Chapter 505: Guo Xiaoke's Death

The people of Qiuzi never thought that the second division of the Secret Department of the Moon would be defeated so badly and so quickly. The Tang army was also not expected to attack from the north and west. When the news of the defeat of the second division of the moon and the secret department spread among the cities of Qiuzi, the people in each city were panicked, the soldiers had no heart to fight, and the guards had the intention of fleeing.

Under such circumstances, the Tang army was overwhelmed. Everywhere they went, the Tang army found that there were no guards or soldiers in the city except for ordinary people. After asking, I found out that those guards had slipped away. Before the arrival of the Tang army, he left the city and went to Qiuzi City.

Seeing such a situation, Tang Jun couldn't help crying and laughing.

After sweeping away more than a dozen cities to the west and north of Qiuzi along the way, the army finally reached two hundred miles north of Naqiuzi and joined forces again.

"Today, there are 80,000 troops gathered in Guizi City! There were both the Qiuzi army and the Western Turkic army. Although our army has Hui cavalry to help, the overall strength is still not stronger than the Qiuzi army. So, Ben is going to lure the snake out of the hole, lure the turtle army out, and ambush it! Ashina Sheer looked at the generals in front of him and laughed softly, "Which of you wants to be this bait?" ”

As soon as Ashina Sheer's voice fell, the generals immediately turned their faces to other places, or gathered together in pairs and whispered. This made Ashina Sheer feel embarrassed. After a while, he ordered: "Since no one volunteered, then the general will be ordered!" Yizhou Assassin Shi Han Wei, Xiaowei General Cao Jishu, order the two of you to immediately lead 3,000 cavalry to fight under Qiuzi City! This general personally led the army to ambush fifty miles north of Qiuci, and after the two of you led out the Qiuci army, they fought with it, slowly retreated to the north, and withdrew to the ambush site. ”

Han Wei and Cao Jishu, who were named by name, looked bitter, reluctantly got up, and shook their fists at Ashina Sheer.

After two days of camping here, the army marched south.

When the army marched to a hundred miles north of Liqiuzi City, Han Wei and Cao Jishu led 3,000 cavalry to leave the brigade and go south to Qiuci. And the army, under the orders of Ashina Sheer, also began to move towards the ambush that the scouts had reconnoitred.

That Han Wei and Cao Jishu took 3,000 soldiers and horses to Qiuzi to kill.

In the Western Regions, Qiuzi City can be regarded as one of the best cities. The walls were made of masonry and stone, and it was difficult to break the city unless it was bombarded with artillery. However, because the artillery remained in Yanqi City after the capture of Yanqi, and this time the attack on Qiuzi, Ashina Sheer was worried that the artillery would slow down the march, so he did not carry artillery. Moreover, the turtle is not far from Yanqi, and if necessary, it can be transported within five days.

When Han Wei and Cao Jishu's cavalry appeared outside Qiuci City, the soldiers guarding Qiuci City rushed to shout, and the "jingling" bell rang in the city. Then, rows of archers rushed up the walls, and several bed crossbows rested on top of the city. The entire city of Qiuzi is in full swing.

Seeing such a situation, Han Wei and Uncle Cao Jishu glanced at each other and smiled bitterly. This King of Guizi made a look of stubborn defense, making it clear that he wanted to defend the city. How to lure a snake out of a hole?

In desperation, the two had no choice but to send a soldier with a loud voice to ride a horse under the city wall, and shouted loudly: "King Qiuzi, listen, I have three thousand vanguard cavalry, and the army will arrive later, you should quickly wash your neck and lead your neck to be killed, otherwise when the army arrives, you will wait for death and be buried!" ”

The soldier shouted three times, and probably the people at the head of the city had heard it, so he was greeted by a rain of arrows.

After a short time, the gate of Qiuzi City opened, and a Qiuzi cavalry came out.

A lot of military information has already been revealed in the shouting of the non-commissioned officer just now. This cavalry in front of them was the vanguard of the Don Army, and the main forces had not yet arrived. Hearing this news, Na Guizi State Prime Minister Na Li immediately decided to eat the vanguard cavalry of the Tang Army first. It can weaken the strength of the Tang army, and secondly, it can improve the morale of its own side. At that moment, six thousand cavalry rushed out of the two city gates.

When Uncle Cao Ji saw the other party come out, he couldn't help but feel happy, and a hideous smile appeared on his face: "Hehe, this time you can kill me!" ”

Han Wei next to him couldn't help but slap him and said, "General Cao, our task is to lure the enemy deeper!" ”

Uncle Cao Ji said with a smile: "Then you have to fight for a while before retreating!" The two looked at each other and smiled.

Then, the Qiuci cavalry and the Tang cavalry started a melee under Qiuci City. At the beginning, this Cao Jishu could still restrain himself, and when he was killed, the Tang army was already red-eyed, and he was entangled with the Guizi soldiers. The Tang army fought hard, with 3,000 against 6,000, and even killed the Qiuzi cavalry and fled. Leave a corpse behind.

Seeing that his soldiers were invincible, Na Qiuci State Minister Nali was angry, and immediately sent 10,000 infantry and archers again, insisting on taking down the 3,000 Tang troops under Qiuci City.

After two battles, Han Wei and Uncle Cao finally remembered their mission. At this time, just as the Qiuzi infantry was dispatched, Han Wei saw this and shouted loudly: "Go!" ”

The Tang army gradually withdrew outward, and while walking, relying on the speed of the horse and the strength of the bow, he kept turning back and shooting. The turtles fell one after another.

In this way, the Tang army slowly provoked the anger of the Qiuzi army and retreated north.

I am afraid that the intention of the Tang army is too obvious, and after chasing for a while, the prime minister of the country Nali ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Han Wei and Cao Jishu returned in vain.

After the two returned to the army in a daze, Ashina Sheer heard what the two of them said, and chuckled: "This Nali is also a character!" I've heard of this man before when I was in the Western Turks! He can see through your and other tactics to lure the enemy, and he has some ability! ”

Seeing that the strategy failed, Ashina Sheer did not lead the snake out of the hole, and directly drove the army to the foot of Qiuzi City, and at the same time Yanqi transported the artillery over.

The army was stationed outside the city of Qiuzi, and the tall walls of Qiuzi could be seen in the distance.

When the prime minister of Qiuci saw that after the Tang army arrived at Qiuci, he was not in a hurry to attack the city, but stationed outside the city, and he was puzzled. Suddenly, he saw some soldiers who had defected from Yanqi, and suddenly thought of how Yanqi City had been breached!

Artillery, damn artillery, the Don Army must be waiting for that thing to be delivered!

Thinking of this, Nelly faintly felt a wave of fear. Finally, he decided to break through.

On the same day, Na Li, King Qiuci and others opened the city gates on all sides, and ordered 30,000 soldiers to kill the Tang army, while he and King Qiuci and others fled north.

Where could Ashina Sheer let them escape, it took a day to fight to the death with these 30,000 Qiuzi Turkic soldiers, and finally beheaded 6,000, captured 13,000, and the rest fled.

After settling this side, Ashina Sheer ordered Guo Xiaoke and Han Wei to stay in Qiuci City, while he himself took Xue Wanbei and others to chase after the king of Qiuci and the prime minister.

Guo Xiaoke's soldiers who stayed in Qiuzi City had nearly 2,000 soldiers. And there were more than 10,000 captives in this turtle. Such a disparity in numbers made Han Wei and the others worried, Han Wei had 4,000 soldiers stationed outside the city, he was located in the south of the city, and Guo Xiaoke camped in the west of the city.

Ashina Sheer appointed Guo Xiaoke as the left-behind general, and it stands to reason that this Guo Xiaoke should be stationed in the city to maintain order in the city. However, Guo Xiaoke had extraordinary confidence in the strength of the Tang army, and he tightly sent hundreds of men into the city, while he camped outside the city. In addition to his confidence in the Tang army, Guo Xiaoke believes that it is not safe outside Qiuci City now, and in case the king of Qiuci or Nali comes back with a horse gun or something, he can lead the army to fight with him.

Ashina Sheer chased after the army of Qiuzi, chasing along the trail all the way. King Qiuzi led a large army to camp in the city north to the west of Qiuci, replenish supplies, and then left. Finally, after chasing for more than ten days, he visited the many cities west of Qiuzi again, and Ashina Sheer finally blocked the king of Qiuzi in a city.

The king of Qiuzi defended the city. And the artillery of the Tang army did not arrive, so they could only attack the city with rushing vehicles and ladders. This fight lasted for more than a month.

When the city was broken, Ashina Sheer did not see the figure of the state minister Nari among the captives, and he couldn't help but be secretly worried.

It turned out that the prime minister of this country, after breaking out of the siege with the king of Qiuzi, separated. He went to the Western Turks with more than 2,000 cavalry, and brought more than 7,000 Western Turkic soldiers to the Khan of the Western Turks. He did not rush to join the king of Qiuzi, but killed a horse gun and came to Qiuzi City.

During the period when the Tang Army was stationed in Qiuci, it won the praise of many Qiuci people for its good military discipline. Some Qiuci people who were looking towards the Tang Dynasty told Guo Xiaoke that Nali was very popular in Qiuci, and asked Guo Xiaoke to be careful of the soldiers in the city.

Guo Xiaoke listened, but he didn't care.

It has been more than a month since the breakthrough of Nali, and it has been calm for more than a month, could there be something big at this time? Moreover, the battle report has already come from the general Ashina Sheer, saying that he has taken the city and captured the king of Qiuzi, but it has only been ten days. In such a situation, are you still afraid that he will not be able to make a profit?

It was Guo Xiaoke's underestimate of the enemy that caused him to lose his life under Qiuzi City.

When Nali's army quietly arrived at the north gate, Guo Xiaoke received a report from the scouts that Nali's army was rushing towards the north gate.

Guo Xiaoke hurriedly led more than 1,000 troops and headed towards the north gate. When he had just left the West Gate, the head of the city of Qiuzi was raining arrows. Those turtles surrendered, and when Nari came, they rebelled against Nari.

Guo Xiaoke was about to retreat, but unexpectedly, a partial army of Nali had already been killed. Inside and outside, there is no way to retreat. Anxi Du Hu Guo Xiaoke finally died under the random arrows.

At this time, there was chaos in Qiuzi City, and those soldiers in the city went crazy looking for the Tang Dynasty soldiers, and after finding one person, dozens of people immediately rushed up and hacked the soldiers to death. And those Qiuzi people who were usually friendly with the Tang Army were also suffered. These red-eyed turtle soldiers indiscriminately cut down those turtles to the ground.

Under such circumstances, Cui Yichao of Kurabe Langzhong ran around, pulled up two hundred Tang troops, and guarded the logistics baggage and more than ten large-caliber artillery pieces stored by the Tang army in the city.

And Nali was also desperate to get the Tang army's baggage and artillery, and thousands of rebels rushed to the place where the baggage was stored.

Cui Yichao and the two hundred Tang troops fought to the death and did not retreat, and held on until the infantry of Han Wei and Cao Jishu in the south of the city came, and finally saved these materials. At this time, less than eighty of the two hundred Tang Army remained.

After hearing the shouts of killing from the city, the 4,000 infantry of Han Wei and Cao Jishu immediately set off with their whole army and went to the west gate to kill. On the way, they encountered several teams of several hundred people. Han Wei didn't care about them and came directly to the West Gate. When he arrived, he only saw a flag lying on the ground with several large holes shot out. Lying on the ground with the banner was also Guo Xiaoke, the protector of Anxi.

The remnants of Guo Xiaoke's troops were gathered, and the 5,000 Tang army entered the city of Qiuci from the west gate.

This time, the Don army did not leave prisoners.

In the city, he encountered the main Turkic force brought by Nali, and after half a day of fighting, he finally drove the Turks and those rebellious Qiuzi soldiers out of the city. Nari withdrew from the city with more than 15,000 soldiers.

In this battle, the Tang army lost more than 1,000 soldiers, and Guo Xiaoke's son Guo Shizhao died in battle. Han Wei Cao step-uncle, and beheaded three thousand in the city. Those who surrendered, in the midst of Nari's retreat, were sent to the head of the city to be beheaded. As a result, the city of Qiuzi immediately settled down.

As for Nari, he also failed to achieve his goal of retaking the city of Qiuzi.

On the third day, Nari again led the army to attack the city of Turtles. The Tang army, which had already filled his chest with anger, went out of the city to fight to the death under the leadership of Cao Jishu.

The 5,000 Tang army and the 15,000 Qiuzixi Turkic coalition army fought from noon to evening, beheading 8,000, and Nali retreated in a hurry. However, in the end, Nari did not escape. The Qiuzi people, who were dissatisfied with it, took Nali and presented it to the Tang army.

At this point, the turtle is peaceful.