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Chapter 62 - The Arrival of Reinforcements

Chapter 63 - Reinforcement Arrives
The returning soldiers made up one after another, seemingly endlessly. Xiao Po was sweating profusely, and he didn't dare to stop. He shot nearly a hundred feathered arrows, which stopped the enemy's speed of launching stones. It turned out that the operation of the launching machine required Experienced hands, Xiao Po Yujian actually greeted those skilled operators. The skilled operators suffered too many casualties, and the newcomers who replaced them made mistakes in operation in a panic.

Xiao Po destroyed one firing machine, and turned his arrows to another firing machine. Although his arms were sore from the rapid exertion, he didn't dare to stop, and fired another seventy or eighty feathered arrows. The stone machine declared broken.

Over there, Yan Bojun saw that the big killer, the rock machine, collapsed, and looked at the viscous liquid that was falling along the top of Gancheng. Knowing that it would be no good to attack, he turned to Yan Zhen and said, "General Yan, should we withdraw our troops?"

Yan Zhen waved his hands and jumped angrily, "Yes, yes, retreat immediately."

The orderly beside him was frightened by his movement, and the horn fell to the ground. He hurriedly picked it up, blew the horn with his gills, and the horn reverberated.The returning soldiers who attacked and killed heard the retreat horn and retreated in a panic. What's terrible is that they made a mess at first, but after a while, the retreating camp was neatly organized, and it really was an orderly advance and retreat.

The guards along the stem cheered in unison, they had won another battle, only one of them had a worried expression on his face, this person was Xu Song, he was familiar with the art of war, seeing the orderly advance and retreat of the returned soldiers, he had to give a good compliment, and at the same time Worry up. "The Hui army is like this. Given the current situation on our own side, it is really difficult to hold Yangan for six or seven days." He even thought of the high-level launcher that appeared today in the Hui army, "There must be some masters in the Hui army tent. "Xu Song muttered in his heart again, "Although Xiao Po broke two catapult machines today, his own strength is limited after all. If he returns to the army and erects several or even dozens of catapult machines, at that time the The hair is like rain, even if it is smashed, it can flatten Yangan City. But how to deal with it."

Sha Tuo over there has already shouted loudly: "Soldiers and soldiers, thanks to General Xiao Xu Wenshu's strategy and bravery today, we won another battle, everyone cheers for them, and I will add more meat for lunch, and I will celebrate together with the city. "

All the soldiers cheered when they got the order and they heard about the addition of food. It is necessary to know that although there is a lot of food and grass in the city, there is not much. They have been eating simple these days, and this time they can finally have a big meal.Excited, the soldiers all surrounded Xiao Po and Xu Song.I don't know who was the first to lift up the two of them. As if infected, all the soldiers raised their hands to lift the two of them up, and then threw them upwards.Xiao Po and Xu Song were tossed up and down by the crowd, and then tossed up and down again.The whole city sinks in joy.

Xiao Po is only seventeen years old, so he is considered a child, to be thrown away like this by everyone, and to see the scene below him shaking in his eyes, he really feels indescribably satisfied and joyful.Xu Song is more mature, and he is flat-minded even if everyone praises him.

Li Kong, who was watching over there, was full of displeasure, with mixed feelings in his heart: "This broken wine jar is really my nemesis. Whenever he appears, he always steals my limelight. That's how I learned art together when I was young. It's the same now."

Chi Lunzhu looked at Xiao Po, then at Li Kong who was full of indifference, chuckled, and called, "Young General Li, why don't you laugh?" Li Kong stared back at her, and walked down the city wall resentfully.

Before lunch was ready, Sha Tuo led everyone to sit down in the main hall. In the space before the meal was delivered, he began to count the gains and losses of this battle. After the calculation, there were more than 2000 casualties on his own side, but the casualties of the returning army were estimated to be more than [-] .Hearing these numbers reported, everyone in the hall cheered.Suffering from not being allowed to drink alcohol during the war, otherwise everyone would definitely raise their glasses to drink, Sha Tuo raised the teacup in front of him and shouted: "Come on, let's replace wine with tea, let's have a drink together."

The hall was full of joy, waiting for the dishes to be served, everyone ate and drank, while talking about the situation of the massacre of the Hui army, one voice was louder than the other, only Xu Song and Li Kong said very little, and each had their own thoughts.

Just when he was happy, a soldier came in and reported: "General Sha Tuo, I found an army coming from the east of the city. It looks like our army in uniform."

After hearing this, Xiao Po said first, "Master Yelu's five thousand infantry must have arrived."

Sha Tuo hastily put down his chopsticks and waved his hand, "Everyone is not in a hurry to eat, let's go to meet Lord Yelu together."

Back to today’s great defeat, after withdrawing the troops, I was more careful. More than 1 soldiers were killed, and more than 4000 were injured. Those soldiers who were scalded by mucus were rescued and lay on the edge of the camp in groups. The military doctor found some antidote herbs and apply them to their wounds.

There was a lot of wailing at the edge of the camp, Yan Zhen and his son listened to it, and paced back and forth worriedly, extremely bored.Feng Mingyue accompanied Wanyan Bojun and stood aside, seeing the other's gloomy face, he didn't dare to make a sound.

"Did He Duosi Long Xingkong not come back?" Wanyan Bojun asked gloomily, but no one answered, he asked again, and a wounded soldier struggled to his feet, and replied: "Fourth prince, the villain saw them attacking the city I went, but I didn’t come out after the city gate was closed.” Another person over there responded: “Yes, the villain also saw it.”

Feng Ming said at the right time, "Fourth Prince, don't worry, the two of them are very skilled, so it should be fine." Looking up at the sky, Wanyan Bojun felt a sadness welling up in his heart. When he was seven years old, Long He and Long He followed him , I don't want the two of them to be alive and dead now.He originally wanted to instigate Xiao Po, but Xiao Po followed suit, and Wanyan Bojun, who was always in a stable mood, couldn't help but get angry.He hated in his heart: "Xiao Po, if He Duosi Long Xingkong dies, I will definitely want you to be buried with him." He couldn't calm down for a while, but Wanyan Bojun soon thought of his Night-Starling Spear and Twisting Spring Bow. man, but make an enemy for himself.

While secretly hating Xiao Po, Wanyan Bojun also hated himself for misjudging Xiao Po.

"Report to the fourth prince and the general that enemy reinforcements were found along the east side of Gancheng, and they are now less than five hundred steps away from the city." The sound of the sentinel's report pulled them out of their thoughts.

Turning around angrily, Yan Zhen asked, "How many people are there?" His eyes were full of murderous intent.The sentinel didn't dare to raise his head because he was afraid, and reported: "About five thousand!"

Yan Lie went out and knelt down and begged for orders: "Father, please allow me to lead people to intercept and kill!" Wan Yan Bojun stared at the Yan family father and son, and felt relieved: "Fortunately, fortunately, there are generals like the Yan family father and son in our country." There Yan Zhen let out a sigh, and let out the murderous look in his eyes, he said helplessly: "No need, five hundred steps, from now on we can't catch up."

Father didn't give the order, Yan Lie came to kneel again to ask Yan Bojun, and said the same thing, "Please allow me to lead someone to intercept and kill the fourth prince."

Wanyan Bojun went to help him up: "General Yan Lie, your father is right, you can't catch up if you go to intercept and kill him." Helping Yan Lie up, Wanyan Bojun turned to the wounded soldier and said seriously: "You all come back You are good men, they are all good soldiers of King Shula, I, Wan Yan Bojun, swear, I will clean up Ping Yangan and avenge your blood and hatred."

Infected by his arrogance, all the soldiers couldn't help feeling hemorrhagic in their hearts, giving birth to the blood of a man. The roar came from the bottom of their hearts and from their throats, "Wash Ping Yangan, revenge blood and hatred."

"Wash the flat and dry, avenge the blood hatred."

The shouts came and went, at first it was very small, and then it spread, until the whole camp heard the same voice, "Wash the flat and dry, revenge blood and hatred."

Yan Zhen looked at the high morale of the army, although his eyes remained the same, his eyes changed, just like when he was fighting with the king in the past.The king Wanyan Shula is old, and Yan Zhen is also old, but the good news is that Tubo has successors, and the fourth prince in front of him is as talented as his father.

If Wanyan Bojun didn't say the morale-boosting words, Yan Zhen would naturally say them, but Yan Zhen was more pleased and admired when Wanyan Bojun said them.

The freshly roasted mutton placed in front of him was bubbling with oil, and the newly poured horse milk tea was still steaming, but no one in the military tent ate the lamb or drank the horse milk tea.

Wanyan Bojun asked: "General Yan, the enemy has sent another [-] reinforcements. The follow-up reinforcements may come faster. What should we do? How to capture Yangan as soon as possible."

Yan Zhen said: "It's really impossible, I can only fight hard. According to my original strategy, I will attack the city day and night, even if it is grinding, I must smooth the edge."

Wanyan Bojun looked at Feng Mingyue in a blink of an eye: "Mr. Feng, what do you think?"

Feng Mingyue said: "That's fine, but if we want to reduce casualties, we have to think of other ways."

Wanyan Bojun said: "Then do you have a plan?"

Feng Mingyue said: "In the past few days, I have carefully observed the direction of the wind, and it is always the northwest wind. Especially at night, the autumn wind is strong, so we can take advantage of the wind to break through the city." , Listening carefully, I only heard Feng Mingyue said: "There is a forest not far outside Yangan City. We can send troops to cut down a large amount of firewood and place it in the northwest of Yangan City. At that time, it will be lit at night. When the firewood burns, the wind will help the fire. When the strong wind blows, sparks will definitely be brought into the city, and at the same time we raise heavy troops to attack the city. The Tubo defenders must have put a lot of firewood near the city wall in order to boil water in a large pot. It is best to do it naturally, even if you can’t, to prevent the fire, you must assign people to extinguish the sparks everywhere. This way the pressure on the defense of the city will be reduced, and our army will definitely be able to destroy the city in one fell swoop.”

Wanyan Bojun clapped his hands and shouted: "A brilliant plan! A brilliant plan!"

Yan Zhen raised doubts: "Then what if sparks can't blow into Yangan City at all?"

Feng Mingyue said: "Therefore, the accumulation of firewood must be huge, but this strategy is time-consuming and labor-intensive, it is up to you to decide whether to use it or not."

Yan Zhen admired Fengming again, and shouted loudly: "Our army has many generals, and we have plenty of manpower." Wanyan Bojun took a sip of horse milk tea, "Yes, we will follow this plan."

Yan Zhen called out his son and ordered: "Yan Lie, you will bring 8 people and prepare immediately. Cut firewood and pile it up in the northwest corner of Yangan City. Remember, the more the better, and at the same time, the cloth army is needed to guard the pile of firewood to prevent Do send troops to interfere."

Yan Lie was about to leave the tent after receiving the order, Wanyan Bojun laughed and said: "General Yan Lie, don't be in a hurry, eat and drink before it's too late. In addition, in order to prevent the enemy from finding any abnormalities, prepare the firewood first , and pile up when needed.”

(End of this chapter)