Chapter 35: Soldiers Descend on the City
Lu Chen appointed Xiao Wang as the commander of the border army, it can be said that everyone did not expect, under the feudal dynasty system at that time, among the powerful and powerful, nepotism, as long as it is their own people, they would rather appoint waste than talented civilians.
Because in their view, using a person who has no relationship with them is equivalent to giving up power to outsiders.
This is a common problem in feudal dynasties, and the country of wind is no exception.
It can be said that Lu Chen appointed Xiao Wang, which was a very absurd and incredible thing in the eyes of the people at the time, and Lu Chen naturally understood this, so he would kill the commander Chen Liang on the school field, with a military order, and then in front of the soldiers of the whole army, he personally awarded Xiao Wang the sword, in order to let the latter be able to fight this battle boldly and with confidence!
There is no doubt that he has more advanced ideas than the times at that time, he can abandon the distinction between high and low, and he has an open-mindedness that people did not have at that time, and it is precisely his open-mindedness that allows him to know people and be good at their jobs, and select talents and use their abilities.
Lu Chen's disregard for his background, his discernment, and his appointment of great decentralization made Xiao Wang deeply moved, and the latter also thought that he had finally met the Ming Lord of his fate from the moment he took over the sword.
In the years to come, he also made immortal feats for Lu Chen's conquest of the world!
Let's talk about Xiao Wang, after the school field transferred troops, he first went to Wuguan to inspect the city defense, and then rushed to Hulukou and personally commanded the soldiers to set up camp.
This place is a valley, and the reason why it is called Hulukou is because if you look at the topography from the topography, the whole valley is like a huge gourd, the entrance is narrow, and the valley is loose.
After Wuguan, there is Hulukou, through this valley, is the plain land of Yima Pingchuan, not only can see the outline of the border city, but also can sweep the surrounding villages.
Therefore, if the barbarians want to plunder, they not only need to break through the Wuguan, but also this place must pass through.
Xiao Wang chose to camp here, on the surface, he wanted to build another barrier after Wuguan, but in fact, he had deeper plans.
He has been sharpening his sword for ten years, and he has never had the opportunity to show his edge, and this time he finally met the master, and he didn't want to just defeat the brute soldiers. If he just resisted the attack of the barbarians, then he could rely on the solid city defense of Wuguan and fight a defensive battle with the barbarians.
What he wants to do is to fight to become famous.
Xiao Wang's chosen camp was located from the entrance of the valley to the tail of the gourd. Both sides of the valley are dense forests, he ordered the border soldiers to take local materials, every five miles apart, set up a camped tent, interlocking with each other, stretching for more than 20 miles......
The other side.
The Tusi Kingdom sent Rud as a general, leading 50,000 barbarian soldiers to attack the border of the Wind Country.
Ruud was a hereditary nobleman of Tus, his father and grandfather were both famous generals of Tus, and he was promoted to a senior general in the army at the age of only twenty-five.
The Tusi Territory is dominated by a large area of desert, and there is not much fertile land suitable for farming, so a considerable part of the materials have always been obtained by plundering the border of the Wind Country.
Over time, this becomes a habit, and then it evolves into a vicious circle of extreme evil, the more you plunder, the more you taste the sweetness of Tus, which makes them more greedy and plunders more frequent......
For more than 100 years, in the hearts of the Tusi people, whether it is a sergeant or an ordinary person, almost all have reached a subconscious, that is, wolves eat sheep!
In their eyes, the silk brocade, grain and rice of the Wind Country, and those delicate and tender girls are undoubtedly inexhaustible 'treasures', and the soldiers of the Wind Army who guard these treasures are undoubtedly more like a group of docile 'sheep'.
Under the ravages of wolves, no matter how many sheep there are, they only have a share to be slaughtered. However, a few days ago, in the eyes of the Tusi Kingdom, it was a routine plunder, but it was intercepted by the Wind Army, and their 3,000 soldiers were defeated!
In the eyes of the Tusi king, this is a very incredible thing, and those Tusi troops who returned from the defeat are also considered to be the shame of the Tusi country, and they are all beheaded for public display.
Therefore, at the parliament of Tus, as soon as Rude asked for his life, the king of Tus didn't even think about it, so he agreed, and with a wave of his hand, he sent 50,000 elites to Rude.
In the previous plundering battles of Tus, most of them sent a light cavalry of several thousand people, like a raging wind, swept by.
Tus didn't have the strength to occupy the Windy Country, and they themselves knew this very well, so they just blindly plundered, and never sent a large army to attack, nor did they send infantry to attack the city.
However, this time, Rude led 50,000 barbarian soldiers, including only 10,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry, and his purpose was also very clear, not only to be ashamed, but also to teach the Wind Country a cruel lesson! Let the Wind Country understand that wolves cannot be defeated by sheep!
Three days later, the Tusi army had already arrived at the city of Wuguan.
Wang Yan, who received the news, rushed to the top of the city as soon as possible, he held the arrow stack in his hand, raised his eyes and looked down, and couldn't help but be shocked.
As far as the eye can see, outside Wuguan City, Huang Cancan's head, as the saying goes, if there are more than 10,000 people, there will be no boundaries, this 50,000 army is really overwhelming, and there is no end in sight!
What's even more frightening is that the barbarians are wearing upper bodies, all of them are tall and strong, dressed in animal skins, dressed in linen trousers, with blond hair and loose hair, holding scimitars, and before the battle, they have already begun to howl and scream under the city, which is like uncivilized savages.
On the contrary, a general at the head, wearing a steel helmet and steel armor, sat on a tall horse, and held a large spear, looking majestic.
This person is the barbarian commander Rude, as the young generation of noble generals of Tusi, it can be said that Rude looks down on the soldiers of the Wind Country in his heart, although this is the first time he has commanded the army, but his face is full of arrogance, and he does not take Wang Yan's 10,000 defenders in his eyes at all.
His lieutenant general is a close confidant of his house, and he is also a master who has been tyrannical in Tusi all the year round. At this time, when the soldiers were approaching the city, he rode his horse to Rude's side and said directly: "General Rude, I think, let's hurry up and attack the city!" First slaughter these little sheep in Wuguan, and then attack the border city and loot it! ”
"No!" Rude shook his head and snorted: "In the eyes of these Central Plains people, haven't they always regarded our Great Tusi Country as an uncivilized savage? Hum! Today, let's let them know what a wolf is! What is a sheep! ”
"Someone! Call! General Ben is going to personally kill the sharp spirit of these sheep of the Wind Country! Let them know how mighty the generals of our Tusi country are! ”