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Unlike the vanguard army on the right that captured Yingzhou City in one fell swoop, the vanguard army on the left ran into some trouble.

At the beginning, the left vanguard army also wanted to destroy the 10,000 Liao cavalry led by Yelu Mago in one fell swoop.

But Yelu Ma Ge is not the top of Yelu Buddha, he has no heart to fight to the death, after eating the bed crossbow of the right army of the god machine and a swarm of rockets and losing nearly 3,000 men and horses, he led the remaining 7,000 horse army to retreat very decisively.

Seeing this, Wang De immediately led the Tabai army to bite and kill for a while.

As a result, because the war horses in Yundi were too good, the Tabai Army also bit off the more than 1,000 Liao cavalry that reacted slowly and ran slowly, and still let Yelu Mago lead most of the men and horses to escape.

In this regard, Wu Jue, Wang De, and Lu Junyi also did not have any good solutions because of the lack of mobile strength.

They discussed with a group of staff officers, and finally decided to ignore the five or six thousand strange soldiers of Yelu Marge, who had become a frightened bird, and went straight to Shuozhou City.

But what Wu Jue, Wang De, Lu Junyi and others didn't expect was that here in Shuozhou City, he also encountered another trouble.

The trouble is that they ran into a veteran of the Liao State, Chai Yi, the commander of the army during the Liao Daozong period.

Chai Yi was not left behind in Shuozhou, and even he was no longer an official of the Liao State - he had already returned to his hometown.

But after all the officials in Shuozhou fled, Chai Yi resolutely stepped forward to take over Shuozhou, appointed himself as the head of the capital, and then organized the people to resist.

To say, even if the veteran Chai Yi comes forward, Shuozhou City should not be able to stop Wu Jue's troops.

After all, the Jingo Army has a fortified weapon far beyond this era - explosives bags.

In addition to the explosives pack, the Jinwu army also has many other siege weapons, such as bed crossbows, like conscienceless cannons, like a swarm of rockets, like thunder, like stone throwers, and so on......

It can be said that in this era, the ability of the Jinwu army to attack fortifications is basically unmatched.

And Wu Jue is an outstanding master.

The Jinwu army under the leadership of Wu Jue can be said to be fully capable of sweeping thousands of armies.

Unfortunately, Chai Yi is old and spicy, and he has too much experience in battle.

Chai Yi knew that it was impossible to defend Shuozhou City with only the soldiers and civilians in Shuozhou City.

Therefore, Chai Yi was very decisive in sending people out of the city to find Yelu Ma Ge and the five or six thousand horse army he led, and then found the war horses and the best riders in the city, and replenished Yelu Ma Ge with another three thousand horse army.

After that, Chai Yi stuck to Shuozhou City, and Yelu Mago led eight or nine thousand cavalry to constantly harass the left vanguard army, preventing the left vanguard army from attacking the city smoothly - as long as the left vanguard army attacked the city, they came, and then spread out in the distance to harass the left vanguard army with bows and arrows, because they did not gather, the Shenji army could not help them at all, and as long as the white army rushed up, they would rely on their fast horses and high riding skills to escape calmly, and after the white army did not chase or they were out of the pursuit of the white army, They immediately went back and continued to harass them.

It can be said that Yelu Margo has a deep understanding of the essence of guerrilla warfare: the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs us, the enemy is tired and we fight, and the enemy retreats and we pursue.

As a result, the vanguard army on the left road could not attack the city with peace of mind, and then it would not be able to capture Shuozhou City.

Moreover, because of the existence of this horse army led by Yelu Mage, it is impossible for the left vanguard army to abandon Shuozhou City and directly attack other places.

There is a cloud in the art of war: the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first.

On the march to war, grain and grass are the most important guarantees, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expedition to the Xiongnu, tens of thousands of cavalry need hundreds of thousands of people to provide logistics is a good illustration.

In today's era, the productive forces are low, the means of transportation are backward, and if the city is not captured, then it will be even more difficult to ensure logistics, which is also the most important reason why the city cannot be bypassed in a war.

In addition, bypassing a heavily guarded city would expose one's back to the enemy's front, and thus not be able to attack with all its might, because the rear often had the weakest lines of communication of the army, because the grain routes in the rear were cut off and looted, and the final defeat of the army could be said to be innumerable.

Moreover, fighting a war is not only about equipment, training, and scale, but also about morale, and if a two-front battle is fought on the back of the enemy, it is most likely to cause the psychological collapse of the troops.

Therefore, without complete certainty and absolute superiority in the army's combat effectiveness, war decision-makers will not dare to easily expose their rear areas to the enemy.

All in all, all of a sudden, the Left Vanguard Army was trapped under Shuozhou City.

At this time, everyone looked at Wu Jue, a man who was still called "good and handsome" by Cai.

Wu Jue also knew that the time had come to test himself.

Wu Jue pondered for a long time, his eyes slowly became firm, and he said to everyone: "What is the situation here, everyone knows it, as long as our side starts to attack the city, the Ma army of the Liao State will come over and make trouble, so we must capture this Shuozhou City in one fell swoop and cut off the thoughts of the swarm of flies...... The defender of Shuozhou City is a good general, and he still has a lot of bed crossbows in his hands, he will not give us the opportunity to slowly approach the city wall and attack the city, so we can only compete with him. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Jue took a deep breath and said, "Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Tuo, Wu Kuo, and Wu Juan are out of the ranks!" ”

Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Quan, Wu Kuo, and Wu Yi were all stunned, and they didn't understand what their father was calling them out of the queue at this critical moment?

Not only did Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Chu, Wu Kuo, and Wu Yi not understand what Wu Jue was doing when he asked his son to be out of the list at this moment, but others didn't know what Wu Jue was doing when he called his son out of the list at this moment?

Wu Jue didn't let these people wonder for too long, so he said to Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Quan, Wu Kuo, and Wu Yi who came out of the ranks: "The husband treats my Wu family like a mountain, and today is the time for my Wu family to repay the general's kindness......"

As soon as Wu Jue spoke, someone immediately guessed what Wu Jue wanted to do.

Really!

After looking at his five sons one by one, Wu Jue gritted his teeth and said, "You five draw life and death lots!" ”

"Ahh

Everyone was in an uproar!

Someone advised: "General, no! ”

Another person said: "General, we can think of other ways, there is no need to be like this!" ”

Even Lu Junyi couldn't help but say: "Brother Wu, there is really no need for this, Xianggong has no time limit for us, so we don't have to go to this extreme." ”

Wu Jue ignored Lu Junyi and the others, but looked at his five sons and said: "You can retreat, you can not draw this life and death lot, but no matter who it is, as long as you retreat this time, you will leave the Jinwu Army and leave the Wu family, and you are not allowed to say that it is my Wu Jue's son in the future." ”

Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Quan, Wu Kuo, and Wu Yi listened to the words, all of them were the same!

But—

Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Quan, Wu Kuo, and Wu Yi also understood Wu Jue.

In less than a year, not only did he promote Wu Ling from the first team to the position of a marshal all the way, but also promoted their uncle Wu Ling to the deputy commander, it is conceivable that as long as there is an opportunity, their uncle Wu Ling will also become the commander, not to mention Wu Jue and Wu Ling, even the children of the Wu family of the second generation, are also very trusted by Cai and entrusted with important tasks.

Wu Gong is the eldest brother, he took a deep breath and said, "The last general is willing to draw a lot of life and death!" ”

The youngest, only thirteen-year-old Wu Yi, saw that the eldest brother stood up, and he also stood up resolutely, and said: "The last general is also willing to draw a lot of life and death!" ”

Seeing that Wu Wei has all stood up, if the three elder brothers Wu Fu, Wu Quan, and Wu Kuo don't stand up, then they won't be ashamed to death?

Therefore, the three brothers said in unison: "The last general is willing to draw a lot of life and death!" ”

When Wu Jue saw it, he was very relieved and said, "I, Wu Jue, have five good sons!" Good son! ”

Although blood was dripping in his heart, Wu Jue still waved his hand and said, "Take the sign of life and death!" ”

Everyone couldn't resist Wu Jue, so they could only take the life and death sign.

As a result, the "death lot" was drawn by Wu Jue's youngest son, Wu Yi.

Anyone could see that Wu Jue's hand holding the death lottery that Wu Yu had drawn was shaking.

But Wu Jue still pretended to be calm and asked Wu Yi: "Son, are you afraid?" ”

Wu Yan's childish face was full of perseverance, and said: "Father said, manly husband, to know the kindness of the retribution, the father-in-law to my family is as heavy as a mountain, I should sell my life to him, my father also said, since I joined the army, we must have the consciousness of forgetting life and death, soldiers, the best destination is the horse leather shroud to die on the battlefield, today, I can get this best destination, I am happy." ”

When Wu Jue heard this, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

But Wu Jue didn't say anything, he just tidied up his clothes for Wu Jun, and then gave Wu Juan a salute and said, "Son, I'm proud of you!" ”

Wu Yan didn't say anything to Wu Jue, but directly hugged his fist around and said, "Brothers, go first!" ”

After finishing speaking, Wu Yi left everyone and went to the open place to prepare.

Wu Jue wiped his tears, then asked someone to carry a silver coin, and then said loudly: "This is the brothers' military salary this month, and the death squad is now recruited, and if you choose, you can come and grab one!" ”

Wu Jue's thirteen-year-old son has entered the death squad, what can others say?

In addition, the mobilization of political workers.

In the end, all the soldiers of the former army of Jinwu stood up and drew a lot of life and death, choosing one out of ten.

After the five hundred death squads were selected, Wu Jue said again: "Father, son and brother are in the death squad, the father stays, the son goes back, and the brothers are in the death squad, and the unmarried go back." ”

In this way, two hundred people went back, and only three hundred death squads remained.

Wu Jue pointed to the silver coin and said, "Please!" ”

Wu was the first to go up and grab a handful of silver coins.

However, Wu Yan did not pick up the silver coin, but threw it behind him without looking back, and said, "Brothers, spend this money for me!" ”

The daredevils are all doing the same.

As a result, except for a dozen or so greedy people, who were worried, and lucky, who collected the money or asked someone to bring it to someone, everyone else gave the money to their comrades.

After the death squad was selected, Wu Jue hugged his fist at Wang De and said, "Brother Wang, those Liao cavalry will please." ”

Wang De finally understood why Cai still chose Wu Jue as the commander instead of him as the commander.

Wang Dexin said: "Just rush this ruthlessness, I will be slightly inferior to Wu Jinqing!" ”

Wang De was convinced, he bowed to Wu Jue on the ground, and then said: "Within two hours, if you call a Liao cavalry to come over to stop the general from attacking the city, Wang De will come to see him!" ”

Wu Jue stopped talking nonsense, and directly asked someone to bring spirits to the three hundred death squad members to drink Zhuangxing wine, and then put explosives bags on them......

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