"Is the clan destroyed?" Tian Hongbin frowned, then smiled bitterly, "Since I sent Tian Hongyou's beast to see the grandfather, how can I follow in his footsteps? Gong Dushi, this battle must be fought, but the Tian family will never be ruined here. I know this in my mind..."

Gong Langzhi shook his head secretly and said, "Governor, why are you troubled? You don't want the Tian family to destroy the clan, but you have to lead the soldiers under your command to fight to the death with the Tang army. I am really hard to understand! You have always been a strong person, but there is a saying by the Han people that those who know the times are heroes, and those who endure the humiliation under your crotch are those who do great things.

Keeping the Tian family immortal and protecting the overall situation of the five tribes of Dongxi is what the lord of the three states really needs to consider. In this way, you will not be ashamed of your ancestors, and the military and civilians of the three states..."

Tian Hongbin sighed and said, "Gong Du Envoy, I want to ask, if I die, can the swearing between Tian and Gong be counted?"

"The ancestors of you and my tribes once swear in front of the Wuxi gods that as long as I, Gong, still have a breath, I will always regard Tian as blood relatives!"

"Then, the Tian family cannot be destroyed! Gong Du Envoy, I am really grateful for your stay here! But please don't persuade me again. This battle is about the grudge between my Tian family and Peng Shiyu. Since I am the leader of the Tian family, it is impossible for me to bow to the enemy! Now the family of my tribe soldiers has been safely withdrawn from the mountains and forests, and you may have to rely on your Gong family to take care of you..."

Gong Langzhi sighed and said, "The governor has his life, and he dares not refuse to obey!"

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On July 27th, at noon after five days of rest in Huixi Village, Tang Jun finally waited for the long-awaited help.

Since receiving Li Yuan's handwritten letter, Chai Kewu, the commander of Wuping's cavalry army who had already led his army to capture Chenzhou, left only three thousand soldiers to defend the city. He then led 7,000 elite soldiers to turn north without stopping. After three days of rushing, he finally arrived at Huixi Village in time within the deadline given by Li Yuan. This promptly restored Li Yuan's army to nearly 30,000 people in an instant, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and the whole army was jubilant.

After a few greetings with Chai Kewu and other generals, Li Yuan immediately ordered to reward the soldiers in the battle of Chenzhou. Then he asked his personal guards to take the dusty Chai Kewu and others to rest first, but he took Liu Jiangsheng and Peng Shiyu, and continued to stand at the top of Huixizhai with a calm expression and looked up from afar.

However, this time I didn't wait long. After Chai Kewu's army arrived for only half an hour, another army under the banner of the Tang army suddenly walked out of the ancient road. The troops leading by Xu Kuangheng, which transported food and grass equipment, finally arrived. Li Yuan's face immediately relaxed, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It has been more than twenty days since the war started. Although the food and grass have not been exhausted, it can only be supplied for up to ten days. No one can say how long the war will last? Besides, not only will it take for food to be eaten in war, but the troops will also need to be consumed in the future. According to the current surplus grain, it is obviously far from enough.

In fact, as early as the army entered the ground of Xizhou, Li Yuan sent fast horses back to Langzhou to urge Xu Kuangheng to deliver subsequent supplies to the front line as soon as possible according to the combat plan set by him. However, Xu Kuangheng was four days later than the planned date.

Seeing that the general came to the gate of the village to greet him with a walk, Xu Kuangheng, who had been sweating all day long, had no time to greet him, so he hurriedly bowed and sincerely explained the reason why the food and grass had arrived four days late.

Almost all the soldiers who were escorting food and grass under the trip were newly recruited by the Wuping Army. They had almost no practical experience. This was the first time they went out for an expedition. After all, chaos occurred while crossing the Youshui River. A sudden heavy rain caused the river to surge, not only losing more than 30 trucks of food and grass, but also killing and injuring more than 200 people.

In addition, there is another more important reason, that is, Xu Kuangheng received an urgent report from Yiyang City halfway.

According to the date estimate, the day when the 8,000 vanguard army led by Luo Erhu was in trouble on the ancient road, the 10,000 Wuping personal guards, hundreds of miles away, also suffered a considerable setback. This light cavalry equipped with cold forged armor and a new weapon, coupled with the guerrilla harassment tactics ordered by Li Yuan in advance, did bring a lot of trouble to the Han army outside Tanzhou City.

Li Jianqi's troops in Tanzhou City had already lost more than half of them. Whenever the Han army attacked the city, these ten thousand Wuping soldiers were always invisible behind the flanks of the Han army. They caught off guard and left casually, which caused several chaos in the Han army and were faintly dispersed. However, Pan Chongche, the number one general of the Southern Han Kingdom, took charge, and finally stabilized his position. However, this extremely vulgar fighting style was enough to make the Han army gritted their teeth.

But Pan Chongche did not have a false reputation, and seemed to be extremely angry. He suddenly issued an order, and he divided a total of 30,000 out of the 50,000 troops surrounding Tanzhou, and selected a powerful general to lead the troops and head north to attack Yiyang City.

Yiyang City is the most important barrier south of Langzhou. You should know that among the orders given to Li Yuan’s previous orders to the personal guards, the most important thing was to defend Yiyang City to the death. After the scouts discovered the movements of the Han army, the ten thousand personal guards had to withdraw all the troops back to Yiyang and all dismounted to defend the city.

"The Indestructible Master of the Village"

Under the precise command of Lin Sichang and Ebony Special Service, although the personal guards struggled to withstand the fierce siege of the Han army on the first day, they still sacrificed more than a thousand people. After all, these soldiers were from cavalry after all, and most of them were Uighur tribes, and they had no experience in defending the city. Fortunately, the cold-forged armor on their bodies was extremely hard, otherwise they would inevitably suffer greater casualties.

Therefore, Lin Sichang and Emu Special Forces quickly sent dozens of light cavalry to break through the Han army's siege and seek help from Langzhou. Before Li Yuan went to war, he entrusted all the major affairs in the rear to the chief secretary Xu Kuangheng. At this time, he was personally escorting food and grass with the army. It was just past Youshui, and it had been a few days since he received the urgent report.

Xu Kuangheng was clear-headed and decisive in his work. After receiving the urgent retribution of Yiyang City, he was not panicked at all. He immediately ordered Fan Renyu, the guardian in Langzhou City, to mobilize the war horses in the city again and gather 10,000 light cavalry to go south to rescue. However, the scout who came to send the message was stunned after hearing this, because Xu Kuangheng's rescue method was not to block the enemy in Hengyang, but to go south around the southwest path, scoring twice again, and continue to harass the Han army outside Tanzhou City.

After hearing Xu Kuangheng's description, Li Yuan was also nervous about the dangers of Yiyang City, but after a moment of thinking, he showed a faint smile. After whispering to Peng Shiyu, who was puzzled by her side, he also understood it. Just like when she first met Xu Kuangheng, the young master of Xizhou kept nodding and admiring.

Xu Kuangheng did not dare to take credit. After receiving praise from everyone, although he had already looked happy on his face, he hurriedly apologized to General Li Yuan on the grounds of making his own decisions. However, Li Yuan just waved his hand and smiled. Wuping's army is now far away in Xizhou and it will take a long time to return to the rescue. The 20,000 new soldiers in Langzhou City alone were not equipped with new armor and weapons. Even if all went south to rescue Yiyang, they would probably not have much chance of winning against the 30,000 elite soldiers of the Han army.

Pan Chongche divided the elite troops to go north, but Wu Ping continued to suspect that the troops went south, which was real and real, and it was difficult to distinguish between real and false. Although the soldiers were in danger, compared to going to the life and death bet outside Yiyang City, the decision made by Xu Kuangheng this time was obviously the best solution. There were only 20,000 long-term battles left outside Tanzhou City, and what they were about to face was not only the tenacious Li Jianqi team in the city, but another boring Wuping light cavalry...

In any case, Chai Kewu's seven thousand reinforcements arrived at the same time as new food and supplies, and the morale of the Wuping army was greatly boosted, which was really worth celebrating. After nightfall, Li Yuan held a banquet in Huixi Village to entertain the generals, and sent an order to take out good wine and meat to reward the soldiers of the army.
Chapter completed!