Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 175 Reinforcements came, but they were dumbfounded
Chapter 175 Reinforcements came, but they were dumbfounded
Chapter 175: Reinforcements came, but they were dumbfounded
"My subordinates don't know."
“My subordinates don’t want to know!”
Luo Zheng was stunned for a moment, then responded quickly.
His expression became a little flustered, fearing that Fang Yuan would have opinions about him.
He was curious why Fang Yuan didn't use such a powerful weapon on the battlefield.
But he cares more about his future and his position in Fang Yuan's heart.
"Don't talk to anyone about today's incident."
"Remember, it's anyone!"
Fang Yuan smiled slightly and warned.
There are many reasons not to use explosives on the battlefield.
For example, explosives have little effect on cavalry, and may also hurt your own people.
For example, if explosives appear in advance, bandit heads may not be attracted.
Another example is that Fang Yuan is worried that people will be concerned about the explosives appearing at this time, and he will not be able to guard them.
In short, there are many reasons.
But explosives will eventually be used.
When the explosion sounded from Fang Yuan's side, signals were received both inside and outside Liaozhou City.
Fangfu, Juzi, Hongxu, Qinggao, and Liao Fengmao each left with a bodyguard and headed for Sifang City.
Main city gate.
After Xu Shihui's mobilization, the city gate has been defended.
The people below have been injured and killed, and they are no longer able to attack the city.
But the city gate is already on the verge of breaking through. If you observe carefully, you will be able to rush open after a few more waves.
The Eastern Turkic cavalry outside the city stared at the crumbling city gate, ready to move, hesitating whether to charge again.
Just at this time, Juzi arrived with people.
"On the orders of Governor Fang, take over this place!"
"Please all of you leave here and exit one mile away!"
Juzi raised Fang Yuan's token and said in a deep voice.
The city guard captain and Xu Shihui were stunned for a moment, then followed the order and left.
Although they don't know what Juzi is going to do, they know that this is Fang Yuan's token.
At the same time, Fang Yuan also told them that someone from Fang Mansion would come to them at the critical moment, just follow orders.
A similar scene occurred at the other three city gates, and the guarding soldiers were replaced by guards from the Fang Mansion.
"Yes!"
The city guard and Xu Shihui were ordered to retreat.
Other soldiers guarding the city wall also left one after another and retreated with the people.
Everyone was curious as to why they were asked to leave at this time, when the city gate was about to be broken open.
When the Eastern Turkic cavalry outside the city saw this, they immediately lost their composure and rode back and forth, not knowing why they retreated from the city defenders.
"Put dynamite!"
"Open the city gate!"
The giant gave the order again.
More than a dozen guards from Fang Mansion immediately walked towards the city gate.
From the inner city to the city gate, more than ten tied explosives were placed.
They are all small explosives, tied together, as big as an adult's head, and placed on both sides and in the middle of the city wall.
"Do you want to open the city gate?"
"Why do we need to open the city gate?"
"Didn't we just hold the city gate?"
"Master Xiaowei, what's going on? Why do you need to open the city gate?"
The people were shocked.
Xu Shihui, the city guard and others were also puzzled.
They looked at Juzi and asked him why, but he just asked them to watch.
With a creaking sound, the nearly broken city gate was slowly opened, and people saw the Eastern Turkic cavalry outside the city.
Seeing the Eastern Turkic cavalry watching eagerly, all the people retreated in panic.
Although there are thousands of them here, almost all of them are unarmed.
Facing hundreds of ferocious Eastern Turkic cavalry, the people were frightened from the bottom of their hearts.
"Open the city gate?"
"Could it be a scam?"
"Shall we kill and go in?"
"Kill, just a small town, can it still stop our Turkic cavalry?!"
The Eastern Turkic cavalry outside the city became even more restless.
After a little discussion, we decided to attack Liaozhou City.
They have confidence in themselves and look down on the small city of Liaozhou.
"咴咴咴!!"
The war horses roar and a hundred horses gallop.
The Eastern Turkic cavalry shouted and rushed towards the city.
Xu Shihui, the captain who defended the city, and others were so frightened that they could not help but retreat and looked nervously at Juzi.
"Get ready!"
The giant ordered with a calm face.
More than a dozen Fangfu guards took out sticks of explosives.
They held explosives in one hand and lit incense in the other.
The cavalry outside the city rushed into the city and were about to enter the city gate. The cavalry in front had already entered the city gate.
"Let it go!"
The giant shouted loudly.
More than a dozen guards from Fang Mansion immediately lit explosives and threw them toward the city gate.
At this time, more than ten cavalrymen have entered the city gate, and the leader is about to enter the city.
But at this time,
"Bang!"
A huge explosion sounded.
What followed was a series of shocking explosions.
People saw that some cavalrymen who rushed into the city gate were immediately blown to pieces.
Not only that, something even more terrifying happened. The city wall collapsed, with the city gate as the center and both sides collapsing.
The huge explosion made everyone pale, and even made everyone subconsciously cover their ears. They also felt that their ears were buzzing, and they suddenly became deaf.
"Ah!!!"
Screams rang out.
The Eastern Turkic cavalry who entered the explosion range were blown to pieces and died beyond death.
The Eastern Turkic cavalry that had already rushed into the city were affected by the explosion. The men and horses fell down and fell to the ground screaming.
As for the part outside the city, some cavalry who could not stop their horses hit the wall directly. The men and horses hit the collapsed wall and either died immediately or were seriously injured and were in critical condition.
This explosion killed more than 80% of the Eastern Turkic cavalry.
Less than 20% of the remaining Eastern Turks were slightly injured, with faces full of disbelief and horror.
"Kill!"
The giant drank loudly.
Be the first to rush towards the collapsed city gate.
More than a dozen guards from Fang Mansion took out small Zhuge Liannu and followed.
The remaining Eastern Turkic cavalry have stopped under the collapsed city gate, very densely.
Only when Juzi and others rushed to the collapsed city and shot arrows at them did they slowly come back to their senses.
But it's too late.
They were harvested quickly, and even before they died, they looked at the scene happening in front of them in disbelief.
Not just them.
Even Xu Shihui and the captain who defended the city did not come back to their senses.
It was so terrible that the city gate was blown up, and the entire city wall collapsed and became ruins.
What was that thing called just now?
Explosives?
So small yet so powerful!
How terrible!
Subverted their understanding!
At almost the same time, the situation in Sifang City was somewhat similar.
Li Danqiu and others had retreated from the city gates on three sides, and Luo Dewang and other East Turkic cavalry were chasing behind them.
Taking advantage of the horseshoes, the Liaozhou cavalry was slightly faster. When they entered the city, the Eastern Turkic cavalry was chasing behind them.
The operation is similar to that of Juzi and others. The explosives are used to blow up the city, kill some of the cavalry, bury some of the cavalry, and then use the East Turkic soldiers to shoot them while they are still in shock.
At this point, the entire Eastern Turk cavalry army was completely destroyed!
Everything seemed to be a quick solution to the Eastern Turks, but Fang Yuan did not dare to use this strategy before that.
Because there are too many Qianqi, if you enter through just one city gate, most of them will be outside the explosion range and will not be able to have such a big effect.
But now, it has become a four-sided city to enter, which greatly dispersed many of the East Turkic cavalry who had died, so that this plan can be realized and Liaozhou won a complete victory.
The shocking explosions at the four city gates shook the whole city, thinking that the end was coming.
The aristocratic families who thought about leaving Liaozhou City were frightened and sent people to inquire about the news.
At the same time, a group of cavalry rushed from the direction of Chang'an City, and reinforcements finally arrived.
"Quick, Liaozhou City is ahead!"
"Speed up this general and leave all the Eastern Turkic cavalry behind!"
"General Yuchi, there were several huge explosions just now coming from the direction of Liaozhou City. Do you want to find out before heading back?"
Eight hundred cavalry galloped in.
Horses trampled the ground all the way, and the dust was billowing and the momentum was terrifying.
After running for a long time, their determination to kill the Eastern Turks seemed to burst out of their bodies.
"Can't hesitate so much!"
"Liaozhou City must be in dire straits now, I'll wait and explore as we go!"
Yuchi Jingde shouted loudly.
He ran towards Liaozhou City without stopping.
For a small city like Liaozhou, the defense is very weak.
The Eastern Turks had already arrived yesterday, and it is already past noon.
Maybe Liaozhou City has already been captured, and if it were any later, all the people in Liaozhou City would be slaughtered.
The eight hundred cavalrymen sped up and soon got on the road in Liaozhou, and their speed suddenly became much faster.
Yuchi Jingde and others were stunned for a moment, and they were secretly shocked. What kind of road was this gray-white road under their feet?
Not long after, Yuchi Jingde and others slowly approached Liaozhou City and finally saw the situation in Liaozhou City.
After seeing the situation clearly, Yuchi Jingde and others were shocked.
"General Yuchi, the Liaozhou city gate collapsed?!"
Everyone was in disbelief.
But this is indeed the situation before us.
What kind of situation would cause the city gate to collapse?
Yuchi Jingde said nothing.
Because he doesn't know what happened.
We can only speed up even more and ride towards Liaozhou City.
Finally, Yuchi Jingde and others finally arrived in front of the Liaozhou city gate and saw the situation clearly.
As expected, the city gate collapsed, and the walls on both sides of the city gate also collapsed a lot, completely blocking the entrance.
Juzi and others stood on the ruins.
Xu Shihui, the city guard, and many other people were already standing on the ruins.
They were too curious about what happened just now, and also wanted to know what the situation was like outside the city. Have the Eastern Turkic cavalry been killed?
But Juzi only said that no cavalry escaped, and then he did not explain anything else. Finally, he saw the arrival of reinforcements.
The long-awaited reinforcements have finally arrived.
But the mood of Xu Shihui and others is very complicated.
Because it seems that their support is no longer needed.
"I am Yuchi Jingde."
"Who is in front of you? Report the situation quickly!"
Yuchi stopped his horse and asked loudly.
He was greatly shocked by the situation in front of him and had some guesses in his mind.
Because there are many corpses of cavalry on the ground, some were shot and some were smashed to death.
It is estimated that the Liaozhou guards took advantage of the collapse of the city gate and smashed these East Turkic cavalry to death.
I just heard that there are a thousand Eastern Turkic cavalry. How many can be dealt with by one city?
"Xu Shihui, deputy commander of the grassroots people, met with General Yuchi."
"All the people from Liaozhou to the governor and civilians participated in the battle, and all the Eastern Turkic cavalry have been wiped out!"
Xu Shihui and the captain who defended the city walked out and saluted Yuchi Jingde respectfully.
When the people on the ruins learned that it was Yuchi Jingde, they all saluted Yuchi Jingde.
Yuchi Jingde had a great reputation. He was the Duke of Wu State and his status was respected.
"Kill them all?!"
Yuchi Jingde exclaimed.
He couldn't calm down and thought he heard wrongly.
Not only him, the cavalry behind him also became restless.
The Eastern Turks have thousands of cavalry, and even their eight hundred cavalry can't say they can win.
It's entirely because the imperial court can't send more cavalry to support it. Eight hundred is already the limit.
And these 800 cavalrymen dare not say that they can defeat the Eastern Turks, let alone annihilate them all.
"Yes, General!"
Xu Shihui and others suddenly felt a sense of pride.
A kind of pride that comes from winning, the pride of being a Liaozhou native.
Not only him, but also the captains who guarded the city, the soldiers who volunteered to join the army, the people present, etc. all have this kind of pride.
A famous general from Chang'an City was so shocked. This was a shock for the Liaozhou people.
"Liao, where is the governor of Liaozhou?!"
Yuchi Jingde still couldn’t believe it.
But the people in front of him looked proud, so he had no intention of continuing to ask.
He thought that the emperor told him to protect Fang Yuan before he came, so when he thought of Fang Yuan at this time, he could ask Fang Yuan the real reason.
"Prefect Fang..."
Xu Shihui and others suddenly looked worried.
The pride just now slowly dissipated, and all that was left was worry.
The reason why this war can be won depends entirely on Fang Yuan's strategy.
But now there is no news about Fang Yuan...
"Look, it's the governor!"
Suddenly, a commoner standing on the ruins pointed in one direction and shouted excitedly.
Everyone immediately looked in the direction he pointed and saw Fang Yuan lying on a stretcher being carried back.
"Lord Governor!"
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"It's the Governor!"
"Brothers, it's the governor!"
"We won, we won!"
The people shouted excitedly and spontaneously ran towards Fang Yuan.
At this time, thousands of people in the city walked out of their homes because of the explosion.
They all saw the city gate collapsed into ruins, but the ruins were full of people and they could not go up.
After hearing that Fang Yuan had won, the people shouted excitedly. After seeing the people running away on the ruins, more people walked onto the ruins and ran towards Fang Yuan.
"Lord Governor!"
"Lord Governor!"
More people went to Fang Yuan.
They surrounded Fang Yuan in circles, and in a moment, thousands of people surrounded Fang Yuan.
But when the people saw Fang Yuan covered in blood, with tattered clothes and many scars on his body, their excitement turned to sadness and their eyes turned red.
"Folks, I'm fine, don't be sad!"
"Our Liaozhou victory is the pride of all of us in Liaozhou!"
Fang Yuan said weakly.
He tried to struggle to get up, but his whole body hurt when he moved.
"Lord Governor, please don't move."
"It looks like you have broken several bones. You need to treat it immediately, otherwise there will be sequelae."
"Quick, everyone, get out of the way, don't delay the governor's treatment!"
In the crowd, a commoner was shocked and said.
Everyone looked at him and immediately recognized him as a doctor in the city.
His eyes immediately became redder, and he quickly made way for Luo Zheng and others who were carrying Fang Yuan.
"General, should we call Governor Fang to a halt?!"
The reinforcements deputy general asked hesitantly.
After marching and fighting for many years, you can actually tell whether you are really injured or not.
As a deputy general, he could see that Fang Yuan was not faking, but was really injured, and he had gone through a life-and-death battle.
"Let's wait."
"Go to the Governor's Mansion!"
Yuchi Jingde pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.
You don’t have to ask Fang Yuan whether it is a real victory.
The Governor's Office is the center of power in Liaozhou, so you can go there and ask.
In fact, at this time, Liaozhou City officials had already welcomed Fang Yuan's return in the inner city.
They have learned about the situation of the war and know that the victory of this war belongs to them.
Not only officials from the Governor's Office and others arrived, but also some representatives of aristocratic families arrived one after another.
At this time, almost everyone in the process knew that under the leadership of Fang Yuan, they had a great victory in Liaozhou!
"Your Majesty pays homage to the Governor!"
Zhang San and others bowed and saluted.
"Zhang San, please write a report and report it to the court urgently to ask for credit for every brother who participated in the war."
"Yang Sina, please come out of the ruins of the city gate and inform the four counties that the crisis in Liaozhou has been resolved."
"Liu Wenshi, don't be slow to welcome the imperial reinforcements."
Fang Yuan slowly issued the order.
"Yes!"
Everyone responded, their voices extremely loud.
I don’t know if it’s because Zhang San and others responded too loudly, or if Fang Yuan is too tired.
After they met, Fang Yuan felt his eyes go dark and fainted.
"Zun Zun?!"
"Lord Governor?!"
"Quickly, send it back to Fang Mansion and ask all the doctors to treat it!"
Zhang San and others were shocked.
Send Fang Yuan away immediately as quickly as possible.
When more people saw the scene, they almost shed tears.
They are proud that they have such a governor in Liaozhou.
Yuchi Jingde had already climbed onto the ruins, looking at Fang Yuan and others from a high position.
But when he saw Fang Yuan unconscious, he immediately admired Fang Yuan.
......
Chang'an City Imperial Palace.
It has been three days since the imperial court sent reinforcements.
For the cavalry, three days is already a very long time.
In these three days, you can completely massacre a city and then escape to other places.
Therefore, Li Shimin was so anxious that he walked around the Imperial Study Room, asking people to inquire about the situation in Liaozhou again and again.
If Liaozhou City is captured, the people of Liaozhou will be brutally slaughtered, and the Eastern Turkic cavalry will attack other places.
The more places that are harmed by the Eastern Turkic cavalry, the more people will feel that the court is incompetent and that they themselves are incompetent.
It has only been three years since the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and the Eastern Turkic War has not ended yet. Many people are still rebelling against the new dynasty and do not recognize him as emperor.
"Report, urgent report from Liaozhou!"
Just at this time, soldiers came in quickly from outside the palace.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Li Shimin was so nervous that his hands were shaking.
However, he remained calm in front of the messenger and received the urgent report.
[The Great Victory in Liaozhou, Governor Fang Yuan organized cavalry to fight fiercely with the Eastern Turks’ thousands of cavalry, and wiped out all the Eastern Turks’ thousands of cavalry!]
The first sentence of the urgent report made the point, telling Li Shimin the final result of Liaozhou.
Below is the detailed battle report, which records who has contributed more, etc., as well as the battle plan, etc., all written in great detail.
However, the first sentence had already made Li Shimin so excited that he couldn't stop reading.
"Okay, okay, okay!"
"As expected of my wise minister Yingmeng!"
"Come here, please pass the message to Youpushe and the Minister of Civil Affairs!"