Chapter Twenty-Seven: Licheng

Yang Yong stood at the head of Licheng City, looking at the Western Camp where the rebels were still chaotic, and his beating heart still showed no signs of slowing down. Recalling the scene of the reinforcement just now was far more tragic than the chiseling, the rebels wanted to go forward one after another as if they were dying, the offensive was very fierce, Yang Jun was killed to the point of softness, at that moment, he had a feeling of entering the purgatory of Shura, although he finally rescued the reinforcements of Jibei County, but his five hundred descendants also lost more than 30 people, and the guards were all hung up. There are less than two thousand of the three thousand Jibei troops left, and what is even more embarrassing is that the rebel Beida battalion came to support, Yang Yun and others were pushed and did not dare to turn back for a moment and rushed towards Licheng, if it were not for Licheng to send troops to respond, I don't know how many people can enter Licheng alive.

"Lord Wang, please go back to the mansion to rest first." Chen Jian, the county guard of Qi County, said cautiously, he thought that he was very happy to have reinforcements coming, but he didn't expect that a prince would personally lead the team to support, which shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to Licheng, but it is obvious that he guessed wrong.

"Don't worry, you tell me about the process first, and you have to say more aspects, the more detailed the better." Yang Xuan was not in a hurry to rest, and could only make the most correct analysis and conclusion by understanding the situation in Licheng first. If you want to defeat the enemy, you must first understand how many pounds and taels you have.

"Well, yes, my lord." Chen Jian replied, but in his heart, he had a higher evaluation of the prince in front of him.

Later, Chen Jian, the county guard of Qi County, told Yang Jian about the situation of all parties in Qi County. Yang Jian learned from this that the people of Licheng were still very firm in their will to stick to it, and their emotions were quite stable, and they did not panic and fear of fleeing, but took in many people from all over the world who came to take refuge. The most important thing is that Licheng's grain can last for a while, which is the reason why Licheng can still hold on after more than a month of siege.

There is also the fact that Licheng has contained stragglers from all over the country, otherwise there would not be so many troops, otherwise even if the people of the whole city help defend the city, they may not be able to defend the city for so long.

But there are still many problems, the main one is the serious loss of the city's defense equipment, although the whole city has been collected to use the iron tools and blacksmiths, but the speed of new replenishment is far less than the speed of consumption. Therefore, it is sometimes seen that after the war, Licheng sent troops to clean up the battlefield, mainly to collect scattered weapons for reuse.

"Well, yes, the situation is still relatively stable, better than I imagined, you are doing a good job, I will truthfully report your credit to the court." Yang Jun said affirmatively to Chen Junshou

"Don't dare, these are all what the lower officials should do, these merits are all exchanged for the names of all the soldiers and the people of the city, and the lower officials don't dare to take credit." Chen Junshou replied respectfully, not complacent because of Yang Yong's praise.

'What a rare good officer. Yang Jun praised in his heart, it seems that there are still many good officials in the local officials, but the court is corrupt, and only a few officials who do not have much real power in a few places can not change the decline of the entire dynasty, but at least it can ensure the stability of the people.

"Well, tonight's task of defending the city is still up to you, the reinforcements I brought were seriously damaged in the battle just now, but you don't have to worry, the rebel camp in the west is a pot of porridge, and it has not been sorted out, and the other party has not figured out our origins, it is estimated that there will be no movement tonight, but you must also cheer up, be careful that they suddenly attack with a hot head." Yang Jian explained to Chen Junshou that the reinforcements he brought had not recovered their physical strength after a big battle, and even if there was any situation tonight, there was not much hope, but the probability of a situation was very small.

As Yang Jian said, Wang Bo's rebel army West Battalion was unmanaged for a while due to the loss of its commander, and it was already chaotic and could not be any more chaotic, after all, they were all rabble, not elite soldiers, even if an elite army lost its commander, it would lose its inch, this is the current situation of the army. Unless a very prestigious person comes out to continue to lead, the chaotic situation will continue forever, this is the principle of King Qin.

The rebel army in the big tent

"Bang~"

"What? Outrageous! What did he eat, the whole battalion of 50,000 troops was actually broken by 20,000 or 30,000 people, a whole waste, a waste. If he hadn't died, I'd have wanted to cut him down!" Wang Bo was obviously very angry, he had been besieging a Licheng for more than a month, and he had almost exhausted the resistance of Licheng, and at this time, Licheng suddenly had an extra 20,000 or 30,000 fresh troops, how could this besiege? I put half of my strength in the west of Licheng, what I was afraid of was the rescue of the Sui Dynasty army in the west, and I couldn't imagine that the plan still failed, so why should I arrange a pig to guard that direction? Bullshit hell Shura, it's clear that you are incompetent, what excuses do you make, it's all an excuse! Wang Bo thought angrily.

"Know who is coming to the aid of Licheng? Which army is it? Did you find out? Wang Bo asked the person who came to report.

"This~, I don't know yet, they didn't play the flag, I don't know which team of the Sui Dynasty it is, I only know that they crossed into Qi County from Jibei County in the west." The man replied cautiously, fearing that Wang Bo would slaughter himself in anger.

"Waste, I can't even do this little hour, why are you still stunned, why don't you go and find out the origin of these people for me." Wang Bo said angrily

"Yes." The man quickly turned around and was about to flee the place

"Wait, let the commander of the North Camp also be in charge of the West Camp, and hurry up and put the West Camp in order for me. By the way, tell the battalions, don't move around yet, and don't move until you know the details of which support unit of the enemy, otherwise, come to me and go! Wang Bo, after thinking about it, continued to command.

The man fled as if he had been pardoned, and fled from the place that terrified him

"Who the hell is it? No matter who it is, as long as you dare to come, I will kill you to go back! Wang Bo thought with a hideous face, the defenders of Licheng had been defending for more than a month, and it was estimated that they should not be able to hold on, and they were preparing to launch a full-scale offensive in the next two days.

"Han Qiang, go out with me." Yang Jun felt much more comfortable after taking a bath, soaking in hot water can drive away the exhaustion of the body, he used to fight with hot weapons, this is the first time to kill people with cold weapons, that feeling is really uncomfortable, Yang Jun will definitely become a cold-blooded animal if he kills like this.

"Yes, lord." Han Qiang didn't ask Yang Jian where he was going, as a personal guard, and he was also the captain of the personal guard, he didn't ask if he knew that he shouldn't ask, and more importantly, he was really numb to kill people today, and he didn't even want to speak.

It was all dark, but it was only eight or nine o'clock in the evening. Walking on the streets of Licheng, the patrols who went back and forth kept walking by, of course, Yang Jun was questioned every time, but these soldiers had seen Yang Jun enter Licheng covered in blood today, and their image of Yang Jun was very deep, so they didn't delay anything.

At night, the courtyards of every house in Licheng are lit up, so that in the event of a rebel siege, everyone can support the defense of the city wall at the first time.

Yang Jun and Ling Han Qiang kept questioning the patrolling soldiers on the road, and followed their instructions to a relatively remote street that looked a bit like a place in the slums of the city compared to the rest of the city. Yang Yun walked to a small courtyard and knocked on the door a few times, and after a while, there was a sparse sound in the courtyard.

"Who?" Before the door opened, the voice came first, listening to the voice of a girl in her teens and twenties, Yang Yan couldn't help but wonder if she had come to the wrong place.

"Who are you looking for?" The door opened, revealing the head of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.

"May I ask if this is Qin Qiong's home?" Yang Jun asked. Didn't Uncle Bao say that there was only one old lady left in the family? Where did this girl come from? It can't be the daughter-in-law that his wife found for him. This set was in vogue in ancient times, so there were many unhappy marriages in ancient times. But Yang Jian really guessed right, this girl because of the rebellion of Wang Bo of Qijun, the family was killed on the way to escape, and she was left alone to flee to Licheng, just by Qin Qiong's mother saw that she was alone and took her home, but found that this girl has a good temperament, it seems that she should be a beautiful girl, so she thought that her son was not married, and it would be good if the two of them could be together, so she kept praising her son with the girl at ordinary times.

"yes, who are you looking for?" The girl asked

"Rong Rong, who is it so late?" At this moment, the voice of a woman in her forties and fifties came from inside.

"We are friends of Shubao, and he asked us to help check on the situation at home, and by the way, he sent a letter over." Yang Jun said. When he was in Feicheng, Qin Shubao took a letter and asked Yang Jun to pass it on to his old mother at home, and he would go home after the rebellion was put down, and let Yang Yun help take care of his old mother.

"Is there any news of Uncle Bao?" The old woman's excited voice was heard, accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Hello, auntie. I'm a friend of Uncle Bao, and it was Uncle Bao who asked me to bring you a letter and see if there was anything I needed help with. Yang Jian saw a middle-aged woman come out, so he took out the letter handed by Qin Shubao from his arms and handed it to her.

"Quick, please come in." The woman opened the letter and read it slightly, knowing that Yang Yin was telling the truth, and hurriedly let Yang Yin into the house.

"The family is a little shabby, I'm snubbing you, Rong'er, hurry up and serve some tea to the two of you." The woman continued. Qin Qiong's great-grandfather Qin Xiaoda, grandfather Qin Fangtai, and father Qin Ai were all civil officials of the Wei and Qi dynasties, and their families were not poor, but Qin Shubao's father died early, so the family that was not very wealthy was even more declining.

"Don't bother, auntie, we're just coming to see if there's anything we can do to help you, and Uncle Bao will be back in a few days." Yang Jun said.

"Don't bother, since you're Shubao's friend, you should sit down." When she suddenly received news of her son, the woman was visibly overjoyed.