Chapter 167

Thanks to the timely support of Qin Yu's ten thousand elite horsemen, Wuxian finally held on for a day.

As soon as Qin Yu entered the city from the east gate with his men and horses, Pei Ren immediately greeted him.

"The last general, Pei Ren, see General Qin!"

The current Qin Yu is the general of Wuwei personally appointed by Princess Zhaoyang, who is in charge of the military power of Huai County, so Pei Ren can also be regarded as Qin Yu's subordinate.

Qin Yu turned over and dismounted, reaching out to support Pei Ren.

"General Pei, thank you for your hard work." Qin Yu said with concern.

Pei Ren didn't expect Qin Yu to be so amiable, not as majestic and domineering as others.

"Defend the land for the Tang Kingdom and fight for His Highness." Pei Ren arched his hand.

Qin Yu nodded and asked, "General Pei, what's the situation?" How many soldiers are there in the city, and how much grain and grass are there? ”

When Pei Ren heard Qin Yu ask, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Mainly because Qin Yu was too young, Pei Ren didn't think that such a young general could take care of these details.

Even in Pei Ren's opinion, this Qin Yu is a little white face, and it is impossible to compare to Lord Du Tao.

And now hearing Qin Yu ask about these details, it is enough to prove that this young man is at least somewhat capable.

"Back to General Qin, there are still 8,000 soldiers in the city, and there are still ten days of food and grass, and the rest of the materials for defending the city are already seriously insufficient."

Hearing Pei Ren's report, Qin Yu's heart sank.

Gongsun Qi only needs two more days to resist, which means that they have to resist for two days.

There was plenty of food and grass, but there were too few troops and supplies to defend the city.

Qin Yu looked at the houses in the city and asked, "How many people are there in the city?" ”

Pei Ren's face showed a look of embarrassment, "There are only more than 20,000 people in the city, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. ”

"The main reason is that Wucheng is located on the border, and with the attack of the Chu army last year, most of the people in the city have fled."

Pei Ren thought that Qin Yu wanted to recruit people to defend the city in the city, but there were really no more people to call up in the city.

Qin Yu did have this plan, but after hearing Pei Ren's words, he immediately dispelled this plan.

However······

Qin Yu asked again, "Are there many vacant houses in the city?" ”

"Yes, sir." Pei Ren replied truthfully.

"Tear down all these houses and put them on the wall!" Qin Yu ordered.

"Huh?" Pei Ren was stunned, is this to demolish the house and defend the city?

"General Qin, no! After demolishing these houses, how will the people explain if they come back in the future? Pei Ren hurriedly persuaded.

"Demolition!" Qin Yu's face was serious, "The army still has two days to arrive, as long as Wucheng is defended, I Qin Yu will help them build back the demolished houses, and I Qin Yu will pay for the things that are lost!" Tear it down for me! ”

"No!" Since Qin Yu said so, Pei Ren had nothing to say, so he immediately ordered someone to start demolishing the house.

"General Qin, let's go to the mansion to rest first, and let the brothers rest and rest." Pei Ren then laughed.

"No, go to the walls." Qin Yu instructed Han Peng on the side again: "Let the brothers have a good rest, there will be a tough battle in the past two days." ”

"No!"

Qin Yu's resolute and resolute actions made Pei Ren feel a lot more relieved, and he should be able to hold it in two days.

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On the other side, in the Chu army camp, the atmosphere was a little dull.

After all, a big battle that was about to be won just now was ruined by 10,000 elite horsemen.

It was even more embarrassing to let the 10,000 elite horsemen rampant in the army and no one resisted.

In a camp tent not far from the big tent of the Chinese army, the outside was heavily guarded, and a Lang Zhong had just come out of it.

In the tent, Xiang Yu was lying on the bed, his face full of shame.

"Uncle Cheng, I've embarrassed my grandfather." Xiang Yu sat up and looked at Lu Cheng on the side of the couch and lowered his head in shame.

Lu Cheng didn't blame Xiang Yu, but said with a smile: "It's okay, it's already very good that you are on the battlefield for the first time, and you can behave so bravely." ”

"Uncle Xie Cheng." Xiang Yu looked at Lu Cheng and asked, "Uncle Cheng, can the enemy general be caught?" Where is it! ”

Lu Cheng shook his head helplessly, "This cavalry is very elite, and after seeing me gather troops, they quickly withdrew. ”

"Rubbish! None of this will stay! Xiang Yu was angry and subconsciously shouted angrily.

However, Xiang Yu also reacted quickly, looked up at Lu Cheng, and saw that Lu Cheng's face was as usual, so he didn't say anything more.

After the two were silent for a long time, Xiang Yu asked, "Uncle Cheng, who is that enemy general?" ”

"I don't know." Lu Cheng stood up, "Yu'er, don't think about it, your first time on the battlefield, you are inexperienced, and when you are instructed by experience, you must be the general in charge of my Chu State." ”

"Yes, Uncle Cheng." Xiang Yu lowered his head, but his fists were clenched tightly.

Xiang Yu really couldn't swallow this breath, and every time he thought about it, he felt a burst of shame.

At that time, Xiang Yu rushed towards Qin Yu, but Qin Yu picked up a soldier with one shot, which frightened Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu was stunned at this moment, and he was knocked off his horse by the flying soldier, and he fell into a coma directly.

If it weren't for the quick reaction of the guards beside him and taking him away in time, I am afraid that he would have died in the chaos.

"You have a good rest, there are still many opportunities ahead. I'll go first, there's still something to take care of. Lu Cheng patted Xiang Yu, turned around and walked out.

After Lu Cheng walked out of the camp tent, he instructed the guards of the camp tent: "Without my order, the major general must not be allowed to leave the camp tent, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

"No!"

Xiang Yu in the camp also heard it, hurriedly jumped up from the bed, and walked out barefoot.

However, as soon as he left the camp, he was stopped by the guards.

"Major General, please don't make it difficult for me to wait." The guard looked at Xiang Yu with pleading eyes.

"Uncle Cheng!" Xiang Yu wanted to stop Lu Cheng, but Lu Cheng had already disappeared.

"Alas!" Xiang Yu sighed helplessly, so he could only turn around and go back.

On the other side, Lu Cheng had a gloomy face and paced to his Chinese army tent.

I saw that in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, the guards were leading a war horse.

The war horse is equipped with a saddle and stirrups, and although the war horse is injured, it is still very energetic.

"What a good horse! Where did the Tang army get such a good war horse, I'm afraid that Zhao Guo's war horses are not as good as this horse! ”

The adjutant general arched his hand and said: "General, in addition to the good war horses, this set of equipment of the Tang Army should not be underestimated. ”

Lu Cheng looked at the set of equipment on the horseback, stepped on the stirrup and turned over on the horse, and immediately felt it.

"Hmmm! Very good! Immediately order someone to build it. Lu Cheng ordered.

This set of equipment can make people ride on horseback more steadily, and even free hands.

With a little training, you can achieve the riding skills that only the steppe people have, and you can greatly improve the strength of the cavalry.

However, Lu Cheng and the deputy general, as well as the surrounding guards, did not find out.

At the foot of this war horse, there is an iron horseshoe.