Zhong Kui fought from the front to the back. When he found that there was no one in sight, he turned around and fought back...
Lao Huang rummaged through Zhou Quan's corpses in the pile of corpses, but found few suitable ones.
Then he raised his head and cursed at Zhong Kui: "It's not good to chop it into pieces and offer it to the river god."
Zhong Kui was standing there covered in blood, and several bad guys filled buckets with water and were pouring it on him.
The clear river water poured down from the top of his head, and when it flowed out from under his feet along the armor, it had turned into blood.
Wen Wen touched Yun Chu with her shoulder, pointed at Zhong Kui who was standing in the pile of corpses, and said, "Why do I see some special beauty in it?"
Yun Chu said: "Yes, this person is suitable to stand with corpses, evil spirits, spirits, and other such things, and can form a creepy but fearless painting."
Wen Wen looked at Zhong Kui carefully for a while and then said to Yun Chu: "I'm going to experiment and see if I can draw the scene you mentioned."
In the end, Lao Huang had no choice but to hold three heads in one hand and four heads in the other. They piled them up by the river and put on a stick of incense. After the incense burned out, he kicked all seven heads in one by one.
Liaohe River.
He found a rag and wiped his leather boots while saying to Yun Chu: "Back then, when Emperor Taizong was on his eastern expedition, the commander crossed the Liao River from here and went straight to Xuantu City.
I just don’t know if we can capture Xuantu City this time before Yeon Gaesumun reacts.”
Yun Chu said: "We should be able to take it down. This time we deliberately walked an extra six hundred miles to the north, avoiding Liaoze and the Goguryeo Great Wall. Their army is still waiting for us at the Great Wall. Reaction
Not that fast."
Lao Huang threw away the rag and stood up and said: "It seems that the commander-in-chief still feels that there is nothing wrong with Emperor Taizong's strategy of the last Eastern Expedition, and he still chose the last offensive route this time."
Yun Chu nodded and said: "I have read all the documents from the period of Taizong's Eastern Expedition. The reason why the Eastern Expedition failed was not because of war, but because the Tang Dynasty was too poor in the 19th year of Zhenguan.
Emperor Taizong could not imitate Yang Guang and steal food from the people's mouths, so he withdrew his troops."
Lao Huang looked at Yun Chu and frowned and said: "You should say this less often in the future, it is best not to say it at all, and just live one day at a time.
Just like your current military duty is to be stationed in this small town of Tongding for five days. After the baggage team arrives, we will go to Xuantu City to join the commander."
Yunchu looked at the birds that had been hovering over the dense forest for a long time and were unwilling to return to their nests. He sighed and said, "Tonight, you should be able to find a lot of complete corpses to pay homage to the river god."
Lao Huang looked at the birds circling in the sunset and said, "At night, the birds throw themselves into the forest. It will be dark soon. If the birds don't come back, what are you going to do?"
Yunchu said with a smile: "Hebei Province suffered a severe drought last year, and there was no rain or snow in autumn and winter. So far this spring, there have only been two light rains, so... Wenrou is ready to light up the forest when it gets dark."
Lao Huang looked at the dense black pine forest, smashed the toothbrush and said, "What a sin."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. After we burn it down, as long as it rains again, there will be saplings emerging from the black soil, and a hundred years later there will be a dense forest again."
Captain Zhe Chong came over on horseback and said: "There are many savages in the forest. I can't tell which tribe they belong to. They seem to be preparing to attack us. General, the rockets have been prepared. Shall we start now?"
Yun Chu said: "Then let's get started."
Zhang Donghai agreed and rode away with a ferocious smile on his face. Zhong Kui, who was finally clean, also left with his five hundred delinquents.
Wen Wen walked out of the city and raised the painting in her hand for Yun Chu and Lao Huang to admire.
What was painted on the painting was Zhong Kui in red clothes and black gauze holding a sword. Yun Chu took one look at it and frowned and said: "Your painting skills are not as good as Di Renjie. It has its form but not its spirit. Don't forget that Zhong Kui is more than just a painter."
He is highly skilled in martial arts and is ranked first in the Jinshi Department.
You only painted the viciousness of other people, but not their inner intelligence. If I were Zhong Kui, I would consider the picture you drew to be an insult to me.
I have a family portrait painted by Yan Liben at home. After the Eastern Expedition is over, you can go to my home to have a closer look."
Just when Wen Wen was about to retort, countless sparks rose from the ground, drew arcs in the air, and then fell into the black pine forest that was already baked by the sun and was about to smoke.
The pine trees here are all coniferous forests, with rosin on the trunks and several feet of pine needles on the ground.
A rocket covered in kerosene would burn immediately whether it landed on a pine tree or on the ground.
There were bursts of rushing sounds in the pine forest.
However, it was already too late. This pine forest was no more than a hundred acres in size. Rockets were fired from all directions, and from the outside in. Therefore, the first ones to catch fire were the outer areas of the pine forest. The experienced soldiers of the Tang Dynasty
When the fire was first set, no escape route was left for them.
Yunchu said to Lao Huang: "Why do a group of savages think they can raid an army that is well-trained and has incomparable combat experience?"
Lao Huang shook his head and said: "Because of the head-on battle, they will die faster. The people of Shiwei always think that they are the heroes in the forest, but they don't know that any army with brains will not get into the dense forest and fight with them."
They fought."
Yunchu pointed to the pine forest with rising flames and said, "You mean the people in the pine forest are Shiwei people?"
Lao Huang sighed and said: "They are so simple, so brave, and they also like to hide in the woods and make sneak attacks. Who else could they be besides them?"
The sun had completely set, and the small town of Tongding became even brighter. The firelight fell on the Liao River, dyeing the water red, like a river of blood.
A huge fireball rushed out of the woods and plunged into the Liao River. In a moment, a burnt black wild boar floated up from the water. The craftsmen who were making wooden boxes were very happy and hooked it with iron hooks.
The dying wild boar was dragged up together. A craftsman holding a short knife jumped out happily and stabbed the wild boar's heart from the bottom of the neck with a knife that was more than a foot long.
No matter how big a wild boar is, it is not enough to feed these four thousand people, so everyone stays at the edge of the forest, hoping that more game will be delivered to their door automatically.
When Yunchu saw that the forest fire had ignited the air and the flames were floating in the wind, he knew that no matter whether they were humans or beasts in the forest, they would not escape death.
Wen Wen put away the painting in her hand, feeling that she should paint this scene. Thinking of Yun Chu's evaluation of her painting, she angrily gave up.
There are so many mosquitoes at this time by the Liao River. After the forest was on fire, not a single mosquito could be found for miles around.
The scouts hid in dark corners, and the soldiers huddled together with their weapons in hand and slept soundly.
The moon in the sky has been shrouded in firelight and cannot be seen, only a small corner occasionally shows through the gaps in the thick smoke.
At dawn, the forest was still burning. According to Lao Huang's estimation, the fire would not be extinguished until it burned for three to five days.
Since the forest is still burning, it doesn't matter whether there is anyone in the forest or whether the person coming is from Shiwei. Such a dense pine forest and such a blazing flame, after burning for three or five days,
All that will be left is a pile of ashes.
With current technology, there is no way to tell who left that pile of ashes.
During these three days, there were many troops and civilians crossing the Liao River from the Tongding ferry. Everyone was very curious about the still burning forest, but they were not in the mood to ask. Each with their own goals, they were being attacked.
After Yun Chubu's inspection, he quickly passed the pontoon bridge and went to the opposite side of Liao River.
From the messenger who came back from Xuantu, Yunchu learned that Li Ji had captured Xuantu. Currently, with Pang Tongshan defending Xuantu, he himself led 80,000 troops to attack Xiangping City.
Xiangping City is the easternmost fortress of the Yan Great Wall. Although it is a rammed earth city, the city wall here is two feet high. There are open doors around the city wall. The city wall is covered with arrow stacks, watchtowers and other military facilities.
It can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Emperor Taizong stayed in this city to command the army, and it was here that he finally evacuated.
Yunchu felt that the reason why Li Ji captured this city was because of a knot in his heart. Most of the comrades who fought with him back then have died now. He probably came here just to review the past.
When Li Ji attacked Xuantu City, he did not use gunpowder. He just used his army, which was as numerous as locusts, and used siege equipment such as ladders and poles to capture the city in one wave of attacks.
After entering the city, Li Ji did not issue an order to seal the sword. In other words, there should be no living alien men in the city. Young women would be specially selected and sent back to Chang'an for sale as trophies.
After learning the news from the messenger, Yun Chu's first reaction was that Cui should not go to Yeting Palace to buy slaves casually now. After a while, the price of slaves in Chang'an should have plummeted.
Lao Huang did not expect that Li Ji would behave so violently this time, without persuading him to surrender or laying siege to the city. Taking advantage of the fact that the Tang army had just arrived in Liaodong and its morale was high, he just pushed through.
It seems extremely arrogant.
Arrogance has never been a characteristic of Li Ji's personal combat. He generally prefers to use various conspiracies and tricks to bring down his enemies, and then kill them with a hidden needle.
The reason why he doesn't do this now is entirely because he has the belief that this war will be won.
When Gao Kan's army arrived at the city of Tongding, although the fire in the forest outside the city had slowly been extinguished because there was nothing left to burn, only a few places were still smoking.
The second pontoon bridge on the river has been built. It is easy for people to walk on it, but it is still strong. The war horses can walk and the baggage can also be carried, but it does not look that safe.
Gao Kan looked at the smoking forest and said, "You look very emotional."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "I will never hide myself in the woods to raid the opponent in the future."
Chapter 4, brothers and sisters, please continue to vote, I will continue tomorrow.