Chapter 677: Under the City of Qingzhou
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At night, the torches on the head of Qingzhou City blew for the wind, and they sounded loudly.
Under the red and black night sky, the three-story heavy eaves tower of Qingzhou City has a banner with Tang characters written on it, and it hangs weakly. The soldiers at the head of the city, with their backs against the wall, their weapons in their hands, and their eyes showed a sad look. The autumn wind is blowing, the war horses are constantly neighing, and the shadows of people are stretched long under the inverted torches, but they are even more gloomy.
Under the south gate of Qingzhou City, the city gate is wide open. Countless soldiers picked up their weapons and trotted out of the city. Zang Junxiang led his 30,000 horses out of the south gate, leaving the Qingzhou city they had been holding for a month.
The soldier stepped on the suspension bridge board on the moat, and the footsteps rumbled, as if stepping on the heart of every Qingzhou sergeant.
In the torches at the head of the city, Qi Gongshun and Liu Lan both stood on the head of the city, watching Zang Junxiang's men and horses leave Qingzhou. In the corridor under the city, Zang Junxiang himself wore a lion's head and a golden helmet and a chain mail to drive his horse. After opening the city gate, Zang Junxiang stopped his horse in front of the moat.
He raised his head and looked at Qi Gongshun and Liu Lan at the head of the city, and the two of them hugged their fists on horseback, and they seemed to have a little shame on their faces. But this shame also flashed, and then Zang Jun followed the flow of his men and horses and left Qingzhou City.
Liu Lan closed her lips tightly and didn't say anything.
"The thief is gone." Qi Gongshun slammed his fist on the city wall at this time.
Liu Lan took a deep breath and said, "Duke Qi, Zang Junxiang can ignore his past suspicions. Helping us defend Qingzhou for a month is already earned. Li Chongjiu took Donglai County by surprise. The fundamental place that threatens its Zang Junxiang. It is impossible for him not to defend the East China Sea to help us, so there is nothing to be angry about, and now it is time to rely on ourselves. ”
"Military division, there are less than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou City. Under Xu Shiji, Song Jingang, and Xue Wanche, I don't know what chance we have of winning. Qi Gongshun turned to Liu Landao.
Liu Lan said: "Duke Qi doesn't have to worry, our army has been holding Qingzhou for a month. Now that there is enough food and grass in Qingzhou City, since we can't resist the soldiers of the Zhao army, we will defend the city to the death. It is late autumn now, and Datang has begun to attack Xiao Mill, as long as we can hold out until winter, the Zhao army is tired and will inevitably retreat. ”
Qi Gongshun nodded and said, "That's what I said." I'm just afraid of turmoil in the city. ”
Liu Lan said: "Duke Qi, we will first obey the mandate of heaven and do our best. ”
Qi Gongshun sighed. Nodding slowly, he turned his head to look at Zang Junxiang's army who was far away from the city. The crescent moon on the horizon is like a hook, and Zang Junxiang's people and horses disappeared into the darkness and gradually disappeared.
The next morning, Qingzhou City was as calm as ever. Qi Gongshun, Liu Lan has a good way to govern the army. There was no turmoil in the city because Zang Junxiang drove away with an army of 30,000. The morale of all the soldiers was low, but they were still carefully guarding all parts of the city.
In the morning light, the Zhao army camp that had been silent for several days ten miles away had moved. Previously, there were sufficient troops in Qingzhou City, and the two armies had been fighting for several key points outside the city. Now the defense of the Qingzhou Army is shrinking. took the initiative to give up the periphery, so Zhao Jun pushed up further.
The Zhao army first occupied a mountain two miles north of the city. Soon Xu Zi's handsome flag moved to this position. Tens of thousands of people brought in wood, and thousands of Zhao troops built large camps, trenches, barracks, wooden fences, low walls, and watchtowers one by one.
Large and small tents have sprung up one by one along the mountain of the Chinese army's main camp. Then, from the direction of the big camp, thousands of Zhao army foot soldiers began to move forward, all the way to destroy the fortifications repaired by the Qingzhou army outside the city, the trenches were filled, and the rejecting trees were destroyed and pulled apart.
Then the cavalry of the Zhao army was dispatched from the side of the mountain, and the morning sun had not yet risen, and the breath of countless war horses under the city merged into a thick and faint mist. The sound of the horse's hooves kept ringing, and the cavalry of the Zhao army appeared all the way.
The names of countless people and horses came out one by one from the side of the mountain. These cavalry of the Zhao army seemed to have just gone through a fierce battle, and many of the horse's hooves, horses, legs, and horses were stained with blood, and the armor on the cavalry was also incomplete, but despite this, these cavalry had a strong murderous aura.
The thousands of Zhao cavalry all advanced in the east of the city, and the men and horses slowly surged like a tide, and after the formation under the city. At this time, a cavalryman of the Zhao army galloped quickly, carried a lion-faced golden helmet with a spear, and came to the moat under the city to stop his horse.
The cavalryman shouted at the city: "Zang Junxiang was wiped out in the south of the city last night, and he himself was captured and killed by our army, and the city did not surrender, otherwise it would be the same fate as Zang Junxiang." ”
As soon as the words came out, all the soldiers in Qingzhou City were shocked.
Zang Junxiang left overnight in a hurry, just to take advantage of the Zhao army's east and west road army, before the siege of Qingzhou, to break away from the encirclement and return to Donghai County, but he didn't expect that the whole army of Zhongfu was annihilated.
The level on the lion-faced golden helmet has round eyes, and the mouth is wide open, revealing a look of resentment. That's right, this lion-faced golden helmet was indeed worn by Zang Junxiang when he left last night. The panic spread among the sergeants of the Qingzhou Army at the head of the city, and overnight, Zang Junxiang's 30,000 troops were gone.
"Handsome, handsome."
Qi Gongshun was dressed in armor and walked to the city with his own soldiers, and the soldiers on the side avoided the road. Qi Gongshun stood in front of the battlements, looking at the steps raised by the head of the city, his face was pale. Last night, he was in this position, and he watched Zang Junxiang go out of the city, and within a few hours, Zang Junxiang was already dead.
Qi Gongshun was a little overwhelmed, and Liu Lan hurriedly whispered a few words beside him. Qi Gongshun came to his senses, pulled out a knife from his waist at the moment, looked up to the sky and shouted: "Brother Zang has gone all the way, and I, Qi, have vowed to avenge you." ”
As Qi Gongshun drank like this, the original atmosphere of fear in the city gradually faded a little.
The Zhao army under the city persuaded him to surrender a few words, and at this time, arrows came from the city, and the Zhao cavalry saw that he didn't say anything, and turned his horse back into the formation.
"The Qingzhou Army's will to resist seems to be very firm!" Li Chongjiu under the city said lightly.
Xue Wanche said: "Your Majesty, our army under the city is surrounded, and with less than 20,000 remnants of the Qingzhou army, it has long been intimidated by the momentum of our army, and we dare not move, and it is not easy to break the city." Could it be that Qingju City is still stronger than Pyongyang City? ”
Zhang Xuansu said to Xue Wanche: "General Xue, don't be careless, when breaking Pyongyang City, our army had fire oil bombs, as well as countless siege weapons carried by ships, and now the fire oil bombs have been used up, and now to build siege weapons, I don't know how much time it will take, if the defenders of Qingzhou City really want to resist, I don't think it will be easy to break the city." ”
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