Chapter 86: Literary Talent and Martial Arts
"General Guo—" Bai Muye shouted under the city.
Guo Tong followed the prestige, and when he saw that it was Bai Muye, he did not reply, but walked down the stairs of the city wall slowly. It wasn't until the two got close and got off the horse that Guo Tong walked this short staircase.
He looked at Bai Muye expressionlessly, his smile was a little cold, and he said arrogantly: "General Bai, are you awake?" ”
Do I rub?
Is this scolding me?
Bai Muye glanced at him, and suddenly a flash of inspiration!
Is this kid robbing me of his position as a general?
No way! Look at your bear-like look—
Even if I don't become a general, the position of general is not your turn!
Guo Tong looks like a bull, Bai Muye is better than him!
He held his neck high and competed with Guo Tong: "Guo-deputy-general, what is the situation in the city defense of Zhaozhou now, hurry up and report to General Ben!" ”
After speaking, he waved his hand pretendically.
Guo Tong stared at a pair of bull's eyes, and looked at Bai Muye's eyes even more angry!
Bai Muye said angrily: "What's the matter? General Ben can wait! Could it be that Vice General Guo has been busy all night, why don't I sleep until noon? Isn't that just useless work? ”
Guo Tong snorted heavily: "Even if I say it, General Bai will understand?" General Bai is a foreigner, so let's wait at home for the news of the triumph of the last general! ”
Your uncle!
Soldiers are coming to the city, and you are here to talk to me endlessly?
However, the big war is imminent, and Bai Muye is too lazy to see Guo Tong, a reckless man.
"Since Vice General Guo can't say clearly, then take me up and see it in person!" Bai Muye glanced at him coldly and strode up the city wall.
Before Guo Tong could agree, a group of people came from far and near, and the three of them turned their heads to see that the leader was Pei Shiju Pei Shangshu!
"General White!" Pei Shiju greeted from afar!
Ouch? Why is this old man here?
Bai Muye greeted him with a smile, and when Pei Shiju arrived, he hugged his fist at him with Guo Tong: "I've seen Pei Shangshu!" ”
Pei Shiju's armor was not removed, he turned over and dismounted, and his movements were not like an old man in his old age. Seeing Bai Muye and Guo Tong standing side by side, he stroked his beard with relief and smiled: "I didn't expect General Bai to have arrived first, he is really diligent!" ”
"It's just arrived, why didn't Pei Shangshu wait in the palace? I want to wait until I've seen the city defenses before I go to you! ”
Pei Shiju shook his head and sighed: "There are not many people left in the palace, but it took a lot of work to clean up the situation. The hundreds of officials are even more fleeing, and they are dead, and there is no one who can come out to preside over the big things! ”
Bai Muye recalled the miserable appearance in the palace, and he didn't feel good in his heart!
"Pei Shangshu, since things have come to this point, don't worry, we just hold the city and wait for the enemy soldiers to retreat before regrouping!"
Pei Shiju nodded, and the group walked along the stone steps towards the city wall.
Pei Shiju suddenly said: "General Bai, after retiring from the army, is King Tang going to take over my Zhouzhou?" ”
The air suddenly froze, and Bai Muye didn't know how to answer for a while.
Pei Shiju smiled slightly: "The Xia Kingdom has died, even if it doesn't die, it can only become someone else's subject country, just to survive." ”
Bai Muye couldn't imagine that this old man suddenly became so straightforward, so he smiled a little stiffly.
"Pei Shangshu, I'll talk about it later, the purpose of my coming to Zhaozhou is not to help the Tang Dynasty annex Zhaozhou, this is just at this juncture, and I can't see death or save it! Otherwise, give me a few guts, and I won't dare to stand in the position of the general of this Xia Kingdom——"
Everyone burst into laughter, and the inexplicable embarrassment suddenly disappeared. Bai Muye suddenly remembered Zhou Zelai in his heart - it is said that he should have seen King Qin, right? Were there any accidents along the way?
Bai Muye found that he was a little impulsive at that time, and he actually handed over such an important matter to Zhou Ze to do.
Zhou Ze is not a very reliable person, he is too young, his mind is not stoic enough, and he is not thoughtful enough......
But if a person doesn't have the opportunity to be alone, then he will always be a little person living behind others!
Just like your old self......
The ancient city wall, Bai Muye is not the first time to climb it. The ancient city of Xi'an, that is, Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, he rode a bicycle around the towering and wide city gate tower. But this time, the mood and atmosphere are very different.
The city wall of Zhaozhou is more than ten meters high, and the top of the city wall is very wide, which can accommodate five carriages to travel side by side, so it is stable and abnormal.
There are corner towers and horse faces, and the rammed earth and bluestone of the city walls look very strong, but this seemingly flawless city, in Bai Muye's opinion, has big shortcomings - it does not have an urn city!
The urn city is an additional wall built on the outside of the city gate, and it will be some distance from the real city wall, like a second city gate.
Whether the enemy army climbs over the wall or breaks the door, they can't reach the real city wall without passing through the urn city, but once they enter the open space sandwiched between them, they will be caught by the urn of the defender. Whether it is shot to death with random arrows or captured alive by casting nets, it is more beneficial to the defender.
Now there is no urn city in Zhaozhou, that is, as long as the Turks can climb the city wall, the soldiers on both sides will directly clash, and there is no room for ambush, which makes it much more difficult to defend.
These peasant rebel armies, whether in the choice of cities or the construction of city outlines, are not half a star different from the regular army.
In a word......
It's terrible to be uneducated!
It's even more terrible to have no culture and no money!
Time turns, and you can no longer see the lights and wine and green seen on the ancient city wall, let alone the skyscrapers of different shapes outside the city wall. Some are just the strong walls of the armor soldiers beside them, and the rumors of the enemy troops outside the city are loud.
Bai Muye inspected everything around him, took a few deep breaths, and suddenly gave birth to a kind of heroism, his heart was filled with surging fighting spirit, and a poem by the poet ghost Li He blurted out: "The black clouds crush the city and want to destroy it, and the light of the armor opens to the sun." ”
Guo Tong and the three seals looked at each other, inexplicable. Pei Shiju was stunned, not to mention him, even Bai Muye himself was stunned!
I don't know where a poem came out of my head, why does it sound so appropriate?
Don't look at me with such adoring eyes, Daddy!
What a nonsense! Nonsense!
But Pei Shiju's eyes gradually became fanatical and told him that he had a big deal this time!
My Mom!
The invisible X is the deadliest!
Pei Shiju is a civil official! Those two fools can't understand it, can he still not understand the artistic conception of this poem?
Sure enough, I saw Pei Shiju grabbing his hand with burning eyes, and asked tremblingly: "This poem ...... Was it General White? ”
Bai Muye tried his best to make his smile natural, but it seemed difficult to do so.
"I, my...... Let Pei Shangshu laugh! ”
"General Bai is too modest! General Bai is proficient in all kinds of literary and martial arts, and he is really a model for my generation——"