Chapter Forty-Eight: A Hard Battle
Contrary to Yelu Bodhisattva's depression, the city of conversion was full of jubilation, and the soldiers and people let out bursts of cheers: "Long live the Great Song Dynasty!" Long live the Great Song! ”
The roar was terrifying, reaching up into the sky, and the ground trembled. Thousands of soldiers and civilians hugged each other, laughing, jumping, jumping, and making noise, this was the happiest moment of their lives.
Two thousand Liao troops, under the city of Guixin, but more than half of it was lost in half a day, this is something that has never happened since the establishment of the city of Guixin, who can not be happy?
"Commander Wu! Commander Wu! ”
The people cheered and hugged the general, surrounded Wu Ji, and shouted with great reverence.
"Throw it up!"
I don't know which excited person roared, and the people immediately responded, grabbed Wu Ji, and threw Wu Ji into the air. When Wu Ji fell, the people caught it and threw it up again, and the cheers rang out non-stop.
Thrown up with Wu Ji were Huangfu Song, Zheng Tai, Qi Dabao, and later, there were soldiers.
The Converts Army, in the past, had a low status in the minds of the converts and was regarded as bandits, but since Wu Ji took over, the military discipline has been serious and has changed greatly, and the people have a lot of good feelings towards them. Now, they have won such a big battle, how can the people not rejoice? How can you not be close?
Li Mingchu threw a few people into the air, and involuntarily shed tears, which were tears of happiness. In the past, these soldiers were rats crossing the streets, and everyone shouted and beat them, and the people who converted hated them the most. Now, they have become heroes in the eyes of the people, they are the relatives of the people, and they are loved by everyone.
This joy was terrible, and it took half an hour before it gradually calmed down, Wu Ji, Zheng Tai, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao were all red and happy.
"Commander Wu, this battle is beautiful!" Mrs. Zheng smiled, where could she close her mouth.
"Yes! It's beautiful! For so many years, Liaogou has never been defeated so quickly! Huangfu Song's face was full of red light, and he was more excited than beating chicken blood.
"It's a good fight!" Wu Ji bowed his head and raised his eyebrows: "However, there are problems." ”
"Commander Wu, what happened to you? It's a good fight, what questions do you ask? Qi Dabao didn't like to listen to this, and couldn't help complaining about Wu Ji.
"It's not that I'm going to spoil the fun, it's a good opportunity, and if we don't take this opportunity to solve this problem, the consequences will be serious." Wu Ji analyzed them: "We are defending the city, Liaogou is attacking the city, although we have won, but we have not fought a hard battle with Liaogou." At present, Liaogou has been newly defeated, and its spirit has been frustrated, which is a good opportunity for us to go out of the city and fight a tough battle with Liaogou. ”
After he mentioned this, Huangfu Song also reacted and agreed: "An army that does not experience a tough battle is not a real army!" The Returning Army will still take some time to train, and if we fight against the Liao Dog, which is in full swing, we may not be able to win. Right now, Liaogou has been newly defeated and his spirit has been frustrated, which is a good opportunity to use Liaogou to train his troops. ”
Although the Converts were well trained, they had not completed their training after all, and if they faced the Liao army, which had the strongest combat power, the chances of victory were really not great, although their equipment was excellent.
In the situation where the Liao army's morale has been frustrated, it is a good way to fight with it, Zheng Tai and Qi Dabao echoed in unison: "Good calculation!" What a great opportunity! ”
"You all agreed? Then let's go and fight Liaogou! Wu Ji made up his mind.
"Commander Wu, you lead the army out of the city to meet the battle, and I lead Ding Zhuang to defend the city. Well, for the sake of everything, you can also ask the heroes of Qiyun Club to sweep the battle for you, okay? As soon as Mrs. Zheng groaned, she came up with a plan.
"That's great!" Wu Ji strongly agreed with this discussion.
"We, the heroes of Qiyun Society, are not good at rushing and killing. This horse arching technique is passable, and the sweeping array is just right. Qi Dabao happily accepted the order.
The heroes of Qiyun Society are skilled in bows and arrows, and it is just right to use them to sweep the formation, and they are used to charge the formation, that is, they are short to use the long and short.
This matter was decided, Wu Ji gave an order, the converts gathered together, Wu Ji pressed the handle of the knife, came to the front of the battle, looked at the soldiers, all with their heads held high, their chests straight, and their spirits were high, like a rooster crowing.
Since joining the Lord's Returned Army, Wu Ji has never seen such a high-spirited Returned Army, no wonder some people say: Victory is the best means to boost morale!
"Rejoice, brethren?" Wu Ji asked loudly.
"Rejoice! Ha ha! This battle was so ambitious that the soldiers all laughed and were very happy.
Wu Ji had a solemn face, and said loudly: "I'm also very happy, but I'm going to pour cold water on you, don't rejoice too early!" ”
"Ahh
The soldiers let out a sound of surprise and a look of surprise. With such a big victory, why do you have to pour cold water on it?
"Commander Wu, can I say something?" Li Mingchu's face was confused, he couldn't help it, and asked Wu Ji for his life.
"If you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go!" Wu Ji's face was solemn.
"Commander Wu, this battle is the biggest victory in the history of our Converting Army, we only took half a day to fight Liaogou casualties, we are happy and happy, shouldn't it?" Li Mingchu spoke loudly.
What he said was exactly what the soldiers thought, and they all echoed loudly: "Yes, Commander Wu, you can't pour cold water on us at the current season, isn't this deliberately ruining our fun?" ”
"It's not that I mean to spoil your fun, but I have to pour cold water." Wu Ji glanced at the soldiers and asked loudly, "We have won such a big battle, how many of you have personally cut off the head of the Liao dog?" ”
"This ......," the soldiers were speechless.
The key to winning this battle was the thunderbolt bomb, which blew up the goose cart and deprived the Liao army of its sharp weapon to attack the city. It was that bombing that caused heavy casualties to the Liao army, killing more than 200 people.
The remaining casualties were mainly the result of defending the city, and hand-to-hand combat was rare.
"Let me ask you again, we have won such a big battle, have your sword skills improved?" Wu Ji's voice was even higher.
Although "this ......" won a big battle, they didn't fight face-to-face with Liao Gou, and their sword skills really didn't improve.
"We are victorious, and we can rejoice! However, don't forget, we didn't fight the Liao dog face to face, and we didn't cut off the head of the Liao dog with our own hands! Our knife skills have not improved! Wu Ji raised his right hand high and waved it down: "Only when we fight with Liao Gou face to face and cut off the Liao Dog's head with our own hands, our knife skills are more exquisite than Liao Gou, and we are truly worthy of joy!" ”
"Commander Wu, we were wrong!" Wu Ji was right, and the soldiers realized that they were really rejoicing too early.
"Commander Wu, you say, what should we do?" Li Mingchu blushed, very embarrassed, and said sneeringly.
"I decided, go out of the city and have a hard fight with Liaogou, do you have any kind of work?" Wu Ji pointed his right hand towards the city and asked loudly.
"Yes!" Although it was only one word, it burst out with shocking momentum.
Wu Ji glanced at the soldier and did not speak for a long time. After a while, he took a long breath: "What I want to tell you is that if you go out of the city and fight hard with Liaogou, there will be a lot of casualties, some people will be crippled for life, and some people will die, do you dare to do it?" ”
"Dare!" Another word, but it contains infinite faith.
Life is precious, but there are some things that are more important than life, such as integrity. Going out of the city to fight the Liao army hard, casualties are inevitable, but this must be faced. If even the Liao army that has been defeated does not dare to face it, how can it face the Liao army with high morale?
"Give you a stick of incense time to say goodbye to your family! If you don't want to go, don't come back, I won't force it! Wu Ji waved his right hand and asked the soldiers to disband.
"I'm going! Go! An earth-shattering roar rang out, and no one flinched.
The soldiers disbanded and said goodbye to their families. Most likely, this is their last meeting, and in the future, they will never see each other again, this is a farewell of life and death.
The soldiers said parting words with their families, but their families encouraged them to kill Liao dogs fiercely, don't worry about the family, we have Wu under command, and we will not suffer.
With the family's understanding of Wu Ji, even if the soldiers died in battle, Wu Ji would take care of them.
Yang Xiuxiu threw herself into Wu Ji's arms and cried before she could say anything: "Wu Lang, I know I can't stop you, and I won't stop you, you have to kill more Liao dogs!" ”
Wu Ji stroked her hair and said with a smile: "Xiuxiu, don't worry, I'll be fine." "On the battlefield, there are no eyes for knives and guns, who dares to say that there is nothing to do? Wu Ji: This is just a word of comfort.
"Hmm!" Yang Xiuxiu nodded lightly: "If Wu Lang has three longs and two shorts, people will not live." ”
Yang Xiuxiu said it very lightly, but there was an unchangeable meaning in her words.
"Silly Xiuxiu, you don't have to think like that." Wu Ji comforted her and said: "There is a way that the catastrophe will not die, there will be a blessing, I was buried in the soil, didn't you save me?" I'll be fine. ”
Wu Qing and the others surrounded them, and parted with Wu Jiazhuang's personal soldiers, Wu Jian, and Wu Xing.
In the end, Wu Qing came to Wu Ji's side: "Ji'er, no matter what the result is, you are all people from Wujiazhuang, and you are the pride of Wujiazhuang, and the third uncle can have a nephew like you, it's worth it!" ”
As he spoke, his eyes turned red, wiping his tears, and encouraged Wu Ji: "Ji'er, our border people have been angry with Liao dogs for too long, so you can kill more Liao dogs and be angry for us!" ”
"Third uncle, don't worry, I'll take care of it!" Wu Ji nodded.
At this time of separation, there were a lot of words, and before they could say much, the time of a stick of incense came, and the soldiers returned, lined up in arrays, horizontal rows, and vertical columns, in an orderly manner.
All of them have their heads held high, their chests high, their eyes flashing, and their fighting spirit is high.
"Count the number of people, how many people have not returned?" Wu Ji looked at the soldiers, very satisfied with their morale.
"Commander Wu, all of them are back, there are a lot of them!" Huangfu Song replied loudly.
This is a generous death, but it is a lot, if you really want to say it, few people will believe that the army that used to be like a homeless people was so angry. However, it is happening right in front of you, and you have to believe if you don't believe it.
"The weakness of the Song Dynasty is not due to the fault of the soldiers, but to the incompetence of the imperial court!" Wu Ji was very emotional.
The same nation, during the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, swept all nations, and all countries came to court. In the Song Dynasty, it was pressed and beaten by foreign races, not that the people were bad, not that the soldiers were not desperate, but that there was a problem with the Song Dynasty court.
"Brothers: You are all back, and with brothers like you, my life is worthless!" Wu Ji waved his right hand and ordered loudly: "Go to war!" ”
"Fight! Fight! ”
The Song army roared angrily, like a tiger descending from the mountain, and under the leadership of Wu Ji, they opened out of Guixin City.
(To be continued)