Wu Ma originally wanted to follow Qingxia to the tower to watch the excitement of the Turks, but she didn't want to be stopped by Liu Wenjing halfway.
Liu Wenjing said: "Tang Gong comes to discuss matters with you."
"Not in a hurry,"
Wu Ma looked at the city stairs, but they were only a few steps away, "I'll just take a look and go."
"The Turks won't be able to finish it in a while,"
Liu Wenjing grabbed his sleeve and said, "Follow me first, and we'll tell you in detail on the way. Damn it, I really told you - the Turks will force Duke Tang to take action! But,"
As he said that, his face suddenly darkened, "I would rather this kind of thing not happen."
Then he looked at the dancing horse with strange eyes:
"You shouldn't have guessed it a long time ago, right?"
I don’t like anything, I know nothing, Wu Ma thought.
As the two of them walked, Liu Wenjing talked about what happened today——
The southeast city gate building meeting was held again. Li Yuan presided over the meeting, and all the generals gathered together to discuss strategies to retreat from the enemy. Liu Wenjing could no longer remember 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.
"Because Turkic dogs don't do human affairs." That's what Liu Wenjing said.
The Turks 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 outside the city of Jinyang. In front of the defenders, they beat them with whips and nailed them with bamboo sticks under their fingernails.
They took off their clothes, burned their bodies with hot irons, and subjected them to various tortures.
On May 19th, the 13th year of Daye, under the city of Jinyang, the Turks were in full swing, but there were no bugles, shouts, or clashing weapons on the battlefield, only the heart-rending and painful howls of the people of Jinyang.
The Turks were so mad that they saw it with their own eyes on the city wall. The soldiers in Jinyang witnessed it with their own eyes. Their eyes were filled with tears and hatred. Everyone volunteered to fight. They wished they could jump off the city wall several feet away and kill these beasts who were inferior to pigs and dogs.
Thanks to Li Yuanping's strict military management, he was able to stabilize the situation.
When the news reached Jinyang City, the people in the city gathered in crowds. Many 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, Wang Kangda once again asked 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 people to be angry, so the generals were determined to fight decisively. Then Wang Kangda privately received the military talisman and led more than a thousand people out of the city to rescue.
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. Fortunately, Pei Ji led a team of soldiers and horses to increase the number of troops and rescued Wang Kangda. However, the soldiers who left the city
Half of the horse was lost, and Wang Kangda also lost his military stick to Li Yuan.
"Let Pei Ji take the lead again,"
When Liu Wenjing said this, she paused and said, "I happened to be in the Tang Pagoda at that time, otherwise I would have done something good for him."
Wu Ma saw that his face did not look good, so he thought that if Pei Ji alone took the credit, Liu Wenjing would not be so helpless.
Qingxia leaned close to the dancing horse's ear and whispered: "The Hoopoe left the city with Pei Ji. It was he who risked his life to save Wang Kangda."
That's no wonder.
…
When they arrived at the meeting hall, Wu Ma was about to go inside, but Liu Wenjing pulled her to the private room at the back.
"This is……"
Liu Wenjing rushed to the door and gestured, "There is only Mr. Tang inside."
Dancing Horse understood immediately.
When the situation has reached this point, some things cannot be told to everyone. Li Yuan will understand the most real situation on Wu Ma's side, and then make the final decision with a unified voice with several core advisers.
Just asking the guard to pass the news, Wu Ma and Liu Wenjing walked into the private room one after another. There were only three people in the room, Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Pei Ji.
Although there is a formidable enemy in front of him, the expression on Li Yuan's face is still peaceful, which makes people feel at ease.
Li Yuan smiled and said: "You have worked hard these days training."
"It's just my job. Thank you Mr. Tang for your time."
Li Yuandao: "Actually, I'm not that anxious. But as you know, the Turks did a bit too much, and the soldiers couldn't calm down. So it is necessary to hold a meeting beforehand to explain the matter clearly."
Pei Jishun said: "Zhao Ren and I dare to speak for you. Naturally, Mr. Tang will support us from behind."
What Pei Ji said was beautiful. Wu Ma curled her lips when she saw Liu Wenjing, and quickly straightened her words.
Dancing Horse thanks again.
After finishing the opening politeness, Li Yuan got straight to the point,
"I only want to ask you one thing - if you are the awakened disciple who protects the formation, are you sure you can break the Turks' awakening technique?"
"I don't dare to talk nonsense until I see the other person's abilities."
Li Yuan asked again: "What about the plan of suspecting soldiers? Can we do it tonight?"
"If the clouds are deep 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 by himself as if there was no one in the room.
It's not that Li Yuan couldn't hold his temper, Wu Ma could understand his difficulties.
Nowadays, Jinyang City seems to be high and dangerous, with many soldiers and generals, and the defense is relatively stable. However, the Turks made a cunning move and immediately hit Li Yuan's vital point.
He was really stuck between a rock and a hard place——
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 the people around Jinyang and Taiyuan. Today, the relatives of these soldiers are suffering under the city and were killed by the Turks.
People bully them in every possible way and tell them to just 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——
In the official history, wasn't this how Wang Kangda died?
Although Li Yuan is a high-ranking official, he doesn't have much money to conquer the world at the moment. All of them are in Jinyang City, so he can't bear to squander it.
I don't know how many times I walked back and forth, but Li Yuan suddenly stopped in the middle of the main hall.
Wu Ma knew that Li Yuan's decision had come. Whether he took the initiative or stayed on the defensive, one thing was certain -
"This must not be delayed any longer.
Everyone, the sky is clear and the moon is shining brightly, we can’t wait,”
Li Yuan turned around and stood with his hands behind his back:
"Zhao Ren is right, the Turkic wolf couldn't be fed enough. When it hurt, it ran away."
Wu Ma lowered her head, thinking that Liu Wenjing must be thinking about it at this moment - who is right and who is wrong in the relationship, it all depends on your needs.
"Whether it's cloudy or sunny tonight, we can't delay the plan of the Suspicion Army any longer," Li Yuan continued: "If it succeeds, then go for it boldly. If it doesn't succeed, we will use the strength of the whole city to fight the Turks to the death——
How can we let go of killing our Taiyuan people?"
After saying that, the person had already reached the door of the private room.
The guard hurriedly pushed the door open, and a beam of light shone on Li Yuan's face.
"For Duke Tang, for the common people of Li,"
Dancing Horse lowered his head slightly and heard everyone say in unison: "I will never be a queen!"
Li Yuan went out and strode towards the meeting hall.
…
The meeting on the 18th ended in a strong atmosphere of decisive battle.
It was said to be a meeting, but in fact there was no meeting at all. Li Yuan made up his mind as soon as he entered the meeting. All the tasks were clearly stated, and everyone could just take orders and act accordingly.
After the show ended, Wu Ma, Liu Wenjing, Yuwen Jianxue, and Qingxia came to the city wall together.
At this time, the sun was setting and night was approaching, but the Turks had no intention of withdrawing their troops.
The first batch of dozens of people who were brought here were already covered in blood and could not bear the torture, and some were beaten to death alive.
Most of the people around Jinyang had fled. In order to be able to use it next time, the Turks pulled the dying people back on carts and drove dozens of them to the outer city with horsewhips.
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 picked up torches from the bonfire, took them in their hands one by one, and lit up the dusk.
In every bonfire circle, there is a whip wielder, swinging the whip at the Han people.
"Pah, pah, pah!"
Along with the sound of whips hitting the air, the sound of being whipped on people, and the incessant screams, the Turks dressed up, grilled meat, ate wine, sang and danced, and fought till late at night.
From time to time, someone was beaten with a whip and fell into the cheerful bonfire.
A Turkic cavalry tied the Han people to their horses with ropes, dragged them around the bonfire, and finally dragged them into the fire.
The soldiers on the Jinyang city wall gradually lost control, shouting and shooting arrows at the Turks. Some people suggested going out of the city to fight the Turks. Liu Wenjing quickly organized the generals guarding the city to split up to appease the soldiers, and there was a lot of noise on the city wall.
…
"Animals!"
Qingxia gritted her teeth and said.
Turning around, he saw the dancing horse holding the crenellations of the city wall with both hands, staring intently.
"Why don't you say a word?" Qingxia said.
"say what."
"If you don't scold such an animal, you won't panic?"
"I've seen worse."
Qingxia was stunned, looking at the sharp profile of the dancing horse, which was coated with a layer of blood red by the sunset.
"Hey... I have always wondered whether you came from the mountains."
The dancing horse is silent.
"I see,"
Qingxia bumped his shoulder and raised the corner of her mouth, "You are holding back your strength. When you have the opportunity in the future, you will definitely kill these Turkic dogs."
"I'm not that bored."
"Don't be so harsh," Qingxia put her index finger between her lips and looked at him sideways, "I've seen you hate evil so much in Guanyin Temple..."
"You think too much,"
The hand of the dancing horse slid down from the crenellations of the city wall, and he turned around, his back facing the Turks,
"I'll help whoever helps me. I can't control the rest."
He said and left the crenel.
"You are just a cold-blooded animal." Yuwen Jianxue's voice sounded from behind.
"Wow,"
Qingxia followed, "You are too cruel. These are... our Han people... Hey, where are you going?"
"It's boring, I won't watch it anymore."
Wu Ma said that the person had disappeared at the gate of the tower.
"Such people……"
Qingxia chased forward a few steps, but saw that Wu Ma ignored her at all and retreated to the city wall angrily.
"Axue, when will we join forces to trick this guy..."
Turning around, he saw Yuwen Jianxue staring blankly at the crenellations of the city wall.
"What are you looking at?"
Qingxia leaned over and followed Yuwen Jianxue's gaze.
There were two deep fingerprints left on a stone brick.
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