Chapter 61: The Covenant
One of the largest attacks on Tiger Prison in a month failed. Except for the corpses everywhere and the wailing of injuries, Dou Jiande's Great Xia army found nothing.
Li second-hand pinched a letter from Dou Jiande and kept spinning in the big tent. Then he handed the letter to Li Shentong, who was the most noble, and Yun Hao, who was sitting next to Li Shentong, peeked at it, and his eyes immediately straightened.
It seems that Dou Jiande is indeed poor in donkey skills, and he can't attack it for a long time, and the way he thought of it was actually ...... Appointment!
"I have heard that the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty is the Tiger of Li Tang. I saw it today, but it was just a raccoon cat. Cowering behind a high wall, in vain. I am the lord of Great Xia, and I am willing to fight a decisive battle with the King of Qin at the foot of Guangwu Mountain. I don't know Li Shimin's rats, dare to ......! ”
Yun Hao pursed his lips, scolding people without the slightest innovation. As for Li Er's kind of person whose mind is as firm as a rock, are you sure it is useful to scold him like this? The ghost knows what the so-called Great Xia army is all about. A group of bandits who have turned into regulars, plus a group of peasants who have been coerced.
Theoretically, Dou Jiande is powerful, because he can recruit those displaced people in Henan who can't survive without limit. Judging by today's battle, he didn't care about the lives and deaths of those people at all. Maybe he just wants to send these people to death, and one less to eat. Food is far more valuable than these lives.
Wang Shichong in Luoyang City couldn't hold it anymore, and Yin Kaishan sent back the news yesterday. Luoyang City carried out a large-scale breakthrough yesterday, and the Dazheng army that rushed into battle was not afraid of death. At one point, they even broke through two trenches, but the third ditch allowed them to shed their last drop of blood.
This should be the last counterattack of Da Zheng's army, and Yin Kaishan said that there were a few cavalry in the counterattack team. Wang Shichong is finished, and the last essence is lost in this counterattack. Now, he is waiting for Dou Jiande's rescue. There is no longer the ability to pounce, if it were not for the tight strength of the Tang army. Attacking Luoyang now, it will definitely be easy to take.
"How is King Qin preparing?" Li Shentong put down the letter in his hand. He is Li Er's uncle, even if Li Er saw him, he had to put down his body and call Uncle Wang.
"Nephew ready to fight!" Li Er turned back to his seat and said as he knocked on the table.
"Hmmm! Boy, what do you think? Li Shentong turned his head and asked Yun Hao. It's very strange, in terms of age, Yun Hao is the smallest in the whole big tent. But everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with asking Yun Hao's opinion.
"In the past month, Dou Jiande has suffered heavy losses in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and he has not moved forward. The morale of the army has long been unstable, if it weren't for the continuous filling of those people's lives. Maybe you'll fall apart!
At this time, if King Qin goes to war, as long as we break Dou Jiande's military formation. His army of hundreds of thousands will collapse like a flood of sand. Most of the Great Xia troops were infantry, as long as they broke their military formations. Two legs must not outrun four legs, and the so-called army of 100,000 will cease to exist. Yun Hao said presence.
"Yun Hou said cautiously, how can the military formation of hundreds of thousands of troops be crushed in a battle?" Everyone didn't speak, and they all thought that Yun Hao was taking it for granted. The current breeding situation is actually very good, and it is stuck in the tiger prison. Let the Great Xia Army not be able to move forward, and the fall of Luoyang is imminent, as long as you wait for Luoyang to fall. Datang can free up his hands and concentrate on dealing with Dou Jiande. At that time, it is much better to fight again than to rush to the battle now.
Duan Zhixuan was the first to stand up, if he rushed into battle, his Xuanjia army would be the vanguard of the whole army. Everyone knows how risky it will be to storm an army formation of more than 100,000 people. If one doesn't get caught in it, it may end up being the end of the entire army. How could Duan Zhixuan not be in a hurry!
"General Duan doesn't need to be in such a hurry, this time the charge will be very different from the past. The first to fight was not your Xuanjia Army, but the artillery army under Yun's command. As long as a trebuchet is set up in the middle of our army's formation, Yun is 100% sure. Before you charge, let Dou Jiande collapse first. With gunpowder shells and incendiary bombs, Yun Hao is very confident that he can tear a big hole in the Great Xia army formation.
"It shouldn't be difficult to cover Yunhou and set up trebuchets, the Xia army can't wait for our army to go out of the city to fight. We will definitely wait for our army to set up a position before launching a charge. If Dou Jiande wants to fight a decisive battle with His Royal Highness King Qin, he must be crazy. Qu Tutong twisted his beard and smiled.
He had seen the power of powder bullets and incendiary bombs, and he absolutely believed Yun Hao's words. After Yun Hao finished speaking, he was the first to jump out and agree.
"I hope it will be as the old general said!" Qu Tutong was highly respected, and he was a famous general of the Great Sui when he was in the former Sui. is known as a prestige in the army, and Duan Zhixuan has to give some face when he speaks.
The generals of the Wagang system naturally trust Yun Hao, and a lieutenant Chi Jingde will not be silent. Yuanmou Lords, naturally only Li Erma is the first to look forward. Seeing that the generals had no opinions, Li Er spread out the letter and replied to Dou Jiande domineeringly.
Early the next morning, the Tang army had an early war meal. One hundred and ten cauldrons were lined up, half of which contained white flowers. The other half was filled with red braised pork, and each person had a bowl of spirits. They are all high-grade Yun family spirits, which are worth thousands of gold in Chang'an City, and they are not something that these Qiu Ba can afford to enjoy on weekdays.
The fat cook worked hard to fill everyone's rice bowls, and a thick layer of braised pork was spread on top of the white rice. Everyone eats sweetly, and today they have to do the business of licking blood from the knife edge. Perhaps, this is the last meal in this life.
Li Er silently took the copper basin from the cook's hand, and Wei Chigong held the huge rice bucket. Cheng bit Jin Sheng with a huge spoonful of rice, and Li Er spread a layer of braised pork on it. After the soldiers gave their salutes, they silently took the rice bowl and ate happily. In this life, the prince can personally serve the meal, which is enough to brag for a lifetime.
They are all accustomed to bringing soldiers, how can the way of nature allow the soldiers to eliminate the tension before the war.
In comparison, Yun Hao's camp was a little chaotic. Their breakfast was steamed buns filled with pork and green onions, six steamed buns the size of a fist, and a big bowl of hot millet porridge, Yun Hao felt that he could beat the tiger to death.
Sheng Yan was directing the soldiers to disassemble the trebuchet into parts and place them properly on the ox cart. The focus is on the ox carts loaded with gunpowder and oil, and one guy was too dark, and as soon as the lantern was lit, he was kicked by Master Sheng Yan. As soon as the guy was about to open his mouth to scold, a big man rushed up and beat the guy to the point where he didn't even know his mother.
When Yun Hao passed by, he didn't seem to hear Wei Ting's voice shouting for help. The backbone of the impeachment of Yun Hao was assigned by Li Yuan to serve before the army. With a wicked smile, Du Ruhui stuffed him into Yun Hao's camp.