Chapter 19 Death

The snow has not fallen, and the sky is blue and beautiful, but the sun here seems to be different from the sun in Chang'an, bright but without temperature.

The white snow radiates the brilliance of the scorching sun, but the cold air is still the same, even colder than when it snows.

The winding Huangshui lies quietly on the ground, motionless like a hibernating snake, and the frozen water surface shines like a silver ribbon in the sun.

From east of the West Sea (Qinghai Lake), Shicheng, Shancheng, and Shanzhou are all on the Huangshui line from west to east. This river has witnessed the stories of many life and death of all ethnic groups.

At this time, more than 8,000 Tang troops were lined up in an orderly manner along the river bank and heading west to the front line. The quiet Huangshui extended deep into the depths, as if you could hear the beating of war drums.

A sentence: The blood bleeds into the sea, and the Martial Emperor opens the border and is still in the past, as if it can interpret everything.

The main force of the Jiannan Army was still divided into three armies. The vanguard was made with cavalry battalions and several Hu cavalry regiments, the central army was the main force of infantry and cavalry, and the rear army had more food, grass and supplies.

The snow along the road had long been trampled into broken ice and hard to move around. Infantry soldiers tied straw ropes across their shoes to grab the ground.

Xue Chongxun's guard Flying Tiger Regiment was also in the central army, protecting two carriages from the state yamen in the middle, with two little ladies inside.

The army originally prohibited women from taking them, but Xue Chongxun was not a military general, so it was no problem for him to take them.

The two women in the car were Xue Chongxun's inner relative Cheng Ting. She didn't realize that Xue Chongxun took her with her because she was afraid of something going wrong in Shanzhou; the other was Zhang Wulang's lover Cai.

When Cai learned that Xue Chongxun was going to lead reinforcements to save people, he met Cheng Ting and begged to see Zhang Wulang together.

Cai thought it was Xue Chongxun's efforts that led to the dispatch of reinforcements, so he naturally thanked him for his gratitude to Xue Chongxun's family.

Cheng Ting told the truth: The former husband has been depressed after returning from Langzhou, as if there was no result.Later, the Jiedushi personally ordered that the Jiannan Army took the order.

If Xue Lang hadn't been running around in many ways, the Jiedushi wouldn't have ordered so quickly.

Cai clasped his hands together while speaking, and his beautiful face was very pious and murmured, hoping that God would bless Goro with peace and safety.

When Cheng Ting heard that the little girl did not hide her affection at all, she couldn't help but gently lifted a corner of the curtain to see Xue Chongxun riding a horse outside. He was with the main general Li Yi and the deputy general Huang Zhonghou.

They seemed to be saying something.

Along the way, Li Yi was lively and talkative because of a good mood; while Deputy General Huang was not good at speaking and was dull and silent, but this old man was the real helm of this army, and the main general was just a decoration.

Li Yi turned around and chatted with Xue Chongxun from time to time, and then he said a speech in vain: The Tuyuhun people are known as the army of 200,000, and Shancheng has been defended for more than two months with only 4,000 officers and soldiers. It is really admirable.The Tuyu Hunting trained all the people to spend money there and did not get any benefits, and I am afraid that my lungs would be irritated.

When Xue Chongxun thought that there was no food in Shancheng, he casually said: A solid fortress is easiest to break from the inside.

Unexpectedly, his words were wrong. After a while, the scout of the former army rushed to the central army to report: The city of Shancheng was broken, and the enemy soldiers attacked the city and set fire. The fire in the city soared into the sky.

After hearing this, the generals looked sank. Li Yi cursed: I have been defending for so long, and I can't hold on for a day!Why did these people get into trouble at the critical moment?

Xue Chongxun hurriedly said: Move the cavalry to rescue first!

The Jiannan Army, like other Tang army, has the same configuration as the army, cavalry, infantry and cavalry, and various military supplies. The normal marching can travel up to dozens of miles a day.

It will take at least half a day to reach Shancheng even if the entire army is marching urgently.

All the generals focused their attention on Deputy General Huang, but unexpectedly, the head general Li Yi.A general advised: The enemy has many soldiers and forces. If our horse team advances alone, it may be a drop in the bucket, but it will be ruined in vain.

Someone said again: When our main force arrives in Shancheng, I am afraid that the tired army in Shancheng will be ruined long ago.We are all on the way, and it’s really a waste of all our efforts!

Xue Chongxun only cared about Zhang Wulang's life and death, and immediately said: You can be saved no matter what.

After saying that, he called Bao Cheng over and ordered: Lead the Flying Tigers to attack Shancheng immediately!If you don’t get Zhang Wulang out, come and see him!

The last one will get orders!Bao Cheng clasped his fists and said.

Slow down.

Huang Zhonghou finally spoke. He frowned and pondered for a moment. The yellow and black wrinkles on his old face became deeper. When he raised his head, he looked determined. If the Duke of the Defense Kingdom's guards could catch up with the vanguard team, they would rush to Shancheng together.

A general said in surprise: Deputy General thinks twice!

Huang Zhonghou said coldly: The command is sent, the vanguard light cavalry rushed forward, and the central army accelerated its march!

The people next to him advised: If you fight for profit for fifty miles, you will slap the general, and your method will be halfway.If you work hard and attack, you will inevitably lose.

Huang Zhonghou said contemptuously: When talking about war on paper, one time and another, I feel like I am losing my army and slashing my neck and apologizing.After saying that, he insisted on sending people to order the front army to rush to attack.

The Flying Tiger Regiment also left everything, and the soldiers ran away with only weapons and horses.

The two hundred horse team is an elite soldier who has been together for a long time. Without many restrictions on the marching of the army, I just want to rush to rush the road.

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The Tuyuhun army outside Shancheng had entered the city from the west gate.

At that time, the Tang army was mutiny in the city. As soon as the bell rang, all the defenders at the southern gate rushed to the west city to fight. Chen Tuanlian led Xicheng Luying and other troops to fight. The four gates and two gates in Shancheng were no longer on defense.

Seeing this situation, it would be strange if the Tuyuhun people didn't launch an attack. They were not worried at all that it was a plan. There were only a few soldiers and horses in the city and they were hungry and how to ambush them?

The enemy soldiers poured in from the west gate, and Chen's regiment army suffered heavy casualties and injured the enemy from both sides. So he ran along the streets and alleys to the north of the city, and also ordered the North City defenders to give up reinforcements at the top of the city.

During the mutiny, some joined Luo Duwei and others' team, while others still listened to Chen Tuan's training. The Tang army completely gave up the city defense and fought in the city.

Tuyuhun soldiers rushed in and street battles broke out everywhere. But the Tuyuhun people didn't care about the camp within the Tang army. As long as they saw Han people, regardless of military and civilians, they would set fire in the city, and fireworks soared into the sky.

Most of the houses are civil and wooden structures, with many flammable materials in the house beams, doors, windows, and furniture in the house. If the fire occurs, there will be wars that cannot be put out in time, and the fire will spread even more.

Many people were forced to escape and were slaughtered when they encountered riots.

The entire city was shrouded in blood and fire.

King Tuyuhun Khan looked at the firelight of the ancient city from the tent of the central army outside the city, and couldn't help but sigh: The strong city must be broken from the inside.His views are similar to those of Xue Chongxun.

The great prime minister Fu Lu was not happy about breaking the city, and his face was gloomy.

Indeed, they had nothing to be happy about. They were coerced by the Tubo people to attack Tang. They fought for so long before they took the city. It was really not worth the loss and they lost their money.

The despicable Han people like internal fighting the most, and their hatred for their own people is even more important than those of outsiders.

Fu Lu spitted, and it would not be the end of today if he took advantage of his internal strife and weakening.The Tubo people had wool stuffed into their heads before the war started now. It was useless to pull us on the back!

Murong Xuan said lightly: If the Tang people killed the bride-welcome, the Lussian city naturally had to start a war to show strength, and sooner or later there would be peace talks.The Tubo army in Jishishan is already preparing to retreat, so we should also prepare early, otherwise it may be a good idea to wait for the Longyou Army to free up our hands to cut off our retreat.

This city has taken such great effort to slaughter it first.Fulu said angrily.

Murong Xuan said: What are the benefits of making grudges with others?

Fu Lu said coldly: The Han people are unreliable. The king should not be inclined, and there is no need to be afraid. They are just strong outside and rely on many people.

Murong Xuan shook his head gently and said calmly and slowly: People should not only respect gods, but also respect their opponents; they should not only see the weaknesses of others, but also the strengths of others.Looking at ancient books, I know that there were many tribes in the Central Plains in ancient times. Only the ancestors of the Tang people defeated all their opponents in a long time of thousands of years, and now they occupy large areas of grasslands, rich and warm land, and inexhaustible rivers.How can a clan that has been prosperous for thousands of years be useless?

At this moment, a general wearing leather armor rode his horse to the front of the camp and then walked over quickly, put his hand on his chest and bowed: Report to the king, the great minister, the cavalry prosecutor, the reinforcements of the Tang army have set out from Shanzhou and are coming along the Huangshui River.Their forward cavalry marched quickly, so we asked the Yilou troops to stare in the east.

Fu Lu hurriedly asked: How many people are there?

Infighting less than ten thousand.

After hearing this, Fu Lu sighed and said with a sigh of relief: That was not Cheng Qianli's main force, it must be the Jiannan Army in Shanzhou City... Did they give up Longyou County (Zhenzhou)?

Murong Xuan pondered: The Tang people must have learned that the Tubo people were going to withdraw their troops, and they expected that we would not dare to continue to advance eastward and deepen.

Fu Lu Dao: Of course, all the Tubo soldiers are about to run away. Now there are heavy Tang troops gathered in Longyou. What are we doing in the past?

Murong Xuan said: There is no profit in Shancheng, and it is useless to do more killings.Don't bother too much, just withdraw your troops now.

Fu Lu was angry and waved his fist and made vulgar actions: What can less than ten thousand people do to me?This city has cost us so much effort, and it is difficult to vent our hatred if we don’t razed it to the ground!

Murong Xuan had no expression on his face: The Tubo Allied Army cannot protect itself. For example, Cheng Qianli took advantage of the reinforcements in Shanzhou to entangle our army and suddenly dispatched heavy troops to the north and put a large number of troops to the east of Shibao City. What should we do?I call 200,000 people, you should know how great it is to Cheng Qianli.

After hearing this, Fu Lu calmed down a lot, frowned and pondered for a long time before saying: "Sir, the emperor ordered all troops to prepare to retreat, so that the Yilou troops could cut off their rears and stare at the Tang people."

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When the Flying Tiger Regiment galloped east of Shancheng with the Jiannan Army's vanguard, he found that the siege had been resolved, and there was only one Tuyuhun horse team standing far away and had no offensive posture.

The city was filled with fire and smoke, and many people ran out of the city gate.

At this time, the scout came to report that the large number of Tuyuhun's troops had retreated westward.

The front army was originally here to break through the siege, but there was no formation to rush. The general was afraid of falling into a trap, so he asked someone to go to the city gate and brought a few people to ask questions.

General asked: Are there any enemy soldiers in the city?The people all said that the barbarians had left, and the Tang soldiers were still fighting in the north of the city, and their own people were beating their own people.

Everyone immediately understood: I am afraid there has been a mutiny.

Bao Cheng said: How to fight is your business. If there is no war, remember to put out the fire.My task is to get Goro out. Since I can enter the city, I will say goodbye first.

After saying that, he led the Flying Tigers to ride a horse straight into the city from the east gate and headed north along the main road in the city.

I saw that there were corpses on both sides of the street, most of the dead were civilians, and some Tang soldiers, and few of them were seen with the corpses of Tuyuhun people.

Many people who escaped from various yards saw the Tang army's armor in the Flying Tiger Regiment, and pointed at the fires everywhere and shouted to put out the fires. They did not know that the army had cannibalized people, so they seemed not afraid of the Tang soldiers.

The soldiers of the Flying Tiger Group replied as they walked: There are more brothers behind them, so let them save them.

When the troops arrived on the horizontal street in the north of the city, they saw that the gate of the throne was still fighting.

There were Tang soldiers on both sides with disheveled armor, some inside and some outside, blocking the gate and the walls and fighting inside and outside. There were corpses on the entire street. I don’t know how many people died.

Bao Cheng shouted: Stop!But those people didn't listen at all.

Just then, a loud noise was heard like a bolt from the blue: Reinforcements arrived, there was food!Who is not Li Kuiyong who has such a loud voice?

With a loud shout, it was so shocking that the tiles on the roof seemed to be ringing. The soldiers looked over and the fight gradually stopped.

Seeing this, Bao Cheng took advantage of the situation and persuaded: When the army arrived, the merits and demerits and right and wrong were determined. What else do you want to fight?Put down the weapons, we brought some dry food...

The soldiers of the Flying Tiger Group knew that the brothers were too hungry to do so, so they took down the dry food they carried with them.

Dangdang... Many weapons were thrown to the ground, and the gang of soldiers surrounded him and brought food. The soldiers inside the wall also ran out to find food. Everyone was mixed together and didn't know who was from which side, so they stopped fighting completely.

I have pancakes here.

Li Kuiyong had just taken out a big cake and was immediately taken by a soldier who rushed to the front of the horse. He opened his mouth and bit it. The guy ate it long and stretched his neck and swallowed it desperately.

Li Kuiyong took the kettle and drank a sip of water. Don’t choke to death if he didn’t starve to death!

The Flying Tiger Regiment had two hundred people. According to the marching practice, except for the food and grass carried by the baggage, each soldier would usually carry dry food with him for three days, which was enough for the remaining Shancheng Army to have a full meal, because they only had a thousand men left.

Bao Cheng asked: Are all your people here?Where is your general Zhang Wulang?

Some people said they were still in the throne. After hearing this, Bao Cheng and Li Kuiyong and others walked towards the throne gate. As soon as they reached the door, they saw more than a dozen people including Chen Tuanlian coming towards him, and supported Zhang Wulang from behind.

Zhang Wulang looked pale and lost a lot of weight. Fortunately, he was still alive, which made Bao Cheng, Li Kuiyong and others breathe a sigh of relief.

Goro, what are you doing? Why do you fight with your own people?They don't listen to you?Bao Cheng frowned and asked without caring about the greeting.

Zhang Wulang was angry, and gritted his teeth and pushed away the two soldiers who were supporting him. His body immediately shaking. The two soldiers hurriedly held his arm again. Zhang Wulang pushed it away again and got out!

He then looked at Chen Tuanlian coldly and said: Chen Tuanlian, are your wings hard?It would be fine if I broke my promise and disobeyed my promise, but I was actually under house arrest and wanted to use the living as food!Now that a mutiny has been triggered, how do the thousands of soldiers who have died explain?How do you explain the countless people who were slaughtered after they were lost to the city?!Thieves!

Chen Tuanlian said with a blood-faced look: It was forced by the situation, but I never thought of trying to harm Goro.

Bao Cheng was very alert. After hearing this, he walked up and pulled Zhang Wulang and brought him to the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Group to protect him.

Then he said coldly: Chen Tuanlian, you are so wrong that you can’t be wrong again, you can’t save me.

Chen Tuanlian hurriedly said: Brother Bao, for the sake of your friendship, he said a few good words in front of his lord.

Bao Cheng sneered: What is your purpose for when your brain grows?I am still lucky enough to do things now, hehe, just stop it as soon as possible!

Chen Tuanlian said: Your lord has saved me, and you can’t repay me even if you are sad.

Zhang Wulang stared at Chen Tuanlian and said: Things have happened again and again, and there have been no more and more times. This time, you can’t atone for your sins even if you cut off your head. Do you still want to live?

Bao Cheng sighed: It’s not that we don’t treat you as a brother, you don’t listen to others. Last time I woke you up: Whose person is, you can do whatever you can’t do, and you don’t know what you know?I will tell you the truth so as not to die inexplicably. Even if you lose the city, lose a war, or even eat someone, you can live, but if you hold Goro hostage, you will die!You dare to take Goro hostage now. Will you threaten your lord one day? Ah?

Brother Bao woke up the dreamer with one word, I knew I was wrong!

Zhang Wulang ignored him and said to Bao Cheng: You must never leak the cannibalism, otherwise my Tang Jun will be wiped out.The crime of executing Chen Tuanlian was charged with the excuse of provoking a mutiny.

After saying that, he grabbed the sword on Bao Cheng's waist, pulled it out with a blink of an eye, and I slaughtered this guy with my own hands!

Chen Tuanlian was stunned: Wulang, although you are guarding me, you have no right to kill me. What is the final say in the crime?

Zhang Wulang walked forward staggeringly with his knife and said coldly: Stand for me!If you dare to take a step back and hide, I promise that you will be killed!

Seeing this, Li Kuiyong and others quietly put their hands on the weapons and stared at Chen Tuanlian quietly.

Chen Tuanlian was stunned in place and finally sighed: For the sake of our comrades, don’t make things difficult for my girl.Bao Cheng said: Let’s go with peace of mind, the people in our Flying Tiger Group have their own sense of doing things.

Zhang Wulang finally walked up to him, took a knife and stabbed him, and said with a clang, and did not pierce the armor. His injury was not cured yet. He had no strength.

At this time, Zhang Wulang held the hilt of the horizontal knife with both hands and raised it, and slashed it head-on. With a scream, Chen Tuanlian covered his face, and blood suddenly leaped out of his fingers, but it seemed that it was not fatal. He was still crying in pain tragically.

Damn, I can't use it, his bones are quite hard!

Chen Tuanlian cried and said in a daze: Can you feel more happy?Someone came, help me get the armor!

As soon as he went to the head guard, his neck was exposed. Zhang Wulang then pressed his shoulder armor, took a knife to approach his neck, and sawed it hard.

Chen Tuanlian screamed in silence, and hurriedly grabbed Zhang Wulang's arm in pain, but the blade had not stopped and sawed it back and forth twice, and the blood splattered Zhang Wulang's face was covered with.