The first people who crossed the Yellow River were all Han people along the Yellow River. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month alone, nearly one million people crossed the Yellow River in Hebei, northern Shandong and Hedong.

When they crossed the Yellow River, they were stunned.

The southern bank of the Yellow River is full of soldiers and horses, and it is ready to fight. But at the same time, huge banners are everywhere, saying: Welcome to the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, there is a popular porridge shed. The militia and police officers who were urgently mobilized from all over the country must not only be responsible for the location and order, but also be responsible for the filling of porridge.

Behind, trucks of rice, grain, clothes, firewood, were transported like flowing water, and endlessly.

The prefectures, county officials, county magistrates and county magistrates along the Yellow River were all present in person and prepared to accept refugees.

I don’t know how many military police and guards were patrolling the south bank on horseback to supervise and inspect the acceptance of refugees.

"The Tang Dynasty is welcoming us! Let's go quickly!" The very few people who knew how to read immediately shouted loudly.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

"Long live the official family!"

The refugees' uneasy hearts fell suddenly, everyone was extremely excited and their eyes were filled with tears.

Seeing them approaching, the militia and policemen immediately went down the embankment and guided the refugees to the shore.

The refugees were not stupid. Seeing this, they didn’t know that the Tang Dynasty had already been ready to accept them. I wonder how many people were moved and cried on the spot.

People will die if they compare themselves to others. Isn’t this the same thing about the court?

I have long heard that the saints of the Tang Dynasty are kind and loving to the people, and this is true!

"It's time to the Tang Dynasty! It's time to the Tang Dynasty!"

"Dad, mom! We're here, we're in the Tang Dynasty!"

At this time, when the people crossing the river saw the welcoming soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty, they couldn't help but shed tears, just like a bullied child meeting his parents. Many people even cried loudly. It was not until this time that they were completely at ease.

Going south was indeed their only way to live. The Tang Dynasty did not abandon them, and the Holy Emperor still remembered that they were also Han people.

For a moment, the crying of the Yellow River thousands of miles shook the sky.

The soldiers and civilian officials of the Tang Dynasty who were greeted were all sighing when they saw this.

Then, refugees went ashore through temporary passages on the shore. Whenever one person passed, they immediately reported their hometown and sent them to the corresponding officials.

Behind the shore, it became a huge distribution center for refugees.

The crowd went ashore in an orderly manner, and group gathered in the rear. After drinking the porridge, they were placed in the opposite county and were taken away by militia.

When we arrived at the county, we were distributing all townships and villages to arrange houses that had been vacant long ago.

Everything is like the disaster relief work in later generations, in an orderly manner.

Tang Ting's high efficiency was fully reflected at this time.

As soon as the refugees get ashore, they are arranged to operate through the process until they are sent to the village where they finally settled. As soon as the person arrives at the village, they immediately settle down, and the rural office will also register a temporary household registration.

Of course, in order to coordinate the arrangement, the closer the refugees are, the more south the arrangement is. The farther the refugees are, the closer the arrangement is to the Yellow River.

On the first day, the number of people was the largest, reaching millions. From the second day, the number dropped to 500,000 and 600,000 on the third day, and on the third day, it dropped to 400,000.

In three days, Guanzhong, Henan, Qi and Lu, and on the two thousand miles of Yellow River line, the number of refugees accepted reached two million!

The Tang Ting mobilized more than one million military and civilian officials to accept refugees!

The power of imperial power to go to the countryside and control the grassroots is once again reflected. In this era, only the Tang court has the ability to do this major event.

The Yuan army on the north bank was relieved when they saw that the Tang army did not stop the refugees from crossing the river.

One of the purposes of this move was to waste the national strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Since the Southern Tang Dynasty pinched his nose and accepted the refugees, the great sweat did not waste any effort.

It has to be said that the snowy migration of the Han people in Heshuo fully reflects the style of the Han people. Perhaps they lacked resistance from the Hu people, but in the face of nature and difficulties, their tenacity and tenacity are fully demonstrated.

They used their families and villages as units to join the group to keep warm and help each other. Even the only food, supplies, carriages and horses were distributed by the clan leader and village elders, and they were arranged in an orderly manner during the migration south.

On the way, people would take turns to find a place to stay overnight and make a fire to keep warm. In order to facilitate the journey, they also walked along the extremely strong road that was stepped on by the people in front of them, avoiding the pain of trekking in the knee-to-snow snow.

It seems to be back to the era when the ancestors of the Chinese, led by tribal leaders, migrated everywhere with the rivers five or six thousand years ago.

Even the Yuan army unexpectedly expected this scene.

The Yuan army originally thought that in such a icy and snowy way, the Han people moved south in a hurry, and would be in chaos, rob each other, freezing and starving to death.

Unexpectedly, this is not the case. Every group of refugees has a backbone, and even a group of friends either merges or forms an alliance.

In just a few days, the refugee team was in order. If someone took the opportunity to commit crimes, the clan leader would hold the ancestral tablet he carried and hold a clan meeting on the road to deal with the family laws and regulations.

All this even made the Mongolian cavalry respectful.

Han people are not easy to mess with.

The order and reasonable arrangements, coupled with the developed post road system of the Yuan court, allowed refugees to move south at a speed of 70 or 80 miles a day, without any chaos.

Even Han people from Youyun area can cross the Yellow River within half a month.

At this time, a war broke out again in Longyou, Yongzhou.

The main force of the Ganliang Yuan army took advantage of the hundreds of thousands of Han people in Gansu to cross the river and finally concentrated more than 100,000 troops to launch an attack on the Tang army from Lanzhou.

Although the Tang army in Longyou received information from spies several days in advance and made corresponding preparations, there were only 50,000 defenders, and they could not intercept the Ganliang heavy army group of the Yuan army that crossed the river with refugees as their shields on the Yellow River defense line.

In this case, even if the Tang army is willing to shoot and kill refugees and prevent them from crossing the river, it will be useless. Because there are too many refugees, they will only become the shield of the Yuan army, consuming the Tang army's gunpowder, feather arrows, and physical strength.

It is difficult for refugees to escape back under the expulsion of more than 100,000 troops.

Fortunately, although the Yellow River is very cold, the Yuan army is mainly cavalry and has a large number, so they dare not concentrate on crossing the river, otherwise, the ice surface will definitely be broken under resonance.

Therefore, the Yuan army cavalry could only spread across the river, which allowed the Tang army, which was at a disadvantage in quantity, to stabilize its position in the area more than ten miles north of Lanzhou.

Although the Yuan army drove hundreds of thousands of refugees as shields and successfully crossed the Yellow River, it was blocked by 50,000 Tang troops in Gaolan Mountain south of the Yellow River.

The famous tragic battle example in the history of the Tang army, "The Battle of Gaolan", broke out.

The Yuan court's Ganliang heavy army group had a force of up to 150,000, and the commander was Xilibejin.

This Yuan army is no longer the Ganliang Yuan army before, but was recruited from the Western Regions. It is mainly composed of the Uighurs, Tujue people, and descendants of Shatu people. There are also a small number of Mongolian and Han soldiers, with strong combat power.

The commander of the Tang army was Wu Yan, the deputy commander was Tang Mu and Shen Huasheng, and the cavalry general was Yelu Zhongjie.

The Battle of Gaolan entered a white heat from the beginning. More than 100,000 yuan of troops were divided into three sides to siege Gaolan Mountain, which was not dangerous, and the Tang army bombarded with firearms.

The Yuan army, which had long summarized the situation against Tang armaments, everyone equipped wooden shields that could withstand lead bullets, and prepared a large number of shield chariots to attack the Tang army and dismounted to fight.

In this way, the Tang army's powerful fire guns were greatly curbed.

Even if the lead bullet penetrates the wooden shield and shield chariot of the Yuan army, it will be difficult to shoot and kill the Yuan army equipped with armor.

Only artillery still played an important role and repelled the Yuan army's attacks many times.

The commander of the Yuan army, Xilibejin, came up with a solution. He asked the Han military firearms to use shield vehicles to protect them, approach the Tang army's defense line, and use the shield vehicles to launch firearms against the Tang army, making up for the disadvantage that the range and power of the firearms are far inferior to that of the Tang army.

This made the Yuan army's poor firearms also pose a threat to the Tang army.

Relying on the large number of people and powerful people, the Yuan army shouted the slogan of a certain sect and attacked the Tang army frantically in the name of holy war.

At this time, the Yuan army, which was mainly cavalry, almost completely gave up their war horses in order to attack Gaolan Mountain. In fact, this battlefield terrain was not very useful for the attacking cavalry.

The two sides fought for several days, and there were heavy casualties. The casualties of the Yuan army on the attacking side were several times higher than those of the Tang army.

At noon on the 14th day of the 12th lunar month, the fierce attack of the Yuan army finally stopped for a while.

The Tang army defense line in Gaolan Mountain fell silent again.

"Jings Commander." Deputy Commander Tang Mu was worried, "After a few days of war, our army suffered more than 10,000 casualties. It is estimated that the reinforcements of Taiwei Wen's army will take at least four or five days to arrive. I am worried that Gaolan Mountain will be lost."

Wu Yan put down Qianli's eyes and sneered: "Although the Yuan army is three times that of our army, it only relies on the wooden shield and shield chariot to attack continuously. However, the marbles that the wooden shield can block cannot stop artillery and cavalry."

"Caval?" Tang Mu's eyes lit up and he immediately understood.

Yelu Zhongjie also understood, "Does the Jieshou use cavalry to counterattack the Yuan army?"

Wu Yan nodded, "General Yelu, please gather 3,000 heavy cavalry, and 10,000 light cavalry behind. When the Yuan army attacks again, they will catch them off guard. Humph, the Tatars knew that our arms were hard to defeat, but they did not know that our cavalry was in close combat, and they were also unparalleled in the world!"

Yelu Zhongjie laughed, "Jingshou, when the Yuan army dismounts and attacks, our cavalry will definitely be invincible once we leave!"

After Yelu Zhongjie finished speaking, he ordered the cavalry to reorganize the team. The only three thousand heavy cavalry equipped with heavy cavalry were also covered with two layers of black armor with the assistance of the auxiliary soldiers, and even the war horses were covered with armor and armor.

The heavy cavalry of the Tang army were mainly Tubo people, Qiang people and Dangxiang people, and were also veterans of the Tang army's cavalry.

Ten thousand light cavalrymen of the Tang army also boarded the horse and checked the three-eyed hand gun. They were mainly Han people, and there were a small number of Jurchens and Khitans.

Dongdongdongdongdongdong!

Wow

The Yuan army issued a shocking cry, and another round of attack began.

"kill!"

"For the Holy War!"

"I will be resurrected after death! Kill!"

The Tang army's artillery roared again, and when the Yuan army was still more than a mile away, it began to ruthlessly kill the Yuan army. However, the Yuan army's attack team was evacuated a lot, and the cannon's killing effect was not great.

After being killed and injured by the Tang army's artillery fire, the Yuan army finally advanced to the Tang army's formation. This time the attack became even more fierce, and it seemed that the Tang army would never withdraw its troops until it defeated.

After two or three days of hard battle, there were heavy casualties, and the Yuan army had no way out.

The Yuan and Han troops pushed shields in front of them and fired simple firearms, which was amazing and the movements were also very powerful.

Behind is a large army of sequels holding an inch-thick hardwood shield and holding a scimitar. Behind is a Mongolian archer, and at the end is a bed crossbow and stone cannon machine with the farthest range.

From the beginning, it is a three-dimensional attack with distinct layers.

Magnets, feather arrows, fried pots, rockets, stone bombs, poured them into the Tang army in a dense manner.

The Tang army finally suffered another casualties.

On the battlefield that is five or six miles wide, there are soldiers, gunpowder, and shouts. Accompanied by snowflakes, it is like poetry and picturesque, and extremely tragic.

At the same time, the Tang army's firearms also roared again.

"Bang bang bang" Tens of thousands of firearms were launched in dense rain of bullets, but most of them were blocked by wooden shields and shield vehicles. A volley of fire was shot down, killing less than a thousand Yuan troops.

"Kill! Resurrection after death!"

"Mordoga! Huwuhehaoning!"

The Yuan army moved, except for the central army, the 100,000 troops were killed by the attack, and with three times the strength, they besieged the Tang army, which had only 30,000 to 40,000 people left.

The Tang army had few soldiers, and they had to deduct 13,000 cavalry who did not participate in the war. Only more than 20,000 people were actually used for defense. In addition, the lethality of the musket was curbed by the shield, and the defense line was immediately in danger. On the front line that was several miles wide, there was a possibility that it would be broken by the Yuan army at any time.

Xili Begin, the commander of the Yuan army's rear formation, immediately smiled when he saw this.

This time, we can finally attack. The Tang army had few soldiers and the power of the muskets was greatly reduced. As long as we withstand a few rounds of cannon bombardment, rush in and fight with others, we will definitely win.

However, the warriors fought with a 20-pound thick wooden shield, and their physical strength was consumed a lot and they could not last too long.

The loss of this battle was indeed very large. The Tang army's combat power was rare in the world. But as long as they occupied Longyou, blocked the ancient Guanlong Road, and when reinforcements from the Western Regions arrived, they could take the initiative here and even capture the Hetao in Guanzhong.

At least, he has successfully crossed the Yellow River now.

By the time the Tang army sent reinforcements, he should have occupied the Guanlong Ancient Road and blocked the Tang army's way westward.

Just when Xilibekin thought victory was in sight, suddenly the sound of horse hooves rumbling from the Tang army's position came.

Xilibekin's face changed immediately.

cavalry!

Still heavy cavalry!

As a veteran, he is too familiar with the sound of heavy cavalry rushing.

Xili Beijin wanted to slap himself in the face.

The Tang army also has cavalry, why didn’t they expect this?

This is not that he is stupid, but that the Tang army has not dispatched cavalry for several days of fighting. Coupled with the inherent impression of Tang's weapons, he subconsciously ignored the possibility of the Tang army's counterattack with cavalry.

Moreover, he and the Tang army tried several times in the Yellow River, but the Tang army had never used cavalry. This made Xi Libejin not pay attention to the Tang army's cavalry in his bones, and even still looked down on them.

Xilibekin knew very well what it meant to encounter heavy cavalry counterattacks at this time.

But at this time, it was too late to say anything.

"Boom Boom Boom" Sanqian Tang army heavy cavalry wearing ghost-faced armor and heavy armor rode a tall horse with a large faced armor. With the help of the terrain, he swooped down from the three-mile-wide front in a horizontal formation, with a thunderous force and unstoppable momentum.

The Yuan army, which had already rushed to the front, immediately hit the three thousand Tang army heavy cavalry first. Even at this time, it was too late to turn around and retreat. Moreover, it was impossible to retreat.

This is the first time that the Tang army used heavy cavalry to the Yuan army.

With a "boom", the Yuan army in front immediately dispersed. Under the attack of the heavy cavalry's hammer, it was like a rag being torn apart by a sharp eagle claw.

It's very ironic. In this era, when it comes to heavy cavalry, the Mongolian cavalry is definitely qualified to be proud. Just say that now, Xilibekin still has 8,000 heavy cavalry in his hands and has not been used. This is also his main force in the central army.

However, it was too late to dispatch heavy cavalry to welcome the Tang army's heavy cavalry, and the terrain was not allowed, so attack from the back.

Just as the Yuan army was shocked, ten thousand light cavalry of Tang army followed the heavy cavalry and dived down.

Three thousand riders held long spears and used the power of diving to easily break through the attacking formation of the Yuan army. The Yuan army was rushing into pieces. I don’t know how many Yuan army was assassinated by spears and killed by war horses.

"ah"

"Damn—"

What made the Yuan army even more frightened was that the ten thousand Tang army light cavalry behind them were also overwhelming.

"Bang bang-" The three-eyed hand guns of the Tang army caused heavy casualties in the Yuan army. Although they had shields, the Tang army was condescending on their horses and rushed by at high speed, making it difficult for their shields to protect them.

"Kill!" Seeing that the cavalry was successful in assault, Wu Yan immediately ordered 20,000 infantry to attack the entire line.

"Kill! The Tang Dynasty has won thousands of victories!"

"kill!"

The fierce Tang army warrior raised the sharp Tang sword and attacked first, as if crazy.

"Boom" the artillery of the Tang army also roared again, covering the Yuan army's offensive team.

After this fierce attack, more than 100,000 troops were defeated on the whole line.

The Tang army's heavy cavalry rushed for more than two miles before stopping the horse's hooves. After the light cavalry fired the three-eyed hand gun, they threw out their hand axes and swung their heavy weapons to chop and kill them. They gave up the war horse and became infantry. The Yuan army, who had blood flowed into a river, suffered a great loss.

The 20,000 Tang army infantry, including the musket soldiers carrying swords, once again caused a heavy blow to the defeated Yuan army.

The Tang army's strong individual combat power made the Semin Warriors from the Western Regions finally fully realize the power of the Tang army.

Especially those who hold Tang swords, they are extremely brave, like tigers, and those who block them are invincible.

If anyone else said that the Tang army was powerful only by firearms, then the Yuan army that participated in the war today would definitely say a fair word for the Tang army: You are idiot.

As a result, the Tang army fought for nearly ten miles in one go, and captured more than 50,000 Yuan army horses, and then they stopped the troops as soon as they got there.

The Yuan army retreated to the south bank of the Yellow River before barely stabilizing the formation.

The terrified Xilibekin test later, and more than 40,000 people were killed or injured!

There are less than 70,000 people who can fight.

"Puff!" Xili Beijin was already old, and was shocked and angry, and immediately vomited an old blood.

"Great Khan! I deserve to die for the crime, and I missed the Khan!" Xilibekin became several years older in an instant.

After finally using refugees to fight the Yellow River, who knew that a fool would be defeated!

What should I do now? Retreat?

Fifty thousand people went south and fought hard for several days. What is this? Can the Khan spare himself?

Xilibekin is a veteran, of course he is not a mediocre person, and he is also very tough in nature. He looked at the map for a long time and finally came up with a way.

The most urgent task is to boost morale and restore the fighting spirit of these people.

Otherwise, even the best plan will be useless if the army is in a sluggish manner.

"Tell the warriors that although we have suffered heavy casualties, the Tang army has suffered heavy casualties, and they have not much blood to shed." Xilibejin first ordered the Tang army to exaggerate the losses.

In fact, the Tang army suffered little losses today, only a few thousand people. But when it came to Xilibejin's mouth, there were heavy casualties and blood was almost flowing.

"Tell the warriors that as long as they occupy Longyou and block the Guanlong Road, each person will reward five Han slaves! Fifty taels of silver! Do whatever you want in Longyou!"

"Transfer the order, if there are more than a thousand households, come to the Central Army's tent, and discuss important matters!" Xilibekin ordered again.
Chapter completed!