Qin Wenyuan signaled to Kilisu Gu to be calm and calm, and called the soldiers who were accompanying him to take out a map and spread it on the ground. He pointed at several terrains near "Songmo" City and said to the generals.
"After the troops had rested and reorganized, Kilisugou led his troops and Wu Ping to rush to Kuancheng to join the Turkic cavalry and the Xu family army there, and then divided the troops to form two wings on the east and north of Songmo City. Cheng Chumo, Fang Yiai and Qin Huaiyu led two
Thousands of cavalrymen went to the west to occupy favorable terrain to monitor the movements of the Khitan cavalry. Yuchi Baolin and Luo Shixin led 2,000 cavalrymen to set up an ambush in the southeast to defend themselves. Wang Zitao led his army to escape towards Yingzhou. The remaining 2,000 cavalrymen and personal guards followed me to the front of Songmo City.
Advance, if Prince Tao knows the current situation, I will spare his life. If he dares to collude with the Khitan to resist, after defeating Prince Tao, we can send our troops to occupy the Khitan tribe that colluded with him to expand the victory."
The strategy was decided, and the generals took orders to prepare for departure.
That night, Qin Wenyuan led 2,000 cavalry and hundreds of personal guards to "Kuan City"!
After the "Kuancheng" infantry commander and the Yamen officials met with Xu Tian, the infantry commander Xiaoqi Captain Xu Yan reported that Wu Ping and Kilisu Gu had divided their troops to the designated area, and the sixth-rank lieutenant governor Shi Fan Ruxuan reported the situation of people's livelihood and construction in "Kuancheng"
, and at the same time, the general situation of the new Turkic tribes and grazing lands was also explained one by one.
Qin Wenyuan was very satisfied with the development of "Kuancheng" and encouraged Shi Fan Ruxuan, the chief administrative officer of the Yamen.
While they were discussing the next affairs of "Kuancheng" in the Yamen, the scouts successively reported to Cheng Chumo, Luo Shiyi and others about the current situation of the two armies, and there was no abnormality for a while.
At this time, Masan's informant who stayed in "Songmo" City came to see him with his token, and Qin Wenyuan came into the lobby to ask questions.
A lean man dressed in the clothes of ordinary people in "Songmo" City entered the room and knelt down and said.
"General! Three thousand Khitan cavalry entered Songmo City quietly at night. Wang Zitao's army has strengthened the defense of the city, which may be detrimental to the general. Ma Tou'er is still in the city monitoring the military situation, so I told the villain to tell you this news.
Report to the general and let him know."
After hearing the latest situation reported by his eyeliner, Qin Wenyuan ordered his military scouts to send orders to various armies overnight, and tomorrow morning he would use a red signal flare as an order to launch an attack on Songmo City at the same time.
After the scout obeyed the order and left, Qin Wenyuan felt no sleepiness at all and simply stayed in the Yamen to adjust his breathing and wait for dawn.
When it was already bright, he ordered Qin Wenyuan to prepare the defense of "Kuan City" and then led 2,000 cavalry and hundreds of personal guards to advance to "Songmo" City.
When the "Songmo" city came into view, Qin Wenyuan ordered the messenger in the army to go to the city with his own token and ordered Prince Tao and a group of officials from the Yamen to come to meet him. He wanted to see how Prince Tao had received the order.
How to behave after playing cards.
After the messenger rode towards the city gate, Qin Wenyuan ordered the snipers in his bodyguards to be ready to kill the enemy generals, and to use the halberd as a signal to kill Prince Tao and all the "Songmo" city defenders who dared to rebel.
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The two thousand cavalry came to a place less than 500 meters away from the city gate and stopped in battle formation. Qin Wenyuan still led his bodyguard to go forward for another few hundred meters. When he was still 100 meters away from the city gate, Qin Wenyuan stopped on his horse.
In front of the formation, Zhou Cang followed closely beside him. Both of them stared at the city gate without saying a word, waiting to see if Prince Tao in the city would come out of the city to greet him.
At this time, the gates of "Songmo" City were tightly closed, and there were many soldiers on the city tower as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Heavy weapons such as crossbows and crossbows were already strung up in the archery tower on the city wall. Arrows with cold light were pointed at the bottom of the city. All the archers were there.
Bows and arrows are bent, and the tigers are watching eagerly.
After about a stick of incense, a group of generals appeared on the city tower and immediately threw a human head. It turned out to be the beheaded head of the messenger sent by Qin Wenyuan to the city.
A burly general in armor who looked to be no more than forty years old shouted to Qin Wenyuan from the tower.
"Qin Wenyuan! You are the governor of Pingzhou, so why do you want to covet Songmo City? It's still too late to take your troops back to Pingzhou, otherwise Wang will make it impossible for you to come and go!"
Qin Wenyuan was furious when he saw the messenger killed. Then he heard the arrogant words of the general who called himself Wang on the city tower. Qin Wenyuan knew that this man must be the arrogant Prince Tao, so he immediately went to the city tower and shouted loudly.
"Prince Tao! You dare to disobey the order and kill the governor's messenger. You are really audacious and don't know whether to live or die. You will be given a few seconds to open the city gate and bind yourself to plead guilty. Qin will spare your life."
"But damn you! Even if I dare to kill you, what can you do to me?"
After saying this, the man held a crossbow and shot an arrow at Qin Wenyuan...
Qin Wenyuan waved his halberd to deflect the arrows aimed at him and rode back to the front of the army.
At this time, the war drums sounded on the tower, and dozens of arrows pierced the air and shot at the Qin army again.
The guards of the Qin army had already raised their shields to resist, and they could only hear the sound of "Dang, Dang, Dang" long arrows hitting the shields. The power of the crossbow should not be underestimated. The Xu family's personal guards were already at a distance of more than 100 meters.
Several people were thrown off their horses by force, and both men and horses were injured.
Qin Wenyuan was extremely angry. This was the third time he was provoked by Prince Tao. The saying goes: If things don't go as planned, this guy really deserves to die!
Originally, I wanted to try not to use weapons beyond this era on the battlefield, but now it seems that the right thing is to kill Prince Tao and his generals as soon as possible to shock the soldiers defending the city, and reduce the casualties of soldiers on both sides of the Tang Dynasty.
In desperation, Qin Wenyuan swung his halberd with his right hand and issued a sniper command.
I only heard several crisp "Bang!" sounds in the air. Prince Tao and several generals on the city tower were instantly killed by snipers. The smell of blood filled the air, and the defenders on the city tower were frightened for a moment. They didn't know what happened.
, several fallen generals had blood holes in their brains, and their condition was very terrifying.
After being stunned for a while, all the soldiers seemed to wake up, and they all shouted loudly and ran down the tower.
How can we fight this battle? We don’t know what weapons the others are using. Isn’t it better to stay here and wait for death?
Qin Wen saw that the enemy troops on the city tower were also in chaos, so he ordered his soldiers to send out a red signal flare to order the entire army to attack "Songmo" City.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing that Wang Zi Tao's army was in chaos, the Khitan cavalry in the city fled to the east and north city gates. After learning the news that Wang Zi Tao was dead, they began to march in the city
After looting supplies, Masan's informants took advantage of the chaos to open the south gate, and Xu Tian sent his troops into the city.
After grabbing a lot of supplies, the Khitan cavalry abandoned the city and fled to the north gate. Not long after they left the city gate, they encountered a large army led by Kilisu Gu and Wu Ping. The Khitan soldiers numbered only three thousand, how could they dare to fight against Xu who had nearly ten thousand in front of him?
The army circled around and relied on the speed of their horses to escape from the battlefield to the west.
As soon as the Khitan cavalry arrived at the hilly area not far to the west, they heard the sound of a cannon, and suddenly thousands of cavalry came out. However, it turned out that it was the two thousand cavalry led by Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu, and Fang Yiai who were fighting with Xu Tianbu who was leaving the city from the west gate.
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Xiao Zhan, the leading Khitan general, was shocked when he saw an ambush in front of him and pursuers in the rear. He thought that his cooperation with Wang Zitao was just to get some benefits, so he led the army back to the tribe. Unexpectedly, the Tang army that attacked "Songmo" City was so powerful.
His subordinates were already trapped. Seeing that the Tang army in front of him was only slightly more powerful than him, he immediately waved his troops to attack, hoping to break out of the Tang army's encirclement from here.
Qin Wenyuan saw that the Khitan soldiers attacked without saying a word, and sent an order to the soldiers to issue the order for the entire army to attack.
Zhou Cang took the lead, the iron rod in his hand made rustling sounds, ghosts cried and gods howled. Cheng Chumo opened and closed the ax widely, laughing all the way into the battle group. Fang Yiai even regarded the horse as an iron rod.
Stick, the horse screamed and smashed it randomly, and the people and horses it touched were instantly torn apart.
Goodbye, Qin Huaiyu uses a long spear to make him appear and disappear. You can see that he is on horseback, picking, stabbing, sweeping, shaking and other moves one after another. From time to time, he will pull out the copper mace on the saddle and use the spear to kill from far and near. It is so powerful.
Qin Wenyuan held his halberd from a slightly higher ground and scanned the battlefield. Perhaps he had seen many battles before, and he could no longer feel the slightest disturbance in his heart.
At this time, the army led by Kilisu Gu and Wu Ping arrived again, and nearly 10,000 mixed Turkic and Qin cavalry once again launched a charge against the Khitan cavalry.
Kilisu Gu and his Turkic generals hated the Khitan people for collaborating with Wang Zitao to attack the tribesmen secretly. They were so ferocious that no one survived under the attack of weapons.
The battlefield is filled with dust and smoke and blood...
The sound of horse hooves, neighing, screams, and the clashing of weapons were mixed together. Soldiers fought against soldiers, generals and generals were fighting each other. Thunderous shouts of killing resounded through the sky. Corpses of men and horses bleeding profusely were piled up. The terrified and ownerless people
The horses were running wildly in all directions, and the horses in memory of their owners stood guard beside the corpse.
The Qin army defeated the Khitan army with absolute superiority, and the Khitan army abandoned their armor. The ground was covered with looted supplies and Khitan tribe's drums, flags and other symbols.
At this time, Xiao Zhan finally realized how big of a mistake he had made. He thought that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were unable to fight, and that with his three thousand troops, it would not be a problem to break through the slightly larger cavalry of the Tang army. However, he knew that this Tang army was so powerful.
, several young generals are all superb in martial arts, and although the leading young general is watching the battle without moving, one can imagine from the weapons in his hands that his combat power is not weak.
Seeing that most of the Khitan soldiers had been lost, Xiao Zhan took stock of the situation, dropped his weapons and shouted for surrender. When the Khitan soldiers saw their general surrendering, they each dropped their weapons and jumped off their horses. Only the Khitan soldiers who fought in a group with the Turkic soldiers continued to fight.
Qin Wenyuan surveyed the situation on the battlefield and ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. He rushed into the place where the Turks and Khitan soldiers were fighting. He used his halberd to drive away the Khitan general who was fighting with Kilisu Gu. The crescent blade on the halberd touched the general's chest with a cold light.
With his neck hidden and silent, the fierce general turned pale and threw the weapon in his hand into dust and said loudly.
"The general will kill him if he wants. Why should he humiliate me?"
Seeing that this general seemed to have some backbone, Qin Wenyuan withdrew the weapon in his hand and said.
"Since your general has surrendered, the Qin family's army will not kill the surrendered enemy!"
After saying this, he spoke to Kilisu Bones again.
"General Kili, don't fight anymore, go back to camp and count the wounded soldiers!"
Kilisu Gu accepted the order with his hand, looked at the fierce Khitan general one more time, then galloped back to the army.
In this battle, the Qin army inflicted heavy losses on the Khitan cavalry at a slight cost, killing nearly half of the Khitan cavalry and capturing a large number of horses. It can be said that the Khitan army "stealed the chicken but lost the rice!"
Surrounding the surrendering Khitan troops, Qin Wenyuan said to Xiao Zhan on horseback.
"Since you have surrendered, I will grant you some relief so that you can be freed after serving one year of hard labor in Pingzhou."
Xiao Zhan did not expect that the outcome of surrender would be like this. He would save his life but lose a year of freedom, so he couldn't help shouting loudly.
"General! The Xiao tribe is willing to compensate the Tang army for its losses. I just ask the general to let us return to the tribe!"
"That's okay! The governor will send someone to notify you and other tribes to redeem the captives for ten sheep per person."
After saying this, Qin Wenyuan ordered the army to enter the "Songmo" city and escort all the Khitan cavalry prisoners to the city.
At this time, the city of "Songmo" had been taken over by 2,000 cavalry led by Luo Shiyi and Yuchi Baolin who had withdrawn from the east. After Qin Wenyuan led the army to station, he quickly started to defend the city and stabilize the people. Once the Yamen subordinate officials were willing to continue
All those who were left as officials counted and reported the affairs they had originally managed. At the same time, they kept records of the gold and silver and other materials that had been looted and recovered by the Khitan cavalry.
Prince Tao's subordinates defeated thousands of captured soldiers. Except for some low-level generals who were willing to swear allegiance to the Qin family and were sent to the Qizhou training camp to reshape their ideological understanding, the rest were all taken to Pingzhou as hard labor and issued a year later.
Settlement expenses are recorded for the people.
After several days of busy work, the situation in "Songmo" City was finally stabilized. In view of the mixed situation of various ethnic groups here, Qin Wenyuan decided to re-appoint the governor of "Songmo" City to be in charge of the military affairs here.
After careful consideration, he decided to transfer Shi Zhonghanting, the chief of Pingzhou's "Shangyin" city, to "Songmo" city to be promoted to the governor. However, the defense of the city was handed over to the four thousand cavalry led by Wu Ping and the general Ah Ya under Kilisu Gu.
The three thousand Turkic cavalry led by Shi Susi brought the cavalry and infantry strength from "Songmo" city to "Kuancheng" in Pingzhou to 10,000 horses, all under Wu Ping's control.
After everything was arranged, Qin Wenyuan wrote a memorial and sent a military messenger to Chang'an City to report to the emperor...
In the seventh month of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Wenyuan left Chang'an City and took office in Pingzhou. In just three months, he straightened out the chaos of Pingzhou, Yingzhou and Songmo City in Liaoxi, and formed "Lulong City".
The Liaoxi regime as the center has since launched large-scale people's livelihood construction.
At that time, the number of troops in western Liaoning reached 60,000, and the main force was composed of more than 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry of the Xu family army.
Shang Fei, the former general under Xiao Yi of the Xiongwu Army, has been under house arrest in the Lulongcheng military camp these days. After hearing about Xu Tian's deeds and the results achieved in a short period of time in western Liaoning, he felt a great change in his heart. He started to admire his attitude from disdain.
, after meeting Sima Yuntian who stayed in Lulongcheng to take care of Pingzhou affairs, he actively asked to join the Qin army.
Seeing this situation, Sima Yuntian wrote a letter and sent a military messenger to convey it to Qin Wenyuan.
Qin Wenyuan in the "Songmo" city was busy receiving messengers from Mohui, the leader of the Xue Yantuo tribe and the Khitan Dahe clan alliance, and the special envoy negotiating the Khitan prisoners.
The messenger of Xue Yantuo's tribe presented a letter written by Princess Minmin. In the letter, Princess Minmin asked Xu Tian to be more open to the Khitan prisoners. She said that many of the Khitan people under the jurisdiction of Xue Yantuo's tribe had inextricable ties with these captives.
In order to establish the prestige of Xue Yantuo tribe in the hearts of the tribes under her jurisdiction and to ensure that the tribes under her jurisdiction will no longer harass Liaoxi, she also hopes that Qin Wenyuan will show mercy on her face. There are many warm and provocative tone in her letters, which makes people feel very sad.