Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 388
Hezhou City!
Lu Duan has already taken over government affairs, compared to Song Xiong who rushed from Youzhou to Jincheng.

Lu Duan entered Hezhou from the west of Bianjing, and naturally arrived at the front line first to take over the affairs of the state capital.

Murong Yanzhao was a warrior, and he didn't want to have in-depth contacts with literati like Lu Duan, so he left the handover to Kang Yanze, and led Wanqi to march to Huangzhou first.

Murong Yanzhao's combat style has always been straightforward, and he is known for being able to fight tough battles and dare to fight tough battles. He directly advanced to the border of Huangzhou and wiped out the Tubo scouts all the way.

Until the east bank of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, he did not cross the Yellow River hastily, but honestly waited for Kang Yanze's follow-up soldiers at Lingyan Temple on the east bank of the Yellow River.

The Tubo tribes in Huangzhou and Kuozhou prefectures have united, and they have gathered in Ningtao village, Didang city, Ningchuan fort, and Bajin city on the west bank of the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

Murong Yanzhao was tough and tough, but he was not stupid either. He didn't rush into it, but instead recruited boats from the surrounding people and cut wood to build rafts.

It wasn't until Kang Yanze led the infantry to join that they discussed how to cross the river.

During Murong Yanzhao's garrison at Lingyan Temple, he had dispatched scouts to find out the situation on the other side.

Murong Yanzhao gestured on the map and said: "Ningtao Village, Didang City, Ningchuan Fort, and Bajin City, these four villages can form a left-right angle with each other. Among them, Ningchuan Fort, Bajin City and Ningtao Village can form a triangle, and Ningtao Village, Didang City, and Bajin City can form a triangle, and the four villages are interlocking and connected."

As he spoke, he punched the map and cursed: "These bastards have become smarter."

The coalition forces of the Tubo tribes were guarding the fortresses, and the four fortifications depended on each other. It was impossible for him to sweep the tribes one by one like Zaihe and Tao.

Kang Yanze stared at the map, thought up and down, left and right, and said: "The tricks are exhausted! Jie Shuai has scared them. Such an array, it is obvious that Jie Shuai will not be given a chance to defeat them one by one... and also avoided as much as possible. We are fighting in the field... They are planning to use the city as a base, relying on maneuvers, to harass us back and forth to attack the city, attack our food roads, and compare consumption with us."

Murong Yanzhao also noticed it, and scolded: "You are still advocating a 20 army, and 20 turtles are more or less the same."

Kang Yanze didn't answer, they knew exactly what the quality of the [-] troops of the Tubo tribal alliance was.

All the people in the opposing clan are soldiers, and any man of the right age can be dragged into battle.

Therefore, at critical times, the source of troops is extremely terrifying.

There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at every turn...

Their national characteristics did make these people capable of fighting, but when they encountered a well-equipped regular army, a hundred thousand troops was just a number.

If you don't rely on mobile city defense, you are simply not qualified to fight them.

It is obvious that they have delayed too much time in Hezhou, and the Tubo tribes in Huangzhou have found a reasonable way to deal with it.

Kang Yanze thought for a moment, and said: "This kind of defense that connects the cities can only be breached one by one from the beginning to the end, so as to avoid endless harassment. The general thinks that we can start from the current city. The terrain here is dangerous and not conducive to the army. Stretch. In the future when we attack the city, the commander-in-chief will lead the infantry to stop the enemy cavalry from attacking...these four city walled defenses, as long as we can break through the two city walls, we can smash the opponent's defense line."

Murong Yanzhao also knew that the elite cavalry in his hands lacked the ability to attack fortified positions. Facing Tubo's deliberate targeting, he could only hold back. He said calmly, "When you came, Li Dujian was still standing still in Jincheng?"

Kang Yanze said: "Li Dujian really has no intention of sending troops."

Murong Yanzhao frowned, and said with a bit of dissatisfaction: "What does he mean? He deliberately put us in front?"

Kang Yanze followed his meaning and said: "I should have this idea. After all, Jieshuai's strength is well known. Li Dujian ruled the roost with resourcefulness, and he dared not face the enemy head-on. It's understandable. If we really want Li Dujian to be in the front , accidentally smashed by the enemy, that would be bad."

Murong Yanzhao felt relieved for an instant, nodded his head, and stopped worrying about the details.

As for the meritorious service, each depends on his ability.

Murong Yanzhao and Kang Yanze did not give face to the [-] Tubo tribal allied forces on the other side of the river. After they made up their minds, they immediately crossed the Yellow River and prepared to go to Dangcheng.

This upright attitude angered the defenders of Bajin City, and directly dispatched five thousand light cavalry to defend by the river bank.

Facing the strong army in the Central Plains, the Tubo tribal allied forces did not dare to adopt the tactic of attacking at half-crossing, and directly stationed troops on the river bank, intending to shoot the soldiers crossing the river with bows and arrows.

The [-] Qingqi cavalry of the Tubo tribal coalition stood ready with their bows.

Kang Yanze crossed his arms and watched a play on the other side of the river.

The soldiers crossing the river leisurely ferryed to the center of the Yellow River, and the soldiers on the boat took out the breaking crossbow hidden on the boat in a leisurely manner, and shot towards the river bank.

Seeing this, the allied forces of the Tubo tribes turned pale in horror, and fled left and right.

The power of this crossbow is far beyond that of the horned crossbow.

The leather armor on the Tubo tribal soldiers could not defend against the powerful crossbows at all, and the powerful crossbow bolts even caused piercing damage.

The general of Tubo, Langda, looked at the wailing soldiers on the ground who couldn't dodge in time, and opened his mouth, wanting to give an order to deal with it, but he didn't know how to speak.

They carried infantry bows this time to increase their shooting range, but even the infantry bows were far inferior to the breaking crossbows in the hands of the Central Plains soldiers in terms of range.

It was the end of autumn, and the water of the Yellow River was calm. The operator controlled the small boat and stopped in the middle of the river. The soldiers on the boat slowly installed their bows and crossbows, preparing for the second round of shooting.

Looking at dozens of clan soldiers who were pierced by crossbow bolts, wounded or dead, Rhonda finally gave the order of three hundred steps.

The soldiers crossing the river didn't bring any counsel at all. They were divided into two teams in an orderly manner, some of them were on standby on the boat with crossbows, and some of them landed and set up defenses.

They carried bags of barbed wire and sprinkled them on the surrounding river beaches. Shieldmen, spearmen, and crossbowmen lined up in turn. After doing all this, the soldiers on the ship just landed.

Step by step, in order.

This is the gap between the regular army and the miscellaneous soldiers.

Rhonda looked at the more than [-] people waiting in formation by the river bank, but he was not sure that he could eat them in a short time, dragging the second batch of soldiers to cross the bank, which would be dangerous.

Rhonda worried about the safety of his clansmen, so he left in despair.

Kang Yanze felt a little regretful. He secretly arranged a group of cavalry to cross the river in the upstream area. As long as Rhonda dared to force him, at least half of the five thousand soldiers would be left behind.

In front of the coalition forces of the Tibetan tribes, the Central Plains Western Expeditionary Army crossed the river generously and arrived at Dangcheng in an orderly manner.

When a city is called a city, it is actually more suitable to be called a fort.

The upper class in Tubo was divided, and the Central Plains was also in turmoil, leaving no time to look around.

Many tribes in Tubo near Hehuang attacked each other.In order to survive, the powerful tribes built villages and forts in dangerous places to resist foreign enemies.

Dangcheng was born under such circumstances.

The small town is not big, but it is built according to mountains and rivers, and the same is true for Ningtao Village, Ningchuan Fort, and Bajin City.

When Kang Yanze garrisoned troops at the foot of the city, he was not in a hurry to attack the city. Instead, he ordered the soldiers to cut down trees, and asked the generals who came with the army to make simple siege equipment.

For three days in a row, after possessing equipment such as flying ladders, catapults, punching carts, and wooden curtain carts, Kang Yanze just launched the first wave of offensive against the city.

The well-trained soldiers hid behind the wooden curtained carts and slowly approached the city.

Back then, Tubo was very powerful and had first-class technology at that time.

But since the ignorant Tubo Zanpu rejected the Central Plains culture, the wisdom of the Tubo people has deteriorated.Coupled with internal divisions, the nobles have already played their heads on the plateau because of their beliefs.There are many ancient acrobatic books in the Central Plains that even the nobles gradually can't recognize them all.

What's more, the members of the tribe below... don't have the power of science and technology at all now.

There has been more than a hundred years of regression in all aspects.

There are more than ten catapult carts in the city, which are the simplest lever carts. The range is less than [-] paces, the power is pitifully small, the speed of fire is still slow, and the wheel-pulling technology has long since been returned. master.

Under the cover of wooden curtain carts, the well-trained Central Plains infantry approached Dangcheng with almost no injuries.

With the erection of the flying ladder, brave soldiers have already begun to climb the city to fight.

When the battle broke out in the city, Murong Yanzhao had already fought against the Tibetan tribal soldiers.

Of course the Tibetans knew that relying on the Dangcheng alone could not withstand the Western Expeditionary Army of the Central Plains, and their main purpose was consumption.

Constantly dispatch cavalry to harass Kang Yanze's siege troops.

At the first moment of Kang Yanze's siege, Ningtao Village had already dispatched Qingqi to support the city.

Murong Yanzhao's task was to stop these cavalry troops and prevent them from causing trouble to the siege army.

Murong Yanzhao led 3000 soldiers to bite a [-]-strong cavalry.

This group of cavalry headed straight for the city. Murong Yanzhao saw that the opponent had imitated himself and mobilized troops in an upright manner. How could he bear it? Without saying a word, he immediately ordered [-] soldiers to face [-] soldiers. Ride and rushed over.

Murong Yanzhao took a spear head-on, and stabbed the leader off the horse.

Seeing Murong Yanzhao's appearance, the other party shouted: "Xue Li in this life" and ran away desperately.

Murong Yanzhao chased him all the way, and chased him to a place called Chishaling.

Here is a piece of terracotta, and there are many ruins on the hills.

It was apparently inhabited hundreds of years ago as a village, but deserted for some reason.

Murong Yanzhao had so much experience, he squinted his eyes for a while, and immediately ordered the troops to withdraw.

Only a group of ambush soldiers remained, chaotic in the deep wind of Chisha Ridge.

After chasing and killing more than a thousand people all the way, Murong Yanzhao is quite satisfied.

But when he returned to the barracks, he saw that Kang Yanze had stopped attacking the city.

The Tubo cavalry harassed and harassed the cavalry in various ways. They did not confront the cavalry of the Central Plains head-on.

Relying on the understanding of the terrain, two cavalry teams still found a flaw. When the Central Plains siege soldiers attacked the city, they rushed out from the flanks and burned part of the catapults, rushing carts, and wooden curtain carts, disrupting the siege. The rhythm has boosted the morale of the city.

Seeing this, Kang Yanze chose to retire temporarily.

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