Li Du was wiping his younger brother's body on the vehicle that was driving.
Li's face was terrifyingly pale, as if the blood had already flowed clean, only the fingers and toes showed blue-black marks, which made Li cry.
Once upon a time, the brothers were also full of energy. Now, they are already dead and dead.
No, maybe he will go down to meet his brothers soon, right? He will leave his fourth brother alone in Chengdu.
But they all left, how could the fourth brother of the prince live alone?
The rapid sound of horse hooves in the wilderness attracted Li Du's attention.
The Huns attacked and fought one after another, and there were actually quite a few casualties, but they still surrounded them and stared at the team of only more than 7,000 people.
The cavalry went out several times and drove it away. But not far away, and they always surrounded it again after a while.
But it doesn't seem to matter much.
The emperor got out of the car, put on his armor and sword, and pointed at the Hun cavalry in the distance.
The soldiers were inspired by this, and their morale gradually recovered and they were more organized.
The Huns' light cavalry attacked each other several times, but were all expelled when they replenished the archers of the new force.
The cavalry took advantage of the situation to pursue and repeatedly strangled the Huns to increase the killing.
They were probably the troops that fought the most times until noon today, and naturally, the casualties were the largest.
There are only 1,500 riders in total.
At noon on the fifteenth, the army was seven or eight miles away from Guanghan County.
There were treasures in the nearby mountains. The chief of the yao sent cattle wine to the side of the road and cried, "Your Majesty, we have received great kindness,
However, what you can repay is only here. I feel ashamed of being ashamed."
When Li Xiong saw this, he helped several people up one by one, and said gently: "When the country is in danger, you can still see you,
Enough.”
After saying that, he ordered the palace guards who came with him to put away the cow wine, and then couldn't help but cough a few times.
When several chiefs saw this, they felt sad.
No matter how brave a person is, he will grow old one day.
The country that has been built with one hand will collapse one day.
The Li family has prospered and perished each other, which is really cruel.
However, the emperor was very free and easy. At this time of danger, he still went to war with illness and did not have the idea of ​​dying from old age on the couch. Perhaps this is why he was able to succeed.
"You'll go back quickly, so as not to be implicated." Li Xiong waved his hand and said.
After saying this, he coughed with his body hunched over and for a long time. The guards rushed forward and supported him.
Li Xiong slowed down for a while and said, "Kill the cattle and cook, so that the soldiers can have a full meal. Drink a little wine, don't drink too much."
Everyone followed the order, but they had to find someone to check the wine first, so as not to get obsessed with the Tao.
Several chiefs left quickly.
Li Xiong asked me to bring a bed, sit on the high slope with a sword, pointing to the front, and said to the ministers: "Yesterday someone advised me to return to Chengdu and defend the city, but I refused."
"If the world is not determined and the north is still fighting, this move may be delayed and the north is already unified, and this strategy is extremely corrupt."
"Besides, I don't want to do this."
Speaking of this, Li Xiong turned his head and stared at the northeast, smiled brightly, and said, "Shao Taibai is a true hero, a true hero, I can't do it, but I can't even take it if I want me to surrender and make all kinds of ugly things."
After saying that, he patted his couch and said, "It's time for this, I don't like to say nonsense. You and others can understand that if Jiangzhou is not saved, the 50,000 troops will collapse. If Jiangzhou is lost, the situation will be gone. Therefore, I will be invincible in this battle, I-"
When he said this, Li Xiong looked at the Hun cavalry who were approaching the distance and shooting arrows, saying, "I vow to fight with the Liang thieves to the end and stop until death."
This is said with great utmost significance.
When the ministers heard this, some were moved, some sighed, and some were passionate, and they were all in one go.
After lunch, the army continued to move forward and attacked the flat valley as scheduled. The cavalry on both sides conquered.
The Huns could not fight, and there were too many casualties. The army was reluctant to consume cavalry, after all, one died less than one.
Li Xiong took off the guard's help and walked to the front.
After being plagued by illness for several years, he had consumed too much of his vitality. After walking for about a mile, sweat broke out on his forehead.
But he insisted that he would not help him, nor did he climb back into the car, but pointed his sword ahead and said with a smile: "It is said that the guards are not good at conquering. I am here, but they are all brave?"
"Your Majesty personally fought, and the upper and lower levels were sobbing that they would naturally be happy to fight." Zhiyan stood beside him with a knife and said.
The palace guards are indeed not strong in combat, but after all, the emperor is behind him, so it is really hard to escape without fighting.
However, when the Hun cavalry rushed over, the guards did not perform well, with great casualties, and some fled after fierce war. Fortunately, General Jianwei (Li Qi) personally captured and killed the fugitives, barely maintaining morale.
With the cooperation of cavalry, the Huns' offensive was quickly dispersed.
But today it has been plaguing for a long time, and the Huns' offensives have been much more frequent than yesterday. They are fighting for casualties and exhausting their horsepower, and they must do everything possible to delay the progress of the army.
Look, another deep trench appeared in front of him. It was obvious that it was temporarily dug by the Huns, and even the digging of soil was transported away.
This post road has been disrepaired for a long time, but now it has become bumpy and you have to stop to build the road if you can't walk far.
At this time, the Huns rushed to attack again, and arrows fell like rain, and those with weak wills were frightened and disintegrated.
To be honest, if the emperor had not personally arrived and brought the palace guards and cavalry, their marching speed would have been slower.
Not to mention, the soldiers were nervous all day long and were already very tired.
I'm afraid I won't be able to reach Guanghan County City today.
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A large group of cavalry rushed over outside a village house somewhere west of Anhan County.
Gong Zhuang, who had already prepared, immediately sent the smooth and smooth horses on it.
There were more than 1,200 horses in total, and they had been recuperating here for a long time. They were replaced by Feilongshan Town soldiers who had been away for half a day.
In order to relieve the tired horses who were running as soon as possible, Gong Zhuang spent a lot of money.
Cooked beans and salt water are supplied openly. Even the tribe's den Zhuang may not eat these every day, but as long as there is a horse to be sent to raise, Gong Zhuang will never fool people with hay and will definitely feed them with food.
During the horse change, Huan Wen walked over, bowed to Gong Zhuang, and said, "If you win this battle, Gong Fujun will make an indelible contribution."
Gong Zhuang looked at the young man with some surprise and smiled, "Thirty years of long-cherished wishes have been fulfilled, and his heart is extremely happy. The merits are beyond my mind."
Huan Wen smiled, no longer worried about this issue, and said, "Brazil has a Langzhong City left, and it needs to be recovered as soon as possible. If you have spare energy, you can divide a group of troops and attack Guanghan in the west."
Luo Yan and Luo Gu brothers have been defeated by the Ju Ban soldiers who crossed the river. Luo Gu died in the chaos. Luo Yan fled back to Langzhong, and it was only a matter of time before Luo Yan could capture it.
Huan Wen appointed all this to the Brazilian prefect Gong Zhuang and Yanqu prefect Zhiying, and ordered the two to gather troops to sweep away the county and then develop towards Guanghan and Ba County.
Gong Zhuang was eager to take revenge. While besieging Luo Yan, he also used his influence to gather thousands of soldiers from the four surnames, including Gong, Yang, and Fu, and advanced to the west to capture Guanghan. It is less than two days away.
However, they may not be able to catch up with the besiege of Li Xiong, and Huan Wen didn't want to hand over this glory to others, but this was not worthy of being told to outsiders.
After the greetings, he did not stay, but turned over and took the horse to the west with the Hu Hu in the mountains.
Naturally, there were more than two thousand tired horses left here.
Gong Zhuang didn't say anything, and ordered black beans and salt water to bring them, wash them quickly, feed the horses, and wait for the next group of cavalry to arrive so that the horses could be replaced.
Not long after Huan Wen started his journey, five hundred Feilongshan soldiers led by Chen Chite passed by Guanghan County (now between Shehong and Suining).
There were soldiers in the city, but there were not many, and there was no courage to leave the city. I heard that the prefect had run away, and now the county magistrate led the soldiers to defend the city, waiting for Li Xiong's army to come.
Chen Chite was too lazy to deal with what Guanghan was thinking. When he led his army to four miles north of the city, the setting sun had already set in the west and encountered a retreating Xiongnu cavalry.
Seeing that the soldiers in Feilongshan were coming, the Huns were both relieved and a little dissatisfied.
From the 14th day, they spent a lot of effort and lost six or seven hundred cavalry before they could barely hold Cheng Jun's footsteps.
After rough calculations, they only walked twelve or three miles in one day and a half, so that the army could see Guanghan County City from afar, but there were still several miles between them, and they were still out of reach.
"How many cavalry are left after becoming a thief?" Chen Chite asked someone to loosen the belly of the horse and jog.
Feed some water and asked.
"It should be less than a thousand five." The Hun general replied.
"So much more?" Chen Chite said in surprise.
"They don't send out cavalry easily, they cherish it very much." said the Hun general.
"Where is the Wanqi Duwei?"
"I went around and raided, and I was frightened and defeated thousands of thieves and were chasing them."
"It's so bad to become a thief? Then why didn't you attack with all your might last night?"
The Huns almost died, and said, "If you think it's easy to fight, just go and try it tonight. Li Xiong has already ordered camping."
"Camped?" Chen Chite was ecstatic.
It is only four or five miles away from Guanghan. Even if it is difficult to walk, as long as you are willing to suffer casualties and rush over at all costs, the 30,000 army can run half of it into the city, and Li Xiong can most likely hide in, so he can only be surrounded.
But he was reluctant to leave the army and was unwilling to take risks in the dark, so there was nothing he could do.
"We are here tonight, so we must not let the thief sleep." Chen Chite said with great help: "Person Huan will arrive in the middle of the night. There should be a thousand cavalry before noon tomorrow. At the latest, at noon tomorrow, the army will gather together. Li Xiong can't leave even if he wants to leave. If it is three days later, Governor Duan will also come."
When the Hun generals heard this, they immediately realized that it was a critical moment.
At this time, even if he gritted his teeth and fought his life, he would have to stop Li Xiong. Never let him enter Guanghan. Of course, it would not be a big problem if he entered. Anyway, he would not be able to rescue Jiangzhou again, and it would take some trouble to come.
Now that the soldiers in Feilongshan Town have arrived, look at the tall horse under their arms, and then look at the silver armor on the back of the pack horse, blocking Li Xiong's grasp.
Chapter completed!