Chapter 514: Don't talk nonsense

Kuketai Menglie is the younger brother of Meng Ge, the Great Khan of Mengyuan, as a special agent, equivalent to the prince of the Great Sui, but his power is much greater than that of the prince. The princes of the Sui people, except for the fiefdom private soldiers, were basically isolated from the military power by the emperor. But Meng Yuan's special service is not, not only has a pasture with abundant water and grass, but also has a heavy army.

In Mengyuan, the secret service also has a special identity, that is, the successor of the imperial power. If the Great Khan's heirs were still young, according to the rules of the Golden Family, the Great Khan would choose the most suitable candidate from among his brothers to succeed him. Those who receive the throne of the Khan will also inherit the private property of the Great Khan, including his wife.

However, according to the rules, when the heirs of the previous Great Khan grew up, they had to return the throne to him.

The rules are good, but since the founding of the Mengyuan Dynasty, there have been many cases of the Great Khan passing the throne to his brothers, but there has never been a single incident of returning the throne.

None of the children of the previous Great Khan survived to adulthood.

Meng Ge's father took over the scepter from his uncle and became the new Great Khan of Meng Yuan. At that time, Möngke's brother, his uncle's son, was only nine years old, and according to the rule, he could not take over the power until he was fourteen. The first thing Möngke's father did after becoming the Great Khan was to make the nine-year-old child fall seriously ill and die.

Meng Ge didn't have to worry, his eldest son was now twenty years old, and he was extremely brave, and his temperament was almost a copy. Therefore, Meng Ge is not worried about the succession to the throne, he is worried about more important things.

When Kuktai Menglie led the troops to the Great Sui, he actually had a lot of complaints in his heart, how could he not understand Meng Ge's intentions? Meng Ge didn't expect him to make more military achievements, but hoped that he would be killed by the cold arrows of the Han people. As long as he died, the thousands of miles of fertile pasture would be occupied by Möngke, and the most important thing was to get rid of the threat to the Khan's throne.

There was a time when Meng Lie even thought of not returning to the royal court again. With hundreds of thousands of wolves riding in his hands, it is not impossible to stand on his own on the grassland. But this time, he must heed Möngke's call to lead his troops back. The Golden Family is facing the most severe test ever, and if it can't resist it, this great family that has ruled the grasslands for hundreds of years will become history.

Although this test came from Meng Ge's decision to bring the Golden Family into the war, Meng Lie did not blame him. Meng Lie knew very well that he would do this even if he changed himself.

Such a good opportunity, as a person of the Golden Family, cannot let it go.

And everything that is facing now is expected.

The only thing that surprised Meng Lie was the changeability and untrustworthiness of the Sui people, who promised the emperor of the Great Sui to do his best to send troops to Luo Yao, and would do everything possible to get rid of Luo Yao, on the condition that the emperor of the Great Sui would let them leave and return to the grassland after the war.

At the beginning, the emperor of the Great Sui agreed very happily, but in a blink of an eye, people sealed the canyon.

In fact, after the war against Luo Yao, Meng Lie's heart has not been happy, although the surprise attack wiped out more than half of Luo Yao's forces in one fell swoop, but the nearly 100 masters sent out did not come back alive, including two big shamans and more than a dozen small shamans, as well as Wang Court masters. He already attached great importance to Luo Yao, and he knew that any of the two great shamans in the Dao were above the nine grades of the Central Plains Martial Arts, but he still couldn't help Luo Yao.

Later, he got a secret letter from Meng Ge, asking him to quickly lead the troops back to the royal court to support, Meng Lie immediately led the troops back, when the people sent by Bai Huo told him that the Wolf Milk Mountain Canyon was blocked, Meng Lie was very annoyed, and sent people to the Sui army camp to question, and the Great Sui Emperor who was leading the troops to besiege Jinyang told the people he sent, and the emperor did not know who blocked the canyon in the road. The emperor of the Great Sui said that he didn't even know if the army in Lu Dao was a Sui person.

Meng Lie naturally didn't believe the lies of the Great Sui Emperor, but at this time he didn't have time to spend any more. He knew very well that once the Great Sui Emperor led his troops to conquer Jinyang and the remnants of Li Yuanshan's rebels were completely defeated, the sick emperor would lead his troops to besiege him as soon as possible, and he had to return immediately when the war in the royal court was tight.

If Meng Ge was dead or alive, he wouldn't care.

But now it's about the life and death of the entire Golden Family, and he must rush back.

From the arrival of Fangu, Meng Lie sent people to cut down trees overnight to tie up the ladder, this kind of Han siege method Meng Yuan people are very unsuitable, but when they get to this point, they can only force themselves to adapt. The last thing the Mengyuan people wanted to do was to leave their war horses on the battlefield.

Now that the road home is blocked, they can only dismount and become infantry to fight like the Han Chinese.

Meng Lie had no interest in Fangu City, he sent his general Gu Luo with 20,000 troops to camp outside Fangu, monitoring the Han army in Fangu, the purpose of the defenders in this small city was not to hold the city, but to harass the rear of the Mengyuan people, once the Mengyuan people began to attack the canyon, the Han army in Fangu City would immediately stick to the back like annoying flies. That's why Meng Lie divided his troops into 20,000 troops, and he didn't attack, but just blocked the Han people in Fangu City from coming out.

Meng Lie also sent the general Bai Huo to lead an army of 10,000 to monitor the men and horses of the Han cottage on the Wolf Milk Mountain, and the purpose of that force was the same as that of Fan Gu's Han army, which was also to deal with the defenders in the canyon.

After Meng Yuan wolf arrived, he prepared siege equipment overnight, not only tied a lot of ladders, but also cut down huge trees to prepare to build a battering ram. Meng Lie is a very smart person, and he has been learning the fighting methods of the Han people in recent years, especially siege tactics. He knew that it was difficult for the two huge empires of the Great Sui and the Mengyuan to live in peace, and sooner or later war would break out. Take this opportunity to learn more Han siege techniques, and if the Mengyuan army invades the Sui State again in the future, it will not be helpless against those strong cities.

What I didn't expect was that the siege techniques I learned were now used on the way home.

Meng Lie, who knew the combat strength of the Sui people to defend the city, did not immediately order an attack, and began to prepare equipment that night, and for three or four days in a row, Meng Yuan's cavalry were cutting down trees and tying countless ladders. Two rudimentary battering rams were also built in an attempt to hit the stone walls with giant logs.

Fang Xie saw all the preparations of the Meng Yuan people, but he didn't seem to care much, just patrolling the city defense every day. All the cavalry rested on this side of the canyon, and when necessary they would climb the stone wall to defend it. However, there are 20,000 infantry in the canyon, which is quite abundant in terms of defensive strength. And Meng Yuan's side was unable to mobilize men and horses to respond to Meng Lie's attack from the west, which was even more good news for Fang Jie.

Originally, it was intended to defend on two sides, but now it is much less stressful to defend only one side.

Before the emperor eliminated the remnants of the Jinyang rebels, Fang Xie had no reinforcements. The emperor can't draw troops to him, because the rebels still have a lot of strength, once the emperor leads the army to attack Menglie's wolf cavalry, then Li Xiaoche, Meng Wansui, and Yin Poshan's rebels will attack the official army from behind.

Therefore, there are only two choices in front of Fang Jie, first, hold on until the emperor quells the rebellion and leads troops to support. Second, the Black Flag Army was all killed in the Wolf Milk Mountain Canyon.

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On the seventh day of the Wolf Milk Mountain, Meng Lie led his army, and it seemed that they were ready. I have to say that Meng Lie is a natural leader of troops, from the fact that he can build countless ladders in just seven days, and even has a battering ram, it can be seen that he is not only quick to learn and comprehend, but also strict in governing the army.

At noon on the seventh day, about a team of 10,000 wolf horsemen separated from the camp and went straight to the gorge without carrying siege equipment. Five hundred soldiers were already on the stone wall, and the reserves under the city were already in place. When the trumpets sounded, the archers placed the quiver at their feet, drew a feathered arrow and put it on the string, staring at the dust and smoke wafting outside the city.

Because the length of the stone wall is limited, the defense of the wall by 500 men has reached the limit. However, according to Sun Kaidao's instructions, the places where Lu Fenghou built the stone walls were excellent, not at the mouth of the valley, but one mile into the canyon. This distance is not chosen at random, but a deliberate decision. About a mile into the canyon, this place is the most narrow, the Mengyuan people can't use their troops in this mile at all, and the troops who want to attack the city will not be too many at one time. Behind the stone wall, a section of the canyon was wider, making it easier for garrisons.

The biggest advantage of Sun Kaidao is that he can think of all the details.

Watching the wolf cavalry rush into the canyon, the faces of everyone in the defenders on the stone wall became solemn.

To say not to be nervous is.

No one was calm before the war, but after the fight, they forgot to be afraid.

After the golden banner embroidered with the black flying wolf appeared in the sight of the defenders, the scene became unusually quiet. When the cavalry stopped, the dust and smoke from the horse's hooves drifted up.

Under the banner, the gold-armored Koktai Menglie carefully observed the defenders on the stone wall with clairvoyance that he had snatched from the Han Chinese, and did not even let go of the expressions on the faces of the soldiers. When he didn't find any sign of fear in the defenders, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"I'm afraid this battle won't be easy."

He did not look at the stone wall first, nor at the terrain first, but first at the defenders.

"Farewell to the Devil"

Meng Lie pointed to the side of the stone wall and ordered, "Let the defender general come out, I have something to say to him." ”

His general, Zhe Libei, urged his horse forward, and was forced to stop by the warning arrows of the defenders fifty paces from the stone wall, and he craned his neck and roared a few times, although the words of the Han people were very awkward, but there was no obstacle to communication.

"Let your general come out, the secret service has something to ask."

The unicorn shouted angrily on the stone wall: "My lord said that if you want to fight, you will fight, and you barbarians have nothing to say." If you want to go back to the grassland, break through this stone wall first! ”

Zhe Crack was angry, and turned to return to Meng Lie.

Meng Lie raised his eyebrows, and was silent for a while to urge the horse to move forward in person, and dozens of relatives held cavalry shields to protect him tightly, lest the Han people sneak attack with cold arrows.

"The guard on the city wall is General Fang?"

Koktai Menglie shouted loudly.

He waited for a while, but no one answered, and continued to shout: "The Great Khan has invited you to meet at the royal court because there is something important to discuss." Why is General Fang so unwise? It should be understood that this matter is not involving the Sui people or the Mengyuan people, but you. If you are willing to open the gate and let me lead the army over, I will walk with you all the way to the royal court!" ”

"If you have any questions, I can solve your doubts!"

After shouting for a while, there was still no response, he wanted to urge the horse to go forward, and suddenly a feathered arrow broke through the air and turned out to be exceptionally accurate, and the personal soldier holding the cavalry shield was unable to react. A non-armor-piercing guard beside Meng Lie had a burning look in his eyes, and reached out in front of Meng Lie to grab the armor-piercing cone, and the arrow cluster was less than a foot away from Meng Lie's eyes.

Meng Lie glanced at the guard and nodded in approval, and the guard casually threw the armor-piercing cone aside with a proud face, and the expression seemed to say that a mere feather arrow was nothing.

Just when he was proud, there was a sudden buzzing sound, and the heavy crossbow whistled all the time, and the guard immediately turned white, grabbed Meng Lie and dodged to the side, and with a poof, the famous grassland species that Meng Lie sat on was nailed to the ground by the heavy crossbow.

The frightened Meng Lie didn't expect Fang Xie to even say a word, even if the two armies were fighting, there would be no such barbaric practice.

"My general still says the same thing, if you want to fight, you will fight, and if you don't fight, you will get out!"

Qilin shouted at the top of his voice, and then picked up a big stone and threw it down from the wall, he was born with divine power, more than 100 catties of big stones were thrown dozens of meters, those wolf riders hurriedly escorted Meng Lie to retreat, and a big laugh immediately broke out on the stone wall.

PS: Supplement, there are still four chapters left