The Tang army and horses rushed into the enemy group, like rivers entering the sea, submerged in the sea.
A general in the infantry camp in the rear said worriedly: The general is so risky with his passion. If our army is not strong in fighting and is surrounded by the enemy, he will be nearly a thousand steps away from the city gate. How can he get out?
Another captain also echoed: If our 10th Regiment's troops were thrown out of the city and the main force was destroyed, how can we defend Shancheng?
Chen Tuanlian shouted coldly: Wulang is the lord's man. If he tells you to die, you will have to die immediately!
All the generals knew that Chen Tuanlian had saved his life from the governor twice, so they naturally understood the joints and stopped talking after hearing it.
At this time, Chen Tuanlian said with hatred: As long as you kill the barbarians, how can you cherish death?
Chen Tuanlian raised his sword and shouted: The whole army obeys the order and move forward!
After hearing this, the troops slowly moved forward. At this moment, they suddenly saw the enemy troops in front of them starting to retreat, almost in a collapse, and the situation became more and more intense. They began to run west like a flood...
Such a scene was puzzled, just like a monster like a mountain suddenly appeared in Shancheng, scaring them away.
The soldiers of the Tang army's infantry camp also looked at the scene ahead in a daze, looking at each other in a daze.
At this time, the crowd was shining, and the Tang army's lances came back. They rushed east from the enemy camp to the west. The heart-protecting mirror on the armor just reflected the rising sunlight from the east, and the shining light was like a divine weapon falling from the sky.
Zhang Wulang was standing on his horse, holding a human head in his left hand and a flagpole in his right hand. The flag on the flagpole was not written in Chinese characters but some curved figures, which were obviously Tuyuhun's military flag.
Seeing this, Tang Jun immediately cheered.
The horse team ran to the front of the formation, Zhang Wulang looked back at the retreating crowd and said: No need to chase, go back to the city.
General, is the head of the enemy's chief general?
Zhang Wulang smiled and said: That's right, this guy wants to run away, but I shot him into the vital point with an arrow. I don’t know what the name is or what the origin is. I will definitely find it when I send the head back to Shanzhou.
Zhang Wulang's archery skills are not just a flaw, and this is the first time that the soldiers in Shanzhou have seen it.
The man with a braided head was covered in blood, his eyes widened, his eyes widened, his eyes were dying with his eyes open, and his mouth was open, his yellow teeth made people feel evil.
Zhang Wulang suddenly reached into his bloody mouth and pulled out a gold tooth, throwing it back, and a soldier hurriedly caught it. Hearing Zhang Wulang say, "I'll reward you."
When the troops returned to the city from the west gate, Zhang Wulang immediately asked someone to find some ice cubes to put in a wooden box, then put the head inside, wrapped the wooden box layer by layer with a quilt, and then sent a quick horse to the Shanzhou Prefecture Yamen together with the Tuyuhun Military Flag.
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Xue Chongxun took the wooden box in the lobby of the state yamen. He couldn't help but open it and looked at the eyes of his eyes with his eyes closed for a long time.
The soldiers who reported the message below described the combat process in detail. After Xue Chongxun finished speaking, he sent an order to issue an official list to the yamen and gates to inform the subjects, and sent someone to notify the general of Shanzhou garrison Li Yi.
The Shanzhou Army won the battle. I thought Li Yi would come to the state office to congratulate him, but unexpectedly, the person who came was a strange old man, with a very deep wrinkles, black and yellow.
The old man looked unhappy and clasped his fists and said: Please order the Duke of Wei to order the Shanzhou army not to fight in a strait, and it is a matter of defending the city well.
Seeing this, Xue Chongxun was unhappy and asked: Who are you?
The old man said: The last general Huang Zhonghou is the deputy general of the Jiannan Army... After hearing my advice, Duke Wei of Shancheng said that there are few soldiers, and going out to fight in a turbulent way is definitely not something worth encouraging.
Xue Chongxun said calmly: The ancients said that one move will decline again and then be exhausted. Wulang seizes the opportunity to destroy the enemy's spirit first. What's wrong with it?
Deputy General Huang Zhonghou frowned and said: The Tuyuhun vanguard army has nearly 10,000 people. What kind of fighter is this? If the people in the wooden box are not incompetent and surrounded the Shanzhou army, how should Zhang Shou get out?The Shanzhou army lost ten regiments, how can Shancheng be defended?
Xue Chongxun remained silent and did not comment.
Huang Zhonghou said goodbye with his fists, turned around and left.
After waiting for someone to leave, Zhang Juesi next to Xue Chongxun whispered: This deputy general is even more arrogant than the main general, and he doesn't think about who he is talking to.
Xue Chongxun was also quite puzzled. He always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.
He lowered his head and thought for a long time, but finally had no idea. He looked up at the head in front of him.
Although his eyes looked in front of him, he seemed to see nothing, and his mind had long thought about something else.
But his unexpected appearance made the officials around him shudder. The governor actually looked at a dead head for a long time!Could he be able to talk to the ghost?This scene is very strange.
Suddenly, Xue Chongxun spoke in the quiet lobby, and many people were shocked.Xue Chongxun stood up in a hurry: Come on, please come to Li Yi to the signing room to see me, and ask him to come immediately, immediately!
The words were immediately and immediately, and the subordinates hurriedly responded to arrange for the servant to report.
Xue Chongxun got up and left the lobby, came to the signing room and sat quietly for a long time. When he was thinking about things, he felt that time passed quickly, as if after a while, he reported to Li Yi to come.
The young man in his early twenties bowed humbly: The last one will pay homage to Duke Wei.
Sure enough, the judge Zhang was right. The momentum of this main general was not as big as the deputy general just now.
Xue Chongxun stared at Li Yi coldly.
Li Yi was stared at her and looked down at her body, as if she was looking for something wrong.
At this time, Xue Chongxun shouted: You are not in charge of Jiannan Army, but Deputy General Huang Zhonghou!
Li Yi was shocked by the sound of the blow and his shoulders trembled. He was stunned for a long time before he gradually came to his senses. He lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Xue Chongxun's eyes widened, and the figure of the governor Cheng Qianli appeared in his mind...
Cheng Qianli, who was like a down-and-out literati, stood up in the face of the sunset in the west, looking into the distance, and his deep eyes seemed to contain countless things that people don’t know...
to be honest!Xue Chongxun said coldly, "Mr. Cheng asked you to be the leader, why?"
Li Yi was silent for a long time before clasping his fists and said: Actually, there is no need to hide it from Duke Wei. Since you asked, I will tell you the truth.As Duke Wei said, although I am the chief general of the Jiannan Army, I actually have no military power, and the military power is all in the hands of Deputy General Huang... Deputy General Huang is a veteran on the battlefield who has been in the Western Regions for half his life with the Jiedushi, so he is qualified to control the Jiannan Army.
Then what are you doing for?Xue Chongxun said angrily.
Li Yi said: I only have one responsibility, wait for the city of Shancheng to be destroyed.
Waiting for the city to break...what does it mean?Tuyuhun claimed to have invaded Shanzhou by 200,000. Don’t you send one army and one soldier to the important town of Shancheng to reinforce, and wait for the city to be broken?
Li Yi continued to say calmly: We must ensure long-term peace and stability in Longyou, and we must be a close confidant patient, Tubo!All the arrangements of the Jiedushi were to severely damage the vitality of the main force of Tubo.By attracting Tubo servants Tuyuhun Army in Shanzhou, the southern line can greatly reduce the pressure and win the chances of defeating the main force of Tubo for 100,000 soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.Therefore, it is only a moment to defend Shancheng for one more moment, and sooner or later the city will be destroyed... Once Shancheng is broken, the Tuyuhun army will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to come to the city of Shanzhou, so my task is to escort the Duke of Wei to Langzhou before Shanzhou is surrounded to prevent mistakes.
Xue Chongxun looked at Li Yi with anger and stood still for a moment.He immediately shouted: Come on!
A clerk hurriedly ran in.Xue Chongxun said anxiously: Immediately send a fast horse of 800 miles to Shancheng, pass me the order and get Zhang Wulang back!
Yes, lord.
etc!
Xue Chongxun mentioned the brush on the case, but saw that there was no ink in the inkstone, so he put Bi Hao into his mouth and licked it twice, picked up the pen and wrote it, licking it while writing, and his lips were covered with black ink.
After writing the sloppy letter, he didn't care about the seal and took it directly on the table: Send it quickly.
Unfortunately it's too late.
The next morning, the messenger came back and reported that the main force of Tuyuhun had arrived at the foot of Shancheng City, and the water was invisible on all sides. Not to mention getting people out, they could not even deliver the letter.
Xue Chongxun sat dejectedly on the chair, and kept his face mute and said nothing.
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The Tang army in Shancheng was still defending the city with hope. Although the enemy soldiers siege the city and attacked day and night, the Shanzhou army rotated to prevent the city from being airtight.
Although there are many people in Tuyuhun, they cannot enter the city. Everyone believes that the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty will soon be able to drive westward...
I didn't watch the city be beaten to death and refused to save it.
The Han people in the city shared the same hatred of the enemy and willingly provided various help for the strong men, materials, etc. The people were helping the government, because those barbarians might massacre the city after the city was broken, and at least burn, kill and rob. Instead of leaving it to the foreign races, it would be better to give it to their own people.
The military and civilians are united, and the fortress of the city is like iron.
But ten days passed, half a month passed, and a month passed... I didn't even see a shadow of reinforcements.No matter how strong the army is, it will still be over without food.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city had eaten and drunk food, but no supplies came to the city for several months.The military rations were exhausted, the war horses were killed, and the people's families were almost confiscated, and the situation became increasingly critical.
At the headquarters of the Shanzhou Army, Zhang Wulang sat in the room with silk curtains hanging on it. The window was carved with fine hollow patterns. On the table in front of him was a rice bowl made of red gold, but the bowl was filled with bark boiled.
At this moment, what is the use of silk and satin?What are the uses of gold, silver and jade?What are the uses of pearls and gems?
At this time, Chen Tuanlian walked in and saw the darkness in front of Zhang Wulang. He turned around and scolded the soldier next to him: "A bastard!"You just give this to the general, without leaving any rice?
The soldier said with an innocent look on his face: I originally left it for the general, but the general inspected the city tower every day. He asked me to do whatever the soldiers ate...
Zhang Wulang waved his hand dejectedly: It's my order, Chen Tuanlian should not make things difficult for him. In a few days, I'm afraid there will be no bark... What's wrong with you?
Two things.
Chen Tuan practiced Taoism. The barbarians learned to be smart and no longer shot arrows on the city. We can’t pick up arrows, we don’t have enough craftsmen, and the materials for arrow feathers are difficult to make, and the new creation is very slow. They also sent envoys to the city to persuade them to surrender. Should we be beheaded and displayed in public?
Zhang Wulang pondered for a moment: Don’t kill!I brought the envoy to see me... I still went to the Xicheng Qiao Tower to meet the soldiers.After saying that, he stood up.
Chen Tuanlian said in surprise: Could it be that Goro wants to bow his head to the barbarians?
Zhang Wulang smiled desolately and said: Anyone can surrender, but I can't surrender.I am the Marquis of Datang County and General of Jinwu Guard. Surrendering to the enemy will damage the prestige of the country.However, there are tens of thousands of people in Shancheng!I must try my best to strive for a way out for the people.
Chen Tuanlian was silent.
The group left the tower and walked onto the street, and could only walk on foot because the horses had been eaten.
The white patch of snow on the ground and rooftops was full of snow, and the world seemed to be silent. In the snow, you could often see balls of black things, which were starving corpses.
Zhang Wulang pointed to the corpse and said: Arrange some people to deal with the corpse, either bury or burn it. Although the weather becomes cold, we must also prevent plague.
Yes, general.
After walking for a while, I saw a row of open houses burning red, and the sound of irons kept ringing, and the craftsmen were rushing to make supplementary weapons and arrow clusters.
Zhang Wulang stopped in front, and a hungry official walked out to greet him. Zhang Wulang encouraged: He did a good job. Although the situation was difficult, everyone was still performing their own duties.
The group continued to move forward, Zhang Wulang went up to the watchtower and summoned the generals above the lieutenant to gather, and then asked someone to bring the Tuyuhun envoy up.
Two Tuyuhun people with upper jackets and lower pants were taken in. The slave owners of Tuyuhun did not wear animal skins, but were all wearing silk and cloth. The clothes were similar to those of the Tang people, but the cut styles were different, and they usually wore trousers instead of skirts.
There are two people with a fat man and a young man, and the young man may be a follower.
They walked up swaggeringly, the fat man put his hands on his left chest and gave a gift in a good manner.
Zhang Wulang sat on the chair without saying a word, and did not return the gift.The generals also glared at each other.
The fat man Tuyuhun took out the package for a while, took out a paper bag, and said: "A roasted lamb leg, Daxiang knew that there was no food in the city, and was afraid that General Zhang would be hungry. He prepared a special gift, please accept it with a smile."
It was obvious that it was just mocking the Tang army for having no food and supplies, and adding bargaining chips to the negotiations.The generals were furious and someone shouted: Throw these two damn men downstairs with their lamb legs!
Zhang Wulang kept his anger and said: Since what he gave was a gift, please accept it and take it out to let the most miserable soldiers in the Western Wall share the food... I cut it first and let the two Tuyuhun people eat it. If it is poisonous, they will be poisoned to death!
A general walked forward and drew out the horizontal knife with a squeak, which scared the fat man.
The general glared fiercely, cut off a piece of meat from the lamb leg, picked it up with a knife to the Tuyuhun people, and shouted: Eat, otherwise I will eat your meat!
The fat man blushed and stared at the shaky horizontal knife, so he had to carefully pinch the mutton with his fingers and put it in his mouth.
When the general put away his knife, he straightened his neck again: Da Xiang ordered you to take out your weapons and open the city to surrender!
Zhang Wulang said coldly: Order?My soldiers of the Tang Dynasty only listen to the orders of the emperor and the emperor to appoint officials. When will they listen to the orders of the Tuyuhun people?
The fat man sneered: Do you have any choice?As long as we surround us and don’t fight, you will die sooner or later!
have.Zhang Wulang said decisively, Kaicheng fights you to the death. If I don’t speak loudly, I can win the more with less, but I can guarantee that the casualties of the Tuyuhun people are definitely several times that of ours!
The fat man said angrily: If you wait for no use to resist, the Tuyuhun army will definitely slaughter the city bloodily on the day when it breaks through the city, and the city will be massacred for life!
Zhang Wulang said nothing.After a while, the fat man took a breath and said: Let's negotiate the conditions.
Be careful not to be impatient.Zhang Wulang said lightly, without comment, he just ordered and took it down to watch.
At this time, the generals were angry and shouted: You are suffering from starvation. Please order the general to open the city to fight the barbarians to the death!Have fun!
What should we do if the tens of thousands of people in Shancheng?Zhang Wulang said coldly, "If the city is handed over to us, but if we fail to keep it, can we pay the crime if we die?"What is wrong with innocent people and what is guilty of!
Is the general going to surrender?One person asked angrily.
Zhang Wulang said: I will take a few dead soldiers out of the city to fight to the death to shock the enemy.You stay and negotiate conditions with the Tuyuhun people to exchange the lives of the people.
Why didn't the general talk to them himself?
Because I have a title personally granted by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!Zhang Wulang looked back at the generals and said that we should not be embarrassed for the tens of thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty.This is the order!
Everyone was silent for a while, and Zhang Wulang turned his eyes to Chen Shitang: I will leave this matter to you. I hope Chen Tuanjian will be in love with Xue Lang’s two lives. Don’t let me die in peace in the spring!
Chen Shitang lowered his head, feeling quite moved.
Zhang Wulang said: You promise me in front of everyone.
Chen Shitang nodded: I will not throw our face in front of the barbarians.
very good.Zhang Wulang also ordered that he would choose a team of dead soldiers to stand by. Those who have only sons, father and sons, and brothers in the family cannot be selected.
A general left the tower to select soldiers, while the others were waiting.
After a long time, someone came to report: General, the team has been assembled.
Zhang Wulang raised his sword and walked out of the watchtower with his head held high, and the generals followed silently.The snowflakes floating around outside the building are floating slowly, very beautiful.
Zhang Wulang couldn't help but look back at the direction of Shanzhou to the east, sighed in his heart, as if he had remembered something, and murmured: When he was lying high in Nanzhai, he vomited at the beginning of the moon.The clear and fresh water wood is rippling in the window.It’s almost empty, and it’s clear and the present is the present.The beauty is clear on the riverside, and it is the night when she chants hard.What a thousand miles away, the breeze blows on Landu...
The warriors basically couldn't understand it, but they just thought it was Wulang's last poem before leaving.No one knew what was thinking of him.
There were hundreds of soldiers on guard in the urn city, but only one team of people and Zhang Wulang left the city, and the others were just preparing here to beware of the enemy rushing in when the door was opened.
Zhang Wulang pulled out the horizontal knife, threw the golden scabbard inlaid, and then raised his head and shouted: Everyone will be in the future, open the city gate!
A general in the infantry camp in the rear said worriedly: The general is so risky with his passion. If our army is not strong in fighting and is surrounded by the enemy, he will be nearly a thousand steps away from the city gate. How can he get out?
Another captain also echoed: If our 10th Regiment's troops were thrown out of the city and the main force was destroyed, how can we defend Shancheng?
Chen Tuanlian shouted coldly: Wulang is the lord's man. If he tells you to die, you will have to die immediately!
All the generals knew that Chen Tuanlian had saved his life from the governor twice, so they naturally understood the joints and stopped talking after hearing it.
At this time, Chen Tuanlian said with hatred: As long as you kill the barbarians, how can you cherish death?
Chen Tuanlian raised his sword and shouted: The whole army obeys the order and move forward!
After hearing this, the troops slowly moved forward. At this moment, they suddenly saw the enemy troops in front of them starting to retreat, almost in a collapse, and the situation became more and more intense. They began to run west like a flood...
Such a scene was puzzled, just like a monster like a mountain suddenly appeared in Shancheng, scaring them away.
The soldiers of the Tang army's infantry camp also looked at the scene ahead in a daze, looking at each other in a daze.
At this time, the crowd was shining, and the Tang army's lances came back. They rushed east from the enemy camp to the west. The heart-protecting mirror on the armor just reflected the rising sunlight from the east, and the shining light was like a divine weapon falling from the sky.
Zhang Wulang was standing on his horse, holding a human head in his left hand and a flagpole in his right hand. The flag on the flagpole was not written in Chinese characters but some curved figures, which were obviously Tuyuhun's military flag.
Seeing this, Tang Jun immediately cheered.
The horse team ran to the front of the formation, Zhang Wulang looked back at the retreating crowd and said: No need to chase, go back to the city.
General, is the head of the enemy's chief general?
Zhang Wulang smiled and said: That's right, this guy wants to run away, but I shot him into the vital point with an arrow. I don’t know what the name is or what the origin is. I will definitely find it when I send the head back to Shanzhou.
Zhang Wulang's archery skills are not just a flaw, and this is the first time that the soldiers in Shanzhou have seen it.
The man with a braided head was covered in blood, his eyes widened, his eyes widened, his eyes were dying with his eyes open, and his mouth was open, his yellow teeth made people feel evil.
Zhang Wulang suddenly reached into his bloody mouth and pulled out a gold tooth, throwing it back, and a soldier hurriedly caught it. Hearing Zhang Wulang say, "I'll reward you."
When the troops returned to the city from the west gate, Zhang Wulang immediately asked someone to find some ice cubes to put in a wooden box, then put the head inside, wrapped the wooden box layer by layer with a quilt, and then sent a quick horse to the Shanzhou Prefecture Yamen together with the Tuyuhun Military Flag.
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Xue Chongxun took the wooden box in the lobby of the state yamen. He couldn't help but open it and looked at the eyes of his eyes with his eyes closed for a long time.
The soldiers who reported the message below described the combat process in detail. After Xue Chongxun finished speaking, he sent an order to issue an official list to the yamen and gates to inform the subjects, and sent someone to notify the general of Shanzhou garrison Li Yi.
The Shanzhou Army won the battle. I thought Li Yi would come to the state office to congratulate him, but unexpectedly, the person who came was a strange old man, with a very deep wrinkles, black and yellow.
The old man looked unhappy and clasped his fists and said: Please order the Duke of Wei to order the Shanzhou army not to fight in a strait, and it is a matter of defending the city well.
Seeing this, Xue Chongxun was unhappy and asked: Who are you?
The old man said: The last general Huang Zhonghou is the deputy general of the Jiannan Army... After hearing my advice, Duke Wei of Shancheng said that there are few soldiers, and going out to fight in a turbulent way is definitely not something worth encouraging.
Xue Chongxun said calmly: The ancients said that one move will decline again and then be exhausted. Wulang seizes the opportunity to destroy the enemy's spirit first. What's wrong with it?
Deputy General Huang Zhonghou frowned and said: The Tuyuhun vanguard army has nearly 10,000 people. What kind of fighter is this? If the people in the wooden box are not incompetent and surrounded the Shanzhou army, how should Zhang Shou get out?The Shanzhou army lost ten regiments, how can Shancheng be defended?
Xue Chongxun remained silent and did not comment.
Huang Zhonghou said goodbye with his fists, turned around and left.
After waiting for someone to leave, Zhang Juesi next to Xue Chongxun whispered: This deputy general is even more arrogant than the main general, and he doesn't think about who he is talking to.
Xue Chongxun was also quite puzzled. He always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.
He lowered his head and thought for a long time, but finally had no idea. He looked up at the head in front of him.
Although his eyes looked in front of him, he seemed to see nothing, and his mind had long thought about something else.
But his unexpected appearance made the officials around him shudder. The governor actually looked at a dead head for a long time!Could he be able to talk to the ghost?This scene is very strange.
Suddenly, Xue Chongxun spoke in the quiet lobby, and many people were shocked.Xue Chongxun stood up in a hurry: Come on, please come to Li Yi to the signing room to see me, and ask him to come immediately, immediately!
The words were immediately and immediately, and the subordinates hurriedly responded to arrange for the servant to report.
Xue Chongxun got up and left the lobby, came to the signing room and sat quietly for a long time. When he was thinking about things, he felt that time passed quickly, as if after a while, he reported to Li Yi to come.
The young man in his early twenties bowed humbly: The last one will pay homage to Duke Wei.
Sure enough, the judge Zhang was right. The momentum of this main general was not as big as the deputy general just now.
Xue Chongxun stared at Li Yi coldly.
Li Yi was stared at her and looked down at her body, as if she was looking for something wrong.
At this time, Xue Chongxun shouted: You are not in charge of Jiannan Army, but Deputy General Huang Zhonghou!
Li Yi was shocked by the sound of the blow and his shoulders trembled. He was stunned for a long time before he gradually came to his senses. He lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Xue Chongxun's eyes widened, and the figure of the governor Cheng Qianli appeared in his mind...
Cheng Qianli, who was like a down-and-out literati, stood up in the face of the sunset in the west, looking into the distance, and his deep eyes seemed to contain countless things that people don’t know...
to be honest!Xue Chongxun said coldly, "Mr. Cheng asked you to be the leader, why?"
Li Yi was silent for a long time before clasping his fists and said: Actually, there is no need to hide it from Duke Wei. Since you asked, I will tell you the truth.As Duke Wei said, although I am the chief general of the Jiannan Army, I actually have no military power, and the military power is all in the hands of Deputy General Huang... Deputy General Huang is a veteran on the battlefield who has been in the Western Regions for half his life with the Jiedushi, so he is qualified to control the Jiannan Army.
Then what are you doing for?Xue Chongxun said angrily.
Li Yi said: I only have one responsibility, wait for the city of Shancheng to be destroyed.
Waiting for the city to break...what does it mean?Tuyuhun claimed to have invaded Shanzhou by 200,000. Don’t you send one army and one soldier to the important town of Shancheng to reinforce, and wait for the city to be broken?
Li Yi continued to say calmly: We must ensure long-term peace and stability in Longyou, and we must be a close confidant patient, Tubo!All the arrangements of the Jiedushi were to severely damage the vitality of the main force of Tubo.By attracting Tubo servants Tuyuhun Army in Shanzhou, the southern line can greatly reduce the pressure and win the chances of defeating the main force of Tubo for 100,000 soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.Therefore, it is only a moment to defend Shancheng for one more moment, and sooner or later the city will be destroyed... Once Shancheng is broken, the Tuyuhun army will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to come to the city of Shanzhou, so my task is to escort the Duke of Wei to Langzhou before Shanzhou is surrounded to prevent mistakes.
Xue Chongxun looked at Li Yi with anger and stood still for a moment.He immediately shouted: Come on!
A clerk hurriedly ran in.Xue Chongxun said anxiously: Immediately send a fast horse of 800 miles to Shancheng, pass me the order and get Zhang Wulang back!
Yes, lord.
etc!
Xue Chongxun mentioned the brush on the case, but saw that there was no ink in the inkstone, so he put Bi Hao into his mouth and licked it twice, picked up the pen and wrote it, licking it while writing, and his lips were covered with black ink.
After writing the sloppy letter, he didn't care about the seal and took it directly on the table: Send it quickly.
Unfortunately it's too late.
The next morning, the messenger came back and reported that the main force of Tuyuhun had arrived at the foot of Shancheng City, and the water was invisible on all sides. Not to mention getting people out, they could not even deliver the letter.
Xue Chongxun sat dejectedly on the chair, and kept his face mute and said nothing.
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The Tang army in Shancheng was still defending the city with hope. Although the enemy soldiers siege the city and attacked day and night, the Shanzhou army rotated to prevent the city from being airtight.
Although there are many people in Tuyuhun, they cannot enter the city. Everyone believes that the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty will soon be able to drive westward...
I didn't watch the city be beaten to death and refused to save it.
The Han people in the city shared the same hatred of the enemy and willingly provided various help for the strong men, materials, etc. The people were helping the government, because those barbarians might massacre the city after the city was broken, and at least burn, kill and rob. Instead of leaving it to the foreign races, it would be better to give it to their own people.
The military and civilians are united, and the fortress of the city is like iron.
But ten days passed, half a month passed, and a month passed... I didn't even see a shadow of reinforcements.No matter how strong the army is, it will still be over without food.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city had eaten and drunk food, but no supplies came to the city for several months.The military rations were exhausted, the war horses were killed, and the people's families were almost confiscated, and the situation became increasingly critical.
At the headquarters of the Shanzhou Army, Zhang Wulang sat in the room with silk curtains hanging on it. The window was carved with fine hollow patterns. On the table in front of him was a rice bowl made of red gold, but the bowl was filled with bark boiled.
At this moment, what is the use of silk and satin?What are the uses of gold, silver and jade?What are the uses of pearls and gems?
At this time, Chen Tuanlian walked in and saw the darkness in front of Zhang Wulang. He turned around and scolded the soldier next to him: "A bastard!"You just give this to the general, without leaving any rice?
The soldier said with an innocent look on his face: I originally left it for the general, but the general inspected the city tower every day. He asked me to do whatever the soldiers ate...
Zhang Wulang waved his hand dejectedly: It's my order, Chen Tuanlian should not make things difficult for him. In a few days, I'm afraid there will be no bark... What's wrong with you?
Two things.
Chen Tuan practiced Taoism. The barbarians learned to be smart and no longer shot arrows on the city. We can’t pick up arrows, we don’t have enough craftsmen, and the materials for arrow feathers are difficult to make, and the new creation is very slow. They also sent envoys to the city to persuade them to surrender. Should we be beheaded and displayed in public?
Zhang Wulang pondered for a moment: Don’t kill!I brought the envoy to see me... I still went to the Xicheng Qiao Tower to meet the soldiers.After saying that, he stood up.
Chen Tuanlian said in surprise: Could it be that Goro wants to bow his head to the barbarians?
Zhang Wulang smiled desolately and said: Anyone can surrender, but I can't surrender.I am the Marquis of Datang County and General of Jinwu Guard. Surrendering to the enemy will damage the prestige of the country.However, there are tens of thousands of people in Shancheng!I must try my best to strive for a way out for the people.
Chen Tuanlian was silent.
The group left the tower and walked onto the street, and could only walk on foot because the horses had been eaten.
The white patch of snow on the ground and rooftops was full of snow, and the world seemed to be silent. In the snow, you could often see balls of black things, which were starving corpses.
Zhang Wulang pointed to the corpse and said: Arrange some people to deal with the corpse, either bury or burn it. Although the weather becomes cold, we must also prevent plague.
Yes, general.
After walking for a while, I saw a row of open houses burning red, and the sound of irons kept ringing, and the craftsmen were rushing to make supplementary weapons and arrow clusters.
Zhang Wulang stopped in front, and a hungry official walked out to greet him. Zhang Wulang encouraged: He did a good job. Although the situation was difficult, everyone was still performing their own duties.
The group continued to move forward, Zhang Wulang went up to the watchtower and summoned the generals above the lieutenant to gather, and then asked someone to bring the Tuyuhun envoy up.
Two Tuyuhun people with upper jackets and lower pants were taken in. The slave owners of Tuyuhun did not wear animal skins, but were all wearing silk and cloth. The clothes were similar to those of the Tang people, but the cut styles were different, and they usually wore trousers instead of skirts.
There are two people with a fat man and a young man, and the young man may be a follower.
They walked up swaggeringly, the fat man put his hands on his left chest and gave a gift in a good manner.
Zhang Wulang sat on the chair without saying a word, and did not return the gift.The generals also glared at each other.
The fat man Tuyuhun took out the package for a while, took out a paper bag, and said: "A roasted lamb leg, Daxiang knew that there was no food in the city, and was afraid that General Zhang would be hungry. He prepared a special gift, please accept it with a smile."
It was obvious that it was just mocking the Tang army for having no food and supplies, and adding bargaining chips to the negotiations.The generals were furious and someone shouted: Throw these two damn men downstairs with their lamb legs!
Zhang Wulang kept his anger and said: Since what he gave was a gift, please accept it and take it out to let the most miserable soldiers in the Western Wall share the food... I cut it first and let the two Tuyuhun people eat it. If it is poisonous, they will be poisoned to death!
A general walked forward and drew out the horizontal knife with a squeak, which scared the fat man.
The general glared fiercely, cut off a piece of meat from the lamb leg, picked it up with a knife to the Tuyuhun people, and shouted: Eat, otherwise I will eat your meat!
The fat man blushed and stared at the shaky horizontal knife, so he had to carefully pinch the mutton with his fingers and put it in his mouth.
When the general put away his knife, he straightened his neck again: Da Xiang ordered you to take out your weapons and open the city to surrender!
Zhang Wulang said coldly: Order?My soldiers of the Tang Dynasty only listen to the orders of the emperor and the emperor to appoint officials. When will they listen to the orders of the Tuyuhun people?
The fat man sneered: Do you have any choice?As long as we surround us and don’t fight, you will die sooner or later!
have.Zhang Wulang said decisively, Kaicheng fights you to the death. If I don’t speak loudly, I can win the more with less, but I can guarantee that the casualties of the Tuyuhun people are definitely several times that of ours!
The fat man said angrily: If you wait for no use to resist, the Tuyuhun army will definitely slaughter the city bloodily on the day when it breaks through the city, and the city will be massacred for life!
Zhang Wulang said nothing.After a while, the fat man took a breath and said: Let's negotiate the conditions.
Be careful not to be impatient.Zhang Wulang said lightly, without comment, he just ordered and took it down to watch.
At this time, the generals were angry and shouted: You are suffering from starvation. Please order the general to open the city to fight the barbarians to the death!Have fun!
What should we do if the tens of thousands of people in Shancheng?Zhang Wulang said coldly, "If the city is handed over to us, but if we fail to keep it, can we pay the crime if we die?"What is wrong with innocent people and what is guilty of!
Is the general going to surrender?One person asked angrily.
Zhang Wulang said: I will take a few dead soldiers out of the city to fight to the death to shock the enemy.You stay and negotiate conditions with the Tuyuhun people to exchange the lives of the people.
Why didn't the general talk to them himself?
Because I have a title personally granted by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!Zhang Wulang looked back at the generals and said that we should not be embarrassed for the tens of thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty.This is the order!
Everyone was silent for a while, and Zhang Wulang turned his eyes to Chen Shitang: I will leave this matter to you. I hope Chen Tuanjian will be in love with Xue Lang’s two lives. Don’t let me die in peace in the spring!
Chen Shitang lowered his head, feeling quite moved.
Zhang Wulang said: You promise me in front of everyone.
Chen Shitang nodded: I will not throw our face in front of the barbarians.
very good.Zhang Wulang also ordered that he would choose a team of dead soldiers to stand by. Those who have only sons, father and sons, and brothers in the family cannot be selected.
A general left the tower to select soldiers, while the others were waiting.
After a long time, someone came to report: General, the team has been assembled.
Zhang Wulang raised his sword and walked out of the watchtower with his head held high, and the generals followed silently.The snowflakes floating around outside the building are floating slowly, very beautiful.
Zhang Wulang couldn't help but look back at the direction of Shanzhou to the east, sighed in his heart, as if he had remembered something, and murmured: When he was lying high in Nanzhai, he vomited at the beginning of the moon.The clear and fresh water wood is rippling in the window.It’s almost empty, and it’s clear and the present is the present.The beauty is clear on the riverside, and it is the night when she chants hard.What a thousand miles away, the breeze blows on Landu...
The warriors basically couldn't understand it, but they just thought it was Wulang's last poem before leaving.No one knew what was thinking of him.
There were hundreds of soldiers on guard in the urn city, but only one team of people and Zhang Wulang left the city, and the others were just preparing here to beware of the enemy rushing in when the door was opened.
Zhang Wulang pulled out the horizontal knife, threw the golden scabbard inlaid, and then raised his head and shouted: Everyone will be in the future, open the city gate!
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