Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 261 City Defense Reward
"The rebels are retreating!"

"Long live!"

The defenders of Chencang originally thought that the city was about to fall. At the last moment, the main force of a million Han troops led by Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian arrived and defeated the rebels, greatly boosting the morale of the defenders.

The rebels suffered a crushing defeat and lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers. They had to burn their camp and retreat back to Liangzhou.

The rebels marched out of Xiliang and invaded Guanzhong, intending to use Chencang as a bridgehead and then attack Chang'an.

Now that the attack on Chencang had failed, the rebels had not been able to take the bridgehead for rest and recuperation, and their morale was low, making it difficult for them to continue. They had to retreat to Liangzhou, otherwise they would be surrounded and annihilated by Huangfu Song in Guanzhong.

Liangzhou is the rebels' home ground. The rebels are more familiar with the terrain of Liangzhou. And most importantly, the rebels have territory, population, and food in Liangzhou, so logistical supplies are not a problem.

The rebels had been attacking Chencang for days without success, and their troops were tired and needed time to rest.

Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill him.

Elite lord players such as Li Qian, Xiao Lingxue, Emperor Yuan, Pinglu Jiedushi, Xuanyuan, Jiangzuo Meilang, etc. were exhausted after defending the city for a long time and did not have the energy to continue hunting down the rebels.

Like the rebels, they need time to rest.

No matter what, we finally managed to defend Chencang.

While taking a break, Li Qian opened the task list and found that the S-level achievement task "Bloody Chencang" had not been completed yet.

The necessary condition for completing the S-level mission "Bloody Chencang" is to hold out for eighty days.

It is not even eighty days yet, so the system assessment has not been completed.

But it's also a matter of time.

The rebels had already retreated back to Liang Province. Even if Han Xin and Bai Qi were born, they would not be able to lead the rebels to make a comeback in the last few days and capture Chencang in such a short time.

You know, outside the city of Chencang, the rebels' siege equipment was seized by the Han army. Even if the rebels wanted to rebuild the siege equipment, there would not be enough time in the last few days.

Li Qian and others only need to wait for the eighty days to be up before they can receive their rewards.

Li Qian defended Chencang and successfully attacked the camp twice, gaining a lot of military merits.

After defending the city for several days, no less than 100,000 rebels died at the hands of Li Qian's 10,000 elite soldiers. Li Qian's military exploits ranked first in the battle to defend the city.

The biggest competitor, Emperor Yuan, was ambushed twice, and Xuanyuan, Jiangzuo Meilang, and Yuzi's comrades were ambushed once, suffering heavy casualties. Therefore, they did not play as good a role as Li Qian in defending the city and ranked behind Li Qian.

Liangzhou Lord Xiao Lingxue ranked second.

"Shut up!"

Near the border between Guanzhong and Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo reined in his warhorse. His army surrounded more than 100,000 Qiang warriors, including a group of righteous Hu from Huangzhong.

Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Niu Fu and other fierce generals rode on their war horses and surrounded the besieged Qiang soldiers.

The Qiang soldiers and the Huangzhong Yicong Hu were extremely terrified.

Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Iron Cavalry was very powerful. On the plains, once the Xiliang Iron Cavalry launched an attack, the Hu and Qiang soldiers in Huangzhong would be unable to resist and would be trampled into meat paste by their iron hooves.

"I, Dong Zhongying, am also from Liangzhou, and I understand your difficulties. If you work for me from now on, not only can you save your lives, but you can also eat and drink delicious food. I, Dong Zhongying, will never treat you unfairly!"

Dong Zhuo's voice was as loud as thunder, and he took advantage of the situation to recruit the Qiang soldiers to surrender.

Especially the Huangzhong Yicong Hu who were mixed in with the Qiang soldiers.

You know, the Huangzhong Yicong Hu are a special type of soldiers with good combat effectiveness. If they are commanded by a famous general, they will be a sharp sword.

Dong Zhuo's character traits take effect, increasing the chance of conquering the Qiang tribe. The Qiang soldiers and the Hu people in Huangzhong looked at each other, thinking that their lives might be in danger, so they put down their weapons and surrendered to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo subdued hundreds of thousands of Qiang soldiers and Huangzhong Yicong Hu, and distributed these surrendered Qiang soldiers to his generals, leaving only the most elite Huangzhong Yicong Hu as his guards.

In this way, Dong Zhuo had two elite troops at his disposal: the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Huangzhong Righteous Hu.

Huangfu Song and Sun Jian also pursued the rebels to the border of Liangzhou.

"General Huangfu, I heard that Dong Zhuo recruited Qiang people and Yicong Hu from Huangzhong to serve him, and selected the bravest among them as his guards. This man has great ambitions. If we don't get rid of him today, there will be endless troubles."

Sun Jian acted together with Huangfu Song. He heard that Dong Zhuo recruited Qiang soldiers and Huangzhong Yicong Hu along the way. Along the way, Dong Zhuo's army increased by 200,000 to 300,000 people.

Not only the Qiang soldiers and the Huangzhong Yicong Hu, but also some players in the Liangzhou rebel camp were worried that the situation was hopeless and they would be attacked by the imperial court, so they turned to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo accepted all comers and his power became even stronger.

Sun Jian proposed to Huangfu Song to kill Dong Zhuo.

Huangfu Song shook his head: "We are subjects. How can we kill a general without the emperor's order?"

"The general is outside, and military orders are not obeyed."

Sun Jian was determined to kill Dong Zhuo.

He even suspected that the reason why Dong Zhuo was defeated by the Great Sage Zhang Jue in the campaign against the Yellow Turban Army was because Dong Zhuo did not use his own troops - the Western Liang Cavalry.

So why did Dong Zhuo want to preserve his strength and take the opportunity of suppressing the Liangzhou rebels to recruit soldiers and even accept all the rebels who came to surrender?

Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by.

However, Huangfu Song shook his head and politely declined Sun Jian's proposal.

A few days after Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian led the Han army into Liang Province, the eighty-day deadline for holding Chencang finally arrived.

"Ding, you participated in the eighty-day defense of Chencang and ranked first in the city defense battle. You received the city defense reward for the S-level achievement mission 'Bloody Chencang'."

Li Qian, Xiao Lingxue, Emperor Yuan and others had been resting in Chencang City and had not sent troops to Liangzhou for the time being.

Liang Province is a very large territory. Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian could not suppress the rebellion in a short period of time when they led their troops into Liang Province. Therefore, Li Qian and his men did not have to worry about losing the opportunity to suppress the rebellion or losing the opportunity to gain military merit.

Letting the main forces of the Han army, such as Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian, enter Liang Province to take the lead can also consume the rebels' manpower.

Li Qian has been paying close attention to the progress of the Han army, while waiting for the time to receive the mission reward and make up for the losses before he can send troops again.

"Ding, you received the reward for the S-level achievement mission 'Bloody Chencang', reputation +5555, combat merit +66666, and obtained a third-rate talent recruitment order x1."

"Ding, the system compensates you for half of the soldiers who died while defending Chencang City. You gain military strength x 2757."

"Ding, you get four random special soldiers x 200."

"You get three thousand generals x 200."

"You get the Great Tang Dynasty Mo Dao Army x 200."

"You get White Robe Army x 200."

"You get the Black Armor Army x 200."

"Ding, the abilities of three random civil and military officials in your faction are enhanced."

"Ding, you have received a special reward for the first place in the city defense battle - 1 Liangzhou Recruitment Order, 1 Special Craftsman Recruitment Order, and 1 Random Special Book."

(End of this chapter)