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Guo Ziyi arrived in Taiyuan City.

Guo Ziyi is a typical old scalper. No matter what the court assigns, he works hard and does his best to do things well.

It was his loyal and upright character that won Li Ye's trust, and he was eventually appointed deputy commander-in-chief to preside over the attack on Taiyuan.

The first thing Guo Ziyi did when he took office was to ask the firearms battalion to demonstrate the power of gunpowder weapons. He also demonstrated the strong support of kerosene to the defensive side.

This is the confidence of both offense and defense. As the commander-in-chief, Guo Ziyi must be aware of it.

Guo Ziyi immediately summoned several generals to discuss a plan to break the city.

Guo Ziyi smiled and asked Lei Wanchun: "General Lei, what do you think are the pros and cons of attacking the city gate?"

Lei Wanchun clasped his fists and said: "Return to Commander Guo, with the power of our thunder, it is easy to blow up the city gate, but the opponent has a barbican. Even if we use heavy armored infantry to enter the barbican, we are not afraid of the enemy's arrows, but if the opponent Using kerosene to burn the heavy armored infantry will also cause heavy casualties, so it is not very wise to attack the city gate!"

Guo Ziyi nodded and took out a letter, "This is the letter written by His Highness the Supervisor of the Kingdom. What he is most worried about is that Tian Shenyu will be destroyed together with the city. He will burn the city with his kerosene and fire. How many people in Taiyuan City will be killed in that way?" One hundred thousand people will die, so His Highness asked us to make a plan before taking action, choose the most powerful moment to break the city in one fell swoop, surround Tian Shenyu with the power of thunder, and not give him the chance to burn the city with fire. The second step is to win over Tian Shenyu. Tian Shenyu wants to die with the city, but his men may not want to die. As long as his men do not carry out his orders, Taiyuan City can be saved. "

Li Fei Yuanli bowed and said, "Does the old general have any strategy for attacking the city?"

Guo Ziyi smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness has sent a hundred sleigh boats that can be towed in the moat. Tian Shenyu will definitely think that we will use these sleigh boats to attack the city, so we can use these boats to build the plank road openly and covertly attack Chencang!"

Guo Ziyi whispered to the three of them, and they nodded. It was indeed a sound plan.

Two days later, a hundred thousand-stone sled boats arrived in Taiyuan, and the Fen River was frozen. Although it was impossible to travel by boat, sleigh boats could be used.

The sled boat was also designed by the Ordnance Supervisor. It is a large sled made of bronze that can wrap up a boat. It is pulled by yaks in the Hehuang area. It is mainly used in winter to transport logistics supplies on the ice of the Yellow River. Several years ago It was put into use in Hehuang area.

Tian Shengong also arrived at the same time. Not only could Tian Shengong persuade Tian Shenyu, but at least one-third of the army in the city were his old troops. They had followed Tian Shenyu for many years. Tian Shenyu could not make them return in half a year. Tian Shengong was with them. It still has a huge influence in my heart.

At dusk, Tian Shengong took a sleigh boat and slowly sailed onto the ice of the moat, followed by more than a dozen large sleigh boats. He waved his hands and shouted to the soldiers at the top of the city: "I am Tian Shengong!"

But the soldiers on the top of the city only saw one man waving his hands and shouting, but no one could hear clearly what he was shouting. At this time, a huge white flag appeared above Tian Shengong's head, which read: 'I am Tian Shengong! ’

Many soldiers on the city were in an uproar. It turned out that the old lord was here.

At this time, the soldiers on several large ships suddenly shot arrows at the top of the city. The defenders on the top of the city were so frightened that they squatted down. The arrows landed on the top of the city. Only then did everyone discover that there were letters on the arrows. There were letters on hundreds of arrows Letters, there are two letters stuck in each arrow.

The defenders picked up the letter one after another. At this time, someone shouted: "The Lord is coming!"

I saw Tian Shenyu walking quickly to the top of the city surrounded by a large group of soldiers. A soldier handed two letters to Tian Shenyu. Tian Shenyu read the letters. One was a letter written by his brother Tian Shengong to himself, and the other was The regent of the country sent a letter to all the soldiers.

Tian Shenyu did not read the letter and tore it into pieces. He glanced at the crowd and saw that many people were holding letters in their hands. He ordered: "Everyone hand over the letter. Anyone who hides the letter will be killed immediately!"

Dozens of soldiers came forward to receive the letter. The soldiers did not dare to hide it and came out one after another.

Tian Shenyu looked back at the boats on the river, and he ordered coldly: "Pass my order, the trebuchets will attack and destroy all the boats!"

A large number of trebuchets were installed on the city, and they were large trebuchets. Tian Shenyu forced 20,000 civilians to operate the trebuchets. The focus was where the Fen River entered the city. One hundred large trebuchets were deployed on both sides of the river.

The reason why Li Ye sent a hundred sledge boats to Taiyuan was because the Fen River ran through Taiyuan City. Like Luoyang City, it could be smashed into the city along the way.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" More than a dozen trebuchets closest to the Tang Army's sled ship were launched, and more than a dozen huge rocks rose into the air and shot towards the Tang Army's sleigh ship.

The yaks pulled by the Tang army turned around one after another. A huge boulder passed over Tian Shengong's head and almost hit the ship. Tian Shengong was so angry that he cursed. Another big ship slowed down a step and was hit by a boulder. The hull was smashed into pieces. Splashing, the ship fell on the ice, and several other sled boats quickly tied it with ropes and dragged it to the other side.

The defenders on the top of the city burst into laughter. Tian Shenyu squinted and looked at Fenshui in the distance. He faintly saw countless small black dots. He nodded secretly. In fact, he had already guessed the intention of the Tang army to attack the city. They were going to use ships to attack the city. A team full of soldiers rushed into the city.

Tian Shenyu turned around and ordered: "Take two thousand barrels of kerosene and place them on both sides of the river. If they dare to enter the city by boat, the fire will burn them to death!"

Thirteen thousand barrels of kerosene gave Tian Shenyu the confidence to defend the city. They had practiced defending the city many times. As long as they had kerosene in their hands, even if the enemy invaded Wengcheng, they would be burned to ashes.

As night falls, the lights where the Fen River enters the city are like daylight. Thousands of soldiers are heightening and strengthening the ice wall made of sand bags. They heighten and thicken the sand bags and pour water to form an ice wall, which is integrated with the city walls on both sides.

In fact, it cut off the possibility of the Tang army entering the city from the river mouth. This move was used by Li Ye when he defended Chang'an and built a city on the ice of Qushui.

Groups of soldiers were training on the shore. In a deserted place, a dark figure hid in the dark and observed for a long time, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

Close to the middle of Jinyang Street in Taiyuan City, there is an impressive Beidu Restaurant. It occupies a large area and is very impressive. At first glance, it looks like a restaurant with a background.

The background of this restaurant is the Dugu family, but it is well hidden and most people don't ask much.

At night, a dark figure climbed over the wall from the backyard and knocked on the door rhythmically. The lights turned on. After a moment, the door opened a crack and the dark figure flashed in.

There was a restaurant owner in the room, and the man in black was actually a young Tang Army scout brigade commander named Hu Lie. He was a native of Taiyuan and had superb martial arts skills. He had been hiding in the city as a local.

The shopkeeper poured him a cup of hot tea and said, "Amanda Shenyu sends people to search inns and restaurants every day. I am afraid that there are Tang Army spies. I have important information here and I can't inform you."