Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 952 Huangyuan City

Therefore, during the daytime, the gates of Huangyuan City are open, and occasionally the city will receive some businessmen other than the Tubo people who are unfamiliar, but people who enter and exit will be severely interrogated.

This level of laxity is understandable, a city that is unlikely to be attacked in the first place.No matter who guards the city, it is impossible to be alert like a hound in this situation.

However, even if the Tubo people in Huangyuan City are so lax, Company Commander Su doubts whether they can capture Huangyuan City.Because from the time they started attacking Huangyuan City, the tribal reinforcements from various tribes of Tubo scattered near Huangyuan City could arrive in a day at most. The city failed, and even this time the operation to directly capture the old nest of the Tubo Kingdom in Hehuang failed.They only brought food and grass for five days, spent two days on the road, and only had three days of food and grass left.It is very likely that Han Tao will give up if he can't attack within a day. Then, at that time, all they can do is to use their expertise as cavalry to wander around and attack everywhere in the various tribes of the Tubo people.As for the trebuchets they brought, all those brought to Huangyuan City were either blown up by themselves or became the spoils of the Tubo people.

When Company Commander Su was being reprimanded by Deputy Battalion Commander Chen for his trebuchet, in Huangyuan City dozens of miles away, Shangbo Mabi, the leader of Shangbo Qianbu who was in charge of Huangyuan City, was throwing a banquet.His guests were the leaders of the seven tribes near Huangyuan City except Shangboqian tribe.

The "Jiaosiluo" Tubo Kingdom of the Tubo people was a semi-feudal, semi-slavery, semi-nomadic and semi-settled local government established by Yingcheng Linbuchi with Qingtang City (now Xining) as the center and in the He, Huang, and Tao areas.

Huangyuan City is only a small county town in Xiangfu Kingdom, Song Kingdom or Liao Kingdom, but it is one of only five cities in the Tubo Kingdom of "Jiaosiluo".The population in the city is only more than 5000 households, less than 2 people, but there are eight tribes belonging to Hehuang City.Among them, Shangbo Qianbu occupied half of the grasslands and barley fields near Huangyuan City.Seven other tribes divided up the remaining grasslands and highland barley fields.

About five days ago, Shangbo Mabi received a letter from Ying Cheng Lin Bu Chi. In the letter, Ying Cheng Lin Bu Chi repeatedly asked him not to take it lightly and prevent people from Xiangfu Kingdom from attacking him.Regarding Ying Cheng's instructions, Shangpo Mabi naturally did not dare to neglect, but he did not take it seriously in his heart.His disapproval is naturally justified.The army of Xiangfu Kingdom must have come from Liangzhou, but coming from Liangzhou has to pass through a dangerous pass.Not to mention that it is almost impossible for the Tianxian Pass to be breached by the Xiangfu Kingdom. Even if it is breached, the process will last at least a month, and he will have received the news by then.

In addition, there is no garrison in Huangyuan City. This time, Ying Cheng and Lin Buchi led most of the troops to attack Lanzhou, Xiangfu Kingdom. Expressing his obedience to Yingcheng Lin Buchi, he immediately recruited three thousand warriors from his own clan to defend Huangyuan City.And if Huangyuan City is really attacked by the Xiangfu army, the seven nearby tribes will send reinforcements, and their strength will also increase exponentially.The Tubo Kingdom is a country where all the people are soldiers. All adult men have the obligation and ability to participate in the war.However, after Yingcheng Lin Buchi took away most of the troops, the eight tribes of Huangyuan City recruited all the adult men, only [-] troops.

"The army of the Xiangfu Kingdom... If... If it really dares to come, I will call... Tell him to come... No return, no return..." Shampo Mabi's younger brother Shampomapee was a little apprehensive He was taller, stood up crookedly, picked up the wine bowl, took a big gulp, and shouted loudly: "I tell you... say..."

Everyone knew what he was going to say next. Ever since Champamapi killed a wolf with his bare hands in the Qilian Mountains five years ago, everyone in Huangyuan City has heard about it.

While listening to Shangpomapee bragging about his heroic deeds, Shangpomapee's eyes fell on an old man in white fur. The old man was drinking wine with his head down. Startled for a moment, he immediately smiled obsequiously at Champaomabi.

Shangpo Mabi slightly raised his forehead, glanced at the crowd, and said with a smile: "Everyone, Lord Yingcheng Linbu told us to be vigilant in Huangyuan City. Although there is a natural danger, it is difficult for people from Xiangfu Kingdom to come to our Hehuang City. , but there is a saying in the Han people called "be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years". We still have to make preparations. Now our Shangbo Qianbu dispatched only [-] warriors to defend the city, and we also need to rebuild Huangtangguan materials Money, as well as food and grass for the defenders, for these things, it is only fair to rely on your seven departments to have money and strength to contribute... "

As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, the banquet immediately fell silent, and even Shampomapee, who had drunk too much, grinned and stopped talking.The leader of the Goushi tribe, Goushi Dongqiu, is an old man in white fur. He was smiling all over his face, and said in a flattering tone: "Patriarch Shangbo, you are welcome. It is indeed the duty of our seven tribes to provide food and grass for the defenders." .”

Chonggou Shi Dongqiu, who was satisfied with Shangbo Mapi, nodded, looked around at everyone, and winked at Shangbo Mapi, who immediately understood, stood up, and said loudly: "I have made a rough calculation, About 3 taels of silver is enough to repair the Huangtang Pass and the food and grass for three thousand warriors for a month..."

Champaomabi hummed, and glanced at the leaders of the seven tribes, but the seven pretended not to see them, bowed their heads and remained silent.Not only Shangbo Mabi, but no one believed that the army of Xiangfu Kingdom would attack here.The patriarchs of the seven tribes were not fools either, of course he knew that the so-called repair of Huangtangguan was just an opportunity for Shangbo Mabi to make money.Relying on his powerful power and the trust of Ying Cheng Lin Buchi, Shangboma often bullied the other seven tribes in Huangyuan City, and this time it was obvious that he blackmailed the seven tribes again.

Seeing that the leaders of the seven major tribes pretended to be deaf and dumb, Shangbo Mabi was angry in his heart.Gou Shi Dongqiu knew that if no one took the lead to speak, Shangpo Mabi would definitely come to force him, but when he stared at him, the muscles around his mouth still twitched. The consequences of going against Shangbo's department will be very serious. They can't afford to offend Goushi's department. At the moment, they suppressed the pain in their hearts, squeezed a smile on their faces, stood up and said with a flattering smile: "For Yingcheng Linbu's reprimand Effectiveness, our Gou Shi Department dare not descendants, and the repair of Huangtang Pass is also for our own safety, that... that, our Gou Shi Department will take... just 5000 taels of silver!"

As soon as his words fell, there were bursts of exclamation during the banquet.Champomabie has been listening to him attentively, and when he spits out "5000 taels", he can't help showing a satisfied smile on his face.This is much more than he expected.In fact, the number of 3 taels is a bit appalling in Huangyuan City. Shangbo Mabi is only a small amount, and Shangbo Mabi is already satisfied when he can knock down half of the amount. Two, how can this not make him overjoyed.

The leaders of the other six tribes were shocked. He stared blankly at Gou Shi Dongqiu, and murmured, "5000 taels..."

At this moment, Bo Mabi was no longer polite, turned to look at the other six tribes, and asked with a sneer: "The Goushi tribe is willing to give 5000 taels, what about the other six tribes?"

The flesh on the faces of the six tribal leaders pumped several times, and after a while, another tribal leader gritted his teeth and said: "Our tribe is not as rich and powerful as Gou Shi Dongqiu, and we are willing to give 3000 taels!"

With these two people taking the lead, the remaining six major tribes either contributed 3 or [-], and within a short time, [-] taels of silver had been raised.Then Champomarbie happily let everyone go back.

At this time, the sky in Huangyuan City had already darkened. Shangbo Mabi took advantage of this opportunity to steal 3 taels of silver by taking advantage of Ying Chenglin's scolding. In the direction, there was a piercing horn sound.

Champomabie turned his head and looked outside the house in astonishment.

A clan soldier stumbled to Shangbo Mabi and said in a trembling voice: "Patriarch, there are enemy troops...the enemy troops are coming!"

On the evening of August [-]th, no one in Huangyuan City expected that the army of Xiangfu Kingdom would approach the city on this day.Fortunately, on this day, Shangbo Mabi called the chiefs of the seven tribes to discuss matters. On the way out of the city and back to his own tribe, Gou Shi Dongqiu, a guard beside him accidentally spotted Han Tao's army.At that time, the vanguard of Han Tao's army was only about twelve miles away from Huangyuan City.

That night, people in Huangyuan City were panic-stricken. Ying Cheng and Lin Buchi brought 4% of Hehuang Tubo troops to Lanzhou, leaving [-] people in addition to Qingtang City and four other small cities like Huangyuan City. , that is, the warriors left behind by various tribes.At this time, there were only [-] warriors from Shang Boqian's tribe in Huangyuan City.The Tubo people in the city generally knew this, so after learning that there was a large-scale invasion by the enemy, there were almost no people on the street, and every door was tightly closed. worry about fate.

Although he was full of confidence in advance, when the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom really approached the city, Shangbo Mabi realized that he had almost no experience in defending the city. In fact, he had never defended the city at all.

It is said that there are 700 defenders, but it is not an organized regular army after all. It is just that the adult men of Tubo are all soldiers, and there are only about [-] adult men left behind.Therefore, when Han Tao's troops arrived five hundred steps outside the city, there were only about [-] people gathered in Huangyuan City. The battle had not yet started, and nearly [-] people were still missing.

(End of this chapter)