Because no enemy had ever entered from the north, only one outpost was set up on the top of the mountain. After discovering the enemy's attack in the dim morning light, sharp beeps rose into the sky! Several soldiers who rushed out of the outpost did not face the enemy.
The enemy who rushed quickly from the north shouted at Shannan.
He Qizhou, who was riding a snow dragon horse and rushed to the front of the team, vaguely heard the other party's cry: "Quick! Quick! They are coming up!"
"The enemy is also charging! Advance at full speed!" After He Qizhou shouted loudly, he no longer ignored the formation, relying on the sacred horse of the snow dragon horse, rushed out of the formation and rushed to the top of the mountain alone!
At this time, on both sides of the ridge, the distance between the two armies from the top of the mountain was almost the same. Only He Qizhou, who was in the middle, took the lead in rushing to the top of the mountain. In front of him was a large group of dark enemy troops, covering the entire gentle south slope. There were several cavalrymen.
The one who rushes fast is only ten feet away from the top of the mountain!
On the ridge, the silver spear that was more than ten feet long began to show its terrifying power of sweeping through thousands of armies! Wherever the silver spear flashed, people were thrown off their backs! The enemy troops that had just rushed to the top of the mountain were swept down the mountain! Several of them even knocked over those behind them.
War horses coming!
He Qizhou, who was riding his horse back and forth on the ridge, was like the arrogant god of war. Everywhere he passed was empty. Wherever he was, the enemy cavalry did not dare to charge forward, and they all circled to other places!
After all, the ridge is very long. The charging teams from both sides rushed up the mountain almost at the same time. In some places, the blizzard rushed up first, while in other places it was the Cullen Army who climbed up first. An encounter soon started on the ridge that was about three miles long, and the outcome was almost determined.
It was settled in an instant!
The Blizzard vanguard, led by martial arts masters such as He Qizhou and Shangguan Lingyun, quickly cleared away the enemy troops rushing up the mountain and began to lead the army to crush the southern ridge.
If the Cullen Army could have occupied the favorable terrain on the hilltop a moment earlier, He Qizhou would never have been able to gain the advantage so smoothly, but now it was completely different. Seven thousand cavalry swooped down in the blizzard and killed the five thousand Cullen North City Army, howling like ghosts and wolves, and collapsed thousands of miles away!
The fleeing Beicheng Army quickly ran into the 5,000 Nancheng Army who were rushing to help at the foot of the mountain. Cang Qiong, who personally led the troops, could not stop the fleeing people no matter what. Cang Qiong could only lead the people to retreat temporarily, because they stayed behind.
At the foot of the mountain, the five thousand Nancheng troops he led would also become an easy target for those white-robed cavalry.
But if you don't retreat, you can still stabilize the Nancheng Army's formation. With this retreat, even the Nancheng Army began to turn around and flee. The contrast in strength on the hillside was obvious. Most people knew that they could not stop such an army.
Therefore, as the Beicheng Army retreated, they began to flee in a hurry.
Cang Qiong glanced at the handsome man with an invincible silver gun on the hillside. Knowing that the situation was over, he hurriedly called for the remaining soldiers and ran to the west of the city!
Cang Qiong also thought about going back to the palace to summon his generals, and the guards would continue to resist, but the combined force would not add much fighting power. Cang Qiong, who was thick on the outside and thin on the inside, decisively gave up the idea of staying in the city and chose to save his life first.
After reuniting with his father, he can then fight back!
The generals all fled the battlefield, and this battle became extremely easy again. He Qizhou chased the defeated army all the way to the palace.
Facing the stormy attack, most of the guards in the palace chose to surrender after only a slight resistance. After hearing the news that there was almost no enemy resistance in the city, He Qizhou decided to rest his army for the night before leaving, and by the way, he would take all the money and food in the palace.
The dust of the battle in the city fell. There were 10,000 defenders, more than 2,000 casualties, 3,000 surrenders, and another 5,000 people divided into multiple routes and fled to various places.
There are many mountains in the north of the city, so He Qizhou sent half of his troops to garrison on the top of the mountain. Due to the favorable geographical location, he was not worried about the goshawk launching an attack from above. He Qizhou was not worried about the opponent going around to the southeast and southwest to enter the city, because that would require walking hundreds of miles more to reach the city.
At that time, I had already walked away.
The remaining half of the people were not idle either. He Qizhou ordered them to raid all the government offices and yamen of Qinglong Temple in the city, and search for the defeated troops hiding in various places in the city.
After entering the huge and luxurious palace compound, He Qizhou discovered that the Kulun Palace, which was unwilling to live in poverty, was like a treasure house. Although Kulun City was large, there was only one majestic palace with real grandeur! On the edge of the big city were yurts with countless patches. See
Someone invaded the palace, and some hungry and emaciated people wanted to sneak in and steal some food and money.
Upon seeing this, He Qizhou was worried that spies were sneaking in, so he ordered no one to enter the palace, and then asked everyone to make an announcement in the city: the army of the orthodox emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty will open the treasury of King Kulun, and open the treasury to all the people of Kulun City from noon to midnight.
Put out the grain and spread the silver!
While publishing the announcement, He Qizhou also stated in advance that his army would leave tomorrow. If he was worried about Goshawk's revenge, he could immediately move his family to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Cars, horses and road supplies would be provided depending on the situation.
There were nearly 100,000 people in Kulun City, Beijing, and about 10,000 of them were slaves. Upon hearing the news, many slaves who had a chance to escape the sea of suffering came to the palace, hoping to follow He Qizhou's army back to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
But He Qizhou only pointed the direction to Baicheng in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and was willing to provide the carriages, horses, money and food captured in the palace. As for going east to Baicheng, the slaves still had to find a way to get there on their own.
Many people immediately decided to leave. After receiving money and supplies from the palace, they immediately fled eastward. More and more people learned that the army entering the city was really distributing food and relief, so they came in droves, and many surrendered.
The enemy troops also expressed their willingness to surrender to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty on the spot and go to Baicheng to make trouble.
Two hours later, He Qizhou, who originally thought there would be no problem in distributing military pay, was told that the large piles of gold and silver collected from the palace and several government offices were running low. However, there were still thousands of people queuing in line at the gate of the palace, and they were returning the money one after another.
People were running towards the palace from everywhere.
Under the control of the army, order was in order at the gate of the palace. In the large square in front of the gate, there was a queue that was more than a mile long like a snake. The originally piled mountains of grain turned into a hill; boxes of gold and silver
They were cut and refined on the spot, and each person could receive about ten taels of gold and silver and five kilograms of grain.
He Qizhou made a rough calculation at that time and found that the gold and silver were equivalent to about one million taels. One person could be divided into 10 taels, which was enough to distribute to 100,000 people. In fact, there was indeed that much gold and silver, and the number of people who could receive relief money according to household certificates was close to that.
One hundred thousand people, plus those surrendered troops who laid down their weapons, the number may be slightly more than one hundred thousand. After dividing the gold and silver, it is obviously not enough to pay for the army.
He Lian Qingqing and Luo Yu, who were in charge of the relief, proposed to He Qizhou to leave enough military pay and not to break the promise of the many soldiers in the storm. He Qizhou came up with a plan to sell the porcelain, calligraphy and painting, antiques, silk, jewelry and other items in the palace.
They all moved out, and while providing relief, they set up another stall and sold them at very low prices.
In fact, many people who came to receive relief funds were not really poor. When they saw such a good thing, they came to buy as soon as they received the relief funds. Some people even left the queue for a long time in order to buy what they wanted.
Go to the stall full of treasures.
He Qizhou saw that the payment problem could be solved, so he went to Ma Beishan to see the defense situation at the top of the mountain.
In the north of Bayan Mountain, Goshawk, who had just arrived, had already launched a round of strong attacks, but the heavy armor on the top of the mountain came down with powerful arrows, and the downward impact was unstoppable. After losing hundreds of people, Goshawk calmed down and could only suspend the attack.
, at this time Cangqiong had sent people to climb over the high mountains on the west side to report to Goshawk the defeat of the two armies in the city, and informed him that he had led the remnant of more than a thousand people and ran from the west direction of the city.
Goshawk immediately ordered the army to turn to the west, bypass the mountains there, and then join the sky before attacking the city.
He Qizhou was worried that Goshawk would turn around, so he left thousands of people on the mountain to guard him, and ordered Yu Wen Lingyun who stayed behind to change shifts every two hours, and then he returned to the palace with peace of mind.
At Haishi, the relief effort ended after nearly an hour. When He Qizhou returned to the palace, Helian Qingqing ordered people to collect their belongings. After calculation, there was still more than 50,000 taels worth of silver left. He Qizhou asked them to first press each
Fifty-two people were divided, and the remaining ones were reported to each battalion for their military exploits, and were also distributed to the heads of each battalion.
He Qizhou also inquired about the situation of the people fleeing. More than 20,000 people left one after another. After receiving the relief materials, many people immediately went back to collect the yurts and drove eastward with their families. There were hundreds of camel carts and cattle carts in the palace.
They were also sent out one after another. Many of the surrendered soldiers were the sons of these herders. Most of them hoped to escape to Baicheng because they were worried about the goshawk coming back to punish them. Helian Qingqing gave them money and food per head to let them go.
After returning to the empty palace, He Qizhou ordered people to call all the female relatives in Cang Ying's house to the compound where Cang Ying lived. Cang Ying's wives and concubines, who were lay disciples of the Tianlong Sect, were in groups. In addition to the eldest son Cang Qiong, there were also
The six young children were all under He Qizhou's control at this time.
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me." "General, have mercy on me." Before I even entered the hospital, the sounds of many women crying could be heard at the door. I thought that what awaited me would be an unspeakable shame.
One by one, attractive women walked into the mansion in the courtyard. When they saw the handsome young man sitting on the kang in the middle, the fear on his face seemed to lighten a lot. Some even started to straighten their deliberately messed up sideburns.
"General, please don't hurt my child. I will agree to whatever you want!" A young woman suddenly begged.
Then someone immediately started shouting, and more than half of the twenty or so people were begging for mercy. Luo Yu, who brought them in, said angrily: "Stop, stop, stop, run across the sky, there are only six children in total, how can
Are there so many mothers here? Master, she, they have bad intentions!"
He Qizhou also laughed angrily and said: "Stop screaming, don't worry, we won't hurt women and children. I just want to ask you, who is forced to marry Goshawk? If you don't want to follow him, you can do it now
After those people leave, Baicheng, the eastern capital, is a good choice."
The twenty or so people who had just been crying and making noise suddenly fell silent. They all seemed to be frightened, and no one dared to say a word.