Chapter 565 Jin Sheng can't afford it

  When Qin Lang led his troops through the city gate, the Qiang people in the city realized that they had been fooled by Sitou, but it was too late.

   Tuoba Sitou personally drew his knife and beheaded several heads, and threatened those tribesmen with their **** heads. Those who surrender will live, and those who resist will die.

  A thousand Qiang soldiers, only a few dozen brave ones resisted, and they died immediately under the arrows. The rest of the Qiang people looked at the tragic deaths and knelt down in horror and begged for mercy.

  Qin Lang stood up at the right time, announcing that Tuoba Chici had been attached to Datang, and that more than 300,000 people from various tribes in Dangxiang Qiang had surrendered to the Governor of Situ Songzhou in Datang.

   Those who obey will prosper, and those who go against will perish.

   Although some Qiang people were unwilling, they could only knelt down on the ground with pale faces in front of those Tang soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp knives, not daring to lift their heads.

  All the Qiangs knelt down and asked to surrender, willing to attach themselves.

Qin Lang accepted their request to surrender, but sent someone to confiscate all their weapons and armor, their mounts and horses, as well as the population, women, livestock, money and food they had obtained from the previous massacre of the city. The livestock, cattle and sheep brought by him were also taken away.

  They had nothing but their heads to keep.

  Qin Lang organized them into the logistics battalion, assigned them tasks, and asked them to be responsible for repairing Taozhou City.

  After the soldiers took Taozhou City without bloodshed, Qin Lang did not rush forward, but only sent a few cavalry to the east to investigate the enemy's situation, and then stationed himself in Taozhou City, leading the soldiers to repair the city and build defenses. At the same time, they sent people to the surrounding mountains to find the refugees.

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  In the city of Minzhou, the three generals Xi Junmai, Gao Kan, and Gao Zhensheng are now the defense commanders of Minzhou. The Qiang people's offensive is getting tighter, and there are only a few thousand reinforcements brought by three people in Minzhou City.

   After sticking to it for more than a month, I am also very tired.

   "Beacon smoke!"

  A school lieutenant reported loudly.

  The three people who were discussing the matter heard it a little strangely, "What's so strange about Fengyan?"

  During this period of time, there were warning signs everywhere, and Shanzhou, Kuozhou, and Hezhou have long been familiar with it.

   "Which side is the beacon coming from today? Hezhou or Lanzhou?"

   "No, it's Taozhou, Taozhou Fengyan!"

   "Taozhou?"

  The three of them were stunned. Taozhou had been captured for more than a month, and it had been slaughtered long ago. How could there be any beacon smoke? In the direction of Taozhou, the beacon fires have stopped for more than a month.

   "It's true, the beacon smoke is rising in the direction of Taozhou, it's the smoke of peace!"

  Ping An smoke.

  Now everyone is even more puzzled. Recently, beacon smoke everywhere is a warning signal. Why is there still smoke from the fallen Taozhou?

   "Could it be that Duke Wei led his troops from the west and recovered Taozhou?" Xi Jun asked.

   "Impossible, Duke Wei has 500 people guarding the five-star fortress, and he is too busy to take care of himself. How can he have the spare energy to recover Taozhou? Unless..." Gao Kan said.

  Gao Zhensheng said excitedly, "Unless Qin Situ leads the Songzhou army to Diezhou, kills Tuoba Chi and breaks the siege of Duke Wei, and then they work together to fight Taozhou."

  This is indeed possible, but everyone is a little bit unbelievable.

   "Would you like to send some Qingqi to Taozhou to check?"

   "But now tens of thousands of thieves and Qiang are besieging the city, and it is not easy to get out of the city."

   "Got to try!"

  After some discussion, they decided to send Qingqi out of the city by night to investigate in the direction of Taozhou.

   "I don't know why the reinforcements from the imperial court have never arrived. We have been here for more than a month."

"Dangxiang and Tuyuhun suddenly invaded in a large scale, and all the prefectures in Longyou and Hexi were attacked one after another, and they were all overwhelmed. How could they have spare energy to help? And if the imperial court dispatched troops from Guanzhong, Shannan and other places, it would take time, how could it be so fast. "

  The enemy army captured Taozhou and surrounded Minzhou. They have already divided their forces to attack Weizhou and Lanzhou.

  Everyone has been looking forward to Qin Qiong and Qin Lang's reinforcements, but they didn't expect that this time they waited for more than a month and they didn't arrive, so that they once wondered whether Qin Lang was defeated.

  Now Taozhou has raised the smoke of peace, and finally let them see hope again.

  Below Minzhou city, there are tents of Tuyuhun and Dangxiang people all around. They couldn't attack the city, so they began to dig trenches under the city, preparing for a long-term siege plan.

   It's just that Minzhou is heavily defended, and the Qiang people are a little tired after several unsuccessful attacks. Now only 10,000 soldiers and horses continue to besiege the city, and the rest are scattered to plunder.

  Even the Qiang people under the city became a little slack. Herds of cattle, sheep and horses drove out to graze at sunrise and returned to the camp at sunset. The Qiang people were no different from nomads.

  The crops that were about to be harvested were all trampled and eaten by the Qiang people with their cattle and horses, but they did not harvest them themselves.

  In the Qiang camp, the Qiang people also found Pingan smoke from the direction of Taozhou.

   It's just that few Qiang people paid attention to it. In the eyes of these Qiang people, sometimes they couldn't tell the difference between the beacon smoke.

  Recently, beacon fires are everywhere, so I can't figure out where it came from.

  These Yandun are all on the top of the mountain, and it is difficult to walk. There are seven or eight people in a big Yandun, and only one or two small ones, so the Qiang people don’t bother to pay attention to these Yanduns.

  Accompanied by the rising smoke of peace, a team of light cavalry appeared in the west.

  Flying Tang flags and wearing Tang armor, they drove not far from the city of Minzhou and blew their horns.

  The humming horn reminds everyone to pay attention to them.

   That red flag is so dazzling.

   "Tang people?"

  The Qiang people were very surprised. Why are there Tang people behind them? Didn’t they capture Taozhou and kill all the defenders?

   "General Jiuqi, where did these Tang people come from?"

  Murong Yi asked Luo Sheng to surrender for a long time.

  Jiu Qie Luo Sheng stood up and stared at the Qingqi very carefully.

   "Zhenxi Army!"

  His eyes were so good that he recognized the words on the red flag.

   "Zhenxi Army?"

  Tuyuhun Commander-in-Chief Murong Yi was taken aback, "Diezhou's Zhenxi Army, Qin Lang's Zhenxi Army?"

"Yes, after the last battle of Songdie, the Zhenxi Army was set up with Donggong Luben as the backbone." Jiuqie Luosheng did not expect the Zhenxi Army to suddenly appear behind him. He was complicated in his heart and had already guessed this army The origin of the Zhenxi Army, they must have defeated Tuoba Chici, and then copied the Qiang people's retreat.

  As the defender of Taozhou, Jiuqi Luosheng fled back to Taozhou after the defeat in Hequ, but faced the Qiang people who followed closely behind and besieged the city fiercely, he held on for ten days.

   Finally chose to surrender.

  After the surrender, the Qiang people treated him fairly politely, but he was also very uncomfortable. He was always looking forward to the appearance of the Tang army, but also afraid of the appearance of the Tang army.

  When Tang Jun really appeared, he was in a state of disarray.

  The Qiang battalion also blew the horn, and the Qiang people quickly assembled, got on their horses, and rushed towards the team of Tang cavalry aggressively.

  The Zhenxi army Qingqi turned around and left without stopping.

  The Qiang people pursued him closely.

  On the head of Minzhou City.

   Xi Jun bought three generals and also saw that Qingqi, and saw the red flag of the Zhenxi Army.

  The three of them were very excited, especially Xi Junmai, "That's the flag of the Zhenxi Army, and it's Duke Wei who is here!"

  The Qing cavalry of the Zhenxi Army and the Qiang cavalry quickly disappeared into the vast mountains.

  The earth seems to return to tranquility.

   It's just that both the upper and lower sides of the city are no longer calm.

   All eyes are on the West.

   After half an hour, a group of people finally reappeared.

When everyone took a closer look, they found that the Qingqi of the Zhenxi army was getting closer and closer. They galloped this time, getting closer and closer, and rushed to the place where the Qiang camp was within a stone's throw, and then threw them off their horses. One head after another, they were chasing Qiang cavalry.

   But the shock was more than that.

  After the knights of the Zhenxi Army threw down the heads of the Qiang people, which were several times their own, they showed off their power and did not retreat.

   Murong Yi was about to mobilize troops to surround and kill this Tang cavalry in person, but he heard thunderous noises from the west, rumbling towards them.

   "The sound of hooves, many hooves, listen to the sound, more than ten thousand!"

  A Qiang exclaimed.

  The thunder became louder and closer, and many Qiang people lay down on the ground, listening to the sound.

  The faces of the Qiang people were panicked.

  Murong Yi put Jian Hu Lu on the ground and listened closely to his ear. After listening for a while, he stood up pale, "Tang army is attacking, assemble!"

  A Kuroshio current appeared in the west.

   Thousands of troops and horses are galloping.

  Qin Lang waited in Taozhou for a day, Qin Qiong led the army to come, the two armies joined together, after a short rest, Qin Lang sent people to light the safety cigarettes, and then the army went straight to Minzhou.

At the head of Minzhou City, Xi Junmai was so excited that he made people blow the horn and beat the drums, then rushed down to the top of the city, gathered all the soldiers capable of fighting, ordered the suspension bridge to be pulled up, and the city gate was opened, like a black whirlwind, fierce Come out of the city to respond.

  In the Qiang camp under the city, the Qiang people ran around, leading horses and carrying knives.

  The women who followed the tribe also raised their spears, even the young Qiang people raised their bows, and the old guys in their fifties and sixties also picked up their knives.

  War together, everyone will fight together.

  The women all made sharp voices, bared their teeth and claws, and they were gathering quickly.

  The men got on their horses, gathered from all directions, and then howled and charged.

However, compared with Zhenxi Army and Ningyuan Army, the Qiang people still reacted too slowly. However, even if the Tang army came from the west, the 1,000 troops in Taozhou could provide them with enough warning signals to prepare them.

  But because Taozhou was swindled without bloodshed, there was no time to send out the slightest signal.

  Thousands of elite Tang cavalry came down the mountain like tigers and charged forward, followed by infantrymen, Xiangyong, Chengpang, etc. on horseback, also charged all the way on horseback.

   They didn't dismount until they rushed to the city.

  Large shields, spears, bows and crossbows.

   Quickly formed infantry formations one after another.

  The cavalry rushed forward, unstoppable.

  The most terrible thing is that Xi Junmai and his three generals also led thousands of soldiers and horses to rush out from behind the Qiang people.

  The two armies went out together, and the east and west attacked.

  Tuyuhun and the Dangxiang Army, who surrounded Minzhou with more than ten thousand people, were smashed to pieces in an instant, and suffered a catastrophe.

  Qin Lang was riding on the horse, next to Qin Qiong, he didn't participate in the charge because he didn't need it.

  Although Qin Qiong still has troops behind him, but at this moment, Qin Lang and Qin Qiong have a total of 20,000 soldiers under their command, and there are still several thousand soldiers in Minzhou City.

  Sudden attack, violent impact, hit the unprepared Qiang people dizzy, unable to resist at all. Tuoba Sitou and Tuoba Xigan and other Qiang surrender generals led the Qiang surrender extremely fiercely. They chopped down the same Qiang tribe and Tuyuhun people, showing no sign of weakness compared to the Tang army.

  Below the city of Minzhou, there were killing sounds everywhere.

   This scuffle quickly turned into a one-sided massacre. Qin Qiong wanted to order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops several times, but Qin Lang dissuaded him.

   Unless Tuyuhun and the Qiang surrender, they will never withdraw their troops.

  The killing lasted until the evening. More than 10,000 Dangxiang Qiang and Tuyuhun people died, surrendered, and no longer had the slightest fighting spirit. They threw away their weapons and knelt down on the ground begging for mercy.

   "The troops can be withdrawn." Qin Qiong couldn't help sighing seeing that the Qiang people had completely collapsed.

   "Wait a little longer." Qin Lang just shook his head, "When these people slaughtered Taozhou City, they were very fierce. There will not be a ghost who died unjustly under the sword."

Without the order of Mingjin to withdraw the troops, the red-eyed soldiers continued to slash and kill mercilessly. In the end, both the Zhenxi Army and the Ningyuan Army had stopped, leaving only Jiang Qiang led by Tuobasi and the soldiers of the two armies. The Fan soldiers near the city continued to hack and kill.

  They are merciless, facing those of the same race who have thrown away their weapons and begged for mercy, they are still one by one.

  When the sky was dark and the moon was rising, the sound of gold ringing finally sounded under the banner of Commander Tang, but at this time, there was no living invader in the entire city of Minzhou.

  Tuoba Si, covered in blood, brought Murong Yi's head to Qin Lang, knelt down and offered it. This guy killed at least 30 people of his own race today.

   "Remember the merits of General Tuoba, beheading Murongyi, the commander-in-chief of Tuyuhun."

  Tuoba Si smiled.

  Qin Qiong shook his head and sighed. Today, his son was too cruel. He slaughtered more than 10,000 Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Qiang in one go. I am afraid that he will be impeached by the imperial censor.

  Young man, you are too hostile.

   Xi Jun bought a few and came up to see him covered in blood.

  Qin Lang said a little disheartened, "You guys have worked hard, don't blame the rescue for being late."

   Xi Junmai smiled and said, "I failed to rescue Taozhou, and Taozhou was massacred and bloodbathed. I am ashamed of Duke Wei's entrustment."

   "It's no fault of you, it's good that you can keep Minzhou."

  Under the night, the Tang army began to clean up the battlefield, and Qin Lang and others entered the city of Minzhou.

  When hearing that Tuoba Chici was wiped out under the five-star fortress, Xi Junmai and others were very excited.

  Taozhou was recovered, Minzhou was relieved, and the battle situation reversed.

   "Earlier, Murong Yi divided two groups of troops, each with 10,000 people, to attack Weizhou and Lanzhou." Xi Junmai reported a news.

  Qin Lang just waved his hands, "Those people are just dead people, don't worry."

"What Duke Wei said is that Murongyi is dead, the entire army is gone, Tuoba Chici has also been captured, and the entire party has been recruited by Situ, and now the entire battle situation is under our control. People and horses, there is really no need to worry, they have already become the turtles in the urn."

  The cleaning of the battlefield continued until the next day, and Qingqi was still chasing and searching for fish that slipped through the net.

  The seizures were rich, including tens of thousands of war horses, more than 100,000 heads of cattle, sheep and offal, and a large amount of property obtained by the Qiang people from looting Taozhou and plundering counties and towns.

  The most important thing is that they also rescued more than 10,000 captured Datang people.

  There were more than 5,000 households in Taozhou, more than 20,000 people, and tens of thousands of people in Minzhou were taken into captivity. In the end, only about 10,000 people remained, and nearly 20,000 people had died at the hands of the bandits.

  The rescued people regained their lives, but their homes were destroyed and their property was looted.

  Qin Lang could only temporarily place them under the city of Minzhou, and give them clothes and food. It is already winter, and it is difficult for them who have lost their homes to return home this winter, so they can only spend the winter in Minzhou temporarily and receive relief.

   "What Li Daoyan did!" Xi Junmai sighed.

  Qin Lang shook his head, "It's all the fault of Dangxiang Qiang and Tuyuhun." Now Dangxiang Qiang has been completely defeated, but there is only one Tuyuhun left.

  The Tuyuhun army is still raging in Longyou Hexi.

   "Send more Qingqi scouts, find out the location of the 20,000 thieves first, destroy them first, and then clean up Tuyuhun!" Qin Lang gritted his teeth.

  (end of this chapter)