Chapter 025: Helping Hands
As soon as Bai Yuhu and Li Hu stepped into the conference hall, they saw a burly, but white-faced man, about thirty years old, he was carefully helping some wounded soldiers to treat, Li Hu and Bai Yuhu did not expect that there were so many wounded soldiers lying in the council hall of a county government, at this moment the man noticed Bai Yuhu and Li Hu, looked at Li Wei, the captain standing next to him, seemed to understand something, immediately got up, approached Bai Yuhu, Li Hu's side, and said: "Down is the dead soul Fu Yuan, It is the ・・・・・・ of the forbidden army of the palace. ”
It was originally a sonorous word, but when it came to this, Fu Yuan's throat seemed to be suddenly stuck by something, and he suddenly couldn't speak, and lowered his head with shame.
After half a sound, Fu Yuan said slowly: "It's strange to the two staff, there are really too many wounded soldiers, and there is no place to place them, so they were arranged here." ”
At this moment, Bai Yuhu seemed to see something, and immediately comforted: "Actually, Master Fu, you have done your best, as the saying goes, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and now the most important thing is that we join forces to get rid of the enemy as soon as possible, this is the best policy, you shouldn't mourn again, what do you think?" ”
After Fu Yuan heard this, he immediately nodded again and again, and said: "This benevolent brother is really right, we really can't be immersed in sadness, thank you for the reminder, while thanking this brother, I haven't asked a few brothers if they belong to that side of the deployment, and Fu will definitely repay this support in the future." ”
At this moment, Li Hu replied: "Master Fu, I am the palace Zuo Xiaoqi, we belong to Zhang Jingyuan's subordinates, he received your letter of support, and immediately sent us." ”
Fu Yuan nodded again and again, and couldn't help but secretly thought to himself: "This group of bastards, I asked for support, more than a dozen letters went out, only Zhang Jingyuan and Zhang Tongzhi came to help, it seems that only Zhang Jingyuan can go side by side in the future, Brother Zhang and I don't know each other, they all rushed to the rescue, I can see that this person is also a person who values love and righteousness, and he will definitely repay him in the future." ”
Fu Yuan continued: "Do you dare to ask what the two of you are called? ”
Bai Yuhu replied slowly: "Under Bai Yuhu, it was originally a subordinate of the right colonel, and now he is a subordinate of the left Xiaoqi, and he is serving as a member of the army under the left Xiaoqi. ”
Li Hu used a sonorous tone, a proud look, and said directly: "In the lower overseer, Li Hu is also." ”
Fu Yuan nodded again and again, and said respectfully to Li Hu and Bai Yuhu: "Then the two of you will come to my room to talk about business!" ”
Bai Yuhu, Li Hu also nodded promptly, and followed Zhang Jingyuan to a place not far from the conference hall, this is a relatively chic room, but after entering the room, Bai Yuhu and Li Hu found that this room is not ordinary simplicity, it may be said that simplicity is more far-fetched, because the simplicity is only a chair with a backrest and a bed, and the quilt and coarse cloth on the bed can be described as extremely ugly, and even the supplies of ordinary people are not comparable.
Bai Yuhu can see that the ruler in front of him is also an honest person, if this Tang Dynasty can have more such people, it will be really better.
After all, corrupt officials are more hated than Qing officials, Li Hu was born in the army, and he didn't pay much attention to food, clothing, housing and transportation, so he immediately sat on the ground and sat on the ground, at this moment Fu Yuan saw Li Hu overseeing the army so free and easy, and he also sat up on the ground, Bai Yuhu was a more particular person, but at this moment, he couldn't tolerate so much attention, and sat up on the ground, and at this moment Li Wei had already retreated first, and then helped them close the door.
At this moment, the three of them sat together, and Fu Yuan spoke first: "Don't hide it from the two, in fact, our city has run out of ammunition and food, and I don't have many soldiers and horses, only more than 500 people, the surrounding cities are too far apart, and the roads between each other are blocked, and there is only one road leading to the back mountain, that is, the road you support to take, but if we take the people to that road, there is only one result, this city can't be held, the county seat is occupied, if this is an ordinary county town, it's better to say, but it's very dangerous here, It is connected to Nanyue in the north, and Mount Eshan in the west, as long as this place is once breached, the enemy will naturally go straight to Nanyue, loot there, accumulate a large amount of food, and then the enemy will send cavalry to occupy several counties and districts near this, as long as the troops are collected and returned here, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is Dalian Mountain in front, and there is a river vein in the back, the relationship between this, I must not say, the two also know, so this place is also where I hesitate, if lost, the consequences are unimaginable. ”
At this moment, Li Hu couldn't help but ask with great curiosity: "It's strange, if this is such an important and sinister place, why didn't the imperial court send troops here to support, is there something wrong with this." ”
At this moment, Fu Yuan couldn't help but sigh and said bitterly: "Don't mention this matter, there are vicious fights in the court, and there is no time to compete for power and profit between each other, and we will care about it here, not to mention that we are only facing a bunch of thieves, but there are too many thieves, there are more than 5,000 people, this is honest, it is not a threat to Datang, after all, Datang is now strong and strong, but if small problems are not taken seriously, they will become big problems, and one day I think I will suffer a big loss, but I have asked the Ministry of War several times for soldiers, However, the Ministry of War always postponed and always said that some small thieves were not enough to rely on, and it had nothing to do with it, so it was delayed in sending troops, but for specific reasons, I still don't know why the Ministry of War did not send troops. ”
At this moment, Bai Yuhu couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration in his mind, and secretly said in his heart: "It seems that this military department has really encountered some problems, it seems that this military department is not simple!" ”
Li Hu couldn't help but say at this moment: "Then Master Fu, how many people do we have in our hands?" ”
Fu Yuan couldn't help but lower his head at this moment and replied, "Li Dujun, there are two thousand in total, including the manpower you brought, a total of two thousand. ”
Li Hu suddenly couldn't help but say a little sadly: "This is difficult, the other party has five thousand, our manpower problem is less than half of the other party, we don't have much food, and there is no support from the allies around, if you ask for support now, it will be difficult to grasp the balance for a while, if you squat in this place of death and life and do not fight back, this enemy army will definitely send troops to pursue, and when the time comes, it is also difficult to protect yourself, if the other party rushes out, five thousand against two thousand has no chance of winning, and the people will also leave in a panic, It is definitely chaos and defeat, and only by attacking intelligently can we be sure to deal with the enemy army. ”
In response to these words, Fu Yuan also nodded again and again, but asked curiously: "Then I don't know if Li Dujun has a good plan in his heart?" ”
Li Hu suddenly laughed, laughing loudly, and then Bai Yuhu also laughed, but at this moment, Fu Yuan was very puzzled, and asked curiously, "I don't know why the two of you are laughing?" ”
Li Hu suddenly looked at the white jade fox and said, "I laughed when I thought of the white jade fox." ”
As soon as this sentence came out, Bai Yuhu immediately asked, "Why did Li Dujun say this?" ”
Li Hu smiled and said, "Isn't this simple, don't you have a plan in mind?" I think you should have thought of a plan in your heart, otherwise you wouldn't have sat there so silently waiting for me and Master Fu to be muttering all the time, you don't speak like your usual style, so there is only one thing that may prove your behavior, that is, if you sit and don't mess up, you must have a plan in your heart. ”
Bai Yuhu couldn't help laughing and said: "I really didn't expect that Li Dujun was still more thoughtful, and he did have a plan in his heart, but this plan cannot be said to guarantee a certain victory, but it can guarantee that our army's chances of victory will be improved, at least not by the other party." ”
Fu Yuan, who couldn't hold back his mood at the moment, asked eagerly: "I don't know what plan Bai Senjun has, can you say it directly." ”
Bai Yuhu thought quietly for a few minutes, looked at Fu Yuan and asked slowly, "How many people are there in the city?" ”
Fu Yuan replied: "There are more than 10,000." ”
The white jade fox then asked, "How many were there before?" ”
Fu Yuan said: "One hundred thousand." ”
"Why is there so much missing?"
"Because when they heard that there was war here, they all fled."
"Then why are there 10,000 left?"
"Because I was born and raised, I can't give up this friendship, and I can't give up so many feelings after growing here for so long."
Having said this, Bai Yuhu couldn't help laughing, Fu Yuan suddenly realized something, and said: "Could it be that Bai joined the army to let the people join in?" ”
Bai Senjun nodded slightly, and at this moment Fu Yuan suddenly refused: "This is absolutely not good, these people are all old and young women and Confucians, this is to send them to death to fight, and they must not let the people die in vain." ”
At this moment, Bai Yuhu shook his head, and then said: "You are wrong, I am not asking them to go to war, but to ask them to provide a spirit, to provide a kind of anger, to provide a kind of cooperation between the government and the people, and to provide the meaning of life and death, so that our soldiers know that there are people behind them after they fight this war, and they are closely behind us to support us, so that our soldiers know that this war is a battle of life and death, a battle of honor, a battle of thousands of people's hearts, and a war that must be won, so that our morale will definitely increase greatly. So though we have two thousand men, we can fight ten with one. ”
Fu Yuan was puzzled and asked, "Aren't we like this now that we have the support of the people?" ”
Bai Yuhu explained: "Then let me ask the commander, when you were fighting until noon, did the people send things to your military camp and give you food?" ”
Fu Yuan thought for a while, and immediately replied: "No, the people are all hiding." ”
Bai Yuhu said: "Does this mean that the soldiers and the people have been fused together?" How then will our soldiers know that the people are behind us? The real cooperation between the soldiers and the people is very powerful, but the current people have not yet consciously known the danger of the enemy army coming in and the city falling, they only know how to protect themselves and hide, we must let them really know the terrible nature of the loss of the city, let them swear to resist the enemy like us, and spontaneously connect their hearts with us. ”
Suddenly, Fu Yuan nodded again and again, and said with great understanding: "I really benefited a lot from listening to Bai Senjun's words today, but how can I do it?" ”
Bai Yuhu replied: "The art of war is cloudy, and the soldiers are treacherous, the first is to deceive the enemy, the second is to let the enemy enter our trap, and the third is to let our soldiers and people endure what the enemy is doing. ”