The total casualties of the Qi people in Shiqu Town were only more than 20, of which nine were killed in battle. Wu Cha Si and prisoners with martial arts skills all joined the defense team. Not long ago, Yuguan's repulse of the Zhou Dynasty was reported to the whole country.
, everyone understood that this was a great opportunity to receive rewards for meritorious service, and everyone fought bravely to be the first. There were several prisoners who had never learned martial arts. Although they were strong, they were frustrated because they did not get Bai Yong's permission to go to the city to defend.
On the top of Dongfang Mountain, about three hundred horsemen were galloping down. Bai Chong just looked from a distance and knew that Xinleshan had brought reinforcements, so he hurried to report the news. Seeing the enemy's movement, Bai Yong seemed to want to divide his troops to intercept the reinforcements.
, then said to the veteran beside him: "I will go out with the horse to kill the enemy. You continue to defend the city. Don't go out of the city to take advantage of the merit."
The veteran said bitterly: "Remember to grab two horses and agree to borrow one in exchange for two!" His horse was snatched away by Bai Yong and He Qizhou.
"Can I give you three horses? Can you ride them on one butt?" Bai Yong sneered.
"If you grab it, I can ride it!"
"Don't be greedy, and don't take a nap. Let less people come up after I leave!" Bai Yong warned again, and then led the crowd to rush out from the east gate on the other side to meet the troops brought by Xinleshan.
The leader of the rebel army was a Qianhu. At this time, he had suspended the siege in the east, north and south, and sent seven to eight hundred cavalry to meet the three hundred or so reinforcements who looked like a ragtag group. However, the team did not go far, and the east gate was wide open.
, hundreds of knights wielding swords rushed out of the city. Not many of them were wearing Qi's military uniforms, and half of them were holding the scimitars that Tu Yuhun had sent to the city.
Ever since the two hundred soldiers who pursued cross-border pursuit fled back, the rebel leader knew that there were many masters in the city, but the number was limited. The order given to him from above was to annihilate all the envoys of the Ministry of Rites and then join the siege team of Xining.
Compared with Xining, which has many strong attack experts and strong city defenses, he was still willing to attack this small town, so even if he had little effect, he still fought hard. Most of his dead subordinates were officials who rebelled from the border town of Longnan.
Army, just kill as many as you want. Now is the trading season, and being able to plunder the town will attract those soldiers who have rebelled for money to come forward.
When his subordinates reported that hundreds of cavalry had rushed out of the east city, the leader laughed loudly and said: "Leave the third battalion to guard the west gate, and the rest follow me to the east to kill all the Qi people who came out of the city!" In the blink of an eye, there were more than five hundred people.
People rushed to the east.
The 300 people brought by Xinleshan can indeed be called a mob. Except for the 100 soldiers in the state capital who are exempted from force, the rest are police officers from the state capital and several neighboring counties. Although the local people are tough, but
The reinforcements who were charging down still felt chilled when they saw thousands of enemy troops rushing towards them. Many of them slowed down unconsciously, causing the entire team to loosen up.
The team that intercepted the Qi army's reinforcements gathered rebels from three directions: east, south, and north. When the leading officer saw this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. The opponent had already lost its geographical advantage by slowing down. Now that the charging team was so out of formation, he himself
He only needed to lead his army back and forth to eliminate 70% to 80% of these people. He couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Brothers! Kill--" But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a chaos of troops behind him.
It turned out that Bai Yong led hundreds of cavalry in the city to charge forward. Those people were either generals who had been demoted here, or their disciples and grandsons. Some of them were masters of the Wuchasi. In terms of individual combat power, they far exceeded the rebels. For a time,
, with swords in hand, the rebels howled like ghosts and suffered heavy casualties. The rebels had no morale at all. When they saw the disaster approaching, they did not think of desperately, but ran for their lives. No one wanted to stand in the way of Bai Yong's razor-like team.
In front, the scattered troops of birds and beasts even blocked the troops transferred from the west gate by the rebel leader.
Upon seeing this, the Qi reinforcements on the hillside of Dongshan were all greatly boosted in morale, and rushed down one after another. Dust and smoke were everywhere for a while. Those rebels did not know the combat power of the people on the mountain. Seeing that their clothing was at least better than those who rushed out of the city.
The cavalry were more organized, but they did not dare to fight and fled faster. Bai Yong also led the troops to the west at this time, because there were no enemies in front of them, so most of them fled west.
The rebel leader cried hoarsely without stopping his decline. In desperation, he beheaded a deserter who rushed towards him, and then led his team to charge against the deserter! Bai Yong could see clearly, hiding behind a group of deserters.
Quickly approach the rebel leader, accelerate suddenly, and slash at the opponent with your sword!
Several guards around the rebel leader hurriedly blocked the way, but they were still a step too late. Bai Yong jumped up from his horse, kicked one of the guards over, and cut off the rebel leader's saber with one strike without stopping.
Then he cut off the opponent's neck, and after seeing that the scimitar in his hand was about to be broken into two pieces, he flicked his wrist and threw the knife to kill the enemy's closest guard. The strength of the peak of Eight Meridians was enough for him to stand in the formation.
Standing proudly among the heroes.
Seeing that the general was dead, the Tuyuhun cavalry had no intention of fighting again. They wished that their horses had two more legs. They were defeated like a mountain. Seeing that most of the people were running away, the soldiers who besieged the city also began to retreat. Almost
All the rebels fled towards the west mountain, and their escape speed this time was even faster than two days ago.
With the reinforcements joining, Bai Yong was not willing to miss the opportunity and chased him to the small town opposite the Xishan Mountain. The people on the city wall, herdsmen, prisoners, and officials from the Military Inspection Department also rushed out one after another. The familiar donkey appeared again.
Rushing to the top of the Western Mountain: "Come on! Kill all two thousand of them..."
It wasn't until four to five hundred enemy troops disappeared into the night that Bai Yong, who was leading the charge, stopped everyone and went back to clean up the battlefield. After the battle, he easily recovered the border town of Tuyuhun, which was separated by a mountain.
There were about two hundred people imprisoned, including border soldiers, merchants and herdsmen. The Minister of Rites of Tuyuhun used the small town as a base to continuously send people to various parts of the southern border for help that had not yet fallen into the hands of the rebels.
Bai Yong counted the results of the battle and found that a total of more than 400 enemies were killed, 700 surrendered, and more than 500 people fled to Tuyuhun. There were still some panic-stricken people who remained in Qi. Bai Yong had people search and arrest them all night.
, we cannot let those dozens of riders harm the local people. Some of the soldiers who surrendered were originally coerced by the rebels. After selection, they became the subordinates of the Minister of Rites. There were more than 400 people in total. They were regarded as guilty and meritorious. The rest were on the spot.
As for custody, Shiqu Town was originally a prison anyway, and the most indispensable thing was cells.
Xin Leshan was excited and asked Bai Yong when he would march to Xining. He was scolded severely by his mentor: "You are learning from me, but how can you compare with Bai Chong? You feed the dogs as much as you eat?"
Those pustules you brought with you still want to attack Xining? Are you looking for death?"
"Then, what should we do?" Xin Leshan muttered.
"Let me ask you, have the letters of distress to the province been sent out?" Bai Yong said.
"It has been sent out, and there are still some sent to Emei. I think it will be delivered soon."
"Have you asked Jincheng to report the enemy situation to Ganzhou?"
"I have taken care of you repeatedly."
"It depends on whether our governor and the Ganzhou garrison have the courage to send troops before the military order is issued." Bai Yong murmured.
"Master, when shall we march?"
"When we have gathered five thousand people, we will leave when the masters of the Emei sect arrive!"
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"Mr. Governor, should we send troops?" the Sichuan Inspector asked uneasily.
"What do you think?" the governor of Sichuan asked. Because of the vast territory of Sichuan, only one province was assigned a governor.
"Why don't you wait for the court's order? I heard that the post horse passed by here yesterday and snatched the young master's mount."
"What do you mean?"
"No, it's not interesting."
"How many troops can be mobilized now?"
"Two hundred cavalry and five thousand infantry."
The governor waved his sleeves: "Immediately order all the troops and horses and send them to Shiqu Town overnight. If you have merit, you will not be robbed, but are you waiting to be robbed by others?"
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In the Imperial City of Xining, Li Hao already had a look of determination on his face. On the sixth day of the siege, the enemy attacked three times in a row, causing heavy losses to the elite defenders. The young men in the city had to be mobilized to attack the city.
"Your Majesty, how long can the food in the city last?" Shi Ji asked.
"The problem of food is not big at the moment. It is enough to last for half a month. But according to today's attack method, I am afraid that the city will be breached within three to five days."
"They suffered even greater losses!" Shi Ji said. The defenders lost nearly a thousand people, while the opponent's number should be at least two thousand.
"But they are all my Tuyuhun people!" Li Hao was about to cry but had no tears. Prince Haijun used his cronies to supervise the battle, and most of the dead were rebellious officers and soldiers.
Wuzan said: "The other party just sent another letter to persuade us to surrender. This time, we said that we can negotiate."
"What conditions?" Li Hao didn't have any hope for the alliance under the city.
"We will call off the troops if we surrender Qi's hostages!" Wu Zan said.
"How to stop?" Li Hao continued to ask.
"Don't fall for their tricks. Unless Daqi is destroyed immediately, Tu Yuhun will cease to exist immediately!" Shi Ji said anxiously.
"They say they want to divide the east and west with you and divide the borders to govern." Wuzan said, and then hurriedly advised: "The prince is still in Daqi, so he must not agree to their conditions."
Li Haodao: "Am I that kind of person? I just want to see if there is any way to delay it for a day or two. General Wu, please send someone to let the other party enter the city to discuss matters!"
Shi Ji sighed and said: "Even if they negotiate, their attack cannot be stopped. General Wu, we should be fully prepared."
"Well, the city is there and the people are there, but the city is broken and people are dead!" Uzan shouted.
Li Hao patted Wu Zan on the shoulder and repeated: "The city remains and the people remain, but the city will be destroyed and the country will perish!"
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"I'm going! Why is it raining again!" He Qizhou cursed in a low voice. He had just "robbed" two horses from the last station outside the capital, and the glimmer of hope he had raised was about to be extinguished by the violent storm.
The wind, rain and muddy road will slow things down a bit. Night has fallen before you know it. What time is it now? He Qizhou didn't dare to think too much and continued to gallop towards the capital.
Ahead is Mang Mountain, and we have already passed Taolin. Well, this horse is no longer good. Change the horse quickly! The west gate of Kuocheng is almost here! Don't fall asleep, hurry up! "Get out of the way! Hurry up for eight hundred miles!"