Father is on top, I was wrong

The horn of the expedition was blown, and it was conveyed to every corner inside and outside the city.

Wen Wujue felt the paw on his waist move away slowly, and he took half a step back as if nothing had happened, staggering the distance from Xiao Gui.

Xiao Gui lost his mind, and gave him a dissatisfied glance.

Li Ling watched from the side, secretly wondering, when did the emperor and the prime minister get so close?

At this time, the army was about to move out, so Xiao Gui could only get on his horse in resentment, and with a wave of his spear, he shouted, "Let's go!"

[-] cavalry are mighty, full of armor, and the horseshoes raise dust all over the sky.

Wen Wujue watched the army go far away, turned around leisurely, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally sent the ancestor away.

Before attacking Hongjing Mountain, let him stay in Linyong, so as not to find trouble in front of him.

Linyong City.

A small and remote town in Changpingzhou. It is located in the north, bordering on the Northwest Plain. It is sparsely populated and has been harassed by its neighbors for years.

The distance between Linyong and Changping, the main city, was only forty li, Xiao Gui led all the elite cavalry, and they rushed to Linyong City within half a day.

Looking from afar, I can see smoke everywhere under Linyong City, broken halberds and broken blades, the blood seems to have not been cleaned in time, and a big tiger skin banner is erected on the top of the city wall.

That is the banner of Hulu.

There are two human heads hanging vaguely under the big banner, their faces are bloodstained, and they cannot be seen clearly.

Obviously, Linyong has fallen.

The crowd galloped all the way, and at this time they were silent in unison, and there were only sporadic sounds of horseshoes in the entire army.

Xiao Gui held the reins in his hand, his face was gloomy, his lips were tightly pursed in the cold wind, his eyes were like a deep pool.

Li Ling followed behind Xiao Gui, and sighed silently, "It's a pity for my soldiers in Daliang!"

He paused, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, they are waiting for work at leisure. We have come a long way. Besides, Linyong City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We need to think long-term."

Xiao Gui didn't speak, just stared at the direction of the tower, the white horse under him was circling in situ.

At this time, a few people suddenly appeared above the city wall.

A woman with disheveled hair was escorted onto the tower, pushed and shoved, followed by a fat man with big ears.

"Hey! Little Emperor! You are finally here!"

The man smiled exaggeratedly and wretchedly, "It's a pity, it's a step late! The city has been occupied by us, the general has been killed by us, and the woman has been played by us. Hehe, do you want to attack the city? Do you dare to come?" Just try."

Li Ling recognized the man, he was Hu Qisai, the son of the Northwest Hulu leader.

I met him on the battlefield ten years ago. This person is more than fierce, but lacks strategy, and he is extremely wretched and obscene.

He reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't be provoked by him, this is not the best time to attack the city."

Xiao Gui didn't respond.

Hu Qisai stood on the top of the city tower and watched contemptuously. He knew that the little emperor of Daliang was a dude with no skills, so he deliberately provoked him here.

"Ah!"

The woman screamed continuously, and saw that between the crenels of the two city walls, the woman was pressed on her back, with a gleaming golden knife resting on her neck.

The blade only needs a little force, and everyone will probably see a head fall from the city gate with their own eyes.

There are many hot-blooded men in Xiao Jun. Seeing a weak woman being bullied like this, all of them raised eyebrows and clenched their fists.

"These damned little Sao Dazi!"

"What is bullying a woman?"

……

There was a commotion in the rear army, Li Ling glanced over and told them all to shut up.

"Your Majesty, don't fall into the trap..."

The abuse at the city gate continued, and the woman's screams continued.

Hu Qisai looked at the motionless army in the distance and laughed heartily.

"Little emperor! Don't you dare to attack the city? Then we will not be polite! Brothers, show them a lively scene!"

"Hahaha!"

Obscene laughter continued, and the woman struggled violently.

Those beasts actually wanted to openly rape and rape women? !

For a man with strong bones, it is tantamount to shame and humiliation!Xiao Jun became agitated, wishing he could rush up and tear the beasts apart.

Before they got angry.

In the next moment, a jet-black long arrow pierced through the air, and rushed towards the city wall with a fierce momentum.

Before everyone saw what was going on, they saw that the violence on the tower suddenly stopped, and the tall and burly Hu Qisai fell straight down.

The Hulu hurriedly surrounded them.

Xiao Jun was stunned for a while, only to realize that their emperor was holding a small and unique object, like a bow and arrow, or a machine crossbow. I don't know what it is. The long arrow just now seemed to be shot by it?

What kind of magical weapon is this?The speed was so fast that no one even reacted.

However, Li Ling knew it well, secretly sighed the power of the wooden crossbow, and immediately cheered loudly: "It hit! Your Majesty's good arrow skills!"

Xiao Gui's face was icy cold, he put away the wooden crossbow in his hand, and gave the order without hesitation.

"Siege!"

Li Ling didn't object this time. The leader of the enemy army had already fallen, and he didn't know if he was dead or not. But the city was definitely in chaos and the morale of the army was unstable. It was a good time to attack.

The soldiers had swallowed their anger for a long time, but when they heard Xiao Gui's order, thousands of troops rushed out like bandits.

All of a sudden, the rushing car roared and crashed into the city gate, making muffled noises one after another.

The ladder rose up one by one, and the soldiers climbed up bravely one by one, but were knocked down by stone arrows, and continued to rush up.

Under the heavy crossbow, flying arrows flew away like raindrops.

The situation is chaotic.

Xiao Gui remained unmoved on the watchtower car, beating the drum again and again, observing the battle situation calmly.

The enemy's arrows came through the air and landed beside him, but he was not moved.

The battle lasted for more than four hours from day to night, and finally ended with Xiao Jun's complete occupation of the city.

Finally, a big flag with Xiao characters on a bright yellow background was inserted on the top of the city.

The battle report arrived in Changping City early the next morning.

It was written by Xiao Gui himself, and the crooked handwriting on it made Wen Bo frown.

Wen Wujue said with a smile: "It would be nice if he could express the ins and outs clearly, and you still expect him to be brilliant?"

He carefully read Xiao Gui's letter from beginning to end, and had a general understanding of yesterday's battle situation.

Although there may be elements of Xiao Gui boasting, judging from the final number of casualties and losses, it is still very low.

Linyong City has deep walls and high fortifications, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Xiao Gui was able to seriously injure Hu Qisai with one arrow. Taking advantage of the turmoil of the opponent's army, it was not easy to take it down in one fell swoop.

Wen Wujue has never doubted his combat ability.

Wen Bo read the last line, "Greetings to the Prime Minister."

Wen Wujue rubbed the fluff on the fur coat, thoughtfully, the dog emperor seems to be less hostile to him now.

But for some reason, he always felt a little weird.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wen Wujue didn't understand, so he simply gave up thinking about it, and thought to himself, it would be a good thing if the monarch and his subjects could get along like this.

In the end, Wen Wujue wrote back a letter to Xiao Gui, with twelve characters.

"Stay without a fight, stay without a fight, stay without a fight."

Say the important thing three times.

Wen Wujue admits that he is a long-winded person, but the point is still very clear.

He thought about it all night, it was impossible for Hu Lu to provoke Liang for no reason, but every time he took the initiative to attack, he was beaten to pieces, so he only dared to do some sneaky things.

This time, I am afraid that King Ning or Beiyan is behind the scenes to help him, so he dares to go all out like this.

Now King Ning also knows that Wen Wujue is aiming to win Hongjing Mountain and other places, and it is impossible to sit still and wait for death.

So they instigated the Hulu, promising to lure out the army of Changping City with the promise of benefits, and then took advantage of the situation to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

With such a huge plan, Wen Wujue reckoned that King Ning must have cooperated fully with Beiyan now, otherwise it would be impossible for either party alone to take down Xiao Jun.

If one hit is missed, there is no guarantee that it will make a comeback.

Therefore, now that Xiao Gui is sitting in Linyong, the best way is to stick to it and not fight.

The high walls of Linyong City are enough to keep the enemy out. If there is a strong attack, the opponent will get no benefit in a bloody battle.

After taking care of Linyong's matter, Wen Wujue began to think about the plan to attack Hongjing Mountain.

Now that there is no peace, I am afraid that the plan for the end of the month will have to be postponed.

He sighed.

Any delay will increase the burden of food and grass.

I'm afraid that if it is delayed for too long, the surplus food in the country will be drained.

Wen Bo looked at the prime minister, although he won the battle, he was still full of worries, he couldn't see any joy, and he couldn't help feeling depressed.

Linyong Xingyuan.

Xiao Gui fell on the ground, studying the huge topographic map of Linyong City.

Li Ling made him a cup of tea, "Your Majesty, you have been watching for a whole day, take a rest."

Xiao Gui didn't look back, "Did Xiangfu send you a letter?"

Li Ling: "..."

You have asked three times.

He couldn't figure out why the emperor was thinking about that sick child every day?

"not yet."

Li Ling also fell down and looked at the topographic map together.

"Your majesty, you beheaded Hu Qisai. I'm afraid that the son of the leader of Hulu will not stop there, and they will probably come again."

Xiao Gui sneered, "So what? I'm afraid they won't succeed?"

"Of course the emperor is not afraid." Li Ling said after deliberation: "But if they come again, do you need to report to the prime minister and send troops to support?"

Xiao Gui threw the writing brush in his hand, "No need, stick to it and not fight."

His fingertips ran across the cowhide map, "Look at this city wall. The foundation is seven feet deep. The city of Bianjing is not as deep as this, and the wall is more than 40 feet high. Who doesn't have eyes and dares to attack?"

Besides, there are [-] cavalry dormant in the city now, and they can go out to fight at any time, unlike that day when the Hulu tribe only had a few thousand cavalry, and they were at odds with the army of the city.

Now that they want to attack again, they don't have more than several times the number of troops. I am afraid it is wishful thinking.

Li Ling nodded approvingly, looking at the emperor with relief.

The emperor can be regarded as promising now, he is not ashamed of the late emperor, and the late emperor can now rest in peace in the ground.

At this time, a scout outside Xingyuan Gate hurriedly dismounted.

"emperor!"

Xiao Gui caught a glimpse of the war robe on the scout and immediately stood up.

The scout looked dignified, panting and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the general has discovered that there are enemy troops a hundred miles away. There are more than 2 people wearing Hulu's armor."

"Explore again!" Xiao Gui made a decisive decision, "See if there are any hidden soldiers in the nearby mountains."

"Yes."

After the scouts retreated, Xiao Gui smiled lightly, "You guessed it right, they're here again."

Li Ling said: "The emperor has made up his mind, so there is no need to panic, but this matter... it is best to inform the prime minister."

Although Li Ling and Wen Wujue were not on good terms, he was still able to handle major military affairs.

On the contrary, Xiao Gui showed dissatisfaction on his face, "I sent him the battle report yesterday, but I haven't replied yet."

He ground his molars and waited for a day.

How long did it take to run forty miles?

What do these meteor horses eat?Make another batch next time.

While the two were talking, a meteor horse rolled in hurriedly, and took out a sealed letter from its arms, which was stamped with the prime minister's seal.

"Your Majesty, a letter from the prime minister."

Xiao Gui glanced at him coldly, grabbed the letter with his hands, and removed the wax.

After reading it, his face became even more serious.

Li Ling caught a glimpse of it from the side, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

The prime minister really cherishes words like gold.

Xiao Gui paused for a while, picked up the brush that he had just thrown away from some corner, and began to write vigorously.

first sentence:

Will Xiangfu's hands break if he writes a few more words?

The second sentence:

If you dare to reply me a few words, try it.

The third sentence:

The strategy is the same.

Then, Xiao Gui immediately sealed the wax, but instead of handing it over to Meteor Horse, he called Li Ling.

"Find me a fast one again, this one is too slow."

The poor Meteor immediately plopped down and knelt down, "Your Majesty, the last general will not dare next time, please forgive me."

You must know that the emperor's words spread, and he doesn't have to expect to be promoted in the future.

These Meteor Horses are soldiers of the city. They have lived a much more peaceful life, and they procrastinate in doing things, and no one usually blames them.

Who knew that Xiao Gui himself had walked the road from Changping to Linyong, and how long it would take him to get there, he was as clear as a mirror in his heart.

After replacing a batch of Meteor horses, the speed was indeed much faster, and Wen Wujue received a letter from Xiao Gui that night.

Wen Wujue took it apart and looked at it, and was immediately speechless.

This ancestor is really looking for trouble.

Seeing that his strategy had been communicated and Wen Wujue had nothing more to trust, he didn't reply.

--

More than 2 soldiers came here sparsely.

Standing on the city wall, Xiao Gui estimated that there were only a few thousand cavalry, and the rest were infantry, and those infantry did not look energetic, and there must be many old, weak, sick and disabled.

He sneered, "Hu Lu has taken out all his belongings, right?"

Li Ling followed with a smile, "Just relying on these 2 people to attack the city, don't even think about it."

But he changed his mind and said again: "I heard that it is Hulu's general Yeqi who is here. This man is very good at strategy, so don't underestimate the enemy."

Xiao Gui looked at the mountains in the distance, although it was midwinter, but there were no Tibetan soldiers in the mountains outside the city, so he didn't say much.

The soldiers were pressing down on the situation, but Xiao Gui was extremely calm. This calmness made the soldiers below calm down, and calmly strengthened the city defenses and reinforced the various city gates.

If there is one annoying thing, it is that his father-in-law didn't even reply to the letter.

Xiao Gui had a gloomy face all day long, seeing Li Ling was puzzled, so he could only wait on him cautiously.

The Hulu stayed in the city for three days. They remained calm, did not launch an attack, and did not provoke before the battle.

He set up camp ten miles outside the city and spent every day.

Xiao concluded that he was bored, so he asked people to carefully look under the city wall? Every now and then, people took turns lying on the ground to listen carefully, so that no one could get in through the tunnel from under the city wall.

But Xiao Gui thought too much, as he himself said, the foundation under the city wall is so deep, how can it be so easy to dig.

Li Ling said: "They are located in the northwest, and they have always been fools. They either help Daliang beat Beiyan, or help Beiyan beat Daliang, whoever benefits them will beat them. The slaves guessed that they took advantage of Beiyan or King Ning, But I dare not come to fight, so I put on a show here."

Xiao Gui guessed the same, so he leisurely patrolled the city wall all day, very calm.

On the fourth day, the group of little Sao Dazi finally couldn't hold back, and ran to the bottom of the city wall to yell and provoke.

"Come out! You useless bastards!"

"Are you hiding in the city to have a baby?"

"They all look like girls."

……

Xiao Gui was unmoved, these little brats just wanted to irritate him, lure him out to fight outside, so as to sneak in, his heart was like a mirror.

He himself didn't care at all, and he didn't allow the soldiers below to scold them.

If you have that strength, you might as well keep it and save a bowl of rice.

The group of people yelled under the city gate for several days, and everyone in Xiao Jun was furious, and everyone wanted to rush down and fight.But the emperor didn't allow it, so everyone was holding their breath and had nowhere to go.

Hu Lu saw that Xiao Gui was completely indifferent, so he stopped insulting the soldiers and insulted Xiao Gui instead.

They knew that the little emperor was in charge now, so they shifted their focus.

"The son of a bitch, he's just a puppet!"

"You prime minister can ride on your head and shit!"

"Girl emperor pants. Is there anything in the crotch?"

……

All the officers and soldiers in the army were ashamed when they heard this. These tartars really had the guts to scold the emperor?

Unexpectedly, Xiao Gui didn't even lift his eyelids, and even moved a stool to sit on the city wall, listening to their scolding, and asked the soldiers to throw them a few leather bags filled with water.

"Let them quench their thirst so that they have the strength to continue cursing."

The soldiers couldn't help admiring him when they saw that his expression didn't change at all, and he was still chatting and laughing happily.

As expected, the emperor is not something ordinary people can do. First of all, he has to endure what ordinary people cannot bear.

Xiao Gui thinks that his face is thicker than the city wall under this ass, and it can't be pierced or crumpled. If you scold me like hell, I won't move.

When it was time for dinner, Xiao Gui went to Shi Shiran to eat first, and then came back to continue his inspection, holding a bunch of fresh oranges in his hand, listening while eating.

But in the afternoon, Xiao Sao Dazi changed his tricks again.

Someone in the middle took an unknown book, he read a sentence, and the soldiers around him read a sentence after him.

"There is a prime minister in the Central Plains named Wen Wujue. He was born with Pan An's appearance and Zijian's talent. He is nearly thirty years old and has not yet married. Relatives and friends often ask each other, but they say he has no intention of marriage."

"...The prime minister caught sight of that tall and strong man, but he originally liked Long Yang. Since then, he has been in frequent contact with each other, gradually getting to know each other, and often meeting at night..."

The guards on the city wall could hear it clearly, Wen Wujue, the current prime minister with power over the government and the emperor's father.

Among them, it's not that they haven't read the prime minister's script, but who is not sneaky?

What's more, the script doesn't dare to directly write Wen Wujue's name, most of them will use a pseudonym, but after a little understanding, it is known that it is Prime Minister Wen.

But it's one thing to peek in private, and it's another thing to hear it in front of so many people.

They looked at the emperor quietly, but saw that his face was as cold as the cold weather, the oranges in his hands were crushed, and the juice stuck to his armor.

isn't it?

He wasn't angry when they scolded the emperor just now.

Didn't the emperor and the prime minister never get along?

Everyone was watching secretly, not daring to speak, completely silent.

After a long while, Xiao Gui stood up abruptly, and said in a cold voice, "Open the city gate for me! I will not destroy these bastards!"

He hurried down the city wall and almost bumped into Li Ling.

Just as Li Ling wanted to ask what was going on, he saw him with serious eyes, raised his long gun, and got on his horse.

Only then did he realize that the emperor was going to fight? !

"Absolutely not!"

"Your Majesty, don't fall for it!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

The gate of the city was opened wide, and an elite cavalry came out with a murderous air. The northwestern Tartars who were sitting on the ground outside the city and scolding did not expect to be scolded by them.

First he was taken aback for a moment, then he quickly picked up his weapon and formed a formation.

Yeqi, who was in the camp of the enemy's central army, heard the news, and the corner of his mouth slowly curled into a triumphant smile.

"Xiao Gui, you finally came out to die."

Although he still doesn't quite understand why he didn't scold him a few days ago, but now he pours it out.

But the most urgent task is to kill and seize the city quickly.

If the head of Xiao Gui, the dog emperor, can be taken, then this battle will change the world.

Yeqi had prepared for a long time, and set up an army formation outside the city, and led Xiao Gui and his cavalry into it.

Of course Xiao Gui knew it was an army formation, but he was familiar with all kinds of formations since he was a child, and it might be difficult for ordinary formations to trap him.

Li Ling watched anxiously from the tower.

There was an ominous premonition in his heart, and he always felt that this Yezi was not simple.

He should go out with Xiao Gui, but he is also worried that there is no suitable defender in the city.

Once the city is captured, the army outside will be completely alone and will never return.

Looking down from a high position, Li Ling could tell that the army formation below was a simple "circle formation", with the enemy's commander in the middle and many troops around.

This kind of formation is often used to quickly encircle the enemy after they are brought in, split the opponent's forces, and defeat them one by one.

The way to crack it is also simple, no matter how many exits the enemy leaves, everyone just needs to charge in one direction.

This is the simplest formation for soldiers and generals to learn, and basically everyone understands it.

But this is the scariest part.

Li Ling was sweating coldly, who is Ye Qi?How to set up such a simple formation?

Xiao Gui also felt weird, as soon as he entered the formation, he realized that it was a simple circular formation, but it was obviously abnormal.

So, he decided to go against the routine, and all the troops still charged in one direction.

The advantage of the cavalry is revealed at this time. When the opponent's cavalry is not much, concentrating troops to attack in one direction can quickly break through the encirclement.

But out of the tight siege, Xiao Gui felt something was wrong.

Generally speaking, after the circular formation comes out, there will still be two directions, because it is a concentric circle after another, breaking through the first layer, it will still be a circle when it goes out, and there will still be left and right directions.

But after he came out this time, there was only one direction, and all the troops were slowly gathering, pushing hard with their shields, sandwiching these cavalrymen in the middle of the area, and they were about to be sandwiched into meatloaf.

That's right, it's just to suffocate them.

Xiao Gui felt bad, the pressure on his body was getting heavier and heavier, people and horses were crowded together, and they were getting immobile.

Li Ling saw it clearly, and felt that his hands and feet were about to go limp.

If the emperor died here, he would not have to live.

So he organized all the remaining soldiers and horses in the city, half of them stayed behind, and the other half went out to save the emperor.

"Remember! Attack to the southeast! Concentrate your strength and tear a corner out!"

There are not many soldiers and horses in the city, and the elite part was taken out by Xiao Gui, and the rest are either old and weak soldiers, or soldiers who cannot be supported by the mud of the city, and their combat strength is really not good.

Every time I finally tore a little bit of the edge, I was quickly squeezed out by the opponent's army.

Li Ling sent several groups of troops in succession, but they were all defeated.

After a while, he stood on the tower and saw a large number of troops rushing out of the mountain.

Yeqi really hid soldiers in the mountains!

Li Ling's eyes were about to burst, and he immediately asked Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and retreat to the city.

The army rushing out of the mountain watched the heavy city gates slammed shut, but failed.

But Xiao Gui was getting deeper and deeper in the army, and Li Ling could no longer see him.

Li Ling is more than 50 years old this year. He has gone through many storms and waves in his life. When he followed the late emperor to fight here and there, he was not without facing death.

But this time, he felt that he was really coming to a dead end, the cold sweat drenched his underwear, and it was icy cold against his back.

Xiao Gui was in a desperate situation, and suddenly remembered something.

His father hasn't replied to his letter yet!

If he died here, would his father-in-law cry for him?He seemed to have never seen him cry.

His father was sick and weak, but his personality was as rigid as a piece of ice that would not melt for a thousand years, without a trace of emotion.

No, he likes Gao Chenxian, he won't be sad.

Maybe it will fade away in a few days.

The unwillingness in this desperate situation forced out Xiao Gui's instinct like a lone wolf in the grassland, and his mind became more and more clear.

He suddenly shouted: "Kill the horse, aim it at the neck, step on it after killing it! We must step on the horse's back to get out!"

A word to wake up the dreamer!

It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do. Everyone pushes and crowds each other, and the weapons come up in one fell swoop, and they accidentally poke their companions or themselves.

But everyone didn't dare to complain and scream, and they all started to struggle with each other and stab the sharp blades into the horse's throat, killing them simply and neatly.

Later, the horses could not be killed, and they killed the enemy soldiers closest to them, and pulled their corpses as backs, stepping on, stepping on, and stepping up step by step.

In the end, a remnant soldier followed Xiao Gui and broke out of the encirclement.

The enemy army still wanted to chase and kill them, but was intercepted by the army led by Li Ling out of the city, and the two sides fought happily.

After a bloody battle, Xiao Gui fled back to the city with his remnant soldiers.

Ten thousand elites were scattered and withered.

Li Ling counted the soldiers and horses they brought from Changping. There were only less than [-] soldiers left, and almost all the horses were lost.

There was no loss of soldiers and horses in this city, but because they had been killed by Hulu before, there were not many at all.

Now that the battle is full and the calculations are full, there are less than five thousand soldiers defending the city.

"Your Majesty, you have to be careful tonight, the slaves are worried that they will sneak attack."

Xiao Gui's face was covered in blood, he was in a panic, his neck was covered with scars, and the military doctor was bandaging him.

"If Xiangfu finds out, will he kill me?"

Li Ling: "..."

At this moment, Li Ling felt that he had saved his life, but he didn't know what to say.

His love for Xiao Gui for many years has been deeply rooted in his bones. Even if he did something wrong, he would only sacrifice his life for the master, but he would not open his mouth to scold him for committing crimes.

---

Linyong was besieged, and the land route was impassable.There is a waterway connecting Changping and Linyong, and the battle report had spread to Changping along the waterway as early as when Xiao Gui was trapped.

Wen Wujue was furious and went up against the case.

For a while, I became short of breath, and even got out of breath, coughing continuously.

Wen Bo hurriedly patted him on the back.

The magistrate also came, wiping his sweat and lowering his hands to obey his orders.

"The waterway is narrow... I can't walk...cough, I can't walk so many people, I can only go in batches. Now let the scouts... evacuate all the people along the waterway, mobilize boats and bamboo rafts from the people, find artisans in the city, and make them overnight Simple bamboo raft."

Wen Wujue slowed down, and continued: "Don't forcibly recruit, but give appropriate subsidies."

The prefect nodded repeatedly.

"Go quickly." Wen Wujue waved his hand and said, "Hurry up, we can't delay for a moment!"

At the end, Wen Wujue said to Wen Bo again: "Here in Changping, I leave it to you and Lu Jia. I can rest assured that the military power can only be placed with you."

"Prime Minister, don't worry, even if this old slave loses his life, he won't lose the city."

After everything was arranged properly, Wen Wujue took the boat to Linyong himself.

The waterway is very fast, arriving in Linyong in the middle of the night.

The frost was clear, he was wrapped in a thick fur coat, and stepped into Linyong Xingyuan.

Xiao Gui was originally watching from the tower, but when he heard that Wen Wujue was coming, he rode his horse back to Xingyuan.

"Father."

Wen Wujue's eyes were cold and cold, and his usually gentle face was extremely cold and solemn at this moment.

Seeing Li Ling following Xiao Gui, he asked him to go out and guard the city gate.

Li Ling still wanted to say something, but shut his mouth under Wen Wujue's cold eyes, and retreated with a complicated expression.

Only Xiao Gui and Wen Wujue were left in the room.

"Can the emperor give me a reason? Why don't you stick to the city? Why do you want to fight?"

Xiao Gui has never been afraid of Wen Wujue, even if he gets shut down every time, he is cheap and doesn't take it to heart.

But this time, he had no confidence for no reason.

You Qi saw that his face was pale and dusty, and although he spoke coldly, he was weak, as if he would fall down in an instant.

He was bored for a long time, and finally vomited.

"They scold you."

Wen Wujue froze for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"Call me? There are too many people in the world who scold me. Is this the reason for going to war?"

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, "Does your majesty know that the most elite cavalry of our army were lost? In the future, we will rely on them to attack Hongjing Mountain. Now that we have lost seven or eight thousand, how can we fight?"

Cavalry is the most precious unit in the army, with strong combat effectiveness, flexible operations, and adaptability to changing situations.

Especially in the northern plains, where the land is vast and flat, it is most suitable for cavalry.

At the end of Wen Wujue's speech, he couldn't help coughing, this time he coughed for a long time, his face was flushed, almost his entire lung was carved out.

Xiao Gui felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart, as if something was clamoring, swelling and almost gushing out of his chest.

He strode over, clasped his waist, held him in his arms, and buried his head in his neck.

"I was wrong."

Wen Wujue was slightly taken aback.

He was hugged and sat on the chair weakly, exhausted to the extreme.

Xiao Gui is the emperor, he cared about his face and didn't scold him in front of his servant, but it doesn't mean he can forgive him.

The current military situation is on fire, and there is no point in quarreling and pursuing accountability. Wen Wujue is not someone who can't figure it out.

"Forget it, we will settle the accounts later, the emperor will take the ministers to the city gate first."

Xiao Gui hesitated for a moment, "Can Xiangfu's body do it?"

"As long as a person holds on with one breath, he will not fall down."

Wen Wujue kept holding this tone from beginning to end, and if he didn't breathe it out, he could stand upright.

The high city wall is Linyong's last reliance. If you can keep the city gate, you can keep Linyong.

The dry and cold north wind blows wildly, and a cold moon hangs in the sky.

The tents not far from the city were lit with sparks, and the mountains on three sides looked like dormant beasts, ready to open their fangs at any time.

Wen Wujue looked at the city wall for a while, feeling more and more that something was wrong.

"They will definitely not let go of the opportunity to attack tonight."

Xiao Gui nodded, "There is fire in their camp, and they showed it to us on purpose. The soldiers may be hiding in the mountains, and they will sneak attack tonight."

Wen Wujue thought about it for a moment, walked slowly over the city wall, and said to the soldiers guarding the city: "There may be a hard battle tonight, everyone should take the time to rest, eat and drink enough, and save energy. You must hold on tonight. Stop, everyone must die, including the truth."

His voice is soft and cold, but firm and powerful, and the calmness on his face is convincing.

The courage to live and die with him also moved the soldiers.

The originally sluggish morale was pulled up in an instant. When people are pushed to a desperate situation, they can often burst out with the strongest strength and fight back.

As Wen Wujue expected, just after the ugly hour, a group of people in dark battle robes who almost blended into the night were found under the city.

They quietly came out from the dark mountains on three sides, climbed the ladder and climbed up the city wall abruptly.

"Hulu is here!"

"Hulu—"

Surprised, the soldier shouted, and before he could say the second sentence, his throat was cut.

But the Sentinel has responded.

Everyone stood up in an instant, and poured the prepared stones, kerosene, and hot lard all at once.

After a while, the entire city tower became a sea of ​​flames, and the flames were shining brightly, burning for a night.

Then, there was a dense rain of arrows, which shot down head-on.

It's a pity that the guards at the city gate tried their best, and the Hulu also did their best.

Although the city tower is high and has all the advantages, there are few people.

Although it was not easy for the Hulu to attack the city, but with a large number of people and the determination to die, it may not be impossible to win in the end.

The outcome of the night depends on who can persevere to the end.

Wen Wujue was standing on the tall watchtower car, observing the battle situation.

The city gate was crumbling, and the enemy army used large-scale ramming vehicles to hit it. Although the inside tried hard to resist, every time it was pushed away, a wave of people would die, and the troops would be replenished later.

If this continues, there will be insufficient troops.

The first batch of infantry from Changping arrived at Yinshi, but the number was far from enough, and the second batch was nowhere in sight.

Under the wave after wave of enemy attacks, the city walls and gates were on the verge of collapse.

Wen Wujue looked at the high mountains on three sides, in the half-brightness and half-darkness under the moonlight, he suddenly got enlightenment, and he started from his heart.

He supported the two arms of the rushing car and prepared to go down.

Suddenly, a stream of arrows came through the air, facing his front.

Wen Wujue opened his eyes, subconsciously dodged to the side, stepped in the air, the arrow grazed his cheek, and pierced into his right shoulder with a muffled sound.

He fell limply from the watchtower car.

"Father—"

Xiao Gui roared from far to near, and just when he thought he was going to blow his brains out, a figure flashed past him out of the corner of his eye.

Xiao Gui failed to catch him, but became his meat pad.

"Father Xiang!" Xiao Gui watched his blood come out little by little, staining the snow-white fox fur red, and he was almost suffocated in his heart.

"Military doctor, military doctor! Where's the military doctor?"

Wen Wujue managed to hold his breath, resting on his hand, his voice was extremely weak.

"Your Majesty...listen to me, you find five hundred soldiers, bring scarecrows, pull out all the horses in the city, go out from the mountains in the city, and pretend to be reinforcements..."

Xiao Gui's voice was hoarse, and he hugged him tightly, "I know, stop talking."

Wen Wujue hooked the corners of his mouth, making sure he heard it, and then closed his eyes in peace.

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For the next two days, Wen Wujue was half-drowsy and half-awake, the arrow wound was not fatal, but because of his weak foundation, he developed a high fever, which couldn't subside, so he couldn't wake up.

It was the third day that he really woke up.

It hurts, the pain in his shoulder makes him gnash his teeth.

Then a finger stretched out.

"Father, bite me."

Hearing the voice, Wen Wujue suddenly raised his eyelids, and Xiao Gui's mean face was very close at hand.

Beside him was a fiery body, with a paw resting on his waist.

It took a while for his short-circuited brain to return to normal.

"Is the battle over?"

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