Chapter 1074: Gathering the hearts of the people
At the end of the morning, Li Yuntian climbed the gate tower of Xicheng City surrounded by a group of generals.
At this time, the gate of Xicheng had been opened, and many soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Kansai Army walked out of the city gate in a row, marching mightily towards the military camp of the enemy besieging the city in the distance.
In the cold night, Li Yuntian stood expressionlessly in front of the parapet wall of the city gate tower and looked at the queue marching down the city, according to the news he got now, those Kansai generals who went out of the city to join the enemy army took away about 30,000 soldiers of the Kansai army, it seems that many generals in the Kansai army thought that the Ming Dynasty was going to lose the war in Kansai.
"Lord Wang, if the enemy army takes this opportunity to attack the city, then things will become troublesome." Bai An frowned and glanced at the soldiers of the Kansai Army who were out of the city, and after hesitating for a moment, Li Yuntian beside him said.
In his opinion, letting the Kwantan soldiers go and opening the city gates were unimaginable madness, and the enemy troops outside the city were eager to enter the city through the city gates.
After Bai An's words were behind, Lu Minen and other senior generals of the Ming army nearby looked over one after another, and they were also very shocked by Li Yuntian's behavior at this time.
In addition to the generals of the Ming army, there are also the generals of the Kansai Army such as King Zhongshun and King Zhongyi on the tower of the city gate, and their feelings are the most complicated at this moment, and they feel that they have been labeled as traitors.
"The incident happened suddenly, and the enemy troops outside the city would not act rashly, and by the time they reacted, the city gates had already been closed." Li Yuntian knew the worries of Bai An and the others, so he quietly comforted him, the enemy troops defending the city would definitely be startled by those soldiers of the Kansai Army who went out of the city, so the first thing to do was to defend, and they would not attack at all.
Seeing Li Yuntian's confident appearance, the corners of Bai An's mouth couldn't help but reveal a wry smile, in this bad situation now, I am afraid that only Li Yuntian dares to do such a crazy thing.
As Li Yuntian had predicted, the enemy sentries besieging the city were taken aback when they found the soldiers of the Kwantan Army who had left the city, and hurriedly rushed to the general Grogan, who was in charge of besieging the eastern gate of Qinglong City, to pay a report.
Grogan, a native of Wendu, was sleeping with two young and beautiful women from the Western Regions in his arms, and jumped out of bed after learning the shocking news, he thought it was the Ming army from Qinglong City who came to sneak attack, and while hurriedly putting on armor, he ordered the soldiers in the barracks to rise up to fight.
At the same time, Grogan sent people to the military camp besieging the south gate of Qinglong City, and reported to Wendu, who was sitting there.
When Wen Du hurriedly led his men and horses to come to reinforcements, Grogen led the generals of the Kansai Army who went out of the city to take refuge in Agu, Manhei and others.
"General Yu, these people are the generals of the Kansai Army, and they have come to join our army this time." Seeing Wen Du looking at Agu and the others with a puzzled expression, Grogen hurriedly explained to him, "They have already attached themselves to Dayuan and are preparing to take Qinglong City together, but because of the traitor's informant, they were detected by the Ming army, and the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty drove them out. ”
"Kicked out?" Wen Du's brows suddenly furrowed when he heard this, and a look of surprise flashed on his face, he didn't expect such a major thing to happen in Qinglong City.
Then, Wen Du reached out and waved it in front of his nose, and he smelled the strong smell of alcohol on Grogan's body, it seemed that he had drunk a lot of alcohol last night.
Although it was forbidden to drink alcohol during the war, the siege was a very boring thing, and the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty now had an absolute advantage, so both the besieging generals and soldiers seemed very relaxed, and drinking and having fun was inevitable.
"What evidence do you have that you have attached to Da Yuan?" Therefore, Wen Du was not ready to punish Grogen for drinking, but looked at Agu and the others quietly, he was surprised that Li Yuntian would drive out Agu, the Kansai generals who collaborated with the enemy.
"General, the lowly position is the commander of the Chijin Mongolian Guard, Agu, as long as the general sends someone to ask the Taishi of Tuhuan for verification, he naturally knows that we have already attached to Dayuan." Agu was the highest-ranking person among the Kansai generals on the scene, and he bowed to Wen Du and said in a deep voice.
"Put them down." Wen Du glanced at Agu and the others after hearing this, and then opened his mouth to order Grogan, and then frowned and led the generals behind him to leave, secretly thinking about Li Yuntian's intention to do this.
Qinglong City and Dunhuang Ancient City are not far away, the next evening of the next day, get the news of the Tuhuan personally rushed over, one is to learn from Agu and others about the situation in the city of Qinglong City, and the other is also to Wen Du people, worried that Wen Du will detain Agu and others and send them to Jiayuguan as cannon fodder for the siege.
The relationship between the Northern Yuan and the Timurid Empire is very delicate, although Tuhuan has reached an agreement with Wen to cooperate, but for the benefit of their respective empires, neither wants to see the strength of the other party grow, so Tuhuan has to come in person, and the 30,000 Kwanti army is not a small military force.
"Master Tuhuan, the loyal martial king of the Ming Dynasty is scheming, and he doesn't think that he will easily let those Kansai troops leave, so these people still have to be careful to deal with them." Wendu set up a banquet to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and after three rounds of drinking, he smiled and reminded the dehuan.
Originally, Wen Du wanted to transfer those Guanxi troops to Jiayuguan to participate in the siege of the city, but since Tuhuan came in person, he still had to give this face, but there were some things that had to be pointed out, so he didn't believe in the 30,000 Guanxi army, to be precise, he suspected that there might be spies sent by Li Yuntian in those Guanxi army.
In Wen Du's opinion, Li Yuntian is a terrible opponent, and such an opponent will never do meaningless things, so Li Yuntian's behavior of letting Agu and the others leave seems crazy, and there may be a lot of articles in it.
Wen Du now has no way to find out if there are any Li Yuntian's spies among those Kansai generals, but since there is this possibility, then he has to nip the danger in the bud, and the best way is to make him cannon fodder.
It's just that Wen didn't expect that Tuhuan's reaction would be so fast, so that he didn't have time to send Agu and the others to Jiayuguan.
"The general is reasonable, and this master will definitely investigate carefully." Tuhuan smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand to Wen Du, "Now that the strength of Qinglong City has been reduced, the general's attack on the city is just around the corner. ”
"Cheng Taishi's auspicious words." Wen Du smiled and touched the wine glass with the Dehuan Void, and then said meaningfully, "I hope everyone will work together to capture Qinglong City as soon as possible." ”
Hearing this, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he bowed slightly to Wen Du and drank all the wine in the wine glass.
With the departure of Agu and other generals of the Kansai Army, the atmosphere in Qinglong City became a little dull and depressing, and Li Yuntian also wanted to let those Kansai troops leave quietly, but 30,000 people could not be easily hidden, so the people knew that something big had happened in the city the day after Agu and the others left the city.
Since this is the case, Li Yuntian simply posted notices in the streets and alleys of the city, making public the matter of Agu and others secretly going out of the city to join the Northern Yuan.
This caused an uproar among the people of the city, and the panicked people were angry at the abandonment of Agu and the others.
In order to appease the emotions of the people, Li Yuntian successively summoned the representatives of various neighborhoods in Qinglong City, making it clear that the Ming army in the city would do their best to protect Qinglong City and protect the safety of the people, and solemnly promised that no matter what happened, he would stay and live and die with Qinglong City.
Li Yuntian's statement made the atmosphere of panic in Qinglong City gradually dissipate, and it was obvious that the Ming Dynasty would definitely not ignore Li Yuntian, a dignified prince, so the imperial court would definitely send reinforcements to the rescue.
On this morning, Yun Na, who was dressed in a military uniform of the Xiaowu Army, went back to the private school to get personal belongings, and the neighbors on the street greeted her warmly when they saw her, and greeted her warmly.
"Father, those Kansai generals who defected to Dayuan have been driven away, how will we do things in the city in the future?" Yang Xingzhi was teaching in a private school, and when he saw Yun Na coming, he led her to the boudoir in the backyard, and after entering the boudoir, Yun Na's face changed, and she said to Yang Xingzhi worriedly.
"Don't worry, the boss has long expected this situation, so he has a backhand." Yang Xingzhi smiled slightly, and then asked in a deep voice, "Do you know why King Zhongwu let those Kansai generals go?" ”
"King Zhongwu doesn't want the Ming army and the Kansai army to be hostile to each other because of Agu and others, so the most effective way is to let them go, so that the remaining Kansai army generals will be more loyal to King Zhongwu." Yun Na pondered for a moment, and looked at Yang Xingzhi with a serious expression, "King Zhongwu is indeed a terrible opponent, not only good at winning people's hearts but also a madman, I'm afraid that no one except him dares to open the city gate and let those Guanxi troops go, in case those Guanxi troops make trouble, Qinglong City will be destroyed." ”
"He is not a madman, but confident, King Zhongwu has always planned and then moved, he expected that the Kansai army out of the city would not dare to have different intentions and the besieging army outside the city would not dare to act rashly before the situation was clear, so he opened the city gate."
Yang Xingzhi shook his head, sighed, and corrected Yun Na's opinion, "Back then, the Kansai Army suffered a big loss from the Ming army's firearms battalion in Beizhili, so there were firearms battalions to suppress the formation Agu and others who didn't dare to mess around, not to mention that they were eager to escape from the city, where did they have the intention of fighting with the Ming army." ”
"Father, my sister will be fine, right?" Yun Na was stunned for a moment, feeling that Li Yuntian was even more terrifying, and couldn't help but worry about Youlan who was in danger.
"Your sister's identity is known only to the boss, she has never been on a mission, so she is safe now." Yang Xingzhi knew that Yun Na cared about Youlan's safety, so he opened his mouth to comfort her, "Your sister has already given birth to a son to Lord Lu, and no one dares to touch her if there is no conclusive evidence." ”
"Father, prepare a poison for me to seal my throat with blood, and if I have the opportunity, I will kill King Zhongwu, so that Qinglong City will be ours." Yun Na couldn't help but feel a little relieved when she heard this, and then her face turned cold and said coldly, in her opinion, this is the best way to solve the current problem.
"You have to be careful, don't take this step until you have to." Yang Xingzhi hesitated for a moment, then nodded to Yun Na, and said in a deep voice, since Yun Na became the staff officer by Li Yuntian's side, then letting Yun Na assassinate Li Yuntian has become an alternative plan.