On top of the city, there were constant flying rocks.
Captain Qiu took Xu Zhiqiong and Tao Huayuan into the tower.
The captain's surname was Qiu, and his name was Qiu Leigang. He gave Xu Zhiqiong and Tao Huayuan each a bowl of broth. Tao Huayuan refused to drink it, but Xu Zhiqiong drank it.
You must drink this bowl of soup. This is the most basic respect for these soldiers.
Colonel Qiu stirred the fire and said: "I'm lucky today to have some meat to eat. These guys don't dare to come up easily. Usually they just throw stones and we can't catch anything."
Maosha is a contemptuous name given to Tunu by northern soldiers. Because the Tunu people have lush hair and look like wild beasts, they are called Maosha.
Xu Zhiqiong said: "This city tower is very special. We never saw it when we went to the top of the city."
Lieutenant Qiu smiled and said with a hint of contentment: "This was built by Li Fusheng, a famous craftsman from Yongzhou. Not only is it invisible, but the gate tower can also move. You can walk freely on the city wall. When the stone stops, I will let you see
one look."
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "You waited for Tunu to attack the city before taking action, just to earn some food?"
Captain Qiu shook his head and said: "Food is the second most important thing. The main reason is that we have no arrows, no darts, no flying spears, no stones, no hair brakes can reach the top of the city, and we can't take action.
These Mao Sha have also learned to be cunning recently, often sending a dozen men to attack the city. A group of us rushed out, only to be beaten up by their trebuchets. It was not worth it, so now Mao Sha has to send out a hundred or ten men.
If they start again, if they send more than a dozen people, it won't be too late to deal with them after they enter the city.
Of course, the food that should be earned must be earned, and the brothers have not had enough to eat for several days."
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "How long have you been without food?"
"In twenty-six days, we ate everything we could. It's relatively better here. There is no food in Yangjiaoguan in the west, so they have been hungry for longer."
Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise: "Is there any checkpoint in the west that has not been lost?"
Colonel Qiu nodded and said: "Yes! There are three dangerous passes in Yongzhou that have not been lost. This is the Iron Wolf Pass in the east, the Shuanghu Pass in the middle, and the Yangjiao Pass in the east. These three dangerous passes, Mao
We didn't even capture the enemy, but all the cities in Yongzhou were lost."
Tao Huayuan, who knew something about military affairs, asked from the sidelines: "I just saw that there are enemy troops on the north side of your pass, and there are enemy troops on the south side. We are attacked from both sides. What's the use of defending here?"
Tao Huayuan was right. The function of a pass is to cut off roads. If the enemy has bypassed the pass and formed an encirclement on two sides, the pass has indeed lost its value, and there is no point in defending the pass.
Lieutenant Qiu shook his head and said: "Those Maosha in the south are bypassed from the mountain. Together, they only have more than 5,000 people. The Maosha in the north has 100,000 people. If we let them pass, Luzhou would be over."
, Mao Sha can even reach the capital,
With these three dangerous passes blocking their way, their army, ordnance, and food cannot pass. The five thousand men in the south can only grab food everywhere. When our big army comes, we can chop them into meat paste.
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No wonder the battle report said that Tunu had no food and grass and was not in a hurry to go south to attack Luzhou.
Xu Zhiqiong initially wondered why Tu Nu was so hastily prepared for such a large-scale war? He couldn't even supply food and grass.
Now Xu Zhiqiong knew that Luzhou was not beaten because the three dangerous passes of Yongzhou were not lost.
A group of bloody men defended the dangerous pass with their flesh and blood, and also defended the country of Daxuan.
Speaking of the Daxuan Army, Colonel Qiu was silent for a long time: "Are you two from Luzhou?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "We come from the capital."
"Capital City!" Colonel Qiu said with a smile on his muddy face, "Let me just say, you have the tooth tag of the Lantern Holder, and she has the tooth tag of the Onmyoji Division. You must be from the capital. The high official family gave it to us.
Have troops been dispatched?”
Xu Zhiqiong was embarrassed to speak.
How to say?
He said that more than 3,000 people were sent to you?
"The army is still being assembled. In twenty days at most, a hundred thousand troops will definitely reach Luzhou." This was the best answer Xu Zhiqiong could give.
"Twenty more days?" Colonel Qiu's eyes dimmed, "Our generals have sent out the urgent report a long time ago, why do we still have to wait twenty days..."
Tao Huayuan said: "It's not because your cavalry general turned against you and tricked you."
"Nonsense!" Captain Qiu said angrily, "Our cavalry general is at Shuanghu Pass, fighting Mao Sha just like us. What bastard started this rumor? I'll kill his eighteenth generation ancestor!"
Tao Huayuan said: "Perhaps your cavalry general has surrendered to the enemy a long time ago. You have been trapped in this pass for too long. You may not know what happened outside."
This sentence completely angered Colonel Qiu: "You doubt our generals, but I haven't doubted you yet? Tell me! How did you get to the top of the city?"
The captain was a smart man, and he had been holding back on asking this question.
He didn't really trust Xu Zhiqiong, but wanted to get a few more words out of Xu Zhiqiong's mouth.
But after all, he was no match for Tao Huayuan.
Tao Huayuan was also making excuses. She deliberately angered Captain Qiu and had been a spy for the Sixth Princess for many years. This was her usual method: "We climbed down from the cliff. In your place, Yin Yang magic doesn't seem to work."
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Colonel Qiu snorted and said: "It definitely won't work. Here is our General's Chi You Soldier Seal. No magic spell will work on us!"
The Seal of the Commander-in-Chief of Arms and our general have the same mind. If the General of Chariots and Cavalry surrenders to the enemy, the Seal of the Commander-in-Chief of Arms will be gone, and Mao Sha will have already invaded!"
Tao Huayuan told Xu Zhiqiong with the Nianyin tablet: What these people said is true. Chiyou's Seal of the Master of War is a military skill. It has restraint on the skills of all cultivators. Under the protection of the Seal of the Master of War, he wants to attack Iron Wolf Pass. Picture
The slave can only fight hand to hand.
No wonder Taibu had to use the right hand of Shengke Shuangxing to send Xu Zhiqiong and Tao Huayuan into Iron Wolf Pass.
If there had not been Chi You's Master Seal of Soldiers, Mao Sha would have just sent in a high-quality cultivator, and more than two hundred soldiers would have been taken away long ago.
Chu Xin did not surrender to the enemy.
Then here comes the problem.
Xu Zhiqiong asked, "The chariot and cavalry general has an army of 70,000 men. Why was the battle fought so awkwardly?"
Captain Qiu said angrily: "Where did the 70,000 troops come from? Did you give them to them?
Yongzhou originally had an army of 50,000, but Mao Cha caught him off guard and killed more than 10,000 people in the battle.
We, the prefects, have never fought in a war and do not know what happens on the battlefield. After suffering a loss, we thought of revenge, led an army and fought against Mao Sha.
Our morale is not high, and our armaments are not enough. Even if the imperial court asks for armaments, they will not come anyway. After the second battle, more than 20,000 people died, and the prefect also died.
There are more than 10,000 people left, some injured and some running away. When General Chu comes, we only have more than 5,000 people in Yongzhou who can fight. General Chu also brought more than 3,000 people, and Mao Zedong
Mao Sha fought three battles and killed more than 30,000 Mao Sha before he was able to defeat Mao Sha.
But after fighting these three battles, we didn't have many people left. We couldn't defend the entire Yongzhou. Mao Cha came back, but the court's reinforcements didn't come. The more we fought, the fewer our people were. In the end, there were less than two people left.
Thousands of people,
General Chu did not dare to fight with Mao Sha, so he could only hold on to these three dangerous passes. More than 500 people were divided into one pass. After holding on here for more than a month, we only had more than 200 people left.
Yes, where did the 70,000-strong army you mentioned come from?"
Xu Zhiqiong lowered his eyes and remembered a joke.
In the secret pavilion, Liang Daguan's family once made a bold statement: "I am willing to fight to the death and defend the country thousands of miles together!"
Xu Zhiqiong knew that this was nonsense, and it was impossible for him to make the slightest sacrifice for Daxuan.
But Xu Zhiqiong didn't expect one thing.
He knew that there was a huge disparity between the enemy and ourselves, but he watched helplessly as Yongzhou fell.
In order to get rid of all the people he didn't want to see, he gave the territory of Daxuan to Tunu!
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "How much food, grass and weapons have been sent to Luzhou during the long war?"
"Bullshit grain and grass. Since the beginning of the war, I have never seen a grain of grain from Luzhou, nor have I seen an arrow or a arrowhead from Luzhou."
Xu Zhiqiong gritted his teeth.
Wu Jingchun is a thief!
Colonel Qiu took a sip of soup, looked at Xu Zhiqiong and Tao Huayuan and said, "Will the army really come in twenty days?"
Tao Huayuan remained silent, Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said: "The army will definitely come!"
Captain Qiu put down his soup bowl and said, "Then we'll wait here until the army comes!"
A soldier next to him said: "As long as there is someone who stutters, we will fight Mao Sha to the end!"
Captain Qiu yelled: "What are you talking about! We are the men of Daxuan! Even if we don't have the stutter, we will fight Mao Sha to the end!"
Xu Zhiqiong thought of Taibu's words.
The great propaganda is yet to be exhausted!
Our blood is still there!
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Five days later, Yu Shan led his army to Luzhou, arriving earlier than Shengwei elder Liang Jixiong.
During these five days, the army galloped day and night, and the Onmyoji continued to set up magic formations. The sergeants only took a short rest while passing through the magic formations, and did not dare to delay for a moment during the rest of the time.
When they arrived at Luyuan City, the capital of Luzhou Prefecture, the sergeant company no longer had the energy to set up camp, so he fell asleep directly in front of the government office.
Wu Jingchun, the prefect, welcomed Yu Shan into the government office and said with tears in his eyes: "The vanguard has finally arrived. General Yu has worked hard all the way. I wonder where the army is now?"
Wu Jingchun regarded this army as a vanguard force. It made sense for him to think so. Sui Zhi was gathering a large army.
Yu Shan was about to explain, but Qiao Shungang said from the side: "What other army is there? This is the army!"
Wu Jingchun was shocked when he heard this: "Qiao Qianhu, don't make fun of me!"
"Who am I kidding you? There are so many people right now..."
Yu Shan quickly took the lead: "Qiao Qianhu is used to being witty, so don't mind. The Sui Minister of the Ministry of War has assembled a hundred thousand troops and will be here soon."
Wu Jingchun lowered his head and remained silent, as if he didn't quite believe what Yu Shan said.
Fan Guodong, the Tongzhi of Luzhou (equivalent to the deputy to the prefect) said: "Generals, Luzhou is at a critical moment of life and death, but can you still tolerate ridicule? Look at these sergeants you have brought, they are lazy and unmotivated, and they are in disgrace.
How can these people still want to fight against the Tunu Kingdom without even looking like they are ready for battle? Isn’t it like sending a sheep into the tiger’s mouth?”
Qiao Shungang was furious: "What are you talking about? I've been on the road for five days and didn't even get a full night's sleep. What's wrong with taking a break? It's your turn to make irresponsible remarks?"
Yu Shan persuaded Qiao Shungang to stop, turned to Wu Jingchun and said, "Prefect Wu, the march has been difficult these days. Let's arrange for the sergeants to rest for a day or two before they can fight!"
"One or two days?" Fan Guodong, a colleague, said with a bitter smile, "General Yu, I'm afraid I don't have that much time for you to rest. General Nigu of Tunu State came to send a letter, asking Luzhou to deliver 10,000 shi of grain within three days.
If we can't hand it over, we will launch troops against Luzhou. Generals, would you like to think about how to deal with this matter?"
Yu Shan was shocked when he heard this: "Fan Tongzhi, do you want to give food to Tunu?"
"What if I don't give it to you? With the few soldiers and horses in Luzhou and the few sergeants under General Yu, can they stop Tunu's 100,000-strong army?"
"No, absolutely must not..."
"General Yu, you have only been in Luzhou for a day. Do you know how the people of Luzhou are living in fear for days? Do you know that there are mountains of bones and blood everywhere in Yongzhou, and how many people have been killed in vain?" As he spoke, Fan Guodong burst into tears.
, "I don't care what crime your Majesty punishes me for, nor do I care about the infamy after my death. Today I will settle the matter in front of General Yu. I will first give 10,000 stones of grain to General Tunu and ask him to relax for a few days.
The Minister of Sui Dynasty has brought a large army to discuss the war!"
Yu Shan looked anxiously, looked at Wu Jingchun and said: "Prefect Wu, what do you mean?"
Wu Jingchun sighed and said: "This is what I mean."
Yu Shan panicked. He knew that the situation in Luzhou was complicated, but he didn't expect that he would encounter such a problem on the first day he arrived.
How can you send food to the enemy?
Why hasn’t Elder Shengwei come yet?
Three days are too urgent. If Elder Shengwei doesn't come again, the situation will be irreversible.