Chapter 405 Unexpected

Chapter 405 Unexpected

Chapter 405 Unexpected
Chishui City is exactly the same as Fuqi City. In fact, it is a replica of Fuqi City. It was built in imitation of a county town in the Central Plains. However, they did not have the city-building technology of the Central Plains dynasty, so it was only similar in appearance, but a mess inside.

Xiao Xia had used catapults to attack Fuqi City and knew that its biggest weakness was the city gate. Fuqi City also used huge stones to block the city, but Chishui City did not have huge stones. There were not enough civilians and manpower in the city, and the army was always standing on the top of the city. Who would carry the huge stones to block the city?
"emission!"

Following an order from Sui general Xue Wanjun, ten catapults began to hurl huge stones at the city gate.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Ten huge rocks flew out, and seven of them hit the city gate.

In the first round of attack, a two-foot-wide hole was smashed in the city gate.

As Xiao Xia expected, the gate of Chishui City was very thin, a single gate, not the composite gate of the Central Plains cities.

"The army is preparing to enter the city!"

Luo Shixin led 5,000 cavalrymen, full of murderous intent and eager to try.

The second round of stone attack began, and the city gate was immediately smashed into pieces, like an eggshell.

Just when the final blow was about to be delivered, three huge rocks flew out and hit the city gate heavily. The city gate collapsed with a loud bang. Dozens of soldiers who were desperately blocking the city gate were crushed by the broken city gate on the spot, and more than 20 of them were crushed on the spot. The remaining soldiers were so scared that they turned around and fled.

The city gates were wide open, and Luo Shixin swung his big iron spear, "Follow me and kill!"

Five thousand cavalrymen launched themselves and charged straight at the city gate like a spear. At this time, the Tangut soldiers on the top of the city wall rushed down to the city. Changsun Sheng and his disciple Xie Yingdeng also led 10,000 infantrymen to follow the cavalry and rushed towards the city gate.

Five thousand cavalry led a charge into the city, followed by ten thousand infantry, and Chishui City fell.

At this time, a cavalryman reported: "Your Highness, the Tanguts have surrendered through the South Gate!"

Do you know how to surrender now? Xiao Xia snorted and immediately ordered: "Order the army to go to the south city!"

Xiao Xia prepared for the attack on Tuyuhun for a whole winter, collecting intelligence and becoming very familiar with all kinds of information about Tuyuhun.

But the attack on Dangxiang was just the opposite. Xiao Xia made the decision to send troops on a whim and knew nothing about the situation of Dangxiang. He was completely in the dark.

Xiao Xia thought that the Dangxiang Tuoba tribe was still south of Chishui City and that Chishui City was just a military city. But when the Dangxiang people surrendered in the south of Chishui City, Xiao Xia realized that he was completely wrong.

There were five or six thousand men, women, old and young who came out and all knelt on the ground.

Leading the group was a middle-aged man wearing a crown, followed by a dozen women and a group of children.

The Dangxiang people were obviously preparing to break out, but the situation changed too quickly. The north gate was quickly smashed open, and tens of thousands of Sui troops surrounded the south city. They had no choice but to surrender.

The leading chief kowtowed and said, "Dangxiang chief Tuoba Yan'an surrenders to His Majesty the King of Chu!"

Since you are surrendering, it is not a good idea to start killing. Xiao Xia nodded, "Since you want to surrender, you must surrender like that and hand over all your weapons, even the daggers you carry with you. If your attitude is sincere, I can spare your life!"

"Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Highness!"

Tuoba Yan'an immediately ordered everyone to hand over their weapons, including the daggers they carried with them.

The Sui army confiscated all the weapons of the Dangxiang people and led them to sit down on an open ground.

At this time, Chang Sun Sheng came to report to Xiao Xia that more than 900 enemies were killed in the city, and the remaining more than 1,000 people surrendered.

Xiao Xia frowned and asked, "Are these all from the Xianbei tribe?"

"That's right. The thousand soldiers from Shudun City and Jishi City are all from the Tuoba tribe, one of the eight Tangut tribes. But their chieftain is actually in Chishui City. I never expected that."

Xiao Xia vaguely thought that the Dangxiang people wanted to emulate the Tuyuhun people in establishing a country, so they chose Chishui City as their capital, but they did not expect that their destruction would come so quickly.

"There are no Qiang people here?"

"Your Highness, this is the biggest difference between Tuyuhun and Dangxiang. Tuyuhun forced the Qiang people to fight for their lives, while Dangxiang had clear boundaries between their tribes. Only when a major war came, the Qiang people would join the Xianbei people in battle and accept the command of the Xianbei chieftain."

Xiao Xia nodded, "So we are going to attack them from a thousand miles away and catch them off guard!" "That's right!"

"Do you think all the Tuoba tribe members are here?" Xiao Xia asked again.

Chang Sun Sheng thought for a while and said, "I think it's only a part. There are only more than 5,000 women, children and the elderly here, but the Tuoba army we annihilated had 3,000 people. The ratio is not right. Generally, the ratio of women, children, the elderly and the young and strong is three to one. There should be 4,000 to 5,000 people elsewhere!"

Xiao Xia immediately ordered: "Go and bring their chieftain here!"

Soon, Tuoba Yan'an was brought to the big tent. He bowed and saluted, "Greetings to His Majesty the King of Chu!"

"The chief speaks fluent Chinese! Have you ever been to Chang'an?"

Tuoba Yan'an nodded, "I lived in Chang'an for a full ten years."

"Please take a seat!"

Xiao Xia's tone was relatively gentle, and Tuoba Yan'an's tension eased a little, but he was still very scared. Xiao Xia killed all the Xianbei people of Tuyuhun, so he wondered if the Dangxiang would do the same. He sat down nervously.

"Captain, do you want to know what happened to Fu Yun?"

Tuoba Yan'an nodded slightly, he really wanted to know.

"I led my army to pursue him for thousands of miles, and then he and his men were blocked in a large canyon of more than 100 miles. They tried to break out by force, but in the end their entire army was destroyed. Fu Yun committed suicide, and Tuyuhun and its last two strongholds, Shanshan and Qiemo, were also taken away. In other words, Tuyuhun was completely destroyed."

Tuoba Yan'an whispered after a while: "Why does Your Highness hate Xianbei so much?"

Xiao Xia smiled faintly, "If you were me, you would be more cruel than me, at least I wouldn't kill women and children, would you?"

Tuoba Yan'an's eyes flickered, and he lowered his head and asked, "Your Highness, are you going to kill me?"

Xiao Xia shook his head. "I gave Fu Yun a chance. If he was willing to surrender, I would not kill him and send him to Chang'an. But he refused to accept it and would rather die. The same goes for the chief. If you only want to die, then there is no need for us to continue the discussion. But if you don't want to die, then we can talk."

Tuoba Yan'an sighed, "If I only wanted to die, I would not surrender. Even ants are greedy for life, let alone humans?"

Xiao Xia nodded, "The Tuoba tribe should have more than just the few thousand people in the city!"

Tuoba Yanan was silent for a moment and said, "Chishui City is too small to accommodate so many people. This is only half of it. The other half is led by my son, who is a hundred miles to the south."

"Let your son surrender and bring your people to Chishui City. In view of your sincerity in surrendering, I will not use the same methods I used against Tuyuhun against you."

What Xiao Xia meant was that he would not kill you.

Tuoba Yan'an understood Xiao Xia's implication and asked, "How does Your Highness plan to deal with us?"

"I will find a piece of land in the Central Plains to settle you. The chief and his son will live in Chang'an and live happily as wealthy men. Secondly, your personal property will be returned to you, and the tribal property will belong to us!"

Tuoba Yanan sighed and said, "Do I have no choice?"

Xiao Xia said calmly: "This is your only chance!"

Tuoba Yan'an nodded, "I'll send someone to call them back to surrender!"

After Tuoba Yan'an left, the military officer Fang Xuanling, who had been silent the whole time, asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, are you really not going to kill them?"

"What do you think?" Xiao Xia asked with a smile.

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness has his own principles. If the nobles can be sent to Chang'an, why should we kill all the Tuyuhun? Now that the principles have been set, I believe that Your Highness will not change them easily!"

Xiao Xia smiled faintly, "Not all principles must be upheld. It also depends on the situation. For example, if I pity the Tuyuhun nobles today and arrange for them to live in Chang'an, but what about twenty years later? Will they return to their own tribes? Therefore, today's womanly kindness will surely become a major concern for the Central Plains Dynasty a hundred years later."

Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "Your Highness can think of a hundred years later. I admire you very much!"

(End of this chapter)