Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3532
The tribal leader's face was ashen, and his lips smacked a few times. Looking at the majestic and mighty Tang army cavalry in front of him, he hesitated for a while, and said tentatively: "This... the weather is cold and the road is difficult, and my family has multiplied here for hundreds of years. Years later, the whole family suddenly migrated, I am afraid that death and injury will be inevitable..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the general of the Tang army raising his hand.

The words of the general of the Tang army were a little bit colder than the heavy snow: "You are all under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, but now you are colluding with bandits and providing financial aid. This crime will not be forgiven. This commander has the virtue of living a good life, and I don't want your whole family to die. You are dead, so I gave you a way to survive, but you are still pushing back and forth, not knowing what is good or bad! Come, line up, and within a stick of incense, slaughter this family, burn the house, and leave no one behind!"

"Here!"

The soldiers on the left and right responded with a bang, and then the cavalry clattered, and the troops were dispatched. After a while, they had already lined up, and they only waited for the general to give an order, and then began to charge.

The tribal leader knelt on the ground, terrified, hurried forward a few steps, and shouted: "General, don't be upset! You can't do it!"

Just looking at the equipment of this cavalry, one knows that it must be the elite of the Anxi Army, and there are a large number of them. Under one charge, my tribe of more than a thousand people will probably be left alone...

The general asked: "For the last chance, are you willing to move your family to Gongyue City?"

Steel knives and necks, meat on the cutting board, what else can the tribal leader say?I can only nod helplessly: "Yes, yes!"

The general snorted coldly: "Don't eat the toast and eat the fine wine! Gather the people of your tribe here immediately, and take out all the food at the same time."

"This one……"

The tribal leader's complexion changed again, moving to Gongyue City was acceptable, but if they handed over all the remaining food in the clan, how could there be any way out in this icy and snowy place?

General Tang Jun stopped talking nonsense and raised a hand: "Get ready!"

"Wow!" The cavalrymen on the left and right all drew their swords out of their sheaths, full of murderous aura, and the hooves of the horses scraped the ice and snow on the ground, extremely irritable, and they only waited for an order to charge.

"Give it up!"

The tribal leader yelled loudly, turned his head and yelled at the tribe, and after a while, more than a dozen young men came out carrying bags of grain and placed them on the snow.

The tribal leader said: "Yesterday the big cannibals plundered and robbed most of the food. The old man hid it here in advance. There is only so much."

The general of the Tang army didn't ask much questions, and ordered: "The order is passed on, and the Ru family will immediately leave and move to Gongyue City. After half an hour, a certain general will send troops into the Ru tribe to investigate, but if there are survivors, they will not stay."

After saying that, he turned around and rode his horse to the rear, dismounted and rested.

The tribal leader was full of bitterness. Under such weather, he traveled hundreds of miles to move to Gongyue City. The young and strong are better. How can the old, weak, women and children bear it?He knew that it was impossible not to relocate, and he just wanted to buy some time, but the general of the Tang army left, and the left and right soldiers just shook their heads: "The commander-in-chief said that there is no way to follow, and there is no room for discussion. I advise you to move quickly, otherwise Difficulty looming."

The tribal leader stomped his feet and sighed, regretting too much, why did he give the food and fodder to the big cannibal?Now that Tang Jun came to his door, it would be considered tolerant to slaughter him without a single brain. If he continued, he would really annoy that general, and his tribe would be slaughtered if he gave an order.

He had no choice but to return to the tribe, appease the tribe, and then dragged his family with simple salute clothes and walked out of the tribe trembling in the wind and snow.

A lieutenant of the Tang Army stepped forward and ordered the left and right soldiers: "Each person will be given five days' rations, and the rest will be confiscated."

He also said to the tribal leader: "I went to Gongyue City to report, and someone will allocate food for rations. The Tang Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, and the people under it will never starve to death. This land of the Western Regions cannot be left any longer, otherwise every soldier of the Tang army will be punished, and everyone in your family will be punished with death!"

Then, without waiting for the tribal leader to answer, with a big wave of his hand, hundreds of cavalry charged and rushed straight into the tribe without searching at all, but set fire everywhere. After a while, the fire burst into the sky. The big cannibal provided food and fodder, and it was all burned.

These clansmen looked at their homes filled with fireworks tremblingly, and dared not speak out.The tribal leader's complexion was even paler. Naturally, he would not honestly hand over all the food, that was the fate of the entire clan, but the current fire had completely burned the hidden food, and he couldn't hold back any food in his heart. There was no chance at all, so I had no choice but to be filled with sorrow and remorse, and I took my family and my family with me, stepping on the thick snow to migrate to Gongyue City hundreds of miles away to the east...

……

Since the battle outside Gongyue City, the Dashi army was defeated and forced to retreat dozens of miles, set up camp at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, and confronted the Tang army.

At that time, the morale of the Dashi army was low, and the Tang army was at a disadvantage in numbers. The strength of the two sides was on par.

However, the advantage of the Tang army lies in the advantage of the home court, especially before Xue Rengui retreated all the way, transporting all the ordnance and luggage of several cities backwards, and burning the ones that could not be transported, resulting in the Tang army having sufficient food, fodder and ordnance. Lost the purpose of supporting war with war, and fell into the plight of lack of food and fodder.

Can't sit still, the Dashi army can only plunder, buy or rob under the order of Ye Qide, and collect food and fodder from the surrounding Hu tribes.Although this move caused complaints from some Hu tribes who originally welcomed the big cannibals, more tribes tried their best to support them and provided food and fodder to supply the big cannibal army, just to drive the Tang army out of the Western Regions, so that everyone can share the wealth of the Silk Road.

Naturally, Tang Jun would not sit idly by. Fang Jun ordered and personally led an army out of the city to detour behind the enemy to carry out a surprise attack and wipe out the "grain collection team" of the Dashi army...

It worked.

The Dashi army first arrived in the Western Regions, and they were not familiar with the terrain. Although many Hu people secretly supported the Dashi people, they were afraid of the Tang army's combat power, so they would never dare to have anything to do with it on the surface. The tribe led the way for the cannibal, and once Tang Jun knew about it, the consequences would be disastrous.Therefore, the Tang army sent out lightly to wipe out the "grain requisition teams" of the big cannibals one after another, which made the already difficult supply and food supplies of the big cannibals even worse.

The morale of the army was getting lower and lower day by day, and Ye Qide was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, but he couldn't think about it.

He still couldn't understand why he led an army of 20 to the Western Regions. The strength was several times that of the Anxi Army, which was enough to crush any armed force in the Western Regions. He failed in a decisive battle, but was exhausted by the Tang army's fighting and retreating style, until the Anxi army ushered in reinforcements, and suddenly gave the Dashi army a blow.

At this level, the advantages on my side no longer exist, and I even have to burn out for the food and fodder for soldiers and horses...

This battle was really frustrating.

*****
Two days later, Fang Jun led his cavalry back to Gongyue City, and Pei Xingjian greeted him outside the city in person.Turning over from the horse and jumping off, Fang Jun glanced at the banners fluttering in the wind on the top of the city, and then at Pei Xingjian's stern face, holding back the question in his heart.

After returning to the government office in the city, the soldiers brought hot water to serve Fang Jun to wash his face, made a pot of hot tea and left, only Fang Jun and Pei Xingjian were left in the hall, Fang Jun asked: "What happened?"

He knew that Pei Xingjian had always been very deep in the city, and his emotions and anger were invisible. Things that could make him unable to control his sullen face were definitely not trivial matters.

It's just that the Dashi army is exhausted in order to raise food and fodder, and there should be no spare power to take military action against Gongyue City for the time being, so the news must come from Chang'an.

Sure enough, Pei Xingjian escaped from his arms with a letter, handed it to Fang Jun, and said with a long sigh: "There is news from Chang'an that His Majesty fell off a horse and was injured in the Liaodong Army. Guanzhong. At the same time, Changsun Wuji broke away from the Liaodong army, sneaked back to Chang'an, and secretly presided over the uprising of various families in Guanlong, intending to dethrone the East Palace. The imperial city has been besieged for a month. The imperial city is in danger. A little careless will fall."

When he received this letter, Pei Xingjian was too shocked to speak.

Hundreds of thousands of troops aggressively marched east to Goguryeo, determined to win.Of course, the Yin Jian of the former Sui Dynasty is not far away, there has never been a war that can be won, and it is acceptable if the Eastern Expedition fails, but His Majesty Li Er fell from a horse in the army and was seriously injured, and he fell into a coma. This is really shocking.

In particular, the Guanlongmen faction dared to raise their troops to revolt at this time, and besieged the imperial city with the intention of deposing the prince. How is this different from rebellion?

(End of this chapter)