When the sky outside Yunzhou City turned white again, it illuminated the messy corpses that lay on the city gate.

Han Jian, who had been watching the battle for almost half the night, also turned around and returned to the temporary camp with a normal face in the expressions and eyes of the crowd of indignant expressions; Although nearly three of the city's elite men were trapped in the city; It's a little painful. However, it also tested the strength and ceiling of the defenders in the city.

The men and horses of the three capitals that had advanced one after another were enough for the defenders in the city to spend most of the day to clean them up; Therefore, they did not even have the strength to launch a round of counterattack against the Wei Bo army outside the city after this ambush, which was tantamount to a deception.

Of course, if the defenders wanted to do this, it would be in Han Jian's arms, because he still had thousands of Wei Bo cavalry under his command who were not conducive to attacking the city, but they were relatively comfortable in advancing and retreating, and they would naturally give these remnants of the Tianping army a "big surprise".

At this point, Han Jian also completely denied the suggestion of leaving and right and continuing to try to attack. As one of the three towns of Heshuo, Wei Bojun, who is known for its elite infantry in Beizhou and Weizhou, does not have a wide range of war horses like Lulong Town, which is located inside and outside Yanshan, or the Chengde Army;

Therefore, these Wei Bo cavalry in his hands are also easily accumulated by the Han father and son in two generations, which can be regarded as a very valuable existence, and there is no need to consume them here in vain. And just keep an eye on the movement in the city to prevent the opportunity to sneak away; While continuing to purge the surrounding area to cut off the news and reinforcements of the absolute side.

After all, he first took the land of Zheng Slippery where the righteous army was formed, and then merged most of the territory of the Tianping Army and broke its heavy troops, which was already the general trend and upper hand, and there was no need to speculate and risk this final blow.

It is completely possible to wait until the tens of thousands of infantry of Wei Bo's army in the rear rush over, and then collect all directions, hoard materials and build equipment, and carry out a traditional siege battle.

After all, in the huge land south of the river, except for the neighboring Pinglu/Ziqing Town, which is internally unsettled, and Yanhai Town (Taining Army), which has become fragmented in its jurisdiction, there are no decent opponents and threats from Wei Bojun.

And at the moment before entering the camp to rest, Han Jian suddenly turned his head and ordered:

"Then send an envoy to the city to negotiate, and say that the Tianping army is still in the hands of our army after it is stayed. By the way, find out who is presiding over the situation. At least Cui (use) Baihe's house, I'm afraid he doesn't have this kind of determination and courage. ”

"In addition, let the Shenjian Capital and the Chiji Battalion be neatly clothed and wait for the day, and guard and supervise the situation of those who have surrendered to the army in the vicinity; At the slightest abnormal movement, they will resolutely pounce on it; When the rear team arrives, drive them to be the pioneers of the city. If you want to be my Han's east bed, take your life to perform and repay. ”

At the head of Yunzhou City, Cao Ling, who had just purged the internal surrender faction forces and became the newly released envoy of the Tianping Army, had not been more than a night, and was also coldly watching the banner of Wei Bojun, who had slowly collected troops and set up camp outside the city.

Although he had only been back for two days, he had only had time to contact the old tooth soldiers who were guarding the back house. But what is surprising is that the authority and kindness left by the father in office still have some remnants and legacies, and in a short period of time, it quickly attracted many old ministries who heard the news.

Therefore, at the critical juncture of the city's survival, take down the left-behind chief Shi Cuiyong, who has neither enough virtue nor many people's hearts to follow, and only relies on his predecessor to stay trustworthy and take the position; and purging the capitulationist forces he had gathered was nothing more than a matter of course and effortlessness.

However, after he really grasped the authority of the Tianping Army, he realized how bad the situation he was facing; The once strong town of Henan is only an empty shelf full of holes and sores. After the so-called Jiedu envoy stayed, he could only give orders in this state city.

Although the grain and grass equipment on the books can still last for a long time; But after the destruction of the army that went into battle, the remaining non-commissioned soldiers were basically either tired and weak, or temporary recruits with serious lack of morale and training;

After being fully clothed, it is impossible to see the clue for a while to stand on the head of the city and defend it, but it is a bit too difficult to expect to be able to lead them to take the initiative to fight, and then set up a formation to attack the enemy in the field.

So much so that Cao Ling had to personally lead those old tooth soldiers to take the lead, so that the vanguard of the Wei Bo army, who was still in the forefront of the ambush in the gatehouse, was quite reluctantly cleaned up. Then, he had to take them from house to house with them tirelessly, and to recapture the frightened deserters.

Then, he found that there was not much money in the Jiezhan Treasury and the Yanei Treasury in his possession; Because a large amount of goods outside the basic book records were successively withdrawn and transferred by the two generals led by Du Yu Hou Lu Guangqi and Du Tuan Lian Zhao Hong, in the name of going out to feast and reward.

And with the defeat of these two short-lived generals in power along with the army, all this has become a confused account that cannot be recovered and made up. Therefore, he could only ask people to raid the residences of Cui Neng and others first, and then confiscate the family property of these two on the grounds of mourning, so Luo Suo asked for thousands of variegated silk horses to reward the master.

Then, there were not many vacancies in the military register of the subordinates, but when the specific inspection of the posts was checked, it was inevitable to find the existence of many old men and unkempt boys.

And Cao Ling couldn't even publicly dismiss them, because they were from the military families compiled by the Tianping Army for generations, but when their fathers, brothers, children and grandchildren all died in the battle, there were only these options left that could be pulled out.

Cao Ling could only find another way to open the grain depot and began to recruit poor families in the city to fill the army, and in a short period of time, he recruited three or four thousand people. He didn't want this generation to be able to fight the enemy right now, as long as he could stand on the head of the city with his weapons and mix with the real defenders in a pretended bluff.

Then, when the arsenal was requisitioned, it was found that most of the armor weapons in it did not match the books; There are many examples of defects and decay due to poor storage, and in the end, five or six thousand usable spearheads, swords, and more than two thousand soft and hard bows were collected and selected.

On the contrary, when he went back to search and count the city of Yacheng, he accidentally found a lot of money and silk and other goods hoarded in the inner house; and the fact that it is enough to immediately arm more than 800 to 1,000 people with very new armor and soldiers, which is obviously another arrangement and means of the predecessor that focuses on the inside and outside.

Then there were the big families in the city, and finally someone sent some money and food as a condolence, and expressed their willingness to continue to contribute money and food to help the army defend the city, but in exchange for the follow-up, they hoped that a group of people could serve in the new shogunate.

This also inevitably gave Cao Ling a deeper and more intuitive understanding of the "nine bad and ten evils" of the official army that he summed up when he was in the Taiping Army. However, the force he can rely on now is the team of soldiers brought back from the south, the local surrender of the old army led by Li Sanguan, and the old tooth soldiers led by the Cao clan.

Although he has temporarily appointed many of his cronies to important positions, he still has a long way to go before he can command them. Leaving aside those generals who can temporarily use fame and fortune to stabilize themselves, ordinary soldiers rely on rewards to maintain morale and dedication.

Therefore his reward was not given to the soldiers in the camp, but to be distributed among his families. He also promised to organize and hire the families of these soldiers to come out and work in the future to get the corresponding remuneration, and gradually settled the hearts of some panicked people.

It's just that the current situation is compelling, even if he has the ambition and more ideas that have come back from seeing and learning from the south at this time, he can only unite the majority of people with compromise and cooperation, so as to overcome the current siege and attack of Wei Bo's army.

"Send a messenger."

Cao Ling, who had to bury his head in a pile of official documents when he came back from the inspection of the city just now, commanded again.

"If you dare to ask where to send a messenger after staying."

Li Sanguan, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but ask carefully.

"Not to mention the Pinglu Army, the Heng Navy, and the Yan Navy. If you can find any foreign aid, send someone to it. ”

It wasn't until Li Sanguan received the order that Cao Ling said again to another soldier who followed.

"You can also bring some people south to deliver a message. Let's just say that I am willing to belong to the Tianping Army, and I will be subordinate to and under the banner of the Righteous Army. ”

Then, Cao Lingcai, who had completely calmed down, sighed heavily, and some remembered that when his father and brother were still there, someone shielded him from the wind and rain, and as long as he concentrated on practicing martial arts, the art of war, and learning; As long as you are a yainai who does not fall into the family style, why bother with so many things.

However, having seen more knowledge among the thieves in the south, he couldn't help but secretly wish that he was still just the vanguard soldier who only knew how to charge into battle and consider how to defeat the enemy in front of him. There is no need to bear the survival and safety of the nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians in this city, and even the future of more people under the rule of Tianping Town in the future.

It's just that there is still no way to turn back time into the past, and the insights and knowledge that have been stored in his mind, as well as the horizons that have been broadened, have seriously shaken his cognition and re-established position judgment; made him no longer indifferent or at ease, and continued to pass on everything that seemed natural in the past.

This may be the original intention and intention of the master of the Taiping thief, Monk Zhou, to put him back.

- I'm the dividing line -

And more than two hundred miles away in Henan, another army related to the Taiping Army. Zhu Laosan was also in front of the army formation that had completed his reorganization and was ready to attack the city, and some complacent horses passed by, enjoying their shouts one after another.

Because of the decisive capture of Luyang Pass, and more foreign aid and supplements; He also resolutely disposed of and annexed several other remnants of the rebel army under his name, and chose to pick up the strong and strong to join the army and arrange their old and weak for transportation; And most of its leaders were sent to the south to "enjoy the blessings".

It was his men and horses that not only grew to a full thirteen,000 soldiers, but also obtained more than a hundred siege equipment of various colors, and their corresponding manpower; This is the only benefit and advantage of the Yellow King General's Mansion in addition to the straightforward people of the Yellow King General's Mansion.

Although these temporarily borrowed manpower will still have to be returned to the Taiping army at that time; But a lot of the equipment will be left behind, and he will be trained and trained on the spot. It's just that after doing this, it seems that there are some officials who disobey the righteous army, and they can't faintly resist the grace of the Yellow King.

For example, Li Bintang, as a deputy, has repeatedly raised the hidden concern of being too close to the south. However, after several contradictions and struggles, he still couldn't give up all the conveniences and advantages brought by the secret passage with the Taiping army.

Although I have long known that some people in power in the Taiping Army and the military government have not been filthy and resistant, it is easy to get angry and affect themselves; But now which governor has become the son-in-law of the Yellow King, and the legitimate communication with Guanzhong makes him feel lucky.

After all, everyone is secretly coming to the Taiping Army, and they rely on their brother's relationship and sake, and those who are close to the water and get the moon first get some benefits, and the steps are slightly bigger, which should not be so eye-catching.

In contrast, although the banner of Zhao Li, the assassin and defense envoy of Chenzhou, was still floating at the head of Huaiyang City, and the other party even put the tablet of the god who had held Zhang Zhongcheng on the head of the city to make a posture of sticking to the end, but it also made him see a little bit of weakness and fatigue from the outside and the inside.

After all, they had been trapped inside and outside for more than half a year, and after a long period of searching for the strong walls of the clear field, the official army in the city was still weakened to a rather weak level.

(End of chapter)