Outside the city of Yongzhou, more than 1,600 Yongzhou soldiers were devoured by the tigers, leopards and wolves driven by the He people. Not long ago, they had just tasted the joy of victory and just burst out with pride, but in an instant, the fangs of the beasts They tore their bodies and souls into pieces.
This is a huge army of beasts, and the number cannot be counted. After finally retreating to Yongzhou City, Xu Qingzhi went straight to the city wall after entering the gate, and looked out with clairvoyance. At this time, his men and horses were completely submerged. Not anymore. In the boiling of the wild beasts, one can faintly see the mutilated corpses being run up from time to time.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and the hand holding Clairvoyance was also trembling.
At the end of the beast army, there were at least two hundred elephants walking side by side. These elephants were like the commanders of the beast army, and the beasts were driven forward by them. And the He who sat on the elephant with a horn hanging down was the commander's brain.
"Decades ago..."
Standing beside Xu Qingzhi, the governor of Pingshang Road, Luo Qiu, sighed: "After the Sui army defeated the Shang army, they drove straight in, and encountered the beast army controlled by the He people. It was not the biggest loss since the Sui army went south. The most memorable one, at least 10,000 soldiers died... Thirty years have passed, and I almost forgot that the He people still have such means.”
Xu Qingzhi put down his clairvoyance and shook his head: "But we don't have the strength of that time now."
As a general, he naturally knew that period of history very clearly. At that time, the Southern Expeditionary Army of the Great Sui Dynasty had great morale, and after defeating the main force of the Shang Kingdom on the bank of the Yangtze River, they encountered almost no resistance. Under such circumstances, the beast army of the He people gave the Sui army a blow.
At least 10,000 elite warriors were devoured by wild beasts and suffered heavy losses.
Later, relying on a large number of arrows, the rain of fire and the powerful ballista disrupted the army of beasts, and pushed the chariot dressed as a monster forward, scaring the beasts back again and again . But in that battle, more than 40,000 arrows were used, and the number of troops invested exceeded 80,000. They also built a large number of chariots, and it took a full month of preparation to completely defeat the He people.
But now, there are barely more than ten thousand archers in Yongzhou City. In terms of quality, they can't compare with the Great Sui Southern Expeditionary Army at that time.
Fortunately, now they are defending the city while the He people are attacking the city. No matter how powerful the beast army is, it is impossible to climb the tall Yongzhou City.
"It's better not to go out of the city to fight again."
Although he didn't know much about military affairs, Luo Qiu also knew that the Yongzhou soldiers had no chance of winning against a perverted army like the He people. At present, the total strength of Yongzhou soldiers is only more than 20,000, which is not enough to defend the city. But once they leave the city to fight, the 20,000 people are meaningless.
"My concern is..."
Xu Qingzhi said with some regret: "After a long sleep, the morale of the soldiers will be low. Originally, this time they went out to attack the city at night, and after returning with a big victory, the fighting spirit of the soldiers was aroused. I didn't expect the follow-up brigade of the He people to come. It’s so fast, it’s too late when I want to go back.”
He did not place the responsibility for this defeat on the soldiers, but on himself.
Although the main reason for this defeat was that the county soldiers were too procrastinated in implementing his general orders. Because the county soldiers were greedy for the things on the He people, Xu Qingzhi urged the team several times in a row before they could barely assemble. But at this time, the soldiers were covered with trophies, and they were not retreating fast.
Even so, Xu Qingzhi also knew that the fault was still on him. Because the generals should be more courageous at that time, and immediately punish the soldiers who do not carry out the military orders, so that others will not procrastinate in the same way. Besides... the soldiers had already died in battle, how could he have the heart to blame the dead
Moreover, those were still a group of dead people who didn't even leave their corpses behind.
"Wait for reinforcements."
Luo Qiu was silent for a while and said: "Flying pigeons from the north passed on the letter. General Fang Jie of the Black Banner Army has brought tens of thousands of fine riders to Nanhui Road. It is estimated that he will arrive in Yongzhou in half a month at the latest. He They brought cavalry, which are most suitable for fighting outside the city. No matter how strong and barbaric the He people are outside, we don’t need any more headaches.”
Xu Qingzhi froze for a moment, but did not speak.
He understood what Luo Qiu meant, Fang Jie brought cavalry, and they definitely couldn't be used to defend the city. Fang Jie didn't bring any infantry, which meant that he had no intention of defending Yongzhou. But there are tens of thousands of beasts outside, so what's the use of elite cavalry
In front of those ferocious beasts, the war horse can only tremble!
"There is something..."
After hesitating for a moment, Luo Qiu said: "I've always wanted to discuss with you, but I don't know how to open it... Originally, I was very relieved to entrust you with the responsibility of guarding Yongzhou City. After all, you are an old man who has been with me for many years. Yes. I also know your ability well. After you lead the army, you have worked hard and never made a single mistake. I feel more at ease... "
"I see."
Xu Qingzhi's complexion changed slightly, and then he smiled bitterly: "After General Fang arrives, I will hand over the command. Yongzhou is the most important thing, and humble people are not unreasonable."
Luo Qiu's face brightened, and he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Gentleman, what I value most is you. But don't worry, no matter what the final result is, it will be yours sooner or later. Understand?"
Xu Qingzhi hummed, but no one saw the veins on the back of his clenched fist.
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Gangbuk-do
firefox city
The imperial army has lost seven games in a row. The little butcher Luo Xiaotu led the Yong army to attack day by day. The generals in the imperial army are unstoppable. This man is cruel and rebellious, but he has real talents and outstanding martial arts , On the battlefield, he turned into a ferocious beast, making his enemies terrified.
A while ago, Luo Yao handed over the command of the army to him, and then went to Pang Ba camp alone. Luo Xiaotu knew what Luo Yao was doing, and now only he and the mysterious General Mo in the entire Yong army knew Luo Yao's cultivation. Just before Luo Yao left the camp, Luo Xiaotu just thought that King Yong was an ultimate warrior of the ninth rank, invulnerable to swords and guns, but that was all.
He did not expect that Luo Yao's cultivation had reached a height that he could not see. That day, Luo Yao just used a few tricks casually, which made him astonished. It was also at that time that he realized how naive he was in thinking that he was very close to Luo Yao.
On the day when Wan Xingchen struck seven hundred miles with a sword, Luo Yao isolated himself, so the people in the camp didn't know what happened at that time, and thought that the light was some kind of strange phenomenon.
But just because Luo Yao showed his strength, he knew that Luo Yao would really use him.
In the past few days, he led the army to continuously put pressure on the court troops, and had already forced the court army to the north of Firefox City. Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing, the two battle-tested generals of the imperial court, were actually at a disadvantage.
Early in the morning, Luo Xiaotu came out of the camp with a hundred soldiers and headed directly towards the Sui army camp. He didn't inform the other generals, but this kind of courage is rare. By the time the other generals knew, he had already led people through the ruins of Firefox City.
The distance between the two armies was about twenty miles, and there was no danger to rely on on the north side of Huohu City, because there was a ruin in the middle. Not much is known about the situation of the Sui army.
The group did not choose to avoid the ruins of Firefox City, but broke in directly. Luo Xiaotu knew that there must be many masters ambushing in this ruins, but he didn't care.
Not long after entering the ruins, a cold arrow shot out from the dark and went straight to Luo Xiaotu's face. Luo Xiaotu waited for the arrow to reach him before raising his hand to catch it, and then threw it back to catch the ambush. The Sui army scout shot to death, and the body fell from a broken wall, smashing into a cloud of dust.
All the way to the north through the ruins, Luo Xiaotu casually killed more than twenty scouts of the Sui Army with excellent martial arts skills, including a practitioner above the seventh rank.
After passing through the ruins, Luo Xiaotu sped up his horse and went directly to a few hundred meters outside the Sui army's camp without avoiding it. He reined in his horse like this and raised his clairvoyance to check the layout of the Sui army's camp.
With a buzzing sound, a huge crossbow shot out from the camp, and poked at a place less than two meters away from Luo Xiaotu, causing the stirred up broken stones to fly high. The horses of the soldiers behind Luo Xiaotu were startled and jumped up, but Luo Xiaotu didn't even move, still observing carefully with clairvoyance.
This action enraged the people in the Sui army camp. About ten minutes later, a group of about seven or eight hundred cavalry rushed out of the Sui army camp and went straight to Luo Xiaotu's side. The Sui army thought that the hundred and ten members of the Yong army would withdraw immediately, but who would have thought that Luo Xiaotu would slowly put down his clairvoyance and then take the big lance off the victory hook.
"Kill some people before leaving."
He said something lightly, and then urged the horse to rush forward. His personal soldiers knew the general's temper well, and followed Luo Xiaotu without even persuading him. Facing an enemy seven or eight times larger than themselves, they didn't have any fear at all. What happened after that made the people in the Sui army's camp both frightened and angry.
The 100-man Yong army followed the general in silver armor, and cut the Sui cavalry in one charge, wrapped up the horse and killed it again, leaving less than half of the 700-800-man Sui army. . The rest of the cavalry didn't dare to fight, so they turned around and retreated.
Luo Xiaotu hung up the big lance, let out a disdainful cold snort from his nose, then raised his clairvoyance to observe again, but he had no intention of withdrawing yet.
Not long after, there was another chaos in the camp of the Sui Army, followed by a general and more than a thousand cavalry rushing over, Luo Xiaotu picked up the spear again to meet the enemy, stabbed the Sui general to death, and the Sui cavalry fled .
"Let's go."
After defeating the Sui army twice, Luo Xiaotu seemed a little satisfied. He wanted to leave with people, but another team of about 2,000 people rushed out from the Sui army camp, as if to pursue. Luo Xiaotu cursed a group of flies in a low voice, turned his horse back and killed for a while, covered in blood all the way, the Sui army was defeated again without exception.
After killing the Sui army for the third time, Luo Xiaotu picked up a long lance from the ground, and threw it towards the Sui army camp. With this throw, the lance flew straight out. There were three hundred meters, and with a bang, it precisely poked on the flagpole of the Sui army. If the flagpole was not thick enough and strong enough, the battle flag would have been cut off.
"After the destruction of the Shang Dynasty, there was no one in the Sui army who could fight."
Luo Xiaotu was a little disappointed, turned around and left.
Xu Xiaogong, who had just heard the news, looked at the back of the young man going away, and couldn't help cursing wildly. He was about to order his generals to pursue him, but was stopped by Liu Enjing.
"Don't chase, that person came straight through the ruins of Firefox City, which means that all the scouts we deployed in the ruins have been pulled out. If we lead our troops to chase out rashly, there is no guarantee that we will not be ambushed. It can't be said... At this time, Firefox In the ruins of the city, there are already rebels."
Xu Xiaogong stomped his feet heavily, extremely angry.
Outside the city, Luo Xiaotu, who was walking back slowly like riding a horse, shook his head slightly, as if he was even more disappointed.
"General, how did you guess that the Sui army dared not pursue?"
Luo Xiaotu was silent for a while, and only answered two words: "I'm afraid of death."
"When my father comes back, maybe I should ask him if he can change his name."
he murmured.
The soldier was surprised and asked, "What name does the general want to change?"
"Remove the fine print and change the name to Luo Tu."
He said.