Dingxiang City is located on a major transportation road. Although it is not impossible to get around, it must consider the possibility of the rear road being cut off. Therefore, although Yimang was frightened along the way, he still walked along the way.

For more than ten days, he only dared to walk more than thirty miles a day. The Dingxiang City, which he was once familiar with, finally appeared in front of him. However, although Dingxiang City was close at hand, the big flag on the road still stopped all Xueyantuo people.

"Go and see the flag, be careful. If you can stay still, don't move him." Yimang was bitten by a snake. He was afraid of the ropes for ten years. The last big explosion made him stunned. Seeing Li Chengqian's king flag again, his ominous premonition surged into his heart again.

"Khan, in my opinion, we should be careful. Li Chengqian is full of tricks. There must be conspiracy for the flags placed here." The middle-aged scholar called out to the Knight Xue Yantuo who was going to check and said with lingering fear.

"What should I do? Dingxiang City is near. Could it be that our 100,000 army was stopped by this broken flag?" Yimang's skinny donkey said, holding his shit.

"We might as well retreat a little first. Dingxiang City is already in sight now, so I don't know that he will not fly out of thin air. If there is no problem, it will be too late for us to go there." The middle-aged scholar said pretending to be smart.

"Well, Mr. Sun said something. Let's go back first, and let someone come over here and turn it over, dig three feet into the ground to see what's underneath before talking about it." Yimang quickly understood the meaning of the middle-aged scholar and ordered the troops to turn into front teams and retreat ten miles away.

Then a large number of cavalry turned into engineers, and they began their career as a groundhog with broken weapons, either swords or swords.

One day, two days, the pit became bigger and bigger. Finally, it was about one person who dug it down before he stopped and came to a conclusion - it was safe and sound.

In fact, as early as the first time of excavation, the big-headed soldiers below had nothing at all, because there was no trace of turning around at the road under their feet, and it was the case no matter how they dug it.

Experienced people should know at this time that they can't dig anything out at all, because as long as the soil on the ground has been moved, it will inevitably be very different from that of the untouched. This cannot be concealed at will.

But for safety reasons, Yimang still asked his subordinates to dig for several days until he was completely relieved.

"It seems that there is no problem with the road ahead, let's go there." The middle-aged scholar also completely relieved his heart a few days later and urged Yimang to move forward.

Naturally, Yimang would not hesitate anymore. Without thinking, he led people up, like Dingxiang City, and only Li Chengqian's royal flag was left standing alone in a huge pit.

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Under Dingxiang City, a layer of thin ice has been formed in the moat, and the wide suspension bridge has been raised.

The huge Tang flag on the city wall was clamoring against the bitter north wind, and countless crossbows were lined up on the marching siding, and rows of thick crossbow guns pointed obliquely in the sky, clearly preparing for the challenge.

Yimang, who was already full of confidence, was stunned when he saw this scene and looked at the middle-aged scholar beside him.

This is a bit different from what I imagined. There were so many crossbows in Dingxiang City at that time, and how could such things be used to attack the city be used to defend the city? He didn't play according to the routine, right?

The middle-aged scholar didn't seem to have expected that Dingxiang City would have such a strong defense. Others may not know, but as a secret son of a noble family, how could he not know that this kind of crossbow can operate only two people? How could he not know that this kind of crossbow fires several times faster than before.

Things are in trouble, and maybe they will return without success. The middle-aged scholar thought so, but said, "Khan doesn't have to worry about it. The fire speed of this crossbow is so slow and the launch angle is also very problematic. As long as we can rush to the city, there will be no problem exceeding its range."

"So how many people will die if I rush to this distance under the city!" Yi Mang said angrily.

He is not a fool. The attack angle of the crossbow on the head of the city will be limited, but who can guarantee that there are crossbows on the head of the city? Since the Tang Dynasty can equip so many crossbows here, would it be more concerned about other defensive weapons, such as steel crossbows, or strong bows.

"What? Khan is scared? You must know that since we have arrived here, we must make achievements and show our sharp claws, so that those who look down on us know that we are not easy to mess with. And now the Western Turks should have been moving. If Khan does not do his best, how can he explain to his allies in the future?" After all, the middle-aged scholar is still a scholar. He does not know much about the war. Many things are imagined by himself.

Fortunately, Yimang is also easy to fool. With some selfish intentions that middle-aged scholars don’t know, this guy did not object to the middle-aged scholar’s ​​statement. He just looked at the tall city wall and asked, “I want to know now, where is your 50,000 elite?"

Fifty thousand elites, middle-aged scholars also wanted to know whether the secret chess move arranged when they left Chang'an was playing any role. If it was played, where were those people.

However, the middle-aged scribe did not know that his secret son actually knew that not only did not play any role, but instead became an unreliable model, and went around in circles deep in the grassland in the opposite direction.

"Arochan, where are we now? Aren't you saying you know the way? Now tell me what to do!" After wandering in the depths of the grassland for two months, Beilus finally couldn't help but burst out and scolded Arochan for bloody.

"Your Highness, I have no choice but to do it. The Tang Dynasty is currently sending troops to the Western Regions. If we follow the original route, if we are not good, we will meet them. At that time, we will not have the order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so how can we explain the matter of leaving the garrison without authorization?" A Luo Xuan led the wrong way, but his reasoning is reasonable.

Beilus was silent for a moment, and finally sighed and said, "But now we have deviated from the direction and it is impossible to return to the original route. The meeting with Xue Yantuo has become our failure to make a promise. If they can succeed, we may still have a chance to explain, but if they fail, we are afraid we will never have hope of restoring the country."

"Your Highness, don't worry, even if we don't meet with them, we will have a chance." Alu looked at the vast grassland in the distance with gloomy eyes. He didn't know what he was thinking, but it just brought a sense of inexplicable smell from his words, and it always sounded a little malicious.
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