Chapter 106: The Long River Freezes Hu Manchuan (3)
The garrison blows the horn to conquer the Hong, and the hunting cold is back to the wind.
"Feng Jieshuai, it's better to use this thing to watch the enemy." Feng Changqing was pondering on the railing, and a copper pipe more than half a foot long suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Telescopes?!" Feng Changqing held the mirror and looked closely, but he saw that the rebel camp was vague and vague a few miles away, and the word "An" on the big silk seemed to be close in front of him.
After watching for a while, Feng Changqing returned the telescope to Wang Fei, stroked his beard and said: "Su Yejun won a big victory when he first arrived, and he was gratifying. ”
"Feng Jie's handsome praise!" Wang Fei respectfully saluted: "Although the telescope is small, the process is very cumbersome, and the eagerness of Su Yeju only rushed to make more than 100 pairs, in order to help the handsome break the enemy, he brought 30 pairs over." ”
"Fei Lang-kun bothered." Feng Changqing is still not enough: "When the Western Expedition to the Stone Country ......"
"In addition, there are 100 counterweight stone cannons and 30 trucks of fierce oil fire, which are now hoarded in Heyang South City, and a certain has been handed over to Wei Beijiang."
"Good!" Feng Changqing was overjoyed: "With this sharp weapon in hand, the martial prison will be impregnable." ”
"I don't know what the marshal called here today."
"Fei Langjun, how is the battle in Heyang?"
"Marshal Yujie, at present, there are nearly 10,000 defenders in the city, and the rebels on the north bank are about twice the size of our army.
"Tian Chenghei, Tian Qianzhen ......" Feng Changqing pondered for a moment and said, "Can the envoy of the Fei army have the confidence to hold Heyang?" ”
"Then don't ...... Wei," Wang Fei asked without answering.
"Fei Langjun, the Ming people don't say secret words, and the more than 60,000 volunteers recruited in Guanzhong and Dongdu have just become large, but it is difficult to call it a strong army; There are dozens of generals under his command, but there are no people who can be used. There are nearly 100,000 rebels outside Wugao Pass, and even if Xiongguan is an obstacle, a certain is still nervous, and he must not leave the general and the Beiya Forbidden Army stationed in Heyang......"
"If the festival marshal is allowed to lead the Su Ye army to act cheaply, he will be determined to defend Heyang City for the festival marshal." Wang Fei said loudly: "However, the kid also has a reluctant request. ”
"No wonder Fang Cai Langjun is so generous, it turns out that he has a request for so." Feng Changqing laughed.
"Feng Jieshuai, the sages once said: If Luoyang is lost, millions of people in the city will be wiped out, dare to ask how the Jieshuai will respond?"
"What does Fei Langjun mean by his words is that he is not optimistic about a certain and Anxi army?" Feng Changqing snorted coldly: "According to the border supervisors, several Sogdian caravans from afar have entered Luoyang City one after another recently. ”
Wang Fei met Feng Changqing's sharp gaze and did not dodge: "The kid is convinced that with his handsome talent, he will be able to make it difficult for the thief to move an inch." A certain is also willing to smear the liver and brain on the ground, for the festival commander to drive. ”
"In that case, why bother evacuating the people?" Feng Changqing's face was slightly pale.
"The ancients said: A good rider falls from a horse, a good man drowns in water, a good drinker gets drunk with wine, and a good fighter dies with death. The war situation is changing rapidly, so it is advisable to prepare for the rain and dig a well without thirst. If the marshal can stop the rebels from celebrating with the whole world under the pass, but once there is a case, the marshal is not afraid of the history pen like iron? ”
"The history pen is like an iron ......" Feng Changqing pondered for a long time and said lightly: "Although the history pen is terrifying, the time slander can kill." Did Fei Langjun ever think about what the saint would think if he ordered the people in Luoyang City to scatter and take refuge? What did the Manchu civil and military think? ”
"Dare to ask the marshal, is there enough grain in Luoyang City? Is there any ordnance in the prison pass? ”
"The more ordnance, grain and grass the better...... Feng Changqing replied casually.
Boliang Commercial Bank is one of the best maritime merchants in Yangzhou, hearing that the thieves raised troops, the proprietor Zao Wou-Ki was filled with righteous indignation, in order to help the commander break the enemy, so he generously donated money to purchase dozens of boats of rice from Jianghuai, and was now going north along the Tongji Canal. However, the weather in the north is cold, and the ship will have to unload grain when it reaches Suiyang (now Shangqiu, Henan) at most......"
"In order to stick to the eastern capital, tens of thousands of people can be requisitioned to go south to transport grain." Feng Changqing, who has seven exquisite skills, is a little clear, and inferences are drawn from one another: "I heard that Fei Langjun obtained the consent of Marshal Gao Jiejun to set up a factory in the western suburbs of Chang'an to build ordnance, does he also need some manpower?" ”
"Be careful in the next moment, you can't hide it from the handsome." Wang Fei smiled slightly.
"There are hundreds of thousands of households in Luoyang City, and I am worried that Fei Langjun's move is a drop in the bucket." Feng Changqing sighed lightly.
"The people of the Central Plains have not known soldiers for a long time, and the relocation of the land is the nature of the people. Even if the marshal strictly ordered the people to take refuge in the city, I am afraid that not many people would leave. Wang Fei was quite helpless.
"In that case, why bother with Fei Langjun?"
"A self-seeking peace of mind ......"
Wang Fei thought of the people of Huaizhou who died in the fierce oil fire, and sighed, his expression gloomy. In the memory of his previous life, since Feng Changqing lost the Tiger Prison Pass, Luoyang has been repeatedly attacked by soldiers, which can be described as white bones exposed in the wild, no rooster crow for hundreds of miles, and the thousand-year-old city has been destroyed. It was precisely in order to avoid a recurrence of the tragedy that Wang Fei asked himself to go south when his father received a letter asking for help, otherwise with Wang Zheng's heart, he would never agree to Feng Changqing's request.
"It's hard to be a fool! However, if you want to evacuate the people in the name of transporting food and grass and building ordnance, you need one person to nod your ......"
"The marshal refers to the border prison army." Wang Fei's mind was clear: "On the way from Heyang to Wujiao Pass, a certain person has made a detour to Luoyang City to visit the border supervisors, Da Xiyin and Lu Zhongcheng. ”
"Bian Lingcheng and Fei Langjun are also old friends, if I remember correctly, Da Xixun should be the chief examiner of Fei Langjun's entrance exam, and Lu Yi and Lu Zhongcheng are Lu Qi's father." Feng Changqing took stock of his fingers and said: "No wonder Fei Langjun is late, and he dares to love all the old people in Luoyang City." ”
"The festival is handsome and knowledgeable, and the kid admires it." Wang Fei said with a smile: "When he was in the west to conquer Shiguo, he already knew the border prison army and knew his temperament well, so he specially brought several boxes of glassware and Tingzhou silver coins when he came to the door. The border guards were quite supportive of the dispatch of civilians to transport grain and grass and build ordnance. ”
"That's great!" Feng Changqing patted Wang Fei on the shoulder: "The husband acts as he should, and he must not twist and pinch or shrink his hands and feet." ”
"The power to change, the last resort." Wang Fei, who was smiling bitterly, remembered the process of negotiating with Bian Lingcheng, and couldn't help but feel nauseous.
"The three cities of Heyang are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and only 20,000 rebels are not to worry. Even if there is disharmony, Fei Langjun can burn the pontoon bridge and defend the southern city alone. Feng Changqing carefully advised.
"I am more worried that the wind will be fierce and the river will be frozen, and if the rebels cross the river from the ice, Luoyang will be in danger."
"This winter is not very cold, I remember that a few days ago, the river was not allowed to be pedestrians." Feng Changqing twisted the beard.
"Could it be that the marshal sent someone to try it?" Wang Fei was taken aback.
"Can you read the "Shu Zheng Ji" written by Guo Yuansheng of the Jin Dynasty?" Feng Changqing smiled proudly.
"Shame on the boy......"
"The Chronicle of the Expedition is a record of the Central Plains' mountains and rivers, and when the book talks about the big river, it is very interesting to record the way the people by the river to test the thickness of the river ice."
"Please give me advice!"
"When you don't know if the river ice can pass people, you can catch a fox and put it on the ice. The fox is suspicious and good at listening, and once it hears the sound of water under the ice, it will never cross the river. If the fox dares to walk from the ice to the other side, the chariots and horses can cross the river with confidence. An early soldier ordered dozens of foxes to be captured in order to explore the ice every day. ”
"The kid was taught." Wang Fei Shili said: "However, for the sake of all plans, I want to build a watchtower along the south bank of the river, and smash the ice with stone cannons every day, and hope that the festival commander will be gracious." ”
"Fei Langjun is thoughtful, how can he not allow it?" Feng Changqing said happily: "I heard that the sage has appointed Ge Shuhan as the privy deputy envoy, and sent the Feilong general Zhang Shouyu to urge the soldiers and horses of Longyou and Hexi to rush to the source, and Wang Sili, the envoy of the Heyuan army, has led 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard out of Tongguan. At most, they only need to hold on for more than ten days, and when the northwest border army arrives one after another, they will definitely be able to break the thieves. Fei Langjun alone guarded the merits of Heyang, and he will never forget it. ”
"As soon as Mr. Li entered Chang'an, he acted vigorously and resolutely, and he gave advice on the side of the saint, which is a blessing for my generation." Wang Fei received the flying pigeon biography from Ayi Tenggena early in the morning, and was very pleased with Li Mi's return to the court: "Thank you Feng Jieshuai, the kid will do his best not to teach Hu Ma to cross Heyang!" ”
Thousands of drums and thunder, thousands of flags are in flames.
On the afternoon of the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirteenth year of Tianbao (754), the scattered fine snow could not cover the murderous aura inside and outside the northern city of Heyang. On the rock-solid head of the city, the soldiers of the Ballista Regiment of the Suye Army hid behind the female wall, manipulating the Divine Arm Bow and the Tingzhou Cannon, and shot the giant crossbow and stone projectiles outside the city without stopping. At their flanks, fearless sword and shield soldiers and resolute-looking pikemen watched the city for a sneak attack from the enemy ladder. Four hundred archers scattered in a line and stood in the rear, obeying the orders of the generals, and from time to time they opened their bows and fired upwards to clear out the fish that had escaped the attacks of the ballista regiments.
In the city, two hundred Mo swordsmen with heavy armor and long knives gathered in the doorway, ready to attack; Behind the Mo Dao hand, heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and counterweight trebuchets were scattered everywhere, and the soldiers of the baggage battalion shuttled with hundreds of original defenders like fish, carrying arrows, stone bullets, rolling logs and other defensive equipment in an endless stream; The soldiers of the medical battalion with stretchers in hand were eager to try when they first entered the battlefield, but they waited for a long time, but they were useless.
Outside the northern city of Heyang, the restless Tian Qianzhen saw that the siege soldiers couldn't get close to the city wall at all, and he was extremely annoyed: "For most of the storm, the cannons were knocked out by the stone cannons of the Suye Army before they could exert their might, and more than 100 soldiers were still lost in vain. ”
"Ah Hao, don't be impatient!" Fan Yang's soldiers and horses made Tian Chengsi stroke the goatee on his chin, and looked at the banner at the head of the city: "Are you sure that it is Wang Zhengjian's youngest son Wang Fei who is defending the city?" ”
"Brother Chenghei, you can't be wrong, it was this kind of giant crossbow with a long range that made the sons and daughters suffer a little loss that day!" Tian Qianzhen pointed to the divine arm bow that was shooting from top to bottom, and his teeth itched with hatred.
"Interesting!" Tian Chenghe, who was born in a family of generals, didn't care about his subordinates who kept falling in the snow: "The Beiting Army went west to conquer Shiguo and made a fierce oil fire and a counterweight stone cannon; As soon as Fei Langjun entered Beijing, a crossbow appeared out of thin air in Chang'an market; Now that the Suye Army has entered the war, there is another giant crossbow. Ah Hao, could it be that these strange and powerful things were all made by Huangkou Ruzi? ”