Chapter VIII The Chief Manager of Jingyang in the Tang Dynasty
Morale must not be lost. Once morale is lost, no matter how many people are, they will be just a group of sheep at the slaughter of others. Chen Ying repeatedly told Jingyang Township the idea of bravely defending the country.
Let them understand why they fight and why they fight.
Chen Ying did not waste any opportunity to train the soldiers of the Yongying Camp in Jingyang Township. Even the bodies of the Western Qin army soldiers killed by the people of Jingyang were fully utilized by him. He personally dragged his tired body and took the Yongying Camp in Jingyang Township for training.
"Puff"
A soldier in the Yongying Camp in Jingyang Township held a horizontal knife with trembling hands and tremblingly cut off the head of a soldier in the Western Qin army.
Chen Ying shouted behind the new recruit from the village Yongchang camp: "Don't waste the bodies of the Qin soldiers in the west in the city, it's all money. Let's marinate them with quicklime first, so we can exchange them for money with the court in the future!"
A warrior in Jingyang Township holding a wooden spear was trembling and did not dare to stab the bloody corpse.
"Think clearly, what will your parents do if you are scared? What will your sister do? What will your family's food?" Chen Ying stared at the soldier fiercely and shouted: "The food and money in your family will be stolen by them, and your father's relatives will be killed by them like killing chickens and oxen. Your sisters, wives and daughters will be insulted by them, and life is worse than death!"
"ah"
The village warrior who was stimulated by Chen Ying turned ferocious, and he screamed, stabbed the corpse with a wooden spear.
Zhang Huaiwei was very dissatisfied with the new recruits in the village Yongchang camp and complained to Chen Ying: "Chen Dalang, these new recruits are so bad. They are not a little worse than our old brothers..."
"There is nothing to do, there is nothing better than nothing!" Chen Ying said: "I hope God will stand on our side and let the reinforcements of the Western Qin Army arrive later. Otherwise, what will happen next is really hard to say!"
Zhang Huaiwei said: "Many of the people who came here have never seen blood. When they go to the battlefield, they are afraid that they will wet their pants..."
"Peeing your pants is nothing!" Chen Ying said with an unnatural expression: "I'm used to peeing. Zhang Tou, I'm thinking, let's use the Qianjin Gate of Jingyang City to get in first..."
The so-called Qianjin Gate is an ancient defense mechanism used to suddenly place this thing like a water gate when the city gate is broken or when it is too late to close the city gate. This is actually a door, usually made of iron-covered wood, and the weight is usually several thousand pounds away.
Zhang Huaiwei thought for a while and said, "Do you want to add some materials to them and dig a trap in the inner city gate?"
Chen Ying said: "Of course it's OK!"
Under Chen Ying's command, the people of Jingyang City cleaned the battlefield and treated the wounded, and set up traps in the city, especially on the streets in the city. In order to prevent the enemy cavalry from advancing, Chen Ying asked someone to tannate ropes and build a siege.
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"Go, go, go..."
Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning beat the war horse from time to time. Although the war horse was already running at lightning, Li Xiuning still felt that the speed was not fast enough. The Tang soldiers following behind were overwhelmed and complained.
To Li Xiuning's surprise, the Sixth Guard of the East Palace and the soldiers of the Zhao Palace, who had almost no training, did not get up, but the Qin Palace's personal guards, who should not be noisy, took the lead in blowing up the thorns.
"It is a taboo for military strategists to raise troops in anger!"
"Even if you don't get killed by the enemy, you will be exhausted to death!"
"That's right, just... a girl knows what kind of military strategy!"
"Don't run, don't run!"
When Li Xiuning heard the army behind him was making trouble, the Qin Prince's Mansion's personal guards threw away their armor and lay on the ground in a row, complaining to the sky.
Li Xiuning raised his eyebrows and asked to his confidant Ma Sanbao: "Did Sanbao see clearly? Who is causing trouble?"
Ma Sanbao whispered: "Report to the princess, you have already seen clearly. It is Liu Jiale, the right leader of the Qin Palace, who leads the guard brigade!"
Li Xiuning nodded: "How could it be him, my second brother?"
Ma Sanbao said: "He is Liu Wenjing's nephew!"
"That makes sense!" Li Xiuning frowned and said.
Ma Sanbao said: "His Royal Highness of Qin was defeated in Qianshuiyuan, but His Royal Highness of Qin was unable to manage the affairs due to illness. The culprit was Liu Wenjing. If the princess had five hundred soldiers lifted the siege of Jingyang, his old face would be separated by Liu Wenjing's selfishness, and you could hear it from ten miles away!"
Li Xiuning's face turned cold and said to Ma Sanbao: "Take it down!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Sanbao rushed to Liu Jiale like a gust of wind. Before Liu Jiale could react, Ma Sanbao grabbed Liu Jiale's arm. Ma Sanbao exerted a little force, and Liu Jiale grinned and shouted: "Ma Sanbao, you are so brave, do you know who I am?"
Ma Sanbao said nothing and dragged Liu Jiale to Li Xiuning to follow him.
Li Xiuning stared at Liu Jiale, who had a rebellious look and said simply: "A good tongue and sharp teeth, and acted recklessly, this is called a slow army; when calling, it is a ruthless army, and it is a dead end!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Sanbao pulled out the knife quickly, raised his hand and fell. With a crackling sound, a human head rolled into dust.
The generals were immediately frightened, looking at each other, and their faces were pale.
Li Xiuning's face was as usual: "Purge the army and start the journey!"
Li Xiuning killed Liu Jiale cleanly and neatly. Even if the soldiers complained, they would not dare to complain. After all, although Liu Jiale had an uncle from the prime minister of the dynasty, they would inevitably be killed. As long as they dared to blow up the thorns, they would definitely die ugly."
That night, the tired five hundred soldiers finally arrived outside the east gate of Jingyang. Looking at the city, the darkness was pitch black, and there was not even the sound of chickens and dogs chirping, completely like a ghost town.
Ma Sanbao frowned and said, "Your Highness Princess, is the information wrong? The Western Qin army did not capture Jingyang City!"
Xue Wanche, the right leader of the Eastern Palace, said: "How could it be impossible to conquer Jingyang? Fifty guards, they can hold on for an hour, they are capable!"
"Shut up!" Li Xiuning shouted: "Camp on the spot, the whole army will rest!"
Just as Li Xiuning led his army to retreat slowly, the lights suddenly appeared on the top of Jingyang City, just like during the day. Hundreds of soldiers wearing Western Qin army armor stood on the city wall with swords and guns, with their swords and arrows rolled on the strings, as if they were facing a great enemy.
When Chen Ying saw the visitor coming from Chang'an, he was not sure whether it was the Western Qin army or the Tang army. When he saw that the other party was about to retreat, he shouted loudly: "Who is coming!"
Ma Sanbao stepped forward and came a hundred steps away from the city, and replied loudly: "I am the pioneer Ma Sanbao under Princess Pingyang's tent!"
Chen Ying seemed to remember that Ma Sanbao was the leader of the four powerful generals of Princess Pingyang. It is not surprising that the Western Qin army knew Ma Sanbao.
Just when Chen Ying didn't know what to do, Princess Pingyang rode his horse to the bottom of the city and said, "I don't know who you are? Zong Luohu doesn't seem to be so young, right?"
Chapter completed!