Chapter Seventy-Two: A Tough Battle
Zhou Shengcuobai secretly thought that his crispy cake would help him solve another problem.
"Let General Yide tell the three of you about the current situation." Zhou Sheng Cuobai saw that the atmosphere had eased a lot, and said.
"Yes," Yi De replied respectfully, and then pointed out the flaw that the number of Eastern Qi soldiers was too small compared to Daduan's.
Xu Zhaohua added: "What we need to seek now is a strategy to make up for the shortcomings. β
Su Qinfeng categorically put forward his opinion: "If you want me to say, when Xu Qingshan and the others come, we can attack directly, and there are so many organs on the city gate, we will definitely be able to beat them!" β
Xu Qingshan nodded in agreement.
Xu Zhaohua said: "No matter how many agencies there are, they can't stop the other party from having too many people. β
Su Qinfeng wanted to say something, but he didn't have words, these days he found that his cousin's courage and strategy were different from ordinary people, since she said so, she must have her own reason.
"It's better to send a group of people to find out the reality and approximate number of Xu Qingshan's team first, and then we will send troops according to the size of the enemy's team." Xu Songchen proposed another strategy.
"No, the number of our soldiers is already small, if we send out another group of people, and when they rush back to report the situation, I am afraid that our city will already be occupied." Xu Zhaohua was thoughtful.
Zhou Shengcuo's white brows were tightly locked, and he felt that he was in a dilemma, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
"What if it's a direct attack?" Xu Zhaohua said.
"The people are suffering, and there are many casualties." Zhou Sheng Cuobai finally spoke.
He wanted to keep the city and save the people from suffering.
Xu Zhaohua opened his mouth to break the silence: "Yide Junshi, with your understanding of Sui Chen, is he an impatient person?"
Hearing Xu Zhaohua ask himself, Yide thought for a while and hurriedly replied: "I belong to a person who is anxious, and I can do whatever it takes to do something." β
Xu Zhaohua stretched his brows and said with a smile: "Oh? That's easy to do. β
Everyone looked at her in unison, wondering what she had planned.
Xu Zhaohua put the bowl of water in front of her everywhere, dipped her fingers in the water and began to compare, she circled two places before and after: "This is the big end, this is the Eastern Qi." He pointed to two places.
"There is a big river between the two countries." Xu Zhaohua gestured between the two places circled out, indicating that this was a river.
Immediately after that, she said: "The spies came to report that Xu Qingshan was attacking from the right side of the river in the direction of Dongqi. With Sui Chen's character, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, he is very likely to let Xu Qingshan lead most of the soldiers to attack Eastern Qi, and at this time, the capital of Daduan is unguarded, and it will be broken as soon as it is attacked. β
As she spoke, she drew an eight-pronged area on the capital of Daduan.
Xu Songchen knew Xu Zhaohua's intentions and nodded with relief: His sister is no longer the little girl she was back then, and she didn't even think of her analysis just now.
Xu Zhaohua looked up at the reactions of those present, made sure they all understood, and continued to add: "If we send a few pairs of high-grade cavalry to rush to capture the Daduan capital before Xu Qingshan and the others come, the capital will be broken, and the army's morale will be unstable. At this time, we can attack again to get twice the result with half the effort. β
"But how can we ensure that the speed of the cavalry can be faster than the speed of Xu Qingshan's attack on us?" Su Qinfeng raised his own questions.
Xu Zhaohua laughed contemptuously: "This is thanks to Xu Qingshan for lifting a stone and hitting himself in the foot." β
At this point, Su Mingtuo listened in a fog, he didn't understand why Xu Qingshan, who was fierce with his troops, lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot:
"Zhaohua, how do you say this?"
"At that time, I walked on the right side of the river, this side of the mountain shape is complex, the terrain is rugged, it is very difficult to walk, but in order to avoid being detected by the enemy, I decisively chose to face the difficulties. Now Xu Qingshan also chose the right side of the river because he was afraid that the movement would be too big. β
"And the terrain on the left side of the river is flat, our cavalry will speed up after stepping on it, and we will definitely be able to reach the Daduan capital in time, Xu Qingshan and the others will definitely pay close attention to the movements of the Eastern Qi while they are busy marching, and they will definitely not care about what happens on the other side of the river."
In the past, he always thought that the task of women's families was to teach their husbands and children, they couldn't do farm work, they couldn't go to the battlefield, and their vision was very short-sighted, and they only knew that their parents were too weak.
Since meeting Xu Zhaohua, he has changed all his previous views on women.
"If the cavalry can't take the city, Xu Qingshan will already be waiting for someone to come by then......"
Everyone looked at her again, waiting for Xu Zhaohua to say the next words.
"We have our back, so there's nothing to worry about." She said with a determined gaze.
Su Qinfeng's eyes lit up when he looked at Xu Zhaohua, this cousin of his was simply not too powerful, if it was a man, it would be even more amazing.
Xu Songchen felt that if those words just now came out of other people's mouths, they would be just talking on paper. After Xu Zhaohua's mouth came out, he felt that everything was possible.
Yide looked excited, when he originally came to seek refuge with Zhou Shengcuobai, he still had some hesitation, but now that he has a right-hand man like Xu Zhaohua by his side, he can decisively trust TOEFL here.
Zhou Shengcuobai tilted his head and thought about it, this is really a perfect strategy!
"Ahem, the soldiers are divided into two ways, which is very good." Zhou Shengcuo covered his mouth and coughed twice, looking at Xu Zhaohua with approving.
Xu Zhaohua cast a worried look at him: his wind chill is not good yet.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.
"What?" Zhou Sheng Cuobai asked outside the door.
Xu Zhaohua said carefully and secretly: It's not good, could it be ......
He ran in in a panic and didn't have time to bow down and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the queen, the Daduan army is coming to the city, and they are shouting outside the city gate at this moment. β
Everyone was in an uproar, but Xu Zhaohua was the only one who sat in place without moving.
Zhou Shengcuobai calmed down and thought about it for a long time: "Use the plan that Empress Fang Cai said now." β
"The Daduan army is under the city gate at the moment, a tough battle is imminent, and time is afraid that it will be too late!" Su Qinfeng couldn't hold back his idea that he immediately wanted to charge into battle and fight to the death with the Daduan army.
Xu Zhaohua sighed secretly in his heart, Su Qinfeng was too in love with war in his last life, he didn't retreat in time in a fight, and finally died on the battlefield.
The candle flame was beating on the wick, and Xu Zhaohua suddenly said: "It's too late!" β
It's still Xu Zhaohua:
"It is necessary for my uncle and cousin to go to the front to resist Xu Qingshan first, and the Yide army division is familiar with the terrain of Daduanguo, and he and his brother will lead the cavalry to capture the capital of Daduan. I hope the emperor will approve it! β
"Accurate!" After hearing this, Zhou Shengcuobai agreed without thinking.
He believed in her.
At the gate of the Eastern Qi City
Xu Qingshan rode a brown horse and held a torch at the front of the line, waiting for Zhou Sheng Cuobai and Xu Zhaohua to appear, he did not attack the city gate directly because he wanted to personally pull the two of them from high to the ground.
Just like they did to him.
At this time, the soldiers of the Eastern Qi Kingdom took advantage of the moonlight to set up bows and arrows on top of the city tower, waiting for the arrival of a bloody storm at any time, and saw Xu Qingshan's army lined up in black under the city tower, and couldn't help but compare the difference in the number of people between the two sides in their hearts.
Realizing that the number of people participating in the battle on their side was far less than that of the enemy, the warriors were a little unsettled.
When they saw Zhou Sheng Cuobai carrying Xu Zhaohua to the city tower, the soldiers of the Eastern Qi Kingdom were relieved, their emperor and queen were here, and they had an inexplicable confidence.
Especially the queen Xu Zhaohua, there are often stories about her courage and resourcefulness, and almost everything has been told many times by the storyteller, which is known to the soldiers.
With her there, they immediately felt that this battle would definitely be a triumphant return.
And the soldiers of Daduan Kingdom couldn't help but feel a little different in their hearts when they saw the queen and the emperor of Eastern Qi actually coming to the battlefield in person.
At this moment, where is their emperor?
Xu Zhaohua here had already stared at Xu Qingshan below.
When Xu Qingshan suddenly came to the newspaper on the wedding day and led the enemy army to attack the Eastern Qi for the sake of power, she was still in a trance, thinking that she was just walking with the same name, and she thought that Xu Qingshan would not reach this point no matter how unbearable he was.
All the while, she was making a fool of herself.
Although she said that she would cut off the father-daughter relationship with Xu Qingshan, disgusted with the blood of Xu Qingshan on her body, and hated that she was also surnamed Xu, she still had a glimmer of hope for Xu Qingshan in her heart.
When she saw the face of the person who was leading the Daduan army under the city tower now, she suddenly felt how ridiculous she was with the little hope she had for Xu Qingshan.
This man really doesn't deserve to be her daddy at all!
If it weren't for Xu Qingshan, her mother would not have wrongly paid her life to others, and his brother Xu Songchen would not have been framed and died tragically in the previous life. He was used by traitors, bullied, trampled on his dignity, and all the things he was played were all because of him.
He let his childhood be spent in gray, and there was only hatred in her eyes!
Thinking about it, Xu Zhaohua was affectionate and a little pathetic, with resentful pathos. Zhou Sheng Cuobai looked at her and held her hand tightly.
Xu Qingshan, I will not let you go.
Xu Qingshan, on the other side, saw the two of them standing on the city tower, and his eyes suddenly became vicious, he must let them die well!
He completely forgot that the place where his bow and arrow would point was his colleagues who had fought side by side, and his brothers who had been born and died, the daughter he had been with day and night, and the emperor who was willing to be loyal.
He only remembered the hollow, unclingable power and unwarranted hatred.
"The people will listen to the command! Siege the gates! Xu Qingshan gave the order.
The dense crowd of people responded, and five huge iron pillars were quickly lifted in the procession, and they were about to hit the city gate.
Su Mingtuo here has already experienced: "Prepare the archers, aim at the enemy's middle force, and release the arrows!" In an instant, ten thousand arrows were fired, and the middle part of the iron pillar fell, and the front and back were a little unsupportable.
A fatal blow is still needed.
"As soon as the trap is activated!" Xu Zhaohua's eyes were like torches and he shouted.
The two soldiers pulled a thick rope in the southwest corner of the city tower, and suddenly dozens of ropes hanging about a foot in the air were raised under the city tower, and the soldiers who raised the pillar fell one after another.
Seeing this, Xu Qingshan was furious, and then ordered the second wave of soldiers to fill the empty space of the first wave of soldiers and continue to attack the city gate, and ordered them to be sure to bypass the rope under their feet.
Now it's up to you to see what tricks you have to play.
The second wave of Daduan soldiers quickly filled the position of the first wave of soldiers, raised the big iron pillar again, and smoothly walked to the closed gate of Dongqi and began to ram.
Xu Qingshan was excited when he saw this, and sure enough, they had nothing to do, and his revenge would be avenged.
Once, twice, three times, and again......
One by one, the hearts of the soldiers of the two countries were tugged at.
They may be nervous, or flustered, or happy, or dismissive.
Xu Zhaohua closed his eyes and listened to a bang, and suddenly there was a boom.
The gates fell.
She meditated in her heart: This is now!
"Trap 2 activated!"
With Xu Zhaohua's order, Organ 2 exerted its power.
When the army of Daduan Kingdom overcame the first gate, there was still a gate standing in front of them. Suddenly, a lot of small iron balls rolled under their feet, and they couldn't stand on their feet, and before they could react, they sprinkled a little oil from the top of their heads.
Immediately after that, many sparks fell on them, and the crowd panicked, screaming, insulting, and the sound of the fire roasting.
"How can it be!" Xu Qingshan was so angry that his chest rose and fell: "Take the rope and go up to the city tower!" Take down the heads of Zhou Shengcuobai and Xu Zhaohua! β
Another order was given, and then a dense crowd was surging in the direction of the tower.
"Archer, prepare! Shoot the arrows! Su Mingtuo commanded.
The front row of the crowd fell a lot, but someone from the back row soon rushed to the front row, and the line still moved forward.
"Shoot the arrows!"
There was another sound of arrows leaving the strings, and the number of enemies was reduced, but the team still advanced. The enemy immediately arrived under the city wall, and the soldiers were a little panicked at this time, and everyone looked at Xu Zhaohua and Zhou Shengcuobai.
Zhou Shengcuo looked at the enemies who were about to rush up with a smile on his face, but he didn't see the slightest panic.
"Mechanism 3 activated." Xu Zhaohua fiddled with his hair and said slowly, looking calm.
Several dark grids suddenly appeared around the city wall, and a huge ring of fire burned at the mouth of all the hidden grids, and arrows continued to be sent out from the dark grid, and the hilt of the sword was smeared with a kind of flammable powder, which immediately caught fire after passing through the ring of fire, and the enemy's clothes could be ignited immediately when shot on the enemy.
This caused a large part of Xu Qingshan's team to be damaged, and some soldiers retreated because they couldn't resist, and when Xu Qingshan pulled them by the collar, they forced them to continue to advance.
Violators, beheaded.
The surviving warriors could only continue to climb the city walls.
Xu Zhaohua looked at the soldiers who were climbing and sighed: "Mechanism four, start." β
She gave them a chance to escape, but their commander-in-chief and general didn't cherish it, don't blame her if you return in the future, blame Xu Qingshan.
The soldiers from the east carried out a lot of wooden rolling stones and fell under the city gate, and most of the soldiers who were climbing up at the big end fell down after being hit by these wooden stones.
"Shoot the arrows again!" Xu Zhaohua turned his head and said to Su Chengtuo.
"Shoot the arrows!" Su Chengtuo gave an order, and ten thousand arrows were fired at once.
......
"General, General! They had been prepared, the gates were full of organs, and most of our brothers had already suffered casualties! Can't fight anymore! A lieutenant ran up to Xu Qingshan and said to him.
"Damn! Go ahead and besiege the city! Xu Qingshan was red-eyed.
"No, no! If this continues, our army will definitely suffer heavy casualties, this is the main force of all our Daduan! The adjutant added again.
Xu Qingshan glared fiercely at Zhou Shengcuobai and Xu Zhaohua on the city tower in the distance, and was very ruthless: "Retreat!" β
Most of the soldiers of the Great Duan Kingdom were wounded and left, and they hurried away before they could drag away the bodies of their comrades.
After the withdrawal, the soldiers of Daduanguo were greatly discouraged and their morale declined. Especially when they saw that the emperor and queen of Eastern Qi were coming to the battlefield to cheer for the soldiers, and when the deputy general finally asked for the withdrawal of troops, Xu Qingshan actually wanted to continue to fight with Eastern Qi to the end regardless of their lives and deaths, which made the soldiers dissatisfied.
Xu Zhaohua, who was above the city tower, couldn't help but slowly breathe a sigh of relief when she saw the black crowd retreating, was she afraid? In fact, she was also apprehensive in her heart, although she was fully prepared for such a day in advance.
Her fear must not be revealed, she is the empress of the Eastern Qi Kingdom, the wife of Zhou Sheng Cuobai.
Anyone can be afraid, but she can't be afraid.
At least make it look like that's what it looks like to others.
Zhou Sheng Cuobai stood next to her and found that she was sweating as she held his hand. At this time, he felt the fragility of her heart, and this was the first time he realized that his crispy was also nervous and sweaty because of something.
Her usual fragility is disguised by a strong exterior.
Thinking about it, Zhou Shengcuobai held Xu Zhaohua's hand tightly.
This small battle was over, and the news that Xu Zhaohua had repelled Daduan's army without a single soldier spread quickly, and her prestige among the soldiers was even higher. Everyone knows that the queen of their Eastern Qi is not only beautiful, but also an all-rounder.
Xu Qingshan would not attack again in a short time, and Zhou Shengcuobai ordered a few pairs of people to stand guard in turn, and the other soldiers went back to the barracks to rest and recuperate.
The soldiers around him gradually went down, and Xu Zhaohua was still standing on the city wall.
He saw Xu Zhaohua looking into the distance, but there was nothing in the distance, only the smoke of gunpowder left over from the war.
Both of them looked at the mess in this place, and soldiers came out to bury these bodies one after another, and some of them were not pulled away and buried.
Red sparks roared and danced in the darkness.
Xu Zhaohua was a little powerless in her heart, she was reborn again, just to prevent her mother and brother and Zhou Shengcuo, who she loved and loved her, from being hurt, she did this, but she failed to save more people from harm, but became an executioner.
Today, the death of those soldiers of the Great Duan Kingdom is still vivid, and she is nervous and scared not only because she is afraid that this battle will be lost, but also because she is afraid that life is so fragile.
Will she die so easily one day? Will Zhou Shengcuobai, mother, and brother be like this?
No! No, she wouldn't let that happen.
Xu Zhaohua felt that he had changed, but he couldn't tell where it was.
"At this moment, the cavalry team led by Songchen and the Yide Division should go to the capital of Daduan." Zhou Shengcuobai looked into the distance of the river and whispered.
The moonlight shone on the surface of the river, and there were several silver rays.
"Hopefully they'll come back well." Xu Zhaohua also followed Zhou Shengcuobai's gaze and looked at the river.
The water of this river flows in a hurry, if the sky is clear, it shines with a few rays of sunlight, if it is unhappy, it flows to a place you like and evaporates, when it rains, it rises, when it is drought, it rains, and at night, you drag the moon down with you as a companion, and it flows freely every day.
That's nice.
The wind blew a few wrinkles on the surface of the river, causing the moon to shatter.
"Ahem~ahem! cough..."Zhou Shengcuobai coughed a few times, he had tried his best to keep his voice down, but this voice was still particularly piercing in the quiet air.
Xu Zhaohua gently patted Zhou Shengcuobai's back:
"It's cold, let's go back."
She said worriedly.
Zhou Shengcuobai waved his hand: "It's okay." β
"Don't be tough, go back, and have a good rest." After speaking, she dragged Zhou Shengcuobai away.
The moon sets a few rounds, and the sun rises and sets.
Two days passed like this.
Early in the morning, the sound of horses' hooves woke up Xu Zhaohua and Zhou Shengcuobai, and when they asked, they learned that it was Xu Songchen and Yide who came back with the cavalry.
Xu Zhaohua said for a long time before Zhou Sheng Cuobai agreed to go to bed and lie down for a while, his wind and cold were not yet good, and he couldn't be too tired.
Leave the rest to her.
Xu Zhaohua pulled his hair in a bun and asked the maid next to him about the situation of the two of them: "Is my brother injured?" β
The maid put on the hairpin for her and said, "I am not injured, Xu Gongzi is fine." β
Xu Zhaohua breathed a sigh of relief: "Since my brother is fine, then the Yide division will be safe if he wants to come, right?" β
"All is well." The maid replied.
"That's excellent!" After finishing the makeup, Xu Zhaohua chose a goose yellow simple and generous dress and went out happily.
After seeing Xu Songchen, Xu Zhaohua turned left and right to ensure that he was unharmed.
Her action made Xu Songchen seem to see the little girl who circled around him when he was a child and thought that her own sugar gourd was not tasty, and she had to eat the sugar gourd in his hand.
But as soon as he raised his eyes, all he saw was Xu Zhaohua's worried eyes, and he was a little distressed: his sister seemed to rarely smile these days, and since she fell into the water last time, the whole person has suddenly become mature.
In fact, he still hopes that his sister can become more naΓ―ve, so that she will not be so tired, but he also hopes that she can always be like this, so that she can not be bullied. After all, he can still clearly feel the changes in his sister during this time.
Yide on the side saw that Xu Shaohua cared about his brother so much, and his heart was a little touched, and he couldn't help but miss his relatives in other countries, he also had a sister, a younger brother, a wife and children......
You can't have it both ways, and he clearly knows that there must be a trade-off between the small family and everyone. Although he hadn't read a few books, he knew that the seven-foot man needed to guard everyone to be able to keep his small family.
When will he be able to get rid of the traitor and return to his home country?
Xu Zhaohua also felt that she cared too much about her brother, but she had to care so much. Ever since she saw so many soldiers die at her feet a few days ago, she has an inexplicable awe of life, which makes her cherish the people she has now.
Although the weather is gradually getting cooler, the morning sun still does not hesitate to sway its warmth. The three people standing in the sun, but each of them had a thousand thoughts wandering in their hearts.
"Brother, Yide Division, can you go to the Daduan Capital this time?" Xu Zhaohua pulled his thoughts back and asked Xu Songchen and Yide.
Xu Songchen was a little worried, and his brows tightened: "The journey back and forth was very smooth, but there were some changes in the Daduan capital. β
"What's going on?" Seeing his brother's expression, Xu Zhaohua couldn't help but be a little worried, what could make his brother so caring?
Xu Songchen and Yide, you look at me, I look at you, but you have no words.
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