Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 331 This...

Qingtang City is the name of the Tubo people, and the Tang people generally call it Shancheng County, Shancheng Town or Heyuan Army.

Qingtang City is located in the core of the Xining Basin. During the Western Han Dynasty, three counties of Linqiang (Huangyuan), Poqiang (Ledu) and Anyi (Pingan) were set up in the nearby Huangshui Valley, but there was only one Xiping Pavilion in the Xining Basin.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao ordered the construction of Xiping Pavilion, built a city on its north, west and south sides, and established Xiping County.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Nanliang took Ledu as its capital and moved westward to Xiping.But overall, the development of Huangshui Valley is still stronger than that of Xining Basin.

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Shanzhou was still located in the Huangshui Valley, that is, Huangshui County (Ledu), and Qingtang City (Shancheng County) was only a subordinate county of Shanzhou.

Qingtang City was really built during the Tubo rule.

The Xining Basin is wider than the Huangshui Valley, with "Huangshui running through" and "two rivers flowing vertically", with abundant water resources and extremely fertile virgin land.Heizhi often farms more than [-] hectares of land here, harvests more than one million stones a year, and has leftover irrigation canals.

The Tibetans also plant wheat, highland barley, and beans nearby, and the harvest is also very high—the highest yield of highland barley in the Xining Basin, according to records, is five stones, which is a bit exaggerated. The soil is indeed very fertile.

Of course, there is another factor for the development of Qingtang City, that is, the city is not within the sphere of influence of most of the Tibetan tribes.The city developed independently and attracted a considerable number of people to cultivate and herd cattle.

There is also a tacit understanding between the several major ministries, no one will occupy Qingtang City, and let the city develop freely. Coupled with the influence of the Silk Road, it gradually becomes prosperous with all kinds of industries, business travel is endless, farming and animal husbandry The industry is prosperous.

Qingtang City generally followed the old system of the Heyuan Military City during the Guo Dynasty, but the Tubo people carried out repairs and some additions.

The circumference of the city is about [-] miles, which is far beyond the size of a county seat and is already close to the state capital.However, it is also understandable that if you want to garrison [-] troops, a small city will not work.

Qingtang City is divided into two parts, east and west, separated by a city wall in the middle, with a total of eight gates opened.During the reign of the later generation Gusiluo, he rebuilt the city, especially the collapsed west city, which was completely rebuilt as his palace.At the time of his son, Princess Khitan and Princess Xixia also lived in Xicheng.

At this time, the West City has not collapsed, and the most conspicuous palace has disappeared, and the glittering golden Buddha Temple is regarded as a "landmark building".

There are Buddha statues in the Great Buddha Temple, tens of feet high, covered with gold, decorated with real pearls and precious stones.Next to the Buddha statue is a large hall and high pavilion, and there are more than a hundred Buddhist houses. Master Jie Zan, who claims to be Qu Lun, is standing on the tall building and looking outside carefully.

The Buddhist village outside the city was occupied by the cavalry of the Tang army who came in a surprise attack. This was what happened last night.

Fozhuang has a Buddhist field, which is the main source of income for the Great Buddha Temple.There are no less than [-] hu of wheat and barley accumulated in the weekdays. Although most of them were temporarily taken away to the city, there are still a lot left outside, and they have all become trophies at this moment.

Ding Zhuang, a farmer in the Fozhuang, had his hands tied behind his back and tied them together with a rope, while his wife and children cried and cried.Soldiers of the Tang Army kicked and beat them repeatedly, leading these people far away.

Looting Dingkou, property, grain, cattle and sheep, what a master of the Tang Dynasty!
Master Jie Zan was expressionless, but there was a huge wave in his heart, which was turbulent.

All the silver guns rushed to the city of Qingtang, which was unexpected by him.No, maybe he thought about it faintly, but he forcibly ignored it.

To deal with the Tang army, the tribes are not united, and there are few troops. They will definitely not be able to fight head-on, and they can only use some tricks.

Is it wrong to ambush the main force of the Tang army in Changning Canyon?
No, there is nothing wrong with that.This is the best way to defeat the Tang people.

The next solution is to fake a surrender, and then take advantage of Shao thief's relaxation of vigilance to suddenly rebel and kill him by surprise.

Master Jie Zan repeatedly deliberated over these two methods, and finally chose an ambush.

I am not wrong!The plan is perfect, but Shao thief is not a hero at all in war.The big man cuts his sword and immediately, after defeating the enemy, he swipes forward and goes forward without hesitation. Only in this way is a real hero!

Shao thief doesn't want to be a hero, he can't be fooled, so what can he do!

The cavalry of the Tang Army was divided into several groups, wandering around the city.

Qingtang City is too big, they probably didn't think about attacking the city at all, they were just looking for weaknesses.But there are too few guarding sergeants, only more than 800 people. Even if some are temporarily armed, are they really capable of fighting?

Master Jiezan's face was calm and calm, but a layer of sweat was already breaking out on his back.A farmer outside the city has been captured. If Tang Jun carefully tortures the prisoners, he should be able to get some news.

Wang Chong did get some confusing and even contradictory news at this time.

"Vija, come here." He called Vija, a Uighur who had just been promoted to lieutenant general because of his military exploits.

"General."

"Take five hundred horsemen and go to the northeast gate to shoot arrows. If you see something out of the way, shoot. Remember, shoot with a step bow." Wang Chong instructed.

Vija took the order and left.

Shooting against the enemy on the city wall, they must be at a disadvantage standing under the city, but since the general issued this order, he will naturally carry it out.

Yinqiangdu, or the entire Shuofang army, attaches great importance to obeying orders, which is quite different from the tribe.All kinds of rules are too strict, not in line with the freedom-loving nature of the herdsmen.

At the beginning, there were always people who ran away, and then the family members of the fleeing soldiers were directly reduced to slaves and ravaged by others, and the deserters who were caught were also beheaded in public.Coupled with the fact that the rewards were really generous, the hearts of the Uighur soldiers gradually settled down.

People never know where their lower limit is.

Grassland herdsmen are not bad at horseback riding and archery, and they also have a fearless spirit of bravery. They have low requirements for survival materials, can endure hunger and hunger, climb ice and lie on snow, and march thousands of miles.

But the degree of organization is too low!
If you can work hard on this, generally speaking, you can explode extremely strong combat effectiveness.Mao Dun Shanyu once improved the organization of the Huns, and Genghis Khan once improved the organization of the Mongols. Generally speaking, the Hu people who can accept the harsh military laws of the Han are the source of high-quality (gray) quality (color) soldiers (sacrifices) (mouth), the Baqianyaoluo River in Anlu Mountain has also proved this point to everyone.

There are [-] sergeants (including auxiliary soldiers) in the silver guns. Although the time is still short and they have not yet fully transformed into the shape of the Shuofang army, the initial discipline is in place. .

At the moment when he received the order, Vija didn't ask any more questions, and directly took a battalion of [-] cavalry under his own direct control, and rode to the northeast gate of Qingtang City on horseback.

There are many flags on the top of the city, and some people are poking their heads. It seems that the Tubo people are closely guarded as if they are facing a big enemy.

The five hundred riders got off their horses in unison, stood within an arrow's reach, first stringed their step bows, and then stepped forward in batches, aiming at the target on the tower, and there was a wave of ruthless blows.

Wang Chong arrived not far away with his own soldiers and observed carefully.

Five hundred archers fired in bursts, and the Tubo people fought back from the top of the city at first, but after being shot and killed more than [-] people, they hid directly and did not show their heads again.

This - it shouldn't be!Wang Chong played with the bowstring in his hand, thinking to himself.

After a while, the Tubo people at the northeast corner of the city suddenly fought back fiercely.Judging by the crowds of people at the top of the city, it should be that a large number of archers have been transferred from other places.

Send another battalion to the west of the city!Wang Chong had a plan and immediately ordered.

Another battalion of cavalry was on the road.They looted all night last night, and they still stepped forward without hesitation after receiving the order. This physical strength is indeed amazing.

The salvo near the west gate caused another confusion among the Tibetans.

Wang Chong was so anxious that he climbed up a big tree and carefully watched the movement in the city.However, the Tubo people drew their archers from the other two walls and headed west. The city was in chaos, and every house closed its doors, as if it was the end of the world.

"Come on!" Wang Chong yelled directly from the tree.

"General!" The soldiers responded under the tree.

"Make siege equipment, immediately!" Wang Chong ordered.

"General, there are no artisans."

"Can you make a ladder? It doesn't matter how good it is, as long as it can be used." Wang Chong still didn't get down from the tree, and yelled directly on the tree.

The soldiers left in a hurry.

There was a muffled sound of hoofbeats from the land to the west.

Wang Chong was startled, is this the main force of Tubo?

Just as he was waiting to go down the tree to gather troops to fight, he saw several scouts rushing towards him, shouting, "The red-haired army is here!"

Um?Redheads?That's the name of the Long Family's tribal army in the Silver Spear City, because it has red hair.

The Yumen army is here to claim credit!Obviously Lao Tzu came first.

Wang Chong jumped off the tree directly, rolled on the ground, didn't care about beating the grass clippings and dust, and shouted angrily: "Hurry up, speed up and catch the ladder, whoever is lazy will kill him!"

Long then stopped in the west of the city with more than [-] riders from the Yumen Army.

This journey is like a dream.The expected big battle didn't exist at all, thanks to their carefulness, what a waste of time!

He has now figured out that something is wrong.The Tubo people should have few soldiers, and they all concentrated in Qingtang City.Almost all the periphery was given up, and only one city was saved.

This is the tactics of the Han people, and it is actually useless to them.The grassland army seldom attacked the city directly, and generally focused on looting.What's the use of you sticking to Qingtang City?Aren't the dingkou, cattle and sheep outside the city all owned by others?

In this wave, Long planned to grab it directly.Outside Qingtang City, there are a lot of farmland and pastures, so you should be able to get a lot of things.

Just—what did he see?Sergeants of Silver Spears are cutting wood to make siege equipment!

"Let's go, go find Wang Chong!" Long took dozens of his own soldiers and headed for where the Silver Spear Capital was.

Wang Chong directly hid elsewhere.

While urging the auxiliary soldiers to build ladders, they stared at Qingtang City.

His heart beat a little faster.Qingtang City is so empty, it shouldn't be!But what if it is true?

You can't be wrong if you try it!The big deal is to lose a little manpower.But once successful...

Wang Chong swallowed, as if he saw a golden road beckoning to him.

Sometimes, people need a little luck, so should I be lucky today?

At noon, the first batch of ladders was finished.

Wang Chong ordered to select a thousand sergeants with the most outstanding archery skills to stand by in front of the battle, and then selected a thousand sergeants who were relatively brave in hand-to-hand combat, and ordered them to bring Tibetan spears, iron bones, short spears, horizontal knives and other equipment , also on standby.

When things came to an end, his mind became clearer.

There should not be many Tubo defenders in the city, and the city is so big that it is difficult to defend.It's better to attack east and west, first feign attack in other places, mobilize the enemy's small forces, and then invest elites to break through the city in one go.

So he dispatched another thousand riders to shoot arrows outside the west city, and then sent three thousand auxiliary soldiers to rush over with some ladders to attack the city.

About half an hour after the sound of fighting in the west city sounded, Wang Chong felt that it was all right.He took a deep breath and directly ordered the two thousand elite soldiers who had been waiting for a long time: "Siege the city! The first climber will get three hundred pieces of brocade!"

"General, the sergeants have climbed to the top of the west city!" The sudden report from the guards almost made him stagger.

Can feints be successful?so easy?so easy?

(End of this chapter)