Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 977 Such a Tragic Death

Late last night, Hu Sanguang resolutely and directly took over the supreme power of the entire Jingyuan County. Although this violated the relevant legal system of the court, the Minister of Security, Ping'an Hou Hu Sanguang's power, how can a small county magistrate and deputy battalion commander dare to violate it? The 500 defenders, plus more than 100 spies and experts from the Ministry of Security here, were all assigned by Hu Sanguang himself.

The trap had already been set up, waiting for Gewang Dongzhu to step in without hesitation.But now, Gewang Dongzhu had arrived, and Hu Sanguang had a sneer on the corner of his mouth. He was looking for Shui'er, but since he encountered such a thing, he didn't mind making a big military contribution by the way.

Gewang Dongzhu's three thousand cavalry rushed in like a torrent before closing the gate of Jingyuan County.To Gewang Dongzhu's surprise, the panicked crowd that could be seen before had disappeared at this time, and there was no one in sight.

With a loud bang, the gate weighing ten thousand catties behind Gewang Dongzhu and his three thousand cavalry suddenly fell down.Only then did Gwan Dodrup realize that he was in the Wengcheng, and the iron gate from the Wengcheng to the city was also tightly sealed.

Gwang Dorje's face was ashen when he saw the gates falling, and his ecstatic mood sank to the bottom of the valley in an instant. Both the inner and outer gates had fallen, and the [-] cavalry he led were imprisoned in a Weng city that was tens of feet deep. .

On Wengcheng, Hu Sanguang's smiling face appeared, and said, "Idiot, you've been fooled, tell me, how do you want to die?"

Gwang Dorje raised his head with a look of resentment. Although he didn't know Hu Sanguang, he could tell that the latter must be an important figure in Xiangfu Kingdom. "Kill him." A voice suddenly shouted in his heart, and his legs Clamping the horse's belly, he shook the horse to speed up the horse. At the same time, he clamped three long arrows in his hand, drew the bow and wound it, and the string sounded three times, and the arrows flew in succession.

The deputy battalion commander has been vigilant all the time. When Gewang Dongzhu started running towards this side, he had already heightened his vigilance. When a black line suddenly appeared in his eyes, the deputy battalion commander trembled in his heart. The fast arrow was about to raise the shield to block Hu Sanguang's body.Unexpectedly, Hu Sanguang snorted coldly, and at some point there was a sword in his hand, and he slashed out three swords like lightning, and accurately slashed the three arrows into the air one by one.

Gewang Dongzhu felt unwilling, he gritted his teeth and shot three arrows in a row, Dangdang three times in a row, but this time it was the battalion commander who shot first, his arm was numb, the tiger's mouth shook violently, the shield was already thrown away and was blown away.I was shocked by the strong arms of this Tubo dog.

"The arm strength is good!" Hu Sanguang glanced at Gewang Dongzhu indifferently, and said lightly: "Our manpower is limited, and it would be very laborious to use arrows and crossbows, so let's burn them all to death with fire!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise like a sky crashing in his ears. When Gewang Dongzhu looked up, a blaze of red completely occupied his field of vision. What fell from the top of the city was not an arrow, nor a stone, nor a gunpowder bag. But one by one burning fire.

"Not good!" Xu Gewang Dongzhu was in despair.

The ball of fire fell, some on the ground, and some on the horse team, knocking off the knights on the horses, and even the horses and people were on fire, and the screams of pain rang out immediately.Soon, as the fire balls fell one by one, the three thousand Tibetan elite cavalry who broke into the Wengcheng were in a sea of ​​flames.

The trebuchet at the top of the city was still throwing out, but this time it was something like earthen jars and porcelain bottles that would break when they fell on the ground. The cavalry turned pale with fright. These are flammable substances such as grease. Once they get a little spark, they burst into flames with a loud bang.

Gewang Dongzhu's heart was cold. All these things were prepared by the other party long ago. What he saw before were all illusions, which were specially made by the other party for him to see. At this time, he finally understood why he was in Jingyuan. After running around the county for a day, they didn't find a single scout from the other party.

"Brothers, they are all dead anyway. It's better to hit the door with a horse than to be burned to death!" He shouted.

Gewang Dongzhu looked back, and behind them, they were completely submerged in the raging flames. The cavalry who had no time to escape screamed and fell into the flames, screaming and struggling with their horses in the fire.The originally neat formation is now completely chaotic.

"Go forward, block the horse's eyes, hit the city gate, there is still a chance of life!" Xu Gewang Dongzhu roared.

Shouting like this, Gewang Dorje led the two thousand iron cavalry that had not been ignited, blocking the eyes of the horses, and charged towards the Wanjin iron gate.

Boom boom boom boom......

Hu Sanguang and more than 600 people on the top of the city did not change their colors. What kind of shocking scene is it that two thousand cavalry slammed into the door without hesitation and committed suicide.

This process lasted for a long time. About [-] Tubo cavalry were burned to death, and about [-] Tubo cavalry were smashed to death on the iron gate together with their horses.In the end, the connection between the Wanjin Iron Gate and the city wall became a little loose.

Hu Sanguang glanced at the appalling scene in the Urn City, smelled the faint smell of burnt meat in the air, and said with no expression of impatience on his face, "Gewang Dong, the son of Gwang Dorje, a young general of the Tubo Kingdom, Zhu, come here, tidy up this guy's body and send it to the Zhuque Army camp to hand over to Deng Chongxuan, maybe it will be of some use."

At the same time, Deng Chongxuan, who got the news from the spies sent by Hu Sanguang, was terrified. Thousands of cavalry wearing the uniforms of their Suzaku Legion raided Jingyuan County, which really made him break out in a cold sweat. It was hot, which really taught him a lesson. Fortunately, the Ministry of Security discovered the other party's action in time, and Hu Sanguang happened to be in Jingyuan County.Although there were only [-] defenders, Deng Chongxuan believed that with Hu Sanguang around, setting a trap to deal with these thousands of Tubo cavalry was a breeze.

"It's just that Gewang Dorje and Cao Wei are probably not only trying to burn the food and supplies, but more likely want to lure us away so that they can retreat smoothly." Deng Chongxuan said.

"That's right, for the [-] Tubo fine cavalry, we must send at least [-] cavalry, or even more, to encircle and suppress them. In this way, our cavalry will be less than [-], and it will be very difficult to chase and suppress Gwang Dorje's retreating army." .” Wang Chao also said happily.

Deng Chongxuan nodded. After pondering for a while, his eyes suddenly brightened. He walked to the sand table covering the main terrain roads from Gaizhu City to Lanzhou. How many ships are there? How many cavalry can be transported at one time?"

After a quick calculation, a staff officer next to him said: "Reporting to the commander of the army, our ships can transport 2000 cavalry at a time, but at least 5000 infantry."

Deng Chongxuan pointed to the Yellow River marked on the sand table and said: "Our [-] infantry were not able to play much role in the process of chasing the enemy. It happened that the first brigade of infantry boarded the boat from the opposite bank of Jingyuan County, pretending to cross the river to Jingyuan County. , but in fact went down the river, landed in Jingtai County, marched [-] miles in a hurry and set up an ambush at Gaolankou. Staff Liu, please calculate how long it will take for the Second Cavalry Brigade to complete this process."

The vice-principal of Zhongdu, known as Staff Liu, took a pencil and quickly calculated on the sand table, and said: "It takes at least ten hours for the commander of the Qibao Army to embark on the boat. And Gewang Dorje went to the camp from Gaizhu City. To retreat, at the speed of their cavalry, it would take about ten hours if we did not stop us along the way."

Wang Chao and Wang Jinxi, the commander of the [-]st Infantry Brigade, stood up immediately. The former said: "Commander, the general will lead the [-]st infantry brigade to set off immediately. As long as the cavalry here can stop Gwang Dorje for a while, the general and Brigadier Wang Make sure to reach Gaolankou before the Tibetans."

Deng Chongxuan said: "Okay, you set off immediately, Battalion Commander Sun of the Scouting Battalion, all the scouting cavalry of your battalion are dispatched, and all the Tubo spies who are close to the river bank must be wiped out for me, and the Tubo people must not let us find out our truth."

Wang Chao, Wang Jinxi and Sun Battalion Commander saluted and promised, and quickly left the commander's tent.

After Deng Chongxuan pondered for a while, he couldn't help thinking to himself: "If Gwang Dorje withdraws during the day, I will let the minefields laid by the engineering battalion have limited effect. This road will follow to Lanzhou, even if Wang Chao leads a brigade of infantry in front. If Gwang Dorje doesn't want to fight with Wang Chao and the others, he can easily get rid of it by sacrificing one or two thousand troops. Even if we can follow all the way at that time, at most It would be good to keep half of Gwang Dorje's more than 2 people. Now if you want to injure Gwang Dorje's Tibetans as much as possible, you can only force Gwang Dorje to retreat hastily at night.

"Come here, beat the drums and summon the officers above the battalion commander to discuss matters."

"In addition, send a letter to Ding Jiagang in Gaizhu City, so that they are also ready to go out of the city to chase the enemy at any time."

"Yes!"

Gwangdorje Tubo camp.

A spy galloped into the camp, went straight to Gwang Dorje's big tent, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "General, the Suzaku Army dispatched [-] infantry and hundreds of cavalry to go straight to the bank of the Yellow River. off the boat."

The Tubo generals were immediately overjoyed. Gwang Dorje and Cao Wei looked at each other with joy in their eyes, but there was also some regret. Gwang Dorje said: "It's a pity, the old fox Deng Chongxuan only sent infantry. But that's fine, In the field battles with the Suzaku Legion in the past, it was the infantry phalanx that caused us the most casualties. They only had 6000 cavalry, and with the hundreds of Ding Jiagang in Gaizhu City, there were less than 2 cavalry. There are [-] cavalry, how can they stop us."

"Since they have no infantry now, only [-] cavalry, why don't we retreat with the whole army after defeating the [-] Suzaku cavalry." Gedo Ajiu, Gwangdorje's younger brother, said with a look of fighting spirit.

(End of this chapter)