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Chapter 432: Show off your might

Under the city of Luzhou, there are only three battalions of about 18,000 infantry soldiers left in the Changsheng Division, plus the logistics battalion and all kinds of miscellaneous auxiliary personnel, there are less than 40,000 people in total. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info compared with the number, there is a huge difference between the two, but the strange thing is that the side with fewer people is domineering, and the side with more people is frightened, blocked in the city, and does not dare to go out of the city to fight.

The Dingzhou army began to build a fortress under the city in a hurry, and the half-man-high wall became longer and longer, and a few days later, it surrounded the city of Luzhou, and seeing that the marshal Li Qing, who had gone out to help, had not returned, Tian Feng began to order the soldiers to build a second road. In fact, it doesn't matter if this chest wall is built or not, Tian Feng believes that as long as Li Dashuai returns with the news of victory, Xu Hongwei will surrender in despair, but he can't let the soldiers be idle, in the face of a big city like Luzhou, once the soldiers' tight strings are loosened, it will be difficult to get nervous again, only by keeping them busy and making them feel that the war has been going on, will the high morale be maintained.

After the fortified wall was built, heavy long-range weapons such as crossbows, trebuchets, and scorpion cannons began to be arranged in an orderly manner.

In the city of Luzhou, Xu Hongwei lived like a year, looking at the breastwork wall that was growing day by day, and the various long-range weapons that were increasing day by day, he was frightened, in addition to looking forward to the reinforcements from the north every day, he shrank in the mansion all day long, borrowing wine to drown his sorrows.

Outside the city, there were suddenly tens of thousands of Dingzhou soldiers shouting tsunami-like cheers, the sound was so loud that Xu Hongwei, who was in the state capital, could hear it clearly, startled, a cold sweat flowed out, and the drunkenness on his face was immediately swept away, he jumped up suddenly, incoherently, "What's the matter, what's the matter, are the Dingzhou soldiers attacking the city, are they attacking the city?" ”

The house suddenly jumped up, Xu Hongwei hurried to the city wall, but saw Xu Ji also standing on the city tower, looking at the Dingzhou military camp under the city with a heavy face, at this time, the cheers were higher and higher, and the soldiers who were building the wall outside also began to return to the barracks.

Xu Hongwei let out a sigh, "I thought these Dingzhou soldiers were attacking the city?" It turns out that it's not, so I'm worried about it! Xu Ji's voice was heavy, "What are these Dingzhou soldiers celebrating?" What is there to celebrate? A possibility flashed in his mind, and he suddenly shuddered, glanced at Xu Hongwei, and said in a trembling voice: "Marshal, the Dingzhou cavalry left a few days ago and have not returned, they must have gone to block the northern reinforcements, and now, now, is it that the northern army that came to help has been wiped out by them?" ”

When Xu Hongwei heard this, his face turned pale sharply, and he reprimanded: "What nonsense, the one who came to help was 20,000 Sartre cavalry, 20,000, understand?" Although his mouth was tough, his trembling hands showed the panic in his heart.

The Dingzhou military camp was opened, Tian Feng was escorted by dozens of horsemen, galloped on horseback, and went straight to the city, and came to a hundred steps away from the root of the wall. The last general, Tian Feng. ”

Xu Hongwei poked his head out from behind the stack and said loudly: "General Tian, I, Luzhou, have always been well water in your Dingzhou, so why did Li Qing raise troops to invade the border, seize my land, and kill my people?" ”

Tian Feng laughed endlessly, "Xu Dashuai, as a hero, why did he say such funny words, Tian didn't bother to argue with you, let me tell you the truth, the Sartre cavalry you pinned your hopes on was wiped out by my marshal yesterday, they, can't come, whether to fight or surrender, Xu Dashuai should make a decision early, otherwise once the Dingzhou soldiers attack, it will be irretrievable!" ”

After speaking, no matter how Xu Hongwei answered, he turned his horse's head and turned around and galloped back.

And in the city, when he suddenly heard the news from the mouth of the enemy general, Xu Hongwei was already stunned, and after a while, he suddenly screamed, turned backwards and fell, and fainted in a hurry.

Xu Ji was shocked, helped Xu Hongwei up, pinched people, slapped his cheeks, and worked hard for a while before he rescued Xu Hongwei, who was in a hurry, and Xu Hongwei who opened his eyes was still colorless, "What can I do, what can I do?" ”

Xu Jiqiang calmed himself, "Dashuai, maybe this is just Tian Feng's false words to bluff people, think about the 20,000 Sartre cavalry under Hu Ge's command, how strong and good at fighting, even if Li Qing's subordinates are also extremely strong, but when the two strong meet, it is inevitable to defeat or defeat, but to achieve total annihilation, how is it possible?" ”

Xu Ji is also a veteran, and he knows how difficult it is to completely annihilate a strong force like Sartre's cavalry in one drum, unless you have several times more troops to surround him. Tian Feng's words today are more like lies and intimidation, maybe Hu Ge's Sartre cavalry did suffer a small defeat, but as long as the soldiers and horses were cleaned up, they could fight again at any time.

A hint of hope flashed on Xu Hongwei's face, but it was quickly replaced by deep worry, the Sartre cavalry with high hopes had not yet seen the city wall of Luzhou, and suffered defeat, what hope did he have for this Luzhou city? Some staggered back to the state capital, and immediately summoned a number of officials and staff to discuss the matter.

Like Xu Hongwei, a room full of officials may not be stupid, but the long-term peace and affluence have made them lose their due sharpness, and a pessimistic atmosphere pervades the whole room.

"Dashuai, the people's hearts in the city are fluctuating, the law and order are bad, and there are criminals who do evil, and they take the opportunity to do evil everywhere."

"Dashuai, the officials in the city are also panicking, what should I do, Dashuai should pay attention as soon as possible?"

"Marshal, the soldiers guarding the city are also demoralized, the soldiers who escaped from Moling are like infectious diseases, like plagues, and the Dingzhou soldiers are said to be like heavenly soldiers, and now the soldiers in the city have changed color when they hear the Dingzhou soldiers, how to fight this battle!"

Xu Hongwei was dizzy by the noise, but he understood the central meaning of everyone, it was nothing more than to surrender by himself, but could they surrender, can they surrender? If they surrender, they can still be officials under their subordinates, but as for themselves, Li Qing will not kill himself to prevent future troubles.

"Get out of here!" Xu Hongwei suddenly became furious and drove all the officials and staff out of the room, where should he go?

A sleepless night passed, and early in the morning, Xu Hongwei, who had just slept for a short while, was woken up by a personal guard, "Marshal, General Xu Ji asks you to go to the city immediately." ”

"What's wrong, is it that the Dingzhou soldiers have begun to attack the city?" Xu Hongwei asked in a panic.

"No, I heard the soldiers who sent them say that it was Dingzhou Li Qing who came!"

"Li Qing?" Xu Hongwei's back suddenly oozed cold sweat.

hurried to the city wall, but saw Xu Jimian mourned, turned his head to look at the city, a group of cavalry was bypassing the wall, galloping from the city, and constantly throwing some things under the city, "What is it?" Xu Hongwei asked Xu Ji.

"Marshal, it is the military flag, horn and other utensils of the Sartre cavalry, it seems that the Sartre cavalry has indeed been defeated!" Xu Ji said sadly.

The ground is covered with the military flags of the Sartre cavalry, but the next scene is more bloody, the two battalions of the defense and defense of the military led by Noqi Atong show off their might and gallop through the city, what is thrown from their hands is not any utensils, but a bloody head, although the two battalions suffered huge losses in the battle a few days ago, only more than 6,000 people remained, but at this time, everyone immediately hung one or two heads, the Dingzhou soldiers did not have the habit of cutting off the enemy's head after killing the enemy, but this is commonplace for the brute soldiers, They use their heads to calculate the merits. After the First World War, whether they killed it or not, they cut off their heads anyway and took them away.

More than 6,000 cavalry walked by, more than 10,000 bloody heads were piled up under the city, the smell of blood rushed straight to the end of the city, the soldiers in the city had weak legs, and sat on the city wall with a bang, and the weapons in their hands also fell to the ground, even if they were bold, their faces were pale, their hands trembled slightly, and they did not know from that place, there was a violent vomiting, and immediately spread all over the city like a plague.

The Dingzhou soldiers under the city looked as usual, they only had more than 10,000 heads killed from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, and they had seen more corpses, like outside the Bai royal court back then, under the first battle, nearly 100,000 Muwei troops died on that grassland, and the cruelty of the scene was many times more tragic than today.

Xu Hongwei couldn't stand at all, his feet were weak, and he could only stand firm with the support of two soldiers, at this time, what Tian Feng said yesterday, they finally knew that it was not a lie, there were more than 10,000 people in the city alone, and there were only more than 20,000 Sartre cavalry.

It doesn't seem to be over yet, under the city, dozens of Dingzhou soldiers carried a long pole dozens of meters long and rushed to, dozens of meters away from the city, the long pole was erected violently, and at the top of the pole, a human head was tied, at this time, the sun just jumped out from the east, and a ray of sunlight happened to shine on the head, Xu Hongwei and Xu Ji both groaned: "Hu Ge!" Unexpectedly, even Hu Ge, the general of the Sartyrs, was killed by the Dingzhou soldiers.

Looking at Hu Ge, who was hideous and grinning under the sun, Xu Hongwei couldn't help the overturning river and sea in his stomach anymore, and spit it out, he hadn't had time to eat in the morning, his stomach was empty, and he almost vomited out bitter bile water.

There was a whistle, and a sound shot up from under the city, nailed to the city with a thud, and a letter hung at the end of the arrow, and at this time, everyone knew what was written in the letter. A personal soldier pulled out the Ming Di, took down the letter, and presented it to Xu Hongwei, Xu Hongwei didn't look at it, held it tightly in his hand, and said weakly: "Go home!" Inform all the officials and go to the house! ”