Chapter One Thousand and Twenty-Three

General Chen Zhonglang's explanation made Duan Shaojun suddenly nodded, sure enough, not out of Chen Zhonglang's expectations, Duan Dagongzi rode a horse around the city wall on the city, fortunately, Yunzhou City is also a big city, the width of the city wall is enough for four horses to gallop side by side, at most, it is to pass through those additional arrow towers, and go around from behind, after all, I am worried that the arrow tower is too heavy, so the city wall was reinforced at the location of the arrow tower. Makes it possible for three people to be positioned inwards in the tower.

Although the Chengzhou of Yunzhou City is far from reaching the perverted thickness of the imperial capital, it can be regarded as quite good. At night, every once in a while, a rocket is fired from the top of each tower.

Then it slowly fell into the distance, planted on the ground and burned, and this time was just used to observe whether there were any Qihu people approaching within a stone's throw of Yunzhou City. went around in a circle, and it took nearly an hour to go around, mainly to stop and go, and from time to time to comfort and comfort those soldiers and send warmth.

The wind on this night was unusually cold, and after Duan Dagongzi finally dragged two green snots back to the north gate, he hurriedly ordered people to boil brown sugar ginger soup immediately, put more pepper and other sweating and hot things, and send them to the soldiers on duty at night.

And at this time, located in the southeast corner of Yunzhou City, a large number of Qihu barbarians appeared, suddenly exposed to the firelight, and then like a storm of rockets thrown towards the city, countless Qihu barbarians howled and carried the ladder, pushed the rushing car, rushed hard, and woke up the originally quiet and cold night.

The crazy night attack of the Qihu barbarians lasted until the sky cleared, and then slowly retreated, Duan Shaojun, who had not slept all night, looked at the dense broken arms and stumps under the city, as well as the large number of injured people above the city, and his heart was really not as relaxed as yesterday.

After three or four hours of crazy attack, playing with human lives to push and fill, the losses caused by such an attack were huge, but what made Duan Shaojun feel fortunate was that the re-reinforced city wall was finally able to withstand the opponent's attack strongly.

"Last night alone, these Qihu people lost at least more than 200 ladders, as well as more than 30 rushing cars, and they are really crazy enough, at least more than 1,000 lives have been lost under the city." General Chen Zhonglang also stood beside Duan Shaojun with a tired face, and smiled helplessly.

"Our casualties are much better than those of the Chihus, after all, we are the defenders, we have a good location, not to mention that we are captured from above, so we can ensure that we can hold the city at the minimum cost......," said an old man with emotion.

"No matter what, it's a good thing to be able to hold it, the order, the soldiers who guarded the city last night can now go down to the city to rest, and in addition, in order to celebrate the success of defending the city last night, all the soldiers, each person will add one or two more jerky for breakfast today as a reward."

"Your Excellency is wise!" When the tired soldiers next to them heard this, they couldn't help but smile happily and bowed deeply to Duan Shaojun.

At this time, His Royal Highness Li Xuan, the King of Jin, finally came belatedly, and when he heard the horror of last night, he couldn't help but be taken aback. "You didn't sleep all night last night, brother?"

"Nonsense, for my brother, do I just watch these heroic soldiers fighting hard in front of me, while I can't sleep on the side?" Duan Dagongzi, who had taken advantage of the attack of the Qihu people to quietly nap, said with a righteous and stern face.

"Why bother with brother, of course the little brother knows that you are very brave and responsible, just worry about you." Li Xuan's hippie smile is authentic, and there is no trace of repentance.

"By the way, didn't you kid wake up last night?" Duan Dagongzi dragged the goods to a secluded place and asked in a low voice.

"This is really not, last night my little brother I slept until this morning, and when I went out, I heard someone say that there was a commotion on the side of the city wall all night, and the little brother guessed that it was Brother Tai you were presiding." Li Xuan nodded and explained.

"That's good, okay, this Yunzhou City will be handed over to you during the day, and I have to go back and rest for my brother." Duan Shaojun patted Li Xuan on the shoulder, and threw the great responsibility of being the commander of the city to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan couldn't help but be anxious. "Brother Tai, don't hurt my little brother, you don't know what kind of goods I am, you don't know what kind of goods I am, this is not a martial art, you let me be the commander, what if I blindly command and toss and cause problems?"

Seeing Li Xuan's bitter expression, Duan Dagongzi thought about it, and it was indeed the same, so he simply went to find a general who was in charge during the day, and whispered to this general Sun Lang. "Remember, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, you will treat him as a mascot who can move, run and jump, the person who is the master of the city defense is you, if you can't make up your mind, it's okay to send someone to find General Chen Zhonglang, don't let His Royal Highness the King of Jin take the idea, understand?"

Sun Lang looked at Li Xuan helplessly, while His Royal Highness the King of Jin showed a harmless smile on his face and pointed at Duan Shaojun. "Don't look at this king, listen to my young brother, he is the defense envoy of Yunzhou."

When this Sun Lang General heard this, his eyes immediately darkened, he really didn't expect that there was such a boss who was willing to be a mascot, but it was better than letting a layman lead an insider.

Duan Dagongzi can finally say goodbye to the still strong smell of blood in the upper and lower parts of the city, and return home, although last night, Duan Shaojun did not go to the battlefield in person, but he still witnessed a fierce and bloody offensive and defensive battle.

The cruelty of the war made Duan Shaojun realize that compared with the battle scenes in those blockbuster special effects, such scenes are more bloody and real. Thinking that in just one night, more than one hundred and fifty Tang soldiers fell forever, and the number of wounded reached five hundred, and the Qihu barbarians paid at least six to six times the price.

War is not a fucking thing, or war is not only economic and political damage to the country, but also a serious provocation and humiliation of life.

In this case, Duan Dagongzi finally felt that it was necessary to use some unconventional means. When he returned to the house, he first appeased the women who had worried about him all night, and while having breakfast, he gave a rough introduction to the bloody and cruel combat experience of the previous night.

Under Duan Dagongzi's deliberate dilution, the expressions of the three women seemed a lot more relaxed. With a smile on his face, he seemed to be full of great confidence in guarding this Yunzhou City, especially after Duan Dagongzi said his various yin tricks yesterday in an exaggerated tone, it was natural to make a beautiful woman smile.

"Okay Duan Lang, you didn't sleep all night last night, hurry up and get a good rest, there are sisters in the house to guard you, there will be no problem." In the end, Ximen Chuchu saw Duan Dagongzi yawning one after another while laughing, and couldn't help but feel distressed.

"Okay, then you guys play by yourself, I really have to go and rest......" Duan Shaojun really couldn't support it, he greeted the three girls one by one, and after playing with the little Doudou for a while, he slipped back to the house and fell asleep.

"It seems that he is really tired, and the battle last night will not be as easy as he described......" After returning to the room, gathered around the warm iron stove, Xu Xiangjun frowned slightly and spoke.

The two pairs of puzzled eyes looked at Xu Xiangjun at the same time. "Probably not, right?" Ximen Chuchu asked with some confusion. "Then why did Brother Shaojun do this."

"He just hopes that we can rest assured, if the battle was not fierce last night, with our Duan Lang's virtue, will he stay on top of the city all night? And several times when describing the battle scenes, he would pause slightly, as if he was organizing the words, but with his intelligence, he didn't need to be like this at all, but he needed a little embellishment and polish to make us sound more relaxed......"

Xu Xiangjun is definitely a woman in the business world of the Tang Dynasty, and her ability to check her face and look at her is even more first-class, even if she sees a flaw, but for the sake of Duan Gongzi's good intentions, she is too lazy to break it on the spot.

“…… Do you mean that Yunzhou City will not be able to hold it? Ximen Chuchu's face couldn't help but change slightly, and he asked with some urgency.

"Don't worry, you won't be able to keep it, don't forget, what kind of person is our Duan Lang, in this world, there is nothing he can't solve." Xu Xiangjun shook his head with a smile, and said with a determined face.

Even if Duan Lang deceived his family with good intentions, his expression full of confidence was enough to prove that he was 100% sure that he could hold this strong Yunzhou City.