On September 14th, the second year of Emperor Qianfeng's reign in the Tang Dynasty, under the leadership of Li Ji, the deputy general manager of the march of Liaodong Road in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army captured Xincheng, an important town on the western frontier of Goguryeo, and killed 30,000 Goguryeo troops in this battle.
, captured 20,000 people, and during the attack on the Tang army's camp, the Goguryeo general Jian Moucen and his two sons were all killed. After the news came, all the surrounding cities were frightened, and they strengthened their defenses and did not dare to launch attacks without authorization.
Although the weather has gradually entered winter, Li Ji did not stop the next attack. Instead, he ordered Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan to lead 10,000 troops to guard the new city. At the same time, he ordered Xue Rengui, Hao Chujun, Qibi Heli and others to attack from all sides and attack the surrounding areas.
's city.
Of course, during this period, Li Xian followed Li Ji's request and stayed in the new city and never went to war again. This was really a great torture for Li Xian who was eager to go into battle to kill the enemy, but Li Xian also knew
Li Ji did it for his own good and had no choice but to hold back.
In fact, it was not just Li Xian. Xue Ne was also feeling bored. After dinner that night, he did not practice marksmanship as usual, but went to Li Xian's tent to drink with Li Xian to relieve his boredom.
The two of them had not drunk much, and Xue Ne sighed and said slowly: "Oh, everyone else is fighting for us in the Tang Dynasty. Only the general and the king sit guarding the city and can only practice spear and arrow skills every day.
, but can’t kill with real swords and guns, it’s really boring. I really want the enemy to give me another sneak attack, so that we can kill him happily."
"Brother Xue, please be patient. Goguryeo is so big. We have plenty of opportunities to fight. We don't have to worry about not having any wars in the future. It is said that sharpening your sword is the skill of chopping firewood. If we want to win the battle, we must first learn the art of war and martial arts."
Well, why don't we stay up late tonight and read, and learn from the sages and dance to the sound of chickens?" Although Li Xian was equally depressed, he was worried about Li Ji's face, so he couldn't say it directly. Instead, he patted him with a smile.
Xue Ne's shoulders comforted him.
"With such a long night and such boredom, how can I read military books and practice martial arts? Instead of studying and practicing martial arts, it is better to have a few drinks first, which may be able to relieve the boredom a little bit." Xue Na shook his head with a wry smile, and then began to drink into his stomach.
He poured wine and kept inviting Li Xian to drink with him.
Seeing this, Li Xian could only accept it helplessly. Not long after the two of them exchanged glasses, they were already a bit drunk.
"Let's go, brother Xue, I can't sleep anyway, why don't I wait for a walk outside the camp." Li Xian was already very depressed, but now that he was drunk and depressed, he couldn't vent his sorrow, so he invited Xue Ne to follow him out of the camp gate.
Breathable.
When Xue Ne heard what Li Xian said, he was exactly what he wanted. Without any hesitation, he followed Li Xian out of the camp gate.
It was quite cold on the street in winter night, especially when the northwest wind was blowing that night. The cold wind blew on his face, which dispelled the depression, but the biting cold also followed. Li Xian had been practicing internal skills for many years, but he still couldn't.
He was afraid, but Xue Ne was so cold that his teeth chattered. Seeing this, Li Xian quickly took off the fur he was wearing and gave it to his hand. Xue Ne was moved in his heart, but did not say it out loud.
Wear fur on your body.
"Your Majesty, it's so cold. Why don't we wait and go back?" Although Xue Ne was wearing two furs, he still felt bone-chilling cold. He couldn't hold on for less than a cup of tea, so he asked Li Xian
said.
"Wait a minute." Li Xian did not agree, but said such an inexplicable sentence.
It was incomprehensible, because this sentence was not consistent with Li Xian's usual friendly attitude towards Xue Ne and his responsive style. It was precisely because of this that Xue Ne felt that there must be something fishy hidden in Li Xian's words.
Sure enough, before he could make any reaction, he saw the guard named Zhang Wuchen next to Li Xian jump up and thrust a spear into the city wall. After landing, he jumped up again and stepped on the city wall.
On top of the spear shaft, the whole person was like a civet cat, and he jumped onto the city wall two or three feet high. The moment Zhang Wuchen showed off his strength, he turned around again and said to Li Xian: "Your Majesty,
The enemy is attacking."
"What are you talking about? Another enemy attack? Haha, now we finally have a fight." Not only did Xue Ne not panic this time, but he was inexplicably surprised. He was excited to fight and cheered.
"Don't be so excited yet. There are many enemy troops this time, at least 50,000, but our army only has 5,000 troops in the city. In addition, the city wall is damaged and has not yet been fully repaired. The soldiers in the city are also old, weak, sick and disabled.
There is no defense, so it is really difficult to save the city." Zhang Wuchen glanced sideways at Xue Ne, and then said coldly.
Although Li Xian and Xue Na have a relatively close relationship, in Zhang Wuchen's eyes, no one has anything to do with him except Li Xian, so his attitude towards Xue Ne is always neither sad nor happy, and his face is slightly cold.
Fortunately, Xue Ne was already used to Zhang Wuchen's attitude, and he also knew that this man's martial arts skills were unfathomable, so he didn't feel dissatisfied. He laughed and said: "I didn't expect that the enemy would think so highly of us and would concentrate such a tyrannical force.
The purpose of besieging the new city with all our strength seems to be to cut off our army's food route and return route, and kill our army. However, as long as I, Xue Ne, are here, the enemy army will never be able to realize their plan. Your Majesty, it is better to do this. I will inform you first.
The city defense soldiers rushed to the city to guard the city, but the king went to notify General Pang and General Gao. At the same time, he sent this brother to report to my father. My father was only fifty miles away from the new city. With the distance of this brother, I believe that the army will be strong before dawn.
As long as General Pang and General Gao defend the city, plus my father's reinforcements, and both sides attack from the front and back, they will definitely be able to repel the traitors."
Unexpectedly, Zhang Wuchen said coldly first: "I will never leave your Majesty."
"This..." Xue Ne suddenly felt stagnant when he heard this, but he had nothing to say. After all, the other party was only Li Xian's personal servant, not a regular soldier of the imperial court. He couldn't say it was him, not even Li Ji.
The right to command is given to him.
But unexpectedly, Li Xian opened his mouth to persuade him: "Wuchen, it's a very important matter. Don't be childish. Go to General Xue quickly. I have nothing to do here. It's not like you don't know my temper. If anything happens today,
If something unexpected happened, how could I forgive myself?"
As Li Xian spoke, he took out a command talisman from his arms and said softly: "This is the fish talisman given to me by the Holy One (the military talisman was originally called the tiger talisman, but was renamed the fish talisman to avoid Li Hu's taboo).
If you have no choice but to use it lightly, take this card to see General Xue, and General Xue will naturally send troops to come. Go quickly, the military situation is urgent, don't miss the important event." After saying this, Li Xian stuffed the fish charm into Zhang Wuchen's hand.
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"Promise, your Majesty, take care." Zhang Wuchen is not a person who doesn't know the importance of things. Now seeing Li Xian's arrangement, he can only agree. He jumped up to the city wall, and then disappeared into the night with a few more ups and downs.
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After Zhang Wuchen left, Li Xian and Xue Ne did not dare to hesitate and took action one after another. Xue Ne used his father's influence in the army to immediately go to the tower to inform the general of Su Wei of the enemy's attack.
But I didn't expect to be blocked at the gate of the city tower.
"Get out of the way." Seeing that the guard was so ignorant, Xue Ne couldn't help being furious. He immediately stretched out his hand to push the guard away, then used his strong body to directly knock open the gate of the city tower, and shouted loudly: "General Gao, the enemy is
The army is attacking, please prepare quickly to meet the enemy."
At that time, Gao Kan did not fall asleep, but was reading in the tower. Hearing Xue Na's words, he was startled. He stood up and walked a few steps. He came upstairs and opened the window. Sure enough, he heard the sound coming from the vast night.
There was a dull sound.
"It turned out to be the sound of horse hooves! And listening to this sound, there were no less than 50,000 people coming!" Gao Kan was also a famous general of the Tang Dynasty and had rich combat experience. After hearing the sound, his expression suddenly changed and he immediately ordered an alarm.
The soldiers guarding the city were ordered to assemble immediately and prepare to meet the enemy.
"Fortunately, my nephew reported the news in time. If it had been a moment later, by the time the enemy troops came to the city, it would have been too late for our army to resist even if we tried to resist. The battle would have been unfortunate. Alas, it was my general who was too careless and ordered
If this happened, I am guilty. However, now is not the time to judge the crime. I hope that my nephew will spare no effort to go to General Pang's camp with my fish charm and ask him to send troops to support immediately."
Gao Kan sighed slightly, took out the military talisman and handed it to Xue Ne.
However, Xue Ne did not go to pick up the military talisman, but instead held up his hand and said, "To be honest with General Mangao, the fish talisman is no longer needed because the chief manager has already gone to General Pang's camp. I believe General Pang will send troops to support him soon."
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"Haha, it turns out that the chief manager also knows about this. Now that someone has stepped forward, I believe that General Pang will send troops to rescue him soon. But there is one more thing. The total number of troops that General Pang and I have together is only 5,000 troops, and most of them are
The number of truly combat-effective soldiers among veterans and disabled soldiers is only 2,000 at most. Now the enemy has 50,000, and they are well prepared. I am afraid that even if I hold on with all my strength, I will only be able to hold on for two days at most.
If our army does not have reinforcements within two days, I am afraid that this city will fall into the hands of the enemy. Once that happens, I am afraid that my entire Eastern Expedition army will be defeated..."
During the mobilization of troops, Gao Kan expressed his inner worries again. He hesitated for a moment and then said: "I have something to ask of my nephew. Your Majesty is only fifty miles away. If my nephew can take advantage of the chaos and leave the city,
Going to find your Lordship to mobilize reinforcements will definitely solve this urgent need. I know that this matter is really difficult for my nephew, but there is no one in our army who can be used, and my nephew is the most suitable candidate..."
But Xue Ne waved his hand and said, "General Gao, don't worry. The chief executive has made arrangements for this matter. The chief executive has already sent his most loyal warriors to my father's camp to move reinforcements. I believe they will arrive early tomorrow morning at the latest. General."
Just prepare for war with peace of mind. The general has completed the instructions given by the general, and now it’s time for me to report to the general. General Gao, take your leave."