Chapter 355: The army is at the city

Duan Quange has been dealing with military affairs under candlelight tonight.

Although his family was regarded as the Southern Barbarian by the Tang people, his family was actually well-founded and his children were both civil and military.

He picked up the pen and marked the progress of several troops such as Xian Yu Zhongtong, Duan Jianwei, Yixiang and Ye Le on the map. He suddenly thought of something - the sentry in the west has not come back for two or three days.

"Come!"

Immediately, the door was knocked open with a "bang".

"General! The Tubo people are coming!"

"What are you panic? The Tang army's plan to get apart."

Duan Quange walked out strode, listening to military affairs while walking, until he heard that it was the slave named "Pig Shit" who deceived him to open the city gate. He frowned.

"Go and take down Yang Luoding!"

"Here."

Duan Quange kept walking towards the city, and shouted loudly: "Guard the city gate for me!"

He has confidence in guarding Longwei Pass, because he has sufficient troops and as long as he is commanded, he can handle a sneak attack.

"Soldiers! The Nanzhao Kingdom was first established and was granted official titles. Tonight, everyone can become a minister!"

There was a loud noise in response to him.

"boom!"

"Boom!"

Two city gates were blown down and wood chips flew.

What's more serious is that the soldiers were all frightened, thinking that it was a god who was obviously a spirit and developed extremely fear of the enemy.

When the enemy soldiers entered the city cave, few people dared to resist, and more people turned around and fled.

Duan Quange was also stunned for a while, unable to figure out what he was saying. When he came to his senses, he found that the situation was irreversible.

He immediately ordered the gold to be heard, gathered his troops, and prepared to retreat to Taihe City.

As they rushed to the top of the city, a team of soldiers were escorting Yang Luodian over.

"General Duan." Yang Luodian shouted: "What's going on? Why do you tie me up?"

Duan Quange quickly drove down the stone steps and shouted: "You said the Tang army was apart from us and Tubo. Now the Tubo people have all attacked in!"

"I……"

"I want to ask you, what's going on?"

Yang Luodian was about to answer, but the shouts of killing approached much more.

Duan Quange looked back and saw that he had no time to ask again, so he suddenly drew out his long sword and slashed it with one knife.

"puff."

A head fell to the ground, rolled, and his mouth was still open, as if he was telling the wrongdoing.

~~

Qu Huan was sitting cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes to rest, letting the sound of killing in his ears, he still remained motionless, as if he was asleep.

He was a very young general, only twenty-four years old. His father's name was Qu Bin, who was as gentle as his name, and he served as an official in Longyou for many years. Qu Huan went to the northwest and learned excellent riding and shooting skills from the strong folk customs.

He heard the sound of gold in the distance, and then opened his eyes, stood up and shouted to his soldiers, "Go!"

There were more than 500 people under his command, but when he arrived at Longwei Pass, there were only more than 300 people left. Tonight, Wang Zhongsi transferred 200 people to him in his personal military camp, only asking him to seize the gate of Taihe City and guard it for the first half of the day.

More than 600 people ran across the suspension bridge, passed through the dusty city cave, and smelled a pungent smell in the air. After entering Longwei Pass, they saw that under the bright moonlight, there were many injured Nanzhao soldiers lying in the pool of blood, wailing constantly.

"Get the torch!"

Qu Huan glanced at the battlefield and walked towards a corpse wearing Nanzhao's official clothes. He kicked it hard. The corpse moved twice and stopped.

With a bang, Qu Huan pulled out his knife and shouted: "I dare to pretend to be dead again and behead my head!"

The corpse immediately got up, kowtowed and begged for mercy, and shouted for forgiveness.

"Can speak Chinese?"

"Yes! Yes!"

"Lead the way to Taihe City! If you dare to cheat, I will make your intestines flow all over the ground!"

"Yes, the general is here, and here is here, and it is only more than ten miles away..."

The Tang army did not ride horses, but instead led the horses and ran on foot, with only a dozen whistle horses exploring the way forward.

Although the moonlight is bright tonight, they are not familiar with the road, and Quhuan is not willing to let the sound of horse hooves disturb Taihe City.

Even so, the Tang army was still very fast.

After running about three or four miles, the horse turned back and reported, "General, there is a Nanzhao army ahead, and he is also rushing to Taihe City. It is at least 5,000 people. It is dark at night, so it is not certain."

Qu Huan was not scared by the number of enemy troops. The barbarians were different from the Tang army. Men could form troops in wartime, but their combat power and equipment were far inferior to those of the Tang army. Moreover, these were defeated troops who escaped from Longwei Pass, including many servants.

He thought about it and decided to wait until they arrived at Taihe City, let the city gate open, and take advantage of the opening of the city to suddenly kill, defeat them, and drive them to attack the city.

"Permit one by one, and the entire army sneaks. Those who dare to shout out loud will be killed immediately."

"Here."

Even this military order was very quiet and passed down by the soldiers one by one.

This small group of Tang troops was like this, slowly adorning the retreating Nanzhao troops and horses, climbing up the hillside of Cangshan Mountain. Gradually, the outline of Taihe City was shown in the moonlight.

~~

Taihe City.

The hall was brightly lit, and the King of Nanzhao was discussing strategies for dealing with the Tang army.

"Xian Yu Zhongtong has passed Yaozhou. He claims to be 60,000 people, but most of them are civil servants and servants who transport supplies. The real strong brigade has less than 10,000 people. Duan Jianwei led his army to fight, preventing him from advancing quickly. When the Tang army arrived at the two passes, we were ready long ago."

"According to what Yang Zifen saw when he was on his mission, the Tang army had severe malaria. As long as we maintain the initial period, our injuries could drag down this Tang army."

"Also, the Tubo army was ready to revolve around Xiang Yele. Now Xianyu Zhongtong's offensive is too fierce. He can lead his army to go back and give the Tang army a blow..."

In the past, the great chiefs had a sense of respect for the Tang army as gods. After the battle to kill Zhang Qiantuo in Yaozhou and the military discussions, they had discovered that the Tang army was not invincible, and now they were full of confidence.

As she discussed, Yang Zifen stepped into the hall, walked to Ge Luofeng, and quietly reported.

Ge Luofeng looked at the chiefs in the hall, and a faint light flashed in her eyes for a moment, but she chose to tell them calmly.

"If the Tubo people break through Longwei Pass, there is no need to panic. Follow me to the city to take a look."

After saying that, Ge Luofeng should first go to the East City Tower.

The layout of Taihe City is different from other cities. It is built on a hillside, high in the west and low in the east. The main city gate is opened to the east and there is a urn city.

Looking out from the city tower, you can see Erhai Lake as far as the distance. Under the moonlight, there are endless people going up the mountain, and a small group of people are falling behind at a distance.

When Duan Quange and his subordinates rushed outside the city gate, Ge Luofeng ordered the gate of the city gate to open, and he stood on the city tower and asked them.

"King, the Tubo people are traitorous and want to destroy Nanzhao!"

Duan Quange talked about everything that happened, knelt down on the ground, raised his head and shouted: "The general was bullied by Tubo and failed to defend Longwei Pass. Please give him a punishment!"

Ge Luofeng was hesitant in her eyes, and after thinking about it, she finally called Zheng Hui.

"Sir, I heard it? This is strange. What do you think?"

Zheng Hui pondered, and felt that Ge Luofeng had already figured it out in his heart, so he said frankly: "It may not be a Tubo person."

"oh?"

"The Tubo people should not attack Nanzhao at this time."

"Maybe, Yixiang Ye Le is afraid that I am not really dependent on Tubo, so he takes the opportunity to destroy Nanzhao?"

"Even if Taihe City is flattened, Nanzhao cannot be destroyed; even if Nanzhao is destroyed, there will be five Zhaos. If Tubo does this, it will only backfire and lead to Nanzhao's reversal of the Tang Dynasty."

Ge Luofeng asked, "What is the implication of that sir?"

Zheng Hui sighed: "I think the one who came should be the Tang army."

~~

I rushed for more than ten miles overnight, and the night was almost over.

The full moon gradually sinks westward and the moonlight dims. This is the darkest time before dawn.

Qu Huan walked up the hillside and looked up and saw that the Nanzhao troops who had retreated from Longwei Pass were already entering the city. In this way, his plan was half successful.

He made a quick decision and ordered: "Attack!"

"Woo--"

The sound of the trumpet suddenly rang out, and the Tang soldiers shouted and killed them.

"Shoot the arrow!"
To be continued...