Great Sui Dynasty

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"No. [-], use the seal of the chief officer of the King's Xingjun Road to send urgently to the prefects of Rongyang County, Dongjun County, Liang County, Jiyin County, Dongping County, Lu County, Jibei County, and Langye County, and let them The county guard dispatched [-] troops and horses, prepared their own food and grass, and rushed to Feicheng, Jibei County within three days. Those who failed to do so were engaged in military law. The other southern counties rushed to Licheng to support them five days later, and asked Nanyang County to provide food and grass support." Yang Wei Quickly ordered to let the northern counties of Henan Province join him first to support Licheng earlier, while the southern counties are farther away, so they have more time to give. The reason why Nanyang County is asked to provide food and grass support is because Nanyang County Located in the Nanyang Basin, the land is abundant and the grain output is high. It has been the granary that military strategists have fought for since ancient times.

"Yes, master." No. [-] took the seal handed over by Yang Hao, immediately wrote a letter, and sent it to Feihong in each county with a carrier pigeon.This saves a lot of time.

Jibei County, Feicheng.

After two days of traveling, Yang Hao and his party finally arrived at Feicheng, which is located at the junction of Jibei County and Lu County. The reason why they did not set the meeting point at Jibei, the capital of Jibei County, was because Jibei was too close to Licheng. If the rebels know that the imperial court has come to support Licheng with 3 troops, maybe they will be alert, and the purpose of support may not be achieved.

Because of the rush, Yang Wei left the hundreds of military craftsmen, Qing Hui and Xiao Shunzi in Rongyang and walked slowly, while he led the combatants to go ahead.

As soon as Yang Hao arrived in Feicheng, the sheriff of Jibei County followed him. There was nothing wrong with him. He was a prince who had the power to appoint and dismiss Henan Province, so he couldn't help being impatient.

As soon as the sheriff of Jibei County arrived, he was scolded by Yang Hao. Jibei and Licheng were next to each other, but he sat and watched Licheng be surrounded on all sides.Fortunately, Yang Hao didn't say to get rid of him, otherwise he probably wanted to die. In fact, Yang Hao also knew that he couldn't be blamed. After all, the strength of Jibei County was almost the worst among the counties in Henan Province, and he could protect himself. That's pretty good.Finally, Yang Hao asked him for dry rations that could last a few days for the three thousand troops, and then gave Li Jing a letter, asking him to hand it over to the governor of Gaomi County, asking him to provide some rations, and then asked Li Jing and Qin Shubao to bring 3000 troops. Go straight to the back of the rebels through Gaomi County.But he only left 500 people, and before leaving, he specially told Qin Shubao to protect Li Jing, fearing that something would happen to Li Jing, after all, the strength of the enemy and us is too great.

Yang Hao waited all night in Feicheng, and on the third morning, reinforcements from the northern counties arrived one after another. By the afternoon, all the reinforcements that should have arrived had arrived, and the number of reinforcements reached more than [-]. Quite cooperative.It was already evening when Yang Hao finished integrating all the teams. Yang Hao didn't want these soldiers from various counties to delay his command because they were not familiar with each other, so the integration took a long time.

Yang Hao only had 500 troops by his side, and the least number of people in those counties was 3000. At the beginning, he was a little disobedient. The soldiers were obedient.

After dinner, Yang Hao let everyone rest for half an hour and then began to lead the army on the road overnight. By the early morning of the fourth day, he had already entered the border of Qi County.

"Han Qiang." Yang Yan looked at the sky and saw that it was already dawn, and he was not far from Licheng, so he could no longer march in a swaggering way, and the soldiers were already exhausted after driving all night.

"Here, what is your order?" Han Qiang responded immediately

"Lead fifty guard brothers to patrol the surrounding twenty-mile boundary, and another 50 people will replace you in an hour. We have entered the boundary of Qi County, so we have to be careful everywhere. If the rebels find out, then our surprise rescue will come soon. It’s meaningless. These people are almost exhausted after driving all night, let them rest here. We only need to feel the periphery of Licheng in the evening, and attack in one fell swoop while the night is dark to join up with the defenders in the city.”

"So your mission is relatively heavy. You must ensure that our whereabouts are not discovered." Yang Hao said with a serious face. Originally, there should be scouts in the army, but they didn't take this into consideration when selecting people, so now we have to take them out. The personal guards acted for a while, but fortunately, these personal guards were trained according to the methods of later generations of special forces. Although it was not long, it was okay to make a temporary cameo.

After a hundred personal guards patrolled back and forth several times, when everyone felt that they had almost rested, Yang Hao led the troops on the road again, but of course the speed became very slow, and the personal guards needed to be dispatched from time to time to clear the obstacles ahead.

The sun had already set in the west, and dusk was approaching.At this time, an army of more than [-] heavily armed troops was hidden in a forest fifteen miles to the west of Licheng.Half an hour ago, Yang Hao led the troops to arrive here and sent his personal guards to investigate the situation. The rest of the people rested in the forest to recover their strength and wait for the upcoming battle.

Half an hour later, the guard came back.Yang Hao urgently called the commanders of the counties to hold a temporary meeting in front of the station to arrange tasks.

"According to the news from the personal guards, about 10 rebels surrounded Licheng, and the east and north are the weakest. The east is the base of Wang Bo's rebels, and some of the rebels are attacking Beihai County, so they have no worries. And the back It is Liu Badao's rebels, and they will not worry about any reinforcements from the court. But if they want to attack these two places, they have to make a detour. The detour means that they may be exposed early, and there is no surprise rescue effect, and there is still There is no danger of being surrounded from front and back."

"The west and south of Licheng are the most heavily besieged places by the rebels, because the western and southern armies may support Licheng at any time." Yang Hao told several people about the situation and the results of his own analysis.

"However, I will choose to approach Licheng from the northwest direction." Yang Hao changed the subject and said in a non-negotiable tone. Of course, everyone was puzzled, why did we attack from here where the rebels had the strictest defense? ?

"It is winter at this time, the sun sets to the northwest, the light hits the southwest, and we attack from the northwest, then we are going with the light, and the rebels are fighting against the light, so that we can fight in a short time A gap, directly joining the defenders in the city." After Yang Hao said this, everyone had an expression of sudden realization and a hint of admiration.Those who can use nature to fight are all military geniuses. Until now, they are really convinced by Yang Hao.

"Everyone should remember that I will lead a hundred personal guards to lead the way ahead, followed by four centurions, followed closely by soldiers from all counties, forming a conical formation to go straight to the northwest of Licheng."

"Do you have confidence?" Yang Hao asked with a straight look

"Yes!" All the generals answered in a thick tone in unison.

"Okay! Everyone go back and prepare. After a quarter of an hour, go straight to the northwest of Licheng and fight a bloody road." Yang Hao finally ordered

The sunset at dusk is really beautiful, dyeing the clouds in the sky bloody, as if looking forward to the coming moment of killing.

Five miles outside the west gate of Licheng, the rebel army's West Camp.

"Hey, old six, you said that you have been besieging Licheng for so long and you can't beat it. It's cold today, and everyone else is sleeping and warming up. Why do you want us and my brother to come here to close the gate? Drink to warm up your body, my brother and I secretly left this when we ransacked a big family a few days ago, I was thinking how many sips would keep out the cold in such a cold day, but I have always been reluctant to drink it, should I have a couple of sips." One of the rebels complained. Then he took out a small bottle of wine and asked Niu Liu if he wanted a drink.

"Third brother, the commander has already said that you can't drink alcohol while on duty. Drinking alcohol will cause trouble. Don't drag me into it." The brain is not stupid.

"Marshal Wang said that if Licheng is taken down, Qi County will be ours, and then each person will get fifty acres of land. Fifty acres, something I never dared to think about in my life, the land of Lao Cai, the landlord of our Niujiazhuang It’s only about 150 mu, if you think about the three people in my family, that’s [-] mu, then I’ll live the same life as the landlord Lao Cai.” Niu Liu said naively, it can be seen that he was encouraged by Wang Bo. Land as an attraction is equivalent to grasping the weakness of all the people. For the sake of land, more and more farmers who lost their land joined their ranks, which is why the rebel army has developed so rapidly.

In ancient times, the land was sparsely populated and the yield was low. The yield of a [-]-mu field was not necessarily higher than that of a [-]-mu high-yield field today. It can be seen that the saying that science and technology are the primary productive forces is an absolute truth.

"Okay, just think about it slowly, and wait until you survive. Now 10,000+ people can't even take down Licheng with only [-] to [-] defenders. What's the point of overthrowing Emperor Sui Yang's rule? Don't you dream, I just want to get cheaper gradually." Said Liu Sandao lazily gave birth to the sun.

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