The march on the plains, with a little baggage, seventy miles a day was quite easy, and arrived at the eastern suburbs of Jialinzhou in the evening of the same day, Hao Tianying received the report and led the troops out to greet him, and was a little surprised to see the Uighur prince leading his troops to accompany him, and immediately jumped to try to make a provocation, Xuan Chongwen hurriedly persuaded and arranged for the Uighur army to camp five miles away. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It was late that day and it was inconvenient to attack the city, Xuan Chongwen was worried about his combat mission, let the army enter the camp, and Hao Tianying took a hundred and ten horsemen from the horse to the city to watch, and saw that the city wall was only more than two zhang high, but the defenders were very dense, and there was no need to fight.

"It is difficult to transport logistics grain and grass, we only brought ten days of dry food, including your Ma Army's, what is the situation in Hutu City in the north and Tianbao County in the west, there is not much time!" Xuan Chongwen said a little anxiously.

"The horse army that fled back from the Fold Gezhi is about 3,500 horsemen, plus about 2,000 old and weak people who stayed behind, and the 1,000 soldiers who retreated from the military city, more than 6,500 troops! Tianbao County plus Jiaocheng and Dadou have a total of about 1,500 military cities, you can ignore it, we have cut off the road to Tianbao County in the west, and at present, Xue Keyan and Wang Tingxun led 2,000 horsemen to camp in the west of the city to guard the main road. Hao Tianying reported the general situation.

"Shen Nian's 10,000 clan soldiers, plus Shen Panruo and Shen Jialan as hostages, can they be in the city? Did you send scouts into the city at night to make contact? Xuan Chongwen was a little worried, if this 10,000 clan soldiers were used by the Ge Branch, it would be troublesome to attack the city.

"It was sent every night, and the defenders were like frightened birds, and now the alarm is very much, but unfortunately they fail every time." Hao Tianying smiled bitterly.

"This is the old nest of the Zhe Kui clan, and it has been painstakingly operated for more than 100 years, and I am afraid that it will take a little effort to fight it." Xuan Chongwen was a little depressed, the military rations were insufficient, and the time was very short.

Early the next morning, Xuan Chongwen sent Xue Keyan to lead 500 cavalry to send the Falcon army out of the country, and he had to send it all the way to the Yanzhi Mountain Pass, fifty miles northwest of the Dadou Army City. If the Uighurs did not send someone to supervise their companions, it would be a huge loss of people and property if they plundered along the way.

As soon as the Uighur army left, Xuan Chongwen then held a military meeting and sent craftsmen to assemble ladders, chariots, trebuchets and other heavy equipment, which took half a day, and in the afternoon, the soldiers had lunch and were well rested, and under Xuan Chongwen's order, they drove out of the camp and lined up in the city.

It is still very easy to line up with a small number of troops, with Li Shiwen leading the Shuofang army of 2,500 people as the left army in the south, Shi Deyuan leading the Yisheng army with the same strength as the left army in the north, and Xuan Chongwen leading the three infantry regiments of the Zhenyuan army as the middle army. Each army is equipped with 40 ordinary wooden ladders, 3 cloud ladders, 10 light trebuchets, and the Chinese army is equipped with another rushing vehicle, and then prepares to attack the city.

The drums of war were beating, and the three armies advanced fifty paces each, which was already within the range of crossbows and trebuchets, and the undefending enemy did not have these heavy weapons. A herald galloped out of the Chinese army, and when he was 120 paces below the city, he bent his bow and arrows, and shot an arrow tied with a letter of persuasion, and then struck his horse a little farther away.

Not long after, the head of the city also shot an arrow, the herald stepped forward, the person on the horseback of the foot upside down the saddle, played an "upside-down golden hook" to pick up the arrow, and quickly ran back to the Chinese army, jumped off the horse, to Xuan Chongwen horse to present the letter.

"Humph! The thief's heart is not dead, seeing that half of Liangzhou is unobtainable, he wants Tianbao County as a place to stand, it's too late! Xuan Chongwen said angrily, and handed the letter to Li Duofu, Song Lingguang and others, the leaders of the second regiment behind him.

"Exactly! Is there any reason to compromise at that point? Li Duofu said a word, unfolded the thin silk letter and read it, and laughed in surprise: "The old thief is finally dead, and the people in the city are in turmoil, which can save a lot of trouble." ”

"Three-way drumming is over! Armies ready to fight! Xuan Chongwen then gave the order, and the war drums of the Chinese army rumbled again.

Soon, in addition to the horse army of 2,000 horsemen outside the two city gates in the east and west of the city to monitor and watch, the 8,000 infantry army all pressed, the three armies attacked from the left and right and the city gate at the same time, each sent a battalion of crossbowmen to cover, a battalion to cover and drill into the ladder, two battalions carried ordinary wooden ladders forward, and finally as a reserve, with the main general to sweep the formation.

Jialin Prefecture was originally also a county seat, the circumference was only twelve miles, only two gates in the east and west, there was no urn city gate, it was easier to attack, but the result was that the defenders were more troops, and the leaders of the central tribe of the Zhe Kui tribe were concentrated in the city, each with a small number of private soldiers, plus the old and weak available to the people, were all recruited by the Zhige branch, the actual defenders were nearly 10,000, as soon as the battle started, it was very fierce.

The Zhou army climbed the city twice, but was driven down by the defenders, and the back of the city gate was also blocked by a boulder, although the city gate was broken, the stone wall was still there, and the total casualties were six or seven hundred, which made Xuan Chongwen very surprised, so he had to give up.

After all, the defenders have no way to retreat, and it is reasonable to stubbornly defend the city. At dinner, he led his troops to patrol the camp, and then called the generals to discuss the matter, and ordered that the city must be broken within one day tomorrow. As soon as the military meeting ended, the generals had not left, and the rangers who were patrolling the night outside the camp reported that a fire broke out in the city.

Xuan Chongwen was greatly surprised, and climbed the watchtower at the head of the camp wall with Li Duofu, Zong Jingcheng, Yan Chengwang and other regimental generals, only to see that the fire in the city was getting bigger and bigger, and it seemed to have become a burning trend, accompanied by bursts of shouts and killings.

"What's going on? Are they infighting? Zong Jingcheng subconsciously wondered.

"I'm afraid it's not as simple as infighting, but remember that Shen Nian has 10,000 clan soldiers in the city?" Li Duofu tilted his head and thought about it.

"Huh? Oh, yes! In the afternoon, we attacked the city, Shen Banruo must have known in the city, and it was normal to make some moves, so should we start a night battle and continue to attack the city? Yan Chengwang also said.

"Attack a bird? In the afternoon, the first battle lost six or seven hundred soldiers, and you didn't see the situation in the wounded barracks? Let them make trouble...... I don't think it's better to retreat and open your pockets for them to drill, how easy it is to win this battle. Zong Jingcheng thought about it and suggested loudly.

"That's too ruthless! There will be many innocent people killed and injured in that city......" Yan Chengwang didn't finish his words, and he couldn't go on, because all the generals were staring at him viciously.

"Dead to your family?" Zong Jingcheng said unceremoniously that in the afternoon, he killed a senator under his command, and he was so angry that he couldn't kill a few more people to vent his evil anger.

"Labor and management didn't offend you, they just expressed their opinions on the war, who is your mother scolding?" Yan Chengwang was furious, his round eyes began to roll up his sleeves, but the cowhide bracers with copper nails tied to his arms were tied to the sleeves of a ghost.

"What is this for?" Xuan Chongwen glanced left and right at a few people, his purple face with a beard collapsed, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, and he was a little not angry and arrogant.

I saw that the fire in the city was soaring, the smoke was billowing out, and the shouts of killing came in bursts, and it was estimated that if there was no battle to extinguish the fire, this city was not good, and it would become a ruin tomorrow. (To be continued.) )