Tongtong leapt on the ditch and beam and shouted to the fourth master: "Guazhou should be ahead."
The fourth master could only estimate, but when Tongtong was in the Tang Dynasty, he led his army to conquer this generation. She said that Guazhou was ahead, so Guazhou must not be far away.
The eldest prince looked around and saw that the scenery was actually very similar. He could only make a rough estimate based on the marching direction and speed, "It should be Guazhou."
Yu Wen glanced back and saw that what these princes and nobles said was indeed right, "In more than an hour, we will enter the boundary of Guazhou."
The second prince asked: "How far is Guazhou from Shazhou?"
One day's riding is enough.
Cao Rongfa shouted: "The Shazhou rebellion must go all the way west to Yizhou and Xizhou. If we march in a hurry for three days, we may not be able to catch up. General, I think we need to make some repairs before we can go west."
Ma Chaogui stopped the dock, asked his adjutant to take out the map, and then handed it to the eldest prince, "Your Highness, let's go from east to west! Next is Guazhou, then Shazhou, and further west than Shazhou is Yizhou, and then
It is Xizhou. Yizhou is on the edge of the oasis, and Xizhou is in the center of the oasis! The two places are far apart! After the news of the Shazhou rebellion spread back, the time spent in and out was enough for these Uighur tribes to flee from Shazhou
, they must be fleeing towards the oasis. We can’t catch up if we chase them quickly. Now, we can only repair in Guazhou for one day, and move forward. The reason why Shazhou is called Shazhou is that there is still a large area of desert.
, once we enter the desert and we don’t even have water, then we will only die if we get lost. Therefore, repairing in Guazhou is a must."
The eldest prince glanced at the map and handed it directly to Ma Chaogui, "General Ma, you are the commander-in-chief, you can make the decision. Don't have any worries."
yes!
Sure enough, more than an hour ahead was Guazhou.
After walking forward for another half an hour, there was an open area with a small river crossing it. Ma Chaogui looked around, and then said: "Repair on site, take turns on duty, bury pots and make rice, don't stay away.
"
yes!
Tongtong got off the horse, and the female guard went to a place a little far away, which was convenient for everyone. Tongtong solved the problem and came back again, took the pancake handed over by the Fourth Master and stuffed it into his mouth, and then
Look around.
This place is flat enough, but flatness also means that it will be exposed to people's vision without any obstruction.
Of course, compared with other terrains, this place is relatively good.
The Fourth Master said in a low voice: "The boy from the Cao family proposed it, so the possibility of setting up an ambush in advance is 80% or higher."
Tongtong chewed the pancake and her eyes were fixed in one direction. She whispered to the fourth master: "Someone built a trench, and the person is hiding in the trench not far away."
The fourth master glanced at Ma Chaogui, who was standing with Yu Wenheng and pointed in that direction.
Seeing this posture, Fourth Master quickly pulled a horse. Tongtong hid behind the horse and shouted: "Get down!"
Han Siyuan held down the eldest prince and lay on the ground. The second prince fell back and arrows shot towards him.
A hundred steps away, a dark figure in black emerged from under the ground, shouted and rushed over with a knife raised.
"Meet the enemy——"
The battlefield was instantly in chaos! The opponent only fired a bunch of arrows, and that was the only way to shoot. Archers without horses were living targets. Of the bunch of arrows just now, very few were shooting at people, and most of them were shooting at horses.
!
It was like the horse that the fourth master pulled over to make a cover was shot in the abdomen and ran away immediately after feeling the pain.
what to do?
The opponent is lying in ambush here, waiting for work, and suddenly attacks. Shooting the horse with an arrow will make it impossible to run away.
If you can't run away, you can only fight hand-to-hand.
The fourth master held a long sword in his hand, and Tongtong held a long|lance. The long|lance danced and opened. Within the radius around her, there were no survivors.
Cao Rongfa saw that what the princess was training was not just a show, but that the long spear swept across, showing great courage.
Want to kill her at close range? Hard!
Looking back, King Yong was almost within the radius of the princess, never moving away! Seeing that one against two, he was about to lose, the princess's spear swept past, which could also reduce the pressure on King Yong.
Besides, King Yong has two very capable guards around him...
So, it doesn't work here.
When he turned around, he saw the eldest prince, the second prince, and Han Siyuan. These three people were each other's horns and never gave their backs to others. Their guards moved in a circle. How could they break in?
Cao Rong slashed down the man in black with his sword, and then shouted: "General, I will escort the princes away first!"
Ma Chaogui didn't hear it at all, but Cao Rongfa came straight over with his people.
Han Siyuan ordered: "Anyone who comes close will be killed without mercy!"
Yao Changji shouted: "What do you mean, Prince Han? We are kindly escorting the prince, but you don't trust our northwest soldiers."
Lin Yutong felt the tremor under her feet and called to the eldest prince and others: "Quick! By the river! Quick!"
By the river? What happened to the river?
Before they knew what was going on by the river, a huge crowd appeared in the surrounding mountains. Then they raised the torches and saw a big fire ring surrounding them.
Directly in front, a general riding a black horse shouted to this side: "His Royal Highness, the eldest prince of Dachen, as long as you are willing to come over, I will let you five thousand people leave. Otherwise, you--not even you, no one will be able to think about it."
Break out."
The men in black who had attacked them earlier quickly retreated, leaving only their family members on the hill.
Ma Chaogui turned pale and responded: "Who are you? I don't know you! Now we are in Guazhou..."
"Major General Ma, I have no intention of embarrassing you... It is really the brothers who want to return to Xizhou... As long as the brothers are stable in Xizhou, they will have nothing to do with Da Chen from now on. The decree has been issued, and I will return the eldest prince to you.
!" After saying that, he shouted again, "Your Highness, do you want thousands of people to die here, or do you take the hostage? You choose! Or ask the soldiers in the northwest to choose, should we all live in peace with each other, or should we fight to the death to defend the so-called
Prince Da Chen?”
The only question is whether this plan is vicious or not. No matter how you choose it, there will definitely be a rift between the imperial court and Northwest.
It’s Northwest’s dereliction of duty to really let the eldest prince go.
Thousands of people died, and few of the people complained!
If the soldiers are asked to choose, if the soldiers do not want to fight, it will be a death penalty. But if they do fight, is it worth dying for Prince Da Chen?
This is heartbreaking!
Ma Chaogui snorted coldly: "We have been ordered to quell the rebellion. How long will it take if you, the traitors, are not punished? All generals, listen to the order——"
"Wait a minute -" the eldest prince interrupted, "It's just a pledge, it's a trivial matter! I, the prince, will go over right now..."
"Your Highness!" Ma Chaogui stopped him, "Your Highness, no!"
"The opponent's 20,000 troops are waiting for work!" The eldest prince patted the opponent's shoulder, "But we have 5,000 troops, and we are exhausted! Besides, they are familiar with this terrain, but we are not familiar with it. This battle has almost a chance of winning. Then
Why don't I go over first and hold him back until daybreak before we make a decision?"
Lin Yutong quietly pulled Han Siyuan's sleeve and wrote a few words on his palm. Han Siyuan understood and moved to a dark place.
Everyone paid attention to the eldest prince, but no one noticed the little Han Siyuan.
Tongtong whispered a few words behind the eldest prince.
The eldest prince curled up his lips and walked out regardless of the obstruction. Step by step, there was a river in front of him!
Crossing the river, the horse's legs can be submerged in the middle of the river.
The eldest prince was walking when he suddenly stopped in the middle of the river. He didn't know whether his feet were stuck in the river or because he had to explore the depth of the water.
one two three--
In the blink of an eye, a cluster of arrows with sparks shot straight towards the eldest prince. Immediately afterwards, the eldest prince fell into the water with a pop.
Did it hit?
He must have been shot! Could he have fallen down if he missed?
Who shot the cold arrow?
I don’t know! But the arrows were not shot by others, but by our own people!
From which direction was it shot?
It seems to be over there!
But there was no one over there. I only saw Prince Han rushing over: "Brother——"
"Brother——"
Tongtong took Fourth Master and ran towards the river. As soon as he entered the river, another cold arrow was shot towards the river. Then he saw the person rushing past fell into the river and floated away?
Ma Chaogui shouted: "Hurry and save people!"
But there was no time for them to save people. The fire dragon disappeared. The shouts of killing were getting closer.
Yao Changji was dumbfounded. How could this be an indiscriminate killing? He grabbed Cao Rongfa and asked, "What's going on?"
How do I know what's going on?
Before he could say a word, he was stabbed in the back. Before he could speak, he was killed!
kill--
On the edge of the river a hundred or ten meters away from the battlefield, Qingya and a few followers pulled one of the people out of the river. Han Siyuan first looked at the eldest prince: "Does it hurt from the shot? Brother!"
That arrow was a pewter spear tip, shot in the back, and it happened to have a breast shield. The fire that I saw was not the fire caused by the friction of the arrow clusters, it was real fire.
The eldest prince shook his head: "No problem!"
Tongtong looked at Qingya: "Send the arrow! Hurry!"
yes!
I fired the arrow and saw red smoke rising into the sky!
Immediately afterwards, green smoke rose not far away, which meant that the signal was received.
Ma Chaogui took a look, then thought about the river, and understood instantly. He shouted: "Kill - reinforcements have arrived - encirclement and suppression of rebellion -"
Encircle and suppress rebellion!
Encircle and suppress rebellion!
Cao Rongfa was slashed on the arm with a knife, and then another knife was directed at his neck. He closed his eyes hard and said to himself: Why is this different from what the uncle said! Indiscriminate strangulation, it makes no sense!
After thinking about it, he realized that he had not been attacked by swords or axes. When he opened his eyes, he saw the princess holding a long gun and pointing it at the opponent's belly.
"Princess?" Lin Yutong looked at him: "Can you move?"
able!
"Follow me!"
Cao Rongfa endured the pain and followed the princess. He saw the eldest prince holding the sword in his right hand and supporting Yao Changji with his left hand. An enemy soldier slashed him with a sword. The eldest prince stepped sideways to block, and the sword struck the eldest prince's back.
, Yao Changji was spared a fatal blow; he saw the second prince carrying a long |lance with Meng Jingsheng on his back, and an arrow was shot from behind. He turned sideways and was shot in his left arm, but Meng Jingsheng escaped.
With this arrow, he saw King Yong dragging Li Rendan to prevent him from being trampled by a horse; he saw Prince Han and Ma Chaogui fighting side by side, charging forward!
When he came back to his senses, he saw the princess ducking sideways and blocking another blow for Sanlang Tao. The blade of the knife swiped across the princess's arm, and blood spurted out instantly. Before he could even look at the injury, another blow came, and Cao Rong roared angrily.
With a cry, he rushed over and stood in front of the princess. Blood spurted out from his shoulders and neck, and he himself was stunned.
He looked down at the princess, and the princess looked up at him.
Then he fell straight back, first laughed, and then cried!
I wanted to harm her, and she knew that I wanted to harm her, but she still saved me, how could I see her die!
As long as she can come back alive this time, she deserves to beat me to death!