Datang: Showdown, your father and I are Li Shimin

Chapter 133 Suspected establishment of the gate
In Maozhou Pass, as the battle ended, fatigue swept over all the soldiers. Many of them had to hold their weapons in their hands while walking. Their legs were extremely sore, as if they were filled with lead water.

However, there are also many extremely excited people in the army, and many sergeants below the city tower are carrying the bags around their waists with great excitement.

The master of the Chinese army copied a long roll of cloth, and the soldiers lined up one after another. Although they were exhausted, their enthusiasm remained undiminished.

Seeing the chief secretary unfolding the cloth, the soldier Qi Yao immediately turned the cloth bag around his waist and opened it, revealing two ears and a nose inside. The corps commanders around him also served as witnesses to prove the few things he had provided. The ears and nose were indeed killed and cut off by his own hands.

"Five people in the army, two soldiers, three people killed, six military merits, and two soldiers will be recorded: four!" The master recorded the military merits, and waved his hand towards the crowd, and the next person was the bearded soldier , the soldier took out the bag from his waist, his expression very disappointed.

The chief secretary of the army glanced at the bearded man and saw that the bearded man took out four noses from the bag and placed them on the table. The bearded man said with a very gloomy face: "There are four soldiers in our army, and I am the only one left. Military merit without certificate is invalid..."

After finishing speaking, the bearded man turned around and left in a very disappointed mood.

The few onlookers behind were also horrified. If their military exploits had only physical evidence but no personal witnesses, they would be invalidated. This is also how the soldiers cooperate with each other to protect each other in the army.

The battle on the battlefield is not a total chaos. Each has its own team, covering each other's advancement.

In this battle to defend the city, everyone was obviously dazzled by the double military merit. For a moment, they even forgot to cooperate with the sergeants in their own ranks, resulting in no proof that they had military industry.

Suddenly, a very familiar voice came from not far away: "Wait!"

"I can attest to his military exploits."

When everyone looked up, it turned out to be Deputy General Qin Wan.

The bearded man was also very frightened, his eyes widened, and he quickly saluted Qin Wan: "The villain Tao Hu pays his respects to General Qin."

The rest of the people also saluted Qin Wan one after another, and the chief secretary of the Chinese army also stood up, looked at Qin Wan and said, "General Qin, can you prove it?"

Qin Wan immediately nodded and said: "The Tubo army is approaching fiercely. Every Tang soldier who fought bravely to kill the enemy should receive a corresponding reward. There is no one in the army to prove it. You can go up level by level and find out where the fire leader of the army is. What is the reward?" Wait for proof."

"If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and you must not invalidate it easily; but if someone falsely claims military merit, he must be severely punished!"

The chief of the Central Army nodded slightly, then picked up his pen and continued: "All four of Tao Hu's troops were killed. General Qin Wan can vouch for his military merits. Four of his troops died, four were killed, eight were recorded as military merits, and four were killed." , record military merit: four!"

Tao Hu was immediately overwhelmed with excitement, and thanked Qin Wan with a trembling voice: "Thank you, General Qin! Thank you, General Qin!"

Other soldiers around him also saluted Qin Wan.

Qin Wan's rhetoric undoubtedly aroused the desire of these soldiers to kill the enemy again.

The Tubo army is dozens of miles outside the city, and the soldiers in the city must be sufficiently motivated at all times. Qin Wan looked around at the surrounding sergeants with a solemn expression. The exhaustion on everyone's face was very strong.

And outside Maozhou Pass.

The clatter of horseshoes galloped all the way from the Maozhou pass to the Tubo military camp dozens of miles away.

The commander-in-chief of the Tubo Central Army sat on the bench very depressed, took off the armor from his head, and looked blankly at the sheepskin map hanging on the tent.

After a while, the former army general Dan Bayan, and the rear army leader general Pula and other deputy generals also rushed to the camp.

Everyone was a little downcast. Regarding the defeat just now, although there were mixed casualties on both sides, the blow to morale was very serious.

The low morale of the army weakens its combat effectiveness much more seriously than not having enough to eat.

Dan Bayang looked at the parchment map in the tent, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "Commander Suo Wang, do you want to continue the siege tomorrow?"

"I see that Qin Qiong and others have also traveled a long distance. I am afraid that they have also marched hundreds of miles in a hurry. The sergeants must be extremely tired. Although we are defeated tonight, because the gate of Maozhou Pass is sealed, I will lead the army to call for formation at midnight tomorrow to lure them. The soldiers went out of the city to meet the enemy, and took the city in one fell swoop!"

After Dan Bayang finished speaking, several lieutenants began to join forces, and General Puwang also nodded and said: "The Tang army is rushing for thousands of miles, and the subsequent army must still be on the way. I would like to lead two thousand elite soldiers to bypass Maozhou to stop Qin Qiong's rear army." !"

Suo Wang sat aside and looked at the map on the parchment. He quickly took the map off the account, looked at it carefully under the firelight, and then whispered: "Idiot's dream!"

"Do you really think that the Tang Dynasty is all old, weak, sick and disabled?"

"Although the Tang Dynasty suffered from the smallpox chaos, it is clear that the group of troops led by Qu Qiong was not affected by the smallpox, but their morale was high. The news that we led an army of 20 people from Tubo to the east to surprise the Tang Dynasty was reported in the short notice. The fact that Tang's reinforcements also arrived in less than ten days shows that Li Er was already on guard against me, Tubo."

"We cannot attack Maozhou Pass this time. If we stay in the outer city of Maozhou Pass for a long time, once the news of our attack on the Tang Dynasty is leaked, the Western Turks will inevitably send their troops southward. By then, our Tubo army will be restrained by the Tang army in the east and attacked by the Turks in the north. Attack, we will be the first to perish!"

Suo Wang looked at the flat map on the table with an unusually solemn expression, and his eyes were fixed on the border between Tubo and Tang Dynasty.

Danbayang and several lieutenants were immediately speechless and looked at Suo Wang nervously.

At this time, the night was getting dark, but everyone did not dare to relax at all. The inside and outside of Maozhou Pass were almost brightly lit.

Suo Wang leaned over the desk, looked at the crowd, and immediately set his eyes on Pula, the commander-in-chief of the rear army: "How is the progress of the construction of the rear army's siege vehicles?"

When Puwang was asked by the commander, his whole body suddenly became excited. After sorting out his thoughts, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Looking back to the commander, I saw that three equipment trucks have been built, and a frame has been built. The car only lacks a roof."

After all, Puwang looked at Commander Suowang with some doubts, and immediately asked: "If the commander is going to attack the city early tomorrow morning, I will go and urge them to rush to make it overnight."

After the words fell, Suo Wang did not reply for a long time.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do for a moment. They just looked at Suo Wang who was leaning in front of the desk in a daze.

"There is no need to hurry up!" Suo Wang suddenly said: "Build a chariot or a watchtower first, then explore the intelligence inside Maozhou Pass over time, and temporarily build a gate at the gate of our military camp."

"Ah?" Puwang looked at the surrounding people with some doubts, and Dan Bayang couldn't help raising his eyebrows and asked: "Didn't Commander Suowang just say that I can't wait for a long time outside this Maozhou pass?"

"Why do you want to build a camp outside Maozhou Pass?"

Suo Wang suddenly showed a very confident smile, looked at the crowd, and then drew a line on the border between the two countries, saying: "Bazhou, Suizhou, and Yazhou are still some distance away from here."

"My rear army's luggage is still on the way. First, let the Tang pigs here give the illusion that Maozhou will be captured, and explore the military situation in the three places of Bazhou. What if he has 20 reinforcements in Maozhou?"

(End of this chapter)