7. Destroying Sand Castle Jingguan
However, in the west of the city, the Tang army's cavalry team had already arrived.
They blocked the sand castle defense army that came out of the west gate, slaughtered with bows and arrows and swords, and their heads were kicked around under horse hooves.
The Xifan soldiers and the Qiang and Hu soldiers hired in the Helong area could still run to the mountain pass to death, while the old Changwu soldiers were the first to break their courage and could only kneel on the ground to beg for mercy, blocking the passage tightly.
Hu Qulu saw that the city defense was completely collapsed, but he did not escape. "I am unwilling to accept the shame of having the fox's tail tied on my head!" He rushed out of the yamen office, and as a result, he met the three brothers Ming Huaiyi, Ming Jingyi and Ming Weiyi who were advancing together.
It is true that these three brothers seized the inner and outer city gates, but the chain mail was full of arrows, and they were once in a great danger. But the quality of the armor produced by the Western Botanical Empire was excellent, and even the arrow produced by the Western Botanical Empire could not be penetrated. If this were not the case, it would probably be that all the three brothers of the Ming family would die. Therefore, although the three brothers were each fucked their own lottery, they could still jump around.
The two sides were particularly jealous after meeting. Hu Qulu Ximeng felt that the opposite side was a warrior who could fight, while the three Ming brothers thought that the guy with silver prose on his arms was definitely a big fish.
What Hu Quluximeng hoped to get was a heroic death in battle, but unexpectedly, the three Ming brothers rushed forward and had no martial virtue at all.
Ming Huaiyi shot an arrow first and shot Hu Qulusimeng's armor piece without causing much damage.
So Hu Qulushimeng also pulled the bow, and Ming Jingyi rode his horse and stabbed Hu Qulushimeng's ribs. Hu Qulushimeng screamed and blood was flowing. He immediately lowered his head on the saddle and grabbed Ming Jingyi's spear with his hands tightly.
"Brother, brother, get the head!" Ming Jingyi was anxious to pull out the long spear, so he shouted at the two brothers on both sides.
Ming Huaiyi drew out the horizontal knife and prepared to cut Hu Qulu's only body part covered in the armor: the neck.
As the blade flashed, Hu Qulusimeng's head slightly lowered, and a spark burst out. Ming Huaiyi's horizontal sword failed to cut Hu Qulusimeng's chain mail.
At this time, the youngest Ming Weiyi pulled out the meteor flail in Hu Luli under the saddle, and yelled and smashed it to Hu Qulusimeng's face.
The blood mist flew away with the dull sound: Hu Quluximeng's head and the iron helmet he wore were completely smashed by the brutal blunt weapon of flail. The ambassador of the Sandcastle who destroyed the city was beyond recognition and fell off his horse.
The three brothers jumped off the horse, and then they took a lot of effort to cut off Hu Qulusimeng's head...
In the early morning, the sand castle, the platform, the city tower, the roof of the house, and the Tang soldiers cheering for victory were standing on the corridor between the two corner towers of the west wall. On the high enemy platform opposite him, the heads of the Qiang, Hu soldiers and Changwu rebels were neatly built, like a small pyramid, all placed on reed mats, dark blood stains and green and yellow straw mats mixed together, which was particularly terrifying, namely "Jingguan" - several soldiers in Jingyuan camp holding horizontal swords stood around, as if boasting about their merits.
There were less than 500 fleeing Fangcheng Army. Some crossed Liupan Mountain, some hid in the wilderness, and more than 2,000 people were killed. Most of the remaining subjugated were soldiers of the Changwu Army.
The royal dynasty was captured, and Da Xi Xiaojun escaped through the mountain by chance...
Gao Yue, who was standing on the corridor of the corner tower, frowned. The cold wind blowing from the distant mountains blew the extremely bloody smell into his nose. Looking at the bloody heads of Hu Qulu Simeng and others, he was treated as his army's martial arts naked on the top of the city. He was still a little unacceptable to it, who had originally come from the civilized era.
But Gao Yue was very adaptable. He understood what soldiers wanted in the Middle Ages? Apart from clothes, food, and rewards, the biggest thing left was to defeat the enemy and cut off all their heads (or ears, noses), a kind of barbaric pleasure.
"Destroy the sand castle and serve as the outpost for the Chou Fan invading the territory of our Tang territory. It has been standing on the terrace of the Hulu River in Yuanzhou for nearly twenty years. Every time Xi Fan invaded, everyone relied on it as the entrance and exit channel. Today, our Tang Jingqi, attacked thousands of miles and removed this thorn in one battle. He beheaded a total of 1,566, captured more than 300 Changwu's rebels, and all the remaining enemies fled. The shame of the past was able to be happy today. This great victory was like cutting off Xi Fan! With this glory, all the soldiers fought hard. Therefore, I announced that all the food, wine, money, and livestock in the fort were rewarded to the soldiers who participated in the war!" Gao Yue raised his sleeves and made the following decision amid the cheers of the crowd.
"Are you not making a book?" Su Yan said with some concern.
Due to the military system of the Tang Dynasty, rewards were available for wars, but the spoils had to be recorded and registered on Lubu. There was no rule to "divider" the spoils. This rule was only available in Xifan.
"What Japan is learning today is the rules of Xifan." Gao Yue was not afraid at all.
Then he lifted up the hem of his official uniform, knelt down on the high corridor, looking at the east in the grey and black smoke and dust, shouting: "Empress Zhaode, this day minister Yue came to worship in front of the spirit with the blood of the foreign enemies who destroyed the sand castles."
At this time, the densely packed Tang soldiers under the city knelt down with Gao Yue, looking far away from the east, and happily cried to the Queen of the King, "The Queen of Heaven, how sad, I am, I am still happy to enjoy!"
After conquering the sand castle, Gao Yue decisively continued to send troops, seized several passes west of the fort, built barriers and forts, and spyed over the land in Longyou, Xifan, and then left five hundred soldiers to guard the fort, and sent five hundred soldiers to be led by the three brothers Gao Gu and Ming Huaiyi to personally escort the captured Wang Chaogan to the capital: As for whether Wang Chaogan was going to Goujiling in Dongshi City or Dushu Willow in Xishi City, it depends on how the emperor would arrange it.
In addition, Gao Gu also brought soldiers who made meritorious service during this trip. After all, Hu Qulu was killed in this battle and all the other Xifan generals who made memorials and seven other brass and red bronze were prosecuted. Gao Yue must arrange for those who made meritorious service to ask for meritorious service.
After that, for the Tang army, the destruction of sand castles was achieved, and the period of the Xiaoguan area was restored, and the connection between the two Western-French military groups, Shang Jiezan and Ma Chongying, was completely cut off.
Sure enough, at the end of January of the third year of Xingyuan, Gao Yue's cavalry rushed south, holding the black and white Pixiu battle flag, climbed to the high ground of the Danzheng Gorge north of Pingliang, and looked at the great host of Xifan's east road Shang Jiezan.
This fashion knot knows that his "left arm" Hu Qulusimeng has died in battle, and the bridgehead that he had run for many years has been destroyed.
Now his front is attacked by Xing Junya and Liu Haibin, his right side is double-teamed by Duan Xiushi, and his left side is also threatened.
"It's this strange military flag, bear, or a black and white bear. Which army is this Tang family?" Shang Jiezan, who was angry and frightened, now knew that the troops who captured and destroyed the sand castle should not be the Shen Ce Army.
Chapter completed!