Chapter 194

The Battle of the Minhe River finally ended, and when the Chu army retreated, only 3,000 men and horses remained.

Seeing that the Chu army was retreating, Qin Yuan also led his troops to retreat.

After all, the amount of water in the river is too small to pose a threat to Wucheng.

As soon as he returned to the city, Qin Yuan was so angry that he only burst into foul language.

Although the losses of the Chu army were greater, the losses on their own side were not small.

If the Chu army hadn't had more bows and arrows, I'm afraid the losses on both sides would have been about the same.

"Don't be angry, after all, we won this battle, and it also stopped the Chu army's plan to divert water to flood the Wei River." Li Yue persuaded on the side.

Qin Yuan raised his head and asked, "Do you have any news?" ”

"Yes, the adults only sent back one word before, drag!" Gongsun Qi said.

"It's not a good time to delay." Pei Ren frowned at this time and said, "The city wall has been bombarded several times by the trebuchets of the Chu army, and cracks have already appeared in some places, directly penetrating the city wall. ”

"Moreover, all the houses in the city that should be demolished have been demolished, but there are not many cobblestones and rolling logs."

Li Yue said directly: "Then this place will be demolished, and there will be two days left, and Du Tao will send supplies over." ”

Li Yue is now in charge of Wucheng's logistics, so everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard her words.

Gongsun Qi nodded and said, "If the supplies are sufficient, even if the city wall is collapsed by the Chu army, we can hold here!" ”

The reason why Gongsun Qi is so confident mainly comes from the 50,000 elite soldiers in his hands.

The remaining 50,000 elite soldiers are all from Cangxian, equipped with stainless steel armor, and have experienced the special training of Cangxian, and are the elite soldiers among the elite soldiers.

Moreover, they have a huge reserve of bows and arrows, although I don't know how the adults managed to make so many bows and arrows, but they did play a big role.

Just then, one of the guards ran in.

"Your Highness, generals, letters from your lordship!" The guard stretched out his hand and handed over the letter from the carrier pigeon.

Gongsun Qi hurriedly ran over and grabbed it into his hand, and everyone else also looked at Gongsun Qi.

I saw Gongsun Qi look at everyone after reading the content of the letter.

"Your Excellency has an order, and the decisive battle will be fought at noon in three days! Defeat the Chu army in one fell swoop! ”

Hearing Gongsun Qi's words, everyone looked at each other.

Pei Ren frowned and said, "The strength of the Chu army is almost twice as much as ours, how can this be fought?" ”

Gongsun Qi said confidently: "It's just doubled, our army is not without a chance of winning, and the adults will come back when the time comes." ”

Li Yue looked at Gongsun Qi, "Are you sure?" ”

"If there is no letter from an adult, I am only fifty percent sure, but after the letter from an adult now, I am ninety percent sure!" Gongsun Qi replied to Li Yue.

Li Yue pondered for a while before he said, "Okay, then let's write a war book!" ”

Soon after, a fast horse galloped out of Wucheng and headed straight for the Chu army camp.

At this time, in the camp of the Chu army, the sound of bang bang kept sounding.

I saw Pan Lin lying on a long desk, gritting his teeth and enduring the beating of the military stick on him one by one.

In front of Pan Lin was the big tent of the Chinese army of the Chu army.

The curtain of the Chinese army's tent was lifted, and a group of generals could be seen standing in the tent.

And in the innermost position of the main general, Qu Heng's expression was completely unclear.

"Nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses can't attack the 8,000 Tang Army's Weihe, and they have lost so many men and horses! I won't give you thirty sticks! It's hard to convince the public! Qu Heng's voice came out coldly.

Pan Lin gritted his teeth, his lips and face were very pale, and beads of sweat like broad beans fell from his forehead.

At this time, a guard hurriedly ran into the big tent of the Chinese army.

"General Qiyu, the Tang Army has sent a letter of war!" The guards handed over paper in their hands that was like cloth, but harder and lighter than cloth.

Qu Heng stepped down from the main seat and took the battle book with his own hands.

However, Qu Heng's attention was not on the content of the war book, but on this paper.

Of course, Qu Heng didn't know that this thing was called paper, and he was very curious about this thing that he had never seen before.

"What is this, it is so thin, and it is much lighter than brocade."

Qu Heng carefully groped with his hands, "The surface is smooth and hard, and it is indeed a good material for writing." ”

As he spoke, Qu Heng opened the war book and saw that the cumbersome war book text was clearly written on it.

"Such a good thing, but it is used to write war books, it seems that Tang Jun attaches great importance to this!"

In Qu Heng's opinion, this thing in his hand must be more valuable than brocade.

Generally, war books are written in bamboo slips, after all, they are given to the other party.

Only the war letters between countries will use brocade to show the importance of this.

"General, since the Tang Army has sent the war letter, shall we accept it or not?" A general asked.

After Qu Heng heard the question of his subordinates, he looked at the contents of the battle book.

"The Tang army has set the battlefield at the foot of Wushan Mountain, ten miles away, what do you think?" Qu Heng looked at his subordinates and asked.

"General, although Wushan is a mountain, it is actually not high, and there are no tall trees, as long as you send a few more scouts, you can make the ambush soldiers have nothing to hide."

Qu Heng nodded, "It seems that the Tang Army is going to fight with our army in a dignified manner." ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Qu Heng's mouth, and he felt extremely relaxed.

The strength of the Chu army is more than double that of the Tang army, and what he is best at is commanding and fighting.

"Hahaha! Good! Then take this battle book! ”

Qu Heng strode back to the position of the main general, picked up the pen, took the brocade and wrote.

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The Chu army, which received the battle book, did not launch an offensive again, and seemed to be preparing for the decisive battle in the future.

This made Pei Ren breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the city wall couldn't hold out for long now.

Pei Ren turned to look at the city, only to see that the houses in the city had basically been demolished.

Vast expanses of ruins are intermittently connected within the city.

The old men in the city who had not left walked slowly among the ruins.

Every time I walked under a piece of ruins, I would stop and watch, recalling my memories of this place.

Seeing this scene, Pei Ren sighed heavily.

In fact, most people don't know that Pei Ren is from Wucheng.

This Wucheng is Pei Ren's home, and Pei Ren also has a deep affection for this place.

Pei Ren turned his head to look and saw a large area of ruins in the distance, and a team of soldiers happened to patrol over there.

Pei Ren sighed lightly, in fact, it was Pei Ren's residence.

But in order to defend the city, Pei Ren ordered the demolition of his own mansion, and now only a ruin remains.

At this time, one of Pei Ren's men wearing armor looked at a veteran in his forties and fifties walking over.

"General, don't look at it, it's all demolished, and it will be rebuilt later." The veteran stood beside Pei Ren and said.

This veteran is actually the butler of the Pei family, and he is also the Pei Ren who brought it up single-handedly.

Pei Ren shook his head, "If there is a house in Wucheng that has not been rebuilt, Pei Mansion will not be rebuilt. ”

The veteran sighed, looked up at Pei Ren and asked, "General, I heard that the army will have a decisive battle with the Chu army at the foot of Wushan in two days, can we win?" ”

Although the veteran asked whether the decisive battle could be won? In fact, he is asking, can this Wucheng still be defended?

Pei Ren looked to the east and said in a deep voice: "Lord Du will resist tomorrow, with Lord Du here, we will definitely be able to hold it!" ”

"Lord Du, it's good that Lord Du is here, it's better than these hairy children." The veteran seemed to relax at this moment.