Under the autumn night, the slightly cold wind blew through the company camp for more than ten miles, the flags fluttered, and the open flames swayed. In addition to the necessary guards and patrol soldiers in front of the wall, the soldiers after the passion lived in their own camps and slept on their pillows.

After several days of marching, although he was physically and mentally tired, Liu Chengyou was still in good spirits, and he couldn't sleep, so he simply got up and summoned Li Chongju and Yang Ye to accompany him to inspect the southern camp.

Li Chongju was promoted from the imperial guard to the commander of the inner temple directly, and he suddenly rose up, which inevitably hurt the reputation of the Son of Heaven, and he commanded the army for a few months, he was very low-key, diligent, increasingly restrained, and looked more and more pure, and with his simple and modest style, he was praised by others, and mixed with the reputation of an "honest man".

But no one dared to take this lightly, the previous one did this, Yang Tingwei, the direct colonel of the inner hall, for violating military law, and was almost cut off by him directly, that is the second son of Prime Minister Yang Wei. Of course, with Li Chongju's style of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, it is estimated that he is just making a show, even if he is not killed, he will be expelled from the inner hall for thirty years, and his leg will almost be broken.

Although Yang Wei loves his son, he usually prides himself on enforcing the law for the public, and he didn't let out a single fart, and finally took the initiative to demote his son to a local official. With his nature, he is afraid that sooner or later he will incur trouble.

In comparison, the biggest change has to count Yang Ye. The previous Yang Ye was young and vigorous, although he was cautious, but he was still sharp. Now, the edge is still there, just not as glaring as before, but sharper. It confirms that truth, good material billet can only be made after careful grinding.

Although he was in the middle of the army, the protective forces around him did not relax at all, sweeping the guards who held swords and shields and guarded the sides. Liu Chengyou asked Zhao Yanjin, who led the team, not to be too nervous, but the effect was obviously not good, what should I do.

"The counterinsurgency is over here, and the young generals of the various armies are the most prominent!" As he walked, Liu Chengyou did not hide his appreciation in his tone: "The north is a thief, the west is Huazhou, the defeated army is aided, the decline is saved, and the stubborn ...... is resisted."

"Thanks to His Majesty's promotion of credit, the minister is ashamed!" In the face of Liu Chengyou's appreciation, Yang Ye appeared humble.

After all, in the army recently, the most brilliant person in the united front fight is really not from Yang Ye. Today's Yang Ye can no longer be described as a "rookie". And Yang Ye didn't float, he knew very well in his heart that if there was no Liu Chengyou's almost eccentric reuse and promotion, how could he have the opportunity to make a name for himself.

As for Yang Ye's reaction, Liu Chengyou was also very satisfied. When people are proud, they are often easy to float, and those who can be pampered and not shocked are a minority after all, and Yang Ye obviously belongs to a minority.

"General Yang is both wise and brave, that Wang Jixun is known as the first brave general in the river, and he is not General Yang's opponent in a head-to-head confrontation. Since Linpucheng, according to the last general, Yang is already invincible in the army! Li Chongju, who was silently following him, suddenly cut into the topic.

"Yang is invincible?" Liu Chengyou's eyebrows raised slightly, a little surprised, and a little emotional: "True to the name!" ”

As he spoke, Liu Chengyou suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at Yang Ye: "You haven't married yet!" ”

Yang Ye was stunned, obviously uncomfortable with the jump in the Son of Heaven's thinking, and subconsciously replied: "Yes." ”

"After this battle, I will personally choose a good mate for you, and it must be a famous lady!" Liu Chengyou's eyes were shining, and he looked full of interest.

Hearing this, Yang Ye was surprised and laughed.

The garrison of the Xiaodi Army is in the northwest of the imperial camp, bordering the Yellow River, a large camp, with people, very purposefully walked into it, supporting a small colonel, let him lead the way straight to the destination.

In the company camp, an independent military tent is really difficult to find if there is no special person to guide the way. Raising his hand to stop, the guards who wanted to salute, Liu Chengyou quietly stepped forward, lifted the curtain and entered.

Inside the tent, there was a faint smell of medicine, accompanied by a rumbling snoring sound, and on the marching couch, Sun Li's strong body was lying on it.

Knowing that he was injured in the fierce battle with the thief, Liu Chengyou came to visit and care about this old minister, but seeing his peaceful sleeping appearance, there was a feeling of disturbing people's dreams.

However, people are coming.

coughed lightly, ineffective, a little embarrassed, turned into a heavy cough, Sun Li was finally awakened, in a daze, his hand instinctively went to the hand knife on the side of the pillow, and his mouth cursed: "Who?" Dare to disturb a good dream! ”

"Looking at your full of energy, I feel at ease!"

Liu Chengyou's voice came into his ears, Sun Liqi suddenly came to his senses, sat up in shock, pulled the wound, and grinned in pain, but he also recognized Liu Chengyou who was standing in front of the couch with his back hand.

hurriedly got up and wanted to salute, but was stopped by Liu Chengyou: "You have an injury, lie down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Sun Li, the standard martial artist created in this era, has completely surrendered to Liu Chengyou after such a long time, at least for now.

"Why did Your Majesty come in person?" Sun Li was a little flattered.

"You are my favorite general, I was injured and injured for the country and the king, I can't walk a few more steps, it's ......nothing," Liu Chengyou said lightly, these words are very effective for a rough person like Sun Li.

But seeing this rough man's touched look, Liu Chengyou knew that his goal had been achieved.

After chatting with him for a while and comforting him, Liu Chengyou left. Before leaving, he left a meaningful sentence for Sun Li, Xiaodijun had to take it with him in the future, and told him to recover from his injuries as soon as possible.

......

The rebels under Li Shouzhen's command lost more than 5,000 people in the confrontation with the official army for more than ten days, especially the tooth army on which he relied and when Bai Wenke's army marched north, thousands of people died in fierce battles, which can be described as painful.

After the gathering of the official army, the rebel army was mainly divided into two parts, one was Hexi Jinguan, with 3,000 soldiers in the tun, led by Zhang Yansi and Zhou Guangxun. The remaining more than 12,000 soldiers were defended by Pucheng, which was enough to defend the city when the city was not large, but the morale was low.

In view of the city defense situation, Liu Chengyou quickly adjusted the arrangement of the official army. In the east of the city, Bai Wenke commanded an army of 30,000 and commanded the east of the camp, Liu Chengyou led the Chinese army to the Tunnan camp, and the north was missing, but Wang Yan led the army to control the area of Linjin. In Hexi, the rebel Xizhai was led by Yao Yuanfu to deal with it, under the order of Liu Chengyou, which was the next main direction of attack of the official army.

The city in the east of the river is strong, but the military fortress in the west of the river is not so strong. As long as Xizhai is taken, it will further weaken the morale of the rebels and turn Pucheng into a lonely place completely.

And on the big river, there are still Han sailors patrolling it, let's just be considered a sailor, although the ships are simple, although there are not many sailors, and the combat power is not strong, but it is more than enough to control the waters around Hedong City.

Liu Chengyou knows a little about the way of fiction and reality, although he intends to seize Hexi Village first, but the first to make a big move is still under Hedong City. After resting for two days, with the follow-up grain and weapons transported to the front line by land and water, Liu Chengyou ordered to take Wang Yu, the prisoner of soldiers and horses in Shaanzhou, as the envoy of the trench, and led the recruited people to follow the fortress and dig trenches, tree fence walls, and arrow towers to approach the city wall layer by layer.

At the same time, the craftsmen who accompanied the army were ordered to take the lead, load crossbows, build artillery carts, erect ladders, and prepare siege equipment such as trenches.

A big movement completely attracted the attention of the rebels in the city, and seeing the official army gradually approaching the walled wall and arrow tower, Li Shouzhen, who had personally inspected it several times, felt quite threatened, and couldn't help but send Wang Jixun to attack, and wanted to destroy it, but they were all killed by the officers and soldiers who had been prepared for a long time.

Just as they saw Bai Wenke and other troops calmly set up a fortress before, the rebels in the city could only watch the officers and soldiers safely approach the city and set up strong siege facilities.

Behind the strong wall, within the attack range, rows of bed crossbows, artillery carts, artillery and other siege heavy weapons are placed in turn, like a war beast with its fangs exposed, full of deterrence. In the rear, there were hundreds of carts of giant arrows, tens of thousands of artillery stones and "artillery shells", and there was plenty of ammunition.

Liu Chengyou's tactics are similar to "Guo Wei's rebellion" in form, but the purpose and effect are absolutely different, and he wants to break through the city with the momentum of thunder under the condition of full preparation.

However, the first to attack was in Hexi.