Chapter 1228 Bloody Battle in Dunhuang (2)
A messenger came in with his personal soldier, who curtssed in front of Xu Jin and shouted: "Report to the Grand Commander, Guazhou City has been broken, and the bidding is given to come and report the victory at General Jing."
As soon as this was said, the whole handsome tent was quiet. Pei Laopi took out his ears and blurted out in disbelief: "What did you say? Guazhou City... took it?"
The messenger from the Xuanfu Army could not hide his proud look on his face and said proudly: "Report to General, yes, Guazhou City has been taken down by our Xuanfu Army. The enemy's guard Afan Maimati led the remaining soldiers to abandon the city in a hurry and fled."
"This... I heard it right, Lao Jing is taking medicine?" Yu Linsheng said with an exaggerated expression.
In fact, not only Yu Linsheng was surprised, but the generals present were very surprised. You should know that everyone led an army of 80,000 to attack Dunhuang for seven days, but with the support of overwhelming firepower, they failed to break the Dunhuang City. Jing Dachu only led more than 10,000 people and defeated Guazhou City in just ten days?
Xu Jin was also surprised and happy at this moment. When he sent Jing Dachu to attack Guazhou, he didn't expect him to take it. Unexpectedly, Jing Dachu, who usually performed mediocrely and was not good at defending but was not good at attacking, actually took Guazhou and gave himself a big surprise.
"Get up, how did General Jing break Guazhou City?" Xu Jin asked happily.
"Thank you, General!" The messenger stood up and then spoke eloquently about the Xuanfu army's capture of Guazhou City.
It turned out that the Xuanfu army was frustrated when attacking Guazhou City on the first day, so Jing Dachu came up with a way to induce the Shule River to soak the foot of the city wall. However, Jing Dachu then flashed another inspiration and used digging a canal to cover it. However, secretly ordered people to dig a flint road, which led to the bottom of the city wall of Guazhou City.
Speaking of which, the Turpan defenders in the city only wanted to defend and wait for assistance, so they let the Ming army do it outside the city. In addition, they were blinded by the surface phenomenon of the Ming army digging water canals day and night. Unexpectedly, the Ming army was digging water canals on both sides of the sky, but they were digging firedrafts on their own.
In this way, the Turpan defenders on the top of the city stared at the Ming army digging canals outside the city every day, and mocked the other party for digging slowly. When the Ming army's canal was within fifty meters of the city wall, the Turpan defenders on the top of the city began to use bows and arrows to snipe the Ming army to continue digging forward.
So, for the sake of the fifty meters distance, the Ming army finally dug the flint road to the foot of the city wall this morning and placed a large amount of explosives.
In the afternoon, the Xuanfu army, who had enough food and drink, came to the city sharply, first acted as opening the gate and letting water open, attracting the attention of the Turpan defenders on the top of the city, and then took the opportunity to detonate the explosives!
There was only a shocking sound, and the city wall on the west side of Guazhou City was blown up on the spot. The city was shocked and injured on the top of the city. There were countless Turpan guards who were killed and injured, including some military officers. Even the guard general Afan Maimat broke his leg and almost brought the senior management of the defender!
This sudden incident scared the Turpan defenders in the city and had no time to react. The Ming army, who had already prepared, swarmed in from the collapsed gap and then opened the city gate. The cavalry rushed and killed fiercely. The Turpan defenders in the city were completely destroyed. The guard Afan Maimati, who had broken one leg, fled from the North Gate under the escort of his personal soldiers and walked towards Beihamiyan.
Afan Mamaiti escaped. With the leaderless dragons, the Turpan defenders in the city all abandoned the city and fled. Most of them ran away, only about five minutes of casualties and injured. The Xuanfu army easily captured Guazhou City.
After listening to the messenger's narration, Xu Jin couldn't help looking at Jing Dachu with admiration and praised with a smile: "General Jing is a good plan!"
Pei Laopi scratched the back of his head, and Yu Linsheng had nothing to say at this time. Lao Jing did a pretty job this time, and he was awesome and lightning. He couldn't accept it!
The generals present looked at each other, envious and a little ashamed. Jing Dachu's performance has always been mediocre. He himself did not seek merit, but he was conservative. Everyone looked down on him a little. Unexpectedly, Jing Dachu suddenly broke out in a small universe, and easily took Guazhou and made a great contribution. On the other hand, he and others had to spend their lives for seven or eight days but failed to break through Dunhuang. The truth was that they were actually pale.
Of course, when it is the turn of solidity, Guazhou is still far less than Dunhuang, and there are more than 20,000 defenders in Dunhuang City, four times that of Guazhou!
So while all the generals were ashamed, they were all secretly ruthless. They must take Dunhuang tomorrow, otherwise they would have no shame to look up in front of Jing Dachu in the future!
Since Guazhou City had been taken down, Xu Jin felt the pressure was greatly reduced and immediately wrote a letter to the messenger to bring it back to Jing Dachu. He first praised it verbally, and then ordered him to rebuild the city wall immediately and prepare to fight against the main army of Turpan that was heading south from Hami.
After sending away the messenger from Jing Dachu, Xu Jinhuan swept through the beloved generals, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, because he could clearly feel the generals holding a sense of enthusiasm. It seemed that the sudden counterattack of the "poor student" Jing Dachu stimulated all the "excellent student". Since that's the case, why not add more fire?
Xu Jin said lightly: "Tomorrow's decisive battle, the first person to attack the city will be the general's mount, Moonlight, will be his!"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the powerful generals present shone with their eyes, including Xie Erjian, who has always been free and unrestrained.
As the saying goes: Swords are given to heroes, and red pinks are given to beauties. For the men fighting on the battlefield, horses are their favorites. Xu Jin's mount, Moonlight Divine Horse, was very much, and was given by the emperor. The rough men present had already salivated. At this moment, they heard that Xu Jin actually used Moonlight as the lottery head, and they were immediately like chicken blood. The fighting spirit was about to break out, and their eyes were like sharp swords, fighting each other in a sturdy manner.
Duke Jing was extremely satisfied with the reaction of the generals, and waved his hand and said, "It's all gone. Who will eventually fall in the moonlight? I hope you will see the final decision tomorrow."
The generals dispersed and returned to the camp to rest, preparing for tomorrow's decisive battle.
After the generals left, only Xu Jin and Xue Bingxin were left in the tent. After all, everyone knew the relationship between them, so they left space for them to be alone intentionally or unintentionally.
"The handsome man is really willing to give up. He actually took the moonlight as the lottery." Xue Bingxin said with a smile.
Xu Jin smiled and said, "How about General Xue Shen who intends to win the first place?"
Xue Bingxin said lightly: "The general has Xiaoxue already. If you don't plan to change your mount, you won't compete with those smelly men!"
Xu Jin stretched out his hand and hugged Bing Niuer's soft and charming waist, and laughed: "I am a man from Tian, but it doesn't smell bad. I don't believe Xin'er smells it."
Xue Bingxin's pretty face turned red. She slapped someone's back on the back of her hand, and whispered: "As the commander of the three armies, I don't have any formalities, be careful to be heard outside... Um!"
As soon as Xue Bingxin finished speaking, her face suddenly changed, and she covered her mouth with her hands and started to retching. Xu Jin was startled and quickly stroked the former's back, while asking with concern: "Xin'er, what's wrong? Has he eaten a stomachache?"
Xue Bingxin covered her lower abdomen with one hand, her pretty face blushed like the sunset. She raised her head and glanced at Xu Jin, and said ashamedly: "Didn't you blame me!"
"What?" Xu Jin looked stunned.
"I don't know what you did?" Xue Bingxin stretched out her slender fingers and pinched Xu Jin's waist hard.
Xu Jin couldn't help but realize it suddenly, stared at Xue Bingxin's lower abdomen in surprise and joy, and said juicyly: "Xin'er, you... have won the bid... that one!"
Xue Bingxin nodded and said embarrassedly: "I'm not sure, but I guess I'm almost there."
Xu Jin touched his eyebrows depressedly, thinking that he and Xiaowan had only been pregnant with Kang'er for several years, but he didn't expect that he could not control himself for a while recently... A few times, to be precise, three times, Xin'er actually won the bid again. Oh my God, he is still fighting now. If he was a professional troll in the court, he would have to criticize himself for being incomplete!
Xue Bingxin was a little gloating when she saw this: "I'm afraid of you now!"
Xu Jin smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? At most, this Duke doesn't want it."
Xue Bingxin couldn't help but laugh and cried, and said annoyedly: "You are not afraid, but they are still afraid of being complained by the sisters at home. I don't care. In short, you must go back to Beijing before you look pregnant, otherwise you will be embarrassed by your Xu family!"
Chapter completed!