Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 32
"Who said I'm afraid, I just don't want the soldiers to die in vain!"

"I think what Faseng said makes sense. We are already like this now. If we don't take a risk, there will only be more Baekje people after the spring. Maybe the reinforcements from the Japanese and Goguryeo will arrive. At that time, we thought If you try your best, you have no chance!"

Seeing that everyone was arguing, but Wang Wenzuo remained silent, Liu An couldn't help asking: "Sanlang, what do you think?"

"In my opinion, it's still too early to think about this!" Wang Wenzuo stared at the snow field under the hill, and the crows were circling over the Baekje camp, croaking: "After all, we don't know much about the situation of the Baekje people." Little, it is easy to mess up if you act rashly, let's strengthen the camp first!"

Sibi City, store warehouse.

The air was filled with the smell of dust and old paper. In front of Wang Wenzuo were rows of wooden shelves that reached to the roof. The shelves were filled with various goods: salt, soybean oil, dried fish, candles, medicinal materials and so on.In order to avoid causing a fire, Wang Wenzuo blew out the candle in his hand, and compared the goods on the wooden shelf with only a little light from the skylight.In the dim light he was like a ghost walking down the halls.

"There are 65 packs of dried fish left!" Wang Wenzuo let out a long breath, made a mark on the account book with a charcoal pencil, and smiled at the old man behind him: "That's right, I'm sorry for your inconvenience these days, Mr. Cao!"

"It's a matter of my duty, what trouble is it?" Wang Wenzuo said Mr. Cao is an old man in his 50s, with a thin body, half bald on his forehead, and a lush gray beard on his chin. He is the only one of Cao Ye's subordinates. For the accountant who was willing to stay, Wang Wenzuo asked him to manage the accounts of the shops in his hand.He stroked his beard and said with a smile: "But having said that, the business has been so good in the past few days, the money earned in one day is worth the past half a month!"

"That's right, after this battle is fought, every one in Sibi City counts as one, and no one knows whether they can go back alive. Why do you still keep the copper and silver? If you don't bring it with you, you will not take it with you. Be happy." A day is a day!" Wang Wenzuo took out a dried fish from the dried fish bag, sniffed it, and said, "Old man, those Sanhan women and children are doing well with you, right?"

"It's okay, it's hard work! It can be seen that they all come from hard backgrounds, so they won't be lazy if they have food to eat!" Mr. Cao replied.

"That's good!" Wang Wenzuo stuffed the dried fish back into the straw bag: "Tomorrow I will cook [-] shi rice of rice, dried fish, pickled plums, and dried seaweed are also ready, and they will all be made into rice balls!"

"Well! Are you going out of town?"

Wang Wenzuo didn't answer, walked to the door of the warehouse, stopped, and looked at the heavy snow outside the door: "It's such a cold day, the blood should be frozen immediately when it comes out!"

Liu Renyuan did not ask Wang Wenzuo to wait outside the Duhu Mansion for long. When Wang Wenzuo walked into the study, he saw Liu Renyuan talking with the marching commander Shi Dushuang. There was an unfinished breakfast on the table, and a soldier was cleaning the table. Good to make room.

"Grand Liu!" Du Shuang ignored Wang Wenzuo, and continued to say to Liu Renyuan: "The defense of Ximen is quite weak, and a city of Luo should be built. The specific plan is as follows, please see!" He said while looking at the map on the table Gestures on.

"Well, then do as you want, hurry up!" Liu Renyuan nodded, and he waved to Wang Wenzuo who was beside him: "Sanlang, come here, what's the matter with you?"

"The last general has something to report to the general!" Wang Wenzuo said in a deep voice, "It's about the Baekje thieves!"

"Baekje thief? What's the matter?" Liu Renyuan's attention was attracted, Du Shuang also stopped packing the map, and turned his gaze to Wang Wenzuo.

"The general feels that the heavy snow is a rare opportunity for our army to turn the situation around!"

Liu Renyuan exchanged glances with Du Shuang, and his expression became serious: "Tell me about your plan!"

"Yes, general!" Wang Wenzuo recounted Shen Faseng's judgment on the Baekje people: "From what the general saw, if you lead hundreds of elite soldiers, with two horses, and take advantage of the heavy snow to surprise the thieves and cover up the thieves' winter camp." , you can turn the whole situation around!"

Liu Renyuan grabbed the beard under his chin and rubbed it vigorously, his brows were tightly furrowed, he was speechless for a moment, Du Shuang asked beside him, "Then have you ever thought about what will happen if it doesn't work?"

"I will pick the best rider and the strongest horse to bring back news, at least let you know where and how we died!"

Liu Renyuan was dumbfounded, his mouth was big enough to fit a magpie in, and after a while he shook his head and sighed: "No, I can't send the bravest group of people under me to die—"

"General, I only need 300 people, and I will recruit the rest from the Sanhan people, as long as you provide enough weapons and armor, and ensure that the selected people will be included in the Datang Army!" Wang Wenzuo persuaded: "Think about it." , even if you fail, you will only lose 300 people; and if you succeed, you can turn the whole battle situation around. If we do nothing, wait for this winter to pass, and when the snow melts, the Baekje people will come back, 300 more people, less What's the difference between 300 people?"

Liu Renyuan and Du Shuang looked at each other, and sighed: "Okay, Sanlang, I promise you. It's really a pity, if you were born 30 years earlier, it would be normal for you to meet the late emperor, the general manager and the Duke?"

When Wang Wenzuo walked out of the Duhu Mansion, the cold wind hit his face, but it couldn't quench the burning flame in his chest.Ever since he learned from Liu Renyuan in the Protectorate's Mansion that Tang Jun in Sibi City was an abandoned son, he has been churning with a thought in his chest-how to make this dead end come alive.

Judging from the series of actions of the Tang army in the past year, the expedition to Baekje launched a few months ago was an out-and-out military adventure. Allies, attack Goguryeo to the north, and attack Goguryeo.From a military point of view, the risky gamble paid off!The Tang army commanded by Su Dingfang was invincible against the Baekje army. They won two battles and almost approached the capital, destroying it in one fell swoop.

But then the Tang army was stunned. When the Baekje people had already surrendered, the military discipline was corrupted, burning, killing and looting aroused the resistance of the Baekje heroes.Su Dingfang not only failed to suppress the bomb, but withdrew the army, leaving only Liu Renyuan to guard Sibi City with ten thousand people.Tang Gaozong ordered the establishment of five governor's mansions including Xiongjin in the old place of Baekje, and directly annexed them.

As a result, the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion neither had enough troops to suppress the national restoration army, nor did a member of the Baekje royal family come to signboard to win over the locals.Guishi Fuxin waved his arms under the banner of Fuyu Fengzhang, and the responders gathered. Liu Renyuan could only hide in Sibi City and wait for reinforcements from China and Silla.

(End of this chapter)