Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 253
But if you add up the meritorious fields of all the honored officers in the army, you will find the absurdity: According to only twenty captains of light vehicles, two hundred captains of cavalry, one thousand captains of Xiao cavalry, five thousand captains of cloud The cavalry captain needed 4740 hectares of land, and these were Yongye fields that could never be recovered after leaving.And Shen Faseng and others are from Denglaiqingmi states and counties in Henan Province. In the Tang Dynasty, the states and counties in Henan Province were basically crowded with less land and belonged to "narrow townships". Grant full amount of fields.It is estimated that even if the state and county where it is located immediately stops granting land to the people, it is not enough to distribute all the remaining cultivated land to these people as permanent farmland.Apparently, the award of land granted by this honorary officer is just a blank check, and it is impossible to cash it in full.

"Sanlang, have you thought of this a long time ago?" Shen Faseng asked dejectedly.

"As long as you know a little bit of arithmetic, you can think of this!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "This honorary officer was at the beginning of the founding of the country. The land was vast and sparsely populated. The court had enough land on hand to fulfill the promise. After the founding of the country, at most two generations, The population multiplies, and the remaining fields are almost occupied. The Tang Dynasty has been invincible and invincible in all these years. When a victory is won, hundreds of honored officials will emerge, but the fields are limited. So many fields are allocated to honorable officers as permanent land?"

"Hey, it's Saburo, you can see it clearly!" Shen Faseng sighed: "A person like me, who foolishly thinks that he can go back and wait to receive the Xuntian, turns out to be nothing but joy!"

"It's not enough to be empty and happy!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "I still have a little bit of noodles at the place of Governor Liu and General Renshou, and when the time comes, I will come to the door with the cheek to beg, and our brothers' Xuntian will give you a discount at most. , I can still get it, as for the others!" Wang Wenzuo stopped at this point, just sighed!
"Yes, I almost forgot, Saburo, you have a solution!" Shen Faseng didn't care too much about other people's interests, and he said with a smile: "Now I finally understand why Sanlang gave the credit for the siege to Chang Heizhi. That Baekje guy! The imperial court won’t honor the military exploits earned by bloodshed, so why let the soldiers go head-to-head with Ren Cuncheng with their flesh and blood? Let those Baekje Japanese surrender their troops to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, our people Just stand behind and supervise the battle!"

"It's good that you understand!" Wang Wenzuo's expression became serious: "Just now I told you these things, and if it gets out, it will be a disaster. Don't tell anyone, do you understand?"

"Sanlang don't worry!" Shen Faseng patted his chest: "I'm rotten in my stomach what I just said, even Lao Cui, He Ba and the others, I wouldn't say it!"

"That's good!" Wang Wenzuo pointed outside the tent: "It's late, go to bed early, and attack the city tomorrow morning!"

Wang Wenzuo didn't sleep well. He woke up at the fourth watch, cleaned up a little, and then went out of the tent. He and Sancho drank two bowls of paste by the campfire, and then went out to patrol the camp.With the help of the moonlight, you can see that there are clouds piled up in the sky, as if it is going to rain, but occasionally there are cracks in the moving clouds, and a few cold stars suddenly appear, and then disappear soon.In the dark night, you can see many torches and lanterns on the enemy city in the distance. Because the city wall is invisible, the endless lanterns and torches seem to be hanging in the air.

Under the cover of night, Wubu Lianxiong led more than a thousand people, divided into two teams, and waited not far from the moats of the East City and West City, waiting for the agreed signal. After a while, he saw the Tang Army's camp rise A string of lanterns was set up, and the military order was issued in a hurry. The Japanese soldiers rushed to the front of the trench, threw the earthbags and bundles of firewood on their shoulders into the trench, and then turned and ran away.

The guards on the top of the city were very vigilant. Although it was night, the people from the Ministry of Objects and Bears had just filled in for a while before they were discovered.The guards shot arrows and stones downwards, and beat drums and gongs vigorously to call for more reinforcements.As the arrows and stones fell, Japanese soldiers were constantly shot and screamed. Some timid ones simply dropped their soil bags and bundles of firewood seven or eight steps away from the trench, turned around and fled, and the speed of filling the trench suddenly increased. Slow down.

"Archers, archers step forward!" Monobe Lianxiong yelled loudly. Following the order, thousands of archers stepped forward and shot arrows at the top of the city. People were killed and injured by arrows on the top of the city. The guards had to hide behind the battlements. , Shooting outward from the perforation, the sky was already dark, and the view from the perforation was even more unclear, and the arrows shot suddenly lost their aim.Although the Japanese archers under the city couldn't see clearly, the torches lit on the top of the city gave them a lot of help.

"Go! Go! Fill the trench!" Monobe Lianxiong no longer cared about attracting the attention of the guards. He was very aware of his situation at this time. Dashi’s situation was actually even worse—no matter who ruled Baekje, they could not do without these powerful local factions. The Tang people killed at most a few chief culprits, and the rest of the followers must be lenient.But the Japanese, like the Tang people, were outsiders and had no roots in Baekje. Unless the Tang people wanted to make an expedition to Yamato, they would be far less valuable to the Tang people than the Baekje people.So if he can't be useful enough in the next battle, then the end is not optimistic.

Under the urging of Monobe Renxiong, the Japanese showed amazing bravery. Although some people fell down with arrows, they were quickly replaced by backup people. dragged behind.No matter how fierce the arrows on the top of the city are, the filling of the trench has never stopped,

"What to do, General! The thieves have suffered so many deaths and injuries, but they never retreat. If this continues, the moats will be filled up before dawn!" Someone rush out through the sudden door and kill him!"

"Don't worry, now is not the time!" Chi Shouxin looked at it: "Soak the dry wood with oil and throw it out, and you can see clearly when it is lit!"

There were already prepared dry firewood and kerosene on the top of the city. The guards drenched the dry firewood and lit them and threw them out. Suddenly, flames lit up beside the moat, and it was clearly visible from the top of the city. There were quite a few, and the Japanese soldiers who filled the trench were killed and injured a lot, and their momentum suddenly weakened.

"Don't retreat, don't retreat!" Monobe Lianxiong swung his steel knife and hacked and killed several retreating soldiers. At this moment, there was a shout of killing from the right, and a group of people came out from the oblique stab, and the Japanese soldiers immediately It turned out that Chi Shouxin opened a protruding door in the city wall at this time, and sent two hundred elite soldiers to kill them. After killing the Ministry of Things, Lian Xiong was caught off guard, so he had to take a small group of soldiers around him, and retreated while fighting.The guards retreated after a short pursuit.

(End of this chapter)