Great Tang princess

Chapter 309 Asymmetric Combat

There were hot air balloons floating in the sky on all sides of the city wall, and the soldiers in camouflage uniforms slid down the ropes, almost without resistance, and completely occupied the surrounding city walls very smoothly.

Li Yuechen picked up his teacup and said to Hei Chi Chang Zhi: "Qianniuwei will open the gate of the city, you lead the army into the city, let the vanguard officers under you occupy the streets, and gradually eliminate the enemy. Remember, where there is red smoke, you will It’s where a lot of enemy troops are hiding.”

"Yes!" Hei Chi Chang Zhi agreed.

Liu Rengui next to him suddenly grinned: "I am afraid that the morale of the enemy army has completely lost now. The general situation is over, and most of them should be ready to flee..."

"Well, but it is difficult for 100,000 people to run out at once. I will let them throw grenades in the southwest direction and try to destroy the enemy army." Li Yuechen replied with a nod.

Now Geng Yunqiang's hot air balloon is still floating over Yizhou City, looking at the overall situation, and synchronizing the latest situation with Li Yuechen at any time.

After the order was issued, an army of [-] roared towards Yizhou City, and the cost that was originally closed was opened when the army started to move.

The [-] Heyuan army divided into two groups, and entered the city from the east gate and north gate without hindrance.

As soon as he entered the city, he saw several bamboo tubes emitting red smoke falling from the sky and landing in different places in the city.

The vanguard officers turned their heads and shouted: "There may be a large number of enemy troops hiding in places with red smoke, so be careful!"

As he said that, he led the different Tang army teams to disperse and headed straight to the vicinity of these locations.

The rumbling horseshoes resounded throughout the city of Yizhou, and many Tubo soldiers running around on the streets were hacked to death by the Tang army on horseback before they even had time to resist.

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Above the sky, Geng Yunqiang, who saw this scene, asked the messenger to inform Li Yuechen through semaphore.

After hearing the report, Li Yuechen placed several chess pieces on a street, and at the same time placed a few chess pieces nearby.

The nearby Lunqin Mausoleum can be seen without asking, which means that this place has been completely occupied by Li Yuechen.

When she took down those white chess pieces, she knew that all the Tubo soldiers here had been wiped out.

He turned his head in horror and looked at Li Yuechen's side face.

It was really hard to imagine that this princess who was only seventeen or eighteen years old had such means to command an army of fifty thousand to take down a city so easily.

In this era, there are quite a few vanguard officers at the age of seventeen or eighteen, but commanding an army of tens of thousands of people is definitely not something that can be done at this age.

There is also this object that can carry people to the sky, and the gray-white smoke... It is really hard to imagine, where is this princess descending from?
At this moment, he suddenly saw that there were several black chess pieces on the sand table in the northwest direction of the city.

Lun Qinling thought about it carefully, where is...

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In the northwest direction of the city, a group of heavily armed soldiers slowly advanced along the street. After they had just occupied the city wall, they immediately came down to perform another task.

Now almost all the houses in the city have their doors and windows closed. Ordinary people are hiding in their homes and shivering, not daring to come out at all, so the streets are a little quiet.

They quickly walked around a few streets and came to a corner.

A soldier glanced slightly, and could see two soldiers holding hands at the door, so he immediately raised his hand and stretched out two fingers.

The soldiers behind nodded, drew their arrows and began to string their crossbows.

Then two soldiers suddenly flashed out from behind the corner, aimed at the two of them and shot arrows.

Before the two Tubo soldiers could react, they were shot through the neck and eyes by arrows, and fell straight down with a muffled sound.

The soldiers behind the corner ran out immediately and entered the house in formation.

Perhaps hearing the muffled sound of corpses falling to the ground outside, two soldiers immediately opened the door and ran out to check.

However, he had just walked out of the house, and before he could react, there were hand axes shining with cold light on the left and right sides...

The two corpses fell to the ground again. The soldier swung the blood off the hatchet, knelt down and wiped the corpses twice.

Other soldiers had already entered the house, and two children, a man and a woman, were brought out after a while.

Both children had their hands tied. The girl was older and looked about eleven or twelve years old, and the boy was younger, only seven or eight years old.

A soldier untied his hands for the two, and at the same time carefully observed the appearance of the two, turned his head and said: "Target confirmed!"

"Withdraw!" The platoon leader in charge of leading the team waved his hand, turned around and left.

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On the other side, the messenger put down his binoculars and bent down to report: "Your Highness, the sons and daughters of Governor Zhou have been rescued!"

"Okay!" Li Yuechen nodded, placed a few chess pieces at the position just now, and took away the white chess pieces at the same time.

Lun Qinling, who saw this scene next to him, was ashamed, staring at the sand table in front of him without saying a word.

When there is a hot air balloon in the sky, everything in the city cannot be hidden from her eyes. At this point, it is only a matter of time before Yizhou City is captured.

Not to mention that as the reports came one by one, there were more and more black chess pieces on the sand table.

Today, where there are still a large number of white chess pieces, only the west gate and the south gate remain.

Lun Qinling can imagine that a large number of soldiers gathered at the city gate must be because they lost their backbone and subconsciously wanted to escape.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard several loud explosions, which made him stand up and look from a distance.

The direction of the explosion was the southwest gate of Yizhou City!

Lun Qinling's lips trembled slightly. He had heard that when the princess was fighting the Turks, there was a sudden violent explosion among the Turkic cavalry, and everyone was thrown off their feet.

It is rumored in the world that the princess used some kind of fairy method at that time.

Originally, he was dubious about the rumors, but when he heard the explosion today, he realized that the rumors were true.

But the problem is, now she is sitting next to him!I didn't hear her chanting spells or anything. How did she do it?
The sun gradually set on the mountain, and the last ray of sunlight in the sky gradually disappeared, replaced by stars that gradually brightened the sky.

The hot air balloons in the sky also descended slowly, and the burning flames were extremely obvious in the night.

Li Yuechen was surrounded by torches, still illuminating the sand table in front of him extremely brightly.

Lun Qinling couldn't see any emotion on his ashen face, letting the light from the torch illuminate half of his face, he just stared at the sand table in front of him and muttered to himself.

Li Yuechen also had half of her face in the shadows, she turned her head: "The battle report statistics are estimated to be released tomorrow, this is the end of your Tubo invasion of my Datang!"

"Hahaha..." Lun Qinling burst out laughing suddenly, "Your Highness is absolutely extraordinary, with such godlike means, I won't be wronged if I lose!"

His laughter resounded through the night sky, and there was a sense of freedom and relief in it.

Perhaps in his heart, he did not lose to a person, but to a god.

Since he is a god, it is normal and acceptable to lose.

"Your Highness asked me to watch from the sidelines today. I guess it's not showing off?" Lun Qinling asked suddenly.

Li Yuechen turned his head and glanced at him, then stood up and said, "I just want to let you know that sooner or later, your Tubo will be incorporated into my territory of Tang Dynasty!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to the soldiers next to him: "Take it down, I'll take care of it!"

The soldier next to him agreed, took his arm and left.

While walking back, Lun Qinling turned his head and shouted: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will not run or kill myself. Now I just want to congratulate the Tang sage for having such a true dragon and goddess!"

"Hmph..." Hearing his shout, Li Yuechen couldn't help but sneered and shook his head.

I don't know if his mentality exploded after losing, and he would use such an obvious method to sow discord.

At this moment, Li Yuechen felt an impulse in his heart, wanting to answer him: In order to make me the crown prince, the emperor almost knelt down for me, and you are still using you to make rumors about my old lady?

However, it can also be seen from this that Lun Qinling has indeed studied a lot of Han culture, and he has even learned countermeasures.

No one cares about the words he shouted now.

Hei-chi Changzhi and other Heyuan officers acted as if they hadn't heard, they beat mosquitoes for those who beat mosquitoes, and those who looked at the stars looked at the stars.

Liu Rengui was holding a teacup, squinting at Lun Qinling who had been taken away, showing a funny smile.

As for Geng Yunqiang and others, they didn't care at all and continued to do their own business.

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In Yizhou City, soldiers of Qianniuwei patrolled the city walls and streets to ensure the stability of law and order after the war, and at the same time they were still doing work such as cleaning the battlefield.

There are still many Tubo soldiers under the city wall. Although the effect of the tear gas bombs has passed, they still cannot open their eyes and their throats are burning.

The soldiers responsible for cleaning the battlefield were accompanied by medical personnel to judge whether they could be rescued.

Those who can be saved will be dealt with briefly, and then they will be taken as prisoners and locked up;

Some of the people responsible for cleaning the battlefield were once captives of Tubo.

On the contrary, now they don't think that they are Tubo people, but they regard themselves as soldiers of the Tang Dynasty under the princess!
During this period of time, they received education and training, and their thinking has changed a lot. Now wearing camouflage uniforms, they regard themselves as members of Qianniuwei.

In this year's flood fighting incident, many captives died.

Li Yuechen regarded them as martyrs, and hung their names on the tree together with those soldiers who died in the rescue.

This approach touched many captives, and they found a sense of belonging in Qianniuwei.

Like Gao Sanquan, who was originally sent to the princess barracks to inquire about news, but now he has become the squad leader of the engineering unit and is leading his soldiers to build a temporary prisoner-of-war camp.

The Yizhou Governor's Mansion naturally became Li Yuechen's temporary residence. At this time, she was comforting Qian in the main hall who was crying while hugging a pair of children.

"Dudu Zhou is a good official and can do practical things. He would rather die than surrender, which shows the blood of the people of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Yuechen patted her on the shoulder lightly, "I will treat him in front of the saint when I go back. achievement!"

In this era, if one can get a word of praise from the emperor, it is already a matter of glory to the ancestors. Li Yuechen's simple sentence is really very important.

"I thank Your Highness for your great kindness!" Qian replied wiping her tears, "Your Highness was able to save my two sons and daughters, it is already a great kindness, how dare I ask for credit..."

Li Yuechen sat down: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. What are your plans in the future? Is there still someone in your natal family?"

Mrs. Qian shook her head: "Now there is no one around except my children... I just want to ask Your Highness to take our orphans and widows back to the capital and find a job... let me raise our children..."

"This matter is easy to handle. There are many properties under the name of this palace, and I can give you a job to support your family." Li Yuechen nodded, "At the same time, if you want, these two children can also enter the school opened by this palace to study cultural arithmetic ,for free!"

In fact, with Zhou Yunjie's feat of preferring death to surrender, Li Yuechen would have no problem raising her for nothing.

But it was just because she was afraid that she would lose face, so I gave her a job and a salary so that she wouldn't think too much about it.

Qian immediately pulled the two children to kneel down: "My concubine thanks the princess for her great kindness. In the future, she is willing to be an ox or a horse and serve by His Highness's side..."

"All right!"

Li Yuechen reached out to help her up, with a comforting smile on his face: "Your task is not to serve me, but to raise these two children first!"

Seeing her face, Qian wiped away tears, nodded heavily: "Your Highness is so kind, I will never forget it!"

The two children also said in a very sensible way: "Your Highness is so kind, I will never forget it!"

Li Yuechen stretched out his hand with a smile, and touched the heads of the two little guys: "You two, if you study hard in the future, you will live up to my expectations!"

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Ask Qian to take the child to rest first, and Li Yuechen listens to Geng Yunqiang's report while drinking tea.

"Your Highness, according to preliminary statistics, more than 8000 enemies were wiped out in this battle, and most of them were killed with grenades when the enemy fled. The prisoners were about [-] people... In fact, while the hot air balloon was taking off, A lot of people have already run away, and now I am afraid they have already left the border..."

"How's our battle damage?" Li Yuechen turned his head and asked.

"Returning to Your Highness, Qianniuwei had zero casualties, and the Heyuan Army killed 32 people and injured 98 people... This is only a preliminary statistical result, but it is expected that the difference will not be too big..."

Liu Rengui, who was listening next to him, suddenly burst out laughing: "I really didn't expect that His Royal Highness was able to achieve such a miraculous record for the first time commanding a battle. Such a good news, the Emperor and Empress must be very happy!"

Li Yuechen just smiled after hearing this: "Master, is it right to come this time?"

"Yes..." Liu Rengui nodded with some emotion, "Your Highness's abilities are far beyond mine now... With His Highness here, I don't have to worry about the future Tang Dynasty!"

"Will Master be proud of his disciple?" Li Yuechen asked with his head tilted, with a lovely smile on his face.

"That's natural!" Liu Rengui nodded with a serious face, "And there will be things to rely on His Highness in the future!"

Li Yuechen nodded: "Master is worried about Liu Huang? Don't worry, even if Master doesn't tell me, I will arrest him and serve me in the army!"

"Hahaha..." Liu Rengui laughed suddenly, "Then I can rest assured..."

(End of this chapter)