Chapter 57 Grabbing the skin of the city wall and pinching out blood
The meeting at the Southeast City Gate Tower was held again. Li Yuan presided over the meeting, and all the generals gathered together to discuss strategies for retreating from the enemy.
Li Yuan no longer remembers how many special meetings this was about the Turks.
The previous few times had not yielded effective results, but this time it was time to make a decision.
Just because the Turks outside the city don’t do anything—
They arrested all the people in the villages and towns around Jinyang who had not had time to escape, and drove them to the open space between the inner and outer cities of Jinyang. On the territory that should have been controlled by the Jinyang army, in front of the generals who defended the city, they
They beat the people with whips, nailed bamboo sticks under their fingernails, burned them with hot irons, and subjected them to various tortures.
On May 20, the 13th year of Daye, the two armies were facing each other at a distance outside the city of Jinyang. There were no bugles or shouts on the battlefield, and there was no sound of clashing weapons. There were only the heartbreaking and painful horn sounds of the people of Jinyang.
The Turks were so mad that they were so mad. Jinyang soldiers saw it with their own eyes on the city wall. They were all filled with tears and hatred. Everyone volunteered to fight. They wished they could all jump off the city wall and kill the pigs and dogs under the city.
of beast.
Fortunately, Li Yuanping had always been strict in running the army and followed all orders, so he was able to stabilize the situation.
When the news reached Jinyang City, the people in the city gathered in crowds. Thousands of people surrounded Tang Gong's mansion and petitioned to go into battle to kill the enemy and fight to the death with the Turks.
Seeing that the situation in the city was unstable, General Xu Shixu took the initiative to ask Ying to lead his army to fight to rescue the people who were suffering outside the city.
Li Yuan originally wanted to invite the dancing horses to come to discuss the matter and then make a decision, but he did not want the public to be angry, so the generals were determined to fight. Immediately after, Xu Shixu took the seal by force and led more than a thousand people out of the city to rescue. Li Yuan hurriedly called Liu Wenjing, and Yuwen Jianxue secretly
Protect.
The people who left the city this time were all cavalry. They wanted to be cautious and have a quick victory, but they fell into the Turks' trick and fell into the opponent's trap. Xu Shixu was killed, and only half of the thousand cavalry escaped. Yuwen Jian
Snow fills new wounds.
Therefore, when the dancing horse entered the meeting hall, Li Yuan's face was much more serious than usual.
"Dancer-kun,"
After Liu Wenjing briefly told Wu Ma about the previous tragedy, Li Yuan got straight to the point:
"I only ask you one thing - if you are the awakened disciple who protects the formation, can the handsome army defeat the enemy's formation?"
Wu Ma said: "I don't dare to speak big words without seeing the opponent's ability."
Li Yuan asked again: "What's the plan of suspecting soldiers? Can it be implemented tonight?"
Wu Ma said: "If the clouds are thick and the moon is hidden, it is still not the best time."
After hearing this, Li Yuan stood up from behind the table and walked around as if there was no one in the hall.
It wasn't that he couldn't keep his composure, but the fact that Jinyang City seemed to be high and dangerous, with many soldiers and generals, so it was securely defended. However, the Turks made a cunning move and immediately hit Li Yuan's vital point.
He is really stuck between a dilemma and a dilemma——
First, most of Li Yuan's soldiers and horses were recently recruited for the purpose of pacifying Liu Wuzhou. The sources of the soldiers are all from common people around Jinyang. Today, the relatives of these soldiers are suffering under the city and are being harassed by the Turks in every possible way.
Insult them and tell them to sit back and do nothing.
Li Yuan wanted to be a coward, but he couldn't do it and couldn't do it, otherwise the morale of the army would be shaken.
Secondly, if we go out to fight in the city, it means voluntarily giving up the danger of the high wall and facing the Turks' flexible cavalry and mysterious awakened disciples. Using one's own shortcomings to attack the other's strong points is the same as seeking death - previously
Didn’t Wang Kangda and later Xu Shixu all die unjustly?
Although Li Yuan is a high-ranking official, he really doesn't have many soldiers and horses under his command at the moment. He only has the resources to conquer the world, and they are all in Jinyang City. He can't bear to squander it.
I don't know how long it took, how many rounds he walked back and forth, when Li Yuan suddenly stopped in the middle of the main hall.
No matter whether you take the initiative or defend from a high position, one thing is certain - "We must not delay it any longer, Mr. Wu Lang, we can't wait for the clear sky to come,"
Li Yuan said seriously:
"Whether it's cloudy or sunny tonight, the plan of the Suspicious Soldiers can no longer be delayed. If it succeeds, we will go for it boldly. If it fails, we will use the strength of the whole city to fight to the death with the Turks - kill my Jinyang people, how can we let go of the blood feud?"
Wu Ma said: "For the people of Dawn, I will never be a queen."
The meeting on the 18th ended in a strong atmosphere of decisive battle. Yuwen Jianxue passed by Wu Ma and gave him a rare nod.
The dancing horse came to the city wall. At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the Turks were still marching with their evil deeds. However, dozens of civilians were already covered in blood and could not bear the torture, and some were beaten to death.
Most of the people around Jinyang had fled. The Turks, adhering to the humanitarian spirit of sustainable utilization, pulled these dying people back on carts, and then used horse whips to drive dozens of people to the inner city.
The Turks built dozens of bonfires in the open space. More than a hundred soldiers formed a circle around a bonfire and drove the people into the circle.
The Turkic soldiers held torches and whipped the people with whips from time to time. They sang and danced with endless screams, and they were going to fight till late at night.
Faintly, a defenseless woman was being beaten by a whip and fell into the cheerful bonfire.
The dancing horse scratched the skin of the city wall and drew blood.