On the other side of the Hua Chi, Wang Sili, Lu Chongben and other Tang soldiers were as motionless as clay and wood sculptures.
Unable to dissuade Wang Xun from going to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum for the appointment, they followed them quietly with the intention of dying. They originally planned to suddenly attack when the Anxi Army was defeated, attracting Cui Qianyou's attention, and thus giving their saviors a chance to retreat. .Unexpectedly, before everyone started to cross the river, they saw the flames soaring into the sky on Fangzhou City.
Of the five hundred men, he only brought five hundred cavalry. Together with the suspected soldiers brought by Li Guangjin, the number was only fifteen hundred. He actually took Fangzhou City at Cui Qianyou's mouth. Come down. Although this battle did not kill a single rebel soldier, it burned all Cui Qianyou's food and baggage. Without logistical supplies, the gods did not dare to talk about the war. And when Cui Qianyou collected the next batch of food and baggage, On the Lingwu side, they had already readjusted their defense arrangements.
A stroke of genius, an absolute stroke of genius! He is indeed a close disciple of Feng Changqing! He has learned all the skills of the old lame man! No, it should be said that the master is better than the master. Even when Feng Changqing was in his prime, he would never have thought of it. Such a brilliant move! Of course, the generals of the Tang Dynasty in that era were never forced to challenge an enemy force twenty times their own with a thousand men.
At this moment, all words could not express the admiration in Wang Sili's heart. The south wind carried the smell of burnt grain across the river, making people want to shed tears. However, he widened his eyes and hesitated. Move away from the fire.
If Fang Guan had led everyone on that day and adopted the strategy of avoiding the real and making the most of the weak, instead of setting up some bullshit five-way star-fighting formation, would the Lingwu Tang Army have lost so miserably? Since Cui Qianyou and Wang Xun fought twice Judging from his performance, this person's ability to lead troops is not very good. Even Wang, if he mustered all his energy and dealt with it carefully, he would not have been killed to the point where the entire army was wiped out. But why did Wang that day Why don't you have the courage to stop Fang Guan's stupid behavior? Is it because you have completely lost your confidence due to the tragic defeat at Tongguan, or is it because of something else?
The answer was very complicated, so complicated that Wang Sili forced himself not to think about it in detail. Lu Chongben, who was next to him, was feeling overwhelmed at the moment. He rubbed his eyes that were red from the smoke and said angrily: "It turns out that the battle can still be fought like this! This It’s his grandma’s…”
"How else can we fight if we don't fight like this?" Mingwei General Ma Yue obviously misunderstood Lu Chongben's meaning. He turned around and interrupted angrily. "Maybe he wants to put five hundred brothers in front of Cui Qianyou and marry him. Are you waiting to be slaughtered by his people in this bullshit formation? That is something only your family masters would do, don’t think that General Wang is as stupid as him!"
Ever since he was found among the dead that day, he had become like a hedgehog. He wanted to prick everyone he saw, except his savior. At this moment, when he heard Lu Chongben's words, he seemed to be dissatisfied, and he immediately pricked him. The barbs all over his body stood up.
Lu Chongben knew that Ma Yue was angry because the people were used as consumables by Fang Guan, so he didn't care about it. He shook his head and explained in a low voice: "Of course I didn't mean that. I just thought that "Wang Jiedu's method of using troops is very, very unique. Yes, unique." After carefully considering the wording, he continued to add, "Very, very unique. It is not bound by the current situation. For example, today, it changed I would not dare to do this if I changed places with him. First, I was afraid that if I did not show up on the battlefield, I would embarrass my mentor. Second, I was not sure that Cui Qianyou would definitely fall into my trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain, and I didn’t We are confident that we can capture Fangzhou City so quickly."
"So you would rather leave your brothers to Cui Qianyou to kill, just to preserve the false reputation of your dead mentor! If I were your mentor, I would definitely be so angry that I would vomit blood under Jiuquan!" Ma Yue frowned and sarcastically again He said a sentence, but his tone was much gentler than before. "We are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered, so of course we must use all possible methods. Besides, Cui should care more about his own reputation than Wang Jiedu. Otherwise, he will not I will wait in Fangzhou City for today!"
The last half of the sentence hit the point, and it aroused the resonance of the surrounding people. No matter how prominent and brilliant Wang Xun's previous achievements in the Western Regions were, after all, they were far away from the Central Plains, and it didn't feel shocking or real enough. Therefore, his reputation was far away. He is not as good as Cui Qianyou and Sun Xiaozhe, two veterans who have defeated Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi many times. Compared with the latter two, he is a real nobody. Everything is zero, so there is nothing during the battle. There is no need to worry about gains and losses.
There is another very important factor that everyone has actually thought of, but no one can say it openly. That is, Wang Xun and his Anxi Army are still outside the control of the imperial court. The battle is fought well, and the battle is fought poorly. , only needs to be responsible for the brothers under his command, and does not have to consider the thoughts of those in the court. In other words, even if Wang Xun does not come to the appointment today, all he needs to bear is the stigma of "not keeping his word". There is no need to consider whether Cui Qianyou will be furious and attack Lingwu. There is no need to consider the feelings of the father and son, the Supreme Emperor Li Longji and the Emperor Li Heng. On the contrary, with the current situation, Wang Xun is acting more and more arrogant and domineering, and the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor The less your majesty dares to do anything to him, otherwise, once he is forced to the side of the rebels and joins forces with the Anlu Mountains, the remaining half of the Tang Dynasty will immediately fall apart.
After understanding this, Wang Sili couldn't help but sigh, shook his head, and whispered: "Wang Jiedu made this move, and I'm afraid no one can do it. No matter whether it was thought of in advance or not. Everyone has his own way. Due to human destiny, certain things cannot be forced."
"That's not necessarily the case, as long as you can pick it up and put it down!" Ma Yue curled his lips and sneered, not agreeing with Wang Sili's idea at all.
"You, General Ma, are capable, okay?!!" Another yellow-faced general couldn't bear it anymore and counterattacked with curled lips. "It's not like anyone else. I just got the title of fourth-grade general that day, and I was so grateful that my nose and tears ran down my face. It’s dripping. I almost put my tongue on the tip of someone else’s boot and licked it!”
"Ma was indeed stupid at the time, but he will not continue to be stupid! It's not like some guys who are betrayed and continue..." Ma Yue raised his eyebrows and retorted loudly. The two were about to quarrel. , suddenly there was a rapid sound of horse hooves from the northwest side close to the river beach. "Hi, oh, oh, snap, snap, snap, snap..."
"Form up the team, form the team, prepare to fight!" Wang Sili was horrified and quickly called on his brothers to organize the army to prevent Cui Qianyou from becoming angry and venting his resentment over the burning of food and grass on himself. At this moment, the cavalry coming from the river shouted to themselves Identity, "The one in front is General Wang Sili. Don't shoot. We are General Li, General Li Guangjin's people. We just came around from the other side of the river. My general is behind us and will be there soon!"
"It's that guy Li Guangjin's song!" Everyone's hearts jumped into their throats, and instantly fell back into their stomachs, splashing with acid water. "That guy was so lucky that he actually caught a ride on Wang Jiedu's carriage.
Easily gained a lot of military exploits. Unlike us, we almost lost our lives by following the nerds in the room!"
"That's not necessarily true. I remember that when Fang Guan sent him to monitor Sun Xiaozhe's movements, he gave him 10,000 soldiers and horses. But now, he only brought back 1,000 hanging coins!" Ma Yue couldn't tell anyone about it.
, specializing in poking everyone’s sore feet.
With limited information in their hands, everyone was unable to refute his words, and they didn't bother to refute them. They all rode forward to greet the triumphant troops of Wang Xun and Li Guangjin. They waited eagerly for a long time with their necks raised, but they only saw Li Guangjin's triumphant look.
There was no trace of Wang Xun on his face.
"Where is Wang Jiedu? Why did you come back by yourself? Has Wang Jiedu evacuated from Fangzhou City?" Wang Sili was worried. He went up to meet Li Guangjin, grabbed the reins of Li Guangjin's horse and asked.
His rank was much higher than that of Li Guangjin, so the latter couldn't help but respond carelessly. "General, according to Wang Jiedu's pre-war arrangements, after setting this fire, he will immediately lead the team south to prevent Cui Qianyou from jumping over the wall."
The general estimated that he would go back to Fenzhou through the small road around Phoenix Valley. The general was afraid that you would be impatient, so he rushed back to report the military situation! I didn't expect to meet you here!"
"Leave, he won't go to Lingwu?" The generals didn't understand the meaning for a while, and looked at each other with their eyes widened. First, they saved thousands of troops from the tiger's mouth, preserving the little vitality of the Tang Empire. Then.
Another fire burned Cui Qianyou's military supplies and bought a few months of buffer time for Lingwu and other places. Any one of these two achievements is enough for His Majesty the Emperor and all the civil and military officials to come out to welcome Shili.
.The guy didn't even look at it, he just threw it away lightly.
"He won't go to Lingwu!" After a long while, Wang Sili finally recovered from the shock, sighed, and said with a wry smile. He looked up at the gray sky, and he let out a long breath, as if to
All the anger in his heart was vomited into the air, "From the beginning, I have never gone to Lingwu to claim credit and receive rewards. Let's go, I'll wait, we're just a bunch of birds!"
Whether they understood what he said or not, the generals turned their mounts one after another. General Mingwei Ma Yue followed the team for dozens of steps, looked back at the other side of the river, where the brothers' bones were buried, and lowered his head again.
After walking dozens of steps, he suddenly tightened the reins.
The poor horse was caught off guard and was strangled so hard that it raised its hooves and roared. When Wang Sili and others heard the sound, they all turned around and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong with you?"
"I don't want to go to Lingwu anymore!" General Mingwei Ma Yue smiled, and the expression on his face suddenly became very relaxed. "Everyone, take care of yourself. Ma is gone. We will see you later!"
After that, he pinched the horse's belly hard with his legs and galloped away towards the southwest.
Drunkard's note: I've been having a cold for more than a week and my coughing hasn't stopped. I finally got better, but I encountered another wave of colds. I've had more colds. I'm really sorry!