The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 368 Recover Lost Ground
The person in charge of guarding the northern intersection of Wuzhangyuan was Luo Shixin, the first of the five tiger generals under Yang Yong.When Luo Shixin stood in the dark with his gun upright and saw Jiang Da and other dozens of riders fleeing, he stared at the bun-like eyes and slammed the big iron gun in his hand on the ground with a muffled bang. How long the tip of the spear sank into the ground, and sand and stones flew together in an instant, making the ground tremble.

One of his personal guards exclaimed: "The general is brave!"

"Brave, please!" Luo Shixin stared, "Grandma, watching the enemy unable to kill, staring at them and trying to let them go, is really frustrating!"

"General, I don't blame you. You have made a great contribution to the order of the prince and the military adviser. You should be happy." A commander persuaded.

"Bastard! Meritorious meritorious service, is war just for meritorious service?"

"The villain is guilty." Seeing that Luo Shixin was very angry, the commander did not dare to speak any more.The commander couldn't comprehend Luo Shixin's psychology. The enemy was close at hand, but he deliberately let them go, which was more uncomfortable than killing Luo Shixin.

At this time, a soldier came over and saluted: "General, my lord wants you to go back in time and report to your order."

"What order? Tell the lord and the military adviser that this general has let those boys run away alive and kicking according to their wishes!" Luo Shixin said angrily without turning his head.

"Obey." After the soldier saluted, he turned his head and left.

"Come back!" The soldier had just walked a few steps when Luo Shixin stopped him, "I'll go by myself." After speaking, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards Yang Yong's central army tent, and the guards followed him Going up, the soldier looked at Luo Shixin's back in the dark and stuck out his tongue with a smile.

Yang Yong's Chinese army tent, although it was already three o'clock, had not turned off the lights. Yang Yong and Li Jing sat in the tent and waited for the news from the north, because he and Li Jing had already reported that Xue Ju had sent someone from the north. Entering the camp in the north, the two looked at each other and smiled, and sat here waiting for the report.

In a short time, Luo Shixin came in from the outside, strode like a tiger, came up to Yang Yong, bowed and saluted: "Go back to your lord, the general who broke into the camp has already run away with dozens of cavalry. The last general Hand over the order!"

Yang Yong heard the clues from Luo Shixin's walking movements and the buzzing voice, looked at Li Jing, then stood up and said with a smile: "Little brother, you don't need to be polite, you have already made a great contribution, and the contribution is small. I will write it down for you, go down and have a good rest."

"My lord, the last general does not fight for meritorious service, but to kill the enemy!" Luo Shixin did not leave.

"Oh? Hahaha..." Yang Yong and Li Jing looked at each other and laughed, Li Jing asked, "Why did General Luo kill the enemy?"

"Killing the enemy?...Killing the enemy is to destroy the enemy and protect your own people?" Luo Shixin looked at the military division, which means, am I wrong?Do you still need to ask such a straightforward matter?

Yang Yong was happy, came over and patted Luo Shixin on the shoulder and said: "Little brother, you are only half right. Fighting is not for meritorious service and rewards. It is also necessary to destroy the enemy. But there are many ways to destroy the enemy, and killing the enemy is just one of them." One, this is still a last resort, there is also the transformation of the enemy and friends, such as disintegrating the enemy, instigating the enemy, these can achieve the goal of destroying the enemy, it is not necessary to kill them all, otherwise, the enemy is likely to be killed There is no end to it. Since ancient times, we have known that soldiers are not good at war. Attacking the heart is the top priority, and attacking the city is the bottom. Is this king right, military commander?"

Li Jing nodded, and Yang Yong continued: "Little brother, I still have some things to worry about tonight. It's okay to tell you. With our current strength, we can kill a few intruders, or eliminate the tens of thousands of Xue Ju. People and horses are not difficult, but what we want is Xue Ju's territory, and what we want to conquer is the whole of Bashu and Longnan. Therefore, we must let these trespassers go, understand?"

It was only then that Luo Shixin realized that he was short-sighted, and that the prince and the military adviser were far-sighted. This was using Xue Ju as a bait to catch big fish with a long line. He wanted to attract Xue Renguo's men and horses to wipe them out. Then Bashu and Longnan would become ours. The world is over?
After thinking about it, he blushed and hurriedly said rudely: "I will finally be convicted, I will be stupid, and I will resign." Luo Shixin happily left the big tent and went back to his camp to rest.

Yang Yong and Li Jing watched Luo Shixin's tall figure disappear at the entrance of the tent, and they both laughed.Yang Yong knows that people generally have their own strengths and weaknesses. Those who have more than enough bravery must have mediocre intelligence. Luo Shixin is such a person; There are also some, but often their wisdom and courage cannot be called "expert".

After Yang Yong and Li Jing cleared up Luo Shixin's emotions, they discussed and dealt with Xue Ju. The 10 people in front of them were enough to consume them.Yang Yong entrusted Li Jing, the military adviser, with full responsibility for the battle in Wuzhangyuan. After he left, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Wu Tianxi and other [-] soldiers were all under Li Jing's command.

The next day, Yang Yong took four beautiful wives, his women's personal guard battalion, and the newly arrived general Shan Xiongxin after dealing with the post-war affairs of Maweipo, and rushed to Chencang with 4 soldiers. Su Dingfang and Qin Qiong's 5 horse soldiers were combined, making a total of [-] horses. They had to take the opportunity to recover the lost ground to the west and prepare for the ambush of Xue Renguo. This is a top priority.

Wuzhangyuan is not far from Chencang, and Yang Yong and the others arrive day and night.

The young general Su Dingfang and the general Qin Qiong who were on standby in Chencang led people out of the city to connect Yang Yong, Shan Xiongxin and others into the city. The two generals Su and Qin reported to Yang Yong the situation of Chencang's city defense in detail.

Yang Yong was very happy when he learned that they deliberately let go of the messenger sent by Xue Ju to move troops to Qinzhou for help. After praising the two generals, Yang Yong left two female generals, Yang Yuling and Li Wan'er, with five thousand soldiers to guard Chencang, and then took Generals such as Su Dingfang, Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, Princess Yujing and Luo Shiying marched westward with [-] troops, and with a force of destruction, successively recovered counties and counties such as Fengxiang, Qianyang, Liuba, Fengxian and Longxian.

Yang Yong calculated that he had been away from Wuzhangyuan for more than a month. According to the news sent by military adviser Li Jing, Xue Ju's 3 horses were trapped in Wuzhangyuan. He has never fought again. His 3 horses first ate grain and grass, and then horse meat. Now they are about to eat people, and desertions happen every day.

Yang Yong was overjoyed, if Xue Renguo still planned to take him, the old bastard Xue Ju, his men should have arrived.

Sure enough, as Yang Yong expected, on the second day, a scout came to report that Xue Renguo had assembled an army of 20 troops and set off from Qinzhou. One of the four major pillar kingdoms under his command (and the only existing general of the pillar kingdom), known as the silver stick general Chu Yun.

Yang Yong's eyes lit up when he heard it, the person I was waiting for finally came!Then he shouted loudly: "Come here, beat the drums and gather the generals, ready to meet the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)