Chapter 4 Gancheng (Part 1) Almost everyone can hear that Ashina Gutuoru is trying to win people's hearts, but at this moment, no one can despise his hypocrisy. Sometimes it takes some courage to support it, leaving behind a broken heart.
People need to face King Qin's soldiers and horses coming from all over the Central Plains. In recent days, the sound of horns from the south has never stopped. The soldiers of the brigade either entered the camp built by Qu Tutong and the general surnamed Li, or went to the camp with great fanfare.
Every night when they set up camp nearby, the torches they set up could light up half the sky.
"Even if Gutuolu Khan doesn't take the initiative to ask for help, Shibi Khan will keep him as his queen!" More Burkes actually sympathized with Gutuolu's actions. There are too many strong male wolves in a wolf pack.
It is not a good thing. As the leader of the wolf king, it is natural to kill a hidden challenger at the right time. However, compared with each other's status, some Burkes who have slightly greater power and territory feel sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox. Therefore, they are
When passing by Gutuolu, I tried my best to express my heartfelt thanks.
"After returning to the grassland, if you need my help, just ask!" Huopo, a local official whose territory is only separated from Gutuolu by a water, promised in a low voice.
"Thank you Brother Huopo. I got a daughter last year. I heard you also got a son last year. When they are older, our two families can get married!" Gutuolu seemed to be still immersed in the tragic atmosphere he had created.
, start arranging things behind your back
"Thanks to Brother Gutuolu, your daughter is my daughter!" Fire Poker lightly beat his chest with his right fist to show that he lived up to his trust.
Gutuolu clenched his fist, first beat his chest, then handed his fist to the fire poker, and lightly touched the opponent's fist in mid-air. "When you return to the grassland, let's drink together!" Several other tribal leaders
He also came forward and lightly knocked the bones with his fist. Tolu's fist didn't care about Shibi Khan's already darkened face.
The premise is that he can return to the grassland alive! Burke Ashebi, who was walking side by side with the fire poker, glanced at Gutuolu with the eyes of a dead person, and thought that he was more concerned about the other person's wife, who was a famous person on the grassland.
If the beauty Gutuolu died in the battle, and his younger brother and son just couldn't inherit his father's woman... Thinking of this, Atsabi gently wiped away the saliva that was about to flow out.
With various thoughts, the leaders of various ministries left them one after another and quietly broke out of camp in the middle of the night, leaving behind the isolated city of Yanmen that had been stained red with blood.
The first to notice the abnormal behavior of the coalition forces were the defenders on the city wall. In nearly a month of brutal fighting, they almost learned to sleep with their ears pricked up. As long as there was a slight movement under the city, the soldiers on duty would wake up immediately, and the arrow tips would poke out.
Shooting holes, pushing the body against the crenellations of the city wall
"Good boys, Xiao Ye is here again! So on time!" Colonel Wu Yan laughed in a low voice and scolded the attackers to carry out sneak attacks when the defenders were tired. They would do this once or twice almost every night.
Everyone is used to it, it doesn’t feel new anymore
For half a month, the Xiongwuying brothers who rushed into Yanmen fought a life-and-death battle with foreign warriors on the city wall. Countless people fell every day. But this team that once withstood the rebel attack under Liyang City proved once again
For his own bravery, almost every brother's life needed the lives of more than three barbarians. No one has ever taken a step back. Many veterans who joined the Xiongwu Camp when it was established fell. Many of them died in Liyang.
The newcomers who had just been recruited into the city took their places and became veterans of all battles.
The veterans have many ways to deal with the enemy's night attack, but none of their methods used tonight. After half a stick of incense, the noise in the allied camp continued, but there was silence under the city wall. The same torches and lights as before.
The rain of arrows did not appear on time, but the enemy was still moving. Under the hazy moon buds, a long dragon-like shadow could be seen, but it was not heading south, but to the north.
"The Turks are about to retreat!" Bing Cao Wang Qijin suddenly woke up and shouted excitedly. Suddenly, he felt weak all over, and every muscle could not exert half the strength. The victory came so suddenly, almost as if he was in a dream.
For them, who had no intention of leaving the city alive since the day they rushed in, this dream that fell from the sky was simply too luxurious.
Low murmurs came from many crenels. Everyone was not sure whether the scene they saw was deliberately staged by the enemy, so they did not dare to launch a chase. However, many people felt intuitively that everyone survived.
This catastrophic disaster is not far away from the day when we can return home in fine clothes.
His Majesty the Emperor personally made the promise to return home in rich clothes. At the most critical moment of defending the city, His Majesty's eyes were so red that he once walked to the city wall to carry the arrows for everyone. He swore to promise that if he could return to Luoyang safely this time,
He never mentioned the conquest of Liao and even personally promised that as long as he defended the city, "If you don't have an official, you'll get rid of the sixth rank, and you'll be given a hundred items; if you have an official, you'll get more! Those who die in battle will protect their sons, and the government will support their families generously!"
"Brother Qijin, have you ever thought about how far you can go if the Turks really withdraw?" Colonel Wu Yan climbed up to Wang Qijin and asked in a low voice.
He had not left the city wall for more than half a month, and his body exuded a strong smell of sweat and blood. Wang Qijin was so dizzy from the smoke, but a thick smile appeared on his face, "I don't know, the emperor said that in the future
A gain, but it didn’t say how to increase it. But even if I talk about my skills in the normal way, I can at least level up two levels! How about you, how many enemies have you killed in the past half month?"
According to the military rules of the Sui Dynasty, killing three enemies will lead to the first rank of Ce Xun. The third rank of Cexun will be promoted to one level. Since breaking into the siege under the leadership of Yu Wenshi and the general, the Xiongwu Camp has at least withstood the Turks.
More than 50 attacks, calculated based on the death of 1,000 soldiers in each attack, at least 50,000 enemy soldiers died under Yanmen City. Currently, there are about 9,000 soldiers in Xiongwu Camp who have survived by chance, and the heads of each person are equally divided.
The number is about five. As a lieutenant who was ordered to command the defense of one side of the city wall, Wang Qijin still has merit for his proper command. If the various combat functions are accurately reported cumulatively, his military position after promotion will be at least a general of Yingyanglang.
"I definitely don't get as much credit as you do!" Wu Yan thought for a moment and replied with longing, "I remember on the first day, I cut three off the top of the city and overturned a ladder once, but
I don’t know if the person above fell to death or not. I don’t care about counting the next few days. Most of them are shooting with arrows. I can’t see where the opponent’s injuries are, but I can always cover one in three days.”
He counted his fingers, fearing that he would miss something, "Three, plus five, plus two! I have killed at least ten Turks!" After he shouted in excitement, he felt a little regretful, "It's a pity that I am already a school principal."
If you are already a lieutenant, at most those without official positions can be promoted to one level. The emperor said that you can be directly promoted to the sixth rank, and you will be a school captain all of a sudden!"
"Don't talk nonsense, you official fanatic! You just have a pig's head. The emperor said that if you were promoted to the sixth rank, not all of them would be promoted to captains. There were only so many officers and soldiers in the entire Sui Dynasty. There were more than 9,000 captains. Where should we put our military camp?
!" Wang Qijin punched Wu Yan with a smile and shouted
Wu Yan turned around and looked around at other walls. There were also soldiers on night watch who were awakened by the noise outside the city. The tip of the knife shone slightly under the crescent moon. "Isn't it? There are more than 9,000 captains, how many soldiers are there?"
This is an extremely huge number. After Wu Yan's fingers were exhausted for a long time, he patted the cold helmet and sighed, "Maybe the emperor did not expect that so many of our brothers would survive in the end!"
In an instant, the starlight pouring down from the sky was so cold that the soldiers around him who were chatting with dreams of promotion and wealth all closed their mouths. "Don't talk nonsense, be careful of being overheard!" After a while, Wang Qijin's voice rang out again.
Got up, exhausted
It turns out that the emperor is deceiving us again, or maybe he wants more people to die in battle! Although everyone closed their lips, the anger spread like flames, spreading throughout the city wall. Everyone suddenly regretted why they were so brave in the first place, such a foolish king
, let him be captured by the Turks, so that he will not continue to commit crimes!
'The emperor did not expect that so many brothers would survive in the end, so he confidently gave everyone the title of sixth-grade official. When he found out that so many brothers survived, he would definitely regret it!' Everyone had guessed the final outcome, but they dared to get angry.
I dare not say that they are just ordinary soldiers. They are not even seen in the imperial chariot. Let alone protest to the emperor. Any official orders, they can be captured, whipped, or even executed on the spot. The knife in their hands protects them.
You can win this country, but you can’t protect yourself
"It would be great if General Li is still here. He will definitely try his best to fight for everyone!" Someone sighed and put down his bow and arrow, lying on his back. He could see the unique night sky in Si, because the moon only had one bud.
Therefore, the star is as big as a dipper. There is one most dazzling star in the north, which almost makes the vast Milky Way lose its color.
"When General Li was still in Xiongwu Camp, he easily refused to make promises, but he never lied to everyone!" Wu Yan also put away his weapons and lay down on the top of the city. The battle was over, and everyone's use to the imperial court had come to an end.
Brothers can't interfere with how the imperial court fulfills its promise that day, so instead of thinking about this, it's better to get some sleep first. As for the Turks under the city, they run as far as they can! What do they have to do with us soldiers?
The mood instantly fell from the peak of excitement to the trough of depression, which made many people exhausted. They lay down one after another, no longer caring about the enemy situation outside the city, and were not prepared to report to their superiors the news of the retreat of the troops outside the wall. Many people recalled the events of that day.
In the Liyang Guard Battle, it is said that General Li was driven out of Xiongwu Camp by Yu Wenshu for more than two years because he secretly distributed the general rations as rewards to his brothers. The generals who left back then left, and those who died in the battle died today.
The core of Xiongwu Camp are almost all members of the Yuwen family, and each one looks more disgusting than the last.
"I have a way, maybe I can bring General Li back!" Under the battlements, a voice not much bigger than a cricket suddenly muttered.
