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Chapter 365 Never pretend to be smart
Zhong Kui fought from the front to the end, and when he realized that there was no one in front of him, he turned around and came back...

Lao Huang rummaged through the pile of dead bodies to find Zhouquan's corpses, but he couldn't find any suitable ones.

Then he raised his head and cursed at Zhong Kui: "It's not good to chop it up and present it to the river god."

Zhong Kui was standing on the ground dripping with blood, and several unscrupulous people filled a wooden bucket with water and poured water on him.

When the clear river water poured down from the top of the head and flowed out from the feet along the armor, it had already turned into bloody water.

Rou Rou touched Yun Chu with his shoulder, pointed to Zhong Kui who was standing in the pile of corpses, and said, "How can I see some special beauty in it?"

Yun Chu said: "That's right, this person is suitable for standing with corpses, ghosts, spirits, and such things, and can form a creepy but fearless painting."

Rou Rou looked at Zhong Kui carefully for a while, and then said to Yun Chu: "I'll go experiment and see if I can draw the scene you mentioned."

In the end, Lao Huang had no choice but to hold three human heads in one hand and four human heads in the other, pile them up by the river, burn a stick of incense, and when the incense burnt out, he kicked all seven heads into the pool one by one. Liaohe.

He found a piece of rag, wiped his leather boots, and said to Yunchu: "Back then, when Emperor Taizong was marching eastward, the commander-in-chief crossed the Liaoshui River from here and went straight to Xuantu City.

They just don't know if they can take Xuantu City this time before Yuan Gai Suwen can react. "

Yun Chu said: "It should be possible to take it down. This time we deliberately walked an extra [-] miles to the north, avoiding Liaoze and the Great Wall of the Goguryeo people. Their army is still waiting for us at the Great Wall. Response Not that fast."

Lao Huang threw away the rags and stood up, "It seems that the commander-in-chief still thinks that there is nothing wrong with Emperor Taizong's strategy of the last expedition to the East, and this time he still chose the last offensive route."

Yun Chu nodded and said: "I read all the documents during Taizong's Eastern Expedition, and the failure of that Eastern Expedition was not a crime of war, but that in the 19th year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty was too poor.

Emperor Taizong couldn't steal food from the people's mouths like Yang Guang's, so he withdrew his troops. "

Lao Huang looked at Yun Chu and frowned and said, "Speak less of this in the future, it's best not to say it, live a good day and count it as a day.

Just like your current military affairs are to garrison this small town of Tongding for five days. After the arrival of the luggage team, we will go to Xuantu City to meet the commander. "

Yun Chu looked at the birds hovering above the dense forest that had been unwilling to return to their nests for a long time, and sighed, "Tonight, you should be able to find a lot of intact corpses to pay homage to the River God."

Lao Huang looked at the birds circling in the sunset and said: "Birds throw themselves into the forest at night, and it will be dark soon. If the birds don't go back, what are you going to do?"

Yun Chu smiled and said, "There was a severe drought in Hebei Province last year, there was no rain or snow in autumn and winter, and there have only been two light rains this spring so far, so... Wen Rou is going to light up that forest when it gets dark."

Lao Huang took a look at the dense black pine forest, smashed his teeth and said: "It's a crime."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. After we burn it down, as long as there is another rain, there will be saplings emerging from the black soil. A hundred years later, it will be a dense forest again."

Lieutenant Zhechong rode over and said, "There are a lot of savages in the woods. I can't tell which tribe they belong to. They seem to be preparing to surprise us. General, the rockets are ready. Is this the beginning?"

Yun Chu said: "Then let's start."

Zhang Donghai agreed, and rode away with a smirk on his face. Zhong Kui, who was finally cleaned up, also left with his five hundred bad guys.

Rourou came out of the city, and held up the painting in his hand for Yunchu and Lao Huang to admire.

The painting depicts Zhong Kui in red and black yarn holding a saber. Yun Chu frowned after taking a look at it and said, "Your painting skills are not as good as Di Renjie's. You have form but no spirit. Don't forget that Zhong Kui is more than just It is martial arts, and he is also the first in Jinshi.

You only painted the ferocity of people, but did not depict the inner wisdom of people. If I were Zhong Kui, I would think that the picture you drew was an insult to me.

My family has a family portrait painted by Yan Liben. After the Eastern Expedition is over, you can go to my house to observe it more. "

Just when Wen Rou was about to retort, countless sparks rose from the flat ground, drew arcs in mid-air, and then fell into the black pine forest that was already baked by the sun and was about to smoke.

The pine trees here are all coniferous, with rosin on the trunk and pine needles several feet thick on the ground.

Whether the rocket covered with kerosene fell on the pine tree or the ground, it immediately burst into flames.

There was a rush of running in the pine forest.

However, it was already too late. This piece of pine forest was no more than a hundred acres in size. The rockets were fired from all directions, and they shot from the outside to the inside. Therefore, the first thing that caught fire was the periphery of the pine forest. At the beginning of the fire, there was no retreat for them.

Yunchu said to Lao Huang: "Why do a group of savages think they can surprise a well-trained and experienced army?"

Lao Huang shook his head and said: "Because they are fighting head-on, they will only die faster. People in Shiwei always think that they are the heroes in the forest, but they don't know that any army with a brain will not go into the dense forest to fight against them." They fought."

Yun Chu pointed to the pine forest where the flames were rising, "You mean the people in the pine forest are from Shiwei?"

Old Huang sighed and said: "So simple, yet so brave, and likes to hide in the woods and sneak attack, who else but them."

The sun had completely set, but the small town of Tongding became even brighter. The flames fell on the Liaoshui, staining the surface of the water red, like a river of blood flowing.

A huge fire ball rushed out from the woods and plunged into the Liaoshui. After a while, a charred and blackened wild boar floated up from the water. The craftsmen who were making wooden boxes were very happy and hooked it with iron hooks. The dying wild boar dragged it up with concerted efforts, and a craftsman holding a short knife jumped out joyfully, and stabbed the short knife more than a foot in his hand from the bottom of the wild boar's neck into the heart.

No matter how big a wild boar is, it is not enough for these 4000 people to eat, so everyone stays by the edge of the forest, hoping that more wild game will come to their door automatically.

When Yunchu saw that the forest fire had ignited the air, and the flames were floating in the air with the wind, he knew that no matter whether it was a man or a beast in the forest, they were doomed.

Rou Rou put away the painting in her hands, thinking that she should draw this scene, and thinking of Yun Chu's evaluation of her painting, she gave up angrily.

There are so many mosquitoes along the Liaoshui River at this time, and after the forest is on fire, there is not a single mosquito to be found for several miles around.

The scouts hid in dark corners, and the soldiers curled up with their weapons in their arms and slept soundly.

The moon in the sky was already shrouded in flames and could not be seen, only occasionally a small corner appeared in the cracks of the thick smoke.

At dawn, the forest was still burning. According to Lao Huang's estimate, the fire would not go out until it burned for three to five days.

Since the forest is still burning, it doesn't matter whether there are people in the forest, or whether the people who come are from Shiwei. After such a dense pine forest and such a hot flame, after burning for three to five days, All that remains is a pile of ashes.

As far as the current technology is concerned, there is no way to tell who left the pile of ashes.

During these three days, there were many civilians in the army that crossed the Liaoshui River from the ferry of Tongding. Everyone was very curious about the burning forest, but they were not in the mood to ask. After Yun Chubu's inspection, he quickly passed the pontoon bridge and went to the opposite side of Liaoshui River.

From the messenger who came back from Xuantu, Yunchu learned that Li Ji had already captured Xuantu. Now, with Pang Tongshan holding on to Xuantu, he himself led 8 people to Xiangping City.

Xiangping City is the easternmost fortress of the Yan Great Wall. Although it is a rammed earth city, the city wall here is a full two feet high, with gates around the city wall. The city wall is covered with arrow stacks, enemy towers and other military facilities. It can be called easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Emperor Taizong stayed in this city to command the army back then, and he was the last to evacuate from here.

Yunchu felt that the reason why Li Ji captured this city was also because of a knot in his heart. Most of the comrades who fought with him in the past have now fallen. He probably came here to review the past.

When Li Ji attacked Xuantu City, he didn't use gunpowder. He just used his army as many as locusts to take down the city with a wave of attacks using ladder poles and other siege equipment.

After entering the city, Li Ji did not issue an order to seal the sword, that is to say, there should be no living alien men in this city, and young women will be specially selected as spoils and sent back to Chang'an for sale.

After hearing the news from the envoy, Yunchu's first reaction was that Mrs. Cui must not go to Yeting Palace to buy slaves casually now, and after a while, the price of slaves in Chang'an should drop drastically.

Lao Huang also didn't expect that Li Ji would behave so violently this time. He didn't persuade him to surrender or besiege the city. Taking advantage of the fact that the Tang army had just arrived in Liaodong and the morale was high, he just pushed across.

It seemed extremely outrageous.

Arrogance has never been the characteristic of Li Ji's personal combat. He generally prefers to use various intrigues to bring down the enemy, and then kill the opponent with a hidden needle.

The reason why he doesn't do this now is entirely because he has the belief that this war must be won.

When Gao Kan's army arrived at the city of Tongding, although the fire in the forest outside the city had been slowly extinguished because there was no way to burn it, there were only a few places left with curling green smoke.

The second pontoon bridge on the river has been built. People walk on it flickeringly, but it is still strong. The horses can walk, and the baggage can also walk, but it doesn't look so safe.

Gao Kan looked at the smoking forest and said, "You look very emotional."

Yun Chu said with a smile: "I will never hide myself in the woods to surprise the opponent in the future."

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