A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 770 Dare to take a gamble

Wu Huaiyu took the first lesson in person.

In the Longtoushan prisoner-of-war camp under night, everyone had a strange and even absurd feeling. The dignified Prime Minister of the Tang Empire and the Lingnan Observation and Disposal Ambassador only took a hundred cavalry to provoke the enemy's castle in the morning, and then did it. Defeat 500 enemies,
He beheaded more than a hundred people and captured more than 200 prisoners. At night, he actually taught these prisoners in person.

But that's what happened.

by the bonfire,
A few butter torches shone,

A large wooden board was supported in front of everyone,
Huaiyu nailed a large piece of white paper to the wooden board, and then he started drawing on it with a pen.

He drew a map of the Middle Kingdom,

Yellow River, Yangtze River,
Qinling, Taihang, Wuling, as well as the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea, Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake and Taihu Lake,

The Great Wall and grasslands in the north,
The Gobi Desert in the Western Regions,
Huaiyu also marked the major cities such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Taiyuan, Youzhou, Guangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Guizhou, and Jiaozhou.

On this map,

Lingnan only occupies a small part,

And Yongzhou seems even more insignificant.
As for the left and right rivers that are very familiar to the prisoners of war, although they are thousands of miles long, they are insignificant compared to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.

This seemingly simple map only shows the skeleton of China.

Wu Huaiyu put down his pen and began to explain to them,

The first lesson is also simple, that is, Pangu created the sky, Nuwa created humans, Fuxi built the Eight Diagrams, Suiren made fire, Youchao built a tree for a nest, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs...
Starting from the mythical story of the origin of Chinese civilization, although it is a bit illusory, it is also the source.

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Yanhuang fought against Chiyou, Xia Yutian established his family and the world,
Wu Huaiyu was very good at telling these things. The entire historical story of Chinese civilization is told in this way. Although it is not very detailed, it still has a clear context.
For the more than 200 prisoners of war, except for Huang Cheng, the others had basically never heard of this. Even when they looked at the map of the Central Kingdom painted by Huaiyu, they couldn't believe it.

After all, if it’s just a sub-map, it doesn’t feel like much.

But if they see Yongzhou, Longzhou, the Yongjiang River, the sea, and the Left and Right Rivers on this map, and the Left and Right Rivers are only a little bit on this map,
It was as if they had really opened their eyes and finally saw the world as it was.

It turns out that the Xiyuan Barbarians in Zuoyixi, thirty Jisi Prefecture, are only so big. It turns out that they think that the tribes with many people are not worth mentioning compared with the more than [-] counties in the Central Plains.

After listening to Huaiyu's talk about Chinese civilization, I was even more surprised to learn that the Han people in the Central Plains have such a long history.

This class lasted a long time.

Everyone was shocked.

Even the army officers who were attending the class together became even more proud and even their spirit improved several levels under Huaiyu's eloquent explanation.

The first class lasted for an hour.

Wu Huaiyu finally announced that today's class was over. From now on, he would give lectures for about half an hour every evening. Of course, it would not be him who would teach. In addition to talking about history, he would also talk more about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness.

A loud bang,
Breaking the silence of the night.

Everyone looked and heard the sound.

That's the direction of Jinji Fort.

Huang Cheng and the other prisoners of war all trembled. The voice was too familiar, and it was too difficult for them to calm down.

This sound suddenly awakened the fear in their hearts,
The soul-stirring scenes from the previous battles emerged one by one.

Some people's faces are pale, some people's buttocks are trembling,

Some people even covered their heads and screamed, while others wanted to run away.

The scene was a bit chaotic.

Huang Cheng looked in the direction of Jinji Mountain with a pale face.
Wu Huaiyu also looked over there, and then walked to Huang Cheng,
"Before dawn, we will capture Jinji Mountain, Jinji Village and the riverside camp at the foot of the mountain."

Huang Cheng looked at Wu Huaiyu. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead and his lips were trembling, but he was still trying to calm down. He stubbornly said to Huaiyu, "It's impossible. They must have been prepared for it. Jinji Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Although I underestimated the enemy today." Defeated, but they will be more careful,
You can't take it down even if you attack at night. "

Huaiyu just smiled and said, "How about we make a bet? I bet we can capture it before dawn, not only the Jinji Fort, but also the camp by the river at the foot of Jinji Mountain. Your fifteen hundred men, I'll be here to keep you company in the prisoner of war camp after daybreak."

"Impossible." Huang Cheng gritted his teeth.

"Then you take a gamble?" Huang Cheng faced Huaiyu's gaze, "What are you betting on?"

"Since you want to bet, then bet something valuable. If we can't attack before dawn, then you win and I can put you back.
If we capture it before dawn, then I win, and you will surrender to the imperial court, serve the imperial court, and attack the rebels. "

Huang Cheng gritted his teeth,
"What, you don't dare to gamble? Don't have confidence?"

"I can bet, but if you fail to capture Jinji Fort and the mountain camp before dawn, as long as you fail to capture any of them, you will lose. Not only will you let me go, but you will also have to take away the more than 200 people I have in the prisoner of war camp. Put all the men back."

"Okay, I promise you."

"A gentleman's word."

"It's hard to chase a horse."

Huang Cheng looked to the west. He was very confident. If he lost, he would be underestimating the enemy. It was because the Tang army had such powerful firearms. But tonight, how could they win?
After the explosion just now, there seemed to be no movement.

But the calm was soon broken.

Explosions sounded one after another,

The Tang Army launched a night attack on Jinji Mountain, and even a large number of Tang Army warships and sailors appeared on the Zuo River to block the river, preventing the barbarians from crossing the river to reinforce the Longzhai on the east bank.

The explosion continued.

The offensive is fierce,

The Tang army launched several attacks on the small Jinji Mountain, using firearms to open the way, rockets, firecrackers, grenades, poisonous smoke balls, etc.

Behind them are the crossbowmen, sword and shield bearers, and spearmen,

Jinji Mountain is neither big nor high.
Just a protruding hill on the river bank plain,

There were not many defenders on the mountain. There were originally one thousand and five hundred. After the defeat at the bottom of the mountain, some were removed from the camp at the foot of the mountain. There were only eight hundred on the mountain and seven hundred at the foot of the mountain.

Huang Cheng felt that it would not be a problem to defend the stronghold on the mountain with these [-] troops to withstand ten times the Tang army's siege. He could at least defend the headquarters for ten and a half days.

But he ignored that his opponents were not other Xidong barbarian villages.
They are not even the officers and soldiers from Yonggui before.
The most elite officers and soldiers who came here this time were originally from China, and they had been in Lingnan for more than a year and were completely accustomed to fighting here.
Plus the firearms unit,

Kill chickens with a knife.

In order to make the feint more real, Wu Huaiyu

This time it was really a waste of time.

For a small Jinji Mountain, just fight the lion against the rabbit and strike with all your strength. I don't intend to use any tactics to cheer up the enemy, nor do I want to besiege the city and call for reinforcements.

Taking advantage of the darkness and the initial defeat at Jinji Mountain, we had to take advantage of the situation before we could add reinforcements.

Huaiyu is very confident,

So he was in no hurry to leave the prisoner of war camp,
They even had wine and meat prepared.
Drinking wine and barbecue,
After an hour,
The food and wine were almost done, and the results of the battle at the front were reported back.

Seeing Tang Qi sprinting over, everyone looked over.

Huang Cheng stared at the man, hoping to bring good news. Although it was too early to leave Liang at this time, he still wanted to know that Jinji Village was still holding on.

"Report,"

"Report to the Prime Minister that our army has captured Jinjibao Village,"

"More than half of the barbarian rebels on the mountain were killed or wounded, and they collapsed in panic to the camp by the river below."

"Our army has surrounded the remaining rebels,"

"They have no way to escape!"

Many of the captives could not understand the Tang dialect and stared anxiously at Tang Qi. Huang Cheng understood, with a look of disbelief on his face, and suddenly screamed,
Vomiting blood and fainting.

(End of this chapter)