The Tuqu Prairie is vast and high, and its northernmost point reaches the Arctic Glacier, which has not melted for thousands of years. In winter, the snow wind blowing from the glacier runs through the unobstructed grassland and blows straight to the Luhuang Mountain before being blocked. The cold wind is blocked by the grassland.

Deer and Orangutan Mountain split in two, with the west one blowing towards the desert, and the east one hitting Tongshan Mountain. The cold and furious ice wind was squeezed at the pass between Tongshan Mountain and Deer Orangutan Mountain, whimpering and rushing towards the Mountain-Sea Corridor.

The knife-like cold wind blew continuously for three or four days. On the night of the 20th day of the winter month, the wind had subsided, but heavy snow suddenly began to fall in the sky. By dawn of the next day, the snow was more than a foot deep, and it would snow even more in the morning.

There was no one in sight ten steps away, and the rebel troops were huddled in their tents, gathering around the fire to cook breakfast.

There was no rest in Mulie City. According to King Jing's arrangement, Wan Qiliangzhi led two thousand elite Langzhi troops to feast on the war food. They went out of the east gate and followed the narrow path to the outside of the Beida camp where they were fighting against the rebels.

The wind was sparse and the snow was thick, and only dots of orange firelight in the camp were faintly visible. Using this as a guide, the Langqi Cavalry charged into the enemy camp, heading towards the place where the firelight was. It didn't matter where there was anyone or where there was no one. Use it when it was far away.

They used fire cannons to hit them, and when they got close, they directly hit them with their iron cavalry. They rushed left and right on the flanks of the enemy camp, turning the rebel coalition forces who were just about to have a hot meal into a pot of porridge.

As soon as Wan Qiliangzhi broke into the enemy camp, Li Liqing led 5,000 cavalry to rush out of the north gate, and together with the elite troops of Langzhu, they attacked the rebel Beida camp.

Visibility was poor in the heavy snow, and the rebel army did not know how many enemies were rushing out. Some people did not even put on their clothes and hurriedly ran out of the camp to escape. The defeat was like a mountain and a dike bursting. A large number of deserters in the Beida camp were like dogs chasing away chickens.

Wu Yangyang rushed towards the West Camp and destroyed the defenses of the West Camp with one shot. People crowded in and stepped on others, and the West Camp was immediately in chaos.

King Jing saw his own torch flags on the west gate tower and knew that the enemy camp had begun to be in chaos. He immediately ordered Bai Qian, Huangfu Lianzhi, and Shi Zhoulong to lead five thousand strong soldiers to attack the west gate.

The weather of ice and snow was like the shock to the rebel coalition forces. The morale of these tired soldiers was not high to begin with. They never expected that the enemy troops would dare to make a sneak attack in such horrible weather. Before they could even dress up, their own troops were defeated first.

They collided, and a fear infected both of them. The general could not effectively restrain his soldiers in this kind of weather. The unattended soldiers seized the opportunity to escape and joined the retreating wave.

Those on horseback knocked over those who were running, and those who were running crushed those who fell. They came and went like a tide. The rebel army crowded and fled in the narrow corridor between Luhuang Mountain and Tongshan. Those who were slightly behind were not beaten.

The Jingning army killed him mercilessly, only to be trampled to death by his panicked companions.

Zhu Zhenyou was protected by his soldiers and escaped for three miles. When the situation eased, he immediately gathered the troops around him and formed a formation to intercept them. Li Liqing, who was chasing behind him, retreated as soon as he saw a good situation.

The city gate is fortified.

While there was a fierce battle outside the city, three teams in Muleo City took advantage of the gap created by the surprise attack and quickly ran north out of the north gate. Ten warriors on horseback protected Cheng Xuanwei as he headed towards Tuqu, while ten warriors on horseback protected Xia Wuming as he headed towards Tuqu.

He left for Hongyuan City and protected Dou Guankui with ten cavalry all the way as he headed towards Zitang Prefecture.

The royal court gathered the defeated army and did not dare to kill any more, for fear that the soldiers would mutiny and be unable to clean up the situation. After this battle, the rebel army no longer had the intention to fight. They only re-encircled Muleocheng and Tongshan's various roads, and at the same time increased their

After twelve points of defense, the Jingning Army's sneak attack failed again.

King Jing was waiting for reinforcements.

Xia Wuming's journey is the closest. If everything goes smoothly, it will only take seven or eight days to go back and forth.

Since the twenty-sixth day of the winter lunar month, King Jing has climbed up to the north gate every day and looked far into the distance, only looking forward to the smoke and dust outside the north corridor. But ten days have passed, not only has not a single soldier arrived from Hongyuan City on the West Road to come to the rescue, but even Xia

Wuming has not returned. It’s fine that Gao Zhizhi and Shi Lizu have no sincere intention to unite with him. How long can they rejoice if their lips are dead and their teeth are cold. But if they kill or detain Xia Wuming, I’m afraid they will probably vent their anger on the same side as the puppet imperial court.

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Cheng Xuanwei took the northern route to Tuqu to borrow troops, but King Jing was not optimistic about this route.

First of all, he had defeated the Tuqu cavalry during the Northern Expedition, and there was such a grievance between the two sides. Furthermore, during the Mid-Autumn Festival Zhongxuan coup not long ago, the Tuqu people clearly stood with Zheng Cong. Cheng Xuanwei only said that he would try his best.

King Jing also knew that there was little hope, and when he was troubled, he suddenly thought of the monster's heroic move.

The fighting power of this monster is so amazing that it makes the coup that he has been planning for many years fail. Since they were brought by the Tuqu people, if Mr. Cheng can borrow the British to recruit troops to defeat the enemy, wouldn't he get twice the result with half the effort?

King Jing shook his head suddenly and thought to himself that he was being ridiculous. Let’s not talk about whether this heroic move is submissive or not. If he lures wolves into the house, how to deal with them when the time comes, they will probably be ten times more difficult to deal with than the rebel coalition.

Prince Jing only hoped that Dou Guankui on the west route could successfully borrow troops from Zitang Prefecture. After all, Huang Mingju had made a promise first. However, this move would completely expose Zitang Prefecture's trump card, and the plan to unite the valley would be greatly affected.

However, it is urgent to look at the present first. Muleocheng can hold on for one year, risking your life for two years, but the puppet imperial court has sufficient troops and abundant food and grass. If it continues to be consumed like this, it will definitely not be able to sustain it. The only way is to defeat the besieging army and frighten the enemy.

, Only then can we establish a foothold for Jingni. It really won't work if reinforcements don't come.

If reinforcements from Zitang Prefecture could be borrowed, it would only take about 20 days to go back and forth, but by the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, there was still no news. Prince Jing was suffering from an emergency of red eye disease. He often burst into tears and his hearing power also declined. The military doctor

It is said that this is an emergency, and the heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs prescribed have little effect.

Prince Jing laughed and said that as soon as the reinforcements arrived, he would keep his ears and eyes clear. Although he was still in the mood to joke, he was more anxious than anyone else.

In the twelfth lunar month, there was a constant wind, and water dripped into ice. In order to prevent the rebel coalition forces from attacking the city, Jingning's army poured water on the city, causing a layer of hard ice to freeze on the outside. However, King Jing overthought it. The rebel coalition forces had insufficient fuel, so they set fire to it.

Food is limited, and firewood for heating is even more scarce. Who can think of attacking the city? Those who can walk are considered strong.

During the night of Laba, someone suddenly called outside the East City Gate. The defenders caught him. Seeing that he was his brother, they immediately sent him to the palace.

The scouts brought great news. Cheng Xuanwei successfully moved 30,000 troops from Tuqu. The vanguard's 10,000 elite cavalry were waiting in Shanyin and were about to communicate with the city.

Prince Jing was overjoyed. He never thought that he would be able to recruit 30,000 strong reinforcements on the road with the slimmest hope. He immediately agreed to attack together using the purple smoke as the signal in the early morning of the tenth day of the lunar month.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, careful planning was carried out in Muleo City. On the tenth day of the lunar month, the sky was still dark, and the south gate was wide open. Five thousand cavalry escorted King Jing to attack the southern right wing of the rebel army in an attempt to break out of the encirclement.

The rebel army had suffered heavy losses before, and the number of sentry posts had been doubled. When they saw the Jingning army breaking through, they immediately sent an order to raise troops to encircle them. Although the cavalry that broke out of the encirclement were powerful, they were outnumbered and could not penetrate the layers of siege.

When the enemy was blocked, the revolting armies mobilized one after another and rushed towards this direction, and they were about to capture King Jing.

Purple smoke rises early on the hilltop east of Muleocheng City. Thirty thousand Tuqujing cavalry are commanded in the shade of the mountain, galloping in with the roar unique to the grassland, like a wedge like a cone, piercing into the back of the formation to conquer the rebels.

The Tequ people mount horses at the age of three and draw their bows at the age of five. They gallop on the prairie all year round and are very good at riding and shooting. This team has strong reinforcements and can shoot from far and short range. They are invincible. The rear formation of the rebel army has no resistance to this and is immediately defeated.

When the front army was about to capture King Jing, a large wave of deserters came from behind, and they were immediately dispersed. The Muleo cavalry took the opportunity to quickly turn and attack north. At the same time, the west gate of Muleo City opened wide, and the real King Jing personally led 10,000 troops and horses to attack.
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