Chapter 122: Ice City Conspiracy (2)
Tie Lang said goodbye to Cai Zhonghui and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something again, Lerma asked Cai Zhong and replied: "Brother Cai, you may be able to resist Yuan Hao's army." β
Cai Zhong thought for a moment and said: "Yuan Hao's army of more than 10,000 new troops has newly collected the Tubo Uighur army in the Hexi Corridor, and the army's morale is unstable, and I heard that Yuan Hao's marching troops are mostly consumed by foreign strong men. However, he used his party's elite soldiers to make the final blow, which was also a helpless move that he knew was not convinced. β
Tie Lang heard that Cai Zhonghui knew Yuan Hao very well, so he asked again: "How do you quit the party's army?" β
Cai Zhonghui did not hesitate this time, and said bluntly: "The soldiers and horses of the Western Regions are good at field warfare, and they are stubborn and stubborn in urging horses to kill, but they are weak and weak in the way of attacking the city. β
Tie Lang laughed and said: "Brother Cai is talented, Tubo is lucky." And he struck his horse and walked away.
Cai Zhonghui watched Tie Lang gallop away, and said to his subordinates who were slowly approaching: "From today onwards, according to the wartime restraints, we should let Tubo and the party members see the majesty of my Great Song Jian'er." β
Sunuer is one of the four states under the command of Li Deming, the king of Lao Xia, who has been doing the work of robbing homes all the year round, one year, Sunuer received very few goods, and Li Deming, who regarded gold and silver as his life, was angry and wanted to kill him, and it was Li Yuanhao who saved Sunuer with his life.
Although Sunuer also knew that this was a play played by the old Xia King and the little Xia Wang, he was still very satisfied that the two Xia Kings chose him to play the leading role, and he lived up to his expectations and trained an iron army for the party - the Iron Harrier Army.
The party members marched to fight the iron harrier army is the weight of the winner and loser, which is also the power of the last fatal blow of the party members, and Sunuer is very satisfied with King Xia's errand of letting him lead the army to attack Qingtang this time.
The configuration of 5,000 Iron Harrier Army, 10,000 Bang Linglang, 10,000 Capture Army, and 200 Pop Xi Army made Sunuer full of ambition, and he felt that he could use this force to sweep Tubo.
The Iron Harrier Army is a heavy cavalry, strong horses, strong shields and thick armor, and brave party warriors are the source of Sunuer's confidence in winning the victory, and the 10,000 Raiders are all captured by the Great Song Dynasty and Khitan Zhuangding, these people have no armor and sharp weapons in their hands, and they are the first to charge and consume the enemy's cannon fodder; although the Poxi Army has only 200 people, it is completely sufficient to deal with these small city walls in the Western Regions, because these people can run more than 100 catties of stones out of dozens of zhang away; the captive army is some party members who are not qualified for the Iron Harrier Army, and these people will send troops to capture the treasures of the people when the war is wonγ
The army of 25,000 men marched higher and higher on the northwest grasslands, and when they entered the territory of Tibet, the soldiers pointed at them and all of them were scattered. Sunu'er looked at the soldiers who rushed forward in the fine snow, and wondered what kind of reward King Xia would give him after winning this battle.
It has been more than three months since Tie Lang arrived in Qingtang, and his arrival was received by a very grand and grand reception, Tie Lang was very uncomfortable, but he always replaced him with a benefactor, and he couldn't shirk it.
He took Tie Lang to see his military deployment, hoping that Tie Lang would give him a little advice, where did Tie Lang have any suggestions, but he felt that these Tubo people were full of awe in their eyes when they looked at him, and this kind of awe was different from the general awe of power, the general awe was born of fear, and the Tubo people were born of fear.
"These Tubo people are willing to sacrifice their lives for their Zampu" Although Cai Zhonghui has been in Huangzhou for a few years, he has never met with him, so this time he followed him as Tie Lang's entourage to check the military defense preparations.
Tie Lang nodded sympathetically, a leader who is believed in by people can give people unlimited power.
Tie Lang took the time to go to the White Camel Villa to see Shao Xiaofei and Ouyang Min, only to find that the White Camel Villa had already been empty, and there was no news when he inquired around, and the railway had a faint sense of foreboding, but he didn't know what was wrong.
Tie Lang told him about it, and he first looked stunned when he heard this, and then said slowly: "I will arrange for the following people to investigate this matter." β
Tie Lang was still not at ease, so he followed the people arranged by the guy to look for Shao Xiaofei and the others, but there was still no news after three months, and Tie Lang gave up when he saw that the world on the plateau was already frozen and jade.
It was night, Tie Lang pondered in the felt tent for a long time: he has been looking for people all these years, but he has always gained less and lost more, is there really a fate in the dark?
A dull sound of bull's horn pulled Tie Lang back from his contemplation, and when Tie Lang hurried to the felt tent of the council, it was already full of civil and military officials, and he was giving orders in a deep voice.
Seeing Tie Lang coming in, he got up and said, "Wu Muhou, the party is here, and they will arrive in Maoniu City tomorrow." β
Tie Lang nodded and said, "Lord Zampu, are you ready?"
He also nodded and said, "The herdsmen north of Maoniu City have all withdrawn to the south of Qingtang, and they won't get any supplies." β
This was the strategy given by Cai Zhonghui, who expected that the party would invade in winter, because their war horses were the most fat at that time. But the party members did not know how desperate the plateau would be in winter.
After everyone received the order and hurried away, Tie Lang asked again: "Is the Tang River in Longquan Bay also ready?"
He nodded and said, "Everything is ready, just wait for the decisive battle with the party members in Maoniucheng"
The decisive battle in Maoniucheng made Tie Lang's scalp a little numb, he had practiced martial arts for many years, and he was proud of his invincibility, but he had never seen this kind of melee of tens of thousands of people.
Maoniu City is too small, Tie Lang was a little dizzy when he saw it, this small city is too small, and the 25,000 party members outside the city can't drain the water around Maoniu City.
Tie Lang and Cai Zhonghui stood at the head of the city, watching the party members swarm towards the city, while the Tibetan guards shot out the bows and arrows that had been prepared mercilessly, interspersed with wooden rolling stones.
Tie Lang looked at it for two days and felt very boring, the party people couldn't get close to the city wall at all, and the Tubo people were too well prepared to defend the city, and even the soldiers became a little numb every day when they saw someone coming up, they would shoot arrows, and then throw some stones down.
Tie Lang was a little disdainful of Sunuer's performance, what kind of general is this, is that all in itself?
Sunuer's skills are far more than that, he sent Bang Linglang to attack the city in waves because he found that his Poxi army could not find a working stone. The thick snow covering the mountains hides the stones, and even if the snow is dug up, the stones are already frozen with the ground and cannot be retrieved.
For ten days in a row, Sunuer felt that the stones and wood he had collected were enough, so he ordered two hundred Poxi military city to unfold the stone throwing machine, he squinted at the numb Tubo people on the city, and said in his heart, it's time for you to see the secret weapon of my party.
Sunuer's secret weapon, the Tubo people, did see it, and Cai Zhonghui also saw it, he saw that the party members in the city were busy installing the stone thrower, so he smiled and said: "The carving insect is a small skill, and he dares to get an axe." β
Sunuer's Poxi army saw that the stone throwing machine was finished, but unexpectedly, someone in the city also threw things down, in the ice and snow, the sergeant of the Poxi army took a hot bath, and what was thrown on the city was the hot water contained in a thin sheepskin bag.
Sunuer looked at the soldiers who were wet but had slowly frozen, and sneered: "If it is summer, this hot water is only afraid that it will scald you into a dead sheep, what are you afraid of at this time?"