In the side hall of Shanfa Temple, the door is closed and the light is dim.
Xiao Linshi stood in front of a bottle of Arhat statue with his hands behind his hands, frowning and looking at the ferocious Arhat statue.
"How could someone have seen through the master's plan long ago? You must be a fool like you who couldn't stand the torture and rebelled against the Khitan. Or maybe you, a fool like you, was fooled by the goose's rhetoric, so you said these nonsense
Believe it to be true,”
A tall and reckless Tibetan general looked angry and ferocious. He stretched out his hand and slapped Wu Sanrong on the ear, and shouted angrily,
"If it is according to what you said, this Guilaozi Yakshahu has already seen through the master's plan, why is he still sitting back and watching the 40,000 soldiers of the Tianxiong Army step into our trap? Could it be that the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tianxiong Army are like pigs and dogs, without any sense?
Those who resisted were massacred by us, are we dreaming? You coward, open your eyes and tell me, are all this a dream?"
Wu Sanrong knelt on the ground, his face was swollen and his mouth was bleeding, but he argued for himself unconvinced:
"I absolutely saw that the princess, Han Lun, fell into their hands. As stated in this letter, the princess and Han Lun also personally told me, asking me to tell you the truth. Of course, I don't think it's a fool.
These lies are trustworthy. Han Lun must have betrayed your lord a long time ago, leaked secrets, and conspired with Yue Gou to deceive the princess - I say that the Han generals must not be trusted!"
"Just shut up," Xiao Linshi put the secret message that Wu Sanrong had brought back to him, lit it on the incense table candle, threw the incense ash into the stove, and burned it. He motioned for Wu Sanrong to stand up and said, "It doesn't matter whether this is true or not, but just
Only a few people in the palace know, and no one more person should be allowed to know. Can you spare it?"
"What should the princess do?" A middle-aged general with a solemn expression asked, pressing his hand on the sword on his waist.
"Yan Han, Han Lun unfortunately fell into the hands of Yue Gou. Even if he wants to save him, he will have to wait until after this battle; and if he is unfortunate, he will die for state affairs," Xiao Linshi said with a touch of sadness, "Khitan is here
At a critical moment of life and death, hundreds of athletes die on the battlefield every day. Since Yan Han is a son or daughter of my Khitan, he should have such a consciousness."
"Sir, I don't think there will be any problem with Han Lun. After all, he and the princess don't know our specific plan - maybe this son is really wise and thoughtful. He saw through your plan when he was in Lanzhou and came to Datong.
Then you can further see through all our arrangements?" The middle-aged general couldn't help but asked in confusion.
"General Shi Hai, why are you so confused? Can you believe the lies of a coward like Wu Sanrong?" the rude general asked angrily, "I think it was Wu Sanrong who did not survive the torture. It was he who revealed everything and then called that Yue Gou
Use it to defraud us!"
"Wu Sanrong is a general under my command. Although he is a bit stupid and may have been deceived by the Yue general's rhetoric, but if he could not withstand a day of torture, he betrayed the Khitan and was instigated by Yue Gou. In turn, he tried to deceive us.
Lu He, do you believe it yourself?" Shi Hai, a middle-aged military general, asked with a serious look on his face, "Moreover, many of Yue Gou's deployments were carried out before Wu Sanrong was captured!"
"That's true. This grandson doesn't seem to have such a brain..." The rude general Saruhe rubbed the back of his head and muttered. When he saw Wu Sanrong looking over with aggrieved face, he glared at him fiercely with a pair of leopard eyes, and scolded him.
Said, "Your grandson must be too stupid. He was deceived by Yue Gou and didn't even know what he was telling you!" Shi Hai interrupted Saluhe and said, "Princess, Han Lun is in Conglan of Tianxiong Army.
It should be certain that the city had already fallen into the hands of this Yaksha Fox when we left the country..."
"Instead of thinking wildly here, why not go up to the North Tower and take a look!" Xiao Linshi said.
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"how is it now?"
Xiao Linshi, Shi Hai, Sa Lu, and Wu Sanrong rushed to the North City Gate where the bricks and stones had burnt marks. They saw Xiao Wenzhen, who was supervising the battle here, rushing down from the tower to greet him, and asked.
"Now we have finally extinguished the fires lit in several streets and alleys on the south side of the North City Wall. We have sent troops and horses to forcefully wedge in against the North City Wall, cutting off the way to the city and forcing Tianxiong's army to break up and flee south. However, it has been delayed until this point.
By that time, almost 14,000 to 5,000 defeated soldiers had crossed the northern city wall and fled toward Wuzhou Mountain!"
"Did you send troops and horses directly to the outer edge of Wuzhou Mountain to prevent the defeated troops from escaping into Wuzhou Mountain?" Saluhe asked eagerly.
Wuzhou Mountain is a remnant of the Yin Mountains, with mountains stretching to the north and west, and peaks, valleys and ravines for thousands of miles.
They don't have many elite cavalry directly in their hands. They can't leave Datong City too far at this time, and the Tibetan people are not very familiar with infantry warfare.
Even if they sent some troops and horses deep into the mountains to encircle and pursue these defeated troops, it would be far better to stop them in the ice and snow in the Huihe River Valley and massacre them wantonly with the cavalry.
Xiao Wenzhen said: "After Wu Linhai received your order, he detached a thousand infantry from Shengde Gate. However, there were many broken troops who fled westward over the west city wall. There was no way to quickly go around to the south of Wuzhou Mountain to intercept..."
"What are you talking about? You can't expect too much from Wu Linhai. He doesn't have three heads and six arms. The main thing is to block the Shengde Gate. Your Excellency, let him divide the troops. He just wants to further break up the defeated troops in the west so that Wu Shang can
Leading the cavalry back, they can slaughter them without any scruples - where are the soldiers and horses we sent from the North City Gate? At such a close distance, it is impossible to say that they have not reached the southern edge of Wuzhou Mountain, right?" Saruhe asked anxiously.
"You will know it once you climb the tower," Xiao Wenzhen said with some bitterness.
"You're so hesitant! What nonsense can't you just say?"
Saluhe was impatient and pushed Xiao Wenzhen away. He couldn't wait to get on the city gate tower first. Looking over from the crenel, he saw that most of the defeated soldiers had basically fled to the vicinity of Wuzhou Mountain, and even the Tianxiong Army behind the palace
Hundreds of soldiers and horses have also gathered and are shrinking towards Wuzhou Mountain.
They sent two thousand soldiers and horses from the north city gate to attack them, but their attacks in several lines were very weak. The generals seemed hesitant. It was hard to see how serious a threat they could pose to the hundreds of soldiers and horses behind the Tianxiong Army.
Not to mention surrounding it and eating it!
"Who the hell is leading the troops there, and why are they fighting like this? How come our Yuzhang tribe is so cowardly, with almost two thousand soldiers and horses, even if they can't intercept all the defeated soldiers, they don't even dare to
Surround and eat these hundreds of soldiers and horses from the rear? Who is the coward leaking from his mother's crotch? Xiao Wenzhen, why the hell did you send such a coward to fight? Do you intend to let the enemy escape?" Sa Luhe looked at
At this scene, I was so angry that I yelled at Xiao Wenzhen.
"..."
Xiao Wenzhen handed an iron caltrop, which was very common in the army, to the gloomy-looking Xiao Linshi and said,
"The enemy general has obviously made arrangements for a long time. Going out from the north city gate, for more than a thousand steps to the east, there are iron caltrops everywhere and they are also covered with snow. When we first sent troops and horses to fight, no one took precautions against this. They all thought
They were trying to harvest the heads of these overbearing dogs without any precautions. Almost all the horses and horses were stabbed in the feet by the caltrops - they were also caught off guard and were defeated by them, with more than 600 casualties!"
"What, how many casualties are there?" Saluh screamed and asked.
From early morning to now, they have been slaughtering defeated troops in the city, and the total casualties have not exceeded 600 people. They lost so many people in one wave outside the city, how can Salu not be surprised?
Xiao Wenzhen said bitterly to Xiao Linshi, whose face turned gloomy: "It is impossible to clear away the caltrops in the snow at the moment. Some caltrops have very sharp thorns, and there are even some pits covered by heavy snow. In order to avoid too many casualties, we have to leave the city.
The soldiers and horses had to fight cautiously! Wen Zhen was incompetent and asked his uncle to punish him. However, Wen Zhen had a very strange feeling. It seemed that the soldiers and horses in charge of the rear of the Tianxiong Army had already fled across the city to Wuzhou Mountain due to a large rout.
Be well prepared..."
"What? How is this possible?" Salushi asked in disbelief and shock.
Ge Huaicong and others were greedy for life and fearful of death. After seeing that the situation was not right, they spent two or three days building a road to the city on this side of the north city wall to prepare for emergencies. This is not difficult to understand, and they had even seen through it long ago.
However, they did not want to block the 40,000 Celestial Heroes in Datong City, which would consume the Khitan's already limited living strength.
Therefore, they deliberately ignored this gap, hoping that the Tianxiong Army could use this gap to break through, and then completely defeat it at the minimum cost while the generals were unable to see each other when they broke through.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the Tianxiong Army temporarily built a road to the city, but looking at the many deployments inside and outside the northern city wall, and even some of the troops and horses can still show such strong combat effectiveness at this time, it is difficult to imagine that these will be
Incompetent and stupid Yue generals like Ge Huaicong had deployed their backup plans in advance.
If Ge Huaicong was really so powerful as the commander-in-chief, how could the Tianxiong Army be slaughtered by them like pigs and dogs?
The only possible explanation is that the secret message brought by Wu Sanrong and the words conveyed by the princess, Han Lun to Wu Sanrong are true. The people in Tongbai Mountain have indeed seen through all this, but they spoke softly in front of Ge Boyi, Ge Huicong and others.
He was also tabooed by Cai's generals. Whatever he said before would not be taken seriously, so he could only prepare all this alone?
"Yakshahu is indeed a very difficult opponent. He chose this time to put Wu Sanrong back, and he also deliberately used this to hold us back for more than half an hour..." Xiao Linshi sighed softly.
Shi Hai nodded, having to admit this.
The news brought by Wu Sanrong was so shocking. They thought they had a chance to win, so they were a little careless. They listened to Wu Sanrong talking for a long time in Shanfa Temple. In addition, they argued about whether it was true or false, and speculated on all kinds of details. They did not pay attention to the two wings of the northern city wall at all times.
The progress of the battle.
As for Xiao Wenzhen, who was supervising the battle at the north city gate tower, he still lacked experience and at the same time did not have the authority to control the entire battle situation.
If they had paid attention to this situation earlier, even if they immediately ordered Wu Linhai to temporarily give up blocking Shengde Gate, they would have led their troops to the north to kill Wuzhou Mountain, and they would have been able to intercept most of the defeated soldiers who left the city at Wuzhou Mountain.
