Chapter 253: The Return of the Hero
Cheng Wuting stood at the head of the city, staring at the Turks under the city with wide eyes, surging like a tide - retreat!
He couldn't believe his eyes!
Shuofang's army, the entire army of men and horses, 12,500 people, has 800 left in the battle, and all of them are wounded, including him Cheng Wuting.
There is still an arrow stuck in his right arm that has not been pulled out, and it is deep into the bone. This small injury is as ordinary for Cheng Wuting as chewing sand after eating. He was so excited that he didn't even feel pain.
Seeing the retreat of the Turks, who were still violently attacking just now, Cheng Wuting and all the 800 remnants under his command who were ready to die were all stunned.
There was no cheering or rejoicing, just a numb stunnedness.
"Report-" A scout ran quickly, perhaps running too hard and his physical strength was overdrawn, and with the support of two people, he even crawled in front of Cheng Wuting.
"What?" Cheng Wuting is still calm. More than 30 years of military career has cultivated his style of a general, and he is not shocked by the collapse of Mount Tai.
"After ...... The rear ...... "The scout was a little out of breath, "Reinforcements have arrived!" ”
Everyone was amazed!
"Who's bringing the soldiers?"
"And the state of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion Fa Cao joined the army, the school inspector Zuo Fengchen Wei Zhonglang General, Li Xiantong!"
"Huh?" Cheng Wuting and all the lieutenants were stunned on the spot.
Li Xiantong?
Goes?
Coming to the rescue of Shuozhou?
In the eyes of Cheng Wuting and others, this matter is far more bizarre than the sudden withdrawal of the Turks!
"How many people did Li Xiantong bring, and where did he drive?" Cheng Wuting asked.
"About 30,000 horses! The two pioneers Cheng Qizhi and Cheng Boxian each led 3,000 light horsemen, and they had arrived outside the Shuozhou City Pass and asked the general to open the city and release the pass! ”
"My son, Pioneer?" Cheng Wuting was even more confused and clueless.
"General, no matter what, the young general will definitely not harm you." The adjutant general said, "It's better to go and open the city pass first, and let the young general and Cheng Boxian's men and horses come in!" There are 6,000 men and horses in the two vanguards, and if the Turks come to attack the city again, their two new forces will come in handy! ”
Cheng Wuting thought for a moment and nodded, "You go and release the pass, I'm here to supervise the battle!" ”
"Yes!"
Cheng Wuting was still standing on top of the city tower, squinting at the vast Turkic people under the city pass, like a black tide, really retreating away.
Uncanny!
Cheng Wuting was very puzzled in his heart, the Turks stormed Shuozhou for so many days and paid a very painful price, and they were definitely determined to win Shuozhou. But now that the Shuofang army is about to be wiped out and Shuozhou is within reach, he withdrew his troops - what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?
Cheng Wuting's heart suddenly woke up!
- Could it be that Xue Shao succeeded?
After thinking about it again and again, Cheng Wuting suddenly laughed loudly!
If the Turks' tent behind them were attacked, they would surely fear that our army would attack and kill him. With such scruples, they will definitely suspect that Shuozhou is just a piece of incense bait here, the purpose is to stumble their army, and when the Tang Dynasty soldiers in the rear cut off his back road, Shuozhou will have ambushed soldiers and horses to kill it and attack it back and forth, then it is really possible to wipe it out in one fell swoop and uproot it!
Soldier, treacherous.
There is no doubt about the people who use soldiers.
"Hahaha!" Cheng Wuting patted the ancient and hard bluestone bricks on the city wall and laughed loudly, "This is called, four or two thousand gold!" ”
"Xue Shao, what a genius!"
When the lieutenant generals heard Cheng Wuting's big laughter and words, their hearts all woke up, "General, could it be that he really succeeded in a surprise attack on Heisha?" ”
"It's not certain, but it's very likely!" Cheng Wuting said, "If it weren't for the fire in the backyard, there would be absolutely no reason for the Turks to withdraw their troops!" ”
"Isn't it because we have reinforcements?"
"Reinforcements are coming from the rear, and even we don't know the way, how can the Turks know the way?"
While everyone was talking, an anxious shout came-
"Father!"
Cheng Qizhi and Cheng Bo presented.
"Shut up!" Cheng Wuting shouted, "There is no father and son in front of the army, don't talk about personal affairs!" ”
"Father...... General Cheng forgives his sins! Cheng Qizhi ran forward quickly, and saw the cluster of arrows on Cheng Wuting's arm at a glance, and his expression was frozen on the spot, and tears were about to fall.
"As a general of the Tang Dynasty, how can you behave like such a child!" Cheng Wu reprimanded fiercely, "Speaking of military affairs!" ”
"Yes!" Cheng Qizhi took a deep breath, clasped his fists and bowed, "General Cheng, there are more than 30,000 people in our department, and I have been ordered by the Metropolitan Governor's Office of Merge Prefecture, led by Li Xiantong, the general of Fengchen Wei Zhonglang, to come to the aid of Shuozhou!" The last generals Cheng Qizhi and Cheng Boxian were the pioneers of the two roads, each leading 3,000 Yue cavalry to take the first step, and the light soldiers arrived in Shuozhou as scheduled, and now they are under the command of General Cheng to listen to the Hou Dispatch! ”
Cheng Wuting nodded without asking more, and waved his hand, "Order all your two pioneers to be in place and be responsible for city defense!" ”
"Yes!"
Cheng Qizhi and Cheng Boxian immediately went to convey the military order, and led the people of the headquarters to immediately go to the city tower to lay out the city defense.
It was only at this time that Cheng Wuting dared to breathe.
And the state of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, is really sending reinforcements. It's still Li Xiantong himself!
"What the hell is this for?" Cheng Wuting thought about it too much.
After arranging the military affairs of the city defense, Cheng Qizhi dared to come to see his father again.
Cheng Wuting has become a father from evil at this time, he nodded and smiled kindly, "Galloping all the way, it must have been hard." ”
"Children don't work hard. Father suffered! Cheng Qizhi's tears flowed down, "The child has the good medicine brought by Chang'an, please treat his father's injuries." ”
"Okay." Cheng Wuting waved his hand, "Come on, remove your armor!" ”
Cheng Qizhi immediately got busy, and transferred a bowl of soup medicine to Cheng Wuting to drink, saying that it was a pain-relieving anesthetic.
Cheng Wuting laughed, "Shaft, how can the old man drink this kind of thing?" ”
"Father, it hurts to pull out the arrow and heal the wound!" Cheng Qizhi looked at the big arrow sore on his father's arm, and he really felt a little frightened.
"If you can't do it, change the military doctor!" Cheng Wu said angrily, "As the commander of the three armies, the old man must always keep a clear head. Once I drank this bowl of anesthetic, I didn't know anything. Out of the military, how is it good? ”
"......" Cheng Qizhi was speechless, so he had to grit his teeth, "Then the father endures!" ”
"Such a small injury is commonplace! Hugh is talking nonsense, hurry up! "Cheng Wuting is still impatient.
Cheng Qizhi nodded, he was already sweating profusely before he could do it, so he had to pick up a towel to wipe his sweat first.
Cheng Wu inadvertently showed a rare warm smile, father and son were connected, but he felt sorry for the old man. This child has no other strengths, and has always been filial and good.
Cheng Qizhi began to treat Cheng Wuting's injuries, first using a sharp knife to cut the flesh of the steel arrow, and then pulled out the arrow with a big tong.
The skin and bones were sizzling, the blood was flowing for a long time, Cheng Wuting didn't snort, and he even had a smile on his face all the time; Cheng Qizhi seems to have experienced a catastrophe in his life and escaped death.
"Fortunately, there is no quenching poison!" Cheng Qizhi breathed a sigh of relief, "Child, I'm going to give medicine to my father." ”
"Qi Zhi, how could Li Xiantong personally lead the army to save Shuozhou?" Cheng Wuting asked as if he was chatting normally.
"I don't know the details." Cheng Qizhi replied truthfully, "It's just that I suddenly received a military order from the marching chief, ordering me and Cheng Boxian to serve as the vanguard to save Shuozhou." ”
Cheng Wuting frowned, could it be that it was not enough for Li Xiantong to kill me, and he still wanted to take my son into Shuozhou?
"Then did Li Xiantong's men and horses set off?" Cheng Wuting asked.
"Let's go." Cheng Qizhi said affirmatively, "We set off at the same time, most of the main force of Li Xiantong in the rear army has a total of 30,000 horses, including my colleagues Liu Mian and Cui Hejian of Zuo Fengchenwei as deputy generals, and Marshal Pei sent to Bingzhou to supervise the imperial history Wei Yuanzhong to accompany the army. ”
"Supervising the Imperial History, Wei Yuanzhong?" Cheng Wuting's eyes lit up, that's right!
No matter how bold Li Chongyi and Li Xiantong are, they don't dare to mess around under Marshal Pei's nose, let alone play tricks in front of the imperial history of the imperial court!
Cheng Wuting breathed a long sigh of relief.
As soon as the nerves relaxed, Cheng Wuting took a sharp breath and scolded, "Shaft, light!" The old man hurts a lot!! ”
"Uh...... Father's anger! Kid tap is it! Cheng Qizhi was stunned, he didn't have anything to do with cutting the meat and taking the arrows, how could it hurt like this just by applying medicine now?
"Report-" The adjutant general reported loudly, and his voice revealed boundless joy.
"What?"
"General Cheng, look who's coming!" The lieutenant pushed the door open and shouted, "Brothers, shout loudly!" - Our hero, triumphantly returned!! ”
One person strode into the room and bowed to Cheng Wuting, "General Evil, don't come unharmed!" ”
Cheng Wuting pushed away the baby son who was treating his injuries, as if he had suddenly turned back into a twenty-year-old young man in an instant, and strode forward and hugged the man to death.
"God, I can hope you back!!" Cheng Wuting's excitement and happiness are beyond words, and the strength of this strong bear hug is almost as good as Niu Ben.
"General Evil, I didn't come back alone!" Xue Shaoha's big smile smiled, "I also brought back four captives for you!" ”
"It's best if you come back!" Cheng Wuting let go of him and said with relief, "As for whether or not you bring prisoners, it doesn't really matter to Lao Cheng!" ”
Xue Shao and the generals present laughed together.
"General Xue?!" Cheng Qizhi was taken aback, and was confused, "You...... Father's ...... What's going on here? ”
Xue Shaoha's big smile was great, "General Evil, your son seems to be laughing at you!" ”
"If he dares, the old man will fan him back to Chang'an with a scrape!" Hurriedly pulled Xue Shao and asked him to sit down with both hands.
Then Cheng Wuting ran out of the hall, called all the deputy generals and brothers from far and near inside and out, stood neatly and neatly, and bowed to Xue Shao with a fist.
"Don't dare to take it!" Xue Shaowan didn't expect them to come to this hand, so he hurriedly stood up and hugged his fists in return, "Evil generals, generals, you are going to torture me!" ”
"No, you can take it, you have to take it!" Cheng Wuting took a long breath and said, "If it weren't for your successful surprise attack on Black Sand, Shuozhou would definitely be gone!" You not only saved the lives of those of us who are alive, but also saved the names of the brothers who died, so that they would not go under the Nine Springs, and also bear the charge of losing their teachers and humiliating the country! ”
"Xue Gongzi is above, please accept all the generals of our Shuofang army again, and bow down!".
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