"Quick! Let's go to Longmen County and get a doctor! "
Dragon Gate Pass, inside the tower.
Li Zexuan had already been helped to his bed. Jiang Province's Provincial Governor Hong Wenxing hurriedly ordered the soldiers beside him.
This time, Li Zexuan had borrowed troops from Bing Province. In order to ensure the speed of the march, there was no doctor accompanying him. Hong Wenxing could only send people to Longmen County to find a doctor!
"Yes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier immediately cupped his fists and replied.
After the soldier left, Hong Wenxing turned to the soldiers in the room and said, "You guys stay here and take care of Marquis. This official will return to Zhengping Province to mobilize troops to pursue Wu Jie!"
Zhengping Province was the administrative center of Jiang Province. The Provincial Governor's Office and Jiang Province's Zhe Chong House's camp were both located there. Hong Wenxing only brought a few dozen guards with him to Dragon Gate Pass and didn't bring many troops. Dragon Gate Pass was filled with Li Zexuan's troops from Bing Province. Hong Wenxing didn't have the authority to mobilize them, so he could only go back and mobilize more troops.
"Wu Jie is alone, so his speed of escape must be very fast. The military situation is urgent. I'm afraid it's too late for Senior Hong to return to Zhengping Province to mobilize troops. This general, Fang Gong Teng, is willing to lead the troops here to follow Senior Hong north to pursue Wu Jie and avenge Marquis!"
After Hong Wenxing finished speaking, a young general stepped out and cupped his fists.
During the day, Xu Ting Da took 20,000 soldiers to Ma Dou Pass, Yong He Pass, and Yanmen Pass to set up defenses. At the same time, he left behind a few capable generals for Li Zexuan, and this Fang Gong Teng was one of them!
Hearing this, Hong Wenxing's eyes lit up. He nodded and praised, "Good! Then I'll have to trouble Fang Gong Teng to lead 8,000 soldiers to pursue Wu Jie with this official! "
Just now, during the battle between Li Zexuan and Wu Jie, because Hong Wenxing wasn't good at martial arts, he couldn't help much from the sidelines, which made him feel quite apologetic. What's more, Li Zexuan had been seriously injured by Wu Jie at the Dragon Gate, so if Hong Wenxing, as the Jiang Province's Provincial Governor, didn't do anything, he would definitely be punished by Li Er. Therefore, whether it was for public or private reasons, Hong Wenxing had no choice but to lead troops to pursue Wu Jie!
Not long after, Hong Wenxing and Fang Gongteng led the eight thousand prefecture soldiers out of the Longmen Pass and headed north.
The rest of them stayed at Longmen Pass to protect Li Zexuan.
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At the same time, the news that Yanmen Pass had been broken quickly began to spread. The governors of Yunzhou, Shuo, Yuzhou, and Daizhou, the four prefectures of the Hedong Circuit near the northern border, began to move. Overnight, they mobilized soldiers from their local prefectures to Madou Pass and Yonghe Pass, hoping to stop the Turkic army from advancing further south!
After all, two years ago, Xieli Khan had taken advantage of the change in power in the Great Tang Empire to send an army of one hundred thousand soldiers to attack the Great Tang from Yunzhou. They had been unstoppable, first attacking Jing Province, and then advancing all the way to the capital of the Great Tang, Chang 'an! Many people could still vividly remember that scene. Who could guarantee that the fifty thousand Turkic soldiers wouldn't run to the gates of Chang 'an and show off their might to Li Er?
If that really happened, all the officials of the four prefectures of the Hedong Circuit would probably be demoted by Li Er!
Thus, when they learned that Ashina She 'er had led fifty thousand Turkic wolf cavalry into the pass, the governors of these prefectures instantly lost their composure. They hastily dispatched soldiers to pursue and trap the Turkic army in the Hedong Circuit!
The soldiers of these four prefectures added together numbered at least seventy to eighty thousand, but they had come from different directions. If they really did run into the Turkic army, they would still suffer a significant loss!
"Hyah ~!"
On the official road north of Longmen Pass, two men in black were madly galloping. In this era, there were no headlights or street lamps, so traveling at night was very dangerous. Fortunately, there was still some moonlight tonight, and the official road was relatively wide. Thus, even though these two were running so fast, they didn't fall into the ditches on either side of the road.
"State Teacher, we'll reach Horse Dou Pass soon! Since that Li Zexuan was able to set up an ambush at Longmen Pass, there might also be a large number of Tang soldiers at Horse Dou Pass! Are we still going to force our way through? "
The man who was following behind said.
"There's no need! Our men should be arriving soon! "
The black-robed man riding at the front said in a hoarse voice.
This man was Wu Jie, who had escaped from Longmen Pass. The other man was an 'experimental subject' that Wu Jie had released at the beginning to see if there was an ambush at Longmen Pass. Wu Jie hadn't expected that the 'experimental subject' would successfully escape while the other three Turkic warriors were left behind in the Tang army camp at Longmen Pass.
The warrior in black couldn't help but be alarmed by these words. He couldn't help but whisper, "Our men? Did the Khan send people to the Tang Empire to pick us up? "
Wu Jie didn't respond. It wasn't that he didn't hear it, but that he wasn't in the mood to answer this question. Right now, his mind was full of Li Zexuan. To be more precise, he was thinking about Li Zexuan's last counterattack!
During the time he escaped from Longmen Pass, Wu Jie had already deduced countless times in his mind, but the result of each deduction indicated that after Li Zexuan was knocked down by him, it was impossible for Li Zexuan to prepare a second round of attacks in such a short time. This was because Li Zexuan was only at Grand Master Middle-stage, so it was impossible for his True Qi to be so vigorous!
The only explanation was that Li Zexuan had recovered fifty to sixty percent of his True Qi during the short time he was entangled by the Tang army. But how was that possible? This kind of recovery speed was something that even Wu Jie himself couldn't achieve, so how could Li Zexuan, who was only at Grand Master Middle-stage, do it?
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't understand, so Wu Jie had no choice but to give up. But what made him feel regretful was that the books and confidential information he had stolen from Yanhuang College with great difficulty had been cut open by Li Zexuan's' Returning to Origin '. This meant that his mission to infiltrate the Tang Empire had completely failed!
This made Wu Jie very unwilling to accept!
Ten days ago, Han Lizheng had seen several Turkic warriors sneaking into the Tang Empire on Mount Baishan, and Wu Jie was among them! At the end of June, a locust plague had broken out in the Guanzhong region of the Tang Empire. Xieli Khan saw this as an opportunity, so he sent Wu Jie to infiltrate the Tang Empire to see if there were any good opportunities.
After entering the Tang Empire, Wu Jie had originally planned to go straight to Chang 'an City, but along the way, he had heard many people talking about how Li Zexuan had led the Sky Rooster Brigade to eliminate locusts in the northern provinces. In fact, the Turks had many spies in the Tang Empire, so Wu Jie naturally knew about Li Zexuan, a rising star in the Tang Empire. So when he heard that Li Zexuan had gone north to eliminate locusts, he immediately had an idea to weaken the Tang Empire's strength and strengthen the Turks' national strength!
That was to sneak into Yanhuang College, steal all the engineering books and information, and bring them back to the Turks to slowly study!
Wu Jie had been patiently waiting for a good opportunity to sneak into the College, and he hadn't expected that it would really happen. On the third day after he arrived at Yunshan, the bearded man bid farewell to Li Gang, Wang Ji, and the other Yanhuang College teachers and left Yunshan, saying that he was going out to sea!
In just a few days, Yunshan, which had originally been guarded by three Grandmasters, only had Mo Huai as its sole Grandmaster!
Wu Jie believed that it was time to sneak into Yanhuang College!
But in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he had patiently observed the surroundings of Yunshan for several days, and after confirming that there was no danger, he had chosen to sneak into the College last night to steal the books!
But he hadn't expected that after stealing the books, on the way back to the Turks, he would encounter Li Zexuan's ambush. It had to be known that he and the four Turkic warriors he had brought with him were all riding two horses, and they had been rushing through the night! It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that their speed was much faster than the speed of the messengers from Chang 'an to the northern provinces and counties!
Looking at it this way, at first, he had schemed against Li Zexuan, but later on, Li Zexuan had schemed against him, and in the end, the two of them had fought to a draw!
Thinking of this, Wu Jie's eyes couldn't help but become dignified. In his heart, he thought that Li Zexuan would definitely become the greatest enemy of the Turks in the future!
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"Kill ~!"
Sure enough, by the time Wu Jie arrived at Horse Dipper Pass, the two sides had already engaged in a fierce battle. Ashina She 'er was truly worthy of being a Turkic general. After breaking through Yanmen Pass, he had broken through Yonghe Pass as quickly as possible, and now he had arrived at Horse Dipper Pass before Wu Jie!
"Hyah ~!"
Hearing the battle cries in front of him, Wu Jie understood that reinforcements had arrived, and he quickly urged his horse forward. "General Ashina, quickly give the order to retreat to the grasslands! The Tang Army should be here soon! "
Arriving in front of Ashina She 'er, Wu Jie ordered in a hoarse voice.
"En!"
Ashina She 'er nodded subconsciously, but then he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked, "Imperial Teacher, I heard in the letter that you stole a lot of books from Yanhuang College, where are those books now?"
Wu Jie's face sank, and he turned around and said, "Li Zexuan set up an ambush at Dragon Gate Pass, and those books were taken back by him!"
"What?"
Ashina She 'er was shocked when he heard this, and he asked in disbelief, "Why would Li Zexuan set up an ambush at Dragon Gate Pass? Shouldn't he be fighting locusts in the north of the Great Tang Empire? "
Wu Jie sullenly said, "How did this King know about this?"
Losing the books was a very shameful matter for Wu Jie, and now he was being questioned by Ashina She 'er, so how could he be happy? He was the Imperial Teacher of the Turks, second only to one person!
Hearing the unfriendly tone in Wu Jie's voice, Ashina She 'er couldn't help but be startled, and then he wiped his nose and asked as calmly as possible, "Dare I ask Imperial Teacher, how many people did Li Zexuan set up at Dragon Gate Pass?"
Wu Jie lightly said, "About ten thousand people! Li Zexuan was seriously injured by this King, and the Great Tang Army should also have seven to eight hundred people injured! "
"Only ten thousand people? And Li Zexuan is seriously injured? "
Ashina She 'er's eyes lit up when he heard this, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Imperial Teacher, why don't we give Li Zexuan a surprise attack and take back those books from Li Zexuan?"
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