Chapter 1228: The Bloody Battle of Dunhuang (II)
The leader of the personal soldier Zhao led in a messenger, who snapped a one-knee salute in front of Xu Jin, and said loudly: "Report to the marshal, Guazhou City has been broken, and I will come to report the victory on the order of the general soldier of Jing." β
As soon as these words came out, the entire handsome tent was silent, Pei Lao ruffian plucked out his ears and blurted out in disbelief: "What did you say?" Guazhou City ...... Taken? β
The messenger from the Xuanfu army could not hide the pride on his face, and said proudly: "General Qiyu, yes, Guazhou City has been taken by our Xuanfu army, and the enemy defender Avan Mamat led the remnants of the army to abandon the city and flee in a hurry. β
"This ...... Lao Tzu heard me right, Lao Jing is taking medicine? Yu Linsheng exclaimed with an exaggerated expression.
In fact, not only Yu Linsheng was surprised, but all the generals present were very surprised, you must know that everyone led an army of 80,000 to storm Dunhuang for seven days, or with overwhelming firepower support, they failed to break through Dunhuang City, Jing Dachu only led more than 10,000 people, and knocked down Guazhou City in just ten days?
Xu Jin was also surprised and delighted at the moment, when he sent Jing Dachu to attack Guazhou, he didn't expect him to take it, but he didn't expect that Jing Dachu, who usually performed mediocre and was good at defending but not good at attacking, actually took Guazhou and gave himself a big surprise.
"Get up, how did General Jing break through Guazhou City?" Xu Jin asked happily.
"Xie Dashuai!" The messenger stood up, and then talked about the Xuanfu army's breakthrough of Guazhou City.
It turned out that the Xuanfu army was frustrated when attacking Guazhou City on the first day, so Jing Dachu came up with a way to divert the water of the Shule River to soak the foot of the city wall, but later Jing Dachu had a flash of inspiration and dug a canal to cover it, but secretly ordered someone to dig a flint road to go straight to the bottom of the city wall of Guazhou City.
It is said that the Turpan defenders in the city only wanted to hold on and wait for help, so they let the Ming army do it outside the city, and they were blinded by the surface phenomenon of the Ming army digging canals day and night.
In this way, the Turpan defenders at the head of the city stared at the Ming army outside the city every day digging the canal, and laughed at the other party for digging slowly, when the Ming army's canal dug within 50 meters of the city wall, the Turpan defenders at the head of the city began to use bows and arrows to snipe and prevent the Ming army from continuing to dig.
As a result, the two sides repeatedly fought for six or seven days for this 50-meter distance, and the Ming army finally dug the flint road to the foot of the city wall this morning, and then placed a large amount of explosives.
In the afternoon, the well-fed Xuanfu army came to the city, first made a gesture of opening the sluice gate and releasing water, attracting the attention of the defenders of Turpan at the head of the city, and then took the opportunity to detonate the explosives!
I only heard a shocking bang, the city wall on the west side of Guazhou City was blown up on the spot, and the city head was killed and injured, and countless Turpan guards were killed and injured, including some military attachΓ©s, and even the guard general Avan Mamat broke his leg, almost giving the defenders a nest!
This sudden change frightened the Turpan defenders in the city, and there was no time to react, the Ming army, which had already been prepared, swarmed in from the gap that collapsed, and then opened the city gate, and the cavalry rushed to kill, and the Turpan defenders in the city were completely destroyed.
Avan Maimaiti fled, under the leaderless dragons, the defenders of Turpan in the city abandoned the city and fled, but most of them ran away, only about one-fifth of the casualties were killed, and the Xuanfu army easily took Guazhou City.
After listening to the messenger's narration, Xu Jin couldn't help but look at Jing Dachu with a smile, and praised with a smile: "General Jing is a good plan!" β
Pei Lao ruffian scratched the back of his head, Yu Linsheng had nothing to say at this time, Lao Jing did a good job this time, he was awesome and lightning, he couldn't accept it!
The generals present glanced at each other, both envious and a little ashamed, all along, Jing Dachu's performance has been mediocre, he himself does not seek merit, but seeks a conservative attitude of no fault, where everyone looks down on him a little, I didn't expect Jing Dachu to suddenly break out of the small universe, easily won Guazhou, and made a great contribution, on the other hand, he and others, took their lives to fill in for seven or eight days and failed to break Dunhuang, and the truth was not enough.
Of course, when it comes to the degree of solidity, Guazhou is still far inferior to Dunhuang, and there are more than 20,000 defenders in Dunhuang City, which is four times that of Guazhou!
Therefore, all the generals were ashamed, and they were secretly ruthless in their hearts, they must take Dunhuang tomorrow, otherwise they would have no face to raise their heads in front of Jing Dachu in the future!
Now that Guazhou City has been taken, Xu Jin suddenly felt a great reduction in pressure, and immediately wrote a letter to the messenger to bring back to Jing Dachu, first verbally praised him, and then instructed him to immediately rebuild the city wall and prepare to meet the main army of Turpan from Hami south.
After sending away Jing Dachu's messenger, Xu Jinhuan swept all the favorite generals, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help showing a slight smile, because he could clearly feel that all the generals were holding back a momentum in their hearts, it seems that the sudden counterattack of Jing Dachu, a "poor student", stimulated all the "top students", in this case, why not add a fire?
I only heard Xu Jin say lightly: "Tomorrow's decisive battle, the first to attack the city, the handsome's mount Moonlight will belong to him!" β
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of all the fierce generals present lit up, including Xie Erjian, who has always been free and uninhibited.
As the saying goes: swords are given to heroes, pink is given to beauties, and for the soldiers who fight on the battlefield, horses are their favorites. Xu Jin's mount Moonlight Divine Horse is very, or the emperor gave it, the big bosses present have long coveted it, at this moment I heard that Xu Jin actually used the moonlight as a color head, one by one as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, full of war intent almost teared out, his eyes were like sharp swords, and they clashed with each other in the air.
The Duke of Jingguo was extremely satisfied with the reaction of the generals, and waved his hand and said: "Let's disperse, who will end up with the moonlight, I hope we will see tomorrow." β
The generals dispersed and returned to their camps to rest and prepare for the decisive battle of tomorrow.
After the generals left, only Xu Jin and Xue Bingxin were left in the tent, after all, everyone knew the relationship between the two, so they intentionally or unintentionally left room for the two to be alone.
"Da Shuai is really willing, he even uses moonlight as a color head." Xue Bingxin said with a smile.
Xu Jin smiled: "What, can General Xue Shen deliberately win the first prize?" β
Xue Bingxin said lightly: "The last general already has a little snow, and if you don't plan to change your mount, you won't rob it with those stinky men!" β
Xu Jin stretched out his hand and hugged Bing Niu'er's soft and moving waist, and said with a smile: "Ben Shuai is a Tianren, but it doesn't stink, I don't believe Xin'er smells it." β
Xue Bingxin's pretty face turned red, slapped the back of someone's hand lightly, and said in a low voice: "As the commander of the three armies, I don't have a proper shape, be careful to be listened to by the outside...... Not! β
As soon as Xue Bingxin finished speaking, her face suddenly changed, and she covered her mouth with her hand and retched. Xu Jin was startled, and hurriedly stroked the former's back, while asking with concern: "Xin'er, what's wrong?" Bad stomach? β
Xue Bingxin covered her lower abdomen with one hand, her pretty face was as red as the sunset, she raised her head and glanced at Xu Jin, and said in shame: "It's not your fault!" β
"What?" Xu Jin was stunned.
"What did you do yourself, don't you know?" Xue Bingxin stretched out her fingers and pinched Xu Jin's waist "fiercely".
Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly realize, stared at Xue Bingxin's lower abdomen with surprise and joy, and said deliciously: "Xin'er, you ...... Winning bidder...... That's it! β
Xue Bingxin nodded, and said abruptly: "I'm not sure yet, but it's estimated that eight or nine is not far from ten." β
Xu Jin touched his eyebrows depressedly, thinking that he and Xiaowan had been pregnant with Kang'er for several years, but he didn't expect that he couldn't control it for a while recently...... A few times, three times to be exact, Xin'er actually won the bid again, oh my God, I'm still at war, if I was known by the professional trolls in the court, I had to spray myself without a complete body!
Seeing this, Xue Bingxin gloated a little and said: "Let you make it bad, now you know that you are afraid!" β
Xu Jin smiled and said, "What are you afraid of, at most, this prince doesn't want it." β
Xue Bingxin couldn't help crying and laughing, and said angrily: "You are not afraid, but people are still afraid of being complained by several sisters in the family, I don't care, in short, you must return to Beijing before showing your pregnancy, otherwise you will go back with a big belly, and it will be your Xu family who will be embarrassed!" β
Xu Jin grinned like a toothache, under normal circumstances, it will take four or five months to show his pregnancy, and the time should be enough, I hope that Man Su'er is not so resistant to beating, otherwise he has to find a way to send Xin'er back to Beijing first, alas, the man still has to control the next three roads, or it is really easy to die, it is really a lesson in blood, why is Xin'er so easy to win the bid? At the beginning, Huo'er was also successfully sown at one time......