Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 224 Just three days to go
Wang Fangyi was a little confused. Although he was one of the five surnames, he did not feel that he was superior to others. On the contrary, he felt a little disgusted with his identity.

The vast majority of people with the five surnames are proud of their origins and look down on other noble families, let alone common people.

However, there are exceptions to everything, and Wang Fangyi is one of them.

Wang Fangyi was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, but he was a righteous and heroic man without the slightest air of a nobleman. He was able to respect the scholars at the top and work with the rough and tumble soldiers at the bottom. He was open-minded and trustworthy, and was quite popular. He was also favored by Li Shimin and Li Zhi. Among them, the former made an exception and promoted him to Qianniu Guard, and the latter was promoted to Anding County Magistrate, both of whom performed outstandingly.

But because her cousin was Queen Wang, Queen Wu was very disgusted with her.

Although Empress Wu has no power to interfere in politics at the moment, she is still the empress of the mother-in-law, and she still has a certain influence.

No one wants to offend the mother of a country for nothing.

Wang Fangyi's career was also affected, until today he was favored by Zheng Rentai, who valued his family.

Zheng Rentai always maintained a high status, but he really looked down on a queen like Empress Wu who was a concubine of the previous emperor, and he would not care about her feelings.

Seeing that Wang Fangyi was hesitant, Zheng Rentai did not hide it and said: "Then Chen Qingsi is just a scholar, how can he know how to fight? I don't know which villain slandered His Majesty and asked him to act on behalf of the General Manager. How can he face the enemy in battle?" Are you kidding me? At his command, the thieves can reach the capital..."

"I don't know how bad the situation in Lingzhou is now. You should go and find out the truth first to ensure that my follow-up army can understand the real situation on the front line as soon as possible."

Wang Fangyi could hear Zheng Rentai's contempt for Chen Qingsi in every word, but he couldn't say anything and just accepted the order loudly.

Zheng Rentai nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Go, this bandit invasion is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You and I are of the fifth surname, so we should work together to let the world know. The children of the fifth surname are not only good at literature, but also martial arts. He will not be inferior to anyone else."

Wang Fangyi didn't know how to respond, so he had no choice but to bow and leave.

Zheng Rentai opened and closed his right hand unconsciously to relieve the tension deep in his heart. This was the first time that he was on his own. He must be as stunning as Su Dingfang.

Huaiyuan County!

The shouts of death gradually subsided.

Scattered survivors were wailing on the ground. They were seriously injured and crawling on the battlefield full of corpses.

The palms of Sijie Dilu were covered with sweat. Wherever he looked, there was a scene of tragedy, with dead faces and broken limbs. Broken scimitars and broken spears reflected the afterglow of the setting sun. The gray-yellow earth walls were due to the The fight became mottled with smoke, fire, and blood.

He glanced at his son, who was acting heroic and had a blood-stained face, but it was his first real experience on the battlefield, and found that he was setting up a bow and shooting arrows, trying to kill the "survivors" on the ground, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop, what are you doing? "

Sijie Yingcai suppressed the urge to vomit and said: "They are all Tiele's warriors, let's give them a decent death."

Sijie Enemylu scolded unceremoniously: "Stupid! Being kind to one's enemies at any time is equivalent to stabbing one's own tribe. It's easy for you to shoot an arrow, but your tribe may have to pay for it because of your arrow." 100 people, 1000 people, or even the risk of genocide.”

Sijie Yingcai is at a loss.

Sijie Enemylu said: "Their screams and wails will affect the opponent's morale and undermine their fighting spirit. But if you shoot them, you can arouse the opponent's anger. Maybe they wanted to quit, so they let you do this A few foolish arrows provoke anger and start a new war.”

Sijie Yingcai shuddered and said hurriedly: "I know I was wrong."

Sijie Dilu said with some relief: "This is the battlefield! Either you die or I die, there is no room for maneuver. In order to win, all means can be used."

Sijie Yingcai looked at the enemy in the distance, his eyes gradually became firmer, and said: "I understand, kid."

The father and son were silent for a while.Sijie enemy law broke the silence first: "What day is it!"

Si Jie Yingcai said: "The sixth day is only three days away from the agreed time."

Sijie Dilu raised the hunting bow in his hand and said loudly: "I, the warriors of Sijie, our reinforcements will arrive in three days. If we persist for three more days, we will use the head of the other party to worship the dead. tribesmen."

"Ouch..."

The members of the Sijie Department roared like wolves, their morale rising in vain.

Si Jie Yingcai once again got to know his rude father. He may not have that much education, and he may not have read as many books as him, but he has accumulated life experience that he could not learn in books.

The howls of the Sijie tribe stimulated Bi Sudu and Alvi who had just retreated.

Bi Sudu rubbed his eyes that were full of red veins, drank a lot of water, felt the cool water moisturizing his throat that was almost on fire, and cursed in a hoarse voice: "Asshole!"

Looking at Huaiyuan from a distance, this small county town located near the towering Khan Road is lonely and small, but it is insurmountable.

They are not good at attacking the city, but Sijie is not good at defending the city either?

What's more, Huaiyuan County's defense is not strong. With their numerical advantage, there is no reason why they cannot defeat the Sijie tribe.

The result was beyond their expectation. The Sijie tribe resisted extremely tenaciously. It took them four days to dismantle and fill up the barriers, fences and traps set up by the Central Plains people.

Then it stopped under the low earth wall.

The cunning Central Plains people nailed a wooden fence behind the earth wall to support the earth wall, which could not be pushed down at all.

They paid a huge price to build a slope with sand and soil, and they could rush directly into the county along the slope.

Thinking that the fall was imminent, the lame Sijie Enemylu went to the front line at the critical moment. He was unable to fight in close combat, or even use his feet to draw a hard bow, so he relied on a hunting bow to boost his morale and bring him to the front line. They pushed back.

"Don't be afraid, that old beast can't handle it more than a few times."

Alvi lost his wise man's demeanor and cursed: "When we defeat the county, I will chop off the old beast's head and use it as a chamber pot."

He vented his anger and whispered: "Brother, our secret sentry came with news that the Tang Army's advance reinforcements will arrive in three days. That beast must be waiting for reinforcements from the Central Plains, so he held back with all his strength. We We only have two days, and if we can’t get it back within two days, we have to withdraw.”

Bimidu gritted his teeth and said: "That's enough. I was just short of breath after the wave just now. In two days, I will definitely give you the old beast's head."

Alvi said: "I think we can bring back the troops who were watching Lingzhou City to attack the county town. After fighting for so many days, Sijiebu and us are exhausted. Our elite attack, which has never been fought, will definitely be successful in one fell swoop. "

Bi Sudu said in shock: "But what if the Tang army comes out of the city to support us?"

Alvi said: "Don't be afraid. Chen Qingsi is a scholar who is dedicated to using troops. His ability is to follow the rules step by step, but flexibility is not enough. Besides, our scouts are staring at Lingzhou. There is really a troop movement, which cannot be hidden from our eyes."

He warned and said: "Don't make any noise. We will make rotation arrangements in the early morning."

(End of this chapter)