Chapter 1313: The Allied Forces of the Miscellaneous Hu Surround Baitu City

Huchuquan's words caused a burst of laughter from everyone, and one of the generals laughed and said: "Don't worry Shanyu, the general will definitely send people to keep an eye on their west gate. If there is any abnormality, they will immediately alert them and they will never let the Tang army escape." Understand."

Xubu Guduhou said at the side: "Chanyu, how about I burn down the pontoon bridge of the Tang army? The west gate of Baitu City is still nearly two hundred steps away from the pontoon bridge. We only need a hundred warriors carrying kerosene. Bag, throw it on the pontoon bridge, and then burn the pontoon bridge with fire. Even if it can't burn it all, it can prevent their army from successfully retreating to the other side of the river. "

Hu Chuquan thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case, so he nodded and agreed to his request.

On the tower of Baitu City, Huangfu Chaobo, Guo Jia and Fazheng were observing the situation of the Zahu coalition forces. Seeing a group of barbarian generals pointing at the city wall, Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said: "It seems that they have set their sights on the unrepaired city wall."

There are indeed several large gaps in the city wall of Baitu City. These places were specially left by Huangfu Chaobo. Behind these gaps are traps for miscellaneous soldiers and horses. These gaps are about ten feet wide, but the height of both sides of the gap from the city wall is not small. The shortest one is also about ten feet. And tonight, the city defenders will build a several-foot high wall on both sides of the gap. The parapets made it more difficult for soldiers to climb.

Behind the gap, it did not lead directly to the city, but surrounded the back with structures like urns. And behind the city wall, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty dug out the ground to a depth of ten feet. The soil excavated from the pit was used as the material for the wall of the Weng City, and breastworks about several feet high were built in the city. In this way, coupled with the depth of the pit, these breastworks would become an insurmountable chasm for the soldiers.

While several people were chatting, they suddenly discovered that hundreds of knights had separated from the large group of miscellaneous cavalry and ran towards the northwest.

Huangfu Chaobo felt strange, why did the other party suddenly send out these hundreds of knights, and what did they mean?

However, few people could figure out why these cavalry left. After hundreds of cavalry left, the large group of cavalry left without looking back and headed in the direction they came from.

Watching the Zahu cavalry retreat, Huangfu Chaobo suddenly asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, can we send troops to conduct a night attack on the Zahu cavalry tonight?"

Guo Jia thought for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, you can first send someone to carefully observe the camp of the Zahu coalition before making a plan. However, in Jia's opinion, if our withdrawal today has an effect on their confusion, a night attack It’s not impossible.”

"Shi Ah, immediately send someone to the coalition camp to observe and see how their camp security situation is doing." After Huangfu Chaobo finished speaking, he looked up at the sky and ordered: "Pass the order, Yuan Rong Crossbowmen Get some rest as soon as possible. If you can get out of the city to raid, I’ll leave the raid to them tonight.”

"No!" Shi A stood by and immediately took the order;

"How is the material preparation in the city? Are the defense facilities and materials in place?" Huangfu Chaobo turned to Fazheng and asked;

"Back to your Majesty, the city has already accumulated the food, grass and supplies needed by the 50,000-strong army for half a year. The defense facilities and supplies inside and outside the city have also been prepared according to the previous plan. Now we are just waiting for the Zahu coalition to attack the city. If Being able to annihilate most of the 50,000 coalition forces in one fell swoop will be a great help to our subsequent war," Fa Zheng bowed and replied;

Huangfu Chaobo nodded: "Yes, if they can be completely wiped out or even lose more than half of their troops, it will be of great help to the subsequent war."

At this moment, an alarm bell suddenly sounded in the west direction of the city, and then they saw a large plume of thick smoke appearing in the west. Several people were surprised when they saw a fast horse galloping from the direction of the west gate, and in a moment they arrived at the gate tower of the east city. I saw the knight quickly turn over and dismount,

He ran straight up to the tower, shouting as he ran: "Your Majesty, please report urgently from the west gate!"

Huangfu Chaobo gestured to Dian Wei. Upon seeing this, Dian Wei shouted to the bottom of the tower: "The king is here!"

The knight rushed up the city wall, quickly came to Huangfu Chaobo, knelt down and reported: "Reporting to your Majesty, the Zahu coalition just sent cavalry to burn down the pontoon bridge above the Wan River in the west."

"Oh, besides burning down the pontoon bridge, did they do anything else?" Guo Jia heard this and asked quickly;

The knight shook his head: "About five hundred Huns cavalry suddenly came galloping from the north of the city along the west wall to the south. At first, the soldiers guarding the city didn't know what they were going to do, so they sounded the alarm immediately. Unexpectedly, those cavalrymen rushed all the way. When passing the pontoon bridge, the three or four hundred cavalrymen in front suddenly pulled out a leather bag from the side of the horse's belly, and then threw it hard onto the pontoon bridge, while the dozens of cavalrymen behind them lit the fire on their horses. Then they threw the lit cloth on the pontoon, and then the Huns cavalry walked away. Now the section of the pontoon close to the city gate has been burned down. "

Hearing this, Guo Jia put his palms in his hands and laughed, saying, "Your Majesty, it's done!"

Fazheng also nodded repeatedly.

Huangfu Chaobo was also overjoyed after hearing this. He looked at the two people and was about to ask. Guo Jia had already spoken: "Does Your Majesty know why the Huns wanted to burn the pontoon bridge?"

Before Huangfu Chaobo could answer, Guo Jia continued to talk to himself: "The first is to cut off our army's retreat, and the second is to cut off our retreat route. In this case, the king can arrange it with confidence. Tonight's night attack will definitely be successful, and it should be able to better arouse the anger of the coalition soldiers. I believe that tomorrow's battle will be very fierce."

"Okay, pass the order down, and the army will act according to the original plan. No, since we know that the battle will be very fierce, the Yuanrong crossbowmen will definitely be an important force tomorrow. Tonight's night attack will be handed over to the cavalry, and Liu Bao's Xiongnu cavalry will be ordered to prepare for the response. These two cavalry should not have much to do during the day tomorrow." Huangfu Chaobo said. Xing gave the order;

After thinking for a while, Huangfu Chaobo gave another order: "Pass on my military order, order General Xu Huang to be the chief general, responsible for all matters related to the defense of Baitu City. From me on, everyone will obey his orders, and no one can make mistakes."

After that, Huangfu Chaobo took off his sword and handed it to Xu Huang, saying: "General Xu, take the order!"

"Thank you for your trust, the king, and I will repay you with my death!" Xu Huang was deeply moved, and hurriedly knelt down, solemnly stretched out his hands to take the sword handed over by Huangfu Chaobo, raised his head, and cried;

"I believe in the general!" Huangfu Chaobo patted Xu Huang on the shoulder and smiled; after that, he led Guo Jia and others back to the county government office in the city without looking back.