At night, the Xiliang cavalry came to the Xiliang camp. The soldiers who had been waiting for a long time helped the cavalry drag down the heavy armor and put the thick layer of leather armor on the horses aside.
Both the man and the horse were tired after a long day, and fell asleep after each had a meal. There was still a big battle waiting for them early tomorrow morning.
When Li Xiang came to the big tent, he didn't feel very tired. His strong body allowed him to march for days and nights.
"Lord!"
Li Xiang sat on the main seat. He originally planned to take the supplies and retreat with his troops, but just when he was about to retreat, the scouts from the Acropolis ran to the side. Only then did Li Xiang know that this large army was coming.
Already reached the Acropolis and defeated the opponent's army once.
Li Xiang had an extra plan in his mind, and returned to the other camp with supplies. It would not be of much help to Heicheng. He had to let the Jiuyuan army surrounding Heicheng know that Jiuyuan City was in danger!
There was no hope at first, but the partial division along the way gave this opportunity. It would be difficult to reach the city with Xiliang cavalry alone, but what if there were infantry?
Moreover, there is also a person from the Jiuyuan Palace among the Xiliang army, Zhuo Bufan!
Even a rough guy like Li Xiang knows a little about the situation of Prince Jiuyuan. When the eighth prince arrives in the northwest, Prince Jiuyuan will either hand over everything in his hands or be destroyed. How come Prince Jiuyuan has continued to change over the years?
After the death of the crown prince, only one grandson and one granddaughter were left.
If King Jiuyuan helps, it shouldn't be difficult to take down Jiuyuan City!
Li Xiang's thoughts surged, and he immediately came here with his army.
Zhuo Bufan noticed that Li Xiang was not looking at him, and the expression on his face did not change much. Li Xiang was the first to speak out: "Mr. Zhuo, I didn't expect that we would be friends when we meet again. It seems that I let Mr. Zhuo go."
It’s really a smart move to go back!”
Zhuo Bufan said neither humble nor arrogantly: "I have to thank the city lord, otherwise Zhuo wouldn't be able to stand here!"
"You know very well that I don't like to beat around the bush!" Li Xiang looked at Zhuo Bufan with both eyes: "How do your old princes plan to cooperate? Now there is a good opportunity. After I, Li Xiang, destroy the Acropolis army, I can immediately send troops.
Go north."
"There is my Xiliang army outside, and your prince inside. Your prince only needs to open the gate of Jiuyuan City, and I, Prime Minister Li, can lead the army to march straight in and capture Jiuyuan City!"
"In this way, we can free up our hands to surround and kill the Jiuyuan army led by Luo Tiansheng. I can give Jiuyuan City to your prince, but I need two of the remaining counties under Jiuyuan County to be yours.
Lord of the house!"
"I don't know, Mr. Zhuo, how do you feel?"
Li Xiang also had his own plans for doing this. He was now a robber and a criminal, and was no longer a member of Da Gan. If he occupied the capital of a county, he would be challenging Da Gan.
He still doesn't think he has the strength to challenge Da Gan. Even if Da Gan is in chaos now, as long as there is no chaos in the imperial capital and that person has not fallen, Da Gan will remain stable.
Now there are countless people in the world waiting for the one sitting on the throne to fall. Once he falls, it will be much easier for others to do what they want!
Daqian has never been afraid of foreign enemies, what he is afraid of is the fight between his own family!
Li Xiang doesn't want to face a large army yet, so he can just take the supplies from Jiuyuan City's treasury!
Hearing Xiang Li's words, Zhuo Bufan was a little moved: "I wonder how confident City Lord Li is?"
Li Xiang smiled and looked at Zhuo Bufan: "As long as you can open a door, I, Xiang Li, will rush to the front and knock down Jiuyuan City!"
"To grasp this thing, you can only know it by trying it. If you believe me, then we will cooperate. If you don't believe me, then forget it!"
Zhuo Bufan pondered for a while: "Our Jiuyuan Prince's Mansion is at the gate of the south city. There happens to be a team that can open the city gate for you, but I have to ask for a guarantee. You need to guarantee that you will not go back on what you said, otherwise our Jiuyuan
The palace’s manpower cannot resist you, the city lord!”
"Hahaha!" Li Xiang laughed loudly: "What I, Li Xiang, say are my guarantees. When have you ever seen me, Li Xiang, break my promise?"
Zhuo Bufan was silent for a while: "I believe you, and I also asked City Lord Li to prepare a war horse for me. I will go back to prepare and wait for your arrival, City Lord!"
"Go and prepare a war horse for him!" Li Xiang said to his personal guards, who nodded, and Zhuo Bufan bowed and said goodbye and left.
Only people from Xiliang City were left in the tent. The smile on Li Xiang's face disappeared and was replaced by seriousness: "Heicheng is still surrounded by an army led by Luo Tiansheng. I have learned about your previous battles from the scouts.
Everyone has done a great job, especially the two brothers from the Cheng family. I will reward you heavily after this battle is over!"
"More masters!" The two Cheng family brothers, who were as strong as bears, said with a silly smile. When they heard that Li Xiang was coming, they immediately took off the bandages on their bodies. Anyway, those wounds were just superficial wounds to them.
Nothing!
Others are not as heartless as these two guys!
Li Xiang continued: "Zhuo Bufan is an opportunity to capture Jiuyuan City. Jiuyuan City is the headquarters of Jiuyuan County. If the army invades, it will go straight to the opponent's city lord's palace and material warehouse, and take the things from these two places.
Just move away, there’s no need to go anywhere else!”
Heilong bravely spoke out: "My lord, it is true that Zhuo Bufan is uniting with us, but trusting him like this is a bit too much!"
"If they set up an ambush in the city, wouldn't the cavalry be in danger?"
Li Xiang smiled: "It's okay. I'll kill him first when the time comes. If something happens, I can come back!"
Li Xiang, who has just been promoted to another level, believes that he is not far from the top level now. If he uses his true energy, he should have a little ability to protect himself even against the top level experts. As long as he and Xing Liao want to run away, the other party will be able to protect themselves.
Can't keep the two of them
Black Dragon wanted to say something else. Bai Long pulled Black Dragon's clothes, and Li Xiang continued: "Jiuyuan City is not far from us, but the Acropolis is still lying in front of us. Let's deal with the Acropolis first..."
"Report!" A voice came from outside. The scout quickly ran to the big tent, bent down and handed over his hands: "Lord, there is a large-scale retreat in the Acropolis. The army is running towards Jiuyuan City. It is visually observed that the entire army in the Acropolis is retreating!"
"Report"
Another voice came, and a scout covered in sweat came in: "Master Cavalry, something strange happened in Jiuyuan City. The south city gate was wide open. The soldiers in the city took out a large number of horses and placed them outside the south city gate, stretching for hundreds of meters.
, rolling logs, and rocks everywhere!”
"They are preparing to meet the troops of the Acropolis!" Li Xiang stood up and was about to ask someone to wake up the sleeping soldiers, but when he thought about running around for days today, the soldiers and horses were already close to their limit!
Prime Minister Li was a little tangled at this time. The generals below were quiet. The people of the city had chosen the time very well. The army was resting at this time. They retreated overnight. If it weren't for the Xiliang scouts who inquired about the news, they wouldn't have known about each other.
trend!
"Everyone should go back and rest first, and then pursue after two hours. I, Prime Minister Li, will give them two hours first, and let the cooks prepare dry food and drinking water!"
"yes!"
Li Xiang's previous plan was shattered with the retreat of the Acropolis army. If the Acropolis troops successfully retreated to Jiuyuan City, and they wanted to capture Jiuyuan City again, even with the help of Jiuyuan Prince's Palace, it would be difficult to do so.
This city.
A large number of ants can indeed kill an elephant. The city is not the wilderness. The cavalry's battle in the city will be greatly affected. It can only be seen whether the opponent's army can be intercepted before the enemy retreats.
On the grassland, the men and horses coming out of the Acropolis strode forward. They held torches, forming a fire dragon on the grassland. Without torches, many of them couldn't even see their way, and many of them would be blind at night.
Wenjie and the senior officials of the Wei family received the suggestion from Jiuyuan City to retreat at night. After discussing it, they began to arrange the retreat. They chose this time because the Xiliang army was sleeping at this time.
People who wake up just after going to bed will have a bad temper, especially if they are very tired.
This is the safest time to retreat, but the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is like a long sword hanging above their heads. They don't know when it will fall. They cannot waste any time and must run away in the shortest possible time.
farther away.
The Acropolis troops are retreating, and Jiuyuan City is preparing to respond. The Acropolis troops return to Jiuyuan City, and Jiuyuan City's defense will increase with the arrival of these soldiers.
They didn't need to worry about Li Xiang coming with the Xiliang troops who were attacking the Acropolis. Many people were frightened when they saw the brutal scene of the Xiliang cavalry during the day.
black city
It was a bloody battle during the day, but at night both sides were very tired and fell into sleep. The reinforcements from Xiliang on the other side had arrived. They divided 10,000 horses to block the reinforcements from Xiliang, and there were still 5,000 people on the back road. They were afraid of the Xiliang cavalry.
Killed suddenly.
In Li Anlan's heart, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is like a long sword that has not yet been sheathed. It is most dangerous at this time, because you don't know where it will stab you.
Just when Li Anlan and Luo Tiansheng were discussing the situation of the army, a letter came from Jiuyuan City, which they had lost contact with for a long time. The soldier who delivered the letter also fell down after delivering the letter, with several long arrows stuck in his body.
More than twenty people came out, and now he is the only messenger who has arrived outside Heicheng. Most of them died tragically among the Xiliang Iron Riders, who occupied the grassland between Jiuyuan City and the mountainous area of Heicheng!
Luo Shen Tiansheng read the contents of the letter, and sweat continued to break out on his face. Li Anlan saw Luo Tiansheng's look: "Sir, what happened?"
Luo Tiansheng handed the letter to Li Anlan: "The soldiers and horses of the Acropolis were defeated. Wenjie gathered the remaining troops and confronted the Xiliang partial army. But somehow Li Xiang went directly to Jiuyuan City and intercepted the supplies of the Acropolis.
."
"What I'm most afraid of now is that if Li Xiang encounters the Xiliang partial army, will the acropolis be able to block the Xiliang army led by Li Xiang and the cavalry led by Li Xiang? That area is all plains!"
After Li Anlan read the letter, he realized that Li Xiang had traveled thousands of miles to fight, detouring from the Black City to the plains to cut off the retreat, then to Jiuyuan City, and finally to the Acropolis.
Is this special meow flying?
Don't you care about the troops in the Black City? The Great Wall Legion has already reached the vicinity of Tupo City!
It's a pity that Prime Minister Li didn't know these things. Even if he knew that Prime Minister Li would choose to do this, cavalry on the plains can exert their strongest combat effectiveness, and Li Xin trusted the generals everywhere.
"An Lan, should we refund or continue to fight?" Luo Tiansheng was very uneasy. There was another unknown factor in Jiuyuan City. The King of Jiuyuan, the old prince was forced by him to be very anxious. If the other party directly came to Kaicheng to surrender,
,Isn’t Jiuyuan City the Jiuyuan City of Xiliang City?”
"If we want to withdraw, the army needs to retreat together. We only have three days of food. If we save a little more, it will probably be enough for five days. We must ensure the combat effectiveness of the front-line troops!" Li Anlan's fingers turned white when he read the letter. This battle was
The most painful battle he had ever fought in his life.
The troops in the black city refused to retreat. Those tall soldiers from Xiliang headquarters were harder to fight than the various troops he had fought with. They were not afraid of death. They knew they would not survive, so they took one person with them to die with him. They were so cold and indifferent.
A person is like a dead soldier.
These soldiers satisfy all the characteristics of a soldier in his heart. It is a pity that such a force is not controlled by him, but is owned by a force outside the customs!
"If they continue to fight, they will retreat to the buildings in the city after one day. When the fire is set off, the Black City can be returned to our hands."
"Whether to fight or retreat is in your hands, sir!"
Li Anlan looked at Luo Tiansheng. He personally preferred to continue attacking Heicheng. However, if Jiuyuan City, the most majestic place in Jiuyuan County and the core of Jiuyuan County, was lost due to Heicheng, Heicheng would become an enclave.
, surrounded by the Xiliang army.
If we return to support Jiuyuan City, the black city will be lost, the acropolis will be lost, and Jiuyuan City will be directly exposed to the Xiliang Soldier Peak.
Luo Tiansheng was extremely confused, but in the end he smiled bitterly: "Retreat!"
Li Anlan nodded expressionlessly. That night, the Jiuyuan City soldiers packed up and prepared to leave. On this piece of land, they gained nothing and instead lost more than 13,000 soldiers.
In the Black City, the Xiliang soldiers and the soldiers of the Seventh Army ate dried meat and drank the hot water boiled by the wounded soldiers at the rear. They leaned against the dilapidated city wall and the sky was dark, just like their situation at this time.
They lost too many horses in this battle. Aza had only 800 men to fight, and Luo Mu suffered the most loss, with only 500 men left. The Jimo disciples fought without knowing what they were afraid of, lest they be attacked by the enemy.
Die, or they kill the enemy.
Hei Yun and Zhao Tiezhu suffered equally heavy losses. As the main force, the Xiliang headquarters soldiers suffered equally heavy losses. There were basically no seriously injured soldiers. The seriously injured soldiers chose to die with the enemy.
The soldiers in the city didn't know that the enemy was retreating. They ate numbly, slept when they needed to, and kept vigil when they needed to. As long as the soldiers from the Xiliang headquarters were there, they knew that they were not defeated yet, and the lord must be looking for opportunities outside to come in.
They heard the sound of fighting in the distance, and saw a large number of Jiuyuan soldiers running from the front of the city in the direction they came from!
