Chapter 289: The Battle of Breaking the City (Part II)

Steward Ye and the soldier fought at the gate of the back garden, and the entire backyard was suddenly in chaos, but whether it was the soldiers who rushed out of the back garden after hearing the news, or the little guys who followed Steward Ye, they were just shouting and persuading on the side, but no one dared to step forward to help punch or fight, without him, the identities of the two people fighting in the field were not comparable to those present - Steward Ye's "daughter" was the concubine of Fu Jiaxiong Xinna, and the military man who fought with Steward Ye was the brother of another concubine favored by Fu Yanxiong, The two of them have old grudges on weekdays, and they have clashed with each other in private many times, so they fought in public, but it was the first time, but the identities of these two troublemakers were very noble, and they could not afford to offend everyone present, so although the big guy shouted vigorously, no one was willing to come forward to persuade them, and they all gathered at the door of the back garden to look lively, and the scene was chaotic, and no one noticed that the two soldiers dressed in Shule cavalry costumes had sneaked into the back garden taking advantage of the chaos.

Black, unusually black, even if there is an oil lamp lit on a few sons, it still can't dispel the heavy darkness, but because of the existence of the dim light, the taste of black is even more prominent, but compared to the melancholy in Hersa's heart, this kind of black is nothing - since he was imprisoned in this black prison, Hersa's heart has been like ashes, because he clearly knows that Fu Jixiong will not let him out of this dungeon no matter what, Shule is finished, everything is finished for him, except for waiting for death, Hersa doesn't want anything, He didn't bother to sit down at anything, just sat silently in the corner of the room, looking at the lone lamp, and was so stunned that even when he heard the heavy iron door of the dungeon being pushed open, he was indifferent.

"Hersa?" A dark figure flashed in from outside the iron door that had been pushed open, and asked in a low voice.

"Huh? Are you ......" Hersa moved his body, and by the dim oil lamp, he found that the person who came was dressed in the clothes of the Shule cavalry, and immediately became excited, thinking that his soldiers had come to rescue him, but when he heard the Shule accent of the comer was extremely stiff, and called his name directly, he immediately became alert, and did not immediately identify himself, but tentatively asked a rhetorical question.

The person who came glanced at Hersa and said indifferently: "A certain person came to rescue His Royal Highness the prince on the order of His Royal Highness the King of Yue, stood up, and walked with a certain person." ”

"His Royal Highness King Yue? Who is you? When Hersa heard that it was someone sent by Li Zhen, she was stunned for a moment, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

"It doesn't matter who a certain person is, Er's father has descended to my Tang Dynasty, and the soldiers and generals under Er's command are also ordered to obey the dispatch of His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and a certain person was ordered to come to rescue Er's trouble." The person who came took a big step forward, revealing a grim face, and it was the Yue Wangfu Dian Army Eagle Da.

Hersa was not a fool, and when he heard this, he knew that what he had said must be true, so he stood up and asked excitedly, "Is my father alright?" How to cooperate, please make it clear. ”

Eagle didn't pay attention to Hersa's excitement, his figure flickered in front of Hersa's body, as soon as he raised his hand, his palm was like the wind, and he struck a light blow on Hersa's neck, and Hesa was knocked unconscious.

"It's on fire, it's on fire!" Just when Steward Ye and the soldier were fighting, there was a sudden exclamation in the backyard, but I saw that there was a fire in the back garden first, and then there was a fire in the backyard and side yard, but in a moment, the fire actually burned into the sky, and the entire city guard mansion was suddenly in chaos, and the people who were watching the excitement at the gate of the back garden couldn't care about the relationship between Steward Ye and the soldier at this time, and hurriedly dispersed, busy trying to extinguish the fires everywhere. Naturally, no one noticed that Steward Ye suddenly became powerful at some point, and with just one palm, he had already knocked the menacing military man to the ground with blood in his mouth.

"Let's go!" Steward Ye didn't pay attention to the chaos around him at all, and with a wave of his hand, he led his subordinates to retreat along the way they came, and within a few moments, they had already disappeared into the darkness......

"Report, Your Majesty, the city guard mansion is on fire!" Fu Yanxiong was guessing the intentions of the Tang army at the head of the city in the dark, when he was suddenly surprised to see a fire in the city, and just about to send someone to find out, a sergeant hurriedly ran up to the city gate tower and reported breathlessly.

"Huh?" Fu Yanxiong was surprised, hurriedly rushed down the dilapidated city gatehouse, ran to the back to look, but saw that the fire in the direction of the city guard house had risen to the sky, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, but for a moment, not only the city guard, the east of the city, the south of the city and other places also burst into fire, the city was in chaos, the people's cries for help sounded into a piece, the entire Hotan City soon fell into a disorderly chaos, and then, I heard a sudden shout of killing in the south of the city, Fu Yanxiong's heart suddenly sank, His eyes flickered as he looked at the fire in the city, and the expression on his face kept changing.

Hah, looks like it's done! Li Zhen, who was standing in front of the Tang army array, also noticed the fire in the city, and immediately knew that the planned plan had begun to be implemented, and was overjoyed - according to the predetermined plan, once Hersa was rescued, the eagle masters who mixed into the city would light a fire in the city guard mansion and other places, and inform the Kosage department to launch an attack as planned. At the moment of this order, more than a dozen giant trebuchets in front of the Tang army's array took the lead in launching, and constantly poured huge stones on the city, smashing the Khotanese officers and soldiers who defended the city to cry wolf and dodge in all directions, and a few moments later, the Tang army's array stepped forward and began to advance forward, and the siege battle officially began.

Just when the battle at the north gate was about to kick off, the figure of the Tang cavalry also appeared outside the south gate of Hotan City, although it was not clear how many people and horses there were in the dark night, but the rumbling galloping horses' hooves unmistakably declared that the Tang cavalry was not small, and there were more than 1,000 horsemen to see the posture, which made Fu Kui, who guarded the south city gate, frightened, and couldn't help but be suspicious - the cavalry was not suitable for attacking the city, even if it came more, it could not rush to the city, this is common sense, but Fu Kui is puzzling: the commander of the Tang army is Li Zhen, How could he have made such an obvious mistake, but he could not guess the intention of the Tang army's move, so he did not dare to slack off in the slightest, so he could only order the officers and soldiers defending the city to be on full alert, and did not dare to send troops and horses to the city to participate in the firefighting.

Hotan City only has two city gates in the north and south, since it is the focus of the defenders' defense, most of the 13,000 Khotanese troops are arranged near these two city gates, at this time, the defenders of the north gate and the south gate are all contained by the siege posture of the Tang army, the chaos in the city is not enough to suppress the force, the fire of the whole city is burning more and more, in this chaos, a team of cavalry roared and rushed into the street, ignoring the flow of people fleeing on the street, and rushed towards the west of the city, The old and young people in the city who could not escape along the way were hit on their heads and bled out, and those who died tragically under the hooves of the horses were also extraordinary, however, this cavalry under the banner of Shule did not pity the life and death of the people in the city at all, and rushed all the way to the location of the Tubo military camp in the west of the city.

The Tubo army since the Tawakule Lake collapsed and sank into the sand, has long lost the original pride, and because its main general Bu Nipo was captured by the Tang army, the remnants of the Tubo that lost the backbone of the backbone have long been overwhelmed, the original remaining 2,000 men and horses after the loss of the last time to defend the city, only the poor 1,500 people remained, and its military spirit was already on the verge of collapse, several lieutenant generals after some discussion, put forward a request to Fu Jiaxiong not to fight, Fu Jiaxiong did not dare to offend Tubo, so he could only agree to the request of the Tubo generals, But I don't want to let such an army be idle, so I asked the Tubo Army to take over the protection task of the logistics baggage camp, and transferred the camp where it was stationed from the north of the city to the vicinity of the baggage camp in the west of the city. Many people in the city who fled in the wrong direction were all killed on the spot by the Tubo army one by one because of the language barrier, and finally kept the safety of the logistics camp, but when the Shule cavalry roared and rushed, the Tubo army, which had long lost the fighting spirit, immediately fell into chaos, was killed all over the field, and the rest scattered and fled.

"Set fire, burn!" Kesage led his troops to disperse the extremely weak resistance of the remnants of the Tibetan army, and rushed into the logistics baggage camp with high spirits, and with a wave of his hand, he gave the order to set fire, and within a few moments, the Shule cavalry with torches set fire everywhere in the logistics baggage camp, and as soon as the fire was ignited, the Khotanese army that was originally guarding near the south and north gates all fell into a panic.

It's over, it's all over! As soon as Fu Yanxiong, who was standing on the north city, saw the sky-high fire burning in the direction of the baggage camp, he immediately knew that his side had been completely defeated, and he didn't even have the slightest chance to turn the tables, and stood on the head of the city with a dead face, not even paying attention to the defending officers and soldiers who were being defeated and retreating by the Tang army besieging the city, just standing there in a daze.

"Your Majesty, retreat quickly, this city can't be defended!" Just when Fu Jiaxiong was stunned in a daze, Fu Jiayong, who was covered in blood, strode to Fu Jiaxiong's side and screamed anxiously.

"Withdraw, where to withdraw? Where else can the widow go? Fu Yanxiong raised his head, looked at his brother blankly, and muttered a word, his face full of desolation.

"Your Majesty, the Tang army at the south gate is just a bluff, the younger brother led the army to cover His Majesty's exit from the city, as long as Your Majesty can get out of danger, I will not die in Khotan, if you can get the help of Tubo's troops, there is still hope for the restoration of the country, Your Majesty go quickly!" Seeing that Fu Jiaxiong was stupid, Fu Jianyong suddenly became anxious, turned around, and shouted to the guards who followed him: "Quick, set up Your Majesty and go out of the city through the south gate!" Fu Jayong gave the order, and several of his own soldiers swarmed up, and he was about to go down to the city.

"Let go of the widow, let go!" Fu Yanxiong suddenly came to his senses, broke free from the support of the guards, and waved his hand and said: "I can't go to the south gate, Li Zhenxiao'er must have laid an ambush at the south gate, and ordered: The cavalry assembled, rush out of the north gate with the widows, go quickly!" ”

"Your Majesty, this is ......" Fu Yanyong hesitated and did not order.

Seeing that there were more and more Tang officers and soldiers rushing to the city, and the city wall was about to be lost, Fu Yanxiong suddenly became anxious, stomped his feet and said: "There are cavalry outside the south gate, and the city is in chaos, it must be the Shule people who are reversed. ”

"Let's go!" Fu Jayong didn't have time to think, gritted his teeth, pulled Fu Jaxiong under the cover of a group of guards, rushed down the city, rushed all the way to the cavalry array not far behind the city, helped Fu Jaxiong on horseback, and led 3,000 cavalry to rush towards the city gate that was slowly pushing open.

"Attack!" Li Zhen, who had been paying attention to the movement of the city gate for a long time, saw the city gate slowly opening, and immediately issued an order to attack without hesitation, leading the two thousand rangers who were sweeping the formation behind to cover the past in the direction of the city gate.

"Assault forward! Kill! As soon as Fu Yanxiong, who had no way to retreat, he found the Tang cavalry coming from two sides, and quickly judged the situation, and the treasure knife in his hand pointed directly at Li Zhen's department that was killing from the north, and ordered the whole army to attack, but he and Fu Yanyong led more than 100 guards along the city wall and rushed towards the dark west of the city.

"Kill!" Li Zhen took the lead in rushing into the oncoming Khotanese cavalry, the bright silver spear in his hand danced fast, the spear was like lightning, and in an instant, several enemy cavalry who rushed to the front of him were picked off the horse, and the Khotanese cavalry rushed out of a gap in the charging formation, and the Tang cavalry swarming behind them swarmed up, killing the Khotanese cavalry crying father and mother, and the Chen Wu department that rushed from the east gave the Khotanese cavalry a fatal blow, and the Khotanese cavalry that could not stop the Tang army's two-way attack immediately collapsed, Centaurs fled all over the battlefield.

At this time, the entire battlefield has been in chaos, the Khotanese defenders at the head of the city have been unable to resist the strong attack of the Tang army's foot soldiers, coupled with the absence of the unified command of the main general, the morale of the army immediately collapsed, was killed by the Tang army foot soldiers who climbed the city wall, lost their armor and fled from the city, the north of the city completely fell into the hands of the Tang army, as for the south of the city, it was not the key defense of the defenders, and the defenders only had more than 3,000 people. The city gate was easily taken by the Shule cavalry, and the more than 1,000 Tang army rangers who were originally cruising outside the city immediately rushed into the city under the leadership of Dong Qianli, and joined forces with the Shule cavalry, and the Fukui department was defeated and fled, and the south gate was taken by the Tang army, however, the Tang army did not take advantage of the situation to rush into the chaotic Hotan City, did not pay attention to the scattered rout army in the city, and did not send people to extinguish the fire in the city, but firmly guarded the city wall.

Escape! Hurry up, hurry up! Fu Yanxiong only had such a thought left in his heart at this time, as for the troops behind him who were killed by the Tang Army, he was no longer in his consideration at this time, and now he just wants to escape from this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, as for how to make a comeback, that's all a later story, it is true to save his own life at this time, fortunately, at this time, the battlefield is in chaos, but there is no Tang Army to chase and kill such a small fleeing army, which makes Fu Yanxiong's heart relax a little, but unfortunately he didn't rejoice for long, Just when Fu Yanxiong and his party had just rounded a large sand dune, they suddenly found that a torch suddenly lit up in the darkness not far ahead, and a general dressed in bright light armor slowly rode out of the cavalry of the black crow, and said with laughter: "Ben General Yan Eighteen, I have been waiting here for a long time on the orders of His Royal Highness. ”

"Your Majesty, go quickly, my brother will stop the thief!" Seeing that there was an ambush in front of him, Fu Jayong immediately shouted, and rode straight towards Yan 18, trying to take Yan 18 as a hostage when Yan 18 broke away from the Tang Army's cavalry brigade.

"Hah, are you here to die?" Yan Shibai didn't take Fu Jayong to heart at all, he laughed, took the spear from the victory hook casually, kicked the horse's belly, beat the horse to accelerate, and met Fu Jayong who rushed to kill, and shouted: "Look at the gun!" The spear in his hand shook, several spear flowers suddenly appeared, and a move "Plum Blossom Three Alleys" seemed to cover Fu Yanyong like a reality.

Yan Eighteen's marksmanship came from Li Zhen's teaching, although he only learned some fur, but it was not something that Fu Jayong could match, without waiting for Fu Jayong to react to what was going on, he saw that the spear in Yan Eighteen's hand opened a knife that Fu Jayong tried his best to chop, and took advantage of a horizontal wipe, at the moment when the two horses were staggered, he gently swept on Fu Jayong's waist, and it was swept off the horse, and several Tang cavalry immediately swarmed up, and without waiting for Fu Jayong to get up, he pointed at Fu Jayong's various key points with knives and guns, Shengsheng captured Fu Yanyong.

"Alas, the widow has descended!" When Fu Jayong was captured, Fu Jaxiong, who was already discouraged, did not take the opportunity to escape, but sighed, abandoned the treasure knife at his waist and sheath under the horse, lowered his head, rode on the horse, and never said a word, only the tears in the corners of his eyes flowed involuntarily.

Fu Jayong was captured, Fu Jaxiong surrendered, and the remaining Khotanese cavalry had no courage to continue the battle, and they threw down their weapons and surrendered to the Tang army......

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