Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 122 The situation is not good

Turkic Yehu Ashinayiwuzhenmo led his own troops and Qibi tribe, a total of more than [-] riders arrived in the north of Lingzhou City.Before Ashina Yiwuzhenmo led his troops to launch an attack, he found bursts of appalling cheers coming from Lingzhou City.

Since ancient times, China has never lacked the scum who surrendered to the aliens.Although Ashina Yiwuzhenmo doesn't understand Chinese, there are people around him who are proficient in Chinese.Through the translator's translation, Ashina Yiwuzhenmo finally knew the origin of the cheers in Lingzhou City.

"It turns out that Tang army reinforcements have entered the city!"

Ashina Yiwuzhenmo looked at Lingzhou and could only look up to the sky and sigh.He did not rush to attack. He knew that at this time, the morale of the Tang army was like a rainbow, and the attack would only kill the Tang army, which would not benefit the battle situation.

"After retreating five hundred steps, dismount and rest!"

In normal times, cavalry riding a hundred miles would be almost as easy as drinking water and eating.But in such a cold weather, the snow was so thick that the war horse not only couldn't walk fast, but also slipped easily.Arriving in Lingzhou from Huaiyuan, even Ashina Yiwuzhenmo's troops were exhausted.

Combat power is also greatly reduced.

Standing in the northern city of Lingzhou, Guo Zi, the general manager, watched the large Turkic army attack, and he was so worried that he tore off a lot of his beard.If he hadn't taken care of the people in the city, he would have wanted to find a rope and hang himself.

Just as the Turkic people were getting closer, there was an uproar in the south of the city. Guo Zihe thought there was a mutiny in the city and rushed to the south city.Guo Zihe had just arrived in the city when he bumped into Chang Shi Yangze and Luo Shixin who were beaming with joy.

"Yang Changshi, what's going on in Nancheng?"

Yang Zedao: "Director Guo, great joy, the right guard and Director Chen led the troops to arrive!"

"Ah!" Guo Zihe rushed to the south of the city. Just when he arrived at the gate tower of the south city, he saw a high flag unfurling in the wind. Marching Chief Chen!"

Dozens of cavalry were at the head of the pack, surrounded by a general in black armor and red helmet, who else could it be if it wasn't Chen Ying?
"Yang Changshi, the savior is here, we can keep Lingzhou!" Guo Zihe was so excited that tears filled his eyes, his voice distorted.

Chen Ying's equestrian skills are not very good, but Yu Guni picked out a very easy-to-understand mare for Chen Ying from Bogulu City, and carried Chen Ying steadily into Lingzhou City.

Chen Ying saw Guo Zihe rushing towards him, but he didn't show off in front of Guo Zihe, and hurriedly got off his horse.

"Boss Guo, you've worked hard!"

"The rewards of eating the king, the matter of being loyal to the king, don't dare to talk about hard work!" Guo Zihe looked behind Chen Ying, saw that Chen Ying had only brought 2000 troops, and asked suspiciously: "Are there any reinforcements behind?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "This time Chen led the right guard and the sixteen regiments of the four prefectures came here, and the two regiments stayed behind in Bogulu City. At this time, only twelve regiments with more than [-] people came here. "

If Chen Ying hadn't brought Duan Zhigan's two regiments with him when he passed by Red Mountain Fort, Chen Ying probably wouldn't even be able to gather 2000 people.However, the Tang army guarding Bogulu City is extremely dangerous. If there are more than [-] Turkic soldiers and more than [-] herdsmen in the city.Once the Turkic people repeated, the Tang army could not suppress them at all.

"Twelve regiments?" Guo Zihe looked disappointed.

Lingzhou General Manager's Mansion has four Zhechong Mansions under its jurisdiction, but they are subordinate mansions. There are only 3000 people from the 3000th Regiment of the Four Mansions.In addition, the people of Lingzhou City who went to the city to fight one after another had nearly [-] horses, but with only [-] horses, they almost couldn't defend Lingzhou City.How long can Chen Ying only have two or three thousand people to defend?

Suddenly, Guo Zihe spurted out a mouthful of blood, splashing Chen Ying all over.

Chen Ying turned pale with shock, only then did he realize that Guo Zihe's chest was seriously injured, revealing his stubble.Chen Ying quickly turned his head: "Chen Huairen, come and save someone!"

Chen Huairen hurriedly took off Guo Zihe's armor, Guo Zihe struggled and said intermittently: "Director Chen... Ling... Lingzhou, please..."

Before he finished speaking, Guo Zihe was unconscious.

In fact, Guo Zihe had been gritted his teeth and persevered these days, but when he saw Chen Ying coming, the breath he held in his heart was relieved, and he couldn't hold on any longer.

Chen Ying looked at Guo Zihe who was being carried away, and looked at Yang Ze and said, "I am in charge of the defense of Lingzhou City. Does Yang Changshi have any objections?"

Lingzhou Governor Shi Yangze said respectfully: "Director Chen, all the people in Lingzhou are fully cooperating with the general manager to defend the city. If Manager Chen has any orders, Yang Ze will obey them."

"Yang Changshi is polite!" Chen Ying breathed a sigh of relief. If Yang Ze didn't let go, he would be tough. He wouldn't let the right guard take the risk of annihilating the entire army.

There is a big taboo among military strategists in many schools, and he has confidence in defending the city if the host and guest armies can live in harmony.Chen Ying thought for a while and said, "Yang Changshi, how much food is left in the city now? How many people are there in the city? How many days can it last?"

He knew that Lingzhou had been trapped for nearly three months, and that there were a lot of refugees pouring into the city. When he came into the city, he saw the faces of the defenders and the people were disheveled, and he was worried that there would be insufficient food in the city.

Yang Zedao: "There is no shortage of grain in the city. There are more than [-] stones of grain in the official warehouse alone. The big households in the city and the rich and guards all have grain in stock, but..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that there is a serious shortage of firewood!" Yang Ze sighed helplessly, "Originally there was still a lot of fuel in the city, but the Turks besieged the city, and we couldn't get out of the city at all. In order to make a fire to keep warm, we almost exhausted the fuel in the city!"

"When the manager came, he brought more than a thousand sledges!" Chen Ying waved his hand and said, "There is no firewood, so I dismantled the sledges and used them as firewood!"

"What?" Hearing this, all the right guards led the generals with different expressions.

Even Yang Ze said with regret, "I'm afraid it's expensive to make such a fetish!"

Chen Yingdao: "Shouling State is more important than anything else!"

Chen Ying naturally knew the value of the sledge, but no matter how valuable the snow sledge was, it was not as valuable as human life.In any case, in such cold weather conditions, without lighting a fire to keep warm, people simply cannot persist.

Fortunately, Chen Ying rushed into Lingzhou before Yi Wuzhenmo led his army to Lingzhou.Seeing that Chen Ying led his troops to Lingzhou City, Guo Zihe, the governor of Lingzhou, was injured and left the mess of Lingzhou to Chen Ying.

At this time, the situation was extremely bad. Except for the geographical advantage, everything else was very bad.The front of Lingzhou City is not big, and the city wall only has more than [-] steps. Even if there are millions of Turkic troops, they cannot spread outside Lingzhou City.

However, what worries Chen Ying is that there are more than [-] soldiers and civilians wounded in Lingzhou City, and now the entire city cannot spare even a thousand young adults.Fortunately, the weather was cold at this time, otherwise, in the era without antibiotics, it is estimated that more than half of the so many lightly and seriously injured would have died of inflammation.

Chen Huairen led the newly recruited medical team to treat the wounded.What surprised Chen Ying was that Lingzhou City desperately resisted the Turkic attack, and there were many wounded, but there were not many seriously wounded. Most of the injuries were caused by the Turkic bows and arrows.

This kind of puncture wound, which looks bloody and frightening to death, is actually not difficult to treat.With existing medical conditions, most people can save their lives.

Holding his saber in hand, Chen Ying climbed up to the gate tower of the west city of Lingzhou.From his harsh point of view, the defensive capabilities of the city walls and gate towers of Lingzhou City are not particularly strong. If the Turks are good at attacking the city, they will be able to take Lingzhou if they can withstand thousands of casualties at most, regardless of casualties. city.

However, it is more than enough to deal with the Turkic cavalry with weaker siege capabilities.Maybe the Turkic people will come to attack the city, Chen Ying thought to himself.

What pleased Chen Ying most was that the weather was getting colder and colder, especially when the north wind blew, the temperature dropped even more.Even though Chen Ying was wearing a down jacket, he still didn't feel much warmth.

Chen Ying thought: "Even if the Turkic nobles have sable furs and stoves to keep warm, the ordinary Turkic soldiers are not treated so well. They will not last long in the wild."

(End of this chapter)