A pig iron jar filled with gunpowder was thrown onto the top of the city, hitting a soldier.
The iron can weighed nearly ten kilograms and was so powerful that the soldier was immediately knocked off the city wall. However, the iron can remained in the wall passage.
There were only two or three inches of fuse left, but the surrounding soldiers actually gathered around, watching curiously, wondering why there was fire on the stone bullet?
Suddenly, there was a loud "bang", a fireball flashed out, and countless steel balls and iron filings were sprayed out, just like strong wind blowing through the waves of wheat, and several soldiers within two feet fell down.
Twenty trebuchets came one after another, and one iron can after another crossed the city wall and was thrown into the city wall, or fell on the city wall.
The hundreds of horses that had just been gathered into the city were completely panicked, running and rushing aimlessly. The soldiers who had just received the urgent order and were rushing towards the city wall were hit and flew in all directions.
There are screams of crying for father and mother and the sound of horses neighing everywhere...
Brigadier Mona Wu was so frightened that her whole body trembled.
He finally knew how Manchester City, which had tens of thousands of warriors, was breached.
Thunder...really thunder?
Under such a divine object, other than kneeling down to pray to the gods, he could no longer think of a single thought of resistance.
Presumably when the city of Touman was destroyed, the city's Ketun (referring to the Khan's queen, princess, and tribal chief's wife), special Qin (brothers and sons of the Khan or tribal chief), Qilifa, and Qijin (all senior officials),
Everyone should be like him now.
Surrender...
Just as I was thinking this, there was a loud "boom" below the tower. The suspension bridge fell down like a mountain, sending up smoke and dust all over the sky.
A group of soldiers passed through the smoke and dust, ran down the city base like a flock of sheep, and knelt down in the river valley like a swarm of swarms.
"Surrender...we surrender..."
"Don't draw your bow... We are the Han army..."
"Yes... we were coerced by the thieves, so we had no choice but to follow the enemy..."
Li Zhang smiled so hard that his teeth bared.
When the city of Touman was captured, thunder was thrown non-stop for nearly an hour. The fire in the city was so intense that a large hole was blown open in the rammed earth city wall, forcing the thieves to surrender.
Although Gaoqueguan City is not as big as Touman City, it is nearly twice as high and the wall is several times thicker. Li Zhang estimated that even if there were not many defenders on the city, it would take more than an hour to blow open the wall. Therefore.
Li Zhangcai dared to say "we won it in one hour".
But this was based on the expectation that the defenders on the city would not surrender, so although it had only been three moments since he issued the military order to Li Song, Li Zhang did not find it strange at all.
When traveling to Hexi, there was a thunderous sound and countless small tribes surrendered. Li Zhang had long been used to it...
With a weapon in hand, Li Zhang was not afraid of the enemy's tricks. With an order, the artillery stopped throwing mines.
Several teams of white cavalry came out from behind the formation. They were not in a hurry to enter the city. Instead, they ran up the slope of the city base and walked around the city, shouting loudly: "If you don't kill those who surrender, you will tie your hands and leave the city..." p>
When the soldiers who were still alive on the city wall saw that there was no more "thunder" explosion, they realized that they had escaped from death and saved their lives. Eight out of ten of them cried with joy.
All orders and superiors were forgotten, as if there was a ghost behind him, he rushed towards the city like crazy: "Surrender...I surrender..."
Looking at the Hu soldiers and Gaoque Pass defenders filing out, Li Zhang shouted in a deep voice: "I will report to my father quickly, Gaoque Pass has been broken..."
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Under the Jinhao Pass, soldiers and armor are like clouds, completely reaching the sky.
At the beginning of noon, when the people were full of wine and food, and the horses had enough fodder, Li Chengzhi ordered the army to set off.
We marched westward in a leisurely and leisurely way, almost as if we were having fun, and we only walked 40 miles in an hour.
Regardless of whether the Hu cavalry scouts came to explore the formation, Li Chengzhi ignored them as long as they were not within two miles of the military formation, or if there were Hu cavalry of a brigade or above bypassing the Chinese army and outflanking them.
Dou Ling stood on top of the Guan City, looking at the troops below the city who had formed a formation to meet the enemy. His heart twitched slightly, and he seemed to have the same frightening feeling as when he first entered Jinhao Pass.
He really couldn't figure it out. How could the Han generals dare to assume a decisive battle posture when they clearly had insufficient troops?
After many years of fighting against each other in the six towns, Dou Ling still had this knowledge: the Han army came out in full force, and even the enemy rangers who were exploring the formation were ignored, making it clear that they wanted to decide the outcome today.
Just rely on those six thousand cavalry?
When it comes to cavalry battles, the Hu soldiers are definitely better. Even with five thousand against six thousand, Dou Ling believes that his chance of winning is more than 60%. And with Guancheng relying on it, he has no worries about his retreat, so Dou Ling cannot understand
,What does the Han general rely on?
Just because of the thousands of infantry who rushed from the fertile fields to insert themselves into Linhe County and Jinhaoguan?
In the wild areas, using infantry to intercept cavalry would be like a joke if there were not five or six times the number of soldiers.
Therefore, Dou Ling really couldn't figure it out...
"Wuluohou, Avogan!"
The two Hu generals came out together, bowed their heads and said, "Sir!"
"Each of you will lead your troops to meet the enemy five miles away from Guancheng. If the enemy comes within ten miles, you will attack them boldly: divide each team into four teams, advance forward and follow up, cut off the enemy's two wings, and attack them diagonally... Remember, don't spare your troops!
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Wuluohou is the general of the vassal army, and Afugan is the leader of the clan troops directly under Dou Ling, so those dispatched this time are all the best of the best.
This shows the importance Dou Ling attaches to.
He suspected that the Han general wanted to repeat the same tactics as he had done a few days ago, retreating in order to advance, forcing him to shrink his troops with a desperate posture, so as to continue to delay time for the subsequent reinforcements of the Han infantry.
But what’s the use?
Within the period of three days set by Yuchi, five thousand soldiers will be sent to Linhe at dusk today at the latest, and the tribesmen who looted Linrong will return one after another. By then, the Han generals will be unable to do anything whether it is a decisive battle or an obstruction...<
/p>
Seeing the two battalions of elite cavalry emerging from the city and advancing eastward, Dou Ling felt a little calmer. He called his guards and ordered them to rush to Gaoque to report the matter of leaving the customs tonight.
The personal guard took the order and left. Seeing that he had just left Guancheng, there was a sound of golden gongs behind him.
Having fought many battles with the Han army, Dou Ling should not be too familiar with the sound of gongs: Enemy attack!
Dou Ling suddenly turned his head, and a thick smoke was lit from the beacon tower on the east bank of the river valley. Looking further into the distance, in the mountains about five miles north of Guancheng, the smoke was as straight as a sword, heading straight into the clouds.
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This is...the army has arrived at Jinhao Pass?
The question is, where did it come from?
Dou Ling was horrified: No wonder the Han army in Dacheng County would put up a battle formation?
No... this is definitely not a bluff, but a combined attack from inside and outside?
"Quickly...send orders to Wu Guhou and Afuqian to gather the army at the pass and guard their formation... Shuli, go north to the Guzhong Pass Road to meet them. Gaoqueguan City will definitely send horses to report. Be sure to ask.
"How many enemies are coming and what kind of formation they are. I also urgently order Mona Lou to defend Gaoque Pass even if he is dead..."
The commander of the personal guards responded urgently, but before they could get up, a rapid sound of horns came from the river valley.
Dou Ling became more and more surprised: The urgent report from Gaoque Pass had arrived, how could it be so fast?
Warm Pen followed Dou Yegu, blowing the horn with all his strength, his face turned red.
Both of them were riding newly replaced horses, and it took less than half an hour to complete the nearly forty-mile-long pass.
But the war horse was also very tired, foaming at the corners of his mouth, clearly at the end of his strength.
As soon as they reached the pass, a fast horse came out from the north gate to greet them. After about a hundred steps, the fast horse suddenly turned around, blew the cornet continuously, and ran towards the east gate.
As they galloped by, the military formation in the river valley felt as if it had been struck by a knife in the air, creating a gap nearly ten feet wide, making way for Wen Pen and Ye Gu.
As they got closer and closer to the east city gate, Dou Ling could see more clearly. He had recognized the last cavalryman as Zhuangshuai Wenpen, who was among the directly subordinate clan soldiers, and was left by him to guard the city at Gaoque Pass.
The man on the horse in front had a face covered in blood and was temporarily unrecognizable, but his figure looked very familiar.
When he got a little closer, Dou Ling was horrified: Is it his third brother?
Why did he come to Gaoque when he was not guarding the city with his face covered in blood?
Is there any change in Manchester City?
Or... the second brother rebelled, and he was the one who attacked Gaoque Pass?
A bad premonition suddenly occurred in his heart. Dou Ling pressed his hands tightly on the needle, and the back of his hands was full of veins.
After a while, Ye Gu was led to the east city gate. As if he had exhausted his last bit of strength, his legs were weak and weak, and he was carried up to the tower by several soldiers.
When he saw Dou Ling, tears welled up in his eyes. Ye Gu, who had called him by his first name since he could remember, unexpectedly called him "Brother?"
Dou Ling grabbed Ye Gu's collar and lifted him up: "Second brother, are you rebelling?"
"Dead...dead...he would rather die than surrender, and was pierced in the heart by thousands of arrows from the Han army...Everyone came to the rescue, and all Tutun (official name) was dead, leaving only my mother, me, and a few
Qi Jin, was tortured day and night..."
"Where did the Han army come from?"
"I don't know!"
Yegu shook his head vigorously, "The day after you sent out troops, a sudden attack was like a divine army descending from the sky. Thousands of Han troops came from the Niuwei River and defeated Wuluohou, Yuchi, Afugan, and Shuli in one day... Near night
At that time, we arrived at Touman City. In just two hours, the city was captured..."
"Fart?"
Dou Ling punched Ye Gu in the face, "Without an army of 100,000 people, how could the Han army defeat the four armies of Du Lun in one day? Even with an army of 100,000 people, they could defeat our city in two hours."
It's absolutely impossible...
Ye Gu, it must be the treacherous and rebellious Xionglu who sent you to deceive me and disrupt the morale of our army, right?"
"There is thunder, the Han army has thunder..."
Ye Gu had a nosebleed and smiled like a lunatic, "Once the thunder explodes, it will be like a strong wind sweeping within a few feet, and no one will survive... No matter whether it's a war horse or a camel, but hearing the thunder is like hitting an evil spirit, it's like
The earth is in panic and cannot be controlled by the knight at all...
In addition to thunder, the Han army also had rockets. Regardless of whether they were men or horses, or robes or armor, anything that stuck to them was like maggots attached to bones, and even water could not extinguish them... With these two things, the Han army, although there were only a few thousand, could not be extinguished.
It’s like entering an uninhabited land and defeating twelve units in a row in a few days..."
Thousands of Han troops, not only defeated twelve tribes in several days, but also captured the city of Touman?
And I haven’t received any news at all?
"Fart, fart, fart..."
Dou Ling roared fiercely, kicked him to the ground, and then rode on him again. His fists fell like raindrops: "How dare you disturb the morale of our army?"
"The Han army had captured us alive and tortured us for days, but suddenly let us go this morning? At that time, I expected that the Han general asked me to disturb the morale of the army. But what can I do..."
With a sound of "Uh", Ye Gu spit out a mouthful of blood, and despite Dou Ling beating him on the chest, he laughed again, "Brother, run away, or even the remaining ten thousand men will be ruined."
Under the Golden Hao Pass..."
Dou Ling suddenly froze, and his fist could no longer come down.
Only then did he see clearly that none of Ye Gu's white teeth were left?
Has he really been tortured?
If it was his second brother's will to come here to do this, how could Ye Gu be willing to suffer such torture?
"Sir, there are more than a dozen horses coming from Guandao. They are all recruited by the tribes. Tuton (a senior official who assists the tribesmen in handling military affairs)... and said... and said that all the tribes have been captured by the Han army.
Broken..."
"Sir, the Han army is attacking along the river, like a long dragon with no end in sight. But the people and horses are all dressed in white linen. I have never seen such attire, so I don't know where it comes from..."
"Sir, the Han army within the pass has arrived five miles away. They are divided into two groups. One is heading south, as if to prevent Lord Yuchi from returning north, and the other is arrayed five miles away. It seems that it is about to launch an offensive...
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Dou Ling was like a thunderbolt, and he was on the verge of collapse.
What Ye Gu said turned out to be true. All twelve Du Lun tribes had been destroyed by the Han army?
The Han army did not want to intercept Yuchi who was returning from the north. Instead, they were preparing to chase and intercept Yuchi when his subordinate Erlang was defeated from Guanxia to the south...
Dou Ling twisted his facial features and looked as ferocious as a ghost. He raised his bones and asked, "What kind of thunder?"
"Thunder that can even break down stone walls..."
Ye Gu laughed miserably, "Dou Ling, you can't beat me... run away..."
Run away without even fighting?
And the way forward is blocked and the way back is cut off, where can you escape?
Waste!
Dou Ling gritted his teeth, hugged Ye Gu's neck and broke it with all his strength. There was a "click" sound, Ye Gu's bones crooked, and he lost his breath.
"Shuli!"
"My lord!"
"Kill all those who have escaped back from Tuen and Tuen, and then order the Qixi and Ermian tribes as the rear army to attack the Han army in the valley along the pass road... Well, let me tell those two: Six
Thousands of Han cavalry have arrived in front of the pass, and the road ahead is cut off. Therefore, even if both of his troops are killed in the battle, he still has to drive out the Han army in the valley and open the pass..."
"Yes..."
Shuli responded with a trembling voice and rode away.
Dou Ling's eyes were as red as blood, staring at the wolf smoke soaring into the sky, his legs trembling slightly.
A thunder that can blow down city walls?
Like a maggot attached to a bone or a rocket that cannot be extinguished by splashing water?
Just a few thousand, and they defeated twelve Han armies in a row in just a few days?
And Manchester City, which had tens of thousands of soldiers, only held on for half a day before being breached?
No matter what Ye Gu said, Dou Ling didn't believe a word of it.
He would rather believe it, but there is something evil in his bones...
"Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong..."
There was a faint muffled sound in the distance, which seemed to be the war drums of the Han army, and it became clearer and clearer from far to near.
The war drums of the Han army were not so sparse. After one sound, they would pause for a few breaths before sounding again...
Dou received the blessing in his heart, and his pupils shrank rapidly: That thunder that Ye Gu mentioned?
……
As close as a relay, one after another explosions started from Gaoque Pass, along the east bank of the river valley, and reached Jinhaoguan one after another.
Li Liang had already led his cavalry up the mountain ridge, and about a hundred feet away to the west was the valley. In the valley were densely packed white cavalry.
Hearing the explosion three miles away, he immediately ordered his soldiers to light an explosive pack as big as an ox's head.
Apart from thunder, there is really no way to describe this kind of movement.
Feeling the vibration under his feet, he felt that the sound was so wonderful that Li Song bared his teeth with a smile: "Li Zhang is good, he broke the Gaoque Pass in only four seconds!"
Li Shi secretly curled his lips: Not to mention Li Zhang, even Li Xian, the stupidest person in the army, as long as there are enough explosives, the small Gaoque Pass will definitely be captured...
Just as he was secretly cursing, he heard Li Song shout again: "Let's fight!"
It is natural to decide on tactics before sending out troops. If nothing unexpected happens, everyone will perform their duties.
With the sound of drums, the generals of the Li family quickly issued military orders to their subordinates.
The prepared horses have already been assembled in front of the battle, nearly three thousand of them. The back half of each horse is tied with a felt soaked in salt water. Once it is ignited, the fire will never go out unless the felt is burned out.
There were hundreds of horses in each row, and behind each horse there were soldiers holding torches. Once Li Shi waved the flag, one hundred horses would have their tails set on fire and be driven out of the military formation.
After such repetition, in just a moment, more than a thousand fire horses rushed south. At this time, the two battalions of rear troops led by Dou had just assembled in formation under the north city gate.
The mouth of the valley is slightly wider, but it is only about a hundred feet, which is enough for a hundred horses to gallop. Looking at it, it is like an endless fire dragon, rushing straight towards the Hu formation.
Standing in front of the formation, General Hu was about to take the lead. His scalp was numb and his eyes were about to burst: "Fire the arrow...Fire the arrow..."
But it’s useless!
If armor-piercing arrows or powerful crossbows hadn't hit the vital point, a horse wouldn't have fallen to the ground easily after being hit by a few arrows. However, Hu Bing's cavalry bow could effectively kill at most thirty or forty steps. And such a short distance would cause a horse to rush to the ground.
For a fast horse, it only takes two or three breaths...
Like a wall of fire, it hit the Hu soldiers' cavalry formation hard. But the valley was only a hundred feet wide, and the two battalions of Hu soldiers had nowhere to hide. They could only use all their strength to hack and kill.
The pain in the horse's buttocks was so intense that the horse on fire only knew how to rush forward, even if the knife hit its head.
Seeing countless groups of flames coming straight towards them, the horses riding in the front row were completely out of control, and they involuntarily wanted to turn around and flee back.
The fire horses were like endless waves, rushing in one after another. Before long, Hu Qi's front formation turned into a mess.
It’s over...
Qi Xi felt waves of coldness rushing into his heart, and his whole body felt like it had fallen into an ice cellar.
How could the Han army be so vicious and use such vicious tactics?
At this time, not even a shadow of the Han army was seen, and two thousand men were already in danger?
But the river valley is so wide, there is nowhere to escape except retreat...
Qixi's eyes were about to burst, and he shouted sternly: "Urgent report to your lord: The Han army did not know what to use to cover the horses' bodies, and they kept burning for a long time. Thousands of horses rushed straight to my front line, killing them all... If we don't do it again...
Retreat, Ermian and I can defend for two moments at most, and we will collapse after two moments..."
The messenger ordered the soldiers to drive their horses southward like crazy. Qixi gritted his teeth and said: "The whole army dismounted and lined up the wall with horses. The soldiers held guns, pressed against the horse's buttocks, and blocked the river..."
Apart from this method, he really couldn't think of any other way to stop the fire horse coming like a tide?
Although the method is clumsy, it is indeed effective. As the soldiers dismounted and the war horses were gathered in front of the formation, the speed of the fire horses rushing into the formation suddenly slowed down.
But it was of little use because Li Song also arranged additional cavalry.
Halfway through the journey, when they reached a gentle slope, Li Liang led a brigade of white armors onto the river bank.
In addition to the soldiers and the scouts who sent the message, Li Song also sent him a team of artillery.
These people are not here to see a show!
Seeing that the Hu soldiers had blocked the momentum of the fiery horse, Li Liang immediately ordered the artillery to prepare mines and prepare to throw him from a high place to give him a centerpiece.
Such a combination of up and down attacks is like catching a turtle in an urn. It is difficult for the horsemen in the valley not to be defeated...