The sun rose high into the air, illuminating the field; but it seemed that after only a moment it sets to the west again, leaving only the afterglow, reflecting Gongyue City and Cheling from west to east.

At this time, the unofficial name leading to Gongyue City at Cheling, and only the pass commonly known as Gongyuekou, was lurking fifty-seven Tang soldiers wearing dark green robes. The dark green is not the official color of the Tang army: according to the theory of the five elements, the Tang Dynasty is earthy virtue, so the outer robes of the Tang army soldiers were earthy yellow. The dark green robes were only asked for under Liu Qi's insistence.

"This color is indeed magical." The team sent to ambush said in surprise: "As long as you don't show your face, you can't detect it even if you are only a few feet apart during the day. It is very suitable for ambushing and wearing in the mountains and forests."

"This is nature." Liu Qi smiled. The special forces of various countries who fought in the jungle areas later wore gradient green coats, and even painted their faces green. He can't find gradient green cloth robes now, nor can he find enough pigments, but dozens of green coats can still be done.

"The troops who joined the army are also well arranged." The team said again: "Thirty people are in front, arranged above both sides of the path. When they find the thunderbolts, they throw down the rolling stones, injured and killed them, and are also used to block the road. Then, they fire arrows and shoot barbarians, which will definitely prevent one person from passing; twenty people are in the back, as preparations; and several others are waiting at any time to light a bonfire and inform the city. This deployment is foolproof."

"But," the team suddenly said these two words again, and they wanted to speak but stopped.

"Haha, there is nothing to say about this." Liu Qi smiled and said, "but there are two shortcomings. First, most of the people who were sent to the army were recruited in a hurry this morning, with only ten veterans; although many of them had fought in battles, they were not comparable to those of the trained soldiers, especially when they cooperated with each other."

"Secondly, the number of people is too small. If there were three teams of people and sufficient wooden rocks and bows and arrows, the Tukhashi would not be able to get any number of people; but such few people and such few weapons could only block the Tukhashi and could not annihilate them."

Seeing that Liu Qi said it, the team was not unanimous or unanimous, so he could only murmur a smile. Liu Qi didn't care and said, "But Captain An is not good to do this. After all, no one can guarantee that the rushing cavalry and Shi people will definitely go this way. If most of the soldiers are taken but they are wrong, no one can afford the blame."

"It's good to be able to join the army." The team said righteously. He was An Wanli's subordinate, so he naturally favored An Wanli. Even though he thought An Wanli's decision this time was wrong, he still favored him.

Liu Qi chuckled and didn't say anything, as if he was thinking about the matter. Because it was still early and the team was bored, he asked again: "Liu Shenjun, are you thinking about how to deal with the rushing cavalry and the horses that exceeded expectations?"

"No, I'm thinking, are these barbarians who are coming to attack Gongyue City really the thunder cavalry and slaughter?" Liu Qi said.

"Didn't Chu Xiang tell him to give him a man for the thunder cavalry? Is he still lying and deceiving? But what are the benefits of this to him?" The team said righteously.

"No, it may not be Chu Xiang deliberately deceiving it, maybe he doesn't know the true identities of these people."

"Why did Liu Shanjun think so?"

"Since the killing of Mohe Dagan in the third year of Tianbao, Tuqi Shi people have become weak. The rich lower reaches of the Yili River close to the Governor's Mansion in the Luzhou Province have been occupied by the Gelulu people, and most tribes have to go far to the upper reaches of the Shuye River. Even if some tribes are stranded in the territory of the Jieshan Governor's Mansion or Shuanghe Governor's Mansion, such small tribes have not had time to protect themselves. How could they consider revitalizing Tuqi Shi?"

"Then the attacker is not the Tuqi Shiren, and who is the one?" The team asked in confusion as he heard what Liu Qi said.

"I don't know." Liu Qi shook his head. "You can only know after you catch the prisoner."

"Then try your best to catch a few prisoners." The team said.

"It is best to capture a few prisoners. But remember to stop the enemy as the top priority, and never let the soldiers die in battle for the capture of prisoners."

"Yes." The team agreed.

After saying this, they chatted for a while, feeling thirsty, and stopped talking. Liu Qi leaned against the big rock, and the team was slowly walking forward and staring at the road.

I don’t know how long it took, but the sun had disappeared. The cold moonlight instead of the sunlight shone in the valley, and mottled spots appeared on the ground. The soldiers who were temporarily assigned to Liu Qi gradually became impatient. They were the people, and even if they had fought or even killed people, they were still the people. The discipline was far inferior to those of the soldiers who had been in the army for many years. Some people couldn’t help but want to talk to others, but the veterans stopped them. But the veterans were also secretly anxious: ‘If the rushing cavalry and swearing people again, these young and strong people would be unable to restrain themselves.’

At this moment, a sound suddenly came from the front. This sound was not like the footsteps of a person walking, nor the sound of a horse's hooves. It sounded dull, like tigers, wolves and other animals with pads on their feet walking. However, tigers almost never come in groups; although wolves gathered, they didn't seem to gather so many. I couldn't tell at the moment what the sound was.

But the team was listening for a while, suddenly his face changed and he whispered: "All soldiers are ready to attack, and the thunderbolts are coming."

"Tuqi Shiren? How does Tuqi Shiren make such a sound when walking?" Many people were puzzled, but they were still prepared out of trust in the team.

Soon, something dull sound appeared in front of them. They were horses, and people were covered in clothes on the horse's back. Everyone was even more confused about the sound that the horse's hooves made on the ground, but they all held the wooden rocks tightly and pushed them down with the order.

But at this moment, they suddenly heard a few barking from the dogs, and the thunderbolt stopped suddenly. "Oh no, they brought the dogs and smelled the human body!" The team was screaming, but they couldn't wait for them to reach the best ambush position. They shouted and ordered the soldiers to push down the rolling wooden stones.

In an instant, many wooden strips and stones fell down. Some of the thunder riders had already entered the ambush circle, and they had no time to retreat in an anxious manner. They were hit and killed or injured. But most people were not in the ambush circle and hurriedly retreated.

"Hurry, ignite the beacon fire and tell Gongyue City to climb over the chariot Ridge!" Liu Qi's face flashed with joy, but then disappeared without a trace, and ordered several Cao Dings he brought from Yuluzhou to let them ignite the beacon fire.

After giving this sentence, Liu Qi took up the bow and arrow, placed the arrow wrapped in strips of oil cloth on the fireworks and lit it. He set up the bow and arrow to shoot the arrow at the Tuqihu. The soldiers who pushed down the wooden rocks also took out their bows and arrows to shoot.

The thunder cavalryman also fought back with bows and arrows, and many people even aimed at Liu Qi who shot the rockets. But they were far away from Liu Qi below the valley road, and the arrows fell down halfway, and even landed on their own heads.

Seeing this, the leader of the Tuqi Shiren hurriedly ordered not to aim at Liu Qi, but to shoot arrows on both sides. The Tang army began to suffer casualties, but because everyone was wearing leather armor and could lie behind the stone, only three of them were shot and their injuries were not serious.

‘The current situation is obviously that the Tang army has the advantage. Although they cannot annihilate them, they blocked them in the pass and were unable to come out, achieving the purpose of combat.’ Liu Qi thought. ‘It seems that my command ability is still good, and I should be able to become a famous general in the future.’

But at this moment, a Cao Ding suddenly shouted loudly: "Liu Shenjun, Gongyue City also ignited the beacon fire!"

"What! Gongyue City also lit the beacon fire!" Hearing this, Liu Qi hurriedly put down his bow and arrow and looked back towards Gongyue City. He saw a little ignition outside the east gate of Gongyue City, and there were faint shouts of killing. The city wall on this wall was reflected by torches as in the daytime.

"The cavalry and the people actually divided the troops!" Liu Qi was both ashamed and annoyed. Unexpectedly, they even divided their troops to attack Gongyue City with an internal response!

"It must have been after seeing the beacon fire ignited by the army, An Zhengwei sent troops to support him; but as soon as the troops sent out came out, they found that there were also thunder cavalrymen outside the city. If they wanted to retreat to the city, they were thunder cavalrymen tightly. It won't take long to go, they will be forced to fight the thunder cavalrymen under the city. When fighting under the city, even if there is a bow and arrow at the top of the city, it will be very bad!" The team was back and looked at it a few times and said in panic.

"What should I do?" Liu Qi said anxiously. He didn't know how many soldiers An sent to the city to support him. If there were too many people and they were all veterans, the city might not be able to be defended after they were annihilated by the thunder cavalry. In that case, no matter how beautiful he fought, what's the use?

But he couldn't support him rashly. Although everyone under his command had horses and tied them outside the pass, An Wanli didn't have many wooden rocks to him. If a team of people and horses were all withdrawn or only a few people were left, the Tuqi Shi people in front of him could move the rolling wood away with sparse arrows, cross the pass, and meet with another Tuqi Shi people, which was even more difficult to deal with.

The team was silent. He didn't know how many people An Wanli had sent and dared not make suggestions.

Liu Qi was so anxious that he walked around like an ant on a hot pan, but he couldn't think of what to do. He raised his head and looked at Gongyue City not far away. He was about to bow his head and suddenly saw the big flag he was erected to embroider his surname. As a military officer, he was qualified to embroider his own name and flag. This time he came to the pass to ambush the flag.

"I thought of a way! Team Cao is coming." Liu Qi suddenly screamed in surprise, and called the team to come over again, whispering a few words in his ear.

"Liu Zongjun, this is too dangerous. If you are a sudden cavalry and a person..., joining the army may have a life of life. Let's go and go!" The team said righteously.

"No! If you don't, I can only go!" Liu Qi said firmly, "You stay here and keep the pass."

"The military situation is urgent, and there is no time to talk nonsense. Call ten people over immediately!" he ordered again.

The team saw that Liu Qi was firm in his attitude, and he was also worried about Gongyue City, so he couldn't help but agree and turned around to greet a few veterans.
Chapter completed!