A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1211: Kill the General and Seize the Flag

There is a price to pay for underestimating the enemy.

The Martial Saint Guan Yu was careless and lost Jingzhou and was defeated in Maicheng.

The Kucha Tutun Qulichu thought he had outwitted Wu Huaiyu, but unexpectedly he was outwitted instead. He attacked Dashi City with the help of both inside and outside forces, but was tricked into falling into a trap by Wu Huaiyu.

About two or three thousand people entered the city.
There were still about 5,000 people at the back who had not yet entered the city, so the city gate was blocked, and the front and rear could not see each other and were cut into two parts.

People outside the city couldn't come in and could only watch those people being locked up in the city.

At the foot of the mountain,

As a captive of Qu Lichu, Lu Chengqing, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and Duke of Fanyang, was also brought to the battlefield. Before the battle began, he saw the motionless Dashicheng and was filled with despair.

The military officials around him also sighed and some even cried.

When the shouts and cries of killing were heard from the mountain, the rebels were seen rushing into the city.
Some people couldn't help crying loudly, while others cursed the rebels.

Just when they all thought that Dashi City had fallen and Prime Minister Wu was about to die, they suddenly realized something was wrong.

Soon, news came down from the rebels.

I've fallen into a trap. There's an ambush.
Qu Lichu was ambushed when he entered the city and was imprisoned in the city.
The people behind cannot enter the city.

The King of Kucha was also imprisoned in the city.
The turn came too suddenly.
The military officials who had just been cursing and crying were stunned for a long time before finally cheering.

This led to a beating from the rebels guarding nearby.

Lu Chengqing shouted in Kucha language, "Prime Minister Wu had already predicted your coming and set a trap for you. Qu Lichu must have been captured by now.
If you guys know what's best for you, please let us go. I can still save your lives."

The guards were Kucha soldiers, who were also in a panic. Now, listening to the Tang envoy's words, they seemed to have some truth in them, but they were still a little hesitant, but they did not dare to beat them again.

He cupped his hands and said, "Be quiet."

On the mountain,

The battle inside the South Gate is still going on.

Qu Lichu was the first to rush forward the fastest, but was then killed instantly by concentrated fire.

Although Wu Huaiyu only left 500 soldiers in the city, he also made a lot of deployments in advance.

south gate,

It's a trap.

He set up an ambush circle inside the south gate in advance, using chevaux de frise, sandbags and other tools to build a circle of defense, and also scattered many caltrops in front of the chevaux de frise.
Archers were lying in ambush on the rooftops, and shieldmen and spearmen were behind the horses.

A lot of firearms were also prepared, including poison smoke balls, palm bombs, rockets, and even flamethrower cabinets.

Qu Lichu and his men rushed into the city and fell into this tight net.

The city gate behind was blocked.
The five hundred Anxi troops surrounded the three thousand rebels who entered the city.

The encirclement is not big.
The rebels huddled together.
When they found themselves ambushed, they wanted to rush out, or even to seize the city, but they found themselves surrounded by sharp stakes, caltrops, and even makeshift earthbag walls.

Surround them tightly.

Arrows rained down.

There is also Thunderbolt,

Accompanied by poison smoke bombs and even flamethrower cabinets, the rebels who had just been extremely excited were stunned.

There was smoke and fire everywhere.

The explosion keeps on,
They had never seen such a battle before.
In the darkness, they could not even tell the direction, and they ran around like headless flies, but they could not break out of the encirclement. Instead, they were shot down one after another by waves of arrows.
The death of Qu Lichu in battle left the group leaderless.

quickly,

The King of Kucha, Baihelibushibi, who was also surrounded, shouted in panic that he wanted to surrender. Although the Prime Minister Nali and the General Jieliedian were unwilling to give in, they heard that Qulichu had died in battle and saw the guards around him falling down one after another.

There was also the choking poisonous smoke, the blazing flames, and the terrifying thunder.
This made them all frightened and desperate for a moment.

surrender,

If you don't surrender, you will all die here.

More and more people shouted surrender and threw down their weapons.

Xiong Kuohai carried Qu Lichu's leader to the center of the cross street, which was the temporary command post set up by Wu Huaiyu.

"Sir, Qu Lichu has been beheaded. We have verified it. This is his head."

Wu Huaiyu carefully examined the head for a while under the light of the tallow candle.
There were many bloodstains, but it was still clear that this was the Tutun Qulichu from Kucha who had just been separated from us a few days ago. His face was quite recognizable, with a long scar on his left eye, which made his eagle-like eyes look even more fierce.

"Did you kill him?" Wu Huaiyu asked with a smile.

Xiong Kuohai chuckled twice, "At that time, this guy was very arrogant, riding his horse to the front and yelling. I was lying in ambush on the roof and recognized this guy as Kucha Tutun at a glance, so I picked up the iron bow that my husband gave me and shot this guy off his horse with one arrow.

Then Luo Cheng rushed out, picked up the guy with his bright silver spear, and threw him behind. Wu Yunzhao and Wu Tianxi each shot him again, and then You Junda chopped off his head. "

"Zhu Can didn't catch up, so he rushed over and chopped down Qu Lichu's flag bearer and snatched back his wolf flag."

These orphans of the opera garden are extremely eager to make achievements.
Tonight they all seized the opportunity, fighting recklessly to capture the flag.

They succeeded.

Wu Huaiyu looked at Xiong Kuohai, "Are you hurt?"

"I was fine on the roof. The arrows whizzed past my head but didn't touch me at all. Luo Cheng rushed in and knocked Qu Lichu away. His horse was hit by several arrows, and his body was also hit by several arrows. Fortunately, I was wearing armor, so I only had some skin injuries."

"Zhu Can was shot in the leg and lost a lot of blood, but it's not serious."

Wu Huaiyu nodded,
"Kill the general and seize the flag. You guys should be credited with a great achievement."

Xiong Kuohai shot down Qu Lichu with one arrow, which was the first achievement. Luo Cheng rushed into the enemy camp and shot Qu Lichu into his own camp, which was also a great achievement. Zhu Can killed the flag bearer and seized the general's flag, which was also a great achievement.

The contributions of Wu Yunzhao brothers and You Junda in finishing off the enemy and cutting off the heads can certainly be counted as assists.

Good news kept coming in. Wu Huaiyu's trick of luring the enemy into a trap and then closing the door to beat the dog worked very well.

Qu Lichu was killed in battle, and soon the King of Kucha surrendered.
"Those who lay down their weapons and surrender will be spared death,"

"Send a signal and have the 500 ambushed soldiers outside the city attack the enemy's rear."

The battle in the city must be resolved quickly. If the enemy does not lay down their weapons and surrender, they will be ruthlessly annihilated.

Wu Huaiyu also specially arranged for people to shout loudly at the city gates and on the top of the city walls, reporting the latest battle situation like a live broadcast.

"Qu Lichu was killed in battle, his head was cut off, and his flag was captured,"

"The King of Kucha knelt down and surrendered,"

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These messages were loudly announced in several languages ​​commonly used in the Western Regions.
The besieged rebels in the city were even more devastated upon hearing this news. Tutun was killed in the battle, and the King of Kucha surrendered. What was there to fight for?
Come down.

You can't get out without descending.
Especially when they heard those reports, some people shouted that Wu Xianggong had received a secret message from the King of Yanqi and knew that the King of Qiuci and Tutun were going to rebel.

Therefore, more than 10,000 elite troops were mobilized early to ambush inside and outside Dashi City.

There are now 8,000 elite Anxi troops in the city, and another 10,000 elite Anxi troops outside the city, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers from Shule, Khotan, Tocharian, Sogdian and other foreign tribes.

Just waiting for them to come.

The armies that destroyed Kepantha and Zhujupo did not really return, but turned back halfway and ambushed inside or outside the Dashi City.

collapse,

despair,

The ambush attack by the Tang army in Dashi City was so fierce that they really believed that there were 8,000 elite troops in the city. If someone said that there were only 500 Anxi soldiers in the city, they would definitely not believe it.

How could five hundred men ambush three thousand men and beat them so badly?

It must be eight thousand, it must be eight thousand, that’s normal.

Surrender, surrender quickly.

Especially the soldiers from Kucha and Yanqi, many of them were confused and didn't know why they were sent to assist Wu Huaiyu in conquering the three kingdoms of Shule, but as soon as they arrived, the king suddenly died, and then they returned. Why did they go halfway and then turn back to attack Dashicheng and capture and kill Wu Huaiyu?

Everyone just listened to the king and Tutun.

I was excited by the huge reward before, but now I am almost dead from the beating, so I don't care about anything else anymore. I just want to survive.

Now that Tutun is dead and the king has surrendered, let’s surrender as well.

Without saying anything, he dropped his weapons and took off his armor.

Lying on the ground, with his hands behind his head,
The postures are more standard than one another.
He was lying on the ground and kept shouting, "It's dropping, it's dropping."

The battle in the city ended quickly.

There were no more accidents in the battle outside the city.
When the 500 Anxi Ya soldiers who were ambushed outside the city suddenly rushed out from behind them, the rebels outside the city, mainly composed of Qiuci and Yanqi soldiers, collapsed as soon as they came into contact.

Scattered away.

With just one round of palm thunder and one round of bombardment from the three-eyed gun, five hundred soldiers were completely scared out of their wits and scattered in fear.

The rest is garbage time.
The rebels did not resist, they just fled, and the Anxi soldiers finally encountered some difficulties.

The troops were too few. It was easy to defeat the enemy, but it was difficult to capture them all. They fled in all directions like a group of frightened wild boars.
This late at night,
It was really hard to chase them. I stopped this group and that one ran away.

This chaos lasted till dawn.
Night ends and dawn begins,

The sun rises,

It's a new day again,
At the foot of Yanzi Mountain, the wheat that was about to mature was blown by the wind and swayed like waves.

Just compared to yesterday,

Many wheat fields were trampled today.

There were even many dead bodies lying in the fields.
"Report,"

"We met a group of people outside the city, claiming to be Lu Chengqing, the Minister of War of the imperial court, and they wanted to see the Prime Minister."

When Wu Huaiyu heard the name of his father-in-law, he was very surprised and immediately got up and went to the city gate to meet him in person.

south gate,

In the morning, the area had been cleaned up and traffic had resumed, but traces of yesterday's battle could still be seen through the smoke and fire, and there were many dried blood stains on the ground.

Wu Huaiyu saw Lu Chengqing,
Very embarrassing,
His purple robe was torn and dirty, and even his official hat was gone. He found a piece of cloth from somewhere and tied a scarf around it, trying hard to maintain the demeanor of an assistant minister of the Ministry of War.

"Lord Fanyang, you have been wronged." Wu Huaiyu couldn't help but sigh that this guy was lucky. He didn't expect that he would fall into the hands of the rebels and yet survive.

"I'm fine, but it's a pity for the Duke of Shuofang," Lu Chengqing briefly explained the incident of the city change. The deaths of Xue Gu and Wu Ren were a bit tragic and unfair.

"Let's go into the city first, take a good bath to get rid of the bad luck, and then change clothes."

Lu Chengqing was really impressed by the still elegant Wu Huaiyu. He was shocked and scared along the way, especially when the battle just started last night. He really thought that Wu Huaiyu was going to be defeated. Who would have thought that he would witness a beautiful battle with his own eyes.

"How did Prime Minister Wu know that Qu Lichu was going to rebel and how did he prepare for it?"

"When I was in Bohuan City, I heard General Xue Gu say that there were only a thousand soldiers here."

Wu Huaiyu smiled, "There are indeed only a thousand soldiers here. The battle last night was won by these thousand Anxi soldiers. As for discovering Qu Lichu's rebellion, it was actually just some details. This guy already had an insider in the city, and then he sent hundreds of people disguised as a caravan in the past few days. It was really abnormal. My people were more serious and careful, so they checked them and found clues."

After hearing this, Lu Chengqing was even more shocked.

"Last night, with only a thousand soldiers, you defeated Qu Lichu's eight thousand men's combined internal and external attack?"

"My Anxiya soldiers are the elite among the elite. One of them can easily defeat ten of those rabble. We are still bullying them a bit."

Lu Chengqing sighed, "Did Wu Xiang not think about temporarily withdrawing to avoid the sharp edge?"

"Hahaha, Qu Lichu insists on coming to me to give up his life and gain merit, why should I run away?" Wu Huaiyu laughed and pulled Cheng Lu Chengqing into the city.

(End of this chapter)