Chapter Eighty-Nine: Plotting to Break Chang'an
How did you kill someone! When Li Jin arrived, Li Li had already fallen in a pool of blood, looking at his brother who had fallen to the ground, a little dazed.
"He's brought troops to kill me, I can't fight back!?" Li Xian's face was a little ugly.
"I'm a brother! You insulted your brother and sister-in-law, you already had a loss, and now you are still killing people? Uncle comes back, how will you explain it? Li Jin said angrily.
"It's a loss to him, but at this time, he doesn't want to break the enemy, but he is confused by the thieves, he doesn't know the overall situation, he leads the troops to make chaos, and if he doesn't kill him at this time, how can he be powerful!?" Thinking that Li Dao knew what would happen after he came back, Li Xian also regretted being too impulsive, but the person was already dead, and it was useless to regret it now, the top priority was to guard the city and wait for Li Dao to return victoriously, if it didn't work, blame Li Li's death on the Bingzhou army, originally, if it wasn't for the other party shooting this damn arrow book, how could there be such a thing?
"......"
"Enough!" Li Xian interrupted Li Jin, who wanted to say something more: "The top priority is to defend the city, Li Li is dead, Hu Feng has been captured, and now only you and my brother are left, is it possible, you have to kill myself with me at this time!?" ”
Li Jin shook his head.
"Let's defend the city!" Li Xian sighed and said.
"Whoa!" Li Jin didn't say anything more, and promised to leave, this matter seems to be over, but Li Xian insulted his brother and sister-in-law, and finally killed Li Li, but the matter spread rapidly in the army, especially the generals in the army, the women in the family have a good appearance, and some people are in danger, after all, Li Xian doesn't even let go of his sister-in-law, who knows if he will think about his mother-in-law?
The Xiliang army guarding the city was filled with a strange atmosphere, which Tai Shici, who came to watch every day, could clearly feel it.
"Worked out?" Tai Shi Ci naturally didn't know what was going on in the city, but the changes in the Xiliang Army, he could keenly perceive that the previous Xiliang Army felt like a tiger and a leopard, even Tai Shi Ci didn't dare to attack easily, but at this moment, although it was still those people, it felt that the momentum was not as strong as before.
Immediately, Tai Shici returned to the camp with his guards and summoned Wang Biao and Zheng Tu to discuss the matter.
"Even so, with the current strength of our army, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through the city." Wang Biao looked at Tai Shi Ci and said, if the other party can take the initiative to come out to fight, it may be promising, but now that the other party is taking advantage of the strong city of Chang'an, it is really difficult for them to conquer.
"In fact, what Hu Feng said may not be unfeasible." Tai Shi Ci looked at the two of them and said: "Although it is difficult for our army to overcome Chang'an, it is not difficult to cut off the grain road of Li Dao, according to what Hu Feng said before, grain and grass will be sent once in three days, and I am afraid that there will not be too much grain in Li Dao's army, if we can rob a batch of grain and grass, then Li Dao will collapse without a fight." ”
Wang Biao nodded when he heard this, indeed, Bashui is only a few dozen miles away from Chang'an, Li Dao is out of battle, and the supply line is short, if Li Dao's grain road can be cut off, Li Dao can only withdraw.
"The general has found out the other party's grain channel?" Zheng Tu said on the side.
"Not yet, but even if the grain road is abandoned before, the time for Chang'an grain and grass to be transported out is tomorrow at the latest, and his grain and grass will go out of the city, and he will eventually go out of the city gate, we will send people to keep an eye on the gates of Chang'an day and night, and we will be able to find its grain road." Tai Shi Ci said with a smile.
Chang'an City is too big, if 5,000 soldiers and horses are separated to besiege the city, the city only needs to send a few Xiliang iron cavalry to break them all, but when they are gathered together, they can't monitor the gates of Chang'an.
Wang Biao nodded and said, "That's true, but I'm afraid Li Dao already knows that I'm waiting for this news at this moment, and I'm afraid I have to take precautions." ”
This grain road was cut off, but it was a big taboo, Li Dao was also a veteran, it was impossible not to know this, this time the grain robbery, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.
Tai Shi Ci nodded and said: "This is also what I'm worried about, yesterday the scout came to report, and the traces of the Xiliang cavalry of the brigade were found nearby, which should be the soldiers and horses sent by Li Dao to guard the grain road." ”
Outside the city of Chang'an, hundreds of miles of fertile soil, all plain terrain, the most suitable for cavalry galloping, Tai Shi Ci's five thousand vanguard army, if it really confronts it, I am afraid it is not an opponent, not that Tai Shi Ci can't do it, but on this kind of terrain, the infantry is too bad for the cavalry.
Wang Biao said with a smile: "Since the general has come up with this plan, he must have a countermeasure. ”
"Not bad." Tai Shi Ci nodded and said: "We don't rob grain, we only explore its grain routes, those Xiliang cavalry are now escorting grain and grass, we should not be able to fight, but if we wait for their return, I'm afraid no one will care, we will rob this." ”
"What's the use of that?" Wang Biao wondered.
"If we can rob its grain team, we will not rob the grain and grass, but directly rob the city!" Tai Shi Ci's eyes are bright, if he can win this battle, he will definitely become famous all over the world!
"Oh?" Wang Biao looked at Tai Shici and didn't react for a while.
"We are so ......" Tai Shici leaned closer, whispered his plan to the two of them, heard the two of them have a bright eye, and immediately said: "The general's clever plan!" ”
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At dawn the next day, outside the city gate of Zhangcheng, a team of grain trucks slowly drove out of the city gate, outside the city gate, Zhao Cen led a large number of cavalry forward, escorting the grain team away.
"General, it seems to be a thief scout over there!" The grain officer saw a figure shaking in the distance, and hurriedly said.
"Don't mind him! Let the scouts go farther away and watch out for the other party's calculations! Zhao Cen glanced at it from a distance, and didn't care too much, even if the other party knew? He has already explored the enemy camp, but there are thousands of men and horses, in the terrain around Chang'an, if the other party really dares to come, he will be taught that there is no return!
"Whoa!" The grain officer felt that it made sense, nodded, and continued on his way.
Farther away, after Tai Shici received the news from Xizuo, he quickly spread out the map, made a mark, and summoned the only few cavalry among the generals and said: "Follow from a distance, it is best not to contact the enemy scouts, and come back to report after the other party's food team returns." ”
"Whoa!" Several horsemen said yes and rode away.
Chang'an City is still a little lifeless, Tai Shi Ci as usual in Chang'an City after a round of patrol, led the troops back to the camp, early in the morning of the third day, the scouts came with the news that the enemy food team has returned.
"General, what will happen at the end of this battle?" Wang Biao smiled and pleaded.
"It's fine." Tai Shi Ci thought for a while and said: "General Wang, remember, the generals in the opposing army try to stay alive, we don't know if they are still on the way back, the other party's food team is only two hundred, I will be two thousand people for you, remember not to get away with one person!" ”
"The last general understands!" Wang Biao nodded, bowed down to receive the order, and after bidding farewell to Tai Shici, Wang Biao selected two thousand soldiers and horses to march in a hurry to intercept the other party's only way according to the information obtained by the scouts.
It's just an empty grain team, originally, the other party didn't expect someone to rob them, so when Wang Biao led the men and horses to surround them, some of them couldn't react, so they were easily surrounded by Wang Biao.
After a scuffle, the 200 grain team was wiped out, except for the grain officer, the four team leaders and two generals who accompanied the army, no one survived.
The seven were soon brought into the Tai Shi Ci military camp.
"What's the use of the general arresting us?" The grain officer was not very tough, and now the people in Chang'an City were panicking, and they had just been besieged and killed, which made the morale of these Xiliang troops a little sluggish.
"I have my own reasoning." Tai Shi Ci looked at the other party and suddenly asked, "Which gate do you go back to the city?" ”
"Zhangchengmen ......" The grain officer looked at Tai Shici and reacted a little.
"Do you have a password or other access credentials?" Tai Shi Ci asked.
"Yes, I need to report to the captain of the city gate in person." The grain officer bowed his head and said.
"Li Dao is a traitor and a thief to bully the king...... Tai Shici looked at the grain officer and smiled: "Are you willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light to help me break the city?" ”
"The last general is willing!" After a moment of silence, the grain officer bowed and said.
"General!" Wang Biao frowned and said: "Surrender to the enemy so easily, beware of deception." ”
The grain officer smiled bitterly: "This general doesn't know, now in Chang'an City, since Li Xian killed Li Li a few days ago because of his secret relationship with his brother and sister-in-law, now in the army, everyone is panicking, and they are afraid that one day their mother-in-law will be remembered by Li Xian, and they don't want to die, and they don't want to be afraid all day long under Li Xian. ”
"Is that so?" Tai Shi Ci's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he believed seventy percent in his heart, and when he patrolled the city in the past few days, he could clearly feel that the morale of the Xiliang army was low, and it was not as brave as before.
"It's true!" The grain officer bowed.
"Good!" Tai Shi Ci stroked his palms and smiled: "In this way, I will arrange two hundred soldiers to accompany me, you just call open the city gate, and then find a place to hide, after the matter is completed, I will recommend you to the lord to ensure that you are rich and noble." ”
"Thank you, General!" The grain officer hurriedly bowed and said.
"General Zheng!" Tai Shi Ci looked at Zheng Tu.
"The last general!" Zheng Tu stepped forward and saluted.
"The guards around me are all sharp soldiers, two hundred people, led by you, let them change into the clothes of the Xiliang army, tie a white scarf around their waists, pretend to be a food team, follow him to the door outside the city gate, wait for the city gate to be opened, just lead the troops into the city gate, keep the city gate unclosed, do not fight with the enemy, let alone go deep into the city, and then do not worry about it when I lead a large group of soldiers and horses to arrive!"
"Whoa!"
Zheng Tu agreed, received the arrow, and took the grain officer to mobilize Tai Shici's personal guards.
"Wang Biao!"
"The last general!" Wang Biao stepped forward and bowed.
"I left 500 soldiers and horses for you to guard the camp, but when I saw that Chang'an City was on fire, you divided the men and horses into five teams, and each brought gongs and drums to beat outside the city, making the appearance of attacking the city overnight, so that the enemy army could not move lightly!" Tai Shici handed Wang Biao an arrow, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is related to the success or failure of this battle, if there is an enemy army out of the city, it must not be stopped!" ”
"Don't worry, the last general will take the order!" Wang Biao took the arrow and saluted to Tai Shici.
"The rest of the soldiers and rest, stay at night and follow me around the gate of Zhangcheng, whether you can conquer Chang'an, you will fight here, and I hope that the generals will work together with me to fight against the national thieves!" Tai Shi Ci said angrily.
"The last general will swear to kill the enemy!" The soldiers received the order with a bang.
Tai Shici waved his hand and motioned for all the soldiers to return to the camp to rectify and prepare for the battle tonight!