1novels Chapter 247 Nest Car
Chapter 247 Nest Car
Chapter 247 Nest Car
"Duke, it's not good. Gaochang is gathering troops from various cities and returning to defend the king's capital." Hou Qing said anxiously.
When Hou Junji heard the news, he was not in a hurry, but asked with a smile, "This is a good thing."
"Good thing?" Hou Qing was a little puzzled.
As the attacking side, they definitely hope that the fewer people defending the city, the better, but Hou Junji looks like the more the better.
Hou Junji said with a sullen face: "The manager purposely stayed in Tiandi City for three days, just to give him a chance to gather troops from other cities. Qu Wentai did not disappoint me."
"Duke, in this way, won't it be more difficult for us to attack Gaochang King City?" Hou Qing asked suspiciously.
"More difficult? No, the manager thinks it's easier." Hou Junji said with great presence.
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Cheng Chumo looked at Lin Xuan and asked, "General, what did Hou Junji do to fight? Gao Chang mobilized troops from other cities. It's fine if he doesn't attack the city. He doesn't know how to send troops to stop them. Wouldn't it be more difficult?"
Cheng Chumo hated Hou Junji ever since he knew that Hou Junji would not give them a chance to make contributions.
Before, he was also called Chief Manager Hou Junji, but now he calls him by his first name directly in private.
Lin Xuan frowned and thought hard, "Rengui, what do you think?"
No matter what kind of person Hou Junji was, it was true that he was good at fighting.
Lin Xuan didn't believe that Hou Junji didn't know about this, since he knew, there must be some kind of calculations in doing this, it's just that he didn't expect it.
Xue Rengui clasped his fists and said, "General, this subordinate thinks that he wants to attract all the people from other places to the Gaochang King City. Once the King City is captured, no one else can resist it."
"But if they gather together, although they can still attack the Gaochang King City, they will definitely increase the casualties. If they defend each city separately, although it will be a little more troublesome, the death rate will be much smaller. It is impossible for Hou Junji not to know? "Lin Xuan asked suspiciously.
This is exactly where he was puzzled, Gaochang was quickly pacified, and the casualties were heavy.
However, with a little more time, Gaochang could still be destroyed with fewer casualties.
No matter from which point of view, the latter is cost-effective.
It is impossible for Hou Junji not to know that if he destroyed Gaochang, if the casualties were too heavy, it would affect his contribution.
With Hou Junji's character of being keen on power, why would he do this if he knew it?
Xue Rengui shook his head and said: "No, on the contrary, if Gaochang gathers all the troops from other places to Wangcheng, not only will it not increase the difficulty, but it will also be easier?"
Lin Xuan frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
"After the chief executive broke Tiandi City, he did not move. He said that he would rest in Tiandi City for three days, but the people in Gaochang saw that he did not move, and they would know that he wanted to attack Wangcheng directly."
"Gaochang King City has less than [-] troops, and it can't be defended at all. We can only call back troops from other places."
"However, the soldiers in other places are guarding more than a dozen cities. Not only do they not cooperate with each other, but they are also uneven. Not only will they not become an obstacle to the siege, but it will also affect the combat power of the original royal city army."
Lin Xuan suddenly realized, and said: "Hou Junji is so confident that he can break the Gaochang royal city in the first battle? You must know that although the cities of Gaochang are low, they are the capital of the king, and they must be much stronger than those cities. Next, give Gao Chang a chance to calm down, and they will have time to integrate their troops."
Hou Junji's calculations are good, but if he can't break through in one battle, the stragglers in Gaochang will be integrated in the war.
Xue Rengui said: "General, there is a kind of nest car in the army, which can be built at a maximum of five feet. The chief executive seems to be repairing these days, but he should be building a nest car secretly. Although the time is too short, even if one is built, Gaochang can be defeated. , and it's easy."
"I said that the Chinese army is collecting wood everywhere. It turns out that it is for making nest carts." Cheng Chumo said suddenly.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes, it was an afterthought.
He didn't know much about the military equipment, so he couldn't analyze Hou Junji's plan, so it was understandable.
Cheng Chumo knew it clearly, but he didn't expect it. He only realized now that it was not an afterthought.
According to the information obtained from the people of Tiandi City, Gaochang King City is only three feet high.
In conversion, it is ten meters high, and the ten-meter-high city is considered a big city in Gaochang.
But in Datang, it is similar to some county towns, and the larger cities are five or six feet high. (The county where I live has an ancient city wall, about ten meters high.)
If the nest car is five feet long, it can completely overlook the city, and with the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, it is very likely that the capital of Gaochang will be defeated in one battle.
Xue Rengui praised: "The chief executive is really engrossed in using troops, which is admirable."
Lin Xuan said: "Rengui, don't underestimate yourself. You are still young and it is your first time on the battlefield. It is already very good that you can see his plan so thoroughly."
Xue Rengui is worthy of being a famous general in history, he and Cheng Chumo and others lost their minds, but he sees it clearly.
"General, the subordinates are the chief executive's enemies. It is easy to detect these messages before they can be analyzed. If the subordinates are his enemies, they may not be able to see it." Xue Rengui said seriously.
Lin Xuan nodded and thought it made sense. Xue Rengui was able to detect it because he got a lot of information and analyzed it.
Cheng Chumo said: "General, why don't we go to the royal city?"
Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "There is no order for us to go, so let's continue collecting cotton."
In history, after Hou Junji defeated Gaochang, he obtained the wealth of the entire Gaochang, and thus became greedy.He swallowed most of it privately, and was finally impeached and punished by Li Shimin.
Now that Gaochang has cut off the commercial route of the Tang Dynasty, the wealth will only increase.
Although there is a discrepancy between the current time and history, Lin Xuan believes that Hou Junji will still have those greedy hearts.
Originally, he thought that if Hou Junji was worried about his existence, he would stop being greedy.
Right now, Hou Junji sent them to guard the dangerous pass, so he didn't have to worry about it.
If Hou Junji swallowed the treasure, he would peel off his skin even if he did not die.
Of course, Lin Xuan didn't tell Cheng Chumo and them.
When Cheng Chumo and the others heard Lin Xuan's words, they felt a little depressed.
Although they have already approved, as Lin Xuan said, transporting the cotton back can be a meritorious service.
But they always feel that this credit is not as good as real swords and guns.
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Gaochang King's Capital
On this vast land, the shouts of killing were deafening.
Relying on the nest carts built by Tang Jun in the past few days, the suppressed Gaochang has no power to resist.
Seeing many people, Hou Junji had already stood on the city wall, swung his spear and shouted, "Kill! Capture the king of Gaochang alive and reward him with a thousand gold!"
"Capture King Gaochang alive!"
"Capture King Gaochang alive!"
For a moment, the words to capture King Gaochang alive resounded throughout the battlefield.
Gaochang Palace
Qu Wentai heard the cry from outside to capture him alive, his heart trembled, and he asked, "Did the Tang army come in, Prime Minister?"
The Prime Minister said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Tang army has only been attacking the city for half an hour, and they won't be able to get in."
Qu Wentai said with a worried look on his face: "President Guo, go to the front and check it out, otherwise Gu is really worried."
The Prime Minister was also worried that what he just said was just to comfort Qu Wentai.
Seeing what Qu Wentai said now, he quickly responded, "Yes!"
Qu Wentai saw that the Prime Minister was walking away, so he hurriedly said to his servant: "Quickly, pack up some treasures, I have to go to West Turkic to ask for help."
His only thought now is to flee to Western Turkic for refuge.
Anyway, Tang Jun is so far away from here, it is impossible to stay here all the time, and when Tang Jun leaves, he just asks the Western Turks to help him restore the country.
"Your Majesty, the capital of the country is surrounded now, so I can't leave." The head servant said with a troubled expression on his face.
Of course he also wanted Qu Wentai to escape, so that he could also run with him.
Qu Wentai looked crazy, his hands tightly grasped the shoulder of the chief servant, and shouted: "Don't worry about Gu, hurry up and clean up, or Gu will kill you right now!"
The head servant's face turned pale with fright, and he said hastily: "Yes, yes, I'll go now, little one!"
(End of this chapter)