Tinglan County.

Shen Leng's army camped outside the county, in addition to the Daning soldiers, there should be no one in a radius of dozens of miles outside the city, after experiencing crazy smashing and looting, the Yue people knew that they were afraid under the knife of the Daning soldiers, Tinglan County is the largest county town in Pingyue Road, the city wall is very high and strong, the most important thing is that there are about 40,000 Yue soldiers retreating here, hoping to block the Daning army with the help of high walls.

Shen Leng sat in the big tent and was drawing all the time, and his level of drawing was indeed ...... That's it.

Chen Ran came in from outside with a food box and took a look: "Are you designing a seesaw for your stepson and Ning'er?" ”

"Stone-throwing truck!"

Shen Leng glared at him: "The stone-throwing cart of the resting people." ”

Chen Ran paused for a moment: "With all due respect......"

Shen Leng: "Hold back your bluntness!" ”

Chen Ran: "Oh......"

He put the food on the table: "Let's eat, the seesaw is not drawn in a day." ”

Shen Leng still put the charcoal on the table: "I hear you say something a day now, there are some psychological shadows." ”

Chen Ran: "I didn't say anything. ”

"Who said that three meals a day refers to the length of time?"

"I'm talking about you, I eat eight meals a day."

Chen Ran sat down: "Do you want to use the rock-throwing truck of the rest people to knock down the county seat of Tinglan County?" ”

Shen Leng said: "I met the people sent by Han Zhaozhi before, and told me about Mu Zhaotong, and now I know that this rebellion is controlled by Mu Zhaotong behind the scenes, and the Yue people on the side of Jiangnan Weaving Mansion and Pingyue Road have provided a large amount of silver, all of which have gone into the hands of the Yue soldiers in various places, and it took a few years to secretly build weapons and armor, and now there are almost 40,000 Yue soldiers in Tinglan County, and their weapon configuration is no worse than ours." ”

Shen Leng said: "The sea patrol division divided 5,000 soldiers to Lord Ye Kaitai, and divided 5,000 to Wang Gendong to lead the army to Daguang County in the southeast, and I still have 11,000 people in my hands, and in the case of similar equipment, I will storm a city with a tall and strong city wall and more than 40,000 troops guarding it......"

He shook his head: "This battle is not easy to fight, when I was in the country of Qiao, I felt that the kind of stone-throwing vehicle of the rest of the people was very powerful, and the range was farther than our stone-throwing vehicle, but because it was too big and bulky, it could not be loaded on the ship, so I could only let people disassemble it and then draw a map and send it to Chang'an, if I had a hundred of such stone-throwing vehicles now, it would not be difficult." ”

Chen Ran snorted: "If you attack hard, the loss will definitely be not small." ”

Shen Leng took two mouthfuls of rice: "Let you look at the surrounding terrain, do you find anything?" ”

"There is nothing to use, Tinglan County and Tuohai County are rare dry lands in Pingyue Road, except for these two places, most of the planting is paddy fields, and the rivers here are scarce, so there is no possibility of diverting river water to irrigate the city."

Shen Leng snorted: "Can the trees in the forest be used?" ”

"Yes, it's no problem to build siege equipment."

"Let the auxiliaries cut down trees, first build two siege vehicles, choose giant trees to build siege rams, and then see if we can build some building cars, which are as high as the city wall or even higher than the city wall, so that our archers can suppress the Yue defenders on the city wall."

"It's already been arranged."

Chen Ran took a sip of water: "I also arranged for someone to read out the abandonment order loudly outside the city without interruption. ”

Shen sneered: "Well done." ”

Chen Ran: "After the defeat of Tinglan County, there will be no difficult bones to gnaw in the southeast, but it is really not so simple to fight down in this place, I have inquired about it, before the Yue people retreated to Tinglan County, a large number of food and materials were transported into it, and it is speculated that the grain stored in the city is enough for them to hold on for several years, so there is no deterrent to besiege and not attack, only a quick victory." ”

He looked at the map: "But if you want to defeat such a fortified city, it is too difficult to fight quickly." ”

"I'm afraid that they will block the gates of the city, and the battering ram will not be able to break them."

Shen Leng glanced at Chen Ran: "Arrange for the people who shouted outside the city, change the words, and tell the Yue people in the city that those who are not in collusion with the traitors will be killed, but, the Yue people are not guilty of killing the traitors, not only are they not guilty, but there is also a reward, after the city is broken, all those who have not participated in the city defense and have not colluded with the rebels can return to their homes and get a share of the land, I promise that no one will be held accountable." ”

Chen Ran got up: "I'll go now." ”

Shen Leng snorted: "Next time I send rice, bring some meat dishes, it's too vegetarian." ”

Chen Ran: "People who are generals drink and eat with soldiers, and you are still thinking about opening a small stove." ”

Shen Leng: "I'm greedy." ”

Chen Ran paused for a moment: "I don't have any suitable words to refute you when you say it so confidently." ”

Shen Leng: "I knew I wouldn't send those two imperial chefs back." ”

Chen Ran: "You can pull it down......"

He looked back at Shen Leng: "I followed you for less than half a year, when we sent troops to attack, those two guys were about to go to the battlefield with a frying spoon and an iron pot, and they couldn't pull it. ”

Shen Leng thought for a while: "It's two good seedlings." ”

Chen Ran glanced at him: "I'll think of a way to make something delicious at night." ”

Shen Leng picked a thumbs up, and Chen Ran left quickly.

Xishu Road.

From Pingyue Road to enter the Xishu Road, the best way to go must be through the Muyu Pass, the Xishu Road mountain road is continuous, even the national strength of Daning has no way to make the entire Xishu Road on the road, that is not a problem of financial resources, there are many places that are impossible to make the road, the road after entering the Muyu Pass is relatively easy to walk, but it will enter the mountain if you can't walk a hundred miles, the road is quite flat but too narrow, there is no problem for ordinary people, for the army, such a mountain road can not make the army column wider, The length of the front and back is more than twice as long as walking on flat ground, and people have to walk carefully, and the vehicles carrying grain and grass will go more slowly.

The black carriage with countless arrow marks stopped outside Muyu Pass, and it looked as if it had crossed over from the ancient battlefield.

Nie Ye, who had a bandage on his shoulder, jumped down from his horse, and waited for the people of the Tingwei Mansion of Xishu Dao in Muyu Pass to hurry to greet him, led by the small enemy of Qianban Nalan, the original Tingwei Mansion was only eight thousand offices, and later the emperor ordered to expand the scale of the Tingwei Mansion, not only separated the Tingwei Mansion from the criminal department, but also planned to set up Tingwei Mansion branches in Daning Provinces, and those who presided over the divisions were all at the level of Qianban, so that the number of thousands of offices in Daning Tingweifu would reach dozens.

But this scale does not mean that the expansion can be expanded immediately, the Tingwei Mansion is very strict in selecting people, and a group of people cannot be transferred casually, Han Zhaozhi's requirements for people are so strict that they are a little impersonal, and this is not just a matter of personal ability, so today, that is, the Xishu Dao where His Majesty once lived, soon established the Tingwei Mansion Branch, and selected Nalan Xiaodi from Yunxiao City as the Qianban to preside over the Xishu Dao Tingwei Mansion Branch.

At this moment, more than 200 people who can be mobilized by the Xishu Road Branch of the Tingwei Mansion are here.

Nalan ran to the side of the carriage and bowed his head: "Meet Lord Du Tingwei." ”

"Don't be so polite, you and Nie Ye come up."

Han Zhaozhi's voice came from the carriage, and he could hear from the voice that he was a little tired, Nalan Xiaodi glanced at the black carriage, the arrow marks were so dense that it was like a rainstorm baptism, and there were a few large marks, obviously cut by a knife, he couldn't imagine what Lord Du Tingwei had experienced before this.

Han Zhaozhi opened his eyes and glanced at Nalan Xiaodi: "How many manpower can be called?" ”

"There are about two hundred and thirty people who can be called up now, and the subordinates have ordered the mobilization of people from various counties, and in ten days, there should be two or three hundred people available."

"More than two hundred is enough."

Han Zhaozhi said, "How long does it take to get from here to Cloud City?" ”

"Fifteen days at the earliest."

"Hmm."

Han Zhaozhi said: "Did I send someone to deliver a letter for you to do before?" ”

"The subordinates have informed Liu Wensheng, the governor of Yunxiao City, and also informed Pan Heng, the general of the Xishu Dao soldiers who stayed behind, after the two adults discussed, according to your explanation, from that day on, all the old people in Yunxiao City are not allowed to leave the city."

He looked at Han Zhaozhi and asked tentatively, "Is Mu Zhaotong really in Cloud City?" That's ...... It was the place where His Majesty had lived for a long time, and he was inevitably too bold. ”

"He's bolder than you think."

Han Zhaozhi waved his hand: "Let's go, say on the way, don't delay time." ”

The team of Tingwei's Mansion immediately set off, and there was a prisoner cart behind Han Zhaozhi's carriage, and two people were tied to the prisoner cart, one was Li Hongkui, the county magistrate of Changchang County, and the other was Wang Sun, the county Chenggao.

Li Hongkui glared at Gao Wangsun fiercely: "You have lied to me for so long, I suspected that you were hiding from me to accept the instructions of the elder of the pavilion, but you didn't admit it, what did you say that you and the elder of the pavilion knew each other or I introduced you from it, I am kind of confident to you, what about you!" ”

Gao Wangsun smiled bitterly: "My lord, is it necessary to argue about this now?" We're all prisoners......"

"I just want to know when the elder contacted you."

"Not long after the adults connected me, because I am a county soldier and the soldiers are all in my hands, maybe the elder thinks that it is easier to assign me to do things directly than to let you pass on the news...... He asked me to contact the soldiers of the surrounding counties, in order to facilitate the contact of someone to see me, I knew that the elder of the pavilion may be in Xishu Road, the person who contacted me once accidentally said that he missed his mouth, he calculated the time of the journey and said a sentence to Xishu Road Yunxiao City, I asked him, and he denied it. ”

Li Hongkui sighed: "Actually, what you said is right, it doesn't matter. ”

Gao Wangsun shook his head: "Maybe we knew this ending from the beginning, but we couldn't withstand the temptation of tens of thousands of taels of silver that year." ”

Just when the team of Tingweifu entered Muyu Pass, in the crowd of people waiting for the team of Tingweifu on the side of the road, Song Mouyuan pulled his hat and took a few steps back, and when he saw the people of Tingweifu, he knew that Ge Lao's hiding place in Xishu Road should have been exposed.

He turned around and walked to a pedestrian who was about to enter Muyu Pass, and looked at the man's horse: "This big brother, I have something urgent to go, may I ask if your horse is sold?" I can make a high price. ”

The man was stunned: "Wouldn't I have to walk if I sold it to you, besides, this is just a mule, and it can't run fast." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Song Mouyuan took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels from his arms: "I do have an urgent matter, this silver is enough for you to buy another horse, please fulfill it." ”

That's a hundred taels of silver, for ordinary people, even for the people of Daning, a hundred taels of silver is not a lot of money, the man hesitated for a moment, and nodded: "Just sell it to you." ”

He took the silver ticket, and then handed the reins to Song Mouyuan: "What's the urgency for you?" ”

Song Mouyuan shook his head and led the mule to the city pass.

The mule seller is really beautiful, a hundred taels of silver, not to mention buying a mule, he can even rebuild the old house after he goes home, but the more he thinks about it, the more wrong it becomes, looking at the back of Song Mouyuan, who has entered Muyu Pass, he thought about it, and couldn't help but find the defender soldiers at the city gate and tell him about it.