Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 698

Chapter [-] Li Shimin is deep in Dingxiang
The Hua'ergou Camp has only four trenches and four low walls that are as high as a person. Such fortifications are actually a little stronger than flat ground.Of course, Qu Wentai didn't give it for nothing. He took full advantage of his strength and strength, covered the people with shield soldiers, filled the soil frantically, and quickly filled the first ditch.

In Chen Ying's plan, the four trenches were not considered wide, but their real purpose was to act as firewalls.As long as the refined kerosene is poured into the trench, and then ignited with a rocket, a wall of fire that can be burned to a height of three or four feet will be formed. As long as the kerosene is not exhausted, the fire inside will not be extinguished.

This is Chen Ying's helpless move not to repair the city wall in order to save time.But now Duan Zhigan was afraid that he would beat Murong Fuyun's troops too badly and scare them away.Therefore, no kerosene was poured in, but the rain of arrows was used to block the approach of the rebels.

Although Qu Wentai used shield soldiers to cover, the people who filled the trench also suffered heavy losses.After all, although the ballista can only shoot flat, the bow and arrow can shoot in a curved line like a blaster, bypassing the shield soldiers in the front row, and shooting specifically to kill the cannon fodder of the rebels behind.

Looking at the piles of corpses and the wounded wriggling painfully in the pool of blood, Ma Mengming was dumbfounded. He had a new recognition of Tang Jun's arrow array.

Ma Mengming couldn't bear to sigh and said, "This... why bother!"

Duan Zhixian smiled wryly and said: "To be honest, wouldn't it be good to become a citizen of the Great Tang? What do you think they are trying to do?"

Ma Mengming had already seen that the one directing the attack was his old master, Qu Wentai, the former Prince of Gaochang King.Ruthlessness is the characteristic of emperors. Although Qu Wentai is not yet an emperor, he has the potential to be an emperor, but he sits and watches thousands of people die without moving.

Ma Mengming is not an emperor, but he definitely knows the emperor.

In Qu Wentai's heart, the country of Gaochang is more important than Mount Tai, and there is nothing that cannot be discarded, especially the grassland people and slaves who are like ants.

The population in the Western Regions is sparsely populated. In addition to the climate problem and harsh environment, the most important thing is that there are frequent wars here. Since this is the frontier of the collision between Eastern and Western cultures, racial and national wars are carried out alternately.During the Western Han Dynasty, there were 36 countries in the Western Regions, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were [-] countries in the Western Regions.In the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that the people of the Western Regions themselves did not know how many kings there were in the Western Regions.

It is possible to be a king today and die in the wild tomorrow.

In the Western Regions, the cheapest thing is actually human life, and the most valuable thing is actually gold and silver, but food.

Qu Wentai looked at the first ditch that had been filled, looked at Murong Shun triumphantly and said with a smile, "I have agreed, I want half of the steel in Hua'er Ditch, you must not go back on your word!"

"It's natural. We Tuyuhun are not ruthless Tang people. We Tuyuhun warriors keep our promises the most!" Murong Shun drew out his knife and said, "Who dares to stop you from taking half of the steel here, first ask me Knife agrees or disagrees!"

"It's the best!" Qu Wentai received Murong Shun's promise again, and led the rebel soldiers under his command to attack the first low wall.

This time, Qu Wentai also adopted a simple and brutal method to deal with it!Under Qu Wentai's order, all the rebel soldiers carried thick trees and acted as rush cars, and launched a fierce attack on the low wall!

"Dong dong..."

The bumper hit the low wall, making a loud noise.Although the soldiers of the Tang army guarding behind the low wall poured arrow rain desperately, even though these rebel soldiers were shot and killed by arrows all the time, they continued to attack as if ignoring their lives.

Arrows from both sides were flying in the air, and the sound of the sharp arrows piercing the flesh filled the eardrums, and the wounded who were hit by the arrows screamed, but at this moment, no one cared.

Duan Zhi looked at this scene and sighed: "This group of people really dare to work hard!"

However, working hard actually solves real problems.Just like a baby, no matter how hard he tries, he can't defeat an adult.

Steel crossbows made of fine steel, and mountain mulberry recurve bows made of high-quality Tuomu are bleeding the rebel soldiers all the time.Unless the Tang Army's soldiers are exhausted, unless the Tang Army's arrows are exhausted, they will not be able to capture Hua'ergou at all.

If it weren't for the fear of scaring away these rebels, thousands of catties of kerosene poured down would be enough to cause heavy casualties to the rebels.

No matter how hard Qu Wentai tried, in fact he was just doing futile work.

However, Qu Wentai is very confident, he thinks he can conquer the camp of Huaergou.

On the banks of the Daban River in Mulei County, Chen Ying led the Xiao cavalry army and the Yue cavalry army to camp here.The soldiers of the whole army, who were exhausted and exhausted, snored like thunder after camping, but Chen Ying was the only one who did not feel sleepy.

After returning from patrolling the camp, he found that the lights in Chen Ying's big tent were not turned off, Guo Xiaoke thought about it and went in towards the big tent.

Seeing Chen Ying's brows furrowed tightly, Guo Xiaoke tried to ask, "Is the chief guardian worried about Jin Mancheng's safety?"

"No!" Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Murong Fuyun is doomed to be happy for nothing!"

Guo Xiaoke felt that Chen Ying seemed to be overly careful. Even if Murong Fuyun's subordinates were just a mob, even if there were 20 pigs roaring towards him, it would not be humanly able to resist.What's more, Jinman is a county in name, but in fact the county is larger than a state in the Central Plains. Duan Zhigan and Zhang Huaiwei have less than 4 people under their command. How can Jinman County be safe?
It's just that Guo Xiaoke didn't know that when Qu Wentai fled, Chen Ying had already placed a spy beside Qu Wentai. With the elite of the fierce tiger, it was too easy to stand out from the mob of Qu Wentai and Murong Fuyun.Murong Fuyun didn't know that he divided 20 people into 36 generals, led by four generals.Each general governs a number of superintendents, among the 36 generals, there are four generals who are loyal to the tiger.Among them, Guo Luo became the ninth general under Murong Fuyun's command.

If he wanted Guo Luo to kill Murong Fuyun unexpectedly, Chen Ying could give the order at any time.

Chen Ying suddenly looked at Guo Xiaoke and asked: "Xiaoke, you said that the Western Regions Protectorate was established in the Western Han Dynasty, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then Qianliang, Houliang, Western Qin, and Northern Wei, so many dynasties, so many heroes. , Why don’t you see the Western Regions become like the Central Plains and become counties and counties?”

Guo Xiaoke thought for a while, then quietly patted Chen Ying's flattery and said, "Because all the previous governors of the Western Regions were crimes of mediocrity and incompetence.

Chen Ying pointed to his own head and said: "I am very clear about whether I have a great talent or not. If I insist that I am superior to others, it means that I have a heart of constant exploration, and I dare to come out and do things that others dare not do. Under the guardianship of this metropolis, the Western Regions will soon become a historical term, and in the future, the Western Regions will become the Xizhou Road of our Tang Dynasty, just like the Longyou Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Road, and Jiannan Road, it will become a common road of the Tang Dynasty."

Chen Ying has never thought that the Western Regions are difficult to govern. There are treasures everywhere, mines that can be exploited at any time, and land that can be cultivated everywhere. Of.

Of course, Chen Ying didn't want to be the Protector of the Western Regions, nor was he like the so-called Protector of Anxi. Now his son was almost [-] days old, and this father had never even met his son.This made Chen Ying very guilty.He just wanted to maintain the stability of the Western Regions as soon as possible, and draw a blueprint for the Western Regions to be built, and then he could hand over the official position of the Governor of the Western Regions and return to Chang'an to visit his son.

What meritorious deeds, what name left in history, what country and society, in Chen Ying's view, are far less important than his own son.

Just when Chen Ying was thinking about it, Li Shimin was furious in Dingxiang City.

When Li Shimin led the newly formed Xuanjia cavalry into Dingxiang City full of confidence, he thought he would encounter a fierce battle, but he did not expect that Dingxiang City was empty.

Just when Li Shimin felt bad and was about to withdraw from Dingxiang City, the beacon fire on the distant mountains ignited, and the atmosphere in Dingxiang City became tense.

In Li Shimin's tent in the Chinese army camp, carrier pigeons, scouts, and military envoys kept coming and going, and bad news kept coming:
"Shanyang was attacked by the Turkic army!"

"Yanmenguan found a Turkic army!"

"Yingzhou found a Turkic army!"

"The patrol cavalry sent by Wuzhaibao encountered Turkic scouts and killed eleven of them!"

……

Li Shimin received a bad news, and Fang Xuanling was on the sand table, continuously planting flags representing the Turkic army, each flag representing a cavalry of about a thousand men.

It is not difficult to see from the sand table that in the area between Weizhou (that is, Datong) and Changzhou (now Yulin), except for Weizhou where no enemy troops were found, there are Turkic troops in other counties and counties.No Turkic army was found in the Shahukou area, but scouts were also active, so we should not take it lightly.Yingzhou, Linzhou, Shanyin, Shenchi and other cities did not have many troops to defend. The Turks caught Li Shimin by surprise, and the situation suddenly became extremely severe.

The more Fang Xuanling analyzed, the angrier he became. He tossed a flag and cursed: "How come the Turks know our marching route so well!"

Du Ruhui was also as gloomy as water.

If they were just suspicious at the beginning, it is almost certain now that someone will betray Li Shimin and the others and sell their marching route to the Turkic people.

Be it Qin Qiong or Cheng Zhijie, their two armies totaled [-] Zhechongfu's elite troops of more than [-], and they didn't even see the ghost of the Turkic people, and all the Turkic people appeared where they shouldn't have appeared.

The Turks were very aware of the deployment of the 24 prefectures and counties of the Bingzhou General Manager's Office, so they took advantage of the vacancy and hit the nail on the head.

Although the Turkic cavalry is known for its mobility, the movement of tens of thousands of cavalry gathering and mobilizing is quite large. The scouts of the Tang army spread so far away that it is impossible to be ignorant of their movements.

However, the Turkic army did it. The assembly and mobilization of hundreds of thousands of cavalry easily deceived Qin Qiong's troops who were looking for the enemy on the grassland, avoided Cheng Zhijie's troops, and went straight to the weakest defense line of Yingzhou. One explanation: the Turks knew Li Shimin's attack route and troop mobilization well in advance!
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