Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Okay! Since everyone is willing to follow me to Dingxiang City to kill people," His Highness King Chu, who spoke more and more like a prairie barbarian, his face turned red by the fire: "Then I also want to tell you something good. News, in fact, I still have a thousand crossbowmen at my disposal. They will probably meet us on our way to Dingxiang City in the next few days. By then, our seven thousand troops will definitely be able to..."

Li Jing couldn't help but shook his head as he looked at His Royal Highness the King of Chu who was frantically making cakes for his subordinates.

Is this guy going to give up after all the little possessions the old lady gave him?

But the situation in this battle is critical. If it really breaks out, we can only consider these things if we survive...

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Li Kuan's thousand "crossbowmen" were naturally his shadow assassins. However, the thousand shadow assassins who originally followed his tribe had lost nearly a hundred after successive battles. Later, due to the division of troops, Li Kuan sent out another two hundred crossbowmen and a hundred black armored troops to protect his injured troops and subordinates. In the end, he only had 800 people by his side.

These 800 people, plus the retainers whose number returned to 800 due to various attrition, plus the 100 crossbowmen that Dou Shilun asked Jiang Sheng to bring, and after the deployment of 500 cavalry, another 200 were removed. Dead and wounded, there are now only more than 1,300 Shuofang City defenders in hand. The total number of these people is about 3,000.

The two thousand shadow assassins sent out by Li Kuan were divided into two groups.

A group of five hundred shadow assassins cooperated with Qibi Heli's men. The former transformed into the Tang army and plundered the small Turkic tribes, while the latter disguised themselves as people from other tribes and took advantage of the plundered small tribes.

In the end, this team was almost completely wiped out under the joint encirclement and suppression of the Huihe, Guligan, Tongluo, Xijie, and other major tribes. In the end, only a small number of Qibi Heli tribesmen returned because of the desperate protection of the shadow assassins. Arrived at his side.

And this was naturally the work of His Highness the King of Chu.

He can't just draw big cakes without giving sweet dates, right?

As for the other team of 1,500 shadow assassins, because there are no clan members of Qi Bi Heli, he does not have to worry about his secrets being exposed. Many times when being chased with no way to escape, this team will Inexplicably "disappeared" from the front.

And this happened more and more, and these shadow assassins began to become what the Turks called "servants of the devil."

Of course, the thousand shadow assassins Li Kuan is talking about now are the shadow assassins who suffered 30% casualties.

In addition, he has now discovered that if his shadow assassin dies, it will take at least two months to resurrect him. This inference stems from his meeting with Ashina outside Shuofang City more than two months ago. The two shadow assassins who were accidentally killed on the battlefield during the Mo Yi battle have now been resurrected, but depending on the situation, it may take about half a month to fully restore their combat strength.

But in fact, these are acceptable to Li Kuan, because through the continuous battles of the Shadow Assassins these days, his current combat skills, and even his ability to sense danger, have begun to improve. Now, he dare not It can be said that he can compete with a battlefield warrior like Xue Wanche, but if he can compete with a veteran like Liu Bing, then it is no more than a concession.

"Everyone, the front is Xiangcheng." Seven days later, on a gentle slope five miles outside Shuofang City, Liu Bing once again led people to clear out a group of scouts sent by the Turks, and changed into a military uniform. Li Kuanda immediately reached a high place and looked back at the Tang army he led. Counting the 1,000 "crossbowmen" who were added in the process, there were exactly over 7,000 people.

Of course, Li Kuan did not include Qibi Heli and his 400 tribesmen. If they were included, there would be more than 7,400 people.

Li Kuan's voice was not loud, but the breeze blowing on the grassland carried his words far away: "I no longer want to hide anything. Behind us is an army of 30,000 people led by Ashina Simo. In front of us, It is the headquarters of the Turks, Dingxiang City, and there are no less than 100,000 Turkic troops inside."

Silence, the silence of the whole place, no one spoke. They looked at His Highness the King of Chu who said this lightly, and they probably couldn't even explain the emotions in their hearts.

"They are all veterans in the army. Everyone knows what my king is planning now. If you want to scold me, you can, I promise you won't be angry. But when we go to the battlefield later, don't fuck with me. He quietly touched me behind me and stabbed me in the waist.

This king is not married yet! "

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Li Kuan's not very funny joke still made all the soldiers laugh, and the laughter gradually eased everyone's nervousness before the battle.

"Everyone! Your roster has been sent to Chang'an along with the scouts sent by General Li Jing. In this battle, regardless of victory or defeat, before the war begins, each of you has already achieved third-level military merit!" Li Kuan stopped joking, his face tightened, and his voice became deeper: "The reason why I do this is not to boost morale, but because I believe that each of you, here, will The achievements made in the first battle will not be less than three rounds!"

Silence, still silence, but a strange light gradually rose in everyone's eyes.

"It's like when I won the battle outside Shuofang City, I forced my uncle, General Chai Shaochai, to give my father - that is, when your majesty wrote the battle report today, it was clear that the formation killed more than ten thousand people, but I have to ask my uncle to write down 100,000, why? Because I feel that if I don’t kill enough 100,000 Turkic soldiers when I come out this time, I won’t have the shame to return to Chang’an!” The young man’s high-spirited words were floating in the wind, and at first he would The soldiers who heard these words first smiled knowingly, and then became horrified and moved - not even counting the Turkic tribes that were massacred by the King of Chu during this period, only the Turkic soldiers who died in their hands , at least it was over 30,000.

At this moment, everyone realized that their commander was really not joking.

The King of Chu, Li Kuan, would not give up until he killed 100,000 Turkic soldiers!

"Boom...boom...boom..."

"Woo--Woo--"

Suddenly the sound of drums and horns came from the distance, which was the signal for the Turkic army to leave the city and gather.

"Everyone!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu who was riding on the horse suddenly took out the horizontal sword from his waist, and then he looked at the Tang army below: "Today's battle is destined to be famous throughout the ages, but no matter how it is written in the history books, future generations will mention this Whether we are fascinated by the war or regretful depends on whether we are brave enough today and can make those Turks tremble and fear them like tigers!" Li Kuan said, turned back to fight the horse, holding a long knife, and was the first to face Shuofang. Chengfang rushed out: "Kill!"

"Kill!" As the King of Chu took the lead, a burst of shocking shouts erupted from behind him. Then, with the sound of horse hooves thundering, seven thousand Tang troops followed their leader and began to charge towards Dingxiang City.

Li Jing, Dou Shilun, Xue Wanche, Zhang Gongjin, Jiang Qu, Jiang Sheng, Yuan Tiangang, Liu Bing, Qibi Heli, and the other nine people whipped their horses and led the army in an attempt to catch up with some bastard who had awakened the barbarian bloodline - because Judging from His Royal Highness the King of Chu's desperate way of charging into the formation, this person is really planning to engage in a passionate "horse riding and slashing".

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" When Li Kuan slashed and killed the Turkic cavalry that kept coming up, and rushed two hundred steps below Dingxiang City, the leading troops of the opponent's army assembled in the city had just left the city gate.

At this time, Li Kuan actually turned over and dismounted. Relying on the strength of his armor, he did not avoid the arrows fired from the top of the city, nor did he care about the Turkic cavalry charging towards him. He took the horse pole hanging on his mount beside him. He glanced at the cavalry that appeared at the city gate, smiled contemptuously, and then took a run-up, twisted his waist and arms, and threw the horse.

"Cang!" The horse, which weighed dozens of kilograms, was thrust onto the top of the city by the king of Chu with his brute force!

After completing this shocking feat, Li Kuan got back on his horse, took his bow and arrows, and while riding his horse and retreating, he kept turning back to shoot the Turkic soldiers who tried to keep him behind.

"He is the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty?! He is just a child?!" On top of the city, Jie Li, who had just heard the news and came out from the crenel, had a gloomy face, listening to the reports of his men and Yicheng beside him. The exclamation from the princess made the Turkic sweat grow more murderous, and suddenly he couldn't help but sneered: "Li Shimin really gave birth to a good son..."

"Pass this king's order, whoever reaches the top of the city first will be rewarded with ten thousand gold and a viscount!" After finally returning to the front of the vanguard led by Xue Wanche without any danger, King Chu drew his sword again and pointed it at Dingding amid cheers that echoed through the sky. Xiangcheng: "It's just a bunch of chickens and dogs. What's the use of having too many people!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Suddenly, Li Kuan's eyes met Jie Li who was looking out from the top of the city.

"Hey, is that the Turkic Khan?" Li Kuan asked Li Jing beside him, raising his hand and making a gesture of wiping his neck.

"Your Highness, he is also a Turkic Khan after all..." Li Jing now felt that the title of King of Chu was really suitable for Li Kuan...

"Heroes here are not worthy of attention!" After making the gesture, Li Kuan drew out his long sword again, and still saw him laughing loudly in the rain of arrows: "In truth, heroes are unparalleled in the world, see me, the swordsman in Chang'an!"