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Volume 2 The Rise of the Zhang Family 283 Decisive Battle (End)

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    "Captain Zhang, how is the defense situation on your side? Do you still have enough manpower?" Braving the arrows flying all over the sky, Qin Liyan, Ran Hongzhi and his entourage arrived. Zhang Yang and his goshawks rushed to the city gate guarded by Xiafu.  , questioning Zhang Yang.

    "What else can I do? It's not like that. Let's just make do with it. As for manpower, I don't have enough manpower right now.

    But General Qin, General Ran, I said I don¡¯t have enough manpower. Can you give me some more men now? It¡¯s a good relationship. I don¡¯t want anything like 81,000 people. Now you can add 300 men to me. Three hundred men.  That¡¯s enough people!

    But can you come up with the three hundred people I want now? This is a very questionable matter.  "

    For Zhang Yang, who was very disrespectful, he borrowed a donkey to go downhill, which made Qin Liyan and Ran Hongzhi quite embarrassed.

    Just as Zhang Yang said, Ran Hongzhi and Qin Liyan cannot even support a 300-man support force now, let alone 8,000 manpower support. I just asked Zhang Yang if he needed  Whether there is manpower support or not is just a polite word.

    Now the entire Xiaoguan has reached the point where the troops are exhausted and the manpower is insufficient.

    Zhang Yang, Ran Hongzhi, Qin Liyan and others garrisoned Xiaoguan with only more than 10,000 people. After Turk Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan led more than 100,000 troops south to Xiaoguan and launched a general attack on Xiaoguan, they were already  Been holding on for three days.

    For three whole days and more than forty hours, the Turkic army marching south, under the command of Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan, did not take a short break and launched continuous attacks on Xiaoguan.  It is bound to take Xiaoguan and open up the road south.

    Under this huge disparity in military strength, Xiaoguan did not get the slightest chance to rest and recuperate in these three days and more than 40 hours.  He firmly controlled the entire Xiaoguan in his own hands and did not let the Turks have any plans to go south.

    This is not easy, even behind the high walls of Xiaoguan City.  It was easy to defend but difficult to attack, but the disparity in strength was so great that after Zhang Yang, Qin Liyan, Ran Hongzhi and others held Xiaoguan for more than three days and forty hours.

    The number of troops has been severely reduced, from more than 10,000 at the beginning to less than 7,000 now, a reduction of more than 30%.

    This made Zhang Yang, Qin Liyan, Ran Hongzhi and others, who were already tense in terms of military strength, even more nervous at this time.

    In order to guard Xiaoguan, Zhang Yang, Ran Hongzhi, and Qin Liyan discussed it.  A mobilization order has been launched in Xiaoguan City, and many civilians and ordinary people have been summoned to serve. This has allowed them to firmly hold Xiaoguan in their hands until now.

    ¡°Otherwise, Xiao Pass would have been lost long ago and taken away by the Turk Jieli Khan and the Tuli Khan. After all, no one could persist for more than three days, three nights and more than forty hours in such a high-intensity battle.  Still so lively and full of energy.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Even now, with the support of many civilians and ordinary people gathered in the defense of Xiaoguan City, the support is still about the same, reaching the limit of what they can defend.  ,

    After all, the people they temporarily gathered in Xiaoguan were all civilians.  Although the Tang Dynasty implemented a military system based on farming, most of the people had a certain military foundation. In addition, it was located on the border, so everyone's martial arts were quite good.

    But these civilian husbands are just civilian husbands after all. Although everyone is pretty good, they have not undergone strict military training. There is a certain gap in cooperation, military coordination, order obedience, and execution.

    And as a border fortress and military pass, Xiaoguan is mainly for military defense and supplemented by trade. Therefore, it should be said that the trade of Xiaoguan is dispensable compared to its military importance.

    This has resulted in that although Xiaoguan has become quite prosperous over the years due to border trade, there are not many people actually living in Xiaoguan, even if the merchants wandering around the border and the population living in Tongxin County are included  , the entire Xiaoguan has fully calculated that, excluding the garrison, the population will not exceed 40,000. And among the population of less than 40,000, after excluding the old, weak, sick, disabled, and women, one can imagine how many people are left.

    The thousands of men and horses gathered by Zhang Yang, Qin Liyan, Ran Hongzhi and others are now the limit of the number of mature men that the entire Xiaoguan can gather. It is almost impossible to gather them again, unless it is possible through recruitment.

    But recruitment is not an easy thing. If it is not done well, it may lead to a civil uprising. At that time, not only guarding Xiaoguan, but also whether we can safely retreat under the attack from these two sides is a matter of  Very serious problem.

    So under such a serious situation, Xiao Guan's military strength has now reached its limit, and there is no longer any potential for war.

    andUnder the current severe situation, all the defenders in Xiaoguan spent more than 40 hours in three days and three nights. In addition to taking more rest on the first day, they rested in total in the next 20 or so hours.  Less than three hours later, their personal energy has reached its limit and is on the verge of collapse at any time.

    How could this not make Qin Liyan and Ran Hongzhi anxious, especially when Zhang Yang and his "Goshawks" rushed down to guard the Xiaoguan City Gate, which made them even more worried. Compared with other goals, city gate defense is more important.

    But this most important and difficult task can only be completed by one man from Zichongxiafu.

    Compared with other teams that still have personnel to rotate, Zhang Yang and his "Goshawk" Zhe Chongxiafu have no possibility of rotation at all. They have always been holding on here, but fortunately behind  , after Qin Liyan and Ran Hongzhi discovered Zhang Yang and the others' predicament, they added hundreds of manpower to Zhang Yang and temporarily allocated manpower to make defense adjustments for them.

    Even so, until now, Zhang Yang and his "Goshawks" rushed down to the mansion. They had the least rest, the greatest pressure, the most difficulties, the heaviest danger, and the most ferocious kills in this Xiaoguan offensive and defensive battle.

    So in order to prevent Zhang Yang, who had the heaviest task, from losing the city gate, and to inquire about the specific situation, Qin Liyan and Ran Hongzhi braved the arrows flying in the sky and ran to Zhang Yang to see the situation.  By the way, let¡¯s find out the truth.

    However, the first thing the two of them said was shot back by Zhang Yang, which made the two of them quite embarrassed, even though what Zhang Yang said was true!

    "Okay. Let's not talk about this anymore. General Qin and General Ran come to me at this time. Just tell me what's going on. I believe you two won't be so boring and difficult now.  Sometimes, you come to me to make fun of me?"

    Qin Liyan and Ran Hongzhi felt even more embarrassed when they heard Zhang Yang's words.

    The two of them just said that just to show how difficult Xiao Guan's situation is now, so as to facilitate the subsequent conversation. Zhang Yang saw through it as soon as they thought of it, and at the same time he fought back.  In the end, the purpose of the two people was directly pointed out.

    How can this not make the two of them feel embarrassed? After all, this is what the two of them have not said yet.

    But now that Zhang Yang has made the topic clear, the two of them stopped talking about this and went straight to the topic:

    "Captain Zhang, you have seen the situation in Xiao Guan now. You should be quite aware of it.

    You know that those who are currently participating in the defense of the Turkic army in Xiaoguan are the defenders of Xiaoguan, the friendly forces like us who came to support Xiaoguan and assist in the defense, or the civilians we temporarily summoned.  Now we have reached our limit.

    If this continues, maybe at some point, the tight nerves in their hearts will be crushed like a camel crushed by the unknown last straw.  In the end everyone collapsed.

    So after many discussions between General Ran and I, we still couldn't find a solution, so I had to come to you to discuss this problem with you and find a feasible way to solve it.  question.

    Otherwise, our troubles will be really big. Maybe the entire Xiaoguan garrison will suddenly collapse, allowing the Turkic army that has been continuously attacking the city to break through the Xiaoguan defense line in one fell swoop, and take advantage of the situation to capture Xiaoguan!  "

    As soon as Qin Liyan said these words, Zhang Yang immediately started to work hard.

    Zhang Yang was well aware of the situation in Xiao Guan at this time, so when he first heard what Qin Liyan said, he knew what Qin Liyan was going to say, but he knew that he knew about it.  There is no solution!

    Now Xiao Guan, not to mention how the other Zhe Chong Captains and their Zhe Chong Xia Fu are doing, just looking at his current "Goshawk" Zhe Chong Xia Fu, he already quite understands how serious the current problem is.

    Zhang Yang's "Goshawk" Zhe Chong Xia Fu can be said to be the elite among the elite. Otherwise, Qin Liyan and Ran Hongzhi would not be able to rest assured that Zhang Yang and his "Gos Ying" Zhe Chong Xia Fu, with more than 800 people, would guard it.  The city gate is one of the enemy's main attack targets.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? As was the case with those few people, would have come here to die.

    Therefore, Qin Liyan and Ran Hongzhi have absolute trust in the combat effectiveness of Zhang Yang and his "Goshawk" when they rush to the lower house.

    But now Zhang Yang's "Goshawk" has rushed down to the mansion and persisted for more than three days and nights for more than forty hours. It can almost be said to have reached its limit. If Qin Liyan hadn't urgently dispatched hundreds of  Summoned civilian husbands.

    Maybe they were here as early as yesterdayThe people were completely collapsed, but even after adding hundreds of civilians wearing neat armors and weapons, they could only survive. Zhang Yang was not sure how long they could last.

    However, Zhang Yang is very clear about one thing. As long as there are no reinforcements in the rear within twelve hours, Xiao Guan will support them and replace them with rest. After twelve hours at most, Zhang Yang's "Cang  Ying Zhe rushed down to the mansion and will definitely collapse. At that time, not to mention the other defenders, as long as Zhang Yang and the others collapse, Xiaoguan will be doomed to fall.

    So Zhang Yang has been worrying about this problem, but even if he is worried, it is of no use. There is no way to change this passive situation. Even if there is no way, no matter how much discussion is made, it is useless!

    That¡¯s why Zhang Yang looked so troubled after hearing what Qin Liyan said!

    And Zhang Yang's current performance also made Qin Liyan and Ran Hongzhi's last glimmer of hope officially shattered, and they suddenly became even more depressed.

    Frustrated about their future and their fate, the two of them became even more dejected, and Zhang Yang had no choice.

    "Hey, two generals. As you can see, I really have no way to solve this problem. If there is a way to solve this problem, I will wait until now and come to you to discuss the implementation plan of solving this problem.  .

    Now it seems that unless he is a general.  Now bring the troops to Xiaoguan, complete the task of encircling the southward Turkic army outside Xiaoguan, and launch a large-scale siege operation against the opponent.

    Alternatively, more than five reinforcements from the direction of Yuanzhou can rush to Xiafu today and come to Xiaoguan for support. Otherwise, I think the current situation in Xiaoguan will not be able to support them until dark tomorrow.  Going to collapse!  "

    It¡¯s cold.  It was definitely a cold scene. As soon as Zhang Yang said these words, the scene immediately became cold and the surroundings became quiet.

    Because the two possibilities mentioned by Zhang Yang are almost impossible, they were all thought up by him just to solve the problem.

    Now the entire Yuanzhou is for the safe implementation of this battle.  All the extra troops have been transferred to Lingzhou. Therefore, except for Xiao Guan, the entire Yuanzhou garrison combined has less than four troops left to rush to Xiafu.

    This makes Yuanzhou, from where, mobilize more than five troops from Zhechongxiafu to come to support Xiaoguan!

    This well-trained soldier will not fall from the sky for no reason.  Let civilian men become soldiers as soon as they join the army.

    As for dispatching soldiers from other states, it is basically impossible, because the troops that can rush to Yuanzhou within a few days can only be from a few states near Yuanzhou, and now Lingzhou has no large army, but  The encirclement of the Turkic army has not yet been completed.

    Other states either had to mobilize all their troops for a decisive battle with the Turks, or to prevent Liang Division from taking advantage of the fire and plundering, going south to plunder, and were in confrontation with Liang Division and could not leave.

    And the 100,000 troops led by Qin Shubao who went north to support Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou and the city king, should still be entangled with the rest of the Turkic army going south, otherwise the distance from Lingzhou to Xiaoguan would have been reached long ago.

    But now they haven¡¯t come to the end yet. They are obviously stuck by something and have not allowed them to come and complete the siege mission.

    Since these two solutions that can solve the problem cannot be implemented during the war, Xiao Guan can only be in danger.

    "General Qin is in trouble. The Turks have opened a gap on the right, allowing them to rush up the city wall. Now," the three captains Sang Minglang, Gao Yongsi, and You Ruibo sent their junior officers to ask for support from General Qin and General Ran.  !

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Out out of the way, the Turkish army is pouring into the city wall.  "

    Just when Zhang Yang, Qin Liyan, and Ran Hongzhi were worried about the evil situation in front of them, the situation they expected and least wanted to see finally happened. This is completely adding insult to injury!

    "What on earth are Sang Minglang, Gao Yongsi, and You Ruibo doing? How can they let the Turkic army open a gap so easily? Isn't this pushing us into a pit of fire!

    Damn it, Sang Minglang, Gao Yongsi, and You Ruibo deserve to die!

    Reinforcements, now I go there to find reinforcements for them. Now I don¡¯t have any reserve troops at hand. Those who can fight have been sent to defend the city. Now this is just me and General Ran. There are still  Reinforcements can be sent!  "

      Qin Liyan could only look up to the sky and sigh, he was about to cry but had no tears. It seemed that Xiao Guan could no longer hold on!

    After being touched by Qin Liyan, Ran Hongzhi also looked up to the sky and sighed:

    ¡°I, Ran Hongzhi, am cautious and never take risks easily. I have been able to remain unscathed even after joining the army for so many years.

    I didn¡¯t expect that after the Tang Dynasty unified the world, I didn¡¯t expect that it would be in danger at the end of the year. It¡¯s so sad!

    I, Ran Hongzhi, am determined to kill the enemy, but I have no way to save myself. I can only die to thank Your Majesty for your kindness. General Qin, let¡¯s go. The time has come. We don¡¯t want to stay here anymore. Since there are no reinforcements, then we are the two of us.  The best reserve team counts as many enemies as it can kill, and the longer it lasts, the more it counts!  "

    At this time, Ran Hongzhi looked so tragic and solemn, with tears streaming down his face. He was obviously determined to kill himself and become a benevolent person!

    Zhang Yang tried to persuade him to deal with the current situation, but he had no choice. After all, he was currently severely short of manpower!

    Not enough, Zhang Yang finally gritted his teeth. If the Turks really broke through the right side, there would be no difference in whether he defended the city gate or not. So when Zhang Yang arrived, the army made a decisive decision to gamble.  Bundle!

    "General Qin, General Ran, now I have no choice but to take a gamble. I will leave the defense of this city gate to you two. I will take my special team to support you, and I will leave the rest to you!"

    After saying this, Zhang Yang immediately turned around, no longer looking at Qin Liyan and Ran Hongzhi, and then shouted:

    "The special forces have assembled, come with me to support the city wall on the right, and drive off the Turkic barbarians!"

    Suddenly there were less than sixty people left in the special force. They immediately gathered in a few breaths and followed Zhang Yang to the north!

    Just when Zhang Yang and his dozens of special forces were fighting with the Turkic warriors who had just stormed the city wall, a commotion suddenly broke out in the Turkic army station outside the pass and spread immediately.

    Then I heard the horn sound of the Turks retreating. Suddenly, the Turks who were about to be killed back under the city wall by Zhang Yang and his special forces suddenly rushed back to the station like a tide, as if they had been granted amnesty.  Not even siege equipment is needed.

    Zhang Yang, who was stunned by this scene, said after coming to his senses: "The general is back!" (To be continued)

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