A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 176 The Dragon Bridge Falls
After leaving the East Palace, Huaiyu went straight to Qujiang Shenjifang.

The Shenji Workshop on Yanbo Island has built a high wall, and the craftsmen are rushing to work day and night. Wu Shi Ke, the commander of the Shenji Workshop, is very diligent in patrolling the workshop and dispatching materials. He was a little surprised to see his son suddenly arrive.

After receiving the emperor's order to transfer Zhang Xinlei to Huaiyu, Lao Wu's face turned ashen, "Five thousand Turkic wolf cubs are going to attack Longqiao Fort?"

Warrior Ke wanted to go to Longqiao Fort with Huaiyu. Ten years ago, he marched into Chang'an with Li Yuan, and then settled in Longqiao. Little by little, settle down and take root here, and rebuild your home.

Although I am in Chang'an now, I still think about it in my heart.

"In the past ten years, there have been more than 100 households in Longqiaobao. Whether it is the fifty households of the imperial army or other ordinary people, we have lived together as neighbors for ten years, helping each other, and the villagers..." Lao Wu Whatever you want to do.

Although he has a disabled leg, Lao Wu said that he is still proficient at bowing a horse when he is riding a horse.

Before he formed Xiangyong in Longqiao and was brought to Chang'an by Huaiyu, he always felt a little ashamed of his fellow villagers and deserted before the battle.

Now that he hears that his hometown will be attacked, he can no longer just sit back and watch.

"I must go back!"

"Our home is there."

Bingzhou Wenshui has become the ancestral home, and Sanyuan Longqiao is the home.

"Aye, you are now in charge of the Shenjifang, and this is your duty. I have received the order to go to Jingyang, and I will defend the Dragon Bridge."

"Don't say anything," Lao Wu insisted on going. As for the responsibilities, he thought it was his responsibility to personally escort the firearms with him as an order of the square.

Huaiyu couldn't hold back Lao Wu at all, and even Fatty Wu couldn't persuade him, so he had no choice but to agree in the end.

There was no time to delay, so he hurriedly retrieved the processed and rush-made stock palm thunder, packed it and set off immediately, Li Shimin asked Huaiyu to transfer two hundred Shenji Battalion Qianqi to accompany him.

Niu Jianwu and Yuchi Baolin, the battalion officers, refused to stay, and they all followed. Even the soldier Cao Canjun, Wei Siren, was not far behind, and Wei Zhaoyi's younger brother also accompanied him on horseback.

Fatty Wu wanted to go but hesitated, and finally decided not to go. Huaiyu was not reluctant, nor did he think he was cowardly. After all, he was in his early fifties, and he had already laid down. It's good to inherit the title and family business.

If you die on the battlefield, you can't rest in peace even if you die.

It was too late to go home to say goodbye to everyone, so the father and son put their palms on the back of the pack horse and rode lightly out of Chang'an.

From all the gates of Chang'an, light horses rode out in all directions, and rushed to the surrounding troops of Chang'an with a series of emergency military orders.

Li Shimin is an excellent commander, and he keeps a close eye on the Turks, and will take decisive action if he catches any weakness.

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Chang'an City is not far from Jingyang County, and Huaiyu has traveled this road many times. He and Ma Zhou met in the inn beside Yingdong Post outside the city of Jingyang County.

Jingyang is located in the north of the Jingshui River. In ancient times, the north was Yang, so it got its name. Yuchi Jingde just returned to Jingyang from Chang'an, and Wu Huaiyu arrived on his back.

"Wu Qianniu is here? Is His Majesty going to punish me because I almost beat Xiao Yu?"

In the county town, Yu Chigong was very dissatisfied when he heard the report from the soldiers.

I ran to Chang'an to attend the court meeting and devoted myself to fighting, but there was no result, and I was very angry.

Huaiyu went straight to the county government office.

The head of Jingzhou Road Pioneer, General Zuowei Zhonglang, and Li Junxian, son of Wulian County, greeted him, "Why is Erlang here?"

This Li Junxian is Qin Qiong's old subordinate and Wagang's good brother. Tang, who voted together at the beginning, also likes Qin Qiong's adoptive son. Before that, Huaiyu treated his old wounds and gave him some pills.

"Your Majesty has an emergency military order."

Li Junxian looked serious, and quickly invited him into the yamen.

In the yamen, Yu Chigong was actually eating watermelon with his upper body bare, not afraid of hurting his spleen and stomach, and he didn't care when he saw Huaiyu coming, "What punishment does your Majesty order?"

"General Yuchi, [-] Turkic troops are heading to Longqiao Fort in Sanyuan. Your Majesty has an order to order General Yuchi to find a way to eat up these troops."

"I ordered to bring back a batch of gunpowder to General Yuchi."

When Yuchi Jingde heard that he didn't come to send a punishment order, but had an urgent military situation, he immediately got up, "Tell me more details."

Yunyang is to the north of Jingyang, and Sanyuan is to the east of the two counties.

After Jieli was frustrated by moving his troops to Xianyang from martial arts, he moved to Yunyang to station. Yu Chigong stationed troops in Jingyang to stand between Jieli and Chang'an.

Fan Xing and Changsun Wuji entered Binzhou in the upper reaches of the Jing River, blocking Xieli's retreat north along the Jing River valley.

Yu Chigong was going to Jingzhou to take over from Li Yi, but he was a step late and the Turkic people arrived in Guanzhong first, so they stuck to the north of Chang'an as a barrier.

During this period of time, Yu Chigong and Jieli became neighbors, and the two sides often fought a lot.

Jieli has strong soldiers and strong horses, but Yu Chigong only has 8000 troops and horses, and only [-] cavalry.Without Li Shimin's order and insufficient troops, they had to stick to Jingyang, and then from time to time small groups of Qingqi fought against the Turkic raiders.

"5000 people, is the news accurate?"

Yuchi Jingde became excited, although he himself had only 8000 people, he was full of disdain for the [-] people who left most of Jieli.

"This is the message His Majesty gave me."

"That must be true. Why did these 5000 people go to Longqiao Fort? Wu Qianniu's house is Longqiao Fort, right? Did they go for you?"

"Maybe, I just beat up Jieli's nephew Ashina and Erteqin. I also thwarted Jieli's attempt to kidnap the officials and craftsmen of Shenjifang. I also succeeded in uncovering many Turkic spies lurking in Chang'an. I guess Jieli is very angry. If you want to take revenge, of course, the location of Longqiao Fort is special. It is very important to have a Dragon Bridge across the Qinghe River here. Jieli keeps saying that he must go east to Hedong. From Yunyang to Pujin Pass, Longqiao Fort is also a must. One of the ways."

Yu Chigong punched a watermelon, smashing it to pieces and splashing the juice, "Do you really despise our 8000 people? Dare to send 5000 people in front of me, and you will die."

"Fifth lady, hurry up and gather your troops, come to work." Yu Chigong shouted to Li Junxian.

Liang Jianfang and Gao Zhensheng, who had been serving as deputy under Yuchigong's command since he returned to the Tang Dynasty, also rushed over immediately after hearing the news. They were extremely excited when they heard that there was a battle going to be fought.

These generals are all shy, like bears, they are worried about not having a battle, and they are not afraid of fighting at all.

"The sky is high and the air is clear. It's a good season for fighting. General, let's talk about how to fight."

"Eight thousand beats five thousand, and you're still thinking about it, just do it."

Yu Chigong was extremely brave in battle. He was able to fight under Li Shimin's hands for half a year. Not only was he good at capturing horses with his bare hands, but he was also good at commanding troops.

Especially good at cavalry.

When the generals were summoned, Yu Chigong's military discussion was very simple, there was no discussion at all, it was just one word.

"Five Niangzi stayed in Jingyang with [-] infantry, and guarded Jingyang City for me. This is the north gate of Chang'an. Don't let me leave, and you will let the Turkic bastard steal your home."

"Liang Jianfang and Gao Zhensheng, you two, follow me and lead [-] cavalry to Longqiao. We must rush to get there before they arrive, and lay an ambush for these [-] wolf cubs, and let them know that Guanzhong is not what they want to come to." The place where they came, this place cannot allow them to run wild!"

"Wu Qianniu, you and Wu Shuling will hand over Zhangxinlei to us, and then we can go back to Chang'an to deal with business. Since my bastard is here, he will first second me to listen to the order."

Yu Chigong made the arrangements domineeringly.

Huaiyu ignored him, "Your Majesty ordered me to participate in this battle."

Yu Chigong looked at him, "Oh, then please trouble Wu Qianniu to be a supervisor."

It got dark.

In Jingyang County, the [-] cavalry had already had a full meal, and the war horses were also fed, and corn, soybeans, oats and other concentrates were specially added.

From Jingyang to Longqiao, it is less than [-] miles, and it is a flat river.

Yu Chigong deliberately waited until dark before setting off, because he was worried that his dispatched troops would be found in the Xieli Camp, which was more than [-] miles to the north.

As for whether the two extra hours would lead to the fall of Longqiao Fort, this was not within the scope of Yu Chigong's consideration. His battle plan was simple and direct, destroying the five thousand Turkic troops and leaving the rest alone.

In this battle, which is only 5000 to [-] miles away from the Turkic Jieli camp, if you want to eat up these [-] troops, you must be fast, accurate and ruthless, you must hit the target with one blow, and you must rush to Yunyang. Xieli found out and sent reinforcements to resolve the battle.

It was useless for Huaiyu and his son to be anxious, he didn't even allow Huaiyu and his son to take the two hundred riders from Shenjiying to Longqiao first, so as not to startle the snake.

Kindness does not hold soldiers.

Yu Chigong once again let Huaiyu understand this truth, this old black is no different from Chai Shao when he fights.

Fighting this battle at a distance of only [-] to [-] miles from Jieli would be like pulling a tooth out of a tiger's mouth, but Yuchi Gong was brave and courageous, so he won't get it.

"set off!"

A man holds a horse and binds his hooves.

Taking advantage of the darkness, he quietly charged towards Longqiao Fort.

Three thousand was against five thousand, but Yu Chigong asked for a charge to settle the battle.

Wu Huaiyu, who has won the rank of Nine Ranks on the battlefield, is now also a qualified soldier. The father and son went to the battlefield together for the first time, riding side by side. Mingguangjia was carried on another horse.

The three thousand cavalrymen all marched lightly, even though they were only thirty miles apart, Yu Chigong didn't let the cavalry put on armor, so as to preserve enough physical strength to be able to break out better in battle.

Two hundred Shenji Battalion Qianqi followed behind Huaiyu, including Xiao Yuchi and Niu Jianhu, these children of the Forbidden Army also looked forward to it, impassioned.

Few Tang people Wu Huaiyu came into contact with were afraid of death. Most of the men yearned for the battlefield, and only Chai Zhewei, Lu Huairang, and Wu Junya shrank back every time. Even Ma Zhou, Wei Siren, and even Lao Wu, Xin Zhao and the others, whether they are old, weak, disabled, scholars, merchants, or servants, are all eager for war.

This desire, even a little fanatical.

Immediately obtaining wealth and fame was not empty talk in the early Tang Dynasty. As long as you have the courage, ability, and luck, you can definitely get everything you want on the battlefield. This is also the fastest way. Tiandi, Xun Officials, casual ranks, official positions and even titles, fiefdoms, money and silk, and even female slaves and so on.

Maybe this is the blood gene left by the old Qin people?

He even remembered that those Southern Man and Western Qiang Liao had a tradition of valuing death and despising life. Even in later generations, in the Lingnan area, there was still a tradition of clan fighting with weapons.

Just do it if you don't accept it, only a timid person would be keen to play tricks.

When they approached Longqiao Fort, Yu Chigong sent an order to stop and put on armor and regroup.

Huaiyu jumped off the horse, and quickly released the water before he put on his armor. Lao Wu was also beside him happily, "Remember to protect yourself later."

"Is Longqiao Fort alright?" Huaiyu's four guards and the second pole are all forbidden soldiers of Longqiao Fort. Looking at the darkness in the distance, they are all concerned about the village.

"Don't think too much, just keep your spirits up, just do it as soon as you see the wolf cubs, and talk about it when you're done." Old Wu taught a few young fellow villagers, "A half-hearted mind on the battlefield will kill you."

After the water was released, they began to put on each other's armor.

Both Lao Wu and Huaiyu wore iron chain armor on the inside, Mingguang armor on the outside, and finally a war robe on the outside, and even an iron mask on their faces. They were covered in iron and flesh, basically There is no fear of flowing arrows and ordinary knives and guns.

Several Qingqi galloped back, bringing extremely bad news.

The gate of Longqiao Fort was breached by the Turks before dark, and the village has been breached, and now the village is being occupied by the Turks.

"The Dragon Bridge is still intact. The caves on both sides of the fort were occupied by those Turkic officers, and more Turkic soldiers camped outside the fort."

"Where are the villagers?" Huaiyu asked with a trembling voice. He hadn't been in Longqiaobao for a long time, but he could still remember Xu Zhongyi and Liu Village waiting for many faces.

(End of this chapter)