Chapter 481, besieging the city for reinforcements
The Tubo soldiers, who were fighting to the death with Yan Yunjun at the gap, suddenly heard a commotion behind them, and a fighting spirit was immediately discharged, and they panicked. The Yanyun army was still desperately counterattacking, and the Tubo army couldn't resist it, so it was cut down and fell backwards, crawling back to the earth beam along the dirt slope that had collapsed the city wall, and then ran back to its own army formation. A big war came to an end.
Seeing that Xiliang City was almost captured, but in the end it fell short, Song He couldn't help but feel annoyed, and he had the heart to kill. Songhe shouted hysterically: "Attack, attack, give me to keep attacking!" The generals looked at each other, and they all showed embarrassment. Duo Sang said: "General, after the big battle just now, the morale of our army has been discharged, if we attack again, there will be no other gain except for sacrificing soldiers in vain, it is better to rest for the time being, and attack again tomorrow!" Song Hyuk looked at the soldiers of the army, and saw that those soldiers who had just retired were certainly shocked, but those who had not yet entered the battle were also demoralized, and knew that what Dosang said was right. I had no choice but to nod and order the army to retreat temporarily.
When Songhe and the others returned to the big tent, Songhe was very angry and scolded: "It's just a little bit, it's just a little bit!" Damn, so damn! ”
Duo Sang said: "General, since this method of accumulating soil to attack the city is very effective, it is better for us to pile up another earthen beam to attack the city defense." Sonhye's eyes lit up. Duo Sang continued: "Today, one earthen beam almost broke through the city defense, if there are two earthen beams, there is no reason why the city cannot be broken!" Songhe nodded and said excitedly, "That's it!" Then he said to Duo Sang: "Without further ado, you immediately lead the army down to pile up earthen beams!" Duo Sang said yes and ran down.
Songhe said to Zhandui again: "Zhandui, you lead a team of soldiers and horses to protect you." Zhan Dui was a little reluctant, but he didn't dare to disobey Songhe's order, so he answered and ran down.
Song He walked to the simple sand table, looked at Xiliang City on the sand table, frowned slightly, and muttered: "This city really consumes the energy of our boss!" When the city is breached, it will take three days and three nights to rob him! He smiled, and could not help imagining the scene of looting the city, and his heart was filled with a sense of tyranny and revenge. Then he thought: 'I heard that the Yaya Guanyin is beautiful, but it is a pity that His Majesty has taken a fancy to her, otherwise she could have been taken into the room.' At the thought of the woman playing with the Yan King, every cell in the body became excited, and then sighed regretfully.
Pacing back and forth in the big tent, thinking of Rouge Mountain and Xuanhua Mansion, he couldn't help muttering: "I don't know if Ah Wang, they have already captured Rouge Mountain and Xuanhua Mansion?" I guess I've already taken it. When my side occupies Xiliang Mansion again, hehe, Yang Peng, the king of Yan, will become a turtle in the urn! Their current situation in Yanyun is simply not able to raise a large army to counterattack, what will Yang Peng do? Smiled, "Surrender should be impossible, they should flee back across the desert." After a pause, he thought: "I can't just take the Hexi Corridor and stop, but continue to attack eastward," but thinking that Yan Yun still had more than 200,000 troops in the Ningxia region, this idea of continuing to advance eastward couldn't help but waver. Shaking his head, he muttered, "This kind of thing is still up to Your Majesty to decide!" ”
Turning his head and smiling at the generals: "When the Xiliang Mansion is broken, Ye Yu Guanyin will naturally be dedicated to His Majesty, and those guards under her command have heard that they are also extraordinary beauties, so I will be the master to reward you!" The generals were overjoyed and thanked one after another: "Thank you, General!" One descended and said obscenely: "I heard that the princess of King Yan, Ye Yu Guanyin, was the eldest princess of the Liao Kingdom back then, and she is a rare peerless beauty in the world!" I really don't know what beauty looks like? Songhe Zhengse said: "This is a beauty to be dedicated to Your Majesty, don't even think about it, even if you meet it, you must not see it, that is a big disrespect!" "The general's heart is in a pang, and he only promises.
Hanon said: "General, everyone has worked very hard during this time, after the capture of Xiliang, can you make everyone happy?" All the generals showed a look of concern and eagerness. Song He said with a smile: "This is natural, when Xiliang Mansion is captured, I will give you three days off, these three days, there is no military discipline and no royal law, you can do anything!" The generals were overjoyed and thanked them together, and then everyone imagined in their minds the scene of burning, looting, looting and being happy after breaking through Xiliang Mansion, and they couldn't wait.
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Kill! Yes! ……
In the middle of the night, a sudden scream of killing carried out Songhyuk. Songhe got up at once, grabbed his sword and ran out of the tent. At this time, the sound of killing and screaming came more clearly, coming from the direction of the rear camp. Matsunhyuk bypassed the big tent and looked in the direction of the back camp, and was surprised to see the flames soaring into the sky, as if there were enemy troops rushing in. At this time, Hanon led people to run over, and said urgently: "General, it's Yanyun cavalry, the rear camp has all been messed up with them, and there are countless casualties, let, what should we do?" Hanon was so flustered that he wanted to run away, but he didn't dare to say it first.
Songhyuk looked at the rear camp and saw that although the rear camp was in chaos, the chaos was limited to the rear camp and did not spread. Songhe immediately said to the soldiers around him: "Order all battalions, there are not many enemy troops, don't panic, strictly defend to the death, no one is allowed to fight without my order, and no one is allowed to retreat without authorization, and there will be no forgiveness for violators!" The soldiers responded and immediately went down to give the order.
Songhe said to Hanon: "You lead an elite army to support, if there are many enemy troops, withdraw immediately, if there are not many enemy troops, cooperate with the soldiers and horses of the rear battalion to expel the enemy troops, and if possible, destroy them!" Hanon said yes and led his men to run.
Song He said to his soldiers: "Order all the armies of the Zhongjing battalion to assemble in the school field. The soldiers responded and ran down, and then the rapid horn sounded loudly, not only the Chinese army camp, but also all the surrounding camps also sounded the horn, hundreds of thousands of Tibetan troops gathered in their respective camps, at the same time, the Duosang Department that was accumulating soil on the hillside outside the east city gate to do business had stopped working, assembled, lined up in formation, and prepared to deal with the unexpected. Duo Sang looked at the chaotic back camp from the hillside, his brow furrowed and worried.
"Look, General!" An officer shouted pointing to the side of the hill. Duo Sang looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that the army of Zhandui Division, which had been ordered to protect his own business troops, had left the place and ran in the direction of the barracks. Dosang frowned, but didn't say anything.
Songhe led the 80,000-strong Chinese army into the camp to see how things were developing. Suddenly, there was an extremely grand shout from the rear camp, accompanied by the rumbling sound of iron hooves, and the Tubo soldiers were all shocked, and they saw that many people in the rear camp seemed to be rushing towards this side.
A moment later, the gate of the Chinese army camp opened, and hundreds of people poured in, running until they reached Songhyuk. Song He saw that it was Hanon who had just been sent out, his helmet was gone, covered in blood, and there was a knife on his left shoulder, which was more than two feet long, and the blood was gushing endlessly, shocking, and he couldn't help but be startled, and asked urgently: "What's the matter?" How many enemy troops came? ”
Hanon was shocked, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Yes, it's Yanyun Xuanjia War Horse!" The army of the rear battalion, all, all collapsed! As soon as our 10,000 elites entered the back camp, they found the Xuanjia War Cavalry and attacked fiercely, and before they could gain a foothold, they were killed and defeated countless times! ”
Songhe scolded angrily: "Waste! What a rubbish! You can't deal with more than 2,000 horsemen with so many soldiers and horses! Hanon had nothing to say, but he was not convinced: 'The enemy is indeed only more than 2,000 people, but all of them are beast-like fellows and cavalry, who can resist such a rush!' Even if you lead the army yourself, you will be defeated! He thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it in his mouth.
Song He pondered: "The enemy war cavalry has finally attacked, but why is there only two thousand Xuanjia war horses, but where are the other more than 20,000 war horses?" "Thinking of this, I can't help but recall the big battle during the day today, today during the day, my side broke through the city with the earthen beam and rushed into the city, and the situation was already precarious for the Yanyun army, but in that case, the Yanyun war horse did not appear, this is really a bit strange!?
It rang for a moment, but I couldn't think of a reason. "Look, General!" One of the soldiers suddenly pointed at the rear camp and shouted. Song He hurriedly looked towards the rear camp, only to see that the originally chaotic and noisy rear camp had gradually calmed down, and under the light of the flames, he faintly saw that the Yan Yun army that had raided the rear camp left the camp and disappeared into the night.
Song He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he just felt that it was good that those Yan Yunjun were gone. However, Song He was not happy for long, and more than two quarters of an hour after the Xuanjia army left the rear camp, there was a sudden shout of fighting in front of the Tubo joint camp. Song He hurriedly ran to the front, followed the prestige, and under the moonlight, he only faintly saw that in the field a few miles away, countless people were crowded, and the sound of killing shook the sky, it should be that Yanyun War Cavalry had raided his own troops again, but his vision was not good at night, and he couldn't see the situation on the battlefield clearly at all.
Songhe's first thought was to send troops to reinforce him, but then he thought of what happened to Hanon's department just now, and felt that the situation was unclear now, so he was afraid that it would be inappropriate to send troops rashly, so he dismissed the plan to send troops to support, and only sent scouts to investigate the situation.
After about a quarter of an hour, the scout reported: "General, it was General Zhandui's troops who were ambushed by the Xuanjia Army on the way back to the camp, and the 20,000-strong army has been scattered!" Songhyuk frowned and shouted, "Explore again!" The scout answered, turned his horse's head, and touched it again.
After another quarter or so of an hour, there was no longer any sound of fighting in the wilderness outside the camp, only the faint sound of running footsteps and wheezing of people. The scout rushed back and reported: "General, the enemy has retreated in the direction of the south gate. Songhe asked urgently, "How are they doing?" Is Zhandui still alive? The scout said: "The 20,000 soldiers and horses have been completely defeated, and General Zhandui doesn't know whether to die or live!" Song He scolded a native of the Tibetan people in annoyance.
Soon after, Zhandui's defeated soldiers returned to the camp one after another, and Zhandui was among them, he was not dead, but he was stabbed twice, covered in blood, and looked very embarrassed. Zhandui rode to Songhyuk, turned over and dismounted, knelt down in front of Songhe with a puff of his wounded left arm, and said with great shame: "General, last general, last general,......" Songhe was originally furious, but when he saw Songhe like this, his anger disappeared invisibly, and he said angrily: "Get up." Zhan Dui replied and stood up.
Seeing that it was very quiet outside the camp, Songhe expected that the enemy would not come to raid again, so he ordered all battalions and troops to take turns to rest and not all of them need to be on guard. Song He and the others returned to the big tent, and Song He called the witch doctor to treat Zhandui's injuries. The witch doctor carefully took off the armor robe of Zhandui, cleaned the wound, applied medicine, bandaged the wound, and was meticulous step by step. It's over, and I quit the big tent.
Songhyuk frowned and paced back and forth in the big tent, as if he was thinking about something that had a headache. Zhandui said: "General, although our army was attacked by the enemy, the losses are not very large, so the general doesn't have to worry!" ”
Song He shook his head, stopped, looked outside the big tent, and said: "I'm not worried about these, I'm worried about the ...... of Yanyun War Cavalry" The generals looked at each other, not understanding what there is to worry about, although they were attacked by Yanyun War Cavalry tonight and lost some men and horses, but that did not have a big impact on the big move, in the future, be careful not to let the opponent have a chance, what is there to worry about?
Just then, there was the sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and Dosang returned. Everyone's eyes converged on Duo Sang's body, and Duo Sang bowed to Song He and said, "General! Songhyuk snorted and said angrily, "You're finally here?" Fortunately, if I am killed by Yan Yunjun, I can come back and collect my body! ”
Duo Sang was startled, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "General Rongyu, the last general was anxious when he saw the rear camp being attacked, but he was worried that he would be ambushed by Yanyun's war cavalry if he rushed back to help, so he didn't dare to move in place. If the Chinese army camp is attacked, the last general will fight to the death and rush back as soon as possible! Zhandui snorted coldly and asked, "Duo Sang, are you ridiculing General Ben for being stupid, so he was ambushed?" ”
Duo Sang was annoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I never meant this, the general is also a general of the Great Tubo, how can I laugh at the general!" ”
Songhyuk asked, "Didn't I ask you to pile up the earthen beams, why did you leave your post without permission?" Duo Sang hurriedly said: "The last general is also forced to do so. General Zhandui's soldiers and horses were withdrawn, and if the last general continued the construction, he would definitely be attacked by the opponent's cavalry, and in that case, there was no room for resistance, and heavy losses must be unavoidable, so the last general had to decide on his own, led the army to abandon the construction, and retreated. ”
Zhandui said angrily: "Are you accusing me of not returning the aid?" ”
Duo Sang said: "I don't mean to blame the general, I'm just talking about things." Please be a general. The latter sentence is addressed to Sunhye.
Tonight, the joint camp was raided by Yan Yunjun's army, and the Zhandui department was attacked on the way and suffered a lot of losses, Song He held back his stomach for a while, so he lost his temper at Duo Sang and wanted to vent, but Duo Sang's words were full of reason, but he couldn't vent his anger. Song Hyuk glanced at Duo Sang, his tone softened, and said, "What you did is reasonable, I won't blame you!" Duo Sang said: "Thank you for the grace of the general's innocence!" Then he stood up, stepped aside, raised his head, and inadvertently saw Zhandui staring at him, with a resentful and fierce look on his face, and his heart couldn't help but froze.
Song He frowned and said, "During the day today, our army broke into the city and almost captured the city, and the situation is extremely critical for the Yan Yun army!" However, the strange thing is that in such a desperate situation, Yanyun War Horse did not even appear, which is really a bit unreasonable! ”
Duo Sang said: "The general is right, this matter is indeed very strange. In today's daytime situation, there should be as many forces as there are to put into it to counterattack, but the actual situation is that only the infantry army of the Yanyun Army has been engaged in combat from beginning to end, and the cavalry has not seen a single figure. There is only one explanation for this, that is, during the daytime today, the Yanyun cavalry was not in Xiliang Mansion at all! ”
Everyone was shocked, and then whispered, and Zhandui mocked: "Where will they be in Xiliang Mansion if they are no longer there?" ”
Songhe suddenly thought of a possibility, his face changed, he looked at Duo Sang, and said urgently; "Could it be, is it ......" Seeing that Songhyuk thought of it, Duosang nodded, frowned, and said, "There is only one possibility." At such a critical juncture when our army is pressing Xiliang Mansion, only in this case will Yanyun War Cavalry leave Xiliang Mansion! ”
Song Hyuk paced back and forth anxiously, and said worriedly: "If this guess is true, then, then Ngawang and them, they are in danger!" They were defenseless, and they were suddenly attacked by more than 20,000 Yanyun war cavalry, even if they were not completely annihilated, they would definitely suffer heavy losses! ”
Having said that, all the generals present understood. Zhandui said loudly: "I don't think so! Everyone's eyes immediately converged on him, only to hear Zhandui continue: "Previously, we received a confirmation from Ngawang that they had occupied Rouge Mountain without blood, even if Yan Yun Zhan rode to raid them, but our people had already occupied the territory first, and it would probably not be easy for Yan Yun Army to recapture Rouge Mountain!" Besides, so far, we haven't received any urgent reports from Ngawang and them, so I think that even if the Yanyun cavalry tried to raid Ngawang and them, they would definitely not have achieved any results! ”
Songhe and the generals felt that Zhandui's words also made sense, and couldn't help but nod.
Seeing that everyone agreed with their opinions, Zhan Dui couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, and continued: "I think that these two thousand Xuanjia troops rushed back after learning the news of the danger in Xiliang Mansion on the way, and Ah Wang and the others may not have encountered these people yet. The crowd nodded.
Duo Sang said: "What General Zhandui said is very reasonable, but this is just a possibility. If the Yanyun army raids Rouge Mountain, as long as a few exits are blocked, the terrain of Rouge Mountain is dangerous, and our soldiers will become turtles in the urn, and it will be impossible for them to escape and report the news. Therefore, what General Zhandui said is just a possibility, not necessarily a fact,......" Zhandui was greatly annoyed and glared at Duo Sang, feeling that this guy was clearly deliberately against him.
Duo Sang continued: "If it is the worst case, then Yanyun reinforcements will inevitably come in a steady stream, the 150,000 Yanyun army plus the Western Xia army of Toucheng is already equivalent to about seventy percent of our army's strength, there is no need to think about attacking the fortification, even if we are afraid that we will not be able to win the field battle!" ”
Zhan Dui sneered: "People like you just want to run away when they think of the worst, but I'm not as bad as you!" He turned his head to Song He and said, "General, if it is as Duo Sang said, I think it is a great opportunity!" Tsunehyuk looked puzzled and asked, "What big opportunity?" ”
Zhandui glanced at Duo Sang, turned around, and said, "General, isn't there a clever plan among the thirty-six strategies of the Han soldiers' book called besieging the city and sending reinforcements?" When Songhe heard this, his eyes lit up and he praised loudly: "Yes, yes, this is really a clever plan!" Coup! If it is really the worst-case scenario, we will set up an ambush between Rouge Mountain and Xiliang Mansion, and give them a siege to the Han people to send reinforcements, and annihilate them all! Ha ha! All the generals felt that this trick was very high, and they all echoed it, and looked at Duo Sang triumphantly, and saw that Duo Sang looked depressed, and couldn't help but be even more proud.
"Both possibilities are possible, so the response to both must be done at the same time. He looked up at the generals in front of him, hesitated, and said, "Occupy the pile, I will leave half of the soldiers and horses for you, and you continue to attack the city!" "Zhan heap bowed and promised. Song He said: "The rest of the soldiers and horses and the rest of the generals will follow me to the ambush between Rouge Mountain and Xiliang Mansion. The rest of the congregation will say yes in unison. Song Hyuk said to the captain of the pro-soldiers beside him: "Immediately send scouts to Rouge Mountain to inquire about the situation, no matter what the situation is, report back as soon as possible!" The scout answered and ran down.
Songhe glanced at the generals and said, "Rest for the night tonight, and act early tomorrow morning." All the generals agreed in unison, and left the tent one after another, and Zhandui was supported by a personal soldier because of his wounds.
"General Dosan!" Duo Sang, who was walking in front of Zhandui, shouted. Dosang was walking and chatting with Hanon when he heard a shout behind him, so he stopped and turned around.
Zhandui walked up to the two of them with the support of his own soldiers, and said mockingly: "You want to make a stumbling block for me, what is the result?" The one the general trusts is still me! You are always an outsider in the eyes of the general! Do you really want to be the commander of the attack on Xiliang Mansion? It's a pity, it's a pity," Zhan Dui shook his head, "It's a pity that the general can't trust you!" Dosang didn't say anything. Zhan Dui laughed proudly and walked away.
When Zhandui walked away, Hanon sighed and whispered: "Hey, we people were born to our stepmother here with General Songhe!" How nice it would be if the general were the commander-in-chief! Duo Sang shook his head and said, "We can't control this kind of thing!" Glancing at Hanon, "We just have to do what we are told, and we don't have to worry about anything else!" Now that General Songhe is in charge of us, we just have to do what he commands! I don't believe that General Songhe will deliberately get along with us! Hanon nodded, "I hope so." ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.