Chapter 360: Shooting the Sun (2)

In the Battle of Qinghai, Liu Shenli probably set out from Huangbei Road. He was the vanguard army. Li Jingxuan responded from the main road of Chiling and fought in Longyi City. Historical records were in Longzhi. This is impossible. The dragon branch is in the rear. I wrote several passages. Everyone also saw that the Tubo army could not attack Longzhi unless the Dalong branch of Guzhou was broken, or Shancheng and Shanzhou were broken, Dalongzhi. This was in Longyi City, the Tubo Yutail Army stationed. Tubo pretended to be defeated and lured Liu Shenli to Dafeichuan. Li Jingxuan's army then responded. When he came, he surrounded him. Li Jingxuan did not dare to save him. Liu Shenli's army did not. There were probably a few people who escaped, including Zhang Qianxu, Pei Shaoye, and Xin Zhongsi. At this time, the Li army was located at the mouth of Dafeichuan, Wansucheng and Hong

Jiqiao was controlled by the Tubo people, so he fled, either to escape from Chiling Avenue or from Chengfeng Ridge. Chiling Avenue was too far away and retreated to Chengfeng Ridge. The Tubo people arrived in advance (there was no troops stationed beforehand, this is the way I wrote it in my book). With the help of the danger of Chengfeng Ridge, there was also a Nigou at the foot of the ridge (I don’t know if it exists now) to block the Tang army. It was Nigou that blocked the Tang army, not the Tang army using Nigou to block the pursuit army. The Tubo army was going to chase after him. Heichi Changzhi led 500 heroes overnight to attack the Tubo army in Chengfeng Camp. It was better. The losses of the Tang army in this battle were not the failure of Liu's army, but were separated when they fled, and the number was probably not small. This is the reasonable truth of the battle in Qinghai. Historical books are either unclear or wrong. Let’s get back to the point.

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Shortly after Zhang Guidong arrived at Daba Dou Valley, the war began.

Tens of thousands of Tubo army came to attack the front of the camp in a fierce manner. Now the city does not look like a city, and the camp does not look like a camp. Time is in a hurry, so it is unlikely to build a city, but it is not solid to build a city with wooden fences. So, on the mountains on both sides, they mined stones and built a tall stone wall. In order to seize the time, they even used a lot of gunpowder to collect quarry.

Although the walls of the camp were not as tall and honest as those of those cities, with the help of the terrain, it was easier to defend and difficult to attack than ordinary cities. That's it. Because the land residence was about to rush, Li Wei was not relieved and sent 15,000 people, which were the soldiers under Liu Shenli's original tent.

Before attacking the camp, waves of arrows and gunpowder came over, killing hundreds of people, and retreating again like a tide.

A second attack was launched in the afternoon, losing hundreds of people again.

At first, Zhang Guidong was so scared that his face looked like a slut, but after two attacks, his heart settled down. In fact, Li Wei got the news that the war might break out a few days ago. It was not what the scout lurked under the Lunqinling tent, but it was judged by the news that the Dangxiang people reported.

It turned out that Tubo was going to recruit 30,000 soldiers from the Dangxiang people. However, the Dangxiang people were reluctant and procrastinated. Some people came to Lunzanpo's tent, and some people had not arrived yet. Then the war ended and they were repatriated again. But this time, Tubo sent a special person to recruit soldiers, and 35,000 soldiers were recruited, and for a moment, they were killed immediately. Unable to do so, Dangxiang 35,000 young and middle-aged men rushed to the Tubo camp to meet with the others.

Besides, the time has come. Lunqinling has been here for a long time. Seeing that September is coming and October is approaching, it will be more difficult for them to attack in the wild. Therefore, they have notified various heavy trucks and must be alerted. Not long after the news was sent to Daba Dou Valley, the Tubo people arrived.

The next day, it was still fruitless. This time, Zhang Guidong was no longer afraid. He even took advantage of the rest of the Tubo people to run to the camp wall and looked at the Tubo camp in the distance.

The three attacks were ineffective, and the Tubo people had no hope. They were so angry that they held flagpoles, carrying women's bellybands and underwear that they had got from somewhere, and shouted not far away: "Grandpa Yaohe, Grandma Li, Aunt Wang of Shanzhou, can't fight when she sees the enemy. It is always Cao Xinwei and Liu Laowei."

Liu Shenli was so angry that he looked like a purple pig liver. In fact, there was already some discussion in the Shanzhou area. This time, the Tang Dynasty army went to war, and the Han generals were not as good as the Hu general. If the prince had not been brave, the Han generals would have lost all the Han people this time. Looking at Cao Huaishun, he led 8,000 people and did not dare to attack two thousand Tubo soldiers, losing Chengfengling. But the people immediately refuted that the prince could not be considered a pure Han person, and half of his body was Xianbei blood.

There is no half, but at least half. In fact, Li Yuan said that his ancestor Li Hu was a Han Chinese, and this is very suspicious. Since Tuoba Gui entered Luoyang, he changed his surname to Han, wore Hanfu, and used Han etiquette. How many Hu people changed to Han surnames? There is no way to verify it. If it weren't for Wu Zetian's blood relationship, Li Wei would probably have the blood of Xianbei people.

This discussion just started soon, and some Han generals heard it and were ashamed and bowed their heads. But many people were dissatisfied, such as Liu Shenli and Wang Xiaojie, were not very convinced. It was not that we did not make contributions, but that the prince only used Hu people and did not use us Han people. What should we do? Cao Huaishun was not convinced, but that I did not attack. At that time, the prince's main goal was to seize Hongji Bridge and Wansu City, and there was no necessarily saying that he would seize Chengfengling. If the sacrifice was too heavy, would the prince pursue it?

It’s just because Li Wei is the prince, each one is not easy to speak.

Zhang Guidong felt this was an opportunity and asked: "Shangshu Liu, what does this sentence mean?"

Liu Shenli ignored him. Although he was an army supervisor, Liu Shenli was also an old minister, the Minister of Works, and was considered the deputy prime minister of the country. Don’t say that he was a eunuch, even if the crown prince saw him, everyone would have to respect each other.

But I felt extremely ashamed and extremely wronged.

But Li Wei didn't know the rumors behind him for a while. He was under even greater pressure in Jiuqu.

Whether it is Qinling to attack Daba Dougu or Shicheng Mountain, it is not easy. Even if it is Chengfengling to attack Hehuang, he also built two levels to defend against Cuishan and Tielezi. He was really unable to defeat Heichi Changzhi and Li Jinxing could still divide their troops to come for reinforcements.

The one that is difficult to defend is Jiuqu. There are still many places where you can cross the river in Hexi. From the south, the Qushui Army has a road that can reach Hongji Bridge, and the Qushui Army can also cross from Momen Road to Dayugu Valley and attack Baigu City from Dayugu Valley. Both roads are not small roads. In addition to these two roads, the terrain here is relatively flat, and there are also mountain tombs, both of which are not tall, and there are also several small roads. Therefore, three small stone cities have to be built from Baigu City to Hongji Bridge, guarding the main rush of the three small roads.

As Li Wei expected, the Tubo people started from the Qushui Army and sent out a large army. In fact, Li Wei did not think that this was Lunqinling's true intention. But there were indeed many people coming to Tubo. If they were not careful, Hongji Bridge and Baigu City would be lost. Once these two places were lost, their abdomen would become thin, and the supply from Jishi Army to Wansu City could be cut off, and Wansu City would also be lost.

So the soldiers came to block the enemy and the water came to the earth. In fact, if Qinling really fought a war of attrition with him here, Li Wei would have been desperate for it, and even to be in line with his own wishes.

Let Qie Ming go to Baigu City and defend Hongji Bridge by himself. The principle of allocation is also very simple. Baigu City was just built and Tubo did not build much. After Li Wei took over, time was also in a hurry. He only built the city walls and didn't even have time to dig the moat. Even if Li Wei wanted to go, the other generals would not let him go. Stay at Hongji Bridge, if there was a chance, he could retreat to Wansu City smoothly and then retreat from Wansu City to Jishi Army. This is also the bottom line that Li Jinxing and Qie Ming could tolerate.

The Tubo people came.

It was densely packed, Li Wei estimated that there were at least 40,000 to 50,000 people.

Therefore, Qinling is very capable. In terms of the number of people, the soldiers used by Tubo this time are no less than 300,000. Either the number of people is too large, the power is too great. These soldiers include Bailan Qiang, Dangxiang people, Tuyuhun people, Tubo's own army, and the former Tubo tribes, as well as countless tribes such as Supi, Yangtong, Fuguo, and Xiangxiong. They have different languages, different religious beliefs, and different customs, which are more complicated than those of Fu Jian's members going to Jiangnan. Therefore, even though Xue Rengui knew that the other side had an army of 300,000 to 400,000 troops, he wanted to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Li Wei was beyond the reach of this point to tie up so many troops together and fight effectively.

When I arrived in front of Hongji Bridge, I began to set up a camp. Li Wei ignored it. It was good to make Qinling conspiracies and open plots. Anyway, I rely on my strengths to waste my life with you. After setting up a camp, Tubo still did not attack. He rested for a night and was able to accumulate strength. The next day, tens of thousands of troops came out of the camp in a dark way, carrying various siege equipment, approaching under the city wall.

Li Wei was not anxious, and stood on the top of the city and watched coldly. At the beginning, he sent some people over, which were cannon fodder, some people from Dangxiang and some people from Tuyuhun. Dangxiang sent people to send messages quietly, "We are wearing a piece of white cloth on our elbows, Prince, please give us some mercy."

Although Dangxiang people sent people to participate in the battle in Li Wei's past few battles, they were also disappointed. The people of the Central Plains said that they were the benevolent lords, but they became violent, no less than those of the Tubo people. Fortunately, this ruling reasoned. Before the war started, they were worried and sent someone to inform them.

The Tubo people were also surprised. What are you Dangxiang people doing? Tying a piece of cloth on your elbow, and talking nonsense is a festival. The main Dangxiang people are depressed in Tubo's mind, just like looking at a dog and a cat. They call and drink when needed, and immediately pay levies when not needed. The two sides lack communication and do not want to communicate, which is not worth it! So they did not pay attention.

Li Wei did not move until these cannon fodders gradually came to the moat, and Li Wei ordered: "Click! Try to avoid shooting those people with white cloth strips."

In fact, there were soldiers from Xu Xiang on the top of the city. Without orders, they started shooting arrows in a tacit understanding. As for the test, there were few people, and using them would not work. If they were wasted, it would be better to have a bow and arrow. One by one, they shot out the arrows and shot arrows in the city. You can't continue to fill the moat just because you didn't get the arrow. The Tang army was not happy, and it was too obvious that the Tubo people in the rear could also see it. So the Dangxiang people took the lead and ran away.

Dozens of corpses, as well as stuffed moats such as wood and mud bags were left behind.

As soon as he arrived in front of the army, Tubo sent law enforcement soldiers to shoot sharp arrows and shoot them back. Then he sent more cannon fodder to the moat. Tuoba Yuan knelt down and said, "Your Highness the Prince, save my tribe."

This is a death to run back. When you come to the city to fill the river, there is always a limit to tacit understanding. It is impossible to send Hongji Bridge to this tacit understanding. Then you will die. So you kneel down.

Li Wei asked, "What should I do if your name is Gu?"

But he had thought of a solution, but when would he not sell favors at this time?

"Your Highness, you are extremely intelligent. Everyone says that you are the stars in the world who descend to earth, and there will be a way."

I am still a star. The star fell on the earth and burned the earth to ashes. Then I held my chin with my hand and said after a while: "For your tribe, I have to take a risk. Come over."

After hearing this, he was overjoyed and jumped up on the top of the city. The cannon fodder came again. Tuoba Yuan shouted on the top of the city: "If you want to survive, immediately put down your weapons and come into the city. No matter whether it is a Tuyuhun person, a Dangxiang person, or other Qiang person, you will not kill him."

He said that, he lowered the suspension bridge.

After hearing this, the Dangxiang people understood and immediately put down their weapons and ran to the suspension bridge. The other cannon fodders hesitated and thought to themselves that it was a dead end anyway, so it would be better to escape into the city and surrender. They ran towards the suspension bridge in a flash.

The man commanded by Tubo was called Malaji. When he saw the fire, he shouted, "The army is pressing forward."

Thousands of Tubo direct descendants rushed up.

Li Wei shouted on the top of the city: "Archer, prepare, long-range shot, suppress the Tubo people, release the captives into the city, prepare the catapult, and cooperate with gunpowder."

"Here!" the soldiers in the city replied in unison.

The Tubo people also rushed closer. At this time, thousands of cannon fodders all crossed the suspension bridge, lifted the suspension bridge, and opened the city gate. The Tubo people shot arrows at the cannon fodders in a distant distance. Suddenly, dense rain of bows and crossbows poured over their heads like rain, and then smoked gunpowder bags fell over them again. Although this was a regular Tubo army, with shields in their hands, they still left hundreds of corpses and fled in a hurry.
Chapter completed!