Chapter 345 Ice City
The galaxy is brilliant.
That is Turkic torches shining all over the sky.
The simple Dongshoujiang City is actually a small stockade. Because it was cold and freezing, it was simply adapted to local conditions. The surrounding walls were piled up with ice and snow, and there were neither moats to protect the city nor turrets.
After running for two days and two nights, they finally withdrew from the stockade, but the Turks also followed.
Cheng Chu silently watched the countless torches surrounding him, and couldn't help but look solemn.
"Military envoy, these thieves are really fast!"
"It's too late to withdraw."
Several school lieutenants originally suggested abandoning the simple stockade, crossing the ice surface of the Yellow River, and retreating to Yulin City in Shengzhou on the south bank. This stockade is too strong.
But the Turks chased too fast.
As soon as they entered the village, the vanguard of the thieves arrived, and even the merchants had no time to let them retreat.
"If you can't leave, then fight. Anyway, the messenger has already left." Cheng Chu silently held the handle of the knife and looked at the Turks coldly.
"How about our village?"
"What are you afraid of? Soldiers will block you, and water will flood you. This stockade is not bad, but it's better than camping with horse-drawn carts on the grasslands. We have food and arrows. I'm afraid he's a bird. If he comes, he will give military merit. I've been looking forward to it." It's on."
The Turkic people rushed in like a tide, screaming and screaming, shaking the world.
"Here comes the first-level military meritorious service!"
Cheng Chumo shouted loudly.
Several Zhenwu military schools next to them also immediately understood what Cheng Chumo meant, so they looked up to the sky and laughed, "Brothers, the military envoys are right, you have sent us the first-level military merits." The officers of the army are also the kings of hundreds of soldiers carefully selected from the original Twelve Guards.
At this moment, a wave of pride and ambition was really aroused.
"It seems that there are a large number of people, and the momentum is extremely strong, but when you look closely, they are just a group of herdsmen herding horses and sheep. Men, women, children and families are all in battle. Are you afraid of such people?"
"Don't be afraid!"
In the stockade, the businessmen who were still very flustered were gradually encouraged by the morale of the Zhenwu Army, and they felt a little more secure and gradually stabilized.
Can't go anymore.
There are piles of fur animals collected in the stockade.
"Unload all the goods on the camel horse, since you can't go, then don't go."
A military academy came over.
He conveyed Cheng Chumo's military order. According to the needs of the war, he urgently recruited all the merchants in the village, and some miscellaneous people here to help defend the city.
"Defend the city and kill the enemy, everyone will be rewarded!"
A caravan leader smiled and pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist, "We have to fight for ourselves, not for rewards!"
A Fuluo led a group of Turkic cavalry to the front of the village, roaring and galloping, showing off their might.
Cheng Chumo raised his bow, drew the bowstring fully, and shot an arrow, a proud Turkic cavalry fell off his horse.
The Turkic cavalry quickly retreated.
Cheng Chu snorted silently.
"Bring the crossbow!"
The two of them broke their crossbows, and Cheng Chumo pulled them away alone.
This kind of crossbow has a very long range, but its accuracy is not high. The most powerful thing is the salvo lethality when facing a dense enemy army. But now Cheng Chumo opened the big crossbow alone, took a few breaths to aim, released the crossbow, and shot down another horse.
This time, the Turkic cavalry really panicked.
After all, they have already retreated to a distance of a hundred steps, and Tang Jun in the village still has this sharp shot.
Even A Fuluo stepped back another twenty steps with a gloomy face.
One hundred and twenty steps, he didn't believe that Tang people still had this archery skill.
However, two cavalry were shot down one after another, which still affected the morale of the Turks.
Cheng Chumo put down the crossbow, and proudly said to the left and right, "Look, there are two gains, how easy it is."
"The military envoy is mighty!"
"You are worthy of being the eldest son of Duke Lu's family!"
All kinds of compliments from the subordinates are everywhere.
"Hahaha!"
After laughing a few times, Cheng Chumo moved his dantian with luck, and shouted loudly to the Turkic people outside, "I am the emperor Tang with a sword and a thousand bulls to prepare myself. Governor Shi, and Cheng Chumo, the eldest son of Lu Guogong, the Great General of the Right Guard, are you waiting for anyone who dares to invade our border city of the Tang Dynasty? How dare you report your name!"
The person opposite seemed to be overwhelmed by the long list of names, and there was a commotion for a while.
Long time.
A Fuluo in front of the battle snorted coldly, "I thought it was a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, but he was just a kid from Cheng Yaojin's family. No wonder he is so fearless, but he is just ignorant and fearless."
A Fuluo accompanied Jieli Khan to invade the border many times, and he also came to Chang'an together last year. Naturally, he knew some famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, such as Qin Qiong, Wei Chi, Gong Chai, Shao, Duan Zhixuan, etc. Cheng Yaojin's name is still relatively famous, but His son, he has nothing to fear.
"Jin, it's just such a small village, level it."
"There are a lot of merchants' money in it. The stockade is broken, the goods are divided, and those Tang people are distributed to everyone as slaves!"
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"Bring the wine!"
A Fuluo took out his golden wine vessel again, poured fine wine, and finished drinking.
"Attack!"
The bullhorn whistled.
The Turks began to besiege on all sides.
There is no formation, and there are no batches. Anyway, they are swarming up. It seems that this small stockade will be submerged under their offensive.
The ice wall is not too high, only a little higher than one person, but it is still thick.
With this ice wall, the more than 3,000 soldiers and civilians in the village will have confidence.
"Aim and shoot the arrow, don't worry!"
The night is dark and windy, and Cheng Chumo has a city to rely on, and he is not afraid of the Turkic attack from all sides. This is not on the flat grassland.
All the Zhenwu soldiers were holding bows.
Even the merchants in the village and the miscellaneous beards all carried bows.
After experiencing the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the people of Guanzhong, who were already martial arts, became more and more attached to their swords and bows. In the early years, even farmers would **** with knives and plow with arrows when they were farming.
Businessmen walk outside, and they never leave their bows and knives. Although their bows and knives are not as good as standard equipment, it is no problem to kill people.
The Turks rode horses roaring towards them, galloping and shooting.
There are also those women, old people and children who rode their horses to the city, dismounted and stood on the stake to release arrows.
Arrow feathers flew.
Cheng Chu silently puts on his helmet and armor, holding a shield in his left hand.
Spotting an arrow and returning fire, he shot a Turkic thief over.
The strength of the bows and arrows of the Tang army is far superior to that of the Turks. What's more, all of them are armored and protected by shields.
Both sides come and go, arrows are flying all over the sky, but the Zhenwu Army with a small number of people is suppressing the Turks to fight, one after another Turkic people are hit by arrows, but the Zhenwu Army on the wall is less hit by arrows, but many soldiers are hit by arrows Armor was also in the way, and only a few unlucky ones were seriously injured or shot.
Dark Sky.
The chaotic offensive lasted all night.
By dawn, the Turks still failed to enter the stockade.
The sky was bright, and it showed the corpses of Turkic people everywhere in front of the stockade.
They suffered a big loss, and they never thought that this small village is so difficult to chew.
Overnight, at least 300 people died in front of the village, not counting the injured.
Cheng Chu silently leaned against the wall to rest.
There was a smell of meat.
The people of the caravan in the village have already stewed beef and mutton, and filled them up in large buckets and brought them over.
"I have eaten meat, and after eating the meat, I will be energetic and continue to fight the Turkic bandits."
Cheng Chumo smelled the smell of blood all night yesterday, so he lost his appetite, but he still forced himself to eat two big bowls.
"Military envoy, take your brothers down to rest, let us take over the shift."
The attack failed last night, but the Turks did not leave.
"Okay, I'll go to sleep."
Cheng Chumo, who was full, kept fighting with his eyelids, so he patted his subordinate lieutenant, and led the people on the top of the wall to retreat.
After the fighting started last night, Cheng Chumo made arrangements to bring only a thousand people to defend the city, and let the rest rest and prepare for the battle.
This will stay up all night, just in time to switch defenses.
Picking up the shield, pulling out the arrows on it, Cheng Chumo looked at the Turkic corpse in front of the village.
"These are our military exploits. Don't let the Turks take them away. If they dare to come to **** the corpses, they will shoot arrows."
After the confession, Cheng Chumo jumped off the wall and went to sleep.
The lieutenant, dressed in iron, stood on the ice wall, looking at the Turkic people in the distance.
"I don't know if the brother who reported the letter has sent the letter. When will the reinforcements arrive?"
"It will definitely come."
"I'm just worried, the Turks are more than that."
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Toyosu, Kuhara.
Qin Lang received the news, already two days later.
From Dongshoucheng City to Fengzhou, nearly 800 miles, the messenger galloped all the way, changed horses in Zhongshoucheng City, stopped and stopped, and when he ran to Fengzhou, the three horses he changed had already run to death.
Hearing that Dongshoujiang City was attacked and Cheng Chumo was besieged, Qin Lang was startled.
"Drink this bowl of deer blood, brother."
Fresh deer blood was brought to the exhausted Sergeant Zhenwu.
After drinking a bowl of deer blood, Sergeant Zhenwu became excited.
Qin Lang asked, the sergeant answered.
"Okay, I've made it clear, brother, go take a hot bath first, then eat something and have a good sleep."
"The governor, please send troops to rescue as soon as possible!"
"I will."
Sending off the sergeant, Qin Lang immediately summoned the generals.
Li Daliang hurried over.
"The Turks sent troops to attack Dongshou surrendered city, did Jieli send troops?"
"It is still not certain that Jieli sent troops, but there are tens of thousands of people besieging Dongshou surrendered city." Qin Lang rubbed his forehead, "We will send troops."
"But it's eight hundred miles away, and it's icy and snowy. I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time."
"It's time to come. Yuchi Baoqi from Zhongshoujiang City has 1,500 soldiers and horses. They are only 400 miles away from Dongshoucheng City. They have already heard the news a day ago, and they are probably on their way to rescue at this moment. And There are still 500 soldiers in Shengzhou, and it is only a river away from the East Surrender City."
The weather is cold and the roads are covered with snow, but it is no longer easy to march, and there is no reason now.
Since the Turks have sent troops, they must be rescued.
"What if we send troops, Jieli will also send troops? Has Sanlang considered this? Dongshoujiang City is just a small stockade. It is really disadvantageous for us to go there to fight."
(end of this chapter)