"General, I have failed to rob the camp and lost troops and generals. Please punish me, General!" The red-armored general and the black-armored general knelt on the ground and said in unison.
Monk Xincheng said coldly: "Five thousand cavalry...a whole five thousand cavalry! You only brought me more than a thousand people, and you still have the nerve to come back to me alive? Someone, drag them all down and behead them!"
"General, have mercy on me... General, have mercy on me!" The two begged for mercy in unison.
Cui Ranfu cupped his hands and said: "General, now is the time to employ people. Please give them a chance to make meritorious deeds."
"Yes, General, Julou's strength is not much worse than mine. Such people are rare even in our country, so we might as well stay here." Euljida said.
Monk Xincheng said expressionlessly: "Since you all plead for them, let's punish only one." Pointing to the red-armored general, he said: "Drag him down and behead him in public."
The red-armored general was frightened and frightened. He waved his remaining arm desperately and said, "General, the last general can still kill Tang people!"
"If you are a warrior, you must have the courage to bear your own mistakes and drag it on!" Monk Xincheng was unmoved at all and waved his hand.
After the red-armored general was taken down, Eulchita stood up and said loudly: "General, let me go and avenge my brothers!"
Monk Xincheng ignored him and said with a cold face: "Julou, tell me how they defeated you. Don't miss a word."
The big man in black armor nodded and told them about the two men's ambush in the camp.
Monk Xincheng was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Perhaps we all underestimate Wu Chengsi. Although he is only in his twenties, and although he is the nephew of the queen, he has inherited the cunning nature of the Tang people very well."
Cui Ranfu frowned and said: "General, there is something very strange. According to the report from the sentry horse, the Tang army did not march towards us after the victory, but camped on the same spot."
Monk Xincheng frowned and said, "Could they have some other tricks?"
After thinking for a while, he issued an order: "Continue to send sentries to keep an eye on the Tang army's movements. If there is any news, report immediately!"
In the next few days, the Tang army was stationed west of the Hun River and remained motionless. Monk Xincheng would discuss it with his men every day.
As time went by, both he and his officials were full of confusion about the strange behavior of the Tang army. Euljita asked for battle several times, but was always rejected by Monk Xincheng.
Not only were the Goryeo officers uneasy, but even the people of Nansu City spent their days in panic. Everyone had heard about the power of the Tang army, and they were all worried about the day when the Tang army would break into the city.
In the afternoon of this day, Monk Xincheng was reading in the general's mansion.
For several days, the Tang army was motionless, which made him gradually let down his guard, thinking: "After all, the leader is a fledgling boy. He won a battle by mistake before and didn't know how to use troops at all. The longer he delayed, the worse the situation would be."
It only benefits the defense."
Suddenly, a subordinate hurried to the study and said anxiously: "General, general!"
Monk Xincheng loved to read the Tang Dynasty's military books, and always respected it - a general should not show his emotions or anger.
Seeing his subordinates in such panic, he snorted coldly and scolded: "Why are you panicking? With me here, the general, will the sky fall?"
The subordinate said anxiously: "General, General Eulji has captured a Tang army sentry horse!"
Monk Xincheng was slightly happy, put down his book and said, "Let's go to the tower!"
After arriving at the city tower, he ordered people to summon Eulchita, Julou and Cui Ranbo. Before Eulchita entered the house, a loud voice came from far away.
"...Haha, general, I captured a Tang army sentry." Following the voice, Euljita strode into the hall, carrying a Tang man in his right hand.
The man was covered with wounds. When the monk Xincheng called Eulchita over, Eulchita was beating the man, and the blood flowing from his body was still fresh.
Julou and his adjutant Cui Ranfu also entered the hall. After seeing the Tang people on the ground, Cui Ranfu asked: "Is he the sentry horse captured by General Eulji?"
"Yes, this kid wanted to sneak into the city, but was caught by my subordinates."
Monk Xincheng said calmly: "Very good, did the torture yield any information?"
Eulchito chuckled and said, "I have pried open this kid's mouth. Just ask the general what you want to ask." After saying that, he shouted outside, and a thin soldier entered the hall.
This thin soldier is nearly forty years old. Because he is proficient in Tang language, he has been working as a translator for Euljida.
Both Seng Xincheng and Cui Ranfu can speak Tang dialect, but Eulchido cannot. This translator was prepared for himself.
"Who are you? What's your name?" Monk Xincheng asked in Tang dialect.
The Tang man on the ground gasped: "My... name is Wei Heng, and I am the sentry horse of the Tang Army."
"Why do you want to sneak into South Sioux City? What is your purpose? Tell me the truth!"
"It was Wu Chengsi who asked me to sneak in!"
Monk Xincheng frowned and said, "Why do you call your general by his first name?"
Wei Heng took a few deep breaths and sneered: "I'm already dead anyway, so I still care about him so much. I'm being polite if I don't call him a bastard."
Monk Xincheng said calmly: "You resent him?"
Wei Heng sneered and said nothing.
Yichituo kicked Wei Heng and scolded: "If my general asks you anything, just answer him honestly. If you dare not answer a word, I will chop off one of your fingers."
After the translator translated, Wei Heng glared at Euljita.
Eulchita sneered: "You still dare to glare at me. It seems that you still want to taste the torture just now."
Monk Xincheng waved his hand and said: "General Eulchi, sit back." He turned his eyes and said to Wei Hengwen:
"I know you are a warrior, and I won't force you to answer questions you don't want to answer. But if you are willing to cooperate with me, I can spare your life."
Wei Heng raised his head and laughed, coughing violently a few times because of the injury, and sneered: "We soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are not afraid of death, but if you want to know about Wu Chengsi, I can tell you!"
Monk Xincheng could feel the soldier's hatred for Wu Chengsi, and his heart moved, "Can you tell me why you hate Wu Chengsi so much?"
Wei Heng was silent for a long time and said coldly: "Because he is not worthy of being our general at all. General Hei Te Changzhi defeated you a few days ago, but Wu Chengsi took the credit for himself, and General Hei Tou argued with him on the basis of reason.
, he was actually dismissed from his military post and imprisoned in Yingzhou Prison!"
Monk Xincheng was shocked: "You mean, the person who defeated us a few days ago was Heiji Changzhi? The ever-victorious general of Baekje, Heiji Changzhi?"
"Yes, Wu Chengsi asked him to be in the vanguard, while he stayed behind. General Black Teeth often fought against Goryeo, so he guessed that you would rob the camp, so he set up an ambush."
Monk Xincheng looked at the giant building and said coldly: "Who defeated you that day?"
The black-armored general was stunned and said: "We only know that they were defeated by the Tang army. We don't know whether it was led by Hei Te Changzhi or Wu Chengsi."
"Then have you seen Wu Chengsi?" Cui Ranfu asked.
"I don't seem to have seen any generals like Wu Chengsi." Although he had never met Wu Chengsi, he knew from the information coming from Yingzhou that he was in his twenties and was not proficient in martial arts.
This type of commander is easy to spot on the battlefield because he must be protected by a group of people around him.
"What about Changzhi's black teeth?" Cui Ranfu asked again.
"I've seen him before, and even fought with him a few times."
Monk Xincheng said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier? Major things are ruined by idiots like you!"
Julou rubbed the back of his head and really didn't understand what Seng Xincheng would do even if he knew about it.
Monk Xincheng turned his gaze back to Wei Heng and asked, "Besides Hei Te Chang, what other generals are there around Wu Chengsi?"
Wei Heng said coldly: "One is his cousin, named Wu Youji, and the other is named Han Cheng, who was originally his bodyguard."
Monk Xincheng secretly sneered, Wu Chengsi was just as idiotic as he expected, and actually appointed a close confidant who had never fought in a war as a general.
Cui Ranfu was more cautious and asked Julou: "Is what he said true?"
Ju Lou thought about it for a moment and replied: "I only saw two generals, one of whom was Hei Te Changzhi. The other was a young general who was less than twenty years old. If Hei Te Changzhi hadn't saved him, I would have been able to do it in one go.
Kill him!"
Cui Ranfu said: "I think this person is Wu Youji."