The big man's cooked copper stick was behind his back, he didn't expect the other party to say that he would do it, and his heart was suddenly furious, "Straight mother thief, I want to find death, Lao Tzu will fulfill you!" ”

He scolded, jumped back, and pulled out the familiar copper stick behind him, which was one zhang long and weighed at least one hundred and fifty or sixty catties.

If it was just an ordinary thief with a few pounds of clumsy strength, Lu Mingyue would not give him a chance, and when he jumped up, he would pierce the opponent's chest with a shot, but this big man had an excellent grasp of the timing, and when Lu Mingyue stabbed out with a shot, the gun was just exhausted, so that it was too late for Lu Mingyue to collect the gun and stab again, so he could only raise his gun to block.

Lu Mingyue was secretly frightened, he knew that it was no coincidence that the other party's timing was pinched, he had met a master today, just listen to 'dang!' With a loud bang, Lu Mingyue's arm was sore, and what was even worse was that the wound on his back burst again, the blood flowed like an infusion, and the pain in his heart made him scream.

The big man laughed proudly, "The wound has burst!" Lao Tzu has already seen that you have a back injury, so eat me again! ”

The copper stick swept over, the power was very heavy, as fast as a wind, Lu Mingyue was unable to raise the gun, so in desperation, she had to crook her body, fell off the horse, and dodged this fatal stick.

The big man kicked away the spear in his hand and stepped on the back of his neck fiercely, making Lu Mingyue's eyes dark, almost fainting, he was powerless to resist, so he had to shout: "The strong man spares my life, I am willing to pay a thousand gold rewards!" ”

"Lu Mingyue is only worth a thousand taels of gold? It's too cheap, Lao Tzu wants to change you for an official. ”

At this time, Lu Mingyue's personal soldiers' eyes were red, and they drew their swords and rushed up, but the other party had already deployed, only to see a burst of random arrows and screams. More than 30 pro-soldiers were shot and killed at once, leaving only a dozen wounded pro-soldiers, who were dismembered by the mountain bandits who swarmed up.

Lu Mingyue's heart was like falling into a cold cave, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you?" ”

Dahan sneered for a while, "Lao Tzu doesn't change his surname or change his name, Taihang is a majestic sea!" ”

"It's you!"

Lu Mingyue had heard of this person earlier. It is the bandit leader of the eighteen villages of Taihang, his martial arts are superb, and he actually fell into his hands, Lu Mingyue said unwillingly: "I can give you whatever you want, just let me go this time." ”

Xiong Kuohai sneered: "Lao Tzu owes Zhang Xuan a favor in Chenliu County, and he just uses you to repay this favor." ”

The battle of Tanyuan ended in just half an hour, and all that remained was the old talk of chasing and killing prisoners of war and surrendering them, and Zhang Xuan was no longer interested in them. He is more concerned about two things, one is where did Lu Mingyue go? The second is how to capture Liyang Cang.

On the battlefield, groups of prisoners of war were escorted by the Sui army to the newly built prisoner of war camp, including more than 20,000 prisoners of war captured in the ambush on the way, and were also escorted by the 5,000 Sui army.

Yesterday and today, after two battles in one day and one night, the Sui army annihilated 80,000 Lu Mingyue's troops, captured nearly 60,000 people, and killed more than 10,000 enemies. It seems that many of the thief soldiers were aiming to surrender to the Sui army, after surrendering. They settled down and prepared to be sent home.

Jang Hyun rode on his war horse and looked at the groups of prisoners of war who were escorted away, and he asked, "How many casualties do we have?" ”

Sima Liu Ling next to him bowed down and said: "Marshal Qiqi, it has not been fully counted for the time being, but the casualties are estimated to be no more than a thousand." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "The injured should be treated well." The deceased was burned, and the bones were returned to the family, and the family was generously compensated! ”

"Obey the order!"

At this moment, a cavalryman galloped in from a distance, turned over and dismounted. Kneeling down on one knee to report, "Marshal Qiqi, General Pei has been killed in Neihuang County, and the 20,000 thief army has retreated north one step in advance, General Pei did not catch up, but captured all the food and materials of the thief army, and the other party did not have time to transport it away." ”

Zhang Xuan is a little strange, according to Lu Mingyue's urine nature, he would rather give up the soldiers than keep the food, but the chief general of Neihuang County seems to do the opposite, asking people not to have food, but he has a bit of vision.

"Who is the chief general of Neihuang County?"

"Returning to the marshal, this person is Lu Mingyue's advisor, called Yao Kai."

Zhang Xuan frowned, isn't this person Guo Xuan's staff? How did you become Lu Mingyue's advisor?

At this time, Qin Yong urged the horse to come and reported beside Zhang Xuan: "The military division is here." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, turned back to a pro-soldier and said, "Quickly go to the Yellow River to pass my order, and let all the empty ships go to Neihuang County to carry food supplies." ”

The soldiers hugged their fists and left, and Zhang Xuan went to his temporary camp

Fang Xuanling followed Zhang Xuan to the west to conquer Lu Mingyue this time, and when Lu Mingyue's army reached Tanyuan, he had already withdrawn to the big boat on the Yellow River, and it was not until the end of the battle that he re-ashore and came to the battlefield.

In front of the mountains of seized materials, Fang Xuanling was taking more than a dozen civilian officers to count and record all kinds of materials, Lu Mingyue's army was not rich in materials, mainly weapons, and the armor was also leather armor, and the civilian officials who were used to seeing Mingguang armor really didn't look down on these leather armors.

"Strategist, these weapons are not of high quality, and the leather armor is also inferior, so I don't feel very useful."

Fang Xuanling smiled, "This statement seems to be insightless, although this batch of swords, spears and leather armor is not needed by the soldiers of the Sui Army, but it can be used to equip the militia and use it for training, if there is an emergency, every man is a soldier when he wears armor, although the leather armor is inferior, it can protect the family and defend the country when it is critical, this is also a good thing!" ”

"The military advisor is right!"

Zhang Xuan's voice came from behind him, and everyone turned around, only to see Zhang Xuan standing behind them on horseback, with a smile on his face, and everyone bowed and saluted.

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, walked in front of the mountain of leather armor, patted the leather armor and smiled: "These leather armors can indeed be used by the militia for training, but before they are delivered, I still need to use them once." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, "But for Liyang Cang?" ”

Zhang Xuan laughed, "The military advisor really knows me!" ”

The two walked back to the big tent as they spoke, and on the wooden platform in the center of the big tent was placed a model of Liyangcang made of wood, which was exactly the same as Liyangcang in reality, this was just brought by Fang Xuanling from the ship, with this model, how to attack Liyangcang was also clear at a glance.

Although Zhang Xuan hoped to surrender the army without a fight, so that the Liyang Cang guards would take the initiative to give up the warehouse and withdraw the army to the south, but if he wanted to do this, he could not do it by persuasion by a letter, but like Lu Mingyue, he had to rely on his fists and strength to conquer the defenders.

Zhang Xuan walked into the big tent and was immediately attracted by this wooden model, he stepped forward and looked carefully around the model for a while, pointed to the north and smiled: "It's a bit like this side, the moat is not so wide." ”

Fang Xuanling also laughed and said: "When the model was shipped out, Lu Mingyue had not yet started to fill the river, and the craftsman naturally didn't know. ”

Zhang Xuan grabbed a few handfuls of sand and soil, slowly poured it into the water, covering a small section of the moat, he slapped his hands and smiled: "It's almost the same now." ”

"Reclamation is really just a subordination!"

Fang Xuanling smiled and asked, "Did the big marshal find out where the real weakness of Liyang Cang is?" ”

Zhang Xuan looked at the model carefully, and finally his gaze stopped at the south gate, "Could it be the water gate!" ”

"Dashuai is right, it's Watergate!"

Fang Xuanling pointed to the water gate and said slowly: "There is a Cao River in Liyangcang that is connected to the moat outside the city, and finally leads to the Yongji Canal to flow to the Yellow River.

But in this way, the top of the water gate is less than a zhang away from the head of the city, if the three-thousand-stone five-tooth warship appears in the water gate of the south city, it will not be able to enter the city at all, it will be stuck at the water gate, we think in turn, the siege soldiers can go directly to the city from the second deck of the five-tooth warship, this is the biggest defense hole in Liyang Cang. ”

Zhang Xuan also discovered this huge loophole, and couldn't help but be surprised and happy: "Didn't the defending army find it?" ”

"Of course the generals who defend the city know, but they have no choice, Liyangcang was built during the Kaihuang period, it is estimated that the builders just want to defend against ordinary water thieves, and they didn't expect that the world would be in chaos in just twenty years, but after Yang Xuangan rebelled, local officials also made some remedies."

Fang Xuanling pointed to the moat outside the southern city and said with a smile: "The moat outside the southern city is more than twice as wide as the northern one, fifty zhang, like a lake, this is to prevent the army from filling the river in the south of the city, but for large ships, the congenital defects of the city gate are indeed difficult to make up." ”

Zhang Xuan walked to the front of the tent with his hands in his hands, looked at the direction of Liyangcang in the west outside the tent, and after a while, he said slowly: "Instead of deducing here a thousand times, it is better to do it once on the ground!" ”

(To be continued.) )