Yu Jun

Even though the soldiers on the river bank deliberately cheered up, they still showed signs of laziness. The sabers were askew, the red tassels on their pockets were tangled in a ball, and the gun tips were covered with dust. One of the soldiers had grass clippings on his pockets and armor, which shows that in the Tang Dynasty, Before Baichuan came, he used to lie down and rest.

Tang Baichuan's face was ashen. He reached out and took out a large leaf from the soldier, and threw it hard at Wu Tianyou's face. His eyes closed suddenly after the blow: "Is this how you lead the troops, the commander of the forbidden army? Your subordinates are so lazy. How should we discuss the law?"

Wu Tianyou's eyes were swept by Ye Ci, and he couldn't help but burst into tears. He didn't dare to raise his head, and lowered his head and said: "I should be punished by the rod at thirty."

Tang Baichuan said sternly: "Those who defy the forbidden contract shall be beheaded!"

The soldier's legs were already weak from fear, but when he heard the word "kill", he was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the spot, loudly admitted his mistake, and begged Tang Baichuan to spare his life.

His voice was pitiful, but Tang Baichuan was unmoved - this soldier was hitting him full of evil fire.

Wu Tianyou knew that Tang Baichuan was vicious and had an order not to argue, so he had no choice but to have the soldier dragged down and killed on the river bank.

The smell of blood permeated the newly warm wind, and the soldiers who had been loose just now all tightened their skins, remained silent, stared intently, and did not dare to relax at all.

Tang Baichuan then ordered people to put down the wooden huts and replace the sentry. The sentry jumped off the nest car and before he could stand still, he asked: "Is there anything unusual on the tower?"

The sentry shook his head: "Nothing strange."

Tang Baichuan was filled with disappointment.

He killed a man here, became angry, and rode back to the east gate.

Halfway through the Yin hour, the Jade Rabbit falls to the west, the sky turns green, and the spring grass grows new, hazy and lovely, but unfortunately no one enjoys the scenery.

Tang Baichuan fell asleep. After less than two hours of sleep, he turned over and sat up, with his feet in his shoes, his elbows on his thighs, his palms rubbing back and forth on his face, squeezing his eyebrows, eyes, nose and nose under his palms. Wow, it's very ferocious.

There was a huge mountain weighing on his heart, and it was so heavy that it was unspeakable. The new emperor secretly urged him, but in fact he put all the burden on his shoulders. He gave the order, and if he won, he would be famous for eternity, and if he lost, he would be infamous for eternity.

The sunlight outside was getting brighter and brighter, piercing into the house, making his eyesight darken. Outside the tent, Sun Ziming, the commander of the Fuzhou military capital, reported: "Commander of the capital, there has been a change of commander on the tower!"

Tang Baichuan stood up suddenly, walked out quickly, then turned back, dressed neatly, and went out again. He asked the sentry, but he couldn't find any answers.

He turned around and told Sun Ziming: "Go and see clearly what kind of person it is, and then come back to me! Take the wooden curtain up and only stay for ten seconds."

He wanted to go to the tower in person, but he was worried about being hurt by hidden arrows, so he could only do the next best thing.

Sun Tzu Ming nodded, holding a wooden curtain slightly taller than him in front of him, and entered the wooden house. After staying for ten times, when he came down again, he opened his mouth and said: "Cheng Taishan was replaced on the city tower!"

"Cheng Taishan?" Tang Baichuan said "Oh", remembering that in the 19th year of Yuan Zhang, the state official was summoned to the capital. He took Sun Zi Ming with him and had a drink with Cheng Taishan - he remembered that although Cheng Taishan was a civil servant, he was He looks like a bull, fighting alone and drinking down a table of generals.

It's not surprising that he went to the tower.

However, Sun Tzu Ming added: "Cheng Taishan is no longer the same as before. He is much thinner."

"Have you lost weight?" Tang Baichuan chewed on these two words, "What a coincidence?"

Losing weight is not necessarily due to lack of food and grass.

Or perhaps, the so-called lack of food and grass was simply Mo Lingfeng's plan.

Why did Mo Lingfeng use such a clumsy strategy?     Is Mo Jiajun unable to hold himself back?

Or maybe he knew it was a trick, and she knew he knew it, but she bet that he was more anxious, and the pressure was overwhelming, so she had to use her clumsy strategy to give a reason to attack the city.

Or maybe it was just a pastime for her when she was bored.

He thought again and again, looked back at Sun Tzu Ming, and then looked at the countless unremarkable faces behind him - he planned to attack the city and gave an explanation to the new emperor's urging. The first battle would definitely fail, and some of these faces would become here. Bones.

But when the court intersects with the battlefield, sacrifice is inevitable.

But after this defeat, how to turn the situation around?

He stood with his hands behind his hands and looked towards the tower, going through all the details of Mo Jiajun, Jeju, and Kuanzhou in his mind, looking for something useful.

After standing like this for half an hour, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he had a plan to turn things around. He turned his stiff neck, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and told Sun Ziming: "When the generals gather at noon, there is no need to beat the drum!"

Sun Ziming perked up and said, "Yes!"

At noon, twenty generals, big and small, quietly gathered in the middle tent, heads held erect. Tang Baichuan walked past them and stood in front of the case, his eyes piercing into their flesh like nails: "Soldiers appeared on the tower to grab food. What do you think? What’s the timing like?”

Wei Wenpeng's eyes lit up: "I think it's just the right time!"

Li Shun shook his head: "Da Dutong, the Mo family is rebelling. How can you despise food and grass? I'm just afraid of fraud."

Wu Tianyou thought for a while: "My subordinates think that whether they are cheating or not, they will attack fiercely. They will defeat the few with more. There is no need to worry too much. We can take this opportunity to attack the city and find out what is going on inside the city."

The rest of the people were talking a lot, and most of them were eager to attack the city - this endless waiting made them lose their composure.

After hearing this, Tang Baichuan slapped the table and said: "In that case, you have all tasted your Majesty's royal wine. To serve the emperor, you are right in front of you. Five thousand men and horses will be left outside each city gate to round up the breakouts. The rest will gather here tomorrow. Gather during the ugly time, and attack the city when the ugly time is over!"

The generals replied in unison: "Yes!"

Tang Baichuan took the command flag from the case: "Become a fish-scale formation, move first and retreat behind, Wu Cheng closes the gap, attack with all strength!"

"Yes!"

The generals of the Fish Scale Formation are at the back, with the main force in the middle. The vanguard is formed in a square formation with thousands of people. There is no need to defend. They attack in sequence. In this way, even if the siege is unfavorable, the main force and the generals of the army can be preserved.

The generals were ordered to leave the central tent and quietly return to the original camp to prepare. It was not until the end of Haishi that they ordered their troops and horses to assemble outside the east city gate.

The night was vast and there was no firelight. The footsteps of the army rolled back and forth, rising like thunder from the ground and stopping outside the east city gate. The soldiers wore a striking red embroidered shirt outside their armor, like a large red cloud, covering the solid ground. The general Behind them, red flags with black characters on a red background were erected, fluttering in the wind. There were sixteen large cowhide drums on both sides, and the soldiers stood holding drum hammers in their hands.

Except for the soldiers, the inside and outside of Jeju City were already empty. The sound of messy footsteps in the city was enough to excite the Yongzhen Army.

The train was pushed to the city gate, pots and pans were placed, fat was burned in them, and the gate tower and oars were set on fire. Crash carts, ram carts, ladders, and catapults were lined up at the front. Shake and wave the flag immediately.

The big drum beat accordingly.

"Boom-thump-thump-"

The Kui drums kept ringing for hundreds of miles, intimidating the world. They went straight to the tower, broke the month-long silence, and launched the first attack.