Chapter 197: Enemy infighting
Li Hao used the Divine Sword and Thunder True Technique three times, the enemy army was so frightened that he fled like a low tide, and Zhang Meng was powerless to stop it, and the first siege ended in such a dramatic way, which made Zhang Meng unexpected, and stood in place in a daze, angry, confused, aggrieved, and worried...... All kinds of emotions filled his heart, mixed feelings, and he finally realized that the borrowed soldiers and horses were borrowed, and he couldn't use them completely freely.
And the Western Turkic generals who fled back also complained about Zhang Meng, why, because Zhang Meng let their Western Turkic soldiers take the lead, in the face of such a divine thunder, but also let them rush forward, once they retreated, they actually sent Gaochang archers to shoot them, simply used them as cannon fodder, they lost more than 2,500 soldiers in the siege, of which nearly 1,000 people died under the arrows of Gaochang archers, which made those Gaochang generals very angry, they were Western Turkic soldiers, and they were controlled by Gaochang people, and they were shot by Gaochang people, It's a shame.
That night, the middle-level generals of the Western Turks held a small meeting privately, and finally decided to report today's events to General Dililarna, who was staying in Jiaohe City, and that night, a messenger quietly sneaked out of the military camp and rushed to Jiaohe City with a joint letter from all the generals.
Just when the middle-level generals of the Western Turks were secretly holding a meeting, in the tent, Zhang Meng was arguing with a person, who was so awesome that he dared to argue with the commander, who else could it be besides the supervising army.
This time, the supervisor sent by Lu Wentai is called Qian Zhenyao, who is a person from Tiancheng Gong, Gaochang only has two dukes, one is Tiancheng Gong, and one is Jiaohe Gong, Jiaohe Gong is Zhang Meng, these two have never dealt with each other much, since Qian Zhenyao is Tiancheng Gong's person, he naturally will not give Zhang Meng a good face.
During the day today, Zhang Meng obviously used the soldiers of the Western Turks as cannon fodder, and even sent people to shoot the soldiers of the Western Turks, the Western Turks were the masters of their Gaochang, if the senior generals of the Western Turks knew about this matter, the consequences would be unpredictable, and Qian Zhenyao, as a prison army, would naturally come to ask for the guilt.
Zhang Meng is not Qian Zhenyao, he also has his own reasons, the soldier escaped from the battle, it was originally a capital crime, he sent people to shoot the fleeing soldiers, it was originally to enforce military law, if the military discipline is not strict, how to fight.
The two of them have their own reasons, so they quarreled, the quarrel was red-faced, Zhang Meng finally sent someone to knock Qian Zhenyao out of the tooth tent, so angry that Qian Zhenyao jumped to his feet and shouted, threatening to impeach him, he really did what he said, and after he went back, he wrote an excerpt and sent a fast horse to Gaochang.
It is said that Li Hao's three divine sword and thunder true tricks scared back the enemy army, and the Tang army was overjoyed, hugging each other and crying, glad that they finally kept Tingzhou City, they thought that Li Hao really knew how to immortal.
Li Hao jumped off the wooden table, raised his sleeves to wipe away the cold sweat on his head, and Feiying suddenly brought someone to Li Hao's side, grinning happily: "Master, your method is really clever, and it really scared the enemy back." ”
Li Hao was not very happy, looked back at the retreating enemy troops, and said with a worried face: "This method can only be used once, and it may not work next time, I hope that this time the heavenly thunder can shock them for a while and give us a little respite." ”
Feiying said excitedly: "It must be possible, just four thunders are in unison, and the power is not at all like what human beings can do, it is like the wrath of the gods, and it will definitely be able to shock that group of Gaochang monkeys." ”
Li Hao nodded, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You did a good job today, and the thunder was thrown very accurately." ”
Feiying hurriedly bowed his head and said: "It is a matter of life and death for the people of the whole city, and the subordinates dare not be careless. ”
"Well, well done, hard work." Li Hao waved his hand and said, "You go and help count the battle damage, and come to report to me quickly." ”
"Yes!" Flying Eagle took the order and took the team members to help count the battle damage.
Looking at the soldiers who were busy in the city, Li Hao's heart was uneasy, this time the jumping god can be said to be dangerous, if he was shot by someone when he was in the city, it is estimated that he would have died now. In fact, he could think of this idea, or because the ancients were afraid of ghosts and gods, and because the ancients were superstitious, so he used superstition to scare them.
He pretended to use the sword to resist the thunder at the head of the city, and the flying eagle took three team members to be responsible for hiding next to the bomb, every time he slid the two fingers of his left hand on the sword, the tip of the sword pointed to the direction of the target, the flying eagle they got a hint, ignited the fuse, and threw the thunder towards the target location, because the four of them practiced for many days, so they threw very accurately, and it was very uniform, because they used bulk gunpowder to create a large amount of white smoke before, creating a kind of fairyland illusion, and at the same time blocking everyone's sight, in the chaotic battlefield, No one noticed the thunder flying in the sky, and even if they saw it vaguely, they probably thought it was a stone rolling log.
When Li Hao saw the flying eagle and threw the thunderbolt out of the sky, before the thunderbolt was about to land, he pointed his sword at the target location, and he would have an illusion of pointing and blasting, which was indeed very similar to the spell of the immortal family.
It's all simple to say, in fact, the accuracy required when cooperating is very high, and it is easy to show flaws when the time is a little worse than a second or two, but fortunately, they cooperated very perfectly, and successfully retreated the enemy army by earthquake, and won a temporary peace for Tingzhou, but how long this peace can last, it is unknown.
It didn't take long for Feiying and Peng Hai and Li Yuanzhong to report the battle damage to Li Hao, and there were 70 people killed in this battle, 120 seriously injured, and 200 lightly injured, most of whom were newly recruited government soldiers, because they lacked combat experience, and even many people were stunned on the spot when they saw blood and corpses.
Li Hao frowned when he heard this, today's battle only lasted for an hour, there were so many dead and wounded, it really exceeded his expectations, inexperienced soldiers really couldn't go to the battlefield, fortunately, not many people died this time, and the injuries could be treated, as early as many days ago, Li Hao urgently trained a group of military doctors, all of whom were women in Tingzhou City, more than 200 people, and it came in handy at this time.
This group of women's military medical teams is led by Li Hao's four female dependents and Li Ping, in fact, Li Hao also taught them some trauma treatment methods, the most important of which is to suture the wound, for these women who are good at needlework, suturing is not difficult, but when they really face bloody wounds, I don't know if they can still stitch as well as when they were trained.
Li Hao ordered all the wounded to be taken to a makeshift medical tent for treatment, and the dead were buried in the wasteland of the city, after all, it was summer, and the corpses were prone to decay, and a careless person would cause various diseases.
As soon as he thought of various diseases, Li Hao suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he seemed to have thought of a good idea, and this idea was likely to hit the enemy very hard and cause heavy losses to the enemy army.
After resting all night, early the next morning, Zhang Meng beat the drums and beat the generals, gathered the army, and ordered to attack the city again, but the generals of the Western Turks had already reached an agreement and refused to attack the city, unless Zhang Meng let the 10,000 Gaochang army take the lead.
Now Zhang Meng exploded, this is simply not to treat the commander as a cadre, sternly shouted and ordered them to attack the city, otherwise the military law will deal with it, more than a dozen Western Turkic generals heard the words and came out together, and took the initiative to ask Zhang Meng's military law to deal with them, now Zhang Meng was stunned, they are taking his army.
What could he do, kill a dozen people? Don't be kidding, it is estimated that his head may not be able to be saved by then, he was suddenly distressed, where are these guys here to fight, they are simply a group of uncles, in fact, he himself doesn't want to think about it, he always wants to use the soldiers of the Western Turks as cannon fodder, are people stupid, no wonder people are emotional.
From morning to noon, Zhang Meng was angry with this group of generals of the Western Turks, but if he really wanted him to use 10,000 Gaochang troops as cannon fodder, he was unwilling, after all, there are only more than 20,000 troops in Gaochang now, although Lu Wentai recruited 10,000 new troops, but they are all new soldiers, if he buries 10,000 Gaochang troops here, it is estimated that he will be impeached and killed when he goes back.
If he knew that Li Hao's Divine Sword Thunder True Technique was fake, it was estimated that he would send 10,000 Gaochang troops to take the lead and attack Tingzhou City now.
Zhang Meng realized that he could no longer command this group of Western Turk soldiers, so he angrily returned to the tent, and sent a fast horse back to Jiaohe City to Dililarna, wanting to ask her to help restrain this group of Western Turk generals.
Just when Zhang Meng was in the morning, Li Hao was already standing on the city tower and using a telescope to observe the situation in the enemy camp, he immediately called the cheetah after discovering the abnormal situation in the enemy camp, and asked him to see the situation in the enemy camp, the cheetah is proficient in the languages of several countries, including Turkic language, and the most important thing is that their special forces have been trained in lip language, in fact, they don't need to be taught by others, as long as they see more and practice more.
Li Hao handed the telescope to the cheetah and let him look at it for a moment, and the cheetah said: "My lord, they are arguing, and the generals of the Western Turks are not convinced by the enemy commander, and the two sides have a dispute. ”
"Oh? Infighting? Li Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, this is really good news, the enemy army is infighting, then their Tingzhou will be safe for the time being, it is best for the two sides to fight, maybe the crisis in Tingzhou will be resolved.
Three days later, the letters of the Western Turkic generals and Zhang Meng's letters were successively delivered to Dililarna, and after reading Zhang Meng's letters, Dililarna immediately wrote a letter for the messenger to take back to Zhang Meng, the meaning is very simple, she is only responsible for sending the troops, and other things are not in her charge.
Two days later, Qian Zhenyao's letter to impeach Zhang Meng and the military report were sent to Lu Wentai's hands, Lu Wentai frowned after reading it, and mainly mentioned two things in the compromise, the first is Li Hao's sword and thunder mastery, and the second is to impeach Zhang Meng.
For Zhang Meng's behavior, Lu Wentai didn't pay much attention, he was more concerned about the true trick of the divine sword and thunder, Lu Wentai was very superstitious, thinking that the enemy army had a Taoist priest who could summon the heavenly thunder with the power of one person, what kind of ability this was, he began to doubt whether his decision to attack Tingzhou City this time was correct, after all, now even the immortals are standing on the side of Tingzhou and the Tang Dynasty.
This thought only stayed in his mind for a moment, and then it was waved away, fundamentally speaking, Lu Wentai looked down on the Tang Dynasty, although the Tang Dynasty soldiers were strong in these years, but Lu Wentai went to Chang'an to worship Li Shimin in the fourth year of Zhenguan, which was the time when Li Shimin was the Khan of the sky.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty suffered major natural disasters year after year, the economy was somewhat depressed, and even Chang'an City was not very prosperous, Lu Wentai had a preconceived idea, thinking that the Tang Dynasty was far inferior to the original Great Sui, so over the years, he had violated the Tang Dynasty, and now he had found the Western Turks as a backer, so he was even more afraid of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, he didn't know, even the Yibi Lu Khan, who had just unified the Western Turks, did not dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty easily, he actually dared to touch Li Shimin's ass, and he really didn't know how to write the dead word.
Lu Wentai issued an order to recall Zhang Meng and let Tiancheng Gong Tian Long replace Zhang Meng's position as the commander of the march, not only that, but he also sent 10,000 soldiers and horses for Tian Long to take to attack Tingzhou, so that there would be 70,000 troops, and only 15,000 soldiers and horses were left in Gaochang City, of which 10,000 were still recruits.
The transfer of 10,000 horses immediately made Cao Qing, the assassin of Xizhou, find out, Cao Qing hurriedly sent people to follow and investigate, and five days later got the news that there were 50,000 or 60,000 horses besieging Tingzhou City, Cao Qing was taken aback, and immediately wrote an emergency military note and sent fast horses to Chang'an.