Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 331

Chapter 331

woo woo woo woo……

Boom, boom, boom...

The sound of horns and war drums resounded throughout the city, and the battle between Daxia and Oirat soon entered a fierce stage.

"Five hundred steps... 450 steps... [-] steps, the gunners are ready!"

"350 steps...fire!"

Boom, boom, boom...

As an important town in Hexi, Liangzhou City is equipped with dozens of artillery pieces, large and small.

The north city gate also defends the key direction of the Tartars. Twenty artillery shells roared and smashed shells at the attacking Oirat cavalry. Each shell spun violently and smashed into the cavalry ranks. Bounced away one by one tartar.

Twenty bloodstains stretched from Liangzhou City to the north. If it was a grass bandit, they would probably have fled in all directions.

But these are the fiercest Tartars on the prairie. They want to break into Liangzhou City with all their heart and soul, robbing money, food, and women.

"Two hundred paces, the archers are ready... to fire their muskets!"

"150 steps, the archer throws!"

"Shields step forward, swordsmen get ready!"

Jia Cong did not interfere with the command of Lieutenant General Zhang Daiyan. This young General of the Forbidden Army is the grandson of the British Duke Zhang Yue.

In terms of command art in head-to-head duels, Jia Cong is several blocks away from others.The commanding flag was waved again and again, and every change of the war drum was smooth and smooth, without being affected by the power of the [-] troops outside the city.

The fire at the North City Gate is still burning, and the fire ignited by the fierce fire oil cannot be extinguished with water.

The fighting in the Wengcheng has come to an end. After closing the door and beating the dogs, Xu Youwen led people to carry out the final harvest.

Ah Luo watched helplessly as the north gate of Liangzhou City slowly closed, but there was nothing she could do.

He lost the first battle, lost [-] soldiers in vain, and also died the eagle shooter who had served him for more than ten years. A Luotai hated the defenders of Liangzhou City to death.

But Liangzhou's strong city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and his own people are short of men and horses, so they can only hate money and prepare to set up camp and besiege Liangzhou for a long-term plan.

Jia Cong picked up the white tiger flag that symbolized the Xining County Prince's Mansion, threw it towards the people under the commander's banner outside the city, and then laughed.

He shouted loudly: "Thank you for the great gift from Grand Master Wala, Benbo reluctantly accepts the five thousand military exploits, and I will definitely go to Wala Khan's tent to thank him someday!"

Da Xia Erlang at the top of the city laughed along with Jia Cong, and repeated the mockery of the Wala people in unison.

A Luotai gradually calmed down from the panic at the beginning, and ordered someone to come forward and ask: "The guard of the city, do you dare to leave your name?"

"Why don't you dare!"

The Jia character banner flutters with the wind and stands next to the red golden dragon flag.

"Uncle Daxia Yongfeng, the official worship officer of Pingxi Governor's Mansion, Jia Cong of Rongguo Mansion!"

Jia Cong pulled out the Yanling Saber from his waist with a swish, and held it up high: "Tai Luo, Ben Bo is waiting for you to attack in Liangzhou City!"

……

On the second day of March, Grand Master of Wala, Chuoros Aluotai, led an army of [-] to invade the south. After losing the first battle, they set up camp on the high ground north of Liangzhou City.

Jia Cong sent people to Lanzhou Kuaima to deliver letters, and at the same time organized the people in the city to move south.Don't look at him confidently dealing with the siege of an army of [-] at the top of the city, but he is not fully sure that he can keep Liangzhou City.

The capture of the city was successful, but it also caused a lot of casualties.Now there are only more than 9000 capable fighters on hand. Facing the elite of [-] Tartars, the pressure is too great.

"Uncle, General Zhang, there is enough food and grass in the city, but the weapons for defending the city may not be enough. Especially the reserves of gunpowder will be exhausted within ten days at most."

Xu Youwen has already checked out the situation of the city's reserves, and there is no shortage of food and grass, but the gaps in gunpowder, arrow clusters and other ordnance are too big.

The pen in Jia Cong's hand stopped, then hummed calmly, and continued to write the report.

When the report in his hand was finished, he raised his head and said to Zhang Daiyan: "Since the Tartars can invade the city of Liangzhou, they should have taken down the Zhenfanwei in the north. Now it is the time when the mountains are covered by heavy snow. , the nearby guards can't count on it, so we can only ask for help from the nearest Yongchang Guard. General Zhang, can you stick to it for ten days without losing it?"

Zhang Daiyan didn't pat his chest as a guarantee, his face was solemn.

"If the entire army of the Oirat Tartars presses up, the consumption of armaments will increase exponentially. The general thought that he should send a surprise army outside to support him, not to kill the enemy, but to restrain the enemy. The number of people does not need to be too large, two thousand is good. That's it. For one thing, the Tartars can't distinguish our army from reality, so we can try to delay it for as long as possible. It's just..."

Jia Cong also understands the truth that the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered.

However, Zhang Daiyan's tactics were also very risky. Two thousand cavalry went out of the city to contain them, and they narrowly escaped death.The soldiers and horses in Liangzhou City are not enough. If the enemy accidentally wiped out these 2000 people, Liangzhou's troops will be even smaller.

"Uncle, whether it's Lanzhou or Yongchangwei, the long-distance water can't quench the near-thirst. If Liangzhou City doesn't tolerate losses, the general will be more willing to let the Tartars into the city and give him a blessing from heaven."

hiss!

Xu Youwen couldn't help but took a deep breath, the young master of the British government was too ruthless.

Jia Cong smiled wryly and shook his head: "It's not up to that point, let's first discuss who will lead the troops out of the city to contain the Tartars. But you reminded me that Zhurong's natural disaster doesn't necessarily mean letting the Tartars into the city. It’s pretty good on the haystacks of the Tartars.”

In Chang'an, the willows are folded in March, and the frontier fortress is still cold due to the wind and snow.

Erlang of the Central Plains wears armor at night, and vows to kill Hu'er in sacrifice to Xuanyuan.

Dozens of people quietly set off from the south of the city wore white cloaks, blending themselves with the snow on the ground.

Jia Cong entrusted the task of burning the food and grass of the Tartars to a team composed of dragon guards and imperial scouts.

At the same time, [-] elite cavalry led by Jia Shiyi also went out of the city. In order to cover the brothers who were burning food and grass, Jia Cong planned to launch a night attack tonight.

He knew that A Luotai would definitely be on guard against Daxia's night attack, but in order to burn the Tartars' food and grass, he had to take this risk.

The night in Liangzhou turned to ice. Jia Cong stood on the wall of the north city gate and looked at the camp of Tartars from a distance. He felt that the wind blowing from the north was filled with the laughter of Tartars.

This group of damn beasts actually sent people to plunder the surrounding villages during the day.If he didn't have enough time, he would have moved the people outside the city long ago.

Damn Tartar, damn Qi Wenliang!

boom!

The sudden explosion of fire in the north and the loud noise brought Jia Cong back to his senses. He held the handle of the knife firmly in his hand and looked nervously at the camp of the Tartars.

What Jia Shixi brought out of the city was not only two thousand cavalry, but also several newly made gunpowder packs.This new type of weapon with huge lethality was regarded by Da Xia Erlang as a sharp weapon to open the camp of Tartars.

The huge explosion sounded with a powerful shock wave, tearing apart the tartar's defense in an instant.Then two thousand iron cavalry went straight in, catching the Tartars by surprise.

Ah Luotai in the Chinese army's large tent kicked the woman away on the bed, and cursed: "Damn the southerners, they don't obey the rules. This is just the time to launch a night attack, what is the virtue of martial arts!"

"Grand Master, Grand Master..."

"Get in!"

The soldiers rushed into the big tent, only glanced at the naked woman who didn't know whether she was alive or dead, and shivered.

"Reporting to the Grand Master, the southerners used the mysterious Thunderbolt to shatter our army's refusal horses, and are heading towards the Chinese army. To prevent accidents, the Grand Master should move first."

Ah Luo snorted too coldly: "How many people are here?"

"It's dark and I can't see clearly. There are... um... at least thousands of troops, all elite!"

"Put on armor! Tonight, I will use the lives of these thousands of southerners to avenge the prairie warriors who died in Liangzhou City!"

Ah Luotai is also a brave person, he was very upset about the loss in the first battle today, he would have a chance for revenge, how could he let it go easily.

After putting on the armor, he rushed out of the big tent with a scimitar in his hand.But the sound of fighting that was getting closer and closer suddenly changed direction and turned to the south halfway.

"Report! The southerners rushed to the vicinity of the Chinese army and were blocked by the pro-barracks. They turned to the south and seemed to be fleeing!"

Mrs. Ah Luo was immediately angry when she heard this. My grand master lined up his troops and waited for you to attack at midnight. You Daxia killed you when you didn't talk about Wu Dexu.

Now I still want to run...

"Why are you in a daze, why don't you hurry up and chase me! Let the southerners go, and the military law will serve you!"

Jia Shiyi led two thousand elite troops from the Tartar left army, as if he had entered a no-man's land, he smashed the pots in his hands towards the Tartar camp as if he didn't want money, and when he was done, he threw the torch in his hand.

The fierce oil detonated along with the trend, and the Tartar camp immediately caught fire everywhere.Those Tartars who had been waiting for Daxia's night attack were stunned, fighting the fire and chasing them, they became a mess.

When the general reacted and roared to urge the whole team to pursue, Jia Shixi had already brought his men to the vicinity of the main tent of the Chinese army.

However, he didn't think of directly piercing through the Tartar camp. Not only would there be too much resistance, but he would not be able to mobilize more Tartar troops.

"Brothers, follow me to kill!"

Jia Xiyi pulled the reins and turned south, giving the Tatars the illusion of retreating to Liangzhou City.

Ah Luotai had already brought people to chase after him, and the generals of the Tartars were mobilized by more than ten thousand people immediately, and the rest of them also focused their attention on the coach.

Dozens of people hiding on the north side of the Tartar camp took the opportunity to sneak into the Tartar camp, and after clearing away the hidden posts in front of them, the leader of the Long Guard Baihu made a gesture to everyone, counting Ten people were broken into pieces and scattered in all directions...

A Luo Tai did not know how many military books he had read, and he knew the importance of a large army's food and grass.So he placed the grain and grass camp on the north side of the Chinese army's big tent to prevent the Liangzhou army from the south of the big camp from surprise attacks.

But he would never have imagined that tonight's cavalry night attack was an illusion created by Jia Cong. In fact, there were only a few dozen people who actually burned his grain and grass, and they had already touched the side of Wala's grain and haystack.

It is not good at killing dragon guards head-on, but they are very experienced in stealth assassination and setting fire to disrupt things.

Coupled with the fierce oil that Jia Cong provided for each person, even a little spark is enough to make the grain and haystack detonate into a huge torch.

Jia Shixi hung A Luotai who was chasing after him, and led him around the north side of Liangzhou City, neither far nor near.

Jia Cong, who was watching the battle from the top of the city, could even hear Ah Luotai roaring and cursing. Less than [-] steps away from Liangzhou City, Jia Shixi suddenly turned around and rushed west.

When only the Tartars were left in the area directly in front of the city gate, Jia Cong immediately shouted, "Fire!"

Boom, boom, boom...

In the dark night, the artillery sprayed flames, and the huge roar directly awakened the sleeping soldiers and civilians in the city. Thinking it was a night attack by the Tartars, they quickly put on clothes and armor, and rushed out of the house with swords in hand.

But before they could gather on the city wall, they heard the sound of the gong, and the captains of the school captains everywhere began to appease the hearts of the soldiers.

"Everyone go back to sleep. Tonight our army is attacking the Tartar camp. This is the brother who is attacking the camp before the cannon at the top of the city."

The artillery fired only one round, and twenty shells took the lives of less than a hundred Tartars.

By the time Ah Luotai gathers his men and horses to avoid the bombardment of the artillery at the top of the city, Jia Shixi's men and horses have long since disappeared.

Before Mrs. Ah Luo could say a harsh word, there was a burst of commotion behind her.When he looked back, he couldn't drink anymore, because the night above the camp was illuminated by a huge torch...

Jia Shixi didn't go back to the city, and took his troops directly to Liu Lintai on the west side of Liangzhou City, which was the guard station under the Liangzhou Guards.

From tonight onwards, he will lead the elite who are now less than [-] people, gather the troops in the nearby guards, continuously harass the Tartar army, and try their best to contain the Tartar forces for the defenders in the city.

Dozens of people who went to burn the food and grass of the Tartars quietly returned to the city through the east gate, and more than half were killed or injured.

"I'd like to report to Uncle, the last general and his brothers have survived, at least half of the Tartar's food and grass have been burned, and the remaining food and grass can at most last 10 people for three to five days!"

Wala was originally invited by Qi Wenliang to enter the customs through Liangzhou, and he didn't bring much food and grass at all.

I didn't want to be blocked by Jia Cong under the city of Liangzhou. I was already troubled by the shortage of food and grass, and now half of it was burned, huh...

Jia Cong ordered the medical officer to apply medicine and bandage the crowd, and then returned to the General's Mansion to discuss the military situation with Zhang Daiyan and Xu Youwen.

Tonight's plan went smoothly, and the results were quite good.

However, the three of them all looked solemn, because most of the Tartar's food and grass had been burned, and Ah Luotai's attack tomorrow would definitely be crazier than today.

"Tomorrow's defense is the most important thing. As long as we can withstand tomorrow's crazy siege, Ah Luotai will definitely stop first and search for food and grass."

Zhang Daiyan clasped his fists and said: "Uncle, tomorrow we should use all the plants and trees as soldiers, so that Mrs. Ah Luo thinks that the soldiers in Liangzhou City are strong and strong, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers defending the city, so that he does not dare to sink the boat and overwhelm all the soldiers and horses."

Jia Cong nodded, and told Xu Youwen: "General Xu will work harder tonight, and distribute the armor and swords in the warehouse to the young and strong in the city. Tomorrow, the walls of Liangzhou City must be lined with swords and swords, scaring the Tartars to death! "

……

About fifteen miles northwest of Liangzhou City, there is a river named Shiyang River.

On the west side of the river bank, there are several small towns of Wubao from north to south. These are the beacon towers of the guards under the command of the Liangzhou Guards.

Jia Shixi galloped on the snowy field with his men and horses, and soon arrived at the nearest Wubao——Liu Lintai.

However, there were only a small number of old and weak in Liu Lin Taichung at this time. Qi Wenliang had placed Zhang Chaogui as the commander of the Liangzhou Guard back then, and he did a lot of work to support private soldiers on empty pay.

When Jia Shiyi led his troops into Liulintai, he almost smashed the table in anger when he asked about it.

Including Liu Lintai, only thirty or fifty old and weak people were left in the seventeen Wubao guardhouses of Liangzhou Guard, not to mention bandits and enemies, and there was not even firewood in the beacon tower.

"It's no wonder that the [-] Tartar army has arrived at the foot of Liangzhou city, and there is no news from the beacon towers everywhere. The traitors have misled the country, and Qi Wenliang and Zhang Chaogui will definitely be hacked to pieces in the future!"

The old, the weak, the sick and the disabled in Wubao waited tremblingly for Jia Shixi's disposal. Jia Shixi waved his hand impatiently and asked them to take him down. He opened the map and began to think about what to do next.

He also said that the integration of soldiers and horses from various guards and horses to support Liangzhou City depends on these old, weak, sick and disabled, which is not enough for the Tartars to stuff their teeth.

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　Let’s stop here tonight and continue tomorrow.Good night.

(End of this chapter)