Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 992 Deployment
A large cloud of smoke and dust rose from the sky.Looking from a distance, it seems that there are thousands of troops and horses rushing.

The knights who were fighting and retreating outside the Tucheng were greatly excited, and they all mustered up their remaining courage, and even charged in the opposite direction.

The Khitan cavalry didn't expect that the enemy, who had been surrounded and teased by them for a long time, dared to charge back. Somewhat caught off guard, they let them break through the encirclement and reach the central army.

Immediately there was a sound of cursing, and they were so desperate that they had no time to turn around to chase after them, and they met the rushing Dangxiang warriors.

The bowstring sounded like a thunderbolt, the horseshoes shook the ground, and there was another bloody fight.

Yelu Xie Nie let out a cold snort, opened his bow and set up an arrow, and shot down the two most furious party warriors one after another, then slapped the horse's belly, held the iron bone in his hand, and shouted to kill them.

Behind him, the knights rode their horses to keep up with the tide, boundless.

Yelu Xienechi's riding skills are superb, his arm strength is astonishing, and his iron bone dances impenetrably. Those who are touched by him will either die or be injured, and they will fall off the horse one after another.

Xie Niechi's eyes were red, and he had already lost his temper.

Party thief, you can come to this place too?Go back to the west for me!
The sergeants following him saw that the general was so brave and their morale was overwhelming, and after a while, they killed the Tuoba party knights who had broken through and fled in all directions.

They didn't stop, and followed Xie Nie naked, and continued to charge forward. With an indomitable momentum, they also crushed the two hundred party knights who had just arrived for reinforcements.

The battle was over after a quarter of an hour.The knights of Tuoba Dangxiang did not dare to confront the enemy head-on, and after harassing them with arrows from a distance, seeing the Khitan brigade encircling them from both wings, they immediately scattered, turned around and galloped on horseback.

Xie Niechi stopped the soldiers' request for pursuit.

He rode his horse up to a high hill and looked to the west.

There was no more smoke and dust there, which made him feel better.

Harassment and delay, typical prairie cavalry tactics, they must have been caught off guard, empty of troops, and panicked.

Originally, there were some concerns, but these party members showed their own flaws, so no wonder he was there.

"Old Gu, you lead five hundred fine cavalry as the vanguard, and head straight to Ruyuan. I will lead the army and follow up." Xie Niechi ordered, shaking off the blood on Guduo.

"Obey." Yelu Laogu didn't talk nonsense, directly ordered 500 people, and rushed out first.

The location where they are located is Ximi Yunshu (now Dage Town, Fengning County), which is also an abandoned earthen city.During the Later Wei Dynasty, Emperor Ming Yuan visited the east, and Changsun Daosheng led the army to pass through this garrison and destroy Beiyan.

Ruyuan or Yuyi Town is located ninety miles northwest of Ximiyun Garrison, and it takes less than a day to reach it.

In fact, this is already the place where Xia Thieves graze. The Khitan cavalry has found some Xiren herdsmen who are migrating in the wild.To these traitors, they have nothing to say, just kill them!
The eight tribes of Khitan hated King Xi deeply.His existence is the biggest challenge to Khitan.Khan Chen Dejin had already ordered the establishment of King Xi Shuli, but many Xi people did not admit it, and Quzhu still had a great influence.

There is no way, the grassland recognizes the expensive species.

The blood of the various clans is nobler than that of Shuli, and this cannot be changed in a short time.If there is a chance, Xie Niechi intends to capture and kill Qu Zhu to solve this big hidden danger.

Cavalry came back one after another from the southeast, southwest, and west, and behind them were many carriages, which were full of women, children, and goods.Looking at the model, it turned out to be a vehicle made by Shiwei, a black car.

Alas, the barbarians in the Southwest were really swept up badly.Once upon a time, Heiche Shiwei was also a powerful tribe, and attacked the last Khan during the Uighur chaos.What a pity, what a pity!

I don’t know if I don’t come, but I’m startled when I come, A Baoji ignores this place too much.

Thinking of this, Yelu Xienechi felt a sense of crisis, subconsciously clamped his horse's belly, and rushed down the hill.

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Yang Yue outside Yunzhou City planned to withdraw his troops.

Not because of the news from Tuoba Jin.In fact, before that, he had already planned to withdraw his troops.

The walls of Yunzhou City are thick and the regulations are very large. It stores all kinds of materials that can be consumed for a year. The two cities in the east and west are still horns of each other.

The tribes of the Fan people were not good at attacking the city, and there were many casualties under the strong attack.

The Feilong army also tried to attack twice, directly laying down nearly a thousand corpses, Yunzhou remained motionless, Yang Yue was so distressed that he gritted his teeth, knowing that he couldn't fight anymore.

The information from Tuoba Jin only made him more determined to give up the siege of Yunzhou.

"Decree, gather all ministries." Yang Yue looked at the map and said.

The army that entered Yunwei is currently roughly divided into four groups.

The first group was led by Wang He of the Zangcai Wang family, with 8000 people, all of whom were Fan soldiers. They were deployed in Shuozhou to monitor the Jin army in the direction of Yanmenguan to prevent them from attacking the grain road. Enter Lanzhou, burn, kill and loot.

Along the way, they fought back and forth with the Jin people, so it wasn't an advantage, but it wasn't a disadvantage either.

The second group was led by the "retired" Qi Bizhang, with more than [-] people, mainly Fan soldiers, plus [-] cavalry from the Dingnan Army, active in the Weizhou area.

It was they who broke through Yuzhou City before and captured a large number of people and materials.Then they tried to attack Xingtang and Feihu, tried their best, and withdrew before defeating them, and then turned to the west, trying to attack Pingxingguan (Pingxingguan), but they failed and gave up again.

The Ministry suffered a recent defeat.Li Cunxiao, the trainer of the Xinyi Guidu Regiment of the Jin Army, led thousands of cavalry to evade Qibizhang's main force, and took advantage of the complex mountainous terrain in the area to roam and make surprise attacks, specializing in small and medium-scale battles. win.

Seeing that Li Cunxiao and his gang of animals were too fierce, Qi Bizhang simply marched straight into Xinzhou, entered his lair, and set up an ambush on the way, and only then did he win a small victory.But this small victory also had some flaws. Another nephew of Qi Bizhang was captured alive for Li Cunxiao, and was hanged to death by a bowstring and hung on a tree with a crooked neck.

Qi Bizhang has ordered that all the ministries gather together to avoid battles with less than 3000 people as much as possible—but to be honest, it is very difficult to do so. The terrain of Weizhou makes it difficult to start a battle with more than [-] riders, unless They cooperate and take the initiative to fight.

The third group was led by Liu Zijing, deputy envoy of the Iron Cavalry Army, with a total of [-] people, half of whom were soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Army.They went deep into the area of ​​Guizhou, looking for openings everywhere, to see if they could go straight down to Juyongguan and break into the territory of Youzhou.

The remaining [-] people were held by Yang Yue, and they attacked Yunzhou with all their strength.

Judging from the distribution of troops, Lao Yang really underestimated the Jin people, betting that they would not dare to go north in a big way.

"Liu Zijing has been active in Guizhou for so long, and apart from burning, killing and looting, I don't think he has achieved anything. The order was sent to the north immediately, heading straight for Ruyuan."

"The whole Feilong army is moving eastward to Xinzhou, and I will push back Li Cunxiao's troops. If the bandits dare to fight in the field, look for an opportunity to wipe them out. If the bandits avoid the battle, leave him alone, go north to Ruyuan, and surround and kill the Khitan people."

"The iron cavalry envoy Zhe Siyu led Wanqi to bypass the northern line and meet Tuobajin at Tanshan. I expect the Khitan thieves will also go to the Xianyou Palace."

"Send an order to Shengzhou again. I don't care what method he uses. He will immediately transfer [-] dendrobium of millet and wheat to me for a period of [-] days. If the deadline is missed, I will kill even the governor."

After giving a series of orders, Lao Yang sat down.

Yunzhou City was still there, but he already found it boring.

Shi Shanyou, Li Siyuan, and Li Cunxiao are not interested in him. Now he wants to do Yelu Xie Niechi and Yelu Yuwen.

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The situation was urgent, and Qu Zhuye personally led the team out of the city.

The eldest son, Su Zhi, led more than a thousand horses to accompany him, in case he suddenly encountered an enemy and could not react in time.

There are piles of smoke pillars everywhere on the grassland, which are herdsmen burning hay.

If the hay prepared for the winter is burned, the livestock must not survive.

They slaughtered cows and sheep with tears in their eyes, abandoned their daily belongings, and quickly retreated after lighting a fire.

What a catastrophe for people's livelihood!
Ding Zhuang, the Xi people who rushed back to Yuyi Town, was distributed with weapons. They formed a branch camp based on the family as a unit, and prepared to defend the city.

There were also some people who rode south to look for the Khitans, and made the final blockade, buying time for Yuyi Town to gather people and supplies—the knights of the Tuoba Dangxiang had already come to help, and it would be unreasonable for them to shrink back.

Seeing the shepherds who went to Zhu, they saluted one after another.

Su Zhi looked left and right, and sighed incessantly.

Many people failed to come back. I don't know if they escaped the vicious Khitan soldiers. I hope they found a hiding place.

"Grandpa, the Khitans are coming in menacing ways. It's not safe outside. There may be wars at any time. Why don't you go back first. My son will take care of everything outside." Su Zhi couldn't help but said.

"Su Zhi, did you have any idea just now, how many people have come back?" Qu Zhufang asked another question as if he had never heard of it.

"Probably nearly a thousand households have returned. There were more than a thousand households in the vicinity of Yuyi City, but they have all withdrawn now." Su Zhi replied.

"It's only two thousand households..." Qu Zhu's heart ached so much that he almost fell off his horse.

It's all his capital, and now it's scattered everywhere, and I don't know if he has escaped the clutches of the Khitans.

"Supreme Khan is generous and benevolent, so he should help us." Qu Zhu groaned, and couldn't imagine how this winter would have passed without the relief.

"I used to think that as long as we settle down and develop slowly, there will always be opportunities." Qu Zhuyou sighed, "Thinking about it now, how ridiculous! I can't even resist the surprise attack of thousands of Khitan soldiers, and I still think about it. What to do. It is right to go to the Central Plains to sweep the assassination. He is the son of the Khan. He is the greatest hope of our family. In the future, when your brother comes back to recruit soldiers, don’t hide and hide. Help if you can. He can go up Let's go, we have hope."

Su Zhi nodded silently.

"Those sons of yours, practice martial arts well. If Khan chooses palace guards, he will send them. Daughters are also easy to raise. If there is a chance, they must be sent to the palace. If it doesn't work, you can also marry someone. This In the world, we can't do it by ourselves, we have to take advantage of it." Qu Zhuyou said.

There was a muffled sound of horseshoes in the southeast.

Qu Zhu and Su Zhi's complexion changed, and they stayed for a while, and when they saw the wounded Ranger rushing back in a panic, they didn't feel emotional anymore, and fled back to Yuyi town.

(End of this chapter)