The north wind swept the white grass and folded, north of the Fen River, in Taiyuan County, entering the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the temperature difference between morning and evening began to increase, and the weather gradually became cooler.

Due to the successive wars, bandits are rampant, the people avoid disasters, and there are many disaster years, so the harvest of rice in the fields is not much, and many old farmers keep watch overnight, for fear that someone will come to steal at night, after all, grain is the food of the family, and it is also the hope of survival.

But on the grassland in the north of Taicheng City, there is a disturbance of the people, many Tang troops are driving away the people, immediately pack up their things, and rush towards Jinyang City, the disobedient people began to move strongly, using whips to whip.

"We still have crops in our fields, and we can't just walk away."

"That is, why go, this is our home, where the times live."

Many people began to protest, unwilling to leave their houses and mulberry fields behind, so they migrated to Jinyang City, because they did not have much money, and when they went to the big city, they had to send people under the fence and even starved to death.

A Tang military captain stood up and shouted: "Hurry up, the Dahua army is coming, they are killing people like hemp, the Central Plains and Guanzhong have already lost their lives, do you want to become the soul of the sword?" ”

When some people heard the news, they began to be stunned and hesitated, after all, they were worried that the army of another country would kill them, burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil.

In this era, the news is not well communicated, so there is a saying that "the beacon fire is even for three months, and the family letter is worth ten thousand gold", that is, it is difficult to send the letter at home, because the long road is difficult and dangerous, bandits are rampant everywhere, and the army that goes out is sometimes more ruthless than the robbers.

At this time, many people were also frightened, looked at each other, and their voices were much quieter.

Someone suddenly shouted: "Don't listen to their nonsense, the Dahua army is a division of benevolence and righteousness, I just came back from Jinyang City a few days ago, and I heard in the restaurant that the magnates there expected that Dahua would not kill innocents indiscriminately, and the Tang army drove us to Jinyang City, and it must have asked us to defend the city for them, and then live and die with the Tang State." ”

"That's right, we can't go."

"Can't go!"

One person was bewitched, and many people protested, not wanting to leave their homeland village.

"Damn, those few yelling happiest must be Dahua's spies, arrest them!" Captain Tang's face sank, and when he heard someone praising the Dahua army like this, he obviously wanted to slap Tang Jun in the face and obstruct his migration and mobilization mission, so he was immediately unwelcome.

Several Tang Army guards rushed forward and directly dragged the person who was the first to refute.

"What are you doing, I'm not a spy, I'm a person from Niujiazhuang, my name is Niu Erzhu, the villagers can testify for me, I'm not a spy!" The youth began to refute the protests.

"He is Niu Erzhu, he will not be a spy!" There was a cry from the people.

Captain Tang's face was indifferent, his eyes were murderous, and he hummed: "If you can say that, you are not a spy, but you have also been bought, spreading threats, and bewitching the people, so you have to be escorted away for investigation!" ”

A centurion next to him would understand that in this case, after taking it away, he would basically either be locked up in a specific area and tortured and interrogated, or directly killed and buried in the wilderness.

"Niu Erzhu, come with me, your problem is more serious, you need to be interrogated!"

Niu Erzhu's face changed greatly, and he struggled and shouted: "I'm not going, I'm not a spy, those are all heard, it has nothing to do with me, I'm migrating!" ”

"It's late, I have to review it, take it away!" The centurion stepped forward with the hilt of his sword, his face full of fierceness.

Several Tang army guards subdued Niu Erzhu and dragged him away, and the rest of the people were honest.

Then the captain forcibly organized everyone to pack up their rations, take valuables, and move, and those who disobeyed and took the lead in resisting were taken away and disposed of.

If there are too many people in a certain village who resist and there is a mutiny, some school captains are directly impatient and order to be killed, and they are all convicted of Dahua's spies, and they don't care whether they are killed by mistake or not.

After the villagers left, the soldiers left behind directly burned down these houses, not giving anything of value to the Dahua army behind, and also stopped the people from secretly returning.

This scene was going on in many villages, and the Tang army touched more than 10,000 troops to carry out this wilderness clearing operation.

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Outside Taigu City, there is still a lot of fighting, and the smoke is billowing out.

Although the siege soldiers and horses suffered great losses, they were a great threat to the defense of Taigu City, and every day Dahua warriors climbed the city to fight with the Tang army guards, and many times they were in danger.

Later, Li Shimin and Wei Chi Jingde personally went into battle and commanded the defense of the eastern city.

Dahua's artillery was used, and it continued to explode at the head of the city, causing great trouble to the Tang army in the morning, with debris flying indiscriminately, involving a wide area, and the soldiers who did not kill the head of the city were injured, scarred, and screaming continuously.

"Boom, boom!"

Some fire and thunder bombs were thrown by trebuchets and smashed into the city walls, and then they continued to roar, thick smoke and fire rose, and many Tang soldiers were fighting the fire.

"His Royal Highness King Qin, it's too dangerous here, please go to the back and command!" Wei Chi Jingde consoled.

"No, the enemy's offensive is too fierce, if this king is not standing here, it is very close to the front line, and it is brave to give the soldiers courage, then it is easy to not be able to hold it."

"The last general is still here!" Wei Chi Jingde said.

"That's different!" Li Shimin shook his head, he was born adventurous and was not afraid.

Lei Yongji, the chief of the guard next to Li Shimin, and others were also persuading, but Li Shimin still insisted on his own opinion.

"Luo Zhaoyun is really a wolf ambition, he invented this kind of gunpowder before, but he never dedicated it to the imperial court, only he mastered this technology, in the end, after the destruction of the Great Sui, he took it out specifically to deal with the princes, it can be seen that his ambition has long been doomed."

"The power of this firearm is great enough, and it thunders constantly, covers a wide area, and is very tricky!" There is a bias in the general indignantly discussed.

"The fourth wave of the offensive is here again!" Someone shouted, and the sound of fighting under the city suddenly rose again.

This time, it was Xu Shiji's army that came to the city, replaced the vanguard army, and began to attack the city in the east.

The young Xu Shiji, dressed in bright silver armor, holding a spear, sitting on horseback, holding a monocular, paid attention to the battles under the city, and commanded the way and interval of the army's attack.

The soldiers and horses commanded in his hands, became methodical, took turns to fight, and the coordination of the troops was more skillful, and more and more soldiers climbed the city wall, like ants, covering the ancient and heavy city wall.

"At this rate, in ten days and half a month, the city will be unsustainable and unable to be defended." Xu Shiji judged the condition of morale and ordnance by the degree of damage to the city wall, the state of the soldiers at the head of the city, and the defensive weapons used, so as to draw a judgment on the battle.