Chapter 10 The Last Town!

"I've fallen into the trap!"

Luo Fu guessed correctly. The main general on the mountain was Xi Sheng. In the past six months, he used his old subordinates as his backbone and trained thousands of infantry. This time he brought the troops from three palaces and rushed to Wensu in batches, and pretended to be Yang Yi to attack Ajietian Mountain.

Luo Fu's poisonous bean plan was indeed beyond his expectations, but abandoning the horse only weakened his mobility, but his combat power did not have much impact. Standing at a high level of defense was the Tang army's specialty. When he was still in Dengshang City that day, Zhang Mai led a newly established army to defend for so long under such a harsh situation. Now, the three mansions under Xi Sheng's command are far superior to those of Dengshang City defenders in those days. Luo Fu's offensive is not stronger than Sekan, so Xi Sheng is fighting and defending, and it seems that he has spare energy. This battle is not will and spirit, but experience and skills for Xi Sheng.

Until this day, when he saw the wolf smoke in the west, it was time for him to counterattack.

Even after getting Shule, Modao's output was still not increased. The Modao formation was not large, but the shining light made Luo Fu frightened.

"I heard that Modao Formation is the nemesis of the Light Cavalry! Even Bograhan can't beat him, can we win?"

Xi Sheng's march was not fast, but every step seemed to cause Luo Fu's heart to accelerate!

"Prince, rush up!" The generals asked for a fight.

Rush forward? Is there a chance of winning by relying on the advantage of military strength? Even if you can win, how can you make up for it if you continue to get entangled? Now the outcome of the overall situation is no longer in Ajietian!

"Report the message to Khan quickly, and ask Yanqi for help! We cannot be entangled here by them! We have to go back quickly!"

"What about us?"

"Retreat! Go first to meet with Khan, and then return to Kucha!"

On the mountain, Liu Heihu discovered that the enemy's actions were moving backwards?

"Are you scared?"

He asked Xi Sheng for an order: "General, chase him!"

Xi Sheng shook his head and said, "I can't catch up." The strong Modao Battle Axe Formation is a head-on battle. If the enemy wants to escape, the Modao Battle Axe Formation will be difficult to catch up.

"Then we..."

"Look west and meet Chunhua!"

Luo Fu and Gu Du were only a few dozen miles apart, but when his flying cavalry arrived, another news was shocked that Gu Du almost fell off the horse!

"Report——Guo Shiyong, the rank of the Tang Army in Anxi, led his troops and horses, and countless people arrived at the Ximen of Kucha, and was surrendering to our army's guard!"

"What!"

The beating frequency of the heart of the Gudu has not returned to normal yet-

"Report——Xue Fu, the rank of the Tang Army General of Anxi, led a large army to block the southern gate of Kucha, and shot into the city with an arrow to attract surrender!"

Gu Du immediately yelled: "I've been trapped! Lu Mingde, you dog-headed military advisor, have you misled me!"

But compared to these two news, Luo Fu's news was even more amazing: "Report to Khan, the Tang army on Ajietian Mountain is not Yang Yi! It is Xi Sheng, the rank of the Tang army in Anxi! The prime minister is coming, and he also asked Khan to return to the army quickly!"

At this point, why should Luo Fu say it?

"A bunch of people! Didn't it mean that the Tang army has no troops? Didn't it mean that Zhang Mai is still in Shule? Didn't it mean that Kucha will be fine?"

Zhang Mai sneezes. He is indeed in Shule at this moment. On the third day of July, the Guozi team finally lost, not to Saman or to Uighurs. But after defeating Saman and Uighurs, Guo Zhang was proud to challenge the whole game again. At this time, a mixed archer team was formed off the court and went on the ring. He competed three rounds in a row. The first two first rounds were not decided by the winner. In the last round, he finally won the Guozi team by one goal difference! He won the final bonus.

That battle made this mixed arrow team famous in one battle, especially the soul of this fleet, the magical archery technique of an unknown mixed-race man from the Huoxun area, was even more impressive, and even Guo Zhang was deeply impressed.

At this moment, the nameless archer knelt in front of Zhang Mai on one knee and was accepting his reward.

"You don't have a name? Okay, I'll give you a name, Wei Fei! From today on, you can choose the masters who are powerful in archery and willing to be loyal to me, the Tang Dynasty, and form my left arrow camp, and you will serve as the captain."

Wei Fei sang and sang and praised Zhang Dadu’s kindness in the language of the Huoxun tribe. Zhang Mai couldn’t understand what he was saying. Zheng Wei said, “He said that Dadu is the most wise monarch in the world. He is willing to serve Dadu with all the courage and strength for the rest of his life and fight for Dadu.”

Zhang Mai laughed and said, "Okay, OK!" He gave him another jar of fine wine to enjoy himself. Then he patted Guo Zhang, who was a little depressed, and said, "What are you doing? After suffering a little setback, you can't recover!"

Guo Zhang felt a stern, then raised his head and said, "Don't worry, I will cheer up. If you lose this time, you will win back next time!"

Zhang Mai smiled and said, "The archery ring will continue in the future, but it's good once a month, but you don't have to participate anymore. Now it's a chaotic world, and the martial arts of good men should be used on the battlefield. You can also choose archers and form the right arrow camp, and you will be the captain."

Guo Zhang and Wei Fei wrote the writers withdrew. Both of them were young men under 20 years old and had a broad mind. After they went out, Guo Zhang said, "Brother Wei Fei, your archery skills are really amazing. I am willing to give in to the disadvantage!"

Wei Fei has been to Shule for several months, and Tang Yan is still not fluent, but he can barely understand some simple sentences. He nodded repeatedly and gestured, indicating that he was also very impressed by Guo Zhang's archery technique. The two immediately changed their bows in the back garden of the Great Protectorate, and formed brothers of different surnames.

In the hall, Zhang Mai asked Liu An: "Is there no news on Kucha yet?"

Liu An said: "Li Bin has already heard news that Luo Fu has been led by Xi Sheng and our plan has been half successful."

There were no telegrams and telephones in this era. Although the flying cavalry was used to transmit messages, the information obtained by Shule was still several days late.

"It's useless to succeed!" Zhang Mai said: "If we fight with dignity, we will definitely be able to defeat the Kucha army, and even Yang Yi alone is a bit arrogant. However, it is not difficult to defeat Kucha, and it will be difficult to capture Kucha before Gaochang comes to support. So until the moment our army enters the city, no success has been achieved before."

Yang Ding Guodao: "Do you want to go for reinforcements again?"

"We have no extra troops." Zhang Mai shook his head and said.

Yang Ding Guodao: "It is not necessarily a force. As long as the Protector appears on the front line, the morale of the soldiers will be greatly boosted, and it will be a large army."

Zhang Mai smiled and said, "The Master Dingguo made fun of me. However, Shule is quite empty now, and the front line is still undecided. If I am here to suppress it, the monsters and monsters dare not act rashly. When the victory on the front line comes, our army's power is shocking, and it is not too late for me to rush to Shule again. Hehe, this time, most of the famous generals in our army were dispatched, and I don't believe that I can't take Kucha like this!"

When Gudu wanted to fight Murong Chunhua, the guy retreated. At this time, Gudu wanted to leave, but Murong Chunhua chased him! Although Gudu had more troops than the opponent, it was not easy to defeat Murong Chunhua. But if he wanted to retreat, it would be equivalent to selling his back to Murong Chunhua!

"We have to go back to Kucha quickly!"

Kucha is also a famous city in the Western Regions. It is located in the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. Although it was destroyed by war, the scale of the establishment remains. Gudu's ancestors arrived and repaired it. The city has sufficient food reserves. As long as they can run back to seize the city and defend, even if the Tang army in Anxi came, Gudu still has the opportunity to defend the Uighur reinforcements of Gaochang.

But Murong Chunhua chased him so hard. The seven thousand mud horses trained by Yang Yi were chasing him to death. Gu Du had no choice but to retreat calmly. If the tens of thousands of troops were running away quickly, people from different departments would definitely be fast and slow, and the formation would inevitably be scattered. The pursuers rushed to the troops that could not be formed, and it would be like killing defeated soldiers without any effort. However, they would not be able to march quickly.

Gu Duo ran back for more than ten miles, but was bitten by Murong Chunhua and killed more than 2,000 people. If this continues, I am afraid that before I return to the city, most of the army will be eaten by Murong Chunhua. When I am about to stop to meet the enemy, the crisis in Kucha will always lead him.

"Why didn't the third urgent report come? It's impossible for the city to fall!"

This psychological torment is even more uncomfortable than Murong Chunhua's pursuit.

"Kill, kill!"

The young men from Wen Su shouted in a strange tone, and some of them had even broken through twenty steps away!

"Khan, let's fight back quickly." The deputy coach exclaimed. But if he turned around now, he would not only not have the advantage, but he would inevitably delay the return of Kucha.

Just in a state of anxiety, Luo Fu led more than 5,000 people to arrive. After the troops of both sides merged, he was slightly excited. Luo Fu shouted: "Khan hurry up and go back, I'll stop Murong Chunhua!"

Gu Du was originally very angry with all his subordinates, thinking that they were all a group of people and did not see through the tricks of the Tang army. Only then did he have a good impression of Luo Fu again and said, "It's my fault that the Prime Minister." He brought four thousand soldiers and two thousand tribal troops and rushed back at full speed.

After running for more than thirty miles, he could see the city bypassing Hudu Mountain, which was located north of Kucha. Suddenly, a soldier came from the foot of Hudu Mountain, and the leader shouted: "The Tang Dynasty stone is here! Is Gu Du coming from the opposite side? Death!" Then Xiang Tian howled a wolf howl, and rushed over without caring about Gu Du's strength being several times more than him. The iron armored cavalry he led was the best among the cavalry of the Tang army in Anxi. At this time, the Kucha soldiers were panic, so how could they resist it?

Shi Ba laughed and raised his fangs and beat them left and right. None of the 6,000 troops in Kucha were a general who was a united general. Gu Du had heard of his name for a long time. At this time, he saw his hideous face like a tiger, a wolf, a demon, and a ghost. He was shocked.

Shi Ba saw the place where the khan crow was, and the Kucha general shouted: "Protect the car!" Dozens of riders aimed at Shi Ba together, and arrows were flying!

Shiba had guards on the left and right sides with shields, and a barrier knife helped Shiba block some bows and arrows. Shiba swept away some feather arrows, but three arrows shot at his left shoulder, right arm and front chest respectively. At this time, his muscles and muscles had been tempered like stones. There was another layer of tough iron armor on the outside. Three feather arrows shot but could not penetrate. The arrow on his right arm was immediately shocked and fell, and the two arrows on his left shoulder and front chest were nailed there. In fact, he was not injured, but the Kucha army's offensive became even more crazy after seeing him being caught in the arrow.

"Go away quickly! Escape here quickly, these Tang soldiers are all madmen!" Gu Du shouted in his heart, but he couldn't escape after all. If he ran away again, the morale of the army would be dispersed!

I suddenly heard someone shouting behind Shiba: "Little Shitou, you dare to come and steal my credit!"

Another army rang out, with about a thousand people. The "Yang" army flag was rushing, and the bones were shocked: "Yang Yi!"

It was Yang Yi who led three Zhechong Mansion troops to block the north gate and cut off the connection between Kucha City and Gudu. The defenders in Kucha City were so scared that they shrank and dared not leave the city. Yang Yi heard that Gudu was back to help, so he left Geshuo to lead half of the troops to shock Kucha, but he led more than a thousand people to defeat the enemy.

After Yang Yi arrived at the battlefield, the whole army shouted: "Kucha has been captured by our army! You will surrender quickly, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

Gu Du only felt a buzzing sound in his head, as if all the blood in his body rushed up, almost falling from his horse. He was like this, and his soldiers were even more panicked. Shi Ba held his fangs and rod and rushed in and out of Gu Du's army, as if he had entered a no-man's land.

At this time, only more than 6,000 people followed Gu Du here and ran for dozens of miles. The people and horses were already a little tired. They were scattered by Shi Ba. Yang Yi led the cavalry from behind to kill him. How could Gu Du resist it?

Seeing that Shiba was getting closer and closer, Gu Du, the Uighur Khan who had enjoyed the singing and dancing in Kucha for half his life, was stunned, but was pulled by the generals around him and said, "Khan, let's go quickly!"

"Go? Where to go?"

"Go to Yanqi first, borrow troops from Gaochang before returning to the country!"

If you go to Yanqi, wouldn’t it be a place to rely on others? Will you still have your own share even if you conquer Kucha?

But now there seems to be no other choice.

He sighed miserably and led more than 2,000 troops to flee east, but more than half of the troops had been intercepted by the Tang army.

At the foot of Hudu Mountain, the Kucha army, who could not escape, saw that Khan had escaped, and it was meaningless to continue fighting, so they surrendered one after another. Yang Yi took the prisoners and waited for Murong Chunhua and Xi Sheng to laugh and said, "Let's go, let's fight Kucha."

Xi Shengqi said: "Has Kucha been defeated?"

Yang Yi smiled and said, "Where is there! This city is not smaller than Shule! Although we blocked the city gate, the enemy refused to surrender, and we had no choice for a moment."

The three of them joined forces and suddenly walked around Hudu Mountain and rushed towards Kucha like a huge wave.

At this time, there were only two thousand soldiers and thousands of militias left in Kucha City. Although the city was large and strong, the troops were insufficient. The Kucha Uighurs had nine prime ministers, five of whom went out to fight, and four of them mobilized citizens to defend the city in the city, but the citizens refused to respond, and even the militia seemed very negative.

The Tang army surrounded this city with three vacancies, so people kept running away from the east until Yang Yi arrived with thousands of prisoners and lined up the prisoners under the city. Some of these prisoners belonged to Gu Du and some were under Luo Fu. The defenders at the city were both despaired and said, "Can Khan and the Prime Minister be defeated? How could Kucha still be defended?"

After discussion, the four prime ministers insisted on defense, and the three agreed to surrender. They sent envoys to surrender at dusk, but asked the Tang army to promise not to harm the people. Guo Shiyong outside the city was ecstatic. Kucha was a famous city in the Western Regions. All the troops of the Tang army came here with light cavalry and lacked siege equipment. If the soldiers and civilians in the city could work together to defend and wait for assistance, it was hard to say whether the Tang army could capture it. This was also the biggest reason why Zhang Mai was able to defeat the Kucha army head-on, but he still had to do a lot of trouble in the Anxi army.

At this time, Guo Shiyong suppressed his excitement and said lightly: "What are you saying? Kucha is my hometown of the Tang Dynasty, and the people here are also my old people of the Tang Dynasty. If you abandon the openness and turn to the darkness, we will naturally treat you well. When will you see my Chinese regime harming the people?"

The three prime ministers then opened the door and surrendered, and the one who refused to open the door went to Dongfang.

Gudu was like a frightened bird, running towards the northeast and fled for more than ten miles to meet Luo Fu. It turned out that although Luo Fu stopped Murong Chunhua, Xi Sheng arrived soon after. The two of them joined forces and the Kucha army had no intention of fighting. Luo Fu could not resist and was defeated.

When Luo Fu heard that Kucha had been conquered by the Tang army, he couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. At this time, someone shouted: "Gaochang's envoy has arrived!"

But when Lu Mingde was escorted by more than ten cavalry, his face was covered with dust. Gu Du saw him and said furiously: "What kind of envoy! You bullshit me, you ruined my army and trapped the city. It is hard to relieve my heart if you don't tear you apart!" He pulled out his sword and wanted to kill him. Lu Mingde was as good as martial arts and lacked courage in the battle formation. He was so scared that he was unable to move on the horse's back and was about to be killed.

Although Luo Fu also hated Lu Mingde, he stopped Gu Du and whispered: "Go to Gaochang ahead, you have to use this person."
To be continued...