A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 572
"Kill!"

An arrow shot through the air,
Dugu Yanyun, who was standing next to his beloved horse's body and waving his horse spear, was shot in the face.
A Beishan Xihu Yiluohe Archer sneered in the dark.

Dugu Yanyun screamed in pain,

Another arrow came and hit his shoulder blade.

The deputy governor of Anton was surrounded by loyal and brave soldiers who died in battle. They died of exhaustion in bloody battles.

Dugu Yanyun shook his body, holding the horse in one hand and holding the general's flag in the other.

The flag was stained with blood and the wind could no longer blow it.

Dugu Yanyun, who was hit by several arrows and still had half a broken spear stuck in his body, could no longer hold on.
"No retreat!"

He vomited blood, still shouting stubbornly,
At this moment, he should have regretted it.

Amidst a burst of shouting, several Xihu warriors dragged their spears down the river and rushed up. Dugu Yanyun lifted the increasingly heavy horse pole and swung several spears away, but he was still stabbed by several spears.

The battle armor is already broken.

Blood stained red.

"Kill... Hu..."

Dugu Yanyun finally fell, and a Xi chief rushed up and chopped off his head with a knife. He picked up the head and raised it high, shouting at the surroundings.

Countless Beishan Xihu cheered and shouted together, they won.

In the big stone ditch, it has already become a purgatory on earth.
In the narrow valley, the Tang army had nowhere to escape after being surrounded. Although they fought bravely, they lost their formation and had no room to regroup. They were also attacked condescendingly by Xi Hu several times.

The most terrible thing is that there is actually an elite Turkic force in Xihuli, Beishan.

No one was able to fight out, and faced with numerous encirclements and interceptions, they had no choice but to fight to the end, eventually staining the valley with blood.

Some Tanzhou generals originally wanted to fight to the death for Dugu Yanyun and sent away the flags of the Weiwu Army and the Zhenyuan Army, as well as the deputy governor.

Unfortunately, they failed.

Dugu Yanyun also died in the battle in the valley, his head was cut off, and the military flag was taken away.

"All prisoners, no one spared, will be beheaded,"

"Take the heads of these damn Tang troops and build a temple in this valley."

The Beishan jihus cheered and howled, and they all carried knives and beheaded in the valley, regardless of age or sex.

They cut off heads, stripped off armor, picked up spears, knives, bows, arrows and shields. They didn't even let go of the arrows on the battlefield.

Time was short, and Jingguan was just a mountain of human heads, not sealed with mud, and the corpses with their heads cut off were abandoned directly on the battlefield.
Corpses littered the fields, piled high like mountains.

Dead and injured horses were also slaughtered and cut up on the spot. The horse skin and horse meat were removed, leaving the horse bones and internal organs abandoned on the ground. The blood attracted swarms of crows to circle the sky.
The Xihu people from Beishan sang and hummed, and returned home covered with blood. According to tribal tradition, they wiped their dead tribesmen clean, wrapped them in horse skins, and put them on trees.

Three years later, they will come to collect the bones, burn them and bury them underground.

Beishan Xihu people treat death indifferently.

When parents die, children and grandchildren do not cry; when children and grandchildren die, parents cry only once.

Their funerals will be more grand and festive, and celebrations will often be held when the bones are buried.

There were no tombstones and no burials. The corpses of Beishan Xihu were wrapped one by one in horsehide, cowhide, etc., and placed on the trunk of a tree. Three years later, they would come back to collect them.

after one day.

Wu Huaiyu and his troops arrived and smelled a strong smell of blood from a distance.

Even far away, I saw countless crows circling over the valley.

When the scouts reported the tragic situation in the valley, everyone fell silent.

Those sons of aristocratic families and poets who joined the army were even more shocked and stunned. They could not believe that more than [-] Tang soldiers and their disciples and followers were wiped out in this nameless valley.

Wu Huaiyu walked into the valley with a heavy heart.
The valley is like the eighteenth level of hell,
The blood is everywhere,
dead bodies everywhere,

More than [-] Tang army heads were piled up haphazardly to form a mountain of human heads.

The crows enjoy the feast,

There are also jackals and beasts who are also enjoying themselves.

In the narrow valley, blood flowed into rivers, and in some places it even formed pools of blood. The thick plasma was so shocking,
"The mighty army is gone,

"The Zhenyuan Army is gone,"

"The deputy governor of Tanzhou, Dugu Yanyun, is gone."

Dugu Yanyun died and his head was cut off, but his headless body was still standing there. Beishan Xihu cut off the head of his five-flowered horse and placed it on his body. A wooden sign was inserted on his back and his identity was written on it.
His armor and clothing were also stripped off,

No respect, no dignity left.

This scene shocked everyone.

Wu Huaiyu looked at Dugu Yanyun, who had a horse's head and a wooden plaque on his back. This was one of the nine generals of the Xuanwu Sect, a nobleman of the Guanlong Group, and the emperor's relative, the dignified deputy governor of Andong and the governor of Tanzhou. And mighty military envoy,

The Great Wall at Beikou was separated for only a few days.

Already ended up like this,

The mutilated corpse, without its head, was bitten by crows, wild wolves, rats, etc.
"Contain the corpses for the robes,"

"Cut down the trees for firewood, cremate them all, and bring the ashes back."

These soldiers who died in the battle whose bodies were separated could not even be accurately identified, and there was no way to take them all back. They could only be cremated on the spot.
The Weiwu Army and the Zhenyuan Army lost their generals, their flags, and their elite soldiers. Although there were still some left behind in Tanzhou,
But after Wu Huaiyu removed Dugu Yanyun's horse's head and pulled out the wooden plaque, he ruthlessly ordered the cancellation of the military vassal titles of Weiwu and Zhenyuan.

The rest of Tanzhou was demoted from the army to a town and its name was changed.

All the soldiers were silent and angry.

In the Battle of Yehuling, 10,000 of them fought against [-]+, but they did not suffer such heavy casualties. They captured and killed [-], but only over [-] were killed.
And Dugu Yanyun destroyed [-] elite Tanzhou troops and more than [-] Chengfan Hu and his disciples in one fell swoop.

Many generals gritted their teeth and wanted to fight.

"Take care of this place, let's retreat first,"

Wu Huaiyu said coldly.

Don't use anger to raise troops, otherwise it will be easier to fall into the trap.

Having already suffered so much loss, he wanted revenge more than anyone else, but he couldn't rush it.

Dugu Yanyun's death was not unjust, he even deserved it, but he was a general of the Tang army, a deputy governor of Andong, a governor of Tanzhou, a general of Youwuhou, a Duke of Liyang, a son-in-law of the emperor, and a member of the Xuanwu sect. nine generals,
Such a person had only been in Youzhou for less than a month. He was gone and was buried with [-] Tang troops.

When this incident is reported back to Chang'an, I don't know how much shock it will cause.
He Wu Huaiyu must not be able to escape the blame.

But now Wu Huaiyu can't care about that. He must finish this battle first.

The fight must be completed and it must be fought well.

Although even if all Xi Hu in Beishan were slaughtered, this Northern Expedition would still be a failure, a complete failure, but what should be done still needs to be done. "Send more reconnaissance cavalry to find the location of those Beishanxi."

"Send someone to notify Su Lie, Gao Wei, Li Tu Diji, and Wu Fuyu, and ask them to move closer to us quickly,"

"Go to Luanhe to inform Deputy Governor Cheng and Guard Chief Shi about the situation here and ask them to be more careful. Jieli not only intervened secretly, he also sent some Turkic elites over,"

Wu Huaiyu was very angry.

All the Tang army officers and soldiers were very angry.

Anger needs to be quelled.

Beishan Xihu must pay the price. Although Wu Huaiyu tried his best to restrain himself, Tang Jun's emotions had to be expressed.
The mourner will win.

After spending three days collecting the bodies of the soldiers in Dashigou, cutting down trees and burning them, they also built a Martyrs' Shrine and a Martyrs' Monument.

Angry Tang soldiers wrapped Xihu in horsehide and cowhide, and threw all the corpses of the Xihu tribe in Beishan on the tree.
They took out the soil and mud from these thousands of corpses and built a Jingguan with the corpses, layer by layer, layer by layer, and finally formed a pyramid.

In the past few days, everyone in the Tang Army was holding back their anger.

The anger value keeps accumulating,

Su Liegaowei and others came from the Baihe River Basin, and Li Tudiji and Wu Fuyu also led their Mohe troops from the east to join them.

The total number of troops was 1.

After losing 5000 troops, the West Route Army was indeed weakened, but its will to fight was even higher.

"Please let the last general lead his troops to sweep Beishan Xihu."

Su Lie asked for a fight.

On the west bank of the Chaohe River, Fengning.

This was the first time that Wu Huaiyu asked King Xi to build a new county and one of the border cities in the Xiatang River area, with the west bank of the Chao River as the boundary.

It’s just that everything has not yet come and is implemented.

At this time, Xihu withdrew from Beishan, and the Tang army withdrew from the upper reaches, and temporarily stationed at this place more than [-] miles away from the north entrance.

Close to mountains and rivers,

The Tang army was building a castle, a permanent city fortress.

A steady stream of supplies are being transported by caravans from the Fan Yang Lu family and other powerful families. Some are responsible for transporting materials, some are responsible for contracting city walls, and some are responsible for building houses.
The war seems to have pressed the pause button,

The Tang army was busy building cities and fortresses.
Not only in Fengning County, but also along the major river valleys of Chaohe River, Tanghe River and Heihe River, many castles are being built at the same time.
"There is no need to chase the main force of Beishan Xishan, and there is no need to look for them,"

Wu Huaiyu looked at the Fengning City construction site. Various companies were subcontracting the construction, and the construction was very fast. Even the Lu family had begun to circle the fields near the outside of Fengning City, and arranged for cattle, horses, and slaves. Under the leadership of the village head stewards, Spring plowing is beginning.

Along the river, there is even a Fengning border market formed by many merchants, selling various materials and goods, and the trade here is very popular.

"Clear this area first."

Not all Beishan Xihu have fled. Many Xihu are actually scattered and hidden in some small valleys and deep mountains, hoping to wait for the Tang army to leave before coming out. They are mainly young and strong, and some living in several major river valleys. the tribe,
This is also beneficial to fighting the Tang army. If you want to lure the Tang army to pursue them, they can ambush or guerrilla.

It did succeed and killed Dugu Yanyun and five thousand Tang troops.

But now Wu Huaiyu doesn't want to play this kind of game with them. He wants to send troops to occupy several major valleys first, station troops and build cities, then divide each area, and then sweep them one by one.

If the main force of Beishan Xi comes back, they will wait for work. If they don't come back, they will clear this area first, wait for a stable fortress to be established, and store grain and grass, etc. before continuing to go deeper, or let Xi Khitan Turks and others drive them over.

This battle was originally planned to be fought like this, but unfortunately Dugu Yanyun insisted on advancing rashly, and ended up losing himself and more than 5000 soldiers.

"Grand Governor, I request that the rebellious Beishan Xi tribe be severely suppressed and all those who disobey the rebels be slaughtered. If they surrender first, we will kill five out of ten.

If he surrenders without fighting, he will be killed every ten times. "

Su Lie had a murderous look, his eyes were blood red.

Anyone who dares to resist stubbornly will be slaughtered directly. If they surrender after fighting, five out of ten will be picked out and killed. If they surrender after defeat, everyone will be slaughtered.

Even if they surrender without fighting, they will still have to be killed.

Queue up and draw lots, and whoever is drawn will die, regardless of age or gender, this is the fairest and most terrifying thing.

This was not in line with Wu Huaiyu's arrangements before the expedition, but he finally nodded to Su Lie, "You must be careful during the sweep and do not underestimate the enemy."

Although Wu Huaiyu now has reconnaissance cavalry everywhere and is even building many military stations, fortresses and beacon towers, Su Lie is also a prudent person and will never make Dugu Yanyun's mistake again, but he still reminded him again.

"Please rest assured, Grand Governor,"

Before Su Lie left, he couldn't help but ask Wu Huaiyu, "Dugu Yanyun's entire army was wiped out. When the emperor of Chang'an finds out, will he punish the governor?"

"There's nothing we can do about it," Wu Huaiyu said.

"I will write a letter to the emperor to explain what happened this time. This matter has nothing to do with the governor at all. It was all Dugu Yanyun's stupidity."

"Let us do our own thing well, and leave the rest to the saints."

Wu Huaiyu is in a bad mood these days, not because he is afraid of being punished, but because he should not have suffered such losses in the first place. There are more than 5000 people.

It was clear that this expedition against Beishan Xi was a battle that would open up territory and even bring huge dividends, but it ended up like this. I really wanted to drag Dugu Yanyun out and crush his bones into ashes.

One general is incompetent and kills the three armies.

There is really no room for negligence in fighting. No matter how good the plan is, when faced with a general like Dugu Yanyun, even the gods cannot save him.

Pig teammates.

But he was actually just lucky. Otherwise, if he had known that Dugu Yanyun had led his troops to attack without authorization that morning, he should have gone after him personally. If he had caught up with Dugu Yanyun's army, would Dugu Yanyun dare to disobey him?
He himself did not expect that Dugu Yanyun led more than 5000 people to pursue Beishan Xi, and that the entire army would be annihilated.

"Erlang, why don't we unite with the Khitan and the Turks and simply wipe out the Xi tribe? This will be regarded as atonement. These Xi Hu are also responsible for themselves."

Su Lie gritted his teeth and suggested.

"It's not necessary. Let's conquer Beishan Xi. In fact, to be honest, it is already a bit overbearing. Ke Duzhe and Xi Wubu are also forced by the power of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, they have just been defeated and their strength has been greatly damaged.
Coupled with Beishan Xihu's disobedience to Keduzhe's orders, this is why the Xi Ministry cooperated with us to conquer Beishan Xihu.

But if we want to kill the five tribes of Xi together now, Kedu and the five tribes will fight tooth and nail, and they will also unite with Beishan Xi. Even doing so may force the Khitans to alienate themselves, and even join forces with the Xi tribe to fight against us, the Tang Dynasty. It is possible that they will be forced to turn to Jieli again,

It's not worth it.

Moreover, what reason should we give for conquering the Xi tribe?They have already attached themselves to the Tang Dynasty, and they are also the newly established Governor's Mansion of Raole in the Tang Dynasty. The only ones who can be saved are the governors who are given the surname of the country. "

"This matter is due to our own carelessness and we cannot vent our anger on others."

Su Lie thought for a while, "It's okay not to attack the Xi tribe, but there must be one additional thing. Even if Beishan Xihu escapes into the Xi Wubu territory, Ke Duzhe and the Wubu must hand them over to the Tang Dynasty and are not allowed to take them in again. The same goes for the Khitans and Turks. No Beishan Xihu can be tolerated. The blood debt must be paid with blood. These Beishan Xihu must be eradicated and killed!"

The agreement reached by everyone before was that if Xi Hu from Beishan was willing to move away, the Tang Dynasty would allow it and would not pursue him. Those who stayed would be registered as Tang citizens, and those who moved north would still belong to the Xi clan. But now the Battle of Dashigou happened. This must be abolished. Even if they escape to the ends of the earth, they will be killed.

"Despite being far away!" Su Lie clenched his fists.

Wu Huaiyu nodded, "Even if he is far away, he will be killed!"

(End of this chapter)