Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi and others stood on the north ridge to watch Ge Huaicong, Yue Hailou, Zhu Hang and others discussing things, and also saw the expressions and reactions of the generals.
Although Yue Hailou was not alert to the abnormality when he was in Lanzhou, nor was he able to dissuade Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanxiu, and Ge Boyi from asking Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili to kill the barbarians to clear up their suspicions, and Tianxiong's generals indulged in looting, he also did not dissuade them.
, but he was right about one observation.
That is, there is no linkage between the remaining enemies in the inner city and the rebellious people in the outer city area.
The resistance of the people of Khitan and various vassals gradually became large-scale yesterday afternoon. Although the city gates were still closed tightly at that time, the defenders still relied on the towering city walls and used bows and crossbows to protect the Tibetan people who retreated under the city walls and drove away the generals of the Tianxiong army.
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Logically speaking, the Khitan and Tibetan rebels attacked and captured three city gates at night. No matter how slow the defenders in the inner city were, they should have known that the people's support was at their service.
However, when the Shengde Gate was caught in fire and collapsed, the Tianxiong Army's attempt to advance to the Nancheng area was ruthlessly blocked, and there was no movement from the defenders in the inner city.
Yue Hailou guessed that the people who led thousands of cavalry from Yingzhou to return to Datong and secretly mobilized the Tibetan people to resist were completely different from the Khitan generals who stayed on the Xijing Road.
As for the hundreds of thousands of Khitan and Tibetan people in the city, there may only be more than 40,000 young and middle-aged people, and it is indeed impossible for everyone to be good at riding and shooting.
Datong City is an important town on the Xijing Road. A large number of Khitan people and people from various vassals live in the city. Most of them have given up the tradition of nomadic tribes and are no longer much different from the urbanized Han people - most of them are Khitan officials and nobles.
For the descendants, or the people who are attached to the Khitan nobles, swords and bows have become decorations for their appearance, and the martial genes have long since degenerated from their marrow, not to mention strictly maintaining the traditional paramilitary customs of riding and shooting.
The ones who are truly capable of fighting are those tribes that were driven away by the tense situation before the Yan War was launched, or those tribes that Xiao Linshi secretly guided into Datong City to avoid trouble.
Most of these tribes migrated to Shibian after the Khitan captured the Yanyun states. They have long maintained the traditional nomadic customs of riding and shooting. They are also responsible for providing troops for the imperial army, palace armies and various tribes and tribes.
As for the Khitan tribes that served as the source of troops for the imperial army, they were directly under the jurisdiction of officials sent by the Qunmu Division. The prefectures, counties, Jiedushi, and Defense Envoys had no control over these tribes.
The Khitan drew Dings from the tribes for conquest, and the maximum number could be one of every two Dings. If it was slightly more relaxed, it could be one of every three Dings.
Before the war, the Tianxiong Army collected military information about Yunshuo and other places very crudely. Xu Huai could only roughly estimate that in addition to the 3,000 elite cavalry Xiao Linshi had recruited from these tribes, they were also the troops who raided Shengdemen in the early morning.
Outside of Ma, these tribes all withdrew into Datong City before the war, and there were still about four to six thousand young men.
Although Xiao Linshi did not integrate these young men into the army before the war, Xu Huai had no doubt that these four to six thousand young men would completely obey Xiao Linshi's orders when faced with the threat of massacre by Tianxiong's army.
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In addition, there were about 10,000 young and strong tribesmen (miscellaneous prisoners) who took refuge in Datong City before the war.
Even if these people will not completely obey Xiao Linshi, under the current situation, they will choose to follow Xiao Linshi.
In other words, Tianxiong's army used unbridled killing, looting, and rape to help Xiao Linshi complete the final and most thorough mobilization of these young adults, and gave them full power to fight against the defensive envoys of Xijing Road and those left behind in Xijing.
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Otherwise, even if Xiao Linshi could recruit three thousand elites, he would still have to obey the control of the Xijing Road defense envoy and stay behind in Xijing.
Unless Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou brazenly led the main force of the Eastern Route Army at this time, bypassing Yingzhou and crossing the Huihe River directly to reinforce Datong; otherwise, when things got to this point, the Tianxiong Army would be unable to reverse the defeat.
At this time, the attack on the inner city was only to help Xiao Linshi weaken or eliminate the dissidents who hindered him from completely controlling the Xijing Road.
Of course, Xiao Linshi will further mobilize Fanhu Qingzhuang living in Datong City to further consolidate his strength.
"Why are you still standing there?"
Ge Huaicong was worried about the predicament in front of him. No one noticed that Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi and others were standing on the ridge of the house in the distance. The guards on the left and right did not think about whether Xu Huai and Xu Wuqi were qualified to attend the military meeting. Still shocked by Xu Huai's amazing archery skills just now, Ge Yu suddenly raised his head and saw Xu Huai looking like he was thinking secretly, and immediately asked sharply.
"Xu Huai has been ordered by Wang Fanlang to monitor the generals, punish them and reward them. If he encounters any disobedience, he can be imprisoned by the military and envoys to await execution!" Xu Huai sent out the order from the military and horse supervisors, stared at Ge Yu, and said coldly. , "Young Master, you have to be careful with me from this moment on. If anything falls into my hands, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Everyone is stupid there.
Ge Huaicong, Yue Hailou and others looked at Zhu Hang in astonishment and asked, "What's going on?"
As the judge of the Military Supervision and Envoy, Zhu Hang entered Datong with the army, and he already represented Wang Fan and the Military Supervisor of the Yuan. Why did Wang Fan need to grant someone else the authority to supervise the army?
This doesn’t seem to be in compliance with regulations!
Zhu Hang is here on behalf of the Supervisory Army Envoy. His status as a scholar, official title, and husband-in-law of the county master are sufficient for this position. Who is Xu Huai, the first general in the district, to count, or the reward of supervising 40,000 soldiers and horses?
Zhu Zhi almost went crazy at this moment.
This command arrow was obviously given to Xu Huai by his father in the early morning. There is no way that his uncle Wang Fan could privately authorize Xu Huai to monitor the 40,000 forbidden soldiers and punish them with rewards.
However, this bastard, in front of his father and son, could actually tell lies without changing his expression!
Hasn't this bastard never thought that if Ge Huaicong sent people to Shuozhou to see Ge Boyi and Wang Fantong reported for help, he would definitely verify this?
When the lie is exposed, his bones will definitely be torn apart by people like Ge Huaicong. If his father and son don't expose him at this time, how can they get away with it?
Besides, he took the command arrow and said he represented the Supervisory Army Envoy, so who does his father count?
Zhu Zhidai was about to step forward to scold Xu Huai, but Xu Wukun stretched out his hand from behind and put it on his shoulder like an iron pincer.
Zhu Zhi looked back in astonishment, and Xu Wukun said: "My eldest son, Mr. Zhu Hang has made his own decisions about this matter, and you and I will not allow you to comment!"
Zhu Hang looked at Xu Huai with a gloomy face for a long time. He saw a completely different Xu Huai from his previous impressions. Even though he was full of lies, he was so calm and calm that he couldn't see through it at all.
After a while, Zhu Hang, Yue Hailou, and Ge Huaicong said slowly: "I didn't know that Wang Fanlang gave him the order secretly, but looking at the order arrow, it seems to be true -"
Even if Zhu Hang didn't expose Xu Huai at this time, it would be impossible for him to shoulder such a huge responsibility afterwards that no one could take away.
Zhu Hang's words were ambiguous, but he did not directly question Xu Huai. Ge Huaicong had a headache and asked loudly: "Is there a letter from Wang Fanlang?"
It was obviously impossible for Ge Huaicong to believe it when he saw Xu Huai taking out the command arrow. According to the regulations, Xu Huai could not obtain the power to supervise the army with a command arrow that was difficult to tell whether it was genuine or not. He had to carry Wang Fan's stamped hand letter with him anyway.
"Mr. Zhu Hang is here. I have been ordered by Wang Fanlang to assist Mr. Zhu Hang in everything. Now I am showing the order arrow to others. It is just to warn the young master not to be arrogant in front of me. What documents are needed?"
"Xu Huai asked coldly.
Ge Huaicong and others' minds were a bit stuck, and after thinking about it carefully, they could no longer question Xu Huai.
The Supervisory Army Envoy sent Zhu Hang to oversee the raid on Datong soldiers and horses. Xu Huai was also a general of the Supervisory Army Envoy. As long as they did not abuse the power beyond the Supervisory Military Envoy, why should they verify it again?
It seems to make sense!
Besides, the 40,000 soldiers and horses are in danger of being destroyed. They even hope that the Military Supervisory Council can stand up and help improve military discipline at this time. Isn't it a little bit sacrificing the basics to seek the last by getting entangled in such trivial details?
"You are the Yaksha Fox..." Yue Hailou stared at Xu Huai sternly and asked.
"Haha, Yue Hailou, you are definitely a sensible person. You actually saw through my plan so quickly. Yes, Yaksha Fox is here. Have you racked your brains and never thought that Mang Hu and Yaksha Fox are actually the same person?
I, Xu Huai, am alone?" Xu Huai looked up to the sky and laughed, his voice shaking the whole night, and then he stared at Yue Hailou and said, "Why, these private slaves of the Cai Mansion went to Tongbai Mountain to confuse the public with their evil words and instigated banditry. They will die.
Under Xu's knife, the bandit gang was finally wiped out by Wang Zhen, Yue Hailou. Do you want to settle accounts with Xu at this time?"
Yue Hailou's face was stern. He did not expect that Xu Huai not only admitted that he was Yakshahu, but also admitted that he had killed Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others. He asked coldly: "You really believe that we will lose power this time, so you dare
Are you going to reveal your true colors to others if you are so rampant?"
The Tianxiong Army and the Hedong Road Zhuzhou Xiang Army accommodated more than 6,000 bandit soldiers recruited from Tongbai Mountain. Of course Ge Huaicong and others knew about the banditry in Tongbai Mountain.
Even though they didn't think that little Tongbai Mountain could have many powerful characters, they still heard about characters such as Yaksha Fox, Manghu, and Little Tornado Gun. There was also a rumor among the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain that Yaksha had never shown his true face.
Hu is actually the most powerful counselor around Wang Zhen.
Who could have imagined that Yaksha Fox and Manghu are the same person?
Ge Huaicong and others were also secretly frightened. At the same time, they also thought that if this was true, it would be possible for Wang Fan to privately grant Xu Huaixin the order - this son might be Wang Zhen's number one adviser.
On the left and right streets, more than 3,000 generals of the Tianxiong Army were preparing for battle. More than 20% of them were Tongbai Mountain soldiers. At this moment, my heart was shaking. I looked up in disbelief at Xu Huai standing on the ridge of the roof.
And a mysterious figure.
"Who can predict whether Cai Ting will lose power? I show up at this time just to warn the hundreds of Tongbai soldiers in Datong City. Since you have abandoned the invaders and joined the army, you must show up like a general of Vietnam. Here,
When the situation is critical, we must work together to defend against the powerful enemy. If you dare to fight and escape, don't blame me for not thinking of my fellow countrymen!" Xu Huai said in a loud voice.
After Xu Huai said this, he and Xu Wuqi jumped off the ridge of the house, and galloped towards the northwest corner tower with their horses...
