Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3355 Soldiers approaching the city (continued)

The hero is late, and Lian Po is old.

Thinking about when Cheng Yaojin charged into battle and rolled among the dead, did he ever feel the slightest bit negative and depressed?However, during the more than half a year of the Eastern Expedition, he couldn't help sighing every time he saw the casualties of his soldiers, and even hid in no one's place and wept repeatedly.

As he gets older, the hotness in his personality gradually fades away, replaced by more heroic shortness of breath and love for children.

Just thinking about these strong and strong children being buried in this desolate and bitter cold Liaodong, the gray-haired parents at home have no one to take care of them to the end, and the wives and children who are looking forward to them have no one to shelter and raise them, Cheng Yaojin feels like there is a huge rock lying in his heart, and he can't breathe. gas.

Alas, I am getting older...

Hearing that Cheng Yaojin was hurting the spring and autumn, pity the world and people, Xue Wanche, who has a gut, didn't think so, raised his eyebrows, and said: "As generals, we should look forward to the empire's rampant world and conquer disobedient officials. Can show ability and gather power, if the swords and guns are stored in the warehouse in the future, and the horses are released on Nanshan, and the court is full of civil servants covering the sky with one hand, how can we have a place to live? I am afraid that we will have to live with our tails between our legs. Let me say, this The battle must be fought non-stop. There is a poem written by Fang Er, which is called "whoever wrote the history for 1 years, and find a prince three thousand miles away"... On the battlefield is our happy life land."

It is true that today's celebrities can mount their horses to fight and dismount to rule the people, and they have outstanding talents in both civil and military affairs, but Xue Wanche and Cheng Yaojin are not among them.

Cheng Yaojin is better, after all seniority and qualifications are there, even if there is no soldier in his hands, he still runs rampant in the court, whether it is His Majesty Li Er or the new king, he will respect him, no one dares to talk to him It's hard to find.

But Xue Wanche is different. In terms of status, he is a "surrendered general". He once threatened to slaughter the Qin Palace to avenge Li Jiancheng. If he no longer has military power, he can only have fun in Chang'an City all day long. He made a slight mistake. , must be impeached by the group of censors.

His Majesty may still have a sense of "inviting to buy people's hearts", and he is quite tolerant of himself. How can the new monarch care about that?

The days haven't passed...

So different from Cheng Yaojin's thinking, Xue Wanche wished that this battle would be fought until the end of time.

"Ha ha……"

Cheng Yaojin smiled, stroked his beard, and said with emotion: "Back then, the old man charged into the battle with a horse and didn't pay attention to the heroes of the world. Why didn't he think the same as you? But now that he is older, he is kind-hearted The face is soft, with a lot of feelings, and it is not as aggressive and unscrupulous as before."

When he was young, he charged into battle to gain fame and wealth, and regarded the heroes of the world as nothing. He Cheng Yaojin was also a well-known number one figure.However, more and more life experiences nowadays have made him understand the truth that rigidity is easy to break, and water drips through stone. Life cannot be blindly rigid, but kindness, gentleness and fraternity are the way of heaven.

The two are considered to be of the same generation, but due to completely different life experiences, the thoughts in their hearts are completely different, and they can't talk about it at all.

Outside, His Majesty Li Er's messengers rushed in, finally breaking the embarrassment between the two.

"Order, after Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche's troops wiped out Dacheng Mountain City, they immediately went south to attack Anhe Palace. In the early morning of tomorrow, I will come to the battlefield in person and fight for the two of them, breaking through the Seven Star Gate in one fell swoop!"

"The old minister (the last general) obeys the order!"

Both of them gave the military salute together. After getting up, Cheng Yaojin took two steps forward, raised his hands to receive the military order, unfolded it and read it carefully to confirm that it was correct.

The messenger clasped his fists and said, "The last general will leave!"

Cheng Yaojin said: "Please!"

When the messenger retreated, Xue Wanche clenched his fist with his left hand and slammed it on his right palm, cheering up: "This military order came just in time, otherwise if we continue to stand still, we may not be able to sleep tonight!"

Cheng Yaojin stroked his beard and smiled, patted Xue Wanche on the shoulder, and said generously: "Since General Xue is eager to fight, the old man will not take credit with you. Although Dacheng and Shancheng were captured, there are not a few defeated troops. It will take some time to clear them up." , the task of storming the Anhe Palace and the Seven Star Gate will be entrusted to the general to lead the army, and the old man will lead the battle for you."

Xue Wanche couldn't help but clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Lu is righteous. We will keep this kindness in our hearts. There will be rich rewards in the future."

The battle of the Eastern Expedition, in the eyes of the generals of the Tang army, was a battle of grabbing credit. Whoever can grab more credit in this battle will be the winner.

Cheng Yaojin has senior qualifications and great achievements, these military achievements are better than nothing for him, as long as he completes the established strategy steadily, great achievements will not be lost.Xue Wanche was different, he was one of the two vanguards of the army, after all, he had to have a few hard credits to make a move.

Now that Cheng Yaojin is seeking stability and is willing to give up his first skills, how can Xue Wanche not like it?
It's really fun to hang out with such a big guy...

Cheng Yaojin waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you words, there is no need. We are ordered by His Majesty to be the main attacker of the army. We will win and lose. You will take the lead, and the old man will also get the glory. But Xue Xue The general remembers that it is a good thing to be brave and good at fighting, and to go forward indomitably, but you must not be dazzled by the victory, thinking that the Goguryeo army is nothing more than that, you must always be cautious, otherwise, if something goes wrong, no one can afford it... It occupies a small area, but the mountains and ravines behind it have complex terrain, and there may be extra soldiers and horses hiding in it, and they rushed out suddenly when we were negligent. You can storm the Seven Stars Gate only if you have future troubles, so don't be hasty and reckless."

Although the Eastern Expedition has not yet ended, in his opinion, the overall situation has already been decided. His Majesty Li Er's order for the general attack of the whole army is actually suspected of being too hasty. He can fight steadily and step by step. Rangcheng, how to resist hundreds of thousands of elite Tang troops?

Moreover, since Goguryeo was able to defeat the former Sui Dongzheng army several times and three times, it shows that its combat power and resilience are extremely strong. Even if it has an advantage at the moment, it cannot be underestimated. Everyone knows the truth that a proud soldier must be defeated.

But Xue Wanche is vulgar and reckless, which is a truth that he knows personally, but he doesn't necessarily know it, and even if he knows, he doesn't necessarily care about it, so he has to make some careful points, let Xue Wanche fight steadily and step by step, and must not be the first to attack Ping Rang City. And greedy for merit.

In a battle that must be won, if Xue Wanche's carelessness and negligence lead to the loss of troops, Cheng Yaojin feels that his old face cannot be held back, after all, Xue Wanche is his subordinate right now...

Xue Wanche was full of confidence, and said disapprovingly: "Leading troops to fight is our strength, and Duke Lu is assured of this. You just need to sit here and wait for the news of our victory. When we capture Anhe Palace and smash the Seven Star Gate, please Let's set foot in Ping Rang City together!"

Knowing his character, Cheng Yaojin knew that it would be useless to talk too much, so he nodded and said: "Just remember to be careful, go."

"Here!"

Xue Wanche promised with full confidence, and then strode out, summoned his generals, made a fire and cooked food overnight, assembled the army after the meal, inspected the ordnance, and took a short rest.

……

Marching and fighting are indeed Xue Wanche's strengths.

Knowing from the Central Army's account that the current garrison of Anhe Palace is an army that has just changed defenses, its foothold is not stable, so Xue Wanche upholds the belief that "soldiers are precious and quick" and decided to launch a fierce attack overnight.

In the middle of the night, the army assembled and stormed Anhe Palace overnight against the wind and snow.

Compared with Dacheng Mountain City, which has a steep terrain and numerous garrisons, Anhe Palace not only has a weak foothold for the army that has just changed defenses, but also has a relatively flat terrain.After all, it was the palace of King Koguryo back then. Although the city had high walls and thick walls, it was not a precipitous pass. The Tang army suddenly launched a fierce attack under the cover of heavy snow.

"boom boom"

The Tang army who attacked the city dug a hole under the city wall to bury gunpowder and then detonated it. The mountains were shaken with roars, and the black gunpowder smoke went straight to the sky and swept the snow. gap.

Braving the oncoming snowflakes and locust-like arrows, Tang Jun launched a fearless charge, rushed into the city in one fell swoop, and broke through the strongest defense line of the city wall.

In the barracks of Anhe Palace, Yuan Nanjian heard the rumble of gunpowder explosion outside and the report of the soldiers, sighed, and said to Gao Yanwu: "The Tang army is really lucky, if it weren't for the gunpowder to attack the city A sharp weapon was born, how could it sweep across Liaodong and reach the city of Pingrang? The defense line of the city wall has been breached, and the Anhe Palace can no longer be defended, let's follow the plan."

(End of this chapter)