Chapter 486: Golden Mountain Wolves
readx; The smoke of the beacon of Sabitze reached into the sky, and the three beacon towers from Sabitze to the end of the city also lit up in turn, and at the same time, carrier pigeons soared in the sky, spreading the news that the Tibetan army was about to attack Anxi throughout Anxi. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
And the end of the city is a garrison of the Tang army, belonging to the Khotanese military town, plus the Tang army garrison of the surrounding small cities, a total of about 2,000 people, with the four towns of Anxi are soldiers and horses to make He Lou Yurun lead the Anxi strong army to arrive at the end of the city, at this time has increased to 7,000 people, the defense has been greatly strengthened.
Because the end of the city is the first big city of the Tubo army to attack Anxi, so the end of the city has been repaired several times, especially after the battle of Sabize three years ago, Li Qing'an ordered a major repair of the end of the city, the city wall was heightened and reinforced, and outside the city dug a moat three zhang wide and two zhang deep, and the end of the city was built like an iron bucket.
At this moment, the general He Lou Yurun stood on the city wall, staring at the direction of Sabize, from Sabize came nervous news, the Tang army patrol has found a total of 30,000 Tubo troops, is marching to Sabize, He Lou Yurun is very worried in his heart, whether Sabi City can withstand the impact of 30,000 Tubo army, definitely not, there is no doubt that Sabi City is not very strong, even if it is strong, but the number of people defending the city is too small, it can not withstand the attack of the Tubo army, it seems that Sabi City can only be abandoned, concentrate forces to deal with the Tubo army.
In addition to Sabi City, He Lou Yurun was more worried about the severity of the Tubo army's attack on Anxi this time, they were attacking Anxi on a large scale, is there a steady stream of troops behind them? Or is it just a tentative attack, where are their real goals? Is it Shazhou, Anxi, or Tochar? It is difficult for him to make an accurate judgment, this is the advantage of the Tubo people, they are down from the plateau, they can randomly attack in all directions, while it is difficult for the Tang army to set foot on the plateau to attack their lair, but in any case, he has to deal with the 30,000 Tubo army in front of him first.
"Take my orders!"
He Lou Yurun finally made a decision, "Order the Tang army in Sabi City to destroy the city, and the whole army will return to the end city immediately!" ”
....... "Boom! "A loud noise came from the city of Sabi, a grain warehouse in the city collapsed, more than 100 cavalry quickly rushed out of the city, the fire was raging behind them, more than 1,000 Tang soldiers outside the city have put more than 100 thick ropes on the city wall, and the cavalry in the city rushed out, more than 1,000 people began to pull hard, the west city wall that has been demolished is crumbling, and finally fell down, the defender of the city of Sabi is called Luo Shengjun, is a general, he saw that the Tang army and materials have been withdrawn from the city of Sabi, so he immediately ordered: "The whole army immediately retreats and ends the city." ”
At this time, a captain stepped forward and reported: "General Luo, the Lin Mu team of the second patrol team and the twenty brothers have not returned yet, do you want to wait for them?" ”
Luo Shengjun immediately shook his head and said: "The 30,000 troops of Tubo have already arrived thirty miles away, and there is no room for waiting, so you can send someone to tell them and return directly to the end of the city." ”
Seeing that everyone was ready, he immediately waved his hand and ordered, "Go!" ”
More than 1,000 Tang troops turned their horses' heads and rushed to the northwest, gradually disappearing at the end of the grassland.
Not long after the Tang army left the city of Sabi, a black line appeared at the edge of the forest in the south, and as the black line got closer and closer, the sound of thunderous horses' hooves also came, and the black line gradually turned into an overwhelming black carpet, and the 30,000 Tibetan army arrived at the city of Sabi.
The Tibetan general Shang Jiasu seemed a little worried, he had just received an order from Shang Xi Dongzan, ordering him to take the Tang army's Shule military town within twenty days, the order was given to him, but the army did not increase him, if it was just to attack a city and a town, this was no problem, but 30,000 troops wanted to capture the three important towns of Jimo, Khotan, and Shule, it seemed a little difficult, and Shang Jiasu also saw Shang Xi Dongzan's selfishness.
Originally, Zampu meant to let him fight Tocharian, because he was very familiar with the big and small Bolu, and Shang Xi Dongzan came to fight Anxi, first, he had a lot of troops, and secondly, he was defeated from Anxi three years ago, but now it is the other way around, Shang Xi Dongzan used the power of the main general to order himself to lead his subordinates to attack the difficult Tang army town and contain the main force of the Tang army, while he Shang Xi Dongzan led the army to attack Tocharian where the Tang army was empty.
Shang Jiasu was depressed, but helpless, at this time, a personal attendant said: "General, the Tang army seems to have given up Sabi City." ”
Shang Jiasu put up the curtain and looked in the direction of the city of Sabi, only to see a pillar of black smoke rising from the city of Sapi, straight into the sky, Shang Jiasu urged the horse to gallop, and ran to the city in a moment, only to see that the city wall had collapsed, the city gate was also smashed, the city was burning with raging fire, the military camps, houses and various facilities in the city were burned, and the whole city had no use value.
"General, why don't we move the logistics here!" An officer suggested.
Shang Jiasu pondered for a moment, but still shook his head, at present, his logistics herdsmen are in the area of Wulan Lake, about two hundred miles away from here, if they move to Sabize, they are easy to be attacked by the Tang army, and three years ago, Shang Xi Dongzan was defeated by the Tang army in logistics.
"Leave Sabize alone, immediately turn around and march towards the end of the city!"
..... Just when the Tubo army was marching towards the end of the city, a Hui cavalry composed of 30,000 people had crossed the Jinshan, and suddenly killed the area of Xuanchi, the old nest of the Qarlu people, this Hui cavalry was led by the right killing general Hemo Dagan, the initial strategy of the Hui people was to surprise attack the North Garden, but at this time the Qarlu army, the Shatuo army and the Tongluo army had returned to the North Court, He Mo Dagan changed his strategy, bypassing the Jinshan from the north, and raiding the old nest of the Qarlu people, he planned to cross the Duotan Mountains and go south along the Yibo Sea, Finally, it directly attacked Broken Leaf City, the base camp of the Anxi army.
This is a few months ago the Tibetan envoy Jisang Jiagong back and forth to the Hui and Gele Khan reached an agreement, the two sides formed a strategic alliance, jointly deal with the Tang Dynasty, they made an appointment to hunt in Anxi on the occasion of the autumn high horse fat, according to the agreement reached between the two countries, this time the Tubo army sent 200,000 troops to attack Longyou and Anxi, and the Hui people sent 50,000 troops to attack Beiting, but after Gele Khan and his ministers discussed, in order to prevent the Tang army from attacking Fuguicheng, they decided to reduce 20,000 cavalry, and the 30,000 army attacked Beiting instead, in order to cooperate with the Tubo army to go north.
The area around Xuanchi is full of the camp tents of the Qarlu people, the grassland here is vast, the pasture is abundant, it is the best place for grazing, but it is late autumn at this time, the grass of the grassland has gradually withered yellow, the wind blows strongly, in another month, the first snow will sweep the north and south of Jinshan, the herdsmen have returned the sheep and horses to the circle, they dry the tender grass into dry grass in the spring, just to give the cattle and sheep the winter at this time.
The morning sun was exceptionally warm, and today there was surprisingly no wind, and a camp of thousands of tents was very lively, the smoke from the Qarluq tent was like a slender and towering birch tree, rising straight into the sky, the warm sun shone between the tents, the women milking goats, groups of children riding ponies between the tents and playing the big tent games, and the joyful laughter echoed between the tents.
In the chief's splendid tent, the assassin Montenegro sat at the small table, squinting at his three newly married young wives to make goat milk tea for him, his three new wives were all delicate and lovely, the eldest was only eighteen years old, the youngest was sixteen years old, and the youngest wife was only three days old.
Since the Qarluqs were completely attached to Anxi, they no longer had to sell their cattle and sheep in exchange for grain and tea, and as a reward for their troops, Anxi gave them 200,000 stone of grain and 30,000 quintals of tea every year, and their cattle and sheep were kept for their own enjoyment, in addition to their warriors who also sent back furs, women, and other wealth plundered from the Hui to their lair.
At this time of the year, the Qarluqs were still grazing on the grasslands, letting the cattle and sheep gnaw the autumn grass again, and they would not return to the camp until at least three or four days before the snow, but now, there is still a month before the snow falls, and they have no heart to graze, so they start to raise cattle and sheep in captivity early, and begin to give themselves winter vacations, almost every household has female slaves snatched from the Hui, and the Qarluqs begin to enjoy the life of their slave owners.
In the old winter, near the tent the young warriors fought on horseback, but now it was deserted, and the men's swords and leather armor were removed from the tent walls and replaced with beautiful furs, and bows and arrows were thrown into the corners, and they were covered with dust.
The great chieftain plotted to assassinate Montenegro to get wealth that had filled three tents, and there were more than 20 female slaves, but the three women who became his wives were all the daughters of nobles who were snatched from the Hui Dynasty, and they were absolutely beautiful, and one of them was still the concubine of Gele Khan, and he was counting on them to give birth to several more sons to him.
The youngest wife is called Duoyunnu, the daughter of Yanzhijialuo, who is the daughter of Yanzhijialuo, she picked up the golden milk pot, knelt in front of the assassination of Montenegro, and poured him a cup of milk tea, this is a very beautiful girl, she is petite and exquisite, fair-skinned, under the long eyelashes is a pair of childish big eyes, she is delicate, almost like a flower like jade, and her demeanor is also extremely charming.
It could be seen that the assassin Montenegro also liked this youngest wife very much, he reached out and pinched her delicate face, and said with a smile: "Didn't you say last night that you wanted a separate tent?" Yes, you have it tonight, I will sleep with you at night, remember, you have to serve me well. ”
"Yes!"
Duoyunnu held the milk tea in both hands and held it high above his head, "Great Chief, please drink milk tea!" Her tone was very humble, but when she lowered her head, a hateful look flashed in her eyes, and she plotted to assassinate Black Mountain to take the milk tea, but the short handle of the knife on his waist was exposed, and Duoyun Nu stared at the short handle tightly, and his chest began to rise and fall violently.
"What's wrong with you?"
Seeing that her hands were trembling, she couldn't help but ask a little strangely, at this moment, the milk pot on the table vibrated slightly, and the lid of the pot rang non-stop, and the other two wives stood up in panic, I don't know what happened, I am experienced in assassinating Montenegro, he immediately realized that something was wrong, it should be a horse's hoof vibration, and a large group of horses rushed over.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of confusion outside, only to hear someone shouting, the voice was frightened, and the assassination of Montenegro stood up at once, strode to the door, and saw thousands of people running outside, many people had already mounted their horses and fled to the south, and they couldn't take care of their property and cattle and sheep, he shouted and asked, "What happened?" ”
"Great Chief, look over there!"
A herdsman pointed to the north, plotting to stab the black mountain probe to look to the north, and suddenly frightened his soul was not possessed, only to see a few miles away in the north, a black oppressive cavalry is overwhelming this side, countless embroidered wolf head flags flying in the air, the sky is also covered by the flag, just like the situation when the sandstorm comes, in front of the cavalry, there are hundreds of Qarlu herdsmen in a hurry to escape, but soon they were swallowed up by the cavalry, without a trace.
He suddenly screamed, turned and fled, there was a horse beside his big tent, and he untied the reins and turned on his horse, and then the multi-cloud slave ran out of the tent, and shouted with open arms: "Chief, please take me!" ”
The assassination of Montenegro hurt this little wife who was only sixteen years old, and he immediately reached out to her, "Get on the horse!" ”
The Hui people, both men and women, were proficient in horsemanship, and Duoyunnu turned over and got on his horse, sat in front of him, hugged his waist tightly with both hands, and turned his horse's head and shouted: "Sit down, I want to go......"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly shook his whole body, and lowered his head incredulously, only to see a dagger deeply inserted into his waist, and the dagger was held in the hand of his little wife Duoyunnu, who pulled out the dagger violently and shouted, "You go to die!" ”
She plunged the dagger into his chest, piercing his heart, and the moment he was killed, he heard Doyunnu's last vicious words.
"I tell you, I am not the daughter of Xiangguo, I am the daughter of the Hui Khan, you defile my innocence, I want you Qarlu people to pay a thousand times the price."
....... The 30,000 Hui cavalry swept in like a storm, they cut down the tents, killed men and children, plundered the women, and everywhere screamed and cried, rivers of blood flowed, dead bodies were everywhere, and then I saw a young woman running up, carrying a human head in her hand and shouting: "I am the Hui princess Doyun Nu, the great chief of the Qarluqs has been slain by me!" ”
He Modagan rushed forward, and when he recognized the cloudy slave, he cried out in surprise and joy, "Princess, are you not dead yet?" ”
Filled with hatred, Doyunnu shouted hysterically, "I am not dead, but I have been defiled by the Qarluqs, and I want you to kill them all, even babies!" ”
"Yes!"
He Mo Dagan gave the order to kill without mercy, and the Uighur cavalry immediately divided into fifty teams, with Xuanchi as the center, and slaughtered in all directions, this time, the Qarluqs suffered an unprecedented catastrophe.
........ The news of the massacre of Gelulu by tens of thousands of Hui cavalry reached the city of Broken Leaves three days later, and the Anxi army was shaken, and the Anxi political hall immediately changed the plan of going south to Tocharian to defend Tubo, and transferred the elite of the 20,000 Tang army to the north to the seven defensive cities north of the broken leaves.
(To be continued)