Before the sky was completely dark, soldiers and merchants began to build fortifications. The campsite chosen by Li Qing'an was very advantageous. The cliff was straight and steep, surrounding a crescent valley. Although the valley was covered with huge stalagmites and stone pillars, the entrance and exit were very narrow, only five feet wide. As long as you guard the entrance of this valley, you can effectively resist the attack of the thunder cavalry and sculpting people.

The Tang soldiers had rich experience in dealing with the thunder cavalry. They carried huge stones weighing hundreds of pounds as horse barrier stones and arranged three obstacles. Several soldiers sprinkled several bags of thorns within a radius of three miles. This was also a clever way to deal with cavalry. The thorns were four long thorns growing on an iron ball the size of a walnut. There would always be a sharp thorn on it.

Everyone started to work together and dug three deep trenches, filled with sharpened wooden stakes, which were cut from a poplar forest not far away.

In just two hours, the fortifications of the Tang army were completed. At this time, the sky was already dark, and the stars were hidden in a light layer of light smoke and mist. The bright moon was not yet full, the cold light shining, and the clear light was pouring out. The moonlight was like light blue flowing water, flowing all over the sky.

The two soldiers climbed to the top of the mountain to stand guard, and the rest of the soldiers were checking their weapons and equipment. Bows and arrows were the most important to deal with nomadic peoples. Because Li Qing'an was prepared this time, the Tang army was extremely well prepared. They did not use ordinary bows and arrows, but used single crossbows. This was a powerful crossbow with a range of 160 steps. Each person carried five pots of crossbow arrows and thirty crossbow arrows in one pot. In this way, more than 100 Tang soldiers had more than 15,000 arrows. It would be enough to deal with a team of thunderbolts, but if the thunderbolts were attacked by a large army, it would be a bit difficult.

Since last spring and summer, small groups of thunder cavalry entered the country to harass the country. In early October, more than a thousand thunder cavalrymen went south from Suye and invaded the territory of the Tang Dynasty. After being defeated by Gao Xianzhi, they disappeared for a winter. Half a month ago, the soldiers from Sulou Fengshi Fort saw more than a thousand thunder cavalrymen, which meant that they were coming again. Li Qingan discovered their traces a few days ago and sent two people back to Kucha to report to Gao Xianzhi.

At this time, Li Qing'an stood on a tall rock, looking at the end of the night, looking for the traces of Tuqi Shiren.

"Did General Li discover something?"

At some point, Shi Julan appeared behind Li Qing'an.

"I felt the murderous aura. The thunderbolts in the dark are rushing towards us like wolves."

Li Qing'an's voice was as low as a dream, and his eyes seemed to see through the heavy black fog in the night.

Li Qingan looked back at her, "Are you scared?"

"Something!" Shi Julan lowered her head.

"Uncle Salda said that the Tukki Shiren had ravaged our homes like wolves decades ago, killing men, looting women and children. The blood of the Sogdians dyed the Pearl River red. Yesterday morning, I saw their terribleness with my own eyes."

Shi Julan bit her lips, and she raised her head and looked at Li Qing'an, her bright eyes full of expectations for him.

Li Qingan gently hugged her in her arms and said softly in her ear: "As long as I am here, I will protect your safety. I will never allow Tuqi Shi people to do whatever they want on the Tang Dynasty."

Shi Julan stared at him in a daze, and the silver moonlight shone on her white jade-like face, and her eyes, which were as sapphire as if they were covered with a layer of gauze.

"The person who taught me Chinese was Princess Heyi, who married the Tang Dynasty to Ningyuan Kingdom. At that time, the relationship between Shi Kingdom and Ningyuan Kingdom was very good. I often went to Ningyuan Kingdom to find her. She told me that the Tang Dynasty was the hometown of Tiankang, the most prosperous and powerful country in the world. It had elegant poetry, exquisite porcelain and silk. But today I know that what the Tang Dynasty yearned for the most was its heart that embraces all rivers. From you, I feel this kind of demeanor."

Shi Julan lowered her head again, a trace of girlish shyness flashed in her beautiful eyes. She whispered: "You didn't despise me just because I was a Hu person. That day you shot the bad guy to death. I knew that you actually care about me very much and have been protecting me in the dark."

"That's of course, such a beautiful girl, how can I let the robbers destroy it?"

Li Qingan gently lifted her chin and looked at her gently. Finally, he couldn't help but lower his head and kissed her smooth forehead.

"General Li!" Shi Julan was so excited that she wanted to cry. She hugged his waist suddenly, "If I really want to die, I would rather die with you."

Li Qingan did not speak, but hugged her in his arms lovingly. In his arms, this petite girl shivered like a bird when the disaster was about to come, which made people feel distressed.

I don’t know how long it took, Uncle Salda faintly heard from a distance: “Julan, where are you?”

"Uncle Salda is looking for me, I'll go first." Shi Julan whispered.

"Go! Don't be afraid, go to bed with peace of mind, we will continue to set off after dawn."

Shi Julan nodded and turned around to run towards the camp. But after running a few steps, she stopped again, looked back at Li Qing'an and said affectionately: "General Li, I don't want to die, I want to hold hands with you to welcome the dawn sunset."

After saying that, she ran away quickly, her figure disappeared into the night, and Li Qing'an's eyes turned to the distance again, his resolute face calm like granite.

At this moment, a sound arrow suddenly shot from the top of the mountain, making a harsh roar. Li Qingan suddenly stared at the depths of the darkness, his pupils contracted into a line, and his hand gradually tightened the hilt.

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

In the darkness, the overwhelming Tukha cavalry rushed towards the valley like a pack of wolves. The dense sound of horse hooves shocked the quiet night. They were as many as 3,000 people. This was a group of Tukhas surnamed Huang who lived in the southern part of Suoyechuan. Since last summer, they have repeatedly invaded the border of the Tang Dynasty and plundered the population of cattle and sheep, causing peace in the Bahuan City. King Gumo sent people to ask for help from Fu Meng Lingcha, the governor of Anxi.

Meng Lingcha generously agreed to wipe out this group of thunder cavalry and ordered Gao Xianzhi to be fully responsible for the matter. However, the road was blocked by heavy snow in winter, and the thunder cavalry and the thunder cavalry and returned to the thunder cavalry. But just as spring came, the thunder cavalry began to enter the Tang realm to rob.

"Road into the valley, kill all but camels, wealth and women!"

With the roar of the leader Du Luoxian, the cavalry swept into the valley like a strong wind, but soon they encountered trouble. Many war horses stepped on the thorns on the ground, and the war horses neighed and fell to the ground, throwing the cavalry out of the horses, screaming in a row.

The sudden change caused the Tuqi Shiren to slow down the horse's speed immediately. They cursed quietly and carefully passed through the Gobi Desert covered with thorns.

In the valley, the Tang army was already waiting for the sword. Eighty soldiers took arrows to guard the entrance of the valley. Other soldiers climbed up the steep stone walls on both sides and prepared to shoot at the thunder cavalry from the side.

"Don't worry, the thunder cavalry is not good at fighting offensive and defensive battles. Let them taste the power of our Tang army's crossbow arrows tonight." Li Qing'an loudly encouraged the morale of the soldiers.

"Hold on your breath and shoot with my arrow!"

Li Qingan won the title of Anxi's No. 1 magic arrow in one year. He was superb in archery skills. Not only did he hit every shot, but he also killed most of them. During his military career in the Western Regions this year, countless people died under his arrow.

The moonlight was clear and the rocks and Gobi within 200 steps could be seen clearly. A bunch of black shadows surged towards this side. Huge stones and thorns all over the ground hindered their horses. The thunderbolts had to give up their advantages on their horseback and launched an attack like infantrymen.

They don't have shields, but they have bows and arrows in their hands, holding long and short weapons. Most of them are wearing leather armor, some are strong, some are tall, and all have fierce faces, and their eyes are full of yearning for wealth and women.

The black crowd rushed over stone formations and rushed towards the valley entrance. While running, the arrows roared, and Ding Ding was shooting on the huge rocks of the Tang army's bunker.

Li Qing'an's long bow slowly turned into a full moon, and his nickname was engraved on the long arrow shaft: "Lingshan Blood Arrow". A bright light flashed across the wolf-tooth arrow under the moonlight, like a grim smile from the god of death.

The arrow shot out like lightning, and with a "punch!", it shot into the eyes of a Thunder Centurion. The arrow penetrated the back of his head. The centurion screamed and was firmly nailed to the ground.

Li Qing'an shot an arrow and ordered the military order. Tang army soldiers shot crossbow arrows one after another. The arrows were like dense rain. They rushed to the front of the thirty thunderbolts and the arrows fell to the ground, screaming and screaming. The sudden attacks of the enemy did not weaken their offensive. The thunderbolts and the people behind continued to rush forward. They shot arrows while shouting. At this time, a Tang army was shot in the head by a scrambled arrow and fell to the ground and died with a scream, but immediately another person came up to fill his position. The second round of arrow rain shot out. The leather armor of the thunderbolts and the powerful armor-piercing arrows of the Tang army, and more than thirty people fell to the ground.

This time, the thunder cavalryman was scared. More than a hundred people behind him shouted, turned around and ran away. Several of them ran slowly also died under the arrows of the Tang army.

The battlefield suddenly became quiet.

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

.
Chapter completed!