As night falls, the bright moon shines in the sky.
The cool wind swept across the desolate land, blowing the flags of the Turkic camp. The campfire was frightened, but it couldn't escape. It was unwilling to stay down, but it was frightened and it jumped up again. Sparks exploded.
Open, crackle and fly all over the sky.
Countless people gathered around the campfire in silence, polishing their weapons, and a depressing atmosphere filled the entire camp.
They came from afar, but they were still a step too late. They lost the broken leaves. They tried hard and tried their best, but their opponents were also desperate and failed to enter the city. They were all very unwilling.
Unfortunately, the long journey and physical exertion meant that the team could no longer attack. Moreover, there was no ladder to climb, so they could not attack the city and had to suspend the attack.
The soldiers were aggrieved and angry, and Mo Heshe was even more angry. Suiye was the base camp and the foundation of the Wugubi Department. Once it was lost, without food, gold and silver, how could we support the soldiers?
In the military tent, Mo Heshe gradually calmed down after venting his anger. There were three ways in front of him. The first was to surrender and re-loyal to the Hanzhou Army. This was nothing. Turks have not talked about benevolence, righteousness, shame, and habits since ancient times.
He relies on the strong and waits until he becomes stronger to replace him, but the Hanzhou Army may not be willing to accept it.
Moreover, even if it is accepted, the Hanzhou Army is not a dispute between Turkic tribes. There are too many rules. At least there is a high probability that I, the leader, will be beheaded. In the words of the Tang Dynasty, it is killing a chicken to scare a monkey to establish power. The worst is to stand alone and have no soldiers.
In hand, I am nothing.
The second way is to capture the city at all costs, and it must be done as soon as possible, otherwise you will be dead when the food and grass are exhausted. The casualties are unpredictable. If the five crossbow troops are lost, the whole tribe may be exterminated, and the possibility is very high. If you fight in the daytime,
I have experienced the opponent's willpower and combat effectiveness, it is not easy.
Then there is only one last way left, take the people and leave quickly, all the way to the west, constantly annexing the tribes along the way, and then take revenge after growing in strength. This kind of thing has been done for a long time, and I have already become proficient in it.
But if you are not willing to leave like this, the soldiers may not agree.
Mo Heshe became more and more irritable as he thought about it and walked out of the military tent.
A gust of cool breeze blew, and I couldn't help but shiver, and my mind became clearer.
Outside, the generals had been waiting. When they saw Mo Heshe come out, they exchanged glances with each other and gathered around. One of them whispered: "Sir, the soldiers have recovered some strength after resting. Let's fight. Attack all night and win."
The city may be in trouble if it’s too late.”
"That's right, let's fight. Our food and grass won't last long." Another general agreed.
Others nodded one after another with a firm attitude.
Mo Heshe looked at the excited generals and suddenly realized that it was impossible not to fight. His family members were all in the city. Even if he wanted to run away, he had to fight, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the crowd. He looked at one man and ordered: "Fight, but not
"Rangan, your troops have been cutting down trees all night to make ladders and knocking them against the wood. The other troops are preparing more arrows and we will talk at dawn."
"Follow the order!" Everyone responded solemnly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
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Compared to Mo Heshe who was aggrieved and angry, Xue Wanche was high-spirited and in good spirits. After arranging his troops, he hurried to a government office, where the Wu Nu Shi Bi Department discussed matters.
There was a person tied up in the hall, with a ball of rag stuffed in his mouth, his body covered in blood, his hair disheveled, and he was in a miserable state.
"General!" The soldiers clasped their fists in greeting.
Xue Wanche returned the gift, stared at the tied man and asked, "Identity confirmation?"
"Back to the general, I have confirmed my identity. This person's name is Shili. He is the younger brother of Ashina Zanbei. Back then, he led an army to follow the Turkic prince to attack our Hanzhou and destroyed several small tribes along the way who did not obey the orders. In fact, he took advantage of the opportunity.
Annexing and increasing their strength, Turks often do this kind of thing, and the people of Tang Dynasty were captured from those tribes. This guy is a confidant of the Turkic prince, and he was ordered to escort the loot and go back a step first to avoid disaster."
"So that's it. The Turkic army that attacked Hanzhou was completely wiped out. The legal network was wide and open, so they were pushed out and killed." Xue Wanche said coldly.
The other party was chattering something and was very emotional.
Xue Wanche rarely talked nonsense, and waved his hand to leave. How could he let go of a murderer whose hands were stained with the blood of Tang people? He warned: "There are probably still remnants of the Turkic army in the city. All armies should be on guard. There is a west wind tonight, and there will be
All the corpses of the Turks in the city were thrown outside the east city and burned on fire to prevent the plague."
When the strong wind blows, the city will not be affected, but there is a large Turkic army stationed in the east of the city to come to the rescue. Once the corpses are burned and the smoke billows, the Turkic army will definitely not be able to bear it, and they can only retreat overnight or move to other directions.
Next, Xue Wanche arranged for three divisions to carry the corpses. One division continued to conduct door-to-door inspections, one division maintained order in the city, and one division helped with cooking, treating the wounded, collecting trophies and other logistical matters. The remaining four divisions were divided into four divisions to defend the city.
an orientation.
After some deployment, Xue Wanche was worried about the enemies outside the city, so he hurried to the east gate with his guard regiment. He stood high and looked far away. His eyes couldn't help but look at the rolling mountains to the east. He didn't know whether the King of Han would be able to arrive tomorrow?
If you can't make it there, I'm afraid there will be a bloody battle tomorrow.
Just as he was deep in thought, the head of the guard hurried over and said in a low voice: "General, after a preliminary inventory of the warehouse, there are 300,000 stones of grain, countless fodder, weapons, and armor. There are also two large warehouses, countless. Feather arrows have been carefully checked, and there are many.
There are over a million pieces, and the rest are still being counted.”
"So much? That's great." Xue Wanche's eyes suddenly lit up, and the last worry disappeared.
The head of the guard nodded and said: "It's not wrong, just a lot more. According to the prisoners' account, they were collected from all the major tribes in the past two days and were originally planned to be sent to Yue Gong City the day after tomorrow. However, we blocked it and the warehouse was still empty.
There are countless gold, silver and jewels, and I haven’t had time to count them. Trade is very prosperous here, and there are merchants of all nationalities coming and going. If we check the merchants, there will be even more."
"Businessmen cannot move, the reputation of the King of Han is greater than the sky." Xue Wanche warned.
"Continue to take stock. Don't make any mistakes. This can only be done by your security team. Don't pretend to be someone else's. If there is a problem, I will ask you. In addition, distribute the arrows, each archer has a quota of 20, and notify each department to do so.
Send someone to collect it and register it properly." Xue Wanche continued to warn.
"Follow the order!" The other party hurried away.
"General, someone wants to see you!" A man hurried up to ask for instructions.
Xue Wanche looked back and saw several common people following the other party. Some were older but dressed in tatters. He immediately realized what was going on and went up to him and said, "Everyone, I have made you suffer."
"I don't dare to accept it. I will kneel down for you all to thank the general for your life." A relatively older man said gratefully, knelt down with a thump, and kowtowed solemnly.
Others also knelt down.
Xue Wanche quickly stepped forward to help the man up, and said comfortingly: "The King of Han once said that the people being taken captive is a great shame for our soldiers. It is our fault that we are incompetent and failed to protect you."
"King of Han?"
Everyone was a little confused and had never heard of it.
Xue Wanche smiled and said: "Perhaps we have been held captive for a long time, and because of the lack of information, we don't know who the King of Han is, but everyone should have heard about the father of the King of Han, Duke Yi Guo Qin Qiong."
"It turned out to be after General Qin."
"General Qin is a good man."
"That's right, I was still a soldier of General Qin back then, but unfortunately he was later disbanded and returned to his field."
Several people got excited because Qin Qiong was so famous in that era.
After some pleasantries, one person solemnly said: "General, I heard that there are many Turkic dogs outside. Although I am old, I can still use the knife. I sincerely ask General to allow me to wait on the city wall to kill the enemy."
"That's right, let's kill the enemy."
“How can we not avenge our family’s destruction and humiliation?”
"Let's get on it!"
For a time, people were excited, and the people of the Tang Dynasty were cold-blooded.