Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 258 Xu Jingzong's first appearance

It is common knowledge that infantry is slower than cavalry.It is also common sense for cavalry to raid and harass, and infantry to attack a city.But common sense is sometimes unreliable.For example, now, Zhang Huaiwei led his subordinates in a hurry to conquer Shenchi City before Liu Wuzhou's Tianju army came to help.

However, when Xu Jingzong arrived at Shenchi with Zhang Huaiwei's infantry, Yu Guni was already sitting in the lobby of the Shenchi County Yamen.He heard the sound of a woman crying.Zhang Huaiwei glared at Yu Guni and said, "How dare you disobey the general's order?"

As early as the beginning of the formation of the army, both the Lingwu Army and the Dingyuan Army had an iron law, whoever touches them will die: "Whoever rapes a silver woman will be killed!" This is the iron law set by Chen Ying.

Yu Guni said lightly: "Master's order, Yu Guni never dared to disobey!"

Zhang Huaiwei ignored Yu Guni, but rushed to the back hall.In the main hall of Houya, Zhang Huaiwei saw a middle-aged man lying on the mat, to be precise, it should be a corpse.The three fell down beside the corpse and wept bitterly.One of the three was probably in his thirties, the youngest woman should be her son, probably thirteen or fourteen years old, and there was an eight or nine-year-old boy.

Seeing that these women were not violated, Zhang Huaiwei was relieved.As an old soldier from abroad, what he hates the most is the robe that was cut at him.

When Zhang Huaiwei looked at the older woman, Zhang Huaiwei's heart beat faster unconsciously.The older woman is only relatively speaking, but in fact she is only in her thirties.However, women in this era get married too early. Usually women from aristocratic clans get married at 16 years old (two years old), while Xianbei people get married earlier. For example, the eldest grandson Wugou was only 13 years old when she married Li Shimin.The woman's daughter is already in her teens, but she is actually only thirty.

Zhang Huaiwei opened his mouth and made a low voice: "Madam, please give me condolences!"

The beautiful woman said pitifully: "The deceased husband had no choice but to follow the thief. I hope the general will show mercy. Poor husband and wife."

Zhang Huaiwei said: "Everyone is their own master, Madam, don't worry, we are the masters of the Tang Dynasty, we will not embarrass women, children, old and young." Zhang Huaiwei turned around and shouted to the door: "This general's military order, until the ban on the people of Shenchi is lifted, don't Go out. No soldiers are allowed to enter the house to disturb the people, and those who violate it will be killed!"

The soldiers outside the door bowed and said, "No!"

The beautiful woman kowtowed to Zhang Huaiwei and said, "Thank you General for protecting you!"

Zhang Huaiwei stepped forward to hold the beautiful woman's hands, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.Hurry up and stop, but just a moment of contact made Zhang Huaiwei feel his heart beating faster.

Zhang Huaiwei smiled sheepishly and said: "Madam, please give me some condolences, this general...resign!"

Zhang Huaiwei left Hou Ya, but the shadow of the beautiful woman in his head could not be lingered.

When Zhang Huaiwei came to the main hall of the county government, he found Xu Jingzong's face was gloomy.Zhang Huaiwei asked: "Xu Canjun, what happened?"

Yu Guni said angrily: "The treasury of Shenchi County is so clean that mice can run away!"

"This..." Zhang Huaiwei also frowned slowly.This time they carried half a month's supplies.Originally wanted to take the opportunity to occupy the Shenchi, and the supplies were consumed.

In fact, Yu Guni was exaggerating when he said that the Shenchi county government treasury was so empty that mice could run away. There were still more than a dozen shi of grain in the Shenchi official warehouse, and there were hundreds of five baht coins in the treasury.This amount of property is barely enough for a day's consumption for their tens of thousands of troops.Although the people in Shenchi may have some food in their homes, they can't rob the people of Shenchi County like bandits.

"What should we do now?" Zhang Huaiwei suddenly lost his mind, looked at Xu Jingzong and said, "What trick does Xu Canjun have?"

Xu Jingzong smiled, and said disapprovingly: "I don't know if you two want to explain with merit or without merit."

Zhang Huaiwei said: "What is the solution with merit, and what is the solution without merit?"

Yu Guni's Tang Yan at this time has only reached the level of everyday oral English.Like Xu Jingzong and Zhang Huaiwei's conversation like a tongue twister, he was immediately stunned.

Xu Jingzong also wanted to show off his knowledge in front of Zhang Huaiwei, and said with a slight smile: "Back then, Han Gaozu fought against the overlord of Chu, and sent his mansion into Qi. It was already said that Qi surrendered, but Han Xin held a heavy army in Qi. Willing to give credit to a scholar. Therefore, the battle of Suishui was launched, and the merit of two months was to destroy Qi. Therefore, Han Xin once again refrained from building the master of the earthquake. If the two of you are willing to learn from Han Xin, you can march into Yanmen Pass with a large army and destroy Liu Wuzhou If it goes well, then Liu Wuzhou can be defeated in one fell swoop. This is a meritorious solution. However, if Liu Wuzhou’s soldiers see that their way back has been cut off, and they are desperate, I am afraid they will seek refuge in the Turks or the Turks. Dou Jiande, at that time, the land of Hedong can be regained and returned to the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and the general also has the merits of recovering Hedong, but there is still a big problem in Hedong."

In fact, Zhang Huaiwei didn't feel that there was anything wrong with doing this, but he still wanted to know the solution of vain work, so he tried to ask: "Then what about the solution of vain work?"

Xu Jingzong said: "The solution to the futility is to invite two generals, Yu Gu and Zhang, one to guard Shenchi, and the other to guard Chen Binglou. But send one person into the barracks of the Loufan army. If it goes well, he can seize his horse. Descend to Loufan Pass. Join forces with Liu Canjun and General Ashina at Loufan, and the two armies will join forces to conquer Taiyuan. Liu Wu and Zhou Da will be defeated in one battle. If it does not go well, the Yanmen Pass will still be broken. The general’s soldiers and horses broke through the difficulty of Yanmen, took Taiyuan, and restored the east of the river.”

Zhang Huaiwei is not an assertive person, nor is he a handsome talent who can stand alone.Xu Jingzong asked him to make a simple choice between the two, but he didn't know how to choose.Zhang Huaiwei looked at Yu Guni, but Yu Guni vaguely understood Xu Jingzong's meaning after listening to Lianmeng.

After all, Yu Guni was a tribal leader, and his thoughts and vision were much higher than Zhang Huaiwei's. After all, Zhang Huaiwei, who started as a gang leader, had limited vision.

Yu Guni looked at Zhang Huaiwei's uncertain face, and said calmly: "Xu Canjun, if there is a meritorious solution, it may not be easy. If there are enough troops in Loufan and Yanmen Pass, they can go from Loufan Pass, Yanmen Pass, Taiyuan and Xinzhou sent troops to surround and annihilate us under the city of Shenchi."

Xu Jingzong was also taken aback when he heard Yu Guni say this.He really didn't expect Yu Guni to have such insight.Xu Jingzong said indifferently: "It is indeed possible."

Zhang Huaiwei said: "It doesn't matter what meritorious or ineffective solutions are. General Chen did not hesitate to commit the danger of beheading first and then attacking. He sent troops to Hedong just to rescue Princess Pingyang at Weize Pass. Now we still keep his opinion. I was sitting in Shenchi, and General Yugu led the cavalry to attack Loufanguan. After the Lingwu left army and Lingwu right army joined forces, we have more soldiers and horses in our hands. We can attack when we advance, and defend when we retreat.

Xu Jingzong summoned the respectable gentry in Shenchi County, and at the same time let Zhang Huaiwei's trilogy take over the defense of Shenwu County.Zhang Huaiwei didn't dare to be careless. After all, Liu Wuzhou's troops were all around here. Once Liu Wuzhou heard the news, he would definitely take back Shenwu City while he was still in a precarious position.

Now he and Yu Guni are divided into two groups. He needs to rely on more than [-] troops under his command to resist the first wave of counterattacks by Liu Wuzhou's army, and he may need to persist for several days.

Although Zhang Huaiwei was careful, something went wrong.

PS: Happy weekend everyone, there will be more later.

(End of this chapter)