King of Song

Chapter 580
Su Nan Dangzheng was still unlucky after all, and when he was about to step into the edge of the West Camp, a feathered arrow sank into his back, and he fell off the horse with regret.

The Tubo soldiers in the West Camp had sensed something had happened and were investigating the situation. Before they had time to form a defensive formation, the sound of horseshoes and shouts of killing had already arrived.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he saw a man hit by an arrow and fell off his horse.The torch was burning high at the gate of the camp, and Su Nan's face was clearly visible in the flames.

The Lord is dead!

This was another huge blow to the already chaotic Tubo army.The situation was already bad, but now there is no leader, and the situation is getting more and more chaotic.Watching the general die in battle, the psychological impact is not small. After the panic, there is fear. The Tubo soldiers suddenly lost their morale and fled in all directions. How can we talk about resistance?

But in the face of the turbulent slashing and killing by the Song Army's iron cavalry, they had no way to escape. Most of them instantly became souls killed by the sword, and only a very few escaped.

At dawn, Lin Zhao arrived at the niche.

The two camps have been razed to the ground, and the ashes are still smoking, not completely burned.

"General, the enemy army was almost wiped out, only a few escaped!" Seeing the commander, Zhong Shidao came to report the results of the battle.This time, due to the formality of the occasion, the name of Lin Zhao was naturally changed slightly.

"Well done!" Lin Zhao nodded his approval as he cut through the mess with a sharp knife.Zhong Shi Dao is getting older, and he is already able to stand on his own.It is a good thing for Da Song and himself to cultivate such generals as soon as possible.

"Those who escaped...?" Zhong Shidao was a little worried, after all, he did not wipe out all the Tubo army.

Lin Zhao shook his head and said, "Don't worry, it's just a very rare one. In this vast snowfield, can you walk back to Qingtang City on two legs? Even if one or two cavalry escaped, so what? The vast snowfield? No food Grass, it is unlikely to survive."

"However..." Lin Zhao changed the subject and said, "For the sake of caution, attack immediately and go straight to Qingtang City. Before they pass the news back, the soldiers approach the city and catch the Tubo people by surprise."

"Yes!" Zhong Shidao immediately sent an order, and the army was ready to set off immediately.Using sleds has a certain advantage in speed, and I believe it can be done.

"How to deal with the niche valley? Do you need someone to guard it?"

"The terrain of the Nigu Valley is for Hehuang to guard against enemies coming from the east, and there is no defensive value in the west..." Lin Zhao glanced at the nearby terrain and said, "Besides, our forward is going to Qingtang City. It has already been incorporated into the territory of the Song Dynasty, why do you need a large army to defend? Leave a thousand people to clean up the battlefield and ensure the smooth flow of supplies."

"Yes!" Zhong Shidao immediately agreed, and then led the troops towards the west immediately.

On the vast snowfield, thousands of sleds are moving fast, and each sled has two horses in front of it, and the express speed is much faster.In the battle of Kangu, thousands of horses were captured, which just made up for the shortage of horses in the Song army.

With horses and sleds, snow, which was originally the biggest obstacle, became the most convenient and efficient transportation channel.The friction on the thick snow is small, the speed is naturally fast, and the sled has a large area and a large transportation volume.Transporting soldiers is still a trivial matter, the most important thing is food and some ordnance.

Going deep into Hehuang, it is cold winter again, and the most feared thing is food and logistics supplies.With the sled, a fast transportation channel can be set up between Qinzhou, Hezhou and Qingtang City.

As for the cold weather, it is no longer an enemy of the Song Dynasty.You don't need to wear leather clothes, you only need cotton clothes on board.In recent years, cotton planting led by the Meng family has been carried out in many places in the Song Dynasty.

In the first five years of Xining, due to drought, food crops could not be planted.But cotton is drought-resistant. The Meng family promoted planting in the Jianghuai area, and later exchanged grain for cotton, saving many lives. While doing good deeds, they also produced a lot of cotton.When Lin Zhao went to the northwest, he asked a commercial firm to sew cotton clothes and then transport them to the northwest.

Just in time for winter, it happened to be an artifact for the soldiers of the Song Army to keep out the cold.Cold resistance is no longer the patent of the Tubo people wrapped in animal skins, so that the Song army can fight calmly in the cold winter and maintain their combat effectiveness.

These are all the Tibetans did not expect!
In fact, no matter whether it was Ali Gu, Lin Bubi, or even Dong Zhan and the sober-minded Qing Yi, they all ignored one problem, that is, they underestimated Song Jun too much.

Of course, this is mainly due to stereotyped thinking.In winter, the weather is severe and the roads are inconvenient, so it is difficult to carry out large-scale expeditions.They recognized this in time and believed that it was impossible for the Song Army to attack Qingtang City in a short period of time, so they did not have a strong sense of crisis in their attitude.

Qingyi formed a ghost chapter just because going to Nigu would be risky, but he didn't think that the Song Army would attack Qingtang City in a short time.If there is such a possibility, then it should be after the beginning of spring.

Fixed thinking kills people!

The Tubo people were obviously wrong. Song Jun came, and he came earlier and faster than expected!
After coming to Kan Valley, there are tribes or towns of Tubo people along the way, but they are all far away.These towns were unprepared. Unexpectedly, the Song army would suddenly appear in the hinterland of Hehuang, so they were the first to be attacked.

A tribe was attacked, another tribe was attacked...

The Song Army's speed was very fast. When a tribe was attacked, they wanted to convey the news of the Song Army's attack to the neighboring tribes, and then hand it over to Qingtang City.But their speed was still not as fast as that of the Song Dynasty people, so the warning signal was completely wasted and could not be transmitted at all.

In this way, Song Jun rushed directly to the bottom of Hehuang Valley along a straight line.There are many Tubo and Qiang tribes in the mountains beyond the valley bottom, but Lin Zhao ignored them, now is not the time to care about them, as long as Qingtang City is taken down, the effect will be better.

Zhong Shidao led Song Jun's forwards so fast that the supply line behind them couldn't keep up.Fortunately, all the people who plundered along the way were the big Tubo tribes, who raised a lot of cattle and sheep, and their material reserves were relatively rich.It just supplemented the needs of the Song army, thus in fact forming the effect of supporting war with war.

In this way, when the Tubo people were unprepared, Song Jun came directly to the city of Qingtang.Fortunately, Qing Yijie was careful, and the surrounding guards were more cautious, otherwise it was really possible that the Song army would directly raid Qingtang City.

The forward of the Song Army was discovered dozens of miles away from Qingtang City!It failed to capture Qingtang City by surprise, but it had a huge deterrent effect.

Qing Yijie Guizhang immediately mobilized a large army to stop the Song army, and the flames of war ignited very close to Qingtang City.

Standing on the top of the hill, you can vaguely see the majestic city wall of Qingtang City, the ruling center of Hehuang, if you take him down, you will almost control most of this rich river valley.

Lin Zhao sighed softly: "It's still the same city, but after years of separation, the status is different, and the state of mind is completely different. The saying that things are different and people are different."

"Yes!" Zhong Shidao nodded and said, "But it's a pity, after all, I couldn't directly approach the city!"

"Satisfaction, we have used the shortest time to drive straight in, and it has been very smooth, what else can we do? Don't let the other party have the slightest ability to resist, and be defeated by me without any effort?" Lin Zhao shook his head with a smile. Tao shares the satisfaction of people.

Then he said in a deep voice: "Actually, this may not be a bad thing. Sometimes it is not necessarily the best for soldiers to come to the city. Once we surround Qingtang City, the Tubo people have only one choice, and they will fight us desperately, even if we capture it." The price paid for the city is also very tragic, the gain outweighs the loss!

Although there are no soldiers approaching the city now, the corresponding deterrent force has been achieved, and it is increasing unabated. People in Qingtang City will still be panicked.But before they are encircled, they have a choice, so it is difficult for them to work together, and their situation will be even more difficult, which is of great benefit to our siege. "

"Wonderful, let's attack the army! Brother Dongyang, this is a heart-attacking technique!" Zhong Shidao laughed, he was the vanguard in this battle, and the journey went very smoothly.This battle was really comfortable and smooth.

"Well, it's just the truth. It's the same as enclosing a master, but I simply don't encircle it. It makes the people inside feel the pressure and jumps out to make room. This is naturally the best." Lin Zhao smiled. , and there is nothing to be proud of. The Battle of Hehuang has been going well so far. If it is successfully completed in the end, then the day when I return to Bianjing in another capacity is getting closer and closer.

Turning his gaze back to Qingtang City, I'm afraid the city is already a bit chaotic, right?

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The Song Army suddenly came to Qingtang City, and the news came that the Tubo Dynasty was like a big earthquake, and everyone was shocked.

Especially Ali Gu and Lin Bubi, their faces were ashen, they all believed that the Song Army would not take the initiative to attack.Even want to find an opportunity to bite back and explain the final result?
Song Jun had already approached the city, and they got the news.What's the matter?Danger quickly spread throughout the city, and Tubo was facing a huge crisis, it could be said that it was at a critical moment of life and death.

Dong felt his composure, and asked, "Where did the Song army go? Is there any resistance?"

"Thirty miles to the east of Qingtang City, there is already a large army to intercept, but they may not be able to stop it!" Qing Yijie Guizhang felt very uncomfortable.Obviously, this is Lin Zhao's handwriting.I always felt that he had bad intentions, but he was lucky, and miscalculated the time of Song Jun's action, which led to such a tragedy.

"How did this happen? Didn't the Song army clearly want peace talks? Why did they suddenly launch an attack?" Lin Bubi was very annoyed, and then asked loudly, "Ali Gu, tell me, what is going on?"

"What's going on? It's obvious that Song Jun broke his promise!" As the initial media for the peace talks, Ali Gu didn't like it either.Although the fire is already imminent outside, some responsibilities still have to be cleared.

"Didn't Su Nan be guarding the niche valley? How could the Song army easily break through the line of defense and appear in Qingtang City so soon? Can you give a reasonable explanation?" Lin Bubi was aggressive, but he was It is suspected that Ali Gu may have colluded with the Song people.Of course, more is to splash dirty water.

Qing Yijie Guizhang lightly shook his head, Kanu?The fact that Song Jun can appear here means that Nigu has already been wiped out.As for the [-] defenders, they should always be...

"You still have the face to say? What is the banner that you are playing by the Song army? Are you saying that we are treacherous?" Ali said coldly: "The Song army has an excuse, do you know what it is? It is because Sangji Tsering chased him down Song Jun was discovered by others, and he was beaten to death... My younger brother is the commander-in-chief, but who made the sack? Poor Su Nan is still young, but until now, there is no news of him. His life and death are uncertain. What should I do? Say? Whose fault is it?"

Ali Gu asked a series of rhetorical questions, and Lin Bubi was so choked that he had nothing to say.And that seems to be the case.Things were far more complicated than I thought, the decision to attack Song Jun was really hasty!Lin Bubi regretted endlessly, but there is no medicine for regret in the world.Because of his willful and reckless actions, it caused such terrible consequences.

For a while, Aligu seemed to have the upper hand, seeing that Lin Bubi was speechless, showing a very aggressive posture.

Dong felt really couldn't stand it any longer. It didn't matter who made the mistake anymore. The Song army was already approaching the city, and it was time to unite as one. The two brothers wanted you to be true to me, chattering endlessly!
"Enough!" Dong Xing said, immediately calming down the scene.He really couldn't stand it anymore, this situation must be taken care of.

"Lin Bubi, you let Sangji Tsering attack the Song army on your own initiative? Are you stupid? How could you be fooled like this?" Dong Zhan cursed a few words, and then said after a while: "The Song army intends to attack Hehuang , did not intend to negotiate peace with us at all, the previous actions were completely to deceive us, and now they have revealed their true colors. All they need for sending troops is an excuse, an excuse for self-deception, even if Sangji Tsering does not go, they will concoct it Come up with a suitable excuse."

So now, no one should blame anyone.What happened between Su Nan Dangzheng and Sangji Tsering?Check back later!The most urgent task at the moment is to integrate the forces and resist the attack of the Song army.

"Gui Zhang, how is it? The defense of Qingtang City is still..." Dong felt that the most reliable person now is an outsider

"The striker of the Song Army is already thirty miles away, and will soon reach Qingtang City. As for the city defense, it is indeed solid. It is just that whether it can withstand the attack of the Song Army and how long it can last is not completely sure! "

Qingyi said that he was not sure about the knot, Qingtang City was completely in a kind of intense fear, and the whole Qingtang City could be said to be in jeopardy.

As for the countermeasures, the responses of the Tubo courtiers were varied.

Seeing this, one of them hurriedly said: "Zanpu, if we really can't stand it anymore, why don't we retreat to Lijing City?"

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(End of this chapter)