Chapter 7: The Golden Age (Part 7) The soldiers of Boling paid no attention to what Ashina Gutuoru was shouting, and pursued them for three or four miles at once. It was not until they saw the Turkic company camp in the distance that they gathered their troops and did not rush.
Return to the Great Wall
The various cavalrymen under Gutuolu's command had long heard the shouts of killing near Huanghuahuozi, but everyone did not expect that the defenders would dare to fight against the trend and beat Gutuolu and his direct troops to the point where rats and wolves were riding behind them.
Immediately accustomed to the wind and lightning, it was very difficult to adapt to the rhythm of infantry battles, so they were unable to come in time for reinforcements. When they realized that something was wrong, the generals made the right decision. Boling and Hedong soldiers and horses had withdrawn to the valley. The Burkes knew it.
If you catch up, you may not get any benefits, so you can only watch helplessly as your opponent walks away.
Although the defenders at Huanghuahuozi Pass lost the warrior Lei Yongji and more than 2,000 brothers in this battle, the Turks also left more than 5,000 corpses. They also killed a giant white wolf with them, which really destroyed the Central Plains.
After the majestic troops and horses retreated to the Great Wall, Li Jiancheng immediately ordered a banquet to be held to celebrate the soldiers. Jars of fine wine were brought out and a lot of copper coins were given as rewards, which immediately raised the morale of the three armies to the highest point.
The soldiers were gearing up and no longer paid attention to the large number of Turkic Wolf Cavalry. The core generals participating in the battle knew that the situation was far from simple as it seemed. They had more information and saw the problem far more comprehensively than ordinary soldiers.
In the daytime battle, although the soldiers of the Central Plains defeated the enemy near Huanghuahuozi Pass, they did not take much advantage at the other two passes, Qilin Valley and Hulujian. Zhang Jiang, the general of the Boling Army stationed in Qilin Valley, led his troops to attack on the initiative.
The Turks successfully burned the Turks' catapults, and their brothers also lost more than 2,000 people. In Hulujian where the soldiers and horses in Hedong were stationed, a small section of the temporarily repaired wall was collapsed by the Turks using heavy catapults. If
If General Jiang Baoyi had not personally led the dead soldiers to block it, the entire pass would have almost changed hands.
Taking the three battlefields together, the losses between the enemy and ours were actually about the same, but the troops under Gutuolu's command were far greater than those of Li Xu and Li Jiancheng. The Turks could afford the same losses, but the Great Wall defenders suffered some pain. In addition,
Due to the severe damage to the city wall at Hulujian Pass, the catapult on the other side of the pass could not be destroyed. When the battle begins tomorrow, the defenders will be in a very unfavorable situation.
"After all, the Boling Army is more reliable!" When the heroes heard that the giant catapults outside Hulu Stream still existed, the first thing they thought of was not the danger, but the strength of the Hedong and Boling armies. In terms of numbers, Li Jiancheng's troops were
Li Xu's troops were several times larger, but among the three passes, wherever Boling's army existed, the Turks did not take advantage of them. Only Jiang Baoyi's side had the largest number of troops and the simplest troop composition, but its losses far exceeded those of the others.
Two places
The hot looks from everyone were naturally not comfortable. Li Jiancheng was so angry that he immediately darkened his face, called Jiang Baoyi, and ordered in a low voice: "Without further delay, you will take the initiative to attack tonight and be sure to set fire to the catapults in those two places."
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"No!" Jiang Baoyi, who was wrapped in cloth belts in many places, did not dare to disobey, so he stood solemnly and held his hands.
The heroes didn't expect that Li Jiancheng, who usually looked kind and friendly, was so concerned about face, and couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart. Jiang Baoyi was injured, and there was a high chance that he would never come back. The expression that everyone showed unintentionally was what killed him.
culprit
"The Turks may not be used to fighting at night. You spent a lot of money to recruit a dead horse in the army. Tell the brothers that I will take care of the future lives of their family members. Don't worry!" Li Jiancheng looked around, glanced at Jiang Baoyi again, and continued to give instructions.
"No!" Jiang Baoyi clasped his fists again, turned around and left the tent. He had followed Li Jiancheng for many years and understood his temperament, so at this moment he knew he would die, so he didn't say a word.
At this time, the faces of all the heroes here were a little confused. As grass-head kings in troubled times, they compared the strength of Hedong and Boling just out of consideration for the future. They had no intention of looking down on Hedong and rashly spoke out to stop Jiang Baoyi's actions.
, and was suspected of interfering in other people's family affairs. Seeing Jiang Baoyi's figure about to disappear outside the tent, the green forest tycoon Shi Derui no longer cared about so many false courtesy, stood up, and stopped him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, wait a moment to mobilize your troops.
General Jiang, please stay a little longer, Shi has something to say here!"
"General Shi, you don't have to be polite. If you have anything to say, just say it!" Chen Yanshou, who was secretly worried next to him, quickly stood up, smiled and turned his head towards Shi Derui. Old Chang Shi reminded Li Jiancheng: "It's still early, so there is no need to speak immediately.
Maybe we all have a better strategy to defeat the enemy by deploying troops. Your Majesty, you might as well listen to it with the general and then consider it together!"
"That's fine!" Li Jiancheng saw Chen Yanshou constantly gesturing to him, and felt that he had indeed gone too far just now. He nodded in a low voice, "Then please ask General Jiang to come back first and wait for me to discuss it with the general before we decide what to do."
Help him remedy this!"
The Hedong guards who were standing on both sides quickly went downhill and ran outside the tent to call Jiang Baoyi back. After everyone sat down awkwardly, Shi Derui glanced at his clan brother and continued hesitantly: "Shi thought that the light destroyed
There’s no point in dropping the catapult!”
"Why did General Shi say this!" At this time, the unknown fire in Li Jiancheng's belly was directed to Shi Derui. Lei Yongji was the first brave general of the left army in Hedong. Today, he generously destroyed the two catapults outside the pass.
He went to die, but in the end even the body was not recovered. Some people dared to say that destroying the catapult was meaningless. Isn't this a slap in the face of Brother Hedong?
"In order to destroy a catapult, General Lei took his life, and more than five hundred brothers were lying in the valley!" Facing the angry looks from all around, Shi Derui paused, and then spoke eloquently, "
The scene at that time, Shi Mou still thinks about it, and his heart is like a fire. Shi Mou also wanted to fight with the enemy at that time. At worst, he will be a good man again twenty years later."
These few words were neither humble nor arrogant, which made Li Jiancheng and other Hedong generals want to have a fit, but they couldn't find any reason for the fit and could only sneer and curl their lips to see what else Shi Derui could say.
Good Shi De Rui, although he usually looks rough, he can really calm down and throw his hands around in critical situations. He took a breath and continued to add, "But my life is so precious, how can I just exchange it with the Turks?"
Change one, that is, one for ten or one hundred. This transaction is still a loss. Besides, this mountain is full of trees. It won’t take much effort for the Turks to build another catapult. Gu Tolu replaced us with two catapults today.
Five hundred brothers are ordered to build one and we will destroy the other. Today we have replaced our general Lei Yongji, tomorrow I will be replaced by Shi Derui, and the day after tomorrow I will be replaced by Jiang Baoyi. After a month, the catapult will be pushed forward again. Who shall we take?
To change your life?!"
"This?!" Not only Li Jiancheng and other Hedong generals were dumbfounded, almost everyone here was dumbfounded by Shi Derui's words. According to this statement, didn't Lei Yongji die in vain? But if no one led the attack, the temporary
How many hits can the repaired city wall withstand from a catapult?
"General Shi is right, Li is too impatient!" After all, he is the commander of the First Army. Li Jiancheng quickly recovered from his shock and bowed his head to Shi Derui. "If the general has other strategies to defeat the enemy,
, I also hope that you will not hesitate to teach me that Li will be grateful in the future!"
"There's no need to express your gratitude! It's not the responsibility of the prince's family to defend the Great Wall!" Shi Derui returned the gift politely, "Since we are standing on the Great Wall, we all have to share weal and woe. Before retreating, there is no need to divide the east of the river.
If your family and mine win in Hebei, we will live together. If we lose, we will die together. It is just a few steps in succession. No one will be lonely on the road to hell."
"General Shi is right!" All the heroes agreed, "We all live and die together at this moment, so there is no need to distinguish between us!"
Li Jiancheng was a smart man. After listening to the words of the heroes, he immediately understood that his behavior just now seemed too narrow-minded. At this critical moment of life and death, if others looked at him more or less, why should he care about the defeat of the Hedong soldiers and horses?
Will the Ling army survive the disaster? On the other hand, in the Huanghuahuozi Valley, if Lei Yongji hadn't led the Hedong soldiers and horses to fight hard and exhausted Gutuolu's vigor, how could Li Xu have won such a clean victory?
Thinking of this, the anger in his heart gradually subsided. He ordered Jiang Baoyi to sit next to him and comforted him in a low voice: "You have tried your best during the day. I don't blame you for fighting. Let's listen to everyone first. I will go to Hulujian with you tomorrow to see.
How do you deal with those wolf riders!"
"I will definitely live up to your Majesty's expectations!" Jiang Baoyi responded with tears in his eyes.
Everyone chatted for a few more words, and the topic quickly turned back to how to defeat the enemy. This time, everyone's minds began to move in the same direction, and they could no longer tell each other apart.
"I can't believe that Brother Shi still has these two moments! He can actually fool Li Jiancheng!" Han Jianhong was the most familiar with Shi Derui. He was secretly curious and couldn't help but glance at each other secretly. He saw Shi Defang quietly leaving Shi De.
Behind Rui, he walked towards Li Xu nonchalantly. His heart suddenly brightened, he smiled, and focused his attention on the military affairs in front of him.
The heroes of the green forest have been dealing with encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers all year round, and they always hit more with less. So when faced with several times the number of Turks, they really came up with a lot of golden ideas to cause trouble to the other side, and how to deal with the threat of catapults.
, but couldn't come up with a good idea for a while. That thing has a huge structure and a long range. Apart from having a strong general lead the dead soldiers to smash it, it is indeed very difficult to deal with and just smashing it hard is not a good idea. Shi Derui
What I just said is absolutely correct. Two catapults are exchanged for more than 500 Central Plains soldiers. If they continue to be replaced at this rate, Gutuolu can easily win the war in less than a month.
At their wits' end, everyone turned their attention to Shi Derui again, hoping that he could give a direct answer. Shi Derui never expected that everyone would choose him again, and instinctively wanted to ask his family brother for advice, but found that there was no one behind him.
one person
"This, this, a way, a way can always be thought of. You can't, you can't force it!" Seeing that everyone was sweating, Shi Derui stammered, "Let's, let's think of a way to make them unable to do it."
Come out with so many catapults!" While he was in a hurry, an idea flashed in his mind and he suddenly had an idea.
"Yes, let's find a way to prevent the Turks from making catapults!" Shi Derui wiped the sweat from his face and said proudly, "Those catapults were built with the help of Persians. I saw them during the day, and they were only Persians.
Only under the command can they hit accurately. Instead of competing with the catapults, we should try to kill the Persians. Without the help of those guys, Gutuoru can't make anything new even if he cuts down all the trees in the mountain!
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"It's easy for you to say that. Those Persians can hide faster than mice! How can anyone find them among hundreds of thousands of troops?" After listening to Shi Derui's words, several young generals retorted with great disappointment.
"Then find a way to give them nowhere to hide!" Before Shi Derui could explain, Li Xu, who was sitting behind the handsome case, answered for him
"General!" The young generals bowed their hands to Li Xu and obediently returned to their own ranks. They all admired Li Xu's bravery and strategy, so even though they were not under his command, they were willing to follow his lead.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Li Xu smiled and nodded to everyone, "The city wall at the Hulujian Pass has been destroyed. If it doesn't go as I expected, Gutuolu will definitely attack there tomorrow!"
"That's true! It's Jiang who is incompetent and has caused trouble for everyone!" Jiang Baoyi stood up and held his hands in his hands, with a look of shame on his face.
"But it's not necessarily a trouble!" Li Xu waved his hand, signaling Jiang Baoyi to calm down. "We fought equally with the Turks in other places, but Gutuolu's own main attack direction made no gains. I guess he must swallow this tone.
The grasslands have always respected the strong. If he is defeated several times in a row, without us fighting, the Turks' military morale will not be stable!"
"It's true. I heard that boy and his soldiers clamoring today to wipe their forehead with your blood!" Hearing this, Liu Jizhen couldn't help but interject.
"If he comes, it's not certain who will kill whom!" The entire Boling Army said in unison.
"Kill him, kill him!" everyone shouted excitedly
Li Xu glanced at the audience, suppressed everyone's chaotic voices, and sorted out his thoughts. He continued: "So, I think he will definitely change the direction of attack tomorrow. Let's start from the place where it seems easiest to break through. Let's go to the gourd
Wait for him, kill him by surprise, and then take advantage of the chaos to kill a group of Persians to prevent these guys from continuing to cause trouble!"
"Kill the Persians!"
"The general is right!" The heroes became excited again and agreed in unison.
Chen Yanshou twirled his beard and took advantage of the crowd's cheers to subside a little and suggested: "If the general and the crown prince put their flags up in Huanghuahuozi, I'm sure Gutuolu will attack Hulujian tomorrow!"
Everyone thought about it carefully and found out that what Chen Yanshou said was indeed true. The last time Gu Tuolu planted his commander's flag in Qilin Valley, it turned out that after Li Xu's flag appeared in Qilin Valley, this courageous gangster immediately led the team to attack Huanghuahuozi today. As a result,
Li Xu came half a step late. Lei Yongji fought bloody battles and did not follow the thief's previous performance. Today he was frustrated again in Li Xu's hands. Tomorrow he will definitely not want to regain the lost ground head-on, but will try to get behind Li Xu.
opportunistic
Thinking of this section, Li Xu's confidence greatly increased, and he smiled and said, "In this way, Brother Jiancheng and I will plant the flag tree in Huanghuahuozi to trick Gutuolu! We will put the real attack point in Hulu Stream and head on.
Give him another sap!"
"General, do you want to lead the troops to attack again? This time, you must take me with you!" After hearing Li Xu's decisive words, the heroes asked noisily for fear of missing the opportunity to fight the enemy side by side with Boling's army.
"We are indeed going to attack, but not just to kill the Persians! The leaders of each tribe, Burke and the generals led by the Turks are also our main targets. There are many servants under Gutuoru, but they are unfamiliar with each other and kill them. The leader of the team, the warriors will fall into chaos without fighting. Before a new leader of a tribe is elected, Gutuolu can't command any warriors!" Li Xu nodded with a smile, "I need a good hand with arrows to follow the formation. Finally, whoever can snipe the enemy with the most accurate shot will take the initiative to sign up later!"
"Me!" Shangguanbi was the first to stand up and volunteered.
"I can do it too!" Not to be outdone, Jiang Baoyi introduced himself, "I'm not as good as a general, but within a hundred steps, I can hit seven or eight out of ten!"
"Count me in!" Shi Derui also raised his arms.
"I can do it too!" Han Jianhong also volunteered.
The fact that most of the famous heroes in the world were masters of archery was a bit unexpected for Li Xu. The battle was fierce and dangerous. He was not willing to take everyone with him at once. After thinking about it, he whispered: "The reason why Gutuolu was defeated today was mainly due to the terrain and the wolf cavalry's inability to fight on foot. We will fight tomorrow. He will definitely learn some lessons! I estimate that tomorrow will be a fierce battle. You are all leading generals. Don’t fall into danger lightly.”
Hearing what he said, everyone was even more reluctant to quit and insisted on playing in the first round to avoid being looked down upon by other heroes. "General Li has taken the lead, how dare we claim to be noble?"
"Yes, how happy it is to be able to kill thieves with the general!"
Everyone's morale is so high, which makes Li Xu, the temporary coach, a little embarrassed. Jianghu heroes are different from themselves.
