Lu Duan has already taken over the government affairs, compared to Song Xiong who rushed to Jincheng from Youzhou.
Lu Duan entered Hezhou from the west of Bianjing, so he naturally arrived at the front line first and took over the affairs of the state capital.
Murong Yanzhao had a martial demeanor and was unwilling to have in-depth contacts with scholars like Lu Duan. He left the handover to Kang Yanze and led Wanqi to march to Huangzhou first.
Murong Yanzhao's fighting style has always been straightforward, and he is known for his ability and courage to fight tough battles. He directly advanced to the border of Huangzhou and wiped out the Tibetan scouts along the way.
When he reached the east bank of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, he did not cross the Yellow River hastily, but honestly waited for Kang Yanze's follow-up troops at Lingyan Temple on the east bank of the Yellow River.
The Tubo tribes in Huangzhou and Kuozhou have united. They gathered heavily in Ningtao Village, Dangcheng, Ningchuan Fort, Bajin City and four fortresses on the west bank of the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The number of troops exceeded 100,000.
Murong Yanzhao was indeed brave, but he was not stupid either. He did not crash into it, but instead recruited ships from the surrounding people and chopped wood to build rafts.
It wasn't until Kang Yanze led the infantry to join them that they discussed how to cross the river.
While Murong Yanzhao was stationed at Lingyan Temple, he had already dispatched scouts to explore the situation on the shore.
Murong Yanzhao gestured on the map and said: "Ningtao Village, Dangcheng, Ningchuan Fort, and Bajin City, these four cities can form a diagonal relationship with each other. Among them, Ningchuan Fort, Bajin City, Ningtao Village can form a triangle, and Ningtao Village, Dangcheng, and Bajin City can form a triangle, with four cities linked to each other."
As he spoke, he punched the map and cursed: "These bastards have become smarter."
The allied forces of the Tubo tribes formed a stronghold to defend each other. The four strongholds were interdependent. It was impossible for him to sweep away each tribe one by one as he had done in He and Tao.
Kang Yanze stared at the map, thinking up and down, and said: "The traps have been exhausted! Commander Ji is frightening them. By setting up the formation in this way, Commander Ji is obviously not given a chance to defeat them one by one... and it also avoids fighting with them as much as possible. We are fighting in the field... They plan to use the walled city as a base and rely on maneuvers to harass us back and forth to attack the city, attack our food routes, and compete with us in consumption."
Murong Yanzhao also noticed it and cursed: "You are still advocating an army of 200,000 people, but 200,000 turtles with shrunken heads are not enough."
Kang Yanze didn't answer. They knew what the quality of the 100,000-strong Tubo tribal coalition was.
All members of the opposing clan are soldiers, and any man of the right age can be dragged into battle.
Therefore, at the critical moment, the military resources and strength are extremely terrifying.
There are tens of thousands of troops at every turn...
Their national characteristics indeed make these people capable of fighting, but when faced with a well-equipped regular army, a hundred thousand troops are just numbers.
Without relying on mobile city defense, we are simply not qualified to fight them.
It was obvious that they had delayed too much time in Hezhou, and the Tubo tribes in Huangzhou had found a reasonable way to deal with it.
Kang Yanze thought for a moment and said: "This kind of defense with connected cities can only be broken through one by one from beginning to end to avoid endless harassment. The general thought that we could start from the current city. The terrain here is dangerous and is not conducive to the army. Stretch. At the end of the day, we will attack the city, and the general will lead the infantry to stop the enemy's cavalry from attacking... In the joint defense of the four cities, as long as we can break through the two cities, we can crush the opponent's defense line."
Murong Yanzhao also knew that the elite cavalry in his hands lacked the ability to attack difficult positions. Faced with Tibet's deliberate targeting, he could only hold it in. He said calmly: "Li Dujian was still stationary in Jincheng when you came?"
Kang Yanze said: "Li Dujian really has no intention of sending troops."
Murong Yanzhao frowned and said with a bit of dissatisfaction: "What does he mean? Deliberately putting us in front?"
Kang Yanze followed his intention and said: "There should be this idea. After all, everyone knows the strength of Jieshuai. It is understandable that Li Dujian rules the roost with his ingenuity and does not dare to face the enemy head-on. I really want Li Dujian to be in the front
, if it is accidentally broken by the enemy, that would be bad."
Murong Yanzhao felt instantly relieved, nodded, and stopped worrying about the details.
As for competing for merit, everyone depends on their ability.
Murong Yanzhao and Kang Yanze did not give face to the 100,000 Tubo tribe coalition troops on the other side of the river. After the two made a plan, they immediately crossed the Yellow River and prepared to go to Dangcheng.
This upright posture and attitude angered the defenders of Bajin City, and they directly dispatched five thousand light cavalry to defend beside the river bank.
Facing the strong army of the Central Plains, the Tubo tribal coalition did not dare to adopt the tactic of attacking halfway across the river. They directly stationed troops on the river bank, intending to shoot the soldiers crossing the river with bows and arrows.
Five thousand light cavalry from the Tubo tribe's coalition were waiting in formation with bows in hand.
Kang Yanze crossed his arms and watched the show on the other side of the river.
The soldiers crossing the river leisurely ferried to the center of the Yellow River. The soldiers on the boat took out the crossbows hidden in the boat and fired at the river bank.
Upon seeing this, the Tubo tribe's coalition forces turned pale with horror and fled left and right.
The power of this crossbow is far from comparable to that of the horned bow cavalry crossbow.
The leather armor worn by the Tubo tribe soldiers was unable to defend against the powerful crossbows and even caused piercing damage.
Tibetan General Langda looked at the soldiers who were unable to evade and were wailing on the ground. He opened his mouth and wanted to give a response order, but he didn't know how to speak.
They carried infantry bows this time to increase the shooting range, but even infantry bows were far inferior in range to the Zhangzhang crossbows in the hands of the Central Plains soldiers.
It was late autumn and the water in the Yellow River was gentle. The boat operator controlled the boat and stopped in the middle of the river. The soldiers on the boat slowly installed their crossbows and prepared for the second round of shooting.
Looking at the dozens of clan soldiers who were injured or killed by the crossbow bolts, Langda finally gave the order of three hundred steps.
The soldiers crossing the river were not cowardly at all. They were divided into two teams in an orderly manner. Some were on standby on the boat with powerful crossbows, and some were ashore to set up defenses.
They carried bags of caltrops and sprinkled them on the surrounding river beaches. Shield bearers, spearmen, and crossbowmen lined up in sequence. After doing all this, the soldiers on the ship landed.
Step by step, in an orderly manner.
This is the difference between regular troops and miscellaneous soldiers.
Langda looked at the more than 600 people waiting for him on the river bank, and he had no confidence that they would be killed in a short time. It would be dangerous to drag the second group of soldiers across the bank.
Langda was worried about the safety of her people and left in dejection.
Kang Yanze felt a little regretful. He secretly arranged a group of cavalry to cross the river in the upstream area. As long as Langda dared to force himself forward, at least half of the five thousand soldiers would be left behind.
In front of the Tubo tribal coalition, the Central Plains Western Expeditionary Army crossed the river in a generous manner and arrived at Dangcheng in an orderly manner.
When the city is said to be a city, it is actually more suitable to be called a fortress.
The upper class of Tubo was divided, and the Central Plains was also in turmoil, with no time to look westward.
Many Tubo tribes near Hehuang attacked each other. In order to survive, the powerful tribes built strongholds and forts in strategic places to resist foreign enemies.
It was under this circumstance that Dangcheng was born.
The small town is not big, but it is built according to the mountains and rivers. The same is true for Ningtao Village, Ningchuan Fort, and Bajin City.
Kang Yanze garrisoned the city and was not in a hurry to attack the city. Instead, he asked his soldiers to cut down trees and asked the generals who came with the army to make simple siege equipment.
For three consecutive days, after possessing flying ladders, catapults, rams, wooden chariots and other equipment, Kang Yanze launched the first wave of offensive against the city.
Well-trained soldiers hid behind wooden chariots and slowly approached the city.
At that time, Tubo was very powerful and had first-class technology at that time.
But since the ignorant Tubo Zampu rejected the Central Plains culture, the Tubo people's intelligence has deteriorated. Coupled with internal divisions, the nobles have lost their minds on the plateau due to issues of faith. Even the nobles have gradually failed to recognize many ancient acrobatic books from the Central Plains.
What's more, the tribe members below... don't have any technological power at all now.
All aspects have been set back for more than a hundred years.
The current city has more than ten trebuchets, which are the simplest lever vehicles. Their range is less than fifty steps, their power is pitifully small, their rate of fire is still slow, they are controlled purely by labor, and their wheel-pulling technology has long been lost.
master.
Under the cover of the wooden chariot, the well-trained Central Plains infantry approached the city with almost no injuries.
With the erection of the flying ladder, brave soldiers have begun to climb the city to fight.
At the same time that the battle outside the city began, Murong Yanzhao had already fought with the Tubo tribe soldiers.
Of course the Tubo people knew that the local city alone could not withstand the Western Expedition army from the Central Plains. Their main purpose was to consume.
He constantly dispatched cavalry to harass Kang Yanze's siege troops.
At the first moment of Kang Yanze's siege, Ningtao Village had already sent Qingqi to support the city.
Murong Yanzhao's mission was to stop these cavalry troops and prevent them from causing trouble to the siege army.
Murong Yanzhao led 1,500 soldiers to capture a cavalry force of 3,000 people.
This group of cavalry headed straight for the city. When Murong Yanzhao saw that the other party actually imitated him and used troops openly and openly, how could he bear it? Without saying a word, he immediately ordered 1,500 soldiers to face the 3,000.
He rode over and rushed over.
Murong Yanzhao faced him and stabbed the leader under his horse.
When the other party saw Murong Yanzhao's appearance, they all shouted: "Xue Li in this life" and ran away.
Murong Yanzhao covered up the killings and chased them to a place called Chisha Ridge.
There is red soil here, and there are many ruins on the hills.
This place was obviously inhabited hundreds of years ago and was a village, but it became deserted for some reason.
Murong Yanzhao was so experienced that after squinting for a while, he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Only a group of ambush soldiers were left, messy in the wind deep in Chisha Ridge.
After chasing and killing more than a thousand people along the way, Murong Yanzhao was quite satisfied.
But when he returned to the military camp, he saw that Kang Yanze had stopped attacking the city.
The Tibetan cavalry harassed them in various ways. Instead of facing off against the Central Plains cavalry, they ran away to lure the cavalry away.
Relying on their understanding of the terrain, two groups of cavalry still found a loophole. When the Central Plains siege troops were attacking the city, they rushed out from the flanks and burned part of the catapults, rams, and wooden curtain cars, disrupting the siege.
The rhythm boosted the morale of the city.
Kang Yanze saw this and chose to retire temporarily.
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