Chapter Eighty-Nine: Princess Yicheng
War always brings out the worst of humanity, cruelty and bloodshed that deprives the good part of humanity, and is devastated by life or death. All are selfish when it comes to the question of which of the enemy and oneself can live. Selfishness destroys affection, friendship, and even love. The three words of living can make brothers turn against each other and father and son kill each other. can turn a chaste martyr into a slut, or let someone you don't know die. In the fastest, or most brutal way.
The power of war lies not in the room full of gold, but in the death of warriors!
The fire oil bombs were lit and thrown off the city wall, and after a muffled sound. The flames mixed with frosting burst out in all directions. Wherever it gets wet, it burns!
A wailing scream erupted with an orange flame, followed by a terrifying howl of darkness. Even with his ears covered, the howls of the Turks could still penetrate into his mind. They were covered in life, billowing black smoke. Scratching his hands and running frantically, he had seen passing rats doused with gasoline and set them on fire. Seeing the burning of people today, Yun Hao didn't feel the slightest discomfort. On the contrary, with an inexplicable excitement!
In the distance were the corpses of those Han slaves, and the long hair of the red ** people fluttered with the cold wind. The young child was barefoot, burrowing out from under his mother's body. As soon as he ran two steps, he was shot through the head by the Turks' powerful arrows. The child whose mother used her life to protect her wings was not able to escape the poisonous hand in the end.
In the face of the wolf-like Turks, no matter how miserable their death is, Yun Hao will be happy.
There were piles of burning people lying on the ground, and the invincible Turks were stunned. After a short period of confusion, it is a desperate escape. They wanted to get away from this terrible place quickly, and although they didn't know what kind of weapon it was, their guts had been broken.
Jieli and Ashnasimo watched this scene in horror, they didn't know what that kind of thing that emitted violent flames was. But they knew that the city didn't seem to be as easy to conquer as they had hoped.
"What's that?" Ashnasimo looked at the soldiers who were defeated like a tide, lacking the suppression of the archers, and the crossbow arrows on the city wall were wantonly harvesting the lives of the Turkic soldiers. Such a defeat often outweighs more people than a siege city. The only fortunate thing is that the Tang army in the city did not dare to send cavalry to chase and kill. Otherwise, more people will die.
Repelled the Turkic attack, Yun Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Sheng Yanshi was arranging for the soldiers to take turns to rest, and the soldiers who had just recuperated under the city went to the city wall. And the soldiers who have been fighting all morning can go down to the city wall to rest, and by the way, they can settle lunch. Yun Hao's team eats three meals a day. The soldiers have long been accustomed to three meals a day.
"What about the casualties?" The smell of barbecue wafted from afar, and Yun Hao had no appetite for food. He swore he would never eat barbecue again.
In just one morning, the city was littered with corpses. The bold crow descended on the dead and began its own feast while they were not yet frozen. The corpses in the distance were all killed by crossbow arrows, and the closer they got to the walls, the more black char they became. Crows don't like charred lunches, so they all eat at a great distance from the city walls.
"Thirteen dead, five seriously injured, and more than twenty lightly wounded." Qiu Shili has a bun stuffed in his mouth, much like a large groundhog. I admire this guy's appetite very much, and Yun Hao admires the corpses that can be eaten all over the field.
"The Turks are afraid that they have left more than a thousand people here, not counting the wounded. Our crossbow arrows are all soaked in gold juice, and it is estimated that more than sixty percent of the injured people will not survive for three days. Sheng Yanshi took a big bite of the apple and chewed it with a "cluck" and "cluck" sound.
Yun Hao nodded, although he didn't want to die. But the casualties of more than a dozen people are already shocking. In one morning, few Turks had climbed the walls. The dead were all killed by stray arrows, and looking at the arrows on the ground, this casualty was really lucky.
"Collect these arrows, and we must be prepared for a long siege." Yun Hao raised his binoculars, and the Turkic camp in the distance was spreading out like a snake. Countless cavalry began to move towards the flanks, and it seemed that they also knew that the city was not easy to conquer. In the afternoon, it is estimated that the city will be attacked from all sides.
There was a lot of grain stored in the city, enough for the army to eat for half a year. In other words, Yun Hao can hold on here for at least half a year. He could wait, but the Turks would never have waited here for half a year. Even if Jieli has the determination not to leave, the hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, as well as the hundreds of thousands of Turkic people who follow the army, need to eat.
The amount of food eaten by so many people every day is an astronomical amount, and the tired Hebei cannot afford to supply it. No matter how much Jieli grabs, even cannibalism can't solve the problem. Because, after years of war, Hebei is also short of people.
Jieli and Ashina Simo, who were deflated, did not recklessly attack again, as generals who led troops all year round. They knew the importance of observation, and the city in front of them was not strong. With less than 10,000 defenders, it is not a large number of people. But the siege of the city in the morning let them know that this time it was not a small pebble, but a huge yellow granite. If the stumbling blocks are not removed, it will be impossible to outflank Li Tang's army.
It is necessary to capture the city of Bingzhou, and it must be fast. It is necessary to conquer this small county town before Guanzhong did not send reinforcements and Li Shimin, who was pinned down by Tuli, reacted.
"Or, let's attack the city from all sides tomorrow?" Ashina Simo rode a horse and accompanied Jieli around, and did not find any weaknesses in the Tang army. No weakness is weakness, there are so many armies in total. It was also necessary to send the city wall in batches, and the Tang army was not sufficient in terms of troops. The lesson of the morning was to concentrate all your efforts on attacking one wall. As a result, the Tang army also concentrated its forces, and if the city was attacked from all sides, the weakness of the Tang army's insufficient forces would be exposed.
"If you don't understand that kind of fierce fire oil, it's useless to attack the city on several sides. As long as there are more of us, that thing will fall from the sky. What's more, the blow of this thing is not in how many people are eliminated, but in morale.
Look at how our brave soldiers have ever flinched in the face of the enemy's swords and guns. But in the face of the fierce flames, they were immediately defeated. In fact, more than 100 people were burned alive. Far fewer people were killed by a crossbow, or fell from a city wall.
The flames terrify even the bravest warriors, do you notice? That thing can even burn on snow and ice, or even if the ice and snow are roasted, it just floats on the water and burns. In other words, there is no way to take that thing with water. What can you do? Jieli's mouth was "snorting" and "snorting" with white gas. looked at Bingzhou City and said helplessly.
"So what to do, I can't take it and merge it. It is impossible for us to have a decisive battle with Li Shimin, once the decisive battle reaches a critical moment. When the people in the city of Bingzhou are killed, we are facing a situation where we are suffering from the enemy on our backs. When the time comes, it will not be us who surround the Don army, but the Don army that will surround us. Ashina Simo, looking at the small county town in front of him, said unwillingly.
The Xianbei people relied on the weakness of the Central Plains Dynasty to destroy this huge country. Even, for a time, he became the master of the country. Now the Turks also want to come like this, and Li Tang is at the beginning. The chaotic war had just ended, and the weakened Li Tang couldn't withstand the heavy blow. Everything is so similar to hundreds of years ago, but there is only one chance in hundreds of years, but it was blocked by the small city of Bingzhou, how could Ashina Simo be willing.
"Maybe the gods are not ready for the Turks to dominate this world!" Jieli shook his horsewhip and turned his horse's head back to the military tent. Leaving the stunned Ashnasmo, when did the Khan of the Turks become a poet.
"I heard that the siege didn't go well?" As soon as he entered the tent, a woman greeted him. This woman is in her thirties, and although she is a half-aged, she can be regarded as good-looking. Especially the noble temperament exuded from the whole body, people are a little afraid to look directly.
A beautiful woman will make a man arouse the most primitive impulses, but a noble woman will make a man respect from the heart. It's as if steel and gold are more noble!
"Yes! The siege of the city was not smooth, I heard that the city was Li Yuan's favorite minister, only twenty years old, what a marquis, very powerful! Jieli let the woman untie himself and sit by the fire. Picked up the copper stove hanging from it and poured himself a glass**.
"Humph! It's just a rebellion against the chaotic party! The woman snorted with her nose and said disdainfully.
"This world is different, you are now the Turkic Khan's Yan clan, and you are no longer the princess of Yicheng of the Great Sui. Da Sui, like the wind and snow outside, stopped when it was done. "Jieli is a little sentimental today, Princess Yicheng is the wife he inherited from his father and brother.
If other thirty-six-year-old women were to look at them, Jieli wouldn't even look at them. Princess Keyicheng is an exception, in addition to her beautiful face, she also has a mind full of wisdom. Without her help, Jieli would never have succeeded to the throne of Khan so smoothly, and it would never have been possible to make all the Turkic tribes submit in such a short time.
This time, Jieli's idea was originally to come to Hebei to grab a hand, so that the Turks could tide over the difficulties brought by the white-haired wind. And Princess Yicheng keenly saw through the current situation. Actively agitated Jieli and took the opportunity to enter the Central Plains. The flowers and mountains of the Central Plains are much stronger than the bitter cold Turkic steppes.
"No matter how strong the wind is, it can blow away the white clouds, but it can't blow away the sky. I can scrape away the sand and gravel, but I can't scrape the earth. The world is the world of the Yang family, and Li Yuan is just an anti-party. As long as the Great Khan supports the government as the emperor, he will definitely be able to quickly win the hearts of the people among the Han people. ”
Looking at Princess Yicheng, Jieli shook his head helplessly. is another crazy woman, thinking about the Yang family's big Sui world, thinking crazy.
Yang Guang's wife, Empress Xiao, was sent to Turkic by Liu Wuzhou, and Yang Guang's grandson Yang Zhengdao followed Empress Xiao to Turkic. In the face of this Yang family's only surviving bloodline, Princess Yicheng, who is an aunt and grandmother, is extremely caring. Although she is only three years old, Princess Yicheng is already thinking about how to send this nephew to the throne. Once again, the world will become the world of her Yang family.
Before coming to the Turks, Princess Yicheng had never left the palace for a single step. After arriving in the Turks, they were even more far away from the Central Plains. She didn't know what her brother Yang Guang had brought to the vast empire. She just thinks that the reason why the Great Sui perished. It is because of Yu Wenhua, Li Yuan, Li Mi and other chaotic parties. As long as the Yang family still has blood, there will definitely be a crowd of followers under the call of ascending.
"How many people do you think will follow a three-year-old emperor by an alien race? Look at the Han slaves outside, what they have become. We looted half of Hebei and Shanxi, but the food we looted was only enough to eat for a month or two. Your idea is too early, and now the Han people want to eat their stomachs more than to have a three-year-old emperor. Can't feed so many mouths outside! Jieli patted Princess Yicheng on the shoulder.
It's not difficult to set up a puppet emperor. In fact, in a few years, Jieli plans to do the same. But now is not the time. The people of Hebei can't even feed themselves, what to feed the Turks and their emperors.
Princess Yicheng didn't think that things could be done so quickly. Anyway, Yang Zhengdao is still young, and it is not too late to wait for a few years. What needs to be done now is to kill Li Tang's army as soon as possible and take the Li family's country. With the country, are you afraid that you won't be able to do without the emperor?
"I have a plan, maybe I can help the Khan capture the city of Bingzhou." Princess Yicheng said with a smile.
"Oh, what's the solution, tell me about it." Jieli listened to Princess Yicheng's words and immediately turned his head. Although this woman is ignorant of civil affairs, she is very politically savvy and clever. A lot of things that seem to be out of the way, she can often have some good solutions.
"Li Yuan appoints a private person, what can a twenty-year-old general do. Come to think of it, it's also a guy who climbed up with a sycophant. This kind of person is for fame and profit. All the Great Khan had to do was reward him with enough goods and secure his future position. Let him sacrifice the city of Bingzhou, what's so difficult? ”
Jieli's eyes lit up, and there was some truth in what this girl said. Since you can't beat it, you can persuade you to surrender! In these years, who will have trouble with money. I really got my head in the water, and I stupidly walked around the city wall in the ice and snow. I didn't think of the key to it!
"Makes sense, makes sense!" Jieli nodded his head and decided that buying was a good idea. Along the way, there is still no shortage of gold and silver. As long as Yun Hao agrees to donate the city, money is not an issue.
"Just who is the right person to send?" Jieli had just become happy, but he began to scratch his head again. This gang of bastards under his own command can be called experts in murder and arson. It's really hard for them to get them to do diplomacy, if they get to the city of Bingzhou. Even if Yun Hao wanted to surrender, he would be screwed up by these bastards.
"There is a candidate for the concubine!" Princess Yicheng said with a smile.