Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 230 Golden City ([-])

The morning sun was slightly dew, and the sky had just cleared up.

The morning breeze after the rain floats slowly, carrying the aroma of green grass in the mountains.The sound of fighting in the distance can be faintly heard, and it is as close as the sound of insects in the ears.

The Chinese attacked the city!
Mei Guxi sorted out his luggage and sent people to send orders to all the ministries: go down the mountain and attack the Tang people!

There was a commotion in the forest.Soldiers from various tribes brought bows and knives, led their horses, and slowly descended the mountain along the valley road.

There are more than [-] of them in total, from Hezhou and Linzhou counties, they are all carefully selected warriors in the tribe, among them there are nearly [-] cavalry.If you go straight to Lanzhou City from the foothills, it will only take you ten miles, and you will arrive in an instant.

Zhuang Lang in Lanzhou and other subordinates spent a lot of money and at the same time worked hard to persuade the tribal chiefs and elders to agree to send troops.Mei Guxi felt that there was nothing wrong with it, there was a saying in the Tang Dynasty that the lips were dead and the teeth were cold, and it was referring to the current situation.

Once Lanzhou is lost, if they don't leave, but go directly south along the Agan River Valley to attack Hezhou, Linzhou and other places, what will everyone do?wait to die?escape?Neither seems to be a good choice.

The best way is to take advantage of the main force of the Tang people to besiege Lanzhou, suddenly break out from behind them, cooperate with the inside and outside, and defeat the Tang army.

This is not the Tang army more than 100 years ago. After being defeated once, it can continue to organize a larger army.They have learned that the Tang people are now fighting endlessly. Once the Lingwu County King is defeated, he may give up conquering He, Lin, Lan, Shan, Min and other states, and everyone's safety will be guaranteed.

This is what Mei Guxi is doing now, he wants to defeat Tang Jun.

The infantry had already started to line up on the mountain, and the cavalry also led their horses out of the mountain path.The Lanzhou City in the distance is clearly visible, and groups of Tang troops are attacking the city like a tide.

Mei Guxi felt as if he could hear the sound of dense feather arrows piercing the air, as well as the desperate screams of people dying.

This is the feeling, kill!Kill those Tang people!
The cavalry began to get on their horses.

Of course he knew that there were rangers from the Tang people in the vicinity, and there were several villages set up by the Tang people, with soldiers staying behind, as if to guard against their flank attacks.

But so what?With [-] cavalry, they can quickly rush to the rear without killing many people, and their morale will be disturbed.In the long-term tribal vendetta, Meigu saw many such scenes, even if the Tang people were stronger, there would be no exceptions.

This is a death situation!
A horn sounded not far away, which was a signal for the Tang people to summon their troops.Mei Gu ignored him and let the cavalry start jogging.

In order to avoid the Tang people's search, they hid a little far away, and they couldn't sprint at this time, otherwise the horses would lose their strength when they got close.Fortunately, the terrain near Lanzhou is really wonderful, the mountains and forests are also very dense, and there are many tunnels, which gave them a place to hide.

Kill, kill, reap the fruits of battle to your heart's content!
Zhang Yanqiu received the news immediately, and the backup left by the coach really worked!
Could it be that I just came here and am going to make meritorious service?
Zhang Yanqiu quickly gathered soldiers and horses, a total of more than [-] horsemen, all veterans of the Zhenwu Army.

The sources are very mixed. There are Shatuo cavalry brought over by Li Guochang when he was the envoy of the Zhenwu Army. They were still in Shengzhou when they rebelled, and they didn't have time to follow them.Later, he simply gave up and continued to work for the court, and he received more money.

When Qi Bizhang was appointed as the Jiedu envoy of the Zhenwu Army, he added some Tiele cavalry. When he was blasted away, these cavalry did not follow him, and chose to continue to be a soldier.

Of course, the old Zhenwu Army cavalry team was the most numerous. It was mainly composed of Han Chinese, Uyghurs, and Dangxiang people, with a total of more than 600 cavalry. Now they are scattered in various places to guard against Tubo. Zhang Yanqiu can muster only [-] in a hurry.

But it's not that he doesn't have a backup, Tiande Army envoy Sun Ba still has Qianqi in his hand, it's the general reserve team, led by Youyi envoy Tian Xing, and stationed behind, when he received the news, he should have mobilized .

The horn sounded continuously, filling the entire northern foot of Woganling.The cavalry soldiers of the Zhenwu Army who received the news took action one after another, gathering at the enemy's haunts.

Since he followed Marshal Shao, he naturally had to show some skill, so that he could ask for rewards from him after the war.

Liang Hanyong rode a maroon horse, followed by a few friends who came with Jinyang, leading the horse with unparalleled bravery.

"Whoosh!" The Tubo cavalry on the opposite side shot an arrow, fortunately, it missed a little.

Liang Hanyong was furious, I want to compete with you in instant fighting kung fu, you actually shoot arrows?

The bay red horse rushed up like lightning, stabbed, picked, and swung again, and the body of the Tubo cavalry fell to the grass with a loud crash.

A 17-year-old boy already has such courage!
The cavalry of the Zhenwu Army rushed towards the Tibetans from the slanting stabs, but they ignored them and continued to charge forward.

Mei Guxi has only one target, and that is the Tang Army troops under the city of Lanzhou.He had a hunch that as soon as he approached, the other side would be panicked and chaotic, which gave him a chance to charge forward.

Of course, there were also cavalry on the main side of the Tang people, but they were too scattered before and were led away too much by the cavalry of Zhuang Lang's department.At this time, there are some remaining, and they are not arranged in the right place. They are mainly for defense in the city, and no deployment is made for the situation of being attacked from behind.

Success or failure is here!
But another group of cavalry came out of the oblique stab...

"Kill!" Under the city of Lanzhou, hundreds of soldiers in heavy armor and holding long spears marched like a forest.

A large gap has been opened in the city wall.Judging from the materials at the collapsed site, it should have been newly repaired not long ago, and it was made in a hurry, and the quality can be imagined.

But a city wall is a city wall, no matter how rough it is, it provides a considerable screen for the defenders.As a result, the Dingnan army lost several siege equipment and killed and injured many people, and only then did they make a breakthrough.

Of course, this should also be thanks to the Tibetans. The city wall has not been used for more than 100 years, and it was urgently built when things came to an end. There was a shortage of materials and labor everywhere, so that a tofu project was made.If Xiazhou City is in front of everyone today, then it is better to die as soon as possible and make up your mind, because it cannot be broken by a strong attack.

The competition at the gap was extremely fierce.

The Tubo people didn't hold back any more, and they brought in more than a thousand elites.

They fight, and of course they have their own logic.When to use the slave department and when to use the elite, it is clear.At this time, the slave department can no longer be used, whether it is the party's slave department, the Han slave department, or any other slave department, it will not work. If it collapses, the headquarters behind it will also collapse, which is very worthless.

The arrival of the elite new force had an effect.They shot with bows and arrows first, and the soldiers of the Iron Forest Army on the opposite side just passed a section of rough rubble, and the large shield was not well protected, and suddenly fell down.

After shooting the arrows, a few brave hundred households rushed forward with their subordinates like crazy tigers.

The dozens of Tielin troops rushing to the front couldn't resist, there were many casualties, and the front line tended to retreat.

"Poke them back!"

Yang Liang, who was transferred from the State Army to the Tielin Army as the tenth general, was furious. He pushed away the shield hand beside him, and stepped forward with a lance. He first stabbed to death a Tubo sergeant who was rushing the fastest, and then avoided the enemies coming one after another. After stabbing with the horizontal lance, he stabbed again and killed another person.

"Don't act like a woman, kill me!"

The Tubo sergeant didn't believe in evil, so he stabbed with several long spears, Yang Liang moved left and right, clamped a spear shaft in his left armpit, drew out a horizontal knife with his right hand and stabbed straight, another Tubo sergeant took the blame.

Killing three people in a row, the Tubo people were also a little frightened, and the movements under their hands could not help but slow down.

"What are you waiting for? Stab them back!" Yang Liang yelled twice.

The sergeants responded with a bang, and stepped forward one after another with their spears, stabbing repeatedly, and the momentum of the Tubo people's forward rush was suffocated.

"Whoosh!" An arrow flew over, hitting the shoulder of Yang Liang who was fighting fiercely.

Yang Liang was in pain, and pointed in the direction of the arrow and shouted: "If I don't kill you, I won't pull out the arrow!"

After all, he took a card from his side, raised a machete in his right hand, and rushed forward with his head covered.Wherever he passed, he swung his knife and slashed repeatedly, completely ignoring the weapons that the enemy called to him, and just relied on the double armor to carry it.

The sneak attacking archer turned pale, but he was not in a panic, after all, there were still many people in front of him.

Yang Liang was still charging forward, staring fixedly at the archer, full of killing intent.

The Tielin sergeants followed Yang Liang, their faces flushed and roaring, their long rifles kept helping him block the attacks from the side.

After chopping down two people in a row, Yang Liang, covered in gold, rushed to the stunned archer.

Archer subconsciously wanted to escape.

"Pfft!" Raising the knife in his hand and dropping it, Archer died with an unbelievable expression on his face.

"Kill the thief!" Yang Liang shouted, holding the archer's head in his hand and throwing it into the crowd of Tubo people.

"Kill the thief!" The sergeants shouted in response, their morale was like a rainbow, and they pushed the Tubo people back at once.

That's the way war is fought with courage.If you overwhelm the opponent, you will be able to kill the opponent and retreat steadily, otherwise you will be killed and retreat steadily.

After the offensive of the new Tubo army was contained, the soldiers of the Tielin Army who rushed into the city stood firm.

With the passage of time, more and more people came in, and the types of arms became more abundant. It was no longer like before that they were all riflemen, but now many people crowded in with infantry bows.

Relying on their skilled skills and tacit cooperation, they gradually gained the upper hand.The balance of victory and defeat seems to have begun to tilt to one side.

(End of this chapter)