Chapter 30 Soldiers into Lantian
At noon, Yao Junsu’s wall looked at the endless anti-thief camp in the distance, and his heart was full of worries.
Half an hour ago, he received a message from Yang You asking him to hold on to the dilapidated Lantian city for three days with three thousand military forces, and accompanied by a message that surprised Yao Junsu, that is, there is another twenty thousand troops in Li Xiuning. Then it was reported that Li Shentong’s army was only over thirty miles long, so could it hold on for thirty-two days?
At this time, Li Shentong’s army has been stationed 20 miles outside Lantian County. Yao Junsu Bai Li Shentong did not attack the city because of the lack of siege equipment. He needed to cut down trees to make ladders, cars and other siege equipment
That is to say, Li Shentong will attack the city at the latest. As Yao Junsu guessed, after Li Shentong arrived outside Lantian County, he immediately took some soldiers to explore. He found that although the walls of Lantian County were not high, most of the early battlements showed signs of damage. Even though many people and soldiers in Chengtou were repairing the city, Li Shentong was confident enough to take Lantian, but this time he came with enough hay and siege equipment.
In fact, there are several major hidden dangers in this army in Li Xiuning. First, the military forces in Li Xiuning are composed of several forces. Although they are all controlled by Li Xiuning, they all have small plans in their hearts. For example, Shi Wanbao and Ma Sanbao have very deep contradictions.
That was when Li Xiuning had just started the uprising. Qu Tutong took an army to encircle Li Xiuning, and took the method of luring the enemy into the complex terrain of Zhongnanshan Zhongli to defeat Sui Jun. At that time, Ma Sanbao’s good brother died in the battlefield because of Shi Wanbao’s rescue, which made Ma Sanbao bear a grudge against Shi Wanbao. He impeached Shi Wanbao more than once and was finally persuaded by Li Xiuning’s overall situation, but the struggle between them continued.
Second, Li Xiuning’s ability to attack the city is not strong. Although Li Xiuning defeated Qu Tutong in a row, it was the Yin Shi Division, but Li Xiuning’s success did not mean how strong her army’s fighting capacity was, but the strategy was proper. Although Li Xiuning captured Qiu Shili, Xiang Shanzhi and other counties, it was all the way to the outside world.
Third, Li Xiuning’s army is not well equipped. Although it won a lot of armor by defeating Sui Jun, it can also arm more than 30,000 soldiers, most of whom are leather armor and have no armor, so the combat effectiveness of the army is not strong.
When Li Shentong arrived in Lantian County, he didn’t try so hard to attack the city, but sent soldiers to cut down trees everywhere to make siege equipment. Li Shentong reached a death order to finish it before the day.
When Shi Wanbao was young, Li Shentong was a good friend. Whether to go out for fun or go to a brothel, he often walked together. Therefore, he had a deep friendship. Li Shentong handed this matter to Shi Wanbao. Shi Wanbao also knew the importance of the matter and personally urged the soldiers with Qinbing.
There is a dense forest five miles north of Lantian county. At this time, soldiers are cutting down trees with axes and saws in their hands. Thick trees with buckets are being cut down continuously, and then waiting for the soldiers to peel and divide them to make trees into ladders.
The soldiers left a few very big trees, cut off both ends and peeled them, and cut a section to make it into a bump. This is a sharp weapon to hit the city gate.
There are not many bump logs, there are four or five. This is to prevent Sui Jun from making fire attacks in case the bump logs are burned. Most trees are made into ladders. If the ladder is to be built on the wall, the soldiers can climb the city head.
Shi Wanbao is full of confidence in this, even though he guessed that Sui Jun in Daxing City would not do nothing, but behind him, Li Xiuning personally led 20,000 elite soldiers. Duan Lun’s defeat will never be repeated, and Shi Wanbao will never allow this to happen.
A large number of scouts are distributed in Daying North. Every five miles, a small group of scouts probe the news, and Lantian County is also surrounded by scouts. If Shi Wanbao thinks that this situation will be defeated, it can prove that he can be Li Xiuning.
Just as Shi Wanbao and his soldiers were making siege equipment, Lantian County was also making final preparations. Soldiers and civilian workers put wood and stones on the city head and wall. The wall of death row prisoners set up several frying pans and firewood neatly stacked.
In order to prevent thieves from breaking through the gate, Yao Junsu blocked the sandbags at the gate in the east, west and south directions, but the north gate was not dangerous. Yao Junsu made the side of the gate dig a pit, which was filled with vegetable oil. In addition, a wooden stake was buried, and the soil was covered. Yao Junsu prepared dozens of sandbags next to the pit for ready use.
As it grew dark, Sui Jun also lit a torch and continued to prepare.
"General Yao has finished the arrangement according to you." Li Jiyu told Yao Junsu after he was busy with everything.
Yao Junsu nodded and said, "General Li, do you have any good suggestions?"
Li Xi said, "Everything in the treasury has been taken out, and money and food have been rewarded to all soldiers, even civilian workers. I can’t remember at the end of the day, but I always think it’s not good that the north gate is sparse and not blocked."
Yao Junsu laughed and said, "Don’t worry!"
At dusk, whether Lantian County or Li Shentong Camp is lit up, and Li Xiuning arrived in Lantian County two hours ago, ten miles away from Li Shentong Camp. At this time, Li Shentong Zhongjun’s tent was ablaze with candles, and nike blazer Li Xiuning, Li Shentong, Shi Wanbao and Ma Sanbao were discussing military intelligence in the tent.
Shi Wanbao first spoke, "Manager, today, our army has built a ladder, 500 of which can attack the city in five days."
Ma Sanbao sighed slightly. He felt that Li Shentong had missed the opportunity. The city of Lantian County was not tall and the army attacked the city as soon as it arrived. Maybe he had already taken Lantian and now he gave Sui Jun a break. It’s hard to say when the war is over.
Li Xiuning took one look at Ma Sanbao. She recognized Ma Sanbao’s dissatisfaction and knew that Ma Sanbao was a calm person, unlike Shi Wanbao, who was full of emotions. Li Xiuning’s heart was also quite resistant. Although there were many soldiers, too many soldiers were sent. She integrated them together and tried to balance the interests of all parties.
"There is no news in Daxing City yet. I will personally lead troops to the camp to observe the movement of Daxing City in Sui Jun!" Li Xiuning said.
Shi Wanbao’s heart is full of joy. If this battle can be commanded by him, he believes that he will be able to take Lantian in half a day, and the credit will be his own. He immediately said that "the manager will be willing to lead the troops to attack Lantian."
Li Xiuning asked, "How many people can General Shi take when he needs it?"
Shi Wanbao said, "It will take 5,000 people to get Lantian in half a day!"
Aside Ma Sanbao couldn’t help but sneer at the corners of his mouth. When it comes to stealing chickens and dogs, Shi Wanbao is a must to fight hum!
Shi Wanbao saw Ma Sanbao sneer at the anger in his heart and couldn’t help but say, "When did the military affairs make slaves eligible for the proceedings? ！”
Ma Sanbao’s face changed greatly, even though Li Xiuning frowned slightly. Although Ma Sanbao was a domestic slave, Li Xiuning also knew that Ma Sanbao could be the only one who could fully bear the burden of flying around. Shi Wanbao, a domestic slave, was blunt about Ma Sanbao, but it also made Li Xiuning unable to stand on the table.
Li Shentong gently coughed and said, "Manager, I think there will be reinforcements in Daxing City?" At the beginning of the uprising, Li Shentong claimed to be the general manager of the Middle Road March, but later he was willing to be ruled by Li Xiuning, which is why he knew that his talents were not as good as Li Xiuning’s, so he was called the deputy general manager.
"There are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Hedong and Fengyi County in Daxing City. This time, thousands of people were sent to guard the few soldiers and horses left in Lantian Daxing City. It is the limit to send up to 10,000 troops!" Li Xiuning said slowly that she knew that Li Shentong wanted to divert her attention, but she didn’t have Shi Wanbao’s entanglement. It’s not too late to take Lantian and settle accounts with him again in the future.
"General Japanese History leads troops to attack the city. I will naturally send troops to closely monitor the movement of Daxing City. If you dare to send troops in Daxing City, I will ask him to go back and forth!" Li Xiuning is full of confidence in this. These 20,000 people are not only confidants, but also the elite armor of the army. They are all "presented" by Sui Jun, and some of them are very capable of fighting in the former government.
When Li Xiuning, Li Shentong and others were discussing military aircraft, Yang You of Daxing City put together a list, which included some information about Yuan Shangwu and Wei Xiaojie’s Yuwen family. These brothers mostly held official positions in the imperial army.
In view of the current situation, Yang You thinks it is necessary to carry out a cleaning because he has mastered some handles on Wei Xuan and Yuan Mai. From the point of view that Mi Hang is closed, Yuan Mai, Wei Xuan and Yu Wenfu are very lonely and Wei Jia may also participate.
Wei Xuan collaborates with the enemy, which is an ironclad fact. He is deeply hidden and supported by Yuan family and Yuwen family. Yang You can’t move him for the time being, but it is a good opportunity to clear up the military forces of Yuan Shangwu and Wei Xiaojie.
Chapter 31 Buy off people’s hearts
The government offices of the East Palace in the imperial city are in a straight line with the East Palace in the south and the East Palace in the north, which is convenient for defending the East Palace.
At this time, the night is getting dark, but there are still soldiers guarding the East Palace. Their duty is to patrol the East Palace and defend the East Palace. Yang You knows that it is the samurai who will be the commander tonight.
Yang You Dugu Qianshan and several other confidants and imperial guards walked towards the outside of the East Palace. They walked out of the Yongchun Gate of the East Palace, but it took only one wick of incense to get to the East Palace, and Yang You, the six-rate government official, had not yet entered, when he heard the hum and haw of the government official.
Yang You walked over and saw two soldiers in the government stripped off and wearing a pair of big underpants. The soldiers around were wrestling with each other and constantly shouting and cheering. Yang You lived and watched with great interest.
The two big men are tall and strong, with feet, backs and broad waists. When Yang You saw that their eyes were blue-green, he immediately knew that the two men had conference semifinals’ blood. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, many northerners had conference semifinals’ blood. Yang You knew that many people in the imperial army were conference semifinals.
For example, Yuwen’s family, Dugu’s family, He Ruo’s family, Doulu’s family were all born in the conference semifinals, and Yang’s and Li’s were all of conference semifinals’ descent.
At this time, the two soldiers held each other’s arms and muscles bulged, and they were fighting fiercely. This came from the conference semifinals, so Yang You thought. At this moment, the bearded man drank a plate of arms as stable as Mount Tai, but suddenly he tried hard and another man struggled to fight.
But at this moment, the campus man suddenly raised his foot and kicked at his opponent’s right foot. The man seemed to be ready for his right foot to be as steady as Mount Tai, and it was not surprising that campus Han kicked a few feet. His eyebrows frowned and his heart kicked at his opponent’s left foot.
The man quickly moved his center of gravity to his left foot in a flash to the left, but the campus big fellow sneered at a kick and suddenly took it back halfway. He suddenly kicked his opponent’s right foot and the big fellow’s center of gravity moved temporarily, but his right foot suddenly fell to the ground.
"Ha ha!" Campus big fellow ha ha a smile will rival cling to the body.
"Well done!" The soldiers shouted around.
"good!" Yang You couldn’t help but call out the strength of this campus man and his opponent, but he knew his opponent’s mind and played with him like the palm of his hand.
Hearing the sound of Yang You, the soldiers quickly knelt down when they saw that it was Yang You! "
Yang You smiled and said before he left, "Ladies and gentlemen, please get up!" Then Yang You looked at the campus man and asked, "What’s your name?"
The campus man said, "My name is Hou Jun"
Hou jun? Yang You listened to the name Hou Jun, and he knew that he was a general in Li Shimin account, peak tower, who was twenty-four heroes. Unfortunately, he was later killed because of Tai Li Chenggan’s case.
Yang You knew that Hou Jun was a native of Sanshui, the state of Qi. That was the truth of Tang Dynasty. Sanshui, a native of Beidi County, was introduced to the shogunate by Li Shimin at the end of Sui Dynasty. Later, he was gradually promoted because of his work. At this moment, it is more likely that Li Yuan allowed Li Shimin to establish Tiance House. I didn’t expect this at this moment.
Yang You laughed. "Hou Aiqing really is a warrior!"
Hou Jun laughed. "Thank you, Temple!"
Yang You asked, "Are you an official now?"