Xiao Yuanqi and Ma Zhou personally commanded. Xiao Yuanqi was not very good at attacking, but Xiao Yuanqi was very good at defending. These years, Xiao Yuanqi is also growing up, constantly reading to increase his knowledge, and he has studied more about the art of war and strategy. Today's Xiao Yuanqi is no longer the Xiao Yuanqi of the past. He has changed too much, he is more mature, and he uses troops more steadily.
It is precisely because of this that Du Qi asked Xiao Yuanqi to take charge of the defense.
Xiao Yuanqi and Ma Zhou cooperated, and the two made detailed arrangements according to the current terrain of Niulan Mountain, so that all the Tang troops who attacked wave after wave were all defeated.
"Report!"
Just at this moment, a sentinel rushed over.
This is coming from the rear.
Xiao Yuanqi saw the scouts rushing towards him, and without waiting for the other party to take the initiative to report the news, he asked, "What's the situation of the fight between the king and Duan Zhixuan?"
"A big win!"
Excited in the eyes of the sentinels, he continued: "General Xiao, Your Majesty has now escorted all the captured Tang troops to the front line of Niulan Mountain."
While talking, Sentinel handed over the letter.
Xiao Yuanqi was even more excited after opening the letter and reading the detailed battle report. Then, he handed the battle report to Ma Zhou, and continued: "Mr. Ma, more than 50,000 Tang soldiers were captured in this battle, and even Duan Zhixuan was captured. We have won a complete victory. Now the king is coming to Niulan Mountain. Tang Jun has no more chances."
Ma Zhou nodded and said: "What General Xiao said is true, the Tang army has already lost this battle."
There was also excitement in his eyes.
Although Xia Guo's strength is strong, it lives in a corner, only the Western Regions. The Great Tang was different, it was a kingdom of heaven, with a vast population and powerful strength. In particular, Li Shimin has countless civil servants and generals, and there are a lot of talents. Such a Tang army was defeated by Xia Guo, which is extremely exciting.
"Report!"
At this moment, another soldier from the front line of the trench at the foot of the mountain came back and reported: "General Xiao, there is a situation at the foot of the mountain. The Tang army is digging a trench quickly, and it seems that they are going to come up the mountain."
Xiao Yuanqi looked down the mountain carefully after hearing the words.
Wherever he looked, he saw the situation down the mountain. Although the distance was a little far away, it was not very clear, but he could also see the soldiers who were digging the trench quickly, and at the same time, soil was constantly dumped on both sides of the trench.
Xiao Yuanqi sneered when he saw it, and said, "Even if they quickly dig a ditch, it will be impossible to dig it up to the mountain in a few hours. By then, the king's army will have already arrived. This is a useless piece of work." Things. If they arranged it like this from the beginning, it might have some impact on us. But now it is too late and it won't have any effect."
Ma Zhou said: "What General Xiao said is true."
After a pause, Ma Zhou looked at the soldiers who had come to report, and ordered: "Pass down the news that Your Majesty has defeated Duan Zhixuan's army of 80,000, captured Tang's general Duan Zhixuan, and captured more than 50,000 Tang troops. Your Majesty's army is returning quickly. Niulan Mountain."
When the soldiers heard this, they were very excited.
Good news!
The soldiers were full of fighting spirit, and immediately sent the order quickly. In a short period of time, the news had already spread on the mountain. Especially the soldiers in the trenches all knew the news.
All of a sudden, there were cheers on the mountain.
Countless people shouted.
Countless people cheered.
All Xia Guo soldiers were excited at this moment. These Xia soldiers guarding the mountain are not only full of fighting spirit, but also have no worries in their hearts. If it is said that they resisted the attack of the Tang army before, although these soldiers went all out, they were also worried that Niulanshan would not be able to defend, but now they no longer have such concerns.
The cheers on the mountain spread down the mountain, even Li Shimin heard it. Li Shimin had a puzzled expression on his face, feeling that the situation was very strange.
Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "Auxiliary machine, look at the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom on Niulan Mountain. When they found our soldiers digging trenches, they laughed out loud. Could it be that they think that what we do is useless?" ?¡±
Changsun Wuji was also a little puzzled, because the current scene was really weird and hard to see through.
Digging a trench is a wonderful move.
Once it is dug through, it is not far from the Xia State army's position on the hillside. It will be easy for them to break through the Xia State's defense on Niulan Mountain. But Xia Guo was cheering and laughing, making people puzzled.
Changsun Wuji looked at Li Jing and said, "Duke Wei, why do you think this is?"
Li Jing shook his head and said, "Duke Qi, old man"I don't know. No matter what, we all remain the same. For now, just maintain the status quo and continue digging trenches. The Xia army on the mountain had their intentions in doing this, but we don't care about it, just do our own thing. "
Li Shimin echoed: "What the Duke of Wei said is true, we will do this now."
He agreed with Li Jing's arrangement.
This is good advice.
On the Tang side, digging trenches was still in full swing, and even when the Tang army was digging, it stands to reason that the Xia soldiers on the mountain could counterattack with grenades or bombarded with artillery fire. However, the Xia Kingdom garrison on Niulan Mountain didn't react at all, but the army sat here leisurely, which made people feel weird.
Li Shimin and others felt weird, and couldn't figure it out for a while, so they could only wait and see what happened.
The crowd waited quietly.
Time passed bit by bit.
An hour has passed!
An hour and a half passed!
In the blink of an eye, it was almost night, and at this moment, on the road leading to Xiaguo on the west side of the official road, suddenly, there was a rush of horseshoes, and there was more smoke and dust billowing.
The vast army is rushing forward.
This scene immediately attracted Tang Jun's attention.
However, because of the scattered landmines on the road below the mountain, the rushing army had already stopped as soon as it reached the foot of the mountain on the west side of Niulan Mountain. And the flags in the army fluttered a large flag with the word Xia.
This is Xia Guo's army.
When Li Shimin and others saw this army, the hearts of Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others sank, and a dignified expression appeared on their faces.
Everyone knows that the situation is not good.
Because Du Qi's army fought against Duan Zhixuan on the west side of Niulan Mountain. Now Du Qi's army retreated back without haste, and was already stationed at the foot of the mountain, especially when Du Qi and his party began to climb the mountain from the west side, it can be seen that Duan Zhixuan's situation is definitely not optimistic.
Li Shimin couldn't help but smack his mouth, his face gradually gloomy.
There was a look of worry in his eyes.
Just as Li Shimin and others were worried, they suddenly saw the generals of the Tang army escorting one by one of the Xia Guo army stationed at the foot of the mountain and began to climb the mountain. Although it was more than a hundred steps away, soldiers wearing Tang army clothes were detained at the foot of the mountain, and generals were escorted up, which can be roughly seen clearly.
Seeing this scene, everyone's hearts sank.
At this moment Li Shimin understood why the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom suddenly cheered. It must be Du Qi's sentry who sent the news, informing everyone of the victory. In this case, it can also be explained clearly why the Xia soldiers on the mountain did not stop the Tang army digging trenches from beginning to end.
All of this is because Du Qi has already defeated Duan Zhixuan, so the Niulanshan defenders did nothing.
Li Shimin's cheeks twitched slightly, looked at Changsun Wuji, and said dryly: "Auxiliary machine, now Duan Zhixuan's 80,000 troops have all been defeated on the west side of Niulan Mountain, what should we do?"
Changsun Wuji was even more in a complicated mood, and he didn't know what to do for a while, especially Changsun Wuji was also panicked.
At a loss.
Worried that he would be targeted by Du Qi. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com