Chapter 349: The First Voice
Advance together, retreat together, now they are a whole, and no one can stop them if they want to rush out.
Yuwen Chengdu was upset in his heart, looking at the fire outside the barracks, the layout was clever, blocking their sight, and the two thousand men and horses charged until now and did not take it, feeling uneasy.
"At least heavily armored soldiers appeared in the front barracks to fight with me, and General Zhang's 2,000 men couldn't take half a step."
The herald came to deliver the message, and as soon as he finished speaking, another herald hurried over.
"General, General Zhang has been attacked by intensive arrows, and there have been 100 casualties."
The herald was sweating profusely and panicked.
"General Zhang was shot ......"
The heralds sent back bad news one after another, and Yuwen Chengdu heard that not only the vanguard general was hit by an arrow, but also suffered more than 100 casualties, and the matter had reached a point where it could not be cleaned up.
"Order, all soldiers and horses march!"
Li De's heavily armored shield soldiers were defending outside, and the opponent's bow and arrows were not in a rut, and the archers in the rear released arrows in unison, and the arrows rained down against the firelight, falling on the opponent's head.
Inflict a large number of casualties on the enemy.
As the defensive side, it has a geographical advantage, blocking the opposing cavalry from charging into formation.
They knew that the commander in charge of the big charge was inadvertently hit by an arrow and was being carried back for treatment, and they didn't know if they could survive.
The sword has no eyes, it is so cruel, anything can happen on the battlefield.
"Governor, the banner of Yuwen Chengdu, the main force of the other party has 10,000 people."
Gao Cheng was a little nervous and informed Li De of the situation.
The flags were lined up, Yuwen Chengdu's men and horses stopped outside the barracks, and the cavalry led by his generals who were wounded all retreated, and the two became a stalemate.
"Where is Li De?"
Yuwen Chengdu marched forward with a fearless face.
Li De was guarded in the middle, wearing a heavy armor with a stylish style, and it was difficult not to be discovered.
Lifted the mask and threw people behind the barracks fortifications, and said: "Yuwen Chengdu led the troops to attack the vanguards, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, what kind of heart do you have, is it against the imperial court, do you want to rebel?" ”
The first voice was seized, and as soon as Li De's words came out, the soldiers present heard it, and asked themselves, the soldiers didn't know what was going on, and the most generals didn't know yet.
General Tianbao just looks down on the other party, and wants to teach a lesson, which Cheng wants things to be unexpected, and now he is stunned to let the other party take advantage of it, and things are even more difficult to say.
Yuwen Chengdu's face was cold and dark, he was a person who was not good at words, and when he saw Li De open his mouth, he made it clear that his face was very unbearable, when did he Tianbao General suffer such a loss.
I really want to ask someone to rush directly into the barracks and behead this person, but he can't do this, he has a bright future in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and he doesn't want to destroy the interests of the Yuwen family, and now he is self-defeating and shoots himself in the foot.
"Li De, how can you evacuate the barracks?"
Yuwen Chengdu knew that things could not continue, and today's events would inevitably reach His Majesty's ears, and there must be a complete explanation, and he could not be allowed to offend his own family.
For this he can make some concessions.
"When you were reasonable, you played sneak attack with me, but now you can't beat it, you want to be reasonable, I, Li De, am a very reasonable person, the materials originally to be issued to the vanguard have been increased fivefold, when will the materials be raised and sent, when will we leave, we must be sincere in making a deal, and then compensate 30,000 yuan, this matter will be counted, we are not to blame in the past, please do not approach the barracks for thirty miles during the second period, otherwise you will definitely participate in the crime of rebellion."
"There is no room for price reduction, agree to the conditions, please leave quickly, otherwise it will be regarded as a declaration of war."
"You only have time to think about a stick of incense, and the blind tossing and turning of the big night is really tiring."
The lieutenant beside him was saying in his heart that Li De was thick-skinned, and he was obviously tired when he sat in the carriage.
Yuwen Chengdu, it really seems that he ordered to kill these people, but he can't guarantee that he can kill the other party, and being able to mobilize 10,000 people is already his limit of overstepping his authority.
The 100,000 soldiers and horses in the eastern capital of Luoyang are nominally in his hands, but he is only in charge, and if he wants to mobilize, he needs His Majesty's military talisman and the dispatch of the military department, and he can do whatever he wants.
His father mentioned Li De to him many times, knowing that this person is unreasonable and a very slippery person, and he will never give in to the conflict of interests, but he is a good hand in business and is quite honest in business.
Yuwen Chengdu struggled, although he was unwilling, but in order to cover up his mistakes and protect the interests of the family, he could only admit it.
"You have to remember what you said, the supplies will be delivered in three days, don't let me see you again in Luoyang, otherwise you won't be able to leave Luoyang."
"Thank you General Yuwen and the pioneers for participating in the drill today, so I can't send it away!"
Li De did not get angry in the slightest, but became polite when he spoke.
"Dudu, he's threatening you, can you still laugh?" Wei Li said suspiciously.
"Oh, you people don't have to worry too much about the defeated generals of your subordinates, you can't let people express their emotions if they can't beat them, do you really want to destroy humanity?"
Wei Li was surprised, is this really the case, he was skeptical, but it seemed to sound very reasonable, it was normal to complain a few words.
As a result, Wei Li was successfully led by Li De to think crookedly, and he would think about the problem from the other party's position at such a moment.
Yuwen Chengdu took the men and horses to another barracks outside Luoyang City to rest, and after the casualties were counted, there were more than 300 people who were hit by arrows, and more than 20 died.
His generals were shot by arrows and wounded in the arm, and may not be able to participate in battles in the future.
What's even more annoying is that Li De's people made a lot of traps outside the barracks, lost more than 60 horses, and there were a large number of grain, grass and weapons in the original barracks.
Being able to rain arrows is not a reserve for the vanguard, it is a reserve for the barracks.
The night attack suffered heavy losses, and according to Li De's request to quell this matter, he needed to pay 10% of the materials in his hands, 100,000 soldiers and horses, and only 5,000 people would account for 10%, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but do it.
The study of the General's Mansion was smashed by him, and the maids in the mansion didn't dare to breathe.
On the contrary, Li Deda did not sleep at night, and was sitting with the ten lieutenants to check the counted materials.
"30,000 guan, take out 20,000 guan and give it to the soldiers, and the remaining 10,000 guan will be distributed to the generals, do you have any objections?"
Li De's distribution is that except for the generals and soldiers, there is no special, and the personal guards take the same.
"It's all up to the Governor."
After the distribution, the lieutenants calculated that the average lieutenant could get fifty yuan, the capital captain at least 100 yuan, and the rest were all additionally subsidized for personal guards and logistics support guards.
They calculated that the remaining silver money that was finally included in the logistics support guard was 5,000 yuan, and it directly became a small treasury for the vanguards, which was a good start as a reserve salary.
The materials collected by the barracks could not be calculated according to the value of money, but the number of arrows counted was enough for 5,000 soldiers and horses, and each of them carried two more quivers and forty arrows.