I will never be Renzong

Chapter 218
Li Yuanhao, who had fled to Uighur, heard that Tubo's 15 army was attacking the Song Dynasty, and thought that the opportunity had come, so he used the money he had previously brought to recruit thousands of You Ding Sanyong, plus the [-] iron kites he had previously led, to take the opportunity to take Guazhou City.

The iron kite is a heavy armored cavalry founded by Li Yuanhao. In the battle, "use the iron cavalry as the front army, ride on a good horse, heavy armor, and can't be stabbed; use a hook and rope to connect, even if the horse dies, it will not fall. In case of battle, the iron cavalry will be the first to go out Break through the formation, if the formation is chaotic, attack it; the infantry will advance with their cavalry."

These 3000 people are the trump card in Li Yuanhao's trump card. In addition to using it as the guard of the supreme ruler, he also used it as the "front army" to charge forward.This cavalry is well-equipped, riding on good horses, heavy armor, impenetrable to stabs, and tied with hooks and ropes, even if they die, they will not fall immediately.This cavalry was the most ferocious cavalry in the world before the appearance of the Mongolian iron cavalry that traversed the world, and it was also the nightmare of all party enemies.

Wang Deyong heard that Li Yuanhao had been circling near Guazhou, so he sent his deputy general Niu Ye to lead Wan Qi to attack Li Yuanhao, but unexpectedly, Niu Ye relied on his bravery and did not pay attention to Li Yuanhao's remnant soldiers, so the two armies fought, and Niu Ye took the lead. Directly led [-] cavalry into the battle.

As a result, they encountered the iron harrier commanded by Li Yuanhao, and lost hundreds of horses as soon as they met. Although the Song cavalry had undergone years of training and quickly adjusted their formation, their actual combat experience was still inferior to that of Li Yuanhao, the experienced Dang Xianghan. Will.

As a result, 2000 cavalry lost more than [-] people, and less than [-] people retreated to Guazhou.

Liangzhou was besieged, Wang De ordered Lieutenant General Ren Fu to lead 2000 soldiers to rescue, and he led [-] people to sit in Guazhou, but unexpectedly, Niu Ye's conquest of Li Yuanhao failed, and only [-] cavalry fled in embarrassment back.

Seeing this, Li Yuanhao led his troops to surround Guazhou City. At that time, there were party members in Guazhou City to support Li Yuanhao, so Wang Deyong was busy guarding the city gate, and at the same time he had to deal with the rebels in the city.

Li Yuanhao saw that the timing was almost right, so he personally led the iron kite to attack the city, but at this moment, a black cannon suddenly appeared from the top of the city, and more than [-] tiger cannons rode and fired, and the iron kite had not rushed yet. Hundreds of soldiers have been lost under the city wall.

Li Yuanhao was very clever. Seeing that the situation was not right, he hurriedly withdrew his troops, but he didn't want it to be too late. The cannons on the top of the city had already adjusted their sights, and then another round of artillery rode and fired. It happened that a shell hit the horse. Li Yuanhao noticed something was wrong , jumped off the horse first, but just when he thought he was blessed by his ancestors, a shell hit again, and a generation of heroes was blown to pieces.

As soon as Li Yuanhao died, all the wandering soldiers recruited earlier dispersed like birds and beasts, and the hundreds of iron kites who survived by chance went forward and launched a final attack on the city wall.

Wang Deyong saw that the iron kite was so ferocious, so he ordered the soldiers to stop firing, and then personally persuaded him to surrender, but the iron kite was an elite party member, so he would not surrender.

Wang Deyong had no choice but to finally order the firing. As a result, hundreds of iron kites died under the city of Guazhou. After Li Yuanhao was dealt with, Wang Deyong led his troops to quickly wipe out the rebels in the city. Anyone who participated in the rebellion was killed. No pardon.

At the same time, Liangzhou was in danger, with 800 defenders, only [-] were left. But at this moment, the deputy general Ren Fu led the reinforcements to arrive, and then personally led the army to attack the Tubo army three times in a row, but they were all defeated in the end. The Tubo army was resisted.

Just when Ren Fu was helpless, the more than [-] Tubo soldiers in front of them stopped their troops and withdrew towards the southwest. It turned out that they had received the news that the Tubo cavalry had failed in battle, so they had to retreat.

The 15 tribes of Tubo formed a coalition with a total of 7 people. After a battle by the Qinghai Lake, more than [-] soldiers were lost. Now only [-] people have retreated to Xige City.

Then the [-] Zanpus began to argue endlessly. Some suggested continuing to recruit troops to fight the Song Dynasty to the end, while others suggested that while the foundation of the Tubo coalition forces was still there, it would be better to discuss peace with the Song Dynasty and strike down the troops.

Since no agreement has been reached, the 13 Tubo soldiers in Xige City have not acted. After Di Qing figured out the situation, he discussed with Wang Deyong and finally mobilized all the troops on Gansu Road, Qinghai Road, and Shaanxi Road, totaling [-] soldiers. The horses surrounded Xige City in the dark, but they did not attack, because the Tubo people always supported wars by fighting, but a small Xige City could not withstand the consumption of [-] Tubo soldiers.

The fight to the point where the war has been fought is basically logistics supplies. In the Song Dynasty, not only waterways extended in all directions, but also official roads. Now cement roads have been built, so the logistics supply line is very timely, and there is no fear of lack of food and grass.

The rise and fall of Tubo is basically consistent with the change of temperature.During the rising temperature of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Tubo began to develop from a tribal alliance to a slavery state.When the temperature was the highest in the early Tang Dynasty, Tubo was founded.Songtsan Gampo became Zanpu, married Princess Wencheng, and reached the pinnacle of his life.

Then Tubo's national fortune lasted for more than 200 years. After the Shazhou incident, the country collapsed and fell into a slump.After that, the four royal families split up and conquered for 400 years, but no one in the Central Plains cared about them anymore.

At its peak, the Tubo Empire had a population of 600 to 800 million. However, after the empire disintegrated, various separatist forces fought for a long time, and with the eruption of the Changbai Mountain volcano, the Earth ushered in the Little Ice Age. Nor was it spared.

After Zhao Zhen succeeded to the throne, the population of Tubo was only 200 million. In the previous battle of Qinzhou, more than [-] people were killed and injured, and more than [-] Tubo tribes were under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty. Three separatist forces formed a coalition to attack Qingtang, but they failed.

Although Tubo does not say that all the people are soldiers, it is almost the same. It is possible to recruit soldiers again, but now the bosses of all dynasties are surrounded by Qingtang City, and the news cannot be spread, and it is too late to ask for help.

After discussion, Zanpu planned to lead an army to break through at night, but Di Qing saw through. Not only did he fail to break through, but he lost nearly [-] soldiers, and even Zanpu, two Tibetan tribes, died in battle.

But the Tubo Zanpus were not discouraged. After all, there was still an army in their hands, but the army rations were less than half a month old. Sooner or later, they would not be able to hold on. The city gate was opened on April 2, [-], and the Song army outside the city fought fiercely for three days and three nights. In the end, the hard work paid off, and at the cost of [-] dead, thousands of Tubo cavalry finally broke out.

Among them are sixteen Zanpu who are still alive. Tubo is a slavery society, so after all the Zanpu broke through, Di Qing recruited the remaining [-] Tubo soldiers in Xige City, and bluntly expressed his willingness to continue serving as soldiers. Those with military merits were treated the same as soldiers in the Song Dynasty.

Those who do not want to continue serving as soldiers have two choices. One is to send them travel expenses from the imperial court to let them go home, and the other is to stay in Qingtang and other places. You can also choose to farm.

Many soldiers are slaves, and they will continue to be slaves when they go back, and they can become commoners of the Song Dynasty if they stay, so most of them chose to stay.

(End of this chapter)