Chapter 255 Lao Tzu's reputation is ruined

Fortunately, there were not many defenders of the Xia army in Liyang City, and they did not block the tidal flat position, and Chen Ying was able to land smoothly. However, when he went ashore, Chen Ying was in very big trouble.

It is easy to say that the soldiers who are fully armed go ashore, but the baggage, rations, equipment, and armor that the army carries with them are very troublesome. When Chen Ying came to Liyang, he found that there was not even a single young man in sight around Liyang, and there were only those old, weak, sick and disabled left in all the villages, which was really useless.

Taken by a team of soldiers outside Liyang City, seventy or eighty village elders came to Chen Ying inexplicably, and these village elders and clan elders all looked at Chen Ying with anxiety. In Xia Jun's propaganda, Chen Ying has become a fierce demon, who needs to eat the hearts of two children every day, and needs to suck the brains of living people every night, otherwise Chen Ying will not be able to exert magic. They are not stupid, they still have basic eyesight, and they can easily distinguish who is good and who is bad.

These old villagers were flattered and thought in their hearts: "These Tang generals who came are not fierce at all, but they are very kind." As for Chen Ying, there are no rumors at all. ”

The more humble Chen Ying became, the more awe-inspiring these old clansmen of Liyang Township became. On Chen Ying's "Wan'an" ship, Chen Ying asked people to set up seats for the old clansmen in the township, and then sent a meal, of course, it was not a delicacies of the mountains and seas, but an ordinary meal for soldiers.

Half-pound white flour steamed buns, as well as horse meat jerky stew, these village elders muttered while eating: "This sun is coming out of the west?" ”

Liyang is a strategic position, has always been a place for soldiers, over the years, there have been many generals in the past, or some grass-like characters, come to loot a good name to borrow grain, see money eyes on the golden light, see the woman's eyes on the red light. There are also young and strong people who are recruited as soldiers, and there are many young people who take away Liyang, but few of them come back. Like Chen Ying, instead of asking them for food, they didn't pull Zhuang Ding, they still felt strange.

In fact, Chen Ying found that Li Yangqing had fled when he was strong, and he didn't have enough manpower, and it was definitely not easy to unload these materials in a short period of time. Fortunately, Zhang Zhongjian called on his group of pirates to help a lot, at this time, the pirates are really hard to survive haha, they are strong, and they can endure hardships.

Moreover, Chen Ying did not let them work in vain, and paid more than 20% of the salary of normal porters, and these pirates were in full swing.

When these villagers and clan elders had almost eaten, Chen Ying asked with a smile: "Fathers and fellow villagers, I don't know where all the people in Liyang have gone?" ”

A kind old man said with a kind eye: "Some of them went to war with the king of Xia Kingdom, and some fled with them!" ”

In ancient times, war was a key reason for the great migration, and the Guanzhong region of the Tang Dynasty was the most densely populated place in the world. The population of a Chang'an city alone is not less than one million, during the Anshi Rebellion, the people fled from the war and left their hometowns, the enemy came from the east, they could only flee in the west and south directions, and some fled into Hanzhong and Bashu, but the Shu Road went south, so more people fled to the northwest, and poured into Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Suzhou layer by layer.

Now Hebei was annexed by Dou Jiande in one fell swoop, but with the arrival of the Tang army, Liyang became the top priority, so these young men smelled the smell of gunpowder in the air, so they packed their bags and wandered away.

The key is that the general of Xia Guo who was responsible for defending Liyang was Dou Jiande's Wuwei general Liu Ya, Liu Ya's real name was Liu Dumb, he himself stuttered a little and spoke very hard, in order to avoid being ridiculed, he had always rarely spoken. But as the so-called dumb man knows in his heart, he is actually very smart.

When Liu Jintang's defense of Xingyang City was lost, he guessed that Chen Ying would lead his army north to attack Liyang. He knew that it would be very difficult to hold Liyang with the more than 6,000 soldiers under his command alone, so he came up with a clever plan. During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Zhang Bin and Zhang Mengsun suggested strategies to Shi Le, the walls were cleared.

It's just a pity that Chen was in charge of rescuing Luoyang, so he didn't care about Liyang. However, Liu Ya did not waste the time that Chen Ying gave him. He hurriedly lured the people to leave their hometowns, and he sent people to preach in the countryside that Chen Ying was demonized.

However, it is expensive to leave home. People are cheap when they leave their homes. Most of the people of Liyang were originally close to Liyang Cang, with convenient transportation, and the economy was very prosperous, much richer than the people of Hexi. They are even more reluctant to leave their homes.

What's more, Liyang is more boys and girls, Li Mi captured Liyang Cang, and then Li Mi was defeated, Xu Shiji held Liyang City, and as a result, several years of chaos were fought, and the population of Liyang was reduced by two-thirds compared with the seven years of the previous Sui Daye, and now the rest are either orphans and widows, or the old, weak, sick and disabled. It is actually very difficult for them to leave their homes. At this time, these orphans and widows have also accepted their fate and are not ready to escape.

Liu Ya saw that these old ladies didn't listen to the greetings, and they couldn't be forcibly driven away, otherwise it would only backfire. Liu Ya sent people everywhere to preach that Chen Ying's army was composed of all Turkic Hu people, these Turks were too tall, looked like gorillas, and were very energetic, they couldn't get by a few times a night, and the most important thing was that they liked a dozen of them to go together and deal with a woman.

These orphans and widows of Liyang turned pale with fright, and their small bodies could not withstand the conquest of Hu Chong.

In ancient times, it was very difficult for orphans and widows to live, and they had a desire to find a Tang man to live together, but now they heard that it was a bunch of Hu species, and they were afraid.

Hearing this, Chen Ying was very speechless.

He was very annoyed: "Lao Tzu's reputation, it's ruined by you, a bastard!" ”

After learning that the villages and villages along the Yellow River had invariably bewitched the people and fled, leaving an endless empty village and empty village, in this case, because there was no such people as the best medium to spread fear, Chen Ying wanted to gnaw city by city, and did not know that the Year of the Monkey could be completed.

At this time, for Liu Ya, he really wanted to strangle him, but he regarded this thing as a turtle with a shrunken head, and Chen Ying had to change his strategic action again.

On the "Wan'an" steamer that night, the generals under Chen Ying's command, such as Feng Li, Wei Chigong, He Yuejing, Gao Yunquan, Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui, etc., were ,...... A slipped of fierce generals gathered together.

Chen Ying looked at these generals who were born and died with him, and said in a deep voice: "I think you already know that the Xia Kingdom in front of us has already been prepared. Now that we are bound to change the plan of action and the orders of the Ministry of War have been issued to you, you all know what to do, right? ”

The generals shouted in unison: "It's clear! ”

Thousands of miles along the Yellow River have almost become a no-man's land without people.

Chen Ying gestured on the map and said: "General Ben's plan to attack Hebei by surprise has come to naught, and the more than 1,000 roads in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River can only be worked in vain, General Ben has already thought clearly, we can't be so stupid in this battle!" ”

Feng Li groaned: "Then with General Chen's meaning, how should we fight this battle?" ”

"Youzhou Luo Yi!" Chen Ying held a piece of charcoal and drew a line on the map. He drew a huge map of the place where the sea hits the continental shelf, and Chen Ying said: "Why does General Ben want to die and live here, and he Luo Yi actually sits on the wall and watches?" Therefore, General Ben plans to pass through the boats, and use the ships to transport the Xiao cavalry army, the Modao army, and the Beizai army from the diving through the waterway, and raid the right Beiping, as long as Luo Yi does not listen to the greeting, he will be killed! “

PS: The body is slightly unwell, the mentality is a little broken, I slept first, I beg for a monthly pass, I beg everyone to give me some support, and I want to give firepower assistance!

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