A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 543

Winter and twelfth lunar month.

In the frontier fortress of the ancient town of Huaihuang, the two armies fought fiercely at the Huanerzui Pass of Tubianba, Langwogou, Yehuling.

In the first round of the Turkic attack, 1000 people stopped at the mountain pass. Although they were brave, they could not go far. Under the condescending and intensive attack of the crossbowmen on the mountain, and the blocking of the shield spearmen with the help of geographical advantages, casualties were soon Exhausted.

Until the last person was also shot and killed by a barbarian teenager with a javelin when he turned to run away, and was nailed to the blood-stained snow.

The drums finally stopped.

The wind continued to whine like a wolf howling.

Piedmont.

Under the banner of the Golden Wolf, Xieli's face was livid, and he didn't know whether it was the cold wind or the anger of the battle situation in front of him.

Zhi Si failed to rush over and pleaded guilty to Xie Li.

"The wind and snow are too strong. The mountain pass is narrow and steep, and there is thick snow. The Tang army occupies a favorable position and it is really difficult to attack."

Xieli didn't want to hear this explanation.

"One thousand Turkic warriors, look, they are all dead, but they haven't even opened a hole!"

"The wind is blowing fiercely in Baimao, please wait for the wind to stop before attacking."

"Wait for the wind to stop? When the wind stopped, Wu Huaiyu also transferred over 2 people from other mountain passes, so it will be easier to defend and harder to attack."

"Continue, 1000 people won't work, then [-], [-], don't stop, even if I fight with wheels, I will take this mountain pass."

Jieli roared angrily.

He has an army of [-], one thousand at a time, and he can form a hundred teams of thousands.

He could continue to attack in turn, but he didn't believe that the Tang army at the mountain pass could last for a few more rounds even with the advantage of the location.

Zhi Shisili asked Xieli to use the captured Tuli tribe as the vanguard. If they could capture the mountain pass, they would be pardoned for their crimes and even rewarded.

This move is very ruthless.

Xieli was very satisfied when he heard this, so he no longer blamed his subordinate for the unfavorable first battle.

"Let those Xi and Khitan tribes go first!"

Jieli said coldly.

These miscellaneous Hu Xiqi who dared to follow Tuli to rebel against him, now is the time to atone for their crimes.

Even if he can't attack, he doesn't feel bad about using them to consume Tang Jun, and he can kill some hidden dangers with the help of a knife.

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Down the mountain.

Kang Ayi was lying in the pile of corpses, coughing hard, and felt that what he coughed up was blood foam, and his whole body was cold. He was more unlucky, he was shot by an arrow in the shoulder, but he was fine, but he rushed forward and climbed over the ice wall Then he was shot in the arm by a javelin.

After being squeezed to the front of the large shield of the cabinet horse, and pierced through the abdomen by a spear, he rolled down the mountain and finally passed out. When he woke up, there was no sound of fighting, and a pile of corpses rolled down by him, he was still alive. But he bled a lot, and now his whole body is cold, and he feels powerless.

He wanted to struggle, but he couldn't move under the weight of the body, and he found that the blood under his body had frozen, freezing half of his body.

He panicked and wanted to yell for help, but when he opened his mouth, he spit blood and froth, as if he had hurt his lungs.

He just lay there waiting to die,

Suddenly, the passionate drums sounded again, and Kang A Yiqu's heart beat violently. He turned his head and saw a large group of people rushing towards the mountain pass again.

This time, what he seemed to see was Khitan's green bull and white horse banner.

Khitan people,
He wanted to call for help, he didn't want to die yet.

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Facing the Turkic attack again, An Lushan was much more relaxed and calm this time.

During the interval between the battles just now, he even had the energy to dispose of the Turkic corpses that fell in front of him, cut off their heads, and then looted their armor and equipment, and even the dry food and belongings they carried.

In the end, he did not forget to cut off the left ears of the three heads he had removed, and strung them together with a leather rope, and hung them around his neck. The three heads without their left ears were hung on his neck. under the shield.

He still had the energy to explore his trophies, the broken cowhide buckler, leather armor, sheepskin robe, iron knife, iron bone flower, small knife, bow and arrow...

All kinds of odds and ends, with a strong fishy smell, if he was in Shuofang before, such a pile of things could be regarded as treasures by him, they are all good things, even those few cowhide ropes Or the two bowstrings, or a horn jug,
But now, in his eyes, it was all a pile of tatters, nothing was worth looking at, and he didn't even find anything valuable from them.
They are all poor people.

"Don't stare at those broken things, cheer up and prepare to fight,"

The captain started yelling again, this big captain is very brave, just now An Lushan saw that he had won one against three, and the flag leader was also very sturdy, he even used a Mo Dao to kill a strong Turkic Han Lian's leather armor led the men and chopped it in half, spilling all the internal organs and intestines on the ground.

The two flag guards are also powerful, each with a flag gun, but any Turkic who wants to have ideas about the team flag, the flag bearer, and the team leader can't escape the left and right stabs of the two of them. Together, they are better than several people.

"Hurry up and check if you are missing anything. If you are slightly injured, you can take care of it first. The army has issued first aid kits. If the injury is serious, let the medical soldiers bandage it. If it doesn't work, just carry it down and go to the field hospital behind. go to the ambulance,"

"If you can still fight, hurry up and check your weapons and equipment, let's fight him for another [-] rounds,"

"Brothers, it's a rare opportunity to make meritorious deeds. These Turkic wolf cubs come to us today to give us military meritorious service. Don't miss it. Otherwise, you will have to hide under the covers and cry bitterly for three days and three nights at home!"

An Lushan chuckled,
The gang leader next to him remembered this young bearded boy, "An Lushan, you are fierce enough, but remember to be more careful later, we want to make military achievements, but first we have to survive, if you die, it will be useless .”

"Understood, buddy."

There was no order for them to retreat and exchange on the mountain, so they had to continue to hold on, but everyone felt that they could fight again.

It didn't take much effort to kill a thousand Turkic forwards, and it didn't even cost much casualties. This kind of battle took advantage of the right time, place and people. Everyone felt that the Turks were here to give credit, and they wished for a few more battles.

Amidst the sound of the horns, the Khitans formed an array at the foot of the mountain.

A thousand Khitan warriors also abandoned their horses and fought on foot.

The leader of the Khitan, Dahe Mohui, looked at the thousand warriors in front of the formation, silently.

He knew very well that even a thousand Turkic soldiers were unable to tear open the mountain pass just now, so sending a thousand Khitan fighters up now would not be effective.

But he has no choice, he is still waiting for the crime,
"May the gods bless you, go!"

In the past, the Turkic soldiers were full of confidence when they attacked for the first time, and even felt that they were lucky to be able to make the first battle. But now that the horn sounded again, these Khitan soldiers were advancing with heavy steps. Every step they took, they felt that they were getting closer to the gate of hell. took a step.

The Khitans attacked at a slow pace, intentionally keeping the distance apart, avoiding the crowded place like the first time, and becoming a living target for the Tang army.
Dahe Mohui also personally led the Khitan soldiers to cover and support them with bows and shots.

Into the 150-step range.

The sound of war drums sounded on the mountain, and the crossbowmen began to fire their crossbows again.
With drums beating behind them urgently, the Khitan soldiers had to brave the wind and snow and crossbow arrows to advance slowly, no matter how slow their pace was, they would always engage in battle.

Approaching sixty steps, all the Tang troops fired with bows and arrows.

The Khitan soldiers fell one after another,
After twenty or thirty steps, the shield soldiers of the Tang army threw their javelins and were shot by the short spears, unable to resist at all, and died immediately.

A young Khitan boy watched an old Khitan soldier next to him being pierced by a short spear and stuck on the ground. He vomited in horror, then turned his head and started running uncontrollably.

When he turned around and fled, many Khitan soldiers also turned around and ran away.

Twenty steps away from the Tang army's shield formation, the Khitan's attack collapsed.

Zhishen immediately stepped forward, held up the big knife, and chopped down the young man who was running in the front with one blow, then chopped off his head and held it up high, "Run away, cut,"

"go back!"

"Kill to the top of the mountain, seize the pass, and there will be rewards!"

Some Khitan soldiers were still hesitating, but the paralyzed soldiers had already rushed towards them, swiping their knives and chopping down more than a dozen people at once. Soon they chopped off the heads of these people, lifted them up, and threw In front of the rest of the Khitan soldiers.

"Turn back, or die!"

The Khitan soldiers had no choice but to turn back again, but they were hesitant, procrastinating, demoralized, and forced to attack again, but they became the target of the Tang army.

Soon, the forced Khitan soldiers finally fell in front of the mountain.

Jieli's eyes were cold and frightening.

"Ask Kedu to transfer a thousand Xi soldiers."

An Lushan was humming a cheerful song from his hometown Shuofang, cutting off heads and ears. He was already proficient in the movements. This time he added two more heads and two left ears to the ear necklace around his neck.

Still nothing good was found on the Khitan people, and they were full of rags.

Fortunately, An Lushan didn't care anymore, what he cared about now was the five heads piled up next to the shield.

"These Khitan people are really useless and vulnerable." An Lushan said to the gang leader.

"Don't underestimate the enemy, any negligence on the battlefield may kill you, boy." The captain reminded him, and threw him a piece of dried meat that had just been dug out of Khitan's corpse, " Hurry up and add, it is estimated that there will be another battle in a while."

"Is this Turkic Jieli Khan so stupid? Add fuel to tactics, and keep adding fuel and jealousy to give us our heads?"

The gang leader smiled while chewing the jerky, "It's not impossible to add oil tactics. If we really only have 5000 people and he has 10 people, even if it is limited to the terrain, as long as he fights like this, we can't handle it." How long, will eventually lose,

This is like besieging a city and seizing a stronghold. The defense of the strong city fortress is much stronger than this mountain pass, but as long as there are enough soldiers, horses, food and grass, there will be those who have been besieged for several years, and they still have to be worn down.
It's just that Jieli miscalculated this time, he didn't know that our military governor is wise and powerful, and he was deliberately catching him."

Now that An Lushan has gone through two battles, he is full of confidence. He feels that the Turkic people are really ordinary, and they can't even beat them.

If two thousand Mo sword soldiers were dispatched, one thousand Youzhou Tuqi with armored cavalry were dispatched, and three thousand elite Qingyi army Qingqi were dispatched, Jieli would not be captured alive?

On the mountain.

Several generals came to ask for a fight,
No one expected that the Ya Nei soldiers who led the battle could fight so well.
Three battles and three victories, a thousand Turks, a thousand Khitans, and a thousand Xi soldiers have all been defeated by them, but their casualties were only a few hundred, and their fighting spirit is still high.

"Captain, it's our Guangning Army's turn, right? We are the home court."

"Captain, our Qing army has been preparing for a long time."

"It's better for us to dispatch the Serenity Army."

"Why are you heavy cavalry from the Jingsai Army here to join in the fun, heavy cavalry guarding the mountain?"

A group of generals were fighting with red faces.

Wu Huaiyu waved his hand, "Don't worry, you have to be patient when fishing. Now the yameni soldiers still have spare strength, don't rush to change, don't scare Jieli away, we have to make him feel that he has the advantage, so that he will continue to fight. "

Looking down the mountain, the Turkic army is still full of mountains and valleys. The mere 3000 casualties are not worth mentioning to Xieli. He still has the advantage.

"The Ya Nei children fought really well. This is not going to work. We need to let Jieli have more hope." Wu Huaiyu thought for a while, "Remove all the wounded from the Ya Nei children's army, and let them abandon the first line of defense and retreat. Back a hundred steps."

There are three thousand steps from Badgerzui Pass to the top of the mountain.

Wu Huaiyu planned to give way a hundred steps first, to give Jieli a little more illusion that victory was in sight, and lure them to continue to increase their attacking force.

And it's better to take a hundred steps back.

One thousand and one thousand refueling chariots are fighting on wheels. When will it be fought, let go of the opening and let Jieli send more people up.

"The light cavalry of the Qingyi army and the heavy cavalry of the Jingsai army should not come to join in the fun. You should rest well first. There will be times when you need to attack, but not on this mountain to fight offensive and defensive battles,"

When they need to attack, it must have reached a critical moment, when the net is about to be closed, they must be asked to outflank or intercept Xieli directly.

Where cavalry can be used to defend mountains, it must be flanking or chasing and intercepting.

As for the heavy infantry of the Modao Army, it's not time for them to attack. Once these trump cards are deployed, Jieli will be desperate, and he will definitely not fight again.

"The boys from Ya Nei will fight for a while, and then change to the Guangning Army first, and then the Guangning Army will then change to the Mohe soldiers, and then the boys from the back of the mountain..."

Wu Huaiyu made arrangements.

The generals who had been arranged immediately became excited, and then agreed with each other while still there that the first army would fight for three or five battles at most, and then they had to be replaced by others.

Looking at these guys, Huaiyu was expressionless.

One will be a million bones.

In fact, in the seemingly easy battle of defending the mountain, more than 300 yamen soldiers have been lost in these three battles.

"Send more ranger scouts to keep an eye on the movements of the Turks, and the mountain passes must also strengthen their defenses. We are just planting flags and bluffing all over the mountain passes, but we can't let the Turks discover the truth. Take advantage of my unprepared surprise attack, otherwise we will That's going to be double-teamed."

"Please rest assured, the governor. Although there are not many soldiers guarding the mountains, they are also equipped with regimental trainers and children. The Turkic people can't just think about it."

"Be careful, don't underestimate the enemy."

The humming horn sounded again at the foot of the mountain, and this time it was the turn of 1000 Sogdians from the Turkic Hu tribe to attack the mountain, led by Dagan Kanghulu himself.

(End of this chapter)