Chapter 77 The road to the city
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"Zhu Wen is a little responsible."
Seeing Zhu Han asking someone to hang down the city wall, Xu Wuli said with emotion.
"It's always a bit different for not being greedy and arrogance," Xu Huai said, "It's a pity that Dayue has too few ministers like him and Wang Bing, too few and too alternative...
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Xu Wuli, Tang Pan and others were all silent when they heard Xu Huai's words.
Especially Tang Pan and others, their experience in the past was limited, and they always felt that the threat of the Chihu people was very far away. They also felt that the court could not be idiots who could sit in that position, but in just a few days, Tianxiong
The military's symptoms of being full of evil sores were laid out in front of them, which made them feel more profound about Xu Huai's words at this time.
At this time, they also realized more and more deeply that without a strong enemy invasion, or the surrounding neighbors were in decline, Dayue might be able to maintain the superficial prosperity and sing and dancing for a period of time, and once the Khitans were powerless to resist, the Khitans could not resist
The Red Guard Iron Cavalry went south like a torrent, and the Great Rise is in danger!
This is definitely not Xu Huai’s own worries!
"Crazy..."
Thousands of torches were thrown over, and there were many flammable materials soaked in grease. After the fire engulfed the Deshengmen Tower, the fire burned in not long after.
The key city tower still contains a large amount of flammable oil, cloth curtains, wood and other flammable materials that prevent enemy soldiers from joining the city. They were all ignited at this time, and the tiles on the roof of the city gate were rolling down - the fire was already huge
The soldiers who arrived in the city could no longer climb the city road inside, let alone put out such a large fire.
At this time, thousands of enemy cavalry from Shengdemen also started to move.
Except for seven or eight hundred people who continued to stay by the woods to the west, staring at the movements of Shengdemen, more than two thousand other people walked south in the dark night.
Xu Huai's vision was blocked by the burning Shengde Gate Tower and the city wall on the south. He couldn't see where the man was going. He looked at Xu Wuli and asked, "Uncle Wu, do you think Xiao Linshi is leading the reinforcements directly.
If the horse enters the city and joins the war, will it continue to lurk somewhere outside the city, seeking an opportunity to annihilate the small groups of troops that have crossed the city, and continue to attack and damage the morale here?"
Xu Wuji frowned and stared at the burning flames of Shengdemen, saying, "Shengdemen has been blocked, the morale of the mob in the city will only be stronger, and the combat power is above the Tianxiong Army. At this time, Xiao Linshi
It should not be confirmed that Liu Shizhong, Cai Ying would not send reinforcements. He has not many elite troops in his hands, and most of them will be deployed between Datong and Huihe to wait for an opportunity..."
Xu Huai frowned. This was actually the situation he was most worried about.
If Xiao Linshi led the main reinforcements into the city, they would have a much greater chance of getting out.
At this time, Xu Xin'an, Tang Qing, Yin Peng, Zheng Tu, Xu Wukun and others also rushed here from the northwest corner tower along the city wall. When they saw Xu Huai holding silver arrows in the army and the chief supervisor, they asked in a daze:
"What do we do next?"
Tang Panman is planning to do it. He and Tang Qing are only twenty-one years old this year. Yin Peng is a little older, but he is only twenty-three years old. Xu Xin'an is younger and is less than twenty years old this year.
Not to mention Zheng Tu, Xu Wukun was only a low-level military official at the level of deputy general in the army in his early years. After returning to Tongbai Mountain, he mainly did odd jobs for Xu Wufu.
Although everyone was tempered by the chaos of the Tongbai Mountain Bandits, their time was limited after all.
Except for their previous fantasies and did not think that the worst situation would definitely happen, they did not expect that Zhu Han would be so easy to talk to, and they actually handed over the command of the military commander to them, so that they could fully lent their power to the military commander.
If you act in the name, you won’t know what they will do next.
"Call people and build the city road!"
There are brick and stone climbing roads on all sides of the four city gates in Datong, which makes it easier for soldiers to climb up to the city wall from the city tower and then quickly arrange defenses along the city wall.
The Shengde Gate Tower collapses. Judging from the size of the four-story city tower, even if the city gate cannot be crushed directly, the collapsed bricks and beams will cover the city gate and the left and right climbing roads.
This means that the defenders in the city are likely to lose the passage to quickly climb the city wall.
Even if Ge Huaicong could send someone to clear out the Chengcheng Road attached to Shengdemen, the vicinity of Shengdemen should be the focus of enemy cavalry's defense, which would inevitably prevent the Tianxiong Army from overturning the city and breaking through.
When Ge Huaicong ordered the city to break through, or if Ge Huaicong and others were greedy for life and fear of death, the collapse of the 40,000 Tianxiong Army would be a matter that no one could stop.
At that time, there is no need for the enemy to come through. The 30,000 to 40,000 Tianxiong Army was in a desperate chaos. Everyone was fighting to leave the city, fighting for the crowds and struggled for the battle. With a few ropes and ladders, how many can they deliver.
Personally climbing the city wall?
The limited rope ladders and cloud ladders may be broken up due to countless people's struggles.
Thinking of this, it is not difficult to understand why only Cao Shili and hundreds of others fled in the established historical trajectory.
Xu Huai did not expect to reverse the overall situation, but it was what they had to work hard to escape from Datong City if they could help.
When Ge Huaicong ordered a breakout, or if Ge Huaicong and his grandsons escaped from the city with ropes, they wanted to allow more soldiers to climb the city wall, the best way was to build a climbing road inside the city wall now.
As long as more people can stand on the city wall first, on the one hand, they can prevent the enemy from attacking directly in a short period of time, and on the other hand, it is always much easier to slide from the top of the city along the rope to outside the city than to climb the city wall with ropes.
Building a city road is much simpler than imagined.
Find a stairs near the city wall. As long as three or four hundred people demolish houses, fill all the construction waste into the alleys, and finally form a slanted long earth slope of the same height as the city wall.
Huaiyuan Town initially had no city walls. In order to resist the raids, they demolished houses and built a land wall on the periphery. This aspect can be said to be familiar with it.
However, Xu Huai had no authorization before. If the movement was a little bit bigger, someone would come to question and stop it, and there would not be enough manpower, so there was very limited work to do, but now he held the military command and could do it
There are many things to do.
They also had an excuse to organize the arrested and detained Tongbaishan soldiers to do this at this time...
Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi, Xu Wukun and others walked directly along the city wall to the northwest corner building.
Tang Qing, Xu Xin'an and others left temporarily, no one ordered, and nearly two hundred soldiers were blocked on the north wall west of the corner tower; even Xu Xin himself did not have the direct permission of Xu Huai and others, and there was no way to resist the horse at this time.
, come to the corner tower.
They could see Shengdemen in a raging fire, but they could not see the enemy cavalry raiding outside the Western City Wall. Several people stood in front of the horse and shouted to go to the corner tower to see what was going on.
"Uncle Seven! Xu Huai!" Xu Xin saw Xu Huai, and Xu Wukun walked back to the corner tower from the west wall and raised his hand to greet him.
Xu Huaixian ignored Xu Xin and stood in the corner tower and looked into the city.
Below the west city wall and the north city wall, there are alleys suitable for building the city road.
However, no matter how stupid Ge Huaicong is, he will do his best to put out the fire at Shengde Gate and send someone to strengthen the defense of the Xicheng Wall. If they build a city road in the alley of the Xicheng Wall, others will be able to stand at the Xicheng Wall at a glance
It is impossible to hide it from Ge Huaicong when you see it.
Xu Huai knew that Ge Huaicong might not stop them at this time, but when Ge Huaicong wanted to escape first, he would definitely send someone to snatch control of the newly built city road from them.
"We immediately controlled the two hundred people in the North City Wall, and then sealed the alley tightly to build the city road to ensure that the secrets would not be leaked!" Xu Wuqi also advocated building the city road under the North City Wall, and emphasized the need to keep it confidential
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After climbing over the northern city wall, four or five miles north, there is the mountain ridge at the western foot of Wuzhou Mountain.
The soldiers and horses that were in a hurry to overturn the city would not have much combat effectiveness when resisting the impact of cavalry. If necessary, they should still escape into the Wuzhou Mountain in the north as quickly as possible to avoid being slaughtered by enemy cavalry in Pingkuan area.
Only then have time to rectify.
In addition to using the excuse of going out of the city to graze, they hid their war horses into Wuzhou Mountain in the north. The first batch of supplies that Su Laochang and others brought were also hidden in Wuzhou Mountain in the north.
Therefore, this road to climb the city must be absolutely confidential. We must not only be wary of Ge Huaicong's possibility of occupying the magpie's nest, but also prevent Xiao Linshi from sending troops outside the northern city to intercept them in advance after he knew about it.
War cannot tolerate too many love for children. Only after they show enough strength can Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan truly become their bargaining chips.
Otherwise, I would have thought of pushing Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan out and asking Xiao Linshi to let them lead thousands of defeated soldiers to return to Lanzhou. Wouldn't that be too sarcastic?
"Then let the horses go away and let Tian Zhichang go, Xu Xin and the others come here!" Xu Huai looked at the military officials beside Xu Xin calmly. The man in the leader called the beard covering half of his face, and it was sunny and sunny.
He looked at him and signaled the general who was blocking the horse to make way.
Tian Zhichang was angry that Xu Huai had thrown and killed three of his subordinates without saying a word, especially when he stood in front of the horse and cursed. If he hadn't been shocked and avoided, the spear might have been penetrated directly from his chest.
past.
However, seeing that he was the same clan as Xu Xin, he did not treat him badly except blocking the road, and even sent someone to deliver food and drink. Tian Zhichang thought in his heart that Xu Huai didn't dare to do anything to him.
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At this time, seeing a sudden fire in Shengdemen, Tian Zhichang was eager to know what was going on, so he immediately took the other three ministers and Xu Xin to the corner building together.
"You are Tian Zhichang?" Xu Huai stared at Tian Zhichang, took out the military command from his sleeve, and asked, "Do you recognize this command arrow?"
"...What do you want to do?" Tian Zhichang saw several people surrounding him from the left and right, pressing his hands on the sword around his waist, and asked angrily.
"You are running away at the last battle. The Military Supervisor's Office specially ordered me to arrest you and investigate. Tian Zhichang, do you dare to resist?" Xu Huai stared at Tian Zhichang and asked in a deep voice.
"..." Tian Zhichang stared at Xu Huai with a ferocious face for a while, and finally let go of his hand holding the knife and shouted, "I have made contributions to the court and have shed blood. The military supervisors cannot slander me for nothing.
I want to meet the commander-in-chief!”
"I will give you a chance to defend yourself. We will tie them up!" Seeing that Tian Zhichang and others did not dare to resist, Xu Huai secretly felt that with the command of the military command, it could still shock these low-level military officers and save a lot of trouble.
"..." Seeing Tian Zhichang and others being tied up with cloth stuffed in their mouths, and being directly detained into the arrow house on the upper floor of the corner building, Xu Xin stood there in shock and was at a loss.
"Xu Xin!" Xu Wuqi took off his braces in the corner building and restored his true appearance...
Chapter completed!