Chapter 1267 The border defenders did not resist

Others may not know where the border defenders have gone, but the people of Piao State in the border areas know very well.

When the Tang army came over, these border guards did not think of resisting. They actually looted the villages in the border areas first.

According to them, rather than letting the Tang army rob you all, it is better for us to rob you all in advance. At least these things will not fall into the hands of the Tang army.

These people simply chose to turn a blind eye to the cries of the common people. They had not received military pay for three months. If they did not take advantage of the chaos to get some money, they would not know how to live after they returned home.

The local people have lived in the border area for a long time, and many of them hunt in the mountains and have some skills. So when these broken soldiers came to rob, they took out their weapons without saying a word. .

When the Tang army rushed over, they discovered this strange scene. We didn't need to take action at all. The people on the border and the border guards started fighting on their own, and every move was fatal.

"If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I would have thought I'd seen a fucking ghost."

Changsun Chong's troops rushed the fastest. When he saw dozens of corpses at the entrance of the village, he really didn't know what to say. These people were the original border guards, and some of them were local villagers.

"General, what about us?"

Since there are no strong men left in the village, shouldn't it be time to implement the strategy of fighting to support war?

"Don't be blinded by these petty profits. Our mission is to get all the soldiers in some border cities to give up entering the villages and continue to mount their horses."

Changsun Chong's strategy is very simple. If the people in the village do not attack us, then we might as well let them go first. The most important thing is to occupy the city first. Compared with the wealth in the city, these places are really too poor. It's not worth the effort and time.

The people in the village were trembling. What they were most afraid of was that the army of the Tang Dynasty would rush in. When I was watching the Pyu army fighting by the river, many young people in the village had already died. I didn’t expect that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty did not rob. , they moved towards the distance instead.

"What's going on? The Tang army didn't do anything to us, but our own army killed so many people."

Many people in the village started crying. Their sons and husbands had died in the conflict just now, and the whole village would have to be slaughtered.

This situation does not exist in a few border areas. There are still nearly 20,000 defenders. When Li Xiang and others came over, they did not see a large group of people at all. Except for more than a thousand prisoners, the rest must have escaped. .

Coming from the warehouse at the border, it seems that these people didn't take anything with them when they left. If they want to survive, I'm afraid they have no other way except robbing the people in the border areas.

The common people are not fools. It took them so long to come up with such a few things. If they are all robbed by you, how can they live their lives? The conflict between the two parties has not been adjusted from the beginning. The only room left is to survive, which will naturally lead to death.

The prefect of Wacheng was standing on the city wall and looking at the thick smoke rising in the distance, he knew that an army must be coming.

The Tang Guild Hall has not yet been taken down, and there are only less than 7,000 fighting men in the entire city...

The decree from the Piao court also came, ordering him to bring 4,000 people to support the border and keep the Tang army out of the country. This guy looked helplessly at the court's order. You will give out orders randomly in the south. Is it possible? Don’t you know that the Tang army has already arrived? Why should we keep people out of the country? Just because his subordinates are old, weak, sick and disabled these days?

When he attacked the Tang Guild Hall, he saw that some of the Tang army personnel there were retired. We would be defeated if we were beaten. If we really encountered the real army of the Tang Dynasty, where would we come from? What's your ability?

The Tang army...

When he saw the Tang banner in the distance clearly, the prefect of Wacheng knew that their doom was coming. He thought it was an army running back from the border, but who knew that what came over turned out to be the Tang army, and this army was Chang Sunze's men. of two thousand cavalry.

"How is this possible? We have so many troops at the border. Even if we escape, we should be in front of the Tang army."

The prefect's words were not known to be addressed to himself or to others. At this moment, he had no strength all over his body, and he was able to stand up only with the support of his hands.

Not to mention the people around us, we saw the tough Tang cavalry in the distance, and they were also pulling some weird things. They came from the border in such a short time, and they were in such good spirits. We Why should you fight with others?

Look at our sallow faces and skinny bodies, we are really not on the same level.

The most important thing is that a large amount of supplies are outside the city. Even if you want to defend the city, it is not an easy task.

"What are they doing?"

The prefect said with some confusion. He originally thought that after this army arrived, they should camp outside the city and rest for a day or two before attacking the city tomorrow, but he didn't expect that this army would not have any rest at all. The strange thing pulled by the war horse was removed. It seemed to be a crossbow.

"Catapult."

The soldiers on the city wall shouted loudly. Although the catapults could not hit us at this distance, they still had to show their presence, otherwise the troops below the city would really think that we could not accomplish anything.

"Yes, yes, hurry up and throw the stone."

The prefect also thought that this might be their only way to fight back. There was not even a general in the entire city, so he was asked to be a civilian to take command. He wanted to cry to death now. He really didn't know how the Piao Kingdom came to be. arranged.

Before the catapults on the city wall were ready, the ballistae outside had already begun to attack.

Although the Tang army already had real artillery, those things moved too slowly, so the generals below still liked to use this kind of ballistae.

A dozen crossbows were tied with explosives and flew out, and there was black smoke behind them. The soldiers of Piao Kingdom knew that this thing was not good for Xiang Yu, but when it actually exploded on the city wall, they realized the power of this thing. How big.

As soon as the two catapults were launched, they were blown to pieces. The soldiers on the city wall, including several surrounding soldiers, were dumbfounded... (End of this chapter)