Chastity Layman

  Chapter 559 Interception

  The time for the decisive counterattack is approaching, but Qin Lang can't sleep. Although on the surface he is calm and calm, and looks like a general in front of the army, but in fact he is still so nervous that he can't sleep.

With 8,000 troops lacking horses and armor, they are going to counterattack more than 10,000 Dangxiang Qiang people. There is no such thing as who is strong and who is weak. Now both sides are scarred and exhausted. Everyone is holding on. Who can stand up and laugh After standing, no one can say for sure, especially since there are still 8,000 people around the Qiang people, and they don't know when they will appear.

  Liang Jianfang proposed to light the beacon smoke and summon the Diezhou soldiers and horses to come for reinforcements. But the problem is that Xi Junmai has already used his warrant to transfer basically all the soldiers and horses of Diezhou to Minzhou, and now there are not many soldiers and horses left in Diezhou. At this time, there are eight thousand Qiang people in Diezhou. If you dispatch troops, you may be intercepted and attacked on the road.

   Besides, Qin Lang expected that the Qiang people would withdraw soon, even if they sent troops to help, it would be too late.

  Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins, and the morale of the army is still good, so we can only fight.

  Let him just watch the injured Tuoba wolf leave from under his nose, Qin Lang couldn't do it, although his reason told him that he should not seek the gains and losses of the moment and place, but plan for the long-term, but he just couldn't swallow that breath.

  The tens of feet high human head Jingguan deeply stimulated Qin Lang, and the Qiang River is still blocked by corpses.

   This revenge must be avenged, and I can't wait.

  The night wind was howling, and it was getting colder.

  Liang Jianfang came over in armor, "Even Duke Wei can't sleep?"

   "Well, although I'm very sleepy, I can't fall asleep, so come up to blow some air."

   "Listening to the wind, it seems that it is going to snow."

  The north is whimpering, it's winter.

  Liang Jianfang hesitated to speak.

   "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

"Two days later, I don't feel very sure about attacking Tucheng at night. Although there are thousands of troops in the reorganization, they can be put together temporarily. I'm afraid there is no tacit cooperation and it will be difficult to give orders. In case, I mean in case, then our team Go, but never come back."

   "Are you scared?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.

  Liang Jianfang straightened his chest, "I'm afraid of a bird. I just think that the five-star fort needs someone to stay behind. Duke Wei should stay behind. With you in the fort, even if the brothers fail, there is still a way out."

   "Are you afraid that I will be captured alive by Tuoba Qiang?"

  Liang Jianfang said solemnly, "This operation is very risky, please ask Wei Gong to stay behind."

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  The sound of hurried footsteps came.

  Zhang Chao climbed to the top of the bell and drum watchtower, panting.

   "The Ranger urgently reports that there seems to be a change in the Tucheng."

   "A change?" Qin Lang's expression changed, "No, Tuoba Chici is going to run away."

  Liang Jianfang turned his head and looked in the direction of Tucheng, which is only two miles away, condescending. If he could see the movement in the city clearly during the day, but it is night now, and it is windy tonight.

   It was pitch black in Tucheng, and no sound could be heard.

   "If the old thief Tuoba wants to run, he should run during the daytime, and there are no lights in the Tucheng, it's not like that."

  Qin Lang has already turned around and walked down, "There is no light, so it's fine if you can't hear any movement. This further shows that the old thief Tuoba wants to escape at night, so hurry up and send an order to prepare for battle."

   "You must not let the old thief Tuoba go!"

   Waiting for Qin Lang to go down the ladder, just as he got down from the tower, he saw another soldier coming to report. The rangers approached for reconnaissance, and indeed found a lot of noise in the pitch-black earth city.

   "Report, a Qiang cavalry has quietly left the city."

   "Get on your horses, all cavalry!" Qin Lang called.

  Hearing that Tuoba Qiang was going to run away, all the on-duty and resting people in the fortress quickly assembled, all with red eyes.

  Liang Jianfang once again asked Qin Lang to sit in the castle, and he led the army to attack.

  Qin Lang waved his hand, "Don't worry, keep quiet, let the Qiang people run for a while, and then we will cut him in the middle, so that they can't advance or retreat."

   If they are in too much haste, the Qiang people will definitely turn around and retreat back to Tucheng.

  Qin Lang rode on the horse, trying to calm himself down.

   This war came suddenly, but he would not miss it.

   Recheck the weapon.

  Pro-military guards loyally guard the surroundings.

  The rangers were released one by one, secretly keeping an eye on the movements of the Qiang people.

   Waiting quietly, extremely tormented.

   After a long time, the rangers finally came back to report that the Tuoba Qiang people had all evacuated from Tucheng and were quietly fleeing westward.

"Zhang Chao, you bring a battalion of infantry and immediately enter the Tucheng. I have only one order for you. Guard the Tucheng. Don't let the Qiang people retreat into the Tucheng and cut off their way back. No matter what the battle outside is like, don't worry about it. .”

  Zhang Chao hesitated for a while, but finally nodded and accepted the order.

   "Emissary Liang, you lead the remaining infantry and follow the cavalry I lead out of the city. I will lead the cavalry to charge and intercept the Qiang people, and you lead the infantry to surround and strangle them."

   "Mr. Wei, let me take Qingqi."

   "Listen to my command!"

"yes."

  The city gate opened, the suspension bridge rose, Qin Lang took the lead, and rushed out.

There are many cavalry in the city but few horses. Qin Lang only cobbled together 800 light cavalry, followed by Liang Jianfang with 5,000 troops. Some were spearmen, some were archers, and at this moment, all of them strode forward with two legs and followed closely behind.

  The Qiang people were fleeing secretly, without holding up torches, they were advancing in the dark, and they were not moving fast.

  Qin Lang didn't raise his fire either, and chased after him with the faint starlight.

  Everyone is holding back a fire.

  Although many soldiers only wore iron helmets and did not even have armor, some soldiers only carried a horizontal knife and did not even have face shields.

  The 8,000 people evened out the equipment of the original 500 people, and even moved out all the equipment in the arsenal, so that they could barely have a weapon in their hands, but everyone was fighting with high spirits.

  The battle broke out suddenly in the dark night.

  Qin Lang led a thousand light cavalry to catch up with the Qiang people, charged out obliquely, and after a fierce charge, cut the Qiang people in half, then Qin Lang turned around and charged forward again.

  Qingqi rushed left and right to kill, in and out of the fleeing Qiang team.

  Tuoba Chici ran away in a hurry, and retreated at night, not daring to raise fire, not daring to make any big noises. More than 10,000 people drew their horses and turned into a long snake.

  Suddenly attacked, it is hard to see from the beginning to the end.

  After a chaotic fight, the Qiang people finally raised their fire. Since they can't sneak away, let's fight.

  Tuoba Chici sent his own soldiers to pass orders in the dark night, trying to gather the team that was pulling the snake together.

  Liang Jianfang arrived with 5,000 troops at a run, and without a word, he began to hack and kill with a horizontal knife and spear.

  The battle quickly changed from a raid to an all-out melee, with me in you and you in me, no matter how hard it is to separate.

   Tuoba Chici also found that his order could not be conveyed at all, and it was a complete chaos.

   "Retreat to Tucheng!"

  Seeing that the Qiang people were retreating steadily after being killed by the Tang people, Tuoba Chici also panicked, and could only issue the last order, regardless of whether it could be delivered or executed.

  Retreat to Tucheng, hoping to retreat into Tucheng and regroup.

  If I had known this before, I might as well have waited for dawn to retreat openly, and be more prepared. Now, instead of being killed by Tang Jun, I was caught off guard and worried.

   "I have more than 10,000 horses, and Qin Lang and the defeated soldiers and prisoners together are only a few thousand. Even if we are attacked by surprise, I am outnumbered." Tuoba Chici comforted himself.

  He called Tuoba Sitou and Tuoba Xigan, who have been deprived of the right to command the army by Chi Chi since the defeat of Lian Bing, and have been with him all the time.

  Now, Tuoba Chici pulled out a thousand of his personal guards and handed them over to the two, and he asked the two to contain Tang Qi and stabilize the team.

   Sitou and Xigan led the army to fight back, but when they turned around, they found that Chi Ci had led the forward and continued to run west without hesitation.

   Chi Ci actually escaped like this, and before leaving, he asked the two of them to cover in the rear.

  Sitou gritted his teeth, frowning thinly.

   In the dark night.

  Qin Lang led the cavalry of the pro-army guards, and rushed over fiercely.

  Tuobasi recognized at the first sight that the leader was Qin Lang, and Xigan also saw it. For a moment in their minds, the idea of ​​rushing to capture Qin Lang alive and then turning the tide of battle and winning came up.

  But in the next moment, when they saw Qin Lang leading his cavalry all the way, and the Qiang people fled in succession along the way, they all understood that the general situation was over.

   Thinking of the Tuoba camp under Jishi Mountain, which was being swept away by Qin Qiong, the two felt a sense of sadness in their hearts.

   Turning his head and looking to the other side, Tuoba Chici had already abandoned them far away, and disappeared in the darkness.

   "I'm going to ask Duke Wei to surrender, how about you?" Tuoba Si looked at Xigan with guarded eyes.

   "Let's go together." Tuoba Xigan let out a long sigh. This once was Tuoba Chici's confidant general, who started as Chici's guard captain, but now he only feels Chici's abandonment and ruthlessness.

   "Okay, let's go!"

  Qin Lang led his troops to charge.

  A cavalry in front blocked the way. The equipment was very elite, and the men and horses were rarely kept in order.

  Suddenly, a white flag was raised in front of the team.

  Then the torch was turned off, and when two Qiang generals were seen, they led all the Qiang generals off their horses, knelt down on the ground together, and shouted for surrender.

  Qin Lang reined in his horse, and the leopard head rushed towards the Qiang people with inertia, and the people stood up, neighing again and again.

   "Tuoba thinks head on, Tuoba works hard, and begs the Duke of Wei!"

   "I wait for my wish!"

  Qin Lang glanced at the two generals, "Are you the two who were defeated by me at Songzhou City?"

   "It's me waiting."

   "Where is Tuoba Chici?"

   "Take Qianqi and flee westward."

  Qin Lang was a little surprised that Tuoba Chici was so decisive? The battle was in full swing, and they actually abandoned the army and fled?

  But when Qin Lang looked back, he found that the tens of thousands of Qiang people behind him had already been rushed and killed by the Tang army, and fled in all directions.

   "The governor accepts your surrender."

   Before dawn, the war is over.

  Tuoba Chi resigned from the army and fled. The surrender of the two generals Tuoba Xigan and Tuoba Sitou made other Qiang people who had already collapsed lose their fighting spirit and surrendered one after another.

  Qin Lang thought it would be a **** battle, but he didn't expect it to end after less than half an hour.

  (end of this chapter)