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Chapter 593 There Is Something You Can Try

The adjutant was busy going to work. Liu Zeqing stood on the city wall and watched everything, his eyes gradually became sharper, because he found the figure of the rogue appeared on the battlefield again, but this time their target was not Luoyang The city, but the strategic materials and arrows left on the battlefield.

The rogues are not as rich as the officers and soldiers, and they can still wait for the court to allocate funds and supplies. The rogues' supplies have to be robbed by themselves. If they don't rob, there will be no supplies for them. The reality is so cruel.

Therefore, after a big battle is over, the rogues will have a special team to do one thing, which is to clean the battlefield. The battlefield is the only place for them to quickly replenish the source of strategic materials. Apart from here, they have no way War materials such as arrows and swords can be quickly replenished.

Therefore, even though cleaning the battlefield is dangerous, the rogues still insist on cleaning the battlefield.

Moreover, the rogues cleaned the battlefield very cruelly. Where is the cruelty?They used old and weak women and children to clean the battlefield. The real rogue soldiers did not do the job of cleaning the battlefield, and the group of old women who cleaned the battlefield the most were those four or fifty years old.

These old ladies have good physical strength. Most importantly, they are the most consumable items in the rogue camp. In the rogue camp, there are very few young women. Their job is usually to cook for the soldiers, and they are good-looking. A little bit, but also to serve and serve officials, or nurse a child at home.

As for the children, they are the hope of the team. Generally, they are well protected and they are not allowed to do dangerous jobs. As for the men, all of them are soldiers, from the [-]th to [-]th, to the [-]s and [-]s, who can serve as soldiers They all became death squads of rogues.

The rest are these useless old ladies. These old ladies have suddenly become a burden in the bandits' ranks, but waste can be used, let alone people?
So these old women were also arranged by Li Zicheng to clean up the battlefield, not for nothing. There are also strict reward and punishment measures. For example, Li Zicheng stipulated that five complete arrows should be recovered on the battlefield, or twenty For the arrow, you will be rewarded with a catty of corn, and you can get a catty of corn if you recover five swords. If you can bring back a complete set of armor, you will be rewarded with ten catties of rice.

Because of these rewards, it is time for this group of old women who are regarded as cumbersome to show their abilities, and they can finally contribute to their families, so every time the war ends, these old women will rush to The battlefield began to clean up the battlefield.

At this moment, Liu Zeqing looked at a group of old women cleaning up on the battlefield happily, talking and laughing. Liu Zeqing gritted his teeth angrily, and a captain at the side waved his hand ready to let his subordinates give to these talking and laughing old women. some lessons.

"Archer ready!"

The captain waved his hand and was about to let the archers shoot to death the group of old women who dared to enter the battlefield to clean the battlefield, but Liu Zeqing stopped them.

"Forget it, let them go."

The captain looked at Liu Zeqing puzzled, when did his lord show such kindness.

But Liu Zeqing said with a dark face: "Li Zicheng sent them here to die. For the rogues, these old women are a burden. They are put in the army to eat food, and they can't fight. So I arranged this job of cleaning the battlefield. If We attacked them in a fit of rage, and then we got the idea of ​​trespassing."

First, killing the old woman is equivalent to eliminating the big food households in the rogue camp. This can save Li Zicheng a lot of military rations and reduce the pressure on Li Zicheng. If he really does this, Li Zicheng can give himself an award A pennant, a good brother who wrote a letter for a lifetime.

Second, these old women are harmful garbage to Li Zicheng, and if you want to kill them, you need to use arrows. There is a shortage of arrows in your army. If you use them here again, are you asking for trouble? , Li Zicheng exchanged his burden for your most precious arrows, he made money no matter what.

Third, these people are useless women and children on the battlefield, but these people are the mothers and wives of the thieves in the rogue camp. If you try your best, you will suffer heavy losses, and even Li Zicheng can find fault with himself morally, making everyone in the world criticize him.

So Li Zicheng's move is a naked conspiracy. If you don't care about them, they will take back the arrows, swords, and armor on the battlefield, and strengthen the rogues.

If you care about it, the first is to waste strategic materials, arrows, the second is to help the rogues eliminate the big food households, reduce the logistics burden of the rogues, and finally help the rogues improve their morale by the way. If you can unite the rogues, you can't let Liu Zeqing do anything.

Liu Zeqing gritted his teeth and looked at these old women, chatting and laughing, talking about going back to eat corn and rice today, but there was nothing he could do, he could only watch and hold his breath.

This is the toad lying on the feet, and if he doesn't bite, he will respond to others.

Liu Zeqing said with a dark face: "The whole army is resting on the spot, the sentry post is arranged, and the meals will be delivered in a while, and all the soldiers will eat on the city wall to prevent intruders from attacking the city."

"Yes."

The generals said that some people carried the dead bodies down and buried them, and the rest took their weapons and leaned against the city wall to rest on the spot. After a hard day, many soldiers soon fell asleep.

The defenders of Luoyang City had rested, and Li Zicheng's entire army had returned to the camp. At this time, the meals in the kitchen were ready, and the soldiers returned to the camp to bandage their wounds. middle.

Li Zicheng sat at the main seat, and below that were the seats of his generals, and what was placed on their tables was not ordinary meals, but large pieces of pork, roast chicken, and white-faced steamed buns, but there was no wine. Drinking alcohol is not allowed.

At this time, the generals who had brought their soldiers and horses back to the camp came to Li Zicheng's camp. At this time, they walked into the tent one after another. Liu Zongmin walked in first, followed by Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Hao Yaoqi and other generals. Jiang entered the room and sat in his own place. Li Zicheng also sat down at this time, and Li Shichao followed Li Zicheng, standing but not sitting.

Seeing that all the generals were seated, Li Zicheng glanced at Li Shichao and said, "Brother Shi Chao, you sit too."

Li Shichao said with a smile at this time: "I'll forget it, today is the brothers of the battalions discussing the siege of the city, and I, a pro-military guard, will not join in the fun."

Li Zicheng didn't say anything after hearing this, but Tian Jianxiu on the side smiled and said: "Brother Shi Chao, you are wrong to say that. In terms of qualifications in our camp, you are the oldest. If you don't care about fame and wealth , When you gave me the position of leader back then, how can you be as good as you are today, if someone says that you are not qualified to sit here and eat, I will be the first to say no."

"I don't agree either."

At this time, Hao Yaoqi also opened his mouth and said, after hearing this, Li Guo stood up and pulled Li Shichao with a smile: "Okay, Brother Li, why are you being polite to the big guys, sit down, where are you not eating?" ah."

Li Guo pulled Li Shichao to sit in his seat, at this time Liu Zongmin took the initiative to open his buttocks and said: "Sit here with me, we haven't eaten at the same table for a long time."

In this way, Li Shichao was dragged into the banquet by everyone.

Li Shichao said helplessly: "This is the place where you commanders of the first battalion eat. It's not appropriate for me to sit here alone as a guard."

After hearing this, everyone said: "Brother Li, if you didn't want to lead the army alone, you would be the one sitting here now."

Li Shichao shook his head and said, "I'm not expected to lead the army. It's hard for me to manage the five or six hundred people in the guard camp. Don't hurt me. I'm fine now."

After hearing this, everyone laughed heartily and said nothing.

The relationship between Li Zicheng's generals is not very good, except for one person, that is, Li Shichao has a very good relationship with all the generals, including Liu Zongmin, who has an eye above the top and is very arrogant, and his relationship with Li Shichao is also very good Yes, the reason is very simple. Firstly, Li Shichao's qualifications are old, which can be traced back to before Li Zicheng's troubles.

Secondly, Li Shichao is kind to others. He has never quarreled with anyone, and he has never blush with others when he competes for superiority. It was given to Tian Jianxiu, and Tian Jianxiu is still grateful to Li Shichao.

Apart from this, the most important point is Li Shichao's position. Although Li Zicheng has only five or six hundred people under his command, the position of Li Shichao is very important. This belongs to the emperor's army, and his position is comparable to that of the commander of Jinyiwei, or Li Chaomeng of Lantian. .

Moreover, his position allows him not to mix with other forces, and at the same time not to compete with other forces for benefits.

As for the benefits, of course it is the refugees. The refugees are the most important benefits of the rogues. The refugees represent fresh soldiers. For example, the 9000 or [-] people who died in the attack on Luoyang City today were lost by Li Guoying and Liu Zongmin. These two teams were the first to replenish soldiers in Luoyang, but the other teams also had losses and wanted to give priority to replenishing soldiers, so competition was inevitable.

However, Li Shichao was the commander of the personal battalion, and his soldiers were selected by Li Zicheng from the best soldiers of each battalion, so he never robbed soldiers from each camp.

A person who has no conflict of interest and is Li Zicheng's most trusted person. As long as such a person is not incapable of thinking, no one is willing to offend him.

And this person has an easy-going personality, even without desires, and smiles at people every day. Why do you treat him badly? This person can't get along with anyone, Li Zicheng said this.

At the same time, everyone agrees, which is indeed the truth.

Li Shichao will always be the most harmless existence in the Chuangwang camp.

Everyone sat down, the banquet started, and everyone didn't speak. They began to eat meat and steamed buns, breaking the old rules of the king's camp, eat first, and then talk about things.

The big guys have been hungry for a whole day, they are attacking the city again, and they are mobilizing again. If they are not full, who has the mood to talk, so at first the big guys ate meat and steamed buns, and after a few minutes, they all ate It's almost there.

Li Zicheng took a sip of water from the jar and said, "Everyone, it's time for us to talk about the food. Today's attack on the city, how do you feel?"

Li Zicheng looked at everyone, and everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks after hearing the words. Liu Zongmin was the first to speak: "I have been in Luoyang for the longest time, and today I have beaten Luoyang nine times. I have come to a conclusion through these nine times. This Luoyang city is no better than Ruyang and Xuzhou, where the walls are no more than two feet high, and our soldiers can quickly climb the walls with a ladder to seize the city."

"Besides, the walls of those small cities are not too thick. It's not bad if the walls are one foot thick. Our cannons bombard him a few times, and we can blast a gap in the wall, but Luoyang City is not. Luoyang City is at least four feet high. The city walls It was no less than three feet thick, and when our cannons blasted up, we could only make a hole in the city wall. Our soldiers climbed up the city wall with ladders, but they were shot down halfway through the climb.”

"So I don't think a hard attack is an option. Other cities use human lives to fill their numbers, but this city of Luoyang doesn't know how many lives it will take to take it down. We only have 40 people in total. If we leave them here in Luoyang Well, if the imperial army comes to suppress them, we might as well hide in that ravine."

"So my advice is not to attack hard."

Liu Zongmin finished speaking.

Li Zicheng nodded and looked at Li Guo.

Li Guo is also the main attacking side today, and his opinion is very useful. At this time, Li Guo looked at Li Zicheng and said, "Chuang Wang, today I attacked the city and found that Luoyang's walls are high and the city is thick. Although Liu Zeqing can't be regarded as a famous general, But he can't be regarded as a mediocrity. He is impeccable in defense. We can't find his obvious mistakes. And he uses the height of Luoyang City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. To consume our army, our army has nothing to do with him, so I have two opinions. First, if you want to capture Luoyang City, if you don’t have a whimsical idea, you can only rely on human life. Use human life to consume all the arrows and gunpowder in Liu Zeqing’s hand, forcing him to follow us. In hand-to-hand combat, we have a large number of people, so we can win this city."

"But the problem is the same as Brother Liu Zongmin said. We have wiped out all the people here. When the imperial court sends troops again, we will be passive, so I don't recommend using human lives to fill it."

Li Guo looked at Li Zicheng and said, Li Zicheng frowned slightly when he heard this, then looked at the three middle-aged scribes sitting beside him, these three were Li Zicheng's three major military advisers.

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and Li Xin.

Li Zicheng turned his head to look at the three of them and said, "What can the three gentlemen teach our family?"

Li Zicheng asked for advice, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance all frowned, only Li Xin thought for a while and said: "King Chuang, I have a plan, maybe I can give it a try."

(End of this chapter)