Chapter 254: Absolute City
On the night of the third day, Chen Hai and Han Wendang led 3,000 spearmen to clean up the battlefield of Shiyue Gorge, and after destroying 1,500 or 600 elite horse thieves, they detained nearly 1,000 brave horse thieves and thousands of war horses, and rushed to the periphery of Moyue Lake to participate in the final siege of Moyue Village. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Of course, there were also a large number of horse thieves who fled from Shiyue Gorge, and Chen Hai did not have so many cavalry scattered out to pursue, but Moyue Lake Village had two gates, north and south, and this time, Chen Hai no longer gave the horse thief leader any chance to escape. He organized thousands of horse thieves and more than 2,000 strong slaves into the horse infantry army, and arranged three thousand teams on the outside of the north and south gates of the Moyue Lake Village in the four directions, and arranged a thousand people on each side, and with the 600 elite cavalry led by Fan Dachun as a maneuver, the Moyue Lake Village was surrounded by 800 paces square.
Chen Hai limited the more than 1,000 thieves in the walled city to surrender within three days, and after three days, there was no armor left.
This is also the practice that horse thieves are used to.
There is a precedent for the two villages of Jinxiangling and Black Falcon Cliff to be breached, and the nearly 2,000 horse thieves trapped in Moyue Lake no longer have the luxury of holding on to the strong wall until reinforcements arrive.
And they also knew in their hearts that the soldiers and horses led by Kong Peng, Hu Junhu and other thief chieftains in Yequ Mountain had to wait for reinforcements from the Xiqiang Kingdom, and it was impossible to rush over through the desert of four or five thousand miles in a short time.
And although there are still more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in Guhushan Mountain, and it is only more than 600 miles away from Moyue Lake, the fiasco of Shiyue Gorge has made the chance of Guhushan soldiers and horses sending troops to help become extremely slim.
However, Zhu Kou also understood that after surrendering, there was no chance to continue to command the original lineage of soldiers and horses, and the prisoners would inevitably be split into the soldiers and horses army or the cavalry commanded by Fan Dachun.
If you don't want to defend or surrender, you can only break through.
The Zhukou of Moyue Lake are still too indecisive, and when Fan Dachun led the cavalry to chase and kill, the probability of success in breaking through was much greater, and at least half of the soldiers and horses could escape, but they had to wait until they were completely in a desperate situation before they thought of breaking through to Guhou Mountain, and it was a little late.
This may also be a natural weakness of human beings.
The spear phalanx is unable to advance quickly, more of a hedgehog-like battle formation, and many spear phalanxes have to avoid the direct shooting of arrows at the head of the city, and the distance between the magic mountain lake walled city has to be more than four or five miles, the gap between the phalanx and the phalanx is still very large, at this time, the main force really used to block the thief soldiers to break through, in addition to the more than 600 elite cavalry led by Fan Dachun, there are also two thousand horse infantry troops with swords, shields, halberds and bows.
Fan Dachun led the elite cavalry to be responsible for interception, and the 2,000 horse infantry army was responsible for outflanking the flanks, and after entangling the breakthrough thieves, the spear phalanx slowly advanced over and surrounded it.
The last horse thieves and horses repeatedly rushed to kill, but except for a very small number of people who broke out of the siege and left nearly 1,000 corpses in the walled city, once the three-day time limit came, the more than six or seven hundred horse thieves and hundreds of family members of the thieves who failed to break through in the end could only choose to surrender.
Fan Dachun and Deng Tong'er once thought that they were weak soldiers and horses, and it would be impossible to capture Moyue Lake, who would have thought that the time to conquer Moyue Lake would be even shorter than conquering Jinxiangling and Black Falcon Cliff, and they annihilated nearly 5,000 horse thieves before and after, almost exterminating the remaining horse thieves in seven or eight villages near Moyue Lake.
Of the four Mingqi Realm powerhouses in Demon Moon Lake, one broke through and fled, two were killed by Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er, and one led the last six or seven hundred remnants of bandits to surrender.
Of the more than 50 martial arts bandits in the Spirit Realm, 15 were killed in Shixiayue, 17 were killed inside and outside the walled city of Moyue Lake, only 9 successfully broke through, and 13 were surrendered or captured.
Even the thieves didn't expect that the Demon Moon Lake would be so miserable, before that, the seven or eight surrounding cottage horse thieves' dens all moved their families to the Demon Moon Lake, in order to avoid the edge of the soldiers and horses in the Night Canal Mountain, except for a few people who broke through and escaped, and also took a small amount of property, Chen Hai and their seizures after occupying the Demon Moon Lake were even much richer than the Black Mountain Village.
Counting and seizing is Ning Chan'er's pleasure, and only Ning Chan'er's ruthless methods can make the generals dare not hide anything, and Chen Hai arranged for the soldiers and horses to enter the walled city to rest.
Fan Dachun and Deng Tong'er were full of confidence, thinking of taking advantage of the victory to attack Guhushan, but Chen Hai knew in his heart that there were still serious deficiencies in the training of the Ma Bu Army, and after the generals were arrogant, they would inevitably advance in battle, and at this time, they were not too rash in this army.
Black Falcon Cliff, Golden Elephant Ridge, Ma Bu Army was not sent to the battlefield, Shiyue Gorge also used Zhukou to light the enemy to play the role of the spear phalanx to the extreme, at this time hastily rushed to Guyu Mountain, the chance of victory was far less than imagined. After two fierce battles and a rapid march that lasted for several days, the physical exertion of the horse infantry army was extremely great, and it was in great need of rest.
Standing on the wall of Moyue Lake City, which is more than fifteen or sixteen meters high, Chen Hai, Deng Tong'er, Fan Dachun, Han Wendang and others will look at the mighty Moyue Lake in the north and south.
There is a big rift valley between the two mountains, the spring of the earth flows, in the rift valley converges like a demon pupil, the area of the lake area has tens of thousands of acres, from the southeast and southwest each have the lake overflow to form a tortuous flowing water, the river course twists and turns, as if two huge arms, in the southern foot of the two mountains, including two green and lush mountains, give birth to an oasis with a radius of nearly 50 miles.
Before being occupied by horse thieves, Moyue Lake had a tribe inhabiting, half-farming and half-animal husbandry, and there were forty or fifty thousand people who lived and multiplied, and it was also a not weak tribal force in the vast sea of sand, but in the slaughter of the tribal leaders, the remaining tribal people were reduced to slaves and oppressed, and the number of people dropped sharply to six or seven thousand, and it was only today that they were rescued.
"Deng Tong'er, Master Fan, you said that you have been running around for many years, intending to restore the Deng clan's rule over the southern Elite City of the Pinglu Great Oasis," Chen Hai looked at Deng Tong'er, who had only recovered to three or four percent of the heat at this time, and said, "The Xiqiang Kingdom is under the Ye Clan, no matter whether the Ye Clan will be subverted, whether the Pinglu Great Oasis will usher in a new master, and no matter how much pressure is exerted from the outside world, it is unlikely that the future lord of the Xiqiang Kingdom will let the Southern Elite Cities be divided again." The Deng clan must fight, even if I help you, it will be an endless war. Would you like to rebuild the Essence City in this Demon Moon Lake?"
"......" Chen Hai's words caught Deng Tong'er off guard, he couldn't react for a while, and he didn't know how to reply.
After Deng Tong'er was captured, he helped Chen Hai to subdue the Spirit Eagle, and he was also looking forward to having a chance to restore the Essence City in the future, but he also knew that this opportunity was actually extremely slim, but he didn't expect that now Chen Hai would be able to directly fulfill his expectations now. The territory of Moyue Lake is not small, and the small tribes around it that have been invaded by horse thieves have come over, so that they can govern a city and stay together for generations.
", this bargain is actually called Deng Lao Thief, you take advantage of it. Fan Dachun slapped Deng Tong'er on the shoulder without hiding his jealousy.
When the surprise attack captured the Black Mountain Village, Fan Dachun's mind still wanted to rob the property and run away quickly, so as not to be killed by Kong Peng and his troops and lose Qingqing's life, but it has only been more than a month since the capture of the Black Mountain Village, and Fan Dachun's mind has completely changed.
Even if Kong Peng and other thieves can finally steal the Xiqiang Kingdom, the Xiqiang country will inevitably be in chaos, and the power of the Ye royal family will not be completely annihilated by Kong Peng and other thieves, as long as tens of thousands of elites can escape into the vast desert and join forces with their side, they can still occupy Moyue Lake, Black Mountain and Gushu Mountain, and resist the purging of Kong Peng and other thieves.
Although the Xiqiang State has 100,000 troops, the desert terrain restricts the expedition of the army, and they can have seven or eight thousand elites to defend a city, so they are not afraid that Kong Peng will lead 350,000 soldiers and horses to surround it.
Fan Dachun wanted to occupy the city in Moyue Lake, but he didn't expect Chen Hai to give Moyue Lake to Deng Tong'er first.
Of course, Fan Dachun was a little jealous in his heart, but thinking that Chen Hai's future achievements would never stop there, he was not in a hurry to build a city at this time.
"That's it, it's such a big bargain, our Boss Fan is greedy, and Boss Deng is still hesitating about it. Han Wendang was quite organized with Chen Hai to govern the army, but he still spoke rudely.
Deng Tong'er naturally knew that this was a big pie, and Chen Hai would not let him go after he became the master of the Exquisite City, and would inevitably give him soldiers and horses, but it was precisely because this pie was too big and came too quickly that Deng Tong'er hesitated, not knowing what harsh conditions Chen Hai would have in the future.
"Deng Tong'er built a superb city here, I will make you a superb captain on behalf of the Great Yan Emperor, and lead the surrounding thousands of miles, and Deng Duwei, you are not too old at this time, and you will put the beautiful wives and concubines of Hu Junhu and Kong Peng into the house, and give birth to a bunch of heirs, and the Deng family will have successors!" Chen Hai laughed.
Deng Tong'er is over seventy years old, although he has passed the peak of the Ming Realm, and his spirit and soul are about to go downhill, he also has the ability to give birth, but after hearing Chen Hai's words, Deng Tong'er's face turned red, it should not be, it should not be.
"Old thief Deng, is it possible that you still have to leave a glimmer of leeway, so that you can throw yourself into Kong Peng, Hu Junhu and other thieves in the future?" Han Wen saw that such a big good thing had fallen on Deng Tong'er's head, Deng Tong'er hesitated and asked angrily.
Fan Dachun knew that Chen Hai's tricks were very vicious, forcing Deng Tong'er to occupy the wives and concubines of Hu Junhu and Kong Peng, completely eliminating the possibility of Deng Tong'er secretly communicating with Hu Junhu, Kong Peng and other thieves.
Deng Tong'er also knew that he would do everything he could, and Chen Hai could only really pull out his soldiers and horses to build a superb city after confirming that he was not half-hearted, and said with a red face: "I am old, and the wives and concubines of Hu Junhu and Kong Peng are all tiger and wolf age, if I accept them all, I am afraid I will not be able to cope with it." At this time, the envoy was rewarded, Deng was grateful to Dade, engraved in his heart, and it was better to forget the beasts, but the wife and concubine still asked Fan Duwei and General Han to choose first, and there were a few crooked melons and dates left, so that they could reproduce the descendants of the Deng family. ”
"You're going to drag us into the water!" Han Wendang's ugly face flashed red with excitement, patted Deng Tong'er on the shoulder vigorously, and said, "Then you're welcome, but old Deng, don't complain that I have seized your beautiful concubine in the future." ”
Fan Dachun used to occupy Yequ Mountain, and also abducted women as sex slaves, but the merchants were extremely girly, and the captive border women were black and ugly, and they could only be used for a temporary vent, and there was no real worth raising in the house, so he and Han Wendang and other leaders had no wives and concubines.
This time, he attacked the city all the way, especially this time he captured Moyue Lake, and captured hundreds of families from seven or eight nearby cottages, many of whom were the wives and daughters of Kong Peng, Hu Junhu and other thief chiefs, and their appearance was not bad, so this time they had to choose.
They were worried that Chen Hai was very strict in governing the army and strictly forbade them to rape and adulterate women, but they didn't expect that there would be a chance to marry openly and enter the house.
If it weren't for the fear of looking too unstable, Fan Dachun and Han Wendang would have to run down the wall to choose beautiful goods at this time.