Chapter 5: The Eve of the Great War
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The 1,000 cavalry of the Hui people and the 200 reserve Modao teams of Guo Shidao did not have time to dispatch, and night fell.
The generals on both sides were veterans of the war, and neither of them would make command decisions that were meaningless to the outcome of the war.
Although it was only a temporary retreat, the soldiers and civilians in the city still felt the relief of peace after the catastrophe, and the generals continued to work hard for tomorrow's battle.
What about Zhang Mai? He didn't understand this at this time, and when he retreated from the city wall, some old and weak people had already prepared a meal - it was very difficult to eat, whether it was bread or noodles, it was very difficult to eat, and even just dry food and water, but to Zhang Mai's surprise, the fuel used for cooking was not the firewood and grass often seen on TV, but a black liquid fuel.
"Could it be...... Petroleum? β
An old woman told him, "This Laoshzi, when we were digging a well in the north of the city, we didn't get clean water, but we spewed out this thing, so we will burn it in the future." β
Sure enough, it's oil, if it is good in modern society, there is such a super shallow oil field that can be drilled wells, and you don't have to worry about it in this life! But...... It seems that the oil fields have to be nationalized...... Alas! What do you want to do with all this!
Zhang Mai was holding a steamed bun that was not like a steamed bun and a baked cake that was not like a baked cake, and when he bit it, he couldn't tell whether it was wheat or rice.
"This is Central Asia, there should be no rice, is it barley?"
I can't eat it, anyway, I don't have to hope for delicious food, I am lucky to save my life, and I am even more fortunate to be able to eat a full stomach after the war. The Uighurs are only temporarily retreating, and who knows what tomorrow will bring.
Let's sleep, I'm tired of the day, but before I close my eyes, I hear someone blow the trumpet.
"The Hui people are attacking at night!"
A few soldiers who had eaten with Zhang Mai rushed to the city again, but soon they returned, and it turned out that Guo Shidao had given an order, and Yang Dingguo and Yang Dingbang took turns to lead two hundred people to keep vigil, and the others went back to sleep. Unless the drums of war are beating in the city, don't pay attention.
"Well, I see." Zhang Mai thought that the Hui people must have sent a partial division to harass and attack, and if the whole city mobilized to defend at this time, then there would be no strength to fight tomorrow.
However, how to determine whether the enemy is harassing or pulling out the city overnight, this requires strong insight, although it is an envoy, but now Zhang Mai is mixed with small soldiers, and he can only obey Guo Shidao's orders.
Guo Shidao was afraid of neglecting him, so he asked his son to accompany him, but as one of the most important young generals of the Tang Army, Guo Luo was extremely tired from the daytime battle, and as soon as he sat down, he began to snoreβthere were more difficult tasks waiting for him tomorrow.
That night, Zhang Mai experienced what it means to stay awake at night.
There were constant shouts and roars outside the city, and the galloping of thousands of horses made the ground shake slightly, but the Tang soldiers who had experienced a hundred battles still fell asleep, but Zhang Mai opened his eyes, and he could not sleep peacefully under the siege at this time.
Until now, he couldn't figure out what kind of world he had come to, and if it was ancient times, he couldn't even figure out the age, and the region was not the Central Plains that he was familiar with, but the Western Regions, a land that once belonged to China.
He even suspected that he had come to a world that was completely alien and had nothing to do with the history he knew.
"But these are things for later, and the most important thing for now is to survive."
Looking at the starry sky, he thought:
"Can this new Broken Leaf City still hold on?"
"What will happen to me if I can't hold it? Killed? Or did he become a captive of the Uighurs? β
"Even if I hold on, what will I do in the future? They called me an envoy, but I wasn't an envoy at all, and the envoy was long dead. I'm just an impostor. β
"But if you tell them the truth......"
That's not a good choice. Although Guo Shidao and Yang Dingguo and others do not seem to be bad people, everything that is happening here is cruel, and once he loses his identity as a "special envoy" in the war, he may be sent to be a small soldier and cannon fodder, and there will be no more transcendent treatment in front of him.
Such a thought seems a bit selfish and not very bright, "But no matter what, I have to save my life...... Anyway, that envoy is dead, and there is no proof of death, so for the time being, I'll be this envoy first......"
Again...... Zhang Mai remembered that Guo Shidao was so expecting that he was the envoy from Chang'an, and that they were looking forward to getting news from the motherland.
"If I tell them the truth, how disappointed they will be, and I am afraid that it will also cause a big blow to the morale of the Tang army......
After thinking about it, in a daze, he finally fell asleep, and the second day was bright, and a rapid drum woke up everyone in the city, Zhang Mai also ran to the east of the city tower, Guo Shidao saw him, and asked: "Envoy, you are a scholar from Rong, right?" β
Zhang Mai was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, this veteran must have seen from his own appearance these days that he has no martial arts, but as a messenger, it is not surprising that he is a eunuch, let alone a civil official.
The Tang Dynasty originally had a tradition of scholars from Rong, otherwise the poets from there would have been.
Zhang Mai nodded, which was a tacit acquiescence.
"I'm also a college student, so I'm a scholar." He thought.
"If that's the case, then it's better to ask the envoy to go to the city to rest for a while, and this kind of rough work of fighting will be done by us, and when the Hui people are repulsed, I will wait for the envoy to pick up the wind and wash the dust."
At present, the strength of the Tang army is in a weak position, but Guo Shidao's white beard fluttered when he said this, and he looked arrogant.
However, Zhang Mai said: "No, I don't rest, although I am a scholar, I am willing to live and die with all the soldiers, advance and retreat together!" If I don't know how to fight, I'll learn to fight! β
Several of the surrounding disciples such as Guo Luo, Guo Fen, Guo Bian, etc. cheered together when they heard this, and those soldiers were even more demoralized, and they all said: "Our envoy from Chang'an, the momentum is different!" β
In fact, Zhang Mai said this not entirely out of martial arts, he thought that even if he was not a special envoy, he could hide it for a while, and he might not be able to break it down at some point, at this time, while so many people still value themselves, fight side by side with them, cultivate feelings, and when the time comes, if they wear gangs, everyone has fought side by side, and they will not be able to do anything to themselves.
In particular, his last sentence was a decision he had made after careful consideration last night.
In this chaotic world, if you want to survive, you must have martial arts, and the best martial arts are undoubtedly to directly experience the baptism of war on the battlefield!
Guo Shidao was also a little moved, but he was still afraid that Zhang Mai would be injured in the rain of bullets and arrows: "But ......"
"Needless to say! Even if I'm not good at it, it's good to cheer everyone up. β
Guo Shidao was not good to push again: "Since this is the case, then ask the special envoy to supervise the army!" Another fire of soldiers was sent to Zhang Mai to be his guard.
The Tang army was organized with 10 people as a fire, with a fire chief, 50 people as a team, a team with a team, 300 people as a battalion, a battalion with captains, and 800 to 1,200 people as a fold to Chongfu. Guo Shidao has now received the title of "Deputy Capital Protector of Anxi" handed down by his ancestor Guo Xin, and his grade is frighteningly high, but the actual strength is not even a big Chong Mansion (1,200 people).
"These ten soldiers, please ask the special envoy to move flexibly."
Zhang Mai was about to say that he would not command the battle, but at this time, the enemy's horn sounded, and Guo Shidao rushed to meet him, and Zhang Mai soon discovered that these ten soldiers were nominally for his own command, but in fact Guo Shidao arranged them to protect him. Especially the fire chief Tang Renxiao and the deputy fire chief Wen Yanhai always used their bodies to cover Zhang Mai tightly, lest he be hit by a stray arrow.
The battle on this day was more intense than on the first day, the Hui people still chose to attack from the front, the ground outside the gate of the east city was like a hedgehog skin - full of feathered arrows, dead people and dead horses were everywhere, the strength of the Tang army was very tight, but Guo Shidao just refused to use the reserve troops, no matter how dangerous it was, he gritted his teeth, and even Zhang Mai couldn't help it several times, and yelled at Tang Renxiao and Wen Yanhai: "You guys don't care about me!" Hurry up and help meet the enemy! β
These two men would only respond: "Yes!" "But it just doesn't move.
After this happened several times, Zhang Mai suddenly thought: "If you want them to play a role, only I will rush forward first." β
Looking at the urgency of Dong's left neck, he rushed forward regardless of dissuasion, and sure enough, Tang Renxiao and the others hurriedly followed, and protected him with all their might, often as soon as the ten horizontal knives arrived, the defenders and generals shouted: "The envoy has arrived!" The envoy has arrived! As a result, this fire ten people became the mobile squad of this offensive and defensive battle, and they ran wherever there was a gap. Wherever you go, you can attract the cheers of the defending generals.
Zhang Mai's "identity" has been passed down by word of mouth in the past two days, and many people have known it. Everyone believed that he was a messenger sent by Chang'an, and that he was a representative of the Tang Emperor. Qin Cha also charged into battle, which naturally greatly boosted the morale of the whole army!
Guo Shidao, Yang Dingguo and the others saw it in their eyes, and they all nodded secretly. Yang Dingguo said in a low voice: "Lao Guo, your decision is right. β
The Uighurs attacked from morning to dusk, and as soon as night fell, they withdrew their troops again.
Repelled the enemy twice in a row, the soldiers and civilians in the city were a little relieved, Guo Shidao pointed at the Hui people in front of the people and laughed and scolded, but secretly said to Yang Dingguo: "The Hui people have been thundering loudly for two consecutive days, and the rain is light, you see, is it tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow?" β
"I'm afraid it's tomorrow......"
"Then you see, can you stop it?"
"I'm just afraid...... It's a bit of a hang! β
Zhang Mai, the hidden worry in the groaning of the two veterans, didn't know that he had learned a lot from Tang Renxiao that day, such as the basic techniques of correctly using the horizontal knife, and how to better avoid the arrows and arrows at the head of the city, etc., because of the recognition and support of the Tang army, he felt unprecedentedly happy after getting lost in the desert.
"Although there are thousands of years apart, my own people are my own people!"
That night, after eating, I was too tired during the day to sit down and fall asleep.
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