Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 22 Li Gu's Follower

By the time they arrived, many moats had been dug outside the city, pits for horses had been dug, and the corners of the city walls were filled with sharpened wooden stakes and sharp spears.

There are parapets built on top of the strong and tall city wall, and there are many peg-board carts that block the siege troops, set up crossbows, catapults, and pile up pounding stones at intervals. Either hot oil or shit.

Shi Cong Yunguang looked at it from a distance and felt a chill in his heart, siege the city?How to attack, take the head attack.
Before the siege of the city started, Li Gu, Li Gu, the affairs of Zuobushe, Pingzhangshi, and the Sanshifu, was in charge of enumerating and preparing military supplies and reserves.

By the next day, the Zhou army had surrounded Taiyuan City with three layers inside and three layers outside.

As cavalry, the Longjie Army was not the main force in the siege of the city. It was mainly responsible for the peripheral vigilance and the capture of surrounding states and counties to ensure the food route of the army.

Shi Congyun also received a new order.

At first, he thought that he was going to be responsible for protecting the grain road in the rear, but he did not expect that he was ordered to lead the army to protect the Prime Minister Li Gu's safety and follow Li Gu to wait for dispatch.

Shi Congyun guessed that his father was afraid of his danger and deliberately pushed him away from the front line.

So at noon that day, Shi Congyun assembled more than 270 men, mounted his horses in armor, and found out Li Gu's location with Wang Zhong, Shao Ji and others, and prepared to report.

Li Gu was in the east of Taiyuan City. They crossed the barracks all the way. The soldiers in front had already begun to excavate and set up arrow barriers, build siege ladders, and big building cars. They set up some crossbows forward and were ready to attack. city.

Looking up at the towering Taiyuan City covered with thorns in the distance, Shi Congyun felt fortunate for the first time that he was a cavalry soldier. Fortunately, he didn't have to go to attack the city.
When he came to Li Gu's tent on the east side, Shi Congyun recognized him at a glance, and he had seen him before.

Then he dismounted and walked over. Li Gu was instructing some officials. He didn't disturb him and waited quietly.

After Li Gu finished explaining, everyone stepped back and went forward to salute, "Your Excellency, a certain commander of the Longjie Army, Shi Congyun, has been ordered to protect Duke Li and wait for Duke Li's dispatch."

Li Gu said with a smile: "We met again, and I will trouble the little general in the future."

Shi Congyun was surprised that Li Gu had such a good memory, and quickly said: "I don't dare, my subordinates are at the mercy of Li Xianggong."

Li Gu nodded and said no more.

After that, Shi Congyun followed Li Gu all the time, running around Taiyuan, dispatching baggage and grain.

During this period, I did not encounter any enemies, and it was much better than those who attacked the city.

The next day, the siege had already begun, but there was no shortcut to the method of siege. First, they sent people to fill the trenches outside the city wall with sand and trap the horses.

There are fence carts in front of them for blocking arrows, and the losses are still quite large.

Only after filling the various pits on the periphery can the troops approach the city wall, but the sharp wooden stakes and many spears under the city wall are also a big trouble.

And because of the angle, it is more dangerous to get close to the city wall, and the shield and the fence car are almost completely useless.

So they can only send a large number of dead men, wearing heavy armor and a few layers of cowhide, to chop off stakes and spears with big axes.

This process is even more tragic. The bow and crossbow are difficult to hurt, but if you are not careful, you will be smashed by falling rocks and wood at the head of the city.

Shi Congyun followed Li Gu through the city several times, listening to the shouts of killing, watching the tragic situation under the city from a distance, and his heart skipped a beat.

But this is not the most tragic, the most tragic is that after the sharp wooden stakes were also cut down, it was finally time for the army to attack the city.

Due to poor preparation, the attack on Taiyuan was a temporary initiative, and there was no preparation for attacking big guys such as turrets. It took time to build it temporarily.

So the ladder became the main force in the siege.

Using a ladder to siege a city, the only chance of winning is to have more, win with numbers, and make more breakthroughs to make the enemy hard to guard against.

Needless to say, the tragic, the city head wood and rolling stones are just ordinary, and the golden juice (boiled excrement and urine) and boiling oil sprinkled on people are frightening.

The people who attacked the city were like ants, densely lying on the city wall, and the city wall was black in all directions, trying to break through by the advantage of the number of people.

The corpses and wounded piled up at the foot of the city wall should be cleaned up in time, otherwise the follow-up troops will not be able to get on the wall.

Since ancient times, whether it is a general or a soldier, what they are most afraid of is siege warfare. Seeing it with his own eyes today, Shi Congyun is more and more frightened.

Fortunately, he only needs to follow Li Gu in charge of logistics, and does not need to go into battle in person.

Shi Congyun also learned a lot from being behind Li Gu, dealing with various officials, and wrangling.

However, Li Gu is more ruthless than ordinary scholars, such as requiring the people of Northern Han to pay taxes for one year.

Not to mention whether the people are willing or not, it is spring, and it is in the season of green and yellow. Last year, the old grain has been eaten for a year, and it is almost exhausted. This year, the new grain has just landed, and it has not yet been harvested. Where can I get the grain? pay?
Almost a quarter of the people were unable to pay.

Li Gu was not sympathetic at all, and did not understand the difficulties of the people. He executed a few troublemakers, and then forced the people who were unable to pay grain to be corvée and carried grain and grass for the army.

Shi Congyun had no right to speak and just watched from the side.

Following a big man like the prime minister, he kept one thing in mind: talk less, do more, and say less and make fewer mistakes. Besides, he is like a mirror in his heart. It is already the greatest blessing to go back to fight the siege battle of the dead.

On April [-], Lanzhou and Xianzhou surrendered.

On April [-], Bizhou Governor Xiancheng surrendered.

By April 27th, Taiyuan had been fighting for more than ten days, but it still hadn't been defeated. The loss of the siege troops was not as much as expected, because Wei Wang Fu Yanqing didn't seem to attack the city with all his strength. .

As for what Fu Yanqing thought, Shi Congyun didn't know, maybe he cherished the soldiers?Maybe it's because I feel that Taiyuan can't beat it, so I'm passive and sabotage?Or maybe it's because you're old, your reaction is a little slow, and you do things slowly?

In short, he accompanied Li Gu to the surrender state and county officials as usual that day.

Li Gu is very meticulous in his work and has a good memory. He arranges many things carefully. He usually talks to him in a gentle manner, but only explains things and does not talk about anything with him.

On this day, they were going to Xianzhou to the northwest of the sun to receive supplies from the treasury, and on their way to collect taxes, money and grain, when a fast horse caught up behind them and delivered a letter to Li Gu.

After reading the letter, Li Gu actually took the initiative to say to him, "It's been hard for you these days."

"I don't dare to do it, there is a certain responsibility!" Shi Congyun handed over.

Li Gu said with a smile: "Dare to be, I haven't seen a young man like you for a long time. I don't talk rhetorically, I don't shy away from the tail, and I do my duty in a down-to-earth manner."

(End of this chapter)