The army easily defeated the Kunlun Pass, and in addition to the Yue people who were stupid and disabled and couldn't run, they were the female slaves who served the generals of the Yue Li Dynasty.

Looking at a group of trembling compatriots in Guanzhong, and many people who were tortured and haggard, Li Kui was so angry that he shouted: "I'm going to kill those bitches." ”

Shi Bao and the others also clenched the blades in their hands, as long as Chao Yong gave an order, they would not hesitate to rush towards those captives, no matter how they bowed.

"All those who are seriously injured and cannot move are killed, and all those who are not injured and relaxed are branded and sent to domestic mines to be enslaved forever. Those who privately save the slaves will be punished for rebellion. ”

Chao Yong coldly dropped a sentence and walked to the place where An Daoquan and others were treating the people.

Soon, a terrible scream sounded behind him.

More than 10,000 people were captured, and only 3,000 were finally branded as Viet Nu, and there were no minor injuries.

The women who were treated by the imperial doctor saw the arrival of the prince in a dragon robe, and knelt on the ground to thank him.

Chao Yong hurriedly said: "Hurry up, it's too late for us to make you suffer." Don't worry, I will avenge you, sweep away the Yue Li Dynasty, and save your relatives. If your home is destroyed by them, the court will rebuild it for you. ”

After the women fell into the hands of the generals of the Yue Li Dynasty, they only thought that they were going to be taken captive to the Yue Li Dynasty, and they would never see their hometown again, and no one could save them, and they would be slaves forever. Unexpectedly, Daliang rushed to save them, and promised to rescue their relatives and help them rebuild their homes.

A group of women became agitated and burst into tears.

Listening to the cries of the countrymen, the steel knives in the hands of the soldiers on the other side were even more ruthless.

Although Kunlun Pass killed thousands of Yue people, the anger in the chests of the Great Liang soldiers did not decrease a little, but became more turbulent. Along the way, what they saw was the traces of burning, killing and looting, but what they saw in Kunlun Pass was how the Yue people treated the Han people, thinking that there were still many Han people who were taken captive, and the soldiers were eager to put on their wings and fly to the Yue Li Dynasty. Burn Thang Long Mansion to the ground and rescue all the Han Chinese.

The next day, Chao Yong led his troops and horses to Yongzhou, and thousands of Vietnamese soldiers in Jinchengyi and Quy Nhon Pu heard about the encounter at Kunlun Pass, so they all abandoned the city and left.

The soldiers of Daliang marched angrily, advanced more than 70 miles, and camped in Quy Nhon Pu that night, only more than 20 miles away from Yongzhou.

It was already afternoon when the defeated soldiers of Kunlun Pass and the Vietnamese soldiers of Jinchengyi and Quy Nhon Pu fled back to Yongzhou, and the escape of these defeated soldiers also alarmed all the soldiers and horses in the city.

The monarchs and ministers of the Yue Li Dynasty heard that the spaceship of the beam could fly hundreds of zhang. A fire thunder can kill dozens of people, and they all suddenly became stunned.

Ruan Richeng, the squire of the military department, swallowed his saliva, and said weakly: "If it is really so powerful, how can we fight?" Are you waiting for them to blow it up in Yongzhou? ”

The others also looked at each other, no one dared to say that they were fighting, and no one dared to say that they would retreat.

Li Qiande saw that everyone looked at each other, and he also knew that they were all retreating, but they were not willing to be the first to say goodbye.

Dutong Zhang Boyu said: "The people of the Thirty-six Mountains will definitely escape when they see the spaceship." ”

A Yue general who escaped back really didn't want to face the fire thunder that fell like the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, and blurted out: "Then let's retreat first." ”

Li Qiande said: "Where to retreat?" If you return to China, won't the soldiers and horses chase after you? ”

Li Qiande also regretted it greatly at this time. When he first ascended the throne, he launched a war of aggression against the Song Dynasty, but was slapped back by the Song Dynasty, and also seized several state capitals of the Yue Li Dynasty. Later, Yue Li Chao said a lot of good things. The Song Dynasty returned it.

After that battle, Li Qiande also realized that the Song Dynasty was not something that the small Yue Li Dynasty could tease. But the Yue people have the characteristics of aggression in their bones, and they are not willing to defend themselves, and they can't fight in the north. The mountains to the west are dense and forested, and it is useless to ask for them, and the sea is to the east. So they went south and took the land that occupied the city.

When Li Gande heard the news that the Liangshan thieves had destroyed the Song Dynasty, he only thought that the Central Plains would be in chaos, and in his mind, the Central Plains would probably not be unified again in more than ten years. At that time, the Yue Li Dynasty will be able to digest Guangxi and Guangdong, and with more population and land in the Song Dynasty, the Yue Li Dynasty may be able to expand northward, and it is not afraid of the dynasty in the Central Plains at all.

It's just that he didn't expect the beam to be unified so quickly, and there are such powerful weapons.

Of course, without such a powerful weapon, they would not have been able to unify the world so quickly.

A general said: "Or we will sue for peace with the beam?" ”

Someone immediately retorted: "How can you ask for it, and send back the people and money you have robbed?" Didn't our dead and wounded sons die in vain? ”

Li Gande shook his head and said, "Even if we send back the population and money, Daliang may not accept our peace proposal. The Western Xia plundered the Han Chinese, and as a result, the Prince of Daliang led his troops to destroy the Western Xia. Western Xia must not have failed to seek peace. ”

Ruan Richeng said: "The lord of the country means that we can only fight? ”

Li Gande nodded and said: "If you want to negotiate peace, you have to delay it until summer, and the continuous rain will make them unaccustomed to water and soil, and produce plagues." Now they must want to destroy us. ”

Ruan Richeng is really a little soft, and he also shouted that he wanted to grab a sum at the beginning, but he is a bully and afraid of hardness, and now he can't wait to escape to the south of the Yue Li Dynasty in one go. Hearing this, he said: "It's only January now, and it will start to rain in April, where are we going to fight them for three months?" ”

Dutong Zhang Boyu said: "It's better for us to send an envoy to Daliang to ask for peace, and it is better to send an envoy to Tokyo to ask for guilt." They have to tell Tokyo, hurry up, and it will take at least ten days to come and go. We keep making peace with them, and we can always drag them out for a while. ”

When Li Qiande heard this, his eyes lit up, and he nodded: "If this plan is good, then we will have a plan to delay the army." Who is going to ask Prince Liang for his guilt? ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately lowered their heads, and no one wanted to be a messenger, although the two countries were at war and did not kill the envoys, but they burned and looted on the Guangxi Road, and they did not think that the Han people would keep the "courtesy" as before.

Li Gande looked around, saw that Zhang Boyu also bowed his head and said nothing, and said: "This strategy is all unified, so let the capital go." As long as this is done, I will promote you to the rank of lieutenant. ”

Zhang Boyu saw that the lord of the country gave an order, so he had no choice but to accept the order.

As soon as Li Qiande asked people to go to Zhang Luo to give Chao Yong a gift, he heard that the lord of the thirty-six mountains had come to him.

After the lord of the thirty-six mountains withdrew, he also prevented the Yue Li Dynasty from robbing them, and then fled back, so he did not camp in Yongzhou City, but camped outside the city. Seeing the defeat of the Kunlun Pass soldiers and horses, they retreated. They rushed to inquire about the news.

Li Qiande let thirty-six people in, and there was chaos in the hall immediately.

"Why did Kunlun Pass fail?"

"Why did the soldiers and horses of Jinchengyi and Quy Nhon Pu come back?"

"Are you going to run back?"

……

Although the forces of the Thirty-six Mountains are large and small, none of them have a leader, and they questioned Li Qiande for a while.

Li Qiande still had the Thirty-six Mountains, and it was not easy to turn against them, and said: "Daliang has attacked Kunlun Pass, and there are not many soldiers and horses in Jinchengyi and Quy Nhunpu, so I let them withdraw." We fought a decisive battle with the soldiers and horses of Daliang in Yongzhou City, and we also asked you lords to be ready to fight at any time. ”

One of the lords doubted, "Aren't you trying to escape?" ”

Li Gande shook his head and said: "Behind me is the land of the Li Dynasty, how can we lead the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang to our country." ”

"Yes. You can run a monk, but you can't run the temple. ”

"yes, they shouldn't run."

The lord of the 36 mountains exchanged views and felt that Li Qiande was unlikely to lead the flames of war to his own land. As for fighting in Yongzhou, they have no opinion, Yongzhou is a city of the Han people, and they have their own mountains and forests and stockades in the 36 mountains, as long as they don't fight in their stockades.

Li Qiande watched the stupid lord of the Thirty-six Mountains go back, and also ordered the soldiers and horses in the city to prepare for battle.

Night. After Li Gande's soldiers and horses had already laid down the village in Quy Nhon, he urged Zhang Boyu to come overnight to ask for surrender.

When Chao Yong heard that a Yue envoy was asking for a meeting outside, he immediately said to Hua Rong on duty: "The leader is killed, and the entourage is reduced to slavery." Resist and kill them all. ”

Zhang Boyu was waiting for news outside the city with soldiers and horses, when he heard that soldiers and horses suddenly surrounded him, and hurriedly shouted: "We are here to ask for peace, please let us meet the prince." ”

"Your Excellency. Let's rush back. ”

The guards dragged Zhang Boyu to leave.

Zhang Boyu saw that the archers on the city wall had already opened their bows and arrows, shook his head and said: "We can't go, don't resist, maybe there is still a way to live." Otherwise, you will be killed by random arrows in no time. ”

The guards also felt that there were a lot of soldiers and horses gathered around, and even if they escaped from the range of the archers, they could not rush out, so they could only form a circle back to back.

The soldiers and horses gathered around stopped a few feet away, and surrounded Zhang Boyu and his party in the middle.

Hua Rong shouted on the city wall: "Put down your weapons, or you will be killed." ”

Zhang Boyu was originally from Han nationality, and when he heard Hua Rong's shout, he hurriedly asked the guards to abandon their weapons.

Hua Rong saw that the soldiers and horses below had already arrested Zhang Boyu and the others, so he shouted: "The head is beheaded, and the rest are taken to the back to be branded with a slave mark." ”

Zhang Boyu also thought that if he was arrested, he would have the opportunity to see the prince, and he would not necessarily lose his life, so he hurriedly shouted: "The general spares his life, I am a Han." ”

Hua Rong shouted: "The Han people helped the Yue people to invade our land, and they should be killed even more, and they will be repaid." ”

The centurion who led the troops below did not hesitate any longer, and the steel knife in his hand swung violently, and a head fell into the dirt, and the centurion picked up the head and went to the city to hand over the order.

Hua Rong glanced at the hideous head, waved his hand, and said, "Hang above the city gate, so that people can see the fate of aiding and abetting." ”

"Yes"

Hundreds of zhang away from the city gate, a dark-skinned Yue man lay on the ground, and when he heard the Han people in front of him surrounding Zhang Boyu and his party, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out. After lying on the ground for a while, he heard that there was no sound around him, and then he dared to get up and run towards Yongzhou.

When this spy ran back to Yongzhou, it was already the fourth watch.

Li Gande was woken up from his deep sleep, and heard the spies say that Daliang had directly taken down Zhang Boyu and others, and hurriedly called for people to invite the people in the city to discuss matters in the future.

The generals of the Yue Li Dynasty hurriedly came, and when they heard that Da Liang had taken Zhang Boyu directly, their faces suddenly changed.

Ruan Richeng said: "Daliang took Zhang Dutong, he must have refused to negotiate peace, and he should lead his troops to fight after dawn, so we have to make plans early." ”

Li Gande said: "Since the Great Liang is unwilling to negotiate peace, then we will fight with them." The soldiers of the Li Dynasty are no worse than the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty. ”

The generals were not encouraged, the Yue Li Dynasty was slapped back by the Song Dynasty, and now they are the Liang soldiers who destroyed the Song Dynasty, as well as the spaceship and fire and thunder to help, and the gap between the two is still relatively obvious.

If it was before, Li Qiande would have said it casually, and the courtiers in the court and China would have responded enthusiastically, but today it is a little silent.

Li Gande saw that everyone had no fighting spirit, and he stood up and shouted: "The battle between us and Daliang is inevitable. If we retreat, we will only lead the soldiers and horses to our land, and then our people will be poisoned by the flames of war. Moreover, there are 36 barbarian soldiers in Yongzhou to help, and they can share a lot of pressure for us, so we have to resist the soldiers and horses of Daliang in Yongzhou. The grain and grass in Yongzhou City is enough for us to hold out for a few months, and our goal is to hold out until April, when the rainy season arrives, it is time for us to counterattack. Ruan Pingping, you take people to seal all the city gates, and we will defend Yongzhou to the death. Those who escaped from the battle were killed. ”

This was a lesson that Li Gande had learned from the defeats of the Southern Song Dynasty and Lü Shinang, and he went to war outside the city. After being bombarded with fire and thunder, the army is likely to collapse at once. So he chose to defend to the death and cut off the way of retreat, and the soldiers could only defend to the death. As long as the fire and thunder of the beam are consumed, and only the sword and gun are used to fight, the 70,000 soldiers and horses in the city are enough to hold on for several months.

When the generals heard that Li Gande was going to seal the city gate and cut off their retreat, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Nguyen Nhat Thanh said: "I heard that the gunpowder of the girder can blow through the city wall, if we seal all the city gates. Once they blow up the city wall, won't they be caught in their urns? ”

Li Gande stared at Ruan Richeng and said: "If the city wall is blown up, we will block it with swords and guns, and we can only fight and not retreat." Those who retreat again will be beheaded for public display. ”

Li Qiande has been on the throne for 49 years, and he has been very good at civil and martial arts, once he has made a decision. Few people in the DPRK and China dare to question it.

Speaking of which, Li Qiande was not very old, only fifty-six years old at this time, and he was just seven years old when he ascended the throne. forced the queen mother at that time to be martyred, and then let her biological mother be the queen mother. Li Gande never gave birth to an heir, until two years ago, when he felt that he could not give birth to a son, so he adopted his brother Li Yanghuan, the son of the Marquis of Chongxian, to be the prince.

Li Qiande was fifty-six years old, and the crown prince was three years old, and if the emperor was someone else, the officials in the court and the central government had to force the emperor to make an older clan the crown prince. Otherwise, something may happen at Li Qiande's age at any time, how can the three-year-old prince maintain the stability of the country. But in the face of the strong Li Qiande, all the officials did not dare to say anything.

When the generals saw Li Qiande's eyes full of murderous intent, they were so frightened that they were silent.

Ruan Pingping, who was ordered to seal the city, plucked up the courage to ask: "Don't you transfer the soldiers and horses of the 36 mountains in?" ”

Li Gande shook his head and said: "The soldiers and horses of the Thirty-six Mountains will not fight to the death, and once the battle is not good, they will definitely escape." Letting them into the city will only break the morale of our army, and it may also cause infighting. Before blocking the city gate, he informed the soldiers and horses of the thirty-six mountains, saying that we would defend the city to the death, and asked them to stick to the camp. ”

Ruan Pingping was suspicious: "If you notify them, I'm afraid they won't stick to it, right?" ”

Li Gande said: "If they escape, Daliang will definitely not let them go." If they can lead the soldiers and horses to the left and right rivers, they can also delay time for us. Alright, you go, and all the gates will be blocked before dawn. ”

"Yes"

Nguyen Pingping took the order and left.

Li Gande and other generals discussed the matter of defending to the death, and finally decided to use 5,000 men to defend each wall, and 10,000 people in the city as reserves, ready to plug possible gaps at any time. The 70,000 soldiers and horses in the city were divided into two groups of defenses day and night.

When Nguyen reported that all the city gates had been blocked, Li Gande asked the generals to go to the army to convey his will.

When the lord of the 36th Ridge heard that the soldiers and horses of the Yue Li Dynasty were blocking the city gate and preparing to defend Yongzhou, he began to make noise. Some people advocate that each country should go back to its own mountain, and some people advocate using the coalition army to resist the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang, so as not to be broken by the Great Liang.

Before everyone could come up with a result, they heard a thunderous sound from far and near.

One of the lords panicked, "What sound? ”

"It seems to be cavalry, or a brigade of cavalry."

"Check it out."

"Look at it."

When the lord of the thirty-six mountains walked to the front of the camp, he saw the dust rising in the distance, and the boundless horse army charging towards him.

There are very few war horses in Guangxi, and most of them are short horses from Dali, while the war horses of Huarong are all from Liao, which are much taller than Dali horses.

Many of the barbarians who crowded to the front of the camp to check were so frightened by the momentum of the horse army that they turned around and fled to the back.

The thirty-six mountain lords are also colorless, the soldiers and horses in their mountains are infantry, and they are used to fighting in the mountains and forests, and the mountains and forests outside Yongzhou City have long been cut down, although it is not an endless plain, but the low hills can not stop the cavalry.

The Yue people in Yongzhou City were also like facing a great enemy, one by one with bows and arrows, ready to shoot the cavalry close to the city wall.

After dawn, the soldiers and horses of Daliang buried the pot to cook, and a spaceship flew directly into the sky, and with the help of telescopes, the situation from Quy Nhon to Yongzhou was under control.

There were no ambushes along the way, so Chao Yong asked Hua Rong to lead the cavalry directly to Yongzhou to prevent the Yue and the 36 barbarians from escaping.

Hua Rong led his troops to Yongzhou City, and stopped two miles outside Yongzhou City.

The adjutant general pointed to the barbarian camp not far west of Yongzhou City and said, "The barbarian camp is shabby, and it can't stop our cavalry. We could have broken the barbarians before the army arrived. ”

The generals around Hua Rong also nodded.

The barbarian camp did not bury antlers, dig trenches, and set up camp walls like the Han people, but only circled the front of the camp with tree branches, but was more like an orchard to prevent children from stealing fruit, rather than preventing soldiers and horses from attacking the camp. The tents in the camp were not neat, but there were many tents scattered around, and many of them were tree branches, and the camp tent was wrapped in a layer of cloth, and there were uneven branches on the outside.

Of course, the lord of the thirty-six mountains did not think about defending the camp to the death, but was ready to join forces with the Yue Li Dynasty to kill and retreat the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang, so they went back to various places, this time they followed the Yue Li Dynasty to loot the Guangxi Road, and the money and goods they grabbed were enough for them to enjoy in the mountains and forests for decades. It's just that they didn't expect the Yue Li Dynasty to suddenly block the city gate and not prepare to fight, so they left them out of the city. (To be continued......)