Chapter 377: Blood and Fire (Part II)
"Brother Li, do you have any other sharp weapons?"
In the face of such a fierce and uninterrupted attack of the Tubo army, Rao is Zhang Mingwu's nerves are still tenacious, but he can't help but panic, when he scolded a group of subordinates before, he was still able to stand up, but it was just a strong support, and when he saw that all his subordinates were in place, Zhang Mingwu breathed a sigh of relief, and the worry in his heart surged up uncontrollably, so he peeked around, and then asked Li Yaodong in a low voice.
Sharp weapon? There are many kinds of secret laboratories in "Ming Di", but unfortunately they are all samples, even if there are, it is not something that Li Yaodong can get - this war started suddenly, completely beyond Li Xian's expectations, and it completely disrupted Li Xian's relevant deployment, and he was able to make a large number of clay pots, which was already done his best, as for other advanced weapons, not to mention that the materials were not ready, even if there were materials, there was no time and equipment to build, and besides, although Hezhou was one of the key points of the strategy, But it's just one of them, Li Xianzi can't put all the sharp weapons here, and the clay pots in Li Yaodong's hands are only more than 300 pieces in total, excluding the day before yesterday and the previous use, now there are less than 100 pieces left, at most enough to use them again.
"Lord Zhang, rest assured, Your Highness knows about Hezhou, and there will be corresponding arrangements, we just have to fight to defend this city, and tomorrow at the latest, reinforcements will arrive!"
Zhang Mingwu is the main general of the city guard, if he is timid, this battle will not have to be fought again, seeing that he is worried, Li Yaodong really did not dare to tell the truth, so he could only change the topic and take Li Xian out as a shield.
"Well, Zhang swears to live and die with Caohan City!"
Li Yaodong's performance has always been extremely dazzling, Zhang Mingwu will not have the slightest doubt about his words, as soon as he thinks that the reinforcements may have been on the way, Zhang Mingwu's confidence is immediately enough, this clenched his fists, expressed loyalty and made an oath, and then strode towards the city, since he didn't notice the thick worry and sorrow in Li Yaodong's eyes behind him......
Two flowers bloom, each with a branch, not to mention that the fierce battle of Caohan City is in full swing, but it is said that under the city of Shanzhou, the Tubo army that has been attacking for three days in a row has opened a formation under the city again, and has put on a posture of secondary attack, but it has not launched an attack, and more than 200,000 troops are just standing silently outside the city. The city and the city maintained the peace of confrontation very tacitly.
"Report, Lord Cheng, there is a lot of smoke and dust in the east, and it is suspected that thieves are coming, please make it clear!"
The soldiers can be idle, but Cheng Hedong, as the main general, is not that lucky, always observing the enemy's every move outside the city, trying to find out something strange from it, but after watching for a long time, I didn't understand what the Tubo army was playing, and when he was full of doubts, he saw a sentry rushing from Dongcheng, and when he saw Cheng Hedong's face, he immediately nodded on one knee and panted to report a sentence.
"Huh?"
Shanzhou is surrounded by water on one side, surrounded on three sides, has become a lonely city, and the contact with the outside world can only rely on carrier pigeons to report the news, the problem is that carrier pigeons are scarce, can only barely guarantee the contact with Lanzhou, although Cheng Hedong has known from the flying pigeon biography that there is a Tubo army secretly crossed Shanzhou to attack Hezhou, but the battle situation in Hezhou is not known, this heard that there is an enemy in the east coming, the heart can't help but tremble, don't care about much, after a light word, quickly ran along the city wall to the east city, to get to the ground, Only then did he find that Sima Zhuang Mingyi was already standing in front of the city gate tower, and hurriedly strode over, and greeted him: "Lord Zhuang, how is the situation?" ”
"Lord Cheng, the situation seems to be a little wrong, you see, there are many people in that Tubo army, and there are hundreds of fully loaded carts, it seems that Hezhou is probably ......."
Zhuang Mingyi was looking worriedly at the Tubo army that came from here, and when he heard Cheng Hedong's greeting, he hurriedly turned around, sighed, shook his head and said half a sentence.
"Oh?"
When Cheng Hedong heard this, he hurriedly set his eyes on the outside of the city, and saw more than a thousand Tubo cavalry proudly escorting thousands of people driving the cart in the direction of Shanzhou City, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley - Hezhou is the key point of contact between Qinghai Sizhou and Hexi, once lost, if the reinforcements want to come to Shanzhou, I am afraid it will not be so easy, in other words, the current situation in Shanzhou is extremely sinister!
"Someone, order the cavalry battalion to assemble and go out of the city with a certain killing!"
Cheng Hedong saw that the more than 1,000 Tubo cavalry were arrogant, and his heart became angry, and seeing that his strength was not much, he planned to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and kill him by surprise.
"No, Lord Cheng, there is a murderous aura hidden in the enemy camp, I am afraid that there is an ambush, if our army moves in a hurry, once it is ambushed, everything will be doomed!" As soon as he heard that Cheng Hedong planned to personally lead his troops to attack, Zhuang Mingyi was startled and hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.
"Alas......"
Cheng Hedong is an old man in the battle array, and he knows that what Zhuang Mingyi said is true, and he is unwilling in every way, but he can only endure it, sighing, and endless sorrow!
"Woo, woo......"
The Tibetan cavalry army from the east seemed to be deliberately stirring the nerves of the defenders in the city, walking very slowly, not to mention, and playing some tricks from time to time, but the city never had any reaction, just quietly watching the Tubo cavalry escorting grain and prisoners swaggering back to the camp under the city, and after a few moments, a terrible horn suddenly sounded, the closed front door of the Tibetan camp suddenly opened, and a group of Tibetan cavalry poured out of it, and soon lined up in formation a mile away from the city, The first member of the general was actually Gar Qinling himself.
It's dangerous!
As soon as they saw the ambush in the camp, Cheng Hedong and Zhuang Mingyi quickly exchanged glances, and they both saw a trace of fear in each other's eyes - if they really couldn't bear to open the city and kill the generals before, they were afraid that it would be meat buns and dogs, and there would be no return!
"Bring it on!"
Gar Chinling rode his horse in front of the army, looked at the garrison of the city with great interest, but did not give the order to attack the city, but waved his hand and gave an order without looking back.
"No!"
As soon as Gar Qinling said this, a group of guards behind him shouted in response to the promise, and within a few breaths, they had already turned out from behind the formation with Yao Wangshu in their arms.
"Xiaguan has seen the big minister."
Yao Wangshu's face was gray, his face was full of smoke and dust, and the big red official robe on his body was torn everywhere, especially on his shoulders, which showed a blood-stained bandage that was extremely sloppy, so he was embarrassed to say how embarrassed, but when he saw Gar Qinling's face, not only did he not dare to complain, but forced himself to squeeze out a few flattering smiles, nodded and bowed, and looked like a slave.
"Yao Thorn Shi doesn't have to be polite, I can get your help, it's like a long drought and nectar, there is something to trust today, and I hope that Yao Thorn Shi can be thoughtful."
Gar Qinling didn't see Yao Wangshu's embarrassed appearance, and got off the horse very politely, no matter how dirty Yao Wangshu was, he stretched out his hand, helped Yao Wangshu up, and comforted him with a warm Chinese language.
"Don't dare, don't dare, it's the luck of three lives that the subordinate can serve the prime minister."
Yao Wangshu was not very temperamental, but when he heard Gar Qinling say this, his bones became a little softer, and he smiled and agreed.
"Well, that's good, Shanzhou is now under the heavy pressure of our army, and it can't be broken overnight, but the prime minister doesn't want to make more murders, so I bother to ask Yao Tingshi to go on a trip for the prime minister and persuade Cheng Tingshi."
Gar Qinling was obviously extremely satisfied with Yao Wangshu's intellectual attitude, nodded with a smile, and commanded very politely.
"Ah, this ......"
Yao Wangshu is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, if not, he will not escape from the battle of Caohan City, let alone sacrifice Anxiang County without a fight, he was almost killed yesterday because of persuasion to surrender, and when he heard that he was going to persuade him to surrender, his face turned green on the spot, his legs and feet were weak, and he almost fell to the ground.
"Yao Tingshi rest assured, the prime minister sent the masters in the army to cover Yu Er, and it will be fine, you only need to go to the front of the battle to ...... like this, and the rest of the affairs will have its own temple."
Seeing that Yao Wangshu was about to collapse on the spot, Gar Qinling quickly stretched out his hand, hugged Yao Wangshu's shoulder with a smile, and then pressed it to his ear and commanded softly, his expression seemed to be intimate, but his words were resolute without negotiation.
"Yes, yes, yes, the next official will go, this will go."
Even though Yao Wangshu was unwilling and did not dare in every way, in the face of the faint murderous aura in Gar Qinling's eyes, he didn't even dare to say a word "no", so he could only promise one after another.
"In this way, there is the history of Yao Thorn, whether this matter is successful or not, it is a great achievement, and the prime minister will not forget the merit of Yao Thorn History," Gar Qinling encouraged Yao Wangshu with a gratifying face, and then led his own horse, and politely supported Yao Wangshu on the horse's back, and then his face was solemn, and he broke off and said: "Come on, escort Yao Thorn Shi to shout." ”
"No!"
As soon as Gar Qinling's voice fell, eight burly cavalrymen in the army array immediately rode out and guarded Yao Wangshu tightly in the center.
"Yao Wangshu? This bastard thing! ”
Although Cheng Hedong saw the changes in the Tubo army before, he was just too far away, and he couldn't see Yao Wangshu's face at all, but he saw his big red official robe, and he had a lot of speculation in his heart......