Chapter 1410: Bloody Battle Onion Ridge

Chapter 1410: Bloody Battle Onion Ridge

  Chapter 1410 Bloody Battle on Onion Ridge

   It is four hundred miles away from Shule Town.

  At the foot of Daqingling Mountain, there is a deep blue lake.

  Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and thunder and lightning flashed.

Qin Gui, Li Xiu, Wang Xiaojie and others hurriedly directed everyone to find shelter from the wind and set up camp. They have been used to this kind of ghostly weather for the past few months. The sky was originally clear, but suddenly there was a violent storm, and it was even fine. There is hail or snow, or a sudden fog.

  It's almost luck, maybe there will be another avalanche or mudslide.

  Everyone quickly formed a circle with horses and camels...

  The storm comes as soon as it is said, and stops as soon as it is said.

  The wind stopped and the rain stopped.

  Qin Gui chewed the beef jerky and looked at the dark blue lake just now, which had turned black.

   "The Cypriots call this lake the Black Lake, probably because of this reason? If you look at the green hill again, does it seem to be covered with a layer of indigo?"

   "Damn it seems to be true!"

  Heihu Qingling quickly broke through the dark clouds with the sun, and changed back to its original appearance. Overlooking the Qingling mountain peak, it is covered with snow, and under the refraction of the sun, it shines dazzlingly. But if you look closely at the glacier in the valley, it looks like a solid glacier hanging upside down, or like a **** giant, covered with a layer of crystal armor.

  At the foot of the mountain, the mysterious and beautiful Black Lake has regained its deep blue color, and the blue waves are rippling under the cold wind.

  Take out the dried cow dung and ignite it, set up the marching pot, and take water from the lake into the pot.

Some of the soldiers were killing horses, some were fishing, and further ahead was the enemy's territory. After a hundred days of marching, it was finally time to fight. Qin Gui let everyone have a good meal, so that they could recharge their energy and overcome the green mountains. drop.

  Li Xiu skillfully made a simple sand table by the lake using stones, cow dung, etc.

  “The southern route of the Silk Road is to pass through Congling from the south west of the Tianshan Mountains. However, no matter starting from Khotan or Zhu Jubo, due to the limitation of narrow roads, you must first reach Pantuo on the east of Congling.

And the northern route of this Silk Road is from Shule to Dawan Basin, Tocharo, and East Tianzhu. There are also many branch routes, but they all must first reach the river valley where the capital of Pantuo Kingdom is located. The special location gave Pantuo an unusual position on the Silk Road. The imperial court also set up a princess state in Pantuo and set up a governor's office, with its king Gesha as the governor and governor. "

  Li Xiu travels several times a year, so he is familiar with this place. He told Qin Gui that although the Pantuo Kingdom is located on a plateau and deep in the mountains, it is not completely remote because it is on the main road of the Silk Road.

  Especially from a geographical point of view, the river valley where the country is located is the area with the widest valley, the largest grassland, and a low-lying area.

   "How wide and how big is the grass?"

   "The widest part of the valley where Wangcheng is located should be twelve or three li, and its grassland is about 30,000 mu."

  After hearing the wide and the big, Qin Gui burst out laughing, "It's so big."

"Liulang, in this area, the condition of this river valley is already good, especially after all, it is the place where the Silk Road must pass, so there are still trade benefits. Their felt and gold and jade are also good, so the king is very rich, otherwise You can’t afford to build a stone royal city more than ten miles away, and the twelve castles around it, can you?”

Along the Wangcheng River Valley, the pastures are contiguous, suitable for the development of animal husbandry, and a small amount of agricultural management can also be carried out. In addition, they take advantage of the Silk Road trade and do some business, and even have gold and jade resources, so life is indeed true. It's quite moisturizing.

  Because of this, the Wangcheng River Valley is an area with relatively superior conditions and a relatively concentrated population in the Congling area.

  At least they are much stronger than the Bohe State in the southwest of them, the small Cypriot country in the Sule River Valley, and the Niaofei State Governor's Mansion Humi State in the Wakhan Corridor.

  Even the large and small Bolu Kingdoms to the south of them were not as rich as them before they were split.

  As long as you win the Pantuo Kingdom, you will occupy an important node.

   "According to the plan of the Privy Council, after we take down Pantuo, we will set up Congling Shouzhuo City here and send troops to garrison here."

Qin Gui nodded. He was very clear about the mission this time. He even brought the future Congling Defender. That is the current Anxi Military Academy Lieutenant Wang Xiaojie. When Congling Anzhu is established, he will be the first keeper. .

  After the construction of Congling Shouzhuo, it has mastered the three external channels, and further protected the safety of Shule and Yutian towns.

  Northern line is the line that Qin Jun crossed the Geluoling Ma'an Pass via Shule last time. After crossing the pass, he can enter the Dawan Basin and other river areas along the Bomi River and Zhenzhu River valleys.

  The central line is the Wakhan Corridor, which is 600 miles away, which is the line of the Sule River where the Humi Kingdom and the Suole Kingdom of the Governor's Mansion of Niaofei Prefecture are located at this time, leading directly to the Tocharo area.

  The southern line passes through Little Bolu, enters the upper reaches of the Xindu River, and then goes down the river valley to Gandhara, Gusmi (Kashmir) and other East Tianzhu regions.

At the same time, from the Panduo Sutra Bolu, you can also go east to the Zhangshung Plateau, and continue east to Tubo, Subi, Nibhara, and Xichang Road. Then he led troops into the Great Qin Brahman, and after forcing his king to submit and surrender, the Great Tang Dynasty had already opened up the passage from the Tibetan River to the sea. Therefore, from Pantuo, he could even go east through Tubo, and then go straight to the sea.

   "I want to remind Liulang, Pantuo and Bolu, and even countries such as Humi, Sole, Shini, and Shangmi are united."

"And don't underestimate these small countries. Although the country is small, it has the best mountain infantry and mountain cavalry. The people here are rough but brave. Especially in the unique geographical environment here, they are even more sturdy and capable of fighting. There are also cities and fortresses in Pantuo and other countries, which are also very dangerous, if we refuse to defend with the city, we will be at a disadvantage."

  Qin Gui and the others only brought 10,000 people here, and they traveled for more than three months without any follow-up reinforcements, nor supplies of food, grass, or weapons.

   There are not many grains and supplies on hand. If you can't succeed in one blow, you have to consider returning to Shule or Khotan first.

"Li Dudu don't have to worry about me underestimating the enemy. I have been in battle for a long time. Don't you know this, but now Su Shuai and Qin Shuai are leading the army to confront each other on the front line, attracting the main force of the enemy. Although we are a partial division, but at this time On the contrary, there is no restraint, you can let go and fight as much as you want.”

   "I didn't send troops this time just for Pantuo country. I want to conquer Congling countries, and then go to Tochara, and give them a backyard fire."

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   A few days later.

Ten thousand Tang troops rushed to Princess Fort, a castle in the north of the Pantuo Kingdom. It is said that this was the place where the founder of the Pantuo Kingdom married a Han Chinese princess. The castle was built for that princess. Its name is also derived from this.

  The magical soldiers of the Tang army descended from the sky, and the Pantuo people did not expect it. It was already early winter, and the mountains were basically closed for this season. No one expected that the Tang army would come.

  Frightened, the city owner of Princess Castle hurriedly sent someone to ring the alarm bell, blow the horn, and then ordered the city to resist the war.

  Qin Gui led the army to the city, and sat directly on the small horse, with big swords and golden swords.

   "Wang Xiaojie, I ordered you to attack the city and break it before sunset."

  The young Wang Xiaojie was already fully armored and stepped forward to receive the order.

   "You don't have to wait until sunset, the city will be destroyed before noon."

   "There is no joke in the army!"

   "Dare to order the military order, but if you can't take it down, come and see me." Wang Xiaojie patted the breastplate on his chest and shouted.

   "Okay, Ben will personally defend you!"

  Wang Xiaojie withdrew, held a large banner in person, and selected Modaoshou from the Anxi Army to lead the team.

  Princess Fort is one of the twelve castles outside the capital of Pantuo. It is the first fort in the north. The city lord also understands the art of war and strategy, and knows that defending the city cannot be defended to death, so he sent his eldest son to lead a thousand soldiers to line up outside the city and defend the city with his back.

  He personally led the crossbowmen on the city and waited for two thousand to help out.

  Three-dimensional defense above and below the city.

   "The Princess Castle has no less than 3,000 troops, which is more than I expected."

   "Don't worry Liulang, after all, Pantuo is a small country in the mountains, and it is also a time of war, and this Princess Fort is also the gate to the north, so there are slightly more soldiers and horses. Only 3,000 people can't stop us."

  The drums of war are like thunder.

  Wang Xiaojie rushed to the front of the city with a big flag on horseback, planted the big flag on the ground, then changed the Zhangbamo sword, and shouted, "Whether you advance or not retreat, anyone who dares to retreat past this flag will be killed!"

   "Follow me to kill the enemy!"

  Following his roar, countless Mo Daomen rushed towards the enemy line in heavy armor under the cover of the crossbowmen behind them.

  Wang Xiaojie took the lead, and under the guard of elite soldiers, he was extremely sturdy.

  The Mo Dao flashed white light in succession, advancing like a wall.

Although the thousand Panduo people are the toughest mountain herdsmen and the best mountain infantry, their equipment is much worse than that of the elite Anxi army. Most of them are only leather armor, and a few are equipped with iron chain armor. The equipment is also spears, big guns, swords and axes, and there are few bows and crossbows.

   Only in terms of formation, it is not as good as Tang Jun's tacit understanding.

  Anximo swordsmen are like a wall of swords, neat and orderly, even if one falls down, another one will be replaced immediately, and the front row is always tight and tidy.

  The crossbowmen's support is also fast and fierce, the arrows rain down, and the crossbow shoots fast and far.

  The war drums were like thunder, and two soldiers and horses fought fiercely in front of the stone wall of the princess castle. Arrows rained down, arrows flew randomly, and the soldiers kept falling.

   Then the two armies slammed into each other, swords and swords, axes and halberds.

  The ferocious Congling mountain infantry faced the Anximo swordsmen of the Tang Dynasty. Although there was a city wall behind to protect their back and the crossbowmen on the city supported them, the Anximo swordsmen's offensive was too fierce.

  The sword array formed by two thousand Mo Dao hands is like a stormy sea, with one wave higher than the other, continuous and endless.

  The crossbowmen behind Mo Dao Shou did not have the condescending advantage of the archers on Princess Castle, but with the advanced crossbows, they surpassed the support in the city, and they could even attack the crossbowmen in the city.

  The exquisite machine cannon and the sharp three-bow crossbow were quickly assembled, and then they blasted violently at the top of the city. They began to be unable to lift their heads and dared not show their faces.

  The continuous fierce offensive lasted for nearly an hour, wave after wave, and Wang Xiaojie always took the lead and came to the front line in person.

   Never retreated from the big flag planted on the ground.

   "The enemy army can't resist."

  Qin Gui still sat there with no expression on his face.

   Behind him is a simple observation vehicle, and the scouts on it are constantly reporting to him what they see.

   "It seems that the Panduo people are about to open the city gate and lead their defeated soldiers into the city." The soldiers in the car shouted excitedly.

  Li Xiu got on his horse and summoned the cavalry.

   "Follow me and kill into the city."

Qin Gui laughed out loud, "The guard of the princess castle is not good. At this time, defeat is defeat. Let the thousand infantry outside be sent to death. Even if they are chopped down, they cannot open the city gate. At this time Kaesong, can he still control the situation? Hahaha!"

  Things are just as the experienced Qin Gui said, when the Lord of Princess Castle could no longer just sit back and watch the soldiers outside the city be massacred, especially when he wanted to save his son, he made a big mistake.

   At this time, they fought with Tang Jun for an hour. The remaining four or five hundred people who had been beaten and collapsed had no chance of withdrawing. They had already been entangled with Tang Jun.

  As soon as the city gate is opened, the Tang army must follow into the city.

Although the city lord personally led the mountain cavalry out of the city to meet him, the general of Shule Township and Li Xiu, the Duke of Linfen County, had already seen the opportunity and led the Qingqi of the Tang Dynasty who had been recharging their energy. Killed.

   "The whole army is on top!" Qin Gui ordered.

Wang Xiaojie chopped down a Pantuo cavalryman rushing in front of him with a single knife, splitting his man and horse in half, and then strode forward in pursuit, beside him were countless blood-stained Mo Daomen who continued to follow up tirelessly .

  Mo Daomen have many feathered arrows stuck in their bodies, and the armor on their bodies has blocked many fatal injuries for them. Everyone is very tired, but they all know that they must hold on.

   Whoever can't hold on is a loser.

  朅Panduo people and Tang Jun are all rushing towards the open city gate.

  The defenders at the gate of the city couldn't help but panic when they saw the chaotic and turbulent crowd.

   "Shut the gates, shut the gates!"

  Unfortunately, it is simply not possible at this time.

  The gates of the city are already full of people, countless people are scrambling and crowded, and there are people everywhere. Let alone closing the gates now, it is difficult to get close.

  Tang Jun and Panduo people are mixed together like a tide, and it is difficult to attack each other.

   "City gate, the Tang army has entered the city!"

   "They have captured the city gate!"

   Shouts of panic arose everywhere. The city lord, who had just led 800 cavalry out of the city to meet his son, was also blocked outside, and the cavalry could not rush through the dense crowd.

  Horseshoes sounded everywhere, and Li Xiu led the Anxi cavalry to kill them.

   Melee, roaring.

  An hour later, the Sun, Moon and Star Sanchen Banner of the Tang Dynasty was hoisted up in Princess Fort, and the city gate was also controlled by the Mo Daomen led by Wang Xiaojie.

  Qin Gui led his soldiers to behead outside the city.

  The heads were thrown together and piled up outside the city gate.

  Li Xiu led troops to wipe out the enemy in the princess castle, and robbed supplies. Inside and outside the city, the blood was filled, and it had become a Shura hell!

  (end of this chapter)