Chapter 367: Rain in the Pine Desert (33)

Ten days after Quan Ce came out of the fortress, under the joint efforts of the local snake Fu Tieshi and Kedufu, Quan Ce's army swept through the Khitan settlements in the pine desert land, arrived under Liucheng, and surrounded the Murwei Hebule tribe in a horn formation, trapping Sun Wanrong in Liucheng.

"Chief, please get up quickly" In the Chinese military tent, Hebule's white hair was pale, and his head hit the ground, Quan Ce quickly stepped down the steps and helped him up, "Quan Ce heard that the chief had lost his beloved son, and he felt the sadness and empathy, the Khitan did many evils, and the people and gods were angry, so the Great Zhou Dynasty pacified Li to destroy the rebels, and still went out on an expedition, which was to show the punishment of heaven, and had no intention of disturbing the peace of the vassals."

"The Celestial Empire is benevolent and righteous, and Lao Hebule has always been impressed in his heart" Hebule stood up straight, his expression was already a little crazy, "The Murwei Department is weak and incompetent, and he only asks the Celestial Empire to be the master, so that all the leaders of the Khitan can feel the pain of the old Hubele, but if he can get his wish, all of them will be dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, and the old Hubler will never frown"

Quan Ce listened, picked the corners of his mouth, and saw that although Hebuler was old, his body was still strong, his feet were steady, and his spirit was also strong, so he nodded lightly, "Killing people pays for life, where the heavenly principles are, but the Zhulian is too wide, there is a way to hurt the heavens and the peace, and it is not a way of forgiveness......" Seeing that Hebuler looked anxious, he stretched out his hand to stop him, and continued, "Don't worry, the chieftain, the Khitans are cruel and tyrannical, wild and untamable, on the battle array, the sword has no eyes, the death and injury depend on the sky, and it is inevitable that the children of the nobles will make mistakes."

Hebule blinked his eyes, and under the advice of his cronies, he could be considered to understand, Quan Ce implicitly agreed to his request, but because of the poetry and book etiquette of the Celestial Empire, it was not easy to say it clearly.

Hebule's eyes emitted a blazing light, like a crazy gambler, "The noble Quan Lang Jun, I have long heard that the Shendu is prosperous, the old Hubler is old, and he is unable to command the troops, thinking that he can go to the Shendu to recuperate in his old age, and give His Majesty the Heavenly Empire a few more kowtows, and also ask the Quan Lang Jun to report on his behalf and make the request of the old Hubler"

Quan Ce smiled calmly and waved his hand, "The chieftain is sincere, I already know everything, but you and I are both leaders of the army, how can you leave the battle formation at this time?" When this battle is over, the victory and defeat are clear, and it is not too late to talk about these small things."

The implication is that he wants to accept Murwei in a dignified manner, and he does not have the intention of taking the opportunity to coerce and annex Murwei's soldiers and horses. Flash Dance

Hebler stared at Kwon for a long time, kneeling in front of him, his forehead touching the tip of Kwon's boot.

In the middle of the night, the camp of the Chinese army in Quan Ce was brightly lit, and the gate was wide open, Xue Chongyin led the fireworks army of 1,000 people, Fu Tieshi and Kedu Fu led more than 10,000 Khitan and Xi soldiers and horses, and Zhao and Huan led the right Yuqi Wei 3,000 soldiers and soldiers to attack together.

The fireworks army and the Fu Tieshi Department made a night attack on the city, and attacked head-on, first the fireworks army raged the gate of Liucheng with iron bumps, killing and injuring countless soldiers and horses defending the city, and those who were alive were also panicked, headless flies, and could not organize defense for a long time.

Fu Tieshi and others took advantage of the chaos to drive their troops to the city gate and fiercely attacked the city with ladders and battering rams.

"Cheap species, traitor" Sun Wanrong didn't dare to go up to the city wall, he was condescending on the arrow tower, and vaguely saw that the people who climbed on the city wall like ants were all Khitan and Xi people, gritted his teeth and ordered, "Mobilize soldiers and horses from all over the place to defend here, release arrows, throw torches, burn, burn them"

Although he relieved his hatred, he made a faint move, the soldiers at the head of the city threw down the torches, and the light was gone, and it was pitch black in front of them, and the arrows were inaccurate, and it was not clear between the battlements that the enemy had climbed up the ladder, and when he was alert to someone, his neck had been wiped by a sharp blade. Flash Dance

"Ahh......h

The onslaught lasted for more than an hour, and the thick gates creaked under the impact of the battering ram.

"Chirp ......" In the direction of the city gate on the right side of Liucheng, a rocket flew up in the air with a sharp sound.

Without hesitation, Fu Tieshi ordered the siege to be stopped, and the soldiers and horses retreated back to the camp like a tide.

Sun Wanrong was puzzled at first, and then shocked, "Go to the right city gate quickly, you fell for the thief's trick"

The right city gate is intact, but the city gate is a hundred zhang round, a piece of corpses, there are hundreds of soldiers and horses guarding the city, and there are thousands of residents, who can live in the city, are not idle people, the heads of each family, the relatives of the generals are especially many.

“…… Father...... Old lady ......"

Behind Sun Wanrong, the sound of crying father and shouting mother came and went, he reached out and wiped his neck, the coolness was deep, looking around the huge willow city, the high wall arrow tower, not like a fortress, more like a trap, insecurity is getting stronger and stronger.

The next night, the same drama was staged again, Sun Wanrong ate a trench and grew wise, and did not dare to gather the main force of the whole army to defend again, but scattered in the four gates, but in this way, the main attack of the city gate defense was weak, and the city gate was broken by the ambush ironstone, Sun Wanrong was almost captured, but fortunately, after the ambush ironstone, there was no follow-up army poured in, fought near the city gate, and took the initiative to withdraw from the city.

"Investigate the four gates," Sun Wanrong ordered.

"The headman, the four doors are safe, no one is attacking"

"Poof......" Sun Wanrong screamed, spit out a mouthful of old blood, his bloodstained lips trembled, and muttered, "This Liucheng, I can't wait"

grabbed his cronies, "Go, put the villages around Liucheng, gather all the young and strong people there, let's go to the new city"

"Touren, Xincheng also has a post-Turkic siege and attack, and the situation is not much better than Liucheng" The cronies were puzzled.

Sun Wanrong didn't think so, and learned from Li Quanzhong to be insidious, "Fool, the Great Zhou fought Liucheng, and the Turks attacked Xincheng, if Da Zhou won Liucheng, would he let Xincheng go?" Just let them eat dogs, and we can breathe a sigh of relief."

"Isn't that slow, nighttime, inconvenient, and during the day, maybe it's more convenient," the cronies suggested.

Sun Wanrong hated it, waved his hand and slapped them one by one, "Stupid, it's good at night, the thieves of the Great Zhou Dynasty have only attacked the city, they must be defenseless, hurry up, go all, arrest people overnight, retreat overnight"

"Then, the women and children in the city ......" cronies and others had to say more.

"Resign yourself to fate, rest and be long-winded, and go on an errand quickly" Sun Wanrong was ruthless.

Three days later, at night, the death regiment broke into the city again, and all they saw was the mess of a place, Sun Wanrong led the army to sweep away the young and strong, grain and forage, and threw the old and weak women and children all over the city, and the hungry people were starving everywhere, like hell on earth.

Quan Ce summoned Hebule and Fu Tieshi to discuss the disposal plan of Liucheng, the two quarreled fiercely, Fu Tieshi thought that these people had no power to restrain the chicken, and there was no sin, and they should not be implicated, and they could be expelled from Liucheng, but Hebule did not think so, because most of these women and children were the families of the Khitan high-level leaders and generals, and he wanted revenge.

Quan Ce did not force the two of them, he decided to do an experiment, and selected a dozen people from among the women and children to cook for the army, and they mixed a large number of red cockscomb poplar mushrooms into the meal, which was highly poisonous.

Without waiting for the order of Quan Ce, Fu Tieshi led his Khitan warriors to personally slaughter the city and kill Liucheng to the point of blood.

"Thank you Quan Langjun" Hebuler and Quan Ce stood side by side on the city wall, watching this human tragedy, bowing down to thank them.

Quan Ce shook his head, "The road is all chosen by yourself, these women and children chose to resist, so they chose to end, I didn't do anything"

Hebule was still grateful to Dade and gossiped, "The fireworks army of the Celestial Empire is the most capable, and it would be a great blessing if someone from Murowei could join this army...... Deputy Lieutenant Xue is young, a hero is a young man, hey, it seems that I haven't seen him for a few days, but I went to rest? ”

Quan Ce said half-seriously and half-jokingly, "The fireworks army is Your Majesty's thunder, where the hostility is, that is, where the thunder is, perhaps, they are in Sun Wanrong's army, and they may go to Xincheng."

"Hahaha" Hebler tried to laugh with him, and the boss in his heart disagreed.

Quan Ce ignored him, and his eyes drifted into the distance.

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