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Chapter 371 The Death of Hezhou (2)

It was noon, and the hot autumn sun made the ground smoke. However, the two armies who were fighting hard did not have the slightest intention to stop. The fierce battle was still going on, with corpses lying on the ground above and below the city, and blood flowed like rivers. At that time, nearly half of the more than a thousand Tang troops were lost, but they still firmly controlled the top of the city. No matter how the red-eyed Tubo and Salar allied forces attacked, the city defenses were crumbling, but they did not fall. After three strong attacks, the exhausted Salar tribe had to temporarily stop their futile attempts, retreated to the front in a chaotic defeat, and lay on the ground like a pile of dead dogs, despite the Tubo officers and soldiers who supervised the battle. He also refused to stand up again, and the war seemed to have reached a stalemate so far.

"Trash, all of them are trash! Ning Gusdu, didn't you say that you have an internal response? Why are you hiding? Waiting to die? Huh?"

As soon as the soldiers of the Salar tribe retreated, Hezzan, who led the army to cover him, had no choice but to withdraw. Seeing all the soldiers of the Salar tribe lying on the ground, the evil fire in his heart surged up, and he was not polite He glared at Ning Gusidu who was panting heavily, and scolded him on the spot without any scruples.

"Don't worry, general, a certain family will send a signal and light the fire!"

Being scolded by Herzan, Ning Gusdu's face immediately became a little uneasy. He stomped his feet with red face and roared angrily. The city, the ambush soldiers in the city should have taken advantage of the chaos to take advantage of the chaos, and the inside and outside should unite to take down the city of Huahan, but the city has been attacked three times, and there is no movement in the city, and Ning Gusi doesn't even know where the ambush soldiers in the city are. After playing some tricks, seeing that the situation was not right, Ning Gusi had to come up with the last means of communication. After giving an order, a pile of haystacks mixed with wolf dung was set on fire by his soldiers. , The thick black wolf smoke rolled straight up to the sky.

"My lord, look quickly, the thieves outside the city are lighting up the smoke!"

After desperately repelling the three strong attacks of the Tuza coalition forces, Zhang Mingwu was exhausted to the extreme, but he didn't care to take a break. He patrolled back and forth on the top of the city, urging his soldiers to seize the time to grab the rolling stones. When he was so busy, he heard a guard beside him shouting suddenly, his heart moved, he hurriedly looked out of the city, and when he saw the smoke billowing up, the suspicion in his eyes intensified , just as he was doubting, there was a sudden noise from the stairs next to the city gate.

"what happened?"

Zhang Mingwu was annoyed, when he heard the loud noise, his heart became angry immediately, he walked to the stairs a few strides, and yelled coldly.

"My lord, this man below claims to be the shopkeeper of the 'Deng Ji Company' caravan. He said that he has something important to meet with your lord, but he refused to say it clearly. The brothers told him that the battle was raging and he was not allowed to go to the city. They quarreled."

Zhang Mingwu had high prestige in the army. When he got angry, the chaos below immediately quieted down. A corporal rushed up the corridor, bowed to Zhang Mingwu, and hurriedly explained the reason.

"Bring it up!"

Zhang Mingwu saw that the big man surrounded by soldiers was tall and strong, his face was full of vigor, he didn't look like an ordinary person, so his curiosity was aroused in his heart. After hesitant for a while, he waved his hand and lowered his voice make.

"The young Li Yaodong is the shopkeeper of the 'Deng Ji Company' caravan. He was ordered by His Royal Highness the King of England to discuss important matters with Mr. Zhang."

Now that Zhang Mingwu had given the order, the soldiers did not dare to be negligent, and escorted the big man to the city, but seeing the man's demeanor calmly, he was not at all moved by the bloodshed on the city, and turned to Zhang Mingwu. He bowed and saluted, and said a word in a calm manner.

"Oh? Shopkeeper Li, please!"

Zhang Mingwu, the famous name of "Deng Ji Company", has certainly heard of it, but he is not clear about the relationship between "Deng Ji Company" and the Prince of England's mansion. Negligent, he waved his hand and let Li Yaodong aside.

"My lord Zhang, here is the letter of His Highness the King of England, please read it!"

Li Yaodong was not in a hurry to explain something, but rather simply took out a brocade from his bosom and handed it to Zhang Mingwu.

"Brother Li has any orders here, Zhang just listen to it."

Although Zhang Mingwu had never dealt with Li Xian, he had heard of Li Xian's reputation. Seeing the imprint of King Li Xian on the brocade silk, he didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly returned the salute. Holding the brocade in both hands, he handed it back to Li Yaodong, and asked very politely.

"Your Majesty Zhang, you are being polite. Li has been ordered to lead a caravan here for more than ten days. He wanted to discuss defense matters with Governor Yao, but he couldn't get in and had to move back to the city. Fortunately, he learned about it. Thanks to Mr. Zhang, Mr. Li’s department has designed and wiped out more than [-] spies from the Salar tribe who entered the city. Now there is no danger in the city. Mr. Zhang can guard the city with peace of mind. On this day, His Highness will definitely send a large army to rescue the siege, and Li also brought some sharp weapons to defend the city, which should be of help to His Excellency."

Li Yaodong took the brocade silk handed over by Zhang Mingwu with both hands, folded it up carefully, and put it back into the corsage cautiously, then with a serious expression behind him, he briefly described the reason.

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Zhang Mingwu was guessing what the enemy's intention to set fire to outside the city was, when he heard Li Yaodong's statement that he had wiped out the enemy's internal support, he couldn't help being taken aback, and asked in surprise.

"Indeed, the situation is urgent. Let Li report the details later, and please Mr. Zhang allow Li to bring the defensive weapon to the city immediately to defend against the enemy!"

The reason why Li Yaodong was able to annihilate the enemy army in the city this time is quite tortuous. Generally speaking, it is mostly due to luck-just yesterday, a caravan member happened to meet a few people in a tavern. The drunk soldiers of the Salar Tribe heard some drunken words, followed the clues, and found out several Tibetan soldiers of the Salar Tribe. Li Yaodong didn't dare to neglect him. , put laxatives in the diet of the Salar tribe, and overturned the ambush soldiers. This is the reason why Ning Gusi couldn't wait for the internal response, but something went wrong in the end-by accident, Li Xian, who was on the road all night, failed to receive the important information urgently sent by Li Yaodong in time, so naturally he was unable to issue relevant orders. The so-called reinforcements were actually Li Yaodong's own guess. It's not easy for Er to explain to Zhang Mingwu, so he hurriedly changed the subject.

"Okay, with the help of shopkeeper Li, Zhang will stay for three days even if he desperately wants to do it. It's not too late, shopkeeper Li, please!"

Zhang Mingwu didn't have so many twists and turns. He didn't even think about whether Li Yaodong's words were true. What he cared about was what Li Yaodong said was a sharp weapon for defending the city. He wouldn't say anything to hinder him, so he bowed his hands. Excitedly asked.

"Li obeys!"

Seeing that Zhang Mingwu didn't ask any more questions, Li Yaodong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and stopped talking nonsense. After agreeing loudly, he rushed down the stairs in a hurry and ran towards the city without counting. Xi has disappeared around the corner of the street.

"Boys, go to the city and rob for three days. If you have enough wine, if you want a woman, go and rob it yourself. Go, go to the city!"

Just as Li Yaodong was negotiating with Zhang Mingwu, Ning Gusi exhausted all his efforts, kicking and beating the ground, and finally drove a group of people who were lying on the ground, shouting loudly , made a heavy promise, and when the already frightened Salar tribe soldiers heard that they could rob for three days, their morale, which was already low to the extreme, suddenly rose again, completely forgetting that they were killed by the Tang army a few times ago Fucking miserable, screaming and rushing towards the city wall again.

"The whole army obeys the order: the cavalry presses up to cover, the infantry follows behind to supervise the formation, and anyone who dares to take a step back will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing the wild charge of the Salar tribal soldiers again, Herzzan twitched his face, showing a grin, gritted his teeth and gave the order to attack the city to the death.

"Brothers, His Majesty the King of England has an order to defend the city for three days, and reinforcements will arrive to defend our Great Tang. Kill the thieves, kill the thieves, kill the thieves!"

Zhang Mingwu had just sent Li Yaodong away, and when he turned his head, he saw that the entire Tuza coalition army had mobilized this time. He knew that the time for a decisive battle had come. As long as he could repel the enemy's strong attack, the enemy's morale would be restored. In view of this, Zhang Mingwu simply shouted and announced the news of the reinforcements. As soon as this remark came out, the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army who were already in a state of distress immediately mustered a desperate desire. Courage, one by one shouted their battle horns wildly, and the roar went straight to the sky!
Perhaps it was because of the threat of death brought about by the Tubo warlord's pressure, or perhaps because of Ning Gusdu's great reward, the soldiers of the Sala tribe rushed to the city so wildly that they simply ignored the constant attacks on the city. The falling wood and rolling stones, regardless of the rain of death arrows shot down from the city, each with red eyes, screaming endlessly, even if the comrades in front of him were howling and being thrown down the ladder, they didn't care, and walked down the extremely simple ladder Desperately climbing up, it took only a moment, the city defenses were already tense, there was a scuffle on the city, and people rolled down the city screaming from time to time, the battle reached a fever pitch in just a moment.

"Kill, brothers, kill, don't disappoint His Royal Highness, kill the thief! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Mingwu led his personal guards to make up defenses, and he was covered in blood, as if he had been fished out of a sea of ​​blood. However, the spit and sprinkle coalition forces were determined to break through the city in one fell swoop, despite Zhang Mingwu's leadership No matter how they rushed to kill the troops, they were still unable to suppress the offensive of the Salar tribe soldiers. As time went by, the guards around Zhang Mingwu fell into a pool of blood one by one. In the end, only three people were left. The ground followed by his side, the war has reached the most dangerous moment.

(End of this chapter)