Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

Although the fighting outside the city is over, people's hearts have not calmed down. Especially after witnessing Hu Luguang fighting the enemy outside the city and returning without success, the officers and soldiers in Jinyong City felt heavy and complicated.

After the strike outside the city, the Wei army did not stop there. They sent more troops to the Tushan Mountain south of Jinyong City and transported stone bullets to the Tushan Mountain. Soon after, the sound of stone bullets was heard in the city again.

After being subjected to such attacks for several days, since the landing points of these stone bombs were generally in a relatively fixed area, the defenders in the city were no longer as panicked as they were initially. As long as they avoided these areas, they would basically not What injuries and effects were suffered.

Even so, the huge sound caused by those stone bullets falling into the city is still quite thrilling. Even if they have figured out the pattern of their attacks, whenever the enemy launches such an attack again, the defenders in the city will also They all tried to reduce their range of activities and found bunkers to hide.

In order to avoid these stone bullets, Hulujin simply moved the camp from the state capital in the city to near the city gate. With the huge bunker of the city wall, he could ignore the stone bullet attacks.

But physical blows can be avoided, but today's stone bullet attack adds a bit of heart-wrenching irony, making people feel more and more irritable under the roar of stone bullets.

When Hu Lujin walked down the city wall and was having dinner in the camp with a lot of things going on, a general from outside the tent came in and reported: "To the Grand Master, today we are too timid to go out of the city and dare not attack. All the criminals have been captured in the tent." Now, I respectfully ask the Taiwei to cut it off."

After hearing this, Hu Lujin frowned. He put down the tableware in his hands and walked out of the tent. He saw many soldiers kneeling in front of the tent with their arms tied behind their backs.

These people were all the soldiers he sent outside the city to attack Tushan during the day. However, they were influenced by the enemy's shouts and did not attack forward. After returning to the city, they were all captured because they were afraid of fighting.

In addition to these criminals, many other generals guarding the city, including Zhaojun Wang Gao Rui, were standing here. They also wanted to see how Hu Lujin would deal with these disobedient soldiers.

Seeing this scene, Hu Lujin sighed deeply in his heart. He walked slowly to a general who was kneeling in front of the tent, bent down to untie him and helped him up. Then he said in a deep voice: "Thief General Li Boshan." There are many tricks and tricks, and even many generals in the country are not immune to them. You and others are temporarily deceived by his evil words, but as long as you can wake up in time, you are not guilty. "

"Thank you so much, Grand Master, for your kindness!"

The soldiers who were waiting for punishment were overjoyed when they heard this and kowtowed in thanks. The generals who were standing around and watching all breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this.

After pardoning these soldiers, Hu Lujin simply invited Gao Rui and others into the account, preparing to discuss countermeasures based on today's changes in the situation.

"I have heard of Li Boshan's cunning and ferocious nature, but have never seen it with my own eyes. Today I finally saw it. This thief's treacherous plan is really hard to guard against, and he can be taken advantage of if he is not careful. No wonder the Grand Master had to give up the details and stick to the fundamentals before, so Caution is unavoidable. If the armies are still divided, the situation will be even more dangerous! "

After sitting down in the tent, Gao Rui couldn't help but sigh. No one could have imagined that the war could be fought like this. Hu Lujin, who was originally the senior minister of the country, and Hu Luguang, who was the backbone of the famous general, were actually provoked by their words and caused chaos. , clumsy at accrual.

Hearing Gao Rui praise his foresight, Hu Lujin didn't have much happy expression on his face. Of course, this was not something to be happy about, but it was just a lesson learned. But now it seems that his wisdom growth still can't keep up with Li Boshan's iterations of tricks. Every time he fights with him, this guy always has new tricks that make people overwhelmed.

"You all have seen the battle outside the city today. Our division, Erlang, is not not brave enough, but the bandits are formidable and cannot be underestimated. The hard fight is ineffective and only results in loss of troops. What is the plan for the future? Do you and others have their own plans?"

Hu Lujin looked around at everyone present, and immediately spoke.

Everyone was startled after hearing this. Didn't they agree to stay in the city before, so why are they now asking what they should do?

After a little thought, everyone quickly figured out why Hulujin's attitude and rhetoric changed before and after. It was simply because of his son Huluguang who was outside the city.

Hu Luguang was threatened, forced and humiliated by Li Boshan in the name of filial piety. He had no choice but to attack the enemy under unfavorable circumstances. Today's battle situation also shows that Hu Luguang's troops are far from the enemy's opponent. If we continue fighting, we may inevitably die outside the city.

Therefore, Hu Lujin no longer wanted to hold on to the city as before. He probably wanted to send troops out of the city to fight the enemy, hoping to reverse the situation of the battle by attacking from both inside and outside.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Hu Lujin knew what they were thinking. After a brief pause, he said: "Li Boshan is a traitor among thieves. He has endless tricks. You and other people have also seen it. Fight with him." Don't stand still for a long time, as long as it lasts, things will change. How can anyone in the world survive being surrounded by tigers and wolves? The best strategy is to fight quickly and stay away!"

"But now there are sand embankments and thieves outside the city. If we rush to fight, I'm afraid..."

The other generals were intimidated by Hu Lujin's prestige and qualifications. Even if they had different opinions, they did not dare to directly question it for a while. Gao Rui couldn't help but hesitantly speak after hearing this. You were the one who said you should hold on to the fortified city before, but now you are the one who said it would be a quick victory. Can you still have an accurate idea?

Hu Lujin also knew that his change of rhetoric was a bit far-fetched, and even he could not convince himself. But sometimes it is really difficult for people to be absolutely calm and rational, especially when they see their most outstanding son being burdened by friendship. And the futile efforts that shook the tree made him even more heartbroken. He was especially worried that he might have to see his son killed in the enemy's battle.

Since ancient times, kindness has never been in charge of troops. Hulu Jin was a soldier for most of his life. It can be said that tens of thousands of people died directly and indirectly in his hands. Of course, his heart is very hard, but that is for outsiders, but for his own son, But he couldn't do anything to let him die without doing anything.

Seeing that all the generals were silent, he simply stood up from his seat, bowed deeply to everyone and said: "The plan to deal with the enemy before was not comprehensive enough, which resulted in the bandits encircling the city and cutting off our inside and outside. Now that the reinforcements have arrived, we fought hard to relieve the siege. If our division and brigade are still unable to retreat, it will undoubtedly be the blood of Liang's reinforcements.

Besides, man can only be saved if he saves himself. Because the outside aid man was my son, he was confused by the thieves with their reasoning and heresy, and it was difficult for me to defend myself. In the future, I will be the vanguard at Chen Bing City. If we win, it will be the work of all the generals. If we fail, I will hold back. I will ask the king to sit in the city and order the troops to advance and retreat. Can you do that? "

"No matter who the outside aid is, can we just keep the city gates closed for a long time and die in the city? Today, the Grand Master, father and son, both inside and outside, are working together to defeat the thieves!"

Although everyone was more or less affected by the shouts of some enemy soldiers, in the end, the friendship between each other for many years was more profound and sincere. When they heard what Hu Lujin said, even some generals couldn't help but stood up and echoed.

After hearing this, Prince Gao Rui of Zhao County also nodded and said: "The Grand Master has the ambition to kill the enemy and destroy the thieves, but I can tolerate the obstruction? The Grand Master will just go attack the thieves and show off the power of our army, and I will guard the way behind!"

So after the generals reached a consensus, the defenders in the city no longer stayed on standby, but began to prepare for war. The city gate passage that was blocked by wood and stone was opened again, and the soldiers in the camp wiped their armor and sharpened their swords, waiting for the morning.

The next day, the sky was still overcast with no clear sky. The Heyang cannon on Tushan roared all night, and finally became quiet at dawn. However, the gate of Jinyong City that had been closed slowly opened. The veteran Hu Lujin, wearing a battle armor, slowly walked out of the city under the support of his own soldiers, followed by thousands of troops in the city.

Soon, this situation was passed to the ears of Li Tai in Henan City and Hu Luguang near Baima Temple.

Li Tai did not panic after learning about this. After a simple breakfast, he led a group of soldiers to the front line. As for Hu Luguang of the White Horse Temple, when he learned that his father had led the army to fight in the war, he felt both happy and worried for a moment. After a moment of silence, he sighed: "My father is still in his sixties and still has to join the battle, which is really embarrassing for his children and grandchildren!"

After saying this, he ordered his men to quickly put on their armor and prepare for battle outside Jin Yong City. However, at this time, another general raised objections and said: "Yesterday's plan was to wait for King Pingyuan and King Fufeng to lead their troops to join forces and fight again. If we fight today, I'm afraid there will still be no troops left!"

Hu Luguang felt ashamed that he failed to defeat the enemy and rescue his father yesterday. The roar of Heyang cannons continued to torture him all night long.

He knew in his heart that his father went to war today just to support him, fearing that he would repeat yesterday's situation of losing troops and generals. When he heard the general's dissuasion, he sighed and said: "The heroes of the Han Dynasty are not as good as the ordinary people of Hulu Mingyue." I feel uneasy when my father is in danger and cannot be saved."

After saying this, he got on his horse again and led his troops straight to the battlefield outside Jin Yong City.

At this time, outside Jinyong City, the formations were once again arrayed. Li Tai's Xiangyang troops are still positioned at yesterday's position, but today's situation has become a situation where they are attacked from both sides.

Hu Lüjin led his troops to the foot of Jin Yong City, while Hu Lü Guang led his troops to dismount and gear up a few miles away in front of the Wei army's formation, ready to attack. Although the two sides were separated by layers of sand embankments, making it difficult to communicate directly through eyes and words, the powerful drums and passionate horn sounds made them seem to be one and the same even though they were in two places.

"Kill!"

As the charge horn sounded, the defenders of Jinyong City took the lead in launching an attack on the Wei army. Their first attack direction was the earthen mountain in the south of the city that had caused them great harassment in recent days. They wanted to capture the earthen mountain and rob and destroy the harassing people. Human Heyang cannon.

Since Tushan is too close to the Jinyong City Wall, the nearby area is also within the range of enemy arrows. Therefore, except for the construction of a long sand embankment wall on the south side of Tushan, there is not much cover on the northwest sides of Tushan. Enemies can climb directly up.

Of course, such an upward attack posture is not conducive to progress, so the city also launched an outward attack at the same time, falling like locusts, suppressing the defenders on the mountain. At the beginning of the battle, the defenders in Jinyong City showed a strong momentum, as if they wanted to vent their accumulated frustrations from being besieged for days through fighting.

Relatively speaking, the Wei army's response was not active enough. Only the soldiers stationed on the mountain were holding large cowhide shields to resist the arrows on the city wall, while they were busy playing with the Heyang cannons installed on the mountain. It seems that they want to dismantle and move these Heyang cannons before the enemy attacks them.

Seeing this scene, all the soldiers of the Qi army were also greatly encouraged. They had been suppressed in the city before, and their hearts were full of worry and melancholy. But when they actually went out to fight, they found that the enemy didn't seem to be that scary. Therefore, many soldiers who were waiting in formation in front of the city were gearing up and wanted to enter the formation to kill the enemy immediately.

Hu Lujin knew that his strength could not be wasted, especially the long fortifications built by the enemy outside the city were very tight. If they rushed forward regardless of the situation, it would easily turn into a critical battle in which they gave up their defensive advantage. Therefore, the main point of today's battle was It depends on the internal and external cooperation, so that the enemy is tired of dealing with it, and more mistakes and loopholes are exposed between the alternating attacks and defenses, thereby disintegrating its front.

Therefore, he did not immediately order the entire army to attack. Instead, while sending a group of troops to attack Tushan, the army as a whole did not attack. Then he sent people to issue charging drums outside the city, and harassed them with the high-speed clutch of the cavalry. Discover the enemy's dispatch patterns on the defense line.

Outside the long siege, after Hu Luguang heard the drum order, he immediately ordered his troops to mount their horses and rushed towards the enemy's formation. Because his father inside led the defenders to respond, he had to be more aggressive and unrestrained in today's battle. He would no longer be as careful as he was yesterday in plundering and testing, but would rush along the enemy's flank to kill him.

Since some of the Wei army officers and soldiers were transferred into the Changwei today to set up defenses to meet the enemy, the position outside the Changwei today was much weaker than yesterday. At a glance, Hu Luguang saw the enemy general who almost surrounded and killed him yesterday. He pointed at the enemy with the horse in his hand, and then he was about to ride his horse and jump into the formation.

Today, Wu Mingche and the soldiers in the formation are also quite nervous. Although they are quite confident in the long fortifications, they believe that the enemy will not be able to break through easily, and they will inevitably be attacked from both sides. Once the battle becomes fierce, it may be difficult for the inside and outside to flexibly interact with each other. Support.

Moreover, Wu Mingche also noticed that some of King Taiyuan's personal troops were arranged in the internal front this morning, and there were not many troops stationed around Dahu. If the enemy generals were to tear the line apart, they might directly disturb the location of King Taiyuan.

Therefore, Wu Mingche also looked tense and walked among the battle formations to encourage his troops, making sure to block the enemy generals within the formation and prevent them from disturbing the rear.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was gradually getting closer, Wu Mingche also listened attentively to the drum orders from the Chinese army behind him. As the drum orders sounded, he subconsciously shouted: "Left... withdraw sideways?"

After the command was shouted out, the soldiers in the formation immediately started to execute it. Wu Mingche looked back in the direction of the Chinese army with a look of surprise. Why did the Chinese army make such a random order at this critical moment when they were attacked from both sides?

Not to mention Wu Mingche, who suspected that he had received the wrong order, even Hu Luguang, who was charging towards the enemy formation, was surprised when he saw the enemy formations lined up like a tide, and the Chinese army's banner was directly exposed.

And in front of the big banner, there was a general wearing bright light armor, tiger pattern armor on his face, a white horse on his crotch, and a spear like a dragon in his hand. He was like a rainbow, heading straight towards the outside of the formation to kill. Behind the silver-armored and white-horse general, hundreds of warriors followed him like a shadow, rushing toward him at lightning speed.

I recall that in the past I captured tigers and wolves, and that my sword had not drank blood for a long time. Now that I have returned to battle, I am invincible!

Wu Mingche and other people from the Southern Dynasties may be a little unfamiliar with the other side of King Taiyuan, but as Li Tai put on his armor and galloped out, all the Xiangyang Army officers and soldiers on the entire battlefield were full of morale, waving their arms and shouting: "Kill the enemy and destroy the thief." , the king is mighty!"

The enemy's formation suddenly changed. Hu Luguang and others were unable to retreat because there was no obstruction in front of them, and they rushed straight into the enemy's formation. Li Tai, on the other hand, personally led his troops to cut into his formation from the side like a sharp blade. The entire Qi army formation was cut diagonally and penetrated to the bottom. The war horses ran away left and right.

The dragon-marked sword in Li Tai's hand was like a dragon going out to sea. The sharp edge of the sword was like a silver thread piercing and cutting, causing the flesh and blood of people and horses to burst and blood splash everywhere. Behind him, a group of disciples guarded the left and right, either sniping at enemies or wielding last-ditch swords. Running back and forth, they intercepted and divided the enemy formation into pieces. Only a quarter of an hour passed after the charge, and the enemy formation was completely disrupted.

When he led his troops back to the main camp of the Chinese army, he threw off the tiger-striped mask that was attached to his pocket, threw the bloody spear in his hand towards the still chaotic enemy formation, and at the same time shouted: "Kill the thief! Get the spear." Give me thousands of pieces of silk!"

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