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Chapter 631 A Newborn Calf Is Not Afraid of Tigers (Second More)

Hearing what Song Jingang said, Li Chongjiu asked with a smile: "General Song must have had an opinion, why don't you listen to it?"

Song Jingang immediately said: "Your Majesty, then the last general will show his shame. The last general thinks that with the current power of my great Zhao, even if Li Tang restrains him, it is a sure thing to sweep Shandong. The difference lies in the speed of taking Shandong."

Li Chongjiu nodded: "You're right. Li Tang is about to attack Xiao Mian. We must take Shandong before Li Yuan defeats Xiao Mian. Such a large army has no worries, and they will go west with all their strength to keep Luoyang. Therefore, the attack on Shandong is easy. .”

Song Jingang said: "Your Majesty's words are true, so the general knows it well, just like this time the general will put down the bandits. The bandits are fighting each other and have different orders. That's why the humble ministers defeated each other. Among the several Shandong princes, most of them In the future, only Qi Gongshun will be the strongest. If Qi Gongshun can be defeated and Qingzhou can be forcibly pulled out, and all his meritorious service can be completed in one battle, then the heroes of Shandong will look forward to their surrender."

Li Chongjiu said: "The ancients said that a word can rejuvenate a country, but what you have said is truly insightful. What is rare is that what Xu Aiqing gave me is the same. It seems that you are indeed the best candidate to attack Shandong this time. I did not choose wrongly." people."

Song Jingang lowered his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

Li Chongjiu said: "Since you have this idea, you will lead your army south today and cooperate with Xu Shiji to attack Qingzhou."

"Promise." Song Jingang clasped his fists and said.

Huoer cares about the grassland.

Thirty-five thousand troops set off from White Wolf City, heading towards Wuhuan Mountain.

Tuntian Xiaowei Wang Shi is lying on the carriage at the moment.This carriage belongs to the Dingling tribe and is used to transport grain.The Dingling tribe is also known as the Gaoche clan, and each herdsman household in the Dingling tribe has at least four or more high carts.But now Wang Zhen could only obediently lean on the carriage, the carriage bumped his buttocks, which just happened to be injured, and it cracked again.

Wang Zhen now has the heart to hate Guo Xiaoke to death.

"Master Captain, you can camp now." A Ding Lingbu leader said to Wang Shi.

In the eyes of the Ding Ling tribe, this Zhao Jun Xiaojun's Lord Wang is quite a high-ranking official.

With the help of his family member, Wang Shi climbed out of the car and said, "We're camping here. I see that the surrounding area is open. Aren't you afraid of Khitan cavalry attacking at night?"

The head of the Dingling Division smiled and said, "Lord Captain, don't worry, our Dingling Division has been like this for hundreds of years. As long as we surround the carts in a ring formation, ordinary Khitan cavalry cannot attack."

Wang Shi nodded. Among all the ministries in Eastern Liaodong, the Dingling Division was the weakest, so he didn't think much of it.However, Wang Shi was really frightened when he heard the head of Ding Lingbu report his family name.

It turned out that this man, the head of Ding Lingbu, was named Hu Luhong, and he was actually the same family as Hu Luguang, a famous general in the Northern Qi Dynasty.You must know that the Northern Qi Dynasty when Hu Luguang was there, the sound shook the Guanxi, and the Turks were overwhelmed. Even the Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty said, if this person was there, how could we break through the city of Ye.

Although Huluguang was wrongly killed and died, his tribe did not perish. The Hulu tribe was originally the most valiant and combative part of the Gaoche tribe.When the Northern Qi expelled the Hulu tribe, many tribesmen returned to their hometowns in Liaodong.And this Hu Luhong is a famous warrior in the Hu Lu clan.

Wang Shi saw that the soldiers of the Hulu Department of the Dingling tribe first drove the donkeys and mules with the carts to one place, surrounded them with sheep and horses, and then used high carts one after another on all sides, connecting end to end, and erected a ring formation. .

The chariot formation is in the outermost circle, and the people and horses are behind the chariot formation, while the mules and donkeys are locked in the center. Boxes are used to stack watchtowers around the chariot formation, and soldiers are sentry on it.Such a formation of chariots one after another is a formation passed down from generation to generation by the Dingling people. Although even the Xi people have the custom of surrounding the chariot formation, their chariot formation is far less famous than the Dingling tribe.
In this chariot formation, one-third of the food and supplies of the expeditionary army were still escorted.

As dusk fell, Wang Shi dragged his body around. He had two hundred Goguryeo military households under his command, all of whom were prisoners of war who attacked Goguryeo back then.They have been in Han for a long time, and they no longer want to go back to Goguryeo. Now they are used as slaves, not as soldiers, but as auxiliary soldiers, doing some things like feeding carts and feeding horses.

Wang Shi looked at them for a while, and found that these Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers did their own thing well, and it was nothing for him to discipline, which made him quite bored.Wang Shixin thought that as a Tuntian school lieutenant, he would never have a chance to make military exploits. It seemed that he was going to spend his whole life in obscurity in the Songmo Protectorate.

The autumn wind chills the grassland.

The weather turned cold immediately after nightfall, and many soldiers put on felt shirts and sat around the fire to warm up.

At this time Hu Luhong came over and said to Wang Shi: "Master Captain, something is wrong tonight."

"Why is something wrong?" Wang Shi asked back.

"You see, our army has been deep into Huo'ershen Grassland for three days, but we haven't found even a Khitan scout. I wonder if the Khitans have gathered to ambush us. Especially tonight when the moon is bright, the Khitans are going to ambush us It’s a great opportunity.”

Wang Shi raised his head and looked at the sky. It was really bright moonlight, and there was almost no need to light torches around.
Hearing what Hu Luhong said, Wang Shi immediately became serious and asked, "How many soldiers are there in the Dingling army?"

"500 people, Master Cui led the other 500 people to follow the army near the army of Lord Duhu. Our army escorted food and grass, and we were a little behind when we crossed the river. But it doesn't matter, there are two thousand cavalry from the Shidexi Department Team, just a few miles away."

Hearing this, Wang Shi said: "Then to strengthen the guard tonight is to double the number of night watchmen."

Hu Luhong wondered: "But marching and transporting food during the day is already very hard. If we send twice as many people, the clansmen will complain."

"It's okay, tell them who will watch the night tonight, and everyone will give ten dollars."

"Okay." Hu Luhong immediately agreed as if he was afraid of Wang Shi's repentance, and immediately ordered someone to go down, and arranged for people to stay overnight.When the Dingling soldiers on duty at night heard that there were ten coins to take tonight, it was as if a drop of water was poured into a boiling oil pan, and there was a sudden sound.Everyone who is on duty at night is happy, and those who are not on duty are regretful.

For Dingling people, ten coins can be exchanged for a foot of coarse cloth, a small grain of coarse salt or a piece of tea brick in the Liaodong market.And it only takes one night of hard work to get it.

Seeing Ding Ling's soldiers' gratitude, Wang Shi immediately became cheerful, and the servant at the side asked quietly: "Master, where do we get money to reward these Ding Ling people?"

"If the Khitans came to sneak attack tonight, and we defended them, wouldn't there be rewards?"

"But young master, what if the Khitans don't come tonight?"

Wang Shi was stunned and said, "I didn't expect that. Forget it, I owe it first. There is always a way. Are living people afraid of being suffocated to death?" The two servants heard Wang Shi's irresponsible words , suddenly showing a look of wanting to cry but not tears.

In the middle of the night, the night wind is even cooler.

The grassland is even quieter.

At this time, there was a sudden rush of horseshoes from the east.And the night wind was blowing from the west, and the sound of horseshoes was heard at this time, indicating that the Khitan cavalry was very close.

"No, it's the outpost of the Khitan people!" shouted from the watchtower.

When Wang Shi heard this, he immediately jumped up from the horse pile, drew out his sword, stared at him and shouted, "Where are the Khitan people?"

Two servants immediately ran over to persuade them: "Master, it's the Khitan sentry horse, not the Khitan army."

"No, I'll go and have a look." Wang Shi was about to make a move.

"Wait a minute, master, let's put on the armor for you first."

"Trouble." Wang Shi scolded.Immediately, the two servants took a pair of fish-scale armor from the armor bed, and hurriedly put it on for Wang Shi.This fish scale armor was given to Wang Shi by Yang E's relatives, it is treasured in the arsenal, it is the strongest.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes increased again, and the person upstairs said: "No, there are also Khitan people in the north, and there are many torches."

"It doesn't matter." Wang Shi took his helmet and ran to the vicinity of the watchtower. At this time, Hu Luhong also ran over and said, "Master Captain, you are really a Khitan cavalry."

Wang Shi laughed loudly when he heard the words: "It's good to come, I'm afraid they won't come, my military achievements will fall on them."

When Hu Luhong saw Wang Shi's calm and composed appearance, he couldn't help admiring him from the bottom of his heart. He thought to himself that the Zhao people had fought all over the world in the past few years, and even the Turkic people were afraid. It explains a lot of problems.Thinking that I have been in the army for many years, this courage is far inferior.

In terms of official position, Hu Luhong may not be under Wang Shi, but at this moment he said: "Your Excellency, you are really brave, then everything here is under the command of the captain."

"Okay!" Wang Shi agreed with a cheeky face first.

But Hu Luhong didn't know that Wang Shi's courage was completely like a newborn calf not afraid of tigers.In fact, Wang Shi was on the battlefield for the first time, and he had no command experience at all. If Hu Luhong knew the truth, he would faint with anger.

"Master Captain, please tell me, what should we do next?"

Wang Shi was stunned, what should be the first step?Wang Shi is blinded at the moment, but fortunately his two servants have been by Wang Junkuo's side for many years, and they are all battle-tested soldiers.Wang Shi won't, they will.

Immediately, the two whispered to Wang Shi, Wang Shi nodded and said, "Yes, that's it."

Wang Shi said immediately: "Order people to light white smoke on the watchtower, and tell other ministries that we have been attacked here, and get up quickly to reinforce."

"Also let the coachmen and handymen take one of them together, and gather them with the donkeys and sheep in the sheep and horse pens, and tell them that when the Khitans attack, anyone who shouts loudly or walks around randomly will be killed."

"What about the rest? Take up bows and arrows. Once the Khitan cavalry attack, they will greet them with bows and arrows. They will shoot at them when they break through the chariot formation. When the enemy cavalry retreats, they are not allowed to attack."

Wang Shi gave orders one by one, and he was very orderly, and suddenly Hu Luhong was fooled again.Now the white smoke that can be seen at night is burning on the watchtower. After hearing that the Khitan cavalry attacked, the Koguryo military households were all afraid, but under the military order, they all gathered together with wooden sticks in their mouths and dared not move around.

Wang Shi walked to one place, but saw that there were more than 50 soldiers guarded by Ding Ling's soldiers. He immediately asked Hu Luhong, "What's going on? Why aren't they allowed to take weapons?"

Hu Luhong said: "Your Excellency, I don't know. General Guo is strict in running the army. He kills people every time before a big battle. According to the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, these are soldiers who committed crimes, or thorns in the battalions. Sent here to be imprisoned, it is estimated that he will be executed before the decisive battle, and the whole army will be warned."

Wang Shiqi said: "There is another matter."

At that moment, Wang Shi had a thought, walked up to the 50 soldiers and said: "Listen, you should die for committing crimes, but you are lucky. Right now the Khitans are coming to attack the chariot camp. As long as you can hold the chariot camp, you will arrive If you are sentenced to death, there are still rewards and military merits to be won, and whoever has eggs will stand up for someone, and you can live or die as you please."

After hearing what Wang Shi said, these soldiers stepped forward without hesitation and said, "We are not afraid of death, are we still afraid of the Khitan people? This life is for the captain."

Hu Luhong hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "No way, Mr. Captain, this is against General Guo's intention."

Wang Shi rolled his eyes and said, "You are in charge here, or I am in charge. If you say a word, I will take you down."

When Hu Luhong saw that Wang Shi had taken a chicken feather as an arrow so quickly, he could only be speechless at the moment, who told him to hand over all the power just now.

And the two servants were surprised to see that Wang Shi had received fifty tough and death-defying soldiers with just one word. Let's go with the general.

Wang Shi drew out his sword and shouted: "Let the Khitan bandits show the true colors of our big Zhao man."

More than 50 soldiers shouted at the same time, and then the soldiers of the Dingling clan saw how brave the general was, and they also shouted one after another.

And the Khitan cavalry who were constantly gathering in the outer circle were all startled when they saw the sudden burst of cheers in the car formation. According to reason, Zhao Jun, who was attacked at night at this time, shouldn't panic, right?
As for Wang Shi looking at the Khitan cavalry circling the chariots in the night, I don't believe it, so who else can hold me down.

(End of this chapter)