Chapter 557: Nine deaths but still no regrets

Chapter 557: Nine deaths but still no regrets

  Chapter 557 Even though he died nine times, he still has no regrets

  Tuoba Chici kicked the horse's belly, and slowly more and more people came out.

  He stood outside the forest of crossbow spears, staring at Qin Lang intently.

  Qin Lang also immediately looked at Tuoba Chici.

  The battlefield was dead silent.

   After a long time, Qin Lang crossed his hands, "Patriarch Tuoba, today's **** battle will be as you wish?"

   "It's a pity that Wei Gong was not captured alive."

  Qin Lang smiled, "I'm in this five-star fortress. If patriarch Tuoba is not convinced by today's results, he can continue to attack. I'll be waiting for you at any time."

"Today, I would also like to persuade Patriarch Tuoba. The patriarch has also been to Chang'an and seen the powerful people in the Central Plains. Why should he be arrogant like those frogs at the bottom of the well? Although the party Xiang Tuoba Qiang is also very strong, but you can't wait. Buer, the total population of the Tuoba tribe is only about one hundred thousand, and the elite fighters are less than 20,000. How many young and strong elites have the Tuoba tribe lost in the two battles this year? I estimate that there are thousands of them. With your vassal tribes, how many are left now?"

"Patriarch Tuoba, with all the power of the clan, can't even take down my small fortress. Isn't it ridiculous? Patriarch Tuoba, aren't you afraid that my Tang Dynasty will launch a conquest and wipe out your entire clan? Why don't you turn around? Why don't you learn from me? Wouldn't it be better to learn from Xifeng Patriarch, Fei Ting, etc., to abandon Tuyuhun and join the Tang Dynasty, and become the governor of one side of the Tang Dynasty, hereditary succession?"

Tuoba Chici said angrily, "Although the Central Plains is strong, our party is not weak. The Tang Dynasty did not keep its promises, Li Daoyanjiu and Luo Sheng betrayed the Jiemeng, and turned back on what they said. How can I, Tuoba, be so insulted by others?" ?”

  Qin Lang shook his head.

"Li Daoyan's behavior last time was just his personal behavior and cannot represent the imperial court. I have already told His Majesty that I want to impeach him for his crimes, and I have already sent Li Daoyan to prison. Patriarch Tuoba, neither you nor I can Because Li Daoyan is a fool, he must make a mistake to the end, otherwise you can't afford the final result, and we can't afford it either."

  Tuoba Chici stepped forward a few more steps, loudly made a request in front of both parties.

"If you want to appease the anger of our Tuoba tribe, please ask Duke Wei to hand over Li Daoyan and Jiuqie Luosheng first, and let the old man kill him in public here, and dig out his heart to commemorate those clansmen who died in battle. Only if this is the case, the old man will talk to Wei Guogong about other things."

   "I'm sorry, although Li Daoyan is guilty, I have to **** him to Chang'an and hand him over to the emperor to deal with it. The same is true for Jiuqi Luosheng. They are officials of the Tang Dynasty. If they commit a crime, they must be dealt with by the Tang Dynasty."

   Tuoba Chi said, "Duke Wei is so insincere, what are you talking about?"

   "Is Patriarch Tuoba intending to kill the fish and break the net? But let me tell you, the fish will die in the end, but the net will not be broken."

   After speaking, Qin Lang turned around and led the crowd into the city.

  Entering the main city, Qin Lang got off his horse and lost all strength.

  The army helped him to sit down, not daring to remove his armor immediately.

   "Is there anything to eat, I'm starving to death." Qin Lang was paralyzed there.

  Someone brought mutton soup, Qin Lang drank two bowls in one go, lay down for a while, and then slowly regained some energy.

   "Has Duke Wei Khan rested yet?"

"Um."

Only then did the soldiers dare to remove Qin Lang's armor. After a fierce battle, a high-temperature and high-humidity environment formed inside the thick armor. If the armor is removed directly, it is very likely that the armor will be removed. This is actually a type of stroke, and the consequences It's very serious, so you have to rest for a while, let your body adapt, and the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the armor will decrease before you can remove it.

  Qin Lang felt that the altitude sickness had weakened his physical function a lot. If it was in the Central Plains, it would be impossible for him to be exhausted from such an intense battle.

   But here, after fighting for half a day, he has reached his limit.

  The army took off his armor for him, brought a towel to wipe his body, and changed into a clean military robe.

   After changing his clothes, Qin Lang didn't want to pay attention to anything, he went back to his room and fell asleep, and slept until the next morning before waking up.

   Woke up and had breakfast.

  Convene the officers to discuss matters.

   Everyone has recovered a lot, and many have suffered wounds and lost a few faces.

   "Liu Canjun, did the battle statistics come out yesterday?"

  Liu Canjun had a few thread-bound notebooks in front of him, and nodded heavily, "In the battle yesterday, our army suffered a lot of casualties, and the loss was huge."

   "Read it."

  Qin Lang leaned back, closed his eyes and listened to Liu Canjun's report.

  Seven light cavalry regiments went out of the city yesterday, with a total of 1,400 cavalry. After a **** battle in one day, there were still 877 people who returned to the city. Almost half of them were lost, and all regiments suffered heavy losses.

  Especially the war horses were also badly damaged. After many Qingqi returned to the city, their mounts still couldn’t hold up.

   "The casualties are so serious?" Qin Lang sighed.

   It was almost half off, but he also admired the soldiers. With such heavy casualties, they didn't collapse yesterday. You must know that on the general battlefield, if the casualties exceed 20%, they basically collapse.

  Perhaps it was because the battle was based on the city. Otherwise, if the casualties like yesterday could not retreat into the city and the Qiang people continued to chase them, maybe they would eventually collapse and be wiped out.

   "How many brothers were rescued?"

"Yesterday, a total of 6,733 people were rescued, including more than 800 from the Momen Army in Taozhou, more than 1,500 from Minzhou and other frontier troops, and about 1,000 government soldiers were recruited. There are more than 300 children, and about 3,000 people from Tutuan Township soldiers, Minzhuang, and Chengpang..."

   "Only more than six thousand people?" Qin Lang sighed.

   "Well, according to the rescued comrades, there were a total of more than 11,000 prisoners taken this time, and nearly 6,000 died outside the city this time."

  Qin Lang sighed, "Those are Haoerlang, young and strong from Taomin Zhuzhou, it's a pity that they died, and their death is not worth it."

Liang Jianfang and others comforted Qin Lang, "Everyone is very grateful for the action of the Zhenxi Army yesterday. If it weren't for our action, all these eleven thousand people would have died under the city, or even died under the arrows of the Zhenxi Army. Although they are dead now, they died while fighting the Qiang people."

  Qin Lang nodded.

   "Liu Canjun, remember all those Minzhou soldiers and civilians who died in battle as one."

  Dying to die in battle and being killed by captives are two different things. The war dead who died in the king's affairs can be called loyal and martyrs, and the court will give them compensation.

   More than 6,000 people were rescued, and many were injured. After all, they were unarmed yesterday. Although they fought desperately, they were the most casualties without armor or helmet.

  Although many people were rescued, they had no horses, no armor, and charged with the army with simple weapons. The casualty rate was still astonishing.

  If it wasn't for the passion and anger that remained in their hearts yesterday to support them, they would have collapsed long ago.

   Those who can come back are all lucky and lucky.

   "How about the casualties of the Qiang people?"

The casualties of the First World War were nearly 7,000, which was Qin Lang's biggest casualty since the war. Although he generally would not count the casualties of those captives on his own head, he attacked 20,000 Qiang people with more than 1,400 horses yesterday. In the end, more than 6,000 people were rescued and returned, and his own casualties were only more than 500 people, but Qin Lang still felt that the casualties in this battle were too great.

   "The Qiang people also suffered a lot of casualties yesterday. It is estimated that the casualties are at least 5,000."

   "Only five thousand?"

   "Mr. Wei, the result of this battle is not bad. We exchanged more than 500 casualties for their 5,000. It's a good deal."

"What's the point, there are more than five hundred living brothers, all of whom are well-trained and brave fighters. They were all gone in the first battle. Let alone killing five thousand enemies, even if they exchanged for ten thousand Qiang people, I feel that I am at a loss. .”

  Liang Jianfang made a speech, saying that arrangements for reorganization have already begun.

  Among the people who were rescued yesterday, there were about 3,000 frontier soldiers and government soldiers, both on foot and on horseback. He planned to temporarily organize these soldiers and horses to join the guard.

  As for the other sons of the Fubing, Tutuan Township Soldiers, Neifu Chengpang, and civilian husbands, etc., they are temporarily incorporated into the logistics battalion.

  Qin Lang sighed.

   "The Qiang people were also seriously injured after this battle. They must withdraw."

   "Duke Wei, according to observations, the Qiang people gathered the remnant soldiers and retreated back to Anhua Tucheng yesterday, and there is no sign of retreating."

"That's the 8,000 troops they are waiting to go to Diezhou first. When this army is recalled, they will definitely retreat." Qin Lang's eyes showed murderous looks, "Speed ​​up the army, I will give you two days, two days. After a few days, I will lead the army out of the city. Since Tuoba Chici hasn't left yet, he shouldn't even think about leaving."

  Earlier, Qin Lang had more than a thousand troops, but he dared to go out of the city to fight more than 20,000.

  Now there are 8,000 troops in the five-star fortress, and even the frontier soldiers have 5,000 soldiers. After reorganization, it is a very strong force. On the contrary, Tuoba Chici's vitality was seriously injured, and now there are still more than 10,000 people, including many old and weak soldiers.

  The balance of war has tilted, and the strengths of both sides are close.

   "Duke Wei, although we have a large number of people, we still lack weapons and horses."

   According to the design of the fort, after all, 500 people are stationed at ordinary times. Although the maximum number of troops can be 5,000, the reserves of weapons, food and grass are not so many.

  Last time we received more than a thousand defeated soldiers. After reorganizing our equipment, we ran out of weapons. We fought a few battles and consumed a lot. Now it is really difficult to reorganize another three or four thousand soldiers.

   "Take out all the reserves, and everyone is evenly balanced. It should still be possible to fight one or two battles."

   "Tuoba Chici occupies Anhua Tucheng. Although the Tucheng is simple, there is a two-foot-high dirt wall after all, which is not easy to fight."

"Don't worry about this. I have a way to solve Anhua Tucheng. You just have to prepare your army. Two days later, at night, the whole army will be dispatched to attack Anhua Tucheng. I will kill the old thief Tuoba Chici. If he is caught off guard, he will be beaten. Can't turn over again."

Qin Lang also became ruthless. The casualties were so heavy this time, especially because Tuoba was so arrogant and cruel. He actually drove more than 10,000 Tang army prisoners to attack the city, killing 6,000 prisoners in the end. This is unacceptable to Qin Lang. .

  Liang Jianfang didn't know what Qin Lang's method of breaking the city was, but since he dared to say that, he believed that there must be a way.

   "Duke Wei, the morale of the soldiers in the fortress is high now, and the morale of the army is available. If there is really a way to quickly break through the walls of the city, I think it is feasible to attack the Qiang camp at night."

  (end of this chapter)