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A flying horse, sweeping across the Yellow River!

After Yelu Shuogu captured Lingzhou, he really did not stop, and immediately divided his troops into two ways to the west, the east road was on the east bank of the Yellow River, the west road was on the west bank of the Yellow River, and the east road marched to Mingsha City, Gaolan! Mingsha City is not a fortified city, how can it withstand the tens of thousands of Khitan troops? It didn't take long for it to be breached, and Yelu Shuogu waved his army and marched again, besieging Ulan Fort!

Although Ulan Fort is not a natural danger, it was originally relied on Zhang Mai's power and Guo Wei's ability to deter the Khitan, but now Zhang Mai and Guo Wei are not there, only relying on Dou Jiannan to use a small Ulan Fort to block the Khitan's partial division, but where can it withstand the frontal attack of the Khitan army? It was only a day or two before it was in jeopardy.

The east bank of the Yellow River is okay, and the west bank of the Yellow River, although the road is more difficult to walk, due to the lack of sufficient troops to defend, the 30,000 cavalry on the west road is advancing step by step!

Nine days after the fall of Lingzhou, the vanguard of the 30,000-strong army approached the Baishan Shu at the site of the Great Wall!

At this time, Ulan Fort was already behind the Khitan cavalry! Two thousand Khitan cavalry turned back and outflanked Ulan Fort from the west bank of the Yellow River - Dou Jiannan immediately fell into a huge crisis of flanking from the front and rear!

As for the more than 20,000 people of the main force of the vanguard, they will advance regardless of one thing, advance, advance! Baishanshu is the second stronghold of the Tang army on this defensive line, and there was originally a prefecture's troops defending here, but at this moment, people are going to the fort! The Khitan captured Baishanshu without much difficulty!

Fifty miles further from Baishanshu, it is the Guzang grassland, and after the Guzang grassland, it is Liangzhou!

As the ruling center of a regime, being forced to this distance is basically equivalent to soldiers coming to the city!

In the hundreds of miles from Lingzhou to Liangzhou, except for the desert and grassland, the farmland has only been left with frosty hard land, and the peasants have all taken refuge in various strongholds. The Khitan army could not find a guide, but fortunately, Yelu Shuogu had made a lot of preparations for this war, and there were already people in the Khitan army who knew the road - although they were not as familiar with the main roads and small roads as the locals, they were still able to guide the Khitan cavalry in the right direction and calculate the distance more accurately.

"Liangzhou is close at hand!" The Khitan pioneer Yelu roared: "Stepping on Liangzhou, it's right in front of you!" ”

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One shocking news after another has been transmitted to Liangzhou in more than ten days!

Khitan breaks through the Yellow River!

The Khitan captures the Hetao!

Khitan surrounds Xiazhou!

The Khitan captured Lingzhou!

Ulan Fort is in a hurry!

The White Mountains are lost!

The gate of Liangzhou facing the east has been completely opened, Marshal Zhang Mai is not there, and the cavalry of the Khitans has already forced to the city!

Just when countless people were in a hurry and didn't know what to do, the Guzang grassland actually burst into flames!

Guzang grassland is a flat river in the east of Liangzhou!

Guzang grassland is a hundred miles in circumference, it is an excellent pasture, since Zhang Mai opened this grassland as a training ground for the recruits of the Tang Army, although there are no houses on the grassland, there are many fixed size tents, cattle and sheep are all over the field in spring and summer, and the sea of grass is in autumn and winter, the grass on the entire grassland is harvested in an orderly manner, together with miscellaneous grains and scraps, piled up like a mountain, ready for winter.

In addition to firewood and grass, there are also some heavy equipment that is difficult to move, such as hundreds of stationary catapults for drills!

Because the Tang army has been training in the Guzang grassland for a long time, in addition to firewood, grass, and equipment, there are countless daily necessities and training supplies, which are trivial, but they are enough to supply the daily life of the 100,000 army.

The construction and investment of the Tang army in the Guzang grassland cost immeasurable manpower and material resources.

But at this time, there was a huge fire burning there!

If there is an accident in the Guzang grassland, it is equivalent to the Khitan people have been killed at the doorstep!

"The Khitans have already been killed in the Guzang grassland!"

"What to do? What to do? What to do? ”

Fear gripped countless migrants, while the settlers fell into a sense of helplessness.

"Daddy, we might as well run away!"

"Run? Where can you escape? ”

"Go to Lanzhou!"

"Lanzhou is in the east, how to get there?"

"Then go to Ganzhou!"

"If Liangzhou is lost, will Ganzhou be far away?"

What the Khitan did in Taonan was well known throughout Liangzhou under the propaganda of the monks: houses were burned, men were slaughtered, women were raped, and livestock were taken captive......

That's not a rumor spread by the monk, but just a true thing, and it is precisely because of the truth that it is even more frightening.

"Everywhere in the Khitan, there is no grass!"

And now, the fire in the Guzang grassland has verified this qiē! Moreover, these Khitan cavalry who have not left an inch of grass have already stepped into Liangzhou, and soon the iron hooves will step outside the city! Will this famous city in the northwest, after several years of prosperity, usher in its end?

The urgent military situation quickly walked away, faster than the business news!

The entire Hexi Road was shaken, and as soon as Lingzhou fell, the Hexi Prefectures knew that the Khitan cavalry was pointing at Lianglan this time! However, when the cavalry arrived at the city, the shock was unimaginable!

"What about the marshal? And what about the marshal? Where is the marshal? ”

From residential areas to commercial areas, there are people in a hurry asking each other, some merchants are also secretly linking, several major temples in the city have been secretly contacted, and there are even prostitute women crying.

On the evaluation stage, there were even voices questioning Zhang Mai.

"I really shouldn't have gone to the East in the first place, I really shouldn't have gone to the East! If the marshal is still there, if the army is still there...... We still have the power to fight back! ”

Panic is like a virus, constantly spreading, spreading...... However, it didn't spread all over the city!

A young man of twelve or thirteen years old, with yellow hair and wearing a Han child's costume, gave up his playmates, ran into a courtyard, and shouted, "Grandpa, grandpa, it's not good!" The Khitans have been killed, the Khitans have been killed! ”

In the courtyard, there was a crippled old man on crutches - it turned out to be An Liu, he was already very old, and he stayed in Liangzhou for the past two years, and also adopted a pair of orphans and widows by the way, the widow became his daughter, and the orphan became his grandson - that is, the yellow-haired boy, after being adopted by An Liu, he changed his name to An Xiangdong. Although An Liu was crippled, and the booty accumulated in his early years was scattered, he had a generous pension delivered regularly, enough to support the new family, so his righteous daughter took care of him with peace of mind, and An Liu had nothing to do, so he instructed An Xiangdong in martial arts, hoping that he would be able to join the army when he grew up.

An rushed into the courtyard to the east, pointed to the eastern sky and shouted: "Look, look, I heard that the Guzang grassland has been burned! ”

His unrelated mother, who was An Liu's adopted daughter, burst out crying when she heard this, but suddenly heard An Liu shouting, "What are you crying about! What is there to cry about! ”

"The Khitan has come to the front...... This...... Daddy, what can I do? The marshal is not there......"

"The marshal is here, I'm not dead yet!" An Liu roared: "There is also the city wall, the Khitans may not be able to enter the city!" Even if you enter the city...... East! ”

"Huh?"

"Go to the bedside and get my box!"

An Xiangdong ran excitedly, came back after a while, and brought back a blind man, An Liu slapped open the box with one hand, and five or six knives fell out of it, he inserted a horizontal knife into his waist, and handed another horizontal knife to An Xiangdong and said: "Here you go, if the Khitans enter the city, try to stab me to death!" Then I will recognize you as a grandson in my next life! ”

An Xiangdong said: "What if there are two? ”

An Liu laughed and said, "Then I will be your grandson in the next life!" ”

An Xiangdong laughed, An Liu picked up a dagger and handed it to his adopted daughter and said, "This is for you, if anyone dares to touch you, pull him down to the Yellow Spring together!" You are my daughter, and you cannot be humiliated! ”

His adopted daughter took the dagger with some horror, swallowed her tears, and said, "Yes." ”

An Liu leaned against the door, looked at the flying ash floating in the sky, and muttered, "Guzang grassland...... Is it really gone? ”

"I heard it's gone...... When the soldiers at the head of the city saw it, they all burned! An Xiangdong said.

"Daddy, do you say that the Khitan can capture Liangzhou?" An Liu's adopted daughter said, "Marshal...... Will he rush back to save us? ”

"Whether the marshal will come back or not, I don't know." An Liu sneered: "But Liangzhou City, it's not so cheap for them to come in!" ”

At this moment, there was a sound of fighting outside the courtyard, and as soon as he heard the rhythm, An Xiangdong shouted: "Martial law, martial law!" ”

"Is this the beginning of martial law?" An Liu's two white eyebrows twitched, and he said, "Hmph! ”

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To test the tenacity of a nation, it is to see her appearance in the face of the crisis of extinction, and to test whether a city is strong, it is to see its posture in the face of war!

Liangzhou City, after all, is not Luoyang City! It's not Kaifeng when the descendants of the Jin soldiers forced the city! It's not Chengdu under Liu Chan's rule!

This is a new city, and a considerable part of the people gathered in this city are the families of the Tang army of Anxi - the backbone of them, and they have all experienced the Eastern Crusade! It was only a few years from then to now, and it was not enough to make them forget the hardships of those years, and fighting a war was as ordinary a thing for them as eating.

In addition to Tang Jun's family, there are a large number of merchants, but they will choose the merchants of Liangzhou from time to time in the world, most of whom have a certain adventurous spirit, because this is a paradise for adventurers to pursue wealth, not a place for people to enjoy comfort!

Big businessmen must have courage, but small traders also have a little more courage! As for the caravans stranded in the city, they all came after a journey of thousands of miles, and they didn't know how many hardships and hardships they had to deal with along the way.

In addition, it is the representatives who gather here from all over Anlong, the monks of various monasteries, etc., the people of the northwest are still martial, and most of the people who can enter Liangzhou on behalf of one side are not weak people. As for the Fan people and Hu people who have accepted the sinicization, they are even more tough by nature.

People who are in a hurry, people who cry bitterly, there are people, but they are not mainstream in Liangzhou!

The ruling class, in particular, did not panic at all. It stands to reason that it is the civilian officials who are most afraid of war, but Tiance's civilian clique worked normally when the fire broke out. It stands to reason that it is women who are most afraid of war, but the female dependents of the Tiance Army seem unusually calm at this time.

On the day of the fire in the Guzang grassland, he really led a group of female dependents and more than 100 ladies to ride horses and swords together and go to Tianning Temple to pray for blessings.

Xue Fu's wife Zheng Xiang originally wanted to take the car, but was vetoed by Guo Fen! She followed behind Guo Fen timidly, and when she set off, her face couldn't help but worry, and she even asked Guo Fen how the war outside the city was.

Guo Fen said lightly: "What is there to be afraid of?" Even if the Khitan really has an army of 300,000, Xiazhou has not been captured, and a total of 100,000 people will be scored to besiege the city, right? From Lingzhou to Liangzhou, the road along the way is difficult, 200,000 troops want to get here, not ten days and a half months to arrive, emergency march, at this time can reach the maximum of 100,000 in Ulan Fort, even if Ulan Fort is captured, and we have to prevent our husband from attacking from behind, we have to leave troops to keep a way out, can go to Baishan Shu at most 50,000, within three days, can cross the Guzang grassland to reach here, up to 30,000, and these 30,000 cavalry must be light cavalry, no equipment, how to attack the city? It can only be used for surprise attacks - so as long as we don't panic and don't give them a chance to sneak attack, they will have to retreat even if they come - what is there to be afraid of! ”

Therefore, she did not go to inquire about the military situation, and led the ladies to go to Shangxiang, the Tiance General's Mansion is located in the north of the city, but Guo Fen went from the East Avenue to the Tianning Temple in the south to pray for blessings, followed by the West Avenue to return, almost around most of Liangzhou City, the people in the market saw that the marshal's wife was calm and constant, and they gradually became at ease.

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Just when some ignorant imperial historians of the Correction and Evaluation Station were still discussing whether the marshal's strategy was inappropriate and whether it was wrong, the old man Yang Dingguo ordered: According to the Constitution, during the war, the Correction and Evaluation Station will be temporarily disbanded!

Follow Zheng Wei's order: the whole city will implement pricing rationing. Each household can use the signature of the square where it is located to go to the officially designated grain store at the official price to buy the necessary grain and firewood. There are enough grain reserves in Liangzhou City, which can support the whole city for a year, and there are enough firewood, grass and coal to support one season. Therefore, the official sales in Liangzhou were not under pressure during the wartime, and the official did not requisition the grain in the private collections of each family.

As for the defense of the city, it was also carried out in an orderly manner, and the gates began to be on alert, and all kinds of defensive facilities were quickly put in place. The militia heads, who had been resting for a long time, quickly gathered strong men from the people and entered the various militia battalions.

Within Liangzhou City, there is a relatively strict organization for each square, street, and temple, and Hexi does not prohibit the people from owning weapons, but weapons must be officially registered if they are brought into Liangzhou City, otherwise they are illegal.

Possession of weapons is a right, but at the same time there must be an obligation, that is, in the event of war or a major public security incident, it must be under the command of the head of the village according to the district where he lives, or he must be conscripted into the militia camp and accept the management of the militia chief. This mechanism is used to maintain law and order in peacetime, and in wartime, the whole city can be placed under martial law.

Moreover, this organization has a partial drill once a month, and a city-wide drill once every six months, and this rule has been practiced six times since it was established -- when Zhang Mai went west, Lianglan was both the rear and the front line, so it had long been prepared to resist all kinds of sudden changes, and after Zhang Mai's triumph, this major event was not abandoned.

Therefore, Liangzhou City, both military and civilian, was quickly organized after the fire rose to the sky, because the scale of the city is not small, so it is impossible to organize as tightly as the civil department during the Long March of the Tang Army in Anxi, but Diao Dou moved, Zhufang performed its duties, the panic and rumors in the market were quickly cut off, and the whole city was quiet within half an hour.

After all, this is the city that Yang Dingguo and Zheng Wei have been operating for many years, and it cannot be compared with Lingzhou.

When the militia battalions were in place, Murong Qiuhua also climbed to the top of the city.

When he came back from Luntai, he only went to Qinzhou Zhang Mai to report the military situation, and then returned to Liangzhou and took charge of the offensive and defensive part of the city's urban defense.

A large number of firearms, in addition to those produced in Liangzhou, were transported from Qiuzi and Shule, and they were all unpacked and arranged by well-trained fortifiers. Outside Liangzhou City, there are even some hidden piles, and only Murong Qiuhua knows the specific location of those hidden piles.

Just when the militia was looking eastward, they found that the fire in the Guzang grassland was burning more and more, and they refused to stop.

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Unlike many people understand, the fire that rose to the sky was not set by the Khitans, but ordered by Zhang Mai.

When Yelu Heng was just about to rush to the Guzang grassland, the sky-high fire was already burning in front of him!

"What's that?"

The Khitans were a little surprised.

But I didn't know that Xue Yunfei, the original guard of Baishanshu, had been ordered to abandon the stronghold that had just been leveled by the Khitan two days ago, and at this moment, with Xue Yunfei, it was the remaining guard Jiang Mountain of the Guzang Grassland, and the troops of the two prefectures got together, together with thousands of militiamen, but what they were doing at the moment was something they had never dreamed of before - burning down the Guzang Grassland!

Two days ago, a five-hundred-mile urgent order came to Baishanshu, if the person who came to give the order was not Zhang Mai's personal soldiers, if that order was not Zhang Mai's marshal seal, Xue Yunfei was afraid that he would have to act in disobedience - because Zhang Mai's order was to ask him and Jiang Shan to set fire to the Guzang grassland!

The autumn in the northwest is unusually dry, and the Guzang grassland, which is full of firewood and grass, has to do everything possible to successfully prevent the fire, and at this time, the guards take the initiative to set fire, and the speed of the fire can be imagined! In just a moment, the fire engulfed the entire Guzang grassland, and the grass mountain turned into a sea of fire in an instant, and the smoke and flames were rising up, burning from day to night, and it could be clearly seen from two hundred miles away!

When thousands of Khitan cavalry arrived, the easternmost ten miles of the Guzang grassland had turned into ashes, but the fire had not stopped, not only did it not stop, on the contrary, the fire had just begun!

The flames are like dragons, spreading mile after mile, thousands of militiamen have retreated to Mingweishu first, the cavalry of the two provinces haunted in the lake of flames, because the fire was too powerful, a little closer felt that the whole body was going to be roasted dry, the Khitan cavalry did not dare to pursue rashly for a while, Xue Yunfei turned north with the fire on his back, and went to Mingweishu in the upper reaches of the Macheng River, while Jiang Shan retreated into Liangzhou with Zhang Mai's latest order.

This fire, burned for three days and two nights, the entire Guzang grassland became a piece of ashes, on the fourth day when the Khitan cavalry stepped into the sea of ashes, many places actually accumulated several zhang of ash walls, the wind blew through the ash wall collapsed, with the wind drifted all over Longxi, it is said that even in the southeast hundreds of miles away from Lanzhou have seen ash clouds drift to, some ashes are still hidden under the dark fire, scalding a lot of horses' hooves.

Grass ash is a good fertilizer, and this grassland may grow even more fertile in the coming year, but at this moment, a hundred miles away has become a dead and silent world after the fierce flames.

When the fire is extinguished, go further, and Liangzhou City is in front of you. It was a very irregular city, and when Zheng Wei built this city, he took into account the needs of defense and commerce, but did not take into account the needs of aesthetics.

The new city of Liangzhou, with eight corners, four recesses, and forty-six towers, looms at the head of the city at this moment, and there are many people standing in a row - all of them are militiamen! When defending the city, the well-trained militia may not lose to the elite soldiers, but the elite soldiers hide and prepare for a counterattack - in addition to the six gates of Liangzhou City, there are also twenty small gates, all of which can be quickly entered and exited.

And what about outside the city? Except for a high ground in the northeast corner, which was made of stones, all that was left was bare ground!

Originally, there were five granaries and thirteen firewood and grass mountains outside Liangzhou City, but they had all been emptied at this time, and even the warehouses were burned down! The hateful Zhang Mai didn't seem to plan to leave a little useful thing for the Khitan!

When Yeluheng led 5,000 cavalry to this land, he was shocked by the desolation!

The fire in the Guzang grassland burned for three days, which delayed their pace for three days, and when the iron hooves of the leather room army stepped on this ground, they were not only prepared for military defense, but also psychologically.

The panic was already over three days ago, and now the residents of the city have lived an honest wartime life, and the soldiers have been looking forward to the arrival of the Khitan since yesterday.

In all fairness, the city walls of Liangzhou are not extremely thick, but the momentum of the soldiers and civilians rises to the sky, which is daunting. The first step is often to burn the countryside outside the city, causing panic and fear in the city, and the people in the city will immediately attack, but at this time, the outside of Liangzhou has cleared the wilderness by itself, and in the face of such a desolate city, it can't help but make the Khitan cavalry feel that there is no place to start!

While Jerod was pondering how to attack, an ox cart drove out of a small corner gate, followed by a military attaché in the uniform of a lieutenant, in addition to the driver who was driving, and appeared to be a messenger.

The ox cart approached, only to see that the cart was full of fragrant food, among which there was more wine, the Khitan soldiers rushed for hundreds of miles, and did not loot anything good all the way, and it was impossible to stop to enjoy the wine and food, some soldiers couldn't help drooling after smelling the aroma.

Jerod shouted, "Who are you and what are you here for?" ”

There was a traitor trained by Han Yanhui to translate on his behalf.

The lieutenant said, "I am a messenger sent by the marshal's wife, what is the name of this general?" Why did you lead the soldiers and horses to invade my Liangzhou city? ”

The traitor replied on his behalf: "This is General Yeluheng!" It is the vanguard of my Great Khitan Leather Army. My lord the Great Khitan Emperor led a million troops, and he will arrive in ten days, you go back to tell the soldiers and civilians in the city, and those who know each other surrender quickly, my lord is merciful, and may be able to spare your life, if you dare to resist, the day the city is broken, I am afraid that it will be too late to ask for mercy at that time! ”

His words had a Yanyun accent, the deputy lieutenant smiled coldly, the corners of his mouth were disdainful, and he turned to Yelu Heng to speak, it turned out that he could speak Khitan dialect, and said: "It turned out to be General Yelu, and the last general went out of the city this time on the order of his wife to come to the meeting, and presented a cart of good wine and food." ”

Yelu laughed and said, "A cart of good wine and good food? Hum! I've heard that you Han people are the most despicable and treacherous, so you don't want to poison your food and drinks, do you? ”

The lieutenant smiled and said: "How is that possible, it's just that within a radius of 100 miles from Liangzhou, the rice and wheat have been harvested, the forage has been moved, and all the things that cannot be moved have been burned, and the people outside the city have also moved away, or into the city, or into the mountains, or to the places where you can't find them." Tens of thousands of Khitan troops came all the way from Lingzhou, but they didn't bring much baggage, and General Yelu rushed to Liangzhou City, but he was afraid that he would run out of food. Therefore, our wife specially sent a cart of wine and food as a reward. ”

Yelu laughed and said, "You Han people are really strange! Send us good food and wine, so that we are full and good to siege the city? ”

The deputy lieutenant said: "Hundreds of thousands of Khitan people, it is really hard to come all the way to send them to death, if you don't eat a full meal, I'm afraid that you won't have the strength to walk on Huangquan Road." This meal has a name in our Han family, which is called decapitated rice. ”

When Yelu Heng heard this, his eyebrows rose up, and he said angrily: "Bastard! Daring! "It's going to kill!

The translator trained by Han Yanhui shouted urgently: "General! The two armies are at war, and they don't kill ......"

Before the word was finished, Yelu Heng had already drawn his knife and slashed at the deputy captain, and the deputy captain didn't expect the Khitan to be so brutal, he said that he would kill him, and then he wanted the mountain wall, and the surrounding soldiers rushed up, and actually split the body of the deputy captain and the coachman together!

Seeing that the Tang army at the head of the city was all indignant, Murong Qiuhua was furious and said: "Yidi is Yidi!" The Khitans founded the country and became the emperor, and originally said that they were contaminated with a little civilization after all, but they didn't expect to kill the envoy! ”

Commanding more than a dozen loud commanders took the bullhorn and shouted in unison: "Khitan Yidi, you have the courage to kill the envoys, but you don't have the courage to attack the city!" ”

Yelu was furious, pointed to the head of the city and shouted, "Attack me!" ”

The adjutant shouted: "General! "That's to remind him that Liangzhou is a big city, and the Khitan 5,000 light cavalry can't even besiege the city, let alone attack it! Dealing with Liangzhou can only be a surprise attack, can not receive the effect of a surprise attack, can only loot and retreat, now Liangzhou has cleared the wilderness by itself, even the huge Guzang grassland is said to burn, such a decisive thought can not help but make people feel frightened, so Yeluheng's deputy general couldn't help but remind him.

Yelu said in a horizontal heart: "They have all come to the city of Liangzhou, how can they return without doing anything?" said: "Khitan warriors, there is no advance or retreat!" I don't believe that there are no flaws in Liangzhou City! Everybody give it to me! If you invade the city, Zhang Mai's eldest wife will enjoy it myself, and his little wives will give you fun! ”

All the Khitan soldiers laughed when they heard this, Yelu Hengyi led the troops and horses, and rushed out diagonally, although he was savage, he was also cunning, and he did not intend to face it head-on, and walked around the city at the moment, looking for flaws. Slipping to the northeast of the city, he looked at the head of the city to shoot arrows - more than 2,000 of the 5,000 cavalry could shoot at once, and this round of arrow rain was as dense as locusts, but someone at the head of the city had already erected a thick cloth shield and collected all the arrow rain!

Jerod shouted, "With rockets!" Then more than 800 horsemen took out cotton arrows stained with oil and went to the thick shield, but when they exchanged arrows and lit fires, the militia at the head of the city had already prepared, and before they shot arrows, they suddenly collected their cloth shields, and raised pieces of iron plates, and the arrows were nailed to the boards, but the fire could not burn through the iron sheets.

Just when the Khitan rode around the city, there was a crossbowman from the province who ran with them, the Khitan cavalry rode a horse, and the Tang army crossbowmen only relied on their feet, but he did a big circle movement, and this one did a small circle movement, and he could still keep up.

At this time, the militia collected two rounds of arrow rain, the crossbowmen were ready, the crossbow machine was launched, and a meteor shower seemed to burst out in mid-air!

Yeluheng's lieutenant exclaimed, "Retreat!" ”

Seeing that the head of the city was well guarded, and that there was no place to start the siege, Yelu had the mobility of the cavalry to go around before the casualties increased.

That Liangzhou is really not small, according to the mountain according to the river, the mountain is Liangshan, the river is the Macheng River, when Yelu is in the east, he can't see the scene of the west at all, he rushed to the west of the city, there is a market outside the city here - Liangzhou City is constantly expanding to have today's scale, at the beginning of the expansion, usually there is a market on the outskirts of the city, and after the development to a certain extent, the city wall expands, the outside of the market is encircled and then remodeled, and the west of this market is called the twin sets, It is a suburban market developed because of the trade related to the Twin Cities, which is very close to Liangzhou City.

At this time, I saw that there was still a group of people who were escorting a batch of grain and grass to enter the city, and when they found the Khitans, they shouted: "The Khitans are coming, flee, flee!" ”

Suddenly the market is like a rat scurrying! Leave behind all the grain, grass, and goods, and so on!

The Khitan cavalry was overjoyed and was about to rush forward, and the adjutant general said: "General, be careful of deception!" ”

Yelu looked around and said, "It's flat here, and there is no way to ambush the soldiers!" And it's not within the range of the bow and arrow, what can be deceitful! A small market can't hide many ambushes! Pointing to the dozens of carts of grain and grass, he said: "That must be something that the Han people didn't have time to move into the city, take it away!" ”

The lieutenant lieutenant who had just died tragically, his diplomatic rhetoric was actually secretly stabbing the Khitans in the sore spot - after they set off from Lingzhou, they still grabbed things at first, but the closer they got to Liangzhou, the more they couldn't find supplies, and tens of thousands of troops said a lot, but they had to be gathered, and if they were scattered, they could not form a deterrent, but when they were gathered together, the scope of what they could control was very narrow. The light cavalry is characterized by coming and going quickly, but the disadvantage is that there is not much food to carry, and for baggage and food, the Khitans who have penetrated into the Han realm are actually very needed.

So they divided a thousand men and horses to chase and kill the fleeing people, and the rest of the people rushed over, only to arrive at the place where the baggage was scattered and abandoned, and dozens of trumpets in the city shouted in unison: "I don't eat good wine and good food, but I want to die for a few catties of dry food!" ”

Murong Qiuhua, the head of the city, shouted: "Shoot!" ”

Yeluheng was alert and shouted, "Retreat! ”

Dozens of fireballs had already appeared in the air, and they came straight to the air and smashed on the baggage trucks scattered all over the place. Hundreds of angular pieces of iron and iron were buried in the gunpowder, and in the explosion, they flew in all directions, the war horses wailed, the leather room roared, and hundreds of cavalry were seriously injured on the spot!

But that's just the beginning!

When the second round of fireballs appeared, this market turned out to be a huge trap, and the ground around it was buried in the ground for miles around, under the command of Murong Qiuhua, the Tang army launched a variety of fire dragons and fire snakes, and ignited the thrust of the gunpowder explosion to shoot the fire dragon and fire snake to the target, Tang Jun's hand was the first in the world in ballistic training, this round of attacks saw hundreds of flames swept through the air, fell to the market and its surroundings, and the gunpowder buried in the ground exploded after being smashed through the thin ground by impact and flames, The fireworks emitted poisonous smoke, blinding the vision and trapping more than 2,000 people in smoke and fire!

A group of cavalry rushed out of the city, shouting: "Kill and take revenge, kill and take revenge!" ”

Yelu Heng's eyes were injured by poisonous smoke, and tears flowed, so far he knew that Liangzhou was heavily guarded, and shouted: "Retreat, retreat!" "His lieutenant has already died in the stinger that shoots indiscriminately!

The news reached the city, and the morale of the entire Liangzhou City was greatly boosted, but Yelu Heng lost the pride he had just made when he marched westward, and he returned with four thousand tired defeated soldiers, and he really didn't know how to go back to Yelu Shuogu along the way.

The cavalry ran out of food on the first day of their return, so he sent several groups of men and horses to go out in small teams to look for food, but they all went and did not return! Yelu Heng was so frightened that he did not dare to disperse his forces any longer, so he killed more than 20 spare horses to satisfy his hunger, and then quickly retreated eastward.

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In the backyard of the Zheng family, Zheng Wanda, Naib, Shi Nai, Luo Guihua and others were discussing how to deal with this siege battle, Zheng Ji and Naib both wanted to send their father to Ganzhou, Zheng Wanda said angrily: "What are you doing in Ganzhou!" I can't die of this old bone! ”

Suddenly, Zheng Hao came to report: "Luyuan Temple is here." ”

"Luyuan Temple?"

"It's their temple supervisor, Monk Vimo."

Zheng Wanda groaned, and Zheng Ji said: "Please! ”

Shi Nai said: "Do we want to avoid it?" ”

Zheng Jidao: "Vimo is one of the key figures in the liaison between the Eight Great Temples of Anlong, and he was the one who jumped the highest when he opposed the marshal's Eastern Crusade!" This person has a wide range of ears and eyes, he doesn't come early, he doesn't come late, but he chooses to come at this time, most of them know that we are all here, since this is the case, it is better to meet him honestly. ”

Naib said: "Yes, anyway, when we get together, it's not a light that we don't see!" ”

After a while, a middle-aged monk slowly walked inside, and when he saw all the people in the courtyard, he was not surprised at all, and he saluted, and Shi Nai said: "Great monk, now that martial law is now, you are a monk, and you can still come here from Tianning Temple as if nothing happened, and your ability is not small." ”

Vimo smiled slightly and said: "The female Bodhisattva is in the family, and she can come and go freely in Liangzhou City, and the poor monk is a monk, so it is not difficult to come out to visit friends." ”

Zheng Ji smiled: "Friend, are you talking about me?" ”

Vimo said: "Could it be that Zheng Gongzi refused to recognize the poor monk as a friend? ”

Zheng Ji smiled: "Yes, of course I do, but don't call yourself a poor monk in front of me, if even you are poor, my Zheng family can only be regarded as broken." ”

Wei Mo smiled slightly and said, "In the Zheng family's courtyard, who dares to say that they are rich?" We are monks, money is something outside the body, these years of Marshal Zhang's blessings, the donors in Anlong live and work in peace and contentment, so my Buddhism also has some more sesame oil money. Now the Khitan soldiers are forcing outside the city, my Buddhism has the heart to help to deal with external troubles, helpless, so I have to pay money, and now the eight temples in Hexi are willing to donate all the sesame oil money in the past three years to supplement the military funds, but there is no reason to listen to the heavens, so I have to come to discuss with Zheng Gongzi. ”

As soon as this remark came out, Zheng Wanda and the others were all surprised, because the Eight Great Temples represented by Vimo had a lot of resistance to the governance of the Tiance regime in the past two years, and after Zhang Mai's Eastern Expedition, the remaining ministers and generals also listed them as key guards, where did they think that their attitude would suddenly change drastically?

Vimo said: "In addition, my Eight Great Temples have a wide range of ears and eyes, and there are some foreign people, because our political views are different from Marshal Zhang, so we actually sent spies to contact us, some of these people are still in the city, the enemy is current, if these treacherous evils continue to be allowed to stay in the city, I am afraid that it will also become a disaster, the poor monk is willing to help the official family find out these people, but Zheng Gongzi needs to convey it on his behalf." ”

Everyone was even more surprised, Zheng Ji looked at Wei Mo and said: "Things are unusual, there are many monsters, the great monk doesn't blame Zheng Ji for being too careful, it is really the great monk's position that has changed too quickly, which makes Zheng unbelievable." ”

Vimo knocked his bald head and said, "What's so unusual about this?" What the poor monks do is common sense. ”

Shi Nai said: "Which common sense does the great monk practice?" Let's let the little women learn. ”

Vimo said: "Why is Mrs. Shi confused? At the beginning, we disagreed with the marshal, and those who did not want the marshal to continue to use troops were afraid of the misery of life. Now that the Khitan has arrived at the doorstep, if I don't fight back together, I am afraid that the disciples of my Eight Great Temples will not be spared. ”

Shi Nai smiled and said, "Didn't the foreign clan send people to contact the great monk?" Now that Liangzhou is in danger, why don't the great monks push the boat down the river and dedicate Liangzhou City, not only can they be spared at that time, but they may also be able to get a national teacher or something like that. Isn't it happy? ”

Wei Mohaha smiled, then his smile turned cold, and said: "Liangzhou is in danger, and it is too early to say that it is dead." The burning of Guzang, today's battle, it can be seen that the marshal has been prepared for a long time, this crisis will be resolved, and the dead must be Khitan! And under the rule of Marshal Zhang, we still have the courage to meet Marshal Zhang in terms of reasoning, if we change the Khitan to rule Anlong, then we don't even dare to put a fart, how can we talk about happiness? Even if you really become the national teacher of the Khitan, it may not be as strong as it is today! ”

Shi Nai smiled when he heard this: "Great monk, you are a monk, and you actually speak rudely in front of the women's Taoist family, what kind of Buddha is this?" ”

Vimo said: "In the country of China, there is true Buddhism, if you enter Yidi, Buddhism is afraid that it will not even be as good as a fart." ”

When Zheng Ji heard this, he said with a smile: "The master is really a wonderful Buddha, although the marshal is not here now, I think Mrs. and Yang Guolao must be very interested in listening to the master's lectures." ”

Zheng Wanda laughed and said: "The so-called unity! Now even the Fangwai Buddhism is against our comrades, this city will be strong, the Khitan is strong, what can I do! ”

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