Chapter 520 Cover the sky with one hand

The smooth progress of the war in Gongyue City was far beyond everyone's expectations, including Qin Mubai.

Originally, Qin Mubai used a fierce method to let the mud sip and let go with Tang Jun, and then used his absolute strength to convince him. Just like "cooking eagles" and "tame beasts", they fundamentally smooth out the wildness and temper of the Turks in the Northern Court.

The generals who sip the mud and the Beiting were indeed angry. The Khan Lu Gu set up in the Beiting heard about this matter, and personally led tens of thousands of reinforcements to Gongyue City to supervise the battle, and set up a frame with a broken net. In this way, the number of soldiers and horses in the Beiting has increased to about 300,000 (including the civilian soldiers temporarily recruited in the capital Gongyue City). According to the instructions of the veteran soldiers, the 300,000 troops are divided into four parts, three of which are arranged as iron triangles outside the city to form a guarding array of horns, and there are also elites and a large number of bows and arrows hidden in the city for defense.

Xue Rengui only led the 30,000 elite Yueqi of the headquarters and the Vulcan of less than 1,000 members of Zhao Tong's department, with 20 Shenwu cannons, all the way to the front of Gongyue City. The situation of the mud is quite well done. It is learned that the Tang army only sent 30,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard to take the lead, so they wanted to catch the Tang army off guard first.

Therefore, nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses of the three battalions of Beiting outside the city took advantage of Xue Rengui's arrival to gain a stable foothold and came out, and attacked and killed them crazily with the momentum of Mount Tai.

In the face of danger, Xue Rengui turned half of the elite horse into an infantry shield to protect the Shenwu cannon and the Vulcan, and ordered Zhao Tong to command the Vulcan to bombard the enemy; the other half was led by him. After the Shenwu cannon was powerful, he would attack the enemy head-on.

As a result, for the first time, in the face of the Turks of the Shenwu cannon and the Vulcan, they made the same reaction as the original Tubo people - whenever they heard a cannon, many soldiers, including horses, were frightened!

The soldiers and horses of the Beiting, who charged presumptuously, suddenly became in chaos!

After a round of artillery bombardment, the Vulcan cavalry charged and plunder under the personal cover of Xue Rengui. Another round of gunfire sounded smoke and rushed to the skies. The Turks in front of them were completely defeated by fear. Suddenly, there was no war-minded army, and there was an unexpected escape!

Xue Rengui leaped over the horse and took the lead as a halberd. He led the most elite Yueqi in the Kansai Army to cover up the victory. He killed Ma Xing, a man in the North Court, cried for his father and mother, and the blood flowed for a hundred miles!

It was not until he was chased to the bottom of Gongyue City that Xue Ren and your side stopped. Seeing that the gate was closed and the river was extremely wide, and the head of the city was also full of bows and crossbows, Xue Rengui was not in a hurry to attack the city. He raised the Fang Tianhua halberd high and pointed to the head of the city. He shouted angrily, "Listen to the Turks in the North Court! If you don't accept the king's stubbornness, plunder the business road and abuse my people, kill my marshal and humiliate my envoys. This hatred is not good! Today, I, the heavenly soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, went to hang the people to fight against the evil. You didn't hurry to open the city and surrender! Major General Qin, the commander-in-chief of the Kansai Army in the Tang Dynasty, has an order to avoid death! There are those who live to capture the valley and the mud and sip out of the city to surrender, forgive his sins and seal his marquis! - If he does not surrender, when the city is broken, the jade and stone will be burned and unbearable!!!"

Xue Rengui was originally a martial arts man. He was full of thunder. Coupled with the prestige he erected in the North Court, these voices roared, and some of the Turkic soldiers guarding the city were scared to be confused.

Just roar, Xue Rengui still can't enjoy it. At a glance at the head of the city of Gongyue City, there was a wolf-headed flag flying high in the north court, and I was very unhappy. I looked at the distance, about a hundred steps. His mind moved, took the tiger-printed eyebrow bow given to him by Qin Mubai from the saddle, and took an iron tire yellow poplar bow from the soldier. Take the two giant bows of the power of the two stones into one, put the two strings into one, and shoot an arrow with one arrow!

The arrow was like an eagle eating a meteor thorning the moon. It was fierce and accurate. The arrow broke the thick poplar rod in the mouth of the bowl wearing the wolf's head tooth flag!

The wolf's head flag is like a broken kite, falling down. The Turkic soldiers on the top of the city were shocked and screamed repeatedly - this flagpole, even with a knife and axe, was difficult to cut off once or twice, but it was broken by Xue Rengui with an arrow at a distance of 100 steps!

What if this arrow is shot on a human body? ...No wonder the mud was killed on the ground by his arrow!

"A certain arrow is going to take people's lives!" Xue Rengui put on the bow and arrow again and shouted.

The Turks at the top of the city were frightened, and all of them shrank their heads under the women's wall without exception. Many people shrank their necks and were afraid that it would not be safe for Xue Rengui to pierce the wall with an arrow, so they simply lay on the ground and crawled away.

Xue Rengui did not shoot an arrow, but laughed loudly. The soldiers of the Tang army laughed together!

"Song a message to the mud! Don't be ignorant of the current affairs and bring the danger of extinction to the Turks! Open the city early and wait for my young commander to dispose of it. There is still a glimmer of life! - Withdraw the army!!"

Xue Rengui led his army to retreat ten miles to the village.

The frightened Turkic soldiers on the tower of Gongyue City did not dare to look up. It took a long time for bold people to peep out from the eyes of the female wall, but even the shadow of the Tang army could not be seen, leaving only a piece of smoke and dust left by the horse's hoof.

At least 30,000 bodies were left on the battlefield. In this battle, Xue Rengui won quite thoroughly; the Turks's fighting spirit, which was finally stimulated by the method, turned into nothing in an instant. In Gongyue City, there is a sound of wind and cranes. Everyone is in danger. Even the Khan wants to sips with the marshal, and he is about to be unable to control the table.

At this time, Qin Mubai led the main force of the Kansai army and came to Gongyue City to join forces with Xue Rengui with the 100,000 allied forces of the Nanting just received.

Qin Mubai and the generals heard the details of Xue Rengui's vanguard battle and laughed happily. Qin Mubai said that it turned out that Xue Rengui, who had always been taciturn and almost dull, could also flirt and scare people. The Turks in the North Court may have really lost their temper after being beaten and humiliated by him.

The next day, Qin Mubai did not delay, and 300,000 troops besieged Gongyue City. There are a total of 60 Shenwu cannons, all of which are aimed at the north gate of Gongyue City.

Before starting to attack the city, Qin Mubai gave an ultimatum to the city - let Xue Rengui shoot a letter of persuasion to enter the city. The letter said that if the Beiting did not leave the city within an hour, the Kansai army would attack the city vigorously. After the destruction of the city, the Khan, marshals and all the generals of the Northern Court were not pardoned. If you surrender at this time, you can avoid death.

Then, Qin Mubai and others began to wait patiently.

At this time, Xue Rengui asked Qin Mubai, "Young commander, I still don't quite understand. What's the difference between the surrender of Beiting now and the surrender of the mud sip at the beginning?

"There's a big difference." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "At the beginning, it was a fraudulent surrender. Even if it is not a fraudulent surrender, it is also a delaying plan for the time being. I will never accept such a surrender. The situation is different now. You played so beautifully in the battle of Pioneer, which saved us a lot of effort. Originally, I planned to persuade Gongyue City to surrender after several rounds of siege battles when he was about to be unable to stand it. The purpose, of course, is to reduce our military casualties as much as possible, and to buy time and protect this historic city on the Silk Road. Now it's all right. You, the vanguard, have done what I want to do in advance. In just one battle, the people of the North Court lost a trace of anger. The success rate of recruitment and surrender should not be low now. Because I feel that the people in Gongyue City are beginning to be distracted.

"It may be!" Xue Rengui also nodded with approval, "When I came to Gongyue City for the first time two days ago, although they had just been defeated, the bows and crossbows at the head of the city were dense and the banners were very neat. But when I came to see it again today, the archers at the head of the city were timidly hiding under the women's wall, obviously afraid of our army's artillery. And their banners are also a little messy, indicating that they have been ordered to reach the wrong hearts of the army.

"So, let's try our luck!" Qin Mubai picked up the corners of his mouth and smiled, "The art of war says, 'It's best to subdue people's soldiers without fighting.' Ten simple words are more difficult to achieve than killing millions of enemies. It's better to kill people than to kill people. Killing the heart is a hundred times more difficult than killing people. I have long had an idea about dealing with opponents like Beiting. First, we must have a tough attitude and not give him a chance to play tricks; second, we must completely destroy his confidence and defeat their fighting spirit militarily; third, we must win and persuade him to surrender when their fighting spirit and belief collapse. I think that unless all the people in Beiting are crazy, most people will consider surrendering.

Xue Rengui suddenly smiled, "That's right!"

"What do you mean - that's right?" Qin Mubai asked.

"This is like your wrist." Xue Rengui laughed in a low voice and said, "Soft with strength, strength with softness in strength. When you refused to surrender, Hong Tai and I felt that you were very different from usual. It turned out that you had a final case in your heart. It seems that how to do the right and how to layout the track, when to use the right soldier and when to use the strange soldier is really a university question. Young commander, you have really learned the true essence of Wei Gong's military skills - when it comes to strategy and scheming, I think it's worse than you!"

"Ha ha, don't praise me too much." Qin Mubai frowned slightly and said, "That is, I will use the means of persuasion in the end because I am familiar with such an opponent. I haven't thought about the Garqin Mausoleum. Because the mud is ripe, he is the wolf king of a group of wild wolves. In the end, he will consider the survival of the ethnic group. However, Garqinling is a lonely and arrogant eagle. If he can't fly with broken wings, he would rather kill himself than live humbly..."

"In fact, I also admire the Kar Qinling..." Xue Rengui also sighed and said, "It's a fierce character with ability, but it's a pity that he was not born at the right time. If he can join hands with the young commander to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty..."

Qin Mubai waved his hand with a smile, "It's still possible." It's absolutely impossible to use the Chalqin Mausoleum!"

"Does the young commander want to sip with mud?" Xue Rengui was shocked.

"Didn't you hear Bo Bu's Qin Khan say how majestic it is to sip mud in the Western Regions?" Qin Mubai gently picked the corners of his mouth and said, "We are now like hunters who patrol the Western Regions. We don't need such a good eagle and dog like mud. What else should we use?"

"But he is the young commander, your father-killing enemy? ..." Xue Rengui was quick-mouthed for a moment and actually said it. He suddenly felt that he was about to plead guilty and apologize, but Qin Mubai smiled and said:

"Yes, he is my father's enemy. It was he who personally commanded the raid that killed my father. But... At that time, they were their own masters, and there was no selfless hatred on the battlefield. Not only did my father admonish me like this, but I also have this awareness. If we talk about hatred, I will command many battles in Tubo and kill hundreds of thousands of enemies. How will it be calculated? In the end, Garqinling didn't hate me, and abandoned Zong didn't hate me. There were tens of thousands of Kunlun iron riders under my command, and they didn't hate me - is my heart worse than these people?

"..." Xue Rengui was speechless and had to be silent. Finally, he nodded gently and said, "Xue, there are also a lot of people killed..."

300,000 troops surrounded Gongyue City like an iron barrel, dripping water. The barrel of dozens of Shenwu cannons pointed straight to the gate and was ready to go.

Gongyue City is an ancient city at the hub of the Silk Road. There are many Manic churches made of white jade and ancient Western characteristic buildings in the city, as well as the Hanting dental tents built by Beiting with huge financial resources. This city used to be a dazzling landscape on the Silk Road. When business travelers came here, they all marveled at the beauty of the city's architecture.

At this moment, the ancient city is facing a devastating disaster. It is hard to imagine what the ancient city would look like if the fire of the Shenwu cannon was ruthlessly destroyed.

Qin Mubai has also heard the name of Gongyue City for a long time. From the first day he set foot in the Western Regions, he has thought about setting up the "Anxi Protector" in the future in Gongyue City, a historical ancient city located in the heart of the Western Regions.

Therefore, there is also an important reason why he persuaded him to surrender today, which is to protect the integrity of the city.

Time slipped slowly. The Tang generals and soldiers arrayed in the wild were waiting patiently. Qin Mubai rode on the horse and slowly hit the saddle with a whip, as if for a few seconds.

Finally, the north gate of Gongyue City was slowly pulled open from the inside. A team of people came out of the city. The first person with a beard, wearing a pure white moon robe and a tray in both hands walked out slowly.

Someone around Qin Mubai suddenly whispered and said in surprise, "Young commander, the North Court has come out to surrender! - Look, a white flag has been erected at the head of the city!"

Qin Mubai was also overjoyed - it really succeeded!

The suspension bridge was lowered in Gongyue City, and the bearded moon-robed man came from the suspension bridge with a team of people behind him. Qin Mubai stood on his horse and looked at the man. He was about 40 years old, and he did have an arrogant and noble spirit that no one else could have - guessed, it should be the Khanate Valley of the North Court!

And behind him were several generals in military uniform. The person closest to him, with a tall body and half-white beard, majestic and unique eyes, should be a mud-cooked sip!

The moon-robed man walked ten steps in front of Qin Mu's white horse and stood still. He raised and stared at Qin Mubai and said, "If you want to set up a valley, I am willing to lead the generals of the Northern Court and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Gongyue City to return to the Tang Dynasty!"

After saying that, he lowered his head, knelt down on his knees, and raised the tray high with both hands. On the tray, there are things such as the mouth thin field deed and seal. Many officials behind him knelt down together and asked to surrender.

Qin Mubai stared at the people who knelt down in front of him. After a moment, he looked up at the sky and said to himself, "Father, have you ever seen this scene in heaven? - Your long-cherished wish has been fulfilled at this moment! From then on, the Tang Dynasty will cover the sky with one hand in the Western Regions, and no one will be defeated!"