Chapter 353
It was noon at sunset, shining on the charred and red earth, the Erhai Lake, which was originally like a sea of flowers, is now in a mess.
Ye Chang's eyes were a little red, not because of casualties. He is still old and fights. He fought to Liaodong and Yunnan. He was a little numb when he saw too many life and death. He didn't sleep all night and fought fiercely overnight. Although he had always been in good health, he was already very tired at this time.
"Snatched the Black Dragon Bridge?" Ye Chang took a breath of air when he heard the messenger coming back, "He chased far away... How many people are there in his hands now?"
"Not only two hundred riders."
"Two hundred riders...is trouble, Ye Ying"
Ye Ying came in response, still with excitement on his face. The experience of capturing the enemy's chief general on the battlefield was rare. After returning to Liaodong, he brags about it.
"You immediately order three thousand people to rush to Heilong Bridge to meet Wang Yang'er. If Nanzhao counterattacks the bridge, give it to them. Just cut off the road to return on the bridge and force the defeated barbarians to be unable to return to the city."
Ye Ying had to run away, Ye Chang sat back on a stone, took a nap for a while, and heard someone calling him in his ears: "Ambassador, ambassador"
When I opened my eyes, it was Wang Tianyun.
Wang Tianyun's face was full of ecstasy. Seeing Ye Chang open his eyes, he took two steps back, and then bowed deeply: "Congratulations to the ambassador, great victory, great victory."
Ye Chang blocked Nanzhao by himself and cleared the defeated Quanrong army in the fire, so he handed over to Wang Tianyun. When he heard that he had a great victory, Ye Chang knew that the results of the battle would be brilliant, and he was also happy, but his face was calm: "Just talk about using a small trick... What is the casualties of our army?"
"Our army suffered less than 1,500 casualties," Wang Tianyun said excitedly: "Now that the body of Quanrong has exceeded 6,000, and some of them are burned in the fire. It is really impossible to calculate. It can only be estimated that the number exceeds 4,000, and the number of prisoners is over 10,000. The Quanrong people attacked and only half of them escaped."
This is one of the rare great victories. Wang Tianyun had never won such a victory, so he was extremely excited. Ye Chang was still a little dissatisfied when he heard this gain. If he had not returned to the army to block the reinforcements of Nanzhao, he would have been afraid that the Quanrong would not be able to return.
"Thank you for your hard work. This is Wang Yuhou and his soldiers who have fought bravely to kill the enemy. Only after this is achieved, I will definitely report to the emperor and not let the heroes be unfair."
"The ambassador is better at planning..." Wang Tianyun said this and couldn't help but say heartily: "I have followed many superiors. Never has any boss who can be as happy as an ambassador, nor has any boss who can be as morale as an ambassador... Just now, Ui Zheng said he wanted to report his merits to the ambassador, and his men all wanted to follow him just to meet the ambassador."
Ye Chang's heart moved and stood up: "Since the soldiers want to see me, I must come... General Wang, thank you for your hard work, you will run with me again."
Because Wang Tianxing was ambushing fire attack, the casualties of his army were not serious. However, Ye Chang blocked the Nanzhao battle in the wilderness, and the number of casualties exceeded 1,000. Considering that Ye Chang had only 10,000 people, the casualties of 1,500 was relatively large. Fortunately, Ye Chang might take fewer others when he went to, but many military doctors have always taken many military doctors. Therefore, there are a large number of military doctors in the army. These people have been practicing in Liaodong for several years, and they are all good surgeons and even perform some simple resection and suture surgery. Therefore, about half of the seriously injured people who were originally dying can be rescued. Unfortunately, until now, there has been no progress in research on blood types, otherwise blood transfusions can be performed to save more people.
In this battle, the Tang army was 30,000, the Quanrong Nanzhao coalition forces were 70,000, and the Quanrong lost nearly half. The 20,000 reinforcements in Nanzhao were almost completely completely in the entire army. Less than 30,000 were actually fleeing back. The Tang army captured more than 10,000 prisoners alone. How to deal with these prisoners became a problem. At this time, Chengjie, Wang Guitang and others played the role. They recruited people from the barbarian prisoners, and the two of them pulled up their own troops. Although these people were not worthy of immediate trust, at least they could drive them away the Quanrong prisoners to do coolies.
Ye Chang was here to deal with the aftermath, and Longwei was closed. Ge Luofeng looked desolate. Looking at the Black Dragon Bridge that was close to him, a group of Tang troops showed off their power. He had been comforting the letter for a long time and could not make a sound.
In the battle of Kunchuan, he had lost more than 10,000 people. In today's battle, he lost another 20,000 people. Now there are only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses left. Moreover, these soldiers and horses are still terrified and have been killed by the Tang army to lose their souls. They really let them go out of the customs and fight, and they are afraid they will run away immediately.
At this time, he also received news that Quanrong also suffered a crushing defeat and suffered no less losses than him. This is the only thing that made him feel a little comforted: it’s not that he is incompetent, it is because the Tang army is too powerful.
In just a few months, why did the Tang army, who had been beaten so hard that he could not find the north, become so powerful? Why did the Tang army, which had an epidemic as soon as it entered Yunnan, not get sick? How could the Tang army, who had a low morale and a bad military discipline, be so motivated and strict military discipline?
A series of problems circling in his heart, leaving him with chest tightness and shortness of breath and almost unable to breathe.
In his opinion, this rebellion was seized by a rare opportunity. Li Longji and Li Linfu, two guys who really had some vision, were old, and the rest were not incompetent and mediocre, but arrogant. Taking this opportunity, as long as they could win one or two battles, the entire Yunnan would be all for him. By then, Li Longji and Li Linfu would almost die, and he sent envoys to Chang'an to seek peace. In order to embellish the peace, the new emperor would definitely agree to his request for peace.
He took advantage of all the advantages, then transformed himself into a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. He received rewards and support from the Tang Dynasty every year. After digestion, he would resurrect another rebellion...
But Ye Chang came out of nowhere. This person was originally in the northeast, so why did he run to the southwest?
"King, do you want to... take over the Black Dragon Bridge?" Zhao Quandeng next to him whispered.
“No need…no need…”
Ge Luofeng calmed down, and now she couldn't fall down
There is no point in seizing the Black Dragon Bridge. It is obvious that the Tang army will not attack Longwei Pass forcibly. Although the yard was burned, the Tang army could completely rebuild it. They could only take a boat to cross Erhai Lake after the warship was built.
The west coast of Erhai Lake is hundreds of miles north and south, and any point can become the landing place for the Tang army, but Nanzhao is insufficient to defend it at all.
After thinking about it, Ge Luofeng realized that his only choice now was to abandon Dragon Tail Pass and return to Taihe City Cage City.
However, Taihe City was built by the rest of Piro Pavilions, and its defense has always relied on the north and south barriers. The city itself is not very strong, and if it loses the north and south barriers, how can it be defended by just an isolated city?
Ge Luofeng was hesitating and suddenly saw a commotion from the Tang people opposite the Black Dragon Bridge. Then, the Tang army cheered.
"The reinforcements of the Tang army have arrived..." his subordinate said quietly.
Ge Luofeng looked around and saw the Tang army's flag in the distance. He pursed his lips, turned around and got off the city, and it was really hard to make a decision in his heart.
Outside, the Tang army cheered from time to time, while the inside of Longwei Pass was full of life.
In the afternoon, Ge Luofeng was sitting in his temporary hall in a daze. Suddenly, the Tang army outside the pass cheered again, and the sound was deafening, as if it was about to collapse the sky. He was shocked. He thought that the Tang army would not attack Longwei Pass, but was he wrong again?
Thinking of connecting to Ye Chang's hands, he could no longer sit still, so he stood up and shouted sternly: "Go to the city, prepare to defend the city."
After climbing the city wall, I realized that the Tang army was attacking in the future, but another team of Tang army arrived here. Looking closely at the Tang army's flag, Ge Luofeng took a breath: "Ye Chang is here."
Ye Chang's big flag appeared under Longwei Pass City. The Tang army was inspired by it, and there was really a thunderous joy. Ge Luofeng stared at the big flag and found that whenever the big flag went, the Tang army was very excited and waving the flags.
Obviously, Ye Chang's prestige in this Tang army reached a peak
The pre-war money and successive victories during the war made the Tang army ignore the fact that they themselves suffered casualties. Almost every Tang army thought about it, under the leadership of Ye Chang, and everyone fought for a wife and son and returned home in glory.
"Who is Ye Chang, who is Ye Chang?" Ge Luofeng asked gritted her teeth.
Not long after, several people came out of the Tang army and approached Guancheng. The people in the city suddenly became nervous. Ge Luofeng narrowed his eyes and saw that these people were all dressed up by barbarians. He knew something was wrong, so he immediately ordered: "Shoot them."
There were archers on the top of the city aiming at the bottom, but the people each held a shield to block the middle man. The middle man hid behind the shield and began to speak loudly in Mandarin.
"According to the order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he removed the title of King of Yunnan, and removed the position of the Lord of Nanzhao... Chengjie was the legitimate son of the former King of Yunnan, Piluoge. He was loyal and upright, kind and kind, and should be made the Lord of Nanzhao and inherited the position of King of Yunnan. Now Xu Chengjie established a royal court in the former Nanzhao land, and his old ministers of Nanzhao surrendered one after another... Those who obeyed would not correct the past, and those who rebelled were punished and killed."
But it was the order for Chengyue
Chengjie was the legitimate son of Piluo Pavilion. When Geluofeng was a magistrate in Chang'an, he was quite favored by Piluo Pavilion. Geluofeng only relied on his merits in pursuing the Five Edicts for Piluo Pavilion in his early years and received support from various tribes to inherit the throne. At this time, Chengjie was raising the flag to surrender, and the barbarians in the city suddenly became in chaos.
If there were no consecutive defeats, everyone would be loyal to Ge Luofeng. However, now that there are many consecutive defeats, most of the strength of Nanzhao has been removed, but there is still no way to deal with the Tang army. In this case, anyone will consider finding another future.
Ge Luofeng's face was gloomy. She looked around her. Most of the soldiers around her avoided his gaze.
Although he was angry, he did not show it in the end. Fortunately, the generals around him are not only the members of Meng Xizhao, but also the other five Zhaos and other barbarian leaders. These people have no feelings for Chengjie, and Chengjie has no prestige among them.
At this moment, the person who sent the order said: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was that because Ge Luofeng did a rebellious act and harmed the tribes, and the remaining tribes were quite obedient and even went to the palace to cry for help. Therefore, the former land of the Five Divine Era was restored. Anyone who could make great contributions in the battle against Ge Luofeng could be awarded titles. Those who captured Ge Luofeng would be the leader of the imperial edict."
After hearing this order, Ge Luofeng suddenly lost her soul and could no longer maintain her calmness. She shouted: "Shoot him, shoot him."
The personal soldiers beside him shot arrows, but the shield walls of five or six people on the other side were very strict, and they were not close to Guancheng, so they could not find the angle of shooting. They could only hear the barbarian recited them three times in a row, and then everyone retreated safely.
Ge Luofeng looked at Ye Chang's banner in the distance in horror, and understood in her heart that all this must be Ye Chang's plan again.
This is an open conspiracy. This order is Yixuan and Ge Luofeng is in Longwei Pass, and there are not many people who can trust it.
He looked south, and was alarmed by a whisper. He turned around and saw a pair of confused and fearful eyes. When Ge Luofeng looked at someone, he felt that someone might offer him to Tang Jun. He suddenly pulled out his knife and cut down a Baiman leader beside him: "You traitor, you want to rebel."
Before the White Barbarian leader could react, he was chopped to the ground. Then Ge Luofeng cut off his first score with another knife, and then kicked the first score in front of everyone. Everyone avoided and retreated, looking at him in horror.
"This thief heard the Tang people bewitched and wanted to rebel, but he had already been killed by me." Ge Luofeng said sternly: "Come, I will send my orders to go. I will kill all the young and old thiefs. Don't leave one."
These bloody and cruel methods finally calmed everyone down, but Ge Luofeng understood that this was only temporary, and it was a drinking poison to quench thirst. But just now, he couldn't control himself, and even felt that if he didn't do this, his subordinates would probably tie him up with Tangren immediately.
“It’s better for me to come…”
A thought arose in my heart. Ge Luofeng ordered his confidants to keep the juncture, and he got off the barrier again. Since Ye Chang started to attack his heart, it means that he would not attack immediately. There is no need to worry about the safety of the Dragon Tail Pass for the time being.
He secretly summoned his younger brother Gebei and ordered him to take the boat alone to go to the Tang Army. After he got the order, he went as he said. Then Ge Luofeng was restless in his temporary palace. He was worried that the Tang army would attack the city immediately, and his subordinates would not be able to defend Longwei Pass; and then he felt that he seemed to be surrounded by people, and the troops outside might be rebelling and Xian Pass at any time.
At night, when he heard the report, the secret envoy he sent finally came back. He was immediately overjoyed and summoned the Gebei into the room. After meeting, he asked, "How, did Ye Chang see you?"
Gebi's expression was no longer calm. He could use the trick of pretending to be a god and making a ghost to scare Lu Ruozan, but when he used this trick in front of Ye Chang, the little witch met the big witch. He heard his brother's question, and he said frustrated: "I saw you, but Ye Chang didn't allow him to surrender."
"What, why don't you surrender? I promised to send my son to Chang'an. Why didn't he surrender?" Ge Luofeng shouted half desperate and half crazy.
Chapter completed!