The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 180 Zhao Daer really has deep thoughts
"Boom~"

An earth-shattering sound came from the inner city tower, shaking all directions!
Of the few rebels closest to the explosion point, two were blown away and fell from the top of the city. A few more were beaten to pieces by broken pieces of iron and rubble filled with iron cans, and were killed on the spot!

There was a cry of wailing from the top of the city. Li Shouzhen and his son were pinned down by several close guards, and the people around them were more or less hit by shrapnel.

Click, click, the beams and columns on the east side of the tower were blown apart, and the corners of the eaves tilted to one side, threatening to collapse at any time.

The horses under the city were frightened, yelling "Xilulu" and retreated, almost running away uncontrollably!

The war horses beside Guo Wei and Chai Rong raised their hooves and neighed, and the soldiers in front of the tent tightened their reins.

Zhu Xiu clearly saw that Guo Weiwei's body trembled, and he unconsciously took a step back, looking at the city head with a bewildered face.

Chai Rong held the handle of the knife tightly, his face flushed with excitement, and he was a little embarrassed when he spoke: "Seriously. The power of the earth-shaking black fire thunder is nothing compared to it!"

Wei Renpu trembled in fright, pulled off a handful of his beard, and subconsciously covered his head and face with his hands, regardless of his heartache.

It wasn't until the movement subsided and Zhu Xiu's snickering could be heard beside him that Wei Renpu fearfully let go of his hand little by little and looked around with lingering fear. His eyes were still a little dazed and he had not recovered.

Li Chongjin was the most exaggerated. He was so frightened that he rolled off the saddle, threw away his iron gun and lay down under the horse's belly, holding his head tightly with both hands.

As the chief blaster of the blasting team, Zhao Kuangyin, although it was not the first time he had seen the power of thunder, the sound like thunder falling from the sky still frightened him.

Zhao Kuangyin gritted his teeth and drank in a low voice: "How can such a terrible firearm as Zhentianlei be used as a toy by you?"

Zhu Xiuxan smiled and said: "Today we broke the city, I want to make some noise to celebrate! Brother Zhao doesn't need to feel bad, just treat it as a big firecracker! It didn't kill Li Shouzhen and his son, so it's good to scare them! Who can do that? That guy dares to speak nonsense in front of Guo Shuai!"

Shi Xiangwen clapped his hands excitedly: "Zhu Xiu, I want to blow up the firecrackers!"

Guo Wei, Chai Rong and others all changed their expressions. Zhu Xiu hurriedly comforted him: "There is only one left. Let's find an opportunity to let him go. We can't waste it!"

"Oh~" Shi Xiangwen shook his big head in a bored manner.

Zhao Kuangyin sighed. Thunderbolt was difficult to create. In his opinion, it was an extremely valuable weapon that must be used at critical moments to turn the tide of the war.

How could he be like Zhu Xiu and just throw it out like a firecracker?

Apart from killing a few rebels, blowing up the city tower, and scaring Li Shouzhen and his son into running away, it had no real effect at all.

It's just a waste of money!
Zhu Xiu squatted down, patted Li Chongjin and said with a smile: "Get up, aren't you afraid that this horse will pee on your face later?"

Li Chongjin blushed, hurriedly got up, swallowed his saliva and came closer: "Is that thing Zhentian Lei? Did you make it?"

Zhu Xiu clapped his hands and said proudly: "This is the only one in the world, there is no other company!"

"Good boy~" Li Chongjin's eyes were as big as copper bells, "If there are tens of thousands of them, wouldn't it be over if they were thrown at the enemy's position during a battle? Do we still need to fight this battle?"

Zhu Xiu curled his lips and said: "Do you think making Thunder Thunder is just like Shi Dalang making a ball of clay, rolling it into a ball and flattening it? I have been busy for several months and only made a few."

Shi Xiangwen, who was squatting aside and writing and drawing on the ground with a branch, cast a resentful look at Zhu Xiu. Zhu Xiu quickly responded with a kind smile to comfort him.

Li Chongjin breathed a sigh of relief, stroking his chest and murmuring: "That's okay, this thing is too scary. If you throw it away, you won't know how to die! If you want to get it out in the future, don't forget to leave a few for me."

"Let's talk again!" Zhu Xiu was a little embarrassed.

On the city tower, Li Shouzhen and his son fled in panic surrounded by generals and hurried down to the city.

The rebel archers set up their positions and shot arrows down the city.

"Send an order to the entire army to seal off the inner city. There is no need to rush to attack the city. We will clear Luo City first!"

Guo Wei got on his horse, led the soldiers out of the range of the rebels' bows and arrows in the inner city, and took complete control of Luocheng first.

Li Chongjin picked up Wang Jixun's head, chased after him and shouted, "Commander, I will be credited with killing the rebel general Wang Jixun!"

Guo Wei laughed and said: "Zhao Kuangyin shot him off his horse with one arrow, and then you could catch up and kill him. This credit should be shared equally between you two."

Li Chongjin became anxious: "I fought with Wang Jixun for hundreds of rounds, but he couldn't defeat me, so he ran away! Even if Zhao Da'er doesn't release his arrow, I can catch up and kill him!"

Zhao Kuangyin clasped his fists and said, "I just shot Wang Jixun's horse, but didn't hurt him. I shouldn't receive the credit!"

Guo Wei glanced at him and smiled. How could he not know that Zhao Kuangyin could kill Wang Jixun with one arrow, but he only shot horses but not people, but he did not want to compete with Li Chongjin for credit and cause trouble.

This person takes the overall situation into consideration, understands the general situation, and has a well-founded approach to advance and retreat. He is indeed a talent.

Guo Wei nodded, said nothing more, and ran forward on his horse. Wei Renpu glanced at Zhao Kuangyin with admiration and followed closely.

Li Chongjin was furious, glared at Zhao Kuangyin, gritted his teeth and said: "Zhao Da'er, do you need to meddle in other people's business?"

Zhao Kuangyin smiled lightly and did not argue with him.

Chai Rong scolded: "Shut up! The commander-in-chief has his own judgment in his heart. It's yours and he will never withhold it."

"Hehe~" Li Chongjin said with a smile: "The war is almost over. I am still thinking about earning more credit so that I can ask my uncle for a serious official position when I go back. Cousin, you will have to help me with Duoduomei by then. Words are what they say.”

"You~" Chai Rong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, shook his head, whipped his horse whip, and chased Guo Wei, followed closely by Zhao Kuangyin.

"Brother, look at this Zhao Da'er, he is so cunning. Ever since he came to Dazhai, Hexi, he has been following Guo Shuai and Chai Shuai closely, circling around them like a follower!"

Li Chongjin started to complain to Zhu Xiu again, with disdain on his face.

Zhu Xiu smiled and said: "If you don't surround yourself with these two handsome men, how about you, the Black King?"

Li Chongjin snorted, "I'm not happy yet! If you surround me, kick me away!"

"Let's go, you Black King is not a peerless beauty. Only ghosts are willing to surround you!" Zhu Xiu patted the gray donkey's butt and ran forward in a leisurely manner.

Li Chongjin followed behind and kept mumbling: "Zhao Da'er has a deep mind. Be careful not to be deceived by him in the future."

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Guo Wei ordered the Luocheng rebels not to kill those who surrendered, and asked Li Chongjin to display Wang Jixun's head everywhere. The morale of the rebels quickly collapsed. More than ten thousand rebels were leaderless and chose to surrender.

Chai Rong took full charge of Luocheng, comforted the stranded people, treated the wounded soldiers, and cleaned up the warehouses burned by the fire. Luocheng quickly settled down.

The surrendered soldiers were handed over to Bai Wenke, Li Qian and other generals, and their numbers were counted and their military status was re-affirmed. If nothing else happened, they would still belong to the Hezhong Army.

Guo Wei moved the Chinese army's tent into Luocheng, summoned the generals of each camp to discuss military affairs, and then asked the officials to write a report of success and send it to Kaifeng.

Zhu Xiu, Li Chongjin, and Zhao Kuangyin were not qualified to participate in the serious military meeting in front of the tent, so they sat around the campfire and chatted.

It was not until evening, when the sky was getting dark and the generals dispersed, that Zhu Xiu and the other three were called into the tent.

Guo Wei was chewing a piece of pancake, studying the Luocheng defense map at his desk, and discussing something with Chai Rong.

Zhu Xiu and the others had just entered the tent. After saluting, Guo Wei beckoned and said, "You all come and take a look. How to break through the inner city?" Zhu Xiu looked at the city defense map for a few times and said with a smile, "I carefully observed the city today. , the inner city wall is not taller and stronger than Luo City, and it can be taken down even with a strong attack."

Chai Rong said: "What Guo Shuai wants is whether he can think of a way to reduce casualties as much as possible."

Guo Wei finished chewing a piece of cake, drank a few mouthfuls of cold water, wiped his mouth and said: "I have preliminary discussions with the generals to pretend to attack the east and west sides of the inner city, then send an army to attack the city behind, and finally focus on the attack. The place where it belongs will be placed at today’s south gate!”

Zhu Xiu thought for a while and said with a smile: "First distract the enemy's attention so that they become frightened and unable to distinguish where our army is attacking, and then surprise and attack the south gate. This strategy is feasible!"

Guo Wei coughed a few times and winked at Wei Renpu cryptically. Wei Renpu smiled and said: "Guo Shuai wants to select a group of brave men to climb into the city at dawn with the help of hooks and flying claws, seize the south gate, and repeat his old tricks to welcome the army into the city. .”

Zhu Xiu agreed: "With the height of the inner city wall, anyone with strong skills can definitely climb it. I think it is feasible."

Chai Rong walked up to Zhu Xiu and said with a smile: "It's like this. I heard that the five hundred athletes from the Paihu camp who are accompanying you this time are all the bravest warriors in the army. Why don't you entrust your Paihu camp to take on this important task?"

Zhu Xiu was stunned, looked at Chai Rong, then looked at Wei Renpu, and suddenly understood.

It turns out that these guys focused their attention on Weihuying, so no wonder they were hesitant to speak.

Zhu Xiu looked towards Zhao Kuangyin. This guy actually looked up at the top of the big tent, with an attitude of "Don't look at me, I don't know anything."

No need to guess, it must have been Zhao Kuangyin who revealed the news about Weihu Camp to Chai Rong.

Guo Wei waved his hand and said with a tigerish face: "That's all, if it's difficult, forget it! I will re-select the manpower."

Now that we've talked about this, how dare Zhu Xiu refuse, and cupped his hands and said, "Huying is willing to carry out this mission!"

The assignment of tasks was false. Guo Wei and Chai Rong clearly wanted to test the reality of the Leihu Camp.

In this case, it might as well show it openly and let them see the special training method unique to the Changyi Army.

Although it is only a comprehensive special training method that combines military physical training and special subject training, it benefits from the advanced guiding ideology of later generations and conducts targeted training in physical fitness, intelligence, skills, etc., so that the quality of sergeants can be improved in all aspects.

After more than half a year of training, Zhu Xiu is very confident in the individual quality of the soldiers of the Huying Camp, and he will definitely not lose to Wangyundu under Guo Wei's command.

"Du" is a military establishment unit with varying numbers of people depending on its functions.

Starting from Zhu Wen, Taizu of Liang Dynasty, princes of all dynasties like to select elite soldiers to form a powerful pro-army team.

When Zhu Wen served as the governor of Xuanwu, he built the "Luoyan Capital" and the cavalry "Taibai Capital". After he became emperor, he established the "Tingzi Capital" for the imperial army.

The predecessor of the Tianxiong Army was Weibo Town, which had been dominant in Hebei for more than 140 years. The last leading figure, Yang Shihou, established the "Silver Spear Effect Jiedu".

Yang Xingmi, Taizu of the Southern Wu Dynasty, built the "Heiyun Capital" and fought against it in Huainan.

Li Keyong's "Ya'er Army" commanded Li Siyuan, Emperor Mingzong of the Tang Dynasty, to "rush across the capital".

Since Guo Wei led the army alone, he has longed for the famous and powerful armies of the previous generations, and planned to build a "Wangyundu" in imitation of them.

Over the years, the number of Wangyundu has been less than a thousand, and now most of them are scattered in the Tianxiong Army, becoming the source of most of the middle and lower ranks.

There are more than a hundred soldiers around Guo Wei and the guards in Situ's mansion are all warriors from Wangyundu.

Judging from the standards of the times, he is already considered an absolute leader among infantrymen.

However, most of these people's skills were honed on the battlefield. When it comes to killing people and fighting without fear of death, the soldiers in Leihu Camp are far inferior.

But in terms of comprehensive military literacy, Wangyundu, which lacks targeted training, should be inferior to Weihuying.

When Guo Wei saw that Zhu Xiu agreed to send the Tiger Battalion to carry out the task of seizing the door, he exchanged glances with Chai Rong, stroking his beard and laughing as if his little idea had succeeded.

Zhu Xiu couldn't help but smile. Speaking of Li Chongjin's character, he really followed Uncle Guo and had a naughty mentality.

It was obviously Uncle Guo who was interested in Weihuying and wanted to find out more about it, but he didn't say it directly and instructed Chai Rong and Wei Renpu to test him in a roundabout way.

Guo Wei said with great interest: "I want to see what the reputation of your Zhangyi Army's Beihu Camp is like!"

Zhu Xiu said with a smile: "When it comes to martial arts prowess, I'm afraid it can't compare to Wang Yundu, the general's subordinate. The training focus and combat goals of Beihu Camp have never been on personal skills."

Guo Wei stroked his beard lightly and asked doubtfully: "If you don't care about personal skills, then why did you set up the Tiger Camp?"

Zhu Xiu explained: "Beihu Camp focuses on cultivating all-round military qualities of soldiers, focusing on teamwork and special operations, and strives to achieve goals with unconventional military means under special circumstances."

Guo Wei was stunned for a moment. He didn't fully understand it, but it didn't stop him from hearing it sound powerful.

"No way, you ask your soldiers to prepare well and cooperate as needed. Just ask, Chai Rong will lead the Tianxiong Army to assist from the side. You must ensure that the attack is successful and don't give Li Shouzhen another chance to delay!"

Guo Wei gave a dry cough and gave instructions to Chai Rong.

"General, I will obey the commander's orders!" Chai Rong accepted the order.

"I will live up to the great commander's trust!" Zhu Xiu bowed and saluted.

Zhao Kuangyin stood nearby, dodging behind Chai Rong as if he was feeling guilty. Sometimes he looked down at the ground, sometimes he looked up at the top of the tent, but he didn't dare to meet Zhu Xiu's eyes.

Zhu Xiu deliberately moved closer to him and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhao sold me and Lei Huying to Marshal and Marshal Chai?"

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Zhao Kuangyin forced himself to bite the bullet and smiled awkwardly: "What did you say, Brother Xian? Brother Yu would never dare to reveal the secrets of Weihu Camp without Brother Xian's permission! It's just that all the people in Weihu Camp are elite and brave, it's too Too dazzling, Chai Shuai saw it, and asked Brother Yu a few words."

"A few words?" Zhu Xiu squinted, obviously not believing.

Zhao Kuangyin was anxious and vowed: "It's really just a few words! Even I have never seen your special training method. I just briefly described the special training process I participated in in the camp to Chai Shuai."

Seeing his sincere expression, Zhu Xiu grinned and said: "Brother Zhao, don't panic, I'm just kidding you! I used Beihu Camp to test a new military training method, and I originally planned to dedicate it to Chai Shuai and promote it among the Tianxiong Army. This is After being tested in actual combat for the first time, I think Guo Shuai and Chai Shuai will be interested in this method."

Zhao Kuangyin breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Brother Xian, it's better if you don't blame brother Fool."

"How could it be!" Zhu Xiu looked unconcerned, but she was secretly muttering in her heart.

Zhao Kuangyin saw a lot of new things in Jingzhou, which also interested him, but his thoughts and ambitions still stayed with Tianxiong Army and Chai Rong.

As Pan Mei said, Zhao Da is a shrewd man. No matter how good he and Zhang Yijun are to him, they can't keep his heart no matter how much they entrust them with important tasks.

Guo Wei, Chai Rong, and Kaifeng are the goals he focuses on, the core of his struggle, and the steps and channels for his career to rise.

However, the special training method was created by Zhu Xiu. Zhao Da wanted to borrow flowers to present Buddha but didn't say hello, which still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Zhao Da was only allowed to train with the Tiger Camp at the beginning, and he was not allowed to know all the contents of the training manual. Otherwise, this guy might turn around and dedicate it to Guo Wei and Chai Rong, and take half of the credit for nothing.

Being under the command of Uncle Guo, Zhao Da is both a leader and a competitor. Zhao Da is proud and arrogant, so naturally he is not happy to be compared to himself.

Zhu Xiu secretly shook his head. It seemed that in the future, he and Zhao Datong would become officials in the same court. This kind of close but hidden conflicting relationship would last for a long time.
(End of this chapter)