Chapter 73 The Battle of Qingtang City
Late at night, a team of iron cavalry from the north were really marching southward. If you don’t look carefully under the cover of night, you will not be able to find it. This army is Li Liangzuo’s new army. The new army’s marching speed is extremely fast. For the army of this era, it is simply a mythical existence, but this has indeed happened.
"Report... Report to Your Majesty, you are about to arrive in Qingtang City fifty miles ahead." The horse trampled to Li Liangzuo to report.
Li Liangzuo looked at Ye Se and asked Li Yi beside him, "How long will it take to dawn?"
"It's about an hour and a half left." Li Yi said to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo looked back at the marching soldiers and said, "I ordered the entire army to rest on the spot and start siege after dawn."
"Your Majesty, the last general asks to attack the city immediately." Qin Hu said after coming to Li Liangzuo for no idea what it was.
Li Liangzuo saw Qin Hu and said, "I didn't expect your infantry division to ride a bicycle very fast! You guys still have the strength to attack the city after riding so far."
Qin Hu said firmly: "The last general is willing to issue a military order. He cannot take Qingtang City before dawn, and the last general is willing to accept military law."
"Okay, I have a sense of morale." Li Liangzuo said with satisfaction: "Qin Hu obeys the order and orders you to lead your army to capture Qingtang City. I will temporarily hand over the Blood Wolf Special Forces to you. After taking down the city gate, I will immediately send a signal that I will lead the troops to support you."
"Yes, the last general will take the order." Qin Hu took over the military order.
Qin Hu, who received the military order, immediately led his troops to Qingtang City. To be honest, the new army was at the end of its strength at this time. If he wanted to take Qingtang City, he had to attack this way. If the sneak attack failed, it would be a fierce battle. The result of the fierce battle would inevitably lead to heavy losses in the new army. This is why Li Liangzuo allowed Qin Hu to attack the city immediately.
Qin Hu led his troops to the Qingtang City secretly. At this time, the Tubo soldiers guarding the city were very relaxed. As the ruling center of Yusilu, the walls of Qingtang City were built from bluestone and were more than three meters high. They were the tallest city on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. If you attack this city forcibly, you will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
After a patrol team left on the city wall, the Blood Wolf Special Forces took out a characteristic crossbow. This crossbow fired not a crossbow arrow but a flying tiger claw. After the flying tiger claw hooked the city wall, dozens of soldiers of the Blood Wolf Special Forces first climbed the city wall, and then solved the guards around as quickly as possible, guarding this section of the city wall to protect the people behind them to climb up safely.
Hundreds of people climbed up in just a quarter of an hour. The reason why they were so fast was entirely due to the usual climbing training of the infantry division. Under Qin Hu's command, these hundreds of people began to touch the city gate, and the few people left behind were responsible for protecting the rest of them.
"You guys are guarding the city, and you go down with me to open the city gate." Qin Hu ordered the people around him.
The operation went very smoothly and there was almost no resistance, because the Tubo people did not expect to be attacked. After opening the Qianjin Gate, the city gate was opened smoothly, which was simply unreasonable. The Tubo soldiers guarding the city gate saw the King of Hell in their sleep.
"Send a signal to welcome the army into the city." Qin Hu ordered the soldiers around him.
As the city gate opened, the 10,000 troops ambushed outside the city successfully entered the city gate. Except for a whistle arrow, Qin Hu's way of entering the city was to "not shoot, quietly enter the village". Therefore, after the Xia army entered the city, the Tubo army did not notice at all. Qin Hu sent people to guard the city gate and kill the palace in the city.
"Chir, chirp, chirp..." The arrows along the way resounded through the sky, and Li Liangzuo said in disbelief: "Damn, this kid actually took down the gate of Qingtang City. It's too smooth!"
"Your Majesty, order the cavalry to attack!" Li Yi said excitedly.
Li Liangzuo drew his sword and pointed at Qingtang City and said to all the soldiers: "Brothers, Qin Hu has taken the north gate of Qingtang City for us, and he said that my army ordered the entire army to attack and capture Qingtang City as quickly as possible."
With Li Liangzuo's order, 90,000 new troops rushed towards Qingtang City as fast as possible. The horse's hooves fell to the ground and the entire earth trembled. After Li Liangzuo's entire army entered the city, the Tubo army reacted, but it was too late, and all the strategic areas in the city fell into Li Liangzuo's hands.
Due to the lack of unified command, the 60,000 Tubo army stationed in Qingtang City had almost no fierce resistance, either killed or captured. After dawn, the entire Qingtang City had its owner changed. Compared with the royal palaces in other places, the resistance was relatively strong, but no matter how strong it was, it could not resist the Xia army's troops.
The arrows of the Tubo army could not penetrate the Xia army's chain mail at all, but the Xia army's powerful crossbows could easily penetrate the bodies of Tubo soldiers. When the distance was very close, they could even shoot two arrows through a gourd. The Xia army basically occupied Qingtang City, the capital of Yeshiro without any casualties.
In the main hall of the Qingtang City Royal Palace, Li Liangzuo, wearing golden armor and covered in blood, sat on the throne belonging to Zanpu Lisiluo, surrounded by guards from the personal guard camp. At this time, Qingtang City was completely under the control of Li Liangzuo.
"I will meet your Majesty." Qin Hu knelt down on one knee to Li Liangzuo and said.
Li Liangzuo said to Qin Hu with a smile on his face: "Get up! Have you caught the servant?"
"The last general is incompetent and not caught." Qin Hu said dejectedly.
Li Liangzuo waved his hand and said, "It's okay, maybe someone else has caught them!"
Not long after, the other nine generals arrived, but like Qin Hu, they did not catch Zanpu and Sila, which was very unfavorable for Li Liangzuo. If they caught Sila, the subsequent battle would be twice the result with half the effort, and maybe other states could surrender without fighting.
"What the hell is going on? What about the sage?" Li Liangzuo said furiously.
Li Yi reported to Li Liangzuohui: "Report to Your Majesty, the captured ministers and generals will be interrogated. According to them, the servants went to Huangzhou a day ago."
"Bang!" Li Liangzuo slapped the Wang Case in front of him and said angrily: "I really didn't expect that this old boy's life is quite good. I ordered the army to rest in Qingtang City for one day and march into Huangzhou tomorrow. I will talk about the specific combat plan tonight."
After Qingtang City was occupied by the Xia army, Li Liangzuo strictly blocked the entire city to prevent the news from leaking, but the news that he wanted to break the city was leaked. After all, there were many Tubo tribes around Qingtang City, and the news that Qingtang City was lost was soon spread to the sage in Huangzhou.
Huangzhou City, in the prefecture.
Xiaosiluo asked the visitor in shock and said, "What did you say? Qingtang City was captured. Who explained it clearly to me."
"Bizanpu is the Xia army in the north." The visitor reported to Xiaosilahui.
Ye Siluo is worthy of being a hero in the area, without any complaints or any unnecessary nonsense, and immediately ordered: "I ordered the tribes of various states to lead their troops to Huangzhou to gather and standby. Those who violate the order will be executed and will not be forgiven."
At this time, the political system under the command of Lisilu was still tribal alliance. The existence of this political system was entirely dependent on the authority of the ruler. Once the ruler died, these people would immediately fall down and scatter. Fortunately, although Lisilu was old, his authority was still there. With a command, all the elites of the tribes of each state came to Huangzhou to support him, but it was too late for Lisilu.
Chapter completed!