Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 920

However, before the two beautiful poison guards could get close, a figure rushed towards him like a ghost, and directly knocked the silver wolf away.

This figure is none other than Lian Jicheng, whose strength in Xiangfu Kingdom is second only to Ye Chen, Bai Canghai, Yu Daoxiang, and Zhan Xiongwu, four super masters.

The two poison guards were a little slower, quickly picked up Ye Yu, and retreated far away, coaxing Ye Yu while wiping the blood from his face.

On the other side, Lian Jicheng shook his head and stood up when he saw the little silver wolf that was knocked into the air by him. He bared his sharp wolf teeth, turned around and ran away quickly, seeing that the speed was not much slower than ordinary martial artists who practice light kung fu.

Lian Jicheng looked thoughtfully at the direction where the silver wolf left, and said: "Go to two people, and catch that silver wolf back, don't hurt this beast, find a cage after you catch it."

The two dark guards stepped forward, bowed and said yes, and then chased after the silver wolf in the direction they left.

At this time, Xiao Ye Yu had already been coaxed away by two beautiful poison guards and a group of maids, and Lian Jicheng ordered the body of the maid to be disposed of.

At the same time, in the Dongtian Palace, Ye Chen didn't hear the cries of his daughter and the screams of the court ladies outside the palace, so he knew that something must have happened.But on the one hand, he believed that with Lian Jicheng around, nothing would happen.On the other hand, it was difficult for him to leave, because as soon as he entered, he saw Yu Daoxiang bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and fainted on the futon in the middle of the hall with a pale face.

Ye Chen's complexion changed drastically, and he flew forward, holding Yu Daoxiang in his arms. After checking his inner strength and true energy, his complexion became even uglier. It is an extremely serious manifestation of madness.He didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly poured his true energy into it, and began to help Yu Daoxiang regulate his meridians and dantian.

Gaizhu City is also known as Zhuoluo City (located in Baiyin City, Gansu Province in later generations).It is an important military town and an important gateway from Lanzhou to Xiangfu.For Ying Cheng and Lin Buchi, he won Lanzhou, but if he failed to win Gaizhu City, he always felt unsafe.At the same time, he knew that Xiangfu Kingdom's reinforcements were coming, so the day after he captured Lanzhou, he sat in Lanzhou and sent his top general Gwang Dorje to lead an army of [-] to Gaizhu City.

Three infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion of the Suzaku Legion were stationed in Gaizhu City, led by Ding Jiagang, commander of the second infantry brigade of the Suzaku Legion.After receiving an emergency from Lanzhou before, Ding Jiagang knew that even if he sent troops to support him, it would be useless. Instead, he would lose his troops in vain, not to mention that his troops might be empty, and Gaizhu City was taken by the Tubo people.Therefore, from the beginning to the end, except for sending some spies, Ding Jiagang could not stick to it.

The five wisps of beacon smoke in Lanzhou City have been extinguished for a day.According to the agreement in advance, if the cities are attacked, as long as the city remains intact, the five wisps of beacon smoke will never go out.

In the afternoon of the day when the flames of Lanzhou City were extinguished, Ding Jiagang, who was standing on the city wall of Gaicheng, finally saw the Tubo army flag and the Tubo army who could not see the end.The Tubo people are like a huge pack of wolves, a mass of black, accompanied by a huge rumbling sound, and dust raised high, sweeping towards Gaizhu City, and the horn of Gaizhu City blows in the setting sun, making a mournful whine Voice.The soldiers of the Suzaku Legion standing on the city wall tensed every nerve, watching the Tubo army rushing towards their city with a little nervousness.

Today, more than half of the mid-level and senior generals in the nine major armies of the Xiangfu Kingdom are promoted step by step from the low-level officers of the three thousand Huaxia Guards in the Huaxia Guards, such as the commander of the first cavalry brigade of the Black Wolf Legion. Han Tao, former Battalion Commander Gao Wuyang of the First Brigade and First Battalion of the Xuanwu Army.

Ding Jia has just turned [-], and he is one of them, but he is not like Han Tao and Gao Wuyang, who were born in the grass and lakes. A commander of Mingxiang Fu Kingdom's imperial army, after joining the Huaxia Weifu, he was also a department commander.Before that, he had followed Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin in the South and North Wars for many years, and he had extremely rich experience in the battlefield.However, since the founding of the Xiangfu Kingdom, he has been ordered to garrison this important town. For more than a year, other troops have fought against the Song and Liao countries successively, and made countless meritorious deeds. Kong Lingshan, the commander of the first cavalry brigade of the Xuanwu Army who is similar and has a good relationship with him, was promoted to the Xuanwu Army because he followed Zhan Xiongwu on his expedition to Wuzhou in the Liao Kingdom last year. The deputy head of the army became the first person in their group to become a general.

Therefore, watching the sound of horseshoes getting closer and getting closer, the Tubo soldiers whose faces became clearer and clearer were nearly ten times the size of their own side. Ding Jiagang, who was wearing armor and boarded the Gaizhu city wall, observed the enemy's situation, not only did not feel the slightest fear , but there was a hint of excitement.

Ding Jiagang silently counted the flags at the top of the city, and estimated that the Tubo army was about [-].

Gwang Dorje wanted to capture Gaizhu City, but he, Ding Jiagang, was thinking of using the 4 people led by Gwang Dorje to make meritorious service and confer titles!Although he came from a "root Zhengmiaohong", but because he did not have great military achievements, he was not allowed to be a knight. He has been depressed for more than a year, but now the Tibetans came to invade him, but they gave him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He looked at the Tubo army outside the city, and the banner formation was pretty neat, but from time to time, groups of Tubo troops roared past the city, yelling loudly in Tubo language that he didn't understand, and they didn't even cover it. The army of the Xiangfu Kingdom in Zhucheng was taken seriously.

Seeing that the Tubo army was so rude, the generals under Ding Jiagang's command at the top of the city couldn't help clamoring.

"Brigade Commander, let the general go out to fight for a while, and let the Tubo dog know that our Suzaku Legion is not easy to mess with!" The first one who couldn't hold back was Zeng Guoyong, the captain of Ding Jiagang's personal company and company commander.

Zeng Guoyong is the Chief of the General Staff of the Military Hub, General Zhaoxin, and the third son of Lingwu Bo Zeng Shangfei.Zeng Guoyong is the first batch of fast-graded students of Xiangfu Military Academy, and graduated with No.3 grades. After graduation, he was directly awarded the military honor of Shaodu Colonel. After graduation, he was assigned by his father Zeng Shangfei to Gai Zhu, which was originally relatively safe. city.Unexpectedly, it has now become a place of war.But Zeng Guoyong is nineteen years old, just at the age of youth, but his thinking is different from that of his father Zeng Shangfei.It is even more serious than Ding Jiagang's fighting spirit and his desire to kill the enemy with meritorious service.

As soon as Zeng Guoyong opened his mouth to ask for a fight, all the school captains responded immediately, saying in a hurry: "Exactly, is it possible that you are still afraid of these Tubo dogs?"

"As long as I lead my company's soldiers and horses, I will definitely take the head of the Tubo dog general!"

Dan Dingjia just heard a few words, and shouted sharply: "Shut up all of them!"

In an instant, the city was quiet.

"Are you afraid that there will be no battle?" Ding Jia just didn't turn his head, and said coldly: "Although we are not afraid of the Tubo people, our military strength is too large, so naturally we can't go out of the city at will. Now let's try the Tubo dog's attack first." The city can bear it."

After finishing speaking, he saw that the Tubo people had no intention of attacking the city immediately, but began to set up camp. He also ignored the cadre lieutenant under him, turned around and strode down the city wall, and walked towards the brigade headquarters in the city.Zeng Guoyong was on duty, he was stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed closely, but the rest of the captains didn't dare to make fun of it any more, watching Ding Jiagang leave, they had to go back to the camp.

Ding Jiagang's son, Ding Ying, was also on duty under his command, a captain's staff officer in the brigade's staff department, and he also caught up and said: "Brigade Commander, the general just can't figure out why we stick to Gaizhu City. Even now, if we want to return to Shunzhou City, there is still a way. The enemy is outnumbered, this Gaizhu City is a city, and it is a big camp outside the city. The Tubo soldiers can shoot arrows directly into the city." Ding Jiagang ruled the army very strictly, there were only superiors and subordinates in the army, and there was no affection between father and son.

"So what?" Ding Jiagang interrupted Ding Ying impatiently, "Don't say there is still a city, it is really a camp, as long as there is a need to defend it, it must be defended."

"Brigade commander, don't forget that the Tubo people still have catapults. Although there are only 2000 people in Lanzhou City, the city is high and strong, and the deputy commander of the White Tiger Army, General Yang, personally defended the city. It took less than four days for the city to be broken. .”

"You know what! Lanzhou City only has 2000 people, but the length of Lanzhou City Wall is more than four times that of our Gaizhou City Wall. 2000 people guarding Lanzhou is equivalent to 500 people guarding Gaizhou City. In this way, our military strength is equivalent to Lanzhou City Ten times as much as before. So Lanzhou City has been defended for four days, and I have to defend Gaizhou City for forty days, but reinforcements are coming soon, so we probably won't be able to defend it for a few days. Hmm... maybe If I were to be the commander of the reinforcements, I would use Gaizhou City as a bait for the Tubo people to attack, and then the reinforcements would fight field battles with the Tubo people. This would prevent the Tubo people from defending the city, and the reinforcements would attack the city, causing more casualties." Ding Jiagang pulled He raised his voice, and his tone was almost arrogant, "Besides, I just took a look, and the Tubo people's siege equipment is not very good, and they don't even have many ladders."

"Siege equipment such as ladders, as long as there are craftsmen, they can be built in a few days." Ding Ying is still persevering in admonishing, "Brigade commander, please think again, we only have 5000 people, the number is too small .Now only 4 Tubo people have come, and I heard that they have nearly [-] troops. There is a saying in the art of war.

"What is the art of war?" Ding Jia just pouted, "You are Zhao Kuo who talks about war on paper. I don't know what is said about the art of war. I only know that the army I lead must never run away from the enemy! Tubo If you want to take down Gaizhu City, I will not retreat. Let alone reinforcements, so what if there is no reinforcements? So what if the Tibetans have a hundred thousand troops? Even if there are millions of troops, I will wait for them in Gaizhu City!"

(End of this chapter)