Chastity Layman

Rested for a day at Niuxindui.

In the end, Cheng Yaojin and Liu Lancheng arranged for 500 soldiers to send back the wounded soldiers and the remains of the war dead, and let them escort the prisoners, and at the same time send back the trophies such as cattle and horses.

Then they took four thousand men and horses and continued all the way west.

Facing the wind and the snow, a lone army sword pointed at Tuyuhun King City.

But along the way, wherever they passed, it was rare to see a Tuyuhun tribe.

The Tuyuhun people had already been convinced, and they fled one after another. They marched 300 li, but did not meet a Tuyuhun tribe. At this time, Cheng Yaojin's troops had already left the country for 800 li.

The Tuyuhun tribe could not be seen on the road, they could not get supplies, and they could not support the war by fighting. Fu Yun led his people and ran away ahead of time, and ordered the grass to be burned before leaving.

Fu Yun took the tribe with him, took away the herding horses, cattle, sheep, camels and other livestock, leaving only a white expanse of ice and snow, and nothing else.

Not even a blade of grass.

In Fucheng City, Cheng Yaojin stood on the city wall, unbuttoned his crotch and urinated.

"Damn it, is this the city of Fuqi, the city of Tuyuhun?"

Liu Lancheng also came over and unbuttoned his crotch to urinate together. There were two of them, one was General You Wuwei and the other was General You Leading Army.

"Fucheng City, Xianbei language, translated into our words means the city of kings." Although Lao Liu's actions were rough, he was a cultural person after all, and he still had ink in his stomach. The origin of Fucheng City is relatively clear.

Cheng Yaojin shuddered, and took back his little brother, "The city of the fart king, his mother is a big bastard. Any city in our Central Plains is better than him?"

Lao Liu lifted his pants slowly, and glanced at Fucheng City. At this time, the city of kings is a completely empty city, and there are not a single ghost.

Standing on the top of the city, you can see that the city is actually well-built. In terms of its shape, it is completely like a Han family city.

The city is divided into inner and outer cities. The inner city is less than seventy feet from east to west, and less than seventy feet from north to south. It is a square. The wall is four feet high and the base is six feet wide. There is only one east gate. There is also a corner wall outside, just like an urn city.

There is a central axis avenue in the city from the city gate to the west, with houses on both sides of the avenue, and a small square courtyard of about six or seven acres at the westernmost end.

The outer city is relatively larger, less than a thousand steps long from north to south, and about 500 steps long from east to west. Nearly one part of the Eastern University.

The outer city also covers an area of ​​about 1,000 mu.

This city is only fifteen miles away from the shore of Qinghai Lake to the east.

"Old Liu, do you think this can be called a city? It's just an earth fence, not even a city built with rammed earth, it's just a pile of earth fence."

Liu Lancheng was also very disappointed with this so-called city of kings. It was recorded in the history books of the Central Plains that Tuyuhun boasted of Lu Li, who was named Khan and built the city of Fucheng. He thought how great this city of kings was.

Who knows what it means to regret coming after seeing it in person.

The outer city, which covers an area of ​​more than 1,000 mu, the largest west city, is actually a big sheep pen, where the Tuyuhun people kept their cattle and sheep. The place where they lived, but they did not see any houses. It is obvious that the Tuyuhun people live in this Tuweizi East City. In fact, they also set up tents and built Tuweizi, which is completely to keep out the wind and water.

As for the inner city, it was Khan's palace, and the six or seven acres of courtyard was probably Fuyun's palace. The two rows of rooms in front of the palace might be Fuyun's court meeting place, or a warehouse.

But now it's all empty inside, nothing, nothing.

Four thousand Tang troops marched into Tucheng, and an officer stuck a Tang cavalry at the head of the inner city, indicating that the Tang Dynasty had captured the capital of Tuyuhun.

Breaking through the enemy's capital was originally a great achievement.

But looking at the dilapidated enclosure, no one had the nerve to cheer twice. Even the military clerks and soldiers, seeing this, wondered if they had found the wrong place.

Even in the frontier state on the farthest border of the Tang Dynasty, the small county town is probably much stronger than the city defense here.

"Remember, in the twelfth lunar month of the third year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Yaojin and Liu Lancheng led an army of 4,000 troops and ran for 800 miles, smashing the capital of the Tuyuhun Kingdom, Fuqiwangcheng!" Old Cheng gritted his teeth and shouted to the dazed Ji Shicanjun.

Joining the military somewhat helplessly put the brush on his tongue to melt it, and then simply wrote a few strokes.

Occupied an enemy capital city with nothing and nothing, not a single wool was seen, not even a piece of dry cow dung Tuyuhun was left for them.

The officers and soldiers of the Tang army sat in the city, a little speechless.

There is no hay, no cow dung, and it is not even possible to boil water for cooking. Fucheng City is by the Qinghai Lake, surrounded by grasslands and not a single tree.

Fortunately, when they defeated Xuan Wang's tribe before, they seized a lot of hay and dung, and Liu Lancheng deliberately confessed that he brought some with the army.

"Make a fire with dried cow dung, boil water with snow, and kill the horses we brought. Anyway, we have captured the capital of Tuyuhun today, so we have to celebrate and have a fresh and hot meal."

Lao Liu comforted everyone.

The last time they broke King Xuan's tribe, Cheng Yaojin and the others added a lot of horses. These horses can be used as spares or as military rations at critical times. For example, now, kill some tired and weak horses and eat a big meal.

"What should we do now?" Old Cheng couldn't help sighing.

Liu Lancheng sat by the stove, warming up.

The dried cow dung was burning very vigorously, exuding a clear scent of hay, but there was no smell at all. The snow water in the pot was boiling and tumbling, and Lao Liu threw the fresh horse meat cut into large pieces into the pot to stew.

Horse meat is not as good as beef, but cattle move slowly, so it is not as convenient and useful as horses.

It's not bad to be able to eat hot stewed horse meat when you're out on an expedition.

"What should we do? Cold salad!" Lao Liu chuckled, the current situation was indeed as he expected before, Fu Yun was ruthless enough, even though they only had a few thousand troops, Fu Yun didn't fight and ran away.

Cheng Yaojin was a little annoyed, "This Fu Yun, after all, has been a khan for decades, so he has no eggs, we only have a few thousand people, he is afraid of a bird? If I am old, I wish no one would dare to come, just right Wrapped dumplings and stewed in one pot."

"Fu Yun is not afraid of us thousands of people, he is afraid of Shubao, Sanlang, our soldiers and horses gathered on the border of Longyou, and a group of strong generals, Duan Zhixuan, Xue Wanche, Zhang Shigui, Chai Shao... ···”

Of course, four or five thousand troops are not many, and they can't scare Fu Yun. After all, Fu Yun is also an old man. He dared to fight against the Central Plains since the Sui Dynasty. He was once invaded by Yang Guangfa's army and claimed to have wiped out Tuyuhun.

"I think Fu Yun is quite cunning and treacherous. In this weather, we go deep alone, and he just avoids fighting. We go deep alone, and the food and grass are running out. In fact, we are in a desperate situation. If we continue to chase, Fu Yun can continue to run. We The deeper the chase, the more dangerous it is, the less we can replenish the food and grass, and when the food and grass we carry are exhausted, Fu Yun doesn't need to fight, we will die with food and grass."

If Cheng Yaojin and the others retreat, then Fu Yun will definitely send troops to follow behind, and they will catch and attack if they leak the slightest flaw.

Tuyuhun is a nomadic tribe, not a farming country in the Central Plains. It is useless to invade the territory and invade the royal city. There is nothing left in the empty land and empty city.

It can neither kill and weaken the enemy's strength, nor can it replenish itself.

"With our 4,000 troops, it is impossible to catch up to Fu Yun. Even if we catch up, it will be very dangerous. The more we chase, the farther we will be from the border, and the farther we will be from the armies in Longyou and Hexi." Liu Lancheng Analyze with Lao Cheng.

In fact, there is no need to analyze, how could Cheng Yaojin not know.

"If you want me to say, let's withdraw, and accept it when you see it. Anyway, we made a worthwhile trip this time, and we also captured the enemy's king city!" Lao Liu said with a smile.

Old Cheng chuckled dryly, "When I was in Hezhou, I had a lot of fun with Huailiang, and I ended up going back like this. It's too embarrassing."

"I can't say it. Didn't we win two battles and capture more than 30,000 cattle and sheep, and capture Xuan Wang Liang Qucong? The results of the battle are hard enough."

"Tough enough? Comparing with Qin Huailiang and Shubao, it's the sky and the earth."

"That's different. Shubao and Huailiang are fighting back in the territory. We are attacking the enemy's country for eight hundred miles. It's completely different."

Seeing that the opportunity was good, Lao Liu persuaded Cheng Yaojin earnestly, "Old Cheng, forget it, let it go as soon as you see it. In this terrible weather, you can see that everyone is a little tired. They are driving in the ice and snow every day, and their faces are all rotten. I can’t even see a ghost, what’s the point, everyone wants to return.”

Cheng Yaojin pouted, "The soldiers have no fighting spirit, and there is really no way to fight."

"Convene the officers above the brigade commander for a military discussion."

In the dirt enclosure, the officers were sitting in tents, roasting cow dung and eating stewed horse meat, while discussing military affairs.

"The horse has no grass, is weak, and the weather is cold. The year is approaching, and the brothers all want to return."

"The old thief Fu Yun avoids and does not fight, and the light soldiers follow far away. I can't go deep alone."

Chatting and chatting, the opinions are more unified, and I don't want to run like this anymore.

Lao Cheng nodded, "I know everyone's thoughts, this time I, Lao Cheng, failed to fulfill my promise to you, that's all, prepare to withdraw."

Early the next morning, Cheng Yaojin climbed up to the top of the city again, unbuttoned his trousers and urinated, went down to the city, took out his saber, and swung the knife down on the wall of the dirt wall. write big characters, and then get on the horse.

When Liu Lancheng saw the seven big distorted characters, he chuckled, walked a few steps, then turned around, and drew his sword beside him to write that General Liu Lancheng, the right leader of the Tang Dynasty, visited here, the winter of the third year of Zhenguan.

Old Cheng was watching right away, very dissatisfied, "What the hell do you mean you still have an official position?" As he said, he jumped off the horse again, came back with a knife, and added the Great General of the Datang Town Army in front of his name. , General Youwuwei, Prince Zuowei, Governor of Lanzhou, and Lu Guogong lined up. Looking at the newly added titles, they perfectly suppressed Lao Liu, and Cheng Yaojin retracted his knife and sheathed it proudly.

Lao Liu scolded the straight mother thief, shook his head and got on his horse.

The soldiers couldn't help being overjoyed when they saw these two actions. Many soldiers ran over one after another and added their names, and some even added their official positions.

The illiterate ones simply drew a picture on it, the one holding a knife, the one holding a shield, the one riding a horse, and the one holding a bow...

As the sun rose, the 4,000 troops left slowly, leaving behind a silent city of Fushou, engraved with words and graphics on the siege, proving that this group of troops had been here before.

On the way back, Second General Cheng and Liu were very cautious, they didn't dare to underestimate the enemy's carelessness, they were secretly wary, but they still hoped that the Tuyuhun people would come to pursue them, but when they stepped into the border of Shanzhou and saw Qin Lang who came to greet him, they didn't Then I met a Tuyuhun army.

"Congratulations to the triumphant return of the two generals, and a happy New Year!" Qin Lang stepped forward with a smile.

"New Year's Eve?" Lao Cheng was surprised, he couldn't figure out the time when he was outside.

"Well, today is the fourth year of Zhenguan. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I have asked someone to prepare dumplings. There are beef, mutton, pork, and leek stuffing."

Old Cheng laughed, "Shu Tan, Saburo has a heart."