Chapter 93: The Battle of Shiqu City (5)

Su Dingfang had an indescribable excitement in his heart at this time, both happy and ashamed, when he came, he never thought that Fang Yiai would really take the city gate, and depending on the situation, the price paid was not much. Su Dingfang has always been proud, because his teacher is Li Jing, so Su Dingfang has full confidence in marching and fighting. But after being in contact with Fang Yiai for a long time, Su Dingfang had to change his mind.

"General, it's not good, it's not good!" A panicked voice interrupted Su Dingfang's thoughts, only to see a soldier covered in sweat and his armor covered with blood.

"What's going on, don't panic?" Su Dingfang frowned and said.

"General, I followed General Zhou Zheng to attack the grain depot in Dongcheng, but the grain depot was heavily guarded, and there was a Tibetan barbarian with a double axe in his hand, who was very powerful, and had killed dozens of our brothers, plus the terrain there was narrow, as long as the Tubo people guarded the door of the grain depot, the brothers could only be blocked outside!" The soldiers also felt that it was quite a wretch, but a few thousand people could not take the grain depot guarded by hundreds of people, which was a shame to say.

"What's the matter, even if that Tibetan barbarian is powerful, he can't stop you, can't you just shoot him with a bow and arrow?" Su Dingfang was very angry, why did the soldiers he brought with him all elm heads.

"Hey, the general doesn't know, the grain depot is built in a small alley, if you attack the grain depot, it can only accommodate a team of about 300 people at a time, and it can't fit more than that!" The soldier said that he drooped his head in frustration here, and in any case, it was a shame for them not to lay down the grain depot.

"So that's it?" Su Dingfang looked at the General's Mansion in front of him and saw that the situation had almost been taken, but to Su Dingfang's disappointment, Zhuo La, the commander of Shiqu City, was not caught, otherwise it would have been a great achievement. After instructing the lieutenant general to keep an eye on this place, Su Dingyi followed the soldiers to the grain depot in the east of the city.

When Su Dingfang arrived, he saw Zhou Zhengqi pounding the wall, thinking that he didn't take the grain depot, and finally had to go to Su Dingfang for help, he felt that he was incompetent.

"Why, you can't break down the grain depot, and you can spread the wilderness with the wall?" Su Dingfang's tone was a little angry, it must be Zhou Zheng is his lieutenant, Zhou Zheng is not a shame for him Su Dingfang.

"General, the last general is incompetent, and he has not been able to capture the grain depot so far!"

Zhou Zheng said in a ashamed tone.

"Well, what's going on?" Su Dingfang didn't blame Zhou Zheng too much, saying that Zhou Zheng still has a set of ways to fight, although he can't use any clever tricks, but it's no problem to fight a tough battle.

"Hey, General, can you come and see?" Zhou Zheng didn't explain much, and directly led Su Dingfang to the grain depot not far away, and after coming to the grain depot, even Su Dingfang showed a bitter look, no wonder Zhou Zhengkong had thousands of troops but couldn't take a small grain depot. This grain depot is built at the end of a small alley, the alley is about three zhang wide, each time it can accommodate 700 soldiers to the sky, when the other party only needs to guard the mouth of the grain depot at the head of the alley, not to mention that you have thousands of troops, because you can only use a few hundred soldiers at a time, no matter how much, you can't put it here. Su Dingfang had a way to capture the grain depot, that is, to demolish all the houses around the grain depot, so that the terrain advantage of the Tubo people would be gone, and the time would be to directly use superior forces to take the grain depot. But after thinking about it, Su Dingfang still gave up this stupid method, originally Tang Jun came to Shiqu City to be considered an outsider, and if he did such a thing, wouldn't it add to the hatred of the residents of Shiqu City, although fighting always kills people, but if it is unnecessary, Su Dingfang does not want to kill innocents indiscriminately. Besides, there are not only Tubo people in Shiqu City, but also Qiang people, Tuyuhun people and Han people.

"General, what should we do now, these Tubo people guarding the grain depot are too tenacious, especially the barbarian with a double axe, he is simply a freak, I haven't seen him rest until now!" Zhou Zhengyi's stomach has nowhere to vent, he has never been so guilty of fighting in his life, and it is clear that the grain depot is close at hand, but he can't attack it.

"It seems that the strong attack is not going to work, Zhou Zheng, pass the order, let the brothers withdraw first!" Su Dingfang looked at the grain depot not far away, the wall of the grain depot was not too high, it can be said that the walls of the rich merchants in Chang'an City were higher than this, but it was this inconspicuous wall that stopped the pace of the Tang army. Su Dingfang frowned and glanced at Zhou Zheng, this guy just doesn't use his brains to fight, can this kind of place be attacked hard, it's a pity that those soldiers are incompetent, and they are incapable of exhausting thousands of troops. Su Dingfang decided that this kind of thing must not be handed over to Zhou Zheng in the future.

"General, take it down? What about the grain depot, is it not attacked? Zhou Zheng asked a little puzzled.

"Yes, don't attack, let the brothers come back first, as for the rest, Ben will have his own plans!" Su Dingfang waved his hand and asked Zhou Zheng to collect the soldiers.

"General, it's no wonder General Zhou for this matter, this place chosen by Tubo is really too difficult to bite!" Zuo Weiwei General Xiao Xian arched his hand.

"Xiao Xian, you are mistaken, do you think I am blaming Zhou Zheng for not capturing the grain depot?" Su Dingfang asked with a sigh.

"General, is there another reason?"

Xiao Xian raised his eyebrows a little strangely, just now he saw Su Dingfang's face was angry, and he thought he was angry that Zhou Zheng did not capture the grain depot.

"Xiao Xian, in fact, Zhou Zheng didn't capture the grain depot, I don't blame him. I'm angry that Zhou Zheng is too reckless, the terrain of the grain depot is narrow, and he can't show our superiority in strength at all. Xiao Xian, you have to remember that the most important thing about being a general is to love the soldiers, if you don't cherish your own soldiers, then you are not a qualified general at all! When Su Dingfang said this, he sighed silently, if only he let Zhou Zheng go to attack the General's Mansion at that time. If he himself had led his troops to attack the grain depot, he would never have let the soldiers attack the city like this.

The heavy snow had stopped, and the small alley in front of the grain depot was full of corpses, they were wearing Tang army uniforms, and there was a piece of blood under them, and the blood of hundreds of Tang soldiers dyed the entire alley red. Looking at the Tang soldiers lying here, Xiao Xian's heart suddenly had a hint of enlightenment, maybe what Su Dingfang said was right, to be a good general, the most basic thing is to love soldiers, but Zhou Zheng recklessly chose to let the soldiers die, looking at those unchildish faces, they are still so young, and some even estimate that they haven't even asked for one of their wives, so they died in Shiqu City. This kind of death, I am afraid that not only Su Dingfang and others are unwilling, but even those dead soldiers are also unwilling, because such a death method has no value at all, and when people die, the grain depot is still not taken down.

"You go and invite General Fang Yiai, and say that Ben will invite him to come and discuss countermeasures together!" Su Dingfang instructed a personal soldier.

"Yes, General!"

Su Dingfang's personal soldiers soon came to the east city wall, saw Fang Yiai at the city gate, and after recounting the matter to Fang Yiai, Fang Yiai did not shirk, and after handing over the matter of the city gate to Cheng Chumo, he led Qin Hu and dozens of other guards to the grain depot in the east of the city.

"Brother Dingfang, this is really an impregnable wall!" After observing the topography of the grain depot, Fang Yiai also had to shake her head in frustration.

"Yes, I never thought that the Tubo people would build a grain depot in this kind of place, although this place is difficult to attack, but it is also a dead end, there is only one cliff behind it, and the Tubo people have nowhere to escape even if they want to!" Su Dingfang had a headache with this grain depot, and the grain depot had to be taken down, but it was not a way to attack it.

"Brother Dingfang, having said that, don't you think this is a bit of a ruin?"

"Oh? Brother Xian, are you saying that the Tubo people deliberately arranged this way? ”

"I think it should be so, otherwise no one would have arranged the grain depot in such a place!"

Su Dingfang nodded, sighed and said with a wry smile: "It seems that this Zhuo La is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he actually knows the truth of putting him to death and being reborn, it seems that we are a little underestimating him." ”

"That's true, it seems that you can't force it, at this time, it is estimated that those Tubo barbarians in the granary have long been holding the heart of death, so they can't let the brothers die anymore, and it is not worth exchanging lives with the Tubo barbarians at all!"

Fang Yiai said very casually, but it was different in Xiao Xian's ears, just heard Su Dingfang say something, and now he heard this kind of remarks from Fang Yiai's mouth, Xiao Xian had to praise it.

Zhou Zheng wanted to die at this time, and he understood why Su Dingfang's face was wrong just now. Zhou Zheng's eyes were red, and he said with a look of shame, "General, I'm sorry, you can punish me!" ”

Su Dingfang shook his head and didn't look at Zhou Zheng, "Zhou Zheng, I have no right to punish you, because you didn't violate military regulations, and even if I punish you, can those brothers who are lying here come back to life?" Su Dingfang pointed to the corpse of Tang Jun in the alley, not so much indescribable pain.

The more Su Dingfang was like this, the more ashamed Zhou Zheng felt, and finally knelt directly in front of Su Dingfang, and sobbed with tears in his eyes, "Please give the general a chance to atone for his sins!" ”

"Hey, Zhou Zheng, get up, I hope you can know what you are doing wrong. Well, how about the bodies of these brothers will be escorted by you personally? ”

Su Dingfang saw that Zhou Zheng had sincerely repented, and he didn't embarrass him too much, so Zhou Zheng must not have a heart, but he was a little meritorious.

"General Xie, the last general will personally send the brothers back to their hometown and bury them!"

Seeing this situation, Fang Yiai could only silently regret it in his heart, maybe there was only so much Zhou Zheng could do, but this green mountain is still the same, snowy, where will the soul of those deceased sergeants rest?

Qingfeng is in hand, Ye Ruoli, will the soul be at peace?