Time travel, sell Tang poems at the beginning

It is said that Lu Dongyuan walked out of the north city wall and then walked quickly towards the Yan army camp.

"Who is coming? Tell me your name quickly!"

Lu Dongyuan paused and said loudly, "The commander of the Jingjian Division, Lu Dongyuan, has urgent military information to meet with General Gao. Please report it immediately."

Ling Chen, the Major General of the Musket Battalion, stepped forward to take a look and then saluted, "Commander Lu, our general is at the command desk, follow me!"

Lu Dongyuan quickly cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll have to trouble General Ling."

Soon, Ling Chen led Lu Dongyuan to the command platform, "Greetings, General Gao!"

Gao Rui quickly raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite, please sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, General!"

Gao Rui nodded. "Commander Lu left the city late at night, but are there any unusual movements by the Vietnamese troops in Hegu City?"

"That's right. I just received reliable intelligence that the Vietnamese troops in the city are gathering towards the two gates to the south and west. It is very likely that the Vietnamese troops will break out tonight."

"Boom boom boom..."

As soon as Lu Dongyuan finished speaking, intensive explosions were heard from the direction of the South City Gate.

Gao Rui suddenly stood up from his chair and said, "It's the direction of the South Gate. It seems that the Vietnamese army is really trying to break out. Unfortunately, the general has ordered me to go nowhere and I can only hold the North Gate to avoid falling into the Vietnamese army's plan of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Making a feint to the east and attacking in the west? Lure the tiger away from the mountain? Lu Dongyuan's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "General Gao, I understand. The Vietnamese army is just feinting at the South Gate. Their real breakthrough direction is the West Gate. Once General Xue sends troops to reinforce the South Gate, the consequences will be disastrous."

Gao Rui waved his hand quickly and said, "Commander Lu, don't worry. General Xue will never rashly send reinforcements without receiving a request for help from General Cheng."

After Gao Rui said this, Lu Dongyuan finally put his mind at ease.

"General Gao, since we already know that the Vietnamese army's breakout direction is the West City Gate, I wonder if General Gao can send troops to reinforce the West City Gate?"

"This……"

"Commander Lu, the general has ordered that we should not rashly send reinforcements without receiving a request for help. I dare not disobey the order!"

"General Gao, the situation is urgent and we don't have time to consult the prince. What if the Vietnamese army breaks through the defense of the west gate and lets Murong Zhengming escape? How can you and I explain to the prince? The opportunity for war is fleeting. General Gao, please trust the intelligence of the Mirror and Mirror Division and make a quick decision. I'm afraid it will be too late if you are late."

Gao Rui thought for a moment and slowly said, "What Commander Lu said does not make sense. How about this! General Ling, you personally lead 500 musketeers and 2,000 archers with enough bombs to reinforce the west gate immediately."

"Yes, General!"

Ling Chen clasped his hands together and bowed, then turned around and quickly walked down the command platform...

"General Gao, there is no time to lose. I will go to the East City Gate to inform General Xiao and borrow his horse. I'll take my leave now!"

Lu Dongyuan bowed, leaped up and landed directly on a warhorse under the command platform.

"Oh! Go go go..."

Looking at Lu Dongyuan's back as he rode away on horseback, Gao Rui couldn't help but exclaimed: "As expected of the commander of the Mirror and Mirror Division, he really has great skills!"

The sound of artillery fire outside the South City Gate instantly alarmed the entire River Valley City. Lights were turned on in every household and people went out of their homes. The first thing people thought of was that Yan’s army was attacking the city.

Civil and military officials on Xingzheng Street also went out of their homes. They inquired about the situation everywhere. After learning that it was the Yue army that took the initiative to break out at the South Gate, in order to avoid being liquidated by the Yan army after entering the city, they began to pack up their gold and silver and rushed to the South Gate with their families.

The battle outside the South Gate was very fierce, and the explosions continued. Under the supervision of Cao Chun, 80,000 provincial troops rushed out of the city gate in batches, and then fell near the city gate. As the number of Vietnamese corpses near the city gate increased, the Vietnamese soldiers coming out from behind had to step on the corpses on the ground to move forward.

Time passed little by little, and half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, but the Yue state's provincial army still could not break through the siege of Yan's army.

Inside the west city gate.

Murong Zhengming sat quietly on the dragon chariot. When Fengyutai Governor Wu Kaiyuan received a report from his subordinates, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, the provincial army has not been able to break through the encirclement of the Yan army so far."

Murong Zhengming had anticipated this result and immediately said, "Lord Wu, what time is it now?"

Wu Kaiyuan quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it's just past midnight."

"It's almost time, Lord Mo, the Tiger Guards must break out of the city immediately."

"Sir, obey the order!"

Mo Wuji saluted, immediately jumped on his horse, raised the halberd in his hand high and pointed forward, "Hurry and open the city gate."

"squeak……"

At Mo Wuji's command, the west city gate slowly opened.

"Warriors of the Tiger Guards, charge!"

"rush……"

The Tiger Guards were the imperial guards of Nanyue, and their combat power was incomparable to that of the provincial army. The most valiant cavalry of the Tiger Guards were the first to rush out of the west gate...

Outside the west city gate.

As soon as the explosion was heard at the South Gate, Yan's army became highly alert, with muskets and artillery ready to fire at any time. Xue Zhuo stood on the command platform, observing the enemy situation with a telescope in his hand.

A quarter of an hour later, Ling Chen, the Major General of the Musket Battalion, arrived outside the West City Gate with 500 Musketeers and 2,000 Archers. He then quickly came to the command platform, clasped his hands together and saluted, "Reporting to General Xue, I am following General Gao's orders to lead 500 Musketeers and 2,000 Archers to reinforce the West City Gate."

Xue Zhuo looked at Ling Chen in confusion, "General Ling, there has been no fighting at our West Gate so far, are you mistaken?"

Ling Chen quickly cupped his hands and said, "General Xue, this is what happened. Just now, the commander of the Mirror Division, Lu Dongyuan, found General Gao..."

Next, Ling Chen briefly repeated Lu Dongyuan’s analysis.

Xue Zhuo nodded. "Outside the west city gate is the vast mountainous area, which is indeed the best route for the Vietnamese army to break out. Major General Ling, quickly lead the brothers into the army formation."

"Yes, General!"

Ling Chen clasped his hands together, saluted, turned around and walked down the command platform.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Dongyuan and Major General Duan Fa of the Musket Battalion arrived outside the west gate with five hundred musketeers and two thousand archers, and then quickly joined the army. When everything was ready, they began to wait for the Yue army to break out of the city.

Time passed little by little, and suddenly the west gate slowly opened, a beam of fire shot out from the gate, and then a team of Vietnamese cavalry quickly rushed out of the city.

Xue Zhuo immediately shouted, "Artillery battalion, fire immediately."

"Boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom..."

"Hiss..."

"Ah ah ah..."

One hundred artillery pieces fired at the west gate. Shells exploded outside the gate. The Vietnamese cavalry were hit by the shells and killed instantly. The cavalry within five steps of the explosion point were also hit by shrapnel and died on the spot. Countless cavalry who were far away were injured and fell to the ground.

The screams of people, the roars of horses, and the explosions of shells intertwined with each other, and the tragic breakout battle officially began...