Poor Li Song, in addition to receiving a severe beating, he was kicked back to Bigan City by Li Chengzhi overnight without even having a drink of hot water.
He didn't even know how he got on the horse or how he left Dacheng County.
Along the way, his mind was like a mess, constantly thinking back to the few words Li Chengzhi told him before leaving.
In the next year, at least 10,000 carts of grain and 10,000 pieces of cloth, as well as some pottery, iron materials, war horses, etc. will be transported to Gaoque.
These things are all the deals Li Chengzhi made with Li Song on behalf of Chao Yan for tomorrow's battle.
As for his contribution to annihilating the twelve tribes of Du Lun, bringing the remaining tribes of Liangzhou into captivity to Daqi, and defending the six towns against Rouran, Chao Yanhui will reward him separately.
Li Chengzhi said that it will only be more than before, not less than before.
Li Song couldn't figure out how stupid the princes in the court must be to believe that these five thousand Li's armored cavalry are the remnants of Liangzhou and agree to these conditions?
But Li Chengzhi said that only the Queen Mother and all the princes had their brains broken before they would break the casserole and ask the truth...
When we returned to Bigan City, it was already midnight the next day. Li Song left a battalion of white-armored soldiers to help Li Chengxue defend the city and take care of cattle, sheep, prisoners, etc. The remaining four thousand armored cavalry and a battalion of thunder soldiers marched straight to Gaoque...<
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Like Jinhaoguan, Gaoqueguan City is located on the western slope of the river valley.
But compared with it, Gaoque Pass is much larger and more majestic. The city is a hundred paces in diameter, and the city wall is three feet high. However, there are not many guards, there are still only a thousand soldiers. In addition, Dou Ling stayed behind to supervise the Han army.
A brigade of Hu cavalry is only 1,500.
It was already past three o'clock, when the sun was at its warmest. Hundreds of horses were gnawing hay on the slope under the pass. Thirty or forty Hu soldiers were leaning on a sunny slope to bask in the sun.
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They are all well-trained war horses. If they wander far away, the soldiers can call them back with a whistle, so the horse soldiers are so leisurely.
A few dozen steps to the south is Gaoque Pass City. There are also soldiers on guard at the pass, but it is much more lively than at the pass. From time to time, there will be a burst of laughter, mixed with the screams of women, as if they are being stripped naked.
clothes.
This is a camp prostitute, and it is not a special arrangement. Instead, the Lu brothers spent their own money to buy benefits for the guards at Gaoque Pass in order to win people's hearts. Now it is easier for Hu soldiers.
From time to time, there will be the smell of barbecue, and the laughter of women floats from the top of the city, and the titillation of the soldiers below the city is like a cat scratching their hearts.
"When will the value change?"
"It's still early, enough for an hour."
So long?
Why don’t these bastards keep their voices down?
Just as he was cursing secretly, a Hu soldier behind the slope turned over and put his ear to the ground: "Shuai Zhuang, it seems there are horses coming... Well, it seems there are quite a few?"
Why do you need to bend down to listen?
While his subordinates were leaning on the ground, Zhuang Shuai jumped onto the slope. Looking far to the north, he could see dozens of black dots running toward the pass.
The people coming from the north should be members of the tribe. Therefore, Commander Zhuang was not very worried and did not gather the horses. He just asked the soldiers to visit. If something was wrong, it would not be too late to warn Guan Guan.
As I rode closer and closer, I could tell the rough width of the wheel, so I was undoubtedly riding a horse.
After running to about twenty or thirty feet, the horse suddenly fell off the horse, but for some reason, it stopped moving after falling to the ground?
What’s even weirder is that the knight accompanying him doesn’t care and urges the horse as if he’s desperately trying.
Zhuang Shuai was doubtful when he suddenly heard a sharp roar: "Warm basin, where do you lead me?"
Who is so bold as to call you by your name?
Zhuang Shuai was about to yell, but when he saw the face of the person riding first, he almost closed his mouth.
Is it actually the young brother Dou Yegu?
He quickly leaned down and said, "Sir Yegu, you are at Jinhaoguan at the south end of the river valley!"
"Take me there quickly...take me there quickly..."
Dou Yegu roared loudly, and the horse jumped off before it even stopped.
Unless you are extremely skilled in riding, it would be strange to dismount without falling.
Dou Yegu was thrown so hard that his forehead hit the ground accurately, and he saw blood on the spot. But he didn't seem to feel any pain at all, and grabbed Zhuang Shuai's collar: "Quickly, change my horse, Han
The army is about to catch up..."
Han army, where did the Han army come from?
Aren’t they all blocked at the southern end of the mountain by Master Dou Ling?
Just as he was thinking this, his subordinates who were lying on the ground suddenly roared: "Commander Zhuang, the army...at least thousands of troops, at most three miles away..."
"Escape...the Han army is coming..."
The dozen or so horses who had just stopped with Dou Yegu were like crazy, holding their horses' bellies with all their strength, and rushed towards the river valley.
Dou Ye yelled anxiously: "Let's change the horses... The Han army gave us rogue horses, we can't run..."
But he was so frightened that no one would listen to him. In the blink of an eye, more than ten riders ran away.
"Hurry... collect the horses, collect the horses... sound the horn..."
Dozens of soldiers, like bees that exploded in their nest, rolled down the slope and rushed toward the horses. Another soldier raised his horn and blew it hard.
The guard who closed the door was shocked. Looking down, he could already see smoke and dust rising all over the sky in the distance.
"Enemy attack..."
For a moment, the city was in chaos. There were sounds of horns, golden gongs, men's roars, and women's screams... as if they were entering a pig-killing farm.
Zhuang Shuai brought a horse and helped Dou Yegu sit on it: "Sir Yegu, shall I escort you into the customs first?"
"It's useless...warm basin, run away..."
Dou Yegu shook his head vigorously, tears flowing out of his eyes like water, mixed with blood, and already covered his entire face, ferocious and pitiful.
"The Han people have mines that can explode even iron armor and stones. This is how Touman City (the capital of the Du Lun tribe) was breached. And they killed everyone on sight, leaving no one alive... In just six days, not a single one of the twelve tribes were destroyed.
Being spared is as close as genocide...
At this moment, I just want to find Dou Ling and ask him to escape as quickly as possible. If he can't escape, surrender... Otherwise, our Du Lun tribe will really be exterminated..."
Thunder?
Twelve tribes...are all annihilated?
Warm Pen seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world.
He is more willing to believe that Mr. Yegu is drunk.
But the thunderous sound of horse hooves, and the Han cavalry formation, which was as white and as big as a cloud, and came closer and closer, all told him that what Mr. Ye Gu said was the truth...
Lord Ye Gu had already driven the horse into the valley, Wen Pen gritted his teeth: "Quickly, drive the horse into Guancheng and ask the brigade commander to close the city gate..."
After his subordinates drove the horses to Guancheng, Wen Pen put the reins on the horses vigorously and ran towards the Jinhao Valley.
He is not running away, he is going to report to Master Dou Ling that the Han army is approaching Gaoque Pass...
The actions of Hu Shuai and the Han army defenders on the city were not unpleasant. By the time the Baijia Army forwards rushed to the pass, the defenders had already closed the city gate.
But the strange thing is that the Baijia army just disappeared. The army was like a long dragon, running into the river valley under the eyes of Hu Shuai and the Han army defenders.
Whether they were Han soldiers or Hu soldiers, they all gathered at the top of the city. All of them were trembling with fear and their eyes were about to burst.
Why did a large army suddenly come from the north?
This is clearly aimed at Master Dou Ling at Jinhaoguan at the southern end of the river valley.
If you can win, it will be fine. If you lose, Gaoqueguan will become an isolated city...
The brigade commander asked the Han general angrily: "Lu Jin, where did these Han troops come from?"
How could Grandpa know?
Lu Jin's eyes almost burst out of their sockets.
It looks like they are all wearing fur coats, and they look like they are dressed up, but if you look closely, they are actually white linen?
If it is a permanent army stationed in the six towns, it will be either iron armor or leather armor, which is definitely not of this style. If it is a household soldier, if it cannot wear armor, it should be covered with a white sheepskin coat or jute. Therefore, this is definitely not a town army. But where else could such an army come from?
That's all. What made Lu Jin heartbroken was the equipment of this army: each rider was equipped with a spear, a sword, a riding bow, and... a crossbow?
What joke are you telling?
None of the Chinese troops in the imperial court have this equipment?
In surprise, he heard someone calling Hu Shuai from behind. Lu Jin turned around and saw several Hu soldiers holding a pale middle-aged man ascending the tower.
This is the Hu man who fell off his horse at the city gate just now. When the Hu soldiers herding the horses, they rescued him as well.
"Lord Qijin (Rouran official position)?" Hu Shuai exclaimed and hurriedly greeted him.
Looking at this Hu official, Lu Jin's heart skipped a beat: his face was quite clean, and his clothes were quite neatly dressed. But his face was extremely pale, as if he had lost too much blood. Looking inward along the collar, he could faintly see a dark red color.
The bloody scab looks like it has been burned with a soldering iron?
"Sir, have you been tortured?"
Qi Jin grinned, as if he wanted to laugh, but it was uglier than crying.
"Monalou, run away... The Han army has thunder from the sky, and the city cannot be defended..."
Sky thunder...what sky thunder?
Qi Jin raised his hand and pointed downwards with difficulty: "The Han army will throw thunder up later, and the city of Manchuria will be breached in this way..."
Is your head broken by Manchester City?
Hu Shuai felt dizzy and almost fell over.
Touman City is the capital of the Du Lun tribe. There are tens of thousands of tents surrounded by the tribes in the city, and it has the advantage of a city. It has only been eight days since you sent troops, how can it be possible to defeat it so easily?
And it’s not far away from here, at the northern foot of Langshan Mountain, which is less than 300 miles away. How come no news has been sent here?
"Because everyone is dead... The annihilation of the clan is as close as the annihilation of the entire clan... The Han army attacked twelve tribes in a row, killing everyone on sight. Not even a single strong man in the tribe was left alive... The blood flowed like a river, all night long
It’s not completely soaked, and when you step on it with your boots, it’s like stepping into mud...”
Qi Jin laughed miserably, "I have long advised you, sir, not to enter the Pass, don't enter the Pass, otherwise there will be disaster, but you just don't believe it? God's will... God's will..."
He must have lost too much blood and was too excited. He howled twice, tilted his head, and fainted.
Hu Shuai threw him to the soldiers, gritted his teeth and shouted: "How can your Han army draw thunder?"
To quote a bird feather, grandpa has never even heard of it?
Lu Jinhai was trembling.
In just a few days, the Du Lun tribe, which still had at least 30,000 string-controlling soldiers, was actually wiped out?
Even if it were 30,000 pigs or 30,000 sheep, they would have to bark a few times before they were killed, but not even the wind would blow over them?
Moreover, the one used...is thunder?
What bird eggs are you talking about?
Seeing a brigade of soldiers approaching about 20 feet below the city, as if they were playing with stone cannons, Lu Jin was horrified: "Is that Qijin said: The thunder was thrown up?"
Hu Shuai replied angrily: "You don't even know, how can I know?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a bang sound, and a stone like a child's head flew up into the air and shot toward the city wall. But the force was probably not enough, and it gave up its strength about ten steps away from the city wall and smashed it down.
On the ground.
What does Lu Jin think? That thing looks like a stone bullet, not like a "thunder"?
Moreover, this stone cannon is too small, so it doesn’t require a man or a horse?
No wonder Lu Jin was frightened, because the trebuchets at this time were extremely complicated and relied on people pulling horses, which was not only laborious but also extremely time-consuming.
No matter how bad a student Li Chengzhi is, it is still very easy to transform a human-powered trebuchet into a gravity trebuchet.
In fact, it was the return gun, which was advanced by Li Chengzhi by nearly 800 years... It was invented when the Mongols attacked Xiangyang in the late Southern Song Dynasty. It can fire stone bullets with a maximum weight of two hundred kilograms.
It doesn't sound surprising, but relying on this thing, the Mongols captured Xiangyang City, which they had defended for nearly seven years... Well, it was the Xiangyang City that Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and Lu Wenhuan defended in the martial arts novels.
Large ones are difficult to build, let alone transport. Moreover, the White Armored Army currently only ejects explosive packets, which weigh at most thirty or forty kilograms. Therefore, this batch of trebuchets is extremely light and can be operated by three or four soldiers. p>
Therefore, the disassembly and assembly were extremely fast. In just half a moment, the artillery brigade to which Li Zhang belonged had already begun testing the artillery.
In fact, it won't take long, at most a moment, twenty trebuchets can test the throwing distance and throw the explosives 100% onto the city. But Li Song couldn't bear to wait here, and when he saw that the army was only halfway into the valley, he
He asked in a cold voice: "I will leave you two teams of artillery and one battalion of armored soldiers. How long will it take for you to break the city?"
Li Zhang was most afraid of Li Song. When he asked him, sweat immediately appeared on his forehead: "At most an hour!"
"Okay, I'll give you an hour limit. If it doesn't work out, you can come and see us!"
After saying that, Li Song waved his hand again, "The rest of you will follow me into the customs!"
Li Liang was on Li Song's side. He looked back and saw Li Zhang secretly wiping away cold sweat, and he couldn't help but bared his teeth.
Since he was severely beaten by Lang Jun last night, Uncle Liu felt extremely guilty, and he was even more energetic. He could only win today, not lose. Therefore, if Li Zhang was wrong, Uncle Liu would really dare to kill him.
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But Li Song is not only the coach, but also Li Zhang’s biological father. As a general and nephew, how can Li Liang dare to comment?
He gave Li Zhang a look, which meant that the military situation was urgent and asked him not to delay. Li Liang urged his horse to follow.
But I had just walked a few dozen feet when I suddenly heard an explosion.
Li Liang turned around suddenly and saw a cloud of black smoke rising from the top of the city.
How could you test the cannon so quickly?
It seems that the son-in-law, Mo Ruofu, was intimidated by his sixth uncle, which actually stimulated Li Zhang's potential.
Thinking in his mind, Li Liang looked at the top of the city again.
It was a bit far away, so I couldn't see clearly, but I could vaguely hear the sounds of crying, howling, and cursing, and it was obviously a mess.
This is Lei. How many people in the world have seen it?
What's more, Uncle Liu deliberately released many prisoners. It is known that the Du Lun tribe in Gaoque City was almost wiped out. Even Touman City, which had tens of thousands of Hu soldiers, was defeated by this thing. How good is the Hu soldiers in the city compared to the Han army?