Chapter 720: Closing the City Gate
In the distance, Fu Bingrong restrained his horse and said to the generals who followed him: "The city gate is closed, Li Chongjiu is scared, he actually ordered the city gate to be closed, and the people and the army are locked out!" ”
A general smiled: "Although I can't see it clearly, I can guess that there are still some small royal families who haven't had time to enter the city, and they have also been locked up outside the city by him, this guy really doesn't care about other people's lives in order to save his life!" ”
Hey, Fu Bingrong said: "This is similar to what we estimated in advance, it is not surprising!" Okay, let's follow the original plan, everyone will lead the troops to block the road, pay attention to tell our sons, don't hurt the people and soldiers outside the city, but let them fully realize the strength of our army, this must be paid attention to! ”
The generals agreed loudly, dispersed, and each took his own army to block the roads and city gates in a pre-planned direction!
Fu Bingrong ordered the heralds to collectively blow the horn, and it should be sounded for a while, at least within two quarters of an hour, and the horn should sound frighteningly, so that everyone who heard the horn was afraid!
On the top of the city. Li Chongjiu's mood is now stable, the city gate is closed, and the drawbridge is raised, making him feel a little safe, and he can finally calm down a little now and carefully observe the Yan army in the distance!
I saw that the Yan army was not in a hurry to chase and kill, but divided into small parts, scattered one team after another, galloping in all directions, it seemed that they wanted to attack the various city gates, but what was strange was that the Chinese army kept blowing the horn, but it did not attack the Taiyuan soldiers who were in chaos outside the city because the horn sounded!
Li Chongjiu looked at it for a while, turned his head in confusion, and asked Wu Youren: "Wu Aiqing, blowing the horn means charging forward, but why didn't the Yan army attack?" ”
Wu Youren was also watching the battle situation below. But in reality there was no fighting, just two groups of people running, one group running around, and the other group running in formation!
Wu Youren has never commanded the battle, but this does not mean that he will not talk about the army on paper, of course, there is no paper now, but he has a mouth, he can talk about the army, he said: "As far as the minister can see, those Yan troops are going to attack the city gates elsewhere. However, they don't have siege engines, so they won't succeed! ”
He paused, and then said: "The minister estimates that except for the north of the city, the city gates in the other three directions will be blocked by them, which is exactly in line with the art of war of encircling three queyi, it seems that Yan Bing still doesn't want to fight with us!" ”
Li Chongjiu breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and said with regret: "If I had known that the stake formation was so effective, I would have urged the soldiers to drive the stakes on all sides in the past two days." ”
He still hadn't figured out much what the stake array was for. But he doesn't need to know, he just needs to know the benefits of this thing.
At this time, King Jingde came over, and he is now one of the heads of the military. should give some military advice, he said: "Your Majesty, General Du is still outside the city, should we send a team of soldiers and horses to respond?" ”
Li Chongjiu was immediately embarrassed. Let him open the city gate now, it is a fantasy, but if Du Da's jaw falls outside the city. Then he will also feel heartache, after all, the Jin Wu Army is his starting team, and Du Da Chin is his loyal general.
But after thinking about it for a while, he still felt that his safety was more important, and there were loyal courtiers, and he believed that there would be no less in the future, but his own life, but there was only one, in case of some accident, it would be too late to regret it.
Li Chongjiu was embarrassed to say that he would not let Du Da chin enter the city, after all, it would make all the supporters feel cold, he just said: "Wait, wait for Du Aiqing to get closer to the city gate, and then we will send someone out to pick it up!" ”
But these words still made all the people present feel cold, even Wu Youren thought that if the person who fell outside the city was himself, then Li Chongjiu would not say the same, and the people in Taiyuan almost began to despise Li Chongjiu at this time, how can this be like what an emperor said, in the history of the Dafang Empire, there has never been an emperor who would watch his generals fight outside, and he stood on the head of the city and said something like waiting.
No matter which emperor of the Dafang Empire has been replaced, even if it is the female emperor of the Dugu Empress, if she learns that her generals are fighting outside and are surrounded by enemies, she will not hesitate to order the rescue, because all the previous emperors understand that if they lose their military heart, then the throne will not be stable, and only Li Chongjiu, the fake emperor, will only care about his own life, in fact, even if he opens the city gate to rescue Du Da chin, it will not necessarily let the Yan soldiers enter the city!
Not far from Li Chongjiu in the city, there is a pair of wolf-like eyes, staring at Li Chongjiu, these eyes belong to Li Mofeng, he is now extremely low-key, and it is easy not to go to Li Chongjiu's side, because Li Mofeng understands that Li Chongjiu is not a person who has made a big deal at all, even if Yang Ze dies, what can he do, isn't there still a long-lived princess, Li Chongjiu wants to rely on those generals and nobles in Taiyuan City who have already turned away from him, it is impossible to successfully counterattack Chang'an, this is already completely impossible!
Li Mofeng thought silently: "Perhaps, when Li Chongjiu is finished, I can use his head to make a name for myself and switch to the camp of the long-lived princess." ”
At this time, Prince Cheng walked up to Li Chongjiu and said, "The minister has a plan, and I ask the emperor to adopt it." The minister thought that when General Du approached the city gate, we shouted at the head of the city, saying that Yang Ze was dead, which could not only improve the morale of the soldiers and civilians defending the city, but also make the Yan army panic, and take the opportunity to save General Du! ”
Li Chongjiu hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, yes, it should be like this, I was panicked for a while, and I forgot to take advantage of this matter, you quickly spread the news, let the soldiers and generals wait and shout, be sure to let the Yan army below hear this matter clearly!" ”
Prince Cheng agreed repeatedly, looked at the king of Jingdejun, and made an idea, but according to the territory demarcated in advance, the army belonged to the king of Jingdejun, so the order should be ordered by the king of Jingdejun.
King Jingde nodded, turned around and left, called his children and grandchildren, and gave such and such an order, let them go to the order, but it is a pity that the news of "Yang Ze's death" was conveyed at this time, whether it would make the Taiyuan soldiers and civilians think that this was false news about the retreat, and it was only used to hit the morale of the Yan army, it is not yet known. If the soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan had this kind of thought, then I am afraid that their morale would be even lower, thinking that their army would not be able to hold the city at all, and they could only rely on lying to retreat!
At this time, Du Da Jaw had already retreated to a place less than a mile away from the city gate with the golden crow soldiers, and his escape speed was very slow, in front of him, there were no more people, just an open space!
On the way to retreat to the city gate, a golden crow soldier asked Du Da chin. Will the Yan army slaughter the people outside the city, because it will deter the people in Taiyuan City, but he doesn't want this, because he found that the people of Taiyuan are actually very good, and they have nothing to do with Li Chongjiu, if they are slaughtered, it is really too cruel, although as Li Chongjiu's enemy, he really hopes that Li Chongjiu will be finished soon. But it doesn't mean that he wants to see the people of Taiyuan unlucky.
Du Da shook his chin and said: "There will be no such thing as a massacre, we are not real enemy soldiers, we just want to kill Li Chongjiu, why kill the people." It's impossible. ”
He pointed to the people who had already fled in all directions, and said: "It's just that they can't return to the city for the time being, and Li Chongjiu's behavior of not daring to fight with the Yan army, but leaving the people behind, is just spreading to the nearby prefectures and counties." In this way, the nearby garrison will not come to support Li Chongjiu. ”
The golden crow soldiers were relieved, after all, they had just changed from civilians to soldiers not long ago, and no one wanted to see the people unlucky.
Du Da's chin guessed that it was similar to the actual situation. Yang Ze's order to Fu Bingrong also had such considerations, firstly, not to kill or injure the people, and secondly, to spread the news that Li Chongjiu did not care about the lives of others, so as not to rush to support the officials of nearby prefectures and counties and cause trouble to Yang Ze's plan.
Taiyuan, as the land of Longxing of the Dafang Empire, is not only in charge of a city in Taiyuan, but several nearby states and counties are under the management of Taiyuan, that is, they are all under the management of Li Chongjiu, and there are tens of thousands of garrisons.
If the people who escaped hid in the nearby villages, of course they would spread the news that Li Chongjiu had fled and abandoned them outside the city, and the people in the nearby villages would know, and of course the officials and troops in the surrounding states and counties would also know that they had no feelings for Li Chongjiu, and Li Chongjiu had not had time to win them over, when they learned that Li Chongjiu was a bad person, the idea of rushing to support would be infinitely close to zero, and they would think about observing the limelight first.
As long as they don't rush over immediately, even if it is only a few days, Yang Ze's plan will be executed, and when the sky changes, they only need to support the imperial court, that is, support Yang Ze.
When Du Da's chin slowly retreated to the vicinity of the moat, a golden crow soldier said angrily: "Li Chongjiu, this bastard, he actually closed the city gate, and he didn't even let us in, is he crazy, he doesn't even care about the lives of his henchmen!" ”
There are not many Jin Crow soldiers outside the city, only a few dozen, and there are hundreds of Taiyuan soldiers who escaped on the periphery, just with such a little people, if the city gate is not opened, and the Yan army really attacks, it is estimated that they will not even need a cup of tea, they will all die by the moat!
Du Da chin snorted and shouted: "Brothers, we have no way to retreat, we can only fight against the water, let us be here and serve the emperor!" ”
With the right idiom, he is very proud, and he can be regarded as a Confucian general!
The golden crow soldiers around him shouted: "Fight to the death and serve the emperor!" "The cry was so loud that even the city could hear it clearly!
Li Chongjiu looked at the Jin Crow Army below, and was so moved that he almost cried, but he still did not give the order to open the city gate to receive the Jin Crow Army into the city!
Although there are only more than a hundred soldiers around Du Da Chin, but now the momentum is like a rainbow, the Golden Crow soldiers are surrounding Du Da Chin, shouting wildly, and those Taiyuan soldiers are also screaming, it seems that if they don't shout so wildly, it can't reflect that they are now loyal to Li Chongjiu!
At the beginning of the dust, almost a hundred Yan soldiers chased here, the leader was Fu Bingrong, a large number of troops were sent out to block the road, Fu Bingrong only brought such a small number of soldiers to arrive, but the Yan soldiers were not afraid, and they didn't care about the movement at the head of the city.
When he ran to a place where Du Da's chin was a stone's throw away, Fu Bingrong suddenly smiled and said: "There are only more than 100 of us, and Li Chongjiu is so scared that he doesn't dare to open the city gate, seeing that his courage is really too small to be recoverable, if he can still win, it is really unreasonable!" ”
The Yan soldiers also laughed, the soldiers who could follow Fu Bingrong were basically Bohai warriors and Zhenxi soldiers, all of whom were extremely capable of fighting, not to mention that the strength of Du Da's chin was comparable to them, even if there were three or five times more, they didn't care!
Fu Bingrong looked at the city, after all, it was still far away, so he couldn't observe who Li Chongjiu was, of course, it didn't matter to him whether he recognized him or not.
Fu Bingrong looked at the city wall, and saw that the place on the left and right of the city gate was almost a mile away, almost all of them were blank, there were no fleeing people, and there were no scattered Taiyuan soldiers, in front of them, only a small group of people like Du Da chin, still shouting at themselves!
However, the city is full of people, there are human heads behind every battlement, and even four or five heads will be exposed behind a battlement, so many people dare not open the city gate to fight, which also makes Fu Bingrong a little surprised, even if he is afraid of death, he will not be afraid to this point, if the city gate is opened at this time, a thousand-person team rushes out from inside, then the only one who escapes is General Fu!
Fu Bingrong turned his head and asked, "Can you still run, is there enough arrows, let's go around the city and shoot while running?" ”
When the Bohai warriors and Zhenxi soldiers heard this, they all laughed, and some soldiers laughed: "Running around the city wall is not an easy job, but it's not a big deal, but you can shoot arrows at the top while running, don't expect this quasi-leader General Du!" ”
In their hearts, even if the defenders of Taiyuan dare not fight, but standing behind the wall and shooting arrows, they will not dare to shoot arrows, from top to bottom, the Taiyuan soldiers will definitely have the upper hand, the Bohai warriors and Zhenxi soldiers are afraid that they will have to hide, when it comes to killing the enemy, it is really impossible to count on!
Fu Bingrong sneered and said: "After turning this circle, it is estimated that the sky is going to be dark, and my master will also arrive at that time, first let those big men in the city see the ability of our hundreds of people, and then when they see the arrival of tens of thousands of troops, let them estimate how long they can hold out and how long they can support Li Chongjiu's waste." ”
With a wave of his hand, more than a hundred people under his command immediately turned their horses' heads, no longer pressing on Du Da's chin, but ran around the city wall!
Directly ahead, Du Da chin, who was shouting wildly, saw it, and thought it was to scare Fu Bingrong away, Du Da chin was still a little disappointed, Fu Bingrong What's wrong, don't say send someone to fight with him, let himself be in front of the whole city's military and civilian, and then show his majesty.
He was a little disappointed, but others didn't know, those Taiyuan soldiers were almost excited to cry, they only shouted a few times, and they scared away Yan Bing, it seems that Yan Bing is not good, not as powerful as imagined!
Even Li Chongjiu and Wu Youren at the head of the city were surprised and delighted, although the Yan soldiers who scared away more than a hundred people were really not a victory, but it also showed that the Yan soldiers were strong and not powerful.
Wu Youren hurriedly said: "Send an order to General Du, let him catch a living, and ask if this Yan army is the vanguard of the Yan army that collapsed before, although it seems to be, but it is better to make sure that it is, and also, let our sons and daughters hurry up and call Yang Ze dead......"
One of the heralds behind him said, "Obey!" ”
But at this moment, the team of Yan soldiers outside the city suddenly approached the city wall, and a rain of arrows shot up, although there were not many arrows, but they were full of lethality, and at least seventy or eighty arrows of more than a hundred arrows were shot up, and all of them were shot, and the screams suddenly sounded!
Wu Youren felt a flower in front of him, he squatted down violently regardless of it, and heard a scream behind him, and when he turned around, he saw that the herald behind him had an arrow into his head, fell backwards to the ground, and was already killed! (To be continued......)