Du Qi was in the middle of a surprise attack with his army. When he saw the surrendered Tang soldiers, he ordered his men to capture all the captives. In less than an hour, all the captives were taken into custody. The army had been reorganized and accounted for.
Xue Rengui came to Du Qi's side and reported, "Your Majesty, in this battle, we captured more than 38,000 Tang soldiers and killed more than 3600 of them. Thousands of them escaped. In addition, Xiao Yuanqi captured Hou Junji alive. This time, Hou Junji fell into our hands again. "
Du Qi said, "Select the elites from the captured Tang soldiers and reorganize them into the army. As for the ordinary soldiers, leave them as auxiliary soldiers. These Tang soldiers are elites and can be used. "
Xue Rengui said, "This lowly one obeys."
It was not difficult to reorganize the soldiers because Du Qi's treatment in the army was very good. Moreover, many of these soldiers were locals. Thus, as long as they were given enough benefits, there was not much of a problem for them to submit to Du Qi.
Not long after, Hou Junji was brought over.
Du Qi looked at Hou Junji and said with a smile, "Hou Junji, I didn't expect that we would meet again! How is it? You must be quite excited right now. "
Hou Junji was about to cry.
He had fallen into the trap again.
This time, he had fallen into Du Qi's hands again.
Hou Junji, on the other hand, had learned his lesson. He was not willing to repeat the miserable fate he had suffered under Du Qi's command, so he immediately said, "Emperor Xia, this assassination attempt was actually instigated by Su Dingfang. He was the one who urged it. That was why there were soldiers ambushing us. If it was not me, I would not have taken action. "
He had sold out Su Dingfang and let Su Dingfang take the blame. In Hou Junji's view, he did not have a good relationship with Su Dingfang. Selling out Su Dingfang was not a big deal. As long as Su Dingfang did not expose him, everything would be fine.
Du Qi said, "Hou Junji, this king understands Su Dingfang. He was guarding Guazhou, so he would never agree to send troops, much less agree to assassinate me. I'm afraid you're trying to shirk responsibility. Why don't I immediately shout at Su Dingfang and ask Su Dingfang? If Su Dingfang arranged the assassination, this Prince will not punish you. If Su Dingfang hadn't instigated me, I would have killed you immediately. "
Hou Junji gave an embarrassed smile and said, "Emperor Xia, Su Dingfang did not say anything about assassinating you. In fact, it was one of my aides who urged the people around me to assassinate you. At that time, I was bewitched. "
Du Qi continued, "It just so happens that your subordinates have all been taken down. I'll ask your aides and see what they have to say. If you were bewitched, I'll let you go. If you weren't bewitched, I'll still kill you. "
Hou Junji was a little confused when he heard this.
Why does he always want to kill me?
Hou Junji was terrified. He knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "Emperor Xia, I was wrong. I shouldn't have arranged for someone to assassinate you. I was wrong. I beg Emperor Xia to spare my life and give me a way out."
Du Qi sneered, "Oh, you're willing to admit it."
Hou Junji gave an embarrassed smile. Facing Du Qi, he felt very guilty because he was really afraid that Du Qi would kill him.
Du Qi patted Hou Junji's face and said, "Speaking of which, you're really this king's lucky star. Last time, you took the initiative to start a war with this king and triggered a war between this king and the Tang dynasty. In the end, this king established himself in the Western Regions and became king. It was because of the scene of the 200,000 soldiers of the Tang dynasty that I was able to establish a country. This time, you took the initiative to attack again and were captured by this king. Your defeat will be the prelude to the fall of Guazhou. Hou Junji, you're really a cute person. "
Hou Junji's face twitched.
He felt embarrassed.
He was a man of several decades, the Duke of Lu of the Tang dynasty, the Duke of the Tang dynasty. He didn't expect that Du Qi would pat his face in front of so many people, and even call him a lucky star.
Hou Junji said, "Du Qi, even if you take Guazhou, you won't be able to establish yourself."
Du Qi smiled, "Who said I'm going to establish myself in Guazhou?"
Hou Junji asked, "Then what are you going to do?"
Du Qi sternly said, "What I'm going to do has nothing to do with you. In short, you've become a captive and made things difficult for the Emperor. Hou Junji, Hou Junji, take care of yourself. Mm, I hope you'll have a chance to survive. Otherwise, you'll definitely die. "
Hou Junji's heart sank.
"Take him away!"
Du Qi ordered.
Immediately, the soldiers dragged Hou Junji away while Du Qi led the army to the city tower. Du Qi raised his head and looked towards the city gate tower. He saw Su Dingfang who was clad in armor and said, "Brother Su, we meet again."
Su Dingfang said, "Guazhou is honored to have Emperor Xia here. But I, Su Dingfang, don't deserve Emperor Xia calling me Brother Su. Emperor Xia can just call me Governor Su or call me by my name. After all, you and I have our own standpoints and it's not appropriate to call each other brothers. Moreover, Emperor Xia has just invaded Guazhou and destroyed the army led by Hou Junji. This is tantamount to declaring war on the Tang dynasty. Emperor Xia, we are enemies. "
Du Qi said, "Standpoints are standpoints and personal relations are personal relations. I admire Brother Su's vision and ability. Moreover, although you and I are enemies, our personal relations are good. Forget it, if Governor Su wants to fight me, then so be it. Governor Su, if you open the gate and surrender, I won't kill more people. If Governor Su insists on resisting, you should know that Guazhou can't stop my army. "
Su Dingfang said calmly, "Then I'll wait on the city tower for Emperor Xia's attack."
The army on the city tower was all in position.
The defensive equipment was also in place.
Everyone was ready for battle and Su Dingfang had a certain level of confidence in defending the city. After all, they were on the city tower and not outside the city. Even if Du Qi had powerful weapons, Du Qi's grenades and landmines were useless in front of the city tower. Even if he had gunpowder, it was useless.
Du Qi smiled, "It seems that Governor Su has a lot of confidence in defending the county. Since that's the case, I'll test your ability. "
After a pause, Du Qi looked at Xue Rengui beside him and said, "Xue Rengui, we'll lead the army and set up camp. Let's rest first and wait until after five o 'clock in the afternoon, we'll fight again."
From yesterday until today, they had been on the move all night and the battle started in the morning. Therefore, the soldiers under their command were quite tired.
Everyone needed to rest.
Moreover, the weather in the western region was hot. When it was around five o 'clock in the afternoon, the heat of the sun would lessen. Because the days in the western region were long and the nights were short, even if they attacked at five o' clock, it would not have much effect.
When Su Dingfang saw the army retreat, he was somewhat astonished because Du Qi had retreated after saying some ruthless words. Fu Junheng found it strange and asked, "Governor Su, Du Qi just spoke tough words but he retreated and did not attack. Why do you think he did that? "
When it came to understanding Du Qi, Fu Junheng did not know Du Qi as well as Su Dingfang.
Thus, he asked.
Su Dingfang said, "Governor Fu, I was also a little confused as to why Du Qi retreated, but when I think about it, it's actually quite reasonable. In order to attack Hou Junji, he traveled a long distance and exhausted the soldiers. Now that he won, he's exhausted, and his fighting strength is weak. If not for the fact that we don't have enough soldiers, I would have immediately given the order to attack and fight with Du Qi. "
After a pause, Su Dingfang continued, "But we don't have enough soldiers, so we can only defend. Du Qi will definitely rest first, and when the soldiers recover their fighting strength, he'll attack Guazhou City. We're about to face the most dangerous moment. "
Fu Junheng sighed and said, "This battle is unavoidable, but I don't know what will happen in the end."
Su Dingfang said, "Let's just take it one step at a time."
Fu Junheng suddenly asked, "Governor Su, do you think we can defend the county?"
"I don't know!"
Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "Du Qi is an extremely skilled commander. In particular, as far as I know, Du Qi has yet to suffer a single defeat. Thus, in this situation, the outcome is still unknown. Just as I said, we'll take it one step at a time. As long as I'm the governor of Guazhou, I will persist. I won't admit defeat until the very end. "
Fu Junheng nodded and said no more.
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