Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 311 Almost Messed Up
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three fires and thunders sounded. This has become the standard signal for the Guiyi Army to contact, because no one else has it. The sound is loud and there is a flash of fire, which is very convenient.

However, this was not the signal sent by the Ma Shacai's headquarters who had just arrived in Lanzhou, but the signal sent by Wen Chongle in Weiyan Temple.

Because Ma Shacai's team hadn't reached the west gate, the patrols of the Li family and other tribes in Lanzhou City were organized.

Under the bright starlight, they came directly to the Weiyan Temple with torches and Peng Pai at the beginning of Maoshi.

Weiyan Temple was originally the palace of Xue Ju, the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty at the end of the Sui Dynasty. After Xue Rengao, the son of Xue Ju, was overthrown by his classmate Li Erfeng, Tang Ting, who had lingering fears, feared that another fierce man like Xue Ju would appear in Longyou.

Not only removed a large number of martial arts families in Longyou, but also demolished the city walls of Xue Ju's palace and rebuilt it into a majestic temple.

Therefore, the Majestic Temple at this time is actually a Buddhist temple with air leaks from the left and right, and the front and rear are undefended. If the enemy troops come, they can attack from the front, back, left, and right.

"General Wen, the main hall and monk's house of Weiyan Temple are mostly built with high-quality wood, and there are no dangerous places on the left and right to defend. If the enemy attacks with fire, we may be buried in the sea of ​​flames.

A certain enemy has less armor, but I have complete armor, and there are many good shooters, so why not take the initiative to attack! "

Seeing the situation, Mu Shunyi ran to Wen Chongle and said.

Although this man lived in the Central Plains for a few years, he was originally an immediate titan, a hero who followed Yelu Abaoji and his son to destroy the Bohai Kingdom, and his vision was not comparable to that of Wen Chongle.

Wen Chongle looked at Khitan's bearded man in surprise, and immediately felt very reasonable.

"Team Mu, you Khitan warriors are good at archery, you can line up and shoot at the enemy behind.

Everyone gathers all the armor, Yue Saonu, you and the other monks and masters wear two layers of armor to attack from the front, and a certain person leads [-] cavalry to attack from behind. "

There are quite a lot of armor in Weiyan Temple, but this is not privately hidden by the monks of Weiyan Temple. They are Buddhist temples, and they raise monks and soldiers only to deal with the provocations of their peers and some horse thieves and bandits who want to pay attention to them. They are not trying to rebel, so there is no armor in stock. .

Some of these armors were escorting the Yelu Aburi Khitan warriors, and some were brought by Wen Chongle. Ma Sha specially gave them three horses for each of them, just for the camel armor.

In order to bring the armor into Lanzhou City, Long Bian even threw away the thousands of pieces of goods he bought from Luoyang, the eastern capital.

This side is in an emergency, and the Li family over there is not unprepared. Indeed, as Mu Shunyi said, they really prepared kerosene and firewood, and planned to set fire if they could not attack.

At the same time, in order to prevent the archers in the Weiyan Temple, they not only equipped a large number of peng platoons, but also dismantled a large number of door panels.

The knives and axemen who are good at melee all hid behind the Peng Pai and the door panels, intending to advance directly into the majestic temple for melee combat, and use the advantage of numbers to eat up the Guiyi army in the majestic temple as soon as possible.

Yue Saonu put on a ring lock armor, and then put on Wen Chongle's cotton armor, but it cannot be said that the cotton armor belonged to Wen Chongle, this pair of cotton armor was bought by the two of them together.

Now in Liangzhou, the cost of a piece of cotton armor is still relatively high, and each set is worth hundreds of guan.

After putting on the two layers of armor, Yue Saonu rested against the gate of the temple with a pumpkin hammer in hand. The Li family wanted to fight hand-to-hand with the Guiyi army, so why not the Guiyi army?

'Boom!Whoosh!Boom!Whoosh! ' sounded, and dozens of vigorous Khitan warriors climbed up to the attic of the main hall of the Weiyan Temple, occupying a high place, and poured arrows like raindrops at the slow-moving Li family patrolmen.

These warriors who made Yelubei float to the Later Tang Dynasty and did not forget to take them with them are all the best fishing and hunting warriors in the mountains and forests of the Northeast.

Dongdan Kingdom starts from Liaoyang in the west, and extends to the north of Vladivostok in the northeast.

Many of Yelubei's personal guards were born in Bohai. They climbed mountains and mountains, and climbed tall buildings as if they were walking on flat ground.

All of a sudden, the Li family's patrol team screamed again and again. Their peng platoon and wooden shields can prevent the arrows shot from the opposite side or even thrown, but they didn't expect these Khitan warriors to climb the roof of the temple and shoot their bows. them.

Moreover, the Khitan warriors tend to shoot the torch-holding people first. After a while, the team immediately fell into darkness. Few people dared to hold the torch. The patrolmen who could not bear the casualties quickly retreated in the darkness. return.

The first wave of attack ended in an anticlimactic manner.

But they were over, but Wen Chongle didn't choose to end. The horse's eyesight was slightly better than that of humans. At the beginning of Mao, people might not be able to see clearly, but the horse could already distinguish the road conditions clearly.

The rapid sound of horseshoes sounded, and the Li family patrolmen ran out of torches. For a moment, they only felt the sound of horseshoes coming from everywhere.

Some people wondered if their own cavalry from outside the city had entered the city, but at the same time they were afraid that it was the cavalry from the other side who rushed in.

And when the slander was returned, it was quite chaotic pushing and shoving.

The surrounding area of ​​Weiyan Temple was quite empty, and Wen Chongle led more than [-] cavalrymen to keep shouting and shouting back and forth around the Li family's patrolling soldiers.

A few sharp whistles sounded, and Yue Saonu spat into the palm of his hand, holding a pumpkin hammer and squeezed tightly with the soldiers beside him.

A few soldiers with particularly good eyesight led the way. Nearly a hundred of them crowded together and moved forward collectively.

Among the patrolling troops of the Li family, Li Dalang, who was in charge of the command, beat and cursed repeatedly with an unsheathed horizontal knife, and managed to stabilize the situation.

He felt a little ashamed. Hundreds of people attacked with paddles and planks, but they retreated after less than a dozen people, and they were frightened by the sudden sound of horseshoes on the opposite side.

"Light the torches! Light up the torches! Shiro takes your good shooters and finds out those Liangzhou people who shot cold arrows.

If people from outside the city come in at dawn and see that we haven't taken down the Weiyan Temple, where will you put your face?Who dares to retreat, the whole family will be blasted out of the city! "

Among the Li family, those who can serve as patrol soldiers in the city are treated more than ten times better than those outside the city.

The patrolling soldiers in the city are basically out of production. They only need to go home to help during the busy farming season, and they can practice martial arts in the rest of the time.

Moreover, the masonry houses in the city are much more comfortable than the mud huts and tents outside the city.

Amidst Li Dalang's furious roar, the patrolmen of the Li family finally calmed down, one by one the torches were lit, and no good shooter on the opposite side shot cold arrows, Li Dalang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

But suddenly, he suddenly realized something was wrong!Not far from them, under the light of the torch, countless shining nail leaves reflected the light of the fire, making Li Dalang dizzy for a while.

"Do it!" Yue Saonu yelled, calling to the dozens of soldiers behind him, and rushed forward.

At this time, only a few of the Li family's patrolmen held Peng Pai, and the distance between the two sides was already within [-] steps.

Yue Saonu was the first to charge forward and smashed directly into the chaotic crowd of Li family patrolmen. Before the spearmen could raise their guns, Yue Saonu rushed close.

They could only throw away their long spears, draw a single knife from their waists and slash, while constantly beckoning the axemen behind them to come forward.

Among the dense crowd, Yue Saonu was stabbed three or four times in an instant, and then a big ax also slashed on his back.

Yue Saonu couldn't help but let out a scream, if he wasn't wearing a layer of cotton armor and a layer of ring lock armor, he would probably have killed him this time.

Amidst the severe pain and screams, Yue Saonu swung the pumpkin hammer in his hand and knocked down two or three Li family patrolmen beside him one after another.

Relying on the time difference and gap he made, other soldiers also rushed in.

Under Mu Shunyi's command, the Khitan warriors who jumped down from the attic shot at the rear of the Li family's patrolling soldiers one after another.

Without the cover of Peng Pai and wooden boards, the strong bow in the hands of the Khitan people exerted a huge lethality.

At this time, the cavalry team led by Wen Chongle also turned back. They kept intimidating, sprinting, and throwing arrows, and drove the outermost Li family patrols out of the large army, just like peeling onions. The enemy line is getting fewer and fewer people.

The battle entered the most intense fight in an instant. More than [-] patrol soldiers of the Li family and more than [-] soldiers and monk soldiers of the Guiyi Army fought together. Neither side knew the exact number of each other. chaos.

. . . .

Outside the west gate of Lanzhou city, Ma Shacai did not wait for Wen Chongle to open the west gate to welcome him into the city, but instead heard three sounds of fire and thunder from inside the city.

This was Wen Chongle's warning, Ma Shacai immediately knew that the situation was urgent, he stood on the horse's back and looked around.

The circumference of Lanzhou City is about seven or eight miles, but fortunately, the west gate and the south gate are relatively close, and the distance between each other is less than one mile.

Ma Shacai made a decisive decision and yelled at Er Zhujing: "The infantry in Yucheng Town formed on the spot, and the cavalry followed me on horseback and walked around the city. Wang Tong, you and Cui Huxin, stand in front of me."

Erzhu Jing heard the words without any hesitation, and directly put the flag of the Guiyi Army that he carried with him, and stood behind them. More than [-] infantrymen quickly put on their armor under the cover of the cavalry.

They placed the horses in the back formation, then inserted the Mo Dao in their hands into the soil beside them, and then drew out their strong bows and crossbows. A decent formation of crossbows and crossbows was immediately formed.

Seeing that the infantry formation was completed, Ma Shacai immediately led the cavalry and began to gallop around Lanzhou City.

He guessed that the Lanzhou Yanmo cavalry outside the city would definitely want to enter the city as soon as possible to support the city. This is also a good opportunity for him to defeat the enemy.

The head of the Li family was actually not as stupid as Wang Tinghan thought. He chose to leave the city as soon as he received the arrival of soldiers from Liangzhou.

However, when he knew that there were only less than a thousand people killed by horses, he immediately changed his combat strategy.

It has to be said that the mobilization ability of the Yanmo tribe in Lanzhou City is still very strong. In less than two days, they mobilized more than [-] cavalry.

Although they are basically unarmored nomadic knights, but the number is finally enough, it looks at least very bluffing.

The patriarch of the Li clan started running around Lanzhou City when he saw Ma Sha, and immediately thought that Ma Sha was going to intercept their team entering Lanzhou City.

After all, the battle at the Majestic Temple in the city is the key to determining the outcome of this war.

Because of the horse killing, although they brought armor, they did not bring supplies. The food and fodder along the way were obtained by attacking the small tribes in the north of Lanzhou City.

Of course, the patriarch of the Li clan could tell that Ma Shacai and the others had crossed the steep Hongchi Ridge and Yema Ridge continuously, and it was absolutely impossible for them to bring a large amount of supplies.

As long as they are prevented from entering Lanzhou City, these Liangzhou soldiers and horses can be exhausted by consumption alone.

They have at least a few hundred sets of armor. If they capture these armors by themselves, the Li family tribe will have the capital to fight against the Liangzhou people.

(End of this chapter)