What made Li Hong, who stood on the top of the mountain and observed the battle in the valley, felt that Wang Mingyuan's troops carried too few arrows and did not cause the expected damage to the white-clad pursuers.
But Li Hong also knew that Wang Mingyuan could not be blamed for this. After two sieges by Bai Yi Da Shi, it was already a rare thing to be able to carry the remaining arrows with him.
Just when Li Hong was feeling regretful, another proverb came true: The east does not light up, but the west does.
Several huge Kongming lanterns, as the rosin tied to the bottom was about to burn out, happened to be floating unsteadily over Jiling City, precariously carrying the dimming fire, from the night sky. The center slowly fell, and the small group of troops that were not occupied by Cheetah and others at the center had no time to light the food and tents.
As small flames and white cloth fell on the tents and grass, in the stables on the side, another group of troops in white clothes and food were preparing to go to the stables to lead the horses. They watched in stunned silence as the white cloth lanterns slowly fell.
Before they could react, they saw that the small flame suddenly ignited into a huge fire after it came into contact with the tent and food.
"Put out the fire first!" The general in white clothes shouted reflexively, and then immediately regretted it.
But it was too late to regret it. The troops that had just been reorganized and prepared to pursue suddenly became a swarm of swarms.
The fire spread quickly with the help of the breeze. Before they could get water, the fire had quickly spread to the side of the stable. The horses in the stable that had not yet been unbridled were frightened by the bright fire and began to jump around.
Many war horses did not wait for someone to come over and untie their reins, and then began to struggle with their necks raised. When one horse did this, the other tied war horses also followed suit, which suddenly caused the already chaotic white-clothed soldiers to become even more confused. It's chaos.
No matter how loudly the general screamed and roared, the troops that had just been assembled became chaotic again. As the war horses instinctively broke away from the reins and ran out of the stable after being frightened, the troops in white clothes were already in chaos. It's adding to chaos.
The trampling and collision of the war horses caused Bai Yi Dashi to lose an unknown number of troops that night.
While there was chaos here, a team of hundreds of people was seen on the other side. Ignoring the chaos, they got on their horses in an orderly manner, followed a petite figure from behind, and rushed towards the north entrance of the valley.
Xue Rengui, Hei Te Changzhi, Lawless, and Wang Mingyuan looked at each other. Under the night, you could see that their faces were as white as dead people.
One's eyes were dull and frightened, four pairs of eyes looked at each other, his throat growled unconsciously, and Xue Rengui made an unpleasant and dry sound in his mouth: "Too... too... the prince's palace... is down, and it's still on the mountain... above." !”
Hei Te Changzhi, Wang Mingyuan and others felt a burst of cold sweat on their backs at this moment, and large beads of sweat rolled down their faces.
They had been fighting according to the flags just now, but now that the white-clad pursuers had been repelled, they remembered that His Highness the Crown Prince had not been able to withdraw from the valley entrance.
In order to give them a clearer picture of the battle situation, His Royal Highness the Prince who stood on the top of the mountain is now... missing!
"Except for the two hundred personal guards, there is no one else around His Royal Highness. General Wang, General Black Teeth, and General Lawless left the wounded soldiers and immediately went to rescue His Highness!" Xue Rengui glanced over, his expression full of grief, anger and regret. !
If His Highness the Crown Prince has three advantages and two shortcomings, Datang will be completely defeated in this battle. No matter what kind of victory, there is no way to compare with the life of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Wang Mingyuan looked resolute and dignified. Listening to Xue Rengui's words, Wang Mingyuan and Hei Te Changzhi both nodded heavily. Before Xue Rengui could say anything else, they quickly ordered the troops to turn around and go back.
Lawless was one step ahead of them. When they discovered that His Highness the Crown Prince had not returned yet, the two of them had already led a small number of troops and, regardless of the astonishment of Xue Rengui and others, had already sped towards the entrance of the valley.
The three generals now no longer had to wait for orders from anyone. They roared wildly, and regardless of the physical and mental exhaustion caused by the battles, they got on their horses and immediately galloped towards the mouth of the valley.
As for whether they would encounter the pursuers of White Clothes Dashi, or whether White Clothes Dashi had an ambush, it was no longer a concern for them. Now they only had one thought in their minds: Even if they died in battle, they must keep His Royal Highness safe. Return to Anxi safely!
The neighing of war horses and the sound of iron hooves resounded in the empty valley again. The rapid sound urged and trampled everyone's hearts, and everyone's heart was already in their throats.
The iron cavalry flashed past in the valley like a ghost in the wind! The weapon smelling of blood was clenched tightly in his hand, exuding a compelling fighting spirit.
Just when they were about to arrive at the mouth of the valley, they saw many torches burning in front of them. As they got closer and closer to the torches, they saw that the mouth of the valley was surrounded by soldiers wearing white clothes.
Lawless was confronting the white-clad Dashi soldiers who turned around quickly. When Xue Rengui and others arrived, everyone's heart sank involuntarily!
His Royal Highness was captured? ! Such a voice rings in everyone's heart.
"Brush...swipe!" The troops led by Xue Rengui and others quickly stretched out their bloody weapons forward, and were about twenty steps away from the troops wearing white clothes.
Although the Tang army that had just defeated did not have an advantage in terms of numbers, its morale was much higher than that of Bai Yi Dashi. The soldiers of the Tang army standing behind Xue Rengui, Hei Te Changzhi, Wang Mingyuan and Lawless all had cold expressions. Their eyes were firm and they were full of fighting spirit. As soon as the general gave the order, they would pounce on them without hesitation and fight to the death with their white-clad enemies.
The entire valley disappeared with the sound of horse hooves, and suddenly returned to the unique tranquility and emptiness of the night. Only the occasional crackling sound was made when the rosin on the torch burned.
"Let her go, I allow you to leave." A stiff voice suddenly sounded in the silent valley, speaking in Tang dialect that everyone could understand.
Xue Rengui and others vaguely heard the overly blunt Tang language, which made it even harder for them to hear what was being said, and they couldn't help but look sideways at Wang Mingyuan.
"Let her go, I allow you to leave." Wang Mingyuan looked at the white-clothed soldiers in front of him and continued: "It seems that the general over there said it. His Royal Highness seems to be fine."
"Who is their siege general?" Hei Te Changzhi asked.
"The eldest prince of Muawiya, Ben Salih is the general who attacked the city." Wang Mingyuan replied with a solemn expression.
"Get out of the way and let him go when we are safe."
A familiar voice came faintly, and now not only Xue Rengui, but also the soldiers of the Tang Army behind their generals were shocked, and their morale became even higher.
Because that familiar voice, which was three-quarters lazy and seven-quarters relaxed, was the voice of His Royal Highness Prince Li Hong.
"I promise in the name of the great Prophet Muhammad that as long as you let her go, we will never hold you accountable and guarantee that you will leave safely." Where the torches gathered to shine, there was only a clear-cut man in white clothes and food. Wearing bright and mighty armor, holding a sword in his hand, he was pointing at the person opposite and said coldly.
Li Hong stood less than ten steps opposite Saleh, holding a soldier in white clothes and food in his arms, and the horizontal knife in his hand was placed on the man's neck.
"She has a very high status in your Umayyad Kingdom. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so nervous. Of course, you don't have to let me go. I'm just a small rear-end unit of the Tang Dynasty. It doesn't matter if I die. , but if this beautiful girl dies, I'm afraid... hehe... "
Li Hong did not dare to tell his true identity, although there is no conclusive evidence in Baiyi Dashi that their third prince was killed by the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty.
But in recent years, all kinds of rumors have been filled with rumors in the Western Regions, Bai Yi Dashi, and even in Tochara.
But no matter what kind of rumor it is, in the end, the predicted result is the same, that is, the person who killed His Highness Ben Kasim, the third prince in white clothes, was: His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty!
So now, Li Hong can't be said to be the public enemy of Bai Yi Da Shi, but he is not far away from this status.
At this moment, if his identity is exposed, I am afraid that these white-clothed food soldiers all around him will immediately pounce on him and kill him.
Facing these thousands of white-clad troops, I'm afraid Li Hong won't even have a single intact bone left.
Fortunately, when he was getting rid of the sudden pursuer, he happened to hear a female voice coming from beside him during the fight.
Although the sound was extremely short, in the midst of the lightning and flint, Li Hong stepped forward without hesitation, and after taking a knife from a white-robed warrior behind him, he captured the chasing woman in white.
Baiyi Dashi is a powerful country that can rival the Tang Dynasty in terms of national strength, and is far from being comparable to the national strength of Tubo.
Therefore, when the white-clothed warriors attack the city, it is impossible for women to appear inside. The white-robed warriors will not be so poor that they send women to the battlefield.
Then there is only one possibility. The identity of this woman must be extremely noble in the white-clothed food army. Otherwise, it is impossible that after he captured this woman, the white-clothed food soldiers would not even dare to move. .
Everyone looked at themselves with silly expressions, and it was clear from their eyes that they were afraid that the horizontal knife in their hands would suddenly swipe across this woman's neck.
The blood-dripping horizontal knife had dyed the bright armor on the woman's chest red, but the hand holding the knife was still steady, and the sharp blade was gently pressed against the woman's long white neck.
(End of chapter)