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"General, the army has withdrawn and returned to the camp!" A sentinel shouted from the city wall.

Xue Tong came back to his senses, ran up the city wall with the lieutenant general and the generals, and looked out of the city at the battered and tattered piles. Sure enough, he saw the banner of the Qianjun moving to the rear, and the generals were tidying up. The siege equipment was withdrawn step by step, everything was in order, and there was no chance to go out of the city to hunt down.

"Kang Dang..." The sound of weapons falling to the ground sounded one after another. The soldiers threw their weapons on the ground and sat down against the wall, all of them limp.

Seeing this scene, Xue Tong felt deeply worried. He thought for a long time and said to the lieutenant general: "Send someone to the commander in Dongyang City to report the situation here, and tell the commander that the final general doesn't know that Linzi City can still be defended." How long, but the morale of the soldiers is now low, and the city walls are seriously damaged. The siege combat power of this dry army is stronger than all the troops that the general has seen, even several times stronger than the siege combat power of my army. I hope the commander-in-chief has an idea in his heart!"

"Yes!"

Outside the city, Ganjun Barracks.

Zhao Junsheng looked very happy, holding a wine glass and said to the generals: "The performance of the catapult today has opened my eyes. The soldiers of the catapult crew and the craftsmen of the siege battalion have made great contributions! Come, pass on the order of the king, Extra meals for the catapult crew and the artisan camp!"

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng said to the generals again: "The soldiers have a full day's rest today. Tomorrow morning, they will make meals at three o'clock, set off at five o'clock, and attack the city at sunrise!"

Vertex 13

Chapter 634

After the military meeting at night, Zhao Junsheng wanted to ask Hua Mulan about the progress of the attack on the surrounding cities, but his son wanted him to play and talk with him, so he had to play with his son.

After putting his son to sleep, Zhao Junsheng found an opportunity to talk to Hua Mulan about the attack on the surrounding cities.

Seeing Zhao Junsheng's question, Hua Mulan said, "I'm going to tell you this afternoon. Except for a few surrounding cities that are out of reach and within the attack range of Tan Daoji's army, all the others have been captured by our army!"

Zhao Junsheng was surprised: "It's only been a few days, so fast?"

Hua Mulan said: "Divide the troops to attack instead of attacking one by one. Of course it is much faster. You can capture two or three cities in one day. Can you not be quick?"

"Not to mention that your method of motivation is still very effective for the commanders and generals below, it is worthy of praise!" Zhao Junsheng praised with a smile.

"Don't just talk about it, what's the reward for something practical?" Hua Mulan stretched out her hand as she spoke.

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Okay, but you close your eyes first!"

"Hey, you made it so mysterious, could it be that you were prepared?" Hua Mulan said, her eyes still closed.

Zhao Junsheng quickly leaned over and took a sip. Hua Mulan was suddenly attacked. When she opened her eyes, she saw Zhao Junsheng's face close at hand. She said coquettishly, "What are you doing? This is the reward you mentioned. Rewards, but being taken advantage of?"

Zhao Junsheng took out a golden step like a magic trick and shook it, "Here it is!"

Hua Mulan took a look and saw that there was a shining bead inlaid on the gold step shaker, but the bead was not round, but a polygonal sphere, translucent and water-blue in color.

Hua Mulan asked, "Why haven't I seen this kind of gemstone before? It's not a pearl, and it doesn't seem to come from emerald."

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "This kind of gemstone is called a diamond. It is said that it comes from the far west. This kind of water-blue diamond is an extremely rare variety of diamonds. It is not easy to polish it into this shape. Only top jewelers can do this, and it takes a long time!"

"Where did it come from?" Hua Mulan liked it very much, holding it in her hand and playing with it fondly.

Zhao Junsheng sighed in his heart, so there is no woman who doesn't like gems, and Mulan is no exception. He said: "I bought it in a jewelry store in Licheng. After I bought it, I forgot to give it to you because of too many things. I will give it to you." take it?"

"Sure!" Hua Mulan handed the diamond-encrusted Jinbuyao to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng took it and stuck it on the top of Hua Mulan's head, took a step back to look at it, and said with a smile, "That's right, it will be even more beautiful if you wear this!"

"Jing nonsense, they are all children and mothers, what are you talking about beautiful!" Hua Mulan's face showed a shyness.

"You will always be so beautiful in my heart!" Zhao Junsheng said, holding Hua Mulan in his arms.

Hua Mulan remembered something, and asked, "By the way, the surrounding cities have been captured by our army. Will the troops sent out be withdrawn?"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "If we want to carry out the occupation, we must not withdraw all of them. We must leave some troops to garrison! I thought about it, our main combat troops should not be wasted on garrison, or follow the practice in Qizhou. The county towns take surrendered or captured county soldiers as the main garrison force, and our army sends one tooth of troops to sit and supervise, and each county town increases to one building for garrison, and the main defense force is still the captured and surrendered county soldiers. Don't withdraw the troops that have come out for now, let's talk about it after we take down Linzi City, and stay in the cities for the time being to increase deterrence, lest some people take the opportunity to turn against the water!"

Hua Mulan frowned slightly: "Isn't it too thin to have only one tooth in a county?"

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "A lot, we took down so many cities in Qizhou and Qingzhou at such a fast speed, and the deterrent effect on the soldiers and civilians in various places has been demonstrated. Both the soldiers and the gentlemen are afraid of our generals. The strength of a single tooth in a county is only enough to deter those people, and you must know that to let those soldiers

These officials and soldiers cannot only rely on deterrence by force to obey orders. The promise of power and interests can make them obey orders, and even desperately maintain our rule! "

"Okay, tomorrow I will order them to stay on standby for the time being!"

The next day, just before dawn, the main brigade of the Gan army came to the city again and set up an army formation. The guard Xue Tong, the deputy general, and Liu Song's soldiers on the city wall were already waiting in full force.

The deputy general said to Xue Tong: "General, the trebuchets of the Gan army are too powerful. Once they shoot stones, we can only hide at the foot of the city wall, otherwise we will suffer heavy losses. If they take the opportunity to attack the city, we will not be able to react in time. We will be in big trouble if they get on the city wall with a large group of soldiers! If we continue to defend like this, the general will feel that something will go wrong sooner or later!"

Xue Tong has aged a lot in the past few days, lost a lot of weight, and there are deep wrinkles on his forehead. He asked, "What can you do?"

The lieutenant general said: "We must send people out of the city to destroy all the catapults of the Gan army. This catapult is no better than other siege equipment. The wood used in it must be dried in the sun. It takes a long time to dry the wood completely. We can destroy their catapults, and it is impossible for them to build them in a short time!"

Xue Tong shook his head: "How could I not understand what you said? Now there are 6 or [-] troops outside the city. Even if the people who go out of the city can destroy their trebuchets, they will never return!"

"Then do we have any other solution now? There is no other way except sending cavalry out of the city to destroy their catapults! It's a pity that our city walls are not wide enough, otherwise we would also put catapults on the city walls and shoot stone bullets outside the city, killing them !"

Xue Tong gritted his teeth and said to the lieutenant general: "I ordered the thousand cavalry to prepare. I will take them out of the city to destroy the army's catapults. After I leave, you will be in charge of defending the city. If I can't come back... ····You will be the guard of Linzi City!"

The lieutenant held down Xue Tong: "No, general, you are the chief general. How can there be any reason for the chief general to charge into battle? The remaining thousands of soldiers in the city can't do without you. Let the last general go. If the last general doesn't come back, what will happen next?" If General Zhan survives, he will have a chance to go home and visit his mother in the future, please!"

Xue Tong gritted his teeth and tried not to let himself drip mouse urine. He reached out and patted the lieutenant on the shoulder: "Okay! If you don't come back, I will take care of your old mother as my own mother!"

"Thank you, General, I will go at last!" The deputy general cupped his fists, turned around and ran down the tower.

Xue Tong thought about it for a while and found a general to order: "Send someone to remove the door panels of some houses in the city and carry them back on the city wall. Although it is not absolutely safe to use the door panels to resist the attack of stone rain, there is always a layer of protection. , stronger than a shield!"

"Yes, General!"

Soon, the suspension bridge was lowered, the city gate was opened, and the lieutenant rushed out with a thousand cavalry. At this time, some soldiers also climbed onto the city wall with door panels on their backs.

The army formation outside the city.

"Hey, Liu Songjun has the courage to come out of the city, and he sent cavalry?" Zhao Junsheng was surprised.

Gao Xu's expression changed, and he immediately said: "My lord, I'm afraid they are here to destroy our siege equipment!"

Zhao Junsheng was taken aback when he heard the words, "Hahaha... He wants to break into my tens of thousands of troops and destroy my siege equipment with a thousand light cavalry? Order all the ministries to let them in, and each army will form an formation and cooperate with each other to control the city. They're stuck in the formation!"

"Yes!"

"Woo--woo-woo--" the horn sounded, and the generals of the dry army quickly moved when they heard the sound of the horn and saw the semaphore played by the orderer. .

At this time, there was also the sound of drums on the city wall. This was the sound of drums that encouraged the thousand cavalry who left the city. The cavalry attack brought a lot of mud and grass.

The banners of the Qianjun army were waving, and the soldiers moved quickly and changed their formations. The thousand Liu Song cavalry who rushed into the formation quickly lost their way in the formation.

Xue Tong's face on the city wall changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "No, Lei Zhen and the others are trapped in the formation!"

Knowing that his lieutenant general and the thousand cavalry were finished, Xue Tong not only failed to destroy the catapults of the army, but also