Horse on the World

Chapter 241 Between Victory and Loss
In the Yuanwu Empire, the freshly baked founding emperor, His Majesty Bayar, was holding the letter sent back from Congling Pass by Badamaningbu in the Zhengqing Banner. His hands were trembling slightly. People from Dingzhou traveled across the ocean and transported heavy troops to arrive Shiwei, assisting Shiwei Prince Tienig to rule Shiwei, the two sides joined forces, and nearly [-] troops approached Congling Pass, ready to attack the city.

If Huhe's Langben is guarding the Congling Pass at this time, then Bayar has nothing to worry about. Even Boyan's Zhenghuang Banner with Yellow Banners still has [-] to [-] soldiers who can fight. It is no problem to firmly block the enemy from the outside, but now, it is the Zhengqing Banner, which has been greatly weakened by the Dingzhou people, guarding Congling. Bayar also knows in his heart that under his intentional or unconscious indulgence, Under the thunderous blow of Li Qing in Dingzhou, Zhengqing Banner has already fallen from the status of the second largest tribe in the grassland, especially the death of Han Ningqi was a fatal blow to the Qingbu. Falling one by one, although Badaman Ningbu was considered a brave general, compared with his father, he was not at the same level as his father in terms of scheming.For the first time in his life, Bayar regretted it.

Bringing up the pen, Bayar hesitated again and again. At the moment, he really can't spare any troops to help Congling Pass. Through the wall, he looked towards Dingzhou. Where are all the knots? Before the Congling Pass, breaking the current stalemate in Dingzhou will take the initiative.

"The empire lives and dies, and the bloodline of the grassland is tied to you. I will do my best to defend the Congling Pass. You will be the first king of the Yuanwu Empire." Bayar put down the last stroke and threw away the pen in his hand. Loudly said: "Come here, send the letter to me eight hundred li to expedite it, and send it to the banner owner of Zhengqing Banner."

With the dramatic changes in the situation outside the Congling Pass, the battle on the front line of Dingwei suddenly became tense. Boyan, Sushun, Naben, and Fusen each left more than [-] swordsmen under the three fortresses of Dingyuan, Weiyuan, and Zhenyuan. In addition to containment, the rest of the troops rushed in and began to press the defense line of Shahe Town, risking the logistics to be cut off, but also to attack Shahe Town by force. The previous safe strategy, with Li Qingbing's departure from Congling Pass, was no longer necessary. In the hinterland, apart from Bayar's [-] dragons stationed in the king's court, there are no more invincible soldiers. If Li Qing is allowed to break through the Congling Pass, the grassland barbarians will have no place to stand, and then the country will be destroyed. .

Three armies of [-] soldiers came to Shahe Town, and the war broke out immediately.

The defense line of Shahe Town, Li Qing's large tent of the Chinese army, as the war escalated, Li Qing returned to Shahe Town to take charge of the overall situation.

"Everyone, Bayar is in a hurry and wants to fight us quickly. This is their last madness. As long as we firmly hold the defense line of Shahe Town, once the mountain wind breaks through the Congling Pass, the barbarians will definitely retreat. At that time, It's time for us to fight back."

The generals were very excited, with eager expressions in their eyes.

"Gentlemen, what I want to remind you is that at this moment, everyone has to keep their spirits up. Do you all know the beasts after they are injured? That is their most dangerous moment. The barbarian right now is the one." Injured beasts, they know very well that once the Congling pass is broken, they will have no peace, and they will fall into a quagmire fighting on the two fronts. If Lingguan rescues, his only strategy is to defeat us first. As long as he defeats us and occupies Dingzhou, the general will become a river without a source and a tree without roots. So they will jump over the wall in a hurry and fight to the death , Dingzhou and the barbarians, whoever wins and whoever loses, whoever survives and whoever dies, is in this battle." Shang Haibo stood up and said loudly.

Li Qing also stood up, and said solemnly: "Tell all the officers and soldiers, the Hall of Heroes, the Monument to the Unsung Heroes is behind us, looking at us with wide eyes, hundreds of thousands of Dingzhou people looking at us, their parents Wives and children, relatives and friends watching us behind us, those who fight bravely will be rewarded, those who fear the enemy will be killed! Those who die from wounds on the chest will shade their parents, wives and children, and those who are wounded and died on the back will harm the family.”

All the generals stood up abruptly, and replied in unison: "It was originally for the commander in chief to die, to fight bloody battle to the death, to defend the commander in chief, to defend Dingzhou, to defeat the barbarians, and they would rather die forward than retreat in life."

Li Qing nodded in satisfaction: "Very well, let's all sit down, let's arrange defense matters."

Shahe Town is the last line of defense in front of Dingzhou City. Once the barbarians break through Shahe Town, they can go straight to Dingzhou City, and their cavalry can go straight to the rich land of Dingzhou. Fuyuan and Shanglinli will all be surrounded Among them, if this is the case, the defeat of Dingzhou is a foregone conclusion. Therefore, Shahe Town is the place where the two armies will fight. , the Changsheng Battalion has 4 cavalry, a total of [-]. Although it is at a disadvantage in terms of strength, it has strong fortifications to rely on. Behind the barbarians, the three fortresses still have thousands of troops each. There was enough energy to go out of the city to harass the barbarian's logistics supplies, but on the battlefield stretching for hundreds of miles, Li Qing unswervingly implemented the policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, which made the barbarian's long-standing strategy of supporting war with war completely useless. Relying on the transportation behind also greatly dragged down the combat power of the barbarians.Faced with such a favorable situation, Li Qing is fully confident that he will fulfill his promise to completely defeat Bayar within three years. As long as he stops the barbarian army in Shahe Town, or even better, defeats him, he will retreat to the grassland. From now on, the barbarian army will fall into the situation of fighting on two fronts, and will no longer be able to pose any threat to Dingzhou. They can dismember him slowly and eliminate him with ease.

In Shanglinli, Huhe also fell into deep anxiety. Huhe, who has been avoiding the forcible attack on the high wall in Shanglinli, has reached such a point that he can only attack with all his strength to contain Lu Dalin and Yang from Fuyuan. One knife made them unable to send reinforcements to Shahe Town. There were more than [-] soldiers in Shanglin, and most of them were cavalry. Moreover, Lu Linlin had no intention of going out of the city to fight against him. Blood, knowing what Lu Dalin was thinking, Hu He smiled wryly, even if there was a trap ahead, he had to jump into it.

"Order, Hauge will start attacking Shanglin from tomorrow. First clear out the surrounding houses for me, and then divide up [-] troops, go around Shanglinli, push into Fuyuan, and oppress Yang Yidao. Nuoqia, are you here?" After Hauge launched the attack, he quietly led ten thousand wolves to reinforce Shahe Town." Hu He ordered.

Nuo Qi'a was startled, "Hushuai, in Shanglin, we only have [-] wolves. After I take away [-], we don't have any advantage in military strength. How can we take down Shanglinli?"

Hu He shook his head, "I can't fight in Shanglin, so I just launched an attack, one is to contain Lu Dalin and Yang Yidao, and the other is to reinforce the Shahe front for you to set a smoke screen. The focus of this battle is Shahe Town, and Shahe Town will win If Shahe is defeated, or in a stalemate, if we cannot attack for a long time, then we will definitely lose. At that time, we can only retreat to the grassland and turn to the defensive from then on, and we will never have the opportunity and ability to attack. Zhouzhou, I have set my finger in the Central Plains." Hu He sighed lonely.

Nuoqia remained silent, unexpectedly Hu Shuai would be so pessimistic about the situation.

"Badaman Ningbu will guard the Congling Pass." Nuoqia said with certainty.

A smile appeared on the corner of Hu He's mouth, "I hope so, but Congling is a natural danger for Shiwei people, but it is nothing in the eyes of Dingzhou who is good at defending and attacking the city. Look at the people in front of us." Going to the forest, think about the four fortresses of Fuyuan and Dingyuan, which one is strong and steep not above Congling Pass. I only hope that Badama Ningbu can put aside the grievances and grudges with the Bai people and the emperor at this time, and for the sake of The fate of all the tribes in the grassland is desperately fighting, even if it can be delayed for a while, it is good, if he can support for one more day, we will have a better chance of winning."

In Congling Pass, Badaman Ningbu received Bayar's letter and saw Bayar's promise, he suddenly burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face, all the generals of the Qing Tribe looked at each other, I really don't understand why the patriarch can laugh at this time. Most of them are still counting on Bayar to send reinforcements, but now, there is no hope.

Using force with both hands, Badama Ningbo tore the letter into pieces. With a wave of both hands, pieces of paper like snowflakes floated down one after another. The messenger who delivered the letter was taken aback, looked at Badama Ningbo, and said in a trembling voice: " grown ups?"

Badama Ningbo suddenly stopped laughing, looked at the messenger, and said sharply: "Go back and tell Bayar that I, Badama Ningbu, will swear to the death to guard the Congling Pass. My Qing Clan will live and die with the Congling Pass, but But it's not because of his bullshit word side-by-side king, I'm for my prairie lineage to survive on this prairie, I will never let Shiwei people kill Congling Pass, if they come, our prairie family There will be genocide."

The messenger hastily saluted Badaman Ningbu. The other party was so disrespectful that calling His Majesty the emperor by his name would be a great crime as usual, but now, the messenger dared not say a word, "My lord, I I will tell His Majesty the Emperor that you will live and die with Congling Pass, and this villain is here to wish you success and beat the enemy hard."

Badman Ningbu stopped talking, and looked through the wall, as if he saw the tragic fighting in the past few days.

Two days ago, the people of Dingzhou filled up all the trenches and drove all the troops stationed outside the city into the pass. Qi Luo's [-] cavalry had to withdraw under the attack of the Shiwei people. , the only thing I can rely on is the city wall of Congling Pass, which is only more than ten meters high.

Badman Ningbu was most worried about not having enough arrows. These days, he had ordered people to collect the arrows that the opponent had shot into the city, in case of emergency. Attack the city wall directly.Seeing the crazy long-distance attack of Dingzhou people, the expensive eight-ox crossbow arrows shot over like rain, and the city wall was covered with arrows every day, and the city wall was full of feathers. The arrow became like a thorn, Badama Ningbu couldn't think of how to deal with it after the battle.He knew for sure that once the opponent started attacking the city, his catapults would be completely lost under the intensive attack of the opponent. How to deal with the opponent's catapults, Badama Ningbu racked his brains and thought hard about countermeasures.

(End of this chapter)