Chastity Layman

  Chapter 562 Hugh is presumptuous

  Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Hou Junji, Xiao Yu, the prime ministers who rarely agree with each other, today they all worked together to hold down the emperor.

  No one thinks it is suitable to launch the Battle of Meituyuhun now.

  Similarly, no one thinks that the result of this Longyou battle will be good, but no matter how bad it is, they can only endure it. This time, the prime ministers agreed to block the joint invasion of Tuyuhun and Dangxiang, regain the lost counties, and then it will be fine.

   There is no need to cross the border to fight back, and there is no plan to destroy the party in the first battle, to break through the valley, and so on. There is no such plan, and there is no such preparation.

   No matter what, everything must be ready before a thunderous strike can be launched.

  Out of the palace, Changsun Wuji asked Hou Junji, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, "Do you think that Tuyuhun and Dangxiang could be repelled years ago?"

Hou Junji was dressed in a purple robe, with a well-trimmed beard, and a jade belt around his waist, "Taozhou fell, and there were no soldiers on the front line of Taoshui. Although Minzhou has a Xijun to buy, but this person is just Guoyi. Captain, I'm afraid it's hard to stop Da Ren, and with the thousands of soldiers and horses that Diedang brought in, I'm afraid it may not be able to stop Tuyuhun and Dangxiang's fierce offensive."

"I'm most worried about Qin Lang. He is too big. He led 500 people to guard a border fortress, hanging out alone. The Diezhou soldiers were sent to Minzhou by him. I don't know where Qin Sanlang came from. Confidence and courage, dare to be so arrogant, but arrogant and frivolous, you will always be taught a lesson."

   Speaking of this, he even felt a little gloating in his heart, feeling inexplicably comfortable.

  Changsun Wuji frowned, "Do you think Qin Lang will lose?"

"It's normal to be defeated. The Ministry of War has a sand table in Diezhou. The small fortress is located in the far west, in a relatively flat valley. There is no danger at all, and it only took two months to build. You say What kind of defense can such a fortress have?"

   Tuoba Chici is also an old fox, Qin Lang is still a little tender after all, he thought to himself.

  Changsun Wuji sighed in his heart, and also felt that Qin Lang was overreaching after all, "Maybe Qin Sanlang is waiting for Qin Qiong's reinforcements."

Hou Junji smiled slightly, "Speaking of which, I have to say that the Qin family are very adventurous. Qin Qiong has left Songzhou a long time ago, and would have arrived in ten or so days at most, but why hasn't he appeared? It's obvious , Qin Qiong didn't go directly to rescue Qin Lang."

   "Where did Qin Qiong go?"

  Hou Junji said proudly, "It must be because Dangxiang went out of the bandits, and Qin Qiong went deep into the hinterland of Dangxiang, just like Qin Lang did last time."

"If Qin Sanlang can last for two or three months, then Qin Qiong's move is a bold move by a skilled person, avoiding the truth and taking the opportunity to sweep the backyard of the Qiang people. But the problem is that Qin Lang's five hundred people guard a small Fortress, how long can he last under Tuoba Chici's command? Ten and a half days, and one more month? I thought, one month is the most, but Qin Qiong will definitely not be able to come back in one month."

"Qin Sanlang sent Diezhou soldiers to Minzhou, and he guarded the isolated city alone, thinking that Qin Qiong would come to rescue him immediately. As for Qin Qiong, he must have thought that there were a lot of western troops in Diezhou Town, and Diezhou City was in danger. As long as Lang retreats into the city of Diezhou and fortifies the walls and clears the fields like last time, he will not be afraid of the Qiang people."

"As a result, the two of you are both thinking about it, so now Qin Qiong may be sweeping across the hinterland of the party and killing people, but Qin Sanlang is in danger. Maybe at this moment, that small fortress has been leveled down by the Tuoba Qiang people , Qin Sanlang was also defeated just like Li Daoyan, he couldn't even escape, just like Jiuqie Luosheng, he had no choice but to surrender."

   "It shouldn't happen!" Changsun Wuji felt that although Hou Junji's words were reasonable, Qin Sanlang's performance all along made him have great confidence in him. If this kid didn't have the slightest bit of confidence, how dare he play like this?

   "Don't believe me, grandson, my analysis is very reasonable. If you don't believe it, just wait and see."

   "Will the Ministry of War just sit back and watch?" The eldest grandson was somewhat dissatisfied with Hou Junji's attitude.

"Of course we won't sit idly by. The Ministry of War has already thought of several rescue strategies, but far away water can't quench our thirst. I'm afraid Qin Lang can't hold on until our reinforcements arrive." After finishing speaking, Hou Junji crossed his hands as a salute, then turned and left.

  The eldest grandson stood there in a daze for a long time, and let out a long sigh.

   Could it be that this time Qin Sanlang is going to underestimate the enemy and make a mistake like the samurai Xun?

  I hope that Qin Qiong can rush back to rescue Qin Lang sooner. The eldest grandson's family is married to the Qin family, and both are the core of the prince's party. The eldest grandson still doesn't want Qin Sanlang to be defeated.

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  Diezhou, under the five-star fortress.

  The two armies joined forces, with thunderous cheers.

Tuoba Chici was missing an ear, and followed back to the fortress with a lonely expression. He entered the fortress for the first time, crossed trenches and embankments, and entered the city through the fort, and finally discovered the mystery of this castle. It was even harder than expected.

   It's really hard to imagine how such a fortress came up.

A flat and open land with no danger or stronghold can build such a small but powerful castle fortress. Although this kind of fortress is only used for garrisoning troops, it can't live in people. It has a market, etc., but for military , which works really well.

  Especially the six to seven feet high watchtowers, which are small but tall, and have become a line of defense that is difficult to break through for the swift Qiang cavalry who are galloping like the wind.

  Enter Yacheng, slaughter cattle and sheep in the fort, and the wounded horses and dead horses on the battlefield are not wasted.

  The army members are extremely busy, counting the results of battles, registering and capturing.

  The light cavalry are still hunting for Qiang deserters.

  Many Qiang people surrendered, and many died in battle.

  Tuoba Chici besieged the five-star fortress for more than a month, and mobilized nearly 30,000 troops, of which 8,000 troops went deep into Diezhou to sweep and loot, leaving more than 20,000 people to besiege the city.

   As a result, after several battles, Tuoba Chici died and injured more than 7,000 people, and there were still about 15,000 left. As a result, he wanted to escape secretly last night, even throwing cattle, sheep and tents in Tucheng, but he still failed.

   Tuoba Sitou and Tuoba Xigan led Qianqi to defect on the battlefield, and then persuaded the Tang army to surrender about 5,000 people, and the Tang army captured about 3,000 people.

  The rest were basically killed.

Some were directly beheaded on the battlefield, and some were directly hacked to death by the Tang army after being injured. Although there was an order not to kill the prisoners, many soldiers were originally Minzhou soldiers. Some people would even be executed at every turn and sent to fill trenches and attack the city, but fortunately they were saved.

  Nowadays, they will naturally not be polite when facing wounded Qiang soldiers. When they see the serious injury, they will directly make up for it and send him to the west.

  The officers turned a blind eye to this kind of thing. Anyway, wounded soldiers are a burden, and it would be a waste of medicine and food to keep them, but many wounded soldiers would die.

  Tuoba Chici was invited by Qin Qiong to sit up, but at this moment he was not in the slightest mood.

  When he entered the city, he saw that the Tang Jingguan in Tucheng had been demolished and replaced by the Qiang Jingguan built on the original site.

  The corpses of more than 7,000 Qiang soldiers who died in the battle before were cremated, and the corpses of more than 7,000 Qiang soldiers who died this time, the Tang army directly piled up Jingguan for them.

  After the heads of the leaders of the Qiang people were chopped off, the Tang soldiers directly took off the skulls to make wine vessels.

  The hideous and terrifying wine vessels were hung on the waists of the soldiers of the Tang Army. It seems that having a Qiang skull wine vessel has become a fashion.

   As a result, the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army now basically have one.

  If the bosses don’t have enough, then ordinary people’s.

  The Zhenxi army even deliberately found out the identity of the owners of these skulls, and then asked the army or craftsmen to help them engrave the names and identities of the original owners on the skull wine vessels.

   Make it a unique wine vessel.

More than 7,000 Qiang people were killed in battle. Their heads were cut off, and their left ears were cut off to record military achievements. The skulls were also removed to be used as wine vessels. Build a Beijing view.

  After their bodies were stripped naked, they were thrown into mass graves one after another.

  Tuoba Sitou and Tuoba Xigan walked in, and spotted Tuoba Chici at a glance. They were both a little embarrassed and did not dare to look at each other.

  But after hearing that Tuoba Chici had already knelt down to the Zhenxi Army and Qin Lang to surrender, he relaxed again. Since everyone has surrendered to Tang, there is nothing embarrassing to face.

   "Bring some wine, let's toast together to celebrate the victory!" Qin Lang said.

  So Liang Jianfang and other officers took off their own Qiang skull wine vessels from their waists and put them on the table, and moved the wine glasses away.

These wine vessels are actually quite rough, even with dark red spots. Qin Lang frowned at this, but Liang Jianfang and the others put them on it as if showing off, and began to introduce the name and identity of the original owner of the wine vessel, etc. The higher the status, the more high-end the wine vessel will be.

   "When I have time, I will find a skilled craftsman to polish and polish this wine vessel for me. I will also inlay some gold-rimmed silver rings and inlay a few precious stones on it. It will become a family heirloom in the future and will be passed down from generation to generation."

   Liang Jianfang's words made the officials laugh together.

  The Songzhou military officers brought by Qin Qiong had no wine vessels, so they had to laugh a few times, while Xifeng Cunyi and other Qiang leaders were even more embarrassed at this time.

  Tuoba Chici's eyes widened in anger, and he gritted his teeth.

  Tuoba Sitou and Tuoba Xigan also took out a skull wine vessel amidst the laughter of the crowd.

  The two of them introduced their own wine vessel to the crowd, which came from the leader of the Qiang people of the same clan, but it was the head neighbor who refused to surrender to Tang that they personally beheaded last night.

"The descendants presented this wine vessel to Duke Wei. The owner of this wine vessel, Tuoba Ningli, was originally an elder of my Tuoba tribe. He owned a tribe of thousands of tents. Because of his stubbornness, I personally beheaded him and took off his head cover. , made this wine vessel, and asked the Zhenxi Army to engrave Tuoba Ningli's name on it for me."

  Qin Lang frowned slightly, feeling very shameless towards Tuoba Sitou's behavior.

  Tuoba Xigan also hurriedly picked up his wine vessel, but he wanted to dedicate it to Qin Qiong who defeated him in Songzhou last time.

   Chi Ci suddenly roared and jumped towards the two of them.

  Liang Jianfang and several other generals waved their fists, hitting Chi Ci with a bruised nose and swollen nose, and the bandaged left ear wound burst and bled.

   "Tuoba Chici, this is my five-star fortress in Yacheng, Qin Lang's military council hall, not your Tuoba Department's tent, don't be presumptuous!" Qin Lang scolded.

  Tuoba Chici, who was firmly held down, stared at his nephew Sitou and his former confidant Xigan with red eyes, and kept cursing the two in Qiang language. The two kept away, but did not answer.

Tuoba Chici kept cursing, Liang Jianfang said, "This old thief doesn't know how to praise, why don't you twist his head off and lift his head cover to make a wine vessel, and present it to His Majesty the Emperor in the future .”

  Qin Qiong waved his hand, "Come here, send Patriarch Tuoba to rest."

  (end of this chapter)