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Chapter 525
He could hear the displeasure in Lun Gongren's words, but it was not the time for Chang Yuankai to care about it.

After discussing for a long time, it is definitely not allowed to burn. What Lun Gongren said was angry, and it really can't be burned.That is, why should the baggage be burned, and the blood camp will react immediately.This line is a shortcut, but the terrain is complicated, and the blood camp cannot know their true direction.

He was also reluctant, because he had already spent a lot of supplies, and with the silent looting, Shuofang's supplies would be even more scarce in the future.Therefore, five thousand weak, old and disabled soldiers were first sent to escort the luggage along the Wuding River to Xiazhou.It should be said that Mo Chuai's speed has not yet reached Xiazhou.These soldiers have low combat effectiveness in field battles, but they can use the danger of the city wall to help defend.Moreover, some of the veterans are a little weak in physical strength, but they have rich combat experience.This can prevent the Turkic people from going further south. Even if they go south, they can only grab some things and go back as before, and dare not be unscrupulous.

After Lun Gongren said a word, he didn't say any more.

But he was laughing in his heart, when is the time!Now because of this little baggage, I still come to delay time, can I really hide it from the eyes and ears of the blood camp?If you don't take advantage of the blood battalion not to react immediately at this time, withdraw back, and wait for the blood battalion to make some adjustments, I'm afraid there will be no chance to withdraw again.

This reminded him of a Chinese idiom: cover one's ears and steal one's bell!
After discussing the retreat, and then discussing how to deal with Mochuo, the war cannot be fought.The best way now is to cross the Yellow River with a silent army, and immediately pass through the Gobi Desert and desert silently back to Hetao, and capture Fengzhou and Shengzhou as well as several new cities.Cutting off Mochuo's way back is not to really make them embark on a road of no return, but to force Mochuo to withdraw immediately.This kind of silent plundering is a little less plundered, and it seems to be confessed by the court.

Lun Gongren once again despises in his heart, what is meant by cutting off the way back silently, this is called not daring to fight.They want to attack by stealth and take back a few cities, but Silence can make them succeed as they wish?Wang Hua is not easy to deal with, and Mo Chuai is also not easy to deal with.

Being timid before fighting, using one's own weaknesses to confront the other's strengths, Lun Gongren felt a sense of sadness, even if the Xueying didn't take advantage of them, crossing the Yellow River would also end badly.

Chang Yuankai cleverly arranged another thing.

The tacit understanding between the Tang Dynasty and the Turkic people is only known to a few people in the upper class, and some very smart people can guess it.But most of the soldiers below are not aware of this.Maybe what they thought was that the blood camp had made too many enemies, so there were so many enemies all at once, and they wanted to shoot Wang Hua to death immediately.

Now the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, so they just went back silently, with low morale. Although they were not planning to fight a big battle, they still had to counterattack Fengzhou and Shengzhou cities.Even if the enemy left very few troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, with such morale, it is impossible to capture any city.

Therefore, I sent people to say that it was false to attack Wang Hua silently, and now we have captured our Fengzhou and Shengzhou, and crossed the Yellow River south.

We had no choice but to leave the traitor Wang Hua alone, withdraw our troops and take back Fengzhou.

Why Mochuo was able to conquer Fengzhou and not mention the matter of luring wolves into the house, but only mention the facts that happened now, which is considered a fact.There is a reason to withdraw in this way, and because most of this army is a frontier army, but there are also a few Hu soldiers, whose relatives are in Liuhu Prefecture or Fengsheng Prefecture.

Gong Ren has no opinion on this point. At any time, morale is important in battle, so there is a saying that a sad soldier must win.Of course, Chang Yuankai, as the chief executive of Shuofang, would have been impossible for the imperial court to issue this appointment if he didn't have any military talent.It's just that this talent is as ridiculous as a clown compared to Mo Chuan Wang Hua.

The order was passed down, and immediately regardless of the rest of the soldiers, five thousand remnants and veterans were drawn out, and the food and luggage of the camp were carried out, and they went on the road first.This arrangement was in the middle of the night, but the large troops did not leave the city of Yanzhou.One is to give the heavy soldiers time to evacuate to ensure their safety.The second soldier needs to rest to ensure his physical strength.

The idea was good, but this precious night was wasted by Chang Yuankai.

Lun Gongren tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep.

It's not that I'm afraid of death, but I have to die well, and I can't let a few pigs take my own life.

He quietly got out of bed and came to the tent of his cronies Lunxire.He came this time with dozens of the strongest Tubo warriors in Shazhou, some of whom were successively appointed as some low-level military officers.In particular, Lunxire also served as a school lieutenant.

Lun Gongren said what he wanted in the future.

Lun Sire said worriedly: "Do you want to go to the blood camp?"

Although there are almost no Tubo people in the Wang Huaxue camp, there are also vulnerable groups and exiles who have no affection for Tubo.However, the Lun family and the current royal family of Tubo also have blood feuds, and Wang Hua can accept it emotionally.Moreover, the most courageous aspect of Wang Hua is tolerance.

But Lun Gongren took the initiative to join Wang Hua, it was not a trivial matter, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "What about our people in Shazhou?"

These thousands of people are all direct descendants of the Lun family.Shazhou is still under the jurisdiction of Guo Yuanzhen.

"I'm just talking about our current situation. It's not necessary to take refuge in Wang Hua. Even if we take refuge in Wang Hua, the people of Shazhou don't matter. Although the eight states have blocked the news, have you heard that Guo Yuanzhen and Wang Hua fought against each other? ? He won’t be these stupid pigs.” Having said that, he spat hard on the ground.

After speaking, the two of them stayed in the dark for a long time without making a sound.

Talking about Gongren is purely irritable, while talking about Xire is thinking about the gains and losses.

After a while, Lun Xire said: "If the people are safe, it may not be a good thing if you really defect to Wang Hua."

Lun Gongren was a little stunned: "What did you say? When did I say that I would go to Wang Hua?"

Lun Xire said meaningfully: "It was the emperor who was kind to the old master and the young master back then, not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty today. Life and death in this battle are uncertain. Desperately looking for a scapegoat. Which one do you think will be the scapegoat? Even if the emperor doesn't blame you, will you be appreciated by the court because of the rumors outside and think that you are not clear with the king?"

"How did you come up with this idea?" Lun Gongren still hadn't reacted a bit.

"Why can't I come up with this idea. Back then, the master made such great contributions to Tubo, but he died tragically. The second master wandered to the Tang Dynasty, and the people are still homeless. Over the years, the old slave has always wanted to avenge this , defected to Wang Hua, this bloody feud may not have a chance to be repaid."

Having said this, Lun Sife sobbed.

Lun Gongren was still a little dumbfounded, he was just depressed, because he found Lun Xire to speak out, to vent.Unexpectedly, when Lun Xire mentioned it, the nature of the matter changed.

Lun Xire finished sobbing, and said: "There is a chance today. Two men from our clan are on duty and are patrolling outside the camp. We can write a letter and ask them to shoot on the head of Yanzhou City with bows and arrows. It can also be regarded as a great achievement for you to defect to Wang Hua's men."

"Let me think about it," Lun Gongren became even more irritable, pacing back and forth in the tent.

In fact, without him writing to the Blood Camp, Chang Yuankai's army also fell into the trap of the Blood Camp because of the night's delay.

The next morning, after a night's rest, the soldiers regained their strength and began to return to camp.

Before leaving, Chang Yuankai poked the ground with his sword resentfully, as if he regarded the ground as Wang Hua.It's too miserable, if it wasn't for Wang Hua, if it wasn't for the blood camp, and his subordinates were intact, even if he challenged the Turkic people head-on, he would have the guts.

This is nonsense, if you give him another 2 people, without the city, he is no match for Mo Chuai.

The army traveled east all the way, but after turning a few slopes, it suddenly changed and headed north. This is the trail that Gu Duo mentioned.

It's not easy to walk, sometimes the cavalry has to dismount, lead the horse, and climb the cliffs. Fortunately, the terrain is mainly hilly, and the mountains are continuous, but they are not too tall.

After advancing for a while, at noon, I ate a quick lunch and moved forward again.Soon, I came to the ancient Great Wall. Because I didn’t pay much attention to it, and didn’t build it for many years, this section of the Great Wall almost became a continuous ruin. More than half of the wall stacks collapsed. The sand blown from the north accumulated under the corner of the wall, making it look very desolate.

But here is a section of the city wall, there is a city gate, the gate is gone, and it has become a bare passage. The herdsmen grazing on both sides often use this passage to travel from north to south.However, due to the terrain, there are very few people leading to it.Basically, there is no outsider in sight. Gu Duo passed by here a few years ago and discovered this road by accident.

Then the forward stopped, and Chang Yuankai was now in a panic, so he rushed to the front with Li Wei and Gu Duo.

Things have changed!

The passage was blocked by mud bags, and there were hundreds of soldiers on the top of the city wall, lying faintly behind the wall stacks.

Chang Yuankai was suspicious, the speed of this trip was very fast, did the Blood Camp calculate that he was going to pass by this road, and ambushed the army in advance?

He looked at the bones, but had nothing to say.But if Blood Camp knew their route, it would be self-defeating this time.The hills in this area are undulating, and there are forests and ravines in many places. The terrain is extremely complicated, which just allows the blood camp to find many ambush locations.

The expression on Gu Duo's face was not very good. He stared at the city wall, soldiers appeared and disappeared on the city wall, and a large flag made a slight sound of unfurling the flag in the April breeze.

Suddenly his eyes lit up, he pointed to the big flag and said, "Boss, look at the name on the flag."

Chang Kai was still a little confused about the font size. He looked over and saw the word "Tian" on it. Because the wind was not strong and the flags were not fully displayed, the word "Tian" was not visible most of the time.

"What does that mean?" he asked.

"Boss, don't worry, since we know this road, the Blood Battalion can also know this road. It is normal to send some troops to guard this place. And as you have seen, it is Tian Zi, a soldier of Tian Zi Division , that is, the reserve team of the Blood Camp. If the Blood Camp knew we were coming, would they use the reserve team to deal with us? Wang Hua would be too trusting, wouldn't he?"

Chang Yuankai's eyes lit up, and when he understood, he immediately ordered to attack.

Since there are people stationed here, if they see them coming, someone must go back and report, and they cannot stay here for long.And is this part of the city wall still a city wall?
So grab it quickly and get out of here.

However, it is not so easy to attack.

Seeing the enemy getting closer and far away, Mi Zheng shouted: "Let go!"

It's very unreasonable, Chang Yuankai's men are still nearly [-] steps away from the city wall, which is far beyond the range of the shooting range.

But it's actually quite reasonable.

This is not a crossbow, but a bow.The bed crossbow was powerful and troublesome to operate, so Wang Hua thought of another god arm crossbow with a range of nearly 400 meters. He only knew that this kind of crossbow was a real crossbow.Take mulberry as the body, sandalwood as the bow, iron as the barrel, steel as the machine, hemp rope as the binding, and silk as the string.But the power is "shooting three hundred steps, penetrating heavy letters".And it only needs one person to operate, so I drew the imaginary map.But it has never been developed.

In the end, he realized that he was in a blind spot. The reason why an ordinary bow and crossbow had such a range and shooting power was that there was a mechanism, but the mechanism was lost.

So he thought of another weapon for defending the city, the Welsh longbow, which he had seen before.The material can be made of elm, hazel and basil wood, and the cost is very cheap, but its range can also reach more than 200 meters. If the strength is strong, the thickness of the bow arm can reach more than 300 meters.

There are also weaknesses. It is not convenient to use it on cavalry, and the soldiers who pull this bow must have great strength.

However, Wang Hua did not use it as a cavalry weapon, but used it to cross the city.Similarly, the soldiers in the blood camp were much stronger.There are some strong men who can look like Wang Hua, not just one or two.

So Wang Hua immediately drew it, which was just developed, and the first batch was cast on the city wall, but it had nothing to do with Wang Hua, it was Zhu Dian's idea.

What can attract Chang Yuankai?He burned all the supplies and supplies to retreat, which is obviously not possible.Or use a pile of gold, how can a pile of gold appear in this place, can Chang Yuankai not be suspicious?So I used this longbow to attract Chang Yuankai.

It is conceivable that once such a long shooting range is displayed, it will be too lethal if it is completely unprepared.

This would make Chang Yuankai very heartbroken, but if he hadn't been dizzy with anger, he would have thought of how powerful he would be when he counterattacked Fengzhou and Shengzhou with this weapon.
So the longbow appeared on this ancient city wall.

Five hundred soldiers and five hundred sharp arrows quickly sank into the middle of the army with a whizzing sound in the air, and some of them were nailed into the shields of the shield bearers.

Not every arrow hit the soldiers, but in the first rain of arrows, seven to eighty people fell.

Some actually pass through, killing two birds with one stone.

Chang Yuankai almost fell off his horse, not because of casualties, these casualties are nothing, mainly because of the range.

Even the strongest crossbow in the Tang Dynasty did not have such a long range.

Immediately ordered the soldiers to be careful.

Then he ordered the cavalry to withdraw. Facing this kind of longbow, the cavalry also had shields in their hands, but they couldn't protect the horse. He saw with his own eyes a sharp arrow that was going to pierce the horse's head.Therefore, sending cavalry forward is obviously a living target for the opponent.

Then mobilized again, sent infantry to organize a square formation, a large shield formation, and forcibly rushed under the city wall.

But even so, the powerful arrows still made the shield rattle, and soldiers fell down from time to time.

This made Chang Yuankai startled again, what would it be like if all the soldiers in the blood battalion had this kind of longbows in their hands?Thinking of this, he was afraid for a while.

However, there were still fewer soldiers on the city wall, and there were militiamen again. Seeing the infantry pressing step by step, they stopped, shot two arrows indiscriminately, turned over from the city wall one by one, and fled.

Zhu Ting really overestimated Chang Yuankai, and Chang Yuankai immediately ordered the soldiers to remove the mud bags at the gate of the city.It seems that the enemy scouts saw them coming and hurriedly organized a defense.

At this time, Gu Duo reminded: "Chairman, chase them immediately."

Chang Yuankai was still in a daze.What's the use of chasing after him?It was only a few hundred militiamen, and the victory was not military, but some of their men were sacrificed in vain.

"Boss, the bows on their backs, attack the city!" The bones became anxious.

This mention reminded Chang Yuankai, he looked up and saw the [-] soldiers fleeing in the middle of nowhere, without even a single formation, they were indeed militiamen, different from the regular army.Then they got into the forest behind them, pulled out their horses, got on their horses one by one, and fled north.

"Chasing, Chief Manager." Gu Dui shouted anxiously again.

These are militiamen, and the war horses they ride are all inferior horses. The bones grew up on the horses, and the horses can be recognized at a glance.

Chang Yuankai ordered [-] cavalry to chase after him. He was terrified that the [-] militiamen would dispatch [-] regular cavalry.But the Tianzi Division militia from Yanzhou?
Because of the pursuit of the cavalry, even the army gradually followed.

The speed of the horse was really not fast, but although these militiamen were unorganized, they were very fierce. They turned around from time to time and raised their longbows to fight back.

But this kind of bow is obviously not suitable for shooting on horseback, because although some soldiers were shot and killed, they were getting closer and closer to the pursuers.

Just when they were about to catch up, the large army behind Chang Yuankai also entered a valley.Li Wei faintly felt that something was wrong, he came to Chang Yuankai and said, "Chairman, it's better not to chase after him, just look at the surrounding terrain."

But by this time it was already too late, horns sounded from the hills on both sides, and countless arrows and stones rolled down.

"Withdraw!" Chang Yuankai yelled.

However, a horn sounded behind him, and patches of crimson spread from the ground, blocking the way back.

This cannot be withdrawn, so Chang Yuankai shouted again: "Come on!"

The soldier was like a piece of wood, being tossed and turned by him.

But after rushing for a while, there was another horn sound in front, and a bloody red spread over again.

The road ahead was blocked again.

At this moment, Shan Shang shouted: "Surrender without killing."

He didn't surrender immediately, Chang Yuankai still looked like a gambler, and said with red eyes: "Come on, make a gap for me."

Before the words were finished, Lun Gongren who was standing behind him suddenly drew out his saber and slashed Chang Yuankai under his horse.As soon as the commander died, the soldiers began to panic. At this time, the soldiers of the Blood Battalion ambushing on the mountains on both sides rushed down the mountain immediately and cut them piece by piece.

Morale was very low at first, and now I don't know how many soldiers of the Blood Battalion were ambushing. Under the fear of death, one or two countless soldiers finally knelt down and began to surrender.

But to Zhu Ting's surprise, Chang Yuankai's general Li Wei was still fighting.It was Kong Heizi and Wu Keli who rushed to him and knocked him off the horse with their joint efforts.

Zhu Tong saw clearly from the mountain, and some people who cherished him came down from the mountain and asked, "Why didn't you come down?"

"Why did you surrender these rebels?"

"Where did we rebel? After we arrived in Bazhou, did we transport a soldier to the imperial court?"

"Then we went back to Fengzhou to kill the Turks, why did we ambush us?"

At this time, Zhu Tong had already inquired about his identity from the people next to him, and said, "General Li, please don't make such a high-sounding statement. If you are an ordinary soldier, you are still qualified to say this. You and Chang Yuankai have some People, do you have the qualifications to say this? As for the Turks, that’s about our blood camp, and I’m counting on you, or will someone join forces with the Turks to attack our blood camp back and forth?”

"Turk, is it about your blood camp?"

"Exactly, let's go." It's a good talent, but unfortunately, knowing the bottom line, Zhu Dian doesn't want to keep this character.

The army stayed to continue cleaning the battlefield, and Zhu Dian ordered Yuheng's army to go to Xiazhou immediately and seize the supplies by the way, but he wanted to take over Xiazhou for the imperial court.Otherwise, the Turks will go further south, and the corruption will be more serious.

Seeing Zhang Shougui leaving with the Yuheng army, and seeing the deserters all over the mountains and plains, and the Second Blood Battalion Army being arrested, Zhu Dian still frowned.

This battle is nothing, and the next is the time to really test the blood camp and Wang Hua.

He was also very worried in his heart, Mo Chuai was not easy to deal with.Although Wang Hua ranked him first for the purpose of fooling Dayan, this man's military talent definitely ranks among the top five in this star-bleak age.

This will be the biggest touchstone for Wang Hua!
(End of this chapter)