Chapter Twenty-Four God's Arrow Shocks the Army
On the banks of Zhiju, there are a wide river valley grassland, on one side are Xueyantuo's elite soldiers, and on the other side are 10,000 soldiers from the east side of the Tang River, the Heavenly Kingdom and the Eagle in the North of the Mo, confronting here for the first time.
"Your Highness, you and I have been together for less than three years, and we will see each other again today." In Xue Yantuo's formation, Yi Nan looked at Li Ke, led the generals forward slightly, and whispered to Li Ke.
In the Tang army formation, Li Ke watched Yi Nan speak, and also took Xue Rengui and several Weishu slowly forward and replied: "The north of the world is far away and thousands of miles away. I am unwilling to come, but you go against the will of heaven. I will come to take you at the order of my father. If you are willing to surrender, I may be able to save your life and wealth because of your past friendship in Jinshan, otherwise today will be your death."
Yi Nan replied, "I asked myself, since the fourth year of Zhenguan, I have always been very respectful to the Tang Dynasty and Your Majesty. I respected the court every year and paid tribute every year, and I have no more than the rules. I, Xue Yantuo, is a subordinate of the Tang Dynasty. Why did the Tang Dynasty attack me for no reason?"
Li Ke snorted lightly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and replied, "You have given a short betrothal gift. If you want to cheat the princess, you are deceiving the king. If you are willing to set up a grand tyrant invasion of the south, you are invincible. If you are the commander of Bingzhou, you are the prince of the Tang Dynasty. You are the emperor who is in charge of the emperor and you are deceiving the rebellion and the universe."
Yi Nan said: "The invasion of Junji Mountain invasion was a generous act of private action. After the defeat, he defected and left the country and no longer served as the Xueyantuo people. As for the fraud of marrying a princess, it was a misunderstanding. As long as the commander-in-chief was willing to withdraw his troops, I would send someone to the capital to explain to Your Majesty."
At the moment, in the Khan Court of Yu Tujunshan, Xue Yantuo's key lies. Yi Nan did not know Li Ke's background, and he was not sure of victory. He only hoped to convince Li Ke to withdraw his troops for the time being and slow down.
But since Li Ke's army had arrived here, there was no room for retreat. Li Ke smiled and said, "It's okay if you want to explain, I can withdraw my army, but you and the Khanate will need to be captured by us and I will take you to apologize to my father."
What Li Ke said obviously had no intention of having a peace talk. Yi Nan no longer held the hope that Li Ke could withdraw his troops and said angrily: "Since your highness does not listen to the advice and insists on his own actions, don't blame me for not tolerating it. Don't be defeated and be buried in the tent of my khanate to seek peace."
"Noisy!"
Li Ke also showed an impatient look on his face as he heard Yi Nan's words, and then ordered Xue Rengui: "Rengui, I want him to shut up."
"No." Xue Rengui got the order and understood what Li Ke meant, and immediately responded.
Xue Rengui responded and took off the iron-tied strong bow from the horse's back. Li Ke made a special trip to the Shaofu Supervisor Jia Nobufang forged for him.
This iron-body bow was carefully cast by skilled craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty. It has the power of five stones. There are not many people who can draw this bow in the entire Tang Dynasty, and Xue Rengui is one of them.
Xue Yantuo took off the iron-tied bow, put the armor-breaking arrow between his fingers, and pointed it at the Yi Nan who was two hundred steps away.
Normally, one hundred and fifty steps are the limit of the range of the bow and arrow. Even if you shoot so far, the bow and arrow basically have no strength. It is okay to break the paper, but killing people is a delusion. What's more, Yi Nan and Li Ke are still two hundred steps apart. At such a long distance, it's a dream to shoot Yi Nan.
Yi Nan claimed to be familiar with martial arts and was good at riding and shooting when he was young. He only thought that Xue Rengui's arrow was just pretending and was too lazy to pay attention to it.
But the Dizhen Master beside Yi Nan was different. The Dizhen Master looked at Xue Rengui's movements and felt familiar. Then he recalled the shocking arrow of the leader of the sand bandit in the desert. It looked so similar.
"Khan, be careful, this person's sharp shooting can take his life with two hundred steps away." The memories in the Gobi Desert suddenly poured into the heart of the official Tizhen Daguan. The official Tizhen Daguan felt frightened and quickly called out loudly.
The official Tizhen has always been steady in his behavior, not a whisper. Yi Nan looked at Xue Rengui's posture and listened to the official Tizhen's words, and hurriedly leaned down and hid behind the horse.
"call out!"
As soon as Yi Nan bent down, the arrow in Xue Rengui's hand broke out of the string and headed straight to Yi Nan with a harsh sound of breaking through the air.
However, Yi Nan deserves the Tizhen Master warned that the general avoided Xue Rengui's arrow, and the worst became the guard behind Yi Nan. The guard could not dodge and was stabbed through the heart by Xue Rengui's arrow and killed on the spot.
After an arrow, listening to the whimpering sound behind his ears, Yi Nan turned his head and looked at the Xue Yantuo soldiers who died behind him and fell from the horse's back, and were immediately afraid. He did not expect that there would be such a terrifying arrow in this world.
"It's him, Khan, it's him." The scene that seemed to be repeated in front of him fell into the eyes of Daguan Tizhen. The memory in Daguan Tizhen's mind became clearer. Daguan Tizhen looked behind him in shock and said to Yi Nan.
Yi Nan asked, "What does Pasha mean?"
Official Tizhen replied: "He was the sand bandit who ambushed me in the Gobi Desert and caused us to lose most of the cattle, sheep and livestock. I will not admit my mistake in this arrow."
When Yi Nan heard this, he sighed faintly. Li Ke always regarded Xue Yantuo as a thorn in his eyes. He wanted to get rid of Yi Nan, so he ordered people to destroy the marriage between the two countries. Now that the Tang army is at the city, it is meaningless to mention this matter again, and no one will believe it.
Opposite to Yi Nan, Xue Rengui saw that he failed to hit a single arrow and asked Yi Nan to escape his life. He felt very upset and said to Li Ke with regret: "It's a pity that he failed to shoot Yi Nan with one arrow, which will help His Highness to get rid of this big problem."
Li Ke smiled and said, "This arrow is enough. Rengui can defeat thousands of troops with one arrow. He asked Yi Nan to run away with his head in his arms. The enemy's power has been broken and he has lost his courage. This battle can be defeated."
Xue Rengui asked, "Then are we going to fight now?"
Li Ke replied: "That's natural. I will send orders to order the three armies to prepare for war. I will use your power to destroy Xue Yantuo."
After saying that, Li Ke hit the horse and returned to the formation, and actually exposed his back to the Xueyantuo people.
Li Ke turned around and returned to the formation. This should have been the perfect opportunity for the Xueyantuo people to take the opportunity to attack. If the Xueyantuo people sent troops at this time, they might have the advantage.
However, although Li Ke returned to the formation, Xue Rengui had some people plotting against Li Ke. He himself held a strong bow and stood in front of the troops, staring at the Xue Yantuo people tightly, taking the power of Xue Rengui's just now, more than 30,000 people in the Xue Yantuo formation were watching Li Ke leave, but none of them dared to move first.
Because he all knows that whoever moves first will be Xue Rengui's living target.
The power of one person is limited after all. Even if he is brave, tens of thousands of people can kill each person in front of the two armies. The power of a real powerful general is never calculated by killing enemies. Xue Rengui's arrow destroyed Xue Yantuo's courage, and his value is more than a thousand troops?
Just as Guan Yu killed Yan Liang and Yuchi captured Wang Wan, the Tang army had already won 30% of the battle before it could be fought.
Chapter completed!