The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 100 Countermeasures
"Yes." Long'er and Gao Jun nodded in response.

Xuan Shijing got on his horse again and stood in front of the city gate. After a while, He Zhengyang's hundred cavalry arrived at the gate of the city. Xuan Shijing gave an order, and the team left Shicheng and ran towards the direction of Cheng Chumo's troops.

Walking halfway, Xuan Shijing saw a puff of dust and smoke from a distance, and immediately waved his hand to signal the people behind him to stop, looking carefully, the team of people and horses were wearing Tang-style armor.

It's Cheng Chumo, since we met here, there is no need for Xuan Shijing to take people forward, and turned around and shouted: "Turn around!"

A hundred cavalrymen turned their horses around one after another, and waited for Cheng Chumo to get closer, and then returned to the direction of Shicheng. Xuan Shijing rode at the end of the team, and after a while, Cheng Chumo's team caught up, and the two joined together , heading towards Shicheng.

"Brother Chumo, how is the situation?" Xuan Shijing looked at Cheng Chumo who was beside him and asked.

Cheng Chu moaned and scolded: "It's really fucking evil. Those bastards in Tubo are beating more and more. I didn't dare to fight any more, so I led people to break out and ran back for a long way. When I looked back, Where is the battle of the night attack? The Tubo army is right behind. The wave I led people to encounter is just the vanguard of the wayfinding. Fortunately, I run fast, otherwise, let alone fight, I will be heaped to death It's all possible in there."

I really guessed it right, it was the Tubo army who came, but how could the Tubo army run to Shicheng in a good way.

"Now? Is the army still going this way?" Xuan Shijing asked. If it was really the Tubo army, without any support, Shicheng might be in danger.

"It's still walking. I roughly estimated that there are at least 2 people." Cheng Chumo said.

Where did so many people come from Tubo, isn't the main force of the army confronting Li Jing's army?

Without going into details, Xuan Shijing and Cheng Chumo rushed into Shicheng with their team, and then the gate of Shicheng was closed.

As soon as he entered the city, Cheng Chumo jumped off his horse and said to Xuan Shijing, "Shijing, come with your brother." After speaking, he took the lead and ran to the sheriff's mansion.

Xuan Shijing quickly followed, and Zhao Ying also followed closely behind the two.

The so-called county guard's mansion in Shicheng is just a larger mansion. In this kind of place, if a luxurious mansion is built, it is completely uncomfortable for oneself.It was already late at night, and the Sheriff's Mansion was completely dark. Both the master and the servants had already fallen asleep.

"The county guard's mansion in a military town doesn't even have a night watchman. Zhao Ying, call to open the gate of the mansion." Cheng Chumo ordered.

Zhao Ying clasped his fists in response, then stepped forward, and punched twice on the door of the mansion, the movement was not small.

"Who is it, in the middle of the night." After a long time, a lazy voice came from the door.

Afterwards, the door of the mansion was opened with a gap, and the porter showed half of his head: "What's the matter, talk to me tomorrow."

Just as Zhao Ying was about to say something, Cheng Chumo stepped forward and dragged Zhao Ying aside, and kicked open the gate of the Sheriff's Mansion. The porter standing behind the gate also staggered and fell to the ground, immediately regaining consciousness: " Who!" Then he raised his head, leading the three people in front of him, one was wearing black soft armor, the other was wearing the Tang Army's school lieutenant uniform, and the leader was obviously a general, judging from the style of the armor on his body.

The concierge rubbed his eyes and carefully looked at the face of the man in front of him. Isn't this General Cheng stationed outside the city?After seeing Cheng Chumo's face clearly, the concierge was so frightened that he got up and apologized immediately: "I don't know if it's General Cheng who arrived, forgive me, forgive me."

"I don't have the time to argue with you here, so hurry up and call your sheriff out, the Tubo army has already arrived, and he's still sleeping soundly." Cheng Chumo said while tugging at the porter's collar, and then let him go. to report.

As soon as the porter heard that the Tubo army was coming, he immediately scrambled and crawled into the backyard.

After a while, the sheriff came out. It seemed that he had just woken up, and appeared in front of the three of them with disheveled clothes. He walked towards this side quickly, arranging his clothes.

"I see General Cheng." The sheriff stepped forward, cupped his hands and bowed silently to Cheng Chu.

"You don't need to be too polite, please ask the sheriff to take me to the study of the mansion. I will have some important military matters to discuss with the sheriff." Cheng Chumo said, and then Brick told Zhao Ying: "Go and get our marching map."

Generally speaking, outsiders can't see the marching map of the army, but now that the Tubo army is approaching Shicheng, if Cheng Chumo wants to defend the city, he must join the county guard and the soldiers in Shicheng. How can the soldiers resist the [-] Tubo army.

Zhao Ying turned around and went back to get the map, while Xuan Shijing followed Cheng Chumo and the sheriff to the study.

"General Cheng, I don't know who is next to you." The county guard looked at Xuan Shijing. If he was a member of the army, he should be wearing the armor of the army standard, but Xuan Shijing's black soft armor looked rather strange. Some are like the clothes of some nobles in the Western Regions.

"The one next to me is Lord Xuanwei, my brother, who just came back from West Kunlun." Cheng Chumo explained.

Hearing that the young man in front of him was a Marquis, the sheriff quickly saluted.

"Your Majesty, don't be courteous with Shijing. We should discuss how to deal with the enemy now." Xuan Shijing said: "My lord, how many soldiers are there in this stone city?"

"There are more than 300 permanent soldiers stationed in Shicheng. A few days ago, [-] soldiers left Shicheng and went to the Duhu Mansion to serve them. Therefore, there are only [-] soldiers left in Shicheng, including [-] auxiliary soldiers. Including the Huotou army." The sheriff replied.

"That is to say, there are more than 3000 soldiers in Shicheng plus Brother Chu Mo's subordinates." Xuan Shijing frowned, the situation is not good, [-] people.
"I'm afraid there are less than [-] people who can really fight." Cheng Chumo's face was serious: "A lot of brothers were lost in the battle just now, and we haven't had time to count how many people are left, and there are not a few who are injured. Now, we We can only hold on to Shicheng and send people to the Duhu Mansion for help."

"General, the map." Zhao Ying ran into the study with the map.

Xuan Shijing quickly took over the map, put it on the table, and carefully observed the map.

"Brother Chumo said just now that he would send troops to Tingzhou to ask for help. I'm afraid it won't work. Not to mention that the road to Tingzhou has been blocked by Tubo's army, even if it is too late in terms of time, Tingzhou and Shicheng are far apart. It is far away, and there is a rugged mountain road in the middle, if Tingzhou sends troops, they must pass through this mountain road, the time will be delayed by more than half, and it is easy to be attacked by the Tubo army." Xuan Shijing pointed to the map and spoke to Cheng Chumo explained.

Cheng Chumo took a closer look at the map, and the situation was indeed as Xuan Shijing said. His eyes stopped around Shicheng for a while, and then he saw the direction to the east of Shicheng: "Shijing, how is it here?"

(End of this chapter)