One hundred thousand troops were deployed at the foot of Ganzhou City. Each of the mighty military formations stood as solemn as a mountain, and all kinds of siege equipment were as dense as a forest. A serious and solemn murderous aura shrouded the entire ancient city of Ganzhou.
Rows of archers are densely covered on the city wall, pointing their crossbows at the bottom of the city, waiting in full formation. In the silence, behind them, there is a faint dust flying. Looking in from the watchtower outside the city, you can see groups of camels.
It is moving quickly under the driving of the shepherds. The city is surprisingly large and the city is surprisingly empty. It is completely different from the cities in the Central Plains. If you only look at the part close to the city wall, you can almost understand it as a high wall.
On the grassland, the building complex is still more than two miles away from the city wall.
Some of these camels were equipped with cyclone cannons, and some were carrying huge rattan baskets filled with bowl-sized pebbles. Obviously, these were important weapons for Ganzhou to defend the city and conduct long-range attacks.
Ganzhou Khan Ye Luohe, who was tall and thin, wearing a white robe, with concave eyes and a high nose, personally climbed to the top of the city to direct the battle. Seeing the well-organized battle formations outside the city, Ye Luohe couldn't help but be secretly frightened. However,
, he can only fight but cannot surrender. He has no other choice. He is the Khan of Ganzhou and the emperor. The local tyrants who occupy the state capitals in the Hexi Corridor can surrender. But if an emperor surrenders, how can he surrender?
Where?
Several princes rushed to various cities to supervise the battle, including several of his princesses. These women also rode fast horses and shot sharp arrows. They were no worse than men on the battlefield. In order to defend their territory, they
All the people in the royal family who were capable of fighting climbed to the top of the city.
Ye Luohe stared at the frightened and worried eyes for a long time, then slowly moved away from the angry team at the bottom of the city, looking behind them at the distant desert and oasis. His eldest son had already arrived before Yang Hao's army arrived in Ganzhou.
He had already left Ganzhou and flown to various nomadic tribes to warn and ask for help, but when would the reinforcements arrive?
The city tried its best to recruit 60,000 string control men. Ye Luohe never doubted the courage and ability of his soldiers to fight the enemy, but it was not that he had never fought with Li Guangrui's army in Xiazhou. Li Guangrui wanted to
He wanted to continue to penetrate his power to the west, and he wanted to extend his power to the east. Ganzhou Uihe and Xiazhou Dangxiang had been fighting for more than a hundred years.
In the past battles, both sides had their own victories and defeats. However, in Li Guangrui's previous battles, he was mostly on the offensive side. He fought in Ganzhou, where he had a favorable geographical advantage, and Li Guangrui was also constrained by Linzhou and Fuzhou.
, as well as the pressure of constant rebellion within the Party Xiang Qiang people, to make half-measures under such circumstances means that Li Guangrui's strength is actually far superior to him.
It was not until recent years that the situation in the entire northwest reversed. The arrogant Li Guangrui started war against Tubo and Uighurs at the same time, and fought on two fronts, the north and the south. Ganzhou Uighurs united with Liangzhou Tubo Liugufan tribe and Longxi Tubo Shangbo Qian
The troops, for the first time, gained the upper hand. It was not until Li Guangrui ceded all the territory west of Shatuo and promised not to use troops against Ganzhou and Longxi within ten years that the two sides called off the war.
The war that lasted for two consecutive years, although it hit Li Guangrui, also depleted Ye Luohe's family resources. He originally wanted to use one or two years to accumulate strength, and then march westward to Suzhou and Shazhou to capture the Long family and the Guiyi army.
After solving it, we can go back and deal with Xiazhou again. Who would have thought that before he could catch his breath, Xiazhou would change its master, and its strength would be even better than during Li Guangrui's time.
Tubo's old friend Shang Boqian could not be counted on. Before Yang Hao's announcement of his westward march was announced, Luo Dan, the big head of the Tubo tribe in Liangzhou, went south with his entire family and fought against his former comrades-in-arms in Longxi Tubo. Then Tubo and Yalong
Prince Chibang Songchi, a descendant of King Jue'a, also went to Longxi to fan the flames and stir up troubles. I don't know what he was planning. In short, Tubo in Longxi split into three parts in an instant. Some tribes formed an alliance with Shangboqian to deal with it.
Liangzhou Tubo Luo Dan. Another part of the group defected to Luo Dan to deal with Shang Boqian, the most powerful tribal leader in Longxi. The other part remained neutral and had an ambiguous attitude. Now they are fighting in full swing and there is no way they will stop fighting and accept for him.
He came from Huihe in Zhouzhou.
Can you survive this calamity?
Ye Luohe tightened his grip on the scimitar under his ribs, with murderous intent in his eyes...
Under the city, Yang Hao stood on his horse, with his back straight, looking proudly at Ganzhou City, which has a wide city outline, but the city walls and moats are not very steep. The closer to the depths of the desert grassland, the simpler the city construction becomes.
A man on the desert grassland is more accustomed to riding a horse, carrying a good bow, galloping on the battlefield, and wielding a sword to kill the enemy, but is not used to attacking and defending the city. However, before attacking Ganzhou, he has already done enough work on internal affairs, diplomacy,
With strategic reserves and tactical drills, whether it is a field battle or an urban battle, he is sure to be invincible.
For Ganzhou Khan Yeluohe, what he has to consider now is how to hold on, struggling to hold on to the city, draining Yang Haojun's energy and baggage, and letting him return without success. But for Yang Hao, what he has to consider is not whether he can
You can't defeat Ye Luohe, but how to win completely, how to defeat the most powerful enemy on the road to Yumen Pass in the west at the minimum cost.
A slight smile appeared on Yang Hao's smooth face. He raised his riding whip and pointed toward Ganzhou City in the distance. The mountain-like army immediately began to move. Each huge army surged forward neatly.
, like a wave of tide, the soldiers shouted slogans in unison and pushed various siege equipment towards Ganzhou City. Amidst the rumble of wheels, huge new trebuchets and siege chariots,
Siege ladders and ramming vehicles are like giants baring their teeth and claws.
The first thing to be launched was the crossbow battle.
The first-grade bow fired countless sharp arrows at the top of the city beyond the shooting range of the Uighurs in Ganzhou. The bed crossbow roared with such force that it broke the eardrums, shooting arrows as thick as a child's arm.
The crossbow arrows shot deeply into the Ganzhou city wall, and then the trebuchet started to launch. Instead of seeing the traditional trebuchet that requires hundreds of people to run back and forth dragging ropes to throw a stone, we saw heavy and huge stones.
It was thrown high into the sky, flew far through the air with a terrifying roar, and landed heavily on the city top, kicking up a cloud of dust and smashing flesh and blood on the ground.
In the first battle, a long-range attack, Yang Hao's army used weapons that were much more advanced than the opponent's to carry out a suppressive attack on the city of Ganzhou. The Uighur soldiers were caught off guard, their brains burst, bones and tendons were broken everywhere, and the soldiers hurriedly took cover.
When they entered the Tibetan Soldier Cave, some who had no time to escape squatted under the wall of arrow stacks and watched in horror as the rain of stones poured from the sky and poured irresistibly on the city wall.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The sound of war drums sounded, and the Uighur soldiers in the city knew that the Xiazhou army had ended its long-distance attack and began to attack the city. They hurriedly came out of the shelter and saw that the entire city was beyond recognition, and many places had been smashed to the point where the city was gone.
However, before they had time to take a closer look, they pulled out a bunch of feathered arrows and quickly fired back at the city.
"Ho! Ho! Ho!"
The soldiers of Xiazhou struck their shields with their swords and advanced forward with neat steps. As soon as they entered the range of the arrow, the forest-like team immediately became a surging tide. They held up large wooden shields and resisted the rain.
The arrows advanced rapidly, and people kept falling down. The sand sea oasis was soaked in blood, but no one took a second look.
Yang Hao has already seen more brutal city offensive and defensive battles. The first time he saw such a scene, he was shocked; the second time he saw such a scene, his blood boiled; now, he is numb...
…
If he wants long-term peace and stability, and if he wants to realize his dream, this sacrifice is necessary. He also wants to conquer the enemy without fighting, but if he wants to conquer the enemy without fighting, he must first have the army that will make the enemy despair.
A powerful force that can even make you lose the courage to fight. Now is the time for him to show his force.
After showing the powerful strength that made Yeluohe Khan feel that his opponent was invincible, he was ready to let Yeluohe Khan defeat him.
This is the method he came up with to achieve maximum victory with minimum casualties. The first move has just been made...
There are four dangerous passes in the pass: East Hangu, South Xiaowu, West Sanguan, North Xiaoguan, and Guanzhong.
The terrain of Xiaoguan is dangerous, and the Huamachi area in the northeast is the key point of entry and exit. From Lingzhou to the south to the county town, from Guyuan to the east to Yansui, each distance is more than 400 miles. Among them, this is the only county with a border in all directions.
.The gateway to Shiyinxia and the key to Binning. Relying on the surrounding terrain and the Great Wall of Qin, there are a large number of forts here that are perfectly connected. They can not only echo each other from a distance, but also connect all the mountains, rivers, and villages within a radius of more than a thousand feet.
The road is in full view.
This important pass is now in the hands of Tubo Shangbo Qianbu.
After leaving Xiaoguan and crossing Duoling, you can enter Xiazhou. Then Zhe Ziyu and Zhuyun were at this last pass, but they could no longer move forward. The Qianbu Tubo people in Shangbo also knew that if the snitch was allowed to
After passing Xiao Pass, it was no longer possible to block his way. Therefore, after repeated pursuits, interceptions, and ambush failures, they continued to send people to chase and drive them away, and at the same time they rushed people to the front and arranged Xiao Pass.
The water is blocked.
When Zhe Ziyu and Zhu Yun rushed to Xiaoguan, they were faced with a situation where a needle could not penetrate. Zhu Yun's Five Elements Escape Technique could disappear under the eyes of people, but she could not escape through the dangerous passes that were guarded at all levels.
The ground seemed to be in an uninhabited land. Moreover, to perform the Five Elements Escape Technique, some small props were also needed. After fighting all the way, the two of them were not only bruised and bruised, but many of their application items were also lost. Not to mention, she also brought
Without Ziyu, no matter how talented she is, she can't perform the escape technique with a big job.
She lay down in a patch of grass and observed carefully for a long time. Zhu Yun, who had a dusty face, shook her head and said: "No, we can't get through this. If we have to take a detour, we have to go hundreds of miles. Our physical strength has reached the limit."
When the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry, if there are people chasing you on the road again, it will be difficult to hold on."
The disheveled Zhe Ziyu was silent for a moment and said: "Master Jia, you are more skilled than me. Why don't you rush over alone, and I will go back along the same path."
Zhuyun shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I brought you here, how can I abandon you? Nowadays, no matter whether we are going forward or backward, there are dangers everywhere. Where can we say that we are safe?"
Zhe Ziyu frowned and said, "Then what should we do?"
Zhu Yun gritted her teeth and said decisively: "The defense of this place is relatively weak. I will go out to distract the defenders, and you will take the opportunity to rush over and return to Xiazhou."
Zhe Ziyu said: "No, you can't abandon your friends. Even though I'm a woman, I can't do such a thing either."
Zhu Yun glanced at her and said with an evil smile: "What should we do? Are you and I going to be a pair of mandarin ducks with the same destiny?"
Zhe Ziyu said angrily: "When did you start telling jokes?"
Zhuyun chuckled and said: "My young master is both talented and beautiful. Girl, have you really not considered the possibility of marrying me?"
Zhe Ziyu glared at her and said, "I just admire you. You are at the end of your rope and you still have the heart to make fun of me."
Zhuyun shrugged and said: "I have been prepared to be killed since the first time I killed someone at the age of twelve. There is nothing to be nervous about."
She reached out to take down the package that had been with her all the way, handed it to Zhe Ziyu, tore off a piece of her robe, wrapped it with a stone, tied it to her shoulder, and then said to Zhe Ziyu seriously:
"Miss Zhe, please give this piece of paper to my lord Taiwei. The information I gathered during my visit to Tubo and an important thing I stole are all in it. It is very important to my lord."
Just as Zhe Ziyu was about to refuse, Zhu Yun stopped her and said: "If you and I must leave one person as bait, I am better than you. If you stay, you will definitely die, and I, with my skills and means,
After luring the enemy away, it may not be impossible for a person to escape for his life, so don't fight with me anymore."
Zhe Ziyu moved slightly, then hesitated and said: "You said... the Tubo people are chasing after this thing all because of one thing in this package. What is it? Can... can it be deliberately left behind in the hands of the Tubo people?
In that case, the defense at the front will inevitably be lax, and a dead object, no matter how precious it is, is worth more than a life."
Zhu Yun shook her head and said: "No, do you know... what exactly is here?"
Zhe Ziyu stared at her and said, "Are you willing to tell me?"
Zhuyun grinned and said leisurely: "I have been ordered by heaven to live forever. Now, do you know what's inside?"
Zhe Ziyu's delicate body trembled suddenly, and she lost her voice and said: "Pass the country's jade seal!"
Zhu Yun's eyes were filled with a look of pride: "Yes, what I stole is the seal of the First Emperor that if you gain it, you will be commanded by heaven; if you lose it, your strength will be exhausted, the imperial power is divinely authorized, and it is legitimate and legitimate."
The national seal has become a token of Chinese emperors since the first emperor Qin Shihuang appeared in the Central Plains. Emperors of all dynasties have taken this seal as a sign of honor and regard it as an important weapon of the country. Anyone who ascends to the throne without this seal always feels that
Somewhat lacking confidence, Zhu Yuanzhang claimed that he had three major regrets in his life when he proclaimed himself emperor. The first one was the "Seal of the Shao Chuan Kingdom". Naturally, such a treasure cannot be compared with ordinary gold, jewelry, and jade. Its value has far exceeded this piece.
The gem itself is billions of times more valuable.
Zhe Ziyu said in shock: "After the death of Li Congke of the Tang Dynasty, the whereabouts of the imperial seal are unknown. How...how did it fall into your hands?"
Zhuyun said: "I also overheard it from Shang Boqian. When Shi Jingtang led the Khitan troops to attack Luoyang, Emperor Li Congke of the Tang Dynasty set himself on fire. Everyone said that the imperial seal was also buried in the sea of fire. In fact, it was not true. At that time, the city
After the fall, the eunuchs and maids in the palace grabbed some belongings and fled for their lives. The old eunuch with the palm print didn't grab any treasures and escaped from the palace with only the jade seal passed down from the country.
He changed into civilian clothes and left the palace. As an old man, who would think twice about him? He actually escaped from Luoyang safely. The old eunuch also knew that although the jade seal passed down from the country is extremely valuable, it must not be sold, otherwise not only If he couldn't get a penny, he might be killed, but he couldn't bear to throw away such a valuable thing.
At that time, there were many heroes in the Central Plains, each claiming hegemony, and wars continued. Many people fled to the border areas, some to Hexi, and some to Longyou. The old eunuch fled all the way into Guanzhong and was taken in by a family of Tubo herdsmen. Before he died, the old eunuch explained his identity and the origin of the imperial seal, and gave it to the herdsman family. Now the Tubo people in Longyou were first driven out of Weinan by the Song people, and then they fought hard with Li Guangrui of Xiazhou for two days. In 1999, many tribes were impoverished, and now they were fighting endless wars with the Liugu Fan tribe in Liangzhou. The descendants of that shepherd family couldn't stand it anymore, so they disobeyed their grandfather's instructions and took the jade seal to sell, but he saved a My clever thinking does not mean that this is a jade seal passed down from the country, I just hope that it can be exchanged for a few coins."
Speaking of this, Zhu Yun smiled and said: "It's a pity that the slogan 'Ordered by Heaven, both longevity and longevity' is really too loud. There is only this one in the world, and there is no other semicolon. He is an illiterate herdsman. I don’t know these truths, but anyone who has some knowledge has never heard of the Jade Seal of the State. The jade seal fell into the hands of Shang Boqian. He killed everyone who knew about it, treated the Jade Seal of the State as a treasure, and kept it privately. collect.
After he made an alliance with various Tibetan tribes and was regarded as a big leader, he was satisfied and returned drunk. After being drunk, he proudly took out this treasure and showed it off to his son. I heard it clearly, so I stole it. Shang Boqian sent so many men and horses to pursue him, do you know the reason now?"
As Zhu Yun spoke, she tightened her belt, moved the sword to the easiest position to pull out, and said softly to Zhe Ziyu: "Please help me bring you and this jade seal back to Xiazhou safely, okay?"
An alarm bell rang in Zhe Ziyu's heart, and he asked suspiciously: "What do you mean?"
Zhu Yun smiled sweetly: "Because, this jade seal is very important to Captain Yang. Miss Zhe, you are very important to Yang Hao!"
She pressed her hands lightly on the ground, and as light as a civet cat, she jumped out so fast that Zhe Ziyu had no time to stop her...