Chapter 293: Looking at each other
In less than half a cup of tea, Li Shimin knew why that Chen Tianshi had made such a strange decision.
Just to their right, that is, the right rear camp where the Guanwen Hall was stationed, suddenly there was a sound like the sky was collapsing.
Li Shimin looked over with surprise in his eyes, only to see a stone wall over there collapse violently, followed by a large number of skeleton corpse soldiers rushing in. From afar, it looks like a surging black tide.
"What's going on?"
Eldest grandson Wuji, you looked in that direction with a surprised expression.
He had learned about the situation in the right rear battalion. Although the general of the Guanwen Hall was born in the world, he was only a middle-aged man in terms of ability, and he was lazy and lascivious. However, the walls of the major camps were built under the personal supervision of Yu Wenshu, the general of Zuo Yiwei. Although they are exaggerated, they are also as high as three feet, and the steel plate is embedded in it, which is relatively strong.
"It's Neiying, they should have used the ambush fire—"
Although Li Shimin only turned his eyes to the past after the incident. But at the same time, he also has a third-grade magic cultivation, and he has always sensed the Quartet with his divine thoughts.
"Shixing, take your men up to the north wall! Zhang Zhenjun, please go with your eldest grandson Wuji to see if there are any ambushes on the four camp walls here. ”
Fan Shixing immediately received the order, and immediately took a group of armor soldiers with helmets and armor, and hurriedly climbed the north wall. Bow and arrow, ready for battle.
At this time, in the hands of Fan Shixing, there were not only Li Shimin's 150 personal guards, but also the cavalry team directly under Xuanjiadu, and a guard of the Daye Palace. The total number of people is about 500 people, and it is the reserve in the hands of Li Shimin.
But Li Shimin never expected that he would need to use this power so early.
And just a moment later, a violent explosion was heard in their southwest direction. The movement even surpassed the collapse of the wall of the right rear camp, and the huge roar was like a thunderstorm. Even from a distance of several miles, Li Shimin could feel that the entire ground was shaking slightly. A crimson flame also rushed into the sky in that direction.
Everyone on the lookout couldn't help but look at each other, and they all saw the look of the earthquake on their faces.
This meant that another camp had been breached, and less than two quarters of an hour after the battle began, there was a huge gap in the fortifications they had built.
Yu Wenshi couldn't help but murmur: "Virusha, fortunately, you have also built walls and ditches on both sides. I promise I won't bother you again—"
At this time, everyone looked at Li Shimin's gaze, and they all had a little difference. It feels like a god.
Otherwise, when the right rear camp is breached, and those skeleton corpses sweep in, God knows what will happen to them?
Li Shimin smiled bitterly, he knew that he did not have the ability of an unpredictable prophet, and the reason why he wanted to build these two stone walls was only out of prudence.
Zhuge was only cautious all his life, and he highly respected this matter, and he has been practicing it vigorously. And this time, his strict prudence undoubtedly saved the lives of himself and his subordinates.
However, he also knew that the worship of his subordinates because of this would help stabilize the morale of the army, so Li Shimin was still calm as usual, looking at the camp in the north that had been reduced to a battlefield.
I have to say that among the forbidden army of the Great Sui, there are few weak people. Even if the left and right reserve mansions have just undergone reconstruction, their strength is quite strong. In particular, the personal force of the officers and men of the forbidden army basically surpassed that of the government army and the vast majority of the border army.
After the wall of the right rear camp was breached, the 2,200 soldiers belonging to the Guanwen Palace, as well as the 1,600 people under the prison guards, were not defeated. Instead, with the help of those tents and scattered antlers and rejecting horses as cover, they fought and retreated. Some of them retreated in the direction of the Chinese army, and some of them had to turn to the north and south due to the persecution of a large number of skeleton corpses.
Li Shimin couldn't help but condense his eyes slightly: "Shixing, let them jump into the trench, they can live!"
In the three trenches in front of the camp, he had a large number of iron thorn wooden spears buried, but there was no arrangement on the left and right sides, as well as in the trench behind the camp.
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In the imperial tent of the Chinese army, the atmosphere here is more depressing and cold than an hour ago.
"It's an ambush again—"
At this time, Yang Guang's eyes were full of coldness. However, he knew that this was not the time to investigate the source of these fires.
When Xue Shixiong wore battle armor and hurriedly walked in from outside the tent, Yang Guang asked in a cold tone, "What is the situation in the left front battalion?
The reason why I don't ask about the right back camp is because the scene of this camp is already in the silver mirror next to it.
"The situation over there is even worse than the right rear battalion. * The gap is 40 zhang wide. There were 2,200 soldiers in the Xuanzheng Palace, 800 in Yingtiandu and 800 in Mingde, and almost all of them were scattered. Dong Chun has led 1,000 soldiers from the left guard to attack, preparing to snipe the enemy, collect the rout, and he expects to be able to save 2,000 soldiers. However, it is estimated that the left front battalion will not be able to hold it, and these routs cannot be brought back to the Chinese army just like this. It was only possible to rebuild a ditch wall in the northwest direction as a barrier for the Chinese army. ”
Although Yang Guang had expected it, after hearing this, he was still in a bad mood: "Then Botong (Yuwenshu)?"
"General Yuwen has led his own cavalry out of the village to inspect the various departments and inspect the camp walls everywhere. ”
Xue Shixiong smiled bitterly: "If there is another ambush explosion, I'm afraid we can only give up the camp on the periphery." ”
In fact, even if the eight camps on the periphery were completely destroyed, he was confident that he would hold the imperial camp.
But that was in the absence of other changes, as Yu Shiji said, they were worried about the calamity within the wall.
- Under external pressure, some conspiracies that were not worth it are also likely to erupt into great lethality.
"That's a lot of money!"
Yang Guang smiled coldly, and then shifted his gaze. Following Xue Shixiong, Wang Chonggu also entered the imperial tent.
"Wang Chonggu, but it has been found out, which wolf-hearted and dog-hearted rebellious ministers and thieves are making trouble in the Yin plot?"
Wang Chonggu immediately knelt down in front of Yang Guang: "The slave maid has found the Guanwen Palace, and a guard soldier defected to the battle, causing an ambush fire and blowing up the wall. From the slave maid's point of view, there should still be people in the Guanwen Hall and the Light Dragon Capital to cooperate and cover. As for the Xuanzheng Palace, half of the battalion rebelled. In addition, the leaders of these two rebel armies are all Yang clan relatives—"
Before he finished speaking, Yang Guang had already raised his sleeves, and he stared at Wang Chonggu with a sword-like gaze. The latter did not even dare to raise his head, and only prostrated deeply on the ground. And the ministers in the tent also calmed down, not daring to disturb the angry emperor at this time.
However, Yang Guang didn't attack him, just paced in front of the throne with a violent expression. It wasn't until half a pillar of incense that he sat back down.
"The Yang clan is very good, very good, and now my clan relatives are all reversed!"
Yu Shiji dared to speak at this time: "Your Majesty! The Hongnong Yang family has a long history, prosperous descendants, and many branches, so it is inevitable that the good and the bad will be uneven. One or two people were seduced by adulterers and had a grudge against the royal family, but in fact, it was inevitable, and Your Majesty really didn't need to be concerned. ”
"Really?"
Yang Guangwu sneered: "I and my father, I have always been kind to my Yang clan, New Year's gifts, high-ranking officials, and never slackened in the slightest, but now I have raised a group of rebellious thieves to come out." There are clouds among the people, fighting Mien, and promoting rice hatred, I have always been puzzled, but now I have comprehended some. ”
Then he flicked his sleeves slightly, stopping the rest of the ministers who were about to persuade: "Okay! Ministers, let's talk about it, what should be done to deal with the current situation?"
All the ministers were silent, and they all looked at Xue Shixiong, who also took the lead: "There is no good plan for today's plan." In the opinion of micro-ministers, it can still be unchanged to respond to all changes. ”
This sentence obviously did not satisfy Yang Guang, but then Xue Shixiong's voice changed again: "Although two camps have been broken now, judging from the current situation, their main direction of attack is still the left rear battalion under Li Shimin's command. So the remaining camps are actually under limited pressure. As long as there is no problem with the camp wall, it will definitely be able to defend it. ”
"Is that so?"
After hearing this, Yu Shiji couldn't help but ask thoughtfully: "I'm very strange now, since there are already two camps that have been broken, why do they still keep an eye on the left rear camp? instead of expanding the results from other directions?"
This is exactly what the minister is worried about. ”
Xue Shixiong's eyes flashed slightly: "If the minister's guess is correct, it should be because of the three emperors and grandsons." ”
"Three imperial grandsons?"
Yu Shiji's pupils condensed slightly: "This is unlikely, right? Although the three emperors and grandsons are in the left rear camp and are guarded by the Great Cause Palace, where they are located, they are actually only more than a hundred zhang away from the Chinese army. Once in distress, you can immediately evacuate and return to the Chinese army. What can those skeletons do to threaten the three emperors?"
"Before, it was not a threat, but now after the right rear battalion has been breached, the situation has changed. ”
Xue Shixiong said as he looked at the silver mirror next to him: "Once that necromantic knight is stationed here, I think even if I join forces with General Yuwen and General Dong Chun, plus the dragon blood war puppet and shadow guard, it may not be able to guarantee that the three emperors and grandsons will return to the Chinese army safely." ”
I don't know if it's a coincidence, just as his words fell, the black-armored cavalry that appeared in the evening drove in from the breach in the buffer wall.
Fifteen hundred rode him in a neat pace, in unison, as one man. The breath is deep and cold, making people's hearts palpitate and frighten,
Yang Guang's face suddenly turned blue, and his voice seemed to contain the voice of gold and iron: "So what do they want to do?
"I don't know!"
Xue Shixiong nodded slightly: "In addition, there is another possibility, they may be trying to lure the elite of the Chinese army to the rescue." ”