Jiang Shuo and others entered the tent and saw a tall general sitting behind the handsome desk in the middle. He was eight feet long, with eyes like purple stone ridges and a beard like a hedgehog. He was very tall, but his hair was almost all gone. White. The person who came was none other than Ge Shuhan, the military envoy from Hexi and Longyou towns, and the commander of the 100,000 Tang troops who besieged Shibao City this time.
In fact, Ge Shuhan is only in his early forties and less than fifty. When he was young, he drank too much in Chang'an City and wasted too much. As a result, his hair turned gray early. It was not until the death of his grandfather, Anxi Deputy Governor Ge Shu Daoyuan, when he was forty years old that Ge Shuhan truly experienced being looked down upon and despised. Feeling the taste of war, he turned to work hard and went to Hexi to join the army. He soon showed his outstanding military talent. In just a few years, he became a general in the government and an envoy in the great battles.
After Wang Zhongsi was slandered and demoted, Geshuhan was valued by the saints. He first served as the governor of Longyou, and then became the governor of Hexi. In Kubahai, Jishi's army defeated the Tubo army many times, so that the Tubo people talked about Geshu. Changes, there is "Ge Shu Ge" which says: "The Big Dipper is high, Ge Shu carries a knife at night. Until now, he has been spying on the herding horses, but he dare not cross Lintao." This shows that Ge Shuhan's people in Longyou are watching, and this time he attacked Shibao City. Shu Han is the natural leader.
At this moment, Ge Shuhan was scolding all the generals in front of him.
I heard Ge Shuhan say angrily: "The war has only been going on for ten days, and the war has made no progress. All the food and grass in Yinglong City have been burned. If this continues, let alone the capture of Shibao City, the 100,000-strong army will not be able to survive." And retreat."
Jing Zhencheng, who had just entered the battle, also gritted his teeth and said: "Iron Blade Xenoro is determined to be a coward. I have picked a dozen people recently and tried my best to provoke him, but he can tolerate it."
At this time, a general crossed his hands and said: "General, we have surrounded Shibao City with water, and the Tibetans have no boats. The fire in Yinglong City is really strange!"
It was Zhang Shouyu who spoke. Brother Shuhan casually grabbed a silver wine glass on the table and threw it at Zhang Shouyu's head, cursing: "Fart!"
Zhang Shouyu did not dare to dodge, and let the wine glass hit his forehead, causing blood to flow out immediately. Ge Shuhan was still angry and said: "I tell you, kid, no matter who it is, they always burn all the food and grass reserves here. At present, our army only has three days of rations that each soldier carries with him, which can barely last for five days, and every one of the 100,000 soldiers has seen the fire that shot up to the sky yesterday. I don't think it will take three or five days. The morale of the army will be shaken tomorrow."
Another general next to Zhang Shouyu said: "Commander, why don't you retreat to Huangzhou temporarily, wait until the wheat in Longyou is ripe, collect the grain, and then come back to fight the Tibetan army to the death."
This time it was Gao Xiuyan who spoke. Jing Zhencheng said, "It's June today, and the wheat will be ripe in three months at the earliest. The saint is urging us to fight every day. How can we wait so long?"
Ge Shuhan also said angrily: "If our army retreats, Ying Longcheng and Shenwei Army in the north and Jishi Army in the south will be left alone. It will be difficult to defend these two places. Then we have to It’s back to the situation four years ago... Based on Jin Cheng’s opinion, we must not retreat!”
Gao Xiuyan said: "Yesterday's fire, no matter how stupid Tieren Xinuoluo is, he already knows that we are short of food, let alone will not go to war, within three days..."
He lowered his head and glanced upward at Ge Shuhan and said, "I'm afraid... I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture Stone Castle..."
Ge Shuhan gritted his teeth and said: "Three vanguards, don't always try to outwit us. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says that all warriors rely on perfect combination to win by surprise. Now the opponent is guarding the city with a majestic formation. What's left of us? The only method available is to attack by force!"
Zhang Shouyu said: "General, our army can only go up the mountain through the narrow road in front of the stone castle. Even with thousands of troops and horses, it is difficult to shake the stone castle..."
Ge Shuhan squinted his eyes, sitting and listening to their argument as if he was half awake and half asleep, as if he was in a false drowsiness, but suddenly he got angry and shouted: "You two are pushing and blocking, shaking the morale of the army, today the Japanese commander wants the army to Go forward and establish your authority." He shouted loudly: "Where is the left chariot?"
Zuo Che replied loudly: "I'm here!"
Ge Shuhan said: "Push these two people out of the camp gate and behead them in public!"
All the generals in the tent were shocked when they heard this, and they all knelt down and begged for mercy for General Zhang and Gao. Ge Shuhan just refused to listen and waved his hands impatiently. Zuo Chao led several sergeants to step forward and wanted to kidnap them.
Seeing this, Jiang Shuo could no longer bear it. He stepped forward and crossed his hands and said, "Commander Han, the battle is about to begin. It would be unlucky to kill the generals in front of the formation. Please take back your life.
Let them both be punished and make meritorious deeds. "
Ge Shuhan suddenly raised his head, glanced at Jiang Shuo, and sneered: "Boy, who are you? Dare to point fingers in front of me?"
Xiao Dayou hurriedly stepped forward and crossed his hands: "Qi Hanshuai, this is Jiang Shuo, the leader of our Cao Gang, he..."
Xiao Dayou was about to introduce Jiang Shuo's heroic deeds, but his brother Shuhan interrupted him and said: "Xiao Lang, I don't care what weird and outrageous things you heroes do, but everyone goes his own way, so you just have to do your best. Just transport them, don’t come and dictate our military affairs.”
Ge Shuhan was quite arrogant. Although the Cao Gang contributed a lot to transporting grain and fodder for the Tang army, in his eyes, they were just a group of rabble-rousers who showed off their strength and did not take the so-called gang leaders and helmsmen of the Cao Gang seriously.
Jiang Shuo, who was neither humble nor arrogant, still crossed his hands and said, "Commander Han, I have one thing to say, the same is death. Why not let the two of them fight with all their strength and die in battle? It's better than chopping off two useless heads."
Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan also knelt down quickly and said, "General, I would like to take the lead. Tomorrow morning I will be the first to die and be the first to rush to the top of Shibao City!"
At this time, another Turkic general crossed his arms and said to Ge Shuhan: "Hanshuai, it is certainly not a bad thing to ask the two of them to commit crimes and meritorious service, but it is too trivial to complete all their achievements in one battle. The last general suggested a three-day period, after which Shibao City cannot be captured. Yes, it won’t be too late to kill two more generals.”
Ge Shuhan sneered: "Three days...Abusi, you may have forgotten that we only have three days of food rations. If we cannot capture Shibao City in three days, the 100,000-strong army will be buried with them."
Shuo said: "It doesn't take three days... one day, just one day... we will be down to Shibao City before sunset tomorrow!"
Ge Shuhan turned his head and glanced at Jiang Shuo up and down, and said: "Noon, tomorrow will be limited to noon, and sunrise to noon will be enough for you to launch three attacks on the city. If you can't climb the city, I will..."
He pointed his hand towards his neck, and Jiang Shuo and others understood that this meant that he would kill without mercy.
Ge Shuhan looked at Jiang Shuo again, raised his hand and said half-jokingly and half-threateningly: "When the time comes, this crazy boy will also be executed."
After saying this, he waved his hand and said, "Close the tent!" Zigu went out of the tent, followed closely by Qinu Zuocha.
Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan loosened their ropes and stepped forward to greet Jiang Shuo. Zhang Shouyu said, "Thank you so much, young hero, for your help. However, the stone castle is very strong. How can we attack it in half a day? Because my two mortal men have implicated the young master." Xia, we really feel sorry for you."
Gao Xiuyan also said: "Yes, if you ask me, Young Hero, you can leave tonight. The four of us will attack the city tomorrow. If the general dies in battle, he will be considered a worthy death, and Young Hero will not be harmed at all."
Dugu Xiang smiled and said: "Hey...two generals, don't keep saying such discouraging words...Brother Shuo is so powerful, how do you know that you will not be able to capture Shibao City? Besides, even if we can't defeat it, we will turn around and run away. Big, where is old boy Ge Shuhan chasing us?"
Zhang Shouyu was startled, and couldn't help but look Shuo and Xiang up and down, and said to Dugu Xiang, "Are you Miss Xiang'er?" Then to Jiang Shuo, "You, are you... Jiang Shuo Jiang Suzhi?"
Gao Xiuyan said: "How is this possible? I heard that Young Master Jiang disappeared three years ago."
Jiang Shuo smiled and said, "Boss, I am Jiang Shuo. Three years ago I had a narrow escape from death, but am I back intact now?"
Zhang and Gao looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment, but Jing Zhencheng said happily: "Looking back, I know you will not die so easily. Can you tell me what your strategy is for attacking the city tomorrow? I am really talented, but I am willing to Let me give you a helping hand.”
However, what the three of them did not expect was that Jiang Shuo said sheepishly: "I, I actually don't have any good ideas. I just saw that Han Shuai wanted to kill two people, so I shouted out in a hurry."
The Turkic general named Albus laughed and said: "Ahem... Young Master Jiang, you are too impulsive. Commander Han often said that he would kill this and that. In fact, it is just a shock technique, and it does not really kill people. Today Your disrupting the situation has put everyone in a difficult position..."
Jiang Shuo became anxious when he heard this and said, "Ah, what should I do?"
He was too indecisive before, but this time he was reborn with the intention of killing
Fa was more decisive, but ended up saying the wrong thing again, and it turned into a tense situation of life or death.
Ge Ruliang couldn't stand it anymore and said calmly: "It's useless to talk about it now. Why not go and see how this stone castle is doing? Is there any flaws that haven't been discovered yet?"
There was nothing else to think about at this moment, so everyone agreed and left the tent together.
It was already dark at this time. The Tang army and the Tubo people each lit a lot of bonfires to prevent their opponents from sneak attacks at night, so they could see Shibao City very clearly. I saw that the Stone Castle stood on the cliff as expected. The stone wall was less than one foot. In fact, it was not very high. However, the Stone Castle stood on the 20-foot-high Gulu Stone Mountain. The city wall had reached the edge of the cliff. The two are connected to each other and are integrated. There is only a narrow road in the north that connects the city. It is said to be a narrow road, but it is actually three hundred steps long and more than ten steps wide. It can be used for carriages to cross and travel. It is only an entrance and exit of a city. In fact, it is It is so narrow that it can rival any other city in the world.
Dugu Xiang sighed: "Hey... Unless you have wings on your back, you can't even think of entering the stone castle."
While everyone was frowning, the white ape who followed Jiang Shuo suddenly said "Hmm," and pulled Jiang Shuo's sleeves while pointing his halberd upward.
Looking in the direction pointed by the white ape, there was a golden giant bird hovering in the sky. It flew very high. The sky was cloudless that night, and the giant bird's figure was unobstructed. Under the cold moonlight, I even felt the hugeness of the golden eagle. .z.
This golden eagle is not a vulture. Normally it will not stay in a certain place and hover for a long time. It has been circling for such a long time, but it seems to be looking for something.
Jiang Shuo said to Dugu Xiang, "Xiang'er, you are really right...it seems we are indeed going to fly into Shibao City!"
Dugu Xiang's eyes widened and he said, "What, Brother Shuo, have you really learned how to fly with a sword?"
At this moment, the golden eagle saw Jiang Shuo and Bai Yuan, roared with joy, and shot down from the sky like an arrow. It folded its wings and swooped down from high altitude. At this time, the light of the bonfire on the ground reflected on the giant bird's body, and the golden-red color was really beautiful.
