King Khan is not here, and we can't keep risking our brothers' lives."
Yue Tianqi nodded and said: "The general is right, we can't gamble with the lives of the soldiers. If their army is ambushing outside and waits for us to kill them and then try to retreat, it will be too late!"
"This war was not initiated by our side. We must be careful in everything we do. We must not act out of emotion. Everyone should cheer up. Xichun's troops will arrive at most in the evening. Then we will discuss how to face the enemy from southern Xinjiang." After Yue Tianlang calmed down, he said calmly.
"It's important for us to hold on to the next day. As long as we don't go out, they won't dare to attack the city. After all, we have 50,000 soldiers and horses. I don't believe they dare to attack the city at this season!" Yue Meng looked at Yue Tianlang, He said bitterly.
"Everyone, please be careful and don't let them take advantage of any loopholes!" Yue'erlang ordered.
"Don't worry, General. I'll stay in the tower and see what tricks they want to play!" Yue Tianqi clenched his fists.
...
Li Ye outside the city had already brewed a pot of tea and was tasting it gently with the cup in hand.
"Brother, are we just going to sit and wait like this?" Mu Mu asked, holding a cup of tea and looking at him blankly.
"Otherwise? Are you still thinking about flying up the city wall to fight with them? Just stay still, as long as they don't attack, we will win. Later, if we can borrow some more arrows before retreating, we can Not bad.”
Li Ye looked at Mu Mu's dazed look and couldn't help but laugh.
"National Master, we have just made a count. There are almost 50,000 iron arrows shot from Xiaguan City. If we borrow some more before leaving, there will be at least 60,000 to 70,000. This is worth a lot of silver!"
Zhu Tianhu looked at Li Ye with admiration.
"What time is it now?" Li Ye asked.
"It's past noon, it's almost midnight!" Zhu Tianhu replied.
"It's not time yet. If we count the time, the ambush at Wushiling should start!" Li Ye looked in the direction of Xichun and said quietly.
Everything depends on the command of Nalanyu and Ma Tianyun.
Wushiling, it’s going to rain.
