"Jiang Baoyi is the general, but I haven't heard of much merit before, and now as the deputy head of the Jiezhou march, he leads the troops to garrison Jiexiu Dongcheng, and Yuwen Wok ......"

"The end will be."

The orderly advance and retreat of the army before was the work of the Wei Mansion and the Governor's Mansion.

And when the troops are arranged, who should be used and who should not be used, Li Po has the final say, and they are all based on the report, after some discussion, Li Po finally felt that it was almost the same, and began to issue military orders.

"The soldiers need to rest for a day, and the morning after tomorrow, I will order you to lead your troops to attack Dongcheng, and test it first to see if the descendants of the Jiang family are worthy of the name."

"The last will obey."

"Zhang Lun is an old general of Yanmen, after joining the Tang Dynasty, he has made great achievements, and he has been heard of many times, and his people guard the southern city, and they do not need to attack strongly, and they are ...... in the group."

"The end will be."

"When the other departments attacked the city, you led 10,000 cavalry troops to fill the foot, lined up in the south of the city, and pinned down Zhang Lun's troops, so that they had no time to support the other departments."

"The last will obey."

"Li Zhongwen, the gate valve, the ancestor is Li Bi of the Western Wei Dynasty, the big valve of the high gate...... Haha, I like such opponents, Chen Yuan, Wei Chixin. ”

"The end will be."

"The day after tomorrow, you two will lead the main force of the infantry army to attack Jiexiu Beicheng, let's see if this Jiezhou governor has the talent to lead the troops."

"The last will obey."

Military orders were issued one after another, and after a short time, the generals dispersed one after another.

Compared with the self-confidence of the cavalry, the infantry generals do not have so much confidence, this is the first battle of the infantry army of the two states, and they have to face a city like Jiexiu.

And there were still 30,000 Tang troops stationed in the city, which was not an easy opponent for the infantry soldiers of the two states.

To be honest, don't look at Li Po's orderly, but he doesn't know the bottom of his heart.

He has seen siege battles, when he was in Liaodong, a million troops besieged Liaodong City, he watched it for a few days, and the tragic scene seems to be still vivid.

There were countless ways for the Sui army to attack the city, and the defense of the Goguryeo people was also renovated, anyway, no matter what the final result of that battle was, it left an indelible impression on Li Po.

It's so miserable that both the defenders and the besiegers shed their blood there.

At that time, what he thought was, don't tell us to attack the city, otherwise, whether we can survive in the end depends on whether God will give this face.

Now he is facing a small Jiexiu City and 30,000 Tang troops, and the next battle in Liaodong City that day must not be compared, but who knows, no matter how big or small the war is, there will always be similarities.

Now, the similarity is the course of the war.

On this day, the army under Jiexiu City still did not attack the city, and after a long march, the soldiers must rest and recuperate.

But they were not idle, the cavalry dragged in more and larger logs, and the craftsmen got busy, and they began to make some bulky siege equipment.

It is true that there is no way to compare with the Sui army under Liaodong City, there are not so many manpower, and there are not so many skilled craftsmen to follow, so the most important siege equipment manufactured is actually a crash car, a city car, and a ladder, as well as cannon branding.

The cannon brand is also the cannon, and the cannon in this year belongs to the high-level siege equipment, and the production process also belongs to the category of military secrets.

That is, Li Po defeated Jinyang, otherwise, this kind of large-scale siege equipment would definitely not appear in his army.

And it is all wooden, and it can only be said to be unsatisfactory in terms of range, which is farther than a bow and arrow, and it depends on the weight of the thrown weight.

If you attack a big city like Jinyang, you have to make the cannon even taller, so that you can throw stones on the city wall, and if you want to smash the city wall of Jinyang, you should save it, it is the patent of the later artillery.

Even if you can throw a thousand pounds of heavy objects with a cannon, as long as you don't always hit one point, it will be a waste of effort for the city walls of Jinyang City.

It can be said that the army is quite well prepared, but this is not a large-scale siege battle, Li Mi and Wang Shichong must have fought much more in Luoyang than here.

Of course, having said that, Li Po is not such a general, if it weren't for Jiexiu City, he wouldn't let the soldiers come to a strong attack.

Fighting a war will inevitably shed blood, which cannot be avoided, but the amount of blood shed can prove the ability of leading generals.

The day passed quickly, and in fact, for the two sergeants, this period of time was the most difficult, the smell of gunsmoke was clearly recognizable, but they still had to wait patiently.

In the early morning of March, the breeze was gentle, but there was still some coldness.

The drums of war were faintly beating, and large groups of infantry poured out of the camp, lined up in neat formations, and in the squeak and hoarseness, some monsters born in the war were pulled out by mules and horses.

The Tang army was also under the orders of the generals, and groups were lined up on the city wall, although the morale was generally low, but when they were fighting, they were in order, so that they and the chaotic rebel army drew a clear difference.

In fact, they, like the army under the city, belonged to the military heritage of the Great Sui, but the heirs no longer recognized them as Sui ministers.

The elite and strength of the Sui army can be reflected in them to a certain extent.

The period of preparation for battle was extraordinarily long for the non-commissioned officers of the two armies.

The siege army, which occupied more of the initiative, calmly made various arrangements under the city, attacking on three sides, leaving only the west end near Fenshui.

Is it one of the three rounds? No, even if the Tang army fled out of the city, it would not choose the western side.

Under Jiexiu Dongcheng, the banner of Yuwen was erected, and the 20,000 foot soldiers under the command of Yuwen Wok had 5,000 Youzhou soldiers, and the remaining 15,000 were his old troops and the Tang army.

Under the banner, Lieutenant General Yuwen Wok summoned in front of him.

Yuwen Wok's voice clearly came into everyone's ears, "The big war is imminent, I shouldn't say anything else, but many of our subordinates are descending, and there may be hesitation when we move forward, after you go back, announce that the army, it is a matter of life and death for us, if you want to hold your head high and support your family in the future, you will see how the result of this battle is." ”

"Those who ascend to the city first will be rewarded, if we can attack this city before the tribes, it will be the first merit of the army, if I can open the palace and build teeth, I will not forget your help......"

In front of the battle to stimulate morale, few people shouted and shouted, they had to let these lieutenant generals and colonels be a microphone, and Yu Wenwo, who was himself a descendant of Li Tang, was really worried that the soldiers under his command would not be able to fight as hard as they could.

Therefore, it is necessary to inform the whole army in advance how important this battle is for them to surrender.

In fact, the people who listened to him here, except for his old department, were not from Li Tang.

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Under the city wall of Jiexiu East City, a group of soldiers held a large wooden cover, and quickly advanced under the city wall, they all held tools in their hands, and first had to fill the trench dug by the Tang army under the city.

Behind them, live ammunition flew into the sky and smashed into the city and inside the city.

Groups of archers, under the protection of the big shield, came to the city not far from the city and opened fire with the city.

The Tang troops above the city drew their bows one after another, and in the shouts of the officers, they released their bowstrings and let the arrows fly into the sky.

For a time, the city rained arrows like locusts, and from time to time someone fell to the ground with arrows, and in the terrible screams, the war slowly began.

At noon, the Yuwen Wok finally gathered up the men and horses, and they used the lives of hundreds of soldiers to fill all the obstacles under the city.

The other side is a little faster.

The bloody corpses were dragged back to the army, and the transfer would be burned to bring the ashes back to their homeland for burial.

And this is not Li Po's initiative, let the corpses of his comrades be exposed in the wilderness, it is the righteous army, there is a clear provision in the military law of the Sui army, the people who bring back the corpses of their comrades who died in the battle will be counted in their military exploits, which is no different from killing the enemy.

Not to mention the Sui people, even the Turks have similar military regulations, and even in the battles of various departments, sometimes they will set aside a period of time to allow the enemy army to collect the corpses of those killed in battle.

Of course, the Turks were more often in the spare time of the war, and the victorious ones went to retrieve the corpses of their own people and kill the wounded enemies on the battlefield.

The battlefield was calm again, smoke rose everywhere, and the soldiers in and under the city could take a breath and have dinner ordered.

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Compared with the north and east of the city, there is an eerie tranquility on the battlefield in the south of the city.

On top of the city, Zhang Lun was scratching his beard by holding on to the battlements of the city wall, looking suspicious.

After a while, he said to the young man with a crown of armor beside him: "Hey, Xu is the enemy's strength is insufficient, and he doesn't dare to come over to attack the city, so it's better to ...... Divide your troops and go to the north of the city? ”

The young man hugged his fists very respectfully and said, "The last general will send someone to ask the chief ......."

When the young man left, Zhang Lun sneered, and his cousin came over from the side at the right time, and whispered: "Big brother, the city is just bluffing, and it doesn't attack, this is a good thing, why does the eldest brother still have to divide his troops to help others?" ”

"The children of the Li family are here, in the name of helping us defend the city, but they are overseers, they are really too deceitful, why should the eldest brother care about the lives of others?"

Zhang Lun pursed his lips and muttered, "After the city is broken, it won't benefit us...... These are all cavalry under the city, just pretending to be here, and the Li family can't see it......"

Speaking of this, his face finally became gloomy, and then he whispered to his cousin: "Erlang, let's be honest with you, at this time, Li Zhongwen still has a lot of suspicion of us, in my opinion, this city is probably not able to hold it, even if we can escape from the city in advance when the city is broken, we will not be able to escape far." ”

"You immediately go and summon Liu Da and them, so that they are ready to listen to my orders at any time, and if the matter is urgent, immediately slaughter the Li family's children for me, and open the city to surrender, in that case, everyone may have a way to live...... We can't bury those two. ”

His cousin was not surprised, "The eldest brother should have been like this a long time ago, there is no good person surnamed Li, no matter how much meritorious service we make, we will be regarded as pigs and dogs, so it is better to go elsewhere...... It's better to drop first, or make a contribution first......"

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )