Chapter 351: Domination of Xizhou (Part II)
Li Su was furious. There was not a trace of concern, and there was not a trace of defense.
In the eyes of outsiders, Li Su and the cavalry battalion soldiers are currently the most difficult time, in the face of internal food shortages, and external hatred, Li Su and the cavalry battalion soldiers have no other way than to choose to compromise with Cao Yu, or to retreat to Chang'an despite their own difficulties.
Everyone looks at it this way, what Qianfu pointed out, the dead knot that can't be untied, but Li Su chose to go crazy, and it was a huge rage.
Since Xizhou was occupied by the Tang Dynasty, there has never been a precedent for the Tang Dynasty's army to enter the city in an offensive formation, but Li Su created this precedent.
In front of the gate of the north city of Xizhou, more than 1,000 soldiers of the cavalry battalion lined up, Jiang Quan, the captain of Guoyi, immediately crossed the knife, Li Sumian sank like water, the hot wind in the desert set off the yellow dust in the sky, in front of the cavalry camp battle array, a banner embroidered with "Jingyang County Zidingyuan General Li" hunted in the wind.
Not long after, Xiang Tian, the commander of Guoyi Prefecture of Xizhou Zhichong Mansion, hurried to the north city gate, followed by hundreds of Zhichong Mansion soldiers.
Seeing the neatly lined up cavalry soldiers in the open space outside the city gate, Xiang Tian's face changed greatly, and he immediately drew his sword and pointed at Li Su from a distance, and shouted angrily: "Gather troops and line up in front of the Tang City, what does Li Beijia want?" ”
Li Su glanced at him expressionlessly, and then ...... closed his eyes and recuperated, but he didn't bother to pay attention to a word.
Jiang Quan next to him snorted coldly and said: "The people of Xizhou are poor, the officials are corrupt, and the officials are blinded to the assassination history, perverse behavior, and rampant. Set up a treacherous plan to frame the court officials, evil officials were rampant in the city, and the people were caught in fire and water. Punish traitors to appease the hearts of the people! ”
The words were righteous and awe-inspiring, and there was a sound on the ground, and Jiang Quan's aftermath echoed on the empty sand outside the city.
Xiang Tian was stunned for a moment, and then he completely digested Jiang Quan's words, and suddenly became furious: "What nonsense! Cao Thorn Shi was ordered by the emperor to pass through Xizhou for three years, several times foreign enemies Koucheng, and Xizhou is as stable as Mount Tai, the officials and merchants in the city and the people live in their own houses and their own businesses. Why is it that the people are poor and the rulers are corrupt? ”
Straightening his waist, Xiang Tian looked at Li Su, who had been silent behind Jiang Quan, and said awe-inspiringly: "Li Don't drive, please forgive the last general for being disrespectful, the last general wants to ask don't drive, such a battle today, in the name of entering the city to punish traitors." And what is the reality of usurping power and seeking the city? What is Li Bei's intention? ”
The two generals argued a few words in front of the city gate, but Li Su remained silent. He just stared at the blue sky with a blank face, not knowing what he was thinking.
Seeing that the two of them had a tendency to hold a debate on loyalty and traitor in front of the city gate, Li Su finally got impatient.
He's very busy, and he doesn't have time to argue with people.
"General Jiang......" Li Su called softly.
Jiang Quan approached Li Su's side: "What does Li Beijia command?" ”
Li Su stared at Xiang Tian with an angry face in the distance, and said lightly: "Go tell Xiang Tian and give him a stick of incense time." After the time of a stick of incense, if you do not give way to the Chong Mansion, it will be regarded as hostile, and you can order an attack! ”
Jiang Quan was taken aback, he thought that today's cavalry camp was just to scare the officials and generals of Xizhou, but he didn't expect that Li Su would really decide to start a war with Zhichong Mansion. Once you make a move with the soldiers of the Zhichong Mansion, the consequences are ......
Seeing that Jiang Quan had not received the order for a long time, Li Su understood his concerns, and chuckled: "If you want to govern Xizhou, you must first remove its abscesses, go to the imperial court, and I will take care of it." ”
Jiang Quan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded fiercely.
Turning around and glaring at Xiang Tian, Jiang Quan shouted: "Li Beijia has an order, if the soldiers of the Chong Mansion do not get out of the way after a stick of incense, it will be regarded as hostile, and the soldiers of the cavalry camp will draw their swords!" Get ready to attack! ”
Xiang Tian was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.
He really dared to go to war against the Folding Chong Mansion! What a big deal this has to be, and what a serious consequence it will have afterwards! This shaft is simply ......
No, he's not a shaft, he's a madman!
"Li Su! You...... Do you want to rebel? ”
At that moment, Xiang Tian didn't care about the dignity of his official position, and raised his knife to point at Li Su and yelled angrily.
Li Su, who was named, closed his eyes and continued to recuperate, and never took care of Xiang Tian from beginning to end.
Jiang Quan looked at the sky expressionlessly, and said coldly: "There is still half an hour of incense......
Outside the city gate, there was a small commotion in the ranks of hundreds of Zhichong Mansion soldiers behind Xiang Tian. As for whether Li Su dared to really make a move against Zhechong Mansion, Xiang Tian, as a general, was still hovering between half-believing and half-believing, but the soldiers behind him believed it.
At this moment, just looking at the posture of the cavalry battalion soldiers, as well as the murderous atmosphere covered by the yellow sand flying in the sky, everyone can see at a glance that the cavalry battalion is not joking when it says that it is going to attack, they really have a plan to do it......
Xiang Tian was anxious and angry, at this moment he finally realized that the situation was beyond the control of Cao Tingshi and him, what Li Su said and did could not be measured by common sense at all, yes, what normal person could guess what a madman thought and did? It's ridiculous that yesterday he was still discussing with Cao Yu how to hold this Li Su in his hands, this kind of madman, can they handle it?
"Li Su, what you did today is no different from rebellion, I advise you to stop the precipice, don't make mistakes!" Xiang Tian roared angrily.
Li Su opened his eyes, looked at a cloud floating in the blue sky, and sighed softly.
This sigh seemed to have become an earth-shattering military order, after the cavalry camp battle, the rumbling marching drum suddenly sounded, and in front of the formation, Jiang Quan's eyes were blazing, and he held his sword flat, and shouted violently: "Bow and arrow forward!" Whole army, prepare to attack! ”
Rumble!
The yellow sand in the sky finally couldn't hide the murderous aura that rushed straight into the sky, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion quickly changed their formations, the soldiers in the two rows in front of the formation drew their bows and arrows, and the spears and halberds in the middle of the formation were raised in unison, and in the whistling wind, a passionate and mighty voice resounded in the sky.
"Datang, Wansheng!"
"Datang, Wansheng!"
Rumble!
As the words fell, the thousands of people rode the camp and took a step forward together, as if all the solid walls in the world were crushed into powder under their feet.
Xiang Tian's face became more and more pale, and now he was sure that Li Su was really going to make a move against Zhechong Mansion. This teenage boy baby...... There is an ambition to control the entire Western State!
"Quick, go to the Assassin's Mansion and ask Cao Assassin,...... Something is wrong! Xiang Tian turned his head and commanded the sergeant beside him in a trembling voice.
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Inside the Assassin's House.
When the panicked sergeant almost ran to the Thorn Mansion in a rolling and crawling posture to inform him of everything that happened outside the North City Gate, Thorn Shi Cao Yu was also stunned.
"This shaft! He, how dare he...... Is he dying? Cao Yu's expression was discouraged. muttered to himself with his blank eyes open.
"Cao Tingshi, General Xiang, please hurry to the north city gate, Li Su is about to give the order to attack!" The sergeant said in an anxious tone.
Cao Yu came back to his senses, his face was full of anger, he gritted his teeth fiercely, and said, "Go!" Go to the North City Gate! ”
The sergeant breathed a sigh of relief as if he had met a savior, and immediately led Cao Yu out.
Time passed very slowly, from the inner courtyard of the Thorn Mansion to the gate, a short distance of a few zhang. Cao Yu seemed to have walked for half his life, and all kinds of thoughts kept flickering in his mind.
When he was about to cross the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, Cao Yu's movements suddenly stopped, and the sergeant didn't know what to do, but he saw that Cao Yu's face was cloudy, sometimes red and sometimes white.
"Cao Thorn Shi ......," the sergeant anxiously urged.
Cao Yu shook his head slowly, and the foot that stepped out of the door actually retracted.
As the head of Xizhou, at this moment. Is it really appropriate for him Cao Yu to go to the North City Gate to stop Li Su from doing it?
Now things have come to this point. Seeing that there is going to be a bloody conflict, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there is no precedent for the Tang army to kill each other, this case was first broken in Xizhou, if it reaches Chang'an, it does not matter how His Majesty deals with Li Su. Importantly...... As the head of Xizhou, how will His Majesty deal with him Cao Yu? If it is only disposed of because of this matter, I am afraid that His Majesty will dig to the end under the anger of His Majesty, then the secrets that have been hidden by Xizhou officialdom and Zhichong Mansion for three years will definitely be impossible to hide in the eyes of His Majesty. Then...... But it's a great calamity.
Therefore, at this moment, he Cao Yu can't come forward!
If you don't come forward, it means that everything still has room to turn around, even if Li Su, the madman, really made a move, and there were casualties in the conflict between Zhichong Mansion and the cavalry battalion, as long as he Cao Yu did not appear on the battlefield of the confrontation between the two armies, this matter is still within the scope of being able to turn around, once he comes forward, this matter will be irreversible, and it will be difficult to turn back!
Thinking clearly about the stakes, Cao Yu suddenly made a decision.
"You go and tell Xiang Tian to make way for the cavalry camp immediately! Even if Li Su wants to poke a hole in the sky, let him clash with Li Su today, otherwise everything will be over! Just go! Cao Yu ordered with a gloomy face.
The sergeant was confused, but did not dare to hesitate for a moment, saluted and galloped towards the city gate.
Cao Yu stood in the threshold, looking at the back of the sergeant galloping, with a look of remorse on his face.
I really underestimated that young man, just look at the big deal he made today, this young boy who was knighted by the official in his teens, it is not a fluke that Tin is favored by God, after all, there are some catties.
Careless!
Cao Yu is a assassin, a political officialdom, after the initial anger, he quickly regained his composure, and only calm can not make mistakes.
But...... What did he want to do when he led his troops into the city today?
Cao Yu, who finally no longer regarded Li Su as an ordinary young boy, fell into deep doubts at this moment.
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Outside the North City Gate of Xizhou.
The frightened sergeant whispered a few words in Xiang Tian's ear, and Xiang Tian's face turned pale.
On the sandy ground on the opposite side of dozens of zhang, Jiang Quan raised his knife and shouted.
"The time has come for a stick of incense! Cavalry battalion, attack! ”
Rumble!
"Slow down the cavalry! Wait! Xiang Tian was in a hurry, raised his arms and roared.
Jiang Quan waved his hand, and the cavalry soldiers ordered to accompany him, stopping his steps.
"General Xiang, what do you have to teach you?" Jiang Quan looked at Xiang Tiandao coldly.
Xiang Tian's old face turned the color of pig liver, his eyes looked at Li Su who was silent in the team with anger and fear, he was silent for a long time, and said with an extremely humiliating expression: "It's the same Tang Dynasty robe, how can you fight in the same room?" What does Li Beijia want, the last general will not dare to ask, and only asks Li Beijia to be worthy of the court and His Majesty......"
Xiang Tian paused for another moment as he spoke, and suddenly waved his hand fiercely: "Give way to the soldiers of the Zhichong Mansion!" Please don't drive Li and the cavalry soldiers into the city! ”
After speaking, Xiang Tian stepped aside silently, and the soldiers behind him also got out of the way, and a vacant space suddenly became vacant between the north city gate and the cavalry camp.
It was only at this time that a smile finally appeared on Li Su's face.
"General Chiang......"
"The end will be."
"Order, the whole army enters the city!"
"Yes!"
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Less than an hour after the cavalry camp entered the city, the yellow sand outside the camp outside the city was covered with yellow sand, and on the vast desert ten miles away, a cavalry team wearing black shirts covering their faces and wrapping black turbans came to cover up.
The march of unknown origin was so disciplined that no sound could be heard in the procession except for the restless snorts and neighing of the camels and horses as they marched, and the march was silent and orderly toward the camp of the cavalry, with a depressing silence, as if something was blocked in their hearts.
Walk to the north of the camp about ten miles, can already see the vague outline of the camp in the distance, for the first man in a black scarf pulled out the waist knife, the style of the waist knife is quite special, the arc of the half moon is slightly curved, the handle is made of gold, the end of the handle is engraved with a string of inscriptions in unknown Chinese characters, there is a lifelike wolf head under the inscription, emitting a strange golden light in the sunlight.
As the leader of the man raised the scimitar, this strange unknown cavalry team in vain sped up, when it was still three miles away from the camp, the speed of the team increased more and more, and the whole team charged towards the camp at full speed, when the team was galloping, the queue was also quietly changing, when a stone's throw away from the camp, the cavalry team had formed an awl formation, the tip of the cone was the man in black who was the leader, and the golden scimitar he was holding emitted a severe cold light, and the whole team was full of indestructible sharp aura.
Charging to the camp for about half a mile, the inside and outside of the camp were still quiet, and as far as the eye could see, there was no one inside and outside the surroundings.
The man at the head finally sensed that something was wrong, and just as the team was about to rush into the gate of the camp, the man raised his hand decisively, and the cavalry team immediately stopped the galloping camels and stopped castration.
The man squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the camp, and finally found that there was no one in the camp.
The man's murderous eyes suddenly showed an anxious and angry gaze, and after looking up at the sky and shouting a few words, he waved his hand fiercely, and the rear of the cavalry team changed to the front team, and quickly evacuated and returned by the same way.
On the endless sand, there is only a messy pile of camel hoof prints, and when the hot desert wind blows, the hoof prints disappear without a trace like spring water in a dream. (To be continued......)