Han Shizu

Chapter 251: Imitating Guo Wei's Tactics

Under the autumn night, the slightly cold wind blew across the ten-li company, the flags fluttered, and the open flames swayed.Except for the necessary guards and patrol soldiers in front of the village, the soldiers after the passion lived in their own camps and slept with their arms on their heads.

After several days of marching, Liu Chengyou was physically and mentally exhausted, but he was still in good spirits. He couldn't sleep, so he simply got up and summoned Li Chongju and Yang Ye to accompany him to inspect the southern camp.

Li Chongju was promoted from the imperial guards to be the commander of the Inner Palace Zhidu. His sudden rise would hurt the reputation of the emperor. He led the army for a few months, very low-key, diligent and conscientious, increasingly restrained, and seemed more honest. And with his simple and modest style, he was praised by others and earned the reputation of an "honest man".

But no one dared to take it lightly. The previous one, Yang Tingwei, the head of the inner palace, was almost beheaded by him for violating the military law. He was the second son of Prime Minister Yang Bin.Of course, Li Chongju's style of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is probably just a show, even if he is not killed, he will be expelled from the inner hall after thirty battles, and his legs will almost be broken.

Although Yang Bin loves his son, he prides himself on enforcing the law as a public servant, and he never farts. In the end, he voluntarily demoted his son to a local government.With his nature, he is afraid that it will lead to disaster sooner or later.

In comparison, Yang Ye has changed the most.Previously, Yang Ye was young and energetic. Although he was cautious, he still showed his sharpness.Now, the edge is still there, but it is not as dazzling as before, but sharper.It proves the truth that a good material can only be made into a tool after careful honing.

Even though he was in the middle of the army, the surrounding protective forces did not relax at all, sweeping away the guards with swords and shields guarding the side.Liu Chengyou asked Zhao Yanjin, who led the team, not to be too nervous, but the effect was obviously not good, so do what you should.

"So far in suppressing the rebellion, I have seen the young generals and schools of the armies, and you, Yang Ye, are the most outstanding!" As he walked, Liu Chengyou said without concealing his admiration in his tone: "Destroy bandits in the north, control Huazhou in the west, aid the defeated army, save Decadence, strength against fierceness..."

"It depends on Your Majesty's promotion of credit, I am ashamed!" Facing Liu Chengyou's appreciation, Yang Ye appeared humble.

After all, in the recent military battles, the most brilliant ones are really none other than Yang Ye.Today's Yang Ye can no longer be described as a "rookie".And Yang Ye didn't drift away, he knew very well in his heart that without Liu Chengyou's almost eccentric promotion, Yang Jiangong wouldn't have had the chance to become famous.

Liu Chengyou was also very satisfied with Yang Ye's reaction.When people are proud, they are often easy to drift away. After all, it is a minority who can be flattered or humiliated, and Yang Ye is obviously a minority.

"General Yang is both wise and brave. Wang Jixun is known as the number one brave general in the river. He is no match for General Yang in a head-to-head confrontation. Since he came to Pucheng, according to the news of the last general, he is already known as Yang Wudi in the army!" Li Chongju who followed silently beside him , suddenly cut into the topic.

"Yang Wudi?" Liu Chengyou raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised and a little emotional: "It's worthy of the name!"

As he said that, Liu Chengyou suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Yang Ye: "You are not married yet!"

Yang Ye was stunned, obviously not used to the jump of the emperor's thinking, subconsciously replied: "Yes."

"After this battle, I will personally choose a mate for you, and it must be a lady from a famous family!" Liu Chengyou's eyes were shining brightly, with a look of great interest.

Hearing this, Yang Ye was rather ashamed and responded with a sneer.

The Xiaodi army was stationed in the northwest of the imperial camp, close to the Yellow River. It was a large camp. They led people into it purposefully, and ordered a small school to lead the way to the destination.

In the company camp, an independent military tent is really hard to find without someone to guide the way.Raising his hand to stop, Liu Chengyou quietly stepped forward to the guards who wanted to salute, opened the curtain and entered.

Inside the tent, there was a faint smell of medicine, accompanied by a rumbling sound of snoring. On the camp couch, Sun Li's sturdy body was lying on it.

Knowing that he was injured in the fierce battle with the thieves, Liu Chengyou came to visit and care about this old minister, but seeing his sleeping peacefully, it felt like disturbing dreams.

However, everyone is here.

With a light cough, it was useless, a little embarrassing, and turned into a heavy cough. Sun Li was finally awakened. In a daze, he instinctively moved his hand to the knife on the pillow, cursing: "Who? !"

"Seeing how angry you are, I feel relieved!"

Liu Chengyou's voice came into his ears, and Sun Li regained his energy suddenly, sat up startled, touched the wound, and grinned his teeth in pain, but he also recognized Liu Chengyou who was standing in front of the couch with his hands behind his back.

He hurriedly got up and wanted to salute, but Liu Chengyou stopped him: "You are injured, please lie down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Sun Li, the standard martial artist created by this era, has completely surrendered to Liu Chengyou after such a long time, at least for now.

"Why are you here in person?" Sun Li was flattered.

"You are my beloved general. If you are wounded and hurt for the country and the king, it's nothing if I just walk a few more steps." Liu Chengyou said lightly. Such words are very effective for such a rough person as Sun Li. .

But seeing this vulgar man's moved expression, Liu Chengyou knew that his goal had been achieved.

After chatting with him for a while and comforting him, Liu Chengyou left.Before leaving, he said a meaningful sentence to Sun Li, that Xiao Dijun would take care of him in the future, and told him to recover from his injuries as soon as possible.

The rebel army under Li Shouzhen's command lost more than [-] people in the confrontation with the official army for more than ten days. Thousands of people can be described as traumatic.

After the officers and soldiers gathered, the rebel army was mainly divided into two parts, one was Hexi Jinguan, with 10,000 soldiers in the station, led by Zhang Yansi and Zhou Guangxun.The remaining [-] taels, more than a thousand soldiers, will be defended in Pucheng. Since the city is not too big, it is still enough to defend the city, but the morale is low.

In response to the city defense situation, Liu Chengyou quickly adjusted the deployment of the officers and troops.In the east of the city, Bai Wenke commanded an army of [-], commanding the east side of the camp. Liu Chengyou led the Chinese army to station the South Camp, and there was one missing in the north, but Wang Yan led the army to deploy and control the Linjin area.In Hexi, the rebel Xizhai was led by Yao Yuanfu to deal with it. Under Liu Chengyou's order, that was the main direction of the official army's next attack.

The city of Hedong is strong, but the military stronghold in Hexi is not so strong in defense.As long as Xizhai is taken down, while further weakening the morale of the rebel army, Pucheng can be completely turned into an isolated place.

And on the big river, there are still sailors of the Han Dynasty patrolling it. Let’s just call it a navy. Although the ships are simple, the navy is not many, and the combat power is not strong, but it is still necessary to control the waters around Hedong City. More than enough.

Liu Chengyou is a little bit familiar with the way of fiction and reality, although he intends to seize Hexi Village first, but the first big move is still under the city of Hedong.After two days of rest, as the follow-up food, equipment and military equipment were transported to the front line by water and land, Liu Chengyou ordered that Wang Yu, the prison guard of Shanzhou soldiers and horses, be the envoy of the trench, and led the recruited civilians to follow the fort to Hezhong City, digging Trenches, tree fence walls, and arrow towers approached the city wall layer by layer.

At the same time, the craftsmen who accompanied the army were ordered to take the lead in loading crossbows, building artillery carts, setting up ladders, and preparing cutting boards and other siege equipment.

The big commotion completely attracted the attention of the rebels in the city. Seeing the officers and soldiers approaching the wall and the arrow tower, Li Shouzhen, who had checked several times in person, felt threatened and couldn't help but send Wang Jixun to attack. All the things that were destroyed were defeated by the officers and soldiers who had been prepared for a long time.

Just like watching Bai Wenke and other troops set up a stronghold calmly, the rebels in the city can only watch helplessly as the officers and soldiers safely approach the city and set up solid siege facilities.

Behind the strong wall, within the attack range, rows of bed crossbows, cannon carts, artillery and other heavy siege weapons were laid out one after another, like war beasts baring their fangs, full of deterrence.In the rear, there are hundreds of carts of huge arrows, tens of thousands of cannon stones and "cannonballs", with sufficient ammunition.

Liu Chengyou's tactics are similar in form to "Guo Weiping Rebellion", but the purpose and effect are definitely different. He wants to break through the city with the force of thunder under the condition of sufficient preparation.

However, the first attack was still in Hexi.

　I drank too much wine today, and wrote a chapter in a daze.

　　PS: This artillery is not that artillery

　　
　
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