Hu La Hu'er had arrived at the fighting platform near the front.
Groups of timid Xue soldiers rode forward, raised their swords and ordered: "No one is allowed to retreat. Your Majesty has an order. The enemy must be defeated tonight!" While still treating the wounded, the soldiers carrying the corpses stopped what they were doing and began to carry firewood back and forth.
Lighting the bonfire. Shi Tianze sighed and ran back to the fighting platform helplessly.
"Your Majesty, fighting at night is of no benefit to us. Our strength lies in combat strength, baggage, and fodder, not in large numbers of troops. Now the enemy does not even have water, and they will be defeated in one blow tomorrow. Why bother to fight with them tonight? The soldiers have already fought fiercely.
"all day long"
"Fighting all day long? All I see is that you haven't defeated Li Xia yet!"
Shi Tianze frowned and looked back, only to see that Qie Xue, who was suddenly stabbing, had taken control of the battle platform. The generals had their hands on the handles of their swords and were looking at him with great vigilance.
"The order is given," Hu Ci Hu'er said, "The Great Khan asked me to supervise the battle. Now I ask you to send all your troops to the battlefield." "Your Majesty, this will increase too many unnecessary casualties."
While he was talking, someone already drew his sword out of its sheath.
Hu Lahu'er said, "You secretly surrendered to Li Xia?"
"No." Shi Tianze thought for a moment and said, "We'll attack overnight." Suddenly, he just raised his chin, as if it were natural.
"I am here, watching you command."
The horn sounded again, the torches shook on the battlefield, and groups of soldiers spread their legs and charged towards the Tang Army camp again. "Fire arrows!"
The Tang army standing on the arrow platform quickly responded with arrows.
They were condescending, aiming at the height in front of the Yuan army and firing arrows, causing much higher casualties than the Yuan army's projectiles. This is the reason why Shi Tianze rarely fired arrows when attacking camps.
In the melee, Yang Ben suddenly called over the deputy general and said: "You will take command. Where is the commander?"
"The Marshal is meeting His Majesty."
Yang Ben looked back at the battlefield again, got off the platform, mounted his horse and ran towards where Li Xia was. As soon as he saw him, he couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, there is a chance to counterattack tonight."
Li Xia seemed to be thinking about this too, and was not surprised when he heard this.
Yang Ben added: "Shi Tianze has messed up the position, and our morale is high. If he attacks with such recklessness, the casualties of his soldiers must be much higher than in the past few days, and the morale of the army must be dissatisfied. The general can lead a small group of cavalry to rush into Shi Tianze's formation."
There is a possibility of defeating him."
Although he was suffering from injuries, he was still fighting with high spirits.
This was the first time that the Tang army saw a glimmer of victory after being besieged for more than 20 days. Before that, all they wanted was to wait until reinforcements arrived, and at most they only wanted to be undefeated, but now they dared to win.
"What do Li Qing think?"
Li Zengbo mused: "I also think it's worth a try."
In fact, Li Xia was the more adventurous one and saw the fighter plane before Yang Ben arrived.
The Yuan army dared to make such a mistake. If it was just Shi Tianze, who was stabbing and stabbing suddenly, Li Xia would have the confidence to trample the handsome flag on the opposite side.で~
More than an hour after the night battle began, Shi Tianze became increasingly uneasy and tried to explain to Hu Ji Hu'er again.
"Your Majesty, the Tang army has a large number of soldiers and their morale is not low. The biggest weakness lies in the word 'fatigue'. The soldiers are tired and supplies are extremely scarce. Such a night battle will only give them a chance."
"You don't want to defeat Li Xia, do you? What selfish motives do you, a Han, hide behind?!"
"Your Majesty!" Shi Tianze shouted: "Such an attack is like stretching out both fists and legs, and what Li Xia is best at is stabbing us in the abdomen at this time."
"You are indeed a traitor" "A horse neighs!"
This time, it was Shi Tianze who interrupted Hu Cihu'er's words, stared at the battlefield in the night, and shouted: "The soldiers are too tired. If the Tang Army's cavalry is allowed to rush here, does your Majesty know what will happen?"
"Then why can't your cavalry charge through?!" Hu La Hu'er asked in turn. The horses in the distance neighed louder.
Because the Yuan army's offensive was too fierce, their formation was very scattered.
It is really possible for the Tang army to take advantage of the chaos and attack, kill the generals and seize the flag.
Then this battle, which was a must-win for the Yuan army, was really at risk of failure. In desperation, Shi Tianze finally failed to control his emotions.
"Because Li Xia and his generals did not make such an extremely stupid command as you!" He said this sentence, tearing apart the last dignity between him and Hu Ci Hu'er.
"Extremely stupid?" He was so angry that he almost wanted to order Qie Xue to take down Shi Tianze. Shi Tianze had already ordered: "Send the order, postpone the attack, and organize the formation!"
"Get ready!" "Shi Tianze! You".
Suddenly, a burst of war drums sounded.
Shi Tianze stared at the Tang army camp, worried that Li Xiazhen would seize this opportunity.
Fortunately, not long after, someone stepped onto the battlefield, but it was Qixue beside Kublai Khan and Saman, the great-grandson of Muhuali.
Saman was raised like a son by Kublai Khan. At this time, he came with a knife and looked around coldly. He saw the quarrel between Shi Tianze and Hu Lahu'er, but did not dissuade him.
Only after both of them calmed down did he speak: "The Great Khan will personally direct this battle."
Following these words, slow and heavy footsteps sounded in the east, like muffled thunder in the dark night.~~
The night had passed its deepest point and seemed extremely long. Yang Ben got on his horse, turned his head and looked east, his eyes froze. The war song was already playing.
"For the glory of the Great Khan, beat the black yak hide war drum, mount a black horse, put on iron armor, pick up a scimitar and sharp arrows, and go to the battlefield."
In the Yuan army formation in the distance, the fire was getting brighter and brighter, and the tall Jiuyou Baiji was getting closer and closer. The morale of the Yuan army in front was greatly boosted.
Yang Ben's hands holding the reins were sweating.
He originally thought he had a chance to defeat Shi Tianze, but now he didn't.
"Cavalry, come with me to fight!" Yang Ben shouted, driving his horse forward, and at the same time ordered the infantry who were still guarding to move back. "Eh!"
As the horses neighed, the Tang army's defense line was in chaos during this replacement. The Yuan army had higher morale and began to advance steadily.~~
The Qixue cavalry in black armor seeped through Shi Tianze's formation like flowing water and advanced towards the Tang army's camp. The remaining five thousand Qoxue, led by An Tong, stood at the foot of the battle platform to protect Kublai Khan.
Even if Wang Jian were reincarnated, it would be impossible for him to break through this defense line and sneak up on Kublai Khan like he attacked Meng Ge. "Great Khan."
"His Majesty."
Kublai Khan's face was as heavy as water. He walked onto the battlefield, glanced at Shi Tianze, and then glanced at Shi Tianze and asked: "What are you arguing about?" "Great Khan! Shi Tianze is a traitor. He concealed the fact that Shi Gang was captured and released.
I even let Li Xia go on purpose."
"Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation."
"I'm not here to listen to your explanations!" Kublai Khan shouted, "You talk too much, but the results are too few." Shi Tianze was startled, fell down quickly, and kowtowed heavily.
"I am incompetent."
"Get up." Kublai Khan stepped forward, helped Shi Tianze up with his own hands, and said, "Don't explain anymore, I have never doubted you."
Shi Tianze was deeply moved and his eyes turned red instantly.
Then, Kublai Khan's face became serious, and he changed his tone of reproach and said: "But you put too much thought on how to gain the trust of the Khan, which delayed the opportunity to fight."
"I am guilty."
Shi Tianze wanted to say something else, but in the end he just agreed.
Kublai Khan was a very tolerant hero, so instead of pursuing him, he inquired about the situation of the battle and began to personally mobilize his troops and command the offensive formation.
Including Shi Tianze's troops were also taken over.
The morale of the Yuan army was getting higher and higher, and the shouts were getting louder and louder, but Shi Tianze's mood was never very high.
He knew that the matter was over, but he felt like there was a thorn in his heart.
"You put too much thought into how to gain Ben Khan's trust."
When Kublai Khan's words kept coming up, Shi Tianze couldn't help but think in his heart: "Because you really don't trust me." He gradually understood the thorn in his heart.
How did it come about.
"You didn't trust me, so I had to defend myself, but it also became my fault. Everything is my fault, and I will always be wrong." Suddenly, there was another noise ahead.
"The enemy has escaped!"
"The enemy is fleeing to the west."
At this time, on the battlefield, you could already see the fire in the Tang Army's camp. The Tang Army even burned their tents and abandoned the camp to break out.
Kublai Khan raised his telescope and looked at the flames soaring into the sky, and immediately ordered the Eight Thorns in the west to block Li Xia, and then ordered the Tacha'er in the southwest and the Hulanji in the northwest to encircle Li Xia as soon as possible.
Because he was in the east, if he wanted to catch up with Li Xia, he would have to pass through the blazing camp.
"Your Majesty, it can be seen that Li Xia is deeply afraid of Your Majesty. As soon as Your Majesty arrived, he threw away his armor and would rather burn down the camp than dare to fight with Your Majesty."
On the battlefield, some ministers immediately began to praise Kublai Khan.
"Yes, Your Majesty is so powerful. How dare someone like Li Xixiao dare to challenge him directly?" -
Kublai Khan was not moved by these compliments. Instead, he looked at Shi Tianze and asked, "When did Li Xia's soldiers mount their horses?"
Shi Tianze was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly shouted loudly: "I asked Shi Tianze to attack with all his strength, but he had to stop and adjust his formation."
"I am guilty."
Shi Tianze had no excuse and quickly accused him. "My command was inappropriate. Your Majesty, please punish me severely."
Kublai Khan sighed and said: "You were so brave back then in the battle of Mu Tu Nao'er, and now you are so brave." "I feel ashamed to have placed such great trust in Your Majesty."
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"Aren't you unwilling to break out?!"
"Who told you it was a breakout? Let's go meet the army."
On the other side of the battlefield, Li Xia had already met Uluru Khunai, and before he had time to dismount, he planned the next tactics on horseback.
"Tonight Kublai Khan has pushed all the banners in front of the battlefield. It can be seen that the army is not far away. We will fight through from the west and detour to the desert in the south."
"We don't have any baggage, not even tents. As long as we are overtaken, we will be completely wiped out." "We can meet up at a distance of more than a hundred miles."
Uluru Hunai asked: "But how many troops and horses have you come?" "The note didn't say that."
"The vanguard cavalry only has 10,000 or 20,000 people at most. How can they resist it?" "As long as we can meet up, it's better than leaving now."
"Li Xia." Uluru Hunai asked again, "Are your troops really coming?" Li Xia raised his hand and pointed east.
"Look, Kublai Khan is so anxious, how can it be fake?" He kicked the horse's belly and rode away.
Facing an enemy like Kublai Khan, Li Xia thought that he had done all he could. He took crazy risks like gambling on his life, but at the same time remained calm and rational in the crisis. He was like walking on a cliff.
Even though his face didn't change, his face didn't change and his heart didn't beat.
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The battlefield is moving westward, and the sky is gradually getting brighter.
On Yingpan Mountain, Song He had already raised his telescope and looked at the Yuan army camp in the northwest at the first dawn of dawn. He looked motionless for a while and then suddenly turned around.
"Kublai Khan's great banner is gone!" "What?"
All the generals were shocked.
"Kublai Khan's great banner is gone? What does this mean?"
"Has Tan Ma come back?" "Report to the general, not yet."
"It's Your Majesty, it can only be Your Majesty!"
"Old thief, knowing that we are watching, took advantage of the night to pursue His Majesty."
If yesterday these generals were worried about how to deliver the news to Li Xia, today, Kublai Khan's nine-pin white silk scroll has become the best way to deliver the news.
This time the generals did not hesitate anymore, quickly mobilized their cavalry, and with the sound of the trumpet, they came out of camp one after another.