In early April, under Ganzhou City, the water of the Zhangye River had been cut off and diverted, and the water in the moat outside Ganzhou City was close to drying up.
A large number of soldiers of the Guiyi Army braved the loss of stones, and like ants, they kept filling the packed soil and stones into the ditch outside the city.
At the same time, the large trebuchets of the Guiyi Army continued to throw stones into Ganzhou City. The turrets at the east gate of Ganzhou had been smashed, and the residential buildings in the east of the city were basically destroyed.
The sound of crossbows was heard intensively, but they were not shot at the crowd, but specifically towards the city wall, because the soldiers could climb up with the help of the crossbow arrow shafts.
More than a dozen nest chariots are watching every move in the city from all directions in the west. Whenever there is a movement of troops and horses, they will immediately notify the generals outside the city through drums and flags.
Outside the east gate and the south gate, the peasants used soil to pile up several earth walls that were about the same height as the city wall.
Countless marksmen, armed with divine arm bows and wooden crossbows, were shooting suppressively at the top of Ganzhou City.
Unlike in history, where the Liao and Xixia took turns besieging the city and fought for almost a year before conquering it, the Guiyi Army's east-west pincer attack only lasted less than a month, and Ganzhou City was on the verge of being broken.
This is inevitable, because the Han army is not only good at field battles, but also better at siege.
The experience in this area is too rich. No matter what kind of city you are, countless experiences have been summed up over thousands of years, which is far beyond what the Khitans and Dangxiang people can compare with.
Moreover, this time the Guiyi Army can be said to have sent out its entire army to kill Ganzhou with thunderous force.
Zhang Zhao recruited 4,000 Guiyi troops in Liangzhou, 4,000 cavalry troops from six tribes, and 3,000 infantry troops from six Han tribes.
There are also 4,000 archers from the three Shandong tribes, Huizhou and Yuanzhou, and more than 30,000 civilians, a total army of 15,000 people and more than 30,000 civilians.
This was Zhang Zhao's unprecedented generosity since he returned to Hexi.
At the same time, Zhang Zhao, as the ambassador of Longyou Jiedu in Hexi Province, ordered his father-in-law, Cao Yuanzhong, to observe and deal with the two states of Guasha and send all 4,000 Guasha rebels to the rebel army, and 10,000 civilians to march eastward from Suzhou.
Ganzhou Renyu Khan organized a field battle to resist, but was quickly defeated directly by the armed six knights of the Guiyi Army. He did not even meet Zhang Zhao's army, so he had to retreat to Ganzhou City.
At this point, important towns such as Xiedan, which were controlled by the Uighurs in Ganzhou, fell one after another. The Uighurs could only stick to Ganzhou and hope to wear out the Guiyi army.
This is a correct strategy. Based on the current situation in Hexi and the Guiyi army in Guasha, Zhang Zhao conscripted a total of 70,000 people at once.
This consumption is not easy. With the current food reserves in Liangzhou, it can only last for three or four months at most.
But the idea is beautiful, but the reality is skinny. Ganzhou Renyu Khan was originally prepared to wear out Zhang Zhao for three or four months, but Zhang Zhao would not give him this opportunity.
The Uighurs are a horse race and are not good at defending the city. They are no match for the Guiyi army. They fought for only one month and were already on the verge of destroying the city.
If the Ganzhou Uighurs and the Guiyi Army had not been feuding for decades, and their hatred prevented them from surrendering, civil strife would have broken out in the city.
The Guiyi army from the west was brought by Cao Yuanzhong himself. As soon as he arrived, he delegated command to Luo Tongda, the military envoy of the Yamen, and he went directly to Zhang Zhao's tent.
He said he came to talk to Zhang Zhao about his love for his son-in-law, but he was actually saying that he would not hold on to the command of the thousands of rebel troops.
Zhang Zhao also admired Cao Yuanzhong's actions. Since he left with the younger generation of Guiyi Army last time, there is still some gap between the two sides.
After all, Zhang Zhao left and did not choose to end Cao's rule over the Guiyi Army. This created a situation where the two Guiyi armies coexisted.
But what Cao Yuanzhong did today was equivalent to sending the Guiyi army and territory in Guasha to Zhang Zhao's hands.
Zhang Zhao also said that he would ask the court to make Cao Yuanzhong the Duke of Qiaojun, and appoint him as the deputy ambassador of Longyou Jiedu in Hexi Province and concurrently as the governor of Shazhou.
Brother-in-law Cao Liulang Cao Yanlu is the governor of Yinzhou. As for Cao Yuanzhong's current envoy duties such as Guasha Erzhou Jiedu Observation and so on, he will be removed.
However, this is not without sequelae. Just looking at the longing eyes of Cao Yanlu looking at Zhang Zhao, this Yinzhou governor may not be able to get through with a false title.
You know, Cao Yanlu was born to the same mother as Cao Sanniang and Cao Jiuniang. Their only older sister and younger sister were given to Zhang Zhao. How dare you make a false title lake?
"Your Majesty, someone in Ganzhou has submitted a letter, willing to surrender Khan Renyu's head!" Zhebu Jiashi came over and said with a letter written on brocade.
Zhang Zhao didn't even look at it, just threw the brocade silk into the fire and burned it, "No! In Ganzhou City today, even Renyu's flesh is not allowed to surrender."
Cao Yuanzhong and Cao Yanlu also nodded in agreement. More than 20 years ago, Ganzhou Uighur soldiers came to Dunhuang City and forced Zhang Zhao's father Zhang Chengfeng to recognize Ganzhou Renmei Khan, who is now Renyu Khan. Having a father as a father is a great shame and humiliation for all the rebels.
This kind of humiliation can only be washed away with blood. Many people who experienced that humiliation personally are still alive.
Neither emotion nor reason would allow the Ganzhou Uighurs to be let go easily, at least the head of Renyu Khan alone would not be enough.
"Your Majesty, all the gold has been excavated under Ganzhou City, now it's time to blast it!"
As soon as he said no, Shi Chongmin came over to report the good news. After more than a month of digging, the explosives had been delivered to the gate of Ganzhou City.
There was a loud bang and an explosion that shook the sky. Cao Yanlu was so frightened that he sat down on the ground. Cao Yuanzhong's face also lost all color.
Amid the flying sand and rocks, the city wall of Ganzhou's east gate collapsed instantly, leaving a huge gap.
Shen Nianli, who was at the front, roared, and six heavy-armored infantry took the lead to rush in, followed closely by the party archers, and the heavy-armored soldiers from the Guiyi Army and Hanshandu were at the back.
The crowd wearing black armor rushed directly into it like a black torrent. The Ganzhou Uighurs, who had already lost a large number of soldiers in the Suzhou War, did not resist for a few moments, howled and lost the ability to resist, and were swept away. Scattered everywhere.
Ganzhou City, the royal palace of the Uighurs, was the place where the resistance was fiercest. Everyone from the Yao Geluo family gathered here.
The soldiers who returned to the rebel army could only fight with them house by house, and important figures of the Yao Geluo family were constantly being captured.
Zhang Zhao interrogated them one by one and asked the prisoners to identify them. All members of the Yao Geluo family had their hands smashed before being beheaded.
Mrs. Cao Sanni was wearing men's clothing and even had a leather armor on her body. She looked at the members of the Yao Geluo family who were being pulled out, and tears instantly fell from her eyes.
Under the faint sunshine, the cousin Suo Sanlang who could play the harp with his slender fingers and spoke slowly and slowly, like the warm sunshine, returned to Cao Yannai's mind so clearly that he had already imitated Hu Hu. The appearance that had been there for a long time became clear in an instant.
Another member of the Yao Geluo family was escorted and dragged in front of Zhang Zhao. This was a teenage boy who looked to be about the same age as Suo Sanlang back then.
When the young Uighur man saw the hammer stained with a large amount of blood and flesh, he screamed in horror and kept struggling desperately.
But he was being held by two majestic soldiers. Even though he struggled fiercely, he was still ruthlessly pushed to the ground.
"Erlang, spare them!" Cao Sanniang, with tears in her eyes, suddenly stopped her.
Zhang Zhao hesitated for a moment, then nodded. He had already killed more than a dozen members of the Yaogeluo family just now. It would be really pointless to continue killing them.
"In the whole city of Dasuo, all the close brothers of Renmei, Diyin and Renyu were killed.
As for the side branches, as long as they did not participate in the siege of Dunhuang in the past, God has a good life, and they will be exempted from death and punished with hard labor on Jingtie Mountain! "
As soon as Zhang Zhao's voice fell, thunderous cheers rang out. Dozens of soldiers laughed and escorted a man in yellow robes out. It was Yao Geluo Renyu, the Khan of Ganzhou.
Manxiong and Dunzhu each grabbed one of Renyu's arms, and he pinned him down on the bloody cement floor in front of Zhang Zhao.
Before the attack, Zhang Zhao ordered Cao Yijin to paint a portrait of Renyu Khan, the daughter of the Uighur who had married to Ganzhou, just to prevent him from falling out of his shell like the golden cicada he had captured at Miaoquan.
"Is this person Yaoge Luo Renyu?" Zhang Zhao called three groups of people in succession to confirm. One of the two groups of prisoners was the grandson of Cao Yijin and the son of the previous Aduoyu Khan.
The seven or eight-year-old child, who had been renamed Cao Yansi, looked at the man in yellow robes with hatred, because Aduoyu was killed by Renyu.
"Brother-in-law, this person is none other than the evil thief Renyu!"
'choke! Zhang Zhao took out the horizontal knife from his waist, and then signaled Dunzhu and Manxiong to let go of Yao Geluo Renyu.
He looked up to the sky and roared loudly. The Ganzhou Uighurs that led to the destruction of the Jinshan Kingdom of Zhang Chengfeng in the Western Han Dynasty finally ended in Zhang Zhao's hands.
As soon as Yaoge Luo Renyu escaped from control, he immediately staggered and started to run away. Zhang Zhao yelled: "Father! Today, I will avenge you. Our Zhang family has finally avenged our previous shame!"
After saying that, Zhang Zhao stepped forward and slashed Yao Geluo Renyu's neck with the sword in his hand.
The head soared into the sky and flew into the distance with bloody flowers. The headless body ran for a few steps before falling to the ground with a thud.
"For those who have more than a hundred Uighurs in Ganzhou, all the men will be punished with hard labor on Jingtie Mountain, and the women with gold and silk will be rewarded for meritorious officials. The rest will not be held accountable. All armies are not allowed to commit adultery or indiscriminate killing!"
"I will obey the king's order!" the soldiers of the rebel army all around promised loudly, and cheers spread everywhere!
