Fear and timidity are normal human emotions, and there is nothing to be embarrassed to admit.

Of course, Li Qinzai is also afraid of death, since the crossing, he has always consciously stayed away from danger and does not stand under the dangerous wall.

Those who have nothing to do with people are crazy, not normal people.

However, when the righteousness was imminent and there was no way to avoid it, Li Qinzai still had to choose to play with his life.

It is understandable to save his life, but between saving his life and asking for face, Li Qinzai still decided to choose to have a face.

This "face" is not only his own, but also the face of his wife and children, and future generations.

If there is a stain on life, it will follow you for a lifetime, even for generations.

In the future, when the children and grandchildren grow up, they will be poked in the back when they walk on the road, "It's him, his father once escaped with soldiers on the battlefield of Goguryeo, causing the failure of the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Crusade." ”

Think about the feelings of the children and grandchildren, can they hold their heads up?

This face, Li Qinzai must have, some things are really more important than life and death.

After Li Qinzai made some jokes, the low morale of the soldiers was reinvigorated.

Everyone temporarily put aside the fear of death, the grief of the battle death, and the crowd finally had a relaxed laugh and scolding.

After Li Qinzai finished speaking, he called Liu Renyuan.

Liu Renyuan smiled at him and said, "Li Shuai is worthy of being the queen of the general, and a few words made the soldiers mention the military heart, and they were very relieved, haha." ”

Li Qinzai said with a wry smile: "Catch the ducks on the shelves, you always have to say it when you should come out to speak, General Liu, the enemy army estimates that it will attack in an hour or two, and they are determined to open up this road, so we must arrange it in advance." ”

Liu Renyuan said with a bitter face: "The gunpowder carried by the soldiers is not much, and the casualties are also heavy, there are only more than 2,000 people left. ”

Li Qinzai said seriously: "Although we have the will to die, we must also find a glimmer of life in a desperate situation, and if we can live, we will count one as one." ”

"The soldiers are tired, but they can't rest, let everyone move, take this place as the center, dig a few trenches in each direction within two hundred paces in four directions, and then go to the mountains to cut down trees, and temporarily build some antlers to block horses, and place them in front of the trenches."

"The enemy's advantage is cavalry, let's knock out their advantage, make the terrain complicated, and if you want to charge at a flat river, try it if you are not afraid of horses."

Liu Renyuan immediately responded, turned around and shouted loudly to the soldiers to get up, and scolded while giving orders.

After understanding Li Qinzai's intentions, the soldiers also knew very well that this was to save everyone's lives, so the soldiers started to work one after another.

In the dust, Li Qinzai led his subordinates around the battlefield.

Every war is inseparable from earthwork, digging ditches and laying stones, and the officers and men of the Tang Army have been trained, and once the generals give orders, no matter how difficult the project must be completed on time and in quantity.

After inspecting for a long time, Li Qinzai nodded secretly.

It is worthy of being the most brave and good soldier in the thousands of years of Chinese history, not only brave in battle, but also very professional in civil work.

The trench was about half a zhang wide and a foot deep, and it could have been dug deeper, but it was too late to play the role of hindering the enemy's cavalry charge.

The two trenches were two feet apart, and in the middle were placed antlers to keep the horses away, and even if every enemy horse was perfected, it would never be possible to jump one after the other, unless the Olympic hurdle champion possessed him.

After inspecting for half a day, Li Qinzai always felt that the back of his head was windy, and he was whisked from time to time, like his father smiling and stroking the dog's head, feeling very unhappy.

Turning his head, Zheng Sanlang held high the handsome flag and followed behind him, the handsome flag fluttered in the wind, and the corners of the flag brushed his hair from time to time.

"What are you doing?" Li Qinzai asked dissatisfiedly.

Zheng Sanlang looked innocent: "Raise the flag, Feng Tou'er said, where is Li Shuai, where is the Shuai flag, is it wrong?" ”

Li Qinzai sighed and said, "Yes, but not much...... When the two armies are fighting, of course, the handsome flag is important, and now is the time of truce, this broken flag does not have to follow me, and wants to beat people......"

Zheng Sanlang smiled: "You can't beat me, I can lift you up with one finger." ”

Li Qinzai: "............"

Makes sense! But it's so angry! Asked the subordinates to beat up this thing, I don't know if I can make him smarter.

While the soldiers were digging trenches, scouts were constantly being sent out.

Soon there was news that more than 10,000 enemy troops had withdrawn five miles away to rest, and the enemy general was reorganizing his troops and horses.

Li Qinzai's heart sank, and the next fierce battle was not far away.

Now he can't do much, the gunpowder carried by the soldiers is almost consumed, and there are not many tactics available for the next fierce battle, so he can only fight hard with one knife and one gun.

As for reinforcements...... It could not be expected that the main force of Qibi He Li would be at least a day's journey from here, unless Li Qinzai could keep watch from dawn until dark.

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Humiliating the city.

The defense of the city has been completely taken over by the Tang army, and he ordered 10,000 Tang troops to enter the city to maintain order in the city, and the rest of the soldiers camped outside the city, and sent scouts in the direction of Pyongyang to find out the enemy's movements.

Tang Junqiu did not commit any crimes in this city that surrendered before the war, and after entering the city to take over, the Tang army basically did not see the phenomenon of the Tang army looting military and civilian property in the city.

The Goguryeo defenders, who had surrendered, were placed outside the city, with food and drink, and the officials were dismissed from their posts and treated like guests.

This is the rule of the Tang army, as long as you surrender before the war and do not let the Tang army pay the price of casualties, it is your own people, and you can be polite to express your gratitude.

If you see a bad opportunity and feel that there is no hope of defending the city before you know how to surrender, the treatment of the soldiers and civilians in the city will inevitably be discounted, and it is inevitable to rob you of something.

If you resist to the death, fight to the last soldier, and finally be broken by the Tang army, it will end badly, and the city must be slaughtered.

Qi He Li's tent was set up outside the city, and many generals of the Tang Army also camped outside the city.

All the generals in the handsome tent gathered, and everyone's faces were full of joy.

Especially Xue Rengui, he was even more overjoyed, and he had to pretend to be reserved and annoyed, and all the generals in the tent gritted their teeth and praised him.

The Xue family has produced an amazing young talent, old Xue, your godson has Fang Yunyun.

Xue Rengui couldn't hide his smile, said hypocritically that it was nothing, and enthusiastically shared the successful experience of education with the generals.

Children want to become a weapon, mainly by beating, from small to big, every punch is full of father's love, and every stick is a valuable driving force for children's growth.

The generals have come to their senses......

While the generals were laughing and laughing in the tent, in the northwest outside the city, a fast horse galloped over.

The horse was already foaming at the mouth, and even stumbled a little, and the knight on the horse was even more pale, and his physical strength was almost at the limit.

Raising his eyes in a daze, he saw that the white camp tent in the distance was endless, a handsome flag was flying high in the middle of the camp, and in the fence of the big camp, soldiers in armor were patrolling and practicing.

The knight finally regained some consciousness and raised his arms high towards the gate of the camp.

opened his mouth, but found that his vocal cords were so hoarse that he couldn't speak, and he could only mumble.

"Black Bone City...... Military report, 100,000 urgent......"

No one heard him, and he was still two miles away from the gate of the camp, but he could not hold it anymore, and the horses under his seat were also at their limits, and after snorting suddenly, the horses fell under their feet, and the knights on the horses were heavily planted on the ground, and a cloud of dust was raised.

(End of chapter)