Chapter 142: Slaughtering the City Swears
Youzhou Gao Kaidao and the five leaders of the Xi clan gathered in one place, and the atmosphere was pleasant.
Xi nationality is also one of the enduring ethnic groups in the grassland, in the early days because in the east of the Xiongnu, it was called Donghu, in the Han Dynasty called Wuhuan, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties it was renamed Xianbei, and now it is named after Xi nationality. The Xi people live in the area of Weak Water Prefecture, Qili Prefecture, Luogui Prefecture, Tailu Prefecture, and Qiye Prefecture, and are divided into five departments: the Ahui Department, the Division and the Department, the Ao Loss Department, the Duji Department, and the Yuan Qi Folding Department.
The strength of each of them is not strong, but the victory lies in mutual dependence, as close as a family, one side is in trouble, and the four sides support, forming a unique existence on the grassland. The steppe people also habitually regard them as a whole, and dare not think of them separately.
The Xi people are descendants of Xianbei, who speak the Xianbei language, which is naturally common in the grassland, and Gao Kaidao specially learned the Xianbei language in order to hug the Turkic thighs, and there is no obstacle to talking with the leaders of the five tribes of the Xi people.
"King Xi, great chiefs, the scouts I sent have already inquired about the latest movements of Datang, they have arrived in Dingzhou, and they may enter Youzhou at any time, and it is only a day or two away from us. I think we've almost reaped the harvest, can we withdraw our troops? Li Tang's commander was Luo Shixin, who was a fierce master, and 10,000 Turkic soldiers easily let him be wiped out. Gao Kaidao's face was happy and smiling.
Perhaps accustomed to the invasion of the Turks in the autumn of successive years, the defense of the Tang border army in the spring was not deep. The local border army can deal with Gao Kaidao, but against the Xi cavalry who occupy a place in the grassland, there is a feeling of eggs hitting stones.
Although Gao Kaidao is brave and resourceful. But after all, he has also led ten years of soldiers, and he will also plan and tactics. This time he used some means. He led the troops in the open, and ordered the Xi people to be in the dark. One after the other. On the New Year, the border soldiers, under the leadership of Shi Wangxu, the governor of Youzhou, attacked Gao Kaidao and repelled the invasion head-on. It was also because of this that the border army felt that Gao Kaidao was nothing more than that, and they didn't care, and directly sent troops to meet it.
As a result, 30,000 Xi cavalry were slaughtered and the Tang border army was completely defeated. Almost all of them were wiped out.
Originally, there were border armies in various states and counties to protect each other, and according to the previous fighting methods, they were waiting for help. Ability to minimize losses. Now that the border soldiers have been defeated, the remaining soldiers can only barely protect important states and counties, and the small rural counties are powerless, allowing Gao Kaidao and the Xi people to sweep away.
The harvest of this entry sweep. More than ever before. It is also because local officials attach importance to farming. The fields in Youzhou are full of seedlings, and Gao Kaidao swept away the seedlings, solving Yuyang's urgent need. For the harvest of this invasion, Gao Kaidao is already quite satisfied. Especially when I knew that the leading soldier of the Tang Dynasty was Luo Shixin, I couldn't help but be stunned in my heart, annihilating 20,000 Turkic soldiers in two wars, and even the Turkic Khan Jieli remembered the three words Luo Shixin, not to mention the dog raised by Jieli.
King Xi Ah Hui was dissatisfied: "Aren't you still resting?" It's okay. At our speed, we will wait for them to enter Youzhou, and it will be too late to retreat boldly. ”
The Great Chief Du Jihu said: "What the king said is reasonable. This hasn't been snapped up yet. The opportunity is rare, how can you not grab more points? "They have the most soldiers and horses, and the materials they have grabbed are naturally far better than Gao Kaidao. In addition, they entered the country for the first time to loot, and they didn't know what it meant to stop in moderation, so their desires fascinated their eyes and they were reluctant to leave.
The big chiefs of the other three departments are the same, and they all say that they haven't grabbed enough.
Gao Kaidao shouted anxiously: "Greed for many bad things, I have experience in this area, it is better to withdraw to Yuyang quickly." ”
Xi Wang Ah Hui thought about it, and felt that the help of Gao Kaidao would be indispensable for another invasion in the future, and he didn't want to cause unhappiness on both sides, so he said kindly: "The last Gu'an County, we will withdraw after Gu'an County...... King Yan, you also know that Gu'an County is rich in the vicinity, and there are not many guards, so wouldn't it be a pity not to eat the fat meat you get in your hands? Besides, we now have 50,000 soldiers and horses, and Luo Shixin may not dare to fight us head-on in the field. "Originally, the Xi tribe only had 30,000 cavalry, but because the progress was too smooth, Ah Huiluo transferred 10,000 cavalry from the north to act as porters, plus 10,000 soldiers from Gao Kaidao, the strength was not inferior to the 50,000 brought by Luo Shixin.
Gao Kaidao saw that Ah Hui took a step back, and he no longer insisted on it, and agreed.
They had 50,000 soldiers, and the small Gu'an County was only more than 1,500 defenders, and they thought it would be a crushing result. No one could have imagined that the tiny county of Gu'an would put up a stubborn resistance beyond their imagination.
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Luo Shixin rested in Dingzhou for more than a day, and learned that the Xi soldiers and horses and Gao Kaidao were besieging Gu'an County, and immediately ordered the three armies to dispatch, nearly 50,000 troops, and went straight to Gu'an County.
Luo Shixin knew that rescuing soldiers was like fighting fires, so he ordered the soldiers to advance as fast as possible while maintaining a certain combat effectiveness.
But......
They were still a step too late!!
When Luo Shixin approached Gu'an County, he saw several puffs of smoke from a distance, and the spring breeze was blowing, and there was a pungent smell of burnt coke mixed with various things, and a little bit of blood.
"Not good!"
Luo Shixin's face changed drastically, and his expression was extremely ugly. At this time, the scout rode his horse, his eyes were already red, his still handsome face twisted in one place, and he cried and shouted: "General, Gu'an County is finished!" Not a single living person! ”
Shiver!
Luo Shixin's tall body trembled slightly, and he took a few deep breaths before forcibly suppressing the violent breath, and three words popped out from between his teeth: "Look at it!" ”
Come outside Gu'an County!
In the entire disaster-stricken county, there was only a dead silence, and even the air was filled with the terrifying feeling of death.
At this glance, the whole street was lined with corpses, stumps and broken arms everywhere, and the smell of blood wafted through the air, like hell on earth.
Miserable!
As a high-achieving student who has received 15 years of education and training, Luo Shixin found that he couldn't think of a word to describe this kind of scene in front of him.
There is only one "miserable! ”
Blood soaked every inch of the long street, converging into streams that spread out in all directions, forming a disgusting dark red swamp.
Luo Shixin walked into the county, stepped on the scarlet earth, and engraved this scene in his mind: to his left was a naked pregnant woman, with traces of rape all over her body, her belly had been torn open, and a baby like a mouse was cruelly thrown aside.
On his right hand side is the tragic scene of a family of five desperately killing a Xi soldier: a sixty-year-old man slashed at him, his head was broken in half, and the head of the white-haired old woman was separated from her body, a foot away. A middle-aged man fell to the ground holding a Xi soldier in his back, a scimitar passed through the back of his heart through his chest, and a corpse that was almost chopped into flesh that could only be distinguished from the exposed white bones was a child's corpse, and there was a bloody kitchen knife next to the corpse. The frightened corpse of the Xi soldier had several marks on his throat that caused him to be cut with a kitchen knife.
Scene by scene, Luo Shixin engraved the tragic situation of Gu'an County in his mind, swept the surrounding scenes, and said softly but word by word: "Just wait for me for a few days, I, Luo Shixin, swear to let them come down to accompany you, and use their blood to irrigate the land where you live." ”
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Yuyang border Pinggu Mountain col!
Since Su Dingfang gave the order to make a surprise attack on Yuyang, he has been running all the way to the outside of Pinggu Mountain with Tibetan soldiers, waiting for the opportunity to sneak attack.
Timing is such a thing, ethereal, saying that he saves zài, he will save zài, and if he says that he does not save zài, he will not save zài.
Especially the timing on the battlefield is fleeting, and ordinary people can't grasp it at all.
It is the arduous task of going deep behind enemy lines and conducting long-distance raids, which has never been impossible to accept with great wisdom and courage.
If it weren't for Su Dingfang in the army, Luo Shixin would not dare to boldly attack the strategic place of Yuyang with 2,000 troops behind enemy lines.
When Luo Shixin secretly conveyed the task, he just gave him four words and improvised.
Let him complete the task in different ways according to different situations.
Luo Shixin believes that with Su Dingfang's ability, he will be able to live up to expectations.
Su Dingfang was waiting very calmly, he only had two thousand people, but the scouts sent out were now as many as one hundred and fifteen, hoping to find a more suitable fighter plane: Yuyang, as the strategic capital of Gao Kaidao, although because of Gao Kaidao's departure, the city was empty, and there was an opportunity to take it in one go, but doing so would inevitably cause great casualties. It will be extremely detrimental to Luo Shixin's next plan, and Luo Shixin's ultimate goal is not only Yuyang.
Thinking of Luo Shixin's final plan, Su Dingfang's heart was also full of emotion and admiration.
Su Dingfang has always been grateful to Luo Shixin, plus some admiration. But this admiration is limited to Luo Shixin's personality in a high position but without any style, that upright attitude, as well as the extraordinary martial arts and all kinds of places that he can't reach. Only the military soldiers, Su Dingfang did not have that feeling for Luo Shixin. He didn't think that he would be inferior to Luo Shixin in this regard. Luo Shixin is better than him because he sits in the position of a great general, and if he is the great general, he believes that he can also achieve corresponding achievements.
Until a few days ago, after Su Dingfang learned all his layouts and all his strategic goals from Luo Shixin, Su Dingfang was really convinced, and he knew that even if he and Luo Shixin sat in the same place, he couldn't think of such a bold and reckless idea, plus a feasible strategic layout.
And the first point of the overall layout is whether he can take Yuyang first: unless he has to, he doesn't plan to take it directly, it will hurt too much.
"General, north of Yuyang, there is a group of Yan soldiers pressing two thousand people and rushing to Yuyang."
Su Dingfang, who was waiting for the news, suddenly got the news!! (To be continued......)