Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 520
Chapter 520 Cover the Sky with One Hand
The war in Bow Moon City progressed smoothly, far beyond everyone’s expectations, including Qin Mubai.
Originally, Qin Mubai had used a trick to get Ni Shuchuo to fight the Tang army and beat him with absolute strength until he was convinced. Just like “Ao Ying” and “Beast Taming”, it fundamentally smoothed out the savagery and temper of the Norland Turks.
The generals of Ni Shuchuo and Norland were indeed infuriated. Norland’s Khan Desire Valley had heard of this and even personally led tens of thousands of reinforcements to Bow Moon City to supervise the battle, putting on a posture of fighting to the death. As a result, the Norland army had increased to about 300,000 soldiers (including the civilian soldiers who had been forcibly recruited in the capital, Bow Moon City). According to the instructions of the veteran soldier, Ni Shuchuo, the 300,000 troops were divided into four divisions. Three of them were guarded by iron triangles and horns, and there were elites and a large number of bows and arrows hidden in the city.
Xue Rengui only led his 30,000 elite Yue Cavalry and Zhao Tong’s less than 1,000-strong Fire God, bringing along 20 Divine Martial Cannons, all the way to Bow Moon City. The situation in Ni Shuchuo was quite well done. After learning that the Tang army had only sent 30,000 troops to spearhead the battle, they wanted to catch the Tang army off guard and give it a blow.
As a result, the three battalions of soldiers outside the city had nearly 150,000 troops. They took advantage of Xue Rengui’s unstable footing and poured out with the momentum of Mount Tai crushing down on them.
Xue Rengui did not panic in the face of danger, turning half of his cavalry into infantry shield regiment card players to protect the Divine Martial Cannon and Fire God, and ordered Zhao Tong to command the Fire God to kill the enemy; He would personally lead the other half of the cavalry and wait for the Divine Martial Cannon to unleash its might before attacking the enemy head-on.
As a result, for the first time, the Turkic people faced the Divine Martial Cannon and Fire God and reacted the same way as the Tibetans did back then-when they heard the sound of a cannon, many soldiers, including horses, were shocked to death!
The formations of the Norland soldiers that charged recklessly immediately became chaotic!
After a round of artillery shelling, the Fire God Cavalry charged into the formation under Xue Rengui’s personal cover. Another round of gunshots rang out and smoke soared into the sky. The Turkic soldiers in front of them were completely scared out of their wits. Immediately, the Soldierless Heart Army did not have a battle formation, and an unexpected escape occurred!
Xue Rengui took the lead with the Horse Leaping Halberd and led the most elite cavalry in the Kansai army to take advantage of the victory to kill, killing the Norland people, Xing Luo, Xing Luo, Yun San, crying father and mother, drowning corpses, hundreds of miles of blood flowing into the river!
Xue Rengui didn’t stop until he reached the gate of Bow Moon City. Seeing that the city gates were tightly shut and the river was extremely wide, and that the city walls were covered with bows and crossbows, Xue Rengui did not rush to attack the city. He raised his Fang Tianhua halberd and pointed at the city wall. He shouted angrily, “Listen up, Turkic people of Norland!” If you refuse to submit to Wang Hua’s stubbornness, plunder the trade routes and abuse my people, kill my marshal and humiliate my envoys, this enmity will not be sworn! Today, I, the Great Tang Heavenly Armament, will go to the Suspended Civilian Expedition to get rid of the evil, so why don’t you quickly open the city and surrender! Commander-in-Chief Guanxi Army of the Great Tang Dynasty, Young Marshal Qin, has ordered that those who surrender There are captured to valley set and Ni Shuchuo out of the city to offer surrender, forgive its sin, seal its marquis! If you don’t surrender, when the city is destroyed, the jade and stone will burn without mercy! ! “!”
Xue Rengui was originally a martial practitioner. His aura was filled with thunder and thunder. In addition to his prestigious reputation in Norland, these few roars caused some Turkic soldiers guarding the city wall to be scared out of their wits.
Still, Xue Rengui was not satisfied with it. Looking at the city wall of Bow Moon City with a wolf-headed tooth flag flying high in the air, his heart was extremely unhappy. He looked at the distance and found that it was about a hundred steps away. With a thought, he took off the tiger-patterned thrush bow Qin Mubai had given him from the saddle and took out a large iron bow from the soldiers. He squeezed the two two stone bows into a single one, put the two strings together to form a bow, and shot out an arrow of divine power with all his might!
That arrow was like an eagle pouncing on a meteor to pierce the moon. It was fierce and accurate, and it broke the thick poplar pole wearing the Wolfhead Fang Flag!
The wolf-headed tooth flag curled down like a kite with a broken string. The Turkic soldiers on the city wall cried out in alarm-this flag pole was hard to cut even with a saber or axe, but Xue Rengui had shot it off at a distance of a hundred steps!
If this arrow were to hit a person’s body? No wonder Ni Shuchuo was nailed to the ground with an arrow!
“The next arrow is going to take a person’s life!” Xue Rengui put another bow on the arrow and shouted loudly.
The Turkic people on the city walls were terrified, and without exception, all of them hid under the female wall. Many people shrunk their necks in fear that Xue Rengui’s arrow would be able to pierce through the city wall, so they simply lay on the ground and scrambled away.
Xue Rengui did not shoot an arrow, but laughed loudly. All the soldiers of the Tang army laughed together!
“Send a message to Ni Shuchuo! Don’t be ignorant of the times and bring extinction to the Turks! Open the city and surrender to my young marshal. There’s still a chance of survival!”–Retreat!!
Xue Rengui led his troops to retreat ten li below the village.
The unsettled Turkic soldiers on the walls of Bow Moon City didn’t dare to look up. Only after a long time did a bold person peep out of the female wall’s eyes, but not even the shadow of the Tang army could be seen, leaving behind only the dust left behind by the hooves of the horses.
At least 30,000 corpses were left on the battlefield. In this battle, Xue Rengui won quite thoroughly. The Turkic people’s fighting spirit, which had been stimulated with great difficulty, instantly vanished. Within Bow Moon City, there was a panic. Even Khan Desire Valley and Marshal Ni Shuchuo were on the verge of losing control of the arena.
At this time, Qin Mubai led the main force of Guanxi Army and the 100,000 Nanting Alliance Army that he had just recruited to join forces with Xue Rengui in Bow Moon City.
When Qin Mubai and the generals heard the details of Xue Rengui’s vanguard battle, they laughed heartily. Qin Mubai said that it turned out that Xue Rengui, who had always been silent and almost wooden, could also tease and scare people. The Norland Turks might really have lost their temper after being beaten and humiliated by him for a few times.
The next day, Qin Mubai did not delay any longer and surrounded Bow Moon City with 300,000 troops. There were a total of sixty Divine Martial Cannons, all aimed at the north gate of Bow Moon City.
Before the siege began, Qin Mubai gave the city an ultimatum-let Xue Rengui shoot a surrender letter into the city. The letter said that if Norland did not surrender within two hours, then Guanxi Army would have to forcefully attack the city. After the city was destroyed, Khan, Marshal, and all the generals of Norland would not be pardoned. If he surrendered now, he would still be spared death.
After that, Qin Mubai and the others began to wait patiently.
At this time, Xue Rengui asked Qin Mubai, “Young Admiral, I still don’t understand. What’s the difference between surrendering to Norland now and accepting Ni Shuchuo’s surrender back then?”
“The difference is big.” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “When Ni Shuchuo surrendered, it was a fraud.” Even if it wasn’t a fraud, it was still a temporary resignation and a slow-moving plan. I would never accept that kind of surrender. Things are different now. You played so beautifully in the vanguard battle that you saved us a lot of effort. Originally, I intended to persuade Gongyue City to surrender after a few rounds of siege battles. The goal was, of course, to minimize the casualties of our troops and buy time to protect this historic city on the Silk Road. Alright now, you pioneer did what I wanted to do ahead of time. In just one battle, the Norland people lost a trace of anger. The success rate of surrender should not be low now. Because I feel that the people in Gongyue City are starting to lose their minds. ”
“Probably!” Xue Rengui nodded in agreement. “When I first arrived in front of Bow Moon City two days ago, although they had just lost, the city walls were filled with crossbows and flags. But when we look again today, the crossbowmen at the city wall are hiding under the female wall in fear. They are obviously afraid of our army’s artillery. Moreover, their banners are a little messy, which means that their orders are not up to standard. ”
“Therefore, we might as well try our luck!” Qin Mubai raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, “The art of war says, ‘It’s best to defeat a soldier without fighting.'” It was even harder than killing a million enemies with just ten simple words. Because killing people was not as good as killing the heart. Heart Execution was a hundred times harder than killing people. I have long thought of dealing with an opponent like Norland. First, he had to be tough and not give him the chance to play tricks. Second, we should completely destroy his confidence and their fighting spirit in the military. Third, they had to use victory to persuade them to surrender when their fighting spirit and faith collapsed. I think that unless the people of Norland are all crazy, most of them will consider surrendering. ”
Xue Rengui immediately laughed, “That’s right!”
“What do you mean–that’s right?” Qin Mubai asked.
“This is your wrist.” Xue Rengui laughed softly. When you rejected Ni Shuchuo’s surrender, Hong Tai and I felt that you were completely different from normal. So you already had a decision in mind. Looks like how to set the trajectory, when to use regular weapons and when to use rare weapons, is really a university to ask. “Young Admiral, you have indeed learned the true essence of Duke Wei’s art of war-in terms of strategy and cunning, I think Ni Shuchuo is still inferior to you!”
“Haha, don’t flatter me too much.” Qin Mubai slightly knitted his brows and said, “It was only against an opponent like Ni Shuchuo that I used the last resort to persuade him to surrender.” I didn’t even think about Garqin Mausoleum. Because Ni Shuchuo was the wolf king of a pack of wild wolves. In the end, he would consider the survival of his tribe. “As for Garqin Mausoleum, it is an extremely arrogant eagle. If its broken wings cannot fly any further, he would rather kill himself than humbly live in seclusion …”
‘”Actually, I admire Garqin Mausoleum” Xue Rengui sighed softly and said, “He is a ruthless character with ability. Unfortunately, he was born at a bad time. If he could join hands with the young marshal to serve the Great Tang …”
Qin Mubai smiled and waved his hand. “Ni Shuchuo, there’s a possibility. Gaer Qinling, absolutely impossible!”
“Major Marshal wants to use Ni Shuchuo?” Xue Rengui cried out in surprise.
“Didn’t you hear Bo Bu relied on Qin Khan to say how powerful Ni Shuchuo was in the Western Regions?” Qin Mubai gently raised the corner of his mouth. “We’re like hunters patrolling the Western Regions now. We don’t even need a good hawk like Ni Shuchuo. What else do we need?”
Xue Rengui was quick to say, “But he’s Major Marshal’s enemy who killed your father?” Just as he was about to apologize, Qin Mubai smiled and said,
“Yes, he is my father’s enemy. He was the one who personally commanded the ambush that killed my father. But … at that time, each of them was their master, and there was no selfless grudge on the Not only did my father lecture me like this, but I also had the same consciousness. If it was hatred, I would command many battles to pacify Tibet and kill hundreds of thousands of enemies. And how would it be calculated? In the end, Gaer Qinling didn’t hate me, Qi Zong praised me or hated me, I had tens of thousands of Kunlun cavalry under me, and they didn’t hate me either-could it be that I, someone from Qin, am not as kind as these people? ”
“…” Xue Rengui was speechless and could only remain silent. In the end, she nodded and said, “I, Xue, have killed quite a few people …”
Three hundred thousand troops surrounded Bow Moon City like iron barrels, not a single drop of water leaking out. The barrels of dozens of Divine Martial Cannons pointed straight at the city gates, ready to fire.
Bow Moon City was an ancient city located on the Silk Road. There were many Manichean churches made of white jade, ancient buildings of the Western Regions, and the Khan Court Teeth Tent that Norland had spent a lot of money to build. This city was once a dazzling sight on the Silk Road. Passing merchants and travelers all marveled at the beauty of the city’s architecture and forgot to return.
At this moment, this ancient city was facing a catastrophe. It was hard to imagine what this ancient city would look like if the cannon fire of the Divine Martial Cannon ruthlessly destroyed it.
Qin Mubai had also heard of Bow Moon City for a long time. From the first day he set foot in the Western Regions, he had thought about setting up the Anxi Governor-General’s Mansion in Bow Moon City, an ancient historical city in the heart of the Western Regions.
Therefore, there was also an important reason why he wanted to surrender today. He wanted to protect the integrity of this city.
Time slowly slid by. The soldiers of the Great Tang who had set up the formation in the wilderness were patiently waiting. Qin Mubai rode on his horse and slowly tapped on the saddle with his whip, as if for a few seconds.
Finally, the north gate of Bow Moon City was slowly pulled open from inside. A group of people walked out of the city. The leader had a bearded face and was wearing a pure white moon robe. He slowly walked out with a tray in his hands.
Someone beside Qin Mubai whispered in surprise, “Major Marshal, Norland has surrendered!-Look, a white flag has been raised on the city wall!”
Qin Mubai was also delighted-he had indeed succeeded!
The suspension bridge was put down in Bow Moon City, and the bearded man with the moon robe walked over from the suspension bridge with a group of people behind him. Qin Mubai stood on the horse and looked at the man. He was about forty years old, and there was indeed a noble aura that no one else possessed-it must be the Khan Desire Valley in Norland!
Behind him were a few generals dressed in military uniform. The person closest to him had a tall body, half-white beard, and an imposing gaze. He should be Ni Shuchuo without a doubt!
The crescent-robed man walked to the front ten steps of Qin Mubai’s horse and stood still. He raised his head to stare at Qin Mubai and said, “If you wish to set up a valley, I am willing to lead the Norland generals and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Bow Moon City to submit to the Great Tang!”
With that, he lowered his head, knelt on both knees, and raised the tray high with both hands. On the tray, there were Bota Deeds, seals, and other items. The officials behind him knelt on the ground together, please surrender.
Qin Mubai stared at the kneeling people in front of him. After a moment, he looked up at the sky and thought to himself, “Father, have you ever seen this scene in heaven? Your long-cherished wish was fulfilled at this moment! From now on, the Great Tang will only cover the sky with one hand in the Western Regions, and no one will be able to match it!”