100 miles south of Youzhou City.
Stepping over the boundary stone, they had entered Youzhou.
Li Xuanlie reined in his warhorse and looked into the distance, only to see a scene of devastation.
The villages in front of them were covered in thick smoke and had been burned into ruins.
The fields on both sides of the road were littered with the corpses of the elderly, women, and children.
Li Xuanlie's fists cracked as his eyes burned with rage.
There was no need to guess that this tragic sight was the work of the Turks.
A pegasus came. It was Di Renjie.
"Your Highness, Liu Wuzhou is afraid of the Turkic Goguryeo alliance, so he has withdrawn all his soldiers into Youzhou City to defend it. As a result, the enemy has no soldiers to defend the counties, and they have effortlessly broken through the city, killing and looting everywhere!”
The Black Flag Army soldiers were all shocked.
"How can this Liu Wuzhou be so cowardly? He actually retreated without a fight!”
Behind him, Yang Ye cursed angrily.
Chang Yuchun also cursed angrily," In history, only our Great Tang has conquered cities. How can we lose territory to the Hu? This Liu Wuzhou is truly incompetent!"”
The Black Flag Army was not only furious, but they also despised him.
They followed Li Xuanlie and fought all the way to Rome. They attacked cities and occupied land, and they were invincible!
Over a hundred battles, big and small, they had never lost a single battle, nor had they retreated a single step.
Advance, break the city, advance again, break the city again.
During the three years of the Western Expedition, they had repeated this routine over and over again.
Now, seeing that the border provinces of the Tang Empire had fallen and the Tang army had retreated without fighting, how could they not be shocked and disgusted?
"Liu Wuzhou isn't our Black Flag Army, so it isn't strange that he can't defeat the Turks. It's just that it's fine if he abandoned the city and retreated, but he shouldn't have left the citizens of the cities to the Turks and let them be slaughtered.”
Liu Bowen shook his head and sighed.
Li Xuanlie suppressed his anger and shouted,"Liu Wuzhou is so cowardly and incompetent, yet he can be the general of Youzhou. Who recommended him?”
"Your Highness, Liu Wuzhou was originally a general who had surrendered. It was only after Prince Jin's recommendation that the Emperor had no choice but to entrust him with an important task and let him guard Youzhou.”
Di Renjie had clearly investigated Liu Wuzhou's back.
Li Xuanlie's sword-like eyebrows were deeply furrowed, and deep disgust flashed in his eyes.
Youzhou was the gateway to the Great Tang's northern border, and it was related to the safety of the Lianghe Prefectures.
Such a vital town should be guarded by a famous general.
However, Li Jiancheng ignored the safety of the border and forced his henchmen to be the governor of Youzhou.
Just based on this point, Li Jiancheng was not worthy of being the Crown Prince!
"Jin Wang, this king will remember this for you. When this king returns to the capital, I will settle the score with you.”
Li Xuanlie whipped his horse and urged the army to continue forward.
He knew that Youzhou was currently filled with Turkic cavalry, pillaging and killing the people on the border.
The sooner he arrived at Youzhou and destroyed the Turkic and Goguryeon armies, the sooner he would be able to save the lives of countless civilians on the border.
The soldiers of the Black Flag Army carried the anger of revenge as they rushed forward.
Suddenly, the scene before his eyes caused Li Xuanlie's heart to tremble. He immediately reined in his mount.
Hundreds of wooden stakes were erected on a burnt field in front of them. A corpse was nailed to each stake.
A few old men with white hair and ragged clothes were guarding these corpses, crying in grief.
"The Imperial Court's reinforcements have arrived. Our soldiers have arrived!”
The elders cried tears of joy as they got up and stumbled toward the Black Flag Army.
Li Xuanlie jumped off his horse and helped the elders up one by one.
"Fellow villagers, what's going on?”
He supported an old man and pointed at the corpses on the field.
The old man sobbed." It was the work of those damned Turkic beasts. They robbed our village and nailed over a hundred people to the stake. We were the only ones who managed to escape!"”
The soldiers of the Black Flag Army all burst into tears. They gritted their teeth and trembled in anger.
Li Xuanlie's heart was seething with rage, but he remained calm in front of the soldiers.
He took a deep breath and shouted," Quickly take these corpses down and bury them on the spot. Let them rest in peace."”
As the order was given, the soldiers stepped forward and removed the corpses.
"The Turks are truly beasts. This old man will kill them all!”
"How can our Great Tang endure such humiliation? We must take revenge!”
"If I don't destroy the Turks and Goguryeo by following Your Highness, I'd rather die!”
The soldiers were indignant as they collected the corpses.
"General, you must avenge us ~~"
The old man knelt down and begged Li Xuanlie.
The other elders also knelt down and begged.
"My fellow villagers, don't worry. Our King Reliance will definitely annihilate the Turkic Goguryeo and avenge your dead neighbors!" Yue Fei hurriedly said.”
King Reliance!
As soon as this name was mentioned, the elders were shocked. Their originally despairing faces were immediately lit up with deep hope.
"King Reliance! King Reliance has come to save us!”
"King Reliance is invincible. He'll definitely kill all the Turks and avenge our blood feud!”
The old people's excited cries echoed in the desolate wilderness.
At this moment, a horse galloped over.
"Your Highness, fifty thousand Turkic cavalry have been discovered twenty li ahead, charging toward our army.”
Li Xuanlie's eyes flashed with a sharp cold light.
He was filled with anger and was worried that he had nowhere to vent it, but the Turks had just happened to bump into his muzzle.
"Good timing!"
Li Xuanlie mounted his horse, drew his halberd, and shouted,"Black Flag Army, follow this king to fight. A tooth for a tooth, blood for blood!”
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