The Tang army's offensive was like waves, endless.
Duqu was so anxious that he had only one of his troops in the city, more than 5,000 people. He didn't know where his troops were yet, and Lu Ma's tribe was still in the mountains. Except for the two hundred confidants Lu Ma Qi had brought, almost all of them were there.
There is no one else.
No, in fact there are still some. There are still some Tang slaves in Weizhou City, which can produce hundreds of men, but they are still a drop in the bucket.
The Tang army came so fast that it was shocking. Is this life-threatening? It took six days to fight from Dingxi Village to here during the continuous spring rain.
"Kill!" Another chorus of shouts sounded outside the city.
Hundreds of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty made way for the defeated troops, and then formed small formations on top of each other in teams, and rushed in along the gap in the collapsed city wall.
On the only section of the city wall where people could stand, the archers of the Duqu tribe were condescending and shooting wildly.
The Tang army carried a large shield on its head and continued to attack forward without slowing down at all.
More than a thousand soldiers from both sides gathered near the small gap, fighting with all their might.
In this kind of face-to-face fighting, equipment, training and courage were the dominant factors. The Tubo people did not have much armor, and many of them only had one fur on their bodies. They suffered heavy casualties under the attack of swords and spears, and the front line was moved forward bit by bit.
Push back.
"If we can't continue the fight like this, we'd better get out of the city and charge." Lu Maqi said anxiously, looking at the tattered city wall.
This city wall has been repaired, otherwise it would be even worse. The Tubo people really don't like this thing, and they have to demolish the city wall wherever they go. But I didn't expect that they would be tricked now.
"How many people do you want?" At this time, Du Quyan stopped talking nonsense and said straightforwardly.
He did have the idea of surrendering before, but he hesitated. Before he could think about it, the Tang army came to kill him. At this point, there is nothing more to say. Let’s finish this battle first!
"Give me five hundred men and horses, and I'll go and charge. The Tang army attacked too fiercely. If they don't disrupt their position from the outside, they won't be able to defend it. You've also seen this broken city, with wind leaking everywhere."
Ma Qi asked someone to bring the horse over and said.
"I'll give you three hundred people." Duquyan hesitated and said.
"Okay!" Lu Maqi replied.
The battle for the gap in the city wall continues.
The Tubo people could no longer hold on. No matter how much courage they had, they would still cool down in the face of endless death. But they also caused a lot of casualties to the relentlessly attacking Tang army, mainly from the bows and arrows on the city wall.
The Dangxiang herdsmen in Hexi who were at the forefront had already been defeated once. This was the second attack after the containment, and they were about to be defeated again. The Dingyuan soldiers who followed them also suffered more than a hundred casualties, and the battle became increasingly cruel.
And intense.
The north gate of Weizhou City is wide open.
Lu Maqi took his 200 personal followers, plus 300 cavalry from the Duqu Department. After forming a team, he launched an attack on the Tang Army's infantry group arrayed outside the city.
The last thousand Hexi Dangxiang herdsmen on standby received the order and stepped forward to greet them.
"Commander Yang, the morale of the Hexi party has dropped, and I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand it." Wang Yu didn't want to speak, but it was about comforting the entire army, so he couldn't help but remind him.
"The Xinquan Army's thousand cavalry are ready." Yang Yue continued to observe the battle on the other side of the gap in the city wall without looking back.
Wang Yu said nothing, but he still quietly ordered Wei Mengbao, the envoy of Dingyuan Army, to prepare his own cavalry in case of changes.
This Yang Yue is so cruel! If I go back this time, I'm afraid I won't be punished by the commander.
Hexi Dangxiang had four thousand men when they went out to fight. They fought hard all the way, but now they probably have less than two thousand left. If more than half of them were killed or wounded in one battle, that would be fine. However, they were wasted in such a small amount. Now it can be seen that they are really
It was too late to fight. Those thousand cavalry could never stop the Tibetan cavalry.
As if he could see what Wang Yu was thinking, Yang Yue smiled and said: "Just give heavy rewards to those who survive. With them setting an example, are we afraid that no Tibetan people will take the bait? In the past, the Chao Army fought, wasn't it the same?
Fighting all the way, dying all the way, and replenishing all the way? After several battles, most of the team members have probably been replaced. Ambassador Wang, haven't you gotten used to it yet?"
Wang Yu's face turned cold and he glared at him angrily.
"Commander Yang, not all of the five Yinshan tribes are dead yet. They all see it. If they deliberately consume friendly forces like this, will anyone be willing to fight to the death in the future?"
"How can there be no casualties in a war?" Yang Yue smiled and said: "For those who died in the war, the commander-in-chief will provide them with pensions. Family members will be given a bushel of food every month. What does this mean to the Tibetan people? The king's envoy will not fail to do so."
Do you know?"
"Twelve husks of grain a year, and 120 husks in ten years. How much money does a Tibetan person have for a life? Not to mention that he may not die." Yang Yue added: "The Tibetan tribe in Yinshan will not have any objection to someone.
What do you think? On the contrary, they will also be grateful to someone, because they will make a lot of money when they plunder the Tubo tribe next. The best Tibetans are all in this city. Kill them all, and the young and old in the tribe will not be able to take anything they ask for."
"Commander Yang, the commander-in-chief wants to appease the Tibetan tribes. If you kill them all, will anyone dare to surrender in the future?"
"These killers should have thought of today when they invaded the Helong Prefectures during the Guangde period." Yang Yue said disapprovingly: "In addition, you may not understand the commander's intention. In the difficult prefectures, the Tibetan people account for almost half.
How can a general not worry? How can a general feel at ease if there are more than 100,000 strong men and some are not consumed in battle? In the past, the Chao army took good people and wandered in the ravines. After surviving several times, they enlisted in the army and regarded them as their own.
Man. If these Tibetan people survive several times, they have some skills, and it is not a bad idea to join the Yamen Army. I thought that the envoy Wang Jun would understand the truth, but now it seems that they are ignorant. It is really strange.
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You even mention the Chao Army! Wang Yu gritted his teeth, this old man is so great because he was born as a general?
However, he had to admit that Yang Yue's words made some sense. Tens of thousands of yamen troops were a transcendent force in the town. Those who joined the yamen establishment were given a fixed food grant every month and were rewarded with money during festivals five times a year.
, if there is a war, there will be additional rewards depending on the situation. These money and materials will naturally be provided by the Fan Han people in the town, or by plundering from outside.
The government officers and soldiers, regardless of whether they are Tibetan or Han, are all privileged people who ride on the heads of the common people and dominate them. The Han people have to support them, and the Tibetan people also have to support them.
They are a group in themselves. If the Tibetan people want to rebel, the Tibetan Yamen army will never be lenient in suppressing it, because it will harm their interests.
It really doesn't make much sense to talk about the differences between Tibetan and Han people in front of them.
During the reigns of Emperor Xuanzong and Emperor Wuzong of the Chinese Dynasty, Dangxiang was conquered several times. In the eight towns in the northwest of Beijing, Dangxiang yamen were everywhere, and they were the ones who killed the "wild Dangxiang" with heads rolling in.
Wang Yu had never heard of the word "class", but he still understood the general meaning.
The yamen army itself is a class, and the yamen sergeants know very well who pays them. As individuals, they may sympathize with their own clan, but as a whole, they will never betray their own class.
Interest is what touches the soul the most.
While the two were talking, the 500 cavalry led by Lu Maqi indeed broke through the blockade of the Hexi herdsmen. However, he was not happy for long. A thousand cavalry from the Xinquan Army came out from the slanting stab and took advantage of the speed of their horses to descend.
When the opportunity is favorable, rush in.
As if to confirm what Yang Yue said, these thousand cavalry soldiers recruited from Pingxia Dangxiang showed no mercy and stabbed them with their lances, driving the Tubo-turned Dangxiang compatriots to pieces.
The horse was frightened and angry. The weak resistance of the Hexi herdsmen surprised him, but the ferocity of the cavalry made him feel intimidated. He knew that he was encountering a regular army and he had to cheer up.
"Bang!" A blunt instrument hit his small buckler, and his arm almost went numb. But he endured the discomfort, and with a slash of his right saber, he killed the cavalryman at high speed as they passed by.
Lu Ma Qi saved the day, but the men he brought with him were killed in large numbers, resulting in many casualties.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The arrows from the branches were shot, and the horse's back looked like flowers blooming.
The body was armored, and these arrows did not penetrate deeply into the flesh and did not cause fatal damage. However, Lu Maqi no longer dared to fight anymore and rushed out of the battle group and ran towards the southeast.
Eight hundred cavalrymen of the Dingyuan Army were stationed on the sidelines to watch the battle. The horses were snoring and restless. But it was not their turn to go out. The cavalrymen of the Xinquan Army had already killed all the enemy cavalry, and some were carrying lances.
Human heads were galloping left and right outside Weizhou City.
Not far away, cheers that shook the sky broke out. The infantry of the Dingyuan Army had already entered the city. Most of them continued to move forward, chasing the Tubo troops along the streets. Some of them climbed up the ladder and rushed up.
The city wall slaughtered the Tibetan archers.
You had a great time shooting arrows just now, now come and take your life!
Weizhou City, guarded by 5,000 Tibetan soldiers, only held out for half a day before it collapsed under the attack of more than 10,000 Yamen troops.
Yang Yue rode forward with his own soldiers.
He looked a little excited. Weizhou City, which had been trapped in Fandom for more than a hundred years, had been taken over by him!
Several generations of the Yang family, guarding Ling Prefecture, guarding You Prefecture, and guarding Xia Prefecture, have been entangled with the Tubo people for decades, and more than ten people died on the battlefield. Now they finally defended it until the clouds cleared and the moon came out.
Yang Yue looked up to the sky and laughed, Tubo, you also have this day!
"Send the order! Collect grain, fodder, horse materials, collect civilian houses, and place the wounded soldiers." Yang Yue quickly controlled his emotions and ordered: "The commander-in-chief gave an order before going on the expedition. Do not disturb the people. Anyone who violates the military order will be killed!"
The soldiers quickly conveyed the order.
"Deputy Ambassador Zhen." Yang Yue shouted again.
"The last general is here." Zhen Xu, who was transferred from the state army to the Xinquan army as deputy envoy, responded.
"Torture the Tibetan prisoners, let them lead the way, raid their tribal pastures, and bring back all the people and animals."
"As commanded."
"Fandu Yuhou."
"The last general is here." Fan He, who was promoted from the deputy general of Zuoying of Wuwei Army to the post of Yuhou of Xinquan Army, responded as he came out of the queue.
"Collect the horses abandoned by the Tibetans. The more the better. Soldiers are very fast. Tomorrow, I will attack Luomenchuan."
"As commanded."
Luomenchuan is the place where people who were afraid of heat originally gathered to invade the border. It is ninety miles southeast of Longxi County (now between Longxi and Wushan counties). Forty miles further east of Luomenchuan is Qinzhou Fu
Qiang County (now Gangu County).
Weizhou City is Xiangwu County, which is five miles east of today's Longxi County and fifty miles southeast of Longxi County. In other words, the cavalry starts from Weizhou and walks one hundred and forty miles southeast to Luomen River.
The Luma Tribe had previously been in a stalemate with the Dingnan Army on the banks of the Zuli River. The Luomen River area was rich in water and grass, so there must be some people left behind. If they attacked quickly, they would be able to catch them off guard, and maybe even capture a large number of cattle and sheep.
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The three Tubo tribes in Weizhou were driven straight into their nests by Yang Yue's move. There was a time lag and they were probably going to vomit blood.
However, along the way there were forced marches, fighting in the rain, and then a forcible attack on the city, followed by a cavalry attack on Luomenchuan. Such oppression made everyone exhausted, and there would definitely be complaints in the army.
Is this Yang Yue helping the commander to test the limits of what the soldiers of the Difficult Army can withstand? He doesn’t have the prestige of the commander, but if he does such a thing, he may not even be able to lead the Xinquan Army in the future.