Nowadays, the food soldiers are becoming increasingly difficult to find in the moon-white woods. This is probably because Saleh is unwilling to meet and fight them at night, so he chose to avoid them strategically.
I am afraid that they are now hiding deeper in the woods, waiting quietly. After exhausting their physical strength needlessly in the middle of the night, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will try to wait for the opportunity to strike at dawn tomorrow and give the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty a fatal blow. .
Therefore, if Li Hong wants to end the battle in the dark and continue to take the initiative, he must continue to walk deeper into the woods and continue to compress the vague Dashi defense line that he has roughly guessed now.
The moonlight was gradually moving westward, and unknowingly, the two sides had determined each other's general positions, thus causing the two sides to form an offensive and defensive confrontation in the silent night.
At the third watch, the sound of the watch came through the night sky from the barracks, and faintly entered the depths of the woods under the cold wind. At this time, Bai Qi also took Li Zhe and finally found Li Hong.
After nearly an hour, or even two hours, Li Zhecai and Bai Qi, who was good at tracking, found Li Hong. From this, we can see how big this large dense forest is and why the war is not intense.
Lawless and Wutian's separation tactics still played a big role. Although the two sides have now determined each other's offensive and defensive lines, they are like chess pieces on a chessboard, dotted in the dense forest, but there is no relationship between them. Unable to contact.
A quarter of an hour after the third watch, in the woods that had been quiet for less than an hour, black birds were once again frightened and flew up in all directions.
Saleh suddenly stood up, looked at the seventy or eighty people gathered around him, looked up at the birds flying in the night sky, and immediately gave a decisive order: "Attack immediately!"
With a crash, the Dashi Cavalry also quickly formed an effective formation after abandoning their horses. Saleh and Sudan were placed in the middle. The team of nearly 80 people was divided into three groups and began to shuttle quickly through the dense forest.
And their movements would naturally startle nearby birds and animals. As the birds flew above him, Saleh felt an ominous premonition in his heart for some unknown reason.
In the Daming Palace, Li Zhi was lying on the sofa, his mind always in a dazed state. Seeing that the third watch of the day had passed, and the Central Army Barracks where many eyes were watching, there was still no news of victory or defeat. The news made him feel uneasy.
After the queen's analysis, Li Zhi began to understand that this seemingly child's play was a far-reaching battle, and how important it was to the Tang Dynasty, the court, and Li Hong.
There are never real friends in politics, only real interests. This is what Li Hong has always said. If he wants to have a truce or even cooperate with Dashi, he must use all his strength.
The key reason why Li Hong must win this battle is that this battle can effectively deter Dashi. When the Tang army's attention is on the southwest, it can force Dashi not to use troops against the Tang Dynasty in Anxi at will. .
Secondly, Li Hong obviously had to go to the southwest this time, and the political affairs of the Tang Dynasty naturally fell on him again, the emperor who had been idle for several years. In order to prevent dissidents from causing trouble in the court, Li Hong had to Use this battle to frighten the ever-present undercurrent in the court.
Thirdly, whether it is high-ranking officials, noble families, or even some relatives of the emperor, the relationship with Dashi is extremely hidden and close, or the relationship between envoys from other countries is close. When Li Hong is no longer in Chang'an, How to prevent Datang's interests from being secretly sent to other countries is an extremely troublesome issue, but it is still a big issue that needs to be guarded against.
At the same time, this battle was also used to warn those foreign countries with evil intentions. Once the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Zhenla Kingdom begins, once they learn about it, will they secretly do something that goes against the interests of the Tang Dynasty or riot? small movements.
Li Hong never believed that after years of sorting out the imperial court in the Tang Dynasty, it had become monolithic, because this was something that did not exist at all, and people would have selfish motives and curiosity.
Humans are animals with strong subjective initiative. What is common today may not remain the same in the future as new problems arise.
Just like the most common and ordinary example, two friends who have been friends for many years from childhood to adulthood sometimes become distant unknowingly while walking around, and then they no longer contact each other, and they are no longer the same as before. I will tell you everything.
So you have a new friend, but you regard it as a confidant, and he has also begun to establish his own circle. The things that the two of them can get along with and talk about when they are together will no longer be the same friendship as before, and may even happen to coincide with each other. Avoiding the friendship of the past.
The relationship between ordinary people will change over time, so in the court, if this kind of matter related to major interests is impossible to happen, I am afraid no one will believe.
The court will always be a place of overt and covert struggle, it will always be the center of human intrigues, fighting for rights and interests, and it will always be a booster for human development and progress. But everything depends on whether the person at the helm knows how to Trade-offs and balance, do you have enough prestige and strength to suppress different voices and the same ambitions
In the woods at the fourth watch, the smell of blood is getting stronger and stronger, and the eastern skyline is reluctant to reveal the white fish belly.
Like a beacon, a battle group of about ten or twenty people was fighting fiercely.
At this moment, whether it was Datang or Dashi, the entire battle group had been exposed to each other's perceptions. No one side had any extra troops left as a weapon to strike back.
Li Hong and Li Zhe stood back to back, and the big cannibals around them also learned to divide their battle groups, so in the dark night, they had no choice but to save themselves and Li Zhe at this moment.
"Is it okay?" Li Hong showed a bloodthirsty sneer on his lips and leaned his shoulder on Li Zhe behind him and asked.
"No problem." Li Zhe, who was breathing heavily, could no longer feel the strength of his grip on the spear, and this was a sign of exhaustion.
No matter how hard you try, the originally light spear is still so heavy, but when you swing it, the strength on the spear is so weak that even you can't believe it.
"Follow me closely." Li Hong bumped his shoulder against Li Zhe again. The spear in his hand was already sticky, but even so, there was still blood flowing along the blade and onto the body of the spear.
Compared with the red tassel gun, the spear is more lethal, but in this kind of continuous battle, once the spear is covered with blood, people will miss the eye-catching blood-sucking red on the head of the spear. tassel.
The big man-eating scimitar smashed the spear, and its force was still strong. However, Li Hong was obviously not exhausted like Li Zhe. His arms shook the spear hard, causing the scimitar to hit the spear. The strength disappeared instantly, and then he took a step forward and retracted the spear at the same time.
The lance of the warm and slippery hand flew back from the palm of his hand, and hit the big man-eater behind Li Zhe with great precision, but at this time, the big man-eater in front of him, who was separated by his spear blade, had already Pounced again.
Li Hong held the hand on the top of the spear blade. He could not withdraw the spear immediately because it was slippery with blood. He could only choose to turn sideways to avoid the spear. At the same time, he let go of the spear with his right hand, then raised his right elbow, and then Hit the big man-eater's chin hard and accurately.
His right elbow was followed by a hard pain from bone to bone, but in the chaotic fighting, he didn't give him any time to figure out what was wrong with his body. He raised his lower body with his toes, and the spear blade obediently returned to the lowered position. Right hand.
Twisting the waist, thrusting the hips, stepping back, a typical and standard return of the carbine, and then in Li Hong's sight, Li Zhe gave him a thumbs up. In just a few breaths, the two brothers had joined forces to kill him. Three giant cannibals.
The howl of wolves sounded again. A big man-eater who wanted to attack Li Zhe from the side only felt a pain in his right leg. The nasty hungry wolf ran out of nowhere and did not bite his throat this time. part, but directly changed to biting the leg.
"Beast!" His feet were blocked, and the scimitar in his hand slashed at Bai Qi without hesitation. However, after Bai Qi stood up, a white shadow flew past his eyes in an instant, and then his eyes hurt. Before he could think about it, It felt like something was piercing through the back of my heart.
The moment he lowered his head, he saw the familiar spear blades in the hands of the Tang Prince and the Prince suddenly appeared on his chest.
Li Zhe laughed evilly and struggled to withdraw the spear. He stumbled slightly and was about to fall on the large man-eating scimitar of another man who rushed over.
Fortunately, he still had an imperial brother to protect him. The tip of his nose felt the coldest wind blowing past the third watch, and then he heard the sound of bones being smashed in his ears.
The arm of the big eater stretched out his scimitar, and was suddenly broken by Li Hong's spear in mid-air!
It was only a momentary stop, but Li Zhe, who was already staggering enough, reacted. He turned sideways and pulled the spear. The whole movement was neat and concise.
Then, just like Li Hong threw away the spear, after avoiding the big man-eating man whose arm was broken by Li Hong but still unabated, and crashing into his arms, the spear was instantly pushed against the big man. On the man-eating impulse line.
As if he had rehearsed with Li Zhe many times, Big Eater suddenly hit the spear with his chest.
Li Zhe turned around and stretched out his hand. The hot, wet tip of the spear stabbed right out of the back of the big man-eater.
So, what he had to do was to pull out the bloody spear, swing it hard, and use its inertia to hit the back of the head of the big man-eating man who was about to pounce behind Li Hong with a murderous look in his eyes.
With a bang, even though Li Zhe was exhausted now, the force on the spear was still strong enough, and the cannibal fell to the ground with a sound, foaming from the corners of his mouth, and his body twitched stiffly.
(End of chapter)