Volume 2 Continental Situation

Chapter 121: Zhou Gang dispatched troops, and the Flying Tiger Department burned Tianguan

Zhou Qiwu exclaimed, "How is it possible? How could Tiande attack Tianguan City so quickly?"

The military envoy said: "The subordinates don't know, the military envoy who reported the news was sent by Taiyuan City, the words are unknown, the subordinates only know that General Hu Chao has asked for reinforcements from the surrounding cities, and at the same time led the Taiyuan defenders out of the city and rushed to the aid of Tianguan City." ”

Ximen Yanxuan said: "Tianguan is so far away from here, and it will take at least a day for the news to arrive, that is to say, Tiande is the Tianguan City conquered last night." If Hu Chao had already engaged the other party, the battle report should arrive tomorrow morning. ”

Zhou Qiwu sat down slowly, his face gloomy: "As soon as Tianguan City is broken, there will be a smooth road behind it, if Hu Chao can stop them, it's okay to say, otherwise the wind will be in danger." ”

Ximen Yanxuan said: "Now, we can only mobilize troops and horses, arrange a second line of defense in Taiyuan City, and at the same time ask for help from the surrounding areas! The counties of Changfeng are too scattered, as long as they break through Taiyuan City, the Tiande cavalry can advance in any direction, and it is difficult for us to predict the direction of their attack in advance, so we can only defend passively." At that point, we will be in an even more difficult position. ”

Zhou Qiwu nodded, took out a token, and handed it to the military envoy: "You immediately take my token to the Governor's Mansion, find Feng Zixiao, and ask him to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Nanxun, Chudu, and Xingyun to rush to the aid of Taiyuan City, there must be no mistake! Then go to the Hongfeng Camp, and order General Zhanheng to send someone to Qingshu Province to ask for reinforcements. ”

Feng Zixiao is the first general under the command of Zhou Qiuwu, who is both civil and military, and uses soldiers like a god. Song Xiaozhi, Zhou Qiwu, and Yuwen Junxun were the six leaders of the Southern Qi Dynasty, controlling Qingshu Province, and Changfeng Province belonged to the same southern territory. Among the six leaders, Zhou Qiwu is the strongest, followed by Song Xiaozhi, and the two have been cooperating with each other to resist Tiande together. As for the Hongfeng Battalion, it is Zhou Qiuwu's pro-army, and the commander is Zhanheng.

The military envoy took Zhou Qiuwu's token and turned around, and Ximen Yanxuan said: "We just got the news here, and Tiande has started to do it! This can only show that they have already received the news before us. In this way, we can take advantage of our unpreparedness and lightning raid, but even so, with the danger of Tianguan City, it should not be attacked by Tiande so quickly, and there must be something strange in this. ”

Zhou Qiwu said: "Now that Tianguan City has been broken, it's too late to say anything." Hu Chao has 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, all of them are elite divisions, and they should be able to temporarily block the edge of Tiande, and we can only fight against the tide now! Now I only hope that Song Xiaozhi can take into account the overall situation and rescue in time, otherwise, the long wind will be in danger. ”

The red sun is rising, and the autumn breeze is blowing.

On the slope of Qixiu Mountain, the originally beautiful and wonderful scenery is now covered by the heads of people all over the mountain.

Between the mountain peaks, thick smoke billowed and shouted to kill the sky.

The south gate of Tianguan City was smashed by a heavy battering ram, and it had already collapsed and broken at this moment, and there were corpses everywhere at the door, and blood was flowing everywhere.

Looking along the avenue in the middle of the city, countless people are flowing in the city, shining sabers are waved from time to time, and the screams and killing cries are connected together, echoing each other.

"Kill, kill, kill, hold me back!" a general in Nanqi armor shouted hoarsely.

There were only less than 300 Southern Qi troops on his side, and at this moment, they used the narrow alley to restrain a Tiande army, and the two sides fought around the alley. The mouth of the alley is narrow, Tiande's military advantage is difficult to develop, and Tiande has always been dominated by cavalry, this time to attack Tianguan City, the terrain is dangerous, although the horses can

Reluctantly went up the mountain but could not gallop and charge, so the Tiande soldiers and horses all dismounted and fought on foot, and the horses were driven up the mountain by other people and horses. The combat power of the Tiande cavalry that lost the war horse declined, but it was not the opponent of the Southern Qi soldiers who were longer than the battle array, the ratio of the Southern Qi military horse was relatively perfect, the lunge was combined, the swords and guns were staggered, the advance could be attacked, and the retreat could be defended. However, even so, the difference in numbers between the two sides had already determined that the Southern Qi army had no chance of victory. They can only use street fighting to delay the footsteps of Tiande's soldiers and horses, hoping to wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

But they didn't know that because Tianguan City had fallen too quickly, Tiande had basically controlled the defense north of Tianguan City at this moment, occupying the Heavenly Danger. The reinforcements from Taiyuan City did not dare to attack, and they had already given up the rescue of Tianguan City, and instead set up a defensive line at the mouth of the valley, preparing to intercept the Tiande army here. So the rescue they were waiting for would never come.

The fighting in the alley was still going on tragically, whenever a soldier fell, the soldiers of Nanqi behind did not hesitate to go up, and Tiande's army was always blocked out of the alley, and it was difficult to break through their defensive line. The mouth of the alley has become a tragic battlefield of flesh-and-blood between the two sides, with corpses everywhere and blood staining the earth.

In the middle of Tianguan City, there are remnants of soldiers and horses from the Southern Qi Dynasty who are still resisting in many houses and lanes. The urban area of Tianguan City is long and narrow, the roads are staggered, the terrain is complex, and there is not enough space for large-scale battles, which just provides them with the opportunity to fight in the streets. The Southern Qi army of Tianguan City knew the terrain of Tianguan City well and knew where it was suitable to hold on, and although they were at a disadvantage, they occupied the most difficult advantageous terrain in Tianguan City. Although there were many Tiande soldiers and horses, they could not be wiped out in a short time.

On a fairly wide road, hundreds of Tiande sergeants strode over, led by a man wearing an iron-clad battle suit, holding a tiger-headed boring knife in his hand, striding like flying, his knife was dripping with blood, and he had already killed more than how many Southern Qi sergeants had been killed. Behind him, two tower-like strong men followed closely behind, one carrying a broad-bladed axe, with a murderous aura.

"Why are there so many miscellaneous pieces of Southern Qi?" Listening to the sound of shouting and killing in the city, General Tiande, who was the leader, stopped, frowned, and said angrily: "The wolf lord handed us the heavy responsibility of conquering Tianguan City, and sent an immortal envoy to help us attack the city, this is the trust of our Flying Tiger Department!

"General Geha, this Tianguan City is like a snake cave, twisting and turning everywhere. The little cubs of Nanqi are hiding in Tibet, and they dare not confront us head-on, our people are not familiar with the road, and they are not good at foot combat, so it is indeed difficult to solve them for a while!"

"How can this be reasonable!" Geha roared: "The warriors of the eight divisions are all waiting at the foot of Qixiu Mountain, just waiting for us to open the gate to Southern Qi, and if we drag on like this, won't they make them laugh at our Flying Tiger Division? Where will the face of the tiger lord be placed? The order will be passed down, and the whole army will withdraw from the combat area!"

"General Geha, why is this?" a general on the side wondered, "Wouldn't it be even more impossible to destroy them if we didn't step up our attack and withdrew from the engagement?"

Geha sneered: "In battle on the battlefield, don't just know how to use brute force, but learn to use your brain! Since our people are not good at foot combat, why do we still have to use short blows and long blows? Order the whole army to collect firewood, wood, and tung oil, and I will burn all these Nanqi miscellaneous pieces to death with one fire!"

When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed and complimented: "The general really has a clever plan! Set fire to the city, these Southern Qi cubs will destroy themselves!"

When Geha heard the flattery of the crowd, he was full of joy and laughed.

Soon, Geha's life

The order spread throughout the army, and Tiande's soldiers and horses retreated one after another.

"General, the Tiande barbarians have withdrawn!" shouted the soldiers in front of him in the alley before.

"Great, are the reinforcements arriving?" the general asked, lining up the crowd and looking at the retreating figure of the Tiande troops.

"I don't know, but I didn't hear the arrows. ”

The general wondered, "That's weird." However, it is better for the barbarian to retreat, carry the wounded brother to the back and tie the wound, and everyone seize the time to rest and recuperate. Archers hurry up and collect bows and arrows on the battlefield, and there will definitely be a fierce battle later!"

"No!" the Nanqi sergeants suddenly agreed and began to act one after another.

The general assigned his tasks and turned to look at the wounded Nanqi sergeant in the back.

"How's it going? Is there enough medicine?"

"General Hui, when we evacuated the barracks, we brought a large number of medicinal herbs, which were enough to use. ”

The general nodded: "That's good." Don't be stingy with medicinal materials, no matter how precious they are, they are not as important as the lives of your brothers!"

"No!"

The general's words moved the soldiers under his command for a while, and the eyes that looked at the general became more and more reverent.

"General. A soldier with a wounded right leg shouted.

The general looked back and said, "What's wrong?"

The soldier groaned slightly, bit his lip and said, "General, you say, can we go back alive?"

The general was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly: "We will definitely be able to go back!" Taiyuan City is only thirty miles away from us, and there are 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, as long as we hold on, as soon as General Hu Chao's soldiers and horses arrive, we can turn defeat into victory, reoccupy Tianguan City, and drive out the barbarians as before!"

The general's words rekindled everyone's hope, and the morale that had been a little decadent was suddenly boosted.

Little did they know that while they were still full of hope for life, a terrible catastrophe was approaching.

The mouth of the valley north of Qixiu Mountain.

The army formation here stretched, and the overwhelming army blocked the entire valley mouth.

In front of the military formation, a general wearing chain mail and carrying a spear sat on a horse, with tiger eyes shining brightly, it was Hu Chao, the general of the Taiyuan City Unified Army, Hussar General. On either side of him, more than a dozen generals lined up.

"General, are we really not going to rescue Tianguan?" On his left hand side was his deputy general Li Hengchuan, who was asking Hu Chao in a low voice at this moment.

Hu Chao shook his head, his face solemn: "The sent Tanma reported that Tianguan has completely fallen, and Tiande's soldiers and horses have taken control of the fortifications on the back. You know the danger of Tianguan City, if we wave our army to attack, even if we can attack the city in the end, we will suffer heavy losses. At that time, we will no longer be able to stop the footsteps of the Tiande military horses. If you can't block the Tiande cavalry here in Taiyuan City, you know the consequences. We can't lose big because of small things, we can only abandon the sky pass and protect the overall situation!"

Li Hengchuan knew that Hu Chao's approach was right, but in his heart he felt deep guilt for the Nanqi soldiers and horses in Tianguan, he let out a long sigh, said nothing more, and turned his head to look in the direction where Tianguan City was located.

"Huh?" In Li Hengchuan's sight, puffs of smoke suddenly rose from Qixiu Mountain, soaring into the sky.

At this moment, a horse galloped over, and shouted loudly with a long voice in his mouth: "Report~, Tiande Flying Tiger Department set fire to Tianguan City! Tianguan City has turned into a sea of fire!"

Li Hengchuan's heart felt as if he had been hit hard by a hammer, and he muttered: "Tianguan City, it's over!"