Qu Tutong was still a little unwilling to give up. Li Yuanji's words could convince Su Dingfang, but they could not convince him.
Li Yuanji didn't wait for Qu Tutong to finish his words, he casually took a big gun from the guard's hand and threw it violently.
The big gun whizzed through the snow, carrying the sound of wind as it stabbed steadily into the trunk of a tree not far away. It opened a hole in the trunk, and half of the gun tip popped out from the other side of the trunk.
Li Yuanji suddenly made a move, which shocked Qu Tutong, Su Dingfang, and all the surrounding guards.
Qu Tu couldn't speak anymore, opened his mouth slightly, and looked at Li Yuanji in astonishment.
Su Dingfang and all the guards around him looked shocked when they saw the half-parted gun head protruding from the tree trunk.
Li Yuanji acted as if he had never done anything. He clapped his palms and smiled at Qu Tutong: "If you insist on going, it's not impossible. As long as you can beat me, I will let you go."
The smile on Li Yuanji's face was bright, but Qu Tutong felt a slight chill from it.
Qu Tutong opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to say something like "please enlighten me, your highness".
Although Li Yuanji only showed a small hand, it was this hand that made Qu Tutong clearly realize the difference in force between the two people.
"Fight?"
Li Yuanji chased after Qu Tutong and asked questions with an eager look on his face.
Qu Tutong shook his head stiffly.
Only a fool would fight Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji can easily pierce the trunk of a big tree with a big gun, and can easily pierce a person's body with a big gun.
Qu Tutong felt that even if he wore three layers of iron armor, he might not be able to withstand this shot.
Li Yuanji is a bit too strong, a bit beyond ordinary people.
Fortunately, he is a friendly force, not an enemy.
If it were an enemy, it would definitely be Datang's nightmare.
"Since you don't want to fight, then just follow my instructions."
Li Yuanji put away his eager expression, glared at Qu Tutong and gave orders.
Qu Tu Tongxin reluctantly agreed.
Li Yuanji was too lazy to care about Qu Tutong's thoughts, and immediately ordered the flag bearer to go to the highest place of the high tomb to convey the news to Luo Shixin in Mingshui City, so that Luo Shixin could be prepared to respond.
Mingshui City is now surrounded by Liu Heitao's army. Although Liu Heitao has not yet begun to attack the city, there are Liu Heitao's troops all over Mingshui City.
If Li Yuanji had not communicated with Luo Shixin through flag language in advance, even if Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang led people to break into the gate of Mingshui City, Luo Shixin would not have dared to open the door easily.
The flag bearer held the flag and hung around on the top of the high tomb for a long time. Only then did Luo Shixin in Mingshui City notice it and immediately ordered the flag bearer to reply.
After a brief communication, the flag bearers on both sides.
Li Yuanji ordered Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang to lead 4,500 people out of the dense forest.
Li Yuanji kept 500 people for himself.
He is outside Mingshui City and can escape at any time, so he does not need so many troops.
On the contrary, Luo Shixin wanted to resist the attack of Liu Heitai's tens of thousands of troops and was in urgent need of reinforcements.
After Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang led their soldiers and horses out of the dense forest, Qu Tutong himself led five hundred armors to the west gate, and Su Dingfang led the remaining people to the south gate.
The four gates of Mingshui City are all equipped with soldiers and horses of Liu Heitai.
Among them, the west gate faces Guangfu and the direction of the Tang Dynasty's military camp. In order to prevent the Tang Dynasty from sending reinforcements to Luo Shixin, Liu Heita deployed heavy troops at the west gate.
Qu Tutong led his people to the west gate to help Su Dingfang attract firepower.
Once the west gate is attacked, there is a high chance that the enemy soldiers at the south gate will rush to help. Once the enemy soldiers at the south gate are gone, Su Dingfang can lead his men to break into Mingshui City easily.
After Su Dingfang entered the city, Luo Shixin in the city would lead his soldiers and horses to rush in and out from the west gate, and cooperate with Qu Tutong to give the enemy soldiers at the west gate a head-on blow.
Heavy snow blocked the road, not only blocking the road for Li Shimin to rush to aid Luo Shixin, but also blocking the road for Liu Heitai to send troops to rush to aid the west gate of Mingshui City.
From the northeast of Mingshui City to the west of Mingshui City through the snow, it took at least half an hour.
In half an hour, the fighting at the west gate of Mingshui City ended.
After Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang set off, Li Yuanji led his people to the high tomb to watch the battle.
After Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang came out of the dense forest, they quickly divided their forces, but did not move.
Qu Tutong sent out scouts to clear out the enemy's hidden sentries throughout Mingshui City.
The soldiers of Luo Shixin's tribe on the wall of Mingshui City were cooperating with heavy crossbows.
Whenever there is a place where people can be hidden, or a suspicious place, the soldiers under Luo Shixin will first fire a crossbow with a heavy crossbow, and then the scouts sent out by Qu Tutong will touch it.
After half an hour of mobilization, the enemy's hidden sentry between the south wall and the west wall of Mingshui City was completely removed.
Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang decisively rushed out with their men, rushing to the corner of the city wall as quickly as possible. Then one led his soldiers and horses to the south gate, and the other led his soldiers and horses to the west gate.
Although the enemy's secret sentry has been removed, it does not mean that they can move slowly.
Most of the secret sentries are on rotation. When a new secret sentry comes to replace the old secret sentry, if no one responds to the secret signal, you will immediately know that something is wrong.
Therefore, Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang must dare to rush to where they need to be before the enemy's secret sentry rotation arrives.
After Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang separated.
Su Dingfang was walking quietly.
Qu Tutong let go of his arms and legs and ran wildly.
Qu Tutong took the lead and ran to the south gate, heading straight for the enemy soldiers.
The enemy soldiers were not stationed near the south gate, but a thousand steps away from the south gate.
The reason why the enemy deployed their troops and horses here was to avoid being injured by hidden arrows on the city top.
After the enemy soldiers discovered the traces of Qu Tutong and others, they were a little panicked.
Qu Tutong first greeted the enemy soldiers with a hand crossbow. When the enemy soldiers avoided the crossbow arrows, he quickly rushed to the enemy soldiers' position and started fighting with the enemy soldiers.
The number of enemy soldiers was not small. After a brief panic, they immediately came to their senses and formed a formation with the help of the "military fortress" they had built in advance to resist Qu Tutong's attack.
While resisting Qu Tutong, the enemy soldiers kept beating drums to remind Liu Heita that there was an enemy attack, and also to alert the soldiers and horses from the south gate and north gate to rush to help.
The enemy soldiers at the south gate immediately started to move after hearing the drum sound.
Su Dingfang and his men lay down in the snow. When the enemy soldiers at the south gate passed by them, they suddenly jumped out of the snow and caught the enemy soldiers at the south gate by surprise.
The enemy soldiers at the south gate didn't react much at all, and were taken care of by Su Dingfang's men.
After Su Dingfang took care of the enemy soldiers at the south gate, he immediately rushed to the south gate with the prisoners.
The people in Mingshui City immediately opened the city gate after Su Dingfang and his party arrived, and Su Dingfang and his party filed in.
After Su Dingfang and his party entered Mingshui City, a horn horn sounded from the top of the city.
The west gate of Mingshui City suddenly opened, Luo Shixin led his men to fight out, and gathered with Qu Tutong, giving the enemy a head-on blow, and then quickly retreated into Mingshui City without any hesitation.
When the enemy soldiers at the north gate and the troops sent by Liu Heita arrived at the west gate, only corpses were left.
When Li Yuanji saw this, he stopped looking.
Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang had already led their men into Mingshui City, and there was nothing left to see.
It was just that Liu Heitai was angry and threw a stone into Mingshui City to vent his dissatisfaction. He could not do anything else.
After Li Yuanji went down to Gaofen Mountain, he ordered his people to find a place with little snow and good soil quality at the foot of Gaofen Mountain and dig a cave.
The war in Mingshui City would not end within three to five days. He wanted to witness this battle that would be recorded in history, so he did not plan to leave.
But he couldn't stay in the snow for three to five days, so he had to dig a cave as a temporary shelter.
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Inside Mingshui City.
Luo Shixin, Qu Tutong, and Su Dingfang gathered in the yamen. Luo Shixin and Qu Tutong were sweating profusely, but Su Dingfang was doing everything as usual.
Although Luo Shixin and Qu Tutong just fought for a while, their rapid advance and retreat also consumed a lot of energy, so they were sweating profusely.
The first time Qu Tutong saw Luo Shixin, he saw a piece of cloth wrapped around Luo Shixin's neck to bandage the wound.
After Qu Tutong took a deep breath, he stared at Luo Shixin and asked with concern: "Are you injured?"
Luo Shixin nodded silently.
Qu Tutong said in confusion: "Didn't Liu Heita attack the city yet? How could you be injured? You still hurt a vital place."
It would be fine if Qu Tutong didn't say this. When he did, Luo Shixin's face turned very ugly.
Seeing this, Qu Tutong hurriedly asked: "Did something unexpected happen in the city?"
Luo Shixin said nothing, but looked at Su Dingfang.
Qu Tutong hurriedly introduced: "His name is Su Dingfang. He used to be Liu Heitai's man. Now he has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and is now the brigade commander of Prince Qi's palace."
When Luo Shixin heard that Su Dingfang was Liu Heitai's man before, his brows knitted together for a moment, and he looked at Su Dingfang with more vigilance.
Seeing this, Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang probably guessed what happened to Luo Shixin before.
Qu Tutong said in a deep voice: "Li Quhuo is pretending to surrender?!"
Luo Shixin saw that Qu Tutong did not shy away from Su Dingfang when he spoke. He hesitated again and again, and said solemnly: "I don't see any problem with Li Quluo for the time being, but there is something wrong with some of the captains under his command.
When I took over from Wang Junlang to guard Mingshui City, they took advantage of the fact that I had not yet established a firm foothold to open the city gate and let Liu Heitai's vanguard troops in.
Fortunately, my brothers discovered this in time and stopped them."
Speaking of this, Luo Shixin clenched his fists and said with a sad face: "More than eighty of the brothers in my house have died..."
When Luo Shixin entered Mingshui City, he only brought two hundred people with him.
These two hundred people are all his subordinates, and they are also brothers who have followed him through life and death for many years.