Jia Shiyi led 500 people to wait for the opportunity in the wind and snow in the north of Liangzhou City, while Jia Cong led the remaining 8,000 people to wait for the opportunity.
During this thousand-mile attack, Zuo Weiwei's commander Zhang Daiyan served as Jia Cong's deputy general, assisting Jia Cong in commanding the imperial cavalry.
He and Jia Cong were lurking in this valley, waiting for news from the former army.
After waiting for a long time, there was still no news from the former army. Zhang Daiyan couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, is this method really feasible? What if all the Liangzhou Guards have followed Zhang Chaogui and rebelled? What happened to Xu Qian and the former army?" Aren’t two thousand soldiers about to fall into a tiger’s den?”
"I'm not sure either, let's take a gamble."
Jia Cong was indeed not sure, but this was the best solution he could think of.
Liangzhou City was originally an important town in Hexi. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the imperial court spent huge sums of money to build Liangzhou into a tall and solid military fortress.
storm? Even if all the more than 10,000 people he brought were filled into the trenches of Liangzhou City, they might not be able to defeat it.
The only way to plan for now is to be smart, and it also has to bet that Zhang Chaogui, the commander of the Liangzhou Guard, does not have the courage to rebel openly and dare not reveal the truth to most of the Liangzhou Guard soldiers.
Only in this way can the two thousand vanguard troops be allowed to enter the city to await response.
"Da da da da..."
With a crash, the spy turned over and dismounted and ran over quickly, clasping his fists and saying: "Let me tell you, uncle, the former army has entered the city. The four gates of Liangzhou City are closed tightly to prevent the Tatars from attacking the city. General Xu secretly sent a message that after today's time, the former army will Look for an opportunity to raid the city gate, and ask your uncle to wait for the opportunity to attack, hoping to cooperate with the outside to capture Liangzhou!"
"Well done! General Zhang, let the brothers have a good rest. Before dark, I will treat the brothers to some broth!"
Jia Cong clapped his hands and laughed. He guessed correctly.
Even though Qi Wenliang's people had been secretly running Liangzhou for several years, their righteousness forced him not to openly raise a flag to rebel in a major town in Hexi.
How could the people of the Han family, especially the people on the edge of the Great Wall, follow them and collude with the Tatars?
…
About an hour ago, Xu Youwen led two thousand soldiers to wait in front of the east gate of Liangzhou City. The horses neighed and the crowd was loud.
The gates of Liangzhou City were delayed in opening. Xu Youwen and the other soldiers gradually lost their patience and began to curse.
Except for a few Zhang Chaogui's confidants, the soldiers guarding the city looked particularly puzzled.
Xining Mansion rebelled, and Tatars appeared from time to time outside the pass. The brothers from the Ningxia Central Guard came to support them. Why didn't the commander allow the reinforcement brothers to enter the city?
Is it true that as General Xu scolded, his own general also has a disobedient heart?
This is how to do?
"Du Qianhu, Commander, why don't you let the brothers of Ningxia Zhongwei enter the city? Isn't it a good idea for us to do this in this freezing and snowy environment?"
Some veterans had already noticed something strange and tentatively asked Du Yaowu, who had a pale face in Qianhu, Dongcheng.
Du Yaowu was already irritable. The General's Mansion had not replied so far. He was not good at it, so he turned around and cursed: "Shut up, how do you know this is from Ningxia Zhongwei? What if it is from Xining Mansion? How can you not find out clearly? Open the city gate easily?"
The veteran shrank his neck and looked at the two thousand men and horses with bright banners under the city. He couldn't help but murmur in his heart: They just sent the official credentials and the documents for troop deployment in a basket. Is this fake?
Moreover, people from the Nine Sides communicate frequently, and Xu Youwen is a strong general from the Nine Sides. As a veteran who has been in the military for more than ten years, he can still recognize this person.
Could it be that his general really has second thoughts?
"Woooooooooooo..."
The sudden sound of horns from the north made the men and horses at the top of the city become restless. The Tatars were harassing the border again!
Xu Youwen, who was at the foot of the city, was trembling in his heart. He was determined to give it a try. Whether he could avoid storming the fortified city would depend on this.
He raised his head and cursed: "Damn it, Liangzhou is really going to rebel! The Tatars are here, why don't you let me into the city quickly? Do you want your brothers to die outside the city? If you don't open the city gate, I will turn around now. Go back and tell my general about this in detail, and you can wait to die!"
My mother...
Du Yaowu suppressed the murderous intention against Xu Youwen in his heart, and while urging his confidants to inquire about Zhang Chaogui's decision, he went to inquire about the situation in the north of the city.
Before he even got off the city wall, he saw someone rushing over and whispered in his ear: "Du Qianhu, the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, and the passage between Liangzhou and Xining has not yet been opened. Your Excellency said that it is not appropriate to be exposed at this time. Anyway, there are only two thousand people." , let them in first, just be careful."
Du Yaowu secretly cursed God for not giving him face, and asked in a low voice: "What's the situation in the north? Why do the Wala people come so early?"
The man was also confused and shook his head and replied: "The students don't know either. People from the north city gate came to report that there were hundreds of Tatar cavalry wandering in the north of the city, but they didn't get close."
"The Wala people are indeed unreliable, and they almost missed a big event."
Du Yaowu sighed and shouted towards the city: "General Xu, wait a moment, I will open the door for you now!"
…
Jia Shiyi made a large circle in the north of Liangzhou City. After alerting the people in the city, he led the scouts from Liangzhou City in circles in the vast snowfield in the north.
It wasn't until the heavy snow covered the traces left by everyone that they turned westward, and finally quietly walked back to the southern valley to join the army.
The valley was dotted with makeshift snow nests, and the soldiers did not dare to light fires. They could only gnaw on frozen and hard dried meat, waiting for the signal from the front army to attack.
At the end of the day, everyone was ready to go, and the distance of ten miles was fleeting for the cavalry. The wind and snow at this time were even heavier than before. In addition, everyone had their heads tied, their horses wrapped around their hooves, and they were lying low and sneaking. When they managed to reach a hidden place two miles outside Liangzhou City, no one at the top of the city noticed them.
The two thousand men and horses Xu Youwen brought into the city were not only the fierce soldiers of the Ningxia Central Guard, but also dozens of Dragon Guard soldiers who were best at stealth attacks.
They are not good at tasks such as siege, but they can only do tasks that cause chaos in the city. One person is worth a hundred people.
Shortly after noon, the soldiers guarding the city began to eat. Suddenly, fires broke out in several places in the city almost at the same time.
The secret spies who were monitoring Xu Youwen fell one by one into the hands of the agile Dragon Guards. Then suddenly two thousand men from the Ningxia Central Guard burst out from the east city gate.
Xu Youwen had already led his men towards the city wall and shouted: "Send the signal, open the city gate, and welcome Uncle into the city!"
Then he held an order flag and shouted toward the city: "This general, under the orders of Yongfeng Bo, the supervisor of the Pingxi Dufu, took over Liangzhou City and captured the rebel Zhang Chaogui. The Liangzhou guards immediately put down their weapons and waited for the supervisor. Let the investigation be carried out. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed without mercy!"
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Three consecutive fireworks signals shot into the sky, and the Liangzhou guards on the east city wall were stunned.
The black cavalry shook the sky and the earth. They wanted to draw their bows and shoot arrows, but the red golden dragon flag made them at a loss.
"Defense, defense, hurry up and shoot arrows for me, why are you so stunned!"
Du Yaowu kicked over the dazed veteran next to him and cursed and urged him.
But except for his confidants and a few soldiers who raised their crossbows and arrows, the others remained motionless.
The veteran got up from the ground, stood aside with his old friends, and asked with an indifferent expression: "That's Long Qi, one of our own, Du Qianhu, why do brothers want to beat our own people?"
Rumble~
The fighting under the city continued, and some Liangzhou Guard soldiers died under the swords of Xu Youwen's men before they realized what had happened.
Most of these people were innocent, but Xu Youwen had no time and no way to explain, so sacrifice was inevitable.
Fortunately, the timing he chose was good. Because the soldiers at the East City Gate were having lunch, they had no time to react and were captured by the soldiers from the Ningxia Central Guard without much resistance.
The east city gate slowly opened, and the army from outside the city quickly entered the city. When Xu Youwen rushed to the top of the city, Du Yaowu was leading a group of people to rush down the city.
As for the rest of the people at the top of the city, some simply dropped their weapons, while others clenched their swords tightly, but they stood there blankly at a loss.
The commander-in-chief of the Pingxi Dudu Mansion, He Xiyi, had great military and political power, and the military supervisor came from the Rongguo Mansion, which was famous and shocked all the countries.
Uncle Jia, the supervisor of the army, rushed into the city. His general might have really rebelled.
The East City Gate was captured by Jia Cong almost without a fight, but the war in Liangzhou City had just begun.
Zhang Chaogui has been operating in Liangzhou for several years, and his men account for almost more than 30% of the Liangzhou Guard.
After learning that the East City Gate had been captured by Jia Cong, he immediately gathered troops to resist. More than 10,000 people from both sides fought in the city. Although Jia Cong caught Zhang Chaogui off guard, it was already Xu hour when Jia Cong walked into the general's mansion.
It was completely dark, and the fighting in the city was still going on. Xu Youwen's armor was covered with bloodstains. He strode into the main hall of the General's Mansion, raised his hands and reported: "Let me inform you uncle, the four gates of the city, the grain depot and other important positions have been captured. Zhang Chaogui led more than a thousand people to escape from the south gate. If you get out, the general has already arranged for people to chase you."
…
The East City Gate was captured with almost no bloodshed, but in order to completely control Liangzhou City, the 12,000 men brought by Jia Cong suffered no less than 2,000 casualties.
At the same time, more than 4,000 rebels were killed, and a granary was burned down by Zhang Chaogui. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and the loss was not great.
By the time Jia Cong plowed the city of Liangzhou, it was already the second day of March.
If we were in Gyeonggi Province, this would have been a good time to go out for an outing, but it was still snowing outside Liangzhou City.
Under the howling cold wind, Jia Cong tightened his tight red cloak and looked at the gradually clear black line in the north.
Liangzhou City was captured, but the real crisis had just emerged.
This damn Qi Wenliang really colluded with Wala, planning to let the Tatars enter the pass, invade the hinterland of the Central Plains with them, and divide the world equally.
Jia Cong signaled to Zhang Daiyan: "Follow the previous plan and let the Tatars enter the city..."
The 100,000-strong Wala army braved the wind and snow to cross the desert ice field. More than a thousand of them died of frostbite on the way. What was the reason for? It’s not even half of the Central Plains promised by Qi Wenhua.
The newly-appointed Grand Master of Wala, Troros Arota, looked at the fortified city in the snowfield from a distance and couldn't help but smile.
After running around in the wind and snow for more than a month, I am finally about to gain something.
"Mo Shi, go and see for yourself whether the city gates of Liangzhou are open for me, Wala'erlang!"
Da da da da…
The horse's hooves trampled the snow on the ground into black, and Mo Shi galloped back and reported: "Grand Master, the white tiger flag of Xining Prefecture has been replaced at the top of Liangzhou City. The north city gate is wide open. Although the guard at the top of the city has been replaced. However, the person who negotiated with the general was Du Yaowu, a Han Chinese from Qianhu who had been to the Khan tent before. He said that Qi Wenliang had not come yet due to heavy snowfall, so the commander of the Liangzhou Guards, Zhang Chaogui, would contact the Grand Master first."
"Qi Wenliang didn't come in person? Have you seen Zhang Chaogui?"
"Back to the Grand Master, Du Yaowu said that the southern court had sent some kind of patrol here. There was some trouble in several towns south of Liangzhou. Zhang Chaogui went to deal with it this morning and will not come back until evening."
Seeing Mo Shi shaking his head, A Luotai frowned. According to the original agreement, Qi Wenliang would personally greet the Wala army in Liangzhou City in early March, but now he suddenly missed the agreement, which made him a little unhappy. At the same time, he also murmured in his heart, something might have happened.
However, after suffering in the ice and snow for more than a month, A Luo was too vigilant, but he really didn't want to continue suffering outside the city.
He looked around at the 100,000 String Controlling Warriors around him and smiled softly.
Even if something goes wrong in Liangzhou, with more than 10,000 soldiers in the city, how can it be the opponent of 100,000 prairie men?
"Mo Shi, you lead five thousand people into the city first, and tell that Du Yaowu that I, Wala, want the north gate of Liangzhou City! I will not enter the city until the north gate is in Wala'erlang's hands."
…
"Du Yaowu" personally welcomed the Wala people outside the city. He looked at the dark crowd of people in the distance and secretly sighed in his heart.
Five thousand Wa La people followed Mo Shi and "Du Yaowu" and entered the north gate of Liangzhou one after another. The wide space in the Weng City was suddenly filled to the brim.
Mo Shi looked at the inner city gate with only a small opening in front of him and said displeasedly: "Du Qianhu, doesn't King Xining welcome the Wala warriors?"
"Du Yaowu" kicked the men next to him and cursed: "What's going on? Didn't I tell you to open the city gates to welcome distinguished guests into the city? Why don't you open the inner city quickly... Forget it, I will go there myself. !”
Crunchy~
"Du Yaowu" walked quickly to the inner city gate. Mo Shi only heard a burst of yelling and scolding, and then saw the inner city gate slowly opening.
But before the smile on his lips spread, he heard curses ringing in his ears, and then he saw the dozen Liangzhou guards who had greeted him before raising their hand crossbows and shooting more than a dozen arrows in succession.
The close range shooting of the hand crossbow directly took the lives of several soldiers around him.
If the soldiers beside him hadn't been alert and blocked the arrow for him, he might have been the one who fell to the ground at this time.
But even so, the silent lion is also full of dead souls.
Because there was an artillery placed in the inner city gate that "Du Yaowu" called open, and the black hole of the muzzle was pointed directly at him.
The dozen or so Liangzhou guards had already rushed into the inner city gate while releasing arrows, without giving Wala a chance to react.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of ceramic jars were dropped on the battlements of the outer city gate. The broken jars filled the entire barbican city with a strange smell.
"It's fierce fire oil, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"
boom!
The huge fireball suddenly lit up the dark sky, and the tall fire wall blocked the retreat of the five thousand watts of people in Wengcheng.
The cannon at the inner city gate only rang once, plowing a trail of blood out of the Wala people, and then closed the city gate with a bang.
A young general wearing silver armor and a red cloak appeared beside the tower of Wengcheng. The soldiers behind him were holding a banner with the large Chinese character Jia embroidered on it.
"The military supervisor of the Pingxi Governor's Office in Daxia, Uncle Yongfeng, and Jia Cong of the Rongguo Mansion are here. Wara Tartars, please die!"
Dong dong dong dong...
Amidst the thunderous sound of war drums, the herald quickly conveyed the general's orders.
With a volley of crossbows and muskets, the Wala Tatars in Wengcheng were unable to even fight back, and were instantly covered by a barrage of arrows.
One of Aluotai's generals, the eagle shooter Moshi, was shot into a sieve by bow arrows and musket pellets before he could draw his long bow.
When Aluotai, who was waiting for news outside the city, saw the sudden fire at the north city gate, he shouted something bad and ordered the entire army to attack.
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