Chapter 55 Recruiting Gao Shi
(I caught a serious cold, and I wrote with tears and snot, and I was very miserable! I asked my book friends for recommendation votes again!)
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Yang Xi slept with a very effective sleep.
This awakening time was not very long, at most, only two hours, but it was enough to restore his energy.
When he woke up, it was still dark. Yang Xi was worried about the situation outside and got out of bed and prepared to patrol the city.
During his sleep, Yang Xi was not awakened by anyone, which means that no major situation happened since then.
If something big happens, the guards around him will definitely awaken him.
The more than 300 guards around him also slept in batches.
Last night, they walked overnight, and no one had the chance to sleep, and the day passed in tension. Although many people felt sleepy, they didn't have the chance to rest. If they continued to stay so sleepless, everyone's mental strength would be much worse, including Yang Xi.
Yang Xi wanted to keep his energy in full, so the guards around him asked them to sleep in batches and sleep for a few hours each to restore their physical strength.
When Yang Xi got up and was about to patrol the city, he did not wake up the sleeping guards, and also ordered Yang Dong to take the more than 100 guards on duty to follow him. If Yang Dong dared to hesitate to Yang Xi's orders before coming to Tongguan, he could even use the orders of Yang Guozhong or Pei Rou to fight against Yang Xi's request, but after the day and night of coming to Tongguan with Yang Xi, he would never dare to do anything that would violate the wishes of the fourth young master of his family. If the decisive master of the entourage was ashamed of such a decisive master, no one would know what punishment would be.
Although I hope Yang Xi can sleep for a while, Yang Xi was going to patrol the city. Yang Dong dared not hesitate, let alone say anything to dissuade him. He could only obediently bring a hundred subordinates to guard Yang Xi to the top of the city.
There were many lanterns and torches nodding on the top of the city, and there were constantly fully armed soldiers patrolling back and forth. However, except for the neat sound of the soldiers trampling on the city walls when patrolling, there was no other sound, and even the originally lively insects and birds were inaudible. This tranquility made people feel very peaceful, as if this was not a battlefield, but an ordinary city pass, and the people in the city fell asleep, very peaceful.
But Yang Xi knew that after dawn for a while, it might be morning or noon at most, a very fierce city offensive battle will take place here. Countless soldiers and generals died above the city. Many soldiers patrolling on the city now may have lost their lives after a while. Hundreds of thousands of troops have died under the city city of Hantongguan, and soon the corpses there will rot and the stench fills the entire city pass. Now inside and outside the city of Tongguan, there is a very bad smell, with the smell of burnt ashes inside, the strange smell of corpses burning, and the stench of rotting corpses. Various odors are mixed together, making people feel uncomfortable.
Fortunately, the wind was strong at night, which blew away many unpleasant smells, otherwise it would make people feel even more disgusting.
Seeing the soldiers who were patrolling neatly, patrolling loudly, and then continued patrolling at his instructions, Yang Xi was very moved. A few months ago, both sides of the offensive and defense had the same name, that is, they were both troops of the Tang Empire, but now, the two teams have become enemies of life and death, and their names have also been changed. One side is still soldiers of the Tang Empire, while the other side has become the army of the Dayan Empire.
Fighting with each other's family, life and death, is the sorrow of the Tang Dynasty and the people of the world.
Yang Xi knew that the Anshi Rebellion in history lasted for more than ten years, and the Emperors of the Tang Dynasty also changed three terms here, namely Emperor Xuanzong, Emperor Suzong, and Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty. It was not until Emperor Daizong of Tang that the rebellion was completely quelled. At that time, countless soldiers and civilians died in the turmoil, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty had been completely destroyed, and from then onwards, they declined and were in a state of decline.
Yang Xi hopes that because of the arrival of his time traveler, all history will change due to his appearance.
Changes must start by defending Tongguan, avoiding the fall of Chang'an, and preventing Emperor Li Longji from fleeing west to Shu.
If he successfully stopped the rebels outside Tongguan City and attacked the rebels severely, the historical process would soon be disrupted, and the future history would definitely not develop as it was.
Thinking that what he did was changing history, Yang Xi felt a sense of mission and honor in his heart.
In any case, we must do our best to guard Tongguan so as not to fall into the enemy. With this ambition and sense of mission, Yang Xi walked very easily while patrolling the city, and even walked naturally to the soldiers guarding the battlements and patted their shoulders affectionately to express his condolences.
The order of Yang Xi being entrusted with the Deputy Marshal of the Army has been announced. Every soldier knows that the lightest young man has taken charge of the military affairs of Tongguan with justification. In addition, Yang Xi has so many amazing performances during the day. Most of the soldiers are very respectful to Yang Xi and feel awe from the bottom of their hearts. Seeing the marshal of the commander patting his shoulder so kindly, he expressed his encouragement. The soldiers who were fortunate to be patted on his shoulder were so excited that they were a little choked up. A day ago, they were still defeated and didn't know how to be punished, but now they are no longer worried about being punished, and even received the cordial encouragement from the marshal. How can the soldiers not be excited? You must know that in this era, there are many differences in ranks.
Just when Yang Xi was acting or accidentally performing a play of comforting the soldiers, another group of people came to the front. After shouting loudly, he realized that it was Gao Shi, who had woken up, leading a group of soldiers to patrol the city in the southeast.
When he knew that Yang Xi was patrolling the city with his personal guards, Gao Shi immediately ran over with two deputy soldiers, saluted and reported loudly: "Report to Marshal Yang, the last general is afraid that the rebels will attack the city at night, so he is taking the soldiers to patrol the city!"
After Yang Xi returned the gift, he said, "Thank you for your hard work, General Gao!"
"Marson, our army's Lingbao was defeated, and the 200,000 troops were almost destroyed. Tongguan was in danger. The last general dared not slack off and did not dare to express any hard work!"
Although Gao Shi did not participate in the Battle of Lingbao, as a senior aide to Geshuhan, if the court punished him, he would also be punished.
Not only him, but all other subordinates of Geshuhan are like this. Many people, like Gao Shi, hope to use their efforts to relieve the sins they bear, and even make atonement for their sins.
Gao Shi, who originally made great contributions to killing the enemy and gained promotion through military merits, showed more efforts in this regard.
Not only Ge Shuhan saw this, but also Yang Xi, who had just come to Tongguan to take charge of military affairs, suddenly realized it!
We feel good to each other, and Yang Xi also knows Gao Shi's name in history, so he has long been in his heart to attract his name. After hearing Gao Shi's words, he said with the flow: "General Gao's talent is amazing, General Gao's ability to do things is also appreciated. Now he is only a supervisor. The position of Sima is incompatible with General Gao's talent. I must report to Your Majesty, you will be promoted to your position in the court! Let's do this, from today on, you will follow my generals to take charge of military affairs as the generals, and perform the military Sima position! I will report to the court immediately to ask for an appointment for you."
Gao Shi was stunned and stood there, but for a moment, he immediately saluted respectfully and thanked him: "Thank you, Marshal Yang for his love. I will definitely live up to the mission and live up to the entrusted marshal!"
Chapter completed!