Chapter 279: The power of words falls short of success (pink update, festival
Chapter 279: The power of words fails to achieve success (pink update, happy holidays!)
As soon as Lieutenant Zhou finished speaking, several soldiers around him responded. Before they even took a step, they heard a burst of noise outside the door, and a dozen people rushed in. They were all dressed up as soldiers from Xizhou. Someone shouted, "Whoever dares to touch Saburo, we will fight him!"
Captain Zhou couldn't help but startled. Just as he was about to pull out his sword, he saw a dozen bright waist knives surrounding him, and those people came forward with ferocious expressions on their faces. Even though he had been in the army for many years, he had never seen such a posture. He couldn't help but step back and shouted, "Are you going to rebel? Come on, come on, catch them!"
Bai Sanlang folded his hands and looked at Captain Zhou coldly, "My surname is Zhou, Bai calls you Captain because you also led troops to relieve Tingzhou, but not because I am afraid of you! You are holding this in vain Even though I don’t dare to go to the camp to explore the imperial court, I still dare to show off in front of Mr. Bai! I’m going to take the risk to relieve the difficulties in Tingzhou tonight. Will I still be embarrassed by you when I come back? Come on, we are all brave men from Xizhou. We were entrusted by the governor to serve the governor before coming to the army, but we are not your subordinates. I only heard about your arrangement to give you face. If you want to come here for no reason. If you're going to kill me, don't blame Bai for tearing off your face and using it as tissue paper!"
This movement naturally alarmed the guards at the door, and many Yizhou soldiers also ran out of the room. After hearing Bai Sanlang's sonorous words, they couldn't help but shake their heads secretly after asking about it. Bai Sanlang set fire to disturb the enemy. Although it was a bit of a coincidence, it did not violate the military order after all. Moreover, they were originally civilian warriors recruited by Governor Qu of Xizhou, and they were not soldiers under the governor of Dadu. Captain Zhou used his official power to the extreme. They are not blind!
Captain Zhou turned pale with anger and shouted, "Why don't you come in and take away these traitors?"
Bai Sanlang laughed "ha", "Rebels? It is true that a strong general has no weak soldiers. Some people fight sparsely and tightly. When they go to arrest people, they have to hide behind the high wall of the government office to save them." People only choose to do the easy job of escorting grain trucks. Naturally, they leave this life-threatening job to others, so they shrink their necks and forget about it. But this **** mouth is really the best in the world! First, he is a traitor at every turn. We don’t want you to kill him for no reason. He is a traitor. Just eating a few bowls of hot soup cakes is also called colluding with the traitor. Bai has always been a little puzzled. What are people’s tongues and faces made of? When they are strong, they are as strong as a city wall. When they talk nonsense, they smell like a toilet. Did their parents never teach them how to pronounce the word "shy"?
After these words were scolded, the faces of several Su soldiers in the room suddenly turned purple. They wanted to refute them, but they couldn't utter a single word. When the Yizhou frontier soldiers outside the house heard this, they couldn't help but laugh secretly. The bad breath they had been holding back since Xizhou City suddenly came out. Some people almost wanted to cheer loudly, but they held it back in the end.
Colonel Zhou's face turned blue, the hand holding the knife trembled a little, and his voice trembled a little, "You, you dare to insult the Great Protector!"
Bai Sanlang glanced at him in surprise, "Everyone in the courtyard can hear clearly, which word did Bai mention as the Great Protector? If you think that the Great Protector Su is Lao Wangba and Young Master Su is Xiao Wangba, just say it yourself. But don’t let it happen to Bai!” At this time, the people outside couldn’t help it anymore and burst into laughter.
Bai Sanlang smiled and hugged his hands outside, "Thank you all for coming!"
Bai Sanyuan was a tycoon in Xizhou who was born in the market. This kind of slanderous and destructive skills was a basic skill that he had learned since childhood. How is Captain Zhou his opponent? He was furious for a moment, but he couldn't control it. He almost didn't bleed from his mouth. He just heard the roar of laughter outside, and his face suddenly turned pale. How could he forget that he was not leading his own soldiers now, but five soldiers? The Baiyizhou frontier troops have long colluded with the Xizhou people. Bai San’s words just now were very provocative. After hearing this, if you want these Yizhou soldiers to come and capture the Xizhou people, I'm afraid it's not even possible. If Bai San is really annoyed...
He calmed down, gritted his teeth, squeezed the hand holding the knife tighter, and said coldly, "I will not engage in this quarrel with you today! Since you are not soldiers, what you did tonight is a bit nonsense. , I won’t use military law to deal with you, why don’t you get down quickly!”
Bai Sanlang looked at him and sneered, "It's easy for me to wait, but since you called me traitor today, you can't let your words go in vain. Today Bai not only explored the handsome tent of the Turks He and Liangcao were able to fend off the Turks' night attack on Tingzhou and capture a Turk sentry! If this is all just nonsense, you, Lieutenant Zhou, will show you something that is not nonsense tomorrow. Otherwise, you. Today is clearly a selfish revenge. They want to kill me, but we will never sit back and wait for death. Bai then took everyone to meet Pei Changshi on Yimo Road. Qiao Zong'er, who was escorting the grain and grass, asked us How about these people who only know how to mess around? You and other elite soldiers will take the lead and repel the enemy!"
The blood on Colonel Zhou's face suddenly faded away, and he said angrily, "How dare you?"
Bai San looked at him proudly, "If you are a man and can fight a good fight tomorrow, Bai will naturally obey you. If you are still a coward tomorrow and just want others to die, you might as well give Bai a try Do you dare or not?" After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"
Those Xizhou people put away their swords and turned around, and left in the blink of an eye. Only Captain Zhou was left standing in the room blankly, feeling bitter and numb in his mouth. Thinking of Mr. Su's stern order before leaving, The whole body felt cold again. After being stunned for a long time, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Give me the order and prepare for battle tomorrow!"
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On the early morning of the third day of the lunar month, the always sunny weather turned gloomy. Ashinadu stood outside the tent and looked up at the sky, his face also gloomy. Seeing the deputy general walking over quickly, he asked in a cold voice, "Have you detected the people and horses who attacked the camp yesterday?" The deputy general nodded quickly, "This morning, the men and women have checked the tracks. The number of people who set fire last night was only two or three hundred, my subordinates." Five hundred men and horses have been deployed outside the other three city gates in Tingzhou. They will definitely not let anyone rush into the city. Several hundred-man teams have also been sent to set up sentries on Yimo Road, Huagu Road and other important roads to explore. Look at the enemy situation. The closest ones to Tingzhou are Shule City and Xizhou City. Yesterday’s troops must have come from these two places!”
Ashina Duzhi frowned and shook his head, "Now most of the Tang army is under the command of the old thief Nasu. The defenders in these two places are not busy protecting themselves. How dare they send troops to aid Tingzhou? It is really strange! If we talk about the deployment of a large army It will take more than half a month for the troops to return for reinforcements... Most of our troops are not elites, so we must not take it lightly now! "The Tang Army's combat power is world-famous, and it has not been defeated for decades. In the two battles six years ago, Chu Mukun's strength was severely damaged again, and nearly half of their elite troops were lost. Now the most elite 3,000 cavalry in the tribe have gone to the command of the Khan of Kunling Prefecture. They don't know whether they will live or die. These 5,000 men and horses are already the entire force and must not be taken risks!
The lieutenant general bowed in response, then straightened up and looked at the sky, "Tutun, it looks like there will be snow at night. I'm afraid we have to step up our attack on the city today. Otherwise, when the snowstorm arrives, we may be delayed for a few more days." Come down."
Ashina Duzhi looked at the mess under the city wall of Tingzhou and frowned even more. In the battle last night, due to the incoming enemy troops, the siege was in vain and hundreds of corpses were left behind. If we attack the city in daylight, we will definitely not be able to capture Tingzhou without hundreds of lives. Under the current situation, conquering Tingzhou can certainly establish our power in one battle, but if we lose too much of our own manpower, it will be a disaster. Give up the basics and pursue the last. At present, the five Duolu tribes are leaderless. If they want to make everyone return to their hearts, the men and horses under them and their military exploits are indispensable. Anyway, he has killed a Tingzhou governor. This achievement is not too small. You can see the merits. If it works, is it possible that we really want to withdraw our troops?
Tingzhou City, two hundred steps away, has dilapidated city walls and very few defenders. It looks like it will be unable to stop the next round of offensive...
Ashina Duzhi watched intently for a moment, and his voice became decisive, "Prepare the stone cart, throw another round of stone bombs, and concentrate the troops to attack the city. We will definitely capture Tingzhou today!"
In the attack of whizzing stones, numerous defects were found in the walls of Tingzhou. The remaining three thousand men and horses of the Turkic camp slowly moved, and the two most elite thousand-man teams were placed at the front. Ashina Duzhi's voice echoed clearly in the queue, "Capture Tingzhou, all The wealth belongs to everyone! This Tutun promised to the Tang Dynasty official not to kill women and children indiscriminately after the city was broken. As long as you remember this, let everyone do the rest!"
The cavalry responded with a roar, but they were somewhat muttering in their hearts. Tutun has said this twice. They can't kill people, they can only plunder, so how can they have fun? Just thinking about the cloth, gold and silver in the city still made his chest feel hot. With an order, he roared and rushed towards the Tingzhou city wall.
The rain of arrows falling from the top of Tingzhou City was obviously denser. After two rounds of arrows, the front of the Turks had rushed to the bottom of the city. As soon as the ladder was set up, they were greeted by rolling logs and stones, which were hit accurately and hard. The Turkic cavalry under the city immediately drew their bows and fired arrows from their horses. Many of the guards who leaned out of the wall screamed and fell off the city. However, the stone still did not stop. The defenders hid behind the wall and pushed the stone down to the city, refusing to lean out again. come out.
Seeing that the pile of corpses under Tingzhou City was obviously much higher. Ashina Duzhi's face became more and more gloomy. The battle failed last night, and he gave the Tingzhou City garrison a training in vain. Of course, some of the young children who had never been on the battlefield were frightened, and some were frightened. I'm afraid that they have developed their courage... But even so, they can't resist for long with just those soldiers!
He was about to let the second thousand-man team attack, but suddenly the sharp voice of the general came from behind him, "Tutun, a Tang army of five or six hundred people is rushing towards them! They are less than ten miles away from the camp."
Ashinadu suddenly turned around, squinted his eyes and glanced into the distance, and shouted in a deep voice, "Meet the enemy!"
The third thousand-man team quickly turned their horses and pounced on the oncoming Tang army. In just over two quarters of an hour, the sentry who climbed up to check the enemy's situation rushed to report: This thousand-man team was dispersed by the Tang army with less than half the number. It is estimated that in a few moments, they will meet the enemy immediately. It will become an uncontrollable rout.
Ashina Duzhi looked back at Tingzhou, gritted his teeth and shouted loudly, "Stop attacking the city! Leave five hundred people to guard the city gate. The rest of the troops follow me to kill the incoming enemy!"
This is an additional update for 80 votes in pink, and there will be another update in the evening. Probably around nine o'clock. p.s. The Ashinadu branch was sent to Tutun, the supervising state of Chumukun tribe, by Ashina Mishe, the Xingxi-dead Khan.
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