Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 640 Chapter 658: Last Stand

At this moment, a group of people and horses turned over the hills and rushed towards this side quickly. Wang Dashan was startled, and hurriedly asked everyone to prepare for the battle. After a closer look, he was relieved that it was not the enemy, but Tang Jun.

In fact, Xue Yinglong came here because he was attracted by the flames here. He brought two thousand cavalry to the front and saw countless ox carts on fire, like a dragon of flames. He couldn't help frowning, and asked loudly: " what happened?"

Wang Dashan didn't know who it was, he stepped forward and said: "I am Wang Dashan, the captain of the military governor sent by the Anxi Dufu to escort the grain and grass. I don't know who this general is?"

Xue Yinglong responded loudly: "I am Xue Yinglong under Fan Lihua's tent, the chief marching officer of Sanmi Mountain Road! You are responsible for escorting the grain and grass, why are all the grain and grass trucks on fire?"

Wang Dashan's expression darkened when he heard the words, and he bowed his head and said: "It is Wang who is incompetent and failed to protect the grain and grass. He was raided by [-] cavalry from the Western Turks and burned more than [-]% of the grain and grass."

Hearing this, Xue Yinglong frowned, quickly got off his horse, and ran forward to observe it. He saw the corpses of Western Turkic soldiers all over the place. More than 1000 grain and grass carts were burned down to only [-]. Xue Yinglong Immediately clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "It's a good move to get rid of the fire. Chief Fan said before that you can't underestimate the enemy, so Yang Fan is not simple. Now it seems that it is true. Since we besieged Wang Ting, Wang Ting has not had a single horse." Going out of the city, the three thousand cavalry who attacked the grain and grass... I am afraid they have already been ordered by Yang Fan to wait here."

Wang Dashan and Ma Chen have been following Xue Yinglong. Xue Yinglong was extremely angry at the moment, turned his head and stared at Wang Dashan, his eyes were fierce as if he wanted to choose someone to devour, he wanted to slap Wang Dashan, but he never had the heart to do it, after all He kept in mind that he was a soldier and could not break the rules in the army. Wang Dashan was not under his command, so he could not beat people with his hands. He pointed angrily at the grain cart that was burned by the fire, and almost roared: "What are you doing! Escort every grain and grass Not good! Now that the food and grass are all gone, how can you let the tens of thousands of troops under the command of Fan Da eat on Mount Sanmi and attack the city?"

"It's Wang who is incompetent!" Wang Dashan admitted his mistake with his head bowed. At this moment, he has nothing to say, except to admit his mistake.

"You are indeed incompetent! Incompetent to the extreme! You are simply wasting Datang's salary to live!"

The more Xue Yinglong thought about it, the more angry he became, and just as he was about to continue to criticize, a soldier from the grain and grass team behind suddenly shouted: "Don't blame General Wang, those Western Turkic cavalry are here to die. You can't stop it at all, General Xue, you are also a fighter, you should know that soldiers are not afraid of death, and gods and ghosts are unstoppable..."

"Shut up!" Wang Dashan suddenly glared at the soldier and yelled, "Who are you! How dare you talk to General Xue like this! Disrespectful to the superior! Go get the Thirty Army Batons yourself!"

"Yes!" The soldier almost roared in response, handed the weapon to the comrade beside him, and ran to the rear.

Wang Dashan clasped his fists towards Xue Yinglong and said: "General Xue, I'm sorry, Wang is not strict in governing the army, and his subordinates are so rude to General Xue. It's really... please General Xue Haihan."

"That's all." Xue Yinglong took a long breath suddenly, he didn't blame Wang Dashan any more, and waved his hands and said, "It can also be seen from just now that you are not strict in running the army, but very strict in running the army. Soldiers are not afraid of death. Ghosts and gods Unstoppable, such a thing... Sigh... the enemy is too cunning, forget it, it's useless to blame anyone now, the military situation is urgent right now, the punishment will be discussed later, and the crisis should be resolved first."

"General Xue's words are very true." Wang Dashan nodded vigorously when he heard the words, thought for a while, and said, "General Xue, it is better for Wang to send someone back to Xizhou immediately to urge the food and grass, and let the Lord Protector quickly raise another thousand stones of food Come to Chief Fan for an emergency."

Xue Yinglong asked: "Then what about you?"

Wang Dashan said: "Naturally, Wang and General Xue sent the remaining more than 700 stone grains to General Manager Fan. Although it is too little, it is better than nothing."

"No!" Xue Yinglong suddenly raised his hand to stop him, and said slowly, "Before the army formation, morale is the most important thing. Your grain and grass team only brings a hundred carts of grain. If the army sees it, it will definitely cause panic and shake the morale of the army. This is absolutely impossible.”

Wang Dashan was taken aback when he heard the words, thought about it carefully, and found that it was indeed the truth, and hurriedly said: "It's Wang who didn't think about it, so General Xue, what should we do?"

Xue Yinglong pondered for a moment, and said: "I still don't need this hundred carts of grain and grass, and it's a burden to carry. You hurry back to Xizhou and see what your family's guards say. I will go back to Sanmi Mountain and report to Chief Fan Da. How does the boss decide."

"It seems... that's the only way to go." Wang Dashan nodded helplessly, and after he finished speaking, he walked towards his grain and grass team.

Due to the urgency of time, neither Xue Yinglong nor Wang Dashan dared to delay, and Dang even set off overnight with a large army, one heading west and the other heading east.

The place where the grain and grass were burned was not far from Sanmi Mountain. Xue Yinglong led the army on a journey day and night, and returned to the Tang army camp on Sanmi Mountain in only two days and one night. pear blossom.

"What!" In the tent, Fan Lihua was shocked when she heard the words, and rose up against the table. After a long time, Fan Lihua frowned and murmured softly, "This Yang Fan...is really powerful. After making this move, the royal court is now surrounded by us, and no one has left the city. That death cavalry team must have been dormant there for a long time, just to cut off our food and grass. I, must be careful of Yang Fan, this person...is really scary."

"This subordinate also thinks the same way." Xue Yinglong asked with a sad face, "Boss, the food and grass are gone. Even if the Anxi Protectorate Mansion sends someone to deliver it, we will have to wait at least 20 days or even longer. What should we do?" What should I do? Do you want to withdraw the troops?"

"Withdraw the army?" Fan Lihua frowned, and snorted coldly: "I've already beaten the royal court, how can I return without success, do you want me to imitate the stupid auspiciousness?"

In the ninth year of Wude, Ji Li Khan from the Eastern Turks brought a large army to the city of Chang'an. At that time, the city of Chang'an was empty of troops. Due to various reasons, he finally negotiated peace with Li Shimin and then withdrew.Four years later, Li Shimin sent Li Ji to raid the Eastern Turks and captured Ji Li Khan to Chang'an. Soon, Ji Li Khan died in depression.

Fan Lihua is now in the royal court, but Xue Yinglong says to withdraw, so she thinks that behavior is as stupid as Jili Khan's back then.

Hearing this, Xue Yinglong frowned slightly and asked, "Chief Manager, the food and grass in our camp is only enough for four days now, four days..."

"Four days..." Fan Lihua narrowed her eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Then we will capture the royal court within four days!"

"Ah?" Xue Yinglong was shocked when he heard the words, and was stunned. After a long time, Xue Yinglong stared and shouted urgently, "Master, you must not take risks!"

"You don't trust me?" Fan Lihua looked at Xue Yinglong proudly, and asked coldly, "You have been with General Li Jing for many years, and you were raised by him alone. You should have heard of the Last Stand."

Xue Yinglong was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Naturally, we know that Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, were fighting for the world, and Han Xin, the general under Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, ordered to break the boat, line up with his back, and cut off all his retreats. Such actions are contrary to the common sense of military tactics, but In the end, Han Xin defeated the Chu army and won a complete victory."

"That's right." Fan Lihua walked out slowly from the military case, pacing with her hands behind her back and asked, "Since it violates the common sense of military strategists, why did they still win a complete victory?"

"Because..." Hearing this, Xue Yinglong immediately remembered the burned food and grass in Wang Dashan. If the three thousand Western Turkic cavalry attacked the food and grass with common sense, they would never succeed, but they were brave enough to complete the task with their lives. Finished, so he said casually, "Because soldiers are not afraid of death, ghosts and gods are hard to stop!"

"What a soldier is not afraid of death, and ghosts and gods can't stop him!" Fan Lihua turned around abruptly, looked at Xue Yinglong with piercing eyes, and said loudly, "This time, the general manager will imitate Han Xin and fight a back-to-back battle without breaking the royal court." , all of us... died on Mount Sanmi..."

Xue Yinglong trembled when he heard the words, he was not afraid, it was not fear, but because of excitement, excitement like excitement, Fan Lihua actually wanted to lead them to replicate the back-to-back battle in history, cut off all their backs, and fight the enemy to the death , How could he not be excited, and suddenly prostrated himself on the ground, and shouted passionately: "The final general is willing to lead the battle for the general manager!"

"Okay!" Fan Lihua said happily, "I do have plans to let you be the vanguard. You should step down first. The matter of food and grass being burned will be kept a secret for now. It caused panic before."

"Yes! The last general will leave!" Xue Yinglong shouted his orders and exited the teeth tent.

Fan Lihua said loudly again: "Come here, send Lu Qing here!"

"Yes!" The guard outside the account led the order to deliver the message.

Soon, Lu Qing came to the tooth tent, saw Fan Lihua, and after saluting, Fan Lihua spread his hands and said, "Mr. Lu, please sit down."

Lu Qinggong said modestly: "The chief executive is too polite, just stand up and talk in a humble position."

Fan Lihua nodded, and asked: "Mr. Lu, starting from today, we will hurry up and make another thousand Kongming lanterns within three days. I wonder if there will be any difficulties?"

Lu Qing said: "Go back to the chief manager, there is no problem."

"Okay." Fan Lihua smiled satisfied, and asked again, "How many hot air balloons have been made, and how many days will it take?"

Lu Qingdao: "As of today, more than 240 hot air balloons have been completed. As expected, [-] days is enough to complete [-] hot air balloons."

"Very good." Fan Lihua stood up suddenly, and said, "The manager has assigned you another task. Today, Dongfeng, you lead people to put [-] Kongming lanterns in the barracks. Remember, measure the wind speed and direction to ensure that the Kongming lanterns can float. Over the royal court."

Lu Qing bowed and said, "Don't worry, Chief Manager, it's a trivial matter."

He paused, his heart was full of curiosity, and he bravely asked: "Chief Manager, please forgive my humble position for boldness, why did you put the Kongming lantern?"

Fan Lihua smiled slightly, and said if she had a deep meaning: "The way of the art of war, it is difficult to distinguish between the false and the real, the false is the real, the real is the false."

(End of this chapter)