At this time, a knock on the door was suddenly heard outside the courtyard, and then the door was slammed open, and a group of people broke in. It turned out that the Tang army outside saw that the Chinese army had not sent orders for a long time, and finally noticed something was wrong, so they broke into the courtyard to check.
When a brigade commander saw the corpses all over the courtyard, including Tang troops and even men in black who didn't know where they came from, he couldn't help but turn pale with fright. With an order, half of the Tang troops drew their swords from their waists, and half held crossbows in their arms, and spread out their formation to cover the area. Come up.
Feng Changqing said: "It doesn't matter. First, the Da Shi assassins broke in and tried to force me to retreat, but they were killed by the martial arts friends brought by Deputy Governor Cheng."
Li Zhuer tapped Feng Changqing's sleeping acupuncture point from behind, so he didn't know that Pei Min and Li Zhuer had been there.
The brigade commander stood outside the room and glanced around, but did not see Cheng Qianli. He was surprised when he suddenly discovered that Cheng Qianli was lying on the ground in the corner. He couldn't help but become nervous again. There were all men, women, and children in the room, and they seemed to be all. They are strangers in the world. I don’t know whether they are good or evil. They only know that Cheng Qianli was captured and Feng Changqing was held hostage.
Feng Changqing said hurriedly: "Hurry up and help Deputy Cheng to protect you."
The situation was like this. Although Dugu Wen and others were not afraid of the Tang army, they could not fight with them. Ge Ruliang pretended to come forward to help him, using his strength in his palms, he immediately opened his sealed acupuncture points and said: "Deputy Protector, please come quickly. rise."
In addition to being Dugu Wen's son-in-law, Ge Ruliang is also a descendant of the Kongtong Zhuge family. His internal strength comes from the Kongtong Confucian Shenquan Sect, and it is also an authentic martial arts from a famous family. Nowadays, his abundant internal strength is no small matter.
Cheng Qianli laughed loudly and stood up, saying: "The big thief is very ruthless. Fortunately, thanks to the help of all the brothers in the world, we were able to survive this disaster without any danger."
Seeing that the brigade commander was still doubtful, Feng Changqing straightened his clothes and asked, "What's going on outside?"
The brigade commander then retracted his gaze, turned his blade, crossed his hands and saluted: "The Dabolu army was so scared that they were huddled on the other side of the river, showing no movement."
Feng Changqing asked again: "Is General Youweiwei here?"
The brigade commander replied: "I haven't seen him yet, and the scouts I sent out haven't returned yet."
Feng Changqing said: "Report immediately if there is any news about General Li."
Cheng Qianli rubbed his hands and said: "Hey... Ordinarily, General Li should have arrived at this time. I think the situation of the Dabolu people will be difficult if the confrontation continues and they start to break out in all directions."
Jiang Shuo said: "In this case, waiting is not an option. Why not let Jiang rush into the enemy's formation and capture King Da Bolu? There is a saying that to capture the thief, capture the king first, capture the old king, and force King Da Bolu." Wouldn't it be good to surrender to avoid the two armies fighting and causing more casualties?"
The brigade commander couldn't help but roll his eyes after hearing this, and said: "Hey... what a big tone, little brother! I heard that Guan Yunchang of the previous dynasty and Qin Shubao of this dynasty were able to take the head of a general out of a million troops, but it was just a stab. Death, it’s too difficult to capture him alive.”
Dugu Xiang shook his head and said: "No, otherwise, I heard that Qin Qiong defeated Yuchi Gong in Meiliangchuan and captured him alive. How can you say not? Besides, the enemy army is only ten thousand, and Brother Shuo's kung fu is probably better than Qin Qiong's. What's the matter? Can’t be captured?”
Since Jiang Shuo captured Shibao City alone, Dugu Xiang's confidence in Jiang Shuo has naturally increased greatly. How can this flat river valley compare to the steep Shibao City? Dugu Xiang even ignored him, but the brigade commander's eyes almost fell out of his sockets. In the Tang Dynasty, which military sect dared to claim to be better than Qin Qiong? In his opinion, this pair of young men and women are really ignorant!
At this moment, Dugu Wen suddenly shouted: "Who is hiding outside?"
While he was talking, Dugu Wenren had already flown out of the courtyard wall. He barely paused and saw Dugu Wen carrying someone back to the courtyard. Dugu Wen was dominating the martial arts world with his light kung fu. In the eyes of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, he only saw his figure swaying, and in an instant Time passed and came back again, and as if by magic, one more person appeared on his hand. While everyone was shocked, they also felt lucky that such a strange person was on their side.
However, Dugu Xiang recognized the person who was captured by Dugu Wen, complained about Dugu and asked: "Grandpa, why did you indiscriminately capture the captain of the Yulin Guard of Khotan as a little chicken?"
The person who came was none other than the head of the Khotan King's bodyguard. He was embarrassed by Dugu Xiang's remarks. This man's martial arts had also been taught by a Western master. Before today, he thought he was a very heroic person. Only today did he realize that he has extraordinary powers in the world. The scholar has such skill and dare not underestimate the people of the Central Plains anymore. If a skinny old man like Dugu Wen was brought in so shamelessly in the past, he would have been furious and fought with Dugu Wen, but now he respectfully asked Dugu Wen Dugu asked Crosshand and said, "Senior's Qinggong is so amazing, I admire him very much."
Dugu asked, acting like a senior in the martial arts world. He put one hand behind his back and twirled his beard with the other, "How come you, a majestic military officer of a country, are hiding outside the wall and listening to others?"
The people of Khotan have admired the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and the Chinese language is very popular in the country. The chief guard said: "Senior, I misunderstood... It is actually that my king has been waiting behind the mountain for a long time, and there has been no movement in the temple here, so I sent my subordinate to investigate. after all."
Now it was Feng Changqing's turn to not be calm. He stood up and interjected: "The King of Khotan is also here?"
The captain of the guard said: "My king personally leads two hundred elite cavalry in the depression behind the mountain ridge in the south."
Feng Changqing said: "Ah... take Feng to pay a visit quickly, don't lose etiquette."
Changqing was granted the title of Judge of Anxi Jiedu, and he was granted the title of Dafu from the Fifth Rank Dynasty. The King of Khotan had the status of a prince in the Tang court. Although the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty had no affiliation with the king of the four towns, he was granted the title of Changqing. He was a humble man and was still polite to the King of Khotan.
The captain of the guard hurriedly waved his hand and said: "There is no need to be polite to the doctor. The doctor led the army to prevent the disaster for our country. It is my king who thanks you. I will not show you the courtesy of meeting the doctor."
Feng Changqing crossed his hands and said: "The matter is urgent. The ambush of Da Bolu was secretive. We did not inform the King of Khotan in advance. Please forgive me."
He is as humble as a scribe and not at all like a brave warrior.
The captain of the guard also crossed his hands and said: "I don't dare. My king said that he had carefully observed the battle situation here. The two sides were almost in a confrontation. He asked me to bring a message to Doctor Feng. I, the Khotan warrior, would like to encourage Doctor Feng to rush into the palace. In the Bolu formation, break the situation for the doctor!"
Feng Changqing said: "It seems that King Khotan is also a person who is familiar with the art of war, but there is no need for King Khotan to take action. The current battle situation can be easily solved as long as General Youweiwei arrives."
The captain of the guard said happily: "General Shenwei is here too?"
Dugu Xiang muttered dissatisfiedly: "What a powerful general? Can this general's kung fu surpass Brother Shuo?"
Jiang Shuo said: "There are many masters in the world. Since this general is known as a mighty general, he must have his own merits."
Cheng Qianli laughed loudly and said: "Young Master, General Li is not a martial artist, but he does have a way of fighting. A warrior does not rely on one person's martial arts. You will know how powerful he is when you see him soon."
At this moment, he suddenly heard a loud noise in the distance. He thought it was the troops from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Jiang Shuo said happily: "Is it the great general Shenwei?"
Jiang Shuo heard that the Tang army and the Khotan people mentioned General Li, and they seemed to rely heavily on him, so that Jiang Shuo couldn't help but look forward to meeting this "divine general".
Cheng Qianli listened carefully and said, "It doesn't look like... the shouting of killing came from the mountain."
Jiang Shuo didn't know why the shouts of killing coming from the mountain were not "divine generals", but the captain of the Khotan Kingdom's guard suddenly exclaimed: "Oops! I'm afraid he might start a fight with my king."
Feng Changqing said curiously: "I have been to the Heilong River many times before I chose this place to trap Dabolu's army. This place is surrounded by water on three sides and has a cliff at its back. It is really a death place for soldiers. Even if there are some people with extraordinary talents. If you can climb a cliff, an army of tens of thousands of people will never be able to climb a cliff to fight."
Feng Changqing commanded the army with civilian officials and was not good at fighting on the battlefield. He was very resourceful and was especially good at using the geographical situation of mountains and rivers to defeat more with less. In this battle, he first used a small group of cavalry to lure the Dabolu army into a trap. The terrain here is high in the east. Low in the west, one could only see a river from the direction of Dabolu's march. After crossing it, they found that they had entered a desperate area facing water on three sides. At this time, the Tang army took advantage of their fast horses and powerful crossbows to cross the river, which was almost ten times their size. Trapped.
The chief guard of Khotan clapped his legs and said: "Doctor Feng doesn't know something. The Dabolu Kingdom is located in high mountains, and its roads are more dangerous than that of the Little Bolu. Therefore, there are many climbers in the Dabolu Kingdom who can climb with bare hands. With the help of ropes, you can reach steep snow-capped mountains that are inaccessible to ordinary people, and you can go in and out of them. Dabolu has his own army called the 'Flying Ape Army', which can fight across mountains and ridges, and is really as agile as an ape."
Cheng Qianli said strangely: "If there really is such a monkey army, when they were first besieged by Doctor Feng, they should have taken their king to climb the mountain and escape... Why wait until now?"
The captain of the guard said: "This...someone in the lower official doesn't know...perhaps they want to escape when the night is darkest?"
Feng Changqing pondered for a moment, then twisted his beard and said: "I'm afraid it's not about escaping. They want to send this 'flying ape army' at night, climb over the cliff, and then outflank our retreat... I don't want to bump into Khotan on the mountain." Lord, the fight started now."
He said to the commander-in-chief of the Tang Army: "Quickly pass on my military order to mobilize a force of two hundred light cavalry to help the King of Khotan!"
While talking, Feng Changqing walked quickly out. Jiang Shuo saw that he was walking with his right foot little by little, and his gait was unsteady. He was indeed lame.
Everyone walked out of the small temple. The terrain here was slightly higher and they could overlook half of the battlefield. Da Bolu's army was still facing the Tang army across the river, and there was no sign of a decrease. It seemed that as Feng Changqing expected, Da Bolu sent a small number of soldiers who were good at it. The climbing soldiers wanted to outflank the Tang army's retreat.
Turning around to look at the ridge on the side, torches were swaying, and shouts of killing came from far away through the amplification of the valley. It seemed that the Feiyuan Army happened to bump into Yuchi Sheng when they were trying to bypass the Tang Army's battle line along the ridge.
The captain of the guard crossed his hands and said: "My master is in danger, I will take my leave now!"
Jiang Shuo said: "I'll go with you!"
The captain of the guard had seen Jiang Shuo's kung fu and said happily: "With Young Master Jiang's help, my king will be worry-free!"
Jiang Shuo looked back at Feng Changqing, and said to Cheng Qianli and Nan Jiyun: "I'm afraid that the giant will come back again. Brother Cheng, Nanba, you guys stay here."
Ge Ruliang said: "Pei Min is very good at martial arts. I'm afraid the two of them can't handle it. A Chu and I will also stay here."
Dugu asked: "I have fast legs and am responsible for delivering the news."
Jiang Shuo nodded and said, "Thank you so much."
Dugu Xiang said: "Brother Shuo, I'm going too!"
Before Jiang Shuo could speak, Ge Ruliang raised his eyebrows and shouted: "You are not allowed to go! You unruly girl, just stay here."
Dugu Xiang was most afraid of her, so he stuck out his tongue at Jiang Shuo and did not dare to speak.
Jiang Shuo didn't wait for the two hundred Tang troops to finish gathering. He put his hand on the back of the Khotan guard captain and said, "Be careful!"
Before the captain of the guard realized what he was being careful about, he felt the wind blowing under his feet. He couldn't help swinging his legs randomly, but he couldn't touch the ground. He saw the scenery on both sides retreating rapidly, and he followed Jiang Shuo as if he was flying towards the mountain. go.
