Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 324: Turkic Scouts, a Small Victory

A hundred miles east of Gaochang City, a Tang army was advancing slowly.

Xue Wanche had a blank expression on his face. The battle in Puchang City really wasted too much of their time.

Before arriving at Yumen Pass, he had already sent someone to contact Cui Zhengjun and asked him to quickly make a batch of siege equipment.

According to his inference, it would take at most half a day to successfully capture Puchang City, and then the army would continue to advance westward.

Before dusk, they successfully arrived at the foot of Gaochang City and reunited with Su Chen and others.

However, Xue Wanche did not expect that after Yuan Zhenli resisted their first wave of attacks, seeing that his own side had suffered too many casualties, he actually voluntarily abandoned Puchang City.

Without the meat grinder of Puchang City, Yuan Zhenli and others became more mobile, forcing them to send out cavalry to target them.

It took a whole day to finally clean up all of Yuan Zhenli's subordinates who had been broken up into small groups.

After dealing with these fleas, they wasted a day and have not yet arrived at the city of Gaochang.

Suddenly, two cavalrymen rode towards them.

"General, Gaochang City has been captured, and the flags on the city walls have been replaced with those of our Tang Dynasty."

The scout's report gave Xue Wanche a shock.

Su Chen took over Gaochang City!

Although no one knows how Su Chen conquered Gaochang, this was undoubtedly a shot of stimulant for them.

"Where is Qu Wentai?"

"General, Qu Wentai has been beheaded on the spot by Mr. Su. In addition, several ministers who cried because of Qu Wentai's death were also chopped by Mr. Su."

The scout said in a deep voice: "After dealing with Qu Wentai and others, Mr. Su appointed Chu Feng, the defender who surrendered voluntarily, to guard Gaochang City, and appointed Zhou Wenxuan, the Minister of War, to manage Gaochang City on his behalf, waiting for the general's arrival."

"Ok?"

Xue Wanche raised his eyebrows, "So, Su Chen is not in Gaochang City?"

"That's true. According to the garrison commander Chu Feng, after Mr. Su killed Qu Wentai and his men, he immediately led Lieutenants Cheng and Lieutenants Li to Yanqi."

Heading to Yanqi Kingdom?

Could it be that Su Chen got the news in advance?
This is impossible, right?
Xue Wanche frowned. He had just received the news in the afternoon that Tingzhou and Changji had fallen into the hands of the Turks.

This was the news that Xu Fei had sent at full speed. How did Su Chen know about it?
But if Su Chen didn't know the news, why would he rush to Yanqi Kingdom in such a hurry?

Weird.

Xue Wanche pondered and said, "All troops, speed up and rush to Gaochang City!"

……

Yanqi Kingdom.

Jin Yong staggered to a medium-sized restaurant.

There were quite a few business travelers coming and going from the north and south, but now all of them were dejected and complaining.

"The Western Turks are really inhumane. They said they were going to attack Yiwulu, but they ended up attacking Yanqi without a word!"

"Who said it wasn't true? When I learned that Changji Tingzhou was conquered by the Turks, I was stunned. I still have business in Changji!"

"The Turkic troops are definitely coming along the Silk Road. It's impossible for them to go north or east. They can only go south to Loulan."

"This is the only way. I just hope that the army sent by King Yanqi can hold out for a while and let us leave Yanqi as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will be in trouble..."

Jin Yong ordered two side dishes and a pot of wine, then sat beside them and listened quietly to the complaints of these businessmen.

This is undoubtedly one of the sources of the news.

The conversation at one of the tables caught Jin Yong's attention.

"Go back and prepare, we will leave Yanqi soon!"

"It's too urgent. We can't ship our goods out at all."

"It'll be too late if you don't leave!"

"I heard that the Turkic troops have already arrived at the North City!"

"So fast?"

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war. The Turks used a tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. Their purpose should be to quickly capture the Yanqi Kingdom! Although the King of Yanqi is good at fighting and has an army of 10,000 elite soldiers under his command, the Turks have hundreds of thousands of soldiers!"

Ten thousand troops?
Jin Yong raised his eyebrows. As far as he knew, it was true that the King of Yanqi was good at fighting. Even the surrounding Gumo, Loulan and Yuli countries had been defeated by Yanqi.

However, the actual combat strength of the Yanqi Kingdom was only 6,000 people.

The ten thousand people now should be the four thousand militiamen hastily mobilized by the King of Yanqi to join them.

However, relying on the favorable terrain of North City, 4,000 militiamen can greatly reduce the pressure on North City, but it is not known whether North City can withstand several attacks from the Turkic army.

"Not only that, the 20,000 troops sent by the Tang Dynasty have already taken over Gaochang. If we don't leave, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the 20,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty and the 100,000 troops of the Turks will confront each other outside the borders of Yanqi. How can we leave?"

Yu Gu planned to send out an army of over 100,000, and most of them were cavalry. Even if he could not capture the North City, relying on the speed of the cavalry, he could completely block the entry and exit of Yanqi State on the official road.

Merchants like them are undoubtedly the most suitable targets for looting.

"Then I'll go back and inform them, and I'll pack up and leave right away."

Jin Yong looked at the merchants who left and picked up the wine glass. It seemed that the young master had successfully resolved the issue of Gaochang Kingdom.

I don’t know when we will be able to arrive safely in Yanqi Kingdom.

If they had moved slower, they might not have been able to successfully enter the territory of Yanqi State.

After thinking for a moment, Jin Yong stood up and left.

Back to the residence.

A group of people gathered together quickly.

"Take the carrier pigeon and deliver the message!"

……

"kill……"

On the official road leading to Yanqi Kingdom, Su Chen and others heard bursts of shouting and killing from afar.

In just a moment, the expressions of Lu Fei and others changed.

Su Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at Cao Yuan. He didn't need to say anything more. Cao Yuan rode away immediately and took out the weapon he carried with him. "Sir, wait a minute. I'll go check it out."

Su Chen sat up.

Sun Qiang: "Don't worry, sir. With us here, no one can hurt you."

Su Chen's mouth twitched: "Take out the weapon first."

"oh oh."

Su Chen rubbed his head.

What exactly happened ahead? Could it be that the Turkic troops have begun to block the official road?
If so...

Cao Yuan went and came back, "Sir, it was the Turks who were fighting with Cheng Chumo and his men."

"Cheng Chumo?"

Su Chen raised his eyebrows, "Where's Li Jingheng?"

"I haven't seen Li Jingheng's flag yet."

"How many people are there on the other side?"

"It seems to be just a scout army with about 300 people. However, they are skilled in archery and horse riding, and they fought back and forth with Cheng Chumo and his men."

"Help!"

Su Chen immediately stood up and mounted his horse, "Sun Qiang stays here, all of you go over to support, and take down the enemy as quickly as possible!"

"Yes!"

Lu Fei and others rode away immediately.

Under the protection of Sun Qiang, Su Chen slowly walked towards the battlefield.

The so-called battlefield was nothing more than a slightly empty official road and plain.

The two sides have already started fighting, and judging from the current situation, Cheng Chumo and his men clearly have the advantage in numbers.

Although the enemy was skilled in archery and horse riding, the powerful armor defense protected the soldiers' safety time and time again.

Bang!
With a gunshot, Lu Fei and others joined the battle.

Cheng Chumo was overjoyed when he heard the noise. Su Chen was here!
However, on second thought, Cheng Chumo became a little panicked. Everyone around Su Chen came to help, and it would be terrible if he was targeted by the Turks.

"Sir has ordered us to end the battle immediately!"

"it is good!"

Faced with Lu Fei's loud reminder, Cheng Chumo quickly came back to his senses.

The most important thing now is to get rid of these Turkic cavalry in front of us!
"withdraw!"

Seeing that Cheng Chumo's helpers had arrived, the remaining dozens of Turkic cavalry immediately withdrew and wanted to leave the battlefield.

However, once you enter the battlefield, is it so easy to withdraw?
After suffering nearly half of their casualties, only twenty or thirty cavalrymen were left, and they fled in a panic.

"Clean the battlefield!"

Cheng Chumo quickly gave the order, "Stab those who are not dead, and bandage the injured quickly to prevent infection."

Su Chen, who approached under the protection of Sun Qiang, nodded with great satisfaction after hearing Cheng Chumo's arrangement.

It seems that the teachings during this period were still of some use.

It’s a pity that their army currently does not have a military doctor.

If those people from the medical school were brought over, their combat effectiveness would definitely be raised to a higher level.

"How many casualties did we have?"

"Sir, we have 37 casualties, and the other side has 279 casualties."

"good."

Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

At least in this battle, they had a slight victory.

"Where's Li Jingheng?"

"He has already led his men to Yanqi."

Cheng Chumo said quickly: "When we were rushing to Yanqi one after another, we were targeted by these Turkic scouts, so I stayed behind to cover our retreat and was responsible for cleaning up these scouts."

"To prevent you from being targeted by these scouts when you come here later."

No wonder I didn’t see Li Jingheng.

Su Chen nodded, "Well done."

Cheng Chumo said in a deep voice: "Sir, now the Turkic cavalry has appeared, which shows that the main force of the Turkic people is not far from us."

"We must enter Yanqi Kingdom as soon as possible, otherwise the next time it will not be 300 scouts, but 3,000 people."

Su Chen looked at the cavalrymen who were bandaging their wounds and said in a deep voice, "All the injured people should get on the carriages and treat their wounds on the way."

"gentlemen?"

Cheng Chumo was a little surprised.

Su Chen: "As for the dead brothers, let's bury them on the spot for now. We don't have time to waste."

"understand!"

Cheng Chumo nodded heavily and made arrangements immediately.

soon.

The dead soldiers were buried, and several wounded soldiers were squeezed onto the carriage.

Su Chen sighed. The advantage of armor was that it could help them avoid injuries to vital parts when facing the shooting of Turkic cavalry.

But there is no guarantee that one can block the opponent's saber when fighting at close range!

Either minor injuries or death.

"Speed ​​up and rush to Yanqi Kingdom!"

(End of this chapter)