Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 211 Raid on Longtan Town!
Longtan Town is one of the two large towns built by the Overlord of Western Qin in the southeast of the main city. It is full of arrow towers and countless city defense equipment such as stones, logs, kerosene, etc. The whole town is like an iron hedgehog.

After the failure of his invasion of Xinye County, the Overlord of Western Qin considered that Li Qian might raise an army to retaliate in the future, so he built two towns, Longtan Town and Huxue Town, in advance, and stockpiled heavy troops, food, and city defense equipment, turning them into two iron hedgehogs.

The Overlord of Western Qin also deployed a historical general and several sworn brothers in each of the two towns, and assigned 8,000 garrisons, thinking that this would delay Li Qian's capture of Rang County in the future and buy him some buffer time to formulate countermeasures.

The ones stationed in Longtan Town are several childhood friends of the Overlord of Western Qin, and the famous general who assists these players in defending the city is the famous historical general Zong Luohou.

Zong Luohou was a general under Xue Ju, who ruled Longxi in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties.

Xue Ju, the lieutenant of Jincheng Prefecture, and his son Xue Rengao and their followers kidnapped Jincheng County Magistrate Hao Yuan and started a rebellion, claiming to be the Overlord of Western Qin. Zong Luohou led his people to join Xue Ju, who named him Duke of Yixing. Xue Ju was unstoppable and his power expanded. He promoted Xue Rengao to King of Qi and Zong Luohou to King of Yixing to assist Xue Rengao.

Zong Luohou once followed Xue Ju to defeat the Tang army. But after Xue Ju's death, Qin Wang Li Shimin sent troops to Gaochong. Xue Rengao sent Zong Luohou to lead the troops to resist. Zong Luohou challenged him several times, but Li Shimin held the camp and refused to fight. When Zong Luohou's troops were tired, Li Shimin sent his general Pang Yu to fight. When Pang Yu and Zong Luohou were fighting fiercely, Li Shimin's ambush troops came out. Li Shimin personally led dozens of brave cavalrymen to rush into Zong Luohou's army. Zong Luohou's troops were defeated and the Tang army killed thousands of Zong Luohou's troops.

In the end, Xue Rengao was defeated and led Zong Luohou and other civil and military officials out of the city to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Zong Luohou and Xue Rengao and other Western Qin generals were escorted to Chang'an by Li Shimin and beheaded.

Zong Luohou was a general under the command of Xue Ju and Xue Rengao, father and son, so his abilities could not be too bad.

The Overlord of Western Qin recruited Zong Luohou and sent him to assist several loyal childhood friends in defending Longtan Town, and he had full confidence in them.

At night, the Longtan Town garrison patrolled the streets in groups of three or four.

The town lord's mansion was brightly lit. Several childhood friends of the Overlord of Western Qin summoned dozens of dancers, who sang and danced, and got drunk.

The Overlord of Western Qin dominated Rang County. All the lord players in Rang County who refused to submit to the Overlord of Western Qin were destroyed by him with absolute force, and all other lord players surrendered.

It can be said that the Overlord of Western Qin was the local emperor of Rang County, and he kept recruiting soldiers and horses. After the end of the national war, the Overlord of Western Qin vaguely realized that Li Qian might send troops to retaliate, so the Overlord of Western Qin quickly used up the resources rewarded by the national war and recruited another 20,000 soldiers and horses, which was close to warmongering.

Of course, most of these 20,000 soldiers are ordinary troops.

If it is 20,000 special troops, not to mention the Overlord of Western Qin, even Li Qian, the lord player currently ranked first in the Eastern Han region, cannot afford it.

The Overlord of Western Qin was the local emperor of Rang County, and his childhood friends were the princes and dukes appointed by the local emperor. They had the final say in Longtan Town and even kept several concubines each, and they never got tired of it.

Zong Luohou, the real defender of Longtan Town, was invited by his lord's brothers to attend their banquet. Seeing that they were indulging in sensual pleasures, his face turned pale.

But these people are the lord's sworn brothers after all, so Zong Luohou couldn't say much.

As long as they don't give random orders, Zong Luohou will be thankful.

Suddenly, accompanied by hurried footsteps, a lieutenant colonel trotted in, sweating profusely.

As the young captain broke into the banquet, the dancers who were laughing and playing with a few players stopped and looked at the uninvited guest with curiosity.

Several players were having fun when their interest was suddenly interrupted. They were immediately displeased: "Why did you barge in here? Can't you see we are having fun?"

The lieutenant wiped the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously: "Generals, there is no news from the sentries patrolling outside Longtan Town. There may be enemy forces invading..."

"Oh no! It must be the scholars from Xinye County who are raising an army to attack us!"

Zong Luohou was a famous general in history after all. The King of Western Qin appointed him as the garrison commander of Longtan Town and ordered him to use the tower-lined Longtan Town to contain Li Qian of Xinye County when he sent troops to Rang County, so as to buy time for the main city. Zong Luohou deployed dozens of sentries around Longtan Town and rotated them so that he could be the first to know about any disturbance.

The sentries deployed now have lost contact and are very likely to have been killed.

Zong Luohou’s first reaction was that Li Qian from Xinye County had sent troops.

"Scholar Katsuzu has sent out his troops..."

The faces of these players were pale, and they were no longer drunk or in high spirits.

Shengzuo is a scholar, the strongest lord player in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He once defeated the four-county coalition forces of the Overlord of Western Qin, Timely Rain, Ye Jin Tian Ming, and King Zheng by himself!

The Overlord of Western Qin arranged for them to garrison Longtan Town in order to guard against the scholar Shengzuo, but he did not expect that the scholar would start to retaliate so quickly!

They haven’t even had a few days to enjoy their good days yet!
"Gather the troops and defend the town."

Zong Luohou saw that several players were at a loss and held his forehead with a headache. At this time, he was the only one who could command the defense of the city.

"Everything is up to General Zong! Did you hear me?"

These players were at a loss, so they gave orders to the soldiers around them to obey Zong Luohou's command.

They were drinking buddies with the King of Western Qin and knew nothing about commanding a large army.

Zong Luohou was gathering his troops when suddenly loud shouts and cries of killing were heard from the south of the city, making Zong Luohou's face grow increasingly ugly.

Li Qian's troops arrived too quickly, and Zong Luohou had no time to react, and Longtan Town was suddenly attacked.

At this time, Zong Luohou understood the good intentions of his lord, the Overlord of Western Qin. If it were not for the two towns of Longtan Town and Huxue Town as a buffer, the Overlord of Western Qin's main city, Xiqin City, would probably have been the one to be suddenly attacked.

"Report to the main city immediately and have the lord prepare for defense! We are also ready to retreat!"

"General Zong, aren't we going to defend the city?"

Although some players were fools, they were indeed loyal to the Overlord of Western Qin. They did not run away immediately, but were still thinking about defending the city with Zong Luohou to resist Li Qian's troops.

"The shouts and screams are getting closer. If I'm not mistaken, the city gate has been occupied."

Zong Luohou has realized that the Longtan Town he painstakingly built would most likely be captured overnight by the enemy's surprise attack.

The value of Longtan Town's existence is just to buy one day for the Overlord of Western Qin.

Zong Luohou's judgment was correct. The two fierce generals Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, holding their swords, killed the guards at the city gate. The two fierce generals worked together to push open the heavy city gate. Outside the city, thousands of cavalrymen led by Li Qian and Li Xiuning were ready to go.

(End of this chapter)