Chapter 2312 Disappearing Hope, Falling Ambition (Additional Update)

Zhang Liao and Tai Shici led 2,000 cavalry and arrived outside Zhangye City at dawn.

Flames shot into the sky in Zhangye City, and huge flames rose into the sky from time to time. The firelight shone on the bloody battlefield, making every figure in the battlefield sway like a beast with teeth and claws.

Fierce fighting sounds, loud horn horns, rapid and violent war drums, and noisy shouts all came together to form a huge roar, as if the God of Death in hell opened its bloody mouth and continued to fight. Laughing and roaring.

Zhang Liao saw from a distance that the Han flag on top of the city was still fluttering in the firelight, and he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

The troops sent back by Beigong to rescue Du Yeze turned out to be just like Beigong's own character, pretentious and timid, so that both Zhang Liao and Taishi Ci misjudged the time. They originally thought that these high-profile Qiang people would be eager. They rushed into Tonozawa and fell into an ambush encirclement. As a result, these guys were inexplicably delayed on the road for two more days before they wandered into the encirclement...

Not to mention the frustration of seeing the prey about to fall into the trap. You can't be impatient or move around.

Taishi Ci, who came later, saw the Han army flag in the firelight from a distance, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fools all know that it is not difficult to defeat an opponent in the Gobi desert. It may only require one charge, but it is not so easy to surround the opponent and completely destroy them. If you don't look in one direction, , the news would have been leaked. If Zhang Liao and Tai Shici had not joined forces to block these Qiang people in the place where Wuwei was approaching, it is impossible for these Qiang people to have escaped and reported the news to Beigong.

If Beigong knew that Zhang Liao Tai Shi Ci was coming, would he still insist on attacking Zhang Ye? Maybe, but he might also just disperse into the desert...

In that situation, it doesn't matter whether you chase or not. Chasing and killing them had little effect. If they didn't chase and kill all the garrison troops, they wouldn't be able to deal a heavy blow to the Qiang people. The ones who suffered the most were Zhang Liao and Tai Shi Ci.

Unlike now, although Beigong knew that reinforcements might come, he didn't know that the Han people would come so quickly, so he didn't have much preparation...

Of course, there are still some scouts on the periphery of the Qiang people, but those nomadic scouts, who are not professional at all, were swept away by the elite hussar scouts all the way, coupled with Zhang Liao Taishi Ci's galloping all the way, these The Qiang scouts could not serve as an early warning.

Zhang Liao turned to look at Taishi Ci, who was also looking at him. When their eyes met, they knew what the other meant...

The Qiang people went crazy...

Zhang Ye might be able to choke...

No need to wait for Jiuquan...

There are some risks now...

But Zhangye...

It might be more troublesome when day comes...

Each person speaks quickly.

so……

Attack side.

Drive it away.

good!

Attack the flanks, rather than flanking them.

By spreading out the array and encircling them, it is possible to annihilate all the Qiang people. However, Zhang Liao and Tai Shi Ci led the leading cavalry with only 2,000 people, while the Qiang people surrounded the city on all sides, with a total number of at least 10,000 to 20,000 people. If they wanted to encircle and annihilate, 10,000 people If you can't swallow it, it will be dangerous.

It's not that the number of reinforcements led by Taishi Ci is not enough, but that the rapid driving consumes a lot of horse endurance, so the two thousand are just the first, and there are cavalry following the route of the two of them.

Compare? Taishi Ci slowly waved the iron halberd, and then pointed it forward.

Zhang Liao laughed and nodded, OK, whoever takes the flag first and kills the general wins!

Without saying anything, Taishi Ci gently kicked the horse's belly and took the lead in leading the men and horses forward. Zhang Liao also waved and led the team to set off simultaneously.

Taishi Ci couldn't hold back his rising fighting spirit. Since the battle at Yecheng, Taishi Ci had almost never fought any decent battles, or in his mind, those small-scale battles. , It's just like scratching an itch at the other end of the spectrum, so uncomfortable.

The sound of horse hooves gradually sounded, gradually became louder, and then became overwhelming.

Taishi Ci lay on the back of his horse, his body rising and falling rhythmically as the horse galloped. He even closed his eyes and listened to what the wind was saying in his ears, as if he was feeling the battle with all his heart. The fun of galloping before.

As we get closer and closer to Zhangye City, we can clearly hear the killing cries and screams on the battlefield, the clash of swords and guns, the horns of horns below the city, and the sound of war drums on the city. We can also clearly distinguish the floating The smell of blood in the air, the burnt smell of burning trees, and the smell of tragedy and pain permeating the battlefield.

Beigong was very excited. He stood near the city, high-spirited. He felt that his abilities were stronger than those of the previous generation. Did the previous generation of Beigong be able to conquer the Han people's big city so smoothly?

Beigong saw more and more Qiang people climbing up the city wall, and more and more Qiang people rushing into the city gate. A feeling of overwhelming emotion surged up, and his face showed joy. smile, but this smile did not last long. He suddenly found that the war horse beside him shook its neck uncomfortably, then raised its head and hissed, moved its hooves wildly, and shook its head and tail.

Beigong subconsciously began to look around, feeling vaguely that something was not right.

Zhang Liao slowly sat upright from his horse, shook off some of the red tassel on his spear, spun out a huge spear flower, and then roared loudly: Blow the trumpet, move forward at full speed!

Beigong's eyes widened and he looked into the darkness in surprise. He didn't know which army this was and why it suddenly appeared here. But he was familiar with the horn, which was the sound of a pure horn, so like all the Qiang soldiers, when he heard it for the first time, he subconsciously thought it was his reinforcements.

Could it be that the Qiang people from the Qilian Mountains have arrived?

But why does Beigong feel that his heart is beating so fast and chaotically?

The huge horn horn sound came from the depths of darkness again, accompanied by the roar of galloping war horses. The atmosphere of tension and fear instantly enveloped the hearts of every Qiang soldier in the city. The mysterious and terrifying sense of fear overwhelmed them almost Suffocating. And the closer the sound of these horse hooves got, the more uneasy the Qiang people became.

Brother! Beigong's younger brother yelled from the side, something is wrong! Something's wrong! Not our reinforcements!

Beigong suddenly realized that he was very close to his army formation, and these guys were still blowing the charge horn, so they were either enemies or ghosts! Even if they are really Qiang people who can blow the trumpet, they are still Qiang people who belong to the enemy!

Beigong's expression changed drastically, and he roared at the top of his lungs: Defend! Prepare to defend! This is an enemy raid, a raid...

The Qiang soldiers in the distance were at a loss and didn't know what was happening.

One moment they were happily rushing into the city, and the next moment there were the sound of horns and the sound of horse hooves outside the city. Although it is true that the screams of fighting near Zhangye covered up part of the sound of horse hooves, making Zhang Liao and Taishi Ci's surprise attack, in fact, the Qiang people did not have much training and were disorderly. The panic caused by the incident is the key point where the entire situation begins to change.

With systematically trained soldiers, even if the sound of galloping horses has drowned out all other sounds on the battlefield, and even if the inner fear has begun to spread in the darkness, the muscle memory of long-term training will still make these The soldiers made corresponding changes according to the training orders and assumed postures to face the enemy.

But the problem is that the Qiang people don't understand this, and most of them haven't received any training.

This is the biggest and weakest problem of all nomadic peoples. Before they formed a military system, all their soldiers relied on instinct and fierce spirit to fight their way out of the deep mountains and old forests. The first generation is usually the most powerful, and then down the generations, the final people are not much different from my Eight Banners disciples in the Qing Dynasty, they can only be talkative...

Therefore, at the moment, even if Beigong screamed his throat out, the chaotic Qiang people still could not gather together immediately to attack Zhang Liao and Tai Shi Ci. Even though Zhang Liao and Tai Shi Ci's troops had traveled a long distance, their numbers were still far away. is lower than the total number of Qiang people...

A knight soared out of the darkness, a halberd shining coldly in the air.

Taishi Ci laughed, his laughter full of desire and excitement for fighting: The great man will be victorious! kill!

The next moment, the voices of countless people also sounded: The great man is victorious!

kill!

The sound of killing suddenly rang out, shaking the entire dark night.

More cavalry soldiers heard the shouts, and they followed with all their strength and shouted, Wan Sheng! Won victory! Won victory!

The Han cavalry was like a flood that broke through a dike, roaring, roaring, and roaring all the way, carrying the sound of wind and thunder all over the sky. With a thunderous momentum, it smashed into the Qiang troops outside the city.

On the city wall of Zhangye, the soldiers on both sides have become ferocious beasts. They are entangled together, tearing at each other, chopping with knives, chopping with axes, poking with spears, and biting with their teeth.

Bodies were everywhere, blood was soaked all over the ground, and even started to drip down along the gaps in the blue bricks.

The Qiang soldiers who climbed up the city wall were stunned by the troops of Zhang Liao and Tai Shici who appeared from the darkness. They stood on the city wall and stared dumbfounded, lying on the bloody battlements, unable to believe their eyes. They even started shouting nervously, but no one knew what they were shouting about.

Beigong below the city was also shouting nervously. He called for archers, called for cavalry to charge, and called for the Qiang leaders to respond quickly. But behind him, to the left and right, there were no archers or cavalry in neat formation. , because it was for the purpose of attacking the city, basically most of the Qiang people dismounted and concentrated under Zhangye City, and changed into assault infantry with swords and shields. Around Beigong, only Beigong himself was left. Some of the guards...

Huge cheers erupted in Zhangye City. More Han soldiers and Han people rushed forward, and the oppressive Qiang people retreated step by step.

The Qiang soldiers who were relatively close up and down the city wall had already begun to turn around and run wildly to both sides, trying to avoid the sharp edge of the Han cavalry.

Zhang Liao's spear was like a rolling python, shooting a Qiang shield soldier in mid-air who had no time to escape. The inferior wooden shield fell apart under the huge impact, and the Qiang shield soldier screamed in agony. Flying in the air and falling heavily, it was like a dull thunder. Although the sound was not loud, it was like a heavy bass drum, beating heavily in the hearts of the Qiang soldiers, making people tremble.

Kill...

The Han cavalry shouted and waved their swords fiercely. The horses under them were galloping and roaring, hitting all enemies who blocked their progress. The Qiang soldiers were like small boats in the stormy sea, and like fallen leaves in the strong wind, helpless and weak. They were brutally ravaged, trampled, hit, and hacked by this huge force that suddenly came from the darkness. , there is no power to fight back at all.

It was not even found that the Han cavalry was much smaller than their number...

If one of these Qiang people can serve as the backbone, like those Maoduntantanshihuai, with extremely high prestige, maybe they can reunite in the chaotic situation, and then gather their troops during the retreat. Turning around again to kill Zhang Liao and Taishi Ci with a carbine, it was like the tactics of the Yuan Dynasty and Mongolia. At first, they thought they had defeated the Yuan and Mongolian cavalry, but in the end they were dragged to death by the Yuan and Mongolian cavalry.

However, it is a pity that Beigong is not a maoduntanshihuai.

Taishi Ci took the lead. The halberd in his hand could not only be used to pierce, pick, and slash like a light weapon, but it could also be swept across, slapped, and smashed like a heavy weapon. Anyone who fell into Taishi Ci's hands could be left intact. The corpse was a matter of luck, and the halberd was like Death's scythe, harvesting lives unscrupulously.

The cavalrymen following Tai Shici also fought bravely and fought fiercely.

Meng Shu suddenly opened his eyes from his coma...

When the low sound of the war horse, like rolling thunder, sounded in the dark night, Meng Shuna was desperate to the extreme, and his heart that had almost stopped started beating again. He opened his eyes wide and looked in the direction of the rolling thunder.

Meng Shu saw the Qiang soldiers outside the city melting and retreating like snowflakes encountering the scorching sun, and fled in panic. Even the Qiang soldiers who had rushed to the city wall were also in a hurry and retreated along the ladder. The horns of various Qiang people sounded chaotically all around...

Beat... cough cough cough... Meng Shu shouted, but a mouthful of semi-coagulated blood spurted out. However, he was completely unaware and continued to shout, "beat the drum!" Beat the drum!

The rumble of war drums sounded earth-shatteringly.

This is the drumbeat of victory, the drumbeat of victory over the enemy. The soldiers and the people in the city woke up from the bloodshed. They finally hoped for reinforcements. The moment they were about to collapse, they hoped for reinforcements.

The sound of war drums and cheers resounded throughout Zhangye City in an instant.

Taishi Ci and Zhang Liao are like two sharp blades of scissors, one on the left and one on the right, working together seamlessly. No matter how the Qiang people resist, as long as they are twisted into it, they will die...

Well, in a sense, it does smell like golden dragon scissors.

The Qiang soldiers who tried to snipe and stop them were killed by Tai Shici and Zhang Liao. The rest were naturally those who just wanted to escape...

The Qiang who lost their fighting spirit were no different from other ordinary people. They panicked and ran around desperately. Then they were hacked to death by their own people because they blocked the road, or the Han cavalry caught up and beheaded them. Killed under the horse.

Zhang Liao and Tai Shici's troops have all deployed. Under the command of the exciting drums and the loud horns, the soldiers' morale is like a rainbow, roaring and roaring, like a rounded sword. , roaring, and struck down with thunderous force. The Qiang people under Zhangye City howled and cried miserably, their livers and gallbladders were split apart, they were running like wolves and pigeons, and they were no longer able to fight.

Beigong looked at the Qiang soldiers who were fleeing in panic. He felt as if a piece of flesh had been dug out of his heart. He was also stunned and lost the ability to think.

He thought that by occupying Zhangye, he could wait for Qiang reinforcements from the other side of the Qilian Mountains, and then he could expand his ambitions and establish a huge Qiang tribal alliance, and Zhangye would be the step for him to ascend to the throne of the alliance king in Beigong. , is also the achievement that dyed his shirt red...

Therefore, Beigong must capture Zhangye first no matter what. In this way, the Qiang people in Longyou will obey him, and then he can use these Qiang people in Longyou to suppress and control the Qiang people who come from the side of the Qilian Mountains. , making the scattered Qiang tribes form a whole, but before he could wait for the Qiang reinforcements, the Han reinforcements arrived first...

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the way Bei Gong of the previous generation cried in front of him, and understood the mood of Bei Gong of the previous generation. Victory was clearly within reach, but it was like the moon in the water or the flowers in the mirror. Lost, ethereal, and out of reach.

King! Your Majesty, let’s go!

Beigong was dazed, and was helped onto the horse by his guards, and then retreated.

People can leave whenever they want, but it is not an easy task to move the standing bamboo. First, you have to pull out the large bamboo stuck in the ground, then put it down, and finally pick up the bamboo pole on the top of the wooden pole. Which part, and then several people will resist walking...

But this thing represents the North Palace, and even represents the blessings of the God of Heaven and the God of Aries, and it cannot be discarded, so it can only be put down in a hurry and disassembled with all hands...

In their panic, these Qiang people forgot one thing. There were the most torches beside the banner, just like there were often bright fires beside the banner of the commander of the Han army.

So when the big banner fell down, almost everyone saw it.

If Beigong's banner did not move, there would be no chance of survival. As a result, the Qiang people began to fall when they saw Beigong's banner, which meant that either Beigong died or escaped, and naturally they lost their last fighting spirit. , the big guys are running for their lives anyway, how about the little guys trying their best?

The Qiang people who lost their fighting spirit evacuated frantically. Soon more Qiang soldiers realized that the ultimate target of the Han cavalry was actually that huge and eyesore, and they all got out of the way...

The Han cavalry chased them close. Seeing the Qiang's big banner right in front of them, they ran away after being held up by the Qiang's horse. They wanted to catch up, but because their horses were rushing towards them, their physical strength dropped a lot. , and there was not much strength left. Despite repeated urging, the horse could not speed up. In his hurry, a Han cavalry stabbed his horse in the hindquarters. The horse suffered pain, neighed and ran wildly for a while, and then flew away. He jumped up high and hit the Qiang people's banner.

With a bang, the Han cavalry knocked down the cavalryman carrying the Qiang banner. The two horses fell to the ground in a hurry, and that one represented the supreme glory of the Qiang people, and represented the Beigong area after area. The banner of ambition and the skull representing the Aries god fell to the ground, broken into two pieces, and then trampled into the yellow mud by the cavalry following...

Beigong suddenly felt as if his heart was empty. He looked back blankly, but only saw a scene of complete chaos. He couldn't help but cry out in pain, why, why is this happening...