Liu Shaoye walked into Liu Ruyan's big tent with a gloomy face.

"What's the matter, looking at you, there doesn't seem to be any good news?" Liu Ruyan raised his head and looked at the intelligence leader of the internal guard, and asked with a smile.

"General, one of our people who just escaped from the city, Liu Xinda carried out another large-scale purge in Ezhou City, this time it was an indiscriminate and indiscriminate attack, unfortunately, the two big households that had decided to become our internal response were all cleaned." Liu Xinda's mood is really bad.

Under his planning, these two families have always been submissive to Liu Xinda, asking for money and asking people to give people, he didn't show the slightest flaw when he asked himself, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be such a result.

But sometimes, the so-called indiscriminate punching of the master to death is really very reasonable. When you meet such an unreasonable guy, you will take all the possibilities and kill them all.

Liu Ruyan put down the pen in his hand and said with a smile: "Liu Xinda knows that his death is approaching, so he is desperate, what is dry and fishing, killing chickens and eggs, now for him, it is not a problem." I think he must have taken a fancy to the property of these people when he did this, right? The only thing he can motivate morale now is the wealth and beauty left, and these people just have. Guilty of it, Liu Xinda wants their money, squeeze it out like before, how can it be cleaned up all at once? ”

"That's how it should be!" Liu Xinda said: "The people who escaped said that Liu Xinda confiscated all the family property of these people, all the men were killed, and the women were all used as camp prostitutes. The current city of Ezhou has completely turned into a pure military fortress. All of them were organized into battalions, and even the old, weak, women and children were assigned things to do, such as polishing stone bullets, making military rations, etc., in exchange for a little ration for their lives. ”

"Is there a lot of food in Ezhou City?"

"Since Cao Bin was besieged, Liu Xinda has been making this preparation. The entire Eyue was almost looted by him. Liu Shaoye said: "In terms of grain storage alone, I am afraid that if they hold on for a year, the sergeants will not be hungry." Of course, ordinary people, that's not for sure. ”

"Liu Xinda is an experienced veteran, extremely cunning, and a difficult person to deal with." Liu Ruyan took a breath, "But no matter what, everyone still has to see the truth on the battlefield." What if he had enough food to stock? That must also withstand our attack. ”

"Ezhou City is not easy to fight!" Liu Shaoye said. "And some of the things that Liu Santong said, his subordinates don't think they can be trusted."

Liu Ruyan laughed: "I think so too." Is a person like Liu Xinda really a person who misses the old love? Knowing that Liu Santong didn't want to follow them, he was so generous to let him out? If my estimate is correct, I am afraid that the things that Liu Santong saw have become traps now. ”

"Highly likely!" Liu Shaoye said: "General, what now?" ”

"What else can I do? Beat! Liu Ruyan said with a smile: "Zhu Youzhen is my defeated general, if he can capture Ezhou, I can't?" I am still extremely confident in the combat effectiveness of our army. ”

After sweeping through the two Zhejiang, the Tang army's army in the south carried out a large-scale reorganization. With Liu Ruyan's Right Qianniuwei as the main body, the Yangzhou army, the Liangzhejiang army, the Huainan army, and the Xuanzhou army were all integrated into the Right Qianniuwei. After several months of weakening and scrapping the remnants, it was reorganized into an army of 30,000 men.

It is still headed by Liu Ruyan, the general of the right Qianniuwei, with Yang Mi, the former Xuanzhou observation envoy, as the marching chief, and Gong Yunda, the former Huainan Jiedu, as the marching army. The entire right Qianniuwei was divided into three armies, the left, the middle and the right, with Li Mi as the capital of the central army, Li Dang as the capital of the right army, and Ren Xiaonian as the capital of the left army.

The three Du Yu Hou each led 6,000 soldiers and horses, Liu Ruyan personally led 8,000 soldiers, and the remaining 4,000 men and horses were the rear battalion, led by Shi Yang Mi, the marching commander, who was responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass, ensuring local security, and maintaining smooth roads.

In order to attack Ezhou this time, Liu Ruyan also mobilized 50,000 people, and these 50,000 people were led by Gong Yunda, who joined the marching army. Because these 50,000 people are basically from Huainan.

To be precise, this time the attack on Ezhou and the work of the war were in charge of Liu Ruyan and the three Du Yuhou, while the rear battalion and the people were responsible for the logistics support of the entire army. Of course, if necessary, the rear battalion of 4,000 people can also join the battle as a supplementary soldier.

Since the Tang army had completely occupied the Gunhai and Wuning, the passage connecting the north was completely opened, so that the supply of materials to the north no longer had to rely only on the sea. After the reorganization, the armament of the Right Qianniuwei has been completely reequipped, and compared with before the reorganization, this army is at least in terms of equipment, and it is a big step up.

This is also the reason why Liu Ruyan is full of confidence.

Although Liu Xinda has been running Ezhou for a long time, the current Tang Army is not comparable to Zhu Youzhen, who attacked Ezhou at the beginning.

In Ezhou in July, the weather is already extremely hot. Although the tent was large, it was not insulated, and the sun shone on it, and soon the heat penetrated into the tent, and the people who sat in it were wearing helmets and armor, and although they were sweating, they still sat upright.

Yang Mi and Gong Yunda sat on both sides of Liu Ruyan, the two of them were not wearing armor, but only wearing regular clothes, but they were still dripping with sweat.

"The general attack on the puppet Liang is about to begin, and at the same time as we begin to attack Ezhou, General You Yong's left Xiaowei will attack the Zhongwu Army, General Liu Chenglin's right Xiaowei will attack the Xuanwu area, General Tian Ping's right Jinwuwei will directly attack Bianzhou, General Shi Qiang's right Weiwei will attack Heyang, General Tu Lichun's left Weiwei will attack Shaanzhou, and General Wang Sili's Zuo Qianniuwei will attack Tongzhou." Liu Ruyan's gaze slowly swept over the generals in the tent, except for the left army Du Yu Hou Li Dang who is now marching towards Yingcheng with his headquarters, ready to pull out this nail and completely cut off the retreat of Liu Xinda's department in Ezhou City, the rest of the generals are all gathered here.

"This is the largest use of troops in the Tang Dynasty since Li Xiang rebuilt the Tang Center in Wuyi." Liu Ruyan continued: "In fact, the other guards and horses have also entered the first-level combat readiness at this moment, and they all have their own military affairs. This is a national war, completely destroying the pseudo-Liang, recovering Chang'an, and making the Tang Dynasty reunited again, but in this battle. ”

Looking at everyone's awe-inspiring expressions, Liu Ruyan said with a smile: "Of course, the pseudo-beam is already at the end of the strong crossbow, and it must not be our opponent, but the lion fights the rabbit, and we also need to do our best, and the dog will jump off the wall in a hurry, not to mention that the pseudo-beam is still strong now." Although the result was predestined, the process may not be as smooth as we thought. ”

"Little Ezhou, it will definitely be able to fight down, general, the last general, please be the striker!" Ren Xiaonian stood up and hugged his fists.

Liu Ruyan smiled and motioned for Ren Xiaonian to sit down: "This time our army is fully launched, not only a general attack on the pseudo-Liang, but also a time to test the combat effectiveness of our guards. Ladies and gentlemen, compared with the other guards, the soldiers and horses of our right Qianniu guard here have not been in the army for a long time. Compared with those guards who have been fighting for many years, it is not that I am discouraged, it is very inferior. We don't have to hide this. ”

Looking at Li Mi under the tent, Ren Xiaonian and the others all had uncertain expressions, Liu Ruyan smiled and said, "Of course, our opponent is also weaker." Therefore, in this battle, everyone is still standing at the same starting point, and I hope that everyone will not fall into the majesty of the right Qianniuwei. ”

"General, our right Qianniuwei must be the first army to complete this military affairs." Li Mi stood up and said, "Take Ezhou, we can also go to support General You." Li Mi, please be the pioneer and win the first place for my right Qianniuwei. ”

"General Li, you are the protector of the Chinese army, in this battle, it will not be your turn to fight first, our left army will come first." Ren Xiaonian also jumped up immediately and competed. Looking at Li Mi with cold eyebrows, Ren Xiaonian shuddered, he had already heard of this eldest sister from a secret camp, and his temper was quite bad, so he hurriedly said: "The Chinese army is the unit whose combat effectiveness is second only to the general's personal guard in the right Qianniuwei, how can there be a reason to use a killer weapon from the beginning?" Let's go to the left to test it first? Didn't the general say that Ezhou is not easy to fight? If we succeed in the first battle, it will be good, if not, then General Li can also get a glimpse of the truth from it, and then succeed in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be beautiful? ”

"As if I wanted to take advantage of you?" When Li Mi heard this, he laughed angrily, "Okay, then let you come first, but Ren Xiaonian, the first battle is the most difficult to fight, if you fall into the prestige of our army, then what do you say?" ”

Ren Xiaonian straightened his chest and said, "General Li, Ren was also killed by thousands of troops. Although he did not have the qualifications of General Lee, he never took a step back on the battlefield. ”

"That's it!" Seeing the two Du Yu waiting for each other, Liu Ruyan knocked on the table: "Ren Xiaonian's left army will attack first, but Ezhou City is both high and dangerous, and according to intelligence, Liu Xinda has 15,000 people in the city, and more than 20,000 young people, so when attacking the city, the heavy siege weapons of the left army and the right army are all gathered and used." Once in hand, it is necessary to beat the enemy to the cold. ”

"Thank you, General, for making it happen!" Ren Xiaonian was overjoyed.

"Alright, all the generals, let's go and prepare!" Liu Ruyan waved his hand, and with a sound of nail leaves, the tent was completely gone in an instant, leaving only Liu Ruyan, Yang Mi, and Gong Yunda.

"Two, the army is fighting, the first priority is logistics, let's discuss logistics matters again, this weather is getting hot so early. It's irritating. Liu Ruyan wiped the sweat from her face and shook her head.