Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1227 Inside Story
Zhu Zhen's face was very smelly.

When he walked into the tent, he kicked Li Cunhui who was kneeling on the ground before turning around and sitting on the bed.

"What's the point of not even bringing a letter with you when you go to ask for help?" Zhu Zhen stared at the prisoner fiercely and asked.

Before Li Cunhui could speak, two sergeants stepped forward, one of them took out a dagger and stabbed it hard in his leg, the other held a short blade and gesticulated between his throats.

Li Cunhui's expression was distorted in pain, but he didn't dare to move, for fear that someone would cut his throat.At the same time, I was very wronged, I was planning to recruit, what are you doing?Could it be that Xia people's interrogation does not distinguish between indiscriminate and indiscriminate, and they all clean up first before talking?

"Back to the general, it's a confidential matter and can only be dictated." Li Cunhui gritted his teeth and said.

"So you were chosen?" Zhu Zhen asked, "Your name is Li Cunhui, but you can't use a fake?"

"Yes." Li Cunhui replied, and then quickly added: "Prince Jin has a lot of hypocrites, and many people have only met him once from a distance, not close."

Zhu Zhen snorted coldly when she heard the words, and said, "Why do you need to argue? If you are not a close person, how can you gain his trust?"

The samurai who had stabbed him before saw that he was dishonest, so the little trick came again. This time both legs were stabbed, and blood was everywhere.

"Hoo hoo..." Li Cunhui was panting violently, not daring to scream out.It's winter, and the whole body is already soaked.

There were several people in the tent, all wearing helmets and holding sharp weapons, staring at him fiercely.

"Tell me, what's the situation in the city?" Zhu Zhen asked after adjusting her sitting posture.

Li Cunhui didn't dare to have any hesitation, and immediately said: "People in the city are panicked and morale is low."

"Why?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"One is repeated battles and defeats, the soldiers are lost and generals are lost, the sergeants are not willing to fight, and they are quite afraid; the second is that your army has captured many prisoners outside the city, crying day and night, and the sons feel it, and the morale is getting lower and lower; the third is rumors. Four times, some people said that the King of Jin had given up on Youzhou and would not come to save them, and everyone was panicked; four times, some people incited the soldiers, saying that they wanted to seek revenge from the Jin people, stayed behind and killed more than ten people, but the army became more and more suspicious..."

"Clearly organized, sharp and sharp, and articulate." Zhu Zhen praised.

Li Cunhui lowered his head, not daring to speak.

"No wonder Li Cunzhang chose you to deliver the letter." Zhu Zhen scanned Li Cunhui up and down, and asked again, "Where is Li Keyong?"

"But I don't know." Li Cunhui said with a bitter face, "How can I know the whereabouts of King Jin when we are trapped in the isolated city?"

The sergeants surrounding him wanted to attack again, Zhu Zhen waved her hand and said, "Forget it, it's the truth."

"General Mingjian." Li Cunhui said gratefully.

"Where is Lu Yanwei? Do you know where he is?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"He didn't come to Youzhou, but I heard that Dun went to Chengde." Li Cunhui said.

Zhu Zhen hummed, not sure if she agreed with his words.But Lu Yanwei had less than a thousand soldiers, so it didn't matter where he went, and he couldn't make a big wave.

"Do you want to live?" Zhu Zhen asked, standing up.

"Think!" Li Cunhui nodded without hesitation.

Zhu Zhen thought for a while, but it was useless to let this person go back to the city, so she said, "Then go to the city to persuade them to surrender. Let the defenders see, no matter how many messengers they send out, they will not be able to reach the east of the river."

"Of order." Li Cunhui replied very simply.

He has no choice but to die or live.But he also knew that as a messenger, scout, spy, etc. who mastered secrets, once they fell into the hands of the enemy, it was a luxury to want to die happily.

There are too many ways to torture people, and there are countless cruel ones. Are you afraid of using a hook to pull out the intestines from your asshole?There are many methods like this, and even a hard-working man can't stand it.

Zhu Zhen soon came to Ge Congzhou's camp and reported the facts of the interrogation.

Ge Congzhou was discussing the details of the siege with his generals and aides. After hearing this, he thought for a while and said, "Let's arrange it like this."

Zhu Zhen took the order to retreat.

After getting out of the big tent, the cold wind blew, and I felt a little irritable for no reason.

Ge Congzhou climbed on his head!
Thinking that Pang Shigu's qualifications were a bit lower than him when he was under King Liang's tent back then, only a few people like Hu Zhen could stand side by side with him.

Oh, by the way, there is also Xie Tong.His qualifications are also very old, but he entered the court halfway and his development was frustrated.After casting Xia, he trembled again, and he did better than him.But it's a pity to hear that he has passed away.

What is Ge Congzhou?Just juniors!
Zhu Zhen was very upset in her heart, but she still had a vague smile on her face, and she didn't show any trace of it to the outside.

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In the afternoon, Zhu Zhen led a group of people to patrol around the city, and then arrived at Shao Siwu's camp.

The front of the camp is covered with thorns, and the ditches, trench walls, and partitions have been dug meticulously. Judging from their shape, they seem to be carved out of the same mold.

Zhu Zhen knew that those who could build the barracks into a uniform appearance without any personal characteristics were all martial arts students.

He has also read the textbooks of martial arts students, and he was extremely shocked at the time.In this way, the secrets of the general family's family were taught to the martial arts students bit by bit, and they summed up the experience in actual combat and continued to improve. I heard that the teaching materials have been changed to the fifth edition.

Shao Sheng doesn't seem to understand what it means to cherish oneself with a broom.

This kind of behavior is like selecting a scholar through the imperial examination, digging the root of the general.

For example, simply setting up a camp, how to choose a site, how to build, how to guard, etc., can these things be taught publicly?Zhu Zhen felt that most of the so-called private military books collected by the general family's family can be thrown away, because the content you recorded may not be as refined as summed up in the 20-year war of martial arts.

Of course, this is not to say that the general family is useless, it can only be said that everything depends on the person and talent.

Learning the same thing, some people learn it well, and some people learn it poorly.There is still some advantage for the generals who have been nurtured since childhood, provided that they don't indulge in pleasure and degenerate themselves.

"Your Highness." When she turned to the back of the camp, Zhu Zhen saw King Zhao and immediately dismounted to salute.

"Zhu Yuhou." Shao Siwu replied.

"Your Highness is training?" Zhu Zhen looked at the soldiers of the Crane Control Army who were lined up in the open space, and said.

"Exactly." Shao Siwu's heart moved, and many people said that Zhu Zhen was good at training soldiers, and the recruits under his hands formed an army quickly, with high morale, and a good-looking army formation, but he seldom revealed his secrets to others .

"This soldier is not very good." Zhu Zhen looked at it for a while and smiled.

"Just go into battle and fight a few battles. Those who can't do it will die, and those who survive are good soldiers." Cao Yijin said unconvinced.

"You are a grassroots soldier training method." Zhu Zhen said: "This is how Huang Chao trained soldiers in the past. Only one good soldier can be trained out of ten soldiers. Many good seedlings have died in vain. Is it worth it?"

Cao Yijin was a little annoyed, and was about to argue with Zhu Zhen, but was stopped by Shao Siwu.

"The method of training soldiers has its own tricks. If Zhu Yuhou has time, please give me more advice in the future." Shao Siwu said: "They are all royal masters of the imperial court. If they are trained well, there will be fewer casualties when going into battle, which is a great merit. .The sage is delighted to hear about it, and may be rewarded."

Zhu Zhen said thoughtfully, "I'll talk about this later."

"Excuse me, Zhu Yuhou." Shao Siwu said with a bow.

Zhu Zhen sighed and did not answer this topic for the time being.It's hard to say whether the Crane Control Army can survive.

He turned to ask: "Today's patrol here, I just want to ask about the siege of the city, are you ready?"

"Hundreds of trench-filling vehicles, smoke-generating vehicles, ladder vehicles, and cannon vehicles have been built, and there are also several parapets. Others are looking for land to dig tunnels, but the soil is frozen and hard, making it difficult to dig." Shao Siwu Said.

"Not bad." Zhu Zhen praised: "Your Highness is so considerate at the age of a weak crown, and the future can be expected. This Youzhou City, you still have to fight it. If you don't get rid of the luck of the thieves, the effect of persuading them to surrender will not be great. How good is it? Your Highness has prepared so well, it seems that I am worrying for nothing."

"I still need a veteran player like Zhu Yuhou to give me some pointers." Shao Siwu said.

Zhu Zhen avoided his eager gaze, smiled, and said: "Ge Shuai has an order, your department will attack the city first tomorrow, get ready."

"Okay." Shao Siwu replied with a determined face.

He is the deputy envoy of the command of the battalion, but there is a command envoy, the deputy envoy is useless, he does not have any discretionary power, and can only obey the dispatch.

Zhu Zhen took another look at the soldiers of the Crane Control Army who were shouting, got on her horse and left.

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"In the old days when Jin people entered the city, they plundered for three days, robbing women and property. Xia Bing entered the city, didn't they have to rob for a few days?"

"I'm afraid it will take five days to rest."

"Just do it and watch? Is there a solution?"

"The only solution is to kill the people of Jin and surrender the city."

"Stop talking nonsense. Xia people don't plunder randomly, they just distribute donations. Zhang Dalang, you are still in such a miserable state until today, it's because of this mouth."

"Stop talking, the Jin people are here."

Outside the barracks, a group of soldiers patrolled past.The officer leading the team glanced inside, saw that everyone was sitting there obediently wiping their weapons, and left.

The patrols were actually Yan people, but the Tutuan villagers used to call them Jin soldiers, because these fake Jin soldiers were not very good at suppressing rebellious Yan people.

But then again.If these Tutuan peasants who were conscripted temporarily can be recruited into the army and become Jin soldiers, they will also attack the rebels.Unless someone can clearly tell them that the people of Jin are dying and their downfall is imminent, they may have strange thoughts.

Well, it's a coincidence that people from Jin are really not doing well now.After consecutive defeats, the huge Youzhou Town has been lost, leaving only this lonely city in front of us.I heard that there is no reinforcements yet, is this to make them die with the city?

"I said, if you can't keep it, why not?" After the patrol team passed by, the atmosphere was tense for a while, and it took a long time for anyone to make a sound.

"Didn't Li Cunzhang promise to give each person two coins and a piece of silk? He copied several Buddhist temples in the east of the city that specialize in lending money. He is willing to give this money, but Xia people may not be willing." Someone disagreed.

"You really want money rather than life."

"Ask Li Cunzhang for money first. When he runs out of money, we will fight back."

"Yes, take all of Li Cunzhang's money first! If you don't have any money, kill the thief, and then ask the Xia people for a reward with his head, maybe you can make another fortune."

"Haha, this is a great strategy!"

The village braves all laughed in a low voice, and the air was full of joy.

(End of this chapter)