Chapter 61: Surprise Attack on Longxi (I)

Zhuyuan is a poetic and picturesque name, but the Black Eagle Army guards that appear from time to time add a bit of mystery to Zhuyuan.

"Although Longxi is guarded by Uighur troops, for so many years, except for the Tubo people who attacked Longxi City once, Longxi has not been attacked. The city walls are mostly damaged, and the Uighur troops are not defending closely." Qian Xiangnan's military intelligence battalion was ordered to conduct reconnaissance on Longxi many times, and he had a very accurate grasp of the situation in Longxi.

"There are about 2,000 Uighur guards in Longxi, stationed in the east and south of the city, and there are four gates, each gate with twenty Uighur soldiers guarding them. After three updates every day, only four or five Uighur soldiers guard the city gate, and the other soldiers hid in the barracks about one hundred meters, where there are stoves that can be used to cook fire."

"There is a small school in the Qinzhou army, and the family is all in Longxi. Through his relationship, soldiers from the military intelligence camp have successively entered the city."

Hou Dayong looked at Qian Xiangnan with satisfaction. The military intelligence camp had a short time in Longxi. It was rare to achieve such an effect in just two months.

After Qian Xiangnan finished speaking, Hou Dayong stood up and briefly told the generals about the conflict between the Secretary Liu Chengtong and the Uighurs, and said, "The Uighurs army was bold and crazy, and actually killed my envoy. Geza must pay the price for this matter. Huo Qubing said: Those who offend me, strong Han, will be punished even if they are far away. I want to say this again: Those who offend me, strong Zhou, will be punished even if they are strong."

When the generals heard Hou Dayong's speech passionately, they were also greatly infected, and their eyes were shiny.

Hou Dayong walked to the edge of the map again and pointed at Longxi: "Longxi was originally a Tang city. It was trapped in Tubo during the Tianbao period, and it had been more than a hundred years since the orders came. After the weak Tubo was in power, Longxi was occupied by the Uighur army, and the Uighur army occupied Longxi. It can advance or retreat, which poses great threat to me. We must take advantage of the opportunity of the Uighur civil strife and take Longxi into the hands of the Black Eagle Army."

The generals were not surprised to hear that they were going to attack Longxi. Since the bamboo garden was repaired, they hung up this large map. The Jiedushi talked about Longxi many times. But everyone did not expect to take action so soon.

"This time the attack on Longxi is under the command of Guo Jiongdu. I will give you a day to prepare tomorrow. The night after departure, each battalion will step up preparations after returning. However, except for those who are present today, no intention to send troops is allowed to be revealed to anyone. Otherwise, military law will be carried out."

"Attacking Longxi was the first battle that the Black Eagle Army fought after stepping out of the Zhou territory. It was of great significance. It was only possible to win but not lose. After the defeat, the commander came to see him. Do you understand?" After saying the last two sentences, Hou Dayong was a little stern.

The generals' eyes flashed with a proud look. Guo Jiong stood up suddenly and shouted: "I can't defeat Longxi, I'll come to see the governor."

“It’s great to have such a determination.”

"The commander of Guo Du, the judge Qian Observer stayed, and the other generals returned to the camp."

The generals hurriedly returned to their respective barracks. The Black Eagle Army camp was as usual, but except for a small number of patrols, the routine vacation of the sergeants had been cancelled. The camp was filled with a hot atmosphere of preparation. Some sharpened their knives, some sorted their bows and arrows, and some washed their horses. The soldiers showed an excited and nervous look on their faces.

Hou Dayong stood in front of the sand table, Guo Jiong and Qian Xiangnan stood beside him, one left and one right.

Hou Dayong knew that Guo Jiong did not like to attack and defend the city, and said, "The Black Eagle Army is good at field battles, and the attack and defense are not very good. The battle at Zhangjiaguan was really hard. Looking back now, I still feel scared. The Black Eagle Army infantry also has many heavy weapons such as flying cloud ladders and stone cannons. It has greatly improved its ability to attack, so you can try to gnaw some hard bones. Fight a few more attacks, and you will have experience from generals to soldiers."

"The key to this battle is to be quick and sudden. Qian Lang did a lot of preparations. Our soldiers were already in Longxi City as internal supporters, so there was no need to fight this battle."

Guo Jiong stood up and said, "Don't talk about Longxi, even Lanzhou, I dare to fight if the Jieduan issued an order. I had just issued a military order award and could not defeat Longxi. Come to see the Jieduan." When Guo Jiong was in Cangzhou, he always called Hou Dayong Hou Lang and became the Zhengzhou defense envoy. In private, Guo Jiong still called Hou Lang, but now, Hou Dayong's prestige is increasing day by day. Before he knew it, Guo Jiong could not call Hou Lang.

Hou Dayong ignored what he called him, stared at the sand table, and said, "There will be more and more things in the future. Guo Lang and Qian Lang must stand alone, and the burden is not light."

Qian Xiangnan smiled slightly. When Hou Dayong assigned him this task a while ago, he understood the intention. Although the governor acted wildly and was a bit unpredictable, he rarely felt wronged and felt very refreshed when he did things.

In order to obtain the specific situation of Longxi, Qian Xiangnan secretly searched for soldiers or officials at home in Longxi City in Qin, Feng, Cheng and Jie in the four prefectures. After careful search, he found a soldier in the Qinzhou army. His family was in Longxi City. When the military information camp found him and explained his purpose, the soldier agreed without hesitation. He sneaked back to Longxi quietly and used his family as a cover to bring more than a dozen soldiers into Longxi.

After Guo Jiong and Qian Xiangnan walked, Hou Dayong personally wrote a memorial to His Majesty in the study, and reported to His Majesty that Liu Chengtong was humiliated when he was sent to the Uighurs, and briefly proposed to retaliate against the Uighurs and capture Longxi, an important border town.

Hou Dayong had always had the idea of ​​capturing Longxi, but he had no excuses before and could not use troops to fight against Uighurs at will. This excuse was to deal with Chai Rong. However, against the Uighurs, strength determines everything, and you will fight. There is no excuse at all. At this time, Chai Rong was using troops to the south. The task given to Hou Dayong was to defend the border. He would not agree to take the initiative to attack the Uighurs. However, with the Liu Chengtong incident, there was a barely reason to send troops to Longxi.

After writing the letter, Hou Dayong and others were dry, they picked up the letter and looked at it again, "I have practiced calligraphy for two years and I have liked a lot." His calligraphy is a world of difference compared to the ancient times.

Until now, news about the Uighurs has not been heard. Hou Dayong was quite puzzled. He concluded that Geza would not turn against the Black Eagle Army for this emergency. Logically speaking, after an accident, Geza should have sent envoy Fengzhou to eliminate the misunderstanding, but Liu Chengtong was back, and the Uighur envoy had not arrived yet. "Is Geza really going to tear his face off? This is really unfavorable to him."

Hou Dayong was thinking about this, and his personal guard came to report it, and the Uighur envoy asked for a visit.

Hou Dayong was right. Envoy Geza arrived in Qinzhou before Liu Chengtong. In order to eliminate the misunderstanding as soon as possible and stabilize Hou Dayong, Geza sent envoys to Fengzhou on the day of the accident. The envoy brought Geza's handwritten letter and the promise of sending two hundred war horses as soon as possible. He worked without stopping and soon arrived in Qinzhou.

However, the roof was raining all night, and the envoy Geza had not yet entered the border of the Zhou Dynasty. In the continuous mountains within the Uighurs, he was attacked by a group of bandits.

The attacker was Xiang Shanxing, the commander of the infantry army of the Fengxiang Army. Xiang Shanxing disobeyed military orders and went out of the camp to fight with the Uighurs who Tu Shaodu, and was almost killed by Wang Jing. Fortunately, his subordinates risked their lives to rescue each other and escaped. Xiang Shanxing and Duan Wuwei were in a similar situation and dared not go home. He was born in the army and had no ability to live. In order to survive, he had to rely on physical labor to gather more than 30 people, wandered in the mountains outside Qinzhou City, became the king of the mountain, and lived by robbing the goods of the merchants of the passing merchants.

Walking to the mountains is very professional. He only robs money and does not hurt people. In addition, Qinzhou is not wealthy and lives a tight life in the mountains. He gradually increased his scope of activities and began to rob the Uighur territory.

Gesa's envoys and his party had more than a dozen people, riding tall horses and dressed well. It was Xiangshanxing's fat sheep in his eyes. After the fight, although there were many people in Xiangshanxing and it was a sudden attack, the combat effectiveness of the Uighur guards was really good. The seven or eight guards tightly protected the envoys, rushed out of the encirclement of Xiangshanxing, and got into the mountains. Xiangshanxing encountered a tough point. Although he killed seven or eight people, several people were killed and injured on his side. This actually aroused Xiangshanxing's ferocity and pursued the Uighurs reluctantly.

The Uighur envoy got into the mountains and finally threw away the mountain journey, but the continuous mountains were really big. They turned left and right and were lost. By the time they walked out of the mountains carefully, they had delayed several days of travel.

When Hou Dayong heard the Uighur envoy arrive, he sneered, called Qin Jiahe, and told him: "I have not seen anyone these days. No matter who comes, I will say that I have gone to Jiezhou and Chengzhou."

The Uighur envoy lived in Fengzhou City. The Fengzhou Yamen was delicious and served every day. A team of soldiers warned them every day, and at the same time restricted their activities. The Uighur envoy could not see Hou Dayong and could not deliver Geza's letters, so the mission was not completed. He was also under house arrest in disguise. The Uighur envoy was anxious and fell ill in Fengzhou City.

On the third night of the Zhuyuan Conference, Guo Jiong led the Black Eagle Army to gather quietly in Qinzhou. When Fengzhou came to Qinzhou, the Black Eagle Army walked back and forth many times. The route was so familiar. The vanguard of the army only took one day to come outside Qinzhou City, but did not enter the city, and rested in the mountains outside the city. When night fell, the Black Eagle Army, who had been resting and recuperating, headed west along the Weishui River. At dawn, it had arrived in Longxi.

In Longxi City, Zhou Qing and Wu Jiaqiang hid in a dilapidated small courtyard with eight soldiers. They entered Longxi City for two days. Wu Jiaqiang followed the operation of the Black Diao Army. After the Black Diao Army arrived in Longxi, he took the money to the south to "take action tonight's third update" order and sneaked into Longxi City.

Zhou Qing and Wu Jiaqiang are old-fashioned detective cavalry, and have made many military achievements. Now they are the leader of the Tubo people in Hunmo, Hunmo, were captured alive by them on the bank of the Bailong River. Qian Xiangnan established a military intelligence camp, and both of them were dug up.

Zhou Qing has been to Longxi City for many days. He is a person who likes to enjoy the land and can find fun in the harshest environment. He chose a very comfortable position to hang on the haystacks and wait for action tonight.

The one Wu Jiaqiang envied and hated the most was Zhou Qing. This broken yard has not been inhabited for a long time. It was full of messy debris, emitting an indescribable odor. Several pieces of the yard wall were missing. The cold wind gushed in from time to time from time to time. There were some withered grass in the corner of the wall, and trembling with the cold wind as cold as a human.

"Why are you living in this ghost yard? You're so stinking." This is the fifth time Wu Jiaqiang said this.

"If you don't live here, can you live in the yamen? There can't be a wind blowing there, but your head may not be able to be kept." Zhou Qing yawned and laughed.

The other soldiers sat silently on the ground, watching the two teams quarrel. Although they were all experienced reconnaissance cavalry selected from the lion camp, they were still a little nervous when they penetrated deep into the enemy's heart. The two teams were fighting back and forth, which eased the tension more or less.

The two were talking about the yard, and a sergeant suddenly said, "My brother-in-law's family used to live in this yard."

This soldier was Chen Heilang, who Qian Xiangnan spent countless energy to find. After he sneaked into Longxi, he hid in this yard. Then, under the cover of his father, Zhou Qing, Wu Jiaqiang and others pretended to be mountain people who were catching firewood or villagers selling agricultural goods, and sneaked into the city one after another and concentrated in this yard.

Chen Heilang was not talkative. After coming to the yard, he sat in a corner of the yard. Only his father came in. The two of them talked in a low voice. Except for Chen Heilang, the soldiers in the yard were all lion camp detectives. Zhou Qing saw that Chen Heilang was silent and thought he had participated in a secret operation for the first time, so he sent a soldier to talk to him to relieve his nervousness. However, Chen Heilang was as fond of his words, which made the soldiers who spoke to him no longer speak.

At this time, he heard Zhou Qing and Wu Jiaqiang discussing the yard and couldn't help but interrupt.

Zhou Qing only knew that Chen Heilang was from Longxi, but he didn't know any other situations. Zhou Qing has been a scout in the lion camp for a long time and knows the rules very well. Although he keeps talking all day long, he will never say what he can't say. He will never ask if he shouldn't ask.

When Zhou Qing saw Chen Heilang talking about this, he knew that there must be some more details, so he looked at him and waited for him to continue talking about it himself.

"My sister and brother-in-law live in this yard. You see, I am dark and ugly, but my sister is famously beautiful in Longxi City, and my brother-in-law is also a good person." Chen Heilang said this, his voice was a little choked. "In Longxi. In the past, Tubo people were the king and dominant in the city. The Tubo people left. The Uighurs occupied Longxi. There were not many Uighurs in the city, and they all gathered on the small hills south of the city. Uighurs are different from the Han people. Although the Han people are large in number, they are not united. The Uighurs are very united. When the Uighurs fight, there will be many people to help. Therefore, the Han people dare not provoke the Uighurs easily. The Han people are bullied often happen."

"Last summer, my sister was washing clothes in the yard. It was hot and it didn't close. A drunk Uighur came into the yard and hugged her sister and refused to let go. My brother-in-law was so angry that she beat the Uighur, and she got into big trouble. That night, dozens of Uighurs rushed to the yard and killed her whole family in this yard. Even her thirteen-year-old nephew and ten-year-old niece were not spared."

"Blood, there is blood everywhere in the yard. Look, the dark black on the ground is blood."

Zhou Qing, Wu Jiaqiang and the soldiers didn't say anything, only Chen Heilang's choking sound.

"In Longxi, as long as the Uighurs fight and kill people, the yamen don't care at all, and they dare not take care of it. When the incident happened, I was outside the city. After I came back, my sister's family was completely dead. I know who was doing the land. The Uighur drunken ghost had tangled with his sister many times. I brought a knife and looked for him in the city every day. One day, he got drunk and was stabbed to death by me in the corner. This Uighur did too many bad things, and the monk Gui was disgusted. Not only did the Han people hate him, but the Uighurs also hated him. After his death, the Uighurs who followed him dispersed and no one sought revenge for him. I no longer want to stay on the territory of the Uighurs, so I ran to Qinzhou to join the army."

Wu Jiaqiang said angrily: "Longxi is originally the territory of the Han people. Don't worry, it will be taken back soon."

At this moment, the gate of the courtyard sounded three times, stopped for a moment, and then three more times, and then the sound of unlocking the ground. This is the code before the owner of the yard comes in. In the past few days, the soldiers have heard this code, but the soldiers still pressed the handle of the knife and prepared to attack at any time.

A gray-haired old man entered the yard, carrying a small basket in his hand, which contained some big cakes, "Eat it, the big cakes are still hot."

The old man is Chen Heilang's father, the owner of the yard. Zhou Qing said politely: "We have been here for a few days. It is not easy for you to save some food at home. I will definitely give it back to you twice in the future."

The old man shook his head and said, "You are not afraid of killing the enemy when you go into battle. I still care about this little food." He turned to Chen Heilang and said, "Your sister's family is dead miserably. You must avenge them, don't be a coward, don't embarrass the ancestors of the Chen family, don't think about supporting me. With your brother here, don't worry about anything."

The old man was Chen Heilang's father. He said to Zhou Qing: "If I were ten years younger, I would go to the battlefield with you. When I was young, I would be a hero."

Guo Jiong led the 5,000 Black Eagle Army to hide in the mountains. The army was hiding in advance by passing the military intelligence camp to reconnaise in advance. It was about three miles away from Longxi City. You could hide yourself and observe the movements of Longxi City at any time.
Chapter completed!