Chapter 1277: The Siege of Wucheng (Part II)
"General, most of the soldiers in the army are shaken when they see the ** preparing for war day and night. If the news of Xun Gong's serious illness comes out, there will be chaos in the army. The general still needs to hide this matter, and must not leak the news. ”
When Cao Zhang heard this, his fists were clenched so loudly that the horn sounded, and he was sad and indignant, so he ordered the soldiers of the sect to hide it closely and not to spread it. The generals commanded. After the third day, the soldiers of all sects were panicked when they saw that the Tang soldiers were about to be ready. Wen Shun ordered the sergeants to pile up firewood on the corners of each gate, and they were afraid that they would soon attack the city. So, on that day, groups of soldiers began to flee from the south gate. Seeing this, Wang Shuang quickly returned to Wenshun. Wen Shun laughed when he heard the news, and expected that the soldiers and horses in the city would abandon the city and flee within two days, so they each made an order.
By the fourth day, the situation of Wei desertion had intensified, and more than 200 people had fled. Although Cao Zhang ordered the generals to be strictly guarded, he found out and executed him on the spot. Although Xu Chu, Hao Zhao and other generals killed dozens of deserters, the situation did not improve, but became more serious. That night, Cao Zhang urgently summoned Hao Zhao, Xu Chu and others to discuss.
The soldiers in the city were terrified of the situation of the other army, and fled in groups day and night. Sooner or later, the other army will find out that if they take advantage of the situation to attack, our army will be caught off guard, and not only will Wucheng be unprotected, but we will all be destroyed. Do you have a plan!? ”
Cao Zhang's face was heavy, and he asked in a condensed voice. Xu Chu glared at the tiger and shouted angrily.
"If that's the case, why don't you gather the sergeants and fight against the water!! It is still unknown who killed the deer!! ”
Cao Zhang's brows furrowed when he heard this, but he didn't answer, but looked at Hao Zhao. Hao Zhao's eyes were sharp, and he said intently.
"General Xu's words are reasonable. But our army is in turmoil, and the soldiers are already timid. The battle between the two armies is not due to the number of troops, but to the courage of the soldiers. Cowardice is a rabble. Now, if our army fights with the Tang thieves, I am afraid that it will not be enough to succeed and more than to lose. ”
When Xu Chu heard this, Hurong shook and did not speak for the time being. Cao Zhang heard this Hao Zhao talk about the truth, and asked anxiously.
What Bo Dao said was very true. So what should I do now!? ”
"That Wen Zixi's soldiers besieged the city, our army was empty, and the sergeants were all timid, and Wucheng was difficult to protect. At present, it is advisable for the general to make a decisive decision, order the army, abandon the city and flee, so as to avoid the annihilation of the whole army. ”
As soon as Hao Zhao said this, Xu Chu and Cao Zhang's faces changed greatly. Xu Chu's eyes widened, and he shouted at Hao Zhao.
"No guts rats, the erectors don't conspire with each other!!"
"Tiger Marquis is angry. Now that the situation is stronger than people, if you don't make a decision early, it will be too late when the Tang soldiers enter the city. We waited for the court to eat and die for the country, so naturally we died well. But death is lighter than a feather and heavier than Mount Tai. Now Wucheng has already become the bag of Tang thieves, even if we fight to the death, it is difficult to protect it, so wouldn't it be in vain to waste our lives!? ”
Hao Zhao faced Xu Chu, who was as angry as a mad tiger, without fear, and said in a condensed voice. When Xu Chu heard this, he gritted his teeth, but he didn't scold Hao Zhao anymore, and he understood the reason. Cao Zhang's face was lonely, he sighed, and said slowly.
"Before I came, I and the imperial brother thought that Wen Zixi was young and had not been in the war for a long time, so there was nothing to worry about, but we never thought that now our 30,000 troops were almost annihilated by the other army, and they ended up in such a dangerous situation. We are really defeated by the enemy!! Nowadays, as Bo Dao said, Wucheng has become the bag of Tang thieves, and it is extremely powerful. When you abandon the city and flee, today's shame, I should keep it in mind, he will definitely come back one day and fight with that Wen Zixi!! ”
Cao Zhang's golden eyes were brilliant, but he did not lose his spirit, but made up his mind to share the victory and defeat with Wen Shun in the future. Xu Chu listened, his eyes closed, and his steel teeth were almost crushed, but he didn't say anything to refute it. Hao Zhao listened to Cao Zhang's obedience to what he said, his heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly gave up.
"It is a blessing for our army that the general can see the current situation clearly. At present, the Tang thieves surrounded Wucheng, and there were heavy troops at the east, west, and north gates, but the south gate was empty. But in my opinion, this is really a deception, and our army must not break through from the south gate, otherwise it will be ambushed by the other army. ”
"Hmph. The Tang people have always been treacherous and cunning, and I have long felt that there must be deception in this. But our army does not have many troops, and the other three gates are heavily guarded, once intercepted, there will be a catastrophe!! ”
Cao Zhang snorted coldly and said sharply. Hao Zhao groaned for a while, his eyes shining. Suddenly, Hao Zhao's face changed, and he said in a condensed voice.
"The general may divide the people of the city into three branches, but one of them will teach the people to wear our armor, and our soldiers will pretend to be the people. Tomorrow, you can first teach the army of civilians wearing armor to rush out of the south gate. Immediately, he urged the other two teams of the people to choose the other two to rush out. The soldiers of our army dressed up the people in detail, and rushed out of the remaining gate. In this way, it is difficult to tell. Our army can then take it by surprise and break through. ”
Cao Zhang's face was overjoyed, and he covered his palms and praised it, and then according to Hao Zhao's words, he ordered the soldiers to rush to prepare that night. The next day, the sun was rising, and suddenly a drum sounded. A Wei soldier suddenly rushed out of the south gate in a panic. In fact, in the city, there were hundreds of soldiers pulling their bows and strings against the city gate, so that those soldiers who originally wanted to escape back to the city were so frightened that they immediately pulled back and looked outside the city and ran. However, it was said that after the Wei soldiers escaped from the city, they were instantly completely defeated, and they all fled in all directions. Wang Shuang saw that if the Wei soldiers escaped, he sighed in his heart, Wen Shun was like a god, and the Wei soldiers really abandoned the city and fled. At that moment, Wang Shuangsu ordered the soldiers to inform Wen Shun, and then taught the soldiers to retreat slowly without stopping and killing.
Let's say that Wen Shun heard Wang Shuang's report, and hurriedly drove his horse to a high slope outside the south gate. Seeing that the Wei soldiers fled indiscriminately, there was no formation. Wen Shun's face changed, and he immediately saw the clue and muttered.
"The Wei people have always been elite, how can they be so disorganized. Could it be!? ”
Wen Shun exclaimed, hurriedly threw up the horsewhip, and only took dozens of riders to ride, and rushed over to the crowded place in the direction of the south gate. Those people who were dressed as Wei soldiers saw the wind and dust lifted and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and they were immediately frightened and panicked and fled frantically. Seeing this, Wen Shun hurriedly reined in the horses, already knowing the plan, and hurriedly commanded with the servants beside him.
"This unit is not a Wei soldier, but a disguise of the people in the city. You quickly go to inform Wang Shuang, as well as Zhang Gong in the ambush, and teach the two of them to bring troops here quickly!! ”
As soon as Wen Shun's words fell, at this moment, the east and west gates each vibrated with the sound of drums, and then there were bursts of panic and noise, which sounded endlessly. Wen Shun's face changed, and as soon as he reined in his horses, he immediately turned to the west gate to visit, but saw hundreds of people pouring out at the west gate. Wen Shundao's eyes narrowed, and a little anger swelled in his eyes, and he hurriedly commanded several people around him.
"Pass my order and teach the officers and men of all armies not to injure the people by mistake!!"
After Wen Shun finished drinking, several of the people who listened to the order rode and immediately left the report quickly. After a while, drums sounded again in the direction of the north gate. The drums were beating continuously, and there were crowds of people in the east, west, south, and north, and they didn't know which part was the team of Wei soldiers. Wen Shun's heart was in turmoil, and all the soldiers and horses outside the city, hearing Wen Shun's order, did not dare to stop and kill without authorization, but they were afraid of accidentally injuring the people. At this time, outside the north gate, Xu Chu, Hao Zhao, Cao Zhang and others disguised themselves as ordinary people, and when they saw the Tang soldiers in the distance, they did not dare to come to stop and kill. Cao Zhang's expression was shocked, and he secretly made a gesture, Xu Chu roared, walked like flying, and immediately led hundreds of Xu's Jingwei Wangtang soldiers to raid away. At this time, in the Tang Army, Wen Shun was not in the army, and no one was in charge of the overall situation. Seeing a giant man leading hundreds of people to rush over, when the Tang soldiers in front of him found out that something was wrong. Xu Chu had already rushed first, pulled out the big knife hidden behind his back, and smashed into the crowd. Tang Bing was unexpected, and was caught off guard by Xu Chu. Xu Chu slashed indiscriminately, hacked more than ten people to death, captured a war horse, and immediately flew through the Tang soldiers' formation, killing someone on his back. The hundreds of Xu Jingwei, each brave and abnormal, each carrying a weapon to rush to kill, instantly opened a hole in the Tang soldiers' array. Hao Zhao and Cao Zhang arrived one after another, and after the team, several vehicles rushed over, and the cars were all with cold weapons and blades. Hao Zhao and Cao Zhang hurriedly took their weapons and entered the chaotic army, quickly captured a war horse each, and led troops to kill suddenly. The Tang soldiers were in chaos, and at this time, the soldiers in the formation realized that this team of people was disguised by Wei soldiers, and hurriedly shouted loudly to stop and kill. Xu Chu galloped wildly, just as he met a shouting Tang general, shouted, rushed to the horse, his hand rose and fell, between the lightning and flint, the blood bloomed, and the head of the Tang general suddenly split in half. When the Tang soldiers around saw this, they were all frightened. Xu Chu broke through all the way, if he was a tiger going down the mountain, no one dared to stop him. Behind them, Hao Zhao and Cao Zhang quickly broke through, and more than 1,000 Wei soldiers disguised as ordinary people killed through the ** array and broke through.
When Wen Shun heard that the Wei soldiers had broken through from the north gate, he hurriedly ordered all the soldiers and horses to quickly look at the direction of the north gate and pursue. However, by the time Wang Shuang, Zhang Liao, Deng Ai and others arrived with their troops, the Wei soldiers had already fled seven or eight miles away. Wen Shun's face was cold, and his sword eyes were cold and glowing. Zhang Liao drove his horse over and said coldly.
"The Wei thief fled not far away, why don't Your Highness send elite cavalry to pursue it!?"
Wen Shun listened to the words, quickly made a decision, and hurriedly said to Zhang Liao and Deng Ai.
"Zhang Gong, Shi Zai, you and others will follow me to the pursuit."
Zhang Liao and Deng Ai listened to the order, gave up their hands, and after a quick turn, they called for the cavalry to gather. Then Wen Shun said to Wang Shuang.
"Ziquan, you will lead the rest of the soldiers and horses to take the witch city!"
Wang Shuang's giant eyes shot out two rays of light in an instant, and he received his order with a sigh of relief. In a moment, the cavalry team was ready. Wen Shun shouted loudly, and led the elite cavalry to chase in the direction where the Wei soldiers fled. On the other side, Cao Zhang and others led their troops to flee as if they were desperate, and they moved forward quickly. Until noon, a gust of wind and dust surged up ten miles behind. The sound of iron hooves is sudden, like a shower hitting the ground, and the sound is endless. When the Wei soldiers heard this, their faces all changed greatly. Cao Zhang's face was cold, and he quickly urged the troops to move quickly. The two armies chased and fled, and gradually it was dusk, and the sky was getting dark. Cao Zhang led his troops into the dense forest and rushed to the head of the Jianping realm.
Dada~!
The sound of iron hooves rose quickly, Wen Shun led the troops to the outside of the dense forest, and suddenly raised his hand, and thousands of cavalry immediately reined in their horses. Wen Shun squinted at the knife and looked up at the sky, at this time the sun was setting in the western mountains, and the night was approaching, Wen Shun and the others chased in a hurry, and they did not carry torches. Wen Shun sighed and said to the generals behind him.
"It's getting late, it's not conducive to pursuit, and there are many brave generals in the other army, and our army is not familiar with the terrain, if it is ambushed, it is bound to be dangerous. Withdraw your troops! ”
When Zhang Liao and Deng Ai heard this, they looked at each other, both of them were thoughtful people, and they also understood the truth, so they did not refute it, so they quoted Wen Shun's order to withdraw their troops one after another. At this moment, a roar was suddenly heard in the dense forest.
"Wen Zixi!! Our Great Wei soldiers are strong and strong, fierce generals are like clouds, and the national strength will overturn the world, and sooner or later they will dominate the country. Today's shame, I Cao Ziwen will definitely pay back ten times in the future!! ”
Wen Shun listened to this, but he was not angry, but laughed loudly, and even had the spirit of an immortal hero, and shouted.
"Cao Ziwen, you are a defeated general under me, how dare you speak bravely!? I am a big country in the Western Tang Dynasty, and now I have the land of Xichuan, if you dare to come to attack, it is better to teach you to wait for death and have no place to be buried!! ”
Wen Shun's voice shook the four fields, like a dragon roaring for thousands of miles, and the soldiers in the formation were all shocked when they heard the words, and their eyes were shining. After Wen Shun finished drinking, he only heard a loud bang in the dense forest, but he didn't hear Cao Zhang's reply.
The sky was getting dark, and somewhere in the dense forest, Cao Zhang slashed a towering tree with a sword, his golden eyes were murderous, and he secretly roared and swore in his heart.