Chapter 276: Conquer Pingyu and make a fortune
Li Siye personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Yellow Turban Army camp in the city, there were Jinyi Wei secret spies in front of the way, Li Siye's troops and horses marched very fast, Jinyi Wei captured the city gate and Li Siye's army entered the city and did not make much noise, the Yellow Turban Army in the city did not expect that the enemy army could quietly attack the city, the guard of the garrison camp was very lax, the Yellow Turban Army officers and soldiers had not yet reacted to what happened, Li Siye's army had already entered the Yellow Turban Army camp, and the Yellow Turban Army was immediately in chaos.
Li Siye led the army to attack the Yellow Turban Army in the commander's tent, the Yellow Turban Army guard just came out of the account to see what happened, and was just arrived Li Siye stood in two sections with a knife, Li Siye also needed labor to carry the money and food in the city, so he did not open a killing ring, after killing the enemy general, immediately ordered the sergeant to carry the head of the Yellow Turban Army guard to recruit the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army saw that the enemy was outnumbered and the main general was killed, and they surrendered with weapons.
However, after more than half an hour, Li Siye's army controlled all the main roads and official treasury of Pingyu City, and the Yellow Turban Army fugitives who fled from the city gate were also forced to surrender and driven back to the city by the iron cavalry lying in ambush.
After Li Siye led the army to control Pingyu City, he hurriedly came to the granary treasury to check his spoils, the lieutenant lieutenant had already controlled all these places, and found out the account book, seeing Li Siye coming, the captain hurriedly handed over the account book to Li Siye, and said: "General, this time it was sent, this time we really sent it!! ”
Li Siye saw that his subordinates were so out of shape, and he began to be a little curious about the money and food stored in the city......
I saw that at the end of the account book, there was such a group of numbers: there were 350,000 stones of grain stored in the treasury, which was enough to support the 50,000 army to continue to fight for half a year. In addition, there are enough armor and ordnance in the armory to arm another 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the armor and stomach weapons are very complete, which should be the ordnance prepared by Liu Pi and Gong Du in order to prevent the unexpected defeat of the army in the future, and for the future comeback, and now these ordnance are also cheaper Li Siye;
In addition to grain, grass and ordnance, there are more than 20 million dollars in the treasury, more than 100,000 silver, more than 30,000 gold, and there are as many as four or five boxes of antique calligraphy and paintings, and the total value of this batch of property is at least about 60,000 or 70,000 gold, and now the price of ordinary war horses is about one piece of hardware, and this money is enough to buy more than 10,000 war horses, even if the price of war horses has increased a little now, these properties are enough to buy thousands of war horses, and now this astronomical wealth is also cheap Li Siye!
In addition to grain, grass, ordnance, and money, there are many treasures and other miscellaneous items in the treasury, which are too messy to list them here......
After Li Siye saw the account book, he was very surprised, although this battle was only a city, but he seized a large amount of money, food and ordnance, but he lost a few soldiers to seize so many materials, after all, his combat exploits this time are unbeatable, and will never be inferior to Yue Fei, Ganning and others who destroyed 20,000 Jiangdong soldiers and horses, and I Li Siye is still the first general under the command of the lord!!
Li Siye smiled and handed the account book to the captain, and said: "These money, food and materials are all guarded for me, and after the victory of the army, the lord and the general will be rewarded for their merits, but if anyone dares to hide it privately, the general will definitely not spare him!! ”
The lieutenant took the account book and bowed down and responded: "The general can rest assured that the lord and the general are as kind to us as a mountain, and the law in the army is strict, we know what to do!" ”
After Li Siye inspected the treasury, the generals gathered together and said: "Although our army has taken Pingyu City, but now is not the time to slack off, our army is lone and deep, it is impossible to hold Pingyu City, only to transport the money, grain and materials in the city back to Yangquan, is the time to win!" ”
"Li Jie, you lead a thousand iron cavalry to rush to a place fifty miles north of Pingyu City, and send scouts to investigate the military situation to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from suddenly moving south, and report the military situation once in half an hour."
Li Jie bowed down and responded: "No, my subordinates will receive the order, and then I will lead the army to go!" ”
Li Siye nodded and let Li Jie leave, and continued to order: "Zhao Hai, all the general's sentinel cavalry is dispersed, and any disturbance within a radius of thirty miles from Pingyu City must be reported to me immediately." ”
"The subordinates received the order and immediately went to arrange this matter!"
Zhao Hai accepted the order and hurriedly went to arrange the sentry cavalry, Li Siye thought for a moment, and continued to order: "Li Ye, you lead two thousand soldiers and horses to control the four city gates and the main roads in the city, and the rest of the army and the Yellow Turban Army will immediately go to the treasury to carry money and grain!! ”
Everyone hurriedly bowed down and responded: "No, we will receive the order, and we will live up to the general's trust!" ”
Li Siye nodded slightly, and comforted: "Okay, let's go and do things immediately, after the triumph of the army, I will personally set up a banquet to celebrate your achievements!" ”
"I've waited to thank the general!" After everyone retreated, they hurriedly went to gather their own troops and horses, or to control the city, or to go to the treasury to carry money and grain.
After Li Siye watched everyone retreat, he also began to think about it in his heart, thinking that he had overestimated the amount of money and grain piled up in Pingyu City, but he didn't expect that he still underestimated the amount of money, food and materials in this batch, and originally planned to mobilize ships to pack and take away all the money, food and materials in the city at one time, so that the Yellow Turban Army would not have time to react at all. But now it seems that in order to completely transport this batch of money, food, and materials, the fleet will have to carry at least two trips.
From this point on, it will take about two hours or so to fill the fleet; From Pingyu City to Yangquan is the water flowing down, the speed can be faster, about four hours or so to reach Yangquan; After arriving at Yangquan, it will take about another hour to unload the ship; Although it is against the current to return to Pingyu City from Yangquan, the ships are all empty, and the speed can be faster, and it will take about four hours; When the ship was heading to Yangquan, he could ask the sergeant to carry the money, food, and materials in the city to the dock first, so that it would take about an hour to load the ship.
In this way, his army still needs to hold out in Pingyu City for another twelve hours, that is, a whole day!
Fortunately, he has blocked Pingyu City, and the news in the city cannot be spread, and it is not easy for the defenders in other places to pass on the news of their army's attack to Liu Bigong and the two, after all, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army led by Liu Bigong and the two has already been surrounded by the Cao army; Moreover, the Yellow Turban Army and the Cao Army contain each other, even if they get the news that their army has captured Pingyu City, I am afraid that it will be too late to do anything, so from this point of view, there should be no danger in the situation they are in.
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In addition to the 1,000 iron cavalry that had rushed to the north of the city, the 2,000 soldiers and horses guarding the city and the sentinels scattered around the city, the remaining nearly 7,000 soldiers of Li Siye's department drove nearly 3,000 yellow turbans to surrender soldiers, and nearly 10,000 men began to carry money and grain from the treasury to the wharf to load the ship.
The estimated time with Li Siye was good, and it took about two hours for the soldiers to finally load the entire fleet, Li Siye ordered a thousand soldiers and horses to escort the ships, and the entire fleet changed and set off, and the mighty river went down the river, galloping straight towards Yangquan City in the lower reaches of Rushui.
Although there are still Yellow Turban troops around Rushui, there are no sailors in these cities, there are 1,000 soldiers and horses to escort ships, and his army is still in Pingyu City to maintain deterrence, Li Siye is not worried about the safety of the fleet, if the defenders of any city dare to offend the tiger, then send troops to destroy it!!
After the fleet left, Li Siye continued to order the soldiers to carry the money, grain and materials from the city treasury out of the city, and it took nearly two hours for everyone to finally move all the money, food and materials in the city to the wharf.
Li Siye estimated for a moment in his heart, the speed of the infantry march was slow, far less fast than the iron cavalry, if the infantry armor continued to stay in the city, it was easy to be entangled by the enemy, it was better to let them carry some supplies to take the first step, at this time the main force of the Yellow Turban Army and the Cao army did not get the news that their army attacked Pingyu City, so it was safer for the infantry armor in the army to escort the money and food back first. After the infantry withdrew, he led 3,000 iron cavalry to attack and walk, so he could be much more flexible.
After Li Siye made up his mind, he asked all the baggage vehicles to be filled, and then ordered the remaining 6,000 infantry armor in the army to take the first step and escort the Yellow Turban soldiers and baggage vehicles along the river bank back to Yangquan City. After the 6,000 Bujia took away some of the money and food materials, the money and food on the dock were much less, and after the fleet returned, it was very easy to transport all the money and food.
After the 6,000 soldiers and horses retreated, Li Siye still had 2,000 iron cavalry available by his side, Li Siye ordered 1,000 iron cavalry to guard the Pingyu City sentry around, and 1,000 iron cavalry garrisons and docks guarded the money, food and materials on the dock, and began to quietly wait for the fleet to return.
Pingyu City is surrounded by plains, two thousand iron cavalry is already a very considerable combat force, the surrounding Yellow Turban Army units are not many soldiers and horses and want to preserve their strength, for a while, they do not dare to touch Li Siye's iron cavalry.