The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 117 The Great Victory
At this time, Qingtang City.

Just after the third watch, Cao Sheng immediately rode in front of the formation and patrolled continuously.

The trebuchet has been set up, and the gang leader army has begun to bury the pot and make rice.

Arrows, crossbows, cupping jars, and thunderbolts have all been placed in front of the formation.

At this time, a group of soldiers came from the rear camp to the front of the formation.

Cao Sheng asked: "Didn't the commander give orders? It's the fourth watch."

A military attaché replied: "You have had enough sleep, General Xiao Cao. Let me ask on behalf of all the brothers, an edict came from Bianjing to destroy the nobles of the Qing and Tang Dynasties, and sent a caravan to Bianjing to go west on the trade route. Do any of the brothers belong to it?"

Cao Sheng replied: "The official edict can be false."

"How much can each person get?"

Cao Sheng thought for a while: "I heard that 2000 million yuan can be divided every year. However, it depends on the tribes further west. If they cooperate well, if they cause trouble and the trade routes are unstable, it will be at a discount."

2000 guan.

The Western Army will get one share, and the soldiers of the Forbidden Army on this western expedition will get one share.

There are also soldiers responsible for protecting trade routes and maintaining transportation lines...

The maximum amount allocated to each soldier is about [-] kuan per year, but with this small amount, the soldiers are very happy.

Being a soldier in the Song Dynasty was very difficult.

Not only was his status low, he was also oppressed.

This time, it seems different.

The Western Army is easy to talk about, and Xiangzhong Shidao will not allow low-level military attachés to bully the soldiers.The Imperial Army who went on this expedition sent more than a hundred ordinary military attachés into the trap.

If it had been in the past, I'm afraid some low-level military attachés would have rebelled.

This time, no one dared.

There was an official edict, and Cao Ping led the army. The most popular commander in the palace, Liang Shi, became the supervisor of the army.

The rectification of military affairs is proceeding smoothly.

Unable to sleep, more and more soldiers came to the front of the formation.

Archers.

In Liang Xin's previous impression, archers should be the weakest.

In the Song army, archers were a strong force.

A man who can fire a stone bow and shoot forty arrows in a battle is strong if he takes off his clothes.In addition to the crossbow, each archer wears a bracelet on his left wrist. The bracelet has a short rope. At the end of the short rope is a hammer head about three inches in diameter.

This thing is very useful.

Melee combat specializes in slaps in the face, one hit at a time.

Someone asked: "General Cao, who was the first to rush to the top of the city, is he going to reward all living beings equally?"

"Reward, reward."

This thing was sent by Cao Yang, not many, just three hundred.

Someone tried it.

When facing an enemy face to face, you are crazier than a small hammer in your hand. No matter whether you have armor or not, you will be defeated in one go.

Qingtang City has only two gates.

But it was surrounded on all sides.

Zhang Shuye was also in front of the formation, and the soldiers on his side were a little overwhelmed.

Almost all the soldiers were eager to start siege.

Cao Ping was still patrolling the camp at this time, mainly making preparations for the rear camp. According to Cao Ping's calculation, it would take at least three days to attack such a big city.

The cultivator is here.

As soon as they arrived, Wang Hou from another camp also arrived.

"Commander, let's attack the city." When Wang Hou arrived, he said what Zhong Shidao wanted to say.

Cao Ping shook his head: "Don't fight in a hurry."

Master Zhong stepped forward and said: "Commander, please allow our troops to attack first. I have never seen such high morale since I went to war with my father. I am worried that if I wait any longer, morale will be exhausted and it will not be conducive to the war. At least, we must start. Get moving, morale cannot be lowered.”

"Yes." Cao Ping thought very seriously and said: "Attack for a while to stabilize morale."

"Order."

At this time, there was Cao Sheng who was talking to many middle- and low-level military attaches in the front line. As the commander, he was considered an upper-middle-level military attache.

His surname is Cao.

On this point, no one was jealous, and Cao Sheng was also ready to charge forward at this time.Suddenly, Cao Sheng stood up: "Listen."

All the middle and lower-level military attachés stood up.

Someone immediately ordered: "Tanma, go and see the east side of the city."

It's drums.

How could it be possible at this time?

Before Tan Ma could report back, another voice came.

This time it was the west of the city, and it was also the sound of drums.

As many military attachés who have been in the military for many years, I can hear that this is the drumbeat of the prelude to an attack.

"Young general." Many people looked at Cao Sheng, and some people pulled a horse.

This is to ask Cao Sheng to go to the Chinese army's main account and ask for a battle.

When Cao Sheng mounted his horse, he saw a series of fireballs flashing across the sky.

Dongcheng, the siege has begun.

The first round was Thunderbolt.

Immediately afterwards, rockets filled the sky and shot towards the city wall from the east.

night battle.

Zhong Shuaidao's Western Army is an elite division. This time Liang Xin used Zhao Ji's name to promise a heavy reward, and it is not a one-time reward. In the future, as long as the trade routes to the west are maintained, all soldiers will have a permanent reward. Rewards are added and can be inherited by family members.

How rich are the trade routes to the west?

The Imperial Army coming from Bianjing didn't know about it, but that doesn't mean the Western Army didn't know about it.

The Western Army clearly saw how many troops the Qingtang nobles supported and how much wealth they had just by controlling the gateway to the westward trade route.

Cao Sheng was still riding towards the Chinese army's headquarters when he saw the messengers running out.

"The commander-in-chief orders, fight!"

Cao Ping, I wanted to fight for a while first.

He was also a good general. After watching the Zhongshi Daobu attack for a while, he pushed the arrow tower cart to a distance of less than thirty steps from the city wall. The rush cart and stair cart followed, and after a while, they could reach the bottom of the city wall.

What are you waiting for? Let’s fight.

Cao Sheng is really lucky here.

Because Zhong Shidao's attack was too strong, the enemy's defensive soldiers on his side just went down to the city to support them when they encountered the Taozhou army with full firepower.

Then there are the [-] familiar Tibetan troops recruited by Zhang Shuye.

The sun has risen.

Cao Ping rode into the city.

In the city, he saw an inn with a caravan flag hung up, and then there were wine, meat, gold, silver, and precious goods in front of the door.Then there were the military flags of each army placed aside.This can be regarded as approval of these caravans' request to surrender, and no soldiers will make it difficult for them.

keep going.

He saw soldiers breaking open the door of the mansion and then dragging the woman in silk to the end of the alley.

Then go.

There was still chaos in the streets, with small-scale battles and soldiers storming the mansions of Qingtang nobles.

There were also soldiers carrying baskets and pushing carts to transport money and other items out.

All the way to the city lord's palace.

There are many people kneeling here.

The leader was a woman.

Cao commented that the woman came forward and said, "Qingyi Jiemu please surrender."

Cao Ping remained on the horse without moving. He looked around, his eyes full of displeasure.

A general stepped forward: "Commander, Xi Zhuoluo escaped before the war started. It was not the fault of the soldiers."

Cao Ping sighed, got off his horse, came to Qingyi Jiemu, stretched out his hand to help him up, and then said to the deputy general beside him: "Go down and order all soldiers not to harm the people in the city."

"Yes."

This woman is not only the queen of Qingtang City, she is also the princess of Qiuci.

Therefore, face must be given.

At the moment, Kucha is being attacked by the Black Khanate (Karakhanate Dynasty). Cao Ping, who does not yet know the follow-up strategy, must first treat the princess of Kucha kindly.

(End of this chapter)