Cheng Yaojin, who was wearing an iron-leaf yellow flower armor, nodded slightly.
"Okay, okay, okay, there isn't a coward here. They are indeed the soldiers led by me, Old Cheng."
The mature and solemn Niu Jinda beside him had an indescribably solemn expression on his face.
He glanced at the generals kneeling in front of him, and then at Cheng Yaojin who was selecting generals.
"Manager, do you want to think about it again?"
Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said:
"I have made up my mind, don't try to persuade me anymore."
"Next, what you have to do is to negotiate with the enemy on the grounds of the safety of the people and soldiers leaving the city, and try to delay as much time as possible."
Niu Jinda pursed his lips when he heard this and said:
"But..."
Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened, he waved his hand and said:
"Nothing, just carry out the order."
"Here."
After saying that, Niu Jinda walked towards the city.
Cheng Yaojin withdrew his gaze and returned it to the generals. After looking around, he finally stopped at General Su Dingfang.
"General Su Dingfang, the commander of the left-leading army guard, came forward to listen to the order."
Su Dingfang suddenly raised his fists and said loudly:
"The end will be here."
Cheng Yaojin took down a command arrow from the desk next to him.
"I order you to immediately select five hundred elite cavalry from the camp, ready to go out of the city to meet the enemy at any time."
With that said, Cheng Yaojin handed the command arrow to Su Dingfang.
"Here."
Su Dingfang caught the token, stood up and jumped on a maroon horse, whipping the whip, and ran towards the horse track.
After a while,
After Niu Jinda finished negotiating with the party members in the city, he turned around and walked quickly to Cheng Yaojin, cupped his hands and said:
"General manager, the party members have heard that we are going to fight, and they have promised to release the people, and even agreed to let the people enter the city first."
Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows when he heard this and asked:
"Agreed so easily? Did they put any conditions?"
Niu Jinda replied:
"Their only condition is that we must send five hundred cavalry out of the city to fight within two quarters of an hour."
"If we make a mistake, they will drive more people here, and when that time comes..."
Although Niu Jinda didn't say the rest, Cheng Yaojin already understood what he meant.
Cheng Yaojin cursed secretly, stomped on the spot, and after a while, he said with a serious face:
"They are so confident. I think they will capture more people than these."
"I'm afraid, just like you said, they just want to eat away at us bit by bit by blackmailing the people."
"For the current plan, we can only accept the fight first, and then find ways to delay time to see if there is a chance to rescue those people."
Niu Jinda sighed after hearing this and said:
"It can only be the."
"By the way, Zhijie, have you noticed that most of the people who came to attack the city today seem to be party cavalry?"
Cheng Yaojin nodded and said:
"I saw it early on."
At this moment, Liu Ergou ran over in a hurry, knelt down on one knee, and said:
"Reporting to the general manager, the general has just ordered people to investigate the remaining three city gates. So far, no trace of the enemy has been found."
Cheng Yaojin nodded slightly and said to Liu Ergou:
"Inform the other three captains and ask them to continue to observe and not to let down their guard. Once traces of the enemy are discovered, report them to Manager Niu as soon as possible."
"Here."
After Liu Ergou left, Cheng Yaojin thought for a while and said to Niu Jinda:
"The enemy army was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic today. Not only did they replace the main siege force with party members, but they also gave up on besieging Lanzhou from all sides. This is probably not a good thing."
"Go to the east city gate and try to send a few scouts to find out the enemy's movements."
Niu Jinda nodded and said:
"I will order someone to come over later."
Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said:
"Nowadays, most of the attention of the barbarians outside the city is focused on the upcoming competition. It is the best time. Don't waste time. Go now."
After saying that, Cheng Yaojin turned over and jumped on his mount.
Niu Jinda looked up at Cheng Yaojin, cupped his hands and said:
"Okay, then go now and meet up at Wengcheng later."
Cheng Yaojin nodded slightly, with a smile on his lips, then turned the horse's head and ran towards the horse track.
.....
A quarter of an hour later, inside the urn at the east gate of Lanzhou City.
Cheng Yaojin, who was wearing Mingguang armor and riding a jujube horse with iron legs, came to the front of five hundred cavalry led by Su Dingfang.
Cheng Yaojin held the reins with one hand, his eyes swept over the faces of the soldiers one by one, and started mobilizing before the war.
"My sons, are you afraid?"
Five hundred cavalrymen shouted loudly:
"Not afraid."
"Not afraid."
"Kill all the barbarians."
Cheng Yaojin nodded with satisfaction.
"very good."
Then his voice suddenly rose, with a cold tone in his tone.
"I came here just to tell you that the barbarians outside the city are none other than the Dangxiang clan who stabbed us in the back a few days ago."
"It is precisely because of the rebellion of these barbarians that countless of our brothers hate the northwest."
"It is also because of them that our left leading army guard was trapped in Lanzhou City and suffered heavy casualties."
"Now they are using shameless means to hijack the people of Tang Dynasty and force us to leave the city to confront them."
"Tell me, what should we do?"
The soldiers present, whether they were cavalrymen who were about to leave the city or soldiers who came to see them off, all looked fiercely in their eyes, raised their weapons high, and shouted:
"Kill, kill, kill."
Cheng Yaojin first glanced at the open city gate next to him, and then glanced at Niu Jinda who had just stepped into the urn city.
Suddenly, Cheng Yaojin took out the horsetail from his horse, raised it high above his head and said:
"Gentlemen, please follow me to kill the enemy and avenge the dead brothers."
After saying that, Cheng Yaojin suddenly clamped his horse's belly and rushed towards the city gate like an arrow from the string.
When the five hundred cavalrymen saw their commander, they rushed out at the head of the horse. Each one of them was as if they had been beaten to death. Without waiting for the commander Su Dingfang's order, they urged their horses to follow.
Su Dingfang was shocked when he saw this.
Just now he was wondering why Cheng Yaojin took off his iron-leaf yellow armor and put on ordinary Mingguang armor, but now he suddenly understood.
Niu Jinda, who had arranged the scouts, had just entered Wengcheng when he happened to see Cheng Yaojin leading his army out of the city.
Niu Jinda stamped his foot fiercely, pointed at Su Dingfang, and shouted sadly:
"Su Dingfang, you bastard, what are you doing in a daze? Why don't you go and protect the manager? If the manager makes any mistake, I won't be able to spare you."
Su Dingfang came back to his senses, clasped his fists towards Niu Jinda, and said:
"Please don't worry, Manager Niu. Even if the general dies, he will bring the manager back."
After saying that, Su Dingfang turned his horse's head and ran towards the city gate.
A few moments,
As the city gate closed again, Niu Jinda let out a long sigh and urged the horses to go outside.
As soon as he left the barbican, a soldier quickly ran up to him, cupped his hands and said:
"Chief Niu, all the people outside the city have entered the Wengcheng. Those who came in are all old and weak women and children. It is not yet sure whether there are any enemy troops."
"How to arrange these people, please let Manager Niu decide."
Niu Jinda's mind was filled with the idea of hurrying to the top of the city to check the fighting situation between the two sides, so he said without thinking:
"Take them away from Wengcheng and choose an open space to place them five miles west of the city gate."
"Here."
........
