Wuguan Shuaifu, Yuwen Chengdu had already recovered his spirit after the doctor's pulse diagnosis and prescription, and said with a little worry: "This Li Xuanba is really terrifying!" I, Yuwen Chengdu, have been dominating the world for many years, and even Yang Xuangan, who was known as the overlord in the world, also defeated me, but today he suffered such a big loss in his hands! ”

Yang Yanzhao comforted: "General Yuwen doesn't have to be annoyed, today you fought Li Xuanba for 300 rounds, which greatly boosted the morale of our army, I think Li Shentong will never let Li Xuanba come out alone to call the battle again, and it can be regarded as solving a big problem today." ”

"Your Highness, an eagle letter has arrived!" Just as Yang Yanzhao and Yuwen Chengdu were talking, Li Jing hurriedly walked into the Shuai's mansion and reported in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Yang Yanzhao quickly took the letter from Li Jing's hand, unfolded it and read it, and said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty said in the letter that I should be careful to beware of the Tang Army's surprise attack on Jingxiang from Shangyong Mountain Road, Pharmacist, what do you think?" ”

Li Jing frowned and pondered: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the area around Shangyong is indeed a loophole in our army's defense, and now although Li Shentong is stationed in Shangluo, he has no other actions except for relying on Li Xuanba, a peerless warrior, to call for battle, and his behavior looks more like containment." ”

Yang Yanzhao was shocked when he heard this: "Then it seems that Your Majesty's worries are true, I'm afraid that the real killing move of the Tang Army is in Shangyong, they are trying to cut off our connection with Jingxiang and trap us in Nanyang." ”

Thinking of this, Yang Yanzhao hurriedly ordered: "Pharmacist Li, I order you to be the main general, Su Lie and Long Zhi as deputy generals, and lead 15,000 elite soldiers to quickly rescue Xinye City." ”

Li Jing stopped: "Your Highness, Li Shentong has been stationed in Shangluo for almost a month, according to the calculation of time, I am afraid that the Tang army arrived in Xinye City as early as ten days ago, and there are only about 3,000 county soldiers in Xinye City, I am afraid that it has been lost at this moment." ”

Yang Yanzhao nodded when he heard this, and asked, "Pharmacist, then according to your opinion, how should our army behave!" ”

Li Jing pondered for a while, and said: "Your Highness, if you don't use the way of others to govern your body, I and General A Lie and General Long Zhi will lead the army to kill Shangyong, and cut off the back road of the Tang army, Xiangyang City is high and deep, and Yang Tingshi has more than 20,000 people in his hands, even if the Tang army takes Xinye, it is also an enemy on three sides." ”

"Although they cut off our connection with Jingxiang locality, the grain and grass in Nanyang City are enough for us for half a year, and since the Tang army is a sneak attack, it must be a hurried march, and there must not be much grain and grass to carry, the grain and grass in Xinye City are allocated according to three thousand people, even if they take the city, they will not get much supplies, and in the end, they must be the ones who can't hold it first."

Yang Yanzhao bowed his head and said: "Okay, just according to what the pharmacist said, everything will be entrusted to the pharmacist!" ”

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Xinye City, since Lei Wanchun attacked the Tang camp at night and burned down the engineering ladder that the Tang army had made with great difficulty, Li Jiancheng stopped attacking the city, but he did not rest, and ordered the soldiers of the whole army to beat drums and scold all day and night, and kept harassing the Sui army.

"Damn, this group of Tang soldiers really doesn't let people live in peace, beating drums and shouting and scolding day and night, and the brothers who have been harmed have not been able to sleep well for several days!" In the Yanai of Xinye County, Lei Wanchun smashed the table with hatred, and said to Zhang Xun through gritted teeth.

Zhang Xun glanced at Lei Wanchun lightly, still bowing his head and falling into deep thought.

"My lord, what are you thinking again? What bothers you so much? Lei Wanchun and Zhang Xun have also been partners for a long time, and the two of them know each other well, as soon as Lei Wanchun saw Zhang Xun's appearance, he knew that he had something to confuse him.

Zhang Xun said without raising his head: "I'm thinking, Li Jiancheng will beat drums and gather troops all day and night, although it makes us not rest well, but with such a noisy voice, they Tang Jun don't want to have a good life, why is he?" ”

Lei Wanchun said with a big grin: "What else, it must be in a bad mood, so tossing and tossing to make us not rest well!" ”

Zhang Xun shook his head and said: "Impossible, Li Jiancheng is the prince of a country, it is impossible not to even have this bit of energy, his move must have a deep meaning!" ”

Lei Wanchun said angrily: "This noisy and shouting, I can't hear anything clearly, who knows what medicine Li Jiancheng sells in the gourd?" ”

Can't hear anything clearly!

When Zhang Xun heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he stood up and asked, "General Lei, what did you just say?" ”

Lei Wanchun was stunned for a moment, but quickly replied: "I said that I was noisy, I couldn't hear anything clearly!" ”

"Yes, I can't hear anything clearly, this is the deep meaning of Li Jiancheng!" Zhang Xun suddenly got up and said excitedly: "General Lei, you immediately go to the people's homes to borrow a few large vats, and carefully monitor the situation underground, if I don't guess wrong, Li Jiancheng wants to dig a tunnel to attack the city!" ”

Zhang Xun's guess is not wrong, Li Jiancheng is indeed planning to dig tunnels to attack Xinye City, because a large number of siege ladders are damaged, if they are rebuilt, it will take five or six days, to say the least, and the morale of the army is frustrated, even if the ladders are built, they may not be able to capture the city. At this time, Li Yan offered a plan to attack the city, and Li Jiancheng was naturally overjoyed, and immediately adopted Li Yan's suggestion.

At present, hundreds of Tang troops have dug out more than a dozen tunnels under the leadership of Tang general Pei Qianlong, which is less than half a mile away from Xinye City, but Zhang Xun has already guessed the plan of the tunnel, prepared more than a dozen large vats to listen to the movements underground, and quickly determined the location of the Tang army's tunnels.

After determining the location of the tunnels, Zhang Xun quietly ordered the sergeants to collect sulfur, fire oil and other materials, and selected dozens of capable soldiers to wait for the exits of these tunnels day and night, secretly waiting for the arrival of the Tang army.

Underground, Pei Qianlong led dozens of Tang troops were desperately digging the soil forward with shovels and shovels, and the roaring drums and hysterical shouts from not far away completely overshadowed the sound of their excavation, and after about two hours of labor, Pei Qianlong's digging army dug under the city wall, and a few green bricks had faintly appeared above their heads.

Pei Qianlong was overjoyed when he saw this: "Great, it's not in vain for our hard work for many days, this time Xinye City will definitely be broken!" ”

Suddenly, a dazzling sunlight drilled into this dark tunnel, and before Pei Qianlong could react to what was going on, a large mass of firewood drenched with fire oil and sulfur was thrown into the tunnel, and there were several torches everywhere, and the firewood was quickly ignited.

The choking smoke rose up, and the yellow poisonous smoke rolled in, and with the help of the wind, it quickly spread into the tunnel, and suddenly there was a cough and scream in the tunnel, at first the sound was very loud, mixed with a lot of angry scolding, and gradually the sound became weaker and weaker, and finally nothing could be heard.