There is no phoenix

At noon on February 26, the 16 expeditionary army led by King Zhongshun Feng Ziying had arrived in southern Xinjiang.

Nearly [-] years old, Luo Jiazhong, the Jiedu envoy of northern Xinjiang, brought his deputy envoy Zhang Ji and his eldest son Luo Kai to welcome the army into the city three miles away from the Duhu Mansion, and said to King Zhongshun and Feng Ziying: "This time the Turks invaded southern Xinjiang. , A total of three groups invaded, so Chen Youda and his son were attacked by the enemy, and were beheaded by the enemy. Now the Turkic three-way army has occupied our four big cities of Shule, Khotan, Gumo, and Qiemo, and then expanded in all directions. , although I and General Wei of Qinghai joined forces, we couldn't regain the lost ground."

King Zhongshun said: "I don't know how many Turkic people have come?"

Luo Jiazhong said: "It is estimated that there are at least 25 people. The number is not much, but they are all light cavalry, very brave, so in a few battles, we have few cavalry, and infantry are almost useless except for the bow and arrow battalion. And their The chief generals are very powerful. Now the Turkic son-in-law Barina who is stationed at Qiemo is in his 30s. He rides a black sweat horse and uses a long knife. General Zhang and I can only fight him. Tie."

Feng Ziying asked: "General Luo, who killed General Chen Youda and his son?"

Luo Jiazhong said: "It was Aliqing, the third Turkic prince who killed General Chen and his son, and he is now stationed in Gumo. He is 28 years old this year. I heard that he has learned art from Tianzhu masters for many years. He uses long spears and rides a dark red sweat horse." BMW. In these days of southern border wars, he has never missed a shot."

King Zhongshun asked: "So, those Turkic people are so rampant in the southern border of our Celestial Dynasty because of these two brave generals?"

Luo Jiazhong said: "In addition to these two, there is another old Turkic uncle named Afang Guza. He is 51 years old this year and he is now stationed in Khotan. I heard that this man is very lecherous and cruel. , I heard that the women he wanted to have had no children for three years and all were executed. Everywhere he went, he would collect young women. This man was once the Grand Marshal of the Turks, and he fought many times with our King of Beijing in his early years. His Although the mount is not a bloody horse, it is also a famous thousand-mile horse."

Liu Xianglian and Zhang Jian who were on the side heard this, and couldn't help saying angrily: "There is such an old man, if we meet him, he will be torn to pieces!"

Feng Ziying thought for a while and said, "General Luo, please show us where they are now. Right now our army has traveled a long distance and needs to rest for a while. Since they are all elite cavalry, we can only choose a place as a place to go. A breakthrough must be won in order to boost morale."

Luo Jiazhong hurriedly asked Zhang Ji and Luo Kai to lead the army to settle down first, and he led Zhongshun Wang Feng Ziying, Liu Xianglian and Zhang Jian into the camp, and informed Ali Qingbalina and Afang Guza where they were stationed.

Feng Ziying said: "General Luo, where do they have the most troops?"

Luo Jiazhong said: "There should be 9 or [-] people in every place. General Wei and I tried to choose a city to attack several times, but their reinforcements arrived within a day, so in the end we all ended in failure. Later, we found out that they every day Morning and night, they sent messages to each other, and if they interrupted once, they would think that the war was in danger and they would definitely send reinforcements."

King Zhongshun scolded: "Sure enough, they are cunning Turkic people! Could it be that they have dominated our land, robbed our property, cattle and sheep, and just lingered like this?"

Liu Xianglian thought for a while and said: "I have an idea. Let's gather all our troops into one place and attack Gumo, which is the closest to us. I guess they will go out to pass the news when they visit Ma Chen, and we will attack at the same time. End the war before Youshi. When the other two cities know that there is a war in Gumo, we have already captured Gumo. As long as we capture it, we will defend it first, and then plan the next step. As long as it lasts for half a month, our court will The second batch of reinforcements is here! As long as Gumo is captured, we can't solve it by division, and we can slowly make it difficult for their Turkic army to respond!"

Zhang Jiandao: "General Liu is right. Since the person stationed in Gumo is the Turkic prince, we will come to capture the thief and capture the king. We can't deal with him alone, but we can deal with him with several people. If we can't capture him alive, we have to fight him." He slashed and killed. If we can win in one fell swoop this time, I think our morale will be high!"

Feng Ziying listened, looked at Zhongshun Wang and said, "What do you think, Uncle Wang?"

Zhongshun Wangdao: "I think General Liu and General Zhang are right, no matter how much it costs, take down Gumo first!"

Luo Jiazhong said: "If this is the case, we have to take Gumo between Sishi and Youshi. If their reinforcements come, our previous efforts will be wasted."

Feng Ziying said: "Okay! If this is the case, let's rest first, pay attention to our vigilance, and guard against the other party's attack on us. At the same time, tell the three armies that we must fight to the death at Sishi tomorrow. Winning is not allowed to lose. We will have lunch after we capture Gumo!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

After dinner, Feng Ziying summoned all the lieutenants and above in the general's army tent, and said: "General Luo said that there are [-] to [-] defenders in Gumo City, and most of them are cavalry, so many of our infantry will not be able to go directly to battle tomorrow. General Zhang , You gather all the archers in the general camp and let them bring enough arrows tomorrow. As long as the opponent's soldiers turn over and fall off their horses, our soldiers will go up and grab the horses, mount the horses and go into battle. The infantry are ready with long weapons and follow the archers Together. Soldiers on horseback must accompany us, only moving forward and not backward.”

Zhang Jian nodded in agreement.

Feng Ziying said: "Tomorrow we need at least two generals to deal with the third Turkic prince, Aliqing. If he can't be captured alive, he must be killed. First, destroy their prestige!"

Everyone responded one after another!

But at this time in Gumo City, Aliqing, the third Turkic prince, also received a secret report saying that the Celestial Dynasty had come to reinforce him.Ali Qing laughed and said: "So what if we come? We also killed the people of their Celestial Dynasty, robbed cattle, sheep and property, and slept with women. What can they do to us? We have already said it, and we don't want to do it now." If they want more land, they can hold here, and in a few years, our Turkic seeds will take root and sprout here. When our seeds become saplings, even if they take it back, the hearts of the people here will also be towards us!"

The generals laughed when they heard this.

Ali Qing said again: "Nevertheless, we can't be careless. Although this kid from Shuize doesn't know how to use soldiers, his subordinates may not be incompetent. Let's see if there is any movement from them now?"

After a while, Tan Ma came in and said, "Third Prince, they haven't made any movement."

Ali Qing laughed and said, "I guess they wouldn't dare to make any noise once they came here! With the heads of Chen Youda and his son, who would dare to fight easily?"

On the next day, Aliqing stood on the tower in person, looked at the garrison of the Celestial Dynasty in the northeast, and said with a smile, "I don't know who are here this time?"

A lieutenant stepped forward and replied, "They are all young and unnamed generals, but I heard that one of them is an old prince in his 50s."

Ali Qing hurriedly said: "What? The old prince in his 50s? Could it be the old Beijing King? Or the old Feng Tang? Old Feng Tang didn't become king."

The lieutenant general said: "It's not Feng Tang, and it's not the old King of Beijing Jing. I don't seem to have heard of that prince's name. I heard that he is the uncle of Xiaoer Shuize. I don't know what the king is called."

Ali Qing said: "If there really is a prince, I'm interested. I'm going to cut off the head of that prince, put a few toads on it and send it to Shui Ze!"

After Aliqing finished speaking, he laughed loudly.At this time, seeing that the sun was already shining and everything was quiet, Tan Ma was sent to send letters to Qiemo and Khotan respectively, saying that everything was quiet here and there was nothing serious.

At this time, in Feng Ziying's army, Feng Ziying's loyal king, Liu Xianglian, Zhang Jian, Luo Jiazhong, father and son, and Zhang Ji were discussing the deployment of the upcoming war.Liu Xianglian said: "General Feng, General Zhang and I will fight against that Ali Qing together. I think we can neither win nor lose!"

Luo Jiazhong said: "That Ali Qing is very rampant because he is invincible. I have an idea, lead him out of the city first, and their city gates will be opened wide. As long as someone entangles him, we can attack the city in one fell swoop. , this is much better than other siege methods, because Gumo is really easy to defend and difficult to attack."

Feng Ziying said: "Since this is the case, I am now the commander of the three armies, and tomorrow I will call Zhan. When I fight with him, you will join forces to attack the city! First attack the city and leave me alone!"

Zhongshun Wangdao: "I am the prince, if the other party knows, they will definitely give me their all, so I will pester Ali Qing, you take the opportunity to attack the city!"