bastard seizes tang

Chapter 557 The Death of Helan Yueshi
"Marshal, the envoy who went to Gaochang City to persuade him to surrender has returned." The marching Sima Pei Xin of the Datang Central Army's camp hurried into the camp and said to Hou Jun.

Hou Junji asked: "How? Is Ju Wentai willing to surrender?"

Pei Xin replied: "Ju Wentai refused to surrender and drove our envoy out."

"Humph!"

Hou Junji snorted and said, "A mere Gaochang, a small country like Cuoer, dares to resist our Great Tang Tianwei, it is really suicidal."

Although what Hou Junji said was arrogant, he also had the confidence to be arrogant. He had made sufficient preparations for his westward expedition to Gaochang this time.

The reason why Gaochang Kingdom dared to compete with the Tang army was that it relied on its solidly defended cities, but their cities were only low cities, so how could they compare with the mighty cities of the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, before Hou Junji came to Gaochang, he recruited many craftsmen from Shandong who were good at making siege equipment, and they came here specially to break down their low cities. Able to challenge the elite Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty.

Sima Pei Xin asked: "The commander-in-chief wants to order people to cut down logs to fill the trenches, and set up a car to smash Gaochang?"

Hou Junji nodded and said, "Naturally, but I have another thing to do before that."

Pei Xin said: "Please command, Commander."

Hou Junji said: "It will take time for the army to cut down the trees. It is inevitable that we will be attacked by the enemy. He Lanyueshi, the leader of the left army, Wei Zhonglang, will lead the troops to break through Tiandi City, the Xiaowei City of Gaochang King City, to relieve the army's worries first. Cheng, military law."

Hearing this, Pei Xin persuaded: "Crash, the wood is not ready yet, if He Lanyueshi is ordered to attack Tiandicheng, will it be too hasty? Moreover, Helanyueshi is the brother-in-law of the king of Chu, if he can't attack the city, Under the military law, the commander-in-chief may not be able to explain it to the king of Chu."

As Hou Junji's marching commander, Pei Xin is naturally Hou Junji's confidant, and he has followed Hou Junji for some years, and he was also worried that Hou Junji would offend Li Ke, who is well-known, because of the Helan Yueshi incident. Word.

Hou Junji waved his hand, but said indifferently: "As the commander, Helan Yueshi is under my tent. To prevent Tiandicheng from sending troops to harass our army's rear, why not order Helan Yueshi to attack the city? , Even if the King of Chu is by my side right now, I will be the same, even if this matter goes to His Majesty's side, His Majesty will not blame me."

Hou Junji and Li Ke were not on good terms, Pei Xin knew it well, when Hou Junji said this, Pei Xin didn't know what Hou Junji meant. Demonstration to repay the hatred of the vanguard officer of the Northern Expedition.

But Pei Xin was still worried and said: "The military order is not good. According to the military law, he should be dismissed from office. Isn't it too heavy for a staff of sixty and a flow of three thousand miles? If Helan Yueshi's life is injured, I'm afraid it's too much, Commander." It’s not easy to talk to the province and the Ministry of War, and it also gave the King of Chu a chance to make trouble.”

Although Tiandi City is a low city, it is really not easy to destroy the city with infantry alone without crashing cars and trees. If Helan Yueshi is punished severely for this reason, it is indeed a bit of a deliberate embarrassment. It is inevitable that all the officials will have a lot of criticisms about him.

Hou Junji's embarrassment to He Lan Yueshi was just to give Li Ke a bad reputation by humiliating He Lan Yueshi, not because he really wanted to fight Li Ke to the death.

Hou Junji thought for a while, and replied: "You are right. If He Lanyueshi's life is ruined because of this, it is indeed inappropriate. You pass down the order and order Helan Yueshi to attack the city. If it fails, you can stick thirty in public. Can."

"No." Only then did Pei Xin respond, and went down to deliver the order.

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Strictly speaking, although Helan Yueshi came from a family of martial arts in the north, his martial arts talents are all ordinary, and he is even more inconspicuous in the imperial army. Helan Yueshi is able to be what he is today, thanks to Li Ke.

When Helan Yueshi learned of Hou Junji's general order, he also knew the difficulty of storming Tiandicheng under such circumstances, and he felt a little regretful in his heart.

When he was in Beijing, Li Ke once persuaded He Lanyueshi not to interfere with the Western Expedition, and even agreed to stand up for him and ask Cheng Zhijie to send someone else, but Helan Yueshi rejected Li Ke's kindness.

There are three reasons for Helan Yueshi's refusal of Li Ke: first, he has already asked for the Western Expedition himself, and it would be inappropriate to back down before leaving; With Hou Baijiang, he will have the opportunity to become the most powerful person in the Wuchuan Helan family, completely overpowering the eldest son; thirdly, he also has a little bit of luck, thinking that Hou Junji may not necessarily embarrass him.

But when He Lanyueshi received Hou Junji's general order, he realized that his luck was shattered, and what Li Ke was worried about had happened, and he had no choice even if he regretted it.

Disobedience before the battle is a big taboo, He Lanyueshi will not know it, even if he knows that Hou Junji is making things difficult for him, he can only bite the bullet.

When Hou Junji delivered the order, Helan Yueshi didn't dare to delay at all, and headed straight for Tiandicheng with 1 troops.

Since the entry of the Tang army, the cities of Gaochang have been guarding behind closed doors, and Tiandi City, as the captain's city of Gaochang City, guards each other with Gaochang City, and is also ready to fight.

In terms of military strength, there are also [-] soldiers stationed in Tiandi City, which is not much different from He Lanyueshi's men and horses. Gaochang people still occupy a favorable location.

He Lanyueshi led the army to attack the city from noon until dusk, when the sun was about to fall, but with little success.At the cost of more than [-] casualties, the city wall of Tiandi City was only about to be touched.

Hou Junji's military order was on his head, Helan Yueshi looked at the gradually darkening sky, and another wave of retreating offensive, feeling extremely anxious, if he couldn't capture Tiandicheng, he would be punished with a cane , Both he and Li Ke lost face, and it was a big deal. How could he hold his head up in Chu Palace, He Lan's house, and Wu's house in the future.

He Lanyueshi gave a strict order to the lieutenant beside him: "Pass down the order and continue to attack. Even if we attack until the early hours of tomorrow, we must take Tiandi City!"

"No." The lieutenant general responded, and organized soldiers to attack the city again.

Although Helan Yueshi was not born in the army, he joined the army halfway, but most of Tang's sons are martial arts, and Helan Yueshi was born in Wuchuan in the north, and his skills are not weak.

Normally, he was wearing bright light armor and was on full alert, so the arrows shot from the city would not be able to hurt him, but now it is different. Now he is focused on attacking Tiandicheng, anxious in his heart, unconsciously his own body The position moved forward, much closer to the city wall.

In addition, Helan Yueshi's attention was all on the siege of the city, and he had no time to pay attention to the situation of Gaochang's soldiers on the city, which also gave the Gaochang people a chance.

He Lanyueshi is dressed in bright light armor, which is very conspicuous. At a glance, he is the general of the Tang army who is attacking the city, and Helan Yueshi is standing so close to the front, and he is no better than Li Ke. There are no Xi Junmai and Xue Rengui around him. Waiting for the fierce generals to guard the left and right is not easy with a living target.

Among the people in Gaochang, there was someone who was good at archers. He stared at Helan Yueshi for a long time, and finally shot an arrow through the air, hitting Helan Yueshi's front door.

(End of this chapter)