"Bah! This Tang Jun is really difficult to deal with!"
An East Vietnamese soldier wiped the blood on his knife with the sole of his boot: "One man actually killed four Nanyang barbarians we led."
"Tell me, can we really break into Baozi City?"
"Hey, aren't you afraid of their powerful cannon?"
"Don't tell me, aren't you afraid? It's not like you haven't seen them test-run on the border. Those hills-like rocks exploded to pieces."
"Yes, their cannon is powerful, but we have received news that the powerful cannon will be useless if it rains. It will be a rainy season for almost two to three months now. What are you afraid of?"
"That's right, and this time the higher-ups have announced that whether they capture Tang Ping, Duke of Ping of the Tang Dynasty, alive, or bring back his head, they will be rewarded with a cart full of gold, a cart full!"
The money and silk moved people's hearts, and his words made the eyes of the surrounding East Vietnamese soldiers light up.
Dongyue is really rich now, and no one among them doubts whether this reward will not be implemented.
"But what happens after the rainy season? What if the Tang Dynasty attacks us after the rainy season?"
It was still the East Vietnamese sergeant who was worried at the beginning.
"Hey, you don't understand. Although their divine cannons are powerful, they are heavy and heavy. As long as our navy guards the river, the Tang Dynasty can't cross the river. How can they fight us? If they can't fight, they will send away a few cities outside. Just give it to Tang Jun."
"Who doesn't know that the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is mostly due to Tang Ping. As long as Tang Ping dies, the Tang Dynasty will surely decline. Countries have been threatened by the Tang Dynasty for so long. No matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty is, they attack the Tang Dynasty all over the world. They Can you still hold on?"
Although these low-level soldiers knew little about it, they were right about some of the reasons.
But the bigger reason is actually fear.
The surrounding countries now all hope that Tang Ping will take power in the Tang Dynasty, but Dongyue does not.
Because Wang Qingluan is his daughter-in-law, his father-in-law died at the hands of Zhen Xiong, who is now in power in East Vietnam.
Zhen Xiong knew that Tang Ping would never let Dong Yue go.
Other countries could surrender to the Tang Dynasty like the Turks, but East Vietnam could not.
If Dongyue surrenders to the Tang Dynasty, his Zhen family will not even have a dog left. And Datang is getting stronger and stronger. If they can't find a breakthrough, it will be nothing more than a slow death for them.
Now that Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan were in Baozi City, he felt that this was the best opportunity.
As long as he seizes this opportunity to deal with these two people, he even imagines that he can cede ten border cities to Datang, plus a large amount of compensation, and then just pass the blame to a border guard general.
Because he himself is such a person who can give up anything for the sake of profit, so he takes it for granted that Li Shimin is also like this.
By then Tang Ping was dead, and East Vietnam was now strong in military strength. He bet that Li Shimin would not choose to go to war with East Vietnam, but would instead accept the cities and compensation.
The Tang Dynasty is just relying on the equipment of the Divine Power Cannon. The weakness of the Divine Power Cannon is too obvious, and Dongyue is rich now, and their equipment, horses and other equipment are no worse than those of the Tang Dynasty.
That's why Zhen Xiong dared to send people to surprise Baozicheng.
Because it was getting dark, the East Vietnamese soldiers didn't see clearly whether they were chasing one person or two people. After taking out Gou Sheng, they thought that the patrol team had been completely wiped out, and went back to join the main force to prepare. A surprise attack on Baozi City.
Li Dali didn't know how long he had been running over there. He only knew that he couldn't stop and he couldn't let down his brothers and Gou Sheng.
Finally, he saw the city wall of Baozi City, stumbled to the bottom of the city wall, and shouted: "There is an enemy attack!"
Then he slowly fell to the ground.
"General Yao, a patrol team just reported that they encountered an enemy attack thirty miles outside the city. Due to the weather, the number of incoming enemies is unknown."
In the big tent, Yao Yuanzhi frowned when he got the news, and began to set up defense.
After instructing all the generals under his command to perform their respective duties, he came to the post house where Tang Ping was located.
"What? You want us to leave first?" Tang Ping frowned, then looked at Yao Yuanzhi and said, "What happened?"
Yao Yuanzhi knew he couldn't hide it, so he could only say: "Unknown enemies are approaching Baozi City. For the safety of Duke Ping and the princess, I will send people and Xuan Jiaqi to send Duke Ping away first."
"This is the border between Datang and East Vietnam. Who else could the enemy be from besides East Vietnam?" Tang Ping sneered: "Yuanzhi, I'm afraid their target is me, and there may even be their people behind Baozi City. , I’m going to leave now, I’m afraid I’ll fall into a trap!”
"But Mr. Pingguo, you have your car. If I want to leave, how can I stop you?"
"Yuanzhi, you think that car is so magical. In fact, you only need a pit that is not too deep to make that car insurmountable."
Yao Yuanzhi thought about it, nodded and said: "What Duke Ping Guo said makes sense. Dongyue chose to raid Baozi City at this time. I'm afraid it's really for you. I'm afraid there are enemy spies in Baozi City. We can't say They also know that the Divine Cannon cannot be used in rainy weather.”
"How many defenders are there in Baozi City now?"
"Fifty thousand soldiers and fifty thousand auxiliary soldiers, but they can all defend the city!"
"Okay, Yuanzhi, just go and command the defense of the city. The fifteen hundred black armor cavalry I have here are also at your disposal."
"Here!"
Yao Yuanzhi clasped his fists, and Tang Ping asked Xiang Long to follow him so that he could dispatch the Xuanjia Cavalry whenever he needed it.
"young married woman……"
There were some things that he could hide from Yao Yuanzhi, but he certainly couldn't hide them from Wang Qingluan. The two of them had lived together for so long, and they were both too familiar with each other.
For example, what Tang Ping said about their inability to escape.
You must know that in order for Wang Qingluan to have a good look at Dongyue, Tang Ping actually brought a hot-air balloon here. The east wind is blowing now. As long as they can fly out of the encirclement of Dongyue with the wind in the hot-air balloon, they will land in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. .
"I know!" Wang Qingluan clapped his fearful hand: "The war is about to begin. As the Duke of Pingguo of the Tang Dynasty, you run away before the battle, and you want Baozi City to divide troops to protect you. I am afraid that the morale of Baozi City's troops will be greatly reduced, and maybe even in an instant Expose it. You did the right thing!"
In ancient wars, the role of morale was sometimes far greater than the number of people and the quality of weapons on both sides.
"If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have brought Tang Tang here!" Tang Ping said with some annoyance.
"What are you afraid of? Tang Tang is my daughter and the princess of East Vietnam. How can I be afraid of those East Vietnam traitors?" Wang Qingluan comforted him: "And I believe in you. Even if the war goes against you, you have a way to protect us. "
"Well, if the war is really unfavorable, we can leave first in a hot air balloon and then come back to take revenge!"
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