Chapter 573: Chang'an's Taiping and the Bei Desert's Wolf Smoke
Chang'an City became very lively because the emperor's favorite prince was about to get married.
As guests from all over the city enter the city one after another, the sounds of vendors selling goods are still heard one after another even at night.
Pedestrians in twos and threes walked leisurely on the streets, children chased and played, and the bright laughter could be heard from far away.
It can be compared to the prosperity and peace of Chang'an City.
The grasslands in the north are full of blood.
Under the cover of night, tens of thousands of iron hooves raced across the grassland.
These people are covered with stars and moons, and from a distance they look like a yellow tide.
Their target is nowhere else but the Ningjunshan Fortress. ??
This is definitely a battleground for Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks who are at war.
If this fortress is removed, the Western Turks can march straight into Xue Yantuo's golden-domed king's tent.
The same is true for Xue Yantuo, this is their last barrier.
Therefore, there are fully 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed here now.
At midnight, the moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds.
Tens of thousands of cavalry took the opportunity to cross the hills.
In the night, looking far ahead, one can see the huge fortress illuminated by lamps, torches and pitch pine, which is as bright as day.
When the march reached this point, Jia Yanzhang, the leader, waved his hand and called a deputy general and asked: "Is that Ningjunshan Fortress over there in front of you?"
"According to what the prisoners we captured said, it should be right."
The deputy general thought for a while and said: "And now it is reported that there are about 20,000 troops in this city. It seems not wise to attack by force."
"What are you afraid of?"
Jia Yanzhang lowered his head and glanced at the Heavenly Fire Thunder in his leather pocket.
When the Western Turks were at war with the Tang Dynasty, this thing made them suffer a lot.
Now, finally, heaven has reincarnation, and they also have heavenly fire and thunder.
They had already tested it in several previous wars.
Although the Heavenly Fire Thunder they made was of crude workmanship, it was not as good as the ones used by the Tang Dynasty.
But use It is enough to deal with Xue Yantuo, whose technology is also backward.
Jia Yanzhang narrowed his eyes and said: "The whole army will rest for half an hour. After half an hour, attack the city!"
"yes!"
The deputy general took the order and left.
After the order was given, the cavalrymen, who had been running wildly under the cover of darkness for an unknown amount of time, quickly dismounted to rest.
I have to admire these nomads on the grasslands. They are really a group of natural warriors.
Although they cannot enforce orders and prohibitions like the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they are very familiar with war because of the harsh environment in which they grew up.
They know better how to save energy and stay focused during war.
For example, now, even if they only have half an hour's rest, they still have to get off their horses and lie on the ground for a short nap.
This is not for anything else but to better restore the physical energy and energy consumed on the journey, and also to allow the horse to regain its physical strength.
This is how to deal with the fierce battle that follows.
While the soldiers rested, Jia Yanzhang, as the commander-in-chief, did not.
He is still directing his scouts to gather information everywhere.
After a while, the scout came and reported, "General, although the garrison of the fortress is on alert, there are not many troops left at night."
After hearing this, the deputy general said with some worry: "This situation is obviously not normal. There might be an ambush."
After all, no one is a fool.
Now the Western Turkic troops are getting closer and closer.
But these guys still didn't look alert at all, which is obviously abnormal.
"ambush?"
"You think too much."
"Their commander doesn't have the brains to set up an ambush for us."
"My large army is getting closer and closer, and it seems that we are going to fight them head-on.
beat."
Jia Yanzhang chuckled and said: "These guys are just trying to recharge themselves before the war. After all, no one can stay on full alert all day long without taking a rest, right?"
He looked up at the deputy general beside him and said, "Jia Yanqiu, I order you to personally lead 10,000 troops to attack the west of the city."
"yes!"
Jia Yanqiu took the order and left.
Immediately, Jia Yanzhang stood up slowly and said: "The rest of the brothers follow me and follow me to attack head-on!"
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The guard of the fortress is called Yi Shi Shang Yin, the younger brother of Xue Yantuo Khan Yi Nan. Although he is quite brave, he is a reckless man.
At this moment, Yi Shi Shang Yin was sleeping soundly. .??.
The patrols on the street looked listless, and the sentries shook their heads one by one.
No one knows the boundless murderous intent coming from the dark night.
Boom boom boom!
It was not until this thunderous noise exploded that the half-asleep Xue Yantuo soldiers were suddenly awakened.
The soldiers on the wall forced their sleepy eyes open, and saw the black shadow coming in front of them like a tide.
Seeing this scene, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
But before they even picked up their bows and arrows to fight back, they saw the opponent throwing fireballs burning with flames.
After these fireballs arrived at the camp, they exploded one after another. The deafening sound, coupled with the rocks shooting in all directions, caused the defenders to lose dozens of people in an instant.
And the reason why this thing is called a fireball is naturally because of the fire.
The flaming stones fired in all directions, while hitting people, can also hit the wooden piles used to build the camp.
At that moment, a raging fire broke out in Xue Yantuo's camp.
It's too late, it's too late.
It takes a long time to say, but it only happens in the blink of an eye.
Just as the fire outside the camp was raging and Xue Yantuo's soldiers were hurriedly dressing up, there was a sudden sound from the camp gate. Loud noise.
That was the sound of the camp gate being knocked open by cavalry.
Hearing this voice, many people's hearts could not help but beat.
But before they could react, shouts of death could be heard from the sky.
The Western Turkic cavalry rushed into the camp with shouts and launched an almost massacre-like offensive against the Xueyantuo defenders who were caught off guard.
Under the fierce firelight, Xueyantuo's soldiers screamed one after another, and blood slowly flowed down the ditches on the ground to the low-lying areas.
Of course, there were brave Xue Yantuo soldiers who launched desperate counterattacks from time to time.
But when facing so many enemies, a person's strength is bound to be limited.
And their counterattack is nothing more than moths flying into the flame.
Jia Yanzhang was holding a spear, and he was like no one in the crowd. Every time he swung the weapon, he would cause a bloody storm.
Several of Xue Yantuo's generals were killed one after another by Jia Yanzhang.
In the camp in front of me, there was no one who could stop Jia Yanzhang for one round.
The war only lasted an hour from beginning to end.
An hour later, the surviving Xue Yantuo soldiers put down their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.
Jia Yanzhang was walking in the messy camp with a spear in hand and a proud look on his face...
At this time, an officer came to report, "General, we have captured General Xue Yantuo, the fortress guard."
"Oh? Bring it up."
The officer responded and immediately said to the following: "Bring it up."
I saw Yi Shi Shang Yin, who was completely naked, being restrained and escorted up by two sturdy Western Turkic soldiers.
This guy still wants to struggle, but how can he escape?
"General."
The officer sneered: "When we caught him, he was sleeping in a trance with a girl in his arms!"
The surrounding soldiers of Xue Yantuo couldn't help but feel ashamed when they saw their commander being led in front of the enemy like this...