Chapter 35: Transfer the enemy southward

"I appreciate your kindness. I am the commander of the army. I will naturally take this responsibility!" Zhang Shougui understood their thoughts and directly pointed it out.

Chen Wanrong retorted: "Master, I put forward this idea, and I will bear the responsibility."

Yang Sixu took over the conversation and said, "Master General, the military supervisor, don't argue with you two. We know this, and it is impossible to escape responsibility in the future. It is better to share some of it."

"General Yang said very well." Cheng Xiaotian agreed very much.

Zhang Shougui's eyes swept across the faces of everyone, and he pondered for a moment, "Since that's the case, then let's do it. I think we will do this step by step, starting with the city of surrender. If it doesn't work, then throw away the other two cities."

One advantage of doing this is that even if the court wants to hold them accountable, their responsibilities will be reduced a lot, so naturally everyone has no objection, so the matter is decided. The next step is to write the memorial, after writing it, everyone signs the name, and then send someone to Chang'an.

The matter was arranged properly, and Chen Wanrong said: "The people in Zhongshoucheng City should withdraw."

"Don't worry, the military supervisor is this border town, there are not many people, so it's not difficult to withdraw." Zhang Shougui said confidently: "Now, we have to do two things, one is to issue an order to Zhang, and the other is to arrange for the army to take him back to retreat."

Cheng Xiaotian hurriedly said, "Master, I am willing to go there."

Zhang Shougui rejected: "You don't have to go. You and General Fei immediately led the cavalry to set out in seclusion, mochu crossed Yinshan, immediately seized the entrance of the road, and cut off the passage of Mochu's northern escape."

Yinshan is east-west, with a 1,200 kilometers edge, and a width of only a few dozen kilometers north-south. What connects north-south is the intersection between the valleys. Just control the intersection, can you just sip it?

This is a very important task, and Cheng Xiaotian was very excited: "Master, please rest assured, let's go here."

"General Fei, follow General Cheng." Zhang Shougui sent the general.

"Abide by the order!" Although Fei Junxing and Cheng Xiaotian often quarreled, they had a good relationship and happily accepted the order.

"Remember, you cannot let a Turkic person escape! Those who violate the law should be engaged in military law!" Zhang Shougui's face was solemn.

"Master, please rest assured and ensure that the task is completed." Cheng Fei and the other two finished speaking, strode away.

Zhang Shougui looked at Yang Sixu and said, "I would like to ask General Yang to worry about the withdrawal of the State Council."

Although Yang Sixu was born as an eunuch, he was extremely smart, courageous, and well-versed in military tactics. It was very suitable for him to do this.

"Abide by the order!" Yang Sixu received the order.

Zhang Shougui looked at Wang Shaohua and said, "For the message, General Wang will come to you. Give you a thousand people, and you must deliver the news."

Wang Shaohua rubbed his hands in excitement: "Master, I haven't rushed in the north for many years. Today, I can finally chop the heads of the Turks like I did back then." He went happily.

The city of surrender was shocked by the sound of killing. The Turkic soldiers climbed up to the city as if they were desperate and rushed towards the city. Moju stood on the city, waved his right hand and shouted loudly, directing the Turkic army to attack.

Now, what Moju wants to do most is to capture the nearby city gate. As long as the city gate is opened, more Turkic troops can enter the city and engage in street battles with the Tang army.

It is strange that Moju and the Tang army fought fiercely in the city for several days, but they couldn't get the city gate. Zhang Su and the others were acting, so they wouldn't be so stupid that they threw the city gate to Moju. They arranged a lot of crossbow soldiers near the city gate. As soon as the Turks approached, the overwhelming crossbow arrows shot away, and the Turkic soldiers wearing leather armor could not resist it.

Mo Ju was very depressed. Since he invaded the city, he had a higher price, much greater than climbing the city. The Tang army seemed to have countless crossbow arrows, and the arrow rain covered the Turkic army countless times, and each time it covered, there would be many casualties and injuries.

What made Moju feel relieved was that Du Situ led 50,000 reinforcements to arrive. With these 50,000 new forces, Moju was more confident. First, he strengthened the offensive in the city and launched a large-scale attack in other directions.

It is strange that although he had more troops and his offensive became more powerful, the area in the city he controlled had not changed much. Until now, the corpses in the city were stacked layer after layer, blood gathered into a blood stream, and flowed out from the city gate.

"It's really hard to fight the Tang army!" Moju couldn't help frowning. Generally speaking, if he could attack the city, he could drive the Tang army out of the city. However, until now, there has been no progress at all, so he couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, the sound of killing outside the city shook the sky. When I looked back, I saw a team of Tang soldiers rushing towards the city.

"It's time for the Tang people to come!" Since the last time he repelled the Tang Dynasty reinforcements, no Tang Dynasty reinforcements have appeared, which not only made him very happy, but also made him somewhat uneasy.

Fortunately, if the Tang army had no reinforcements, he could attack the city peacefully, which was beneficial to him. What made him uneasy was that if the Tang Dynasty reinforcements had not arrived for a long time, it would be too abnormal. Maybe the Tang Dynasty had conspiracy waiting for him.

Seeing this team of Tang army, Moju was finally relieved. It seemed that this time he went south and caught Tang Dynasty off guard. He had time. With time, he could capture Zhongshoujiang City.

Without his order, Du Situ outside the city commanded the Turkic army to surround the Tang army.

This Tang army was the army led by Wang Shaohua to deliver the letter. They had only one task, which was to give orders to Zhang Suo. This task was too simple for Wang Shaohua. He didn't want to simply complete the task and prepare to fight a battle with the Turks. Under his command, the Tang army bravely advanced and faced the Turks' army. After a series of slashes and slaughter, the Turks' army left many bodies, and had to retreat.

The head-on confrontation was because the Turkic army was not equipped, and this was usually the result. Wang Shaohua was not surprised at all, just led the team to rush.

Dusicu was roaring continuously, and the Turkic army rushed from all directions, surrounding Wang Shaohua and the others.

After looking around, Wang Shaohua knew that there were too many ants to kill the elephant. Although the Turkic army was not as good as them, it was annoying that there were too many people. He did not want to get entangled with the Turkic army anymore and led his team to rush down the city.

When the Tang army on the city saw it, they were very excited and cheered in unison: "Reinforcements are here! Reinforcements are here!"

The arrival of reinforcements can stimulate morale. No matter how many people there are, the Tang army is in this situation now. They are full of spirit and courage, and they are invincible when they are rushing to fight.

Zhang looked at Tang Jun who was rushing toward the city, frowned and smiled, "Who am I talking about it? It turned out to be him! Wang Shaohua is here again! It was Wang Shaohua, who killed his boss back then."

Wang Shaohua killed his boss in anger and was rumored to be a well-known figure in the North Army. When the generals heard it, they laughed and said, "This guy is brave enough! He is here, we should finish the play. General, please order the city to be recaptured."

Zhang Suoluo pondered and said, "No, I'd better wait! Let's talk when General Wang comes in."

This time, Wang Shaohua wanted to rush into the city and led his army to rush towards the nearby city gate. Du Xi crawled through the battlefield for a long time, but he did not understand the reason why Wang Shaohua intended. He mobilized the army to stop him head-on, and refused to let Wang Shaohua approach the city gate.

After rushing for a while, you can't get close to the city gate. If you rush hard, the casualties will be very large and not cost-effective. Wang Shaohua took off his hard bow, tied the letter to the arrow, pulled the bow, and shot into the city. He put the bow on his own, waved his hand, and led his army to fight to the future, break through the encirclement, and leave.

Du Situ commanded the Turkic army to pursue it from later, but there was no way to catch up with it, so I could only sigh.

After running far away, Wang Shaohua was very happy and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've been killing so well! We killed almost four or five hundred Turks this time, and the results are good!"

The Zhang Su had ordered the army to go out of the city to respond, but Wang Shaohua turned around and left. He couldn't help but wonder: "What the hell are they doing? Just like last time, he left with one arrow. Hurry up, give me the arrow he shot in."

"General, there are letters on it!" A soldier handed over the arrow.

Zhang took it, took off the letter, and after reading it, he kept shaking his head, looking confused. The generals hurriedly asked, "General, what's the matter?"

"Let's go and discuss." Zhang Suo did not answer and took the lead, and the generals hurriedly followed.

When he came to the house, Zhang Su sat down and sighed, "How did this battle be fought? We actually wanted to retreat."

The word "retreat?" is an insult to the Tang army. For the Tang army, it is a coward who wins a battle with less casualties than that, let alone retreating, which is unacceptable. The generals started to shout.

"We can't beat it, why should we retreat?"

"I don't want us to give up a corner, and I even retreated. Is the coach confused?"

"No, we cannot execute the order. General, please give the order quickly and we will recover the city."

Zhang Su patted his head and said, "This letter is the same as last time. It was signed by the commander and the military supervisor. We cannot execute it if we do not implement it. It must be executed." As he said that, he threw the letter on the table. A general quickly arrested it. As soon as he finished reading it, he was about to tear it off, but he snatched it by the general next to him.

"Are they dizzy, or are we dazzled?" A general shouted: "Not only do we want to retreat, we cannot make the Turks suspicious."

"Stop fighting, stop fighting!" Zhang Suo stood up and said, "I don't understand the idea of ​​the Grand Marshal and the Military Supervisor, but I understand one thing, they must be digging a hole for the Turks. Otherwise, they wouldn't send someone to pick us up, let's execute the order!"

"However, general, Zhongshoujiang City is the most important of the three Sujiang City." A general was still unwilling to give up: "Once we retreat, we can no longer defend against the Turks. Even if we want to retreat, we cannot be Zhongshoujiang City!"

This is so reasonable that many generals agree.

Zhang Su shook his head: "What you said makes sense. I think the general and the military supervisor also understand this. If they do this, they must have their arrangements. Let's not guess and just execute the order."

When things have come to this point, they can't be executed. The generals have nothing to say. One general asked a very realistic question: "General, what should we do? There are still a lot of food, arrows, and crossbows in the city, so we can't leave it to the Turks."

"Take the crossbow away, how much can the arrows take away. As for the food and grass, we cannot take away, so we burned it with fire." Zhang Suo's eyes suddenly widened, he slapped his forehead, and said, "There is! In this way, the Turks will definitely not doubt it."

"General, what idea did you think of?" the generals asked hurriedly.

"Let the city be set on fire and burn the city of Zhongshoujiang to white ground." Zhang Suoyi gritted his teeth and said, "I will sacrifice my life. If you want to kill and cut it in the future, whatever you want!"

Zhongshoujiang City is a strategic location. They will probably come back in the future if they withdraw this time. If a fire is burned, the consequences will be very serious. Maybe the court will hold people accountable, and Zhang took a great risk.

This idea was so amazing that the generals were surprised and hurriedly opposed: "General, this is not possible."

Zhang waved his hand and stopped them from talking: "We are hiding our strength now. If we retreat openly, the Turks will definitely be suspicious. Setting fire to the city, making the Turks mistakenly think that there is a fire in the city, they will definitely attack. We have no time to fight and flee in a hurry. Only in this way can the Turks not doubt it."

That's right, they have great hidden strength. If they retreat openly, it will be a problem whether they look like they are defeated. The generals hesitated for a while and stopped talking.

"At the third update tonight, evacuate the city. I will arrange the order." Zhang Suo began to assign tasks.

After dark, Moju ordered the attack to stop. After fighting for the past few days, he did not take down the city. The Turkic army was indeed too tired and needed a rest.

After arranging the defense, Moju got off the city, returned to the camp, hurriedly had supper, and went to rest. These days, he worked hard enough, and fell asleep with his head on his pillow.

"Sir, sir, wake up!" Mo Ju in his sleep woke up the guard and shouted unhappily: "What's going on?"

The personal guard did not care about anything else and hurriedly replied: "Sir, there was a fire in the city! There was a fire in the city! Half of the city has been burned!"

"There is a fire in the city?" Moju stared at the boss, not believing that it was true. He suddenly remembered that this was a good opportunity to give Tang Jun a last blow. He jumped up, rushed out naked, shouted: "Hurry up, send an order! Siege the city!"

The personal guard quickly grabbed the clothes and chased them up: "Sir, your clothes!"

Moju was not wearing any clothes at this time, and put it on in a few seconds, grabbed the scimitar and ran away. By the time he climbed into the city, the Turkic army had already been attacking.

Where can I find such an opportunity? As long as it is not a pig, I will seize it.

"Which direction has caught fire?" Moju asked hurriedly.

"It should be that their food and grass caught fire." Du Xitu was in disheveled clothes and walked quickly, reminding him: "You smell it, there is a burnt smell of food."

"What a pity! I originally wanted to use it to feed the horses!" Moju sighed.

"Don't think about anything else, attack quickly!" Du Situ reminded.

Moju didn't say much and commanded the Turkic army to attack. The Tang army was also organizing resistance, but the fire disrupted the morale of the army and could not organize effective resistance as under normal circumstances. The Turkic army's attack was extremely smooth, and it took less time to occupy half of the city.

Half of the city, Moju had dreamed of getting what he wanted, and finally got it, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Victory can arouse morale the most. With this progress, the morale of the Turkic army was high and they shouted to pursue the Tang army. The Tang army could not resist effectively, and only some sporadic resistance was quickly disintegrated under the attack of the Turkic army.

Suddenly, the Tang army rushed towards the south gate like the sea water that was receding.

"Not good! They are going to escape!" Moju understood and hurriedly ordered the Turkic army to encircle. However, the southern city gate had been opened, and the Tang army rushed out of the southern city gate like a tide and retreated south.
To be continued...