Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 553 Lao Tzu's Reputation Has Been Ruined
Chapter [-] Lao Tzu's reputation is ruined
It was also fortunate that there were not many defenders of the Xia army in Liyang City, they did not block the tidal flats, and Chen Ying was able to land smoothly.However, when he went ashore, Chen Ying encountered a lot of trouble.

It is okay for fully armed soldiers to go ashore, but it is very troublesome to carry the luggage, provisions, equipment and armor with the army.In this era, there is no machinery, and all transportation depends on people. When Chen Ying came to Liyang, he found that there was not even a young man around Liyang, and only the old, weak, sick and disabled remained in all the villages, which was really useless.

Brought by a group of soldiers outside Liyang City, some [-] or [-] villagers and clan elders came to Chen Ying for no reason. These villagers and clan elders all looked at Chen Ying anxiously.In Xia Jun's propaganda, Chen Ying became a ferocious demon, who had to drink the hearts of two children every day, and suck the brains of living people every night, otherwise Chen Ying would not be able to perform magic.They are not stupid, they still have basic eyesight, they can easily tell who is good and who is bad.

These old folks were flattered and thought in their hearts: "The group of Tang soldiers who came here are not fierce at all, but very friendly. As for Chen Ying, there is no rumor at all."

The more modest Chen Ying behaved, the more awed these Liyang village elders became.On Chen Ying's "Wan'an" wheeler, Chen Ying asked people to set up seats for all the elders in the village, and then served a meal, of course it was not a delicacy, but an ordinary meal for soldiers.

White flour steamed buns weighing half a catty, and stewed horse meat. These old folks muttered as they ate, "Is the sun coming out from the west?"

Liyang is a strategically important position, and has always been a battleground for military strategists. Over the years, there have been many generals in the past, or some grass bandit-like characters, who came to plunder for a good name to borrow food, and their eyes are golden when they see money , Seeing a woman's eyes are red.There are also young men recruited to serve as soldiers, and many young men took Li Yang away, but few of them came back.Like Chen Ying, not only did they not ask for food from them, nor did they recruit strong men, they also felt strange.

In fact, Chen Ying discovered that Li Yangqing had fled and disappeared without enough manpower. It would definitely not be easy to unload these materials in a short time.Fortunately, Zhang Zhongjian called on his gang of pirates to help out a lot. At this time, the pirates were hard-pressed to survive. They were strong and able to endure hardships.

What's more, Chen Ying didn't let them work for nothing, and paid more than [-]% of the normal porter's salary. Instead, these pirates worked with enthusiasm.

When these village elders and clan elders had almost finished eating, Chen Ying asked with a smile: "Fathers, folks, I wonder where all the people in Liyang have gone?"

A benevolent old man Qiqi Ai said: "Some of them went to fight with King Xia, and some of them fled with him!"

In ancient times, war was the key reason for large population migration. The Guanzhong area in Tang Dynasty was the most densely populated place in the world.The population of Chang’an City alone was over a million. During the Anshi Rebellion, the people fled the war and left their homes. When the enemy came from the east, they could only flee in two directions, west and south. Some fled to Hanzhong and Bashu, but the Shu road went south. Therefore, more people fled to the northwest, pouring into Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Suzhou layer by layer.

Now Hebei was annexed by Dou Jiande in one fell swoop, but with the arrival of the Tang army, Liyang has become the top priority, so these young adults can smell the smell of gunpowder in the air, so they pack their bags and travel to other places.

The key point is that Xia Guo's general in charge of defending Li Yang is Dou Jiande's Wuwei General Liu Ya. Liu Ya's real name is Liu Mute. He stutters and speaks very hard. In order to avoid being ridiculed, he rarely speaks.But as the so-called dumb knows, he is actually very smart.

When Liu Jintang's defense of Xingyang City fell, he guessed that Chen Ying would lead his army northward to attack Liyang.He knew that it would be very difficult to defend Li Yang with the [-] soldiers under his command alone, so he thought of a clever plan.Learn from the strategy suggested by Zhang Bin and Zhang Mengsun to Shi Le during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, to strengthen the wall and clear the country.

It's just a pity that Chen was in urgent need of rescuing Luoyang, so he didn't care about Li Yang.However, Liu Ya did not waste the time Chen Ying gave him.He quickly bewitched the people to leave their hometown, and he sent people to spread Chen Yingwei's demonization in the countryside.

However, things are expensive away from home.People leave their hometowns and are cheap.The people in Liyang, originally mostly because of the proximity to the Liyang warehouse, enjoy the convenient transportation, the economy is very prosperous, and they are much richer than the people in Hexi.They are even less willing to leave their hometown.

What's more, there are many boys and girls in Liyang. Li Mi captured Liyang Cang, and then Li Mi was defeated. Xu Shiji guarded Liyang City. After several years of fighting, the population of Liyang decreased by one-third compared with the seven years of Sui Daye Second, what is left now is either orphans or widows, or the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled.It is actually very difficult for them to leave their hometown.At this time, these orphans and widows have already accepted their fate and are not going to run away.

Liu Ya saw that these old women didn't listen to greetings, and they couldn't forcefully drive them away, otherwise it would be counterproductive.Liu Ya sent people to publicize that Chen Ying's army is composed of Turkic Hu people. These Turkic people are tall, look like gorillas, and they are very energetic. What's more, they like to have a dozen together, against one woman.

These orphans and widows in Liyang turned pale with fright, their small bodies could not withstand the conquest of the Hu species.

In ancient times, it was very difficult for orphans and widows to survive. They wanted to find a man from the Tang Dynasty to live with them, but now they heard that they were a bunch of beards, and they were afraid.

Knowing this situation, Chen Ying was very speechless.

He was very annoyed: "My reputation is ruined by you bastard!"

After learning that all the villages and villages along the Yellow River had involuntarily bewitched the people away, leaving empty villages and villages as far as eye can see, under this circumstance, since there were no such people as the best medium to spread fear, Chen Ying wanted to think about a city. To gnaw in a city, I don't know that it will be completed in the year of the monkey.

At this time, regarding Liu Ya, he really wanted to strangle him to death, but Chen Ying had no choice but to change his strategy and move again as he was treated as a coward.

That night, on board the "Wan'an" ship, the generals under Chen Ying's command, such as Feng Li, Yu Chigong, He Yuejing, Gao Yunquan, Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui, etc., were gathered together.

Chen Ying looked at the generals who went through life and death with him, and said in a deep voice: "I think you all already know that the Xia Kingdom in front of us has already made preparations. Now we must change the action plan, and the orders of the Ministry of War will be issued to you Now, what should I do, you all understand, right?"

All the generals shouted in unison: "It's clear!"

Thousands of miles along the Yellow River have almost become no-man's land with no people.

Chen Ying gestured on the map with his hands and said: "The general's plan to surprise Hebei has failed. The more than [-] roads in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River can only be worked to no avail. The general has figured it out clearly. Let us This battle can't be so stupid!"

Feng Li murmured: "Then according to General Chen, how should we fight this battle?"

"Youzhou Luoyi!" Chen Ying took a piece of charcoal pencil and drew a line on the map.He drew a huge map of the place where the sea meets the continental shelf, and Chen Ying said: "Why does this general want to beat people to death here, and Luo Yi sits on the sidelines and watches?" The Xiaoqi army, Modao army, and Bei Zai army all raided Youbeiping from along the water, and joined Luo Yi's army to go south. As long as Luo Yi doesn't listen to the call, he will be killed!"

PS: I feel a little unwell, and my mentality is a bit broken. I'm going to sleep first. I beg for a monthly pass. I beg everyone to give me some support and firepower assists!

(End of this chapter)