Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 53 Impermanence
After half a cup of tea, Sancho came back with a pale Baekje man. He was a strong young man with broad shoulders and long and powerful arms, but his face showed fear. garlic.

"Time is running out, so we don't want to go around in circles!" Wang Wenzuo said, "I ask, you answer, tell the truth, and then you can go back safely with five bolts of silk cloth, understand?"

The Baekje young man raised his head in surprise, he didn't expect that the Tang man in front of him could speak Baekje dialect so fluently.

"Is your lord talking to you?" Seeing this, Sancho kicked the young man's ass.

"Understood, understood!" The young man hurriedly nodded as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Very well, you just said that the Tang people defeated the Baekje people near the Xiongjin River?"

"Yes, it happened a few days ago!" The young man hurriedly replied: "People who heard it said that Master Daochen's two stockades on both sides of the Xiongjin River were breached, and tens of thousands of people died. , the surface of the river is full, even the shore near the sea!"

"Say everything you know, slowly, don't rush!"

"Yes, sir!"

Listening to the young man's narration, Wang Wenzuo could not help secretly admiring the strategy and courage of the commander of the Tang Army compared with the situation map in his mind. The result of fraud, raids.

This commander is very familiar with the inside story of the Baekje Restoration Army, and he knows the conflict between Daochen and Onimuro Fushin, so he did not choose to attack Juyu Fortress, which is closer to the border with Silla, but chose Xiongyu, which is located east of Juyu Fortress. The Daochen camp at Jinjiangkou is the target of the attack. The advantage of doing this is that it is unexpected, and once you win, you can go upstream and go to Sibi City without any obstacles; Will fall into the pincer attack of the two armies.Due to the sharp conflict between the two, there was a problem with the coordination of the Baekje Restoration Army. Onimuro Fukunobu did not send troops to help in time, and sat back and watched Daochen fight alone.The Tang army's attack on Daochen's troops can be said to be a textbook-like drill. First, they dispersed their troops by feinting, then used fireboats to destroy the pontoon bridges on the river, separating the enemies on both sides of the river, and finally attacked the enemy on the north bank with all their strength. In the camp, after eliminating the enemy on the north bank, they pretended to cross the river from the front, but in fact they sent some troops to cross the river from the upper reaches, pretending to attack the enemy's lair and draw the enemy back for reinforcements, and then defeated Dao Chen on the way back to the reinforcements in a leisurely manner.From the beginning to the end, he always held the initiative, cleverly mobilized the enemy who had occupied the favorable terrain, and won the complete victory at a negligible cost.

"It's really a heroic strategy, an internal decision, and a heroic decision. The soldiers are moving like gods, and there is no other plan!" Wang Wenzuo sighed. Compared with the unknown commander, he was just a kid who had just debuted. In this battle, the Tang army was trapped in the isolated city of Baekje, and the precarious situation was completely reversed.

Sangqiu and Wang Wenzuo stood there sighing for a while, nodding for a while, completely immersed in his own world, thought he was insane, and hurriedly whispered: "Mr. Wang, are you okay?"

"It's okay!" Wang Wenzuo came back to his senses, looked at the young man kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile, "Get up, Sancho, take him to receive the reward!"

"Yes!"

Ren Cuncheng.

"So, the Tang people and the Silla people didn't continue to pursue?" Dao Chen asked.

"Yes, General, they are going up the Woongjin River!" The messenger's voice was sluggish because of exhaustion, and his burqa was covered with grass leaves and dried blood, and it was broken and disfigured.

"That should be going to Sibi City, and join the Tang people over there!" Daochen let out a long breath, everyone could feel his relief, in fact, everyone felt the same, just escaped from two disastrous defeats , Many people have injuries on their bodies, and the pain reminds them of the taste of failure. If possible, they never want to meet those enemies again.

Dao Chen and the officers all fell silent, listening to the spies explain in detail what they saw. In the spacious hall, only the crackling of firewood in the stove was heard from time to time.

"We must recruit new soldiers to prepare for another battle!" Dao Chen finally spoke again. His voice was originally thick and full of charm, but at this moment it sounded lifeless, as if he was a student who had just learned to read.

"From my point of view, it is meaningless to recruit recruits!" Someone shook his head and said, "There are simply not so many officers and veterans to organize them. Talk about it after the spring plowing!"

"Yes, I also agree. A lot of young and strong people in the villages have been conscripted. If new recruits are recruited, who will farm in the spring? Only rely on women and the elderly? Then there will definitely be a lack of harvest!"

"That's right! More than 2000 people were killed or injured by the young men I brought this time. If you still want to recruit recruits, then you really can't go back and explain!"

All the officers in the room spoke together, as if they had made a deal, they all opposed Dao Chen's suggestion of recruiting recruits, obviously they were unwilling to continue to bet on Dao Chen, facing everyone's prevarication attitude, although Dao Chen was annoyed, there was nothing he could do.

Just at this time, there was a loud ringing of the bell outside the window, and Dao Chen, who was not upright, took the opportunity to explode and said loudly: "Which guy outside is making such a loud noise, don't you know that the city is under martial law now? Hurry up!" Go check it out!"

"Yes, General!"

The attendant just went out, and came in again in a blink of an eye, his face was as pale as the white burqa he was wearing: "Left, General Zuo has entered the city!"

"What? General Zuo? Oni Shi Fuxin? How did he come? Who opened the city gate for him!" Dao Chen was taken aback, his eyes swept over the faces of everyone present, and the expressions of the officers were different. As surprised as Dao Chen, some were uncertain, some avoided Dao Chen's gaze, and some looked left and right to find a way out.Dao Chen didn't care about entanglement with these guys anymore, and shouted loudly: "Blow the horn, blow the horn immediately, and summon the guards!"

The sound of the horn sounded like the roar of a ferocious beast. Just as Daochen walked out of the gate, his captain of the guard stood in front of him. He was wearing ring armor outside his leather jacket, iron gloves and knee pads, and he was holding a machete tightly.Dao Chen nodded in satisfaction: "Leave twenty people to watch over the people in the house, no one is allowed to go out without my order, and the rest will follow me to the barracks!"

"Yes, General!"

When Dao Chen walked down the stairs, the wind suddenly became stronger, hurting his eyes, the horse's hooves slammed on the ground, and the black turbid current was rushing towards him. The captain of the guard shouted in surprise: "Bodhisattva!" Surprised, he blocked Daochen behind him, drew out his saber and shouted: "Get ready to fight!"

(End of this chapter)