Chapter 370: The Dongfeng Night Blossoms Thousands of Trees
As mentioned before, Yunzhong City was built with reference to the divine capital Luoyang. Although the regulations are not as grand as the divine capital, the layout is still similar. In addition, Turks mainly ride horses, which results in the fact that it is located in the middle of the city, leading to
The royal road of the city gate is actually the same as the Shendu, dozens of feet wide.
Such a wide imperial road did make it easier for the Khan to travel and mobilize his troops, but it was more suitable for Li Chongrun to escape at this time.
Disheveled Turkic warriors kept rushing out from the markets on both sides on bare-steeded horses that had not yet had time to add saddles. They tried to approach the convoy at high speed, but were knocked down by a sudden gunshot.
In the dust, it rolled a few times in the red dust and then stopped moving.
It is not that there are no defensive devices in the city to prevent cavalry from charging, but in this era, let alone the telephones of later generations, communication basically still stayed at the roaring stage, so that when Li Chongrun rushed through several bayonet that could block him, he was stationed
The Turks have not even received the news that Yunzhong City was attacked.
As the last barrier, the city gate quickly blocked the convoy.
The Turks on the city gate tower had already noticed the commotion in the city. Although they didn't know whether it was a rebellion or an enemy attack, the gatekeepers were all the tribal soldiers of the current Khan, so their loyalty was naturally impeccable.
The argument is reliable.
A number of defensive devices originally placed outside the city had already been moved to the city. The army was piled up like a maze, and even the battlements on the city wall were filled with Turkic warriors holding bows and armor.
Through the open city gate, you can see that the barbican is filled with cavalry from the South Camp. Although they are not allowed to enter the city without the Khan's order, looking at the density of cavalry outside the city, let alone the convoys that have been assembled into armored vehicles, they want to rush into the city.
When you go out, even a slippery catfish won't be able to find a gap to get out of.
Even the daring Thirteen was a little nervous when he saw this battle. He swallowed secretly and turned to look at Li Chongrun beside him.
Li Chongrun's face had no expression, just a somewhat cold look, and the same expression as Alan who was also behind him.
"Yuki."
"Yuki!"
Hearing Li Chongrun's order, Thirteen was stunned for a moment, thinking it was not a latent operation? Why did his style suddenly change from sliding in and picking locks to robbing houses?
After hearing Li Chongrun's order, Shisan shouted Li Chongrun's order loudly.
A dozen carriages quickly formed a circle with the rear of the carriage as the outer wall, surrounding several artillery carriages in the middle.
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However, the Turks were not slow either. Just after the convoy formed a vague circle, Ashina and Team 5 of King Youxian who came after hearing the news also appeared not far behind the cavalry.
"Li Chongrun can't escape now."
After experiencing the bombing of the camp just now, Ashina-san was inevitably a little embarrassed. His originally luxurious fur was stained with a lot of smoke and dust, and he no longer looked as high-spirited as he did outside the shop just now.
"Your Highness, please don't be careless. As far as I can tell, King Linzi is quick-witted and has many mysterious methods. Don't be careless until the end of the matter."
5 Mr. Liu followed Ashina in a carriage. Although he did not open the curtain, his voice penetrated into Ashina's ears.
"Now that he, Li Chongrun, is surrounded by my army, unless his identity is revealed, I want to see how he escapes from my trap! As long as he falls into my hands, what kind of dragon cannon or magical machine can he do?
Arrows will be used by me sooner or later. With this sharp weapon in hand, I would like to see who dares to stop my Turkic army!"
Maybe he was frightened by Li Chongrun's little tricks in Yingzhou, but Ashina is obviously suffering from PTSD.
"Actually, besides surrendering or disappearing here, King Linzi still has a third way to go, which is to raise the flag."
"He has shown his flag, so we are going to let him do whatever he wants in my tent?" Upon hearing Mr. Liu's words, Ashina's face turned ugly. "Who here doesn't know that Li Chongrun is here?
In the car city? If he doesn’t show his identity clearly, we won’t know his identity, right?”
"He is the Linzi King of the imperial court, and his rank is much higher than that of the returned princes who were granted the title of Khan. If we dare to take action after he shows his flag, Zuo Yuqian's 100,000-strong cavalry guard on the other side of the river will not be a vegetarian.
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5 Mr. Liu is quite right in what he said. Ashina is also a new era Turkic aristocrat who has been influenced by the thick and black ways of the Han people. Naturally, he is not as impulsive as other Turks.
"Is it possible that as long as Li Chongrun shows his banner, we really have to send him out with gifts?"
"We must not ruin our major event just because of temporary anger. As long as the Anxi army is mobilized by Tibet and the Yuqian Guard army is restrained by the barbarians hunting deer in the mountains to the east, the Khan and His Highness the Prince can use this as an excuse at any time.
The reason is to drink from the Yangtze River and feel proud."
Affected by Mr. Wu Liu's words, Prince Ashina vaguely felt that it was not a bad thing for Li Chongrun to escape like this.
"If the King of Linzi shows his banner, we won't be able to touch him, but it will also provide the Khan with an excuse to raise troops, which can be regarded as a big gift to the Khan."
5 Mr. Liu's voice came out from the carriage as still as ethereal. "Sign up the flag, and Li Chongrun has already lost."
"It's just a few carriages. Why is the prince so cowardly as a quail? Where did the thieves come from? I couldn't sleep. I ordered the boys to charge over and trample them into a pulp. Isn't it enough?"
At this time, King Youxian, who was wearing armor crookedly, also rode over on horseback, chattering to classmate Ashina in Turkic dialect.
"There is the Linzi King of the Southern Dynasty. If my uncle wants to trouble him, just go. When the old woman in the south investigates, the name of King Youxian should be enough to stop the old woman who lost her beloved grandson.
Mouth."
Ashina had just been deceived by Mr. Wu Liu, and now she found the pleasure of suppressing intelligence in King Youxian again, and teased King Youxian sarcastically.
King Youxian is the cousin of the current Khan. His father is the former Turkic Khan. He has always been resentful that his uncle usurped the throne of the Khan from his family, and he also showed a lot of disrespect to the current Khan in his words.
If it weren't for the fact that he controlled several very powerful tribes and had made a lot of money doing business with Yingzhou these days, he would have been killed by Khan or Ashina long ago. How would there be any chance?
It's arrogant here.
"What, is that the God of Wealth? Why don't you quickly invite Haosheng to entertain you? If our family's wool cannot be exported, where will the money come from to marry the seventeenth wife?"
When King Youxian heard that the person in front of him was his own God of Wealth, Li Chongrun, his eyes immediately turned into the shape of copper coins with a circle on the outside and a square on the inside. He felt that as long as Li Chongrun said hello at this moment, he would immediately rush towards him and get close to him.
"We Turks have always used the bows and arrows and machetes in our hands to get what they want when they find it. When did we have such a cowardly thing, we actually kneel down and lick the Southerners, even worse than domestic dogs.
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Ashina classmate looked at his cousin with an increasingly disdainful expression, as if even breathing the same air as him would lower his pride as a Turk.
"What do you know? You just rely on some slaves to herd some worthless sheep and you can get countless amounts of salt and silk. Why can't it be easier than you, a barbarian who only knows how to lick blood with the tip of a knife?"
King Youxian naturally disdained Ashina's arrogance. He originally wanted to get closer to Li Chongrun to see if he could find an opportunity to come forward and show his courtesy. As soon as he rode his horse and took two steps closer to the opposite direction of the car, he heard a crisp sound.
With a gunshot, a big Turkic warrior who was trying to sneak in from the top of the car city seemed to have his head smashed by a giant hammer. A large area of dark color spilled out in the dim light of the torch, silently.
The ground collapsed from the ladder.
At this moment, the Turks present suddenly remembered that Li Chongrun had the Kanglong Cannon and the Divine Machine Arrow in his hand, which could kill people thousands of miles away. The fear of the unknown instantly overwhelmed the surging ambition just now.
The originally airtight encirclement retreated a lot in unison. Only the cavalry from the southern camp in the Wengcheng, because they had not experienced the Battle of Yingzhou, still loyally filled up the small Wengcheng and blocked it. It was quite ignorant.
It means happiness.
"Your Majesty, if we just hold on, I'm afraid the ammunition we bring won't be able to last for long. I suggest that you lead some brothers to rush into the enemy's position and blast a passage. Your Majesty, you can charge out with the carriage, so that you can have a chance of survival!"
The commotion outside the carriage made everyone in the carriage city look heavy.
"Shut up, I am planning to lead everyone to make a fortune. If you die here now, wouldn't that little girl Hua'er's life for nothing be an advantage to the other brothers?"
Although Li Chongrun was very touched by Shi San's fearless spirit of sacrifice, things were still far from that point. No matter how you looked at it, to the Turks, their dead self was far less valuable than their living self.
"Otherwise, we show the banner of the prince, and the Turks will declare themselves vassals to the imperial court. The prince's rank is higher than that of the Turkic Khan. Even if we give them eight courages, they will not dare to attack us. Is it possible that the Turks are still afraid of us?"
Are you ready to rebel?"
Xianhui's vision is somewhat longer than that of Shi3, and he can think of the bright flag.
"These Turks are eagerly preparing to find some reason to rebel. If we show our flag, we can walk away without hesitation. Then the Khan will randomly set fire to the city and burn to death a few nobles who he usually looks down upon.
If you turn around and slam the shit basin on my brother’s head, then say it’s my brother’s fault. Wouldn’t that just give these Turks a perfect reason to rebel?”
Guo'er naturally also thought of the Turks' response: "In short, now the whole world knows that we are here, but they can only pretend that we are not here. Whoever reveals this matter first will be passive."
Li Chongrun touched Bao'er's head with great satisfaction, saying that the little girl had not stayed by his side for so long in vain, at least she had learned the skill of blaming the blame very well.
"How about we send someone to talk to that King Youxian? This person is very greedy for money. If we can satisfy his appetite, maybe we can get a breakthrough from him."
The shopkeeper of the opium shop who was very familiar with the local situation also participated in this emergency meeting as a local snake. Out of the instinct of a businessman, he naturally chose a way to pave the way with money. "I have a good relationship with King Youxian on weekdays. I am willing to
I'm here to help Shangguan. With my humble position in Yunzhong City, the Turks will definitely not do anything to me."
"This is feasible, but now the Turks are all talking a lot. It is also a question whether King Youxian dares to risk the disapproval of the world and let us leave."
Li Chongrun also felt that this method was a good one, but he immediately said that it could only be implemented as a backup plan.
"Brother doesn't seem to care too much today. Could it be that he knows something inside?"
Guo'er noticed immediately that Li Chongrun didn't seem particularly worried, but looked like an old god was there.
"Are the Turks from the surrounding area still surrounding me?"
There is a shelter similar to an observation post on the top of each carriage, and a dozen brothers are hiding inside, ready to attack enemies who intend to attack at any time.
"Returning to the prince, after firing one shot, all the Turks in the surrounding area retreated ten feet."
"Fortunately, the Turkic imperial road is wide enough, otherwise they would have no place to retreat."
Li Chongrun told a joke, but because he was surrounded by powerful enemies for four weeks, everyone really couldn't laugh.
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"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Hearing that the Turks around him had retreated a little, Li Chongrun felt a lot more at ease: "Lift the cover on the artillery truck and expose the artillery to open the eyes of these Turks!"
"Your Majesty, are you preparing for a hard attack?"
When Shi1 saw Li Chongrun ordering the cannon to be exposed, he thought it was an opportunity to show off his martial prowess. He held the ignition stick in his hand and excitedly increased his presence around Li Chongrun.
"Brother, I learned this trick from Qian Zhi's donkey. The enemy won't be afraid if he actually uses it!"
Guo'er guessed Li Chongrun's thoughts and snatched the fire stick from Shi1's hand.
"Brother, what are you thinking about? Could it be that you notified the Yuqian Guards on the other side of the river in advance to come to the rescue? When will you release the news?"
The last source of confidence that Guo'er could think of for Li Chongrun was the Jade Guards on the other side of the Yellow River. Although his uncle's surname was Wu, he was close to his family because of his aunt's relationship. If he could get him to take action, even a Turkic Khan would be able to defeat him with a hundred thousand cavalry.
Give up on the spot.
"What I originally thought was that today's incident happened before I had time to ask for help." Li Chongrun whispered softly into Bao'er's ear: "But since Mr. Wu Liu is here, it doesn't mean
That is to say, my father and the Wuling people have penetrated Yunzhong City much more deeply than we thought. Even if he doesn't want to let go of my son, how can he, an old man, let go of you and Xianhui, two beautiful eldest daughters?
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Bao'er gave Li Chongrun a big roll of his eyes in a very Wang Rong style.
After the artillery was exposed, the surrounding Turks had never seen anything like this. Although there was some commotion, they still bravely continued to surround the convoy.
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However, Ashina knows his stuff. As soon as the artillery showed up, Ashina's artillery ptsd was committed on the spot. Although it was not as exaggerated as being scared to death, it was still fired on the spot with lightning speed.
After more than a mile, he completely disappeared from Li Chongrun's sight.
"Bring out our fireworks and open the eyes of these Turks."
When Li Chongrun saw his old classmate running away, and the unknown King Youxian also disappeared into the crowd, he motioned to everyone to listen to the Turks.
"These Turkic people are really blessed. Even the people of the divine capital have to wait until His Majesty's birthday or the Lantern Festival to see fireworks."
Of course, Li Chongrun's joke still received no response.
Although Bao'er felt that it was inappropriate to be so high-profile, Xianhui had already jumped out of the carriage happily carrying an object that looked like a later mortar.
"Sister, I'm not afraid at all."
Although Li Chongrun had comforted himself just now, it was the first time that Guo'er encountered such a situation of being surrounded by layers of layers. He was somewhat uneasy. Seeing Xianhui's silly and bold look, he couldn't help but ridicule him.
sentence.
"When has brother ever done something that he was not sure about? Since he thinks it is okay, then it must be okay. Sister, just rest assured."
Xianhui's idea 1 is as simple as ever.
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The planned bombs brought by the convoy were enhanced versions of arson, which were much brighter than the fireworks previously set off in Shendu. In order to avoid igniting the tents and wooden houses on both sides, Li Chongrun also specifically signaled Xianhui to go to the place where Ashina escaped.
call taxi.
"The east wind blooms flowers on thousands of trees at night. It even blows down, and the stars are like rain."
"Brother, this long and short sentence is really well written."
"Really? I think it's good too."
Of course, those who thought it was good definitely did not include the Turks who just looked up at this new thing, and the sparks that drifted down without paying attention ignited their robes.
"With such a huge battle, the Turkic Khan can't just pretend he's blind." Li Chongrun looked at the tumultuous Turks below and muttered with a sneer in his mouth.
"The Khan has an order! Let them go!"
After a while, several Turkic messengers galloped over from the direction of the Khan's tent, shouting alternately in Turkic and Chinese.
"Is it a scam?"
Guo'er immediately reacted that this was a Turkic conspiracy.
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"It shouldn't be like that. You see, even the cavalry in Wengcheng has been withdrawn. It seems that the Turkic Khan still has very strong control over the army. It is not a good thing for us."
Li Chongrun chattered with Bao'er: "That Khan hasn't shown up yet, otherwise if we shoot him, it would be worth it even if he died here."
"Are you really willing to die with that Khan? That's not easy. As long as we rush towards the tent, we can get that Turkic Khan within the range of the artillery."
Guo'er naturally heard Li Chongrun's arrogance and couldn't help but ridicule him.
At some point, a rather luxurious carriage appeared next to Mr. Wu Liu's carriage, which had been motionless. After pausing for a moment next to Mr. Wu Liu's carriage, the luxurious carriage staggered towards the convoy.
After coming over, Mr. Liu's carriage stopped for a moment, then turned around and disappeared into the boundless night.
"I know that as long as you are here, I will not die."
Li Chongrun saw that the surrounding Turks had withdrawn upon orders and that the road leading to the city gate had become smooth, but he did not move in a hurry. He did not open his mouth to shout until the carriage stopped in front of the motorcade.
"Brother 3, you really shouldn't have come."
The curtain of the carriage opened, revealing a young man who looked somewhat similar to Li Chongrun. He was just much thinner.