Chapter Seventy-One: The Great Battle of Xijon (3)
For five consecutive days, no matter how the Xirong army outside the city screamed and scolded, the gate of Huangyang Pass was always closed; However, the soldiers of the Yongjun army who defended the city couldn't wait to get out of the city immediately and chop up all the Xirong thieves.
"The Qi dogs that are not planted in the city are all a group of soft eggs......"
"Our great chief has said, after the city is broken, all your men will be worthy of slavery only to the warriors of our subsidence; We will take good care of our wives and daughters, so that they can enjoy the crotch of our warriors......"
Facing the shouting and scolding under the city tower, Tang Bi, who was patrolling the city wall, was angry; He said to the soldiers beside him, "Bring the bow and arrows." ”
"General, the lord strictly orders, without the lord's military order, no one is allowed to attack the Xirong army outside the city without permission." The officer who followed Tang Bi persuaded him.
"Do you want them to scream like that outside the city? It's a bastard. Tang Bi said angrily.
"General, although we are also very angry, but the lord's strict order, we must not disobey it!"
"Go, you follow me and ask the lord for his life."
"No!"
All the soldiers of the Yongjun army did not want to be patient for a long time, the reason why they did not act was because of the lack of a leader, now that Tang Bi is the leader, except for the soldiers on duty, all the rest of the people have surrounded Guo Qi's big tent, and those who don't understand the situation may still think that there has been a mutiny!
Inside the big tent of the Chinese army.
"What's going on out there so noisy?" Guo Qi asked Li Wu while reading a book.
Li Wu went out to take a look, and when he came back, he said to Guo Qi: "My lord, Brother Tang is taking a group of brothers to ask for his life outside the tent!" ”
Guo Qi threw the book in his hand on the bookcase and said, "Call Tang Bi in." ”
"The last general, Tang Bi, pays a visit to the lord."
"What are you doing without inspecting the city defenses and leading a group of sergeants to the big tent? Want a mutiny? Guo Qi asked in a stern tone.
Tang Bi immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Lord, there is absolutely no such meaning in the humble position, please atone for your sins." ”
"My lord, Brother Tang has absolutely no intention of mutiny, please be aware of it." Li Wu also interceded for Tang Bi.
"Get up!" Guo Qi said: "As a general, if you can't even endure such a radical method, what can you do in the future." ”
"The lord taught me a lesson, but the lord did not hear the words they scolded, it is really ...... It's really unbearable! Even the lord, your ancestors for eighteen generations, have been scolded. ”
"Humph! Hum! Guo Qi sneered: "How is the morale of the army now?" ”
"My lord, all the soldiers are highly motivated, and they can't wait to go out of the city now and chop off the heads of those Xijon thieves."
Guo Qi listened to Tang Bi's words again and again, and walked outside the big tent again and again; As soon as Guo Qi came out, he saw that all the soldiers were lined up neatly, and he knelt down on one knee and asked Guo Qi for his life: "Please give the lord an order, I am willing to go out of the city and fight to the death with the Xirong thieves." ”
"Do you know what you're doing? You're forcing the palace. Guo Qi's eyes erupted into fire and reprimanded: "This king is your boss, and it is this king who should decide what to do, not your ......."
Guo Qi's anger suppressed everyone, and thousands of soldiers knelt in front of Guo Qi with their heads down, not daring to make a sound, for fear that Guo Qi, an angry lion, would aim all his anger at himself.
"Today, all ordinary non-commissioned officers involved in this matter will be fined one month's merit points, and the merit points of junior officers will be doubled, and the senior officers will be tripled." Guo Qi directly ordered punishment.
The reason why Guo Qi punished them so harshly was to stop this trend, if the army could change the commander's decision-making by casually asking for orders, then it would be the commander in command of the army, or the commander in charge of the army! What Guo Qi wants is an army that is completely obedient to his orders, even if his military orders are wrong, they must not hesitate to carry them out; Although all the soldiers complained about Guo Qi's punishment, they quickly dispersed.
The Xirong army, which had been scolding outside the city for a day, left and returned to the camp when it was almost dark, and the camp of the Xirong army was only five miles away from the Huangyang Pass, and the Xirong army camp outside the city could be seen when standing on the city pass.
"Great chief, I've been scolding for five days in a row, but the defenders in the city just won't come out, so it's not okay to go on like this! We have all eaten up our food, and we are left with only tomorrow's bread, and we can only kill horses to satisfy our hunger. "Munos has been lying down so far.
"Didn't you let the soldiers go hunting in the surrounding mountains?"
"It's winter now, and there are few prey in the mountains, and we have all run out of prey in the surrounding mountains during this time."
"Bang!" He clenched his fists and hammered on the armrest, saying, "Cunning Guo Qi; How many ladders have we built now? ”
"Great Chief, there are already three hundred."
"Okay, pass my order, tomorrow the army will attack the city......"
"No!"
The next morning, it was not yet dawn; Groups of heralds shuttled through the large camp in the city, calling out to all the officers of all ranks who had not yet gotten up; When Tang Bi and the others came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Guo Qi was already sitting on the handsome chair and waiting.
"The lowly (last general) see the lord."
"Get up!" Guo Qi said directly: "Xu Feng, have all the long-range bed crossbows in the Bow Crossbow Soldier Mansion been installed in place?" ”
"My lord, a total of one hundred and twenty crossbows of various types have been installed on the city."
"Zhuo Yidao, and the rest of the Tooth Guards are equipped with soft iron bows and crossbows or longbows?"
"My lord, the soft iron bow and crossbow are only equipped with less than half of the people, but the rest of the people have a longbow in their hands."
"Okay, after going back in a while, all the guards of the Ya Army will assemble under the city wall with bows and crossbows and war knives, and each of them will bring three pots of arrows."
"No!" The crowd answered.
"Tang Bi obeyed the order, and all the hussar guards and soldiers gathered at Ximen and waited for the king's military order."
"The Last General Commands ......"
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As soon as the discussion was over, everyone immediately prepared according to the tasks assigned by Guo Qi, and after eating and drinking enough, the soldiers of all the provinces arrived at the designated place to assemble and lead, and at this time Guo Qi had already taken Li Wu and the Qinwei Mansion to the top of the city.
The sun rose slowly, and the Xirong army immediately camped with a group of cloud ladders and came to Huangyang Pass; Guo Qi, who was standing on the city pass, watched every move of the Xirong army in his eyes.
"Fifth son, order all the troops to go up to the city wall and prepare for battle." Guo Qi gave a military order very calmly.
"No!" Li Wu ordered: "The lord has an order, and all departments go to the city wall. ”
Just when the various departments of the Ya Army and Guard were preparing for battle, Zhuo Yidao stood behind Guo Qi and said: "Lord, it seems that all the enemy troops in the camp are coming, and a total of more than 1,000 people is not enough for us to stuff our teeth!" ”
"If you don't say anything, you can die! Hurry up and urge all departments to step up preparations for war. ”
"No! Let's go. ”
The advancing Xirong army in the distance stopped when it was still a hundred steps away from Huangyang Pass, which was out of reach of ordinary bows and crossbows, and this was an absolutely safe position in the eyes of the abstinence; Although the Xirong army is now within the range of the bow and crossbow of the Ya military guard, Guo Qi did not give the order to release the arrows, and Guo Qi is still waiting for a more favorable fighter.