I, the patron saint of the frontier of the Tang Dynasty, was forced to rebel

Chapter 13 Time-limited task to destroy the capital of Liangshi, the silver is not enough

Li Er, who was dressed in a dragon robe, was sitting on the couch with an extremely ugly expression.

No wonder, since Lingzhou came back, his face has not looked good!

"Your Majesty, we have found information about the prince, and he is currently being held in the prison of Qin Mu's headquarters."

A man wrapped in black suddenly appeared.

This is a group of private guards like Li Shimin, who are responsible for investigating secret situations, monitoring important officials, and the situation in the harem.

"Last month, the Crown Prince was intercepted during his tour on behalf of His Majesty, including Lord Wei!"

Li Shimin closed his eyes and said nothing, the veins on his hands were bulging.

After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes.

"Is there any chance to save someone?"

"No, the prince's position is guarded by hundreds of scale armor soldiers. With our strength, a surprise attack is tantamount to death."

The man in black was calm and composed, not at all scared by the emperor's anger.

There are many of them, but only a dozen or even a few can go to save the crown prince and Wei Zheng, so it is futile.

"Is this matter the alliance between Wei Zheng and Qin Mu?"

The man in black froze for a moment, "Your Majesty, there is no way to investigate this matter. Mr. Wei wants to come to Qinglian as the crown prince's grand teacher and wholeheartedly assist His Royal Highness, so there is no problem."

"Go down."

Li Shimin waved his hand, and the man in black immediately disappeared into the hall.

Now he was in a mess, and even began to suspect that everyone was conspiring with Qin Mu.

However, the country must have a prince, otherwise the folk rumors cannot be stabilized.

At this time, you need to make a choice!
Liangzhou and Lingzhou are full of smoke!

The surrounding people had already retreated to a safe area under the protection of the army, and tens of thousands of soldiers guarded the city.

It's not that they are incapable of going out, but they can't play.

This is an order!
The reason why Qin Mu made this arrangement was because he was worried that the Liang division would have ambush soldiers who would suddenly attack in other directions.

"How's the situation?"

"Report to the general, there are currently more than 800 casualties, and Lingzhou City is the worst. Liang Shidu's subordinates continue to send small troops to attack our rear, especially the granary, armory and other places. Three warehouses have been burned by fire. Four more are fighting the fire."

Lin Quan's face was full of solemnity. From the beginning of the war to the present, this was the first time he had encountered such a miserable situation.

It is not necessarily true that the battle was lost.

Qin Mu turned around and went down the city wall to the meeting hall.

"General, the west of Lingzhou needs support. The Liang division has deployed a large number of archers in the west and east. It seems that they have been prepared for a long time, and they are not willing to fight. Thousands of soldiers and horses are in the direction of the city gate. It is very difficult for our side. passive!"

"Call Wang Sheng over here!"

Soon, a tall man appeared, his figure was really straight, his eyes were like a falcon.

"General."

"The special forces are almost done training, it's time to come out and practice!"

Hearing this, Wang Sheng's face became serious: "Don't worry, general, our troops are ready."

"Remember, kill the enemy's generals first, don't love to fight, and wait for an opportunity to sneak attack on the opponent's logistics so that they can't persist, look for opportunities to find out where Liang Shidu is!"

"Yes!"

Wang Sheng immediately made arrangements, and the fifteen special forces were scattered, with different tasks.

Like a ghost, it shuttles covertly within the range of enemy and friendly troops, and uses the eight-ox crossbow in its hand to shoot and kill the little general from time to time.

"Scatter them all, attack on your own, kill the generals you see the most active!"

Outside the city, there are more than [-] troops in Liangshidu's army. Including the troops attacking Liangzhou, it is estimated that there will be [-]!

These fighters have been trained for a long time, and they are not casual soldiers recruited temporarily.

The soaring murderous aura permeates outside the city wall!

Catapults and flints slammed into the city wall crazily, causing fires from time to time.

On the other hand, the Lingzhou city defenders didn't seem to plan to fight back, but just stood firm and shot directly when they saw someone climbing the wall.

Anxiety of war
Wang Hongyi, the general of Liangshidu's army, discovered something unusual, and some of his subordinates were inexplicably killed under protection!

A centurion watched his superior shouting with his own eyes, and was suddenly pierced by a crossbow through his neck.

"Quick, lift him down quickly!"

Several soldiers nearby hurriedly carried the commander away.

This scene happened anytime, anywhere in the army, it was too weird!
Wang Hongyi frowned, looking at the commander who was lying on the ground without breathing.

Zhang Yan, the military adviser next to him, was holding a wooden plate with a crossbow on it, which was still stained with blood.

"This is not an ordinary crossbow bolt, but refined iron that has been tempered for thousands of years!"

"According to the current situation, it is impossible for Qin Mu to store such materials in large quantities."

Just as he was saying this, the bodies of another five or six young generals were carried over.

The cause of death is all the same!
"Send the order, the army is assembled, ready to retreat!"

"General Liang, if we retreat now, Liangzhou's offensive will be in vain, Prime Minister Liang will blame us!"

The military division immediately blocked it, and when the troops were dispatched, the prime minister said that he would use Lingzhou to contain him and Liangzhou to feign an attack, thus further expanding the scope to raid Gyeongju!
This strategy is very tight, especially with only [-] soldiers and horses, there can be no mistakes in any link.

"I can't watch the soldiers die. This assassin who is wandering in the army must be found!"

Wang Hongyi issued an order to retreat again, but he only retreated a few miles away and stationed to guard against death.

Seeing the retreat of the army, the guards of Lingzhou City also breathed a sigh of relief.

After fighting like this, their fire oil and other reserves can't keep up!

The battlefield is full of corpses, and the smell of blood makes people sick!

But Lingzhou's guards still sent people to collect the bodies of soldiers who died in battle.

Very rare, Wang Hongyi did not send anyone here.

City Lord's Mansion.

Qin Mu received new news that the special operations team had found Liang Shidu's base camp.

It is ten miles away from Liangzhou City, and it is still accelerating towards Liangzhou City!
"No, they want to attack Liangzhou City!"

"General, according to investigations, the Liang division has only 4 soldiers and horses, and there are only more than 1 capable of fighting. Now that the troops are divided into three groups to attack the three states, there can be more than [-] people in Liangzhou. It should be impossible to attack the city. Bar?"

Lin Quan expressed doubts.

Qin Mu shook his head, "Soldiers are deceitful!"

[Time-limited task release: Destroy the Liangshidu army within 30 days and capture Langzhou! 】

Suddenly, the voice of the system sounded in my mind.

Looking at the dazed general, Lin Quan frowned: "General? You, general."

"It's okay, you go to appease the people so that they don't have excessive fear. In addition, the logistics must be arranged to ensure that the army can extend the combat time."

"General, we only have less than 20 taels of silver left. I'm afraid if this fight continues."

20 million taels?

Qin Mu immediately turned his head, his face was ugly.

"There were 3 million taels three months ago. How did you use it up so quickly?"

"Oh, General, you don't care about the treasury and don't know."

"Not to mention anything else, the general issued the training order three months ago, the food expenses have more than doubled, and the military expenditure is even more terrifying. I also used Liangzhou's inventory silver, otherwise we would have no money a month ago Already!"

It turned out that with Qin Mu's various orders, the consumption of money also increased, and because of the war, the price of food and grass rose accordingly.

Only then did Qin Mu realize that he used to be a military staff officer and didn't care about these things.

It's different now. As the king of the three states, there are too many aspects to consider.

Among them, money is the most important!
As soon as the war started, ten thousand taels of gold was not a joke.

(End of this chapter)