Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 896 Is It God's Punishment Or The Devil's Roar
All the cavalry of Xiangfu Kingdom have launched a charge!The chaotic warhorse, the roaring Erlang, the horseshoes of the warhorse are flying on the ground, like a sea of ​​people, like a tide of horses, the giant sword composed of steel and blood rushes forward obliquely.After the cavalry came the infantry with guns and crossbows who also charged, but were able to maintain the basic formation.

Amidst the deafening voices and the majestic galloping thousands of horses and horses, countless Xiangfu Kingdom troops did not hesitate to be involved in the diffuse gunpowder smoke.The infantry did not rush into the battlefield, but stepped down outside the battlefield to form a siege. Today's battle must ensure that no Uighur army can escape.

In the second year of Tianding, in the battle on June 6, the city of Ganzhou, the city of the Yellow-headed Uyghur Khan King, was destroyed, Khan Pang Teqin was killed, and more than 4 Uyghur defenders died in battle. Kurban led 11 remnant troops and [-] Uighur women and children in the city to surrender.

The Yellow-headed Uighur Khanate was destroyed.

In the second year of Tianding, on June 5000, Yang Jiye ordered to select 5000 people from the [-] Uyghur surrendered troops to form the Uyghur brigade.The other [-] people forcibly sent troops to the Xiangfu Kingdom in batches. What awaited them would be split up, then trained, brainwashed, and served as soldiers in different places. If they could make enough military exploits on the battlefield in the future, they would be allowed The family took over for a reunion.

At the same time, Yang Jiye ordered to divide the remaining 31 Uighur troops into 31 teams, and take the Xiangfu army, which was also divided into 31 teams, to further conquer the [-] tribes of the Yellow-headed Uyghur Khanate.

Of course, the urgent news of eight hundred miles was also sent to Xiangfu's country as soon as possible.As for the large number of officials responsible for taking over the governance affairs of Ganzhou and the Uyghur tribe, they had already been waiting in Liangzhou City three days ago. City came.

Huangfu bid farewell to Ying Cheng and Lin Buchi, and came to Wusheng Army (later Lintao County, Gansu) with a hundred guards.Wusheng Army Land, also known as Di Dao, is the southern gate of Lanzhou. Since ancient times, it has been a famous city in the northwest, an important town in Longyou, and an important route on the ancient Silk Road.But now it is occupied by the Tubo Anduo tribe, whose leader is Anduo Xiake.

The Anduo tribe is different from Pan Luozhi in Liangzhou who proclaimed himself king, and is the confidant of Hehuang Tubo Yingcheng Linbuchi.However, there are also constant disputes within the Anduo tribe. The leader, Anduo Xiake, accounts for [-]% of the power in the Anduo tribe, and the other [-]% is controlled by Anduo Xiake's younger brother, Anduo Gaoshi.In addition, in order to fight for power and profit, the two brothers have been intriguing with each other over the years, and there have even been small-scale military fights.

After Huangfu and Tong hid their identities and went to Wu Shengjun, they secretly met with An Duo Xiake's younger brother, An Duo Gaoshi. No one knew what they talked about and what kind of deal they made.

Lanzhou.

In order to prevent most of Tubo from invading the border, five days ago, Ye Chen ordered Han Hu to move the entire White Tiger Army to Lanzhou, and stationed troops in Lanzhou.

Han Hu immediately followed Ye Chen's will and led the 24 troops who were still in the country to Lanzhou on June [-].At that time, they were in a hurry, and including Han Hu, none of the family members of the senior generals of the White Tiger Army accompanied the army, and each family came to Lanzhou on their own.

Today is the day when Han Hu's family members moved from Longzhou, the former headquarters of the White Tiger Army, to Lanzhou. Han Hu is a very affectionate person in terms of feelings.

"Legion Commander, I haven't seen Madam's whereabouts yet." The person who spoke was He Xuri, Commander of the White Tiger Legion's Guard Battalion and Lieutenant of Zhongdu.

Han Hu frowned. Xiangfu Kingdom has focused on chasing bandits and bandits since its founding. The bandits have been basically wiped out.Therefore, his family members didn't arrive on time, which made him feel a little uneasy, and said: "Send two platoons of people in two lines to meet them, don't encounter any thieves."

"Yes." He Xuri replied loudly, saluted, turned and came to the small barracks on the side of the Han Mansion.

According to the regulations of the Xiangfu National Army, the brigade commander can accompany a platoon of personal guards at twelve o'clock, and the army commander can accompany one company's personal guards. Since it is twelve o'clock, when the army commander is at home, these people must live In the mansion of the legion commander.So there is a guard company barracks on the side of Hanfu.

When He Xuri came to the small barracks, he saw two middle-aged men in the uniforms of low-ranking officers, talking with open smiles, and immediately shouted: "Du Guangming, Qi Sanwa."

Those two people were taken aback. Seeing He Xuri, they hurriedly gave a military salute, and replied loudly, "My subordinate is here."

"Hurry up, both of you, in the platoon, and head towards Longzhou to meet the family of the regiment commander."

"Yes." Du Guangming asked boldly: "Battle Commander, where did they go?"

He Xuri glared at him, and shouted: "I don't know, what are you talking about? Hurry up."

Du Guangming shrank his head in panic, and hurriedly replied: "Yes." When he turned around, he saw that Qi Sanwa had already left first, and hurried to catch up.

The two organized two platoons of soldiers and horses in the headquarters, a total of 160 people, and left the north gate of Lanzhou City.

Du Guangming said with a smile: "Sanba, I don't even know where the family of the regiment commander has gone. Let's go to meet them in two ways. Come from Longzhou. I haven't heard of any bandits along the way. Naturally, the family members will be fine. But if you can meet them first, there will be rewards, but you can't be left behind."

Qi Sanwa's face was a little solemn, and she said in a deep voice: "My Xiangfu Kingdom is not like Song Kingdom and Liao Kingdom. Your Majesty has already issued strict orders. The army is the army of the imperial court, not anyone's private army. According to the regulations, you and I It is only the responsibility of the head of the guard army to be safe, but there is no reason to welcome the family of the head of the army. Moreover, the head of the army has always been cautious and never left any excuses for those military judges. But it must be early according to the time for us to greet the wife today. It's time to arrive, but it hasn't arrived yet. Therefore, it is better for Platoon Leader Du to be careful."

"Blind, worry about it. Which thief in the family of the regiment commander dares to move." Du Guangming shook his head carelessly and said nonchalantly.

Qi Sanwa was stunned, thinking so, she turned around and greeted her subordinates, "Come on, let's go to the east along Sanchuan Road to pick up people."

Du Guangming looked at Qi Sanwa's back, smiled and shouted to the soldiers: "Brothers, let's follow the official path."

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evening.

setting sun.

After a long march, Qi Sanwa's Yidu soldiers were exhausted.Under the urging of Qi Sanwa and the eight squad leaders, no one dared to disobey the order, so they could only march forward reluctantly.But Han Hu's family members have never been found.

"Platoon leader, let the brothers rest for a while?" It was Zhou Yu, the military judge in the platoon, who spoke.

Qi Sanwa looked up at the sky, shook her head, and said, "Before sunset tomorrow, no matter whether you can welcome the family of the regiment commander or not, you must go back and pay the order. Otherwise, you will not escape the military law. You must go to Qingyuan County to rest tonight." .”

Zhou Yu's lips moved, but he didn't dare to say any more.Although as usual, if the platoon leader retreats before the battle, he can kill him immediately; but at this time, he knows that he is also Qi Sanwa's subordinate in name.Of course he knew that it was wrong for the head of the legion to send troops to greet his family without permission, but he was only the ninth-rank captain in the military judge system. What does the qualification say.

"Where is what?" Suddenly, a squad leader called out.

Qi Sanwa followed his shout, and was immediately stunned.But it took only a moment for him to react and ran over. There were more than a dozen horse corpses and more than two dozen corpses there.

"Be alert!" Qi Sanwa's hoarse roar cut through the bloody sky.Eighty soldiers took out their fast crossbows and wound them up, forming a circular formation.

"The blood is still a little hot." Zhou Yu scooped up a handful of horse blood, and then carefully looked at the clothes of the corpses, but his expression changed, and he said anxiously: "The dead are all guards of the army chief's family, and I know the clothes. "

"Ah!" Qi Sanwa's face has already changed greatly: "Squad [-], Class [-], Class [-], and Class [-] spread out their guards in each direction, and the others look to see if there are any survivors."

"Yes!" All squad leaders took orders in unison, and took action individually.

"Platoon leader, one of the guards is still alive." The squad leader of the fifth squad shouted loudly.

Qi Sanwa hurried over, and the guard in the arms of the fifth squad leader was covered in blood. He opened his eyes and glanced at Qi Sanwa, and said, "Madam, son and miss were kidnapped by the Tibetans. I hear... I heard them say...that they will take people to Wu Shengjun's place."

The guard barely finished speaking before passing out.

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Ganzhou fell into the hands of Xiangfu Kingdom so quickly, which was beyond the expectations of the Longjia in Suzhou and the Guiyi Army in Gua and Shazhou.

When the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom took Liangzhou easily, the Longjia in Suzhou and the Guiyi Army in Gua and Sha still held a wait-and-see attitude.It wasn't until Xiangfu Kingdom besieged Ganzhou that Ganzhou Uighurs sent envoys to Su, Gua, and Sha prefectures to ask for help, and described the strength of Xiangfu Kingdom, and the three states began to take various preparations for war. Still not very nervous, the Guiyi Army in Guazhou and Shazhou did not even think about sending reinforcements, and because the Long family in Suzhou was close to Ganzhou, Long Xiaotian, the head of the Long family, had hesitated to send reinforcements, but with Master Yunyue disguised himself as Living Buddha Danjie Jibu, after enlightenment, and his son Long Dingwen killed the Ganzhou envoy without telling him, all of a sudden he dispelled his idea of ​​sending reinforcements.

There is one main reason for this. It is not uncommon for the Tubo people in the northwest and the Dangxiang people to move westward aggressively, but every military operation they have ended up in Ganzhou.This is so for two reasons.

One is because the Ganzhou Huangtou Uyghur Khanate has a strong military force and is capable of conscripting and fighting well. It is the most powerful among the various forces in the Hexi Corridor.The second is that from Ganzhou to the west, the distance between each prefecture is very long. The farther to the west, the longer the battle line, and the more problematic the transportation and supply of food, grass and luggage. You can face the enemy head-on, as long as a small group of troops are sent to harass along the way after the Xiangfu army has penetrated into the desert, cutting off its food roads, it will be enough to make the Xiangfu army return without success.

(End of this chapter)