Da Wei Chun

Chapter 489: The Power of Heavenly Thunder
Poor Li Song, apart from being beaten hard, he was driven back to Bigan City overnight by Li Chengzhi without even drinking a sip of hot water.

He didn't even know how he got on the horse and how he left Dacheng County.

Along the way, my mind was like a mess, and I kept thinking about the few words Li Chengzhi confessed to him before leaving.

Years later, at least [-] carts of grain and [-] pieces of cloth, as well as some pottery, iron materials, and war horses will be transported to Gaoque.

These things are all deals that Li Chengzhi made with Li Song on behalf of Chaoyan for tomorrow's battle.

As for the merits of exterminating the twelve tribes of Du Lun, and entrusting the clans of the remaining tribes of Liangzhou to Daqi, and defending Rouran for the six towns, the court will reward them separately.

Li Chengzhi said that it will only be more than before, not less than before.

Li Song couldn't figure it out 1 times. How stupid are the princes in the court to believe that the five thousand Li's armored cavalry belonged to the relics of Liangzhou and agreed to these conditions?
But Li Chengzhi said that unless the Queen Mother and the princes are all out of their minds, they will break the casserole and ask the end...

Back to Bigan City, it was already the next day.Li Song left a battalion of white armor soldiers to help Li Chengxue defend the city, and take care of cattle, sheep, and prisoners.The remaining [-] armored cavalry and a battalion of thunder soldiers went straight to Gaoque...

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Also like Jinhaoguan, Gaoqueguan City is located on the west slope of the river valley.

But compared with it, Gaoque Pass is much larger and more majestic.The city is a hundred steps in radius, and the city wall is three feet high.However, there are not many guards, still only one thousand soldiers.In addition to a brigade of Hu cavalry that Dou Ling stayed behind to supervise the Han army, it was only one thousand and five.

At this time, it was the third quarter of the hour, and it was the warmest time of the sun.Hundreds of horses gnawed hay on the slopes of the pass.Thirty or forty Hu Zu basked in the sun against a sunny slope.

They are all well-trained war horses. If they go far away, the soldiers can be called back by whistling, so the pawns who put the horses are so leisurely.

Dozens of steps to the south is Gaoqueguan City.There are also soldiers on duty in Guancheng, but it is much more lively than Guanxia.From time to time, there would be a burst of laughter, mixed with the woman's screams, as if she had been stripped naked.

This is a camp prostitute, and it is not very well prepared.Instead, in order to win people's hearts, the Lu brothers paid out of their own pockets to give the guards of Gaoque Pass the benefits, and now it is cheaper for Hu Zu.

From time to time, there will be the smell of barbecue and the laughter of women floating from the top of the city.

"When will the value be exchanged?"

"It's still early, there is an hour."

so long?
Don't these craps keep their voices down?

Cursing secretly, a Hu Zu behind the slope turned over and put his ear on the ground: "Chang Shuai, it seems that there are horses coming... um, it seems that there are quite a few?"

Why bow down to listen?

When the subordinates leaned to the ground and bent their ears, Zhuang Shuai jumped onto the slope of the earth, and looking north, he could see a dozen black spots running towards the pass.

Those who came from the north should be clansmen.Therefore Zhuangshuai was not very worried, he didn't gather the horses, he just asked the soldiers to visit, if there was something wrong, it would not be too late to warn Guan Guan.

As Lai Qi ran closer and closer, he could tell the approximate width of the wheel, so it must be Hu Qi.

After running to about twenty or thirty feet, suddenly a rider fell off the horse, but for some reason, he didn't move after falling to the ground?

What's even more strange, the fellow knights didn't care about it, urging the horse as if desperately.

Zhuang Shuai was suspicious, and suddenly heard a stern roar: "Wen Pen, where is Dou Lingyu?"

Who is so bold, dare to call the adults by name?
Zhuang Shuai was about to yell and scold, but when he saw the face of the person riding first, he narrowly closed his mouth.

It's the younger brother Dou Yegu?
He quickly bent down: "Master Yegu, your lord is at Jinhao Pass at the southern end of the valley!"

"Take me there... take me there..."

Dou Yegu roared loudly, and the horse jumped off before it even stopped.

Unless the riding skills are extremely good, it would be strange to get off the horse without falling.

Dou Yegu was thrown like a dog eating shit, his forehead hit the ground accurately, and blood was seen on the spot.But he didn't seem to feel any pain at all, he grabbed Zhuangshuai by the collar: "Quickly, change my horse, the Han army is about to catch up..."

Han army, where did the Han army come from?

Aren't they all blocked at the southern end of the mountain by Lord Dou Ling?
Just thinking like this, the subordinates on the ground suddenly roared anxiously: "Commander Zhuang, the army...at least thousands of troops, at most three miles away..."

"Run away...the Han army is coming..."

The dozen or so riders who had just stopped following Dou Yegu acted like crazy, clamping the horse's belly with all their strength, and rushed towards the valley.

Dou Ye yelled anxiously: "Change horses... the Han army gave us all poor horses, we can't run..."

But they were all scared out of their wits, how could anyone listen to him.In the blink of an eye, more than ten riders ran away completely.

"Hurry up... get the horses, get the horses... honk..."

Dozens of pawns, like bees whose nest has exploded, turned down the slope and rushed towards the horses.Another soldier raised his horn and blew it vigorously.

The guard who closed the door was startled, and when he looked under the door, he could already see smoke and dust rising from the sky in the distance.

"Enemy attack..."

For a while, the city was in chaos.The sound of horns, the sound of golden gongs, the roar of men, and the screams of women... seem to have entered a pig slaughterhouse.

Zhuangshuai brought a horse and helped Dou Yegu to sit on it: "Master Yegu, shall I protect you first?"

"It's useless... Warm basin, run away..."

Dou Yegu shook his head vigorously, tears flowed out of his eyes like water, mixed with blood, and covered his entire face, ferocious and pitiful.

"The Han people have thunder, which can explode even iron armor and stones. Touman City (the capital of the Dulun tribe) was breached in this way. And they killed everyone they saw, leaving no one alive...In just six days, there was no one in the twelve divisions. To be spared is almost like annihilation...

At this moment, I just want to find Dou Ling and let him escape as quickly as possible, the farther the better.If you can't escape, then surrender... Otherwise, my Dulun tribe will really be wiped out..."

thunder?
Twelve... all exterminated?
Wen Pen seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world.

He was more willing to believe that Mr. Gu was drunk.

But the thunderous sound of horseshoes, and the cavalry formation of the Han army, which was as white and as big as a cloud, and was getting closer and closer, all of them told him, and what Master Gu said was true...

Master Yegu had already driven his horse into the river valley, Wen Pen gritted his teeth fiercely: "Hurry up, drive the horse into Guancheng, and ask the brigade commander to close the city gate..."

After his subordinates drove the horses to Guancheng, Wen Pen gave the reins of the horse vigorously, and also ran towards the Jinhao River Valley.

He's not running away, he's going to report to Master Dou Ling the news that the Han soldiers are leaving Gaoque Pass...

The actions of Hu Shuai and the guards of the Han army in the city were not unpleasant. When the forward of the Baijia army rushed to the pass, the defenders had already closed the city gate.

But the strange thing is that the White Armored Army just did nothing.The army was like a long dragon, rushing into the river valley under the eyes of Hu Shuai and the Han army guard.

Both Han soldiers and Hu soldiers gathered at the top of the city.And all of them are trembling with fear, and their eyes are about to split.

Why is there a sudden army coming from the north?

This is clearly aimed at Master Dou Ling at the Jinhao Pass at the southern end of the valley.

If your lord wins, it will be fine, but if your lord loses, Gaoque Pass will become a lonely city...

The brigade commander asked the Han general angrily: "Lu Jin, where did these Han troops come from?"

How could grandpa know?

Lu Jin's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

It looks like they are all dressed in leather jackets, but if you look closely, they are white hemp?
If it is the permanent army of the six towns, it is either iron armor or leather armor, which is definitely not the case.If you are a household soldier, if you cannot wear armor, you should wear a white sheepskin jacket or jute.So this is definitely not a town army.

But where else could such an army come from?
That's all, what makes Lu Jin's heart shattered is the equipment of this army: every rider is equipped with long spears, waist knives, riding bows, and... crossbows?

What joke are you telling?
Doesn't the imperial court's Chinese army have such equipment?

In surprise, he heard someone calling Hu Shuai behind him.Lu Jin turned his head and saw several Hu soldiers holding a pale middle-aged man up the tower.

This is the barbarian who just fell off his horse at the foot of the city.When the grazing Hu Zu gathered up the horses, he also rescued him by the way.

"Master Qijin (Rouran official position)?" Hu Shuai exclaimed in surprise, and hurried up to meet him.

Glancing at this bearded official, Lu Jin's heart skipped a beat: his face was quite clean, and his clothes were fairly neatly dressed.But his face was extremely pale, as if he had lost too much blood.Looking in along the neckline, you can vaguely see dark red blood scabs, as if scalded by a branding iron?

"My lord, have you been punished?"

Qi Jin grinned, as if he wanted to laugh, but it was uglier than crying.

"Monalou, run away...the Han army has a thunderbolt, this pass city cannot be defended..."

Thunder... what thunder?
Qi Jin raised his hand and pointed down with difficulty: "The Han army will throw the thunder up later, and the city of Manchester was attacked like this..."

Head Manchester City broke?
Hu Shuai suddenly became dizzy and almost fell over.

Touman City is the capital of the Dulun tribe. There are tens of thousands of tents in and around the city, and it has the advantages of a city.And it has only been eight days since your lord sent troops, how could it be possible to just break it?
And it's not far from here, at the northern foot of Langshan Mountain, which is less than three hundred miles away, why hasn't there been any news?
"Because they are all dead... The clan is almost like exterminating the clan... The Han army attacked twelve groups in a row, killing everyone they saw, and none of the strong men in the clan survived...The blood flowed like a river, and it was all night long Before the penetration is complete, the boots step on it, as if stepping into the mud..."

Qijin laughed miserably, "I've advised my lord a long time ago, don't enter the customs, don't enter the customs, otherwise there will be disasters, but why don't you believe me? God's will...God's will..."

It should be because he lost too much blood and was too excited, howled twice, Qi Jin tilted his head, and passed out.

Hu Shuai threw him to the soldiers, gritted his teeth and shouted: "How can your Han army lead thunder?"

Take a bird feather, grandpa hasn't even heard of it?
Lu Jin shivered in horror.

In just a few days, the Du Lun clan, who still had at least [-] soldiers in charge, was wiped out?
Even if it was [-] pigs or [-] sheep, they would have screamed a few times before they were killed, but they didn't even blow the wind?

Moreover, it actually used... Lei?
What are you talking about?

Seeing about a brigade of soldiers approaching about twenty feet below the city, as if they were playing with stone cannons, Lu Jin was horrified: "That Qi Jin said: The thunder was thrown up?"

Hu Shuai replied angrily: "Even you don't know, how can I know?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a bang, and a stone like a child's head flew into the air and shot towards the top of the city.But it should be that the strength is not enough, about ten steps away from the city wall, it lost its strength and fell to the ground.

How does Lu Jin look at it, that thing looks like a stone bomb, not like some kind of "thunder"?
And this stone cannon is too small, so it doesn't need people and horses?
It's no wonder that Lu Jin was horrified, because the trebuchets at this time were extremely complicated, and they all depended on people pulling horses, not to mention laborious, and extremely time-consuming.

Li Chengzhi is a scumbag, and it is still very easy to transform a human-powered trebuchet into a gravity trebuchet.

In fact, it is a return cannon, which was advanced by Li Chengzhi nearly 800 years... It was invented when Mongolia attacked Xiangyang at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. The heaviest stone bomb can fire two hundred catties.

It sounds unsurprising, but relying on this thing, Mongolia captured the Xiangyang City that had been defended for nearly seven years... Well, it is the Xiangyang City that Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and Lu Wenhuan defended in the martial arts novels.

Big ones are not easy to build, let alone transport, and what the Baijia army temporarily throws are only explosives, weighing at most thirty or forty catties, so this batch of catapults is extremely light, and can be operated by three or four soldiers.

Therefore, the disassembly and assembly were extremely fast, and in just half a moment, the artillery brigade to which Li Zhang belonged had already started testing the artillery.

In fact, it won't take long, at most a moment, twenty trebuchets can test the throwing distance, and they can throw the explosives to the top of the city with [-]% accuracy.But Li Song couldn't bear to wait here. Seeing that the army was only halfway into the valley, he asked in a cold voice, "I will leave you with two artillery teams and one battalion of armored soldiers. How long will it take you to break through the city?"

Li Zhang was most afraid of Li Song, when he asked him, sweat immediately appeared on his forehead: "At least an hour!"

"Okay, I'll limit you to one hour. If it's not broken, you can come and see me!"

After finishing speaking, Li Song waved his hand again, "The rest will follow me to enter the customs!"

Li Liang was at Li Song's side. He glanced back and saw Li Zhang wiping cold sweat secretly, so he also gritted his teeth involuntarily.

Since he was beaten up by Mr. Lang last night, Uncle Liu felt extremely guilty, and he put all his energy into it. Today, he is only allowed to win, not to lose.Therefore, if Li Zhang made a mistake, Sixth Uncle really dared to kill him.

But Li Song is not only the coach, but also Li Zhang's biological father. As a general and nephew, how can Li Liang dare to comment?
He gave Li Zhang a look, which meant that the military situation was urgent, and told him not to delay, Li Liang urged the horse to follow.

But he had just walked tens of feet when he suddenly heard an explosion.

Li Liang turned his head sharply, and saw a cloud of black smoke rising from the city.

How did you try the cannon so quickly?
It seems that knowing the son is more like a father, and being intimidated by the sixth uncle has actually stimulated Li Zhang's potential.

Thinking in his heart, Li Liang looked up the city again.

It's a little far away, so I can't see very clearly, but we can faintly hear the sound of crying and cursing, and it's obviously a mess.

This is Lei, how many people in this world have seen it?

What's more, Uncle Liu deliberately released many captives. In Gaoque City, it is known that the Du Lun tribe was almost wiped out, and even the head of Manchester City, which had tens of thousands of Hu soldiers, was attacked by this thing. How far is it between the Hu soldiers and the Han army in the city? Fighting spirit?

Breaking the city is only a moment...

(End of this chapter)