Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 480 Before Siege
Wen County.

The soldiers and horses who have surrendered have already calmed down and are worthy of use.

And just when they were about to attack Ying County, the spies came to report in a hurry.

"Lu Guogong, Lord Qin, Luo Xiaobai from Yingxian County took five thousand soldiers and horses to Mengzhou City, and they lost Yingxian County."

After hearing the news, everyone was a little shocked, but Cheng Yaojin suddenly became happy.

"Okay, okay, it seems that Luo Xiaobai is just a coward. Seeing that we killed Chen Buzhi, he got scared and ran away first."

Cheng Yaojin was a little proud, but Qin Tian frowned slightly, and said with a light smile, "Duke Lu, is that really the case?"

"Isn't it?" Cheng Yaojin asked back.

Qin Tian was speechless and shook his head.

"Of course not. Our goal is not to gain or lose a city or a place. What we want is to eliminate the resurgent forces of the rebels. Only in this way can we be considered a victory. But now the rebels have left Ying County and went to Mengzhou to follow When Li Yiyu joins us, do you think Mengzhou City will be captured?"

Speaking of this, Qin Tian added another sentence: "This Luo Xiaobai is a smart man."

Hearing Qin Tian's words, Cheng Yaojin curled his lips, but at this moment he also realized that Mengzhou's soldiers and horses had increased to [-], and with their current [-], it would definitely be difficult to attack.

So he didn't make any excuses, just asked: "Then what should we do now, attack or not?"

Originally, I also wanted to destroy the rebels in Ying County, increase their troops to [-], and then attack Mengzhou's [-], so that they are four times the enemy, and basically they can attack the city.

But now that there are [-] people in Mengzhou, they are not even twice as many as the enemy, so it is definitely not worthwhile to attack the city.

Even in a hard battle with the enemy, they don't have much advantage.

In their army, except for the [-] soldiers and horses brought by Cheng Yaojin, who had strong combat effectiveness, the other [-] were all rebels who had surrendered, and they had not experienced professional training.

In Mengzhou City, Li Yiyu's [-] soldiers and horses were all foreign soldiers and horses recruited by Prince Li Jiancheng, and their combat effectiveness was not weaker than Cheng Yaojin's soldiers and horses.

In this case, their advantage is even less obvious.

Of course, the current Qin Tian is not thinking about these things. If there is a tough battle, just relying on his use of formations, he can defeat the enemy.

But the key issue is that Li Yiyu may not leave the city, but will choose to guard it.

Qin Tian rested his chin and thought, Cheng Yaojin walked back and forth in the tent.

"Xiao Tian, ​​what do you mean, to fight or not to fight?"

Cheng Yaojin was a little impatient, but Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and only said at the end: "Fight, don't give the enemy a chance to breathe."

They don't have time to spend with the enemy. If the rebels can't be wiped out, the feudal lords all over the Tang Dynasty will be ready to move. At that time, it will be a disaster for the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, even if Mengzhou's bone is difficult to crack, they have to face it.

Seeing Qin Tian say this, Cheng Yaojin finally felt a little more comfortable.

"Just fight, are you still afraid of them?" Cheng Yaojin then ordered: "Assemble the soldiers and horses, and follow me to march to Mengzhou."
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Fifteen thousand soldiers and horses were assembled soon.

They didn't stay in Wen County much, and led the troops directly to Mengzhou.

Mengzhou City is only one day away from Wen County, and at noon the next day, they arrived five miles outside Mengzhou City.

But after they arrived, they were not in a hurry to attack the city.

The long journey made them a little sleepy, so the first thing they had to do was to recuperate. After recuperating for half a day, they would attack the city again tomorrow morning.

And when Tang Jun set up camp five miles outside Mengzhou City, Li Yiyu had already learned that Tang Jun had arrived in Mengzhou City.

However, he was not too nervous. In his opinion, the Tang army only had [-] more soldiers than them, but he had Mengzhou City as a barrier. As long as he didn't go out and fight hard, he still had the ability to fight.

"Order to go on, strictly guard the city, and don't show any negligence or carelessness."

Mengzhou City has entered a tense state of alert since Tang Jun appeared, but Tang Jun's side is not so tense.

After setting up camp, they rest directly, and in the evening, they cook, eat, drink and eat meat.

After eating and drinking enough, they went to rest directly. They didn't seem to care about the siege at all.

And these situations quickly spread to Mengzhou City.

After Li Yiyu heard this, he frowned slightly, because he felt that these Tang Jun were too casual, right?

"General, from the point of view of the general, these Tang troops are nothing more than that, and they are not enough at all. Why don't we give the general three thousand soldiers and horses tonight, and the general will go to attack the camp, and he will definitely kill every piece of the Tang army."

A burly man stood up. He was Li Yiyu's number one fierce general, Fang Liang. When Li Yiyu attacked the city, Fang Liang was his most capable assistant.

At this time Fang Liang stood up, but Li Yiyu was still frowning, and after a long time, he said: "No, there is Qin Tian in the Tang army, this Qin Tian has always been scheming, don't be careless, I'm afraid they did it on purpose to show us Yes, he wants to lure us to attack the city, Qin Tian is not stupid after all, he wants to capture Mengzhou City with just a few troops, it is simply fantastic."

Li Yiyu was very cautious and didn't dare to be careless. Although Fang Liang didn't take it seriously, Li Yiyu had said so at this time, and he didn't propose to attack the camp again.

At this time, Li Yiyu said again: "This Qin Tian once invented a kind of balloon, which is similar to a Kongming lantern. It can carry people into the air and then sneak into the city. You should be more careful at night. If you find anything unusual, immediately Come report."

Li Yiyu knew a little bit about Qin Tian's use of hot air balloons in the battle against Tuyuhun. In his opinion, it was simply a siege weapon, so in order to avoid Qin Tian repeating his old tricks, he asked his people to observe carefully. just work.

After Li Yiyu gave the order, all the soldiers did not hesitate, and quickly followed Li Yiyu's order.

As the night darkened, Li Yiyu looked at the night and suddenly sighed.

"I don't know when Mr. Lu will come back. I hope he can borrow food and grass."

Li Yiyu was talking to himself, but soon he showed a slight smile, he felt that he was really worrying too much, how could Lu Sanqian not be able to borrow food and grass?
What's more, his rebellion was supported by that person, and Lu Sanqian was that person's counselor before, and he just lent it to himself.

But when Li Yiyu was thinking this way, a trace of uneasiness suddenly appeared in his heart.

After all, there is Qin Tian on Tang Jun's side. This is a difficult character to deal with. He really has no confidence.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and after autumn, the night wind is getting cooler.

(End of this chapter)