Chapter 143 Before the Battle

Without waiting for Guo Qianguan's orders, the generals carried Chen Wanrong and the others in to settle down. Guo Qianguan transferred a team of Tang troops, carried the artillery soldiers to settle down, and called the military doctor to treat the wounds.

Regarding artillery, the Tang army was looking forward to the stars and the moon. Now it has finally arrived. Unexpectedly, this situation is so happy that it is also filled with infinite bitterness.

Especially Cheng Xiaotian, he was frustrated at the city of Doma, and what he needed most was the artillery to arrive as soon as possible. The artillery was not delayed, and he couldn't help but complain that Chen Wanrong was slow to act. Seeing that the artillery was so tired, he never had this idea anymore, and only had infinite respect for the artillery.

It can be said that among all the troops, artillery is the most difficult. Needless to say, cavalry can be ridden with horses, and if necessary, you can doze off on the horse's back and take a breath.

Even heavy infantrymen were equipped with many horses because the Tang Dynasty had many horses, and they were equipped with horses to carry iron armor and modao equipment. Correspondingly, people could rush on the road with lightweight clothes, which was much easier.

Artillery soldiers are different. They have horses, but horses are mainly used to pull artillery. Because it rains, shells are not useful, so shells can only be carried by horses. Even Chen Wanrong's mount blue and white carriage also carried a lot of shells.

Not only did you have a horse but you didn't want to ride it, but the artillery also had to carry the artillery forward. Since the heavy rain began, Chen Wanrong led the artillery to march in the rain. He first passed Jishi Mountain, and he was so tired. After leaving Jishi Mountain, the artillery did not rest and still rushed forward. The journey took hundreds of miles more. He carried the artillery to march in the mud. The difficulty can be imagined.

Later, the weather was clear, and it was logical that artillery soldiers could be relaxed and allowed horses to pull artillery. However, the transportation in Tubo was not as developed as that in the Tang Dynasty, and there were only a few roads. If the roads were well connected and the official roads were well built, they could still march even if it rained heavily.

Tubo is different, the roads are pitifully few. After the sky clears, the ground is still soft and not hard enough, and the cannon stand will be trapped. For artillery soldiers, Tianqing and Buqing are the same, and they still have to carry the cannons forward with their shoulders.

The artillery was almost exhausted by passing Jishi Mountain. Who could bear the hundreds of miles? Later, Chen Wanrong had no choice. In order to give the artillery a short rest time, he ordered the resting artillery to ride a horse and tie them to the horse's back with a rope to let them sleep well.

Except for sleeping, no one rides a horse, but he walks. Even Wang Zhongsi, who is small and short, has also traveled thousands of miles with extraordinary perseverance. Wang Zhongsi was originally beautiful and handsome, but he has lost a lot of weight along the way and his eyes are deep.

Chen Wanrong, Geshuhan, Wang Shaohua, and artillery all advised Wang Zhongsi to follow up on a horse, but he just refused, "We should share the joys and sorrows. The military supervisor did not ride a horse, and I couldn't ride it."

With a firm attitude, Chen Wanrong and the others could only let him go, which moved the artillery soldiers and could not lose to a boy in any case. Although this boy had extraordinary wisdom, his age was too young and his body was no different from that of a boy, which was something that no one could change.

Walking day and night, when they arrived at the city of Doma and saw the Tang army's camp, the artillery soldiers felt relieved and wanted to fall to the ground and have a good sleep. With the last breath, they carried the artillery to the barracks, and could no longer hold on, and fell to the ground and fell asleep.

It was already three days later when Chen Wanrong woke up. When Chen Wanrong opened his eyes, he saw Guo Qianguan, Cheng Xiaotian, and Fei Junxing, familiar faces full of concern. Seeing Chen Wanrong woke up, Guo Qianguan was very relieved and smiled and said, "Mr. Supervisor, you finally woke up."

Cheng Xiaotian helped Chen Wanrong sit up: "Sir, you have been sleeping for three days and three nights! You can sleep even more than the Grand Marshal."

Fei Junxing is a straightforward person: "Mr. Junjian, you have been sleeping for so long, but we are so anxious. Now that I wake up, I'm finally fine."

Chen Wanrong turned over and sat up, and asked, "How are you brothers? Are they all okay?" As he said that, he was about to get out of bed, but he stopped Guo Qianguan: "Don't worry about the military supervisor. We will deal with these things. Look, they are here."

Looking in the direction of his finger, he saw Geshuhan, Wang Shaohua, and Wang Zhongsi sleeping soundly in the corner of the tent. Geshuhan's snoring sound seemed to thunder. Wang Zhongsi next to him slept very sweetly, and Geshuhan's snoring sound could not affect him at all.

Geshuhan's strength is famous in the army. It is really unexpected that he can sleep even better than Chen Wanrong.

Among the three, Chen Wanrong was most concerned about Wang Zhongsi. This is a rare precocious person in Chinese history. He will shine in the near future. If there is a mistake, Chen Wanrong will regret it for the rest of his life. He hurriedly got out of bed and walked to Wang Zhongsi with his shoes. He saw Wang Zhongsi sleeping soundly, with crystal sweat beads oozing on his nose and saliva flowing from the corners of his mouth, which was too inconsistent with his beautiful eyebrows and beautiful eyes.

Just as we were about to see Geshuhan, we saw Geshuhan smack his lips a few times, opened his eyes, jumped up, and asked, "When is it now? How about Doma City? Have we missed the military plane?"

The reason why he was able to become a famous general from generation to generation was that he never forgot about military operations. The first thing he cared about when he opened his eyes was military information, which was really touching.

Guo Qianguan sighed: "General Geshu never forgets military information at all times, which is the way for the general! General Geshu don't worry, the city of Doma will be taken down sooner or later, and it will be no longer urgent for this day and half. When the artillery brothers have rested, it will not be too late to fight again."

"Brothers of the artillery have worked so hard. Can you lose this city of Doma?" Cheng Xiaotian said with a smile.

"Doma? Is the enemy coming?" Wang Shaohua jumped out of bed, grabbed the horizontal sword, and looked like he was about to start fighting immediately.

It made Guo Qianguan and the others laugh: "General Wang is worthy of being a man who has fought against the Turks in the north. He is always alert and wakes up as soon as he hears the word "Doma."

Wang Shaohua woke up and shook his head, feeling a little embarrassed: "I'll make you laugh."

"You can always forget the enemy situation. This is the warrior needed by the Tang Dynasty!" A tender voice sounded, and Wang Zhongsi woke up. After sleeping for three days, Wang Zhongsi was almost restored. Except for his thin body, there was no difference from usual.

Guo Qianguan stroked Wang Zhongsi's little head and said kindly: "Wang Zhongsi, you are awake! Wang Zhongsi, you are a boy, you have traveled thousands of miles like artillery brothers. What a strange thing! If you have a backer in the general, you should be in peace if you know him in the spring!"

Wang Haibin's courage, talent and character are admirable. Guo Qianguan values ​​this subordinate very much. When he thinks of Wang Haibin's death in battle, he feels uncomfortable. Wang Zhongsi has such perseverance at a young age and will definitely be extraordinary in the future. Guo Qianguan is very happy and he is happy.

"After entering the army, you must have the law of marching. No matter how old or old you are, you should be a colleague!" Wang Zhongsi showed his true nature of enforcing the law like a mountain.

Chen Wanrong was very worried about the artillery brothers who shared the joys and sorrows: "Let's go and see the brothers!"

The proposal was immediately echoed by Ge Shuhan and the others, and the group went out of the tent to visit the artillery. Liu Fuqing and his friends rested were right next to them, and as soon as they left the tent, they arrived. When they arrived in a tent, they saw that several artillery soldiers had woken up and were looking at them with their feet.

After thousands of miles of journey, not only the artillery's shoulders were worn out, but even the foot boards were covered with blood blisters, with large and small bubbles, and I don't know how many blood blisters there were. It was Chen Wanrong's foot boards, and there were more than 30 blood blisters.

"How is it? Does it still hurt?" Chen Wanrong asked.

When these artillery soldiers saw that it was Chen Wanrong, they were happy and were about to greet each other. Chen Wanrong stopped them and said, "Don't move, I'll look at your feet." They squatted down and looked at them. Fortunately, the military doctor not only dealt with the injuries on his shoulders, but also treated the blood bubbles on his feet. After three days, they were closing their mouths.

Guo Qianguan sighed and said, "Military Supervisor, do you know what brothers think when they see you? A military doctor cried when dealing with the foot boards. He said that this was the worst foot board he had ever seen in his life. The blood blisters are already considered good. Many brothers' feet are covered in blood and flesh, similar to your shoulders.

"You are the real tough guys! If someone asks what the warriors of the Tang Dynasty are, I will tell them: artillery is the bravest warriors of the Tang Dynasty!"

Cheng Xiaotian echoed: "The Grand Marshal is right! We think we are very brave, but compared with the artillery brothers, it is still far behind!"

After patrolling, some artillery soldiers had woken up, some were still sleeping. They were so tired that no one wanted to wake them up and let them sleep. It was not until the next day that all the artillery soldiers woke up.

There was a rumbling sound in his stomach, and Guo Qianguan asked with a smile: "Mr. Supervisor, are you hungry?"

"Ask a question knowingly!" Chen Wanrong answered a joke.

Guo Qianyuan laughed and said, "Let's go! Go for a meal. It's been prepared for you." Chen Wanrong followed Guo Qianyuan to his tent and ordered the soldiers to deliver the steaming butter tea. Chen Wanrong sighed very much: "These days, we can finally eat hot food!" Regardless of the thirty-one, he picked it up and drank it into his stomach, praising it: "It's delicious, delicious!"

In order to arrive at Doma as fast as possible, the artillery company tied it to the horse's back when sleeping, so there was no time to bury the pot and cook rice. These days they were cold cooking and cold drinks, and Chen Wanrong's mouth had long been so light that it was tasteless.

Many artillery soldiers grind a lot of blisters for cold food, which was difficult to chew, but they still had no regrets, no one complained, and no one cringed.

"Carry it!" Guo Qianguan clapped his hands, and a group of soldiers came in with a large basin, put it in front of Chen Wanrong, Geshuhan, Wang Shaohua and Wang Zhongsi, and retreated.

When Chen Wanrong saw that it was stewed yak meat and barley cakes. Smelling the scent of meat, Chen Wanrong's appetite was very strong. Regardless of his image, he grabbed a large piece of yak meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and sniffed it. He grabbed a cake with his right hand, a bite of beef and a cake, and a bite of meat soup. He ate it very fragrant. After a while, sweat appeared on his forehead, and he wiped it across his sleeve, and then ate it.

Geshuhan, Wang Shaohua, and Wang Zhongsi were all anxious than Chen Wanrong. Especially Geshuhan's eating habits were even more surprising. He grabbed a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, chewed it for a few times and then swallowed it. A cake disappeared in a few bites, as if his throat was as thick as a bucket.

Since entering the army, Chen Wanrong's appetite has increased sharply until he ate up a large pot of yak meat. He was full and burping. He saw that most of the large pot in front of Wang Zhongsi had been eaten. It was incredible that he could eat so much of it.

After eating and drinking, Guo Qianguan told Chen Wanrong about the past few days. For the past three days, Chen Wanrong and his friends slept with their heads covering their heads, the Tang army kept coming. After the sky cleared, the road was no longer muddy, and the Tang army that arrived later was not as tired as the Tang army that arrived before. So far, the 100,000 army has arrived almost 60,000. In another three or five days, they will almost all arrive.

What made Guo Qianguan most happy was that the supply had already come up and there was no need to worry about insufficient supply. The supply was mainly solved in two parts. Part of it was grain and grass transported from Longxi, and part of it was raised by Zhang Shuo nearby. Zhang Shuo is worthy of being a capable minister. The speed of raising food and grass is amazing. In just a few days, he raised millions of kilograms of grain and grass.

If it were in the heart of the Tang Dynasty, the economy was developed and the resources were abundant, it would naturally be nothing. This was in Tubo, a very poor place, and it would be rare to raise so much food and grass.

Guo Qianguan finally said, "Military Supervisor, you have arrived, Doma is already in your pocket. I think, when the artillery brothers come over, they will attack Doma City. I wonder what the military supervisor wants?"

Chen Wanrong nodded and said, "I think so too. Tens of thousands of troops staying at the city of Doma, it is not a solution. Capture the city of Doma and then advance to the city of Luoshe. I think that at that time, I will encounter the main force of Tubo. We will wait for the opportunity to seek a decisive battle. We must destroy as many Tubo troops as possible."

"Okay! Since the military supervisor has already said it, I have no objection." Guo Qianguan looked at Geshu Han and asked, "I wonder what General Geshu thinks?"

Geshuhan is talented and extremely strong. Guo Qianguan attaches great importance to him, so he wants to ask for his opinions.

Geshuhan nodded and said, "The Grand Marshal asked, Geshuhan dared not not tell the truth. Grand Marshal, Geshuhan thought that the city of Doma is not worth worrying. The artillery power was just a slap. What we should discuss is what will happen after passing the city of Doma."

"It makes sense, it makes sense!" Guo Qianguan agreed with his opinion very much: "But I wonder what General Ge Shuhan's opinion is?"

Geshuhan said with a smile: "Master, the last general thought that after passing Shibao City, our army advanced rapidly and achieved good results. Although Cheng Xiaotian's troops suffered heavy casualties, overall, our results were very good, and it was not easy to annihilate nearly 50,000 enemies. These are all because in the minds of the Tubo people, Shibao City is an unbreakable natural danger. When Shibao City was taken down by us, they knew nothing. Our army was conducive to the Tubo people's idea, and quickly advanced thousands of miles, as if they entered a no-man's land. It was not until the city of Doma that they discovered it by the Tubo people."

During the battle at the city of Doma, Tang Dynasty reinforcements arrived one after another, achieving more than 30,000 enemies. In addition, the Tubo army that was annihilated sporadically during the march, nearly 50,000 Tubo army was annihilated.

In contrast, the Tang army suffered only more than 4,000 casualties. Among these casualties, the main ones were Cheng Xiaotian's troops, and there were almost no losses in the other troops. The most casualties of the Tang army were Cheng Xiaotian's cavalry, and the other was Chen Wanrong's artillery. Although the battle of Sunset City achieved victory in annihilation of two thousand enemies, the artillery also paid hundreds of deaths.

Geshuhan continued: "Now, the Tubo people have awakened, and the sudden advantage of the war no longer exists. Therefore, the last general thinks that after our army takes over the city of Doma, we should promote it with a dignified formation. The Tubo people must know that the Tang army is in a downward position, which will cause them a great psychological pressure."

The Tang army had very strong combat power. Once the Tubo people knew that the Tang Dynasty army was approaching, the psychological burden would be very heavy. This is a good technique to attack the heart.

Guo Qianguan nodded in agreement: "Yes! We can't do any more surprise attacks, we can only advance with great fanfare. Wang Zhongsi, what do you think?"

No one can ignore this little adult, and Guo Qianguan dared not ask about his ideas.

Wang Zhongsi blinked and smiled sweetly: "Master, General Geshu has a good idea, I have no objection. However, General Geshuhan said that we can make a big fuss. When we advance, we will put more flags to mistakenly think that we are a army of 300,000 and 400,000, not a group of 100,000."

As soon as the words came to an end, the generals laughed and looked at Wang Zhongsi with great appreciation.

Cheng Xiaotian was the happiest, pointing at Wang Zhongsi, and asked with a smile: "Wang Zhongsi, what are you thinking about in your little head? Let's give some bad ideas! But I like it! Think about it, if the Tubo people mistakenly think that our Tang Dynasty has 300,000 or 400,000 troops, what would it be like? It would scare them to death, and don't say you're going to beat them!"

Fei Junxing also clapped his hands and laughed: "The Tang Dynasty is so beautiful that it is the best in the world, with a large population and abundant resources. The army of 300,000 and 400,000 is nothing to the Tang Dynasty. However, for Tubo, they have to count the children who have not been weaned to see if they can gather so many troops."

Geshuhan praised: "Wang Zhongsi is good. Another thing is that during the Battle of Sunset City, I lied that we had 50,000 Longwu Army soldiers participated in the war. I also deliberately let the Tubo general go, but he did not return to the city of Doma. He probably went elsewhere, and it was very likely that it was a city of Luss."

Guo Qiansheng raised his thumbs up at Geshu Han and praised him: "General Geshu, you see the opportunity too quickly. In that case, you can still think of scaring the Tubo people. It's amazing! If Jide Zuzan learned about this news, he would definitely attach great importance to it. He would definitely not believe it if he said that 50,000 Longwu Army participated in the war, but he would definitely believe it for 30,000 or 20,000. We have to make good use of this. By the way, let the news go out and say that Cheng Xiaotian's army is the Longwu Army."

Fei Junxing laughed: "Master, you have a clever idea! Cheng kid was entangled with tens of thousands of Tubo people for two days, and he also defeated the Tubo imperial guards to lose their combat power. Jide Zuzan would definitely believe that the boss of Cheng kid was the Longwu Army. If he didn't believe it, he wouldn't be Jide Zuzan!"

Cheng Xiaotian was stern and scolded: "Fei Junxing, say less, no one treats you as a mute! What a boy? Grandmaster, if you upgrade me to the Dragon Martial Army, you should give me some brothers as outstanding as the Dragon Martial Army. I am waiting to ask for someone!"

A burst of laughter sounded, this was the last military aircraft before the war.
Chapter completed!