The strongest son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty

Duho is still waiting!

We must wait for an opportunity to kill the Tubo cavalry in one fell swoop.

After all, Du He only has 3000 big Han cavalry in his hands. Once the Tubo people are scattered, it will bring harm to the people along the way of the empire.

That was the result that Du He didn't want to see.

() Datang's strongest son-in-law

Chapter 166 The Battle of Youzhou

Youzhou:

Taking advantage of the confrontation between the Tang Empire and the Western Turks, Gaoguli gathered troops and horses quickly and rushed towards Youzhou.

Speaking of Gaoguli country, it is indeed a despicable and shameless country.

During the Han Dynasty, Gaogouli was only a small tribe, which belonged to the traveling people, and it had developed for hundreds of years.

became a small country.

The site is only bigger than the butt.

For this reason, they often invade the Central Plains and plunder the people, property, and craftsmen of Youzhou. It is a small country that lives on robbery.

Regrettably, for more than 300 years, the Central Plains has been in constant war and its national strength has declined, so it has no energy to clean up Gaoguli.

During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang was defeated, which accelerated the demise of the Sui Dynasty.

With the rise of the Tang Empire, Gaogouli surrendered to the Tang Empire and became one of the empire's vassal states.

To put it bluntly, it is to extort some money, technology, and materials from the Tang Empire every year.

The honor was bestowed by the Tang Empire.

Who made the Central Plains Empire want face instead of face?

This time Gaoguli invaded Youzhou, which surprised the empire.

The empire was caught off guard.

Youzhou only has 3000 imperial cavalry under Xue Li's banner, which are the absolute force to guard Youzhou and the northern grasslands.

In addition, there are [-] amateur troops from Youzhou, which are half agricultural and half army.

To put it simply, it means farming in normal times and intensive training during the slack season. The combat power is extremely limited, and it belongs to the amateur army.

It seems that except for a few David armies in the Tang Empire, all other armies are like this.

The main reason is that the population of the Tang Empire is too small.

It is impossible to all become professional troops.

This military system was inherited from the Sui Dynasty and has not changed.

Li Er received a letter asking for help from Youzhou. Under Du He's suggestion, Li Er ordered Xue Li to be in charge of the war in Youzhou temporarily.

It took ten and a half months to resist Gaogouli with all its strength.

Using this period of time, the empire mobilized reinforcements from the Central Plains into Youzhou, and then severely counterattacked Gaoguli.

Xue Li also felt dizzy after receiving Li Er's order.

Gaogouli sent more than [-] troops, and relying on [-] amateur troops would definitely not be able to defeat Gaogouli.

For this reason, Xue Li made a plan to rely on the city and defend and counterattack to ensure the safety of Youzhou.

Xue Li led his 3000 imperial cavalry to various places for reinforcements.

Harassment of the [-] troops of Koguryo.

Hit him if you have the chance, and beat Gaoguli hard.

If there is no opportunity, look for opportunities and wait for opportunities, so as not to let the people of Koguryo attack the city with peace of mind.

In this way, the situation in Youzhou can indeed be alleviated for a short period of time.

But what?

Unexpectedly, Gaogouli's main attack direction was not Youzhou City, but the site purchased by Du He.

On the land with a radius of more than ten li purchased by Du He, after more than eight months of construction, a small city has been built.

Tens of thousands of people live and work in the city.

Du He has a high prestige in Youzhou. As soon as he heard about the recruitment, many people signed up without even thinking about it.

But what?

Most of the people were rescued by Du He in Youzhou, and some were rescued from the grassland.

Those common people are very grateful to Du He.

Du He offered a super high salary, and the common people helped Du He build the city and work.

There are Tianxia leather factory, vehicle factory, pig iron smelter, coking coal factory, furniture factory, agricultural tool factory, cement factory and so on in the city.

There are tens of thousands of Turkic people digging iron and coal mines.

Of the 1000 soldiers of the Beiwei Army who originally followed Du He to fight, nearly 350 survived, and nearly 100 of them were disabled.

Du He left more than 200 people in Youzhou to maintain order.

The others are placed in the Tianxia Escort.

When Gaogouli came, Du Yi, who was in charge of security, received the news in advance, immediately arranged for defense, and reported the news to Xue Li as soon as possible.

Regardless of men or women in the city, strictly follow the plan that Du He made when he left, and set aside one day a week for training.

On the one hand, the people's bodies are exercised, and on the other hand, they are in case of accidents.

In terms of weapons, there is no shortage on Duhe's territory.

Knowing that Koguryo was coming, the factory urgently produced a batch of bows and crossbows.

The operation is simple, and only a little training is required, and everyone can use it.

Bows and crossbows are powerful and have a long range. They are magic weapons for city defense.

When Du He left, he left some technical drawings, and the factory produced a certain amount according to the technical requirements.

Only 300 copies of Xiangshen Arm Bow were produced, which were prepared for retired soldiers of the Beiwei Army.

Ordinary bows and crossbows are for ordinary people to use.

Under Du Yi's arrangement, the common people in the town all had certain military skills.

Gaogouli invaded, and everyone in the city worked together to rush to the east and west gates and climbed the city wall one after another.

On the two city gates, 20 crossbow beds were erected each.

That was left by Du He and rewarded by the system.

In the hearts of the people of Gaogouli, they felt that such a small city would open its doors and surrender as soon as it was threatened.

After all, Gaoguli has been plundering and robbing Youzhou for hundreds of years, and knows the nature of the Central Plains people too well.

But what?

The Koguryo people were disappointed.

Since Duhe built the city, concepts and ideas have been instilled in the hearts of the people.

Dare to resist, dare to fight back.

Fear no enemy.

Du Yi saw that the vanguard of the Koguryo people came to kill, [-] people, all cavalry.

"Listen up, people in the city, obediently open the city gate and surrender, otherwise, once the city is breached, they will all be killed."

A Koguryo soldier ran to the city gate and shouted.

Du Yi didn't bother to ink with the other party, took out a magic arm bow, and shot an arrow towards Gaoguli.

Whoosh!

The Divine Arm Bow was an artifact that was only available in the Song Dynasty.

Long range and powerful.

puff!

When Gao Gouli, who was shouting, found that the sharp arrow was coming, he just wanted to dodge it, but the speed was too fast.

The corpse slowly fell off the horse.

"attack!"

Gaoguli was so angry that he immediately ordered an attack.

The cavalry turned into infantry and rushed towards the city wall one after another.

500 steps.

shooting!

Whoosh whoosh!

20 crossbow beds, shooting 200 sharp arrows, galloped towards the attacking Koguryo.

Puff puff!

Dozens of attacking Koguryo fell.

More than 100 retired soldiers of the Beiwei Army, armed with divine arm bows, shot at a soldier named Gaoguli.

The 2000 Koguryo soldiers who attacked had not yet reached the city wall, leaving hundreds of lives behind. Seeing the fierce firepower, they retreated.

The tentative attack did not achieve any effect.

The Koguryo forward had no choice but to wait for the Chinese army to kill them before proceeding with the siege.

In half an hour, a small-scale offensive and defensive battle ended.

Let the people in the city be full of confidence.

The next day, a large-scale siege began.

Koguryo invested 5000 infantry at one time.

All kinds of ladders, manhole covers, and crash cars swarmed towards the city.

"Ballet bed shooting!"

Du Ba, who was in charge of the crossbow bed, gave an order.

Whoosh whoosh!

The ferocious crossbow bed went to kill the Koguryo people.

Condescending, a sharp arrow pierced through many bodies.

but!

There are too many people in Koguryo.

After a while, countless Gaoju people were killed under the city wall.

Set up the ladder. .

Under the command of the retired soldiers of the Beiwei Army, the people on the city wall kept shooting with crossbows in their hands.

Puff puff!

Dozens more died.

Hit rocks and sticks!

Rumble!

Stones fell down the city wall one by one, and logs fell down the city wall one by one, causing the soldiers of Gaoguli to overflow their brains/paddles and bleed all over their faces.

"Fire oil!"

Whoa!