Chapter 148: Under the City
The chariot is like a wall, the spear is like a forest, the Dingzhou Tianlei Battalion is like a steel barrier, slowly advancing to Dingyuan City a mile away, and holding the position, immediately, Jiang Kui's whirlwind battalion is spread out on both wings of the Tianlei Battalion, and the outpost cavalry gallops on horseback, running to hundreds of steps under the city of Dingzhou, a beautiful roundabout, walking around the city, forming a tight formation of two columns galloping neatly from the city.
And a little farther away, the baggage battalion is approaching this side, the baggage battalion, dense as a forest of large trebuchets, up to several zhang of siege vehicles, covered with iron plates, divided into two layers of Mengchong vehicles, sliding ladders and other large siege equipment so that the Dingyuan city head of the wolf army is all disgraced, in the manufacture of these war weapons, the grassland people will always be stunned, although they have captured a lot of Dingzhou craftsmen over the years, they can also make some tools like this, but see Dingzhou once the surname came out so much, There are dozens of siege equipment, but they still lose their color. The barbarians were still accustomed to rushing and killing immediately, deciding victory or defeat by field battles, and defending the city, which they had never thought of before.
Hu He, known as the first general of the grassland, frowned, stood on top of the Dingyuan City Tower, and looked at the Dingzhou army that was still gathering here in the distance. Hu He has a clear appearance, compared with Hauge who is standing next to him like the door panel, his body is thin, his long hair is simply combed into two braids, hanging casually on his shoulders, wearing a scarred black iron armor, holding his helmet in one hand, holding the other hand on the stack, and the palm bones that are constantly clenched and released are prominent, which looks extremely powerful.
Haoge looked worriedly at the increasing number of Dingzhou troops under the city, "Hu Shuai, will Li Qing destroy the promise to attack the city?" ”
Hu He shook his head, "I don't know." He pointed to the people of Dingyuan, who were being driven by his soldiers to carry the equipment to the city, and said, "We must be ready for him to forcibly attack the city." ”
Haoge gasped, it turned out that Hu Shuai was not sure what Li Qing would do at all, "Hu Shuai, our army is good at field warfare, not good at defending the city, if the other party attacks, we might as well go out of the city to fight!" Hold it bigger! ”
Hu He smiled slightly, "Haoge, the wolf has returned thousands of miles from the army, the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, and they forcibly captured Dingyuan, it is already the end of the strong crossbow, at this time, go out of the city to fight with such a strong army, what is the victory?" "The Dingzhou army under the city," although the other party's cavalry is not many, but looking at its lineup, it is really a strong enemy, and the Dingzhou infantry we often fight with, it is a difficult bone to gnaw, if I wolf run the army is full of troops, after recuperating and recuperating, I should have the confidence to defeat it head-on, but now, we are fighting alone, and we are tired, and the victory or defeat is not up to me, this battle, how can I fight with him? ”
"But Hu Shuai, what if Li Qing forcibly wants to fight?"
"I'm betting, betting that Li Qing won't attack, and he won't go to war with me for the sake of these tens of thousands of people. Otherwise," Hu He clenched his fists hard, "Na Dingyuan will be a river of blood!" At this moment, Hu He immediately showed his cruel side, "If he dares to fight, he will take these people to the head of the city to resist the Dingzhou army." ”
When Haoge heard this, he sneered: "Hu Shuai is right, I want to see if Li Qing will do this, to be honest, I am looking forward to him attacking the city?" In this way, he can recapture Dingyuan, and he will lose the hearts of the people in Dingzhou. ”
Hu He smiled: "Looking at Li Qingqi, he is really good at winning people's hearts, in my opinion, he will not do this, although my wolf army is tired, but there are still 30,000 sons, and at this time Li Qing's army gathered in the city is his lineage, there is no full certainty, how can he collide with me, if we lose both, will he still sit firmly in the position of commander in Dingzhou?" Moreover, I don't want to fight with him at this time, Haoge, Da Danyu recruited us back, but it was not to fight with Li Qing to lose both, we still have important things to do, and the decisive battle with Li Qing is still early! ”
"Since neither side wants to fight, of course they can't fight. Wait, after Nokia returns, we will withdraw from Dingyuan, let these people go, but detain the Dingyuan soldiers, and when they are returned to the princess, we will let these soldiers go back. ”
Under the city, the war drums suddenly sounded, the Dingzhou soldiers shouted loudly, the sound shook the clouds, Hu He was taken aback, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that the city was dusty, and a strong rider escorted a person to come at a gallop, and the Li Zi banner was hunting in the wind, but it was Li Qing who came to the front of the battle.
"Ever-winning army, ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories!" The soldiers raised their spears and broadswords and shouted in unison.
Li Qing reined in the horse, raised his head, his eyes were separated by a thousand steps from Huhe, and collided fiercely, he couldn't help but prompt, no need to introduce, Li Qing only saw the thin figure standing on the city tower with a helmet in his hand and a big flutter behind him, the battle spirit in his chest suddenly rose, and he seemed to feel Li Qing's mind when he stepped off the war horse, and he stood up with a long neigh.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The soldiers shouted wildly, and the ground shook. Seeing that the fighting spirit of the Dingzhou army was so strong, Hu He, who had been silent on the city tower, finally changed color, "Such a strong army, it should be my fierce opponent of the grassland athletes!" ”
Li Qing destroyed the horse, slowly galloped in front of the queue of soldiers, and where he passed, there was a thunderous sound of joy, Li Qing pressed his hands falsely, and the team of nearly 10,000 people immediately fell silent.
"Soldiers!" Li Qing shouted loudly. Pointing to Dingyuan in the distance.
"I want to kill those damned brutes more than you do!"
"Kill them all!" The soldiers immediately responded in droves.
"But!" Li Qing raised his voice, "At this moment, in the city, there are still our fathers and villagers, as well as our comrades and siblings, if we attack the city, those barbarians will kill our relatives and push our relatives to the city to resist us." So, as much as I would love to kill them, I can't! ”
"What to do? Do we let our fathers, fellow villagers, and brothers fall into the hands of these barbarians? No, of course I, Li Qing, want to rescue them. Soldiers, we have captured the princess of these barbarians and their generals, this time, I will exchange these two people for our relatives, come, Princess Nafu and General Nokia! ”
Yang Yidao and Tang Hu led the guards to bring over Nafu and Nokia who were riding on horses, and unlike before, at this time, Nokia's hands were tied behind his back.
Tens of thousands of fire-breathing eyes stared at Nav and Nokia, and the anger and hatred contained in them couldn't help but cause goosebumps on Nokia's body, and his body trembled slightly, and Nave's face was even pale.
"General Nokia, we are going to say goodbye here, go back and tell General Huhe that I have written down this revenge Li Qing, and I will come to him." With a wave of his hand, Yang slashed down with a knife, and Nafu screamed, but saw Yang slash so fiercely, cutting only the rope that tied Nokia.
Nokia rubbed his wrist, "General Li, I have also written down this hatred, and I will ask you for it on the battlefield." ”
Li Qing smiled coldly, "Waiting for you, if you fall into my hands for the second time, you won't have such a good treatment!" ”
Nokia waved to Nave, "Princess, the last general will go first." ”
"Hmm!" Although Nave's face was pale, he still nodded strongly, "You go, don't worry about me, General Li won't embarrass me." Soon I came back and told Uncle Tiger that I missed him so much! ”
Nokia turned his horse's head and rode away.
"Tiger Shuai, Nokia is here!" Haoge was surprised and pointed to a person who was riding alone, Hu He let out a sigh of relief, to be honest, he was really afraid that Li Qing would go crazy.
Nokia ran to the gate, turned over and dismounted, and fell on his knees, touching the ground with his forehead, and refused to get up for a long time.
"Marshal, use the rope to drop General Nuo up!" Hauge Road.
Hu He shook his head, "Open the city gate, I, a grassland warrior, can be so panicked like a wild dog." ”
"But Hu Shuai, Nokia is just a guy who was captured by the other party, this is the shame of my steppe warriors!"
Hu He stared at Hauge sternly, "Hauge, you have to remember that if you were in Nokia's position, you wouldn't do better than him, if it weren't for Nave, Nokia would not have fallen into the hands of the other party even if he died in battle!" If anyone embarrasses him with this after Nokia returns, watch out for my whip! ”
"Yes, Tiger Shuai!" Hauge bowed his head in response.
The gate of Dingyuan City was opened, and Nokia's eyes were clouded with tears, and he kowtowed a few times, "Thank you Hushuai!" "Got on his horse and galloped into the city.
Seeing that Hu He actually opened the city gate to welcome Nokia, Li Qing, Shang Haibo and others were all moved. The first general of the grassland, if he has a bearing and a mind, seeing that Huhe is like this, Bayar, who has never met, can also be seen.
"The people of Dingyuan are starting to go out of the city, damn, this Huhe is still trustworthy after all." Wang Qinian waved the Mo knife in his hand vigorously and shouted excitedly.
"Great Shuai, if you raid the city gate at this time, there is a high chance that you will take the city gate!" Shang Haibo leaned over on the horse and whispered to Li Qingdao.
"Mr. Shang, I have already done this, why bother with this move, Hu He is famous, I will not guard against my move, not to mention, at the moment, our Tianlei Battalion, Whirlwind Battalion, Guards Battalion, plus the baggage battalion, the total number of soldiers is less than 20,000, and the total number of Wolf Ben Army is 30,000, even if there is some loss, it is impossible to all be in Dingyuan, but Hu He is here, I am only afraid that there are 10,000 or 20,000 people here, if it really fights, the odds of victory are not high, and the miserable victory is not what I want. What's more, once the war is fought, so many people will die in the chaos, how can I bear it? In the war with the barbarians, there is no need to fight for a moment, there is no need to fight for gains and losses, I have to slowly tighten the noose on them, tighten them little by little, and when they are shocked, the general trend is gone. ”
"Mr. Shang, have you ever heard the story of boiling frogs in warm water?" Li Qing said with a smile: "When the frog found out that something was wrong, he was powerless to jump out of the pot. ”
(To be continued)