Chapter Twenty-Eight: Dismount (252/583)

The next afternoon.

Guan Hongye rode a war horse, took more than ten generals, and hurried to the outside of Nanyang City.

With the vanguard army replacing the defense around Nanyang, the line from Nanyang to Makoushan can be regarded as officially recovered; The base camp of the counterinsurgency army naturally advanced from Wuguan to Nanyang.

The blood stains on the city wall have not dried, and the Xiliang army, which is the first to arrive, is burying the corpses of the Chu army all over the ground.

At the head of the city, the Xiliang military flag waved the Xiliang military flag, showing off to his comrades the feat of breaking the city in a surprise attack of hundreds of miles.

Yue Jiulou and Xiliang generals, who were walking with Guan Hongye, were proud of this, and raised their blades in response; The imperial generals next to him were shocked, and they didn't believe it until this time that Xu Bulingzhen broke Nanyang City with 2,000 people.

Guan Hongye, who was dressed in bright silver armor, saw a large number of Chu army corpses being dug and buried outside the city wall, and the disbelief in his eyes did not dissipate.

As a veteran who has led the army for many years, Guan Hongye can use the wreckage all over the ground to reverse the battle situation of the previous few days.

The battle was fierce, but the walls were mostly intact, and there were only the remains of a long ladder under the walls; The siege vehicles and other ordnance failed to get close to the city wall, and were destroyed and paralyzed in place a hundred paces away, which was not at all the traces left by a normal siege. Guan Hongye wanted to break his head, but he didn't figure out how this situation was caused.

After looking back and forth for a while, Guan Hongye called over a young general of the imperial court who rushed to Nanyang in advance and asked:

"How did His Royal Highness destroy the city? And how did you defend the city? ”

The young general followed Tu Qianchu's cavalry, and he had just arrived, walking in front of him, and his eyes were a little dazed:

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World with two thousand cavalry broke the city from the south gate. After inquiring about it, Xiliang Jun said that His Royal Highness the Prince personally fell into battle, and took more than ten dead soldiers to the city wall, and opened the city gate from the inside, so that the Xiliang army was able to enter......"

The staff general next to him was also concerned about this issue, and when he heard this, he was puzzled:

"It is impossible for the defenders of Nanyang to have no crossbowmen, and it is true that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World can climb the city wall with his bare hands, but how did he get under the city wall with ten thousand arrows and a bed crossbow?"

The young general shook his head: "I don't know, anyway, it's going to be killed; Moreover, I listened to the captured Chu army and the people in the city say that when the city was besieged and defended, it was thundering outside; It seems that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World invited a master from outside the world to cast a spell, and after a "Lei Gong help me", a thunder fell from the sky and destroyed the siege vehicle ladder of the Chu army. I went to look at the wreckage as if it had been struck by lightning......"

"Thunder from the sky?"

"Masters cast spells?"

"Lei Gong help me?"

Guan Hongye and his staff are inexplicable, they are the top figures in the world, and they definitely don't believe in this kind of metaphysical theory. But without such an explanation, they couldn't figure out how Xu Buling broke the city and defended the city.

The staff followed Guan Hongye's side and thought for a while: "General, fighting a war pays attention to 'the right time, place and people', and it is pure nonsense to ask a master to cast a spell, but it is not impossible to occupy the day of the siege." ”

Guan Hongye also thinks so. In the history of the war between the two countries, it is not that there have been no meteorites falling from the sky to smash each other's military camps, attacking the city and destroying the city wall in the face of earthquakes, and encountering this kind of Destiny with God's help, let alone two thousand, two hundred people can break the camp of 10,000 people.

But there are examples, the Mandate of Heaven can't be calculated in advance, how did Xu Buling know that on the day of the siege, it would be windy and rainy, and the dragon would turn over?

Everyone was full of doubts and drove their horses to the Shuaifu......

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In the lobby of the Shuaifu, the generals who arrived first were already seated here, and in the venue outside the lobby, there were several corpses covered with white cloths, neatly arranged on the ground, and Xiliang military helmets and combat knives were placed beside them.

Dozens of generals sat upright, either silent or nervous, and the pins could be heard in the lobby.

Da-da-da-da-da-

Xu Buling, who was dressed in a white robe, leaned on the Taishi chair in the middle of the hall, the long knife in his hand gently tapped the stone bricks on the ground, his eyes were a little fierce, and he looked at the crowd outside the Shuai's mansion lightly.

Guan Hongye took his subordinates and walked into the marshal's mansion quickly, and when he saw the fallen soldiers covered by a white cloth on the ground, he chuckled in his heart, and his pace suddenly slowed down a little.

There was silence in the great marshal's mansion, and the generals and staff inside and outside the hall all lowered their heads, and looked at Guan Hongye who came in.

Guan Hongye walked slowly through the road in front of the hall, his eyes kept turning, and when he came to the gate, he still recovered the majesty that the coach should have, strode into the hall, and said:

"Xu Shizi is really brave, and he has made this great achievement, and the saint is ...... with great joy"

Smack-

As soon as Guan Hongye's words came out, the sound of wood breaking suddenly came from the silent hall.

Xu Buling sat down in the Taishi chair was torn apart, and the whole person swept through the lobby like a falcon and a rabbit, and the blade approached Guan Hongye in front of the door.

"His Royal Highness!"

"Don't ......"

Exclamations erupted in the lobby.

Guan Hongye's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly retreated.

The pro-soldiers next to him hurriedly stepped forward to block it, but there were just a few military masters who protected Guan Hongye, and facing Xu Buling was tantamount to using a mantis arm as a car.

Xu Buling raised his hand and waved his robe, and the four soldiers flew out directly, smashing the doorpost in the lobby.

"His Royal Highness!"

Guan Hongye's face turned pale, and he wanted to turn around and run away, but unfortunately before he finished turning, he was lifted up with his armor.

Xu Buling grabbed Guan Hongye's stamina with one hand, his face was furious and murderous, and he forcibly dragged him to the corridor outside the lobby, pressed his head on the fence, and raised his hand to stab.

"No!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is angry......"

More than a dozen court generals were frightened, and they hurriedly knelt down to dissuade them, and some pounced on them to stop them.

Yue Jiulou also hurriedly ran to him and grabbed Xu Buling's arm:

"The little prince is angry!"

Guan Hongye was pressed against the fence and said angrily:

"Xu Buling, if you want to rebel, you can't do it! I am the commander appointed by the Holy One, and you have committed a ......."

"I don't care who you are!"

Xu Buling pressed Guan Hongye to death, pulled his head up, and looked at several corpses on the field:

"Lao Tzu led the troops to break through Nanyang, did he ever greet you in advance?"

Guan Hongye's face turned red, the armor on his body rattled, and he wanted to refute a few words, but he couldn't speak.

"I asked you for reinforcements, where are the reinforcements after the city is broken? Defending for a day and a night, the reinforcements did not arrive and the soldiers died in vain, do you know what crime should be committed according to military law? ”

The generals of the imperial court were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and Guan Hongye's deputy general risked his life and stepped forward to dissuade him:

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, General Guan is deployed in Wuguan, and it is not appropriate to move troops if the Mashan Pass is not broken, and he has sent a message to the Prince Pegasus to collect troops......"

"What the do you blame Lao Tzu for not using soldiers?"

Xu Buling was furious, and looked at the lobby of the Shuai Mansion with Guan Hongye:

"Is Mashankou broken? Is Nanyang broken? Where the are you standing now? The Chu army camp? ”

Guan Hongye's face was as red as blood, his eyes were bloodshot, but he couldn't speak.

The generals of the imperial court were also speechless, after all, Guan Hongye couldn't get rid of this pot, but it was obviously not okay to cut Guan Hongye like this.

Vice General Guan Hongye said urgently:

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is angry! Poma Pass, Nanyang, Shizi and Xiliang soldiers have made great contributions. Although General Guan was derelict in his duties, Nanyang could not pass through the Mashan Pass; After General Guan learned the news, he galloped to help day and night, and the actual arrival time was not too late, and he also relieved the siege of Nanyang, and the crime was not to death......"

Xu Buling naturally knew that the sin would not lead to death, otherwise Guan Hongye would have been cut down a long time ago, where would he say so much nonsense. He stared at Guan Hongye, the knife resting on his neck:

"As the commander-in-chief, I dare not move forward, talk about counterinsurgency? This time spare your dog's life, and next time, one more person will die in the Xiliang Army, and you will be killed by your family. ”

Guan Hongye was furious in his chest and abdomen, but when he didn't take advantage of it, he didn't dare to let out no matter how big the anger was, so he could only grit his teeth:

"The prince can rest assured, if there is any further dereliction of duty, there is no need for the prince to do it, and he will go to see the saint himself."

Xu Buling's eyes were cold, and he glared at Guan Hongye for a moment before he stuck the knife in front of the lobby door, turned around and carried the remains of his comrades out of the Shuai's mansion with the soldiers of the Xiliang Army.

The generals of the imperial court secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and no one dared to look at Guan Hongye's face.

Guan Hongye stood in front of the lobby in handsome armor, his face was red and white, his hand was tightly holding the handsome sword, and after Xu Buling's figure disappeared, he still stood for a long time before he suppressed the hundred emotions in his heart, turned around and walked slowly into the lobby.

There was silence in the lobby, and everyone looked at their noses and noses, and they didn't dare to comment on Fang Cai's affairs.

"Many of them sit down, now that Mashankou and Nanyang have been recovered, the next step is Xiangyang ......"

Guan Hongye sat upright on the Taishi chair, and as in the past, began to arrange the future march deployment, his tone was calm and not happy or angry, but his fingers kept trembling gently.

And many generals in the lobby, where do they have the heart to listen to these now, and they are all aiming at the knife at the door.

What is the name of a coach if he loses his majesty?

Today, he was speechless in front of Xu Buling, so from now on, in various marching arrangements, Xu Buling said the word 'no', who should the soldiers listen to?

With this happening, Guan Hongye wants to take charge of the military alone, which is obviously impossible......

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