Guzang City is the seat of Wuwei County and the largest city in this county. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the scale of this city, compared to the golden city, is built by earth and stone, the radius is not more than a few miles, because the Xiliang regime has a foothold here, after re-establishing the new capital, it built a outer Guo city here, and enclosed Guzang inside.

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the outer and inner residences are now all mobilized, storing bows and arrows, rolling logs, stones, fire oil, etc., for the purpose of defending the city.

Li Boyu was the crown prince, and Cao Zhen, the left servant of Shangshu, personally came out to supervise and inspect the defense situation.

These soldiers were not in a high mood to face the battle, because they had heard of Luo Cheng's achievements, and they had swept through the seven counties, gathered 100,000 troops, and came to attack Guzang City, to integrate the eight border counties of Hexi and Longxi, redistribute land and resources, and let the local people live a good life, and there would be no more war.

They learned that in Xiping County, Jincheng County, Caohan County, etc., the elderly and children had special care, reduced taxes, and distributed food, and the young marshal reintegrated the merchant alliance, causing many big merchants from the Central Plains to communicate with Hu merchants, and the northwest materials became abundant, and they lived a good life that they had not had in the previous prosperous era, which prompted the defenders to want to join the young marshal's army as soon as possible.

"I wrote from home, the old lady said, now under the rule of the young marshal, the governor's palace not only pardoned everyone for three years of taxes and servitude, but also replanned the land, and gave the people food and salt for the winter in advance, those salt is much better than before, the old lady advised me not to resist, and to submit to the young marshal as soon as possible, alas, it is embarrassing, how can the general be willing to submit?" A young man named You Ying muttered to a few soldiers.

"Why don't we sneak away at night?" The other soldier's eyes were also hot, and he whispered a suggestion.

"That's too dangerous, how can we escape, first of all, we can't pass through the city gate, and second, even if we escape, we will be discovered by scattered scouts and rangers, and the warlords will deal with it."

A middle-aged veteran said: "Then wait for the Sui army to arrive at the city, we will defect on the verge of battle, or as soon as the Sui army enters the city, immediately abandon our weapons and surrender, don't the Sui army not kill prisoners, we simply don't resist." ”

You Ying became cautious in his heart, and said in a low voice: "We should inquire about other fire teams, other Yu Hou Army, whether they also have such thoughts, and if there are more people together, it will be easy to do." ”

This scene was staged in many places in Waiguo City, and they were all whispering, which had a great impact on the morale of the army.

Among them, some of them themselves are newly recruited low-level spies in Yanlang Pavilion, responsible for penetrating into the enemy's army, carrying out counter-propaganda, disturbing the morale of the army, and affecting morale.

At this time, Liang Shuo and Guan Jin brought the guards over and issued the latest military order, not to criticize the military situation, but to have the determination to live and die with Guzang City.

The sergeants in the battalion all stopped talking and looked at each other, although they didn't dare to murmur or talk anymore, but the dissatisfaction in their hearts was still increasing.

Two days later, Luo Zhaoyun arrived at the foot of Guzang City with tens of thousands of troops.

The three armies stopped, the young marshal stood on the horse, sat on the back of the Yuzhao lion horse, the waist board was straight, staring at the outline of the outer city with a solemn face, the city wall and the moat were not very precipitous, because there was a large desert wasteland in the north of Wuwei County, the city was close to the desert, and the city building was simple.

The common people and men in the northwest grassland are more accustomed to cavalry bending bows and arrows at the enemy and charging into battle, rather than being accustomed to attacking and defending cities.

Therefore, the northwest city here, most of the structure is not as complex as the Central Plains, the battlements between the brick buttresses are not set up with lookout holes and shooting ports, and only the city tower is built on the city wall, and there is no corner tower, watchtower, etc., which is relatively bare and simple.

The wind swept the flags, the hunting sounded, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers lined up outside the city, the soldiers were strong and strong, and the murderous spirit was vigorous.

Before Luo Zhaoyun attacked Xiliang, he had already done enough work, bringing enough grain and grass and siege ordnance, whirlwind cannons, crossbows, hard bows, etc., all brought.

Only the black powder is still in the development stage and has not been used, and he will use it in the final key battle to achieve unexpected results.

However, the use of fish oil, resin, some black powder waste products, etc., mixed together, put in the pottery urn, put some iron beads, iron sheets in it, after ignition, use the whirlwind cannon to project out, emitting black smoke, pulling the fire, smashing over, although the explosion power is not large, but the flying iron beads, iron sheets are very lethal, can cause all kinds of minor injuries to the armor, can seriously hit the morale of the other party.

At the same time, Luo Zhaoyun, a group of Chinese soldiers and horses, was fully prepared in terms of strategic analysis and tactical drills.

"Issue an ultimatum, after a day, if we don't open the city and surrender, our army will attack immediately!"

"Yes!"

A platoon of archers stepped forward and shot arrows tied to the letter and into the city, giving Xi Liang an ultimatum.

Li Liang and others in the city, after receiving the letter, discussed again, but in the end they decided to hold on.

Li Liang lacks the overall concept and does not have the talent to govern the country, and what he is thinking about now is how to hold on, stick to the city, consume the sharp spirit and heavy grain and grass of the Sui army, and let Luo Cheng retreat, but this hope is very small, because the Sui army is menacing, Luo Cheng is famous, and it is impossible to return easily without success.

At noon the next day, the Sui army besieged the city again, and this time, the siege vehicles, building vehicles, rushing cars, and ladders were all assembled and launched, with a momentum of strong attack.

"The time has come, since the Xiliang regime is so stubborn, then don't blame us for being polite, attack!" Luo Zhaoyun's expression was grim, he raised his horsewhip, and pointed at Guzang City in front of him.

"Marshal order, attack!" The flag officer roared and issued an order to the four directions.

The army, which was like a mountain and a forest of spears, began to move in an instant, and one by one a huge phalanx, leaning forward and moving, charging forward neatly, like the tide of a broken embankment, surging.

Xue Wancheng was a siege general and commanded the army to launch a full-line attack.

"Kill! Kill—"

The soldiers of the Sui army in the northwest shouted the slogan of brushing and brushing, pushing all kinds of siege equipment to kill the city, and in the rumbling wheels and horses' hooves, huge whirlwind cannons, catapults, siege tower vehicles, ladders, and crashing vehicles rushed up like giants with teeth and claws.

The war began, and the two sides had no way to retreat and chose to meet each other in arms.

When the guards of the city saw the elite momentum of the Sui army, they were suddenly a little frightened, and they were already a little passive resistant, and when they saw this menacing army, they all changed their color a little.

Most of them are peasants, tenant farmers, and strong men in the countryside, after being conscripted into the army, they have experienced too few major battles, and there is no formal training, and in the face of the elite soldiers under the command of the young marshal, they feel powerless in their hearts, and they are resisting hard.