Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Bitter Battle of the Fortified Castle and the Cold Bones II
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"Huh?" Gao Xiuyan was shocked, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Brother Shujie is handsome, spare your life!" Brother Shu is handsome and spare! ”
"Slash?!" Zhang Shouyu was also stunned: "Ge Shuhan, I am the same soldier and horse envoy in Hedong, why did you kill me?" ”
"Why?" Ge Shuhan sneered: "The sage has a decree to allow me to control all the soldiers and horses participating in the battle. Pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info those who dare to disobey can be dealt with by military law! ”
Dong Yanguang gloated and looked at Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan, proud of his cleverness.
Before the war, Dong Yanguang was also dissatisfied with Ge Shuhan's strict military discipline and shouted for impeachment. But Hexi Jiedu made An Sishun inform Dong Yanguang through a secret letter that Ge Shuhan was ruthless and never afraid to kill people with a knife. If there is a dispute with him, it will definitely not be Ge Shuhan who will suffer the immediate loss.
And no matter how authoritarian and domineering Geshuhan is, as long as he leads his army to capture the stone fort, he will win the favor of the saint. At that time, the people who were killed by Geshuhan before will dissipate like smoke, leaving no trace in the hearts of the saints.
Dong Yanguang knew that three years ago, when An Sishun and Ge Shuhan were both generals under Wang Zhonghei, the two were on the same page and had a bad relationship. Dong Yanguang is convinced that the person who knows a person the most is often his enemy. Therefore, after receiving An Sishun's secret letter, Dong Yanguang immediately saw the wind and steered, like a tame hunting dog, shaking his head and tail at Ge Shuhan, bowing his head and obeying.
Seeing that Liu Poyu and the other tooth soldiers were still holding the second general of Hedong and did not move, Ge Shuhan said angrily: "Longyouya soldiers, what are you waiting for? Push Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan out and cut them off! ”
Liu Poyu was stunned for a moment, glanced at Li Sheng quickly, saw him nodded lightly and shook his head immediately, and hurriedly pushed the second general with the tooth soldiers to go out of the tent.
Li Sheng looked at Ge Shuhan and Wang Sili coldly, and had already roughly guessed what they were going to toss in his heart.
Wang Sili, who was engrossed in staring at Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan, did not notice Li Sheng's sarcastic gaze, and he had been calculating when it would be best to intercede.
Tuoba Shoul, the leader of the party department, was taken aback by Ge Shuhan's sudden move, but after thinking about it in his heart, he chose to remain silent rationally.
After a few days of strong attack, Tuoba Shou was even more distressed by the hundreds of tribesmen who died tragically under the small square platform. As for the life and death of the second general of Hedong, Tuoba Shou knew that the party department was weak and did not want to get involved in troubled waters.
"Brother Shu is handsome, spare your life! In a few more days, we'll be able to conquer the Stone Fort. Outside the big tent, Gao Xiuyan's mournful cry for mercy and Zhang Shouyu's angry scolding became farther and farther away.
"Jieshuai, Zhang Bingma and Gaobei will fight hard for several days, there is no merit and hard work, and please spare their lives!" Wang Sili saw that the heat was almost over, so he knelt down unhurriedly and pleaded for the second general of Hedong.
"Humph! Nearly 30,000 dead and wounded soldiers can't take the stone fort, can this be considered hard work? Goshuhan seemed to be angry.
"Jie Shuai, yesterday I also brought thousands of Longyou athletes to attack. The mountain roads are narrow, and our army really can't carry them out. Wang Sili hurriedly argued.
Tuoba Shou Silence rolled his eyes, also got up from his couch, knelt in front of Ge Shuhan and pleaded: "Jie Shuai, yesterday our warriors have attacked under the small square platform, and they are only a stone's throw away from taking the stone fort, but in the end they still failed to complete the work and died tragically under the city wall. It can be seen that Zhang Bingma and General Gao Bei have done their best. If the marshal gives a few days, he will definitely be able to conquer the fort! ”
Tuoba Shou's words made Ge Shuhan's face hesitate slightly, he
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"Thank you, Brother Shujie! It is really a blessing for three lives that the Despicable Department has the opportunity to work for the Heavenly Khan. Although the contempt department has made small achievements, its troops are limited, and the casualties are only a few hundred. After several days of hard fighting, the soldiers and horses in Hedong suffered heavier casualties, and they also hoped that the commander would be lenient and the soldiers and horses and the generals Gaobei. "Tuoba guards the silence and hits the railroad while it is hot.
Seeing this, the rest of the generals in the tent fell to their knees and begged Ge Shuhan to spare the two generals of Hedong.
Dong Yanguang knew that Zhang Shouyu despised him very much, and wanted to take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and kill him. But when he saw that everyone was pleading, he had to kneel down and echo a few words.
Li Sheng knelt on the ground, thinking about the scene that Ge Shuhan and Wang Sili had played, and his mood became more and more gloomy. When he was a tooth soldier for Wang Zhonghe, he had never seen the marshal play such a trick to control the generals under his command.
Outside the big tent, Liu Poyu slowly walked towards the gate with Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan, while anxiously looking at the big tent of the Chinese army, waiting for Ge Shuhan to change his mind.
Li Sheng nodded first and then shook his head, and had clearly told Liu Poyu that this matter was carefully arranged by Ge Shuhan in order to force the armies to attack hard. Therefore, you must first obey Ge Shuhan's military orders, but you must not really kill the second general of Hedong.
"Since the princes pleaded, I will spare them once." Ge Shuhan put on a magnanimous appearance: "Li Sheng, pass on my military order and bring Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan back to the tent." ”
After Gao Xiuyan returned to the big tent, he knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you Brother Shu for not killing!" ”
After Zhang Shouyu walked away from the ghost gate, he was not so tough. He reluctantly knelt down with Gao Xiuyan, but didn't say a word.
Ge Shuhan asked condescendingly: "Zhang Bing and Ma Envoy, Gao Bei General, how many more hours do you need to capture the stone fort?" ”
Gao Xiuyan glanced at Zhang Shouyu and shouted repeatedly: "Jieshuai, give us another five days, and we will definitely be able to take it." ”
"Five days?!" Ge Shuhan snorted coldly: "The Tibetan reinforcements are already approaching Dafeichuan, even if they agree, I am afraid that the Fengxin King of the Tongluo Department will not agree." ”
"Four days?" Gao Xiuyan carefully bargained.
"General Gao, when did the big tent of the Chinese army become the West Market of Chang'an City?" Ge Shuhan said coldly and sarcastically.
"Three days!" Zhang Shouyu suddenly shouted: "According to a certain estimate, the wood and stone of the Tubo defenders have also been consumed a lot. If the Tongluo Department and the Longyou cavalry can hold back the reinforcements, at most three days, our army will be able to capture the stone fort. ”
"Good! Three days is three days! Ge Shuhan stood up suddenly: "If the stone fort is still in the hands of Tubo after three days, no matter who pleads, the two will be punished by military law!" ”
"Thank you, Jieshuai!" Gao Xiuyan kowtowed again and again. Zhang Shouyu angrily shook off the curtain of the big tent and walked out without looking back.
"After this battle, how many of the 10,000 Hedong elite soldiers will be able to return to the land of Sanjin?" Zhang Shouyu sighed helplessly, and without waiting for Gao Xiuyan to come out of the tent, he whipped back to the camp.
After all the generals in the tent had received the military order and dispersed, Li Sheng knelt in front of Ge Shuhan and said loudly: "Jie Shuai, I implore you to follow the party department to raid the stone castle today!" ”
"Shiro, you're stupid!" Wang Sili, who was still in the big tent of the Chinese army, didn't wait for Ge Shuhan to speak, so he hurriedly shouted: "Storm the stone fort, and die for life." You can protect the festival commander with peace of mind, and the credit after the war
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Liu Poyu didn't understand why Li Sheng suddenly had such a plan, scratched his head, and stood in place.
"Thank you Saburo! However, a certain intention has been decided, and I hope that the festival commander will agree. Li Sheng replied stubbornly.
"Shiro, why do you insist on asking Ying to go into battle?" Ge Shuhan stared at Li Sheng's eyes and asked slowly.
"Marshal Qiyu, since the war, I have been thinking about how to take the stone castle as soon as possible." Li Sheng raised his head and looked at Ge Shuhan's sharp eyes, and replied without being humble or arrogant.
"After a few days of bloody fighting, I found it below. There are very few defenders in Tibet, and those who rely on them are also geographically advantageous. Storming along the mountain road, with heavy casualties and little progress. Yesterday's almost successful sneak attack by the party department made a certain thought, and the way of using troops is exactly the same. A large army is attacking strongly, and a small sneak attack can be surprising. The commander ordered the party department to continue to look for fighters today, and the intention should be here. Li Sheng spoke eloquently.
"Not bad!" Ge Shuhan nodded in approval and said, "Everyone said that Shiro was thoughtful, and it was true. ”
"Jie Shuai, from a certain point of view, although the soldiers and horses of the party department are good at climbing mountain roads, their combat power is mediocre. If our army dispatches hundreds of elites and chooses the opportunity to sneak attack with them, they may be able to seize the small square platform of the stone fort, and then suppress the defenders on the big square platform and help the army recapture the stone fort. ”
"Good!" Ge Shuhan helped Li Sheng up: "What Shiro said is very good. You can take my military orders and choose your own soldiers and weapons in the army. ”
"Xie Jieshuai!" Li Sheng said: "I will immediately go and select capable soldiers." As for the weapons, he also asked the marshal to give the ear-piercing arrows made before the war and the fierce oil and fire transported by the Beiting Army. ”
"Shiro, the ear-piercing arrow is specially designed to restrain the armor of the Tubo army, I understand. But the fierce oil fire in the crockpot is bulky and unbearable, so what's the use of it? Wang Sili said.
Before the war, Wang Sili received dozens of cans of black viscous liquid from the Ruyiju caravan of the Beiting Army. After reading the accompanying letter, Wang Sili learned that the name of this object was fierce oil fire, which was extremely flammable and would not be extinguished when exposed to water, and might be helpful in the battle of Stone Fort.
Ge Shuhan and Wang Sili, under Li Sheng's guard, secretly lit a small half jar and found that the fire was indeed extremely fierce.
However, the stone fort was located on the top of the Red Ridge, and the Tang army attacked for several days, but it was impossible to attack the castle at all, let alone carry out a fire attack.
Wang Sili also pondered using a catapult to throw a clay pot into the stone fort. But the mountain is high and the road is steep, and the heavy catapult not only can't go up, but even if it does, it can't be used. As a result, dozens of cans of fierce oil fire were left idle in the camp and did not work.
"Jieshuai, San Lang, I thought about it for a long time, and I felt that I could pour the fierce oil fire into the cowhide bag. The attacking soldiers each carried a bag or two, which might be useful. Li Sheng was very impressed by the flames of the fierce oil fire, and he felt that when he touched the small square platform, he should be able to use it to launch a fire attack.
"Break it to zero!" Ge Shuhan nodded: "Shiro's proposal is good, it's accurate." ”
"Xie Jieshuai!" After Li Sheng gave the salute, he turned around and was about to walk out.
"Shiro, I'll go with you!" After Liu Poyu understood Li Sheng's plan, he shouted without hesitation.
Li Sheng thought about it, chuckled and nodded.
After Li Sheng and Liu Poyu went out, Ge Shuhan's expression darkened: "What a Li Sheng, he is actually dissatisfied with someone!" In vain, I bothered to promote him to the rank of Captain of the Tooth Army. ”
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